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Sam Hosier

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36, Proud Father & Husband. Car obsessive who does a lot of driving 🚘☕️📈 High End Fleet Management and Executive Private Hire 🔧💻✈️

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Me and my Dad spent all day yesterday on the 3.0D SE X5. 2x Injectors changed, one of which was truly knackered due to (I think) water ingress. Turns out the Swirl flaps had already been deleted which is nice, new gaskets on the injectors and inlet manifold too. Tried to start it as we lost light and the battery was dead 😂 Left it on charge all night, tried this morning before I left for London and it just wouldn’t start. Presumed it was air in the fuel system needing bleeding out but didn’t have time. Got home this afternoon and to say that a decent diagnostic machine pays for itself over and over again is an understatement (Kingbolen K10PRO FYI) Actuated the fuel pump for 5 minutes, then cranked the car for about 20 second where it sparked into life. The Diagnostic machine then wanted me to purge the fuel system for 10 minutes at 2,000RPM which I let it do. Turned the car off and on again and it has ran perfectly, put heating, A/C, heated seats and as much load as I could - still stayed running. It basically hasn’t done that now for a month. Took it up and down the road, got up to national speed limit, all seems fine 😳 Still have a few things do sort to get it through its MOT which is mainly bulbs and a faulty fog light - what should be fairly straight forward things 🤞 then just a cosmetic touch up 🫟🖌️

Me and my Dad spent all day yesterday on the 3.0D SE X5. 2x Injectors changed, one of which was truly knackered due to (I think) water ingress. Turns out the Swirl flaps had already been deleted which is nice, new gaskets on the injectors and inlet manifold too. Tried to start it as we lost light and the battery was dead 😂 Left it on charge all night, tried this morning before I left for London and it just wouldn’t start. Presumed it was air in the fuel system needing bleeding out but didn’t have time. Got home this afternoon and to say that a decent diagnostic machine pays for itself over and over again is an understatement (Kingbolen K10PRO FYI) Actuated the fuel pump for 5 minutes, then cranked the car for about 20 second where it sparked into life. The Diagnostic machine then wanted me to purge the fuel system for 10 minutes at 2,000RPM which I let it do. Turned the car off and on again and it has ran perfectly, put heating, A/C, heated seats and as much load as I could - still stayed running. It basically hasn’t done that now for a month. Took it up and down the road, got up to national speed limit, all seems fine 😳 Still have a few things do sort to get it through its MOT which is mainly bulbs and a faulty fog light - what should be fairly straight forward things 🤞 then just a cosmetic touch up 🫟🖌️

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Felt incredibly rough this morning 🤧 but had “work” to do this afternoon. That involved taking the Autobiography Range Rover and swapping it for the P400X 130 Defender (394bhp) and collecting a 65” TV 📺. This did double up as part of my transport management as the Defender needed a good run out to charge the battery due to sitting around for almost 2 months as much of the fleet has done🪫 Mad what I get paid to do at times but I love it 😆☺️

Felt incredibly rough this morning 🤧 but had “work” to do this afternoon. That involved taking the Autobiography Range Rover and swapping it for the P400X 130 Defender (394bhp) and collecting a 65” TV 📺. This did double up as part of my transport management as the Defender needed a good run out to charge the battery due to sitting around for almost 2 months as much of the fleet has done🪫 Mad what I get paid to do at times but I love it 😆☺️

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My 12.9m, K420 tri-axle Scania Irizar PB heading from the Shell Garage, Guyhirn to have its PMI and some other bits sorted this morning, it had a brand new set of Irizar LED rear lights fitted last week which really make it look more modern. Once it’s back it’ll have 8 (yes EIGHT!) new tyres 🛞 and then it’s freshly polished Euroliner wheel trims fitted plus a bit of a paint work polish up too. Then it’ll be ready to go out and earn some money 💰

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Unfortunately we learned we’d have a family funeral to attend within the next few weeks 😔 trouble being it’ll be over 275mi away in Devon and the most practical car we have, naturally is the XC90. This means the bits and pieces I planned to gradually do on it over the next month or so need to be brought forward somewhat. So popped to my mates garage (you could eat your dinner off of the floor he keeps it that clean) to check the A/C and vibrations plus to get some quotes for servicing etc. Turns out the condenser is officially knackered hence why the Air-con just isn’t cold now, upside is an OEM replacement part was £80.00 (Ordered) and I can fit it myself then get a full tank of R134a put back in. Also needs a top and bottom engine mount we think plus definitely an engine and gearbox service prior to us taking it away with us on the 600-ish mile round trip. I’ve also ordered some new wheel nuts and a rear towing eye as that’s missing then put only the 2nd tank of Diesel in it since I bought it at Shell⛽️ Also only realised today it has Bluetooth streaming 🤣 I’ve been using a 12v Bluetooth/radio adapter the last few weeks 🫪

Unfortunately we learned we’d have a family funeral to attend within the next few weeks 😔 trouble being it’ll be over 275mi away in Devon and the most practical car we have, naturally is the XC90. This means the bits and pieces I planned to gradually do on it over the next month or so need to be brought forward somewhat. So popped to my mates garage (you could eat your dinner off of the floor he keeps it that clean) to check the A/C and vibrations plus to get some quotes for servicing etc. Turns out the condenser is officially knackered hence why the Air-con just isn’t cold now, upside is an OEM replacement part was £80.00 (Ordered) and I can fit it myself then get a full tank of R134a put back in. Also needs a top and bottom engine mount we think plus definitely an engine and gearbox service prior to us taking it away with us on the 600-ish mile round trip. I’ve also ordered some new wheel nuts and a rear towing eye as that’s missing then put only the 2nd tank of Diesel in it since I bought it at Shell⛽️ Also only realised today it has Bluetooth streaming 🤣 I’ve been using a 12v Bluetooth/radio adapter the last few weeks 🫪

85,408 views • 24 days ago

No matter how many times I get to go Airside, it never gets old 🤭🛩️ Another 150+ miles and 5hrs spent in the magnificent L460 Range Rover Autobiography today.

No matter how many times I get to go Airside, it never gets old 🤭🛩️ Another 150+ miles and 5hrs spent in the magnificent L460 Range Rover Autobiography today.

24,072 views • 7 days ago

Well it’s nowhere near fully charged but just started on the button with no hesitation as I became impatient. Showing up a few faults, although I got rid of the classic 4x4 system one with the ol’ full lock to full lock trick I remember from our old E53 X5 😉 Provided you can’t fool these systems the guy selling it said he had it serviced in the last few months, which the car is also agreeing with 🔧🤔 Comfort heated seats, blowers, iDrive, electric folding mirrors, electric steering wheel and even the pan roof are all fully working still so that’s a touch 😆

Well it’s nowhere near fully charged but just started on the button with no hesitation as I became impatient. Showing up a few faults, although I got rid of the classic 4x4 system one with the ol’ full lock to full lock trick I remember from our old E53 X5 😉 Provided you can’t fool these systems the guy selling it said he had it serviced in the last few months, which the car is also agreeing with 🔧🤔 Comfort heated seats, blowers, iDrive, electric folding mirrors, electric steering wheel and even the pan roof are all fully working still so that’s a touch 😆

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I went straight home in my ‘little’ Sprinter last night and left my (very dirty 🧽) M760Li all tucked up in my unit. Got a proper cold start on it this morning, I’ll never get bored of the V12 starter motor sound but it’s a bit disappointing you can’t open the exhaust valves until the car has ‘warmed up’. Doesn’t sound as beasty cold, also an exhilarating POV driving video of me moving it out of the unit so I can get my Sprinter back in, you forget just how deadly quiet this car is until you watch something back like this 🤫😉🤣 This is all on private property I must add.

I went straight home in my ‘little’ Sprinter last night and left my (very dirty 🧽) M760Li all tucked up in my unit. Got a proper cold start on it this morning, I’ll never get bored of the V12 starter motor sound but it’s a bit disappointing you can’t open the exhaust valves until the car has ‘warmed up’. Doesn’t sound as beasty cold, also an exhilarating POV driving video of me moving it out of the unit so I can get my Sprinter back in, you forget just how deadly quiet this car is until you watch something back like this 🤫😉🤣 This is all on private property I must add.

42,311 views • 2 years ago

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