Failure analysis is a compelling thing for automotive folks. Years ago I ran a national trade assn. for maintenance management professionals. At our trade shows, the parts failure analysis presentations were always the star of the show. Add to that a guy with a pleasant personality and competent knowledge, this channel is destined for a million subs at some point.
They're good engines, but like anything else, preventative maintenance is everything. I do synthetic oil changes every 5000 on my 5.0 F150 and I always use Motorcraft oil filters. Neglect or abuse any engine and eventually it's gonna fail. People skip their oil changes and use garbage parts then can't understand why shit goes wrong.
@@jafo49 Agree, and there's certainty other companies that are doing their customers a disservice by recommending ridiculous intervals between oil changes. I've always lived by the rule of 3000 miles for conventional oil, 5000 for synthetic. Anything over that is far too much, considering that most people do not check their oil level between services.
@@Sagittarius-88from my knowledge, oil, conventional or synethetic, breaks down at the same rate, synthetic just had more additives. So I conclude that all oil has the same interval
If she was anything like my gandpa then yes! Race duty, church duty and normal city duties like going to the grocery store and forgetting to turn the tune down before grandma had to go get said groceries!
Good teardown. I have a 2014 F-150 with the 5.0L. You hit it on the head. Oil starvation. Being a retired auto tech with 40 years busting my knuckles, it's all about maintenance which includes changing out ALL fluids with manufacture spec fluids. I always told my customers that I can do everything you need done but you have to bring your vehicle in for service. Most of them trusted my advice. Although the synthetic blend oils say you can go 5000 miles on an oil change, I'm old school and go 3000 on oil and filter and 30,000 miles on a trans service.
Your teardowns are becoming my favorite thing on youtube! You can film all of the engines you get in regardless of how many you've already done and I will watch every single one of them. Precision transmission has torn apart 100+ 4l60e's on his channel and it never gets old.
Of course it never gets old, it is the mystery and finding out what has happened that is interesting. Think of it as an automotice Sherlock Holmes, who murdered this engine or transmission!
Never seen a Coyote Engine torn down before. Looks like a nice, well built engine. And thats coming from a LS guy. Thanks for sharing the engine tear down.
I really like watching these videos and I appreciate the lack of music. Air tools and electric wrenches make their own kind of music. What amazes me most about these engines is the basic designs remains the same with a lot of add ons.
There are several channels with knowledgeable and humble guys tearing things apart. Some of them put things together too! precisiontransmission, vicegripgarage, ...
I did pro lawn equipment my employees fucked up to total distruction.. I have a very old echo blower ... 20 years old .. still my favorite as far as power to weight.. a fat new guy put regular gas in it and ignored the heat and noise and motor slowing down till he locked it up .. I was devistated .. I took it all the way down and got the rings unstuck .. there was scoring on the cylinder wall but I figured what the heck .. let's see if I can't put it back together just to find out .. It's back together and still running like a top .. I was stunned ... I do all my small moter stuff now and it's normal to see the kind of scoring the coyote had .. For some reason these just keep going strong .. the scoring doesn't seem to impede the motor at all .. to this day I've lost a lot of motors but gotten them all back just by a quick teardown and look see.. I have put new parts in some that were really bad but their all still chugging .. I got to be the dumping ground for all the large companies here just to find out free of charge what lead to the destruction so they could manage their employees accordingly .. I've only lost one kholer motor on an xmark but it came it with inspection holes in the block .. Employee fail and fire situation .. If they don't own it they will knowingly run it into the ground simply just so they don't have to go to the truck and get it's back up unit .. Thousands lost simply bc an asshole didn't want to have to walk 5 Xtra min .. Yes this is the world we live in .. And no , there's nothing we can do to fix it.. We are all doomed in a few generations
@@geronebner9535 Only really on the 4 thread motors, but yes that was a problem for awhile. Other end of the spectrum was never getting them out in one piece...Best thing you could do on the 5.4 was buy it,, get home, let it cool for 8 hours and pull the plugs, lather on some quality anti sieze and put back in.... for 75,000 miles.Never could see them going the 100,000 they said they'd go.
More like it was someone who thought they were into cars and bought the status symbol. And then didn't know how to take care of it. They probably went to the discount tire store and bought the cheapest offered for the vehicle as well. The whole vehicle will be in salvage sooner rather than later, and the owner will think the vehicle was all hype, never realizing they were the problem.
This is what happens when you tune a Coyote to try and make more hp/tq, but leave it physically stock. Most custom and handheld tuners give the owner the option of removing or raising the rev limiter. If you alter cam and ignition timing without upgrading the cooling system(higher volume water pump and crossover pipe mod, possibly lower temp thermostat and larger radiator) and the oiling system(forged oil pump and gears, larger sump pan, or even swapping to a dry sump setup) you are running on borrowed time. Combine that with a higher rev limiter...and you have a ticking time bomb...especially in a standard trans Pony that the driver is launching at high rpms and hard shifting. All that equates to much greater engine temps starting with the rear cylinders and a total lack of lubrication. "Shock" the drive train with high rpm hard launches and hard shifts while under such conditions will result in a Coyote winding up exactly in that condition. I'm a Ford guy...especially Mustangs. Also have a 5.0 in my F150 FX4 with a 6" lift and 35s. I love the Coyote, but you can only push it so far without the appropriate upgrades. I, also, worked as an ASE Master Tech(all the As, L1, L2, X1, and so on). I was a Diagnostician and did failure analysis. Stock Mustang GTs from 2011 and 2012 with a heavy tune and a driver that liked running the "Stop Light Nationals" on the weekends were bad about this exact failure. The 2013-14 weren't AS prone to this issue, but still highly possible without the upgrades.
@@msands7713 Love them!! The Coyote is capable of some serious HP/TQ as long as you take the time to upgrade what's also needed for longevity. The 6R80 can easily handle 700 to 800 HP in stock form....just needs a cooler upgrade if you put a smaller diameter, higher stall converter in. But, if you take your time and choose the right upgrades/bolt-ons as you go, you'll have a beast!
@@msands7713 Pick a path and stick with it. NA, boosted, or going full bore with it, make a plan of what you want to accomplish, how to get there, and stick to it. That's the key to making serious numbers while keeping it dependable.
Your videos are pretty much the only thing on here that excite me. Love these tear down videos. There's no shitty music, you're knowledgeable and the camera work is great. I feel like I actually learn stuff from your videos!
I like your humbleness and gratitude. Its great to see the inside of a 4.6 and a 5.0 . It appears, they have similar timing chain and valve train designs. Your videos help for me to understand the true simplicity of Ford's OHC Design.
Dude I have a gen one Coyote in my Mustang. This videos very informative. I do all my own repairs But this motors been awesome, Easy to work on an easy access For most repairs.
This motor likely died from overheat or boost, the first gen has bad coolant flow on the back cylinders, and they like to run out of ring gap and either score the shit outta the cylinders creating a massive compression leak, or they just make piston mcnuggets and adjustable rods like those one did. Usually the trucks score the walls on an overheat, Usually the mustang models make nuggets and stuff.
Whenever I get channels like this randomly in my "suggested", it usually means you've hit the algorithm. I would expect significant channel growth in the future if you're not seeing it already
The 5.0 coyote is a hell of an engine. It makes a lot of power from a fairly small displacement, mostly from the 4v heads. They are just humongous though, for a small displacement V8, and that's because of the heads too, lol.
These motors are really thoughfully designed and man they crank out the ponies! Most guys that have them drive them hard and that's what they are for. The guys across the street from me has a blown Ford lightning with a Cayote motor running E85 and it pulls hard as hell! Thanks for the video!
yep, most folks dont think about how fast that oil pump can suck the oil pan dry at high rpm . burn outs kill a lot of motors with stock oil pans . it will suck the pan dry b4 the oil has time to return from the topside .
You definitely can break a cam cap loosening or tightening them unevenly. When you do its not like you can just get another easily since they are line honed in a set for that head. Ask Tom if you ever want to hear about him trying to get a replacement.
These videos are really good , he’s kind of like the dexter of car engines . Once that engine hits his table , its game over . Very impressed with the knowledge and facts thrown in . Great work !
I have no idea why I am so interested in these videos.... I know a little bit about engines but you usually lose me 10 minutes in, yet, I find myself really enjoying watching these teardowns. Maybe I’m just weird.
Looks like everything in the ACME warehouse attacked, landed on and blew up on the Coyote while he was wearing that dreadful green "ACME Bat Man's Outfit" xD
Eric, I truly enjoy watching your teardowns! I am a retired mechanic of 45 years. You make me laugh every time you say “Probably blew up at idle” ! Please keep up the great work and you can work on my car anytime buddy!!! Danny
Keep the teardown videos coming man. You present the content really well. Well lit, good camera angles, knowledgeable presenter good mix of humor. If you bought this motor for scrap you still made money off it just for these vids.
Thanks for the videos. As a retired Auto Tech for mainly imports these are fun to watch. I was in the business for 18 years. First in European cars then Japanese and Korean the final was Pontiac & Ford. I went into IT in 1984 until 2010. I am local to STL. I still help friends with older vehicles as needed as well as their computers. Still have my tools. 😊
FRAM Bomb Detonation! I had a friend in high school who bought a '67 mustang with a 351 swap that had a FRAM on it. He complained to me about an idle tick and low oil PSI; I said 'change the oil put a Motorcraft or Wix or Purolator filter on it'. We did that, oil PSI went from 4-6 at idle to 30+ and the tick disappeared. This is why you never use FRAM. I don't think the oil level was low in this engine, I think the oil PRESSURE was low due to that oil filter.
@Derek Young It’s looking like some spin-on Wix part numbers have become repainted Purolator’s. Just Mann & Hummel trying to squeeze as much money out as they can.
Agree. Some of their stuff isn't bad, at least in recent years. Although on anything I can (even if it isn't Ford), I run Motorcraft filters. Very well built at a surprisingly cheap price.
Automotive autopsy, love it. In my fifty years of mechanical experience I have never heard of a BAD BATCH of oil. More like never changed it, granny loaned her car to her teen age grandson WILLIE who put his right foot to the floor and left it there until the engine blew and the noise interfered with his favorite radio station. He limped it home to granny's in a cloud of blue smoke. She invited him in for a plate of home made cookies. Granny was never the wiser. The wrecking yard offered her a hundred bucks and she took it.
Have 120,000 absolutely no problems 2012GT auto, ran Royal Purple to about 70,000 then shop stopped carrying it, would have cost me 140 for oil change. Burns 1 quart between a 5 thousand oil change, with spirited driving. I dont go with the 10,000 oil changes. A good high milage synthetic. Car still will go 150mph with confidence. Probably put in a Ford Performance Crate Motor at some point to last, untill 2035 when we cant but fossil fuel. Enjoy....
Just subscibed after 2nd vid. I like tge teardowns and the variety of motors. Once you know your field of work, every nuance tells a story of basic fact. It does not lie. Shared to my wife whos gearhead brother surprisingly never shared this knowledge with her. After just one vid she has a better understanding of the engines she speaks about being a 'car girl'. Priceless. Thx for your vids and keep up the great work.
....another great teardown...go to 15:25 for the quickest visual of this Ford catastrophic failure.....really love seeing your foreign exotic motor clients, too !!!!!!
well the skinny rods & gerotor oil pump & case remind me of the same items out of a carbed 1.9L 1986 Ford Escort. Only slightly beefier. : l For 'Coyote' use I suppose...... ??
My daily driver is powered by a 1.3 litre, normally-aspirated, pushrod 4-cylinder motor on which I've been doing ALL the maintenance since 1994. I am stunned by the complexity which motors have attained. At the same time, I'm fascinated by your work, and I wish I was working alongside you, because there is clearly so much that you could teach to me about the practical mechanics of tearing down and rebuilding 21st century motors. I'm now a subsriber, and sense a binge-watching marathon of your videos coming on....
Don't be ragging on that Fram Ultra oil filter. It is one of the best ones out there. Synthetic media backed by a wire cage, silicon anti drain back valve, and metal end caps. Thanks for the videos. They are very informative. I've now watched several and the theme seems to be that the catastrophic engine failures you see are the result of not changing the oil or oil starvation from no oil, with the occasional hydro locked or over revved engine. I do not understand someone buying a Lexus, Corvette, etc. and neglecting the maintenance.
The infamous cylinder 8 going kablooie. I think there's poor cooling in that corner of the engine that sparks the catalyst for engine failures like this.
@22:30 Oil or fluid with that high of a concentration of solids would be called slurry. It's like the engine was trying to sharpen itself. Great work with all your videos, I love it.
9mm socket (11/32) Subaru power washer rocker arms, rocker arms on some motorcycles, and the bolts holding the glass in the sliding door of a Dodge Caravan.
Dude, i just stumbled across your channel the other day, looking at the Toyota 3.4, Now I'm obsessed. I told everyone at work. I'm hoping to get you 3 more subs, HA! You do all the things I like about TH-cam videos, and none of the things i hate. i dont even get mad when the adds come on..
Thanks for this teardown. I always wanted to see it's guts. And yes the teardown confirmed what I thought. It's just as overly complicated on the inside as it looks from the outside. xD
Well, I have to commend you on very informative and entertaining videos. Your videos popped up on my feed last week and i am addicted. Your camera shots are excellent as well as your narrative. Your dry humour definitely make the videos enjoyable - THANKS!
The high end Fram full synthetic filters are great filters unlike their garbage low end Frams. Allied Signal actually did a great job on the build quality of them . They’re nothing like the cheap orange cans of death.
never in my life have I used a 9mm socket. That was hilarious! Love these videos, I just bought my first BMW with the N55 motor and watched that tear down as well. I'm totally hooked on your channel ;-)
The inside of the engine looked relatively clean inside, in that it wasn't all varnished up with dirty overheated oil, so it was not totally neglected. But the oil WAS darker, and thicker than I'd like to see, which made me think it was past due for an oil change, maybe a little low on oil, too. Then it was over revved, and the rod journals furthest from the oil pump took the hit when it emptied the oil pan. For these DOHC engines which run their cams in aluminum journals integral in the head casting, not running the best oil, thru the best filter media, in no more than 5k mile OCI's is just suicide.
That's just criminal to do an engine like that. However, I think you can get 7K easy (and maybe more) with synthetic oil. No? (Properly filled, of course).
@@scott1564 from factory yes you can, manual says 6k miles. I have a 2016 5.0 with a 3L whipple on it pushing 958rwhp. All that is done to the engine itself is billet crank sprocket, billet oil pump gears, headstuds to prevent head lift and gapped my rings ofc. But rods, crank, pistons, rockers and springs are all stock. All it has had essentially is preemptive work. It is my daily, i beat the crap out of it and it has been going strong for 27k miles boosted. 5.0 mustangs are the best bang for your buck platform to build off of
Ford Engineer made a pair in his garage, seriously..Ford wanted the 2011 to make 400hp naturally aspirated. Engineer said that they had to have these stainless steel tri shorty headers, no matter the extra cost. Hence, they came out with 2011 Muscle Car of the year, 420hp
This was pretty common on early Coyotes when they had an aftermarket tune. #8 is prone to running hot due to insufficient coolant flow so the tune would throw a bunch of timing at it and boom. There is actually an aftermarket coolant crossover you can buy. Ford replaced some under warranty and then caught on.
@@imtheonevanhalen1557 In the early days of the coyote whoever wrote the tunes were a little too aggressive with the timing because they didn’t fully understand the engine yet. It was quickly corrected once they found out what was happening.
@@imtheonevanhalen1557 changing timing can cause heat increase. If you have a cylinder already prone to poor cooling you have a biiig bang waiting to happen the instant you stress it.
wonderful videos, both my 2010 suburban and 2014 yukon had over 200,000 with FRAM filters and walmart syn, just change you oil, (bigest distructior is overheat)
something to keep in mind with these coyotes is that in the beginning they were notorious for cylinder #8 failures when "tuned". i noticed that #8 was the destroyed piston. this probably came out of a kids car that was tuned, overheated #8 causing the failure and the debris you observed spread throughout the engine was all from that.
Failure analysis is a compelling thing for automotive folks. Years ago I ran a national trade assn. for maintenance management professionals. At our trade shows, the parts failure analysis presentations were always the star of the show. Add to that a guy with a pleasant personality and competent knowledge, this channel is destined for a million subs at some point.
This great man and his great TH-cam channel is/are destined for the YT Stars! Fred
"Maintenance managers" encounter a lot of "catastrophic failure", do they?
I agree.
Agreed and on point.
New rocket ships are awesome, in e'ry way. But fancy parts do make for fancy repair bills
I have a 2011 Ford F150 with the 5.0L Coyote V8 in it with 138,000 miles on it and still going strong and its a beast.
They're good engines, but like anything else, preventative maintenance is everything. I do synthetic oil changes every 5000 on my 5.0 F150 and I always use Motorcraft oil filters. Neglect or abuse any engine and eventually it's gonna fail. People skip their oil changes and use garbage parts then can't understand why shit goes wrong.
@@Sagittarius-88 I use synthetic oil for my F150 as well.
@@Sagittarius-88 Fords biggest mistake is it's oil change computer. Never wait for that thing to tell you to change oil.
@@jafo49 Agree, and there's certainty other companies that are doing their customers a disservice by recommending ridiculous intervals between oil changes. I've always lived by the rule of 3000 miles for conventional oil, 5000 for synthetic. Anything over that is far too much, considering that most people do not check their oil level between services.
@@Sagittarius-88from my knowledge, oil, conventional or synethetic, breaks down at the same rate, synthetic just had more additives. So I conclude that all oil has the same interval
Granny only drove it to church on Sundays. Of course she raced it the rest of the week. 😂
If she was anything like my gandpa then yes! Race duty, church duty and normal city duties like going to the grocery store and forgetting to turn the tune down before grandma had to go get said groceries!
I think the church was 1/4 mile away from home....
She raced and never changed the oil…
The church was only a 1/4 mile away.
Never lie to your mechanic or doctor they will eventually figure out the truth.
Good teardown. I have a 2014 F-150 with the 5.0L. You hit it on the head. Oil starvation. Being a retired auto tech with 40 years busting my knuckles, it's all about maintenance which includes changing out ALL fluids with manufacture spec fluids. I always told my customers that I can do everything you need done but you have to bring your vehicle in for service. Most of them trusted my advice. Although the synthetic blend oils say you can go 5000 miles on an oil change, I'm old school and go 3000 on oil and filter and 30,000 miles on a trans service.
Your teardowns are becoming my favorite thing on youtube! You can film all of the engines you get in regardless of how many you've already done and I will watch every single one of them.
Precision transmission has torn apart 100+ 4l60e's on his channel and it never gets old.
Yeah, precision transmission is interesting, but he shows way less about assembly, That’s what I want to see.
Of course it never gets old, it is the mystery and finding out what has happened that is interesting.
Think of it as an automotice Sherlock Holmes, who murdered this engine or transmission!
Me too. I love it when a “professional shop” rebuilds a trans, then he has to fix it with 5 miles on the rebuild.
Precision transmission is awesome. That guy is a national treasure
@@CMDRSweeper "Who the hell would watch someone tear down an engine?"
Two hours later . . . "Huh. I wonder if this one is going to turn over."
Never seen a Coyote Engine torn down before. Looks like a nice, well built engine. And thats coming from a LS guy. Thanks for sharing the engine tear down.
yes it does....coming from a old ford guy and a guy that has scene alot of chevys--and they are pretty tough.
the coyote got good parts
Yeah I was surprised at how simple it actually was for what it is.
I too almost fell out of my chair when you found a use for a 9mm socket! Anyway great video, these teardowns are some of my new favorites to watch.
A 9mm works when rust/corrosion takes its toll on 10mm bolt heads
Crazy seeing my fav retro tech guy comment on my fav engine tear down guy's channel :-D
Hi, Adrian!
@@tstahlfsu Same here. Finding a comment from Adrian of ADB & ADB ][ is unusual, to say the least! Fred
I worked in a bike shop, as in bicycle, for about 8 years and just about everything was 9mm. Maybe they're made just for us.
I really like watching these videos and I appreciate the lack of music. Air tools and electric wrenches make their own kind of music. What amazes me most about these engines is the basic designs remains the same with a lot of add ons.
Truly all round good engines tend to be like that.
The most common cause of Ford V8 failures is the loose nut behind the wheel.
And a lead foot.
It’s the ford logo in the front
They circle the problem on the front for ya.
@@ernestjohnson1807 Haha, so original!
@@ernestjohnson1807Damn you Ernie, my Raptor is grumbling at you.
Incredibly knowledgeable without being cocky is a rare and refreshing combo. Great channel and work as always Sir!
There are several channels with knowledgeable and humble guys tearing things apart. Some of them put things together too! precisiontransmission, vicegripgarage, ...
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i've never tore down an engine before but these videos are badass. it's kinda like solving a mystery as to why the engine stopped working. i'm hooked
Dude if you can go get a cheap harbor freight engine and tear it down and rebuilt with aftermarket parts hahahah make a race engine
You can do it yourself, but start small. Look for people throwing out weed whackers or lawn mowers and have fun.
Me too.
I did pro lawn equipment my employees fucked up to total distruction.. I have a very old echo blower ... 20 years old .. still my favorite as far as power to weight.. a fat new guy put regular gas in it and ignored the heat and noise and motor slowing down till he locked it up .. I was devistated .. I took it all the way down and got the rings unstuck .. there was scoring on the cylinder wall but I figured what the heck .. let's see if I can't put it back together just to find out .. It's back together and still running like a top .. I was stunned ... I do all my small moter stuff now and it's normal to see the kind of scoring the coyote had .. For some reason these just keep going strong .. the scoring doesn't seem to impede the motor at all .. to this day I've lost a lot of motors but gotten them all back just by a quick teardown and look see.. I have put new parts in some that were really bad but their all still chugging ..
I got to be the dumping ground for all the large companies here just to find out free of charge what lead to the destruction so they could manage their employees accordingly .. I've only lost one kholer motor on an xmark but it came it with inspection holes in the block .. Employee fail and fire situation .. If they don't own it they will knowingly run it into the ground simply just so they don't have to go to the truck and get it's back up unit .. Thousands lost simply bc an asshole didn't want to have to walk 5 Xtra min ..
Yes this is the world we live in .. And no , there's nothing we can do to fix it.. We are all doomed in a few generations
One of the best engines out there. Love my 5.0
Apparently the guy that owned this coyote didn’t love his enough.
same here
@@miked8227I love mine and maintained it extremely well. Started burning about 6 quarts of oil a month at 74k miles. In about 3000 miles driven.
"Something regapped this spark plug for us" hahaha
It's a Ford... surprised the spark plugs came out...
@@BuzzLOLOL usually they shoot out😂
@@geronebner9535 Only really on the 4 thread motors, but yes that was a problem for awhile. Other end of the spectrum was never getting them out in one piece...Best thing you could do on the 5.4 was buy it,, get home, let it cool for 8 hours and pull the plugs, lather on some quality anti sieze and put back in.... for 75,000 miles.Never could see them going the 100,000 they said they'd go.
"Mechanicly regapped" is certainly a phrase that has entered my lexicon.
I'm so glad I found this channel I've watched every engine teardown. You make a 30min video feel like 5 minutes I could watch these all day
I’m thinking this engine lived a ¼ mile at a time.
With Nos😃
And in those 10 seconds or less, it became free (of this mortal coil).
More like it was someone who thought they were into cars and bought the status symbol. And then didn't know how to take care of it. They probably went to the discount tire store and bought the cheapest offered for the vehicle as well.
The whole vehicle will be in salvage sooner rather than later, and the owner will think the vehicle was all hype, never realizing they were the problem.
Good eye. It looks like the wrist pin ripped the piston bore out when the driver lifted at the end of the 1/4 mile. appliedspeed.com
@@dalestephan6777 absolutely, and a lean fuel ratio.
This is what happens when you tune a Coyote to try and make more hp/tq, but leave it physically stock. Most custom and handheld tuners give the owner the option of removing or raising the rev limiter. If you alter cam and ignition timing without upgrading the cooling system(higher volume water pump and crossover pipe mod, possibly lower temp thermostat and larger radiator) and the oiling system(forged oil pump and gears, larger sump pan, or even swapping to a dry sump setup) you are running on borrowed time. Combine that with a higher rev limiter...and you have a ticking time bomb...especially in a standard trans Pony that the driver is launching at high rpms and hard shifting.
All that equates to much greater engine temps starting with the rear cylinders and a total lack of lubrication. "Shock" the drive train with high rpm hard launches and hard shifts while under such conditions will result in a Coyote winding up exactly in that condition.
I'm a Ford guy...especially Mustangs. Also have a 5.0 in my F150 FX4 with a 6" lift and 35s. I love the Coyote, but you can only push it so far without the appropriate upgrades.
I, also, worked as an ASE Master Tech(all the As, L1, L2, X1, and so on). I was a Diagnostician and did failure analysis. Stock Mustang GTs from 2011 and 2012 with a heavy tune and a driver that liked running the "Stop Light Nationals" on the weekends were bad about this exact failure. The 2013-14 weren't AS prone to this issue, but still highly possible without the upgrades.
Qhats your view on a 2011 gt with 6r80 auto, and all stock with 17k miles?
@@msands7713 Love them!! The Coyote is capable of some serious HP/TQ as long as you take the time to upgrade what's also needed for longevity. The 6R80 can easily handle 700 to 800 HP in stock form....just needs a cooler upgrade if you put a smaller diameter, higher stall converter in. But, if you take your time and choose the right upgrades/bolt-ons as you go, you'll have a beast!
@@msands7713 Pick a path and stick with it. NA, boosted, or going full bore with it, make a plan of what you want to accomplish, how to get there, and stick to it. That's the key to making serious numbers while keeping it dependable.
Your fastforwarded impact hammer footage sounded like sci-fi lasers going off everywhere. :D
Fun teardown! That thing got rekt hard.
Great series of engine teardowns, we get to see engines torn down that most of us would only see pictures of in a manual. Keep up the great work.
This went from a salvage operation to a postmortem very quickly. At least you got a cool new Ford branded boat anchor.
Plus he has yet another "trophy" for his Front Counter! Fred
I'm sure his metal buyer is happy!
Would’ve loved to have seen the fram filter cut apart to see if it went into bypass and did filter anything.
It's a Fram so it's probably the reason the engine failed in the first place
With fram, failure is not an option, it's a guarantee.
@@DJ-sr9yq
Sad part is Fram used to be good stuff 30-40yrs ago. IMO WIX is the best aftermarket filters now. Purolator is good too.
This channel is pure video gold. Thank You so much for taking us along with you on these "adventures". Fred
Your videos are pretty much the only thing on here that excite me. Love these tear down videos. There's no shitty music, you're knowledgeable and the camera work is great. I feel like I actually learn stuff from your videos!
Adam Sandler tearing down engines! Who woulda thought? We all gotta look like somebody and Adam is a spectacular talent. Thumbs up.
He does reminds me of Adam Sandler almost.
Second video of Eric's after watching the LS 7 litre teardown and I went looking for this comment LOL.
This guy has more talent than Adam Sandler...
I like your humbleness and gratitude. Its great to see the inside of a 4.6 and a 5.0 . It appears, they have similar timing chain and valve train designs.
Your videos help for me to understand the true simplicity of Ford's OHC Design.
Dude I have a gen one Coyote in my Mustang. This videos very informative. I do all my own repairs But this motors been awesome, Easy to work on an easy access For most repairs.
Coyote is an amazing platform and honestly one of Ford's best engines.
The best thing since sliced bread
It would have been really really interesting to see what the inside of the Fram filter looked like!
Love these videos. I am obsessed with topping up and changing oil after watching engine videos like these! Great job!
This motor likely died from overheat or boost, the first gen has bad coolant flow on the back cylinders, and they like to run out of ring gap and either score the shit outta the cylinders creating a massive compression leak, or they just make piston mcnuggets and adjustable rods like those one did. Usually the trucks score the walls on an overheat, Usually the mustang models make nuggets and stuff.
Whenever I get channels like this randomly in my "suggested", it usually means you've hit the algorithm. I would expect significant channel growth in the future if you're not seeing it already
I was going to throw away all my 9mm sockets, but now i have a reason to keep them.
Apparently a Prius 3cyl has 9mm 12 point head bolts
Everytime I get rid of a tool I am not using I suddendly out of nowhere need it for a job!
Back glass surround on early 2000's ford trucks....9m.m.
Finding a 9 mm bolt is like finding a unicorn
@@fastyzzzff 3/8 works if your lucky lol
From one gear head to another this is one of the best on U Tube . Keep up the great show .
2yrs later
The Coyote is still the only 100% oem sealed engine that's run 7.90s in a 1/4
One thing I've definitely learned from this channel is that modern engines are mind-bogglingly complex.
The 5.0 coyote is a hell of an engine. It makes a lot of power from a fairly small displacement, mostly from the 4v heads. They are just humongous though, for a small displacement V8, and that's because of the heads too, lol.
These motors are really thoughfully designed and man they crank out the ponies! Most guys that have them drive them hard and that's what they are for. The guys across the street from me has a blown Ford lightning with a Cayote motor running E85 and it pulls hard as hell! Thanks for the video!
1:59 There's your problem right there. The loop on the dip stick broke off and the owner just said, "fuck it".
My 2013 has the Coyote. It’s a gem of an engine.
I can't wait to see new engine autopsy. Love channel.
Need to open up the oil filter up next time.
yep, most folks dont think about how fast that oil pump can suck the oil pan dry at high rpm . burn outs kill a lot of motors with stock oil pans . it will suck the pan dry b4 the oil has time to return from the topside .
What is it, a Buick from 50 years ago?
You definitely can break a cam cap loosening or tightening them unevenly. When you do its not like you can just get another easily since they are line honed in a set for that head. Ask Tom if you ever want to hear about him trying to get a replacement.
These videos are really good , he’s kind of like the dexter of car engines . Once that engine hits his table , its game over . Very impressed with the knowledge and facts thrown in . Great work !
You sure know your engines. This is my first deep dive of a Coyote engine here on your channel. Thanks for sharing. Big Al.
People hear the "Ti-VCT VVT DOHC" and think it's complex, but honestly this engine isn't too hard to follow, unlike the German counterparts.
I have no idea why I am so interested in these videos.... I know a little bit about engines but you usually lose me 10 minutes in, yet, I find myself really enjoying watching these teardowns. Maybe I’m just weird.
Looks like everything in the ACME warehouse attacked, landed on and blew up on the Coyote while he was wearing that dreadful green "ACME Bat Man's Outfit" xD
Eric, I truly enjoy watching your teardowns! I am a retired mechanic of 45 years. You make me laugh every time you say “Probably blew up at idle” !
Please keep up the great work and you can work on my car anytime buddy!!!
Danny
Keep the teardown videos coming man. You present the content really well. Well lit, good camera angles, knowledgeable presenter good mix of humor. If you bought this motor for scrap you still made money off it just for these vids.
Thanks for the videos. As a retired Auto Tech for mainly imports these are fun to watch. I was in the business for 18 years. First in European cars then Japanese and Korean the final was Pontiac & Ford. I went into IT in 1984 until 2010. I am local to STL. I still help friends with older vehicles as needed as well as their computers. Still have my tools. 😊
What part of town u inn?
We really appreciate you taking the time to break these down and show us the epic fails, Cheers!
I bought a 2011 core motor for $200.
Had a scuffed #8 cyl. Cleaned up at .010. Thanks for the video.
FRAM Bomb Detonation! I had a friend in high school who bought a '67 mustang with a 351 swap that had a FRAM on it. He complained to me about an idle tick and low oil PSI; I said 'change the oil put a Motorcraft or Wix or Purolator filter on it'. We did that, oil PSI went from 4-6 at idle to 30+ and the tick disappeared.
This is why you never use FRAM. I don't think the oil level was low in this engine, I think the oil PRESSURE was low due to that oil filter.
FRAM Ultra’s are great filters. Motorcraft and Purolator’s fail quite often as seen on BITOG.
@Derek Young It’s looking like some spin-on Wix part numbers have become repainted Purolator’s. Just Mann & Hummel trying to squeeze as much money out as they can.
I'm more of a Ford person than GM, , watching somebody tear down a Coyote makes me appreciate the beautiful and effective simplicity of LS engines.
Coyote's are fairly simple compared to the more exotic OHC engines.
I love these videos! You're a natural at presenting and should have 10x the amount of subscribers. Keep up the good work!
Dude. I remember thinking when you were near 1,000 viewers and saying everyone should sub because this is great content. You’re blowing up now!
That Fram is actually an Ultra which is a great filter. Synthetic media, silicone valves, etc. Definitely a higher end filter.
Agree. Some of their stuff isn't bad, at least in recent years. Although on anything I can (even if it isn't Ford), I run Motorcraft filters. Very well built at a surprisingly cheap price.
This. Fram isnt just "orange can o death". The Ultra is probably one of the best filters out there, fairly inexpensive and very readily available.
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It's junk. Get an Amsoil .
@@stephenhusak6098 $$$
Such an amazing engine, it's much smaller in displacement than the Chevy and Dodge offerings but it produces similar power.
I am amazed how complex the coyote engine casting are
i know im way late in commenting but damm...it never ceases to amaze me what you find when tearing an engine apart
Pretty nice engine, looks like a good design. Oil nozzles/piston cooling etc.
22:22-I would call it grinding compound-you can make your own by never changing your oil-great video by the way.
Automotive autopsy, love it. In my fifty years of mechanical experience I have never heard of a BAD BATCH of oil. More like never changed it, granny loaned her car to her teen age grandson WILLIE who put his right foot to the floor and left it there until the engine blew and the noise interfered with his favorite radio station. He limped it home to granny's in a cloud of blue smoke. She invited him in for a plate of home made cookies. Granny was never the wiser. The wrecking yard offered her a hundred bucks and she took it.
Awesome teardown and analysis. And no music, THANK YOU FOR THAT!
Neat to see the inside of this engine. My wife has a 2012 Mustang GT. I have a 2017 Ford F-150 with the 5.0 engine.
Have 120,000 absolutely no problems 2012GT auto, ran Royal Purple to about 70,000 then shop stopped carrying it, would have cost me 140 for oil change. Burns 1 quart between a 5 thousand oil change, with spirited driving. I dont go with the 10,000 oil changes. A good high milage synthetic. Car still will go 150mph with confidence. Probably put in a Ford Performance Crate Motor at some point to last, untill 2035 when we cant but fossil fuel. Enjoy....
Just subscibed after 2nd vid. I like tge teardowns and the variety of motors. Once you know your field of work, every nuance tells a story of basic fact. It does not lie. Shared to my wife whos gearhead brother surprisingly never shared this knowledge with her. After just one vid she has a better understanding of the engines she speaks about being a 'car girl'. Priceless. Thx for your vids and keep up the great work.
You should do a duramax and a 6.7 powerstroke if you ever get your hands on one, since those would be incredible to see
....another great teardown...go to 15:25 for the quickest visual of this Ford catastrophic failure.....really love seeing your foreign exotic motor clients, too !!!!!!
Love the coyote v8 thanks for the teardown.
Oh yea me to. Got a 2011 gt 5.0 stang, love it. Just bought a new ,, bbk oil seperater, works great, on the 5.0 litre stang.
You are truly the Adam Sandler of the automotive world! Dry humor is great and in a dark alley you even look a bit like him! Keep it up!
I never realized how big the heads are on these engines. Makes the entire assembled motor just massive!
Yep. Over head cam motors are not tiny even when they are considered lower "displacement" for a v8.
That’s an overhead cam engine for you.
first vid iv'e seen and you've earned my sub, good audio, good visuals and good commentary. straight to the point with no bs.
This has got to be one of the most disastrous teardowns we've seen yet, I think it's easier at this point to count what parts aren't smoked
well the skinny rods & gerotor oil pump & case remind me of the same items out of a carbed 1.9L 1986 Ford Escort. Only slightly beefier. : l For 'Coyote' use I suppose...... ??
@@timewa851 Remind.!! Is that because there both Ford.!! Hmmm.!!
My daily driver is powered by a 1.3 litre, normally-aspirated, pushrod 4-cylinder motor on which I've been doing ALL the maintenance since 1994. I am stunned by the complexity which motors have attained. At the same time, I'm fascinated by your work, and I wish I was working alongside you, because there is clearly so much that you could teach to me about the practical mechanics of tearing down and rebuilding 21st century motors. I'm now a subsriber, and sense a binge-watching marathon of your videos coming on....
Subbed and started watching this channel about a month ago. Great content!
Don't be ragging on that Fram Ultra oil filter. It is one of the best ones out there. Synthetic media backed by a wire cage, silicon anti drain back valve, and metal end caps. Thanks for the videos. They are very informative. I've now watched several and the theme seems to be that the catastrophic engine failures you see are the result of not changing the oil or oil starvation from no oil, with the occasional hydro locked or over revved engine. I do not understand someone buying a Lexus, Corvette, etc. and neglecting the maintenance.
Im a simple man. I see a teardown video in my notifications and I immediately click on it
The infamous cylinder 8 going kablooie. I think there's poor cooling in that corner of the engine that sparks the catalyst for engine failures like this.
Really love your videos! Keep up the good work Bro, your making fascinating content... 👍...
@22:30 Oil or fluid with that high of a concentration of solids would be called slurry. It's like the engine was trying to sharpen itself. Great work with all your videos, I love it.
9mm socket (11/32) Subaru power washer rocker arms, rocker arms on some motorcycles, and the bolts holding the glass in the sliding door of a Dodge Caravan.
Dude, i just stumbled across your channel the other day, looking at the Toyota 3.4, Now I'm obsessed. I told everyone at work. I'm hoping to get you 3 more subs, HA! You do all the things I like about TH-cam videos, and none of the things i hate. i dont even get mad when the adds come on..
Thanks for this teardown. I always wanted to see it's guts. And yes the teardown confirmed what I thought. It's just as overly complicated on the inside as it looks from the outside. xD
Yes they sure are. I promise you the current engine is far worse. I know cus i work at the plant where these are built.
Well, I have to commend you on very informative and entertaining videos.
Your videos popped up on my feed last week and i am addicted. Your camera shots are excellent as well as your narrative. Your dry humour definitely make the videos enjoyable - THANKS!
Really like these teardowns. Was hoping you would cut open the wonderful FRAM filter. That may be a bigger source of the problem than low oil?
The high end Fram full synthetic filters are great filters unlike their garbage low end Frams. Allied Signal actually did a great job on the build quality of them . They’re nothing like the cheap orange cans of death.
Nothing wrong with the filter choice.
never in my life have I used a 9mm socket. That was hilarious! Love these videos, I just bought my first BMW with the N55 motor and watched that tear down as well. I'm totally hooked on your channel ;-)
The inside of the engine looked relatively clean inside, in that it wasn't all varnished up with dirty overheated oil, so it was not totally neglected. But the oil WAS darker, and thicker than I'd like to see, which made me think it was past due for an oil change, maybe a little low on oil, too. Then it was over revved, and the rod journals furthest from the oil pump took the hit when it emptied the oil pan.
For these DOHC engines which run their cams in aluminum journals integral in the head casting, not running the best oil, thru the best filter media, in no more than 5k mile OCI's is just suicide.
That's just criminal to do an engine like that. However, I think you can get 7K easy (and maybe more) with synthetic oil. No? (Properly filled, of course).
@@scott1564 from factory yes you can, manual says 6k miles. I have a 2016 5.0 with a 3L whipple on it pushing 958rwhp. All that is done to the engine itself is billet crank sprocket, billet oil pump gears, headstuds to prevent head lift and gapped my rings ofc. But rods, crank, pistons, rockers and springs are all stock. All it has had essentially is preemptive work. It is my daily, i beat the crap out of it and it has been going strong for 27k miles boosted. 5.0 mustangs are the best bang for your buck platform to build off of
@@tinchocore6777 I have the 2016 5.0 but in an F150.
A person that never made a mistake , probably never ever have done anything in life ..I love your channel , great content and very educational 👌👌
That's gotta be the most interesting header design I've seen
Ford Engineer made a pair in his garage, seriously..Ford wanted the 2011 to make 400hp naturally aspirated. Engineer said that they had to have these stainless steel tri shorty headers, no matter the extra cost. Hence, they came out with 2011 Muscle Car of the year, 420hp
fantastic video. I check the oil on my 5.0 every week and ONLY change it myself every 4,000 miles strictly.
I would have liked for you to cut open that oil filter to see whats inside.
it's a fram, nothings inside the filter. It's all in the engine.
and pieces with part numbers... there's a winner!
24:19 is that factory oiling tubes to the underside of the pistons?
This was pretty common on early Coyotes when they had an aftermarket tune. #8 is prone to running hot due to insufficient coolant flow so the tune would throw a bunch of timing at it and boom. There is actually an aftermarket coolant crossover you can buy. Ford replaced some under warranty and then caught on.
Why would "the tune" add a condition to make things worse?
@@imtheonevanhalen1557 In the early days of the coyote whoever wrote the tunes were a little too aggressive with the timing because they didn’t fully understand the engine yet. It was quickly corrected once they found out what was happening.
@@imtheonevanhalen1557 bad tunes can ruin anything.
@@TheImtoomuch both in the engine and inside the vehicle!
@@imtheonevanhalen1557 changing timing can cause heat increase. If you have a cylinder already prone to poor cooling you have a biiig bang waiting to happen the instant you stress it.
That pop the coil packs made! divine
"it probably blew up at idle. It was grandma's mustang" 🤣😂🤣😂
"I was just driving normally" (engine is shattered to zillions of bits, transmission is cracked) haha.
wonderful videos, both my 2010 suburban and 2014 yukon had over 200,000 with FRAM filters and walmart syn, just change you oil, (bigest distructior is overheat)
"That's a lot of damage" - Flex Seal Guy
It's amazing that these engines have so many moving parts. Love it.
Been waiting for this one 🤘
something to keep in mind with these coyotes is that in the beginning they were notorious for cylinder #8 failures when "tuned". i noticed that #8 was the destroyed piston. this probably came out of a kids car that was tuned, overheated #8 causing the failure and the debris you observed spread throughout the engine was all from that.
Great Video ! Can you do one of those BMW N54's ?
I really like your videos. I have learned so much about engines.
Beautiful engineering on that motor. Shame to see that it was so abused! Must have been a hell of a racket when it let go!
I really enjoy the tear downs. You are very knowledgeable with great running commentary. Keep them coming!