How to: Supercharger Removal, Rear Crossover, and Passenger Valve Cover

[LB Bill]

Thanks again, and welcome to the forum. There's a wealth of useful and important info here,...including your input.
I intend to keep mine for a long while. Every time I think otherwise and start considering what the current options are that might at least duplicate what it offers (and their cost)..I come to my senses. I will probably deal with the flawed coolant components preemptively.
Good luck with the repair, and enjoy the drive.

 

[powershift]

It took me 3 months to find a competent indy that wasn't full of lies and games. I filtered a lot of them out by scoping out their shop first and then talking to them secondly. All their websites show Land Rover images, branding and lead me to believe they were experts but the truth was they were not Land Rover specialists at all and didn't even have a Land Rover in sight with full work bays.

 

[grgeorge81]

As I discuss in the video, blah, blah, don't mean to lecture - really...
And not to start a knock down drag out kerfuffle...

The folks at Superchargers on Line are absolutely great at helping you to determine the correct fill amount for your unit.
Per my discussions with them, after providing them with all the casing stamp numbers and all the sticker numbers their exact words to me were
"OH! You have one of THOSE!"
Apparently there appear to be different fill amounts depending on your exact hardware.

The most common number I have seen is 151mL (5.1 oz), the comment above is for 112mL (3.8oz), and mine takes 90mL (3.0oz).

I took the approach of:
1. Is it factory original - YES
2. Is mine leaking? - NO, so whatever is in there is probably OK.
3. How much can I get out - 84mL
4. How much to put back - 85mL in the graduate cylinder, to allow 1mL residue and actually deliver 84mL
5. Cross fingers
6. So far so good after 1 year

I got about 75mL out of mine. It was a bit dirty - not black my any means - and stunk to high heaven. Not sure where the other 15mL disappeared to, or if my capacity is a bit less, but I just but back in what I got out. There were no signs of it leaking.

 

[txfromwi]

My best description of that smell is nasty old ear wax. Really a strange unpleasant odor.

I got out 85mL and put back 85mL, no issues after about 10K miles.

 

[grgeorge81]

It took me 3 months to find a competent indy that wasn't full of lies and games. I filtered a lot of them out by scoping out their shop first and then talking to them secondly. All their websites show Land Rover images, branding and lead me to believe they were experts but the truth was they were not Land Rover specialists at all and didn't even have a Land Rover in sight with full work bays.

Yeah, I know the struggle is real. This shop had a few Rovers on in their website pics, and there was another LR4 in the parking lot when I brought mine in the first time. I also have a couple of BMWs, and they had multiple there as well. To be honest, what really sold me was the Porsche 944 they had in their website pics/videos. I have an '87 944 S that I'm in the process of bringing back to life. It was probably wishful thinking that this shop could be my one-stop-shop.

My first red flag was when they did my fluid service on the diffs and transfer case. My truck has the HD package with 2 speed transfer case and electronic rear diff. When I got it back from them, I noticed some binding/chatter from the wheels on tight turns. I did some research and purchased the GAP IID tool to re-calibrate the transfer case clutch and voila! -fixed the problem. Unfortunately, looking at the service receipt I noticed they also did not use different gear oil for the rear diff - the e-diff takes a different (slightly more expensive) fluid than standard. They put the standard gear oil in both. Recently I've been getting intermittent "actuator stuck" codes on my rear diff. I am going to change out both diffs and TC with the proper fluids and hope this fixes it.

I don't know if this shop was just oblivious to the fact that the HD required different fluids and further calibration of the TC once the fluid is changed, or if they were just cutting very small corners. Either way, the experience confirmed my notion that the only way to have real peace of mind on a vehicle like this is to wrench it yourself. Finding a truly trustworthy and knowledgeable shop that charges fair rates is nearly impossible.

 

[Lgibson]

Seems like being an LR mechanic is really a speciality. Although I have never visited our dealership after taking delivery and having a recall performed, I was extremely impressed that the francisee actually imported an LR specialist and his massive toolchest from all the way across the cointry in New Jersey.