The connecting rods would make hilarious gear shifters.

@Nic1Moreno

2 жыл бұрын

No kidding send them to fab rats....

@dieselbronco9247

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect bend for an older T5 transmission, it would look great in a ratrod!

@paulatkinson4439

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah- hilarious- uh huh

@I_Do_Cars

2 жыл бұрын

Kmackay9554, shoot me an email at importapartsales@gmail.com and you can do that, got yourself a bent rod!

@kmackay9554

2 жыл бұрын

@@I_Do_Cars Just sent you an email. Thank you.

Here at the Ford Motor Marine Division, we scoff at those who didn’t recognize our unsinkable “bend don’t break” approach to producing the world’s first line of river car engines. The only thing stopping us is our collective imagination...and the height of our air intake. - Rod Bender, President of Ford Marine Division

@NemesisRTCW

2 жыл бұрын

Ford Marine is green all the way, we do not use oil but only water to cool and lubricate the engine. As an extra power option we can supply a water to air intake cooler to decrease detonation and maximise power.

@every-istand-ophobe6320

2 жыл бұрын

Actually it was probably some democrat who bought a new jet ski with his money from cov stocks and he didn't realize you your only supposed to put the boat trailer in the water and not the trailer and car

@justinfrappier2514

2 жыл бұрын

You're getting a rod and piston 😂😁

@fritzfedke8079

2 жыл бұрын

@@every-istand-ophobe6320 now that is funny...but only a trumpster would do sumptin like 'at

@mikespeck8642

2 жыл бұрын

That's Awesome Mr. Bender.......That's what she said.....

8 bent rods... that's a feature. It increases displacement while reducing compression. I'd say it's a perfect candidate for a high-boost application

@raimondhyperburia3855

Жыл бұрын

Nice one 🤣

@johnsnow1355

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah just added 20psi of boost with lowered compression

@garage5125

Жыл бұрын

@@johnsnow1355 i would say he more likely lowered the compression by adding 20 psi of boost lol

Eric has a talent for finding some of the most blown to shit clapped out engines, and the fact that the causes for the engines failing are diverse makes it even more impressive. I love this channel

@I_Do_Cars

2 жыл бұрын

@michael ruiz, shoot me an email and claim a rod! Importapartsales@gmail.com

I've seen a lot of times you were impressed that some engines managed to contain some level of carnage inside of the block without anything making an exit. I'd say this qualifies as the most impressive example of that.

@fluffiestbiscuit5846

2 жыл бұрын

Really says something about the sturdiness of this specific Ford V8 block/crank, would not have expected it to hold up this much whatsoever

@johncoops6897

2 жыл бұрын

@@sharibabazabeatrice6287 . *

@I_Do_Cars

2 жыл бұрын

@Orell, shoot me an email and I’ll send you a bent rod. Importapartsales@gmail.com

*Customer states* “I drove through a small puddle one day and now my car is acting different”

The same Ford engineers responsible for the Powershift automatic transmission, and the two-piece spark plug were promoted and placed on a special project to compete with Nissan's variable compression engine. One Friday night, they all met at the local pub... down by the river. What you have in front of you is their first attempt.

Okay, the sound of an impact on fast forward is awesome. PEW PEW

"Hydrostatic" drive... All kidding aside, very entertaining channel. I am about as likely to tear down an engine as pull my own teeth with a pipe wrench, but watching you do it week after week is fun. Here's to a great 2022!

@I_Do_Cars

2 жыл бұрын

@ian, you got yourself a rod. Email me at importapartsales@gmail.com

@craigweis1675

2 жыл бұрын

Like hydrostatic X suspension on the old original mini's.

Told Santa they wanted an LS engine, but got L and S rods instead.

These rods did the “When she misses on re-entry”💀

@lethargicstove2024

4 ай бұрын

Took me a second 😂

As an owner of a 2005 Mustang GT 4.6 3V ive looked forward to this!

Honestly I would love to see the crank out with all the rods and pistons reattached to it. That rotating assembly must be a true work of art at this point.

@CathyInBlue

2 жыл бұрын

modern art

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with Cathy (modern art), it would make a hilarious Wind Chime!

@CathyInBlue

2 жыл бұрын

@@hkguitar1984 OMG. Can you imagine how discordant striking a piston rod that's been twisted into a question mark must be?

@MattExzy

2 жыл бұрын

It takes a lot of force to bend a rod... I can't imagine the forces at work to bend most of them that bad. A few of them must've kept developing power/compression to bend the rest lol

@HKSoljier

2 жыл бұрын

i'm imagining a whacky waving arm inflatable tube man

Does anyone else enjoy the sound of the impact wrench at high speed?

@gollie8776

2 жыл бұрын

sounds like a baby crocodile

@Bandit69ply

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, i pretend I'm firing a Phaser from Star wars or Star Trek. Lol

@keithblume5159

2 жыл бұрын

Pew pew pew

@northlander4370

2 жыл бұрын

we all do ...

@biggtastee2401

2 жыл бұрын

I do. Sounds like a laser.

I see the folks at Chiquita are now making connecting rods. I'm happy to see the fruit and automotive industries partnering.

Really enjoyed the tear down , I don’t think I’ve seen any one KZread as specific as this one. Thank you 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

At 10:20 in the video you could tell the rods were all bent, as all the pistons were not bothering to visit the top of the bores. That or this was the lowest compression engine I have ever seen.

@skurblord3401

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like one cylinder made it close. Just sell it as the worlds crappiest 1 cylinder.

@derekfriday7931

2 жыл бұрын

I noticed this when he was turning it over. I know they leave some extra space on the deck. But most of them didn't even visibly reach the top of the bore

@mysock351C

2 жыл бұрын

@@skurblord3401 It still works as a V8. You just put some 7.3L glow plugs in it and sell it as a semi-diesel.

@BloodIITheChosen

2 жыл бұрын

Yeap, also saw that.

@samiraperi467

2 жыл бұрын

@@skurblord3401 1 cylinder engine that kinda has spares.

I have got to say I have learned more about both how engines live and how they die from your channel than from any other source I've seen. It's been very instructive to see how different engines are designed and put together, as well as how people manage to ruin them. Thanks so much for a wonderful education. (And I loved that you did get around to taking apart the engine that I know is in my own Ford Focus.)

that's honestly pretty damn impressive. lends credence to modulars being invincible to everything except lack of oil, even all of the issues they're famous for generally won't result in catastrophic engine damage (except the sparkplug cannon).

@lethargicstove2024

4 ай бұрын

Usually you can put spark plug inserts in to fix the problem

Don’t worry those are just the new high tech variable compression rods

@Vlado2412

Жыл бұрын

The man who did this is a magician

Dude I love your videos, and your sense of humor. From setting yourself up for “that’s what she said“ jokes, to commenting on inappropriately shaped water pumps, to your sarcastic terminology on things like “adjustable length connecting rods“😂 every time you upload I already can’t wait until the next one. Thank you for bringing us this content

7:29 (takes off water pump) “Looks perfect!” Proceeds to yeet it out of existence

Like they say "you can lead a horse to water, but you cant make em drink." Apparently this mustang owner thought his engine needed a drink and then some. Lol. Enjoyed watching this.

Back in 1960 my family owned a 1956 Ford Ranch Wagon, my oldest brother painted a piston with a bent rod that looked much like one of the rods removed from this engine, below that he wrote "Rod Bender" My brother was only 14 at the time but had real artistic talent, so much so that my father liked it so much he didn't punish him and left the drawing in place

"I didn't even need the hammer" You sound disappointed, my guy. This engine was seconds from Piston McNuggets.

A Urologist could retire fixing that many bent rods!

Seeing the 928 reminds me we need to see more of it! Great work, loved the noodle rods from this engine... impressive!

The owner tried to make the engine hydrogen powered, opting for high-density fuel Di-hydrogen Oxide. Great tear-down, Eric. I wonder if they thought the power dropped off so badly because the plugs were damaged after making the car a shop-vac. Then after changing those out didn't do anything, decided to pop the oil pan to check the crank, then gave up once they saw the rods were Twizzlers.

@chucksgarage7165

2 жыл бұрын

It’s Di-hydrogen Monoxide…get it right…LOL!!!!

Those con rods on this 4.6 engine went out on a bender! LOL Even they can't recall how they got to this condition...

@theshield1613

2 жыл бұрын

4.6l 2 valve is very reliable

I'm surprised that engine even spun with the breaker bar.

That was impressive. All of those rods bent and not breaking blew me away

@danherrala2087

3 ай бұрын

FORD TOUGH BABY !! Lol.

Amazing find 8 bent rods and it still turned over 👏

I hope the warranty covers Peyronie's Disease

So Ford is making 3 valve submarine engines now? Seriously that is a lesson in practical physics, and the compressibility of water.

@davidpowell3347

2 жыл бұрын

And some strong head bolts and gasket not to let go,

@mikefoehr235

2 жыл бұрын

Fluids...ie...liquids are virtually incompressible. Is why hydraulics work so well. Daniel Bernoulli

That engine looked happy on the outside. But once you opened it up, what a surprise inside! I sure was not expecting that.

Happy new year! I hope you keep making these videos for a long time !!

We're always talking about resized spark plug gaps, but these are the first resized rods I've seen. I was not expecting that either, and I'm surprised it turned over at all

@randr10

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention that none of the rod bearings looked damaged. Absolutely remarkable.

Literally came here right from the other "worst carnage" 4.6 tear down. Impressive to say the least. Keep up the great vids. Awesome content.

@sheetwarrior543addmeonxbox7

2 жыл бұрын

That one was a DOHC 4.6L

@christopherweise438

2 жыл бұрын

@@sheetwarrior543addmeonxbox7 - Yea....i know. Still both impressive failures though. The 4 cam bottom end was complete destruction, yet the valve train was virtually untouched. That's hard to do no matter how it happened.

@theshield1613

2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherweise438 4.6l v8 2 valve is very good.

Happy New Year from UK. Keep up the great work and the streams Eric..

I love these genius new engine designs. I've always wondered how a variable compression system would work. Now i know, thanks man! Btw I really enjoy your videos, greetings from Germany :P

This might have been the case of "this pothole can't be that deep, watch me power through it". Then it went in, came out and the car was like a smoke machine, except it was water vapor coming out the exhaust. I bet the engine ran a bit cooler in the process..

@johnnicol8598

2 жыл бұрын

Girl driver. Bet anything.

@gabon4000

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnicol8598 Or a way too confident/inattentive guy. Search for "Rufford Ford floods", there are more than 50 or so compolations of cars trying to go over a flooded bit of road. It's interesting to see the results..

Wow, wow, wow and...... just wow!!! That is beyond impressive. Judging by the lack of visually obvious damage until piston and rod removal makes me wonder how that engine had to have sounded before it's demise. I've seen many of my share of rods windowing a block from a hydraulic lock failure, but never one in where ALL rod assemblies simply bent without breaking.

@randr10

2 жыл бұрын

@Alfred Wedmore That's some very impressive engineering on the metallurgy side as well as process control on the manufacturing side. It had to be absolutely perfectly done.

Latest rendition of hydroformed connecting rods. Excellent video as always. Happy New Year.

An 04 5.3 chev pickup hydrolocked . broke a rod, broke the block, and put a hole in the oil pan. never have i seen an engine BEND all 8 conecting rods. i've been a mechanic over 60 years. by the way. great teadown. nice job.

As the owner of a V8 Mustang from that era, I'm shocked to see someone tried to power their U-BOAT with that powerplant. Apparently they neglected to watch Risky Business, that's the kind of maneuver you perform in a Porsche 928... not in a Mustang. 🤣

@mikefoehr235

2 жыл бұрын

Well the owner of this engine was a former U-BOAT commander.

I've never seen a engine bend all 8 connecting rods and not bust the block.

I Really do respect the channel and genuinely learn a lot!!!! Thank You for the Great Content!!!! KEEP IT COMING!!!!

Best sound fx loving this guy

Hey man love the channel! Stumbled on you 9 months ago and your civic motor tear down helped me to diagnose my own bent valve. Keep the addiction going and I always look forward to videos from my favorite mechanical pathologist

all 8 rods are bent... This seems like from old anecdote: Rescuers tried to decode last recording form Black Box of crashed airplane, it was "Look what I can do..." Truly , you play the stupid game of "watch me powering trough deep water", you will win the stupid prize like getting all rods bent. Happy New Year to you Eric, love your videos. This is interesting how many of us being glued to the screen watching your next tear-down more so then by another Hollywood's multimillion dollar movie.

Happy New Year Eric! May all your blocks be drained, and rods straight.

Those rods were pounded harder than Richard Simmons and yet still came out straighter.

That's amazing! Wow, all of the rods are toast. Happy New Year Eric! I've been working on watch all of your videos and only have a few left to go. I enjoy your videos, keep em coming!

That was not what I expected... A fantastic failure for sure! Hey, at least you can say you've seen an engine bend every rod now.

Thanks for the HEAD BOLTS ASMR and happy new year

I‘m way to late to this party. That said, I have to mention how the hydraulic lock theme of this video meshed so nicely with the garaged 928 at the end. This bought back memories of the Risky Business „Who‘s the U-Boat Commander“ scene. Keep up the good work, there’s lots to like on this channel.

Too bad for the previous owner of that engine, but his loss is your gain. Happy new year and keep up with the great video content.

@johncoops6897

2 жыл бұрын

@@sharibabazabeatrice6287 . *

That engine had so much water in it, I'm surprised you didn't find a school of sunfish in there ;-)

@DanBowkley

2 жыл бұрын

Just one crappie

That satisfying sound of the head bolts undoing.

It's what we used to call when racing 2 stroke karts her in Australia, when you go through a mass of water across the track.........hydrostatic lock. When the cylinder gets a gutful of water & tries to compress it when the piston drives it up to compression stroke & you bend the conrod. Water doesn't compress & the pent up energy has to go somewhere, usually into the conrod. Simple really! BTW, that engine can be saved because of minimal damage to the cylinders & no damage to the rest of the engine.

I've actually heard from several Ford guys contrary to what seems logical, the breakaway power of the impact is less likely to break a stuck 3V plug vs the slow constant force of a ratchet.

@Gersberms

2 жыл бұрын

A piano tuner told me the same thing: the pegs for tuning the strings can break off if you go too slow. To overcome stiction without breaking, do it quickly. I guess impact wrenches are not as tough on bolts as one may think.

@2000blackstang

2 жыл бұрын

Yup you have to do it quick like ripping off a band aid

@neilwalker8686

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve noticed this as well. Same way with allen/hex bolts rounding out.

@tomg4084

2 жыл бұрын

I heard the same thing but still had 7 of them break off on my 5.4 3v

@johncoops6897

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder why people don't put a bit of anti-seize on the plug threads before tightening them to specified torque?

I see that this engine has the new version of adjustable rods! It always amazes me to see how bad some of these engines are even though they look alright on the outside. Thanks for the great content! Happy New Year!

Bro, your absolutely awesome for the content you produce, and even more so for gifting those bent junk parts to your loyal viewers. It hurts to see a great engine from Ford being used as a water pump ! But the souvenirs that left behind our wonderful! Thanks

The engine obviously hydrauliced. I've heard about this but have never seen the result. Only idle when crossing deep water. The proof is here! Thank you for the complete teardown.

Looks like she had a drinking problem. Must have been a big hit of water at a fairly low engine rpm.Seems a shame,looked like a pretty clean engine.

@nickma71

2 жыл бұрын

Looks that way to me too.

Some people surprise me. I never thought of using my Mustang as a sump pump. Looks like it got quite a bit of the flood before it gave out.

Somebody bought a flood damaged car, let it sit around for a while then tried to start it. It fired up a few seconds and made a lot of banging noises, so they dropped the pan and shined a flashlight up in there and said “nope”. They kept 4 bolts to hang the pan back on it so it wouldn’t make a mess and tossed the rest in the pan. All the windage tray nuts and pickup were still hangin so they didn’t even drop them, they woulda been laying in the pan too. Thanks for the tear down video! I bought an ‘08 GT a couple months ago and this really helped me understand how this engine goes together. This is a perfect way for me to learn. 👍

Happy New Year! Never seen rods bent that much and not broken.

I'm betting flood car bought at auction, but given a good detail before it was cranked over. So 8 cylinders full of water. Now if it had those bluetooth rods, and crankcase vents previously installed, everything would have drained and been fine!

The good news is they obviously kept the engine well lubricated!

@thirdpedalnirvana

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad water isn't a lubricant

Can you imagine being the guy who installed that engine? They probably spent hours trying to start it! Then, in desperation, they took off that oil pan and saw all those bent rods? I don't know about you, but I would have to resist the temptation of to ying that engine though the window of the salvage yard office!

Happy New Year, off to a good start so far this year, 8 bent rods!!👍👍👍!!!

You must have been hiding a Staples Easy button off screen for that dipstick. You NEVER get them out that easily.

@fourthhorseman4531

2 жыл бұрын

I broke one off in the block on one of my 2V 4.6 V8s during an exhaust header install. Made me extra grumpy.

@IncertusetNescio

2 жыл бұрын

@@fourthhorseman4531 Did you have to grump-drill it out or...? Not sure the procedure there.

@fourthhorseman4531

2 жыл бұрын

@@IncertusetNescio I used a reverse-turning drill bit and was able to get it to spin in the block and back out enough that I could grab the tube with needle nose pliers and get it out. There was some cussing involved. :)

@IncertusetNescio

2 жыл бұрын

@@fourthhorseman4531 I fully expect profanities. If none are flying, you are either a "cool under pressure" person or are paralyzed with fear.

A steam engine probably did not put out as much white smoke but That seems to be an effective way to reduce compression for some forced induction.

@CathyInBlue

2 жыл бұрын

Can't compress as much if your rod is shorter. * taps forehead *

@NemesisRTCW

2 жыл бұрын

Why bother with decompression plates when you can DIY it. Just drive it into the water until you reach the desired compression ratio for your forced induction engine.

The block still works. It even come ready for a big stroker crackshaft. 👌

There something about the sound those head bolts make.!! Love it

I'll be happy to take one of those bent rods and pistons. I'd put it on my desk. I'm surprised that thing ran long enough to do that kind of damage. Very impressive.

Someone boosted the hell out of that engine!! It seen way to much boost at one point and time. Hydro lock usually affects 1-2 maybe 3-4 at most. Someone was either spraying the hell out of it with a really good tune, very unlikely, or sent the turbos / supercharger to the moon also with a really good tune on it. To bend all of them and not have it detonate was a blend of things and they were doing a pull with a little more duty cycle. I’ve done this to a Hemi engine that the customer said was “built” when it was just a stock rebuild with a cam. I’d have love to have seen when it happened cuz I’ll be it was making a BUNCH of power.

@johnathanedwards9054

2 жыл бұрын

I saw this happen on Cleatus McFarland's corvette motor in one of his YT videos

@charkey3563

2 жыл бұрын

300 shot on stock block lol

@Friend_of_the_One-Eyed_Ladies

2 жыл бұрын

Driving it into a lake at full rip will do the same thing.

Thats one stout bottom end! It preformed as it should have Im highly impressed.

I see a theme coming on now when “nice parts” gets yeeted right to the scrap bin haha. That water pump looked perfect! *proceeds to perform a three pointer

I'm willing to bet the car had one of those cold air kits that sticks the filter down low, you know the ones that claim to add 50 bazillion HP when really all they end up doing is giving you a low compression 70's smog engine. I am impressed those rods held together, seen less bent ones crack and break.

@vw5056

2 жыл бұрын

What brand was the one you saw break?

@michaellorenz7177

2 жыл бұрын

CAI causes low compression? Are you sure?

@zBrainlezz

2 жыл бұрын

@Michael Lorenz What the original comment meant is: having the air intake in a lower position makes it more prone to water ingestion when driving through puddles and such

@charleswp71

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaellorenz7177 when it's to low and sucks in water and you bend or break rods then yeah your compression will drop 😂

@charleswp71

2 жыл бұрын

@@vw5056 all brands will break, doesn't matter who made them, enough force and you end up with pieces of rods

I would guess, that engine came from Cleetus or Peg; Either way, that was "full send with ketchup and eagles into the danger zone".

I got a 4.6 mustang I really like when you pulled the timing cover so I can see how a wedge tool works

Was trying to think of a witty comment but I've got nothing. Would love to see some more BMW teardowns. Hope to see more great content in 2022!

that would be so cool to get a rod and piston from this. i'm legit impressed. please upvote this comment!

“Very tough to pull” 😂

Great video. Happy with my 4.6 180k no issues

This is one way to test how well an engine stays together driving through deep water but save yourself the trouble and just get a boat. Can't ski behind fish out of a Mustang.

This must have been the best attempt at skipping stones from driver's seat in the middle of a lake...

My dad and I were arguing on what displacement was. He said displacement is the amount of volume the engine takes in on all cyclinders. I said no it's not, it's how many liters of water the engine spits out after sitting in the rain.

@zanderperkes701

2 жыл бұрын

Also you inspired me to stop looking for the common burger flipping jobs, I will be selling a miata transmission this week along with g35 coilovers

Been waiting for this! Its my car!

Almost 90K subscribers for some cool commentary while breaking down busted engines!!! Who would’ve thought this 20 years ago!!!!

Mechanic : That engine carbon clean service will cost you 149.99 Customer : I know a guy who can do it cheaper

@davesracingchannel9261

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/X4KspZKait3ccbQ.html Beater Bomb

I love the mustang it's a pretty reliable car fun to build and drive he probably had the submarine mod and wanted to do deep sea exploring for that to happen and still run...ish? That says something good about the Ford v8

Oh. This was only from today... Awesome... Thought this was old.. just watched both 4.6

Maybe i'm just a big kid but it's funny when "looks perfect" is followed by slinging the part in the bin

This is what happens to your rods when you get the nozzle size wrong with water injection. Either that, or when you trust the part-store clerk when they say it's a universal fit rod.

@CathyInBlue

2 жыл бұрын

That was the first thought I had when I saw all the rods bent, but they weren't bent just a little. They were bent with authority. A starter motor can't do that.

4.6L's and the transmissions they mate them to are absolute tanks. With the abuse that mustangs go through on a regular basis, i'm surprised you don't hear about engine/trans failure very often. I mean, how often do you hear someone complaining about the trans going out in their mustang?

@diablocls55

2 жыл бұрын

They’re garbage motors. Like everything else Ford made

@Xehemoth

2 жыл бұрын

You're both very wrong.

@Xehemoth

2 жыл бұрын

@Self Made Auto Soooo what engines do you guys recommend? I might not have a good frame of reference but after a bit of research google pretty much agrees with me. Its an engine known for reliability and longevity. Its easy to work on and the component placement inside the engine bay is arranged very well. I really do not know what you guys are talking about, because most of the mustangs I have seen the engine will last way longer than the life of the car. You will total a mustang before you blow an engine, and this even considers the fact that people abuse the hell out of them. Unless you are absolutely TRYING to kill the engine, you're most likely not going to.

@diablocls55

2 жыл бұрын

@@Xehemoth tell that to this video 🤣 and he literally has a blown coyote engine on this channel as well

@kingssuck06

2 жыл бұрын

@@diablocls55 There’s a bunch of Mercedes engines on this channel. Should we not buy Mercedes either? Mr cool guy cl55 ?

Seems like they tried to pull a Wrangler thing and go bogging. If only they realized they needed a lift kit and some good ol’ 35’s on in order to prevent their engine from drinking itself to death. All horrible jokes aside, been watching your channel for over 6 months, been subbed to 5 and 3/4 of those months. Great content. Im learning things I never thought I would about all different types of engines and potential issues one could face. Love it, keep it up, and thank you for providing this lovely content :D

Well, that explains why the engine is so clean......it had a bath!