I BOUGHT A REPOSSESSED BUGATTI VEYRON

I have just bought a Bugatti Veyron

with a small wishet.

>> I'll be honest, a Bugatti was never on

my dream car list.

>> Very possibly the best car we'll see in

our lifetime.

>> I just didn't think it was ever

attainable.

>> They did it only as a technical exercise

to see if it could be done.

>> There was only ever 450 ever made.

>> This is so much more than any car you've

ever seen. And today Veyrons are going

for over £1.5 million.

>> 700. I have 750 with Clution. 150 2

million2. If you have to ask the price,

you can't afford it.

>> It's your go. [music]

>> And this is all if you can even find one

for sale.

But have you ever heard of law of

attraction?

>> If you can see it here and you have the

courage enough to speak it, it will

happen.

And that's exactly what did.

Whilst I was out in Florida rebuilding

Alex's Chiron,

>> I had a message from a repossession

company who was selling a Bugatti Veyron

with an array of problems. And it's

weird in my life. I feel like

opportunities have been thrown right in

front of my face. And if I didn't take

them, I could have gone in so many

different directions. And I feel like

this was another one of those

opportunities that I could not miss out

on. So I had to take the risk.

>> The Bugatti Veyron will pass through the

air at 250.

>> The Veyron is about pushing the outside

of the envelope.

>> It's 16 cylinders, 8 L,

>> four turbos,

>> and 1,000 horsepower.

>> I love this car. And I had [music] just

committed to buying one for a lot

cheaper than the usual price, but with

hopes I was going to be able to fix it.

Room is being made. This is a random

Tuesday night and I think it's going to

be probably the biggest Tuesday night of

my life so far. Try and take this all

in. I can't believe what is actually

happening. It was kind of a bit of an

impulse. But it had to be an impulse

because we had to commit to whether

we're doing it or not. But I can't

believe I'm saying this right now.

Bugatti Veyron is coming into the

garage. My Bugatti Veyron. What the

hell? [laughter]

And here it arrives. About 8 hours ago,

we saw it for about 20 minutes and had

to make the decision there and then.

[music]

But sometimes the best decisions are

impulse decisions

>> and this certainly [music] was one.

>> Did you ever think that would be going?

>> No,

>> absolutely not. But fair place.

>> I really didn't think

>> I did.

>> Oh my god.

There it is.

My Bugatti Veyron. [music]

words I'd never thought I'd ever say.

Wow,

that is mental. It's not crashed.

Wa,

it looks so good.

>> Looks sick, don't it?

>> It looks so good. Do you like it? It's

kind of [music]

I don't know why, but it really it's it

it kind of reminded me of my Loopo.

[laughter]

>> I'll be honest. Just take it back. Just

take it back. And now I do know why. My

Volkswagen [music] Lupo was the first

car I ever really had to save up for.

And I remember picking it up and how

proud [music] I felt that all the work

that I'd done had bought me a car I

really wanted. And that same feeling is

brought back to the Bugatti somehow.

>> Going to remind you of it even more.

Here you go. [laughter]

>> Nice.

>> I don't know if it can get better than

this. I really don't think it can get

better than this. And can it really?

It's a Veyron.

[laughter]

It's

>> And now it's about to be loaded into my

home garage.

>> Liam, are you going to be the first

person to drive the veil?

>> The first person to drive the veil cuz I

don't think he's going to let me drive

it any other time.

>> This is cool.

>> This is what's holding the car

from impending doom at the minute. And

Ethan's controlling it.

Oh my god.

That

>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

>> The noises.

>> Woo.

Look at that.

>> Oh my days.

>> I'm never driving this.

>> Oh my god.

>> Oh wow.

>> Oh, what? Look at that.

>> Lights up. It's like a jewelry box. Now,

>> I've never even sat in a Veyron before,

so all of this stuff was new to me.

And to be honest, everything looked in

decent condition. Oh, it's number 34.

And the car was built for Dubai. And the

country of destination [music] was

Dubai. I want to start it

cuz it does start. I don't know how long

we can run it for cuz I think the

coolant is low on it and I don't know

where to top the coolant off yet. W 16

four turbos, 16 cylinders. What the hell

is going on? Believe it or not,

>> it does actually run.

So, so

>> and although it runs, it fails to drive.

And this

brings us on to the issue.

Now, when you buy a car from a

repossession company, all you [music]

get is the keys. That's it. So, I have

no idea of the history of this car, no

idea why it got repossessed or the

issues with it. So, first thing I did is

put this registration plate into car

vertical. And I didn't think that this

car would actually come on this [music]

registration. Turns out it does. So I

have got this registration with the car.

And another thing I can see it's

actually registered as white on here.

But we found out that this is actually a

wrap. The whole car is wrapped. And I

can see from the inside of the door it's

like a light blue color. And then this

looks like a dark blue color. So, it' be

interesting to see what it's actually

like underneath the wrap as well.

Another thing I can see is that the car

didn't even come to the UK until 2018.

And that backs it up with this because

underneath here, I can see that it was

made in Moles, France. Chassis number

34, but the car was built to be in

[music] Dubai. Now, I've heard a lot of

things about cars which go to Dubai, and

apparently the ones which are built for

Dubai are supposedly meant to be better,

better cooling because of the heat. I

[music] don't know how true that is, but

all of these Veyrons are left and drive.

So, that's not an issue for me that it

was registered in Dubai and it come to

the UK. Since it's been in the UK, the

mileage has shot up, but then slowing

right down since 2023. Another

interesting thing I've seen on here is

that the car was in July 2025, which

isn't that long ago. The problem that

this car has must have happened within

those 8 months. But but what worries me

is if the guy stopped paying his finance

because he couldn't afford the repair on

the car. And that's the big question.

How did it end up getting [music]

repossessed? But on the good side,

because it has been repossessed now, I

can see on the car vertical check that

there is no [music] outstanding finance

on it. Now, overall, the car is in

pretty much immaculate condition for its

age. The interior barely has any marks

on it. Yes, there's a few things here

and there which do need replacing and

updating. There always is going to be

that on a 2006 car. Let's get on to the

issue. And the good thing is that this

car starts as you've seen.

So, the car runs.

To me, it sounds like it has a small

misfire.

But take a look at the dash. The dash is

lit up with the engine light and a

coolant light. The worst part of it all,

I try to go into neutral,

nothing happens. If I try to go into

drive,

nothing happens. I cannot get this car.

This car will not come out of park.

Yeah. And this engine wasn't sounding

good. There's some big There's been some

strange sounds coming from it. And off.

So, at the minute, we have an engine

light, a transmission light. The car

won't go into gear, and since it's been

here, I've charged the battery. I

thought maybe it's all battery related.

It could be a low battery. We know how

many problems batteries cause, but since

it's been parked here, there's been

coolant on the floor coming from the

front end. Now, we know from our friend

Mark, who also bought a Bugatti with a

broken gearbox, found out that the price

for one from Bugatti themselves,

£300,000.

And on top of that, getting any parts

from Bugatti themselves is going to be

difficult, as we've found out.

>> And if you're looking to try and repair

that yourself, you could be sat on it

until you're forced to actually take it

back to Bugatti themselves. So to repair

or even diagnose this car, we've got to

figure it out ourselves if we don't want

that huge bill from Bugatti. So it's

really a mystery and it was really a

risk. But I do think we can get to the

bottom of this and repair it. I think we

need to get this car inside the workshop

and just work out what the hell is going

wrong with it.

>> So now it's time to begin work [music]

on the Veyron. And right now we have

three problems. No gears, a misfire,

[music]

and a cooling line. And I think the best

place to start is to plug in the

diagnostic tool and see if that will

give us any clues as to what's going

wrong with this car. There we go. She's

in. The OBD port is just underneath the

steering wheel like any normal car. Then

we can get the fault codes. 20

30 faults. Before we even look at what

what they are, I'm going to

>> [music]

>> erase them and we'll see what comes

back. That's the best way. Now, best

case scenario, we erase all these fault

codes and everything works.

Go off and then we're going to go back

on and if this goes into gear, I will

lose my mind. But after we'd erased them

and then started back up, put on the

brake. Still wasn't looking good.

No,

>> we've still got a transmission light.

Engine light is back on and flashing.

>> Yeah, it doesn't sound good back there.

>> And now when I scan the faults again, I

can see the misfire issue.

>> Cylinder 8,

no signal.

Now, this could mean multiple things,

but at the minute, it's pinned down to

ion current at cylinder 8. So, that

could mean that the coil pack, which is

in charge of giving the spark plug the

spark, is faulty or broken. And the

strange thing about this is that when I

remember back to Mark's videos, who also

had the broken gearbox, it also had a

similar fault.

>> It has got a misfire, which we diagnose

down to an ion control module. So, what

are the chances that mine with a broken

gearbox and marked with a broken gearbox

also have the same misfire fault?

Multiple misfire detection. Cylinder 12

misfire. Cylinder 10 misfire.

16 misfire 10 misfire.

11 misfire. How many s How many

misfires? There's loads of reasons why

it could be misfiring. Like loads. like

could need a service, could have bad

spark plugs, could have bad coils, could

be a problem with the ECU.

>> What do you think it is, Kev?

>> Can you help in any way, shape, or form

>> at the minute? No. Because even though

we're getting somewhere with the

misfire, we still have no idea why it

won't go into gear. We're meant to hear

a

transmission pump. Anyway, do you know

Alex is Can you remember when we opened

the door, it went

airbags?

be okay bit.

>> I ain't heard that.

>> Now, the way this car changes gears is

with solenoids. They open and close to

direct the transmission fluid, which

then pushes the shifter fork into the

correct gear. But to do this, the

gearbox needs oil [music] pressure. And

that pressure is made electronically

with a pump. And like the SVJ, the pump

should prime before you even start the

car to make sure you've got that gearbox

pressure instantly.

Hear any pump?

>> Yeah,

>> there. We thought we could hear the

pump, but wasn't too sure. Is that the

pump, though? I think it'd be louder

than that. On the SVJ, the pump, it

needed to build up pressure in the

solenoid so you can change gear. And

when the SVJ had low transmission

shifter fluid, the pump kept going and

going and going and going until

eventually it just stopped because it

gave up. It couldn't build up enough

pressure. If that's the pump we can

hear, it should only be on until it's

built up pressure. But at the minute, it

sounds like it's still going, but I feel

like it's too quiet for a pump. Then a

fault appeared on the auto. Pump has

exceeded switch on [music] switching

time.

The pump has either stayed on for too

long and not built up enough pressure.

>> Because there's no oil in it [music] and

then it's exceeded its switch on time.

So it stop it stops itself burning out.

So it's it stops itself burning out

because it's just pumping round and

round and round and it's not building up

enough pressure. So it goes I give up.

Or the it's asking for the pump to be

switched on and it's not pumping. So,

we've either got to fill it with oil and

it will work.

>> Yeah.

>> Or the pump's broke and we're going to

have to ask Matty rem to sell us one

>> or find off a pat. So, now we can see

that the pump has some kind of fault,

but we're trying to work out whether it

actually works. So, we're going to see

if we can turn it on remotely. Okay, we

need to get that pump to turn on. So, if

I turn it off,

>> no transmission. Pump on.

Pump off. So, the pump did come on.

>> Pump's on. Pump's on. Pump off.

>> The pump didn't want to stay on, which

is weird. And what about the pressure?

No pressure is being built up. Look. And

without this pressure, it's not going to

be able to shift into gear. Okay.

Could be a faulty pump cuz it's going on

and off and on and off. Could be cuz

it's got no fluid in it. We also have no

coolant. We also have a coolant leak and

we also have a misfire. There's lots of

faults that we need to solve here. And

to do any of it to do any of it, we need

to get this back bit off because the

coolant tank is here. If it's like the

Chiron and I think the transmission

stuff is over there. If we could find

out how this has happened, it would give

us [music] a way better insight onto

what [music] we need to look for. Do you

know if we if the if someone's already

diagnosed this problem, we're not going

to be chasing around the car for a

problem that somebody's [music] already

diagnosed. We should make some phone

calls and do a bit of Googling before we

go anywhere else.

Now, after doing a bit of research, I

found that this Bugatti Veyron used to

be on the registration plate 1 [music]

MCY, which helped us find a few videos

of it online without the wrap. But then,

strangely, on top of that, we saw

[music] this photo. This is a photo of

Mark's Bugatti Veyron with the gearbox

problem with my Bugatti Veyron parked

behind it, which now also has a gearbox

problem as well. It just seems too much

of a coincidence [music] that those two

were together and they both have similar

issues. So, we had to get on the phone.

>> Hello, Matthew.

>> Hi, Mark.

>> You all right?

>> How's your bag?

>> Uh, broke. [laughter]

>> Well, snap.

Because look at this.

There's there's two people in the

Midlands now with Bugattis.

That is Oh, mate. Congratulations. That

is beautiful.

>> It is unreal. After a while of speaking

to Mark and showing him round the

Bugatti, I then explain what we've found

out. Both of them have broken gearboxes.

Both of them have misfires. And we now

have a theory that both of them were

together at some point.

>> Yeah. Like honestly, the story is scary

because that's nearly identical to what

mine [music] was. Real really?

>> What? Like a repossession?

>> Yeah.

[laughter]

>> Oh my days.

>> The at some stage my car was almost

pawned.

>> So it was taken somewhere for money

>> and then the owner I don't know who it

was cuz it was it was back before the

guy who I bought it off

>> somewhere along the line. Um [music] the

guy never collected the car because he

never brought the money and then the car

was obviously changed hands because he

never came back on the dead. If

>> it is the per if it is the same owner

then they must drive it a certain way to

break the gearbox.

>> But everyone keeps on telling me like

these cars are bulletproof.

>> Yeah.

>> And then everyone keeps on sending me

pictures and videos of broken gearboxes.

So I don't know.

>> How far have you got with your gearbox

situation?

So, it's still in Holland at the minute

and we're sort of like in the midst of

pressure testing, which I might be able

to help with you as well. But I've

actually had a message from somebody and

I might be able to buy another gearbox.

>> What a second what just as a spare

gearbox, a working one.

>> Long story short, some guy in Australia

has got two damaged cars. He's going to

make one out of the two, but there's a

spare gear box which a guy has bought

and he's in Malaga in Spain and it's the

right money. And worse comes to worse, I

might have it as a coffee table.

[laughter]

>> So, the story behind both of these

Bugattis is [music] strange, but there's

no real answer to any of the problems.

So, I guess that leaves me trying to

diagnose and repair [music] this myself.

I don't even know where to start. We've

got the misfire. We've got the coolant

leak and we've got the shifting into no

gears. The most expensive one to me

sounds like the [music] shifting into no

gears. So, I'd like to try and solve

that first. But to do any of that to

access the engine, we need to get this

engine cover off. And I know exactly how

to do it because I'm a big tech who

watches YouTube. [music]

Let's get it off. So, to do this, we

remove this seal around here, which

allows us access to [music] a load of 10

mil bolts. I know this because I've

already seen it on YouTube before. You

don't actually have to take out the 10

ms, just loosen them. Then [music]

there's one T30 in the center. And then

there's two multi-torx, one each side of

the wing. I've undone one. Then Liam's

going to undo the other one. I'm then

just going to lower the wing to move it

out the way. And the back panel should

come off. Yes.

>> Once we've [music] disconnected the rear

lights, [laughter]

Why is it talking? [laughter]

It's going, "Please help me."

>> I'm broken. What is it doing?

Going to start again. [laughter]

Yeah. Now we can see the coolant tank.

Says we got low coolant.

>> Anything in there?

>> Yeah,

>> there is.

>> Yeah.

>> Oh, yeah. It has got a bit in there,

isn't it?

>> The thing is, we know it's got a leak

from the front. And I've got a suspicion

of where it's coming from. Look in

there. You can see it's wet on the

bottom of this rad right there. But

where we think it's really bad is on

this side

where you can see bits of pink droplets

on it. And the only explanation I can

think of this is that a stone's gone in

there and just pierced it a tiny bit.

That could be a really really slow leak,

but

I know we shouldn't really put water in

it because it's going to come back out

anyway. But I would be interested just

to top it up with some water to see if

that brings the coolant light off the

dash.

>> Perfect.

>> Wa. Okay,

let's see.

There she is.

H

there must be another coolant tank or

that is a completely separate issue.

There is another coolant tank on the

Chiron. There was a separate reservoir

and that was tucked away here and this

reservoir was the coolant which is used

to cool the turbos on the car. So surely

just like the Chiron, the Veyron has

something similar. [music] We've just

got to find the separate expansion tank

for it, which we think might be under

one of these.

[music]

Ah, interesting. Right, here we go. This

is going to solve one problem. Well,

temporarily [music] until it leaks out

the front. And weirdly, it did have

coolant in it, but it was just below the

minimum. [music]

>> Min and max. The tolerance is that

little.

>> Okay. Right. Let's top that up. Please

let us solve one problem. It's going to

come straight out the front rad. [music]

We know that. But if the light comes

off, at least we know where the problem

is. So, we topped it up.

Are we going to solve one problem?

Let's see if the coolant light comes

off. I'm really intrigued. And also,

I've got more insights on the engine,

the misfire.

Now the engine was misfiring bad,

especially from cold start, but yeah, no

cooler light.

Yes. Yes. Come on. We fixed one thing

and it was easier to an extent. We still

got a leaking radiator though. Now, next

thing I wanted to do is get the Veyron

in the air to check for any leaks

because if you remember right, when the

SVJ couldn't get any gears, [music] it

was actually leaking the shifter fluid

out of one of the solenoids on the

gearbox. And if the Veyron is doing the

same, that would explain why the pump

can't build up any pressure.

Bad news is no visual leaks yet, but the

whole thing is an under tray.

>> Now, from the underneath of the car, you

could definitely tell it's been driven.

>> It's like it's not been looked after.

>> It's just like a British car. Yeah. It's

just like any British car. Like, you

know, if it was in Florida, that would

all be clean.

sweat and salty in it is is it's a

typical British car like he's drove it

>> daily. You'd expect it to be shiny for a

Bugatti, but at the same time I feel

like he's drove it all the time. But I

think, you know, like with a bit of dry

ice, it would come up mint.

>> The next step was just to start removing

all of the under trays and some of which

had active arrow on which is

hydraulically controlled. Got it. We had

to disconnect some of the lines and then

start undoing [music]

the millions of bolts which hold this

under tray to the bottom of the car. And

the more we undid, the more we seen how

much TLC this car really needed. As the

car lift blocked a lot of the under

tray, we had to lower it to the floor to

do the [music] last final bolts and then

lift it back up, leaving the under trays

on the floor. And now we can pull them

out. [music] Here it is. Active Arrow on

a 2006 car. And underneath all the

trays, [music] everything's looking a

little ruster. These are the solenoids

that we were worried about, whether I

was thinking that they were going to be

leaking, but no leaks, which makes this

a harder job for me. It's completely

dry, isn't it? [music] This is really

confusing now because there's no obvious

signs where, oh, come on, [music] let me

find something, please. with nothing

being obvious there. I lowered the car

down just to try one other thing with

the gearbox.

So, okay. So, I took this out and here's

the cable.

When I turn that, you should be able to

rotate all the wheels forward

>> because this cable should put the car

into neutral.

That should be in neutral now.

>> Spin the wheels. Yes,

>> we're in neutral,

>> which is good news because it means that

the gearbox isn't mechanically seized

and both the wheels spin.

>> Yes, sir.

>> That's good news.

>> So, it's not mechanically stuck in. It's

nothing's wedged. I'm going to start it

now,

but still no gears.

>> It's so weird. We know the shifter works

cuz we send that on the auto. It sends a

signal.

>> We know the shifter works.

>> This is something we tested earlier just

to make sure the shifter was sending a

signal.

>> Neutral

reverse. So the shifter

is communicating with the car

>> and then we now know that it will

manually shift from neutral to park.

But what what's not happening is when

you send the signal, it's not engaging

the gear. So, the hunt for why the car

doesn't go into gear continues. But

another thing on my mind is the misfire

as well. And it seems to be a lot worse

from cold start.

And one thing that I haven't heard power

up are the secondary air pumps. Now,

when you first start up your car, the

catalytic converters are cold, so they

don't work as efficiently. So, what the

secondary air pump does is pump air into

the exhaust system, which then helps

heat up the catalytic converter quickly,

so the air coming out of the exhaust is

more cleaner. Now, earlier I noticed

that I didn't hear these secondary air

pumps power up when I put the ignition

on in the car. And I did have a look on

the auto to see if I could get them to

power up separately. Secondary air

injection pump relay.

But when I clicked activate, it said it

was running, but nothing was turning on.

But I didn't think this was much of a

problem as I couldn't see a reason why

this would cause a misfire, [music] but

that was until I called Ricky from RE

Performance about it.

>> Hello.

>> Hi. I think it's something Well, I I

originally thought it was something to

do with vacuum or something along those

lines, but I didn't know whether you had

any like ideas of going Oh, yeah. I know

on these Volkswagens cold start. What?

>> No, not not cold start so much. I mean,

yeah, you might have a vac leak or if

your secondary airs leaking

>> the

>> what? Those those little air pumps the

>> Yeah.

>> the So, if they leak that can cause like

a misfire from from cold start.

>> Yeah. Yeah.

>> Right. Okay.

>> Basically, what happens then is you get

an exhaust leak. And this can happen

because when the secondary air pump

turns on to allow that air to flow into

the exhaust, a solenoid opens up a valve

to allow the air to flow through. Now,

if that solenoid is opening up the valve

to allow the air to flow through, but

the secondary air pump isn't working,

then the exhaust fumes coming out of the

exhaust are going to flow back up that

chamber and out [music] of the secondary

air pump, which would cause a misfire

because the lambber sensors in the

exhaust are getting a false reading.

We're all on the agreement that it's

something to do with air vacuum or

something along those lines. It's just

where is it coming from? Check

solenoids. Um, and the air pumps is one

thing I haven't heard. I haven't heard

these things. They normally make a

really loud worring sound from Cold

Star, and I haven't heard them. So, what

I'm going to do now is test them by

sending power directly to it. There we

go.

And this one worked. So, the secondary

air pump works that side. There's four

though. And the two on the other side

were really difficult to get to. So

instead of trying to fight it, I decided

to just take them off so I could test

them off the car.

Yes.

Please let that be the fault. Please,

please be broken because that would mean

I'm good.

There's no way I've done that for no

reason.

Ow. That wire is really hot.

Both of them work. We haven't we haven't

heard them when they've started up. So,

it potentially they might the relays

might not be flicking them on. So, all

the air pumps work, but whatever's

telling them to turn them on clearly

isn't working. So, I called over Dips,

who has a more in-depth diagnostic tool,

who can plug into the Veyron and see if

he can get the secondary air pumps to

turn on remotely. But whilst I was about

to do that, I gave Carl Hartley a call

because if anyone's going to know

anything about Bugattis in the UK, it's

going to be Carl. I think you're the guy

to speak to about this.

>> Okay, hit me with it. [laughter] You

done?

>> Do you know this car?

>> Uh, yes, I do know that car. [laughter]

actually tried to buy that car.

>> Did you really? Okay. What do you know

about it?

>> Do you know what I think has happened

putting two and two together here? So,

uh, the guy who had that car had it for

a while.

>> Yeah.

>> Used it a lot. Now, I think the guy

probably thought it's easier to have

this car repossessed off the finance

company than it is to fit the bill to

keep it on the road.

>> This is what we're thinking. That's

exactly what we're thinking.

>> I don't I know that car. I knew the

owner. Um he used it a lot. I doubt it

would have had the problem by sitting.

It didn't sit very much.

>> Right. Right. Okay. That makes that

makes it. And another thing is I called

Mark and we have put two and two

together and there's actually a photo of

his car and this car together. Did

>> Yeah. So same guy same guy owned both.

[laughter]

>> No. So, the puzzle pieces are coming

together and we're finding more history

about the Veyron. But at least it's

nothing sinister. And I'm sure if it

was, it would have showed up on the car

vertical check. For example, if it was

damaged, it might have showed me photos

of the car when it was auctioned off. So

remember, before buying a car, if you

want to find out the history of it,

click the link in the description box

below. Use car vertical [music]

and also use my discount code on the

screen right now, which will save you a

bit of money on that check. I am current

number 12.

Uh, cylinder 13, electrical malfunction,

open circuit.

>> So, right now, Dips has plugged his

computer into the car, and Ricky from RE

Performance is remotely logged into it,

and he's going to see if he can get the

secondary air pump to start up using the

tool.

>> It's on. It's going.

>> No, no.

>> Right.

>> No.

>> Should just be going click, click,

click, click, click, click. Nothing.

>> Nothing.

>> But nothing was happening. And by

chance, I wanted to see if it could turn

on the gearbox pump as well. Can you

turn that pump on?

>> Uh, yeah, I can. Yeah. Two seconds.

>> Can you hear the pump run?

>> The secondary air pump.

>> Uh, gearbox.

>> What? What? Now?

>> Yeah. I can hear the gearbox pressure

run.

>> I can't hear it when it's running. It's

like

>> Okay.

>> When when we got the ignition on, I can

hear it.

>> So, the gearbox sinks and pressure

relays running. Why?

>> So, the relay's on. So, it thinks the

pump's running. That's why you get any

error because then it will go, "Oh,

yeah." Like, no pressure.

>> So, Ricky can see on his laptop that the

car thinks the pump's running, but no

pressure is building up. And I can't

hear the pump [music] actually going.

So, could this all be an electrical

fault? Okay.

>> Like at the minute there, it says pump

off. So, what you need to do is you need

to figure out at the pump whether you

can get it to switch on.

>> So, the other thing is that if I've got

a faulty relay for

>> Yeah.

>> for the secondary air pump because I

can't we can't get that to go on

>> then and we've got a faulty Is there

potential it could be a faulty relay for

also the pump for the gearbox?

>> Yeah, chances are you've got a load of

faulty relays. is more likely that the

main so the primary side the relay

control is probably fed off one or two

fuses and you've probably blown one big

fuse.

>> Thanks Ricker.

>> No worries. You're welcome.

>> And that is Ricky at RE Performance.

Right. Good news and bad news then. We

thought we could hear the pump. Turns

out we can't. And the pump doesn't seem

to be pumping. The secondary air pumps

also ain't pumping. So the chances of

two relays going is slim, but if

someone's jump started the car or done

something like that and it's had a

little surge, there's a possibility. So

this again could come down to a tiny

fuse or a tiny relay. And if it is, I

have got one hell of a bargain here. All

the fuses are in here. Were there any

behind the seat? Do you know? Can you

remember when we took Alex's shoe on

apart? Were there any fuses behind the

seat?

>> I don't think so. It was just that panel

was velcroed on.

>> Yeah, that was it. There was nothing

that that that was it. So, I think

they're all here for the car. So, I know

there's a little hatch,

but I think these are going to be little

fuses for small things, but Ricky seems

to think that if it's going to be a

probably going to be a big fuse or a big

relay, which I think is going to be

inside that. But before we start, we

might as well check these and go through

everything. And if we can find a faulty

fuse, we're looking good. Now, because

there's not much information out there

about Veyrons, we don't actually have a

fuse diagram. So, we don't know what

each fuse we're checking for actually

does. But there's no harm in checking

each individual one, which is what I was

doing now.

>> Good. [bell] Good. [music]

>> And most of them seem good.

>> Good.

>> Until I got to one. [music] Okay.

Oh,

I found it. [music] I found it. Oh dear.

One of the fuses had completely melted

into the actual fuse box. And it looks

like it had even caused damage to the

one next to it. That 40 amp ain't meant

to be a 40 amp. And someone's put in

[music] a bigger amp fuse and that's

melted it. If I put a 30 amp in there, I

guar well well we don't know what amp

what amp that fuse is going to be. But

that looks I've never seen a 40 amp mini

fuse. [music] I've never seen one. But

judging by the look of that that's

melted. The only reason someone's put a

40 amp in there is because it probably

would have been popping 10 [music] amps,

20 amps, 30 amps, and they've just kept

putting fuses in until until one's

worked and then they've gone, "Oh,

that's worked." [music] But they've not

they've completely ignored that cuz I

was about to say the same thing. I was

like if a fuse is gone there's a reason

why [music] it's gone. So that is not

good. That could have caused a fire.

>> So we've got to find out where that fuse

goes to because that's the source of our

problem.

>> It's [music] it's melted the one next to

it. It's melted the one next to it as

well. Oh,

okay. So this is the one next to it.

What are the chances that the one next

to it is secondary air pump

and the one that's 40 amp is gearbox

pump. It's melted the secondary air pump

one and the gearbox pump one is [music]

on fire for some reason.

>> But why would they break?

>> That's the question.

That is the question.

>> [music]

>> To get better access to the fuses, I

removed the wheel arch lining and

everything inside the [music] wheel

arch. That way, I can access the fuse

box from underneath. Then, I was going

to remove the top to make sure that

there was no other damage inside that

box. Everything seemed okay behind it.

All I had to do now is pull that fuse

out of the box. That ain't even a fuse

anymore. That fuse is not fusing. That's

a bridge. The whole idea of a fuse is

that it pops if something on the circuit

isn't quite working right. But if

someone's putting a bigger amp fuse in

[music] every time it pops, it's just

going to create more and more heat.

Right.

We could send 12 Yeah, we could send 12

volts to it, right?

And see what it powers up or what tries

to power it up.

>> I think that would be perfect. But then

we and then we don't have to put the

ignition on because I think this will

come on with the ignition cuz what if we

put a fuse in it and then we turn the

ignition on the fuse might just blow

straight away. I think I think you know

what let's do it for for now. 20 amps.

20 amp. They cannot touch together. We

just need to hear if we hear anything

different. Well, no. I think the

ignition's going to go on. In fact, I

was going to say it now. I open the

door. That fuse is blowing.

>> You think?

>> Yeah. Ready to see if it pops in.

>> Matt's about to open the door.

>> Ready?

>> Yeah.

>> The pump.

>> It's working.

>> It's working. The gearbox pump started

working

>> and it hasn't blown

>> and it stopped.

Oh,

I don't think it's getting pressure, is

it? And that's why that's probably

getting really hot cuz it keeps trying.

It keeps trying. The gearbox pump is

meant to turn on until it gets to a

certain pressure. Then it will turn off

again. Or is it building pressure up?

But this pump kept going. So it was

worried that it might blow the fuse

again. Do you think [music] that built

pressure up?

>> Do you think that's why it stopped?

>> Imagine if it goes into gear [music] or

not.

>> But I can't it. This can't. That's got

to have blown for some reason. But it

ain't blown now, is it?

Right. Let me open the door again.

>> The pump still worked.

>> Fuse still good.

>> And the fuse was [music] still good.

>> Fuse is good.

>> And it ain't Oh my god, it's going to

get

>> it. Well, it stopped making the noise.

It stopped.

>> And the pump sounded different. Remember

on the SVJ when it built up pressure, it

went

it the pump sounded different.

>> Have we fixed it?

>> Is this going to go into gear? No way.

No way. No way. No way. No way. No way.

No.

>> If it's just a fuse, that'd be crazy.

[laughter]

I've just got into neutral. Wait, wait,

wait. No way. Park. No.

No way. No way. No way. No way. I'm

literally shaking now.

>> There's no way.

>> It was just a fuse.

>> No,

there's no There's no way I'm shaking. I

wanted to stop.

>> Let me [music] go up on the ramp. Let me

go up on the ramp. Wait there. Wait

there. Wait there.

>> This little fuse is what's fixed that

gearbox. That is insane.

>> There's no way starting. I want to know.

I want to know. I want to know.

Yeah,

it's moving. It's moving.

[crying]

It's working.

>> The Bugatti went into gear.

>> The fuse is all good. There's no way.

There's [music] absolutely no way.

All the wheels are moving.

No way.

What? [laughter]

There's 300 £300,000 it is for a new

gearbox. And I just got a fuse from

Halford's. There's no way. It can't be

that. I I think we've done it.

>> You've definitely won. Put it that way.

There's no way. I can't believe it. I

don't even know what to say. [laughter]

But like, it doesn't make sense. Why is

the fuse gone? And then I've just put a

30 amp in and it's working. Unless

someone unless it's surged from someone

jumping it or something. But that looks

like it's been burnt out for a while.

This car

wasn't as cheap as Mark's car. So, which

was 900. But this car wasn't over a

million pounds. And it's

flaming running and driving now. Right

now, it is my dream to drive this car to

Monaco for the summer. And I think it's

going to actually happen. It's going to

actually happen. It needs a tar up. It

needs a service. It needs a good going

over. And there's still a misfire. But

right now I've got a

[laughter]

Right now I've got a Bugatti Veyron

with a working gearbox which was just a

fuse. What the hell? There's so much

more to unfold. I think there is going

to be so much more to unfold. It's a

double win as well because my t-shirt is

sick. Look at this t-shirt.

>> That is pretty sick.

>> That is pretty sick. The link is in

description for this t-shirt. I've got a

flipping Bugatti Veyron with a working

gearbox right now. Thanks so much for

watching this video. If you've enjoyed

it, hit the subscribe button, hit that

thumbs up button, and I think right now

we can certify ourselves as Bri.

See you in the next video. Peace [music]

out.

>> Stay.

>> Nice.

>> You need to have it done at a Bugatti

service center. They use specialized

equipment to measure the oil level

accurately. So for that Veyron, it's all

about keeping it as high-tech as the

rest of the car.

>> Corrupted chat GBZ as well.

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