How To Refresh your Old Subaru Engine
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Today we are refreshing an old EJ25 out of a 2007 Subaru WRX STI, This engine is getting completely resealed, which means Oil Pan, Every Seal, Every Gasket, Heads are getting re-decked, Oil seals on the valves, lapping the vales literally everything. I see too many neglected Subarus out there in the world so hopefully, this helps you get yours into a running state!
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So willing to help a young guy with a mistake, that’s awesome. A lot of “car guys” would just laugh at his mistake and shrug it off. But you didn’t. That makes me want to support you even more what you do. Keep up the positive vibes
Appreciate it my friend ❤️ just wanna try and help where I can. I feel for him, I've been there before 🙏
people especally will laugh at you in the subaru community. All the subreddits and the forums are full of people who are so quick to call you an idiot.
That’s awesome your took the time and initiative to help him out. Not many people would do that and offer to rebuild the motor. You have my respect on that one.
Thanks Tyler, just wanna see everyone succeed and I know the struggle of being younger and trying to build your dream car. If I'm able to help I try to however I can
@@Smeedia I can relate I’m trying to rebuild my ej25 in my 07 sti but it’s been hard due to recovering from a neck surgery. Love your videos and how you show the steps on rebuilds and on your own builds
That’s not reliable car. You need a extra motor. All videos I. See St I. Have a Guy working on the engine. That makes me not buy a Subaru
In other words buy a new car 🚗
@@davidbarber2010 I get that is your opinion but when it’s a child hood dream of owning one you gotta respect that he was helping someone out and if done right like was done it will last a long time.
You have so much respect from me man, you gave him half the money back for a short block and even build him a ej257 free of labor as long as he gets the parts. Props to you my man.
Trying to help where I can, I feel for him.
Man that sucks to hear that it didn't make it back home, it sounded like it was running great after burping and test drive. I'm stoked to hear that you are helping the dude out, and hopefully this will be a good learning experience down the road for him. Getting into cars has its ups and downs, and learning how to deal with things like that is half of what makes it such a rewarding experience.
Definitely has its ups and downs but always try to help how I can 🙏🙏🙏
You are the definition of what car enthusiasts should strive to be. Helping one another and passing down Knowledge. I appreciate your dedication.
You are a stand up guy. Not many people would help out like that and give money back.
I feel for him, hopefully helps him towards a new block 🙏
Such approach to the customer, I have no words. You are awesome person Tanner. Thanks for doing world little better place.
Really shows the kind of mechanic you are that you went out to help him on the side of the road and that you sacrificed money you made to help him out financially. I do all my own maintenance on my vehicles, learning from channels like yours, and due to that I pay attention religiously to all the gauges because I know how much time I put into my vehicles. That’s not a bash on the owner, just commending you on your effort. Best of luck to the kid with his car, it’s a learning experience for sure. 🤘🏻
100% agree, weather its diy or having a shop do the work paying attention to the gauges and making sure everything is spot on is important to do 🤌
I feel for the owner and the only thing that can be taken from this is monitor the basics, especially after a rebuild or service. Parts fail even new ones. It's really awesome that you are helping him out though. I couldn't name more than 2 people that would do that.
Trying to do what I can to help him get his car back on the road 💪
Broo that is a crappy situation but you definitely handled it spot on and genuinely I Don't think I've ever heard of someone doing that for pretty much anyone. Keep after it, good will come your way sir.
Just wanna see people happy and succeed 💪
You sir are a god send to the Subaru and car community
Trying to help where I can 🙏
Your timming is perfect. Same bottom end as my LGT I'm doing this weekend. Had some great refreash tips that I was forgetting. Hats off to ya for offering the labor on his EJ. 👍
Eyyy glad I could help with some refreshers, hopefully thr LGT goes smoothly!
I love how I went from a mentally demoralizing and confusing video about evos to you fixing an EJ.. definitely way more my style. Excellent video my dude.
I can tackle an EJ all day long 😅🔥
Sorry about the outcome. Hope he can get it running soon.
Hopefully shouldent be too long 💪
I cant wait till you open a garage (BECAUSE YOU WILL!) and do your builds along with customer builds. Gotta love this
One day 🥳💪
You’re a good guy. I asked my son, who’s a mechanic, what his shop would’ve done. They would’ve reimbursed for the cost of the tow and fixed the clamp. Nothing more. Driving a car without coolant is sheer ludicrously. I hope this dude knows you’re going above and beyond the call of duty.
I feel for the dude and have been there before, trying to help where I can 🙏
I feel for him too. My upper radiator hose popped the other day when I was on my way home. Luckily I caught it before coolant temps could rise. Replaced the hose in 15 minutes and burped the coolant system and it was good to go.
Upper hose is a nice easy one to correct, don't have to go back under the car 😅
@@Smeedia it took longer to burp the system than anything else
I did a motor refresh on my forester right before a long move across the country and I encountered the same problem. Leaky lower rad hose.. Thankfully I caught it, but I can't tell you how stressful it was trying to keep coolant temps low on mountain passes and in desolate areas. Even put 2 worm gear clamps on it, which slowed the leak, but would always loosen up over time. Definitely going to have to look into getting those spring clamps.
oem spring clamps are the way
This is pretty much exactly what my Ej255 is going to get whenever I get around to delivering it to my friend. This video made me question if I should get new valve springs & retainers. I wasn't planning on doing them but now I'm considering it.
When the radiator popped on my VQ I hadn't noticed it for a minute, then I saw the temp gauge & looked in my rear view, yikes. I made the executive decision to drive the extra quarter to mile and get in the work parking lot instead of pulling off on the side of a rather busy road with potential police interaction. So far it hasn't seemed to have bit me in the ass, engine seems "healthy" more or less over a year out from that experience. That shit was pegged at the top of the gauge & pouring out white smoke.
If you can afford it, it's not a bad idea to swap them all out. The amount of white smoke coolant makes is wild 👀
@@Smeedia I'm already a couple grand into the refresh on the EJ so might as well... any suggestions? I'm looking at some Brian Crowers right now.
BC or Manley, I used Manley in Karma but either are good options.
Supertech is good too use thrm in the EG
@@Smeedia Cool cool. Thanks.
Been a car guy for a while, most people think these engines are complex. Quite the opposite. They are built with logic and assembled to be serviceable, unlike modern transverse V engines or even some inline engines.
Good shit for the reseal, but very sad to hear all that work was for nothing in the end.
Good on you for giving him half of the funds back.
For that youngling, hindsight is 20/20.
Don't wanna see his car down longer than need be so hopefully is back on the road soon 🙏
@@Smeedia agreed💪🏻
Our boy to the rescue, he must be very greatfull of your kindness👌
Trying to help 🔥🙏
Hey Tanner, I work on these and other subaru stuff for a living, Mac Tools sells a socket called R.B.R.T. and with using an old belt to hold the cam gears and a good Ratchet or a Aircat 1/2 impact Ive had tons of success. Trust me, myself and many other Techs hate those cam gear bolts with a passion.
About to snag this then, ao tiered of drilling put cam bolts 🤣
@@Smeedia I can snag one from my Mac dealer and get it to ya
This video couldn’t have came at a more perfect time, Im waiting for my cylinder heads to come back from the machine shop and then I was gonna regasket the whole engine. Thank you!
Well worth doing while you've got it apart 🥳
Excellent move not leaving him abandoned wondering what to do next. Glad he understood that wasn't your doing & you're so willing to help him get the car running again. Great video as always with all the information & instructions.
Just wanna see him back on the road and willing to lend a hand however I can 🙏💪
Watching you dissect the EJ is exciting to me. I'm fairly tech savvy when it comes to automotive things, but engine and transmission are two components I have not touched in depth. This is a whole new world to me. Smeedia: The EJ Magician. Stay amazing, bro.
That company 23 valve spring compressor is a freakin gem 💎 in comparison to other spring compressors available.
Thing is one of the best tools to keep around for any head work 🔥
Everything I have ever gotten from company 23 has been awesome. Even when I had my 1st gen legacy.
Talk about being attentive -
I just had my truck catch fire from a bearing failure on a freeway, and my shit luck managed to get the fire out before the fire department showed up thanks you a couple of younger gents pulling over and helping to bail snow on the burning brake fluid...
It was 20m before the Fire Department showed
Oh man been there, had a turbo charged 99 325is that grenaded in a parking lot a week after I bought it. Drove it from Seattle back to SF on a popped head gasket had no idea haha. Milk shake started pouring out everywhere it could that night. Saw the temp gauge spike as I was pulling in the lot. Shut her down and coasted into a parking space. Had it rebuilt and enjoyed the heck out of it until I had to sell it to pay some bills. Now I have an 07 legacy GT limited that I hope to keep and build forever. I’m a fully converted Subie bro now lol. 🤙
DIY is 100% the route he should go because of the learning experience but i do understand if he wants someone more experienced to do it. he’s got smeedia tutorials to go off of too 😂👍🏾 best of luck to this guy though sending him prayers to revive his dream car!
Hopefully won't be too long to get it back on the road again 💪🤞
I can say I don't blame him or you, it is nice to see a stand up guy willing to help any way they can. Yeah it sucks buy in the end it's not the end all be all, we all live and we all learn to make things better hell I still worry about the most miniscule details after changing spark plugs and second guess everything to be honest. Love the transparency honesty and content. I really hope it goes smoother for the owner and their beautiful machine
I'm working with him to figure out a cost effective solution for him, he may end up with a semi built block now. With Temps as high as 250 big concern are the heads if they're warped or not. But just wanna see him succeed and get his car back on the road
@@Smeedia man you are one hell of a guy. Yeah those number are higher than me in highschool and definitely a big concern. I really hope it works out and not being to expensive in the end for sure. Glad you are working with him, it could have been way worse
finally got to the end of this video - man that sucks. After i got mine running i was paranoid as heck for about 5 weeks - i did a quick few miles test... then checked stuff... drove a bit further and rechecked.. i kept doing that over and over and funnily enough i was paranoid mostly about cooling system because its such an easy thing to lose check of esp when your enjoying the sudden power and response hike and you can feel how strong the engine is. I'm so sorry to hear about the owners misfortune but man that is epic sportsmanship helping him out again - i hope he gets it running soon with your help and can finally enjoy his subaru.
As an ex skyline owner (I've had 4 Skylines over 15 yrs) i will say that its so easy for cars to quickly run hot. I'll also add i've had way more fun in my subaru taking it through the twisty roads in ANY condiitons and feeling confident vs hoping the 4wd system in the GTR will kick in as it should lol.
I 100% feel that, use to have a 93 GTST Type M and driven a few GTRs. The subarus for some reason are a blast in comparison
@@Smeedia yeah I think it's the AWD vs 4WD ...I had two gtst and one ran 500 and was hilarious as long as its straight.. any power out of corners.. nope! The safest of the lot was a 600bhp r32gtr and even that bit me once or twice especially on hard braking with the heavy nose and light back end!!! My subaru is slower for now but man it's more fun 😎👍
Stuff happens man hope he still moves forward with his dream build...you are awesome for go out of your way to help him like that
Trying to do what I can 🔥
i noticed that you're from WA i'd like to have you work on my Sub... i have a 2010 Sub impreza that currently has has a bad water pump.. it a non Turbo... i watched the whole video i think you're a good an honest mechanic
thanks for showing your work.. and i wish the guy your worked on his car the very best of luck.
Eyyy, what area are you in? And were getting his car sorted out. Trying to help him how I can
I spun a bearing the day after I bought my first subie (the one in my picture). Since I had people like you, I decided to stick with cars because I love how the community can come together. Keep it up bro!
This video is absolutely amazing and intuitive. Thanks for the heads up. Don't forget to listen to this transcript
Anytime and glad it helped 💪🙏
Thank you sir. I am going to need to do a refresh soon. As a daily, The miles have gotten pretty high. Despite the high miles this little guy hasn’t left me stranded. This should help me tons when I do.
Eyyyy glad that the videos helped Carlos 🥳
Looks so familiar, did this on the old Saabaru last year... still runs like a champ!
Eyyyy glad to hear 🥳🔥
Dang bro you have all my respect for giving half his money back and building him a new engine with no labor costs! This is why your my favorite youtuber🥹
Just wanna see people happy and enjoy their cars 💔
You're a good dude. I like the "fuck it lets compromise" direction. Been there. On both ends.
Trying to help where I can 💪
Best videos. Workin on a ej25 every now and then… just trying to get the ej207 to survive until then
Is it having some issues? 👀
Month ago I was in similar situation. My radiator cracked and my temp went high to 110C (230F). Fortunately I have an app on my head-unit that monitors all sensors through tactrix cable. Don't trust your oem temperature gauge on the gauge cluster. When it goes up, often it's to late. I saw a huge disproportion between indication. My advice: Buy external water temp gauge, or read it directly from the ecu.
The AP gives almost immediate feedback as well, but something yhat needs to be monitored
@@Smeedia AP is awesome, but unfortunately useless here in Europe.
Bro, that is some awesome stuff you did for this guy, all the way around. Giving back half the money because you know how boned he is with his engine? Who does that!? Mad respect dude, seriously.
Just wanna see him get his car back on the road 🤌
I had a 1998 GC8 555 series with EJ20 turbo engine boosted to 320 hp ..... I punished any car I found in our Swiss mountains ..... a weapon ....... I love the Impreza GC8 and the Lanser EVO 6.5 Tommi Machinen (because I got them) ...... thanks for your videos ... good job friend ;-)
Thank you and jealous of that 98 that you've got 😍
bought a brand new EJ207 bottom end and stuck it in my bugeye wagon... set of ARP studs, Cosworth 0.8mm head gaskets, refreshed the turbo (Vf35) and pink 550cc injectors (565?) - bit of a power hike :) Added a set of D2 6 pots and 4 pots (rear) and 356mm discs all round.. Some BC coilovers, Brand new gearbox and engine mounts and a bunch of poly bushes and new uprated clutch - goes quite well now :)
I'm still running ej205 WRX heads so a bit laggy lower down but once it gets moving its away. Next mods to add would be a set of lumpy cams but the main thing i would like to drop in is a good condition as new as possible 6 speed STI gearbox.. or go full send and stuff a sequential in for the lulz
Fantastic, the way you helped the youngster. We all have done similar, and had to deal with it ourselves. Fantastic boyo 👍👍
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My Subaru isn’t broken yet but I love you
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That sucks definitely a learning lesson awesome that you’re helping him out….
Trying to anyway I can 🙏
This video could've have come at a better time, just got started on pulling my engine today 😂😂
Eyyyy how'd it go?!
@@Smeedia good all came out nice and easy, replacing the short block with a type ra and shooting for 400whp once everything is broken in
sad day for kiddo.
i had a lesson like that... ya ever done 70mph in first gear... fresh engine and transmission... 50 miles on them... gas pedal was cut off, stick only, my boot got wedged with that stick to the floor. i was running out of road otherwise i'd have just shifted... got the car stopped and.... poor little automatic tried to move in park, reverse was neutral, neutral was 1st, and so were the other 2 gears. rip th350. got a 4 speed for the 76 camaro i was in at the time and learned how to convert from auto to manual, how to do a clutch, rebuilt the manual, hurst comp+ shifter and all. good times. hopefully kiddo chooses to bounce back and take all your help!
I really appreciate you doing videos like this as nobody else on TH-cam is doing it. Especially for these older gd chassis wrxs/stis. I personally own a 04 wrx with 260,000km and would love for you to do more refresh videos on different components. I’ve been around since the 05 sti build started and loved that as I learnt so much and could follow along perfectly. Bring back gd videos on other peoples cars PLEASE. You are a legend
I'll see what I can work out but I'll keep em coming 💪🔥
If I had to have a learning curve like this I'd appreciate having someone like you around to help
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Dropping an engine into a Subaru WRX is so much easier than a Honda Civic or Prelude. Tanner can pull these engines out and install them with his eyes closed!!
I keep saying subarus are one of the easiest cars to work on 🔥
sucks man, you're doing the right thing. it's a tough business because you have zero control over how the car is driven after you have repaired it. you make things right again and then get real busy the next time he calls.
Ups and the downs, was a learning lesson to watch Temps and know what's too hot and what's not but here to help how I can
I’m currently driving an 06 wrx as a daily and it’s in good condition but I’m a broke college student, so I’m looking forward to the day where I can buy something new and use my 06 as a side car to learn on and maintain it over the years. I’ll definitely be using this channel when I do!
Thanks for another awesome learning experience. It's always great learning new stuff for the STI.
Always glad to be able to share my friend 🥳
If you have the time a. Money 💰. Buy Toyota daily driver thank you 😊 Subaru are not reliable. All the video s. I. See Subaru wrx. Sti. Have a person working on engine all the I time
If buy a Subaru have experience working with motor. Or pay person to fix it for you.that’s a lomon. Like or not that my opinion my friend That’s why we live in country we’re we have free speech 🎤 thanks 😊
You should do a video explaining what to look out for when monitoring your cars health; what temps are too high, what oil pressure is to low, etc
Coming this week 💪
1/2 his money?!?! Holy crap you’re such a great guy.
It's so awesome that you helped him keep that beautiful hawkeye on the road!!!! Really sad how this ends though. 😢
Hopefully he's able to figure out what route he wants to go with it 🙏
Great Content Mate. Is there a torque setting for the ARP head studs going in before the head install. Love your work Mate. Mario Bros at the end haha Nice! That's Something I would do! Hahaha
Just hand tight 🙏
@@Smeedia Sweet!
Ouch! definitely love the video though. Thats definitely unfortunate for sure. Weve all been there at least once because lack of understanding or knowledge. You are awesome for helping him out after all of that. Shows character my man.
We all make mistakes sometimes. So nice of you to help him out.
Trying to do what I can 🤝
Thanks to this video I had a few Beers told my Boys I got this opened the Hood looked around said Yup thats the Motor and closed it back Up 😎 Great Video
Lol sounds like you've got it on lock 💪🔥
Great Video! Sorry the kid had to go thro something like this. You have a great heart in helping others and not letting him stranded with all his problems with the car! 🙏🫶🏼👍🏽 peace homies!
He should have his car back soon luckily 💪 brand new engine going in just waiting on his heads now
This is perfect cause once my clutch is fixed In my built EJ I’ll be refreshing the ENTIRE motor then possibly sell it. I’m on the fence bout selling it, I love the car but I honestly regret buying it cause of the major issues it has with the clutch. I’m afraid I’ll end up needing a trans for it along with the clutch
Wrx or sti? 👀
Same but I got the 5 speed, crunchy gears making me nervous
@@Smeedia it’s an STI, it’s making 400 wheel, I already have a trans sourced in case I need one I took it to get tires and was told the clutch is shot, I can still shift it if I throw it into each gear some gears grind downshifting and I have to have the car off to go into reverse. Last time I had this issue with a manual my clutch and fly wheel were toasty
HAVEN’T MISSED A SMEEDIA VIDEO IN TWO YEARS AND WE AREN’T STARTING TODAY
JEREMYYYYY MY MAN COMING IN CLUTCH!
You got a great attitude like you said we were all young once.
I feel for him, I've made similar mistakes 😅
Damn you’re such a g, sucks that happened to the dude. But your a blessing and think it’s safe to say you’re a Subaru god 🙏🙌
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I've been using a machinist block, 3m tacky spray and sand paper to flatten my heads. So far so good
Glad I'm in this era to have you sharing these awesome videos! Been wanting to refresh / rebuild my V4 GC engine, saving up budget for it.. its so refreshing to watch this video, you've done it in such a short time! How I wish mechanic here can do this fast
It shouldent take them too long to knock something like this out. But always enjoy these types of videos 🥳
sad to hear about the mans car but this maybe a good opportunity for a built block... but everything has a lesson just sad when it is a expensive one. you are an absolute legend for helping hem and even offering to help him after that happened
Don't wanna see his car sit and wanna help him get it back on the road, sometimes it's about helping others and not always about $$$ 🙏
@@Smeedia it always felt good as a tech it felt good to help people and not about the money always help people when i could
just so you know, color only matters for subaru oem coolant. there are many other coolants that meet the specs that subaru requires, and color will vary
OEM is all I use 🙏
But if you use third party then you are correct 🤙
Walk in an AutoZone and see if you still think that statement is true. They have about 8 to 10 different antifreeze color options for lots of different vehicles. Such color descriptions as pink-red color that's on the jug.
I use green coolant in my beater Subie since the headgaskets are slowly going you can just run into any store and grab coolant if needed haha. I totally agree on using blue coolant in any subaru that you plan on keeping on term though.
Subaru cv axle nuts fit perfectly over those pesky stuck cam bolts. I usually just weld it onto the bolt with a MIG welder and use an impact comes right off. Credit goes to outfront motorsports for that, they have a nice video on the subject!
If I had a MIG welder I'd do that, but drilling em out only takes a couple min 😅
I am so thankful for the end of this video and what I should look out for if temps get that high! I’m new to the subie gang, always looking for the longevity of my car. Love the power from the intake and the holding of boost from my new bypass valve but the health of my car is more important!
Bro, you want to do my downpipe tmic, and turbo inlet whenever I finally get everything from Grimmspeed for FA content. I literally have half the parts just sitting in my garage.
I can do that 👀👀👀
@@Smeedia DOOOOO ITTTT
@@Smeedia might be a little while now, someone tried to break into my trunk last night in Lakewood. I can't do anything until insurance looks at it.
Lakewood always sketch, and thr police never do shit about it 😑
I had that exact clamp on the lower radiator hose, which was also a worm clamp in my case, fail as well. Caught it early and immediately replaced the clamp, topped off coolant and burped the car in a random parking lot. I think it was my bad because I had over-tightened the clamp earlier that day. The radiator hose just wiggled loose and didn't fully come off so I probably only lost less than 10% of my coolant and noticed when a small puddle was under the car when parked before I ever saw temps change. Stuff like that is scary for sure and I feel bad for this owner who clearly just wanted the best for his car by getting a refresh. The main lesson here is to always be super cautious, especially after any significant work has been done. Hope this guy can get back on the road soon.
Working with him to see whatbhe wants to do, gotta keep an eye on that stuff and know when the car is too hot to keep going. But not the end of the world and will help him however I can 🙏🔥
I like the Tanner Signature on the Radiator cover, I'd pay extra for that! Def a gut punch but great video and major props for driving out to him and trying to help. Sometimes the only way to learn is the hard way...
He asked me to do it 😅🙏 some mistakes are some expensive ones but learn what you can from it and carry on
I can't think of a better Subaru content creator. thanks for all that you do and share.
Thank you for the support Richard ❤️
Not sure if anyone will see this but I refreshed my engine based off of this video and I’m not able to get my engine to start. Not trashing the video at all, it was super helpful! I’m fairly certain it’s something electronic. I get everything to turn over and everything seems and sounds fine but can’t get a full start. What should I look at?
I had a similar thing happen to my 05 sti, Had a crack in the oem radiator at about 100k miles and temps were off the chart. Went home and refilled radiator with water and it held until I got the radiator replaced. Got lucky on that one.
Glad that you were able to find the crack on that one 😬
Great video. Unfortunate for the owner but great to see you're trying to do everything you can to help out. Live and learn!
Trying to help where I can 🙏
We need more people like you.
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Yup, worm drive and t-bolts don't belong on anything where temperatures change like in a cooling system. The constant spring pressure of the spring clamp accommodates the expansion/contraction of the parts. Looking forward to the build on young fellows engine!
People don't like spring clamps but they're one of the most reliable ones out there 💪
@@Smeedia .. I just replaced my upper rad hose & couldn't get the original OEM spring clamp over the new (slightly thicker) upper hose.. hadn't considered thermal dynamics of hose clamps .. thanks for the tip.. I'll shop for a better replacement
I’m about to drop in a new EJ in my bugeye. I’m dropping everything after this video and buying new spring clamps!
OEM is de way 🤌
Dang man that sucks, had the samething happen to me but it was the factory clamp on my upper radiator hose, only popped off because the radiator itself was probably 5 years old and just got to the point where it cracked and popped off the hose. Lucky I was a half mile from the shop, pulled in shut it off with coolant temps around 220,sprayed down the block with water, put a new clamp on for the time being. Ended up having to buy a aluminum radiator. You'd think he would have smelt coolant, but since he's young he probably doesn't know what coolant smells like, oh well you live and you learn. I was surprised how nice the engine was with no tick only a little piston slap.
For the most part that thing was solid after I got done with it, hopefully was a learning lesson for him and will try to help him however I can
So I run the same type of ARP head studs on some of the V8s I build, And when you mentioned the lubricant my thought was how they barely give you enough. All the kits have the same packet. When you have each head taking more than twice as many studs, they give you just enough. Lol
That's true, definitely depends on how many studs you have to toss in 😅🔥
I love me some hawkeyes, hopefully we can see her come to life once again. Props my dude.
She will live again, hopefully not to long of downtime 🤞
You my friend is what you call absolute diamond geezer here in the UK.. 🙏For helping the young lad!
Really enjoyed the different video content but was really looking forward to seeing the timing belt process for any key pointers and the correct process of how to the timing belt and pulleys 💯👍
I've got a video on how to do timing also 🥳
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Damn man. That engine is running Sooo smooth
Oh crap just watched the end
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Great video as always thank you for taking the time to show the complete process. Regarding the failed clamp- anytime i take a radiator out of a car for the first time since its been in my possession- its standard practice to replace both coolant hoses and associated clamps. Cheap insurance.
You are an awesome human being. These things happen, its a learning curve. Teach him so his love for cars grows. Great work dude. you have my respect
Thank you Michael 🙏🙏🙏
That's so frustrating, after all that work 😩 hope he gets it sorted
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You have such a BIG heart and that is so nice you are willing to help him out. You are DEFINITELY A1 in my book !!!!
Just wanna see him get his car back up and running 💪
It’s awesome you are willing to help out the dude, let alone paid him back half and offering to help him out with a new short block!
Shit happens, people learn.
Maybe you can even take him under your wing and teach him first hand on building a block 🤔
But hey awesome video Tanner, giving me confidence to give this stuff a crack! 😅🤣
Trust me if I can do this you can too 🔥 ain't no Thang but a chicken wang
Great video, despite the unhappy ending. Now you've got me wanting to replace all the coolant hoses and clamps on my '05 WRX!
If they're swelling, cracking ir getting hard, def a good time to swap em out 💪
It's a bummer that happened to him, rebuilds are only fun when you're prepared for it.
This is true, no one wants an unexpected rebuild 😭
@@Smeedia Almost done swapping a TypeRA long block into my VA Launch Edition, from my unexpected rebuild. I wish the dude the best of luck!
Tanner is the definition of good vibes! 👍🏼
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Great informative video. Have an 08 FXT that very randomly would have high or climbing temps. Would turn on the heat full blast and get some relief or stop let it cool down then when I got back home burp it. Replaced the thermostat and caps. Very little evidence I could see of any leak. Did fine for about a month then issue returned. Figured it was time for professional help, just not enjoyable to drive around paranoid about not maintaining a gauge scan and costing myself $$$$$ on a rebuild. My favorite shop found the issue, upper radiator spring clamp…
Was it leaking or just letting in air?