I know engines like this are probably not profitable for your business but I really enjoy watching you tear them down. These are the types of engines us mere mortals own and I find it interesting to see how they're put together

@jpkatz1435

2 жыл бұрын

And repaired!

@Nobody-yr5sn

2 жыл бұрын

Chris freemesser I agree on that

@adamryd95

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly👏👏

@davidpaulcarlson8763

8 ай бұрын

Exactly!

It was refreshing to see such a simple modern engine. Impressive how hot that got.

@bleach_drink_me

2 жыл бұрын

@bacorable it's a simple MODREN ENGINE. I know it's got direct injection and vtec(I think?) But few modern engines don't have some sort of variable valve timing and direct injection. This is about as simple of a modern engine you are going to get with both direct injection and Variable valve timing. Yes I know not exactly simple.

@ec6843

2 жыл бұрын

@bacorable Why does a single piece of equipment like a high pressure fuel pump make it not simple? Clown.

@GrockleTD

2 жыл бұрын

it's also impressive that it ran long enough to get that hot in the first place tbh

@John-B-Goodenough

Жыл бұрын

THROW A CARB ON IT 😳💪🏼

@davidperry4013

9 ай бұрын

The 2AR-FE used in the 2010-2017 Toyota Camry and 2011-2018 RAV4 is simpler. No high pressure fuel pump just a simple fuel rail and port fuel injectors, and the fuel pressure solely supplied by the 45 PSI electric fuel pump inside the fuel tank which is the most common fuel system used in cars produced in the 1990s and 2000s.

This engine was likely a victim of the "If I can just limp this home" syndrome. It's how my mom warped the heck out of both heads on our 89 Chevy Cavalier Z24. ( a long time ago)

@SuperYellowsubmarin

2 жыл бұрын

Just as if the car could get any better at home.

@boardernut

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperYellowsubmarin lol

@adamlesandrini312

2 жыл бұрын

I'm betting it was an old person getting fish sandwiches on friday from burger king for them and their girlfriend. They knew the car was overheating because someone in the drivethru told them there was massive amounts of steam coming out of the car, but, Adam, I had to get the fish sandwiches home!! Anyway, I'm just saying, maybe this person was just being a good cathlick/boyfriend like the only other time I've seen an engine grenaded like this.

@TheSleepingonit

2 жыл бұрын

Getting it home makes sense to me because I have tools to fix it if I can get it there

@adamlesandrini312

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSleepingonit yeah, you ain't gonna fix that one, whereas if this person and "unnamed elderly person" from my story had listened to the car, it could have

I have recently retired from my medical courier business where we routinely ran our Fits to 3-500000 miles without ever opening an engine except to change oil. These are extremely well built little engines and performed without flaw.

@jpkatz1435

2 жыл бұрын

Did you. do valve adjust or spark plugs? I had an aternator stop making current at approx 100,000 mi.

@randymagnum143

2 жыл бұрын

I know a guy who expedited with a 3500 chevy van. Made it 700,000 miles on one 5.7 vortec and 2 4l80e's.

@jamesmedina2062

2 жыл бұрын

I got 330k from a turbo 1.8 that ran low on oil for a week. Engines are made well the last 20 years. Oils are better too.

@stephenw2992

2 жыл бұрын

@@jpkatz1435 That would be about the mileage where the alternator brushes wear out. Easy and cheap to replace.

@MattyEngland

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmedina2062 Was that the VW Group 1.8t as found in the golf?

I have a 2007 Honda Fit Sport with manual, rare beast, has 260k miles on it and still runs like new, but I also change my oil every 5k miles with full synthetic. Busted my oil pan about a mile from home and when we dropped the pan it looked brand new. Plan on doing maintainence and drive it til the wheels fall off and then put them back on and drive it some more.

@scottyjones27

2 жыл бұрын

Yes brother from another mommy ! I hav n drive daily 02 Mustang GT 5speed car got new in Feb o3 ive driven her to now wee bit over 400000.miles I've only used Mobil1 full syn 10w30 with Motocraft filters whole time just replaced pinion shaft bearing in the rear end over weekend FUN and FUN

@dsloop3907

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottyjones27 I'm going to drive my 250k mile 1993 F150 4.9 as long as possible too.(edited)

@johnfox3845

2 жыл бұрын

@@dsloop3907 I'm guessing you meant to say 4.9, as the 4.6 debuted in the F-series for the 1997 model year, with the introduction of the 10th generation F-150.

@SkylineFTW97

2 жыл бұрын

I have a 2006 6-6 Accord sedan with 230k on it. I do it every 3k since I'm more of a spirited driver. Also just picked up a 2015 Fit LX 6 speed. Always liked the Fits, but couldn't justify buying one until now.

@dsloop3907

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnfox3845 Durp... tyvm, I fixed that.

“We’re crowning!” Childbirth is a beautiful thing...

@Backroad_Junkie

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but he dropped two of the kids on the floor, lol...

I'm a little surprised at how good the bearings and bottom end look, given how catastrophic the top end failed. This was a nice change from the typical "10 million mile oil change" teardowns. Very peculiar though - those bearings and crank looked incredible!

@litz13

2 жыл бұрын

It's all aluminum. With no coolant, the aluminum melted down before the bearings got damaged.

@AndrewPenner

2 жыл бұрын

@@litz13 of course. But still impressive to see the difference between the top end and the bottom end.

@w1ndex

2 жыл бұрын

The L15A7 is used by the SCCA for their Formula F series, bottom end is really good, the heads are the main problem, low flow from the L15 being designed for longevity and fuel economy.

Murphy's laws of vehicle repair. Any tool dropped will either A) Roll underneath to the exact center of the vehicle or B) fall into the nastiest container of liquid within a 5' radius.

The question is, if we buy parts off this engine, is the smell included at no additional cost?

@TwentytenS4B8

2 жыл бұрын

"Used crank, decent shape. But smells like farts"

@FrankySilverFace

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Smell included no charge.

@stormlord55

2 жыл бұрын

Only on whacky Wednesdays!

My girlfriend has a 2013 Fit with the port injected version of this engine, it is exceptional. The car has been bulletproof with routine maintenance and we plan on keeping it a few more years.

@northwestrailfanofficial

2 жыл бұрын

Stick shift or automatic?

@FB6K24Z7

2 жыл бұрын

The 2013 has the SOHC L15A7 port injection this is a different engine with DOHC valvetrain and direct injection and 11 more hp then the L15A7

@cxhatchboy520

2 жыл бұрын

I've got a 2010 Fit with the same SOHC L15, they are indeed bulletproof. The SOHC port-injected L is simpler and more reliable overall than the DOHC direct-injected L15, at the expense of power but neither engine is really "powerful".

@FB6K24Z7

2 жыл бұрын

@@cxhatchboy520 the DOHC version which you see in the video has real 2lobe Vtec system on the intake cam and direct injection unlike the L15A7 which has no real Vtec L15B1with just a intake,catless test pipe with bigger diameter piping and aftermarket exhaust this engine can make around 155hp no problem its been proven by the tuners in Japan who have tuned them and this car with 155hp and a 6 speed MT is alot ov fun for what it is especially if you like to go fast around turns and corners

@revnto7k

2 жыл бұрын

@@northwestrailfanofficial Hers is auto. I couldn't convince her to get a manual sadly. The automatic is trucking along nicely though, it has no issues at around 120K miles.

Thank you person who sacrificed your Fit engine for the greater good of our Saturday evening entertainment

20:46 Don't try to blame that smell on that poor little engine block. We all know you cut one just before you started with the mains. It's cool. It's your shop. No judgment. If you can't fart in your own shop, where can you fart?

Its amazing what cars and ignorance can accomplish together. Reminds me of my old man's air-cooled 3.8L. Complained it had no heat all winter and I popped the radiator cap to see the bottom of the side tank looked like the Bonneville salt flats. Not even a little wisp of steam. Nothing. It survived that somehow, and even the 4T60-E in it still sort of worked despite being filled with heavy crude in place of its ATF.

@ekscalybur

2 жыл бұрын

Home made air-cooled conversion kit, NICE!

@lm7bird680

2 жыл бұрын

My brother did this with his 92 Silverado with a 5.7 TBI. Its southern California and he complains it keeps getting hot. I kinda ignored it because he'd complain his truck would get hot before and it was just his imagination. This time I look down the radiator and it's almost bone dry. Look a couple gallons to top it off and turns out it was a leaking coolant line fitting on the back of the engine that was cracked

I’m really enjoying your videos. If ever you get a blown up 5.2, 5.9 magnum or a 12 valve I’d really enjoy seeing that.

@brysonshires9742

2 жыл бұрын

i second the 5.9/5.2. those durangos are cool

@soldierski1669

2 жыл бұрын

When I was reading this, I heard it in Fry's voice....

@SurelyYewJest

2 жыл бұрын

5.9 Magnum...now there's a recent V8 that kinda fell into obscurity. I third that one.

Word of the day Eric is "Outgassing". The smell was from the fumes created by the various materials melting and burnt oil. They were trapped in the oil galleys and released when you unbolted the main caps. Almost as bad as pulling apart a jet engine that has been sitting for a few months after bird ingestion.

@NemesisRTCW

2 жыл бұрын

Never done that, but I'll hazard a guess it does not smell very good. I have however worked on machines in the meat industry, of companies that were no longer in business. (READ : Meat that's green)

@liver.flush.maestro

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the explanation, I was wondering what was happening since the beginning Eric hasn't been complaining about the smell, only when pulling out those main caps...

@MattyEngland

2 жыл бұрын

KFC for lunch?

@davidmiller9485

2 жыл бұрын

offgassing (which is the term used when discussing air quality) is usually gas that has been incorporated into a hydrocarbon under heat and pressure that begins to separate out. The smell will knock a buzzard off a shit wagon at 100 yards. Horrible.

@Renville80

2 жыл бұрын

Wonder how it compares to the smell of a failed capacitor on an electronic circuit board… even a tiny tantalum cap can do a pretty good job of clearing out an area.

If you ever have a hex bolt (Allen) that is starting to strip, put valve grinding compound on the bit and try again, it makes it grip A LOT better!

@yeahitskimmel

2 жыл бұрын

Dang adding some grit for friction is a good idea, def worth pretending I came up with it on my own when I use it lol

@miztatone918

2 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea, thanks for the info.

@misterdeedeedee

2 жыл бұрын

i usually just hammer on a torx socket

@notsofresh8563

2 жыл бұрын

Pumice hand cleaner works too and is easier to find than grinding compound.

@TheImtoomuch

2 жыл бұрын

Great tip. Now let’s see if I can remember that.

I’ve seen dozens of cooked engines, and all I can say is ‘wow’. I did see an ‘80s accord in which a piston was melted and splattered onto the bottom of the head but I’ve never seen such carnage from overheating. Geezuskrist, people; pull over.

@chimei-tekinaneko8318

2 жыл бұрын

probably ppl revving the shit out of their engines while standing (like ricers love to do), or someone planted a turbo on that poor engine to make it do 500bhp..

Just found your channel and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. It's a fun mystery and educational at the same time. Well done sir

@isaacstonesguitarsandstuff2755

Жыл бұрын

same here

I run this engine in my plane. Luv the engine and loved watching you tear one down. Very educational. Thanks 😊

@JuneNeko

2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@Kennewickgeology

Жыл бұрын

How high do you rev the engine and for how long?

@GaryL3803

9 ай бұрын

@@Kennewickgeology I think the the Viking conversions cruise at 4000 and max at 5200 for hours. The max is due to propeller rpm limits.

Come on, people! You gotta stop when your pistons reach a nice medium-rare.

@ekscalybur

2 жыл бұрын

Original owner was paranoid about e-coli.

“Smells like a bunch of dead fish in a hot van that someone sprayed mustard all over” … that paints the picture, bravo 😆

The diagnosis of low/no compression was definitely right on point. Kudos to the Honda dealer ... ;-)

Seeing this reminded me of a story my dad told me when I was a kid. During WWII, he would buy cars that needed some help, fix and flip them. One such car was a 1937 Chevy, which had been driven from Chicago to L.A., while pulling a trailer. Somewhere around Death Valley, the Chevy lost its coolant. The driver kept going, pulling a trailer, until they got to their destination. By that time, the car was only running on a couple cylinders. When my dad pulled the head, he saw the exhaust valves. He said the valves looked like clover leaves. The valve seats were cracked. Running with no coolant really did a number on that head. But...it was salvageable. Dad pulled out the valves and peened the cracks closed. Then he got a set of exhaust valves from a junkyard and lapped them. Don't recall if he also threw a set of rings and bearings in that engine. But it ran well when he was done, so he promptly sold the car.

This is one of my new favorite channels. There is something so satisfying about watching you do what you do best. Please keep the great content coming.

Great video, I always like to watch teardown videos every time I get a new car. The Honda Fit seems incredibly easy to work on for such a small car, lots of space and simple design.

Thank you Eric for another great teardown. I always enjoy them to see what went wrong. This one was an excellent one. 👍❤

Anyone could learn so many valuable things about engines just by watching these videos. Great content man keep on keepin on

Thanks so much for the channel and your disassembles. They are great. On a side note a friend of mine has had 3 fits for his courier work and has gotten over 350K on each of them. He loves them, great milage and long lived.

As a Honda Fit owner of this gen, this was fun and informative! Glad to hear they are good engines

I love all your teardown videos. Thanks for keeping them coming. Unlike some others, it seems, I'm not necessarily excited by carnage videos and rather, I just like seeing how different manufacturers design engines. This video shows how Honda loves LONG connecting rods. Long rods help torque, and since this is a daily driver type engine, that makes sense. What I'd like more of is your commentary, personal opinion even, regarding durability and general function, of the various engines you see in your business. For example, which engines are the most durable, most likely to scatter, specific weaknesses, or strengths, for an engine. Stuff like that. We value your experience and would love to learn more.

@raven4k998

Жыл бұрын

I wonder what the driver did to blow that poor little engine🤔

I'm really glad I found this channel. Thanks for all the educational content, Sandler!

Back in the late '80's, we had an MD-80 that had repeat complaints of bad odors in flight. Turns out some cat had crawled into a preconditioned ground air hose and been blown up into the overhead air duct and died. Nothing in my life has even come close to the wretchedness of that stench. They never told us about that stuff in aircraft mechanic school.

Wow, it got that hot and the head looks almost usable! **2003-2008 Hemi valve seats have left the chat**

Eric: Today we're doing a 1.5L from a Honda Fit. Engine stand: gets drunk to celebrate its good fortune.

These videos always make my Saturday night. Thanks and excited for more landcruiser content.

Really enjoy you tearing down an engine and seeing what makes them tic...or in this case, not to tic. Thanks for what you do.

I can imagine the Fit was looking like a smoker grill when the engine cooked itself. Poor thing was on its way becoming charcoal.

Was hoping to see one of these on your channel sometime. I’ve had 2 Fits and loved both, just got tired of the lack of torque. I ran both of mine very hard but also maintained them. The fit is a very fun car on curvy roads, both of mine saw a lot and surprised people.

@ericthomas178

Жыл бұрын

I had a Honda FIT Sport with manual transmission. I loved it and regret ever selling it. It was one of the best cars I have ever owned.

@frjoethesecond

Жыл бұрын

You might like the Honda CRZ. Same L series engine, but with a small electric motor that boosts the torque and adds another 10-20 horsepower depending on which year you get.

I'm glad your explaining the causes and suspected causes and your taking the oil pump apart. That's like a sitcom you watch on TV.

Another fun teardown, those must be fun in mopeds... Always enjoy these, thanks for sharing!

This teardown reminds me of an engine I had to tear-down my first week of work. It smelled so bad that I gagged over and over. I will never forget that smell! It is indescribably bad. No wonder the boss gave me that job. This car was about 5 years old and it had seized. The boss asked the owner how long it had been since the last oil change. She replied "Change? Why? What's wrong with the oil that it came with?"

@Me-zo8yc

2 жыл бұрын

People are ingeniously stupid it has to be said.

Hey eric. Would love to see a 90’s saturn s series 4 cylinder tear down if you ever happen to get your hands on one. also looking forward a 6 liter powerstroke too. love the content man and keep at it.

Awesome! Very similar to my little CR-Z 6sp hybrid engine. Love seeing all the different engines, yet this one was close to home for me.

We have a '71 Charger with a 383 Magnum, Car was sold new and lived in Las Vegas. Car was built in Los Angeles which was known for serious quality issues. 383 must have had a plugged water jacket from factory as it must have been running hot all the time. Some one had done the best they can installing a flex drive fan to improve cooling but the car was junked in a desert junkyard around 1979 because #4 piston melted down and put a hole in the top, Someone took the head off, found the piston, threw the parts in the trunk and got rid of the car. Luckily the desert preserved the rest of car perfectly for it to be restored 30 years later. Engine shop was able to save the original numbers matching block with a .030" overbore! but they had a hell of a time getting the pistons out they said!

Thank you, for the new video. I was having withdraw systems.

I enjoy all your teardown videos, don't know why I like seeing engine carnage but I do. If you've never used one, get an impact universal with the ball & crosspin, you'll never go back to the link type you were using on the fuelpump. Mine are 70's Craftsman but HF sells them also.

"It smells like a whole bunch of dead fish in a hot van,...that someone sprayed mustard all over...." My 12th grade Composition teacher would have given you an A+ on the descriptive writing my friend!! Keep up the good work!

It doesn’t matter if it’s a nasty engine big engine small engine tear down this is the best time I Internet watching Eric Tear one apart,

That must have smelled really, REALLY BAD! Thanks for sacrificing your sense of smell for the video! Another good one!

I have wondered for a long time about the state of the intake valves on the DI motors. Thank you for confirming that if I ever get one of these it'll be a 2009-13 with port injection.

@Itwasntalieitwastrueinmymind

Жыл бұрын

Newer that 2013 don’t have port injection? What do they have?

That was different!!! Loved it - the seemingly boring ones are often the best.

Rethought about this failure. The coolant was likely changed and the cooling system not bleed of air. Hondas must have cooling system air bleed, look up the procedure for Fit. The driver may not even known there was an overheat problem because the coolant sensor still had coolant around it. A coolant bubble would allow uneven head cooling resulting in warp head. Some cars have more than one coolant bleed screw to get all the air out. My Honda needed air bleeding whenever the coolant was changed. Direct injection engines can make a mess of crankcase oil by fuel dilution. 2017 - 2018 Honda CR-V with DI have had owner complaints about oil dilution.

@jpkatz1435

2 жыл бұрын

THANKS for the "air blead" info.

@mattmalenda6585

2 жыл бұрын

Weird. I have a 2001 civic that I changed the coolant and I suspect I have a coolant bubble but I’ve driven it for 20k miles and it’s been fine

@davezorc

2 жыл бұрын

This was an air bubble larger than the entire volume of the cylinder water jacket.

@alessandroserrao9422

8 ай бұрын

improbable

I'm not sure I'd call a Honda engine low-stress. Honda's learned a LOT from their many years of building race engines, and one of those things is how to build an engine that'll run at 70% basically forever. The L-series is great when you're not abusing it, though. I have one in my daily driver '09 Fit, and while it's not got all that much power, it's not having to drag around much car either. Nice to know I wasn't wrong when I looked in the engine bay and thought "that's so tiny I bet I could just lift it out without needing an engine crane", too!

Three to five clicks from fully seated to chain tight is your desired chain span tensioner if the tensioner is used to pull chain tight. This mimics oil pressure in the tensioner. If you see more than five to seven teeth extended from the ratchet tooth then your chain is stretched and must be replaced.

another saturday another wonderful engine teardown, please never stop

I worked on a race team that ran Suzuki GSXR1000 and we got mud on the radiator and the water temperature gauge also happened to stop working, we ran evens waterless coolant. We believe it we got it to 350 degrees water temperature. Motor never stopped running. After the race the motor sounded like a tea kettle for about twenty minutes. When the engine builder looked at the motor everything was a very nice blue color.

"I don't think if you add water it turns into a piston again" 😂😂😂

I was waiting to see how you got that rounded hex out. I'll bet it would have been entertaining!

@markae0

2 жыл бұрын

Grind it off or drill it off. not entertaining in my opinion.

@southstreetbarbecue7875

2 жыл бұрын

@@markae0 We're talking about a guy who used a loader to unstick a crank bolt. He would have made it entertaining! :)

After helping someone with a breakdown on the side of the road, and nearly being IN a car that broke down on the side of the road, I learned that when you run out of coolant, you actually do not have a working temperature gauge. Because the temperature gauge indicates coolant temperature. And without coolant to measure the temperature of, you get no indication that you have a problem until you're left on the side of the road wondering why your car just quit. ... you were NOT kidding about how cheap these engines are, holy crap! I didn't know you could get a car engine that cheap! Now I kinda want a Honda Fit.

@andys31337

2 жыл бұрын

yeah but you're supposed to notice the steam billowing out

@d.p.9567

Ай бұрын

I have a 2015 Fit; theres no engine temp gauge just a light that comes on which is why I have an extra digital gauge to read actual temps

By far your best one yet. From you saying crowning to me thinking of you as an obstetrician, perish the thought. To the description of the smell left me laughing out loud.

Try spraying air freshener on the engine, see if it can cover the smell. I'd like to know if it works! Thanks for another fine video.

Thanks for these videos, you're a great entertainer and I think it's great that you've managed to take something you find interesting about your day job and share it for everyone. These videos are always entertaining, and perhaps even a bit educational. Please keep doing what you're doing, and if you come across a GM Atlas motor, even the four, would you please do a teardown? I drive one of these every day it's not in the shop and would love to know where they store the gremlins in the valvetrain. Thanks!

@dougmedeiros8862

9 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing I been seeing some huge horsepower out of the later 4.2’s

@dougmedeiros8862

9 ай бұрын

Another hit, I like my mechanical gauges

I'm not going to tell you that I'd love to see more 928 content because I'm sure you are sick of hearing it but.... I want to see more 928 content! I drove one [1985 S2 5 speed] for over 19 years and I miss that thing! GREAT video as always!

One of my aunts used to have an early 2000's Jazz and *never* took any care of it. Ever. My pa once offered her an oil change, but when he actually went ahead to do it, he didn't have to change any oil - there was none left to change, same for the coolant by the way. What of the engine? Well, the cylinder head had to get resurfaced. That's it. She literally drove that car for thousands of kilometers with a goddamn dry engine, and it lived! Bulletproof engines.

The Honda Fit is an out of the box brilliant wee car. It's fast through the tight stuff and runs on the smell of an oily rag. An underrated well engineered safe vehicle.....that melts pistons.

I have watched many of your videos and I hear you saying something about chasing the engine around when you have to loosen the head bolts. Many years ago when I worked on engines I found a trick which prevents this from happening and it requires no extra tools or pieces. When the engine is mounted on a stand this will work. Stand at the back of the engine, now place one foot on the left engine support where the wheel is and your other foot on the other side, you should end up standing on the stand. Now when you apply torque to the bolts the engine will not move because you are not standing on engine stand not on the floor. I hope I explained this well enough, it has worked for me in the past.

Best part of Saturday night is the weekly teardown!

Last year, I had a Toyota Sienna that I blew up. Long story short it leaked the coolant on the freeway. The light for the ABS came on (it got wet), but absolutely no other lights. If I had noticed, the temperature gauge was pegged, but zero other indication until one of the heads checked out. Be very careful assuming the car will tell you it's about to detonate.

@samholdsworth420

2 жыл бұрын

Bro you just said the temperature gauge was pegged 🤣

Honda FIT does not come w a temperature gauge. I own one. Thanks for sharing.

@brysonshires9742

2 жыл бұрын

a red light will shine when it gets hot. just like the blue one when its warming up

@christopherweise438

2 жыл бұрын

That may be so.....but to get this hot, the steam venting, and coolant spraying would've been the "temperature gauge" if you know what i mean.

@brysonshires9742

2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherweise438 had a 2.2 s10 and the heater core line blew without any notice, going up a mountain. completely cooked that engine

@christopherweise438

2 жыл бұрын

@@brysonshires9742 - I bet. It wasn't like you could just stop and park it on a steep grade like that. She was already working hard by the time you lost all the coolant. Doesn't take long to finish roasting it.

Makes me want to get an older port-injected one of these, and a 5-speed, and build some kind of mid-engined buggy

@jpkatz1435

2 жыл бұрын

YES, GO FOR IT. Love to see the build, per "Super Fast Mat".

@Kennewickgeology

Жыл бұрын

Like the L15a7?

Many years ago when working at a shop, we had someone from Las Vegas driving through our area (NW Oregon) that hit an animal, ripped the bottom of their radiator and condenser off on their Escape and continued driving. They drove it until it stopped, then towed it into the shop. It had no compression. None. If you put your ear to the radiator filler neck while someone cranked the engine, you could hear the movement of air from horrifically blown head gaskets in the cooling system. Quoted them a replacement engine, their insurance paid for a brand new Motorcraft long block. Literal crate engine. Several years later, I had another customer at a different shop do the same thing in a Cobalt SS Supercharged. They said they hit a rabbit. It looked more like they hit a deer. Folded their radiator, condenser and radiator for the intercooler into a V shape. It was a kid who was driving and the parents’ insurance paid for the repair. Car reeked of weed, you could smell it from across the parking lot. Needless to say, they weren’t happy.

Watching that hex bolt round out brought back some bad memories lmao

I liked the praise you gave this engine. I have one and frequently travel from one end of Nebraska to another. It takes about 8 gallons of gas to accomplish. My question is, what RPM do you feel would be comfortable for this engine to do for 5 hours. At 75 MPH, I'm doing around 3500 and at 80 it's pushing 4K. It still has a lot of "go" over that but with 150K on it, I'm not sure what to give it anymore. I've never really been able to find an answer to this question but I love driving this thing.

@sashasoule4585

2 жыл бұрын

When companies test engines they test them at much higher rpm than the redline the car is supposed to have. Higher rpm keeps the engine nicely oiled and cool at the same time. Not to mention it blasts off carbon buildup from low rpm and idling. A good engine should be able to redline all day long without trouble. And this seems like one of those engines(granted the cooling system is in check).

@brentbeardsley655

2 жыл бұрын

Honda engines are tough as hell. They live in the higher revs anyway. Keep oil and coolant in it and that little engine will get another 100,000 or more. The reliability is in it's simplicity, less moving parts less to break. That and Hondas tendency to overbuild their engines.Those Fits are like little tanks, they just keep going.

@Me-zo8yc

2 жыл бұрын

It's a Honda - they thrive on revs. I had an old CR-V that I beat the shit out of for years (Changed the oil every 5000 miles though, THAT IS THE KEY) and it was running better when I gave it away than when I bought it. 😃

@ciello___8307

Жыл бұрын

3500 is perfectly fine for a small motor like that going 80mph. just make sure you do your maintenance and oil

@lordgoofus2364

Жыл бұрын

I've got a MY07 Jazz/Fit, and find it actually runs better after a thorough thrashing. It seems these engines love a good ferrari tune. If only it had more power & torque...

I love carnage. Thanks for another video!

Just found your channel dude. Love this stuff, great job!

Such fun. I used to have a Honda HR-V (UK version of Fit) with the 1.5 so this feels quite close to home. I'm now an electric vehicle owner but I still come back for the carnage and this video delivered.

@Misterfishface

2 жыл бұрын

UK/European version of the Honda fit is the Honda jazz

Have you done a 2.0l TFSI Audi/VW engine? I wanna see what that timing failure really looks like :D Great video! for some reason, it seems as if the smaller engines fail more spectacularly.

@diablocls55

2 жыл бұрын

I want to see what idler gear failure looks like on an early Mercedes M272 or M273 engine. Hoping he’ll eventually get one (preferably the 273 V8) to tear down

@trentryan27

2 жыл бұрын

Did u see the 454 he did where 1 cylinder looks like it literally exploded?

@burgertowngarage

2 жыл бұрын

@@trentryan27 yes I love that one!

@LansdowneMotorsport

2 жыл бұрын

I just tore down two Audi 2.0 TFSI engines, one of them dropped a valve far worse than I've seen on any other engine. The piston looked like mashed potatoes

@Jason.cbr1000rr

2 жыл бұрын

Whats tfsi stand for?

“This tear down might take like 6 minutes, I don’t know that crank bolt could be pretty tight” had me rolling 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Love the editing on this one!

My friend waits until a pretty red light comes on to tell her to check her oil. Always. Then she leaves it until the engine warning light comes on - that’s a lovely orange colour - then she takes it in. Brilliant video by the way.

The L15! I have the L15A7 in my 2012 Fit, but very little has changed on these engines since they debuted because they're so darn reliable. Minus a few engines with quality issues (oops, porous aluminum), these engines are hard to break. I've seen very few with major issues and most of the owners of a Fit take good care of them! My own Fit actually has a slightly bent rear axle/beam assembly, but it's such a light car that I don't notice any tire wear or problems driving straight. Easily the most dependable car I've ever owned. Also, if you can find a Ford Vulcan V6, that would be an extremely easy and amusing teardown. Most Ford Ranger engines are very abused and I think it would be fun!

@randymagnum143

2 жыл бұрын

I once had a 2.3 "powered" ranger, for about a month. Couple hundred thousand miles on it, and when you dropped from 4th to overdrive, it it just slowed down until you had to shift back to direct. Bought it after the owner hit a deer. Straightened it up a little, drove it till I couldn't stand it anymore, and sold it for 4x what I paid for it. Can't complain, but sometimes I still do

You would have loved the set that came out of the big cam 4 I melted down in 97. The carnage came to 1 and 4 had cracked cylinder 2 literally had a hole in it from the injector tip blowing off and 3 had swallowed an exhaust valve and hammered it into the piston. But it was still running just sounded like a bucket of bolts in a washing machine. The reason why my mother had a heart attack and for 4 hours my foot had been planted to the floorboard and I had pushed the pryometer temperature over 1400 degrees. She slagged the turbocharger and continued to pull for all she had.

Best video I've seen from you, and I've seen a few!

That engines lost words were “I’m tired boss”

A friend of mine has a Honda Fit with the same engine with almost 500,000 miles on it. I keep wondering how far they can go.

@TestECull

2 жыл бұрын

As long as they never abuse or neglect it probably until the unibody rusts out around it. Honda engines are pretty good about that. They will NOT Suffer abuse and neglect like an old smallblock Chevy will, but if cared for, they tend to last just about as long.

@Cynsham

2 жыл бұрын

it's a honda, as long as you take care of it with regular maintenance it will probably last forever

@TwentytenS4B8

2 жыл бұрын

They go pretty far. As long as you keep coolant in the cooling system.

@jamesmedina2062

2 жыл бұрын

my friend put 600k on his Civic. Its most Hondas, not just this one

@oceanbytez847

2 жыл бұрын

@@TestECull yes they will. Inherited my mom's 99 accord with 5 unrepaired serious accidents, blown head gasket, original trans fluid, at least 100+ no oil miles, 300k+ miles, and more. This car served me in college for almost 2 years with all the above. I did do some work on it when i could afford it. The thing that killed the car for good was wiring harness failure that caused the anti-theft to lock up. I spent a couple weeks trying to hotwire it to no avail before just calling it quits.

*Sees a valve cover not coming off, expecting Eric to say "Oh blue!"* *Eric comes back with a perfectly reasonable small screwdriver to remove the valve cover.* Aww 😞 The thing that strikes me about this engine is how simple it is. Which is probably why they don't die. Also, am I stoned or do those rods look really long?

@link18953

2 жыл бұрын

Rods are very long. The longer you make the stroke, the more torque you get from the engine, but no free lunch, moving mass has to reduce as acceleration and deceleration forces climb massively the longer the rods get. So smaller bore. It’s how the v8 f1 cars 15 years ago got to 20,000rpm.

@malcolmpetty1718

2 жыл бұрын

Rod length has nothing to do with the stroke. Rod length means more or less side thrust on the wrist pin.

@Oddman1980

2 жыл бұрын

@@Francis..... I saw a Driving 4 Answers video about rod length, and that's what made me notice it about this engine.

@wills.5762

2 жыл бұрын

@@Francis..... Probably d4a

Throw a spare video in mid week if they are ready to upload. Don't dump them all at once. You must continue to tease us Eric

Thanks for the commentary, I have one of these with a smaller engine 1338cc it goes like a dream…

While I was disappointed in the lack of stripper dust in this engine, the distorted bores and cooked pistons were nice.

Whoever was responsible for that deserves to be up for wilful murder of an engine... :(

I had a 4 stroke dirt bike that ran out of coolant, but it never got that bad. What does happen is that the piston starts to expand and deform from the excessive heat but the cylinder does not. Once it cools back down there is a smaller piston rattling around in a stock bore thus little to no compression. I was really impressed with the minimal damage on the rest of the motor. Many of the other motors that you have down, would have toasted most of the motor. Great job Honda.

My dad's 2005 fit once ran for 6 months with NO oil. Still works

For a 4 banger, that oil filter is huge

@kudo417

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure Honda uses the exact same oil filter on every engine other than the S2000 engine.

@bradhaines3142

2 жыл бұрын

@@kudo417 most companies stick to 2 or 3 different sizes usually to scale with the engine.

@meade4573

2 жыл бұрын

It's actually pretty small, about the size of a lawnmower oil filter.

I imagine that it must have been making a hell of a racket as it was getting hot enough to melt the pistons, my guess is the person who kept driving it didn't give a damn about harming the car.

@jpkatz1435

2 жыл бұрын

Or had NO IDEA what was going on. "Oh, MAYBE something is going on, no AAA tow, KEEP driving babe, we'll get this sucker home!"

@JimexJimex

2 жыл бұрын

As another commenter pointed out, I don't think the little overheat red light on the dashboard was what the driver was worrying about, coz he probably has 10+ flashing red and blue light and blaring sirens behind his car when he did this.

Keep up the great content love the videos. You should do a Mercedes M177 Bi-Turbo engine out of the new c63s! I’d really would love to see that one tore down!

Love your videos, I'm I master tech at a dealership and we never make it this far into tear downs, R&R life! I only get to tear into them this far on my own cars and I own a 2007 Mazdaspeed 3, so you know my pain! I'd like to see more teardowns of v6 work horses of the industry. Gm 3.6 family, 3800, Chrysler pentastars, and older Chrysler 2.7,3.5,3.8,4.0, Jeep 4.0, etc. Also more common four cylinders especially Kia/Hyundai 2.4 (fail frequently), FCA 2.4 (no intake camshaft, uses hydraulics to open valves). Thanks!!!

It's pretty impressive when someone neglects an engine to the point of zero compression. It becomes darn near witchcraft when someone does that kind of damage to a HONDA, a company with an impressive durability track record.

@chrisscott4607

Жыл бұрын

In my area they do this all the time to honda engines, but that’s because if the compound turbo setups lol expected with 30 lbs of boost , not so much on an na engine

I'm really curious to find out what you are going to do with all your timing chains. You always say you will 'save that for later' when you remove them. Great video as always :)

@trentryan27

2 жыл бұрын

He makes necklaces out of them

@mikefoehr235

2 жыл бұрын

Bracelets

@TheSleepingonit

2 жыл бұрын

Think he sells them

@johnmarten4184

2 жыл бұрын

Club bling.

@bradhaines3142

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnmarten4184 if it was cleaned up good, that might not look bad actually

Amazing it held together as well as it did! It probably saw better than 1500 degrees!

I'm sure you've seen way more than me, but I've seen similarly overheated engines that melted the motor mounts. it's not like the old days when fuel would boil and cause a stall. Now that high pressure fuel system keeps it running unless the software puts it in failsafe or turns it off.