Land Rover L538 Evoque L550 Discovery Sport VVT Actuator Failure and Timing Repair PART 1 of 2 

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Freaking outstanding. I just finished doing this very thing to my daughter's 2012 Evoque. Although I'm finished (Praise the Lord) I still elected to watch your video for confirmation. These little engines are a chore with all the locking mechanisms and unusual design. Can't wait to see your part 2.

When you said F35, I was like, "dang, you gotta be in the west valley, come fix my car" lol I"m out in Buckeye. Your videos are great so far! :)

😮 thanks. You are really man. My daughter have Land Rover discovery sport 2016 she. I changed battery two days ago ago because watch your video. Where you live. I am from Louisville Kentucky. Wish you be my mechanic. All best Sincerely

Excellent tutorial! Thank you for posting 👏🏻👍

With the solenoids how do you remove them ? Do you just slide them out?

hi, can you tell me please where is located the oil jet piston valve solenoid for D.S 2.0 diesel please? thanks

How do you get the high pressure fuel line off? I see you already have it disconnected

If the pistons do hit the valves on these, the cam lobes "give" as they are pressed on not cast - so there should be little to no damage beyond replacing the cam/failed chains/tensioners, blah blah.. The old "4 welding rods down the holes, get them level", thing leaves the 4 pistons level at the halfway mark, so you can undo/redo the cams safely.

Talk about timing. I am about to do this on an LR. Thanks for the upload.

Do you think someone with not much experience can do it? I’ve done started, radiators, water pumps etc ?

Thanks, I will watch that when I get back at it. If there is anything else you could share from your experience with this it would be greatly appreciated.

On mine there's some sort of vacuum tube on the right side of the intake manifold that I can't disconnect. It has a red rub that goes into the intake and it moves a little but doesn't pull out and I d don't see a way to release it?

So my '15 Evoque runs ok, but has just developed the exhaust roar at low revs and has thrown a bunch of codes. I removed the valve cover (what a pain that was, the right rear bolt is obscured by a bracket with a bolt on the back of the engine and getting to the worm drive screw for that intake at the back sucks). Anyway the VVT gear on the inlet needs replacing. My question is if it's necessary to do all the other work you did? I assume I will need to lock the camshafts in place and also the crankshaft?

Wow. I thought you need to take the entire front end off and removing the transmission to replace these things. I have a 2017 discovery sport hse with 2.0. How can I do a quick check to see if my engine is the exact same as yours? And do you have a link to a complete set for replacement??

What a great write-up, well, video tutorial, wish I found it sooner. We should be able to add multiple likes for this. I just had to do the same in 2015 evoque. Except Exhaust VVTi thing did not fail (i replaced it anyway) but intake one, loose pices got under the chain and chain broke, causing bent valves. A) this is European Ford Ecoboost 2.0 engine, differenxe North American ecoboosts VS EU, exhaust manifold i American version is formed with cylinder head and turbo bolts directly to it. EU one has traditional 4 exhaust ports, manifold that bolts to it. B) I think before you undo the crankshaft pulley, regardless of what happened to camshafts, Crankshaft pulley VS crnkshaft itself are still in-time, so if you lock the crankshaft pulley itself with the tool and then install the the lock that goes instead of starter, you do not need to remove CV driveshaft and install that pin, because crankshaft is locked in-time... Sorry, am not English languge carrier, but does it make sense?

I am have the exact same issue but my chain is bust as well. If I do have valves damaged and I need to remove the head can this be done in the vehicle? Would you have any information to share for this?

Hi, My wife has a 2017 with 110k miles. The check engine light came on, and it has less power than before. The codes are P000A (A cam position), P0011 (possible VVT actuator) and P0299 (turbo under boost) it has an exhaust smell, so it may have something loose near the turbo. The engine still runs fine, so it should not have internal damage. I don't think she should drive it in-case a timing component breaks, which could cause internal damage. We are also in Arizona. Would you be able to work on it for us? I could probably do this, but It would take me a long time and I don't have much time to dedicate to it.

Hey how did you get the timing cover off ? I’m having problems taking it out

You mentioned that Chinese Actuator in this Rover was not made in USA or in England. I don't believe that ANY Rover actuators are made in USA or England. Original Actuators were marked FOMOCO (FordMotorCompany), probably made in China; they failed if you looked cross eyed at them, with soft steel stopping pins that deformed, and extremely hard (maybe cast iron) bodies that chipped out, untilhole was so large that the stopping pin and spring fell out. I think that ALL actuators in Rovers are made in China or Taiwan?

My Man! Fantastic video! I am doing this job right now on my wife's 2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport which we bought new. Only 46k miles. Failure mode is exactly as outlined in the TSB. Unfortunately, I am stuck on removing the intake manifold. I cannot seem to figure out how to remove the vacuum line feeding the driver's side of the intake manifold coming from the vacuum pump side. It is distinctive looking in that both male and female parts have a red ring around it. I have no idea how to release it without breaking it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I would attach a picture here if I could... .