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- Ever wonder what the inside of your engine looks like? How about what a head gasket failure, an overheating motor, or a melted piston looks like? In this video I go deep inside an engine using a bore scope (endoscope) to look through the spark plug hole in my Chrysler PT Cruiser with a blown engine.
Stay tuned till the end because I show you the inside of a cylinder in my Chevy Corvette, Mercury Milan, and a Craftsman Lawnmower.
Here is a link to the bore scope: amzn.to/3884Bbt
The engine had a small head gasket leak and needed some coolant every month, but nothing serious. Then one day on the highway, it overheated and by the time the driver pulled off the road, the engine blew up.
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You're a brave man asking the internet if they have any more ideas of how to use your borescope.
Golden
Its actually still wrong to be perverted (saying this nicely). Its sad that the culture has become used to that language: thats a bad sign.
@@yougetagoldstarsnowflake or what?
He's right,
@@Sefomahutonga
Great video. I'd like to see what a fuel cleaner does to all the carbon.
gbin21 Thanks! Me too! I will have to do a video!
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Ever wonder what the inside of your engine looks like? How about what a head gasket failure, an overheated engine, or a melted piston looks like?
I go deep inside the engine with a mini camera to see the damage done by a head gasket leak!
That sounds cool to do a decarbonized engine before and after and what works best to decarbonize!
mikeyd19841 Thanks for the suggestion! I will do that and a comparison video to see how well engine cleaners work!
would you make any video on how to burn the carbon from the engine with pre and after video showing the inside engine with the camera thing you have? and great video as always :)
ijustinw Defintiely! Thanks for the suggestion! I am going to work on some video outlines next week and start filming soon!
ChrisFix Man, thanks for link. This is cheap and really helpful!
Hey Chris, thanks for taking the time to show all these.
Virtually everyone that I know that went out and bought a PT Cruiser during the Cruiser Fever like 10 years ago, regretted it. Most of then didn't get to 100,000 miles with out a major engine problem and, or the transmission going out as well.
fastrace011 Yea, I guess it's welcome to the club lol.
I can attest to this
+LittleGojira, head gasket sealer in a bottle does not work. Maybe short term, but long term it wont work and this will happen. I think the person who sold the car to me did this and after a few months the leak got worse until it gave way and the engine blew.
Yea I would imagine a stop leak wouldn't work since the cylinder head is probably warped too and only a machine shop can fix that.
JBK963 did that have that turd 2.2L Chevy made? I know they stuck those in s10s and cavaliers. Those are notorious for blowing head gaskets.
These sealers (quick fixes) were invented during world wars to get military equipment (such as tanks and other heavy machinery) to a safe place. These liquids are all SHORT-term fixes and should NEVER be used on your vehicle... Unless you need to sell it quick. I mean really quick =)
"it didnt work for me so it mustn't work for anyone"
You are incorrect, Certain brands of stop leak do work and they work very well. Its effectiveness will be determined by how advanced the warping is, but it has worked for me on multiple occasions so dont go making shit up based on un informed anecdotal evidence. Only stop leak that actually works well is Rislone's Block seal head gasket fix.
I Used it to temporarily keep my run around honda from overheating until i found time to change the gasket, but it worked so well i still havent done it yet.
People who sell vehicles with issues like this, knowlingly, and do not disclose... UGH!
Great job with this video. I was impressed with how thorough explanations of what viewer was seeing were. Excellent.
Always get a lot out of your videos Chris you pack a lot of useful information into every one of them. Thanks sir
Been watching ChrisFix for the past 3 years and this is my first time seeing this video! Hahaha!
"We're gonna take a look inside my neighbor's Datsun, now I need to whisper here because they don't know I'm doing this..."
Kidding of course. Very neat video, great seeing some of the different types of damage that can occur.
Thanks for the tour, very interesting to see this sort of thing.
+ awesome quality and commentary, very informative as usual.
Seeing the pt cruiser gave me a flashback to when I did my first head gasket with my pops. I miss him so much
this video is oddly satisfying
FREAKING INCREDIBLE JOB.
Thanks
+ChrisFix why did you drive so long with the engine detonating?
i have replaced many head gaskets from over heating and i have only ever seen 1 other that melted something, the sr20ve melted the alloy block between 2 and 3 cylinder
that fat ass lady kept driving with the head gasket blown, the engine didnt blow a piston as they have oil squirters to cool the piston crown and rings
what was your reason for continued driving on the blown head gasket?
you can very very easily tell when ya head gasket is blown
cylinder misfire, engine warming up random sounds/squeaks/rattles
+genmaxpain because it is a PT cruiser and everyone hates pt cruisers
+ChrisFix hey chrisfix how'd u get so smart with cars? school?
+Steven Little )( I hate them to. I had to do a water pump on a 2002 PT/cruiser + timing belt.
You never seize to amaze me Chrisfix,was looking through headgasket vids and this one popped up. My Cobra had a headgasket leak and i used blue devil since i only drove the car local and to work and it stopped the smoke and never overheated. Im glad it didnt destroy my bottom end. My cars in the shop and i just had a 5 angle head job on the heads they were warped btw cause my block and heads are all aluminum,while the car was down and i saved money all that time i added a bunch of mods and rebuilt my t-45 transmission plus painted engine and calipers parts while the car was down. They should be putting it all back together next week finally :)
Just got that Depstech borescope and i had great insight about my engine! Thanks Chris!!! Thats awesome!
It would be nice to see if the bore scope can show the gear movement process inside of turning differentials, especially the various limited slip types.
07:09 Damn bonus footage of a Honda Civic engine!!! Damn, kinda interesting too see :)
+CrazyGamerZ4G XD Funny.
+CrazyGamerZ4G So that's what Vtec stands for!
+CrazyGamerZ4G savage
lol love it man
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Awesome! Chrisfix, you are not only a well of knowledge but you explain things in good grammar and get your point across. I learned a lot! Keep em coming, thanks mate.
+Jacob Kamphus Thanks Jacob! Glad you liked the video and learned a lot!
Another interesting and informative video! My new favorite youtube channel👍
Very, very interesting and enjoyable to watch. I'm considering doing a steam clean on my Ford Fiesta, but would love to see footage of a before and after when an engine has been sprayed with water at temperature.
chris you should poke that borescope into a diesel engine from a construction site
2:52 Is why water decarbonisation is better than Seafoam.
Excellent Vid Chris
Chris, great channel man. Love what you do 👍
I'm a mechanic also and your eardrum is actually kind of cool to look at
You'll need a smaller borescope for that tho ;)
Love your videos, i learn a-lot from them.
royalmac1011 Thanks man! That is awesome you learn a lot from them! That is the main goal!
Nice work Chris you have very good communication skills. I always enjoy your videos.
your channel is gonna blow up one day!
You called it brother. You called it
would love to see a fuel cleaner before and after.
This is an amazing idea i would also like to see this
***** That would be a good one! I have had a few requests so I will definitely be doing this!
Acc0919mc For sure! I have gotten a few requests so I will be doing this! Thanks guys! Awesome feedback!
And so i begins, It really was awesome feedback :D
Nice very nice idea budy
I cant be the only dirty minded bastard that laughed at the end
+mastergx1 hahahahaha
+mastergx1 I have a few ideas for that scope.
+mastergx1 giggity
+mastergx1 G spot XD
+mastergx1 hahahahaha actually I scrolled down in the comment section to find a comment like yours! :D :D mission accomplished TY
Gold. Excellent presentation.
Chris you should definitely do a video of how to fix a blown head gasket would come super helpful
Something that'd be nice for a video is how to prevent problems like what you see in this video
Andy Plater Sometimes you cannot prevent a head gasket leak because it is a manufactures defect (like in this case many PT owners have the same problem so it is common). But that being said, in most cars, it is preventable and I will make a video just on that! Thanks for the idea/feedback and stay tuned!
ChrisFix Neat! :D
Oh no... A PT cruiser... Kill me.
+Minivan Lover a comment can't be copyrighted. It's not intellectual property and can not be considered intellectual property.
Oh, my, gosh
It's just a comment
Stop over reacting
Lol
+Minivan Lover why?
+Minivan Lover I thought I turned the notifications off...
We had a PT Cruiser... The fan never turned on so the engine overheated all the time.
Commander Xorph yeah. Well, Have a nice day.
It was nice of someone in your family to drive an over-heating engine just to give you a video topic. :)
Chris you always have great videos!!
I had a 2001 pt cruiser it blew the motor at 24k, man what a pile of crap that was...
fordxbgtfalcon Yea the PT Cruiser is just a poorly made car. It goes to show you why Chrysler went bankrupt.
Pt loser
I cant believe how many ppl bought the thing, the motor blowing at 24k is fine, the fact you got one despite it being a hideous vehicle is the travesty
My dad had a PT cruiser that did 400k+ Miles
Non Age Restricted damn he must have really taken care of that car
I dint see a head gasket video other than the April Fools one 😭
I am amazed that a man that knows so much about vehicles has a pt cruiser...I guess since you can fix it often and make videos it pays off.
Bien explicado!!
Saludos desde ARGENTINA!
7:08 thats a honda engine i bet you my heart, lungs and soul
Wow I was surprised to see the cross hatching in the truck. Kudos on the care of that engine.
New engine time for the PT Cruiser (shit car with shit engine). I wouldn't even bother with a rebuild on this engine. The scoring on the wall of cylinder 3 was awful. It may have taken off too much material from the wall to ever work right again. I would say just not worth a rebuild unless doing it for fun but you may end up needing a cylinder sleeve to get it back into spec. But who knows until its all the way down and you have done your measuring.
Cool little camera and cool video. Thanks for sharing.
evilcowboy Thanks man! Yea, I am thinking the PT is just a junker at this point. It was so poorly build that putting in another garbage engine is pointless. Definitely consider subscribing! New automotive 'how to' videos every Thursday and most Mondays!
ChrisFix
I subscribed. :) And your right about it being a junker but at least you can get a little cash for something better. I have always wondered if anyone has done any swaps on the PT cruiser to put a better engine in it. I'll have to look that up. lol
evilcowboy Awesome! Welcome! Yea, I was wondering the same thing. I wish the engine compartment was bigger. I would love to put another engine in there!
ChrisFix
Yeah I would love to see it done. I know you'd never get a v8 in it without some really serious modification. But you may be able to get a v6 in there. Or at the very least just put a more reliable 4 banger in.
Personally I would throw a ricer engine that has been modded for performance and pop that in there. at the very least you will have a very unique PT cruiser. lol
evilcowboy That 2.4L 4cyl doesnt even fit in there. It is so crammed that taking that engine out is going to be a real pain!
Thanks for all your help
Bow sr No problem!
Thank you. That was cool to see!
Could you put it down an intake manifold to look for carbon fouling
what you're referring to as the piston rings, I don't believe are. The piston rings are short distance down on the side piston. you won't be able to see them from the top.
+photorocket4550 the piston rings are near the top of the piston
ChrisFix Lmao school him boyyy
ChrisFix what your showing isn't the piston ring, its the top ring land, this doesn't provide the seal for compression, it merely stops the top piston ring from moving up the piston.
These engines do have odd shaped/looking pistons though you'll have to admit. With that massive wedge and relief cut around the circumference.
Has to be the shittest car/engine ever built IMO.
ss ss well the wedge isn't shit race cars have had wedged Pistons for decades and hemi is just an evolution of the wedge but the rest of it is pretty bad
Great vid as always Chris.
Harold Baptiste Thanks Harold!
Hey Cuz, your videos are awesome you have great video quality and get right to the point no fooling around they are informative.
I've watched all of them even if I dont have that particular problem because I always learn something.
Thanks,
Bill
***** Thanks Bill! I really appreciate the feedback and I am glad you like watching my videos! Think of it as an entertaining education!
Hi chris, i'm definitely interested in see how much water will clean the engine and even how to do it. Keep up the GOOD work...
planet1250 Thanks man! Good! I will be making a video just for that!
ChrisFix If you're interested, I write a lot of articles about cars and one of my most exciting one was the results of water decarbonization. Or, I should say, it was the most excited I've gotten from the results before I wrote the article. I don't have a bore scope, but it made each of my cylinders appear to run at the same temperature.
Prior to the water decarbonization I had on my metal intake (each intake tube is seperate and not touching) running about the same Celcius except cylinder no. 1 was several degrees higher. Afterwards they were all the same temp.! I took a good drive and came back and my laser pointed infrared thermometer still read them all the same!
I could really feel the difference too. Cylinder 1 had a leaking injector and after a new set it was still running hotter so I tried this method. I have a lot more to say, but I'll share the article link if you'd like it before I sit hit and write the whole thing again, lol.
Haha that is awesome! I would love to see your article!
Awesome. Decarbonziing Your Engine with Water: carmilespergallon.blogspot.com/2014/10/decarbonziing-your-engine-with-water.html
I bring up problems that happened after the fact so perhaps checking on the before and after of those items will help make a better video for everyone too.
Nice article. I would not consider the torque app accurate at all. It is fun to play and it might give you am estimate but it is not something serious. Your 5hp even on a dyno means nothing because there is so many variables. The temperature readings are a neat way to go about it. Did you take the temperature right after spraying all the water or did you run the car for a day?
and that is why you dont buy a fucking pt cruizer.
or a cavalier
Or a neon, or a sunfire, or a blazer
Or any Chrysler.
Chryslers are shit! and whenever diamlerchrysler took over dodge they made shit too! I had a dodge stratus once, never again. american made cars are less quality than japanese models, like toyotas. If this pisses anyone off then go back to your broken down domestic made by greedy ass american companies that use cheap parts that break down every 10,000 miles.... just saying.
HerBeast87 - it's true I have a Cavi 2003 ecotec 2.2 and that's an awesome motor compared to the old ones, never has been heated, never lose tension the timing chain, it's just cool! With only 146500 km
Excellent video mate 👍
Thanks for the link Chris. I've been meaning to get one.
***** No prob Kristopher! Glad you liked the video. The link to the one I purchased is in the description if you wanted that one.
Colon cam
I think that the piston not the rings.
Love your vids man!!!
Chris, I considered subscribing and decided to do just that
How would you look inside a diesel engine?
injector remove :)
Justas X or a glow plug
Ghassan Al Farra not all diesels have glow plugs, mainly only ford and chevys do
Toyota does.
John Pike are you kidding?
is that your car? looks in bad shape :(
Yea, the engine is shot (as you saw) so it needs a new one. The piston is melted and there is no compression.
***** I have no clue. It is worth more in parts lol. I want to bring it back to life though!
it is a pt crusier
That’s a nice color on the PT cruiser
Very informative video! I just bought a new car and it smokes a lot. Most E46 owners say it's due to the ccv being clogged up. So I checked with a bore scope, only carbon build up with blacked top of spark plugs.. compression test 185, 175, 175, 155, 162,5 and 162,5 psi so yeah a bit of. with 13% difference between 1st and 6th cylinder. Factory compression should be between 140-150... So cylinder 1, 2 and 3 might have more carbon build up due to being close to ccv inlet...? I wonder... I guess I'll have to use some injection cleaner in those cylinders... Thanks Chris! You've helped me a lot!!
I don't understand stand why the Pistons would melt ,I overheated a vw 2.0 till it died and I just did the head gasket myself and machined the head and she's good , comes to show American car suck
My dad said he drove 200 miles in a Jetta about 35 years ago with no oil in it. He noticed it was over heating so he went to his mechanic friend that told him it's overheating because there was absolutely no oil in it lol. German cars are amazing.
@@ramyswar296 Amazingly bad.
stovy German cars have just as many problems, especially after 5 years. The only cars made to last are Toyotas and Hondas
Do cars that run water/meth injection have less carbon build up?
Yes they do..
Learning a lot from you Thanks
Awesome job man!!! Really good idea I learned a couple things!!!
Paul Poellnitz Great! Glad you learned a few things! That is the goal!
Why did you decide your life is over ? I mean you have a PT Cruiser... you will never have Sex again, or joy, or pleasure of any kind.
Theirs much worse things to have but the car does not make the man haha!
It's a joke.
Jonah Allen It is sort of a running gag in the German car community with the PT cruiser.
TheNecromancer6666 lol, us Americans don't like it either
The Victim Card They were sold here by Mercedes Dealers at the time and were bought by people who thought the C class at the time was way too interesting a ride.... Funny this car came from the company who also build the Crossfire which is essentially a SLK but a really cool Weekend cruiser.
the pt cruiser is just a crap car anyways, looks gay, did horrible in safety crash tests and i hear its unreliable
its more K car than the Dynasty.
I is not reliable at all. they last up to 25k miles
It kind of does look trashy too. It's a junk car and the only reason to buy one is if you can get it for $500 for a temp car
Magnus Atheos yes. the fact they they took it out of production proves that it was terrible too. family and friends never got them to go past 50k. engines go bad too fast and for what ever reason the axles break. neighbors went through 2 of them already on the past 4 years
As with almost any car, you will find some that are lemons, and some that are great. Luckily, my PT Cruiser is one of the great ones. 14 years, 96,000 miles and all I've ever had to do is normal maintenance (oil changes, tires and brakes). I think it's one of the coolest looking cars there is (not like the generic "all-the-same" junk available now).
Chris please make a video on head gasket replacement
As always, great video
Ste .L Thanks a lot man!
Please see if cleaning an engine with water works or not. I love your videos and always watch the newest video when they come out. Thank you Chris !:)
brent syrkin Thanks a lot Brent! I will be testing water soon so stay tuned!
Really interesting vid Chris, thanks for taking the time to show this and regards :)
***** Thanks Jose! Glad you found it interesting! I was having a blast making this video :)
Awesome video!
Keep up the great work.
EpElectronics Thanks!
Very educational
very informative
great video
very nicely you can see the good is Resolution
+wojteks100 Thanks!
I had an '03 PT with this problem. I spent over a grand and it came back a year later. I took it back to the shop, and they wanted another grand. Instead, I sold it to them and got a Tanger like yours.
fuel treatment before and after sounds pretty epic :D nice vid dude
P0rk Sausage Thanks man! I have been getting a lot of feedback saying this so I am going to give it a shot!
These videos are so great thank you so much!!!!!!
+seagangsta b Awesome! Glad you like them!
Thank you very much for your great work. It helps me a lot :-) Have a nice day!
Luca Di Donato Thanks! I am glad my videos are helpful! New automotive 'how to' videos every Thursday and most Mondays so stay tuned!
Look inside the gas tank of an older vehicle vs new to show rust, dirt and what not that builds up over time. Great videos.
+MrRickyrecon Thanks! I dont trust this camera in a gas tank! Might cause it to blow up haha
Hahahaha, not a big deal...
I have a 2000 Mazda Protege I think the head gasket blown i watch alote of your video that have been so helpful you are the man who can help me out on this please and thank you i think can do it myself
Yes! Another PT Cruiser off the road!
steamcleaning before and after would be great to see! very nice and informative videos, keep them coming!
Bartosz Kaczynski Thanks man and yea, I will be doing a video on that and using some store bought products as well! New automotive 'how to' videos every Thursday and most Mondays so stay tuned!
Good video did a good job.
Ah, I see that you have a new tool! Very cool stuff
Tesoromio22 Haha yea, it is fun to play with for sure!
Thanks for that video. My 95 ford van with a 351 might have a head gasket issue
Very time I ran it the over flow that would bubble & looked like it over heated so I
Decided to park it & when I retire to tear into it thanks again now I know what to look for
Bow sr The 95 windstar had a recall on its head gasket. You might call the dealer and ask them if the job was ever done. Let me know!
awsome video Chris.....very interesting...great commentary....i shall invest in one of those camera's!
Fascinating, thx!
+Paxmax No problem!
yes do all of the above! thanks
hddm3 Haha thanks! I think I am going to compare seafoam to gummout to water first then go from there!
Dope video !
I'm from Austria and I bought an old '76 Cadillac Seville and right now I am replacing all the worn out parts and pieces and your videos help me a lot to get the idea of how to do most of these things!
As some Users wrote before, I really would like to know how the engine cleaner works too. Since my car is a '76 model I guess the engine could use this cleaner. To be honest, I'm a bit skeptical that this product really helps, but if it does what it should do, I'd definitely use it.
Thanks alot for all your videos, they're really helpful :)
Markus Raffeis Thanks Markus! I am glad my videos are helpful! I am skeptical too but we will see!
Great post. Learned.
AlwaysHopeful87 Thanks! Glad you learned some new stuff! That is the goal! New automotive 'how to' videos every Thursday and most Mondays so stay tuned!
Great video.
Thanks
Jay John Thanks Jay! Glad you liked it! New automotive 'how to' videos every Thursday and most Mondays so stay tuned!
fantastic... using endo camera to see inside...( after some time) hey , but , you can see the inside by removing the head and disassembling..But if it can help diagnose correctly without going through the larger work of disassembling , then, it is good. Nice video.
That camera is pretty cool
Awesome little camera...! Wow. Thanks, Chris!!
A LeBlanc I know right! My friend saw the video and he wanted to see the inside of his BMW engine. If it was dirty I was going to make a video on cleaning the engine. Turns out, the engine was very very clean lol. Too bad!
Make a video about changing the head gasket, would be very helpful!!
My 92 Chevy has 190k on her. When she was at 182k I did the oil pan gasket and checked out the bottom end. Bearings still good. Cross hatch still there! Maintenance is key!
good video
Thanks man