Dead Engine Removal from our Land Rover LR4 / S5-Ep14 

I just want to say how much I appreciate you talking in English and how good your pronunciation is. I’m sure there are times that you wish you didn’t have to but we all appreciate it. 🙂

Rather than stopping you opening the bonnet while driving along, I think you'll find that bracket on the Defender is to stop someone breaking a window to gain access under the bonnet of a locked, parked car. Catalytic convertor theft defeat, maybe? I believe the cats are up closer to the engine on these.

I wake up early every Sunday morning just to watch the 2 of you. My husband knows about cars, etc. I know nothing , but at 71, am learning. Enjoy your Channel VERY much! ☺️

It is great that you and Simon for Powerful UK met up with each other! I’ve always assumed that the ‘Stig’ refers to the Top Gear Test driver who originally, allegedly originates from Finland, where the famous Rally drivers come from.

Working on this Land Rover Discovery engine is like watching an episode of Casualty The way you work together in dismantling this old engine is brilliant

Good morning to my favorite Sunday morning couple!

Simon's presence made this channel even more enjoyable. I love his channel, just like all desktop mechanics.

Sunday afternoon with Vera, Christian, a broken Land Rover, a cup of tea, and a digestive biscuit. Life doesn't get much better.

Nice gesture of Simon to come and visit your place.

This is great, it just shows the Landrover community is alive and well on RU-vid..

My favourite Land Rover U Tubers , all on one post. Excellent!

14:19 Useful TIP I also got from someone that helped me: instead of repeatedly pumping the hydraulic cylinder in order to rise the engine lifting crane, it's much faster and more practical to undo the release valve of the pump, then lift the crane by hand, and then close the release valve. Hope this is a worthy LR Time viewer comment. All the best from me!

OMG, I don't know how I am going to cope waiting a whole week for you both to pull the engine apart. I genuinely enjoy your work. Thank you. Regards from Oz.

Morning cup of tea in hand 😊

How good was it to see Simon pay a visit 😎.... great lad Simon! Would be some of the best footage on RU-vid watching Christian & Simon working together 😄

Even following your videos i wouldn't have the guts to strip it down. Love your videos

This is full circle. I used to watch Simon’s channel with the Green Disco 4. It’s good to see him on this channel.

Nice to see Simon visiting you guys, I have used his video extensively on my L322. It's also helps to have a smart, interested helper when down in the pit, having to crawl out of the pit multiple times gets hard on your body. As for tea, I live on the stuff!!

Tea is definitely the answer to most problems. Thanks for another great video

Tea once a week? It's a start I guess, but (old school) British mechanics can only work effectively if there is a mug of tea, at minimum, once an hour! When you pick up a mug to drink it, it forces you to re-evaluate your work so far, and to plan the next hour. 😀

Christian what's your opinion on this from a anti-seize manufacturer; Henkel-Adhesives Quote: "steel substrates pose numerous challenges when it comes to seizure and galling. Using anti-seize lubricants for steel can help minimize many of these issues and facilitate assembly and disassembly a for maintenance and repair. However, it is important to remember that while many compounds exist for steel, copper anti-seize on steel will create inter-crystalline corrosion which can cause parts to crack or break when under heavy loads." They recommend using Nickel antiseize instead.

My two favourite land rover RU-vidrs, there has been an LR Time sticker in Simons workshop for a good while.

Wonderful content and such great humour. Your English is so good and I really appreciate that you make the effort for your English speaking viewers. 😊

I’m not a mechanic , I don’t even drive a Land Rover , I’m a Volvo XC90 owner , but I do enjoy to watch the skills to repair these Land Rover’s. It’s - in a way - cosy to watch a new episode every sunday. And I / we hope that our XC90 will survive our roadtrip to Iceland in august 😬

As a Toyota driver I love watching your brilliant content and look forward to Sundays.

Hi vera and christian.brillant content.great to see Simon on your channel.looking forward to future episodes.😊😊😊

I love when you refer to the dektop mechanics. Hope they continue with good advice for you in the future too .

When you mentioned Simon the first time, I thought: Simon, what Simon. Then I saw "The Stig" and I thought: Ah, it's Simon. Wonderful.❤

I've just discovered this channel and it's superb. That's a brilliant set up you have and I love your sense of humour. I've just watched 3 episodes one after another and I don't even have a Land Rover.

Love watching but as a Toyota Land Cruiser owner , these videos make me appreciate the freedom and peace my vehicle gives me . But you do also give priceless hope and guidence to Land Rover Discovery 3 and 4 owners 👌 Keep up the good work ! 👍

Thankyou Christian and Vera for producing my Sunday morning entertainment ❤. I finally bit the bullet yesterday and put down a deposit on a Waitimo grey 2016 Discovery 4 Landmark edition and will pick it up at the end of the month, I will start building up my supply of penetrating fluid and copper grease 😀

My husband and I watch you every Sunday! Love you two!

Tea and biscuits was traditional thinking food in our Jaguar garage. Every time we snapped a head stud or diagnosed a dead distributor module, put the kettle on and have a chat and a think over a cup of tea. Same with doing tappets on a Merc 280, or spark plugs on a Jensen Interceptor: take a deep breath, down tools, make a cup of tea and recover your compusure and your patience. That being said, I learned to drink tea in glass in Berlin and it is just the best way to drink tea, just a sublime experience. Thanks again for the laughs, the inspiration, and the knowledge. Really enjoying my second vicarious Disco 4 rebuild!

You must be proud now, having Land Rover Royals to visit you.

I want to thank you for the most amazing videos. The teamwork and fun you have together are perfectly balanced with the very high, professional, and technical information given. I can't wait for the next episode!

Have you ever tried heating a stuck bolt and then melting a candle onto it before attempting to loosen it? Basically, heat the bolt as normal and then dab the candle onto the bolt-head and any exposed threads. The theory, I think, is that the wax can wick into threads, and under the head, acting as a lubricant. Also the wax won't evaporate when it comes into contact with hot parts like a lot of releasing oil does. Seems like one of those things that was probably a good idea 50 years ago but modern lubricants should work better. Changing the brake discs on my Disco' 2, I struggled with various bolts until, eventually, I thought I'd try using a candle. Dunno if it was just a coincidence but the seized bolts I smothered in candle-wax came out much easier than the others. 👍

Great to see Simon and the Stig. Your identification of LR design issues and his inventive new products will come together in a whole range of improved and better than genuine parts............

Chris, honestly mate you have the patience of a saint! Fantastic work you do on these! We’ll have to see long term how the new defender engines go, supposedly they’re very good but time will no doubt tell!

Ha, I just used Simon's video a couple weeks ago when I added the interior rear hatch release! Thanks to both of you for helping us!

Brilliant ! Looking forward to the next few weeks.

I have the same Gedore socket set very good apart from the red corner pieces forever falling off. Many thanks for the videos I am a big fan and I cannot wait until my friend’s LR breaks down so I can say I can fix that ! I will then be checking your catalogue and pretending it’s all from memory!

Wow!, LR Time 🇩🇪is the university for repairing Range Rover & Land Rover products.👍👋🇬🇧

Good evening Vera & Christian 😊 A little late today as I’m back at work after my kidney stone 😫 You made that look easy taking that LR engine out 👍🏻 How cool was that Simon calling in from the U.K. and giving you both Bobby hats 👍🏻 Next week will be a great video revealing the damage 🤔 Have a great week and you mid your fingers Vera 😬 xx

Vera and Christian are just wonderful

The banter between you two folk is always enjoyable, and hearing that Vera doesn't know who the Stig was, was very amusing for a motoring enthusiast. Wikipedia states there were 9 international versions of Top Gear in addition to the original, with an audience reach of 350 million.

These kind of big jobs only work because it's a team effort - Vera takes care of the important details to make sure re-assembly goes smoothly while Christian takes all the credit for the man-stuff with his big extension

Great to see you receive a visit from Simon, his wife and the Stig! Perhaps this is the start of a mutual “Powerful” relationship opportunity for future videos? 😉 keep up the good work guys 🌟

I love these too, they're so cute together, great fun! Always mightily impressed by their technical prowess. Nice to see Simon too! 🙏👍😎

Wow! I'm exhausted just watching that... Looking forward to finding out next week what the underlying issue is (other than the fact it is an LR product...). This is a cliffhanger like a detective series!

Cant wait till next week. What a fab team you two are.

sunday viewing compleat... thanks for another good video

Excellent episode - looking forward to the next one.

hi Christian and Věra, you are amazing, I learned many useful things from you and used them on my Disco3. Good luck!!! Jakub (from Czech) 😊

Wow - nice to see Simon and the stig visiting you! Awesome!

What a treat that Simon of PowerfulUK stopped by. I'll be looking out for the two you returning the visit across the Channel.

Fingers crossed what you find is repairable!! Good to see Simon give you both a visit too. 👍

It always cheers me up to see torque converter being dealt with correctly.

Nice couple, as you were undoing that exhaust bolt, I think my blood pressure went up.

Good on yer mate a good cup of cha (Tea) is worth a thousand prayers. I'll bring you a box of tea sometime this year and I have another goodie for you two too! Great video goes without saying have a good week .

Es ist eine Freude, Ihnen bei Ihrer methodischen Arbeit zuzuschauen.

No snappped bolts, very well! I was watching Mike at Britannia Restorations working on old Defenders the other day. He uses the heat and melting candle wax trick on stuck stuff. Apparently the candle wax soaks in and withstands the heat better. Think it’s on old mechanics trick pre WD 40 . Can’t wait to see what’s gone pop in the engine!

How great to see Simon visiting you! I enjoy your videos and his videos very much, so great to see you meeting each other. Good luck with this your latest D4 project - another D4, oh my god! 😱

Brilliant Sunday entertainment as usual. I am always impressed with your knowledge and skills, however what impresses me more is how Vera can overhaul a Discovery and manages to keep that yellow jacket clean! Great to see a UK visitor on your Manor with a registration plate (ST) that originates in Perth Scotland. I eagerly await the outcome of the engine fault. Cheers 🍻

Good to see Simon visiting you from UK, Keep on with your excellent videos...

Great video, nice to see Simon calling in

As ever, a fun video for a Sunday. I'm looking forward to discovering the damage to the engine with you next week.

As always excellent content you two are a great combination nothing seems to phase you keep up the excellent work 👍👍

Another excellent video. Looking forward to the future episodes on the D4. Hope you enjoy the tea and hope to see you if you come to the UK in the summer, presumably to one of the LR shows. Please keep us informed as I’d like to say hello.

Steady on with all that tea. Before you know it you'll be drinking 4 cups of tea a day, swearing like troopers and losing your 10mm sockets constantly - just like an English workshop. 😂😂

Look at the surprising guest! ❤🇬🇧

I'm loving this series already. Cup of tea will sort all your problems out! ❤

Always look forward to your Sunday morning tonic look forward to see the issue with the v6 🙏

yet again another brilliant video to watch,

Hello VERA AND CHRISTIAN you have brilliant minds and excellent memory well done to you both, your right DISCOVERY 4 are the Best 😊 Until next week Thank you regards Thomas.

😊 can’t wait for our next episode ❤

We have just found your channel and love it but it seams odd to us why two Germans love Range Rovers so much. In Australia the joke is if you really want to get there take a Land Rover, but if you want to get home again take a Land Cruiser. You two are a great couple and you make us laugh, I think because we’re very similar. Vera is such a cutie and has a great figure. We also thank you for using English as it must be difficult at times when German is your native language. All the best, Stuart & Leanne, Canberra, Australia 🇦🇺

Very good well done a lot involved taking out engine can't wait to have a look inside engine hope it's not to bad

Tea needs to be drunk every afternoon 😊. A nice leaf Cylon. ☕. Can't wait to see inside of the engine.

Good morning, !coffee and the duo, excellent

Really enjoyed this episode, Powerful UK meets LR TIME. Always a favorite Sunday morning watch with a cup of coffee

interesting to see Simon - he has some really good accessories on his channel

Good as always. Britannica Restorations uses candle wax to loosen bolts. Cheers. 👍🏻🙏🦘

Good morning from Oz ,I'm having dinner no coffee ...just a beer👍👍👍

Thank you Vera and Christian for another great video and Sunday morning! Can't wait to see what's going on inside that engine next week. Fun to see that cool Defender too from PowerfulUK.

Great video as usual. I don't own a LR Discovery (yet), but I do love messing around with cars. Keep up the excellent work and thank you for providing continual enterainment.

REALLY important, summer in England is on 14th July this year ;)

Christian and Vera, I enjoy watching your videos. From southern Louisiana.

The Land Rovers are excellent for a constant flow of repair content... 😮

You know a series’s that would get you a whole world more followers? If you undertook either a TDV8 or M57 Discovery 3 engine conversion. Feed a solution to all the broken crank folks that want another solution rather than a repaired but still weak crank. There are people who have done these conversions (in the UK) but the knowledge is few and far between and not vlogged/blogged nor generally shared. Please do this! 🙏🏻

It is such a pleasure and delight watching you both - thank you so much :)

Fantastic, great to see Simon. Great job, love your commentary. Amateurs unite!!

Good morning to you both on another Sunday video Christian you make this look so easy the master land rover technician and what a help Vera is collating all the parts nuts and bolts you too have a great partnership it must be a joy and funny at the same time working together and brilliant content for us thanks❤❤

Great Job, as always. Very nice!

Very enjoyable video thank you.

Hi, great work , has if you have done it before , dancing on the sequential bolt patterns you make a great pair , of movers .😉👍🙏💅

Another great video from you both ,can’t wait for the up and coming videos, Happy Easter.

Great video as always. It was a funny surprise to see Simon - He lives near where I live, although I have not met him. I think on the new Defender the bonnet release catch may be done like that so that you cannot break a window and reach in to pop the bonnet, although I could be wrong.

Great work guys and Vera please keep your hands in your pockets when Christian is moving that engine back into the chassis...

I was very excited to see your progress. It's amazing that you make it look so easy! Looking forward to next week.

Great video as usual,makes getting up on a Sunday worthwhile, thank you