LOW OIL = DISASTER! Nissan Titan 5.6L V8 GRENADES ITSELF From Neglectful Owner! Full Engine Teardown
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
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Every week I post a new failed engine teardown video where we try to figure out what happened, why it happened, and what parts survived.
Here are a few of my past favorites:
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Today we tear down a 5.6L VK56DE from a 2006 Nissan Titan Pickup. These are a very popular engine and Nissan sold a TON of these trucks. I do like these engines but they certainly aren't resistant to neglect and abuse. This poor engine died from lack of maintenance and proper oil level which absolutely DESTROYED 95% of the parts inside of this engine. its quite apparent through every step of this teardown that this engine was not cared for. This type of failure is 100% avoidable with proper maintenance and checking oil level routinely.
Why am I doing this? My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage business called Importapart. Part of our model includes dismantling core/blown engines to salvage the good parts to resell. We do NOT rebuild or repair engines, merely supply parts to those who do!
I really hope you enjoyed this video. As always I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism.
Catch you on the next one!
-Eric 
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I have this over whelming desire the next time I am passing through St Luis, to stop at your junk yard and ask for a water pump and some timing chain guides for my Honda K24 engine...
Eric, I'm a retired master tech with pretty bad arthritis, I love your channel because although I can't work on cars anymore, I can do it vicariously through you. You Rock buddy!
It never ceases to amaze me how people neglect the 2nd biggest purchase you will make in your life. People, automobiles are not disposable (unless you wanna donate to Eric). CHECK YOUR OIL!
I see people neglect their largest purchase (house) every day, so it’s no surprise to me that people neglect their cars
Because people dont think the oil will need to be checked. And frankly a lot of new cars dont even have engine oil dipsticks.
Some people are NPCs, and some people think the only oil check they have to do is in the car's infotainment.
And some people buy stupid cars that don't have oil dipsticks, so not even their local Jiffy Lube idiot can check it for them.
@@nissan300ztt especially the EV's.
On Quora, I see discussions all the time insisting that you don't need to change your oil more than ever 10K and anything more than that is a "rip off by the oil companies!". SMH.
There's enough oil deposits to make a dinosaur
Good One Haha
Guess it's time to...
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walk the dinosaur.
😂😂😂
"Cam Craps" and "Cram Caps" are regular parts of my vocabulary.
I would venture that calling someone who checks their oil regularly isn't "normal" anymore.
If I ever check my oil out in public I'll frequently get a bystander asking me if "everything's okay". Lol yep....just checking my oil.
I legit get the same question as well while checking fluids, lmfao
My 2000 chevy will tell me when it's low on oil and it's only a half a quart😂😂 these new cars are designed to detonate themselves and it has 260000 miles on it with no tcks and starts with a quick turn of the key
I had this cougar ask me that once while I was checking mine.
@@whateverwhenever8170lol! My bro is proud of only doing his every 7500 miles. Of course he's on his second pair of turbos but you'll never convince him otherwise
I’ve been questioned frequently about what I’m doing when I have my hood up. I always tell them I’m checking my fluid levels. Yes I have electric power steering and a sealed transmission, but oil and coolant needs checked still, plus washer fluid. Heck I even check my brake fluid just to be sure nothing is leaking. Car is only 4 years old but why risk it?
I think Eric collects timing chains the way that Dolph Lundgren collected ears in Univeral Soldier
He really is suspicious, every water pump he throws away ...
That’s not a inspection port…the kool-aid rod broke through the Wall
Oh YEAH!!!!!
OH YEAH!
> "Im going to do this the right way."
> Proceeds to take off the hose clamp but instead of pulling it off, just sawz-all's it off.
This is why I love your channel.
I know right. I feel like a lot of us car people have his sense of humor. We are a sarcastic species
Spent 15 years with Nissan as a master tech. I’d put the early versions of the VK56 up against any V8 in terms of reliability. The number of half million mile Titans and NV vans I’ve seen was a testament to it.
I have a friend who has swapped one into a Nissan patrol ,great conversion . Fast and cheap to run .
That engine was very unloved and it knew it. It escaped its situation by killing itself.
If you saved all those consumables like chain guides, used water pumps, and oil pumps... you could fill up a warehouse with them. Then you'd have something none of your competitors had; a warehouse full of useless money wasting parts. Maybe you could make a museum out of it.
It would be funny to ship good used chain guides to BMW engineers 😂
One thing I like about the videos here is that the guy here also shows the problems that stupefied him. Things that result in a lot of frustration. Like not being able to pull out something, and needing a lot of effort to finally succeed. Some other channels tend to edit these. Just to show `how expert' they are where nothing is a problem? The guy here is someone we amateurs can learn from.
Exactly what i was thinking.
Wasn't an oil pump, was a glitter pump
Or a "bass boat paint" pump!
That VK5.6 is a tremendous, stout engine. Someone just messed up suffocating the heart pump of oil. Plain and simple
I bet that engine sounded pretty special too, even before that rod did a stage-dive out of the oil pan.
Big Altima Energy just doesn't apply to altimas 😂
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Worked at a Nissan dealer for 5 months, can confirm.
@@CaptainSpadaro typical comment from the I hate Nissan club 🙄 ✌🏻
@@NovemberMan69 I'm speaking as someone who has seen it firsthand, mate (been fixing cars for 10 years). It's definitely a thing.
I also don't recall saying I hate Nissan; I just know that a lot of dipshits buy them.
@CaptainSpadaro I stand by my comment. You shouldn't lump all Nissan owners in the B.A.E category ✌🏻
"Water pump collection bin - Good pumps only" Love it!
Gallagher ain't got nothing on you Eric, thanks, I needed that!!!!
Eric, we LOVE your humor Please don t stop
My Dad taught me how to change oil in lawnmower and car's he said change it every 3000 miles!
Thanks Dad and Eric
I’ve never seen a bearing with tabs before! This is very educational.
Almost looked like a tiara for the Statue Of Liberty.
Oh! That's a self-draining oil pan. Yeah, you really do have to watch the oil level on those.
@5:47 you said this sludge, that's not sludge.
I remember scrapping real sludge back in the 1970's made from Quaker state oil.
Paraffin base stock oils were terrible. My Father used to run Pennzoil in his 1965 Galaxie with a 289 until he pulled the intake to remove the heads, the gunk was horrible and he never used any oil made from Pennsylvania crude again.
A buddy of mine has a repair shop. One time, he pulled an oil drain plug, and NOTHING came out. He dropped the oil pan, and SCRAPED the "oil" out with a putty knife! Now THAT was sludge!
@@MayheM_72 There's a video on RUclips. They removed the oil pan, oil stayed in engine, without the pan. Black jello.
@@russellstyles5381
That's hilarious 😂
Such a shame. I’m more of a Toyota and Chevy guy but these 5.6 v8s sound heavenly with a good muffler
I lost it when the sawzall came out.😂
A couple of years ago I bought a cheap 2000 Toyota Corolla. I checked the oil everytime I filled up the gas tank and it is a good thing I did. It was using 1 quart of oil every 200 miles!!! After multiple efforts to loosen the rings, I got it down to about 1 quart every 650 miles!
Check your oil people!
Sounds like my ‘74 Chevy Vega!
My oil people are fine, thanks for asking.
@@mfree80286 😂👍
What was your attempt at loosening the rings?
@@jimrossabrena7955 sea foam soak directly into the combustion chambers overnight. Had to remove the spark plugs and ignition coils to do that. It smoked like crazy after I got it all drained out and started back up. I then ran almost a gallon of water via a basic and cheap water injection system. It raised the compression in that cylinder from 30 psi up to 80 psi. Still low but better.
Elvis left THAT building
Piston mic nugget soup looked delictable. .very metallic and so thick too
The removal of the stripped screw on the oil pump was brilliant.
I have this engine in my 2008 4 x 4 Pathfinder. At 96,000 miles it is still like new. It burns no oil, but it gets A LOT of love . Oil changes every 4,000 miles with synthetic , including diffs, and trans. I'm in a ''rock hounding group'' , so it holds its own offroad in Az. Love these tear down vids !!
Your teardown videos should be played at every dealership/used car seller's waiting/showroom, and even so, I think you wouldn't run out of bad engines to teardown. 😄
I love the chain guides. I shot coffee across the room from my nose. LOL
Ouch 🤕. That usually hurts
Bro BECAME the oil pump lmao
I can't understand why engineers don't bother with designing an oil drain that actually lets all the oil out. That pickup was cute.
Years ago I bought a 1980 Chevy Cargo van used. Oil had never been changed. Black hard stuff everywhere inside. Installed a new rebuild engine drove G2500 for 8 years more
Why am I smiling burnt oil from my phone 🔥
That takes neglect to a whole other level. Owner says “ Oil? What’s that!” But the factory says you can go 100,000 miles between oil changes.
100k miles between engine paste changes. 😂
When you can see how hot it got without the camera zooming in, you know it occured at low RPM and no noise.
Truly a Napolian Blownapart engine!
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Scraping the sludge off the timing cover when in search of the hidden bolt was truly satisfying.
Yuck! I just changed the oil in my engine this morning. This engine makes me want to change it again.
That oil pan hole was amazing! Thanks Eric! 😀👍
Blue to the rescue!!
The sledgehammer to the chain guides! I didn't see that coming. I mean, I knew some destruction was coming...just not a sledgehammer... 😁
I’ve been a car enthusiast and a tuner for multiple decades and a professional mechanic for nearly as long. One automotive experience I’ve never had is spontaneously ventilating a crankcase. I guess maybe that’s an indicator of my tuning skill and knowledge. I’ve been in a car that spontaneously ventilated the combustion chamber (blew a head gasket at 25psi boost, inflated the aluminum radiator like a balloon) and melted a piston (same car, not mine, engine builder scammed a friend) but never a thrown rod. I hope to never experience it in my own car, but experiencing it in someone else’s might be an automotive bucket list experience.
Combustion pressure into the coolant passages are fun, I had to limp a car home 60 interstate miles by stopping every 5-10, grabbing a towel, and burping the radiator. And yes, I did make it, and didn't damage anything else. Well... almost, broke a thermostat housing bolt later, and then set the engine on fire when I (long, dumb story). Fixed that bit too and used it another several years.
Classic oil pan failure!
Gotta love the battery-powered Milwaukee recip saw action.
I am surprised you found that much thiquid with an inspection port that large.
Dammit, you've expanded my vocabulary in a way I didn't want, but will sometime enjoy immensely...
That rod bearing is a piece of art.
Thanks for my Saturday night entertainment Eric.
Eric your videos have been instrumental for showing me how important a consistent oil change regiment is
I drive a 2004 F250 Super Duty 5.4L 2 Valve with almost 140000 miles
I don't go over 3000 miles per oil change
It being a ex landscape truck I know it's already had it's share of unnecessary abuse
I hope my engine NEVER ends up on your table!
It runs GREAT and I want to keep it that way
Thanks Eric
I feel like this video is a pretty strong endorsement for this engine. It was clearly neglected and likely run hard and was still tough enough to keep going until it deleted half the rod bearings and ruined the rest and still made it over 200k miles.
I gotta go check my oil, right now!!!
I know it's technically not really good for your business, but I do love watching you dissect engines that tried to aerosolize themselves from the inside
I find it amazing how many people buy new and/or used cars and neglect them so terribly with oil changes
Its been a few years since I checked my FJ's oil. This gives me motivation to go check the dip stick and make sure somethings in there.
Overrated
It's Saturday night. Time for some cammin' some cap cracks loose.
Nice sound from the head bolts, too.
My theory is that some restriction in the exhaust caused by a partially blocked cat increases blow-by, pushing oil into the PCV system and into the intake to be burned. Some kind of catch can or oil separator that drains back into the sump would probably have helped these engines, if that's the case.
Love that wry sense of humor! I emailed Wyatt and asked to buy the piston/half rod assembly for my desk; it'll make an awesome ornament!
You will have to save the "Rod Bearing flower"for someones desk, that's a first. LOL
I replaced a few of those due to sludge and lack of maintenance and I've replaced more than that because they were oil burners due to dust from the catalytic converters scoring up the cylinder walls. I never learned to like the job.
4,100 views in 39 minutes!
Eric could fill a cruise ship with Saturday fans. Speaking of which, any Denver area fans interested in setting up a viewing party somewhere?
I think he could do a live show and people would pay to watch
I have the later direct injected version of this engine with 170K miles and just did the first starter motor. Mine uses zero oil and the valves even looked decent when i had the intake off (easy to clean if I had wanted to) When you take care of them, they are great engines.
Great teardown, thanks for the video. 👍
This my favorite Saturday night video!!
Great work Eric. Not too sure I could do your job but I'm happy to watch these videos.
I like watching you when I'm at work because you're low-key: Engine ASMR.
Just FYI, assuming it's a cast iron crank, and not forged, it turns blue at about 600 degrees.
So yeah, those bearings never had a chance with that maintenance schedule!
600... yikes! 😬
Every Sunday morning I watch this channel, with a cuppa hot toddy and some brekkie.
Always something interesting that turns up.
Always a first for something - that YUUUUUUUGE inspection port is one of 'em...
Keep it up, it is really appreciated, and it is so fascinating to watch.
Hello crockie Dundee lol
Too bad some knifemaker hasn't asked for a bunch of timing chains from you to forge Damascus steel. That'd be a wicked collaboration.
Bearing gravy to go with those piston biscuits.
Excellent video again as usual...............Jay
That may be the widest V8 I've ever seen. Its almost a U8.
About time kept me waiting.
That needs to be in a Nissan Leaf..LOL
Awesome video Eric
Good update keep it up the good work 👍👍👍
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These stunts always crack me up! 😂😂😂
Great episode. Thank you sir 😊
I have watched MANY of your videos. With great enjoyment. So many catastrophies. What would be really cool (albeit expensive) would be a teardown of a very high mileage, well maintained engine, that did NOT suffer a catastrophic failure.
You are spot on with your guess on why your van burns oil. The VK56 manifolds will crack, causing a rich condition. The rich condition causes the catalyst to fail. When it fails, your engine will eat fragments.
Outstanding video.
The condition of the engine outweighed the debris field that would have been in the oil PAN.
Would have thought the sped up bolt loosening sounds would be higher pitched than they are
"Fan like assembly "😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Awesome, enjoy your tear downs Lot.
You got me with the upper radiator hose. Well done.
Here is a video idea for you. Something completely different. It would take awhile to shoot but it would be a way to demonstrate this point. Find a vehicle that has easy access to the crank, either by scope or pulling the pan, drive it daily twenty miles one qt down for a week. Pull the pan, document it and then refill it two qts down. Process and repeat. When the engine fails tear it apart and document what the significant actions that took place and how many started when only one qt down.
Pull apart different types of transmissions and explain how they work.
Pull an rear axle apart.
Pull a Trailblazer front diff out! (That might be too epic though.)
Compare and contrast engine longevity by displacement and brand.
Just some ideas. I loved the BMW fuel pump video you did which got me into this channel. I hadn't touched an engine teardown since 1985 because I just didn't have enough skills and experience tp put them back together. Maybe a motor reassembly video.
Pt 1. Engine disassembly
Pt 2. Parts prep
Pt 3 Engine reassembly
Pt 4. Engine start
Just some ideas.
Derek in RI
Timing Town sounds like a lovely place to visit!
My son has the same engine in his 1992 Nissan Patrol, it was a very new engine from a donor car that was transplanted into the Patrol with only 24,000 km use. The car has done over 900,000 km and the engine still does not use oil between changes. The oil is changed every 5000 km. The only thing we have fixed was new front and rear crank seals and rocket cover gaskets at 750.000 km.
Just an idea, but how about setting up some back to back teardowns featuring early versions of an engine to its later variations. Would be cool to see the difference in technology, and if you had them back to back only a week apart would all still be fresh in everyones mind. I love the teardown videos, keep up the great work.
These teardowns never get old! That oil pump was... groovy? Yes, I was born in 1960...lol
After watching so many of your teardowns I am religious about checking levels in my car and keeping up with oil changes and even looking in the pleats of the used oil filter at oil changes. My Hyundai SanteFe Thanks You!
A quart every thousand miles is a good thing because the catalytic converter needs lubrication too, doesn't it?
My first car was a 1968 Chevy Bel Aire bought with 61,000 miles on a 307 engine in 1974. I tinkered with that thing every day to learn about it. Eventually, I bought a Quadrajet carb from a 454 motorhome and the intake and a set of power pack heads from a 1966 283 Corvette. I got everything reworked, jetted down the carb and put it all together at around 70,000 miles. I pounded the piss out that poor thing at the cost of 3 rebuilt Power glides in 40,000 miles but that engine never left me at the side of the road. I always used 4 quarts of 40W Valvoline racing oil, 1 pint Marvel Mystery oil, 1 bottle of STP oil treatment and an STP silver bullet double oil filter every 3,000 miles. Every 3rd oil change, I would pick up 2 oil filters, my usual change, 3 quarts of 49c recycled oil and 2 quarts of 59c transmission fluid. I'd change the filter, put in the shit oil and trans fluid and Idle for 15 minutes then change the oil again. The shit oil, after 15 minutes idling, came out looking black like the 3,000 mile oil. Then I'd change the filter again and put in the good stuff and be on my way. At 95,000 miles, I took off the rocker covers to adjust the valves and the heads were clean as new.
My father bought his first new car in 1974. A Pontiac Catalina with a 400 engine. Whenever I did his oil changes, he insisted on Quaker State Delux 10W30 because that was what Pontiac recommended. At 50,000 miles, his rocker covers started leaking a bit so I went to change the gaskets. The carnage I saw shocked me. I literally had to go into the house for a teaspoon and a wire coat hanger. If that engine had never had rocker covers, the heads would have been overflowing sludge. I literally had to spoon the sludge off the heads, pull all 16 pushrods, take the wire coat hanger and rod them out. It was so bad that the rockers were showing serious wear at the points where the pushrods and valves contacted them. From then on, he had me using my oil change formula. I couldn't even imagine what his oil pan looked like.
them titans just be going for the most part and those vq40s
Use the force Eric, use the force
The old classic saying, "pay a little now or pay a lot later". And that engine has Nissan's latest feature, "Negative Crankcase Ventilation"
It’s also an LMP3 race engine, and P2 before that
Love the fascinating primal sound of torqued bolts cracking loose!....Al Scott
On Sunday I replaced the upper radiator hose for my wife's best friend on her 14 Jeep compass, she brought it to me with a coolant loss concern. My first check was oil, 3 quarts low CHECK. After replacing the ridiculously overpriced hose I talked to her about the importance of checking her oil, regularly. She said she assumed that as long as there was oil on the stick it was good. Then she digs out the oil change sticker from her last Walmart oil change 6-10-24 or 165,000 miles. Sure it was only 6-8-24 but it was at 169,000 miles...
I didn't see any oil leaks and didn't read codes but I assume it burns all that oil and the MIL is likely on for catalyst efficiency. Poor lady is upside down with this thing and I didn't want to scare her. My parting advice was to check the oil weekly and never let it get below the hash marks.
Genuinely laughed out loud at the horses in the field 🤣