High Peak Autos' cheap Phantom needs its engine out

Matt's Rolls-Royce repair visit uncovers contaminated fluids and heavy sludge, with The Car Edition's mechanics becoming a talking point themselves.

Channel: High Peak Autos Story of October 23, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 438,335 views a day, 6.6 times a normal first day on this channel (66,358).

BAD NEWS! This is Why my Rolls Royce Phantom was so Cheap!

Out comes the engine. Matt takes his bargain Rolls-Royce Phantom to The Car Edition hoping to understand its troubles, and ends up watching the engine and gearbox descend from the car together.

The High Peak Autos host is a used-car dealer near Manchester, accustomed to finding the catch in a cheap luxury purchase. This one has drawn roughly 377,000 views in seventeen hours, far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience.

At the workshop, Owen explains that exhaust gas and excessive pressure in the cooling system point to failed head gaskets or cracked engine components. Replacing the gaskets alone would require removing the engine. The diagnosis is still open, but none of those possibilities makes for a small job.

There is a brief reprieve underneath: the undercarriage shows little rust and no leaks. Then lead mechanic Gytis gets deeper into the engine and finds thick sludge. He describes years of oil buildup; a seized valve-timing solenoid eventually needs a welded-on nut and a slide hammer to pull it free.

"Do you ever see something and then instantly regret it? That's me right now," Matt says as the dismantling continues. By his closing assessment, a full rebuild or replacement engine looks likely.

The video includes a sponsored vehicle-history-check segment. Its main business, though, is the workshop teardown, and the unusually busy comments keep returning to Gytis's skill, patience and good humor. Several viewers recognize him from The Car Edition's own videos. A car bought for its apparent cheapness has given High Peak Autos an extended look at the expertise needed when the bargain goes wrong.

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The numbers

The Phantom teardown drew far more views than a usual High Peak Autos first day, before its first day was complete. Comments also exceeded the channel's usual full-day total several times over.

the video's first day

usual first day here

66,358

this video

438,335

subscribers

551,000

▲ 6,000 in the last 7 days

total views

200,412,054

views per day

405,004

typical day: 207,066

the video

views

377,258

likes

14,729

comments

1,745

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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590,000

2varish

567,000

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567,000

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565,000

High Peak Autos

551,000

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500,000

As of October 23, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.