Agreed I like your personality and the engine tear downs good content for a new channel when it builds you can use the funds for more different content for different engines
I'm a novice with engines and really enjoy/benefit these teardowns. It helps me learn engine parts and identify parts, even it it's not always in the same format for each engine. As a rental service manager dealing with different vehicles, it certainly helps to know the basics parts to identify problems. Thank you!
@@bigozo1981 No, there isn't. I was laughing at the joke he was making about Happy Gilmore. Subscribers are always asking him to imitate Adam Sandler by saying " Tap, Tap , Tappy Tap. Read the comments from earlier vids and you'll understand....👍
These are fun to watch, it's like a little mystery, "What killed this engine?". And it's informative for someone like me who's mechanically inclined but I have never actually gotten to do something like this. It fleshed out a lot of terms I was vague on before watching.
Not a fan of "hurr Dodge sucks, Chevy sucks" or whatever, but I will never get tired of engine teardowns, even if you've done it before. Just like how I can watch Richard tear apart the same 4L60 every time. Keep it up man.
You insight into what is has gone wrong with this engine is very interesting. Thanks for doing the video - very good quality and a bonus - no irritating music in the background to spoil the whole thing.
For sure! The only thing I can think of is it was driven into deep water while it was running, maybe went into a lake, canal, or river when the driver fell asleep or something similar. Maybe in the north and they were driving it on a frozen lake that wasn't frozen as much as they thought, then it sat at the bottom for a while until the ice thawed and someone could dive in and get a chain on it.
@@wirenutt57 You dont need to drive in a river for that. Depending on the car a slightly flooded parking space is enough, because if the air intake is mountet low, thats it for engine. A colleague of mine destroyed a new BMW that way.
Definitely hydro lock. The rust coupled with the bent rod confirms it. The challengers have the air intake snorkle at the bottom of the front end for some reason. Even the most shallow puddle could get sucked in.
New viewer here, great videos. It'd be cool to see more of the process, honing the bores, running parts through the parts washer, ect. I'd love to see those heads cleaned up and an analysis if they're still good.
I work at an auto wreckers, in a dismantle building. Your videos have been so essential to that job! I can't begin to express how informative your videos have been! Cheers, and thankyou!
Your video camera work and editing are starting to be in the Excellent range. Dont discount people seeing the same thing being taken apart as being boring or that they will not watch it. I have watched a guy pull transmissions down for the past year and most are the same ones. He teaches so much and its hard to catch a lot of what he is doing in the 10 prior videos that its interesting to watch him anew. Also we love seeing broke stuff.
Being an old geezer and having rebuilt many engines over the years, I cannot see how guys can destroy these Ford, GM, and Chrysler engines of today. They are so carefully machined and the tolerances are so right on the money, these babes should last forever with a little bit of care and common sense......and this is coming from a guy that pushed his engines hard, both on the strip/street and roundy-round. It's almost like these guys WANT to tear up these jewels. Dunno.....maybe their Daddies picked up the bill on these cars.....I just can't figure out the wanton damage.
The intake for these cars is at the bottom. Another brilliant Dodge design flaw. But driving through even a small puddle or hauling ass in the heavy rain is enough to soak that filter and probably sat at idle for a bit and then put the car under heavy load hitting the gas, sucked in all that water on a soaked filter...must have thought they hit an open sewer main or ran over a 4 inch chunk of concrete when that hit. I bet that sounded glorious..
it's no where near the bottom the airbox pulls from the bottom of the apron like 2' off the ground. If this damage happened with a stock airbox you can bet that front end was under a foot or more of water. My guess is they had an aftermarket fender pull CAI that hung down much lower than stock.
It's rather therapeutic watching engines get taken apart. I find the same for transmission tear downs. I watch the RUclips "Precision Transmission", and that guy is amazing to watch.
I'm not mechanically inclined...and have no idea of the names of the parts you're inspecting. But this is now my favorite channel. I learn a lot, and you present the information so even somebody like myself can follow along.
"All engines blow-up" Amen brother! Given enough time every car company makes some duds. And of course there is the ever dangerous vehicle owner doing his/her best to destroy a running engine.....
This was the second teardown of yours I watched, suscribed just now...very cool videos. I used to teardown and rebuild lots of motors, my last was an Oldsmobile 455 Rocket ...but it was many moons ago...too broken down now for the big motors...only motorcycle and gokart engines now. Will be watching lots more of your videos, like seeing how the newer motors are built inside...very cool.
Love the 6.1 tear downs. In the middle of a 6.1 based 426 build. I'm sure you know this but you can make an easy cam removal tool by welding a rod to a cam bolt. Gives you way better leverage.
Just as easy is get a short piece of all-thread and screw an old junk cam into the front of a cam you want to remove. It will work like a balancing counterweight and/or a lever to better control the cam removal without beating up the cam bearings, or cam lobes.
Nice video. Hey makes it look actually fun to tear down engines. I do like roaming around the local junk yards but I don't think working in one is my skill set. :) Very fun to watch. Thank you!!!
Just because it's the same engine type doesn't mean we aren't interested. Different individual engine, different problem. I'm learning a lot here. With these types of teardowns, you don't encompass all possible scenarios or indicators in a single video. Adding more is worth it. Besides, Hemis are a neat engine, even if they're blown up.
🧐 love the channel. Simple and to the point. I have disassemble and re assemble 100’s of engines of all types. Love seeing the little differences in design and structure. The hemi are great engines super simple to tear down. Tho they have valve seat problems it’s not that common to see, usually due to them being over heated at some point. And bad lifters tearing up cams on the later models. But the cam lifter issue was very common to see on LS engines also. I think they both use the same lifter suppler? The main repair they always needed was broken exhaust manifold bolts.
Seen that happen one time, mustang with 4.6. Going down road after rain and hit puddle, cold air intake wasn't sealed as most aren't, swallowed a huge load and taco'd a connector. Not enough to lock up but enough to change compression and cause a misfire. When I got car, did compression test found one lower than others. Customer wanted fixed, so I tore into it. Found rod with a slight bend. Replaced rod and in the wind again.
I just realized that this job is like buying packs of trading cards. Some of the parts/cards are valuable, but mainly because they rarely survive the failure event, and people also need them for their own collections.
For future reference, a 50/50 mix of acetone and transmission fluid does much better at breaking free rusted parts. Even better if you use synthetic transmission fluid as it's molecules are even smaller, and will penetrate deeper, the acetone will eat the rust.
Love to see the tear downs Eric, looks like you guys are starting to see some growth here on the channel as well! Who does all the filming, lighting, and editing?
You've got a great business and youtube content model. This thing is a content mint. This suggestion goes in the law of diminishing returns bin, but I'd love to see a compilation of like thirty to a hundred 5.3 GM v8 failures (what's in my car). It'd be cool to observe the many failure states of the motor and see what's most likely to happen.
To bend that rod, the engine had to be running. And a fluid suddenly leaked inside that cylinder. I wonder if it has a sudden head gasket failure at that cylinder? Im very impressed at how factory clean these engines are! The recommended Pennzoil Ultra is doing a fine job! It is one of my favorite oils.
Entertaining video as always. Each one is a mechanical murder mystery where we viewers get to find out what act of user dumbassery damaged the poor unsuspecting engine. This one was special due to the ATF special sauce - LMAO. Super cool that you got so many good parts out of this one.
@@edwardmyers1746 it's just an unnecessary point of failure on these engines. Doesn't matter how many years the engine has been out, some of them fail due to the internal water pump and they didn't need to be designed like that. That said, it's a decently reliable engine overall, especially the RWD ones that don't have the internal water pump.
@@BuffMyRadius ford gives you plenty of warning that your pump is bad via a weep hole, if you let it go long enough to damage the engine then you neglected it, if you think the internal water pump is bad, you should check out some german cars then
Hi John, how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. I'm Patti from California, looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind, thank you.
Hey! It's nice to come across a small youtube channel with a good quality and a guy who has a charisma to talk this way. You are doing great, wish you best! Also: What''s the status of M3 E46? Last video left me unsure if it is working now
Long pieces of threaded rod work fantastic. You can also take a scrap of wood and drill a couple holes thru it for the rod to slide thru and it gives you a nice handle. Works really well!
Love engine teardowns and the diagnosis of engine failure. Any idea what would have caused that rod to bend like that, hydrolocking? Not like something like a dropped valve as everything else is ok. Possibly it did get a gut full of water and someone flooded it with transmission fluid in an attempt to prevent water damaging the engine while it was sitting around.
Old Marine Engine fix using ATF,youd be sursprised how well it works,during longtime storage you do what is called fogging the motor out,spray as much atf as it takes to stall the motor out,stops rust and loosens rings and valves as well,my brother worked at a marina for years and ressurected many engines doing this.
Not boring. We want more Hemis.
I dont care how many teardowns of the same engine you do, I will like them all
Yep, each one died for a different reason.
Just like how we like watching brake jobs at south maine auto.
@@IIGrayfoxII Gotta love Eric at South Main Auto. ^_^
@@IIGrayfoxII OH YEAH LOL, love it when the bell gets broken out for the ol brake cleeen
Agreed I like your personality and the engine tear downs good content for a new channel when it builds you can use the funds for more different content for different engines
I'm a novice with engines and really enjoy/benefit these teardowns. It helps me learn engine parts and identify parts, even it it's not always in the same format for each engine. As a rental service manager dealing with different vehicles, it certainly helps to know the basics parts to identify problems. Thank you!
Removing the timing cover, grabs a hammer to "tap" on it...
" Not gonna say it "
I laughed my ass off !!!!
Love your channel, man !!!
Tappy tap tap tap
Is there a special tool for that?
@@bigozo1981
No, there isn't.
I was laughing at the joke he was making about Happy Gilmore.
Subscribers are always asking him to imitate Adam Sandler by saying " Tap, Tap , Tappy Tap.
Read the comments from earlier vids and you'll understand....👍
These are fun to watch, it's like a little mystery, "What killed this engine?". And it's informative for someone like me who's mechanically inclined but I have never actually gotten to do something like this. It fleshed out a lot of terms I was vague on before watching.
Not a fan of "hurr Dodge sucks, Chevy sucks" or whatever, but I will never get tired of engine teardowns, even if you've done it before. Just like how I can watch Richard tear apart the same 4L60 every time.
Keep it up man.
I love PT! I’m taking my 01 46RE to him in August. Full build for $2000!
You insight into what is has gone wrong with this engine is very interesting. Thanks for doing the video - very good quality and a bonus - no irritating music in the background to spoil the whole thing.
The bent rod looks like they drove it into some deep water, or they tried to start it after a flood. This would also cause all of that rust!
That was my guess as well, hydro-lock, specially since the rest of the engine/block looked like it had been decently taken care of.
Yep, looks like water ingestion. Engine is nice and clean otherwise.
Little bit of hydrolock going on there!
For sure! The only thing I can think of is it was driven into deep water while it was running, maybe went into a lake, canal, or river when the driver fell asleep or something similar. Maybe in the north and they were driving it on a frozen lake that wasn't frozen as much as they thought, then it sat at the bottom for a while until the ice thawed and someone could dive in and get a chain on it.
@@wirenutt57 You dont need to drive in a river for that. Depending on the car a slightly flooded parking space is enough, because if the air intake is mountet low, thats it for engine. A colleague of mine destroyed a new BMW that way.
Yup! It doesn't take much.
Any time there’s a flood you see people on the news trying to drive out of the flooded underpasses...and the car always stops dead.
I definitely don't mind seeing the same engine over and over. I've been learning new things each video you upload.
Ditto. The carnage is different every time even when the cause is the same, so it's always interesting.
@@ischmidt I agree I can't wait to see more lm7's and other 5.3's I recently just got a clean 05 tahoe and I'd love to see tear downs of them.
Definitely hydro lock. The rust coupled with the bent rod confirms it. The challengers have the air intake snorkle at the bottom of the front end for some reason. Even the most shallow puddle could get sucked in.
New viewer here, great videos. It'd be cool to see more of the process, honing the bores, running parts through the parts washer, ect. I'd love to see those heads cleaned up and an analysis if they're still good.
Bump this
Yes, I need my cleaning/restoration OCD handled by seeing these fully restored and running.
Yeah, when he said parts washer my ears perked up.
@@w1ndex like a perc 30?
Time to invest in a rubber mat ... considering the number of small parts dropped.
I work at an auto wreckers, in a dismantle building. Your videos have been so essential to that job! I can't begin to express how informative your videos have been! Cheers, and thankyou!
Love replies like this! I’m so happy it helps!
Your video camera work and editing are starting to be in the Excellent range.
Dont discount people seeing the same thing being taken apart as being boring or that they will not watch it.
I have watched a guy pull transmissions down for the past year and most are the same ones. He teaches so much and its hard to catch a lot of what he is doing in the 10 prior videos that its interesting to watch him anew.
Also we love seeing broke stuff.
Sounds like another precision transmission fan here.
"I'm not trying to bore you guys."
.... you aren't. I'm here for every one you tear down.
Totally rebuildable ( replace the rods and pistons ) nice big chunk of change right there .
Great channel to smoke a cigar and watch an engine tear down. Great entertainment.
Being an old geezer and having rebuilt many engines over the years, I cannot see how guys can destroy these Ford, GM, and Chrysler engines of today. They are so carefully machined and the tolerances are so right on the money, these babes should last forever with a little bit of care and common sense......and this is coming from a guy that pushed his engines hard, both on the strip/street and roundy-round. It's almost like these guys WANT to tear up these jewels. Dunno.....maybe their Daddies picked up the bill on these cars.....I just can't figure out the wanton damage.
The intake for these cars is at the bottom. Another brilliant Dodge design flaw. But driving through even a small puddle or hauling ass in the heavy rain is enough to soak that filter and probably sat at idle for a bit and then put the car under heavy load hitting the gas, sucked in all that water on a soaked filter...must have thought they hit an open sewer main or ran over a 4 inch chunk of concrete when that hit. I bet that sounded glorious..
it's no where near the bottom the airbox pulls from the bottom of the apron like 2' off the ground. If this damage happened with a stock airbox you can bet that front
end was under a foot or more of water. My guess is they had an aftermarket fender pull CAI that hung down much lower than stock.
It's rather therapeutic watching engines get taken apart. I find the same for transmission tear downs. I watch the RUclips "Precision Transmission", and that guy is amazing to watch.
My latest pastime, watching this guy tear down engines.
I'm not mechanically inclined...and have no idea of the names of the parts you're inspecting. But this is now my favorite channel. I learn a lot, and you present the information so even somebody like myself can follow along.
I enjoy watching your tear downs. It has been years since I've rebuilt an engine, but look forward to see what has gone wrong. Be safe everyone.
Dude, I'd love to see your table of part carnage. Interesting, I'm sure. And keep the uploads coming, really dig your channel.
I just found you channel, love the fact you have no clue what’s wrong until you tear it down.... the surprises you find are awsome!
Keep em coming! You are great at explaining what’s going on in the tear down.
I'm so glad that you transitioned to using engine stands as it's just safer.
Enjoy the tear downs! I’m not really sure why but Thanks. 😁👍
I learned alot about my own car from this video, great filming, delivery and information. Thanks! ... checking my oil levels right now...
I can't get over your channel by far the most rad
I never messed with Dodges much but I like that motor . It looks as simple as something from the 70s
First year for the manual in a SRT8 Challenger is 2009. Keep on tearing them down, I have a soft spot for this engine.
Please do more of these, even the new ones if possible, the 6.4s. I love the 6.1s.
For some reason this is my new favorite thing to watch. Would love to see some Coyote engine teardowns
"All engines blow-up" Amen brother! Given enough time every car company makes some duds. And of course there is the ever dangerous vehicle owner doing his/her best to destroy a running engine.....
TRIED to blow up the engine in a 76 AMC hornet. Didn't work.
I definitely want to see the desk ornaments!!!!
LUV ALL THE DISASEMBLIES. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Really love these videos! Learn so much
Great work. Any engine tear down I’ll be watching. Made me chuckle at 17.22 “give it a little tap ..... I’m not gunna say it” 😉
Great vid, glad so much of it was salvageable! You've had some rough goes!
Your channel is sick dude, very informative and entertaining
I like this video, having a good block at the end, is a plus. Thanks again for a great video!
Love these videos! Keep them coming!
This was the second teardown of yours I watched, suscribed just now...very cool videos. I used to teardown and rebuild lots of motors, my last was an Oldsmobile 455 Rocket ...but it was many moons ago...too broken down now for the big motors...only motorcycle and gokart engines now. Will be watching lots more of your videos, like seeing how the newer motors are built inside...very cool.
Love these teardowns keep it up.
Also do a video on your desk items maybe with a story for each one
Love the 6.1 tear downs. In the middle of a 6.1 based 426 build. I'm sure you know this but you can make an easy cam removal tool by welding a rod to a cam bolt. Gives you way better leverage.
I’ll do that for the next one!
Just as easy is get a short piece of all-thread and screw an old junk cam into the front of a cam you want to remove. It will work like a balancing counterweight and/or a lever to better control the cam removal without beating up the cam bearings, or cam lobes.
Nice video. Hey makes it look actually fun to tear down engines. I do like roaming around the local junk yards but I don't think working in one is my skill set. :) Very fun to watch. Thank you!!!
I found your channel through your awesome Lotus Esprit but these teardowns are great too.
17:24 "Not gonna say it". Lol. Cracked me up.
Very cool to see. Definitely enjoying these videos.
In other words, except for one piston/rod assembly it is/was a good engine. Fun to watch you.
I don't know why I enjoy these videos as much as I do but keep em coming..... Please
Man that carbon build-up is crazy.
Makes me wonder what the inside of my 260,000 mile hemi looks like.
@@Dozav7 what year hemi?
@@fredwilliams7893 - 2007
I love these teardowns
Just because it's the same engine type doesn't mean we aren't interested. Different individual engine, different problem. I'm learning a lot here. With these types of teardowns, you don't encompass all possible scenarios or indicators in a single video. Adding more is worth it. Besides, Hemis are a neat engine, even if they're blown up.
🧐 love the channel. Simple and to the point. I have disassemble and re assemble 100’s of engines of all types. Love seeing the little differences in design and structure. The hemi are great engines super simple to tear down. Tho they have valve seat problems it’s not that common to see, usually due to them being over heated at some point. And bad lifters tearing up cams on the later models. But the cam lifter issue was very common to see on LS engines also. I think they both use the same lifter suppler? The main repair they always needed was broken exhaust manifold bolts.
Sweet as always, cheers m8!
I look forward to watching your videos about as much as a new episode of yellow stone thank you.
Glad to see Bud Bundy is keeping busy during this lockdown 😝
I have to stop binge watching your vids! I do this for a living!
My 6.1 cam dowel pin broke so this helped me Iv never taken apart a engine but this is deff gonna help thanks
We need the "Wall of Shame" video from the front office. Let's see all the damaged parts!
I really enjoyed this video thank you
Seen that happen one time, mustang with 4.6. Going down road after rain and hit puddle, cold air intake wasn't sealed as most aren't, swallowed a huge load and taco'd a connector. Not enough to lock up but enough to change compression and cause a misfire. When I got car, did compression test found one lower than others. Customer wanted fixed, so I tore into it. Found rod with a slight bend. Replaced rod and in the wind again.
Thanks for the great vids.
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Love your videos. Any chance the next upload will be another LS, possibly a Vortec?
I just realized that this job is like buying packs of trading cards. Some of the parts/cards are valuable, but mainly because they rarely survive the failure event, and people also need them for their own collections.
I clicked on your tear down play list, hm... I've watched all 7 of them. Guess I should subscribe now.
For future reference, a 50/50 mix of acetone and transmission fluid does much better at breaking free rusted parts. Even better if you use synthetic transmission fluid as it's molecules are even smaller, and will penetrate deeper, the acetone will eat the rust.
Really love the show 👍👍👍👍
Yes I would like to see 👀 some office specimens, display parts etc. 😀
I love these videos
Love to see the tear downs Eric, looks like you guys are starting to see some growth here on the channel as well! Who does all the filming, lighting, and editing?
I do all of it at this point!
You've got a great business and youtube content model. This thing is a content mint.
This suggestion goes in the law of diminishing returns bin, but I'd love to see a compilation of like thirty to a hundred 5.3 GM v8 failures (what's in my car). It'd be cool to observe the many failure states of the motor and see what's most likely to happen.
To bend that rod, the engine had to be running. And a fluid suddenly leaked inside that cylinder. I wonder if it has a sudden head gasket failure at that cylinder? Im very impressed at how factory clean these engines are! The recommended Pennzoil Ultra is doing a fine job! It is one of my favorite oils.
Entertaining video as always. Each one is a mechanical murder mystery where we viewers get to find out what act of user dumbassery damaged the poor unsuspecting engine. This one was special due to the ATF special sauce - LMAO.
Super cool that you got so many good parts out of this one.
Finally a commentary to all the "engine stand" haters. I really like what You're tearing apart . It looks like it's home made and that's what I do :D
People that watch your channel don’t get board, engines are all basically the same anyway. Keep up the good work.
I would love to see a V6 ford Eco boost teardown. Very curious about the design of those engines.
There quite the hodge podge of parts lol, surprisingly it works thou
@@edwardmyers1746 until the internal water pump loses a seal, and then it suddenly doesn't any more!
@@BuffMyRadius just do it at 150,000 with any other timing chain service. Things been out for 10 years and yall still crying "iNtErNaL waTeR pUmP"
@@edwardmyers1746 it's just an unnecessary point of failure on these engines. Doesn't matter how many years the engine has been out, some of them fail due to the internal water pump and they didn't need to be designed like that.
That said, it's a decently reliable engine overall, especially the RWD ones that don't have the internal water pump.
@@BuffMyRadius ford gives you plenty of warning that your pump is bad via a weep hole, if you let it go long enough to damage the engine then you neglected it, if you think the internal water pump is bad, you should check out some german cars then
That motor got a drink of water while running
“Or maybe somebody used it as a boat anchor” LMFAOOO
Great videos!!!
Love the videos. Only regret is that you can't do one every day..lol. Now I have to wait a week for the next one.
Hey Mate, I should have mentioned at the time I saw it but I love your Acker Dacker (AC/DC) tee shirt. Keep up the good work.
Hi John, how are you doing. I hope you are safe and in good health. I'm Patti from California, looking for a new friend and i saw your pic here. I hope you don't mind, thank you.
Favorite teardown tools (besides air wrench): Hammer and big screwdriver. No problem!
No five second rule when parts hit the floor?
Wow!!! I have seen Farm Tractor Engines lock up due to Water intake and bending Rods but not that much!!
Tap taparoo ...love the channel man ....
Adam Sandler tearing apart engines! I enjoy watching your videos!
Awesome job
Hey! It's nice to come across a small youtube channel with a good quality and a guy who has a charisma to talk this way. You are doing great, wish you best!
Also: What''s the status of M3 E46? Last video left me unsure if it is working now
Update coming soon! Getting bumper painted now
Great Video! Are You able to Make a Video Rebuilding this Hemi 6.1 ?
That was 1 RPM away from going through the pan spectacular fashion.
18:00 use some super long bolts where the gear goes on the cam for leverage! Seen it many times in magazines. Or maybe have the block on it's tail?
Long pieces of threaded rod work fantastic. You can also take a scrap of wood and drill a couple holes thru it for the rod to slide thru and it gives you a nice handle.
Works really well!
Love engine teardowns and the diagnosis of engine failure. Any idea what would have caused that rod to bend like that, hydrolocking? Not like something like a dropped valve as everything else is ok. Possibly it did get a gut full of water and someone flooded it with transmission fluid in an attempt to prevent water damaging the engine while it was sitting around.
I love these teardowns but do you think you could get your hands on a vq35hr to tear down? That’d be amazing
Old Marine Engine fix using ATF,youd be sursprised how well it works,during longtime storage you do what is called fogging the motor out,spray as much atf as it takes to stall the motor out,stops rust and loosens rings and valves as well,my brother worked at a marina for years and ressurected many engines doing this.
I didn't know Ben Stiller like so much engines 😃