The Thrill of Engine Removal: A Step-by-Step Guide to Taking Down a Lamborghini's Complex Powerplant

As I stood alongside the iconic Lamborghini, gazing at its sleek design and powerful engine, I couldn't help but feel a sense of awe. The task at hand was daunting, if not downright intimidating – removing the engine from this marvel of engineering. But with the guidance of the seasoned mechanic, Wizard, I embarked on this journey, ready to face whatever challenges lay ahead.

The process began with a thorough inspection of the transmission, which revealed that it was a rear-mount transmission. A torque tube separated the engine from the transmission, and as we carefully removed the intake runners and spark plugs, the extent of the job became clear. With 12 new spark plugs and intake runners installed, the car was running smoothly once again – or so it seemed.

The real test began when Wizard mentioned that the transmission had been done previously, leaving us wondering if this particular Lamborghini was due for another overhaul. After a brief pause, we decided to wait until the check engine light flickered back to life before proceeding with the removal of the engine. This was largely a formality, but one that brought me face-to-face with my own mortality.

As Wizard prepared for the task ahead, I couldn't help but feel a sense of trepidation. The engine's location seemed almost precarious, wedged in between the transmission and the car itself. With the first bolt removed, our confidence grew – until we realized just how stuck the engine was. A boat-stud type bolt held it firmly in place, refusing to budge without some serious elbow grease.

With the engine separated from its foundation, Wizard expertly maneuvered a hydraulic hoist into position, ready to lift the entire unit clear of the transmission. The power steering pump came loose, and the fluid began to drain – but not before we realized just how precarious our setup was. A sturdy 5,000-pound strap from Harbor Freight would be our only hope for keeping everything in place as we raised it higher and higher.

Finally, with a deep breath, Wizard released the final straps, allowing the engine to swing free of its moorings. Time seemed to slow down as I watched in awe as this magnificent machine began to rise into the air, threatening to leave me clinging to my chair for dear life. And then – just as suddenly – it was over. The engine hung suspended in mid-air, a testament to Wizard's skill and our collective bravery.

With the engine now free from its transmission, we turned our attention to the new, high-tech exotic clutch that would replace the worn-out original. A comparison between the two revealed just how much wear and tear had taken its toll on this Lamborghini. As Wizard carefully extracted the old clutch and prepared it for disposal, I couldn't help but feel a sense of respect for the powerplant we'd just freed from its prison.

In the days that followed, Wizard set to work reassembling the engine, using the new transmission and clutch to breathe life back into this Lamborghini. As he worked his magic, I found myself drawn in by the intricate dance of bolts and components – each one a testament to the engineering prowess of the engineers who'd crafted this vehicle.

As we finally put the car's powerplant back together, Wizard turned to me with a knowing smile. The transmission was now securely attached, the engine safely ensconced within its cradle. It had been a long journey, filled with moments of sheer terror and awe-inspiring wonder – but in the end, it was all worth it. For in that moment, I knew that this Lamborghini would roar back to life, its V12 engine purring smoothly as we took it for a spin around the block.

The aftermath of our work left me feeling strangely exhilarated – perhaps it was the sheer thrill of removal itself, or maybe it was just the knowledge that I'd played a small part in bringing this magnificent machine back into action. Whatever the reason, I knew that I'd never forget this experience, and that the memories of our time together with Wizard would stay with me for a long time to come.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwizard clearly loves his work just just loves his work so how has it been getting this engine out I see you get very intimate with it I've really enjoyed it okay it's extremely long up in the tiger seemed like you're enjoying it welcome to who B's garage the dumbest automotive channel in all of YouTube accepts it may not be the dumbest video currently because the car was 'red what I just made with him you're putting my Aston well anyway what I made just with him which is why I'm wearing this was was but the cringe East thing I've ever made Lamborghini oh boy it sounds more like money in my pockets what it sound like to me yeah but I haven't seen you in quite a while I've been cooped up in my house and you said you call me when you're ready for help to remove the Lamborghini engine which is happening today and I figured while I'm here you might as well check out my perfect Aston Martin Rapide yeah there's nothing wrong with it but you can just look at it to make sure that there's nothing that needs to be fixed and then we'll go in and and get this tiger out of its cage so what do you think of my Rapide wizard a 2011 beautiful fifty five thousand miles I like it and you're lighting the pearl so we're about to comment on it's almost like pinkish pearl it is pretty it's like a an oyster oyster silver and the interior look at these windows yeah do this back door look how these windows operate to open in the world that's some engineering there I'm not sure if it's good or bad but it's got a center console even in the back yes and TVs oh my goodness baby seat mounts Wow and it smells amazing mm-hmm oh wait first actually it's a hatchback wizard push the button see it's a hatchback this little partition folds down those seats pulled down and you have this is like the perfect family car it absolutely is for sure for sure especially under the hood Wow should look familiar it's two for tours v6 is welded together oh yes look that's a motor craft alternator yeah and there's a motor craft water pump down there I've been through one of these already not a repeat he was a vain question similar the same setup yes but very tidy engine bay for fifty-five thousand miles very nice very clean this thing is absolutely amazing and it can carry your kids around this Oh No Hines I'm a super car for kids that can carry kids yep it's it's absolutely perfect like I said get on the lift it'll keep being perfect this thing's amazing had a final inspection by Bernard tandel he did a good job Bernard he did he'd burn it hard all right wizard when I bought this thing I knew it had a little bit of wear on it but I mean it was the cheapest Aston Martin Rapide in the USA it was forty-four thousand dollars which new this thing was over two hundred thousand dollars so wow that's a really good deal yeah has it had 230 thousand mile service done on it what's that it's we're basically a tune up check over uh I have no idea I don't I don't think so probably needs to be done so okay ready to take a look and see what we find yeah all right these wheels I already know they have to go they're weird they're red yeah somebody thought it'd be cool to paint the red inside of the wheels like the interior and yeah I'm not a big fan of black wheels anyway so I have to find something Pat look good those are big brakes in the front yes beefy beefy Aston Martin says check this wheel out over here nice and tight good good look through the little holes here in this Ford v v12 Ford v6 x 2 yeah basically I was being a little cocky just hoping for the best assuming you'd find something but it's looking really good interesting they give you so many holes to to peek inside though yeah the Aston Martins are known for having all these bolts thousands of bolts all over the bottom they're crazy yeah it's got weird cuz it's normally most automakers they hide everything under one big body panel with no access holes but I guess Aston Martin assumed things would break so they put big holes they put big holes in it but what the leaks don't collect right but it doesn't seem to break that fear transaxle oh that's awesome so it's a rear mount of transmission yeah there's a torque tube in between the engine and transmission here this thing's in amazing shape yeah it looks new underneath it really does I think you really did score on this one so you got nothing for me other than other than like a normal tune-up it's nothing right yeah I just take the intakes off and replace all 12 spark plug the intake runners and a couple grand a couple a couple grand and it's do it thirty thousand miles this thing's at fifty five thousand miles mate well maybe it's been done already I don't know I'll just wait till the check engine light comes on I'm like most people I think that's what I would so this is just a formality the repeat has your blessing but really you want me here to help with with that orange thing the orange tiger over there okay all right so what's going on I got everything ready except for one bolt I need to get loose and then we're gonna put the engine hoist in the back back here and start tugging away everything's ready oh boy wizard clearly loves his work just just loves his work so how has it been getting this engine out I see you get very intimate with it yeah I'm getting this last bolt by the e gear it's like a boat stud thing oh I think that's it I've been it's not been difficult just time-consuming but it's not been too bad enjoyable yeah I really enjoyed it okay let's get the hoist over here it seemed like you're enjoying it I assume we need something that goes really high for this to get clear of all this and the transmissions gonna stay in the car right yes you can't do it all at once it's extremely long I don't want to bang up the body panels or since we have to split it off the transmission anyway yeah okay you ready so you're gonna start pumping up in the tiger and if there's a bad noise you think you got everything yeah it's definitely separated from the transmission good that's good what's that coming off the hose is there that's the power steering pump oh I just laid aside I don't have to dump all the fluid out okay well up we go we're getting there does it need more straps no it'll be fine this is a 5,000 pound strap okay never before has this much of my finances relied upon a yellow strap from Harbor Freight probably oh it's got to go so high okay do not hit the orange I know it's worrisome I'm clenched everything is clenched everything's clenched I'm holding it it wants to sway into the right corner test has to go really high really uncomfortably high wants to swing and I let go of it yeah I'm holding on to it oh Lord quit swinging okay okay it needs to go a little higher I think it's gonna bump the bottom here Oh that'll do it yeah yeah you got your little right there okay oh my gosh look at that how much founder's okay free it's free well that was legitimately terrifying it's out yeah and we're on the hind end of it which was actually in the front this was hooked into the transmission see the clutch right here and this clutch according to Lamborghinis diagnostic computer is negative 50 percent right wizard so let's see what a negative 50 percent clutch looks like the v12 is no longer inside the hole that transmission wedged in there now you can see why I didn't pull the whole thing out it just scares me to do that sometimes I do that but I didn't feel comfortable I totally understand there it is it's getting close to the rivets right at the rivets yeah that is quite chewed up isn't it it's very bad mmm very very very bad yeah I guess we have the new one to compare it by right yeah let's do that so in here is the new Kevlar clutch from high-tech exotic you see how yeah it is right there it's about half your flashlight at least in thickness right right and this one this one's half as thick as that one yeah sure it's not as shoot up and destroyed as this no lovely well wizard uh he'll have this all put together in a few days I imagine right so I have the replacement use transmission the new high-tech exotic clutch and then when you'll mate that all together and then put it back in and then fingers crossed right when I get the transmission out I'll take all the eager components off it swap it under the good used one right wonderful okay well happy hunting yes I'm gonna go back to sheltering in place I'm glad I was here you definitely needed my help for just not swinging in yeah well thank you for watching stay safe everyonewizard clearly loves his work just just loves his work so how has it been getting this engine out I see you get very intimate with it I've really enjoyed it okay it's extremely long up in the tiger seemed like you're enjoying it welcome to who B's garage the dumbest automotive channel in all of YouTube accepts it may not be the dumbest video currently because the car was 'red what I just made with him you're putting my Aston well anyway what I made just with him which is why I'm wearing this was was but the cringe East thing I've ever made Lamborghini oh boy it sounds more like money in my pockets what it sound like to me yeah but I haven't seen you in quite a while I've been cooped up in my house and you said you call me when you're ready for help to remove the Lamborghini engine which is happening today and I figured while I'm here you might as well check out my perfect Aston Martin Rapide yeah there's nothing wrong with it but you can just look at it to make sure that there's nothing that needs to be fixed and then we'll go in and and get this tiger out of its cage so what do you think of my Rapide wizard a 2011 beautiful fifty five thousand miles I like it and you're lighting the pearl so we're about to comment on it's almost like pinkish pearl it is pretty it's like a an oyster oyster silver and the interior look at these windows yeah do this back door look how these windows operate to open in the world that's some engineering there I'm not sure if it's good or bad but it's got a center console even in the back yes and TVs oh my goodness baby seat mounts Wow and it smells amazing mm-hmm oh wait first actually it's a hatchback wizard push the button see it's a hatchback this little partition folds down those seats pulled down and you have this is like the perfect family car it absolutely is for sure for sure especially under the hood Wow should look familiar it's two for tours v6 is welded together oh yes look that's a motor craft alternator yeah and there's a motor craft water pump down there I've been through one of these already not a repeat he was a vain question similar the same setup yes but very tidy engine bay for fifty-five thousand miles very nice very clean this thing is absolutely amazing and it can carry your kids around this Oh No Hines I'm a super car for kids that can carry kids yep it's it's absolutely perfect like I said get on the lift it'll keep being perfect this thing's amazing had a final inspection by Bernard tandel he did a good job Bernard he did he'd burn it hard all right wizard when I bought this thing I knew it had a little bit of wear on it but I mean it was the cheapest Aston Martin Rapide in the USA it was forty-four thousand dollars which new this thing was over two hundred thousand dollars so wow that's a really good deal yeah has it had 230 thousand mile service done on it what's that it's we're basically a tune up check over uh I have no idea I don't I don't think so probably needs to be done so okay ready to take a look and see what we find yeah all right these wheels I already know they have to go they're weird they're red yeah somebody thought it'd be cool to paint the red inside of the wheels like the interior and yeah I'm not a big fan of black wheels anyway so I have to find something Pat look good those are big brakes in the front yes beefy beefy Aston Martin says check this wheel out over here nice and tight good good look through the little holes here in this Ford v v12 Ford v6 x 2 yeah basically I was being a little cocky just hoping for the best assuming you'd find something but it's looking really good interesting they give you so many holes to to peek inside though yeah the Aston Martins are known for having all these bolts thousands of bolts all over the bottom they're crazy yeah it's got weird cuz it's normally most automakers they hide everything under one big body panel with no access holes but I guess Aston Martin assumed things would break so they put big holes they put big holes in it but what the leaks don't collect right but it doesn't seem to break that fear transaxle oh that's awesome so it's a rear mount of transmission yeah there's a torque tube in between the engine and transmission here this thing's in amazing shape yeah it looks new underneath it really does I think you really did score on this one so you got nothing for me other than other than like a normal tune-up it's nothing right yeah I just take the intakes off and replace all 12 spark plug the intake runners and a couple grand a couple a couple grand and it's do it thirty thousand miles this thing's at fifty five thousand miles mate well maybe it's been done already I don't know I'll just wait till the check engine light comes on I'm like most people I think that's what I would so this is just a formality the repeat has your blessing but really you want me here to help with with that orange thing the orange tiger over there okay all right so what's going on I got everything ready except for one bolt I need to get loose and then we're gonna put the engine hoist in the back back here and start tugging away everything's ready oh boy wizard clearly loves his work just just loves his work so how has it been getting this engine out I see you get very intimate with it yeah I'm getting this last bolt by the e gear it's like a boat stud thing oh I think that's it I've been it's not been difficult just time-consuming but it's not been too bad enjoyable yeah I really enjoyed it okay let's get the hoist over here it seemed like you're enjoying it I assume we need something that goes really high for this to get clear of all this and the transmissions gonna stay in the car right yes you can't do it all at once it's extremely long I don't want to bang up the body panels or since we have to split it off the transmission anyway yeah okay you ready so you're gonna start pumping up in the tiger and if there's a bad noise you think you got everything yeah it's definitely separated from the transmission good that's good what's that coming off the hose is there that's the power steering pump oh I just laid aside I don't have to dump all the fluid out okay well up we go we're getting there does it need more straps no it'll be fine this is a 5,000 pound strap okay never before has this much of my finances relied upon a yellow strap from Harbor Freight probably oh it's got to go so high okay do not hit the orange I know it's worrisome I'm clenched everything is clenched everything's clenched I'm holding it it wants to sway into the right corner test has to go really high really uncomfortably high wants to swing and I let go of it yeah I'm holding on to it oh Lord quit swinging okay okay it needs to go a little higher I think it's gonna bump the bottom here Oh that'll do it yeah yeah you got your little right there okay oh my gosh look at that how much founder's okay free it's free well that was legitimately terrifying it's out yeah and we're on the hind end of it which was actually in the front this was hooked into the transmission see the clutch right here and this clutch according to Lamborghinis diagnostic computer is negative 50 percent right wizard so let's see what a negative 50 percent clutch looks like the v12 is no longer inside the hole that transmission wedged in there now you can see why I didn't pull the whole thing out it just scares me to do that sometimes I do that but I didn't feel comfortable I totally understand there it is it's getting close to the rivets right at the rivets yeah that is quite chewed up isn't it it's very bad mmm very very very bad yeah I guess we have the new one to compare it by right yeah let's do that so in here is the new Kevlar clutch from high-tech exotic you see how yeah it is right there it's about half your flashlight at least in thickness right right and this one this one's half as thick as that one yeah sure it's not as shoot up and destroyed as this no lovely well wizard uh he'll have this all put together in a few days I imagine right so I have the replacement use transmission the new high-tech exotic clutch and then when you'll mate that all together and then put it back in and then fingers crossed right when I get the transmission out I'll take all the eager components off it swap it under the good used one right wonderful okay well happy hunting yes I'm gonna go back to sheltering in place I'm glad I was here you definitely needed my help for just not swinging in yeah well thank you for watching stay safe everyone\n"