WELL ITS JUNK NOW! Nissan Titan 5.6L V8 GRENADES ITSELF From Neglectful Owner! Full Engine Teardown
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Every week I post a new failed engine teardown video where we try to figure out what happened, why it happened, and what parts survived.
Here are a few of my past favorites:
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Today we tear down a 5.6L VK56DE from a 2006 Nissan Titan Pickup. These are a very popular engine and Nissan sold a TON of these trucks. I do like these engines but they certainly aren't resistant to neglect and abuse. This poor engine died from lack of maintenance and proper oil level which absolutely DESTROYED 95% of the parts inside of this engine. its quite apparent through every step of this teardown that this engine was not cared for. This type of failure is 100% avoidable with proper maintenance and checking oil level routinely.
Why am I doing this? My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage business called Importapart. Part of our model includes dismantling core/blown engines to salvage the good parts to resell. We do NOT rebuild or repair engines, merely supply parts to those who do!
I really hope you enjoyed this video. As always I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism.
Catch you on the next one!
-Eric - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Spent 15 years with Nissan as a master tech. I’d put the early versions of the VK56 up against any V8 in terms of reliability. The number of half million mile Titans and NV vans I’ve seen was a testament to it.
I have a friend who has swapped one into a Nissan patrol ,great conversion . Fast and cheap to run .
It never ceases to amaze me how people neglect the 2nd biggest purchase you will make in your life. People, automobiles are not disposable (unless you wanna donate to Eric). CHECK YOUR OIL!
I see people neglect their largest purchase (house) every day, so it’s no surprise to me that people neglect their cars
Because people dont think the oil will need to be checked. And frankly a lot of new cars dont even have engine oil dipsticks.
Some people are NPCs, and some people think the only oil check they have to do is in the car's infotainment.
And some people buy stupid cars that don't have oil dipsticks, so not even their local Jiffy Lube idiot can check it for them.
@@nissan300ztt especially the EV's.
On Quora, I see discussions all the time insisting that you don't need to change your oil more than ever 10K and anything more than that is a "rip off by the oil companies!". SMH.
Eric, I'm a retired master tech with pretty bad arthritis, I love your channel because although I can't work on cars anymore, I can do it vicariously through you. You Rock buddy!
I would venture that calling someone who checks their oil regularly isn't "normal" anymore.
If I ever check my oil out in public I'll frequently get a bystander asking me if "everything's okay". Lol yep....just checking my oil.
I legit get the same question as well while checking fluids, lmfao
My 2000 chevy will tell me when it's low on oil and it's only a half a quart😂😂 these new cars are designed to detonate themselves and it has 260000 miles on it with no tcks and starts with a quick turn of the key
I had this cougar ask me that once while I was checking mine.
@@whateverwhenever8170lol! My bro is proud of only doing his every 7500 miles. Of course he's on his second pair of turbos but you'll never convince him otherwise
I’ve been questioned frequently about what I’m doing when I have my hood up. I always tell them I’m checking my fluid levels. Yes I have electric power steering and a sealed transmission, but oil and coolant needs checked still, plus washer fluid. Heck I even check my brake fluid just to be sure nothing is leaking. Car is only 4 years old but why risk it?
I have this over whelming desire the next time I am passing through St Luis, to stop at your junk yard and ask for a water pump and some timing chain guides for my Honda K24 engine...
> "Im going to do this the right way."
> Proceeds to take off the hose clamp but instead of pulling it off, just sawz-all's it off.
This is why I love your channel.
I know right. I feel like a lot of us car people have his sense of humor. We are a sarcastic species
One thing I like about the videos here is that the guy here also shows the problems that stupefied him. Things that result in a lot of frustration. Like not being able to pull out something, and needing a lot of effort to finally succeed. Some other channels tend to edit these. Just to show `how expert' they are where nothing is a problem? The guy here is someone we amateurs can learn from.
Exactly what i was thinking.
I think Eric collects timing chains the way that Dolph Lundgren collected ears in Univeral Soldier
He really is suspicious, every water pump he throws away ...
"Cam Craps" and "Cram Caps" are regular parts of my vocabulary.
If you saved all those consumables like chain guides, used water pumps, and oil pumps... you could fill up a warehouse with them. Then you'd have something none of your competitors had; a warehouse full of useless money wasting parts. Maybe you could make a museum out of it.
It would be funny to ship good used chain guides to BMW engineers 😂
That engine was very unloved and it knew it. It escaped its situation by killing itself.
That’s not a inspection port…the kool-aid rod broke through the Wall
Oh YEAH!!!!!
OH YEAH!
A couple of years ago I bought a cheap 2000 Toyota Corolla. I checked the oil everytime I filled up the gas tank and it is a good thing I did. It was using 1 quart of oil every 200 miles!!! After multiple efforts to loosen the rings, I got it down to about 1 quart every 650 miles!
Check your oil people!
Sounds like my ‘74 Chevy Vega!
My oil people are fine, thanks for asking.
@@mfree80286 😂👍
What was your attempt at loosening the rings?
@@jimrossabrena7955 sea foam soak directly into the combustion chambers overnight. Had to remove the spark plugs and ignition coils to do that. It smoked like crazy after I got it all drained out and started back up. I then ran almost a gallon of water via a basic and cheap water injection system. It raised the compression in that cylinder from 30 psi up to 80 psi. Still low but better.
That VK5.6 is a tremendous, stout engine. Someone just messed up suffocating the heart pump of oil. Plain and simple
There's enough oil deposits to make a dinosaur
Good One Haha
Guess it's time to...
•_•) / ( •_•)>⌐■-■ / (⌐■_■)
walk the dinosaur.
😂😂😂
Such a shame. I’m more of a Toyota and Chevy guy but these 5.6 v8s sound heavenly with a good muffler
I bet that engine sounded pretty special too, even before that rod did a stage-dive out of the oil pan.
Wasn't an oil pump, was a glitter pump
Or a "bass boat paint" pump!
My Dad taught me how to change oil in lawnmower and car's he said change it every 3000 miles!
Thanks Dad and Eric
@5:47 you said this sludge, that's not sludge.
I remember scrapping real sludge back in the 1970's made from Quaker state oil.
Paraffin base stock oils were terrible. My Father used to run Pennzoil in his 1965 Galaxie with a 289 until he pulled the intake to remove the heads, the gunk was horrible and he never used any oil made from Pennsylvania crude again.
A buddy of mine has a repair shop. One time, he pulled an oil drain plug, and NOTHING came out. He dropped the oil pan, and SCRAPED the "oil" out with a putty knife! Now THAT was sludge!
@@MayheM_72 There's a video on TH-cam. They removed the oil pan, oil stayed in engine, without the pan. Black jello.
@@russellstyles5381
That's hilarious 😂
Eric, we LOVE your humor Please don t stop
The removal of the stripped screw on the oil pump was brilliant.
I’ve never seen a bearing with tabs before! This is very educational.
Almost looked like a tiara for the Statue Of Liberty.
"Water pump collection bin - Good pumps only" Love it!
Gallagher ain't got nothing on you Eric, thanks, I needed that!!!!
Big Altima Energy just doesn't apply to altimas 😂
🤡
Worked at a Nissan dealer for 5 months, can confirm.
@@CaptainSpadaro typical comment from the I hate Nissan club 🙄 ✌🏻
@@NovemberMan69 I'm speaking as someone who has seen it firsthand, mate (been fixing cars for 10 years). It's definitely a thing.
I also don't recall saying I hate Nissan; I just know that a lot of dipshits buy them.
@CaptainSpadaro I stand by my comment. You shouldn't lump all Nissan owners in the B.A.E category ✌🏻
Oh! That's a self-draining oil pan. Yeah, you really do have to watch the oil level on those.
The sledgehammer to the chain guides! I didn't see that coming. I mean, I knew some destruction was coming...just not a sledgehammer... 😁
Eric your videos have been instrumental for showing me how important a consistent oil change regiment is
I drive a 2004 F250 Super Duty 5.4L 2 Valve with almost 140000 miles
I don't go over 3000 miles per oil change
It being a ex landscape truck I know it's already had it's share of unnecessary abuse
I hope my engine NEVER ends up on your table!
It runs GREAT and I want to keep it that way
Thanks Eric
Years ago I bought a 1980 Chevy Cargo van used. Oil had never been changed. Black hard stuff everywhere inside. Installed a new rebuild engine drove G2500 for 8 years more
I have this engine in my 2008 4 x 4 Pathfinder. At 96,000 miles it is still like new. It burns no oil, but it gets A LOT of love . Oil changes every 4,000 miles with synthetic , including diffs, and trans. I'm in a ''rock hounding group'' , so it holds its own offroad in Az. Love these tear down vids !!
About 140k in a 2012 Titian and still runs amazing
@@blank1778 Yes. I've owned many, many vehicles ( mostly GM ) in my 77 years. I had a Titan , 2004 , first year. Only problems; weak rear-end ( used synthetic and a custom 3 qt cover, and the brake rotors warped.Easy fix with new aftermarket rotors. Sold it in 2013 to buy a hot rod. Deep water blue, four door, short bed, 86,000 miles. Absolutely amazing vehicle. My 2008 Pathfinder is 16 years old, and gets lots of 4 x 4 use in Az. Love Nissan.....But not their CVT trans, lol ..BTW; I would never buy anything GM again.
I love the chain guides. I shot coffee across the room from my nose. LOL
Ouch 🤕. That usually hurts
Bro BECAME the oil pump lmao
Piston mic nugget soup looked delictable. .very metallic and so thick too
I can't understand why engineers don't bother with designing an oil drain that actually lets all the oil out. That pickup was cute.
Your teardown videos should be played at every dealership/used car seller's waiting/showroom, and even so, I think you wouldn't run out of bad engines to teardown. 😄
Just bought a Titan with the 5.6 in it. . Stayed away from the diesel's due to all the emission crap causing that Cummins major problems. Thanks for the videos. I am so old I remember when getting 100k out of a vehicle was a major milestone lol.
I’ve been a car enthusiast and a tuner for multiple decades and a professional mechanic for nearly as long. One automotive experience I’ve never had is spontaneously ventilating a crankcase. I guess maybe that’s an indicator of my tuning skill and knowledge. I’ve been in a car that spontaneously ventilated the combustion chamber (blew a head gasket at 25psi boost, inflated the aluminum radiator like a balloon) and melted a piston (same car, not mine, engine builder scammed a friend) but never a thrown rod. I hope to never experience it in my own car, but experiencing it in someone else’s might be an automotive bucket list experience.
Combustion pressure into the coolant passages are fun, I had to limp a car home 60 interstate miles by stopping every 5-10, grabbing a towel, and burping the radiator. And yes, I did make it, and didn't damage anything else. Well... almost, broke a thermostat housing bolt later, and then set the engine on fire when I (long, dumb story). Fixed that bit too and used it another several years.
That oil pan hole was amazing! Thanks Eric! 😀👍
That takes neglect to a whole other level. Owner says “ Oil? What’s that!” But the factory says you can go 100,000 miles between oil changes.
100k miles between engine paste changes. 😂
I lost it when the sawzall came out.😂
The way you casually told that camshaft "I'll see ya later" as it rolled away was priceless
This my favorite Saturday night video!!
Here is a video idea for you. Something completely different. It would take awhile to shoot but it would be a way to demonstrate this point. Find a vehicle that has easy access to the crank, either by scope or pulling the pan, drive it daily twenty miles one qt down for a week. Pull the pan, document it and then refill it two qts down. Process and repeat. When the engine fails tear it apart and document what the significant actions that took place and how many started when only one qt down.
Pull apart different types of transmissions and explain how they work.
Pull an rear axle apart.
Pull a Trailblazer front diff out! (That might be too epic though.)
Compare and contrast engine longevity by displacement and brand.
Just some ideas. I loved the BMW fuel pump video you did which got me into this channel. I hadn't touched an engine teardown since 1985 because I just didn't have enough skills and experience tp put them back together. Maybe a motor reassembly video.
Pt 1. Engine disassembly
Pt 2. Parts prep
Pt 3 Engine reassembly
Pt 4. Engine start
Just some ideas.
Derek in RI
Love that wry sense of humor! I emailed Wyatt and asked to buy the piston/half rod assembly for my desk; it'll make an awesome ornament!
Yuck! I just changed the oil in my engine this morning. This engine makes me want to change it again.
Elvis left THAT building
My son has the same engine in his 1992 Nissan Patrol, it was a very new engine from a donor car that was transplanted into the Patrol with only 24,000 km use. The car has done over 900,000 km and the engine still does not use oil between changes. The oil is changed every 5000 km. The only thing we have fixed was new front and rear crank seals and rocket cover gaskets at 750.000 km.
Its been a few years since I checked my FJ's oil. This gives me motivation to go check the dip stick and make sure somethings in there.
Overrated
I have watched MANY of your videos. With great enjoyment. So many catastrophies. What would be really cool (albeit expensive) would be a teardown of a very high mileage, well maintained engine, that did NOT suffer a catastrophic failure.
When you can see how hot it got without the camera zooming in, you know it occured at low RPM and no noise.
After watching so many of your teardowns I am religious about checking levels in my car and keeping up with oil changes and even looking in the pleats of the used oil filter at oil changes. My Hyundai SanteFe Thanks You!
I replaced a few of those due to sludge and lack of maintenance and I've replaced more than that because they were oil burners due to dust from the catalytic converters scoring up the cylinder walls. I never learned to like the job.
On Sunday I replaced the upper radiator hose for my wife's best friend on her 14 Jeep compass, she brought it to me with a coolant loss concern. My first check was oil, 3 quarts low CHECK. After replacing the ridiculously overpriced hose I talked to her about the importance of checking her oil, regularly. She said she assumed that as long as there was oil on the stick it was good. Then she digs out the oil change sticker from her last Walmart oil change 6-10-24 or 165,000 miles. Sure it was only 6-8-24 but it was at 169,000 miles...
I didn't see any oil leaks and didn't read codes but I assume it burns all that oil and the MIL is likely on for catalyst efficiency. Poor lady is upside down with this thing and I didn't want to scare her. My parting advice was to check the oil weekly and never let it get below the hash marks.
Thanks for my Saturday night entertainment Eric.
My theory is that some restriction in the exhaust caused by a partially blocked cat increases blow-by, pushing oil into the PCV system and into the intake to be burned. Some kind of catch can or oil separator that drains back into the sump would probably have helped these engines, if that's the case.
It's Saturday night. Time for some cammin' some cap cracks loose.
Nice sound from the head bolts, too.
I feel like this video is a pretty strong endorsement for this engine. It was clearly neglected and likely run hard and was still tough enough to keep going until it deleted half the rod bearings and ruined the rest and still made it over 200k miles.
I know it's technically not really good for your business, but I do love watching you dissect engines that tried to aerosolize themselves from the inside
You are spot on with your guess on why your van burns oil. The VK56 manifolds will crack, causing a rich condition. The rich condition causes the catalyst to fail. When it fails, your engine will eat fragments.
Just an idea, but how about setting up some back to back teardowns featuring early versions of an engine to its later variations. Would be cool to see the difference in technology, and if you had them back to back only a week apart would all still be fresh in everyones mind. I love the teardown videos, keep up the great work.
I have the later direct injected version of this engine with 170K miles and just did the first starter motor. Mine uses zero oil and the valves even looked decent when i had the intake off (easy to clean if I had wanted to) When you take care of them, they are great engines.
Gotta love the battery-powered Milwaukee recip saw action.
Every Sunday morning I watch this channel, with a cuppa hot toddy and some brekkie.
Always something interesting that turns up.
Always a first for something - that YUUUUUUUGE inspection port is one of 'em...
Keep it up, it is really appreciated, and it is so fascinating to watch.
Hello crockie Dundee lol
Love the fascinating primal sound of torqued bolts cracking loose!....Al Scott
You got me with the upper radiator hose. Well done.
Ive torn several of these apart from oil jet failure where the timing chain rubs into them ooooo they are so fun to work on good money
Just FYI, assuming it's a cast iron crank, and not forged, it turns blue at about 600 degrees.
So yeah, those bearings never had a chance with that maintenance schedule!
600... yikes! 😬
Can't help but contrast the maintenance intervals displayed compared to what they used to be when I was young. Every 3K miles, change oil & filter, set valve lash and clean the dashpots on the SU carbs. 120 K hard miles later, do a rebuild, then rinse and repeat. Good old Volvo B18 (red block).
Great teardown, thanks for the video. 👍
Why am I smiling burnt oil from my phone 🔥
Scraping the sludge off the timing cover when in search of the hidden bolt was truly satisfying.
Starfish bearings & bearings² are great for ventilation & solidity...😬
I know some will not like hearing it but that's one reason why I root for EVs. Zero maintenance & need to get my hands dirty (sorry Eric...). Yeah, I'm all for it.
Ill keep watching those videos until you're tired of making them tho.
Have a good day everyone.
I find it amazing how many people buy new and/or used cars and neglect them so terribly with oil changes
Ok, so I had an idea for this channel or another channel. I’m sure it’s been done.
Video 1: tear down specific engine, show damage etc. Video 2: rebuild same engine or same model from ground up. New engine could be donated. I just think it would be really interesting. I have learned so much from you watching teardowns etc.
You will have to save the "Rod Bearing flower"for someones desk, that's a first. LOL
I like watching you when I'm at work because you're low-key: Engine ASMR.
My 2013 Titan Pro4x is approaching 95,000 miles and I am paying close attention to the cats and the manifolds for the inevitable cracks. I'd love to reach 150,000 miles before I need to tackle either. So far, no oil burning to speak of...knock wood! When I need parts I'm coming to you guys!
A quart every thousand miles is a good thing because the catalytic converter needs lubrication too, doesn't it?
My first car was a 1968 Chevy Bel Aire bought with 61,000 miles on a 307 engine in 1974. I tinkered with that thing every day to learn about it. Eventually, I bought a Quadrajet carb from a 454 motorhome and the intake and a set of power pack heads from a 1966 283 Corvette. I got everything reworked, jetted down the carb and put it all together at around 70,000 miles. I pounded the piss out that poor thing at the cost of 3 rebuilt Power glides in 40,000 miles but that engine never left me at the side of the road. I always used 4 quarts of 40W Valvoline racing oil, 1 pint Marvel Mystery oil, 1 bottle of STP oil treatment and an STP silver bullet double oil filter every 3,000 miles. Every 3rd oil change, I would pick up 2 oil filters, my usual change, 3 quarts of 49c recycled oil and 2 quarts of 59c transmission fluid. I'd change the filter, put in the shit oil and trans fluid and Idle for 15 minutes then change the oil again. The shit oil, after 15 minutes idling, came out looking black like the 3,000 mile oil. Then I'd change the filter again and put in the good stuff and be on my way. At 95,000 miles, I took off the rocker covers to adjust the valves and the heads were clean as new.
My father bought his first new car in 1974. A Pontiac Catalina with a 400 engine. Whenever I did his oil changes, he insisted on Quaker State Delux 10W30 because that was what Pontiac recommended. At 50,000 miles, his rocker covers started leaking a bit so I went to change the gaskets. The carnage I saw shocked me. I literally had to go into the house for a teaspoon and a wire coat hanger. If that engine had never had rocker covers, the heads would have been overflowing sludge. I literally had to spoon the sludge off the heads, pull all 16 pushrods, take the wire coat hanger and rod them out. It was so bad that the rockers were showing serious wear at the points where the pushrods and valves contacted them. From then on, he had me using my oil change formula. I couldn't even imagine what his oil pan looked like.
I've had 2 6cylinder 3ltr engines (M57 and N57), non of them burn oil upto the 12k miles SI, the M57 initially did burn a little when the crank case breather filter was blocked but I switched to a vortex design and used Mobil1 and it never used a single drop of oil between annual service intervals.
@45:36 _"What kind of temperature does it take to turn a crankshaft blue?"_ Check a steel heat tint chart!
Blue with a hint of purple: about 540 °F.
Blue to grey-ish blue: about 580 °F.
Grey blue with a hint of green: about 620 °F.
The stock exhaust manifolds are prone to cracking on these engines, which then screws with the O2 sensors, which screws up the fuel ratio, which then starts eating up the catalysts causing bits of them to get sucked back into the engine. It's a 'when' not 'if' situation with the OEM headers that's why so many run aftermarket headers.
Dude, my 2014 Titan has that motor in it, it's well maintained. Has bout 150k on it. Never a an issue. Scary seeing that disaster.. damn!
I would love to see a tear down of the Toyota 2GR-FE found in many Lexus and Toyotas. I never hear of these engines failing except for VVT-i systems, and many oil leaks.
Great work Eric. Not too sure I could do your job but I'm happy to watch these videos.
You can also find that engine in ACO LMP3 race cars. Search for it. They race in the European Le Mans Series and IMSA. They are prototype sports cars. They were running around Mid-Ohio race track this weekend and I think get a short race (not the main race) at Le Mans this week.
Some teams running these cars use Nissan Titan trucks as team vehicles because you can take some of the parts off those trucks to fix the cars in an emergency. And conversely if you blow an engine in your race car you now have some spare parts for your truck handy.
Sadly NISMO is ending VK56 production so next year the cars will switch to a twin turbo V6 from ORECA (race car company) although surely in time we will find that V6 is based on a production V6 of some sort.
A related previous car (but not ACO spec) used LS2 engines which were of course easy to find. The new car being ACO (European) spec is likely why they use European engines (Nissan being Renault allied) instead of readily available Chevys.
The old classic saying, "pay a little now or pay a lot later". And that engine has Nissan's latest feature, "Negative Crankcase Ventilation"
In college i studied mechanical drafting and engineering. When we drew an assembly it was not uncommon to show a broken away section to show the viewer whaf was hidden from view. I like how this engine does that for you...nice tonsee the crank assembly in real life. About oil consumption...my 20 Tundra uses about one half litre in 5000 to 6000 kms. I even change the oil every 10 000 kms...not the recommended 16 000. I also check all fluids at least once a month. Most have clear plastic and you just LOOK. To bad there no longer is a transmission dipnstick anymore.
My 11 escape v6 with 230k uses no oil between 5k mile changes with full synthetic but I still check it anyway. Maintenance makes the difference
I would love to see you tear down a 2.4 SRT4 that came in the 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser GT with the aluminum intake. If you can get your hands on one. Great video as usual.
I am surprised you found that much thiquid with an inspection port that large.
Dammit, you've expanded my vocabulary in a way I didn't want, but will sometime enjoy immensely...
4,100 views in 39 minutes!
Eric could fill a cruise ship with Saturday fans. Speaking of which, any Denver area fans interested in setting up a viewing party somewhere?
I think he could do a live show and people would pay to watch
These teardowns never get old! That oil pump was... groovy? Yes, I was born in 1960...lol
The oil rings looked good and clean to what we usally see. Really if you needed a engine like this you could make one out of 2 or 3 blocks.
OMG! Sneakers ??? Steel toe my friend. A crank dropped on the toes Is painful.
Those aren’t sneakers. They are Kevlar reinforced toe box work shoes. Stronger than steel toe and won’t cut my toes off if something heavy lands on them.
@@I_Do_Cars LOW OIL = DISASTER! You are GENIUS!!!!!!!! I would have never even thought of that scenario.
The highest of the heat colouration colours for steels is a greyish green at 330C (630F). Blues are just down from there.
Whats also concerning is that you do need to have exposure to oxygen to get the colouration as well, as its a layer of oxide thats giving the colour.
Would have thought the sped up bolt loosening sounds would be higher pitched than they are
I gotta go check my oil, right now!!!
Without proper care and still can get 200k? That's still impressive.
Those bearings/bracelets are perfect for Wonder Woman🙂 That engine was a heckuva bearing mill...I bet it made the most obnoxiously loud diesel sound quiet before this thing blew chunks.
Been watching these vids regularly for a couple years now.
One thing that really sticks out is how fine the tolerances are in modern engines. Even a bit of ‘metal pollution’ means an early grave for them. Moral of the story - duh - buy the best oil and filter and change them both often.