you prolly dont give a damn but does any of you know of a method to log back into an Instagram account? I was dumb forgot the account password. I appreciate any help you can give me.
@Rudy Junior Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
The customer misjudges time. Those spark plugs have been in there awhile just like her lunch...from a year ago. (ha ha) Great money shot! We could see it fine. Thanks for hanging out late. I know you have a life so time spent here is appreciated.
I have seen several damaged and sludged up engines were the owners insisted on regular oil changes and that the last one was recently done...after some research it was found that the last one was like 5 years or 60.000miles ago....
I have a 2009 Escape with the same misfire issue. I've changed plugs, coil packs and even injectors and still have a miss. I gave up trying to self diagnose and took it to a local mechanic who tested the compression and said it was good. They're are scratching their heads now too. Great video and love the running commentary. Thank you for taking the time to take us along on your diagnostic journey.
@@blitz8619 It turned out to be a burned valve. Had the top end re-done twice because the machine shop put the wrong valve in the fist time and didn't figure it out until they tried to start it. I only had to pay for it once that god! Shes still running fine.
I paused the video when you showed the inside of the car. Called my wife in to see. She couldn't believe that the owner left it like this to go to the garage! Which smelt worse, the plate of food or your "bad" air? 😂
One of your best diagnostic vids Eric. Amazing. I hope the lady decides to go ahead and repair it so you can film it and give us some closure on this case.
You probably don't have time to read all these comments but just wanted to say you really are great at getting right to the problem. Its great to see someone who knows what they are doing.
I love your channel because it’s step by step and is literally exactly how I learn. Thanks for your hard work I also just ordered a digital endoscope 👍
Eric. You have the BEST videos on the web - bar none! Great explanations and trouble shooting. I've worked Avionics on airplanes - been to a ton of schools - but I find your knowledge, common sense, ability to t/shoot is far beyond my pay grade. Thanks.
I have noticed the same thing with the Earthquake XT tools also Eric O the batteries just go and go and go like the energizer Bunny only time i have seen the indicator on the batteries go down is using angle grinders the Impacts don't touch the batteries very much at all even with all-day constant use compared to all my Milwaukee impacts that are down the 1 or 2 bars depending on severity of use @13:55 @SouthMainAutoRepairLLC
Amazing, maybe not to the young folks now days but seeing the valves while still in the engine is amazing to me. I've don't recall ever seeing a chunk broken off a valve like that. Burnt, head popped off, bent, stuck but not a piece broken off.
Happens from time to time, fairly rare but I've seen it 4 times. The more oddball to me was that Cummins 8.3 that kept dropping valve seats, dropped 3 seats in 4 years. New cylinder head each time.
I am getting one of those USB cameras. Was the final bit of an excellent diagnostic. Giving the customer good information, listening to them is the first step in building trust.
I have a similar "Amazon Junk" camera I use to look at pool pump impellers and at heat exchangers of pool heaters etc. It works great as a diagnostics tool without having to tear stuff down substantially. My camera head is actually water proof.
I love that you're using the harbor freight impact. Gives it some legitimacy. Too many people shit all over anything that isn't from a tool truck. I love that 90 degree mirror thing. I just checked my autel handheld camera that I haven't used yet and found that it has the same mirror--I never would have known about it if not for you 🙄 Can't wait to see that launch used in future vids
It must really be impressive .. as I dont think Eric is a huge HF fan > I will say I have a 1/2 Milwaukee and a hex Milwaukee and have not ran into a bolt the 1/2 couldnt break free ..coarse I am not a pro and dont live in the rust belt
50sKid, Once we hit the great Industrial depression Snap-on, Mac, Matco,Cornwell and many more will be going down the Drain. Over the next few years they had better come up with a "MASSIVE" game plan to keep their customers. Funny how every time I need something my SO man don't seem to be around. Matco guy is awesome to deal with can even go to his house but he don't stock anything out of the ordinary. I find myself using more of the "other" brands when it comes to Sockets it is on my way to just run in and exchange if need be. Over the Last 35 Years I have had and used many brands of tools English, German, US don't matter they are all good tools but in today's economy I opt not to load myself up with tool bills anymore. I will admit many moons ago I was one of them people that thought a good mechanic needs them name brand boxes and tools but then I grew up. Not knocking the Snap-On, Matco, Mac, Williams, Dowidat, Knipex, Kennedy ect. ect. tool boxes and or tools they are great. But the cost of owning them is ridiculous. It is no problem to to spend 150 grand on name brand tools when a (one) 32mm socket costs $48.00. Sorry, I'm rambling on now..... You get the Idea.
I've looked in snap on catalogs before and some of the tools I see which are obviously china made and really no better than Harbor Freight are so ridiculously priced it makes me scratch my head. seems that all of those high end American made tools are being priced out of the market
Not all of us..I'm a diesel mechanic and I have both Snap on and I strongly also can say that I have some Harbor Freight offset and large size open end wrenches that I POUND the dog snot out of that have held up for many a year now and where half the cost...power tools pretty much you get what you pay for but overall I'd say Harbor can hold its own...
john .. not true I have the HF 1/2 drive laser etched ( 10? years old ) has 15 mm ( I just looked ) it even has 19mm which is the same as a 3/4 ( 19.0500mm)
"feast or famine" 8 or 9 EXTRAS is better than being short 8 or 9 regulars. i always say that the reward for finishing hard work is MORE WORK. keep up the good work Eric
I'd be more happy if the reward was a reasonable amount of work. But hey, I can do my 8 hours and walk home, nobody can force me to stick around if I don't feel like it that day.
27:38 You already determined that the cylinder walls are fine with the leakdown test: Air was only going out the tailpipe. No air in the crankcase means cylinder walls/rings are fine. No air in the air box means intake valves are fine. If you're not sure, plug the tailpipe and check if ANY air is coming through to the crankcase, or use a 100 PSI smoke machine. She may need a new catalytic converter when that exhaust valve piece finds its way there.
A cherry picker is the crane that mechanics use to lift engines or transmissions out of vehicles. When the valve cover was giving him a hard time, he jokingly said "get the cherry picker" to emphasize how much trouble the valve cover was giving him while coming off.
I am 99% sure the parent comment was edited, I would not have typed that out to reply to this guys comment that clearly didn't need an explanation. That being said it was a year ago so who the hell knows
This condition is usually caused by alternative very high temperature and low temperature. Cracks start to form and eventually the pieces fall off into the cylinder and misfires occur. With constant high temperature the valve metal will soften giving a concave effect. Heavy loading and a lean condition will result in a very hot engine.
Probably started out as a little bitty crack. Once it made it through enough to leak, then you have (in effect) a cutting torch acting on it and the rest most likely burned away.
I don't know if you have looked at yours, Eric, but a lot of those endoscope cameras have a little thumbwheel on the side of the USB plug which will turn the LED light brightness up and down. Often, turning the lights down can make the picture a lot clearer than running it at higher brightness, too.
what savage leaves a plate of food in the foot well. is the customer a racoon? haha, Hannah sabotage as a going away present. what would cause a chunk of valve to come off?
@@armpitdew Either that, or a foreign object entered the cylinder. Furthermore, carbon buildup can come loose during excessive revs, breaking spark plugs, denting piston crowns and chipping valves, especially during an "Italian Tune-up"...
Detonation from low octane fuels can also cause weird damage. Exhaust valves overheat, and eventually burn or fracture. Finally, we can't rule out a manufacturing defect of the part itself. QC isn't always what it's cracked up to be.
I have personally had a couple exhaust valves fail from detonation. Mine was caused by the tune having too much timing and it eve took out the headgaskets in the corresponding cylinders. Can't rule out predet as an option of failure.
You did a great job of diagnosing that car. I have an 08 escape and had a misfire I changed my spark plugs, coil, pack, and injector now it sounds like a putting sound out the tailpipe
You would be ashamed because you think it's disgusting. The people who brought it in don't see anything wrong with that pile and therefore aren't ashamed.. Like people with cats..
Great diag Eric! Way to not throw a plug and a coil at it! I actually had a 2010 Escape 2.5l in late last year that had the exact same problem. Cylinder 3 miss, burnt exhaust valve...hmm why cylinder three? Coincidence? ~Mike
Excellent video of why you gotta pay for excellent diagnosis! I am sharing this on my Facebook page to share with my customers! Keep making excellent video, Eric O!
Should give the snapon bore scope a try model bk6500. Didn't think I would use it as much as I do. Sharper image with screen capture ability and adjustable light output.
That's a handy little snot. Have one that we use to inspect converter beds via the O2 sensor hole. Not 100% by any means, but it gives a hint for condition.
Our scan tools at Chrysler were little wireless pods like that. They had a yellow tag that hung down, but still easy to forget. I had a long bright green stretchy coil (like one of those wristband keychains) that I would latch to the vehicle keys.
"MONEY SHOT!" Dang that was some awesome camera work Eric. Don't see too many 4-bangers in the Ford Escapes...made me think of the Zetec in my Mercury Mystique :)
@@SouthMainAuto how did you put it in automatic flood mode??? I know Chevy they day you hold the gas pedal all the way down then try to start it and it won't start. Is this what you do with Ford to?
Ok, so I'm OCD, but I vacuum my interior, clean the dash & have the interior look its best when I drop my car in for repair. Although it's always pretty clean!
Dude I hope that one day I can be this good at fixing cars and this knowledgeable about it. I mean I’m not stupid but I’m not anywhere near this guys level! Good stuff sir! Keep up the great work!
Buddy, you probably don't even know the joke about the "Bad Air". And even if you do, what kind of person are you to call someone a jackass just because they made a joke on the internet? You want to call us keyboard cats yet you're the one being the keyboard warrior. If you are so sensitive to Eric's customers that you can't take said joke then instead of calling the poor dude who's just trying to laugh along a jackass, simply close the window and move on with your life. If the person who owns the vehicle watches the channel doesn't like what they see, they have that same option.
the launch tool has a relative compression test in it....saw it on the launch screen when you did running misfire test.....the ford tool and snap on tool has the relative compression test on tool.... for most newer fords with can network....great video as always!
am really sorry for saying this, but how in the world can you keep you car that dirty ? How can you take you car to the shop and leave food on the floor like that ? I bet she goes to the doctor with dirty underwear too.
I dated a girl once that left her half eaten Whopper in the glove box of my new 82 Toronado. Her mother told me I was wasting my time. I took her mom's advice extra quick especially after seeing her apartment which looked like a missile hit a garbage dump.
That was pretty cool! I bought one of those cameras months ago because i saw you use it. Not a great camera but it worked perfectly in this instance to show exactly what was wrong! pretty awesome!
Hey great video! Did you try the dollar bill test on the tail pipe while it was running? I bet the exhaust would have sucked it back in while the engine was running.. which of course would indicate a valve train issue. Thanks for sharing!
I just got done using my homemade leak down tester in my last video for the first time. Mine was blowing out the crank case and a wet compression test then brought it from about 60-70lbs to 120lbs. I haven't rebuilt an engine since I was a teenager and I think I am going to go ahead and do another one while there is still one machine shop left in my town. I've got one of those cameras somewhere, but I can't find it. May have to buy another.
I've worked on those Escapes before. A place I use to work for had several of them. I've seen drugs in several cars I've worked on before. Thats why I hardly ever take customers cars on test drives. I don't want to get pulled over and say to the cops thats not mine. LOL
1970chevelle396 I used to work for a Mazda dealership and we had a lot of tributes which were the same as the escapes. They only came in two ways either immaculately taken care of or ragged to the nines. No in between
I once bought a 68 short bed chevy once and was about to drive off and the guy said hold it and got in and pulled a needle and syringe out of the front seat.
nice work Eric. I bought one of those little USB cameras as well. I could see the chunk missing in the exhaust valve clear as a bell. Hope you get the job.
Tawi Dave how do you know he didn't go across the street off camera and buy some good air? Must he show every single step? Maybe he Installed a brand new fresh air filter on his compressor. My money is on him buying it across the street and the only reason the compressor ran is because tire guy came back again.
sweet vid, potential normal missfire turned out be extra good video material. The usb camera worked quite well, modern technology and the chinese has made that cheap and available for all, bit like the HF impacts, quite cheap and quite decent . You may find the HF impact battery gauge not that accurate and will fall rapidly when close to drained, interesting find out and interesting see tool lifespan in proper shop use ... Crack on Mr O, don't want too many late evenings as you'll get icecream withdrawal lol .
Makes me wonder if the HF impact power indicator lights actually work. Maybe they just go from full power to no power all of a sudden? Seems to be working well for you otherwise though. That camera is great. I need to get me one of those. That would be great for showing the customer what was actually wrong. "That's me looking at you looking at me looking at you" Pchew! *mind blown* Thanks for the video.
Holy nasty! You ought to leave a can of Lysol and some Armor all wipes on the seat, maybe she'll get the hint. I can never understand how people treat their cars like garbage cans. I have an '05 Envoy and although it's old, I would never let it get in that condition.
it has nothing to do with age... old cars are nothing bad... I don´t clean my car with a white gloves and a brush everyday because it is made to be used...but I keep it clean to some extend because I spend at least 2 hours a day in there and I would not feel good in such a dirty shit..
Chedder CheeseHead now we all know exactly WHERE Eric can use his Brake Clean in this video! I'd of sprayed that crap down with Brake clean, panther piss, And Lysol before ever gettin in the car.
Eric, Sometimes we can see better than you think we can. Ex: The shot of the top of the piston was good enough for us to see what you were taking about, shoot a little brake clean in the spark plug hole would have cleaned the piston top a bit. thanks for the video's.
Trust me, I've had to work on much much worse then that. And for those folks out there that love fast food and resemble the cast from the movie "Deliverance"- Your back seat isn't a trash can for wrappers, soda cups, napkins, diapers, tampons, and anything else that is disgusting.
Well, i've always assumed that delivering the car nice and clean grants you a little extra leeway. So it's a mutually beneficial thing if you look at it. Not sure how true this rings in practice though. Frankly, I'd just feel embarassed. It's like going to the doctor without washing.
Fuddy Duddy when I worked in my gm dealership, had a customer come in with a complaint of no heat on floor outlet...after cleaning THREE trash bags of food wrappers, soft drink containers, ect, car was fine...🙄
You are one hell of a good mechanic I've learnt a lot from you
you prolly dont give a damn but does any of you know of a method to log back into an Instagram account?
I was dumb forgot the account password. I appreciate any help you can give me.
@Rudy Junior Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
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@Simon Dane you are welcome :)
The customer misjudges time. Those spark plugs have been in there awhile just like her lunch...from a year ago. (ha ha) Great money shot! We could see it fine. Thanks for hanging out late. I know you have a life so time spent here is appreciated.
I have seen several damaged and sludged up engines were the owners insisted on regular oil changes and that the last one was recently done...after some research it was found that the last one was like 5 years or 60.000miles ago....
every 5 years IS regular, it just isnt often
I often wonder if the town of Avoca has increased in population from people moving there just to have Eric O. as their mechanic ? ? ? ? ?
To mucking cold in the winter and to much snow for me nice in the summer time
I have a 2009 Escape with the same misfire issue. I've changed plugs, coil packs and even injectors and still have a miss. I gave up trying to self diagnose and took it to a local mechanic who tested the compression and said it was good. They're are scratching their heads now too. Great video and love the running commentary. Thank you for taking the time to take us along on your diagnostic journey.
may b the ecm/pcm jus a guess
Could be valve clearance.
@@blitz8619 It turned out to be a burned valve. Had the top end re-done twice because the machine shop put the wrong valve in the fist time and didn't figure it out until they tried to start it. I only had to pay for it once that god! Shes still running fine.
@@csllascruces which valve?
Noob here 😂
Great diagnostics - really liked the compression test, leak down test, and camera view of the valve. Nice. Thumbs up video.
All you can do now is make the car comfortable.
I paused the video when you showed the inside of the car. Called my wife in to see. She couldn't believe that the owner left it like this to go to the garage!
Which smelt worse, the plate of food or your "bad" air? 😂
Take it out behind the woodshed and whack it with a shovel. It is the humane thing to do.
Best reply! Lol.
One of your best diagnostic vids Eric. Amazing. I hope the lady decides to go ahead and repair it so you can film it and give us some closure on this case.
Wow! That view of the chunk missing from the valve was awesome. Thanks for showing us that new camera and the gnarly damage
It was awesome!
One of the best videos yet... doctor O car colonoscopy
@@mr__No Stay tuned! Two years later: Eric performs autopsy on Ford Escape.
Did you find the body of the husband in the trunk she smoked a bowl and killed him after she ate that food on the floor!
You probably don't have time to read all these comments but just wanted to say you really are great at getting right to the problem. Its great to see someone who knows what they are doing.
Best mechanic on the Internet learnt alot from you keep up the great work 👍
State of cars often says a lot about customers. Thanks for the video Eric. Don't burn out.
Piece of the valve is probably in the catalytic converter.
My dad's underware might be in that converter, he's done it before, the asswipe
I love your channel because it’s step by step and is literally exactly how I learn. Thanks for your hard work
I also just ordered a digital endoscope 👍
Eric. You have the BEST videos on the web - bar none! Great explanations and trouble shooting. I've worked Avionics on airplanes - been to a ton of schools - but I find your knowledge, common sense, ability to t/shoot is far beyond my pay grade. Thanks.
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I have noticed the same thing with the Earthquake XT tools also Eric O the batteries just go and go and go like the energizer Bunny only time i have seen the indicator on the batteries go down is using angle grinders the Impacts don't touch the batteries very much at all even with all-day constant use compared to all my Milwaukee impacts that are down the 1 or 2 bars depending on severity of use @13:55 @SouthMainAutoRepairLLC
Amazing, maybe not to the young folks now days but seeing the valves while still in the engine is amazing to me. I've don't recall ever seeing a chunk broken off a valve like that. Burnt, head popped off, bent, stuck but not a piece broken off.
Happens from time to time, fairly rare but I've seen it 4 times. The more oddball to me was that Cummins 8.3 that kept dropping valve seats, dropped 3 seats in 4 years. New cylinder head each time.
I am getting one of those USB cameras. Was the final bit of an excellent diagnostic. Giving the customer good information, listening to them is the first step in building trust.
As soon as i saw the plate of rancid food i would have pull that thing out of my shop and told them to set the car on fire
Damn LOL
ain't no discriminating the customer here. top video as usual dr. o
I had no time to clear the dog shit from the back seat, I hope you don´t mind
lmao
MARS I'm sure Sheeba or Chloe would eat it. 😂
I have a similar "Amazon Junk" camera I use to look at pool pump impellers and at heat exchangers of pool heaters etc. It works great as a diagnostics tool without having to tear stuff down substantially. My camera head is actually water proof.
As always, thanks for sharing your steps for determining this type of misfire.
I've got an 09 with the 3.0 ... 241K miles and still going strong. I do my own maintenance.
Original transmission?
@@adribouss Yes. I do a drain and fill every 30-40K miles. Never flush.
Mechanics of your caliber are few and far between. It is always good working with you. Thanks for taking us along.......Barry from Fl.
Dude you are an awesome mechanic! I love your usb borescope trick at 19:22.
I love that you're using the harbor freight impact. Gives it some legitimacy. Too many people shit all over anything that isn't from a tool truck. I love that 90 degree mirror thing. I just checked my autel handheld camera that I haven't used yet and found that it has the same mirror--I never would have known about it if not for you 🙄 Can't wait to see that launch used in future vids
It must really be impressive .. as I dont think Eric is a huge HF fan >
I will say I have a 1/2 Milwaukee and a hex Milwaukee and have not ran into a bolt the 1/2 couldnt break free ..coarse I am not a pro and dont live in the rust belt
50sKid, Once we hit the great Industrial depression Snap-on, Mac, Matco,Cornwell and many more will be going down the Drain. Over the next few years they had better come up with a "MASSIVE" game plan to keep their customers. Funny how every time I need something my SO man don't seem to be around. Matco guy is awesome to deal with can even go to his house but he don't stock anything out of the ordinary. I find myself using more of the "other" brands when it comes to Sockets it is on my way to just run in and exchange if need be.
Over the Last 35 Years I have had and used many brands of tools English, German, US don't matter they are all good tools but in today's economy I opt not to load myself up with tool bills anymore. I will admit many moons ago I was one of them people that thought a good mechanic needs them name brand boxes and tools but then I grew up. Not knocking the Snap-On, Matco, Mac, Williams, Dowidat, Knipex, Kennedy ect. ect. tool boxes and or tools they are great. But the cost of owning them is ridiculous. It is no problem to to spend 150 grand on name brand tools when a (one) 32mm socket costs $48.00. Sorry, I'm rambling on now..... You get the Idea.
I've looked in snap on catalogs before and some of the tools I see which are obviously china made and really no better than Harbor Freight are so ridiculously priced it makes me scratch my head. seems that all of those high end American made tools are being priced out of the market
Not all of us..I'm a diesel mechanic and I have both Snap on and I strongly also can say that I have some Harbor Freight offset and large size open end wrenches that I POUND the dog snot out of that have held up for many a year now and where half the cost...power tools pretty much you get what you pay for but overall I'd say Harbor can hold its own...
john .. not true I have the HF 1/2 drive laser etched ( 10? years old ) has 15 mm ( I just looked ) it even has 19mm which is the same as a 3/4 ( 19.0500mm)
"feast or famine" 8 or 9 EXTRAS is better than being short 8 or 9 regulars.
i always say that the reward for finishing hard work is MORE WORK.
keep up the good work Eric
I'd be more happy if the reward was a reasonable amount of work. But hey, I can do my 8 hours and walk home, nobody can force me to stick around if I don't feel like it that day.
27:38 You already determined that the cylinder walls are fine with the leakdown test: Air was only going out the tailpipe. No air in the crankcase means cylinder walls/rings are fine. No air in the air box means intake valves are fine.
If you're not sure, plug the tailpipe and check if ANY air is coming through to the crankcase, or use a 100 PSI smoke machine.
She may need a new catalytic converter when that exhaust valve piece finds its way there.
Great that an $18 camera enabled you to show us the inside. Amazing!
A very thorough diagnosis. Great job
as a man who makes a living as a mechanic , your brilliant. sure if you an do it i can do it but you do it really well my friend.
Lol....not sure why....but the subtle "get the cherry picker" comment when cover wouldn't pop off was way funnier to me than it should have been
A cherry picker is the crane that mechanics use to lift engines or transmissions out of vehicles. When the valve cover was giving him a hard time, he jokingly said "get the cherry picker" to emphasize how much trouble the valve cover was giving him while coming off.
@@SwarmInbound yeah I think everyone got that my dude
I am 99% sure the parent comment was edited, I would not have typed that out to reply to this guys comment that clearly didn't need an explanation. That being said it was a year ago so who the hell knows
Maybe there's pizza stuck in the cylinder? ;-)
JoeyPete freaken funny comment!
:-D
LOL!
No. More than likely a condom sucked into the throttle body.
My dad has bad breath
Loved in the cylinder view of the damaged exhaust valve....It really made the video.
First thought was Wow! Seeing that chunk from the valve gone, and second thought was where'd it go! You read my mind Eric lol
Simple boroscope came in handy and great for the home mechanic.unusual to see bit missing from the valve. Good camera work.
what do you think causes a valve to break like this ?
This condition is usually caused by alternative very high temperature and low temperature. Cracks start to form and eventually the pieces fall off into the cylinder and misfires occur. With constant high temperature the valve metal will soften giving a concave effect. Heavy loading and a lean condition will result in a very hot engine.
Probably started out as a little bitty crack. Once it made it through enough to leak, then you have (in effect) a cutting torch acting on it and the rest most likely burned away.
What an excellent video set. I watched #2 first, then had to go back to see how you made the diagnosis. You made it look easy.
I did too 🎥
I don't know if you have looked at yours, Eric, but a lot of those endoscope cameras have a little thumbwheel on the side of the USB plug which will turn the LED light brightness up and down. Often, turning the lights down can make the picture a lot clearer than running it at higher brightness, too.
I just looked at the one you linked in Amazon, and it does have the brightness adjustment on the USB plug.
I like how your diagnosis process was. You diag problem within minutes. I like to see videos like that. Thanks for sharing.
Good one! "Well There's your problem lady!" Man that shop air is corrosive!
Had little to do with what I was looking for with my own problems, but I really enjoyed this video start to finish!
what savage leaves a plate of food in the foot well. is the customer a racoon?
haha, Hannah sabotage as a going away present.
what would cause a chunk of valve to come off?
RL Agito from the position of the chip I am thinking it touch the piston head
@@armpitdew Either that, or a foreign object entered the cylinder. Furthermore, carbon buildup can come loose during excessive revs, breaking spark plugs, denting piston crowns and chipping valves, especially during an "Italian Tune-up"...
Detonation from low octane fuels can also cause weird damage. Exhaust valves overheat, and eventually burn or fracture. Finally, we can't rule out a manufacturing defect of the part itself. QC isn't always what it's cracked up to be.
I have personally had a couple exhaust valves fail from detonation. Mine was caused by the tune having too much timing and it eve took out the headgaskets in the corresponding cylinders. Can't rule out predet as an option of failure.
180,000 miles
Talking about a positive diagnosis nice camera. your a great mechanic. thanx J S mechanic for 35 years.....
Another great diagnosis by Doctor Eric at the SMA Medical Center
Eric O is a great educator when comes to auto repairs .
Good work Eric your the man ,I would like to see the the follow up if the lady decides to pull the hesd
eric will only get the job of valeting the interior
You did a great job of diagnosing that car. I have an 08 escape and had a misfire I changed my spark plugs, coil, pack, and injector now it sounds like a putting sound out the tailpipe
Who in the hell brings their car to a Shop looking like that inside. I'd be ashamed if i were the customer to take it anywhere like that.
You would be ashamed because you think it's disgusting. The people who brought it in don't see anything wrong with that pile and therefore aren't ashamed.. Like people with cats..
John...cats are cool. Don`t go there :))
Okay, people with three or more cats...
@@ohger1 I've got three, OUTSIDE❗
Hey. Mind the cat snark. I've got 2 and a dog. And they're all awesome!!!
And good idea to use it to check before you have to tear it all down but it does allow you a bit of proof before the call
Very cool shot of the valve, wonder if the chunk was taken from the opposite side how well we'd see it? Lucky it presented itself nicely!
He twisted the valve from the top to get a full view.
Wow. Camera work was awesome. You identified the problem without taking the cylinder head off of it. Super cool.
good video man love the 20 dollar bore cam too
Great Video! That camera shot of the valve was FANTASTIC! WOW! Talk about a definite conclusion!
Great diag Eric! Way to not throw a plug and a coil at it! I actually had a 2010 Escape 2.5l in late last year that had the exact same problem. Cylinder 3 miss, burnt exhaust valve...hmm why cylinder three? Coincidence? ~Mike
NGK TechnicalTraining.the plug or coil wasn't the problem.the valve had a piece broken off it
peter barber read...... He said good diagnosis because most people would've thrown a plug and coil at our.
I'm here because P0302. I feel sick. It's my car.
My 2008 v6 did the same thing. Be 140,000 miles
2 Other Comments From Viewers That Had Same Problem,Hopefully,For the Customer,It's A Recall on Valve Train Issue.Would A Broken Lifter Cause That?
Excellent video of why you gotta pay for excellent diagnosis! I am sharing this on my Facebook page to share with my customers! Keep making excellent video, Eric O!
Finally got a "real" Launch! I'll have to use the contact another tech option when I have a problem! haha! Thanks for the video Dr.O!
Wait... If I buy a launch I can contact Eric O on it! It's time to get the Visa out!
Awesome diagnostic Eric,you the man bro.Keep up the great work you do daily.
How nice of them to leave you a snack when your done with the mary jane.
Should give the snapon bore scope a try model bk6500. Didn't think I would use it as much as I do. Sharper image with screen capture ability and adjustable light output.
Amazing video. Great boroscope action
That's a handy little snot. Have one that we use to inspect converter beds via the O2 sensor hole. Not 100% by any means, but it gives a hint for condition.
Our scan tools at Chrysler were little wireless pods like that. They had a yellow tag that hung down, but still easy to forget. I had a long bright green stretchy coil (like one of those wristband keychains) that I would latch to the vehicle keys.
"MONEY SHOT!" Dang that was some awesome camera work Eric. Don't see too many 4-bangers in the Ford Escapes...made me think of the Zetec in my Mercury Mystique :)
Yeah worked out good we could see it with the old wing wong camera. I pop the head off in an upcoming vid. The quick and dirty way too :D
@@SouthMainAuto how did you put it in automatic flood mode??? I know Chevy they day you hold the gas pedal all the way down then try to start it and it won't start. Is this what you do with Ford to?
Nice camera shot of that valve. Thanks for the video.
Ok, so I'm OCD, but I vacuum my interior, clean the dash & have the interior look its best when I drop my car in for repair.
Although it's always pretty clean!
Dude I hope that one day I can be this good at fixing cars and this knowledgeable about it. I mean I’m not stupid but I’m not anywhere near this guys level! Good stuff sir! Keep up the great work!
Prolly shouldn't use your bad air around that engine. It's ruined for sure now!
Engine gonna rot now prolly.
The joke that the previous gentlemen made went so far over your head it's not even funny.
Buddy, you probably don't even know the joke about the "Bad Air". And even if you do, what kind of person are you to call someone a jackass just because they made a joke on the internet? You want to call us keyboard cats yet you're the one being the keyboard warrior. If you are so sensitive to Eric's customers that you can't take said joke then instead of calling the poor dude who's just trying to laugh along a jackass, simply close the window and move on with your life. If the person who owns the vehicle watches the channel doesn't like what they see, they have that same option.
@Paul Reader, Nobody understands a word your saying, are you illiterate?
Paul - you seriously need to lay off the tequila before 7 AM...
the launch tool has a relative compression test in it....saw it on the launch screen when you did running misfire test.....the ford tool and snap on tool has the relative compression test on tool.... for most newer fords with can network....great video as always!
"Engines is making some funny noises" I love when customers say that. Hahahaha
Agree, I think your "Bad Air" may have damaged the valve. LOL Good job of troubleshooting. You the man.
am really sorry for saying this, but how in the world can you keep you car that dirty ? How can you take you car to the shop and leave food on the floor like that ? I bet she goes to the doctor with dirty underwear too.
You are supposed to wear CLEAN underwear when you go to the doctor? OMG!!!!
And that's why I get my car washed once a week. And vacuumed out. Along with keeping trash and garbage out of my car. It's the little things
This is after she cleared it out some
I dated a girl once that left her half eaten Whopper in the glove box of my new 82 Toronado. Her mother told me I was wasting my time. I took her mom's advice extra quick especially after seeing her apartment which looked like a missile hit a garbage dump.
@@newjerseybt At least she won't nag you to clean up all the time.
That was pretty cool! I bought one of those cameras months ago because i saw you use it. Not a great camera but it worked perfectly in this instance to show exactly what was wrong! pretty awesome!
Hey great video! Did you try the dollar bill test on the tail pipe while it was running? I bet the exhaust would have sucked it back in while the engine was running.. which of course would indicate a valve train issue. Thanks for sharing!
Very handy tip.
I just got done using my homemade leak down tester in my last video for the first time. Mine was blowing out the crank case and a wet compression test then brought it from about 60-70lbs to 120lbs. I haven't rebuilt an engine since I was a teenager and I think I am going to go ahead and do another one while there is still one machine shop left in my town. I've got one of those cameras somewhere, but I can't find it. May have to buy another.
Perfect, lucky the valve had rotated to the correct position for to diag.. This tool could be perfected easily.
this vid hooked me up!!! bad coil in cylinder 4 and the damn coil was only 9 months old. thanks
I've worked on those Escapes before. A place I use to work for had several of them. I've seen drugs in several cars I've worked on before. Thats why I hardly ever take customers cars on test drives. I don't want to get pulled over and say to the cops thats not mine. LOL
And the cops go like "oh yea sure, they all say that " LOL
1970chevelle396 I used to work for a Mazda dealership and we had a lot of tributes which were the same as the escapes. They only came in two ways either immaculately taken care of or ragged to the nines. No in between
I once bought a 68 short bed chevy once and was about to drive off and the guy said hold it and got in and pulled a needle and syringe out of the front seat.
you must be the luckiest mechanic! if that was my job even with the camera it would be on the other side of the valve! very cool video!
"You can blowdry your hair on the tailpipe." 😂😂😂😂
nice work Eric. I bought one of those little USB cameras as well. I could see the chunk missing in the exhaust valve clear as a bell. Hope you get the job.
That valve was fine, before you blew your bad air in there.
Tawi Dave you are da devil.loco.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bad compressed air can do so much damage.,..way more than most people think..so always make sure your air is always nice and fresh
LOL, Tawi Dave that made my day!
Tawi Dave how do you know he didn't go across the street off camera and buy some good air? Must he show every single step? Maybe he Installed a brand new fresh air filter on his compressor. My money is on him buying it across the street and the only reason the compressor ran is because tire guy came back again.
Excellent work! I used that Camera works very well for $18 bucks.
"We're going into the hole together"
opl500 Dr. O., AG. Automotive Gynecologist
LOL, LOL, LOL...
for only a second I felt dirty.
Glad to see that taste, and smell, are still part of the process.....!
sweet vid, potential normal missfire turned out be extra good video material.
The usb camera worked quite well, modern technology and the chinese has made that cheap and available for all, bit like the HF impacts, quite cheap and quite decent . You may find the HF impact battery gauge not that accurate and will fall rapidly when close to drained, interesting find out and interesting see tool lifespan in proper shop use ...
Crack on Mr O, don't want too many late evenings as you'll get icecream withdrawal lol .
You definitely know your shit that’s for sure.Keep up the great work I really enjoy watching someone who knows what there doing!!!!
Makes me wonder if the HF impact power indicator lights actually work. Maybe they just go from full power to no power all of a sudden? Seems to be working well for you otherwise though.
That camera is great. I need to get me one of those. That would be great for showing the customer what was actually wrong.
"That's me looking at you looking at me looking at you" Pchew! *mind blown*
Thanks for the video.
Wow that is awesome that you got such a good view of that valve. As always great diagnoses and thank you for taking your time to film it.
Holy nasty! You ought to leave a can of Lysol and some Armor all wipes on the seat, maybe she'll get the hint. I can never understand how people treat their cars like garbage cans. I have an '05 Envoy and although it's old, I would never let it get in that condition.
it has nothing to do with age... old cars are nothing bad... I don´t clean my car with a white gloves and a brush everyday because it is made to be used...but I keep it clean to some extend because I spend at least 2 hours a day in there and I would not feel good in such a dirty shit..
Chedder CheeseHead now we all know exactly WHERE Eric can use his Brake Clean in this video! I'd of sprayed that crap down with Brake clean, panther piss, And Lysol before ever gettin in the car.
+John Shay just get some tyvek painters suits and duct tape for the leg and wrist cuffs to seal to boots and gloves.
My 98 ram doesn't get that bad.. I mean all that's in there is receipts and extra parts
Eric, Sometimes we can see better than you think we can. Ex: The shot of the top of the piston was good enough for us to see what you were taking about, shoot a little brake clean in the spark plug hole would have cleaned the piston top a bit. thanks for the video's.
Mr. O go home get some rest. Great vid 🤓
Good one , those borescopes come in handy . TheReaper!
How in the lightning thunder did a piece of the valve break off ; must be a china part . IDK
I was wondering the same thing. Not a fan of 4 cylinder engines. Was this being drag raced or something crazy like that.
Sure ol "hubby" dropped sumthin in the hole...probly some petrified leftovers by the looks of it
If you look at the pic, you can see it was relatively smooth -- meaning it melted.
Hi Eric, Nice diagnosis mate. Very weird for a valve to be damaged like that. Anyway I hope you get the job. Cheers from Queensland Australia. Mark.
is it just me or at 24:52 you can see the missing piece of the valve by the cylinder wall.
take down coming soon...
Awesome Eric with the little camera you can see it clearly nice call
"My husband also forgot his lunch and ciggy's on the passenger side floor.
Very respectable work, you’re a Grade A technician man! Awesome! Need more Honest techs in the field !
Computer detects misfire, Shuts down injector!! News at Eleven!! Cool!!
I have two of those cheap USB cameras. One for my phone and one for my shop. They work surprisingly well. The mirror attachment you have is nice.
Holy shit that is one nasty looking inside. People delivering their cars that nasty should pay extra.
Trust me, I've had to work on much much worse then that. And for those folks out there that love fast food and resemble the cast from the movie "Deliverance"- Your back seat isn't a trash can for wrappers, soda cups, napkins, diapers, tampons, and anything else that is disgusting.
Well, i've always assumed that delivering the car nice and clean grants you a little extra leeway. So it's a mutually beneficial thing if you look at it. Not sure how true this rings in practice though. Frankly, I'd just feel embarassed. It's like going to the doctor without washing.
The throw used tampons on the back seat ?????
Fuddy Duddy The one thing we know is that clean never gets you a worse job or a higher price. That should be enough.
Fuddy Duddy when I worked in my gm dealership, had a customer come in with a complaint of no heat on floor outlet...after cleaning THREE trash bags of food wrappers, soft drink containers, ect, car was fine...🙄
that was a awesome camera angle inside engine shot! thanks