Owner states: "I didn't hear anything unusual, it just lost power." Mechanic turns key on and is immediately deafened by the 150db of noise coming from the quartet of 15 in subwoofers in the back seat.

@dans_Learning_Curve

26 күн бұрын

YEP 👍!

@cayman9873

26 күн бұрын

I hate chrysler / jeep

@christopherreed4723

26 күн бұрын

I mean, it's obvious that the speaker in the restaurant drive-through lane the car was idling in was *far* too loud for him to hear what happened. 🙄

@someguywithaphone5921

26 күн бұрын

I don't know what you're talking about. These NEVER get turned into pavement princesses. haha

@danielm.4359

26 күн бұрын

18:03 milwaukee in nutshell

The rod damaging the starter reminds me of a Ferrari press release many years ago. Ferrari, being ever anxious to downplay engine issues, stated that their car had retired because of alternator failure. That was strictly true but more than a tad misleading - the alternator "failed" when a rod came through the block and smashed the alternator.

@simontist

26 күн бұрын

Let's not jump to conclusions! The alternator could have bumped through the block and broken the rod!

@lukahierl9857

25 күн бұрын

I have seen pictures of two cat V8 motors in a Boat. One thew a rod and kicked the starter into the other engine. It cracked the block.

@noonehere1793

23 күн бұрын

😁

As someone recovering from a saw related hand injury, please be safe man. I know you're being goofy for the sake of us viewers, but it's not worth the risk. Stay safe.

@lsswappedcessna

26 күн бұрын

Shake hands with Danger! Oh wait. Sorry. Shake hand with Danger.

@aaronlarsen4674

26 күн бұрын

Have you heard ‘the tales of the safety tote’? If not, I highly recommend watching some older videos with belt tensioners in the dismantling process

@ThatOtherDave

26 күн бұрын

​@@aaronlarsen4674oh I'm very familiar. RIP that forklift driver.

@davidhuez7027

26 күн бұрын

Ouch

@kenore4003

26 күн бұрын

Hand injuries never quite no away. There is always some part that was broken that doesn't point the same way. I had my right forefinger torn in half. The surgeon got it put back together but the joint is locked. Having a stiff finger takes time to adapt to. Cue the jokes of the wife liking that.

Uncle Rodney said " screw this, im going home ! " ( in cartman's voice )

@mtut

26 күн бұрын

Uncle Rodney said "I get no respect. I went to my doctor, Doctor Vinnie Boombatz. I told him I'm working in a Chrysler plant. He says from now on, you pay in advance."

The word you are looking for is "the bearing sea" 🙂

After 50+ years as a mechanic I have only seen 2 or 3 of the 3.3/3.8 blown up. Those engines all burned a bit of oil because of low tension rings. I have seen one with over 900.000 on it as a cab. I could barely hear it run. I drive a Caravan every day with over 300.000 on it and it still runs well. I take care of it and that helps a lot. The engine will outlast the body.

Looking at this teardown as a European I was suddenly reminded that the last time I had a vehicle with pushrods was around 1983, and the last time I had one with a 2 valve head was around 1990, though my wife had one with a 2V head as late as 2000. Edit - I actually like the straightforward design and simplicity of pushrod engines.

@BillMalcolm-tn3kq

26 күн бұрын

Europe certainly went overhead cam in general well before the US, and the Japanese were in between, timing wise. What every European seems to NOT know is that lead-free fuel and catalysts weren't mandated there until 1992. Only 18 years behind the US. Then they began to get really behind promoting diesels, just for the fuel economy. Talk about nitwit bureaucrats which is how I view Europe -- government by professional simple servants who couldn't care less about reality like NOX. Dolts, in other words. On a trip to the UK in '93, I found the air pollution so bad compared to here, I had a reaction where my eyelids swelled up to the point I could hardly see. Had to go to emerg outpatients. Horrible experience and the stench of vehicle exhaust was even bad on the motorways. In other words, it was no different from the early '70s when I lived in London for a while. Meanwhile, the average dolt here today goes on savage attacks against the EPA and a good 75% weren't even alive when the constant smell of engine exhaust was the norm here as well. So they opine away based on zero experience of what things were once like. Typical nonsense. By the time most were old enough to write, a great deal of the existing pollution and Love Canals were cleaned up, as were cars. What the person never experienced, they grandly assume never happened. No unrestrained belching coal-fired power plants, acid rain turning lakes into fish killers, and general grime on everything and lead dust everywhere where they grew up! So it never happened, that's the mindset. Well, I remember even if the pampered softies of today don't. Get rid of the rules, the EPA sucks, etcetera based on zero clues, knowledge or experience. It was Tricky Dick Nixon, a Republican, who brought in the EPA -- that's how bad thins had gotten -- even coservatives realized it. Jet airliners trailed black smoke on takeoff -- made rolling coal diesel pickup idiots of today look like pikers. It was pretty darn bad before the "70s. Cough, cough. Lead in house paint as an added bonus! Asbestos clutches and brake shoes. Ooo--eee, things were just amazingly good in the old days. Well, folks, no they were not. But hey, why worry about history? Just deny it. Yeah. Your average crackerjack today "knows" pollution control is a waste of money. Sheesh. My last car with pushrods was an Audi 100 I traded in '80 for a new Jetta which had been assembled by a team of gremlins in Wolfsburg -- a complete heap as delivered with only three inches of ground clearance in front. Euro 1100 springs on a 1600 with factory airconditioning. As it eventually turned out from some colored paint dots code on the coils. And nobody noticed! VW claimed they had 25,000 "inspectors", but never mentioned they were hired blind. Until I was presented with this piece of crap at the dealership and it was obvious to me. How many Lotus-wedge stance Jetta Mark 1s had anyone seen with butt in the air? Nope, VW QC, the dealer, nobody ever saw such a Jetta, just me, apparently, the new owner with a deposit on it they wouldn't return.. I'd had to wait several weeks for that deluxe every option Jetta to arrive. German quality, pfft. Zero. Such a turd, had to get rid of it after 18 months -- by then was using Vise-Grips as the gear lever! The original broke off. Oh, I knew the dealer service manager well, same twit named Hans who had serviced my Audi for six years. What a prime defender of Germany he was. It was all my fault, of course, despite all the repairs like replacing the aircon. But I digress. The most interesting early version of this Chrysler V6 engine was in the mid '90s Chrysler 300. 3.5 liters, SOHC and 250 horsepower -- that sucker moved out for its day -- a friend had one. Left his old pristine hobby Porsche 944 in the dust. But like everything else, I'll be surprised if anyone but me remembers that SOHC V6 in the comments for this video.

@jamesmedina2062

26 күн бұрын

Look at the difference between a LS1 (2-valve) and a Ford Coyote and the latter seems twice as large (much wider)

@HanginInSF

25 күн бұрын

Pushrod engines have several advantages

@TheMarcQ

24 күн бұрын

@@HanginInSF Like free chopsticks after rebuild

Do we need to send blue on vacation anytime soon? He’s working awful hard here lately.

@michaelseibold9977

26 күн бұрын

Blue is union man. Member of the International Machinist Union Local ERIC. Blue gets Healthcare and a pension, lucky tool.

@dennisyoung4631

26 күн бұрын

I’d like a copy.

@edwardtabor77

23 күн бұрын

​@@dennisyoung4631harbor freight. I have 2 sets

I am totally surprised that you did not do battle with your nemesis, the oil dip stick tube. How could you ignore it. OK I know it was out of the way but that battle is one of your mainstays of the videos!

@blakebucknall4008

26 күн бұрын

I thought the same thing, went a whole video without a dipstick tube battle.

@theprinceofsnj

26 күн бұрын

I too missed the battle of the dipstick.

@stangsaleen04

24 күн бұрын

I honestly got to the point to where I was expecting him to smack it out after he removed the oil pan

I like the utter contempt in Eric's voice when he says "...now they have THIS..."

An engine built so well that my 30 years being a mechanic, the only repairs I've done are as follows. Spark plugs, wires and coils, oil pan rotted out, low coolant pipe rotted, starter, alternator, belt, tensioner and last but not least, valve cover gaskets. Now they're all gone as the vehicles they came in are miled out or rotted away where i live

@v4lhulme

26 күн бұрын

You forgot the 30,000 mile lower intake gasket! (Belly pan gasket) LOL . I have 3 of these vans and run them hard, I consider the water pumps and belly pan gaskets as the only real engine wear items.

seeing that saw compliation, you're insanely lucky to still have 10 fingers. jesus. Please be careful so you can keep sending us videos!

@SHADOW.GGG-

25 күн бұрын

technically speaking its eight fingers and two thumbs

@benbaselet2026

25 күн бұрын

@@SHADOW.GGG- No it isn't.

@leftbrain965

25 күн бұрын

Remember, impact wrenches are finger operated! Just put that saw under safety tote for the sake of us all.

#5 piston needs to be placed in the witness protection program.

That right there is a great example of Mopar quality.

The smaller 3.3l was also a great engine, probably the closest Dodge got to a Buick 3800 in reliability. If you see a rusted out bubble Caravan still going, I almost guarantee it has a 3.3.

@blitzroehre1807

20 күн бұрын

Here in Europe only surpassed by the 2.0 and 2.4 5-speed versions you did not get in the US. Saw a 2.0 the other day with incredible 580 000 kms, first engine and tranny (but 2 clutches and 1 new head gasket owner stated 🙂)

I actually love these motors, they're slow, noisey, they leak from every possible orifice but, they just keep going. Also so goddamn simple

I have a 3.8 jku with 207,800 on it! Still running like a champ, the key with every engine is maintenance and for the love of jesus oil change every 3,500 not at 7k when the dip stick only have oil on the tip cough my cousin cough 😅

This is a really nicely designed engine, shaft mounted rocker arms nice intake and exhaust port location and design. Cross bolted center mains. Nice crank shaft design. These engines in minivans lasted forever, even when neglected. 300k plus all day long

Looks like the crank weight beat that wrist pin like it owed it money.

I wouldn't be so quick to call out the driver in this case, I've heard that the JK's have really really good radios.

@mails5054

26 күн бұрын

alpine audio system is one of the best, it also helps the jeep doesnt have a lot of insulation

It's nice to see a "regular" looking engine. Reminds me of the GM 4.3. Old school U.S. engine.

The meme of the dog saying 'It's fine' while fire surrounds him comes to mind.

My sister had a dodge dart that had a slant 6 engine. That engine will run and run forever.

These do run forever. The 3.3 and 3.8 just keep on going.

The oil is bass boat paint... gotta love it

What happened to the mandatory battle with the dipstick tube?

@edrannou3914

26 күн бұрын

Yeah, Eric, what about the dipstick tube? I kept waiting for the wrestling match.

@rogeralbans4082

26 күн бұрын

I thought same thing, Eric danced around it the whole shoot and I was thinking yeah this is going to be epic new gag.... Waited and waited.

PCV.... Positively Crankcase Ventilated!!

"Exploded view" never gets old.

I was on a pit crew for a small circle track racer and we put a piece of sheet metal over a hole that big and went racing! Obviously, fixed the internals but the block was good. Lasted the rest of the season that way.

@iboswell

24 күн бұрын

There's a legendary Formula Ford engine that raced for many seasons - nicknamed "patch" for obvious reasons. It was actually very successful and had many famous drives e.g. Aryton Senna, Roberto Moreno, Mark Blundell etc.

The sledgehammer bit had me rolling

I really like your introductions, presenting the year models of where the engine was used in, etc 🙂

I like when you recommend other channels you like 🙂

"lifter holder downer". Awesome! Thank You.

Say what you will about these engines, if you take care of them, they are some of the most reliable engines Chrysler designed. I had a 3.3L engine (same engine, smaller displacement) in my 92 Chrysler Town and Country, and that thing had well over 650k on it when the 5th transmission finally went out in it and we finally retired it. It ran just fine though. One of the biggest issues with these later model engines is the aluminum heads. They will blow a head gasket really quick because there aren't enough head bolts. The engine was designed for a cast iron head and very little was done to replace them with the aluminum heads. The old 4.0L had similar issues, just not nearly as bad since it had way more head bolts.

@LongIslandMopars

26 күн бұрын

I thought it looked somewhat familiar to a 318.

@matan6737

26 күн бұрын

The JK is just universally a step from the simple tough as nails go anywhere jeep to the mall crawling duck dashing visage of modern jeeps. This engine isnt really that bad, it just happens to be attached to a damn 4 door wrangler.

@chuckz8053

26 күн бұрын

The 3.9 Dakota is what your talking about, a 318 with two cylinders cut off and has a 90 degree V. The 3.8 is a 60 degree V which first appeared in the intrepid as a 3.3.

@hokie9910

26 күн бұрын

If it’s not an engine thing or a transmission thing…..it’s the same ole thing…..dodge/Jeep….

@rickreese5794

26 күн бұрын

Thx for the info, Recently bought an 01 mini van, wow, I was very impressed 😊

When these came out we laughed at them. Then the jk got the pentastar jeepers everywhere though “this is the one” well….in hindsight the 3.8 was probably what you wanted when the warranty was up.

@mails5054

26 күн бұрын

ehh the 3.6l is one of the most popular engines on the road, a lot of them have a lot of mileage

@skiddysm

Күн бұрын

The early ones came with gasket issues ​@@mails5054

My 2009 Wrangler self-destructed at 3 years/29,000 miles. I bought it new with a lifetime powertrain warranty and they still tried to make me pay for it. Burned oil from day one. The 3.8 was underpowered for the jk unlimited, but my rebuilt engine was solid. The 3.6 is much better.

I had the 3.3 liter version of this i a Chrysler Minivan ran trouble free when traded in at 140k miles.

Your sage advice about engines not healing themselves took me way back to when I was a college kid driving a wascally 1980 wabbit . Pretty sure I ran the oil level on one of my old man’s cars, not sure if it was that one, a different wabbit, or even a different car entirely but I’m pretty sure he had at least one engine overhauled at some point. Fast forward 35-plus years to now and I live in constant fear of my rice rocket blowing up if I go 3005 miles between oil changes. Getting old sucks.

@dennisyoung4631

26 күн бұрын

Concur - paranoia (about life in general) is a matter of life experience. You get experience with Age.

@t-yoonit

26 күн бұрын

As a guy who used to change oil for a living on everything from econoshitboxes to semi trucks....... Modern oil and filter tech is leaps and bounds better than it was in the 80s and 90s even. I wouldn't stray far from the 3k mark on conventional oils, but most stuff now requires at least a synthetic blend. On that, with a good filter, easy 5k. Personally I run a full synthetic high mileage oil, and a long life filter and run 10k change intervals. Have done this for many years now, had engines apart for maintenance and found spotless crankcase and oil systems.

@jamesmedina2062

26 күн бұрын

@@t-yoonitI am not sure how many vehicles and engines there are but suffice to say that there are many. There are additionally hundreds of different oils. Oil change interval is NOT one-size-fits-all based on the odometer.

I had a Jeep Comanche of the 89 vintage with the 4.0L...! It was two-wheel drive and was used as my run around truck for my lawn service, but my main trucks were small block Chevy 80-90s Silverado's, but they were gas hogs...! I feel in love with that straight six and then I remembered an old 88 F250 work truck an old boss had... Nowadays I have a fleet of 94-96 f-series with the 300cid/ 5-speed drive trains...! I can't say which one is better, the 4.0L or the 4.9L(300cid)... they're both bulletproof...!!! And that is the exact reason that they are not produced anymore...!!! Planned obsolescence can't work if the engines won't blow up...!!! Thanks for sharing... Keep up your awesomeness...!

@MichaelAStanhope

26 күн бұрын

oh this is easy, the Ford 300 is the better engine. I've seen people TRY to blow them up and the engine flips them off and says "please sir, can I have some more?". Jeep 4.0L is a great engine in its own right, but that head will warp in a quick minute if it gets too hot which is really its only bad spot overall. Then again, I think ANY of the old school Inline 6 engines are great, the 225 Slant 6, 200 and 250 from Chevy, the 300 Ford, 232/258 AMC (which is what the 4.0L is born from). The biggest weakness of any later I6 engine is when they change out that cast iron head for aluminum, it introduces a weak point moreso than the iron heads.

@kurtisstutzman7056

26 күн бұрын

@@MichaelAStanhope yep...

JB Weld the hole and you've got a 5 cyl 😮

@LongIslandMopars

26 күн бұрын

I was thinking similar

As someone who drives Jeeps a lot, the road noise those things make would drown out a small explosion, especially JK and older. JL has enough insulation to allow for a conversation at highway speeds.

"I could sell this for money". Hilarious. Thanks for the video.

My thought, as soon as seeing how clean that engine was, is that the original owner took really good care of this car, but he sold it to some idiot who just put fuel in it and drove it.

Eric, you should have done a chalk outline on Sir Rodney in the piston lineup, because that looked like a crime scene.

@capnkwick4286

26 күн бұрын

I saw the debris laid out on the table and immediately thought "that's how a skeleton is laid out". Demolished "head", various bits & pieces for the "spine" & a shattered pelvis.

Now I want to rewatch the GM 3800 tear down. And hope to see a ford 3.8 in the future. Preferably the Thunderbird supercharged version.

I saw an Equinox pulling a travel trailer at altitude in NM. Good lord, I hope that was a leased vehicle.

Had a couple 3.8's over the years. One with over 260k that was never touched and ran like a top. Another that I sold with 135k that sipped on oil a little heavy, but overall extremely reliable engines.

I've had so many of the 3.3/3.8 engines around my life, all of them were solid. My '96 has 255k, 05 and 07 are around 155k. A friend has a 07 3.8 with 260k (Town and Country), and another friend's had like 220k before he got something newer. Fam had a 97 Caravan that we took to 158k before selling, and a 91 3.3 that went to 163k before donating. The 91 was the 1st iteration of the 41te and the only one I ever saw that needed rebuilt.

@piggy310

5 күн бұрын

They always seemed like such quiet engines for being a relatively low-tech V6

"The lifter holder downer"...it's a technical term. 🤣

My Grand Caravan had the 3.8L V6 in it. It was still running great when I traded it in at 220K. If you take care of those engines they will last!

I recently had an oil change shop leave the drain plug loose, finger tight loose, after an oil change. Had I not noticed the drips on the garage floor I might have lost that drain plug on the highway, which could cause a catastrophic failure in an reasonably clean engine. Sure glad I caught it!

I've seen a lot of valve seat problems in these engines. Always front pass or rear driver sides. Usually the block and pistons survive fine with just a few scratches. Just do head replacement and send them back out for the next 120k miles. Used to know one that survived both at separate times and still drivin by the same owner to this day . Seems to happen around 120 and 240k miles on most of them. Overall good engine if you put a good set of heads on them and maintain them without going crazy.

30:26 it is 1am and I am cackling!

Love those Mopar rocker shaft setups. Just like a LA V8. So easy to service.

@budlanctot3060

24 күн бұрын

The rockers reminded me of a sl/6.

Ah i have an 09 JK with this engine. I actually really like it. I run either 5w40 euro spec oil or 10w30 full synthetic with no issues.

@greggc8088

26 күн бұрын

07 JK and usually run the 10W-40 synthetic but have ran the 5W-40 Euro when finding it on sale.

@Hephaestusthejeep

26 күн бұрын

@@greggc8088 how many miles do you have on yours? Just crossed 112k on mine.

@greggc8088

25 күн бұрын

179K.

@garyganser2451

17 күн бұрын

Mobil 1 0w40 European oil in an 08 with 185k so far

The word you were looking for for the content of the oil pan is Smorgasbord. Because it contains a little bit of everything! 😂

Looks like Cylinder 6 had enough of their shit and left the conversation!

Out of “malice in the combustion chamber” and “ forbidden glitter” I reckon it’s always the best when the motors attempt to “self gap” the spark plug on their own.. The thing is when you leave the motor to self adjust the gap it always gets it incredibly wrong!

Since you're tearing apart excellent engines that have blown up, maybe you could do a Chrysler Slant-6?

@austincjett

26 күн бұрын

My favorite engine, the leaning tower of barely enough power.

@lsswappedcessna

26 күн бұрын

The problem is finding a slant 6 that has blown up.

@Raise986

26 күн бұрын

@@lsswappedcessna I pulled one out of a Hesston 6450 windrower that was so worn out you could have knocked the ring ridge off and put .030" oversize pistons without boring it. It only used about 1-2 quarts of oil per day. did a leak down test, 85% leakdown rate

@adotintheshark4848

26 күн бұрын

@@austincjett the Australian Valiant had a slant 6 that was beefed up pretty well.

@SPAZTICCYTOPLASM

26 күн бұрын

@@austincjett They where making v8 amounts of power with the power pack in the 60-70s. They had 170hp variant. With some work they are actually really powerful.

This engine looks like someone designed the simplest engine possible. It looks like a design from the 50's.

@piggy310

5 күн бұрын

LOL pretty much is

Nice simple engine

ah the good ole 3.8 oil burner

@michiganman4398

26 күн бұрын

Yup, these has serious issues with the lower rings not seating properly. My Jeep burned a quart every 1000 miles and the dealership said Chrysler said that was acceptable oil consumption for that engine.

@SatanKarma1

26 күн бұрын

@@michiganman4398 sounds like the dealer you went to was just trying to brush you off. I work for a dealer and that much oil burning is beyond spec

@91CavGT5

26 күн бұрын

I’ve driven cars that 1 quart per 1,000 miles would have been amazing!! My old 2000 Toyota Corolla would burn a quart every tank of gas. That is a quart every 250 miles!

@michiganman4398

26 күн бұрын

@@SatanKarma1 They showed me a service bulletin from Chrysler that said that. It could have been fake but that was the hill they were willing to die on. Given that per them there was nothing wrong with the vehicle I said ok, I’d like to trade this in for that truck over there. Surprisingly they accepted. The truck had a good price on it and I actually got $1000 more in trade than I paid for the Jeep originally so I got really luckey.

@piggy310

5 күн бұрын

​@@michiganman4398that's acceptable for pretty much any engine

Sweet V6 to VR5 conversion!

High school friend had a 1985 plymouth gran fury with the 318 smog motor and while driving thru town we started hearing metal on metal/ting ting ting noises and instead of pulling over he gunned it. Tranny blew up later that day in a Target parking lot. We were going to take the tires off and put it on blocks and just leave it there (it was the 90s).

Knock Knock Who's there Uncle Rodney #ItsaJeepThing 😂😂😂😂😂😂

RIP, Uncle Rodney. Egad, what carnage. Good one, Eric!

Going to lose a finger one of these times with that chop saw

@timlee4204

26 күн бұрын

It is much safer to use a snap knife (Box cutter) to just open out the pleats. Please place distant regard to chop saws and the like, we need you all in one piece. Ted from down under.

@v4lhulme

26 күн бұрын

He won't lose one, im sure someone will find it.

@highwayman1218

26 күн бұрын

​@@v4lhulme😂

Always love hearing how some of the best motors ever built in American history are all older engines that got "discontinued" due to emissions regulations.

I have one of those now in my 2005 Chrysler town and country 3.8 it's the best engine Chrysler ever made hands down

Best benefit of the doubt I can give the owner is maybe they were driving on the highway with the top off. It'd still be hard to miss the smoke screen and clunking but if you're already half deaf in a flying brick with no top...maaaaayyyyybeeeee

The owner of the Jeep must have had a hell of a stereo system which drowned out the engine noise, or the engine was making noise in perfect synchronization with his music... Thump! Thump-Thump! **Metallic sounding** Thump! "I never noticed that metallic noise in the song before"! LOL!

Love the extra videos this week!!🎉❤

Erics laugh when finding carnage is priceless!

38:30 That advice is the opposite of Derek @ Vice Grip Garage, who says lets power through it. LOL

fun saying: When your care starts making noises..... turn the volume up XD

Snack Pack. 3 cylinder perfection awaits!

From an absolute tank of an engine to a minivan mommy mall mover motor.

I've never seen such a simple timing system

It's too bad that the best engine in any Chrysler product is made by Cummins!! GREAT VIDEO ERIC

Thank you for the circular saw safety video!

Ooooh! Another fixit channel! Thanks. I also like Bruce in Aus. He finds old machines out in Queensland amongst the snakes, spiders, crocodiles and other lovely Ozzie wiy

Oil pan is glittered up like a bass boat.

Refreshing to see such easy timing system after all those overheadcams stuff

Awesome tear down today.

0:34 He forgot to put new batteries in his hearing aid.

NO CHOP SAW FOR YOU !! 😂

Love the videos mate, great entertainment 👍🏻

Nice to see the engine that's in my Jeep get torn down to see all it's goodies!

I had a 2005 caravan 3.8L pushrod and it was great engine. BUT I kept the oil replaced in very timely fashion. I wish I had that old dodge caravan w 4spd auto.. It was bulletproof compared too all the GDI, turbo, 4 banger, low tension rings, high blowby pieces of crap !

The water pump treatment variety never gets old!

I once had the new yorker with the 3.3 and an oldsmobile alero with the 3.4 and to me the two v6 families were so similar I often accused chevy of copying chrysler when it came to compact 60° v6 engines and come to find out its actually just engineers moving between the two companies during the 80's causing the most basic design from both leading to the similarities in sizes and power

My first ro with an inspection port was a 1995 4Runner with the same V6 that was recalled for head gaskets. That owner said the same thing. "It lost power and stalled" I remember because of his description compared to what was wrong. I put a breaker bar on it and it didn't turn over. It had a hole from the thrown rod. This was maybe 1999.

Uncle Rodney sends h8s regards lol

Another excellent video, I couldn’t stop watching. Great Job !

Those are really good motors 3.3 l 3.8 l pretty indestructible

Watching you tear things down is the best

Another funny, informative and entertaining episode. Thank you

those 3.8 engines use cracked rod that is the main problem. I just did a LS swap on 2008 jku Saraha I bought cheap. every rod bearing was spun bad. I beleve the van engine are better because they use machine rods. I was surpised how well the LS fit. My only mistake was to change from a automatic to a AX15 manual. I tell my boys do as I say not as I do or live will get vastly more complicated.

@rickreese5794

26 күн бұрын

Small block V8 SO FUN !😊

Thank you Premier in Illinois,

Must have had a very loud stereo system installed in that jeep. Didn't hear a thing from the engine!