Anyone who says they don't want you working on their cars have never worked on cars themselves. Thank you for providing entertaining and informative videos week after week. I have learned so much form you. I look forward to your content every week! Thanks bro!

I've got an LM7 in my 2002 avalanche with 750k miles on it. It's tired and burning oil, but still running great. Never been rebuilt either.

@badazz2969

2 жыл бұрын

Got 220k on my aluminum block lc9 5.3 original dod lifters and everything uses no oil

@Evanx373

2 жыл бұрын

I'd go show it to a dealership before it dies they have been known to buy vehicles like that back from people so they can study the engine.

@jonboatmorava9115

2 жыл бұрын

Lm7 are great motors. I took one over from my father in law about 6 years back. Had around 240 when I got it and now has 267 it runs better now than I've ever known it to. My father in law had it probably 4 years and never even looked at the oil . We'll see where I get 😂 I know one thing. I'm just gonna rebuild or swap out a rebuilt and keep truckin. No way I'm buying something else. Why would ya?

@johnfranklin5277

2 жыл бұрын

I've got 338.000 miles on my 94 Trans Am I bought new. LT1 engine, never been touched even the timing chain is original. Runs and sounds like new, uses no oil. 3000 mile oil changes, Castrol GTX.

@johnfranklin5277

2 жыл бұрын

@Jimmy S No transmission will go 750k miles. I'm sure thats been replaced. Maybe more than once .

As wise man say: those who try to make things fool proof, greatly underestimate capabilities of the fools.

i like watching budget adam sandler tear down engines. definetly a good watch, i usually work on 4 cylinder motors and have never tackled v8 motors love all your videos

@willthethrill4394

2 жыл бұрын

I was just about to make my own comment on how he looks like Adam Sandler lol

Man, the fact that the engine held together as long as it did with that complete lack of maintenance shows that they're pretty damned tough.

My family bought an extended cab Silverado brand new in 1999 with this engine when I was 10 years old. I’m 32 now and although my sorry ass brother in law drives the truck it still runs just fine with over 300,000 miles on it.

I always have fun during these tear downs 👍 I always look forward to them on Saturday nights

@TestECull

2 жыл бұрын

And then jam out to some badass classic rock, eh?

@beezlebub3955

2 жыл бұрын

@@TestECull hell yea brother! 🤘🤘🤘

@TestECull

2 жыл бұрын

@@beezlebub3955 Rock on! Hehe. Fun fact if you play For Whom The Bell Tolls at the proper volume in a 2013 Hyundai Elantra the head unit does a big die. It can't take it...

@beezlebub3955

2 жыл бұрын

@@TestECull lol that’s great, the end of Axis bold as love did that to a Sony head unit I had a while back a couple times in the summertime 🤣I love music

That fram oil filter everyone hates did a good job considering the amount of trash it had to fight off. I would like to see what's inside it.

@barneymiller6204

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it is totally sludged!

@TestECull

2 жыл бұрын

With how filthy that engine is the fram bomb went into full bypass probably within the first 250-300 miles.

@harryh5620

2 жыл бұрын

Funny - when I saw that fram I just shook my head.

@concernedcitizen780

2 жыл бұрын

Filter would work better if they put oil in the engine

@mrtopcat2

2 жыл бұрын

@@TestECull Exactly. Yet there is always a wiz suggesting to desludge engines with one of these (non-sense) miracle solvents alike marvel mystery or risolene. Even IF that was possible, where would all that sludge go? LOL - to the filter, open up the bypass and then straight into the bearings and valve lifters.

I’d like to see all the parts after running through the washer. That would be oddly satisfying.

@DOCTOR_KIA

2 жыл бұрын

i was thinking about this also lol

@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts

2 жыл бұрын

End results aren't as great as you think

@bobbyt3358

2 жыл бұрын

Might would clog the washer drain. Lol

Absolutely bulletproof, only time i’ve had an lm7 blow up on me was when it ran out of oil

I'm surprised at the condition of most of the bearing surfaces given the amount of sludge! It only takes one though!

"damn he learned to levitate" oh wait no it's just locked up

Love the shout out to the MVP of the last episode, that ICON breaker bar. That thing is a national treasure...it belongs in a museum. 😅

This is exactly why I change my 5.3's oil in my 03 Avalanche every 20,000 miles; I def don't want it to end up looking like this.

@johnwoolfrey5093

2 жыл бұрын

Come on man, 20k ?

@hortonj63

2 жыл бұрын

20000 miles? Thats hella stretching it. I refuse to go over 5000

@magicmiles6985

2 жыл бұрын

r/whoosh

@TML34

2 жыл бұрын

Blake, this is your old engine, isn’t it?

@adrianherrera9688

2 жыл бұрын

My 5.3s I use 5 quarts of 10w30 penzoil and one whole quart of Lucas my engines love it

That oil was in there so long it looped through time and turned back into crude.

Those sludgy bolt heads were DANK!

Keep up the good work man, love your fun teardowns. After a bad day today, coming home to a notification about an upload reslly helps.

I rebuilt the 318 out of my business partner’s D200 Dodge Van. He was excellent about doing oil changes regularly, but when I took it down it had over 97,000 miles on it and the sludge in that engine makes the sludge in this 5.3L look like non-existent. He was a firm believer in Pennzoil. After I got done he was a firm believer in Valvoline and Fram. That was before a good number of you were born…….I built that engine in 1981.

@williamletts9487

2 жыл бұрын

Oh god no, not fram cardboard filters. Wix and napa (made by the same company) are by far the best filters

@t-yoonit

2 жыл бұрын

Fram is garbage

@TheBandit7613

2 жыл бұрын

Pennzoil Ultra Platinum™ Full Synthetic is some of the best oil you can get. It whoops on Mobile 1 and beats Amsoil in some categories.

@t-yoonit

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBandit7613 most oils are pretty decent these days. As long as it's not house brand recycled garbage, you'll likely never see an issue with oil unless there's an additive that reacts negatively with certain materials in a specific engine or something. I use Pennzoil ultra in all my stuff. It's what they recommend for my vehicles. I've used Valvoline synpower in the past with no trouble at all.

@TheSleepingonit

2 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not but Walmart oil is rather good oil

I really enjoy the tear downs. Looking forward to more on Saturday night. It has been enjoyable to see what is wrong. Always hoping you get enough good parts from the endeavor.👍👍

Watching your channel is like a moment of zen for me.

There’s something strangely satisfying about the sound of head bolts breaking loose 🙂

Your videos are the best. The variety of engines and their various states of disrepair are real eye openers and repeatedly show the value of simple maintenance. Your delivery isn’t forced or contrived, making your videos very easy to watch. Thanks, and keep up the great work!!!

Watching your channel, I now check my fluids religiously.

Really the only channel I truly enjoy!

Another great video I really liked the way this channel is progressing. You always have great quality content, and that continues with closeups of some of the nastiest bolts I've ever seen, they look like drive train bolts on an old diesel loader that had leaking seals for the last 5 years. I always look forward to next video and none disappoint. Although its hard to top a viper engine, somehow you managed to do so with a single crank bolt. Fantastic.

Love the additional close-ups of the sludgy bolt removal!

I have to say Eric that I absolutely love all your videos ! I watched them at least 3-4 time each 👌👌👌 by far the best channel for engine teardowns! Can't wait for the futur videos 😊 keep up the good work 😄

That poor 5.3 didn't deserve this kind of abuse.

@snackler6102

Жыл бұрын

it deserved a cam turbos injectors some liqui moly and e85

Have to love those new GM engines with rocker-less valves.

@harrywalker5836

2 жыл бұрын

there over stock from f1 cars,,reed valve set up....no rockers,,thats how gm get the good economy figures..

Seeing engines like this one would make a Tesla owner wonder when they changed their oil last.

@stevennunez6013

2 жыл бұрын

Make sure you use your genuine Tesla oil filter

@samholdsworth420

2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys Tesla's don't have oil in them

@samholdsworth420

2 жыл бұрын

Pro tip ^

@Boodieman72

2 жыл бұрын

That's not oil, that's grease :)

@travissmith2211

2 жыл бұрын

In all honesty most Tesla owners probably wouldn't be the type to think about doing oil changes. That's why so many new cars tell the owners when to change their oil.

Like the content, like the humour, Kind regards from a Brit in Cyprus. Keep them coming Eric. Thank you 🙂

you know, i've been watching many of your teardowns, and if there's one engine i'd love to see tore down it's a GM 3.8L V6. i've had SEVERAL cars with that engine in it (one of which being my first car, which i abused that engine and it never died) and that engine's always been reliable.

@CaptainSpadaro

2 жыл бұрын

Seconding this. Everyone says the 3800 is a tank, I'd like to see what kills one.

@theobscurity9392

2 жыл бұрын

Thirding this. I've heard stories of these engines putting holes in the block and still going.

@joelgutierrez4485

2 жыл бұрын

I can attest to this, had one spin a couple rod bearings and I still drove it to work for a few days

@DaveyDave1050

2 жыл бұрын

fourthing this, I've had 3 different 3800s and all have been bullet proof

@I_Do_Cars

2 жыл бұрын

On it! 😉

thanks for another righteous tear down always learning something new from your efforts

I just had a completely insane idea. Why not pull down a 300-400.000 mile engine that has been expertly maintained to show us the difference.

@donvoll2580

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea'

@lukelowe918

2 жыл бұрын

Because Toyota engines with that many miles are still in Good cars and GM engines don't last that long

@3canctheayr

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukelowe918 Nonsense. Those 5.3s, like in this vid regularly go past 500K miles. One of the best engine designs in history. Period. This one failed simply cause someone was emotionally allergic to maintenance. No engine can survive that, not even an early 70's slant six.

@lukelowe918

2 жыл бұрын

@@3canctheayr weird how the police fleet I work for doesn't have one 5.3 with 500k miles let alone have one with over 100k that hasn't needed a camshaft or a oil pump. When I worked for Toyota dealership 400k Toyota was pretty common but believe what you want.

@3canctheayr

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukelowe918 Police fleets don't keep any vehicles that long. It's you that is believing what you want. Many Toyotas have had engine issues as well. You're also ignoring the specifics of what I posted, especially one key piece..

I've been subscribed to your channel for a while now. I just can't believe how people don't see the value in regular oil changes. It's not rocket science. That being said, they are the ones (hopefully) that pay the price for it. Great content as always and keep up the great work!

That's sad. These LS motors are known to be tough but poor maintenance can get the best of them

@puzzlebow2158

Жыл бұрын

Poor maintenance will kill any motor after time, and this one had lots of time😂

That orange can of death is probably ancient history, I think for like 20 years or longer now, Fram has put the black grip paint on the can. Maybe that oil filter was only the the second oil filter ever screwed onto that engine... OMG. The close up of the sludge brings back memories... Thanks !!

Eric you have some faith in that engine stand, for the record the lube circuit of an LS engine starts at the back and goes forward, in spite of the oil pump being at the front. The lube circuit goes from the pump to the filter, and then the cooler if equipped before lubing the engine. An LS engine suffering from lube issues will likely hit the front of the engine hardest, as for the melted bearing material plugging the oil feed hole to the number 2 main, that may have come from the number 2 cam journal as the oil is pumped to the lifter gallery's before going down to the mains/rods, intersecting with the cam journals on the way down.

@gregkrueger331

2 жыл бұрын

I see this a lot with squatted trucks. They starve the front of the engine of oil and half the time have spent a while bouncing off the limiter too.

@09corvettezr1

2 жыл бұрын

I struggle to sympathize with those who like squatted trucks, IMHO they are best as mulch.

@quicksilver8180

2 жыл бұрын

@@09corvettezr1 right now my truck is squatted, but only because it's in the middle of a workout session. Usually don't do this the night before but was bored today and loaded about 2500 lbs of brake rotors in the back for her scrap haul in the morning. Might actually be a little heavier than that actually. I can haul about a ton without it being sacked out

Right on time! Keeping the videos coming! I'd love to see a video on the old BMW project you have.

I'm a big fan and have no complains. I think I binge watched most or all of your videos. Thanks for all your hard work. I have a request: would you consider tearing down a GM 4.2 liter straight six commonly found in Envoys and trailblazers? If you did already I'm sorry and disregard the request. I'll look better again. But I couldn't find it perhaps because you like the big engines more ha! Thanks again and please keep going as you like.

currently doing a turbo LM7 build, this is very useful. thanks for the good teardowns!

@shadowopsairman1583

2 жыл бұрын

Find the ls guide on alloncylinders, it was part written by Richard Holdener

Love it! Been waiting all day!

Funny thing.. youtube would not show me any of your content for the last several weeks and then today… it shows up. It’s good to see another video.. I will say that.

Can't wait for another great video on a Saturday night.

Some people just do not service their vehicles. I will never understand it. I was raised to properly maintain my vehicle and happy I was.

I had to watch you video tonight. Early Easter Sunday morning I'm heading to the Forest Park car show before I do family things. Hope to see ya there!

Patiently waiting for the crank puller rod to bend beyond use or break. That tools definitely is worth the money.

Gotta love Bluetooth rocker arms.

Ah, the satisfying reverse headbolt clicks. Never stop doing that please

I like how you grabbed the engine full of dark chocolate for the Easter video

I’d love to see you make opening the oil filter a part of these videos. They make those can openers to simplify cutting the filter open nice and neat. Opening the filter would be especially fun on the engines with a clogged oil pickup. Keep up the great content!

I’ve heard of a Rocket Scientist, and a Brain Surgeon, but a Rocket Surgeon……that’s a new one lol! Keep up the good work.

@ericcindycrowder7482

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gqWZy9ByfNu9cdI.html

It’s been a long week and I have been looking forward to this video

Todo un profesional maestro, mucha experiencia tiene usted, gracias saludos desde España

Ya know, your channel makes my weekends very special. But I would like to see you take a break once in awhile.

This one was caked up with burnt oil worse than than the one I tore down!! Mine I got for $150 from a scrap yard was seized up though, probably from overheating it. The head bolts were loose like this one. I bought it for the 862 heads and other spare goodies. Thanks for all your videos. God bless you.

Ahhhhh the weekly dose of carnage...and another locked up engine....YAY!

Commenting before watching whole video because you sitting on the breaker bar made me crack the hell up 😂 more content please

That's free advertising for that breaker bar right there. Love the videos!

I have an 01 LM7 i am about to tear down that was in a similar condidtion. Thankfully I know what I need to look for now. And am so glad I am religious on the oil changes for my 99.

Hehe.. I love how you start the video with you sitting on the breaker bar on the crank. Good comedy 🤣

Great to see Eric sitting on that breaker bar! It lets me know that we are in for a treat!

@maxwedge5683

2 жыл бұрын

One of these days he's gonna snap a bolt head and fall right on his ass. It'll be a KZread classic...

@gs1100ed

2 жыл бұрын

@@maxwedge5683 Only if he publishes the footage I reckon. Otherwise, we won’t know about it. I suppose it might get a bunch of views for people who enjoy that sort of thing.

That crank bolt from last week was insane! Imagine if a head bolt was on just as tight?

As always, I enjoyed watching.

My 1998 Town & Country was like this. I bought it used about 5yrs ago with 107,000mi and spun #5 & #6 at 130,000mi. Transmission failed last year too at 170,000, though it showed signs of failure early on. Much of the damage was neglect. Not just of the maintenance, but the cooling system as well. The fans being non-operational was probably the cause of the transmission failure, especially being in the hot Vegas desert used as a pilot car. At any rate, the oil was so sludged up that it built up in the lifter valley and heads. So bad that any oil that made it's way to the top couldn't make it back to the pan, thus starving the bottom end. I found huge chunks of the stuff. It looked like charcoal. I rebuilt both the engine and trans and I also replaced the faulty fans and module. With 170,000mi on it, we're ready to get over 300,000mi out of it now with proper maintenance. Now, if only Chrysler had used quality leather and headliner materials.....

That looks like it came out of a fleet vehicle. Probably idled tons and got very little maintenance until it died.

@VSigma725

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, my bet is like...work van for company that didn't give a shit about vehicle maintenance, like a cable company or a plumbing company.

@dillydave13

2 жыл бұрын

My personal truck idles a bit for my job. I change oil at the 20% to change and so far at 160k miles all is fine.

@shadowopsairman1583

2 жыл бұрын

Fleet vehicles stick to a stringent mx cycle

@dillydave13

2 жыл бұрын

@@shadowopsairman1583 if it was brought in for service. I have rarely seen a fleet vehicle brought in for service on time.

@mysock351C

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of my old 305 that would only hold a quart of oil because the other 3 quarts was the factory oil from the mid 80’s that had completely petrified. Amazing inside, the only free space in the motor was that traced out by the moving parts. The sludge literally formed a perfect outline of the crank weights when I pulled the crank. All it had for oiling was a finger-sized tunnel that cut through the impromptu sludge crank scraper. Impressive it still ran given how many spun bearings it had. Drove it like that for a while, too. Car was owned by some meth addict before me, so I could see where the money really went from all the butts and baggies I found under the seats. Still for a $1k car I bought 20 years ago it has lasted with a good 350 in it.

Always great video’s!

I can't believe this. My car was maintained by dealership by previous owner but still one lifter makes some tapping noise on idle at operating temperature. How did this engine run for so long without oil changes? I'm speechless bro...

@shadowopsairman1583

2 жыл бұрын

If it is a ls engine, get the oil pick up tube o ring/packing- depends on what year it is, mine was Red and its a 07 gmt800, and a felpro permadry oil pan gasket, k&w 5 minute flush, run engine idle with 5 minute flush for 7 minutes. Stop drain, pull oil pan, pickup tube, replace o ring, reassemble. Fill with a Good 5w30 oil by Valvoline, Castrol, Amsoil, don't bother with Mobil 1, Quaker/Penzoil. I got lifter tick from using mobil 1 and went right back to valvoline. Replace oil filter with AC delco

@REDLINERUNNER

2 жыл бұрын

@@shadowopsairman1583 My engine isn't American. I'm from Croatia, it's Central Europe. In our engines lifters are completely different. It's a tiny valve inside the housing that adjusts itself to oil pressure and compensates the valve movements so they don't tap. Our engines are NOT push rod engines but OHV overhead valves. I drive Škofa Fabia 1,4 MPI 50kW/68hp very reliable chain timed engine. I use Castrol Edge Titanium FST 5w-40 Turbodiesel because diesel oils are stronger.

Maintenance is the key; Nice tear down. Very entertaining

That pudding outro was perfect.

I worked on a 6.7 Cummins/Dogde 3500 that someone had the same issue -- but they brought it in before it locked up -- it took days to clean all that sludge out - amazingly, the engine was barely harmed and ran when it left -- it made it another 5-6 years before it finally launched a connecting rod through the side of the block...

Love the site and great work from UK..

The oil sludge looks like Dexcool contamination from an internal coolant leak. Check the heads to see if they’re Castech heads. Early 2000’s Castech heads would become porous at around 140k miles and weep coolant into the oil. The early 2000’s were also prone to piston slap and the wear on the pistons and bores makes me wonder if it was a slapper.

@shadowopsairman1583

2 жыл бұрын

They were 706 heads

I just did lifters on a 5.3 this week. The sludge was 3/16" deep.

Yes Eric, GELATINOUS is a word. The meaning of GELATINOUS is resembling gelatin or jelly.

when you were doing the rod bearings it sounded like a woodpecker, very entertaining

Great teardown.

Greg from northern Michigan. The main bearing spun from lack of lube, a classic failure mode. The engine sludged up and wore out from lack of lube. In this case it was run with very little (if any) engine lube oil. Incredible ! Should have used some Slick 50 ...

Huge thanks for sharing! Very informative

That's a cool tray you have under the engine stand!

I bought the high test front damper puller from Jegs which comes with 2 rods though the kit box has spaces for 4 rods. The 2 rods included were too short to be of use on the LS. So I cut the flange from the pulley bolt and used my 50 year old Snap-On three jaw. Now I am good for the next LS which is coming soon.

Freaking love your channel dude!

The 8.1 vortec would be good for a tear down since there pretty rare

I love that you break the 4 wall Ferris bueller

Mine LM7 (05) still running 300K, I’m fixing to build one to be prepared, oil is changed regularly, can’t wait to see how it looks and the kind of oil I use to see how well it did

@shadowopsairman1583

2 жыл бұрын

Valvoline Synthetic 5w30 here at 163000, AC Delco filter. I've only had to replace alternator.

Somebody saw valvoline's "500k miles or 15 years protection guarantee" advertisement and thought "well I basically never need to change it again!"

Nice job. Ugh, that ending! How can you even look at chocolate pudding, after that teardown???? Yeeesh.

10:46 holy fuck that thing looks like it's been on the road for 60 years. When I opened up my '85 F150's 300 at 265k for a head gasket job I didn't find anywhere near as much schmoo in there and when I dropped the pan at 350k for oil pump work I STILL didn't find all that much schmoo. It was about the same color but the layer was paper thin and not built up on anything that moved.

@life_of_riley88

2 жыл бұрын

350k. . .heh, love me some 300 six!

@TestECull

2 жыл бұрын

@@life_of_riley88 Yep. Some trash got sucked into the oil pump and plugged the pickup so I had to get in there and clean that out before I damaged the engine irrepairably. Bottom end is fine, but the rings/cylinders are highly worn and the cam's wiped from just old age so I think I'm just gonna overhaul the whole engine. It still purrs like a kitten but it runs out of puff at 3100RPM or so and it's not pulling as hard as it did when I got the truck back in '07. She's tired, time to overhaul it while it's still overhaul-able.

@life_of_riley88

2 жыл бұрын

@@TestECull Well I can tell you that when it's all rebuilt, you'll get another 300,000+ miles out of her. I never had one that had much oomph past about 3500-4000rpm. I drive and shift em like a diesel and they run forever.

@TestECull

2 жыл бұрын

@@life_of_riley88 Oh definitely. Why I'm willing to put 7-9k of work into a $500 truck. It's got a 300 and a TOD 4-speed in it, it's relatively rust free. I'll end up with a better truck out the other side than if I took that money to a used lot! When I first got mine it would pull all the way up to 4100 if I really poked it. It never liked it, but it would do it. Like you, I typically shift low; my TOD 4-speed and 2.49 rear gears meant I rarely went past 1600rpm unless I was on a cloverleaf on ramp; even then shifting at 2500 was fine. All that torque basically right off idle is amazing to have.

That’s what Pennzoil motors looked like, back in the eighties, even with routine changes. I remember helping my old man clean sludge out of a lifter valley with a shop vac.

When I see a good piece of equipment go down for the absolute wrong reason it is discouraging as all heck!! Simple oil changes could have prevented the engine’s downfall. Sad loss of a great engine. Too bad Eric. Nice job dissecting the beast. Big Al.

@shadowopsairman1583

2 жыл бұрын

There are repair spec parts

Having far too much fun setting those artistic shots up, I think 😁 Edit: don’t stop.

When I was a kid there was Saturday morning cartoons. Now I've got Saturday evening comedy/tragedy, all thanks to this character.

Great video as always! You make carnage fun !

Oh you're working on your comedic delivery. You're doing well. Subversion, pretended desperation, sarcasm, absurd humour, double entendre. If you're not doing this on purpose you're a natural entertainer.

I'm barley at minute 4.....this will make a nice coffee table😂

Those weighted sockets are the bomb, use at work daily.

The things you endure smelling just for our entertainment, much appreciated....I know what cracking head bolts smell like, it's not pleasant

Oh Blue!!! he always comes in clutch....lol

This is my favorite part of Saturdays. So glad I found this channel a few months ago. Wish I found it sooner. Next time I deal with a locked up engine I’ll pull the heads and PB blast the snot out of it

@michaelathens953

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, except I'm always at work when it goes up cause my damn boss NEVER gives me a Saturday off. I'll usually wait until it's not too busy and hide from customers in the office and watch anyway lol.

When you were breaking the rod caps loose with your ratchet it sounded like a reverse torque wrench.