They paid an extra 7 bucks for the extended life full synthetic that says 20k mile oil changes on the bottle. 1 of my customers has a new Toyota Supra with toyota care maintenance. Includes 10k mile oil changes on a turbo'd sports cars. It will survive the warranty so i get why Toyota trades your engine life to cut 50% off their maintenance bill and double service intervals.
While your point of “it’s cheaper to do regular maintenance than buy an engine (or other major part) is spot on, the cost of services is ridiculous. Regardless, get vehicles serviced.
Been a Hyundai tech for 19 years. I know they don’t make greatest engines but you guys should see the engines they replace under warranty. The lack of maintenance in this brand is utterly astonishing
I think people look at them as disposable, so they treat them poorly. Like when they got it the already knew they were going to ruin it on purpose. Like when I disappointingly got Keds at 5 years old, I was extra hard on them to prove a point, something like that, but its a car not shoes .
This is honestly it. We have a customer who comes to our shop every 3 months on the dot for an oil change on his 2012 Elantra with almost 200k on the odometer and it still runs great.
Yes it's a self fulfilling prophecy.... These cars don't last I won't bother charging my oil...So they don't change the oil and the motor doesn't last.
Guess I'm a strange bird, I change the oil on all my cars regardless of make, every 3000 miles for the last 50 years. Never had a car withe engine problems. I have had 4 Korean cars also. All bought new. All driven to well over 100.000 miles with few issues, and no engine issues at all. Currently own 2021 K5 GT LINE with premium package. Castrol Edge, changing it again, every 3000 miles. Very nice car. Like it very much.
Sludge aside, I am actually pretty impressed on the simplicity of the engineering of this engine. Nothing was "weird" or out of place. Just a simple V8, looks really easy to work on
I was thinking the same. Compared to a VW, BMW, or Mercedes, he had the heads off in easily half the three time. And to say they are a potent engine is an understatement.
@kirkpalmer1709 I don't know man. Seems comparable to a Ford mod V8 but the chain setup is simpler. Of course we're looking at this from the perspective of servicing on a stand. This doesn't look like it would be fun crammed into the engine bay of a generic gumdrop SUV
@@kirkpalmer1709 not by much really, and 4v DOHC V8s have been in many American Domestics since the early 90s. There are V6 engines that are twice as complex as this V8
My mom drove to work for 15 years in the same car. Work was only 2 miles away. I pulled the manifold off and the layer of oil was 3/8 or more thick. It had regular oil changes but the engine never got to temp. The sludge was unbelievable. This reminds me of that condition.
My mom worked just a half a mile from home, 1 mile round trip. Her 20 year old Kia only had ~70,000 miles, but looked as bad as this. She only changed her oil once per year.
I had 2016 Equus with that engine. It was the most powerful engine I had ever owned. It was like a hand of God pushing you when you stepped on it. It was an amazing engine.
When I saw those carboned valves, I knew what to expect. Never go over 5K miles between oil changes on a DI engine and always use full synthetic because it's less likely to break down and become carbon vapor to coat the valves due to the PCV valve circuit.
Shhhhhhhh!! Don't tell people how to make engines last and not leak or wear out timing chains. I like the money I make fixing the ones where people wait till a message tells them to change it + 3 months before they get around to actually getting oil changed.
These are such great engines. Shame some people don’t properly take care of them. I think they fixed the oil ring issues in 2013 if I’m remembering right.
Back when I worked at a Nissan dealership as a parts guy we got in a late 80's hardbody with the KA24 in it. The mechanic took the valve cover off and it looked like he hadn't taken it off! The sludge had built up so much that the actual cover turned into a mold for the sludge! It was truly a sight to behold. You could not see the cam or anything!
I took the valve covers and intake off of a 67,000 mile 283 Chevy V8 and the sludge made a mold of the parts I removed. About once a week it would oil foul #7 plug so I decided to investigate. As that was a far more robust engine than anything today, I cleaned the sludge out, replaced the nylon coated cam sprocket and put it back together. Drove it another 3 years and sold it to a guy who ran it another couple of years before the car rusted away around it. It never used oil and never fouled another plug.
These are actually great engines. Hyundai as a whole CANNOT do extended oil change intervals I work for a Hyundai dealer and honestly proper maintenance would reduce the number of engines we replace by probably 70% but they definitely have their issues. I do however have a 2012 Sonata 2.4 and it’s just over 200k miles and uses no noticeable oil always used full synthetic at 3k mile intervals and it runs perfect.
My 5.0 K900 Kia has 225k very hard miles. I change the oil every 2k miles or sooner. It's tuned on E85 and has no cats. I beat scat packs with it and it's the best sounding car I've ever owned
@@CanIbeFrank 2kmi is a bit much, honestly. 4-5k would be sufficient. Have you tried sending an oil sample to Blackstone Labs? It's the best way to find out what's happening with your engine, whatever brand it is. At that mileage and these intervals, I bet your engine is still very happy!
Thank you for saying what I have said in the past 30+ years of being a mechanic. I have never seen a motor blow up from having too frequent of oil changes. People may say that with the newer synthetic oils you can go 10,000 miles or more, I say fine do it but I will not buy a used car from you. I change my oil at 5,000 miles on all my cars with good full synthetic oil and have never had a problem. I even had a 92 Mazda 626 with the 2.0L 4 cyl that had over 320,000 miles on it and never used a quart of oil in 5,000 miles between oil changes. It was the original engine, I got the car from the original owners.
We've owned our 2013 Acura RDX since new. 185k miles on it. Oil changes at 5k miles with either the dealer or me. Once out of warranty I did all the oil changes with Mobil 1 and a Mobil 1 filter. Runs great. Love that Honda V6.
I was a Kia tech when these first came out and it was pretty common knowledge that these engines were Korean built 5.0 ltr Fords. They were also in the Borrego suv and they are damn quick and had that wonderful American V8 sound. I could kick myself for not buying one.
This is an absurd claim. This had direct injection several years before Ford did and that by itself means different heads, different intake, different pistons, etc. VVT solenoids are in a different spot. Doesn't have six bolt mains either. Just because it's a 5.0 doesn't mean it's related to the Ford.
@@metalted6128Ya Ford is bottom of the barrel worst in quality longevity and reliability. Last Ford F-150 v8 I bought had major problems and then the transmission blew at a low 49k miles. There is a reason Ford’s powertrain warranty is only 5 years. They wouldn’t dare match Kia’s standard 10 year. It would bankrupt them.
Eric. Lay a piece of plywood across the legs of your engine stand so you can slide the catch pan across to catch the drippings from the tear-downs. That’s what I’ve done. Thanks for your hard work to discourage the rest of us 🤣. Thanks 😊
I’ll never forget when my father and I rebuilt my 1.8 Mazda BP and him saying he couldn’t believe how well built they were, big fasteners, windage tray, non interference list goes on. My dad was a heavy duty mechanic for many years and into sport bikes so I guess he would know I’m just a carpenter lol
Talk about a big boom. I've got a 2024 Kia Stelos and every 5k it gets a full synthetic oil change done at the dealership and I keep all the service records. This way if it has a major failure before the 10y 100k warranty expires Kia can't worm their way outta fixing it.
This is what I did with my volvo and they replaced the pistons and parts of the lower half due to the oil consumption. I was happy I read the fine print in the CPO documentation.
You have made me a believer in frequent changes, my 2017 Toyota uses 0-20 and recommended change interval is 10,000 miles. Almost 100% of my driving is in town and short trips so I check the oil at least once a week and change it at 3,000 miles. Thanks for the videos.
@@CanIbeFrank I'll go with what Toyota says but I am very leery of it since it has the viscosity of WD 40. This is why I choose to change more frequently.
@@meadows408 Totally up to you. Can't be faulted for following the manual. Something to consider - Frank is right about the EPA piece. If you live somewhere with hot summers, it may be worth it to bump to 5w-30 or 0w-30 during the hottest part of the year. I have an ND Miata which calls for 0w-20 and I run 0w-30 in the summer.
Hell yeah, NEW HAMMER TIME. May the old one RIP. It was time Eric. I can’t stand letting old worn tools go but sometimes you just have to dig deep and go with it.
I work at an oil refinery, and the end result of refining oil is sludge (coke). People need to understand that it's time to change your oil after so many heat cycles, about 5,000 miles! I have a 22 year old car with 265,000 miles on the engine and it's still running perfectly. Oil is cheap. Change your oil! I'm really enjoying your videos. Just found your channel a little while ago. Nice to watch and see which engines are good and which ones I need to stay away from. Thank You
Eric, as an Ex Hyundai parts manager who did all the Genesis and Equus training, Genesis coupe is actually a much smaller more basic platform than the Sedan. For example the Sedan is a double A-arm front end, the Coupe is a plain strut. The diff ring diameter is much larger on the Sedan. Though not a Kia guy I'm reliably informed the Stinger is on the lighter duty platform possibly with some cross over/hybridization/upgrades. We had HUGE struggles with blatantly modded and abused Coupes and the owner demographer boiled down to 98% "complete douchebags". To the point where as dealers we were very much onboard with not replacing it, or rather as the case turned out, replacing it with a 4dr sedan in the Kia line up and then back again in the Genesis stand alone line up. Not actually quite what us Hyundai dealers wanted (!!) But still when... 50-60% of your customer service issues (this was prior to the engine failure issues so pretty darn clear sailing through a days work) was with a model that made up 5-6% of your sales (and in the north, that only seasonally) and negative of your profit at all levels as warranty fraud ate us up...then the writing is on the wall for that model. The absolute visceral hatred I feel for GenCoupe owners was well well earned, and will stick with me for a lifetime.
I wonder if Ford, Chevy, Dodge and Nissan dealers fare better with Mustang, Camaro, Challenger and Z owners? If you're gonna make a Pony car, surely those are the buyers you expect to attract. The Mustang also moved from double A-arm (on Mustang I and II?, to be fair most cars had double wishbone front ends back then) to a basic strut front end from the Foxbody(?) onwards too I think, even the GT350 Shleby has a strut front end.
Hyundai stealerships are the worst. After 10 years with no issues, I took my stock 2013 Genesis Coupe in for the engine immobilizer recall. Someone got in the car, turned off the dash cam, took the car for a joy ride, and spun a rod bearing. The dealership refused to fix it, saying the issue was pre-existing even though it was clearly not knocking when I brought it in and was knocking and stalling when I picked it up. As much as I loved the car, I'm glad that Hyundai hasn't brought it back because I'd have to deal with a shitty dealership to get one new.
In regards to oil consumption, you are right! Absolutely need to check levels often. Have four Kia's one uses a fair amount( 1 1/2qts) two use none and one uses a half quart between changes. Models years 2016-2020. Have a '14 Dodge with the Pentastar hasn't used a drop in 75,000 miles. A 2021 Express with the 4.3l has used about 2+ quarts between changes since 20,000 miles. Dealer found no reason of course. Highest mileage of the lot is 90,000 miles. Also love the content!
We need to do a send off for the original piston testing hammer. I remember it's first chip. It shouldn't be destroyed. It needs to be preserved, enshrined if you will. Definitely need a montage of the parts falling off.
Another Great Vid,This engine should still be running fine....just as a V6, the excess fuel could be used for a crankcase flush,no more sludge! Win Win!
It never ceases to amaze me that people have no problem dropping $80k or more on brand new car, and then won't spend 10 minutes and $50 on couple gallons of oil and a filter a few times a year!
@@Trump985 People are under this misguided ideal that modern cars are better built than everything that has come before. Because of that, they never check their oil. What they dont realize is modern cars are built like absolute shit, whether that be to save pennies per model on assembly lines, or meet ever tightening EPA regs, whathaveya. Oil consumption that was unacceptable in 1971 is normal today because of the low tension piston rings in use today. Atop that, older engines favored simplicity and being overbuilt for their power level, which tends to lend tolerance to neglect and abuse not found with today's lightly built and overworked engines. People like to mock the old iron for only getting 10-25hp per liter but that old iron just laughs at things which cause modern engines to explosively disassemble. While not completely immune to it, a Ford 302w or Chev 305 would go 150k+ being treated like this Tau was treated before it let go, and chances are it would be fixable in frame rather than totally destroyed. What they lack in power and volumetric efficiency they make up for with ruggedness!
@@TestECullI agree with you. Most people make fun of my 22R 1985 Toyota pickup truck’s engine slower than modern engine. My 1990 lexus ls400 have make stronger thick block, thick rod connections, 6 bearing bolts on it only give me a 250hp. I really love that 2 vehicle so much. Both are solid reliability. I don’t want to drive takeover on the street is ruining my day. I don’t want to replace new modern cars make you look like dumber and more stupid. Many people are stupid asking my Lexus car will turn to race drift. I told them all modern car are shit with lot of oil consumption and electric water pump make engine destroy itself. 😅 my English not bad lol.
Happy New Year to you and your family. Your channel is morbid and humourous, two things I love. This is an excellent once only variable displacement engine. With all that gunk in the oil pan, you should consider a new filter.
Not mentioned were the pair of grooves in Piston 2's skirt. Wow! Blessings on you and the family. I appreciate all the camera work and angles and editing. Nice stuff. Nice work!
Lets all thank Uncle Rodney for his years of dedicated work all over the globe, as highlighted by Eric on this channel.... Korea, Germany, Japan, America.... Best believe Uncle Rodney putting in the work, bringing the bass boat flake and piston mcnugget platter when you don't change your oil.
If you were building a race car on a budget, those look like a great place to start. Set of rods and pistons, machine the area around the top of the block for reinforcing plates, dry sump with a stout scavenge pan, to get the motor sat as low as possible. Knife edge the standard crank. Set of valves and springs, few days on the heads, mild reprofile of the cams. Add port inj along side the direct. A good compact and light weight 500+ hp unit that hasn't cost stupid money, easy to maintain and is different to Zytec, Judd or Cosworth
@TassieLorenzo There are a lot of companies that make one off sets of components in the USA, pistons, rods, cranks. Titan in the UK for dry sump pumps, G&S valves etc. All great at what they do for a sensible cost and in a reasonable time scale. The initial limit with this unit is going to be the timing chain assy. and the lack of cam blanks, if you want to push torque past circa 7k rpm
Well, I mean the one Jag V6 is nothing more than a V8 block missing the back two cylinders! It's a strange beast. I think he's done one if I remember correctly.
I love putting on classical piano music while watching these. Nothing like some relaxing Mozart sonatas while the camera pans over the BBQ sludgefest in the valvetrain.
Luckily, I got rid of my 5-point-0 Genesis sedan earlier this year. That said, it had oil changes every 5k kilometres or less. Lots of other problems, though. One note, there was no R-spec with the 5.0, only the smaller 4.6. Appreciate the tear-down!
Im just waiting to see what the UPS package car engines look like with their 10k intervals now. Ive already had three in my center die, maybe I'll be able to post some good carnage pics soon Hopefully you're getting all ready for the weather tomorrow, kinda sucks that you're getting so much snow and ice but all we can do up north is freeze lol
I suppose no one in management has the balls to suggest/implement 3k oil change periods? Even as a "control" in the scientific experiment of : "Will changing the oil and filter @ 3k miles make these engines last longer than the 10k oil change engines?"
@@JohnSmith-pl2bk You can see the Valvoline 10,000mile change interval test here on TH-cam on the Gears & Gasoline channel. 500,000 miles on two Fords with either conventional or synthetic at 10,000 miles. The synthetic engine looked pretty clean, the conventional engine had some varnish but was not disastrous even with 10,000mi changes by any means. Of course this was ideal conditions: the engines always hot, always running -- no short trips.
@@JohnSmith-pl2bk They used to be 4000 mile intervals, then somebody got wooed by a Mobile 1 salesman. The bigger issue is that first off, these things burn oil. The 6.0L96, the new 6.6 direct injected engine, they drink oil, especially when it's being floored for 30 seconds, then shut off, 200+ times a day. You also now see each vehicle less than half as often, meaning more unscheduled repairs, more breakdowns, and more time at the maintenance interval to fix stuff.
Seems like a pretty cool engine! Granted every engine needs regular love. My wife was trained right, she constantly asks me to check her oil and I cannot get mad at her for that!
Ah the good old extended oil change. I've always been amazed that some guys boast about doing extended oil changes. Oil and filters are cheap compared to a new engine.
Awesome, Thank you for the tear down. If you may recall I posted in the TAU 4.6 thread hoping that you would come across a 5.0 engine for a tear down. Surprising video as I had heard that the timing set was on the rear of the engine much like euro engines and this was not the case. I was always surprised on how much power this engine makes which is impressive considering that the engine has no forced induction. BTW this engine is designed to run on regular and premium fuel There are two different HP ratings depending on the octane. 429HP is assuming that the owner is running premium fuel. I own a Equus Ultimate, I don't drive it a bunch and consider the car a weekend car as the MPG is not awesome. I change my oil by time and not miles so I average about 1,500 miles between oil changes. The more recent Genesis had the 5.0 option until it was phased out by the 6 cylinder engines. There were not many Equus vehicles imported into the states but unlike the more recent Genesis that had engine options the 5.0 was the standard and only engine available in the Equus. I love the Equus but the vehicles are not without their set of issues. The Equus is brimming with computers and electronics which is a huge source of the cars! issues. Great videos!
And everyone else is paying more insurance for the mofos who trash their vehicles early. Also not good if we want to keep a park of decent used vehicles for the second market.
I had a Ford 390 in a '66 T-Bird Landau I got cheap, same thing. In fact, it was sludged up so badly, the oil return bores in the block were mostly plugged, so getting some revs on that poor 390 resulted in a dangerous dip in oil pressure. Same thing also with the rings being all coked up. I changed the oil soon as I got it home the first day, it mostly came out in chunks, and it only took 2¾ qts. to reach the full mark. I measured the amount of noxious goo as I scraped it out of every part of the engine...a full 3 quarts of sludge. Surprisingly, the bores still had crosshatch, although they were glazed, and there was no serious bearing wiping, and no scuffing of skirts. The stock oil pump was trash. Everything was just DIRTY!
Eric, in the summery you say a lot of modern cars burn oil. Neither my old 2010 F150 5.4L 3v (270,000 kms), my new 23 F150 3.5L ecoboost (32,000 kms) or the wife's 2017 Subaru 2.5L (158,000 kms) burn any oil between changes (done every 5 to 6000 kms). The level sits about mid-way between marks on all 3, no added oil between changes. Have we just been lucky? Your Christmas/New Years special was fab, nice to meet the wife. Cheers, Geoff
Sunday morning coffee and a video from Eric, makes the day start off nice. Shame, looks like a well made engine. Does look like long oil change intervals with straight dino juice. I'll never understand stuff like this considering the cost of new vehicles or engine replacement. Happy NY to all!
10:50 Mmm...depends on the hose, and whether it's aftermarket Unobtainium or not, I figure. I've got a number of molded hoses on my Xterra that _nobody_ makes replacements for, and Nissan's discontinued the parts. So I pick 'em out of junked trucks when I need 'em. So...yeah...there's a market for at least _some_ used hoses simply because proper new ones are completely unavailable otherwise.
I have had my oil changed at two different places with the same name on the door. One told me that I hadn't changed my oil in a long time. I handed them the sticker and they told me they must not have reported the oil change.
Piss poor care of that engine. My 2014 3.8 V6 Genesis has 229K miles and my engine oil has been changed with semi-synthetic oil every 3-4K miles with Wix filters even though the owner's manual states every 7,500 miles. Great video, Eric.
imagine my surprise when you pulled the heads to see not 1 but 2 missing pistons. to think this motor devoured 2 piston at idle without the addition of an inspection port surprised me well done!!
Hey Eric, this one was interesting. Those engines had pretty impressive specs and the car was decent as well. Too bad people don't keep up with their oil changes. Hopefully you didn't have to pay much for this one. Cheers!
I looked at the Carfax maintenance on my sienna that I've had since brand new off the lot and at least half or more of the maintenance records don't even show up, in most of that is Toyota not reporting it
To add to your Powerstroke lineup since you’ve covered all the big ones, the 4.5 liter v6 “Powerstroke” based on the 6.0. It’s in the lcf truck and I’m sure if you can maybe find one that would be a cool video. Probably never gonna happen since they are so uncommon but maybeeeeee
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Was it normal or were people just as dumb about maintenance and oil quality was lower? I imagine the idea of strict 3k intervals comes largely from limitations of oil in days past.
Have a 2015 Mustang GT with the PP and Ford offered no spare tire option so I started shopping and wound up buying a like new spare off a EQUUS which after enlarging to center bore fit well. Plenty of clearance for the Brembo's and almost a perfect match on the tire diameter.
I always understood the reasoning for cutting the hoses. You do not want people to go start using the used hoses, just buy new ones to go with the water pump and thermostat. I am pleasantly surprised with the design of this engine. It looks like it is really straightforward and not overengineered.
i read a sign a long time ago, it said nobody is totally useless, you can always be used as a bad example!! whoever had this engine falls in that category, i don't have the money for a oil change, i got to buy other things that are more important to me, alcohol, tobacco and lottery tickets, a shame but true! love your videos eric
Like your videos bro.I've fiindet your chanel recently,.i finished an auto mechanic course not long ago and what i see on your chanel here are things usefull that we can learn.Keep up the good work 🙂👍.
Oil changes may seem expensive to some but the alternative is undesirable. And you’ve got to wonder what’s happening to the next engine that’s in the car. If I were going to get any parts from this engine. I think all the smashed and melted parts, would be good set in a resin table top. In a swirl and etched with the engine number.
It amazing that some automakers have the simplest method to change oil (e.g. Mazda has an access cover to easy filter change and right next to the drain plug) to the most complex (e.g. Ford 3.5ltr blocked by suspension or belt components, Toyota having O rings, and a cartridge system that is bonkers).
When the Equus was introduced the warranty was 100K and 10 years. So, under 100K? Yep. Warranty! I’m still carefully driving a 2012 Equus with 110K on it. Lots of oil changes, you bet. Induction cleaned. Serviced all system fluids several times. And, you’re absolutely correct on burns oil. Gotta check and add religiously between changes. Who knows how long this K-Iron might go?
It's amazing how under rated so many foreign V8 engines are in the US. Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai. They are typically MORE reliable than domestics and with equivalent power ratings.
I watch these tear downs and think, i wonder what i could build hotrod wise that would set people off. This V8 seems reasonable, buy a decent one, pull it apart, get some H beam rods and forged pistons, slap a couple turbo's on it and run moderate boost, make 600ish hp and stuff it into something like a Corvette just to be "that guy" I wonder how many people back in the '50's got angry when other folks were taking Allison aircraft engines and jamming them in ford t buckets or what ever and drag racing them. We can now make 4 digit hp numbers with smaller engines. Great tear down on this sludge factory. Cheers!
I've had two of these cars with the same engine and they both went over 150,000 miles and ran perfect. Also out ran a number of BMWs and Mercedes of the same year. There were some of the best cars I've ever owned with the exception of this air suspension which was also found on BMW, Mercedes, Range Rover, Porsche… All of them were garbage I just replaced everything with custom coil overs and never looked back.
42:31 Those oil rings are stuck fast. They weren't doing oil ring things. This engine likely burned oil like a 2 stroke. Easy death certificate for this one: Catastrohpic internal failure due to oil starvation via owner neglect. Probably owned by one of those fools that thinks 'hurr modern engines better built I don't have to check my oil only old cars burn oil'.
Hey Eric That was obviously sold as rebuildable as a V6!! Great teardown as usual, I bet you had a lot of cleaning to do to get rid of all that sludge!
After seeing the removal of the first valve cover, I went out and changed the oil on all of my cars.
For multiple in 16 minutes I hope you are compensated well.
This video should be mandatory viewing for all first time car buyers to explain why oil needs to be changed regularly.
@@fizziesclips3647 Well, my wife says I always finish quickly.
@@myZcarlife : Bragging or complaining?
Yeah it doesn't take long to change oil haha
Once agin thank you so much for taking the hose clamp off, and then cutting the hose after, it’s the little things
Agreed.
Proper disassembly is critical if you are a professional.👌
I get it. I can’t tell you how many times I went to a salvage yard looking for a hose that’s not commercially available.
Baaaa...funnie!
Why is this done?
@@naradloff
Sarcasm.
Don't buy used coolant lines.
Always buy new.
My favorite bit of Eric's, besides the water pumps, is when he admires timing chains as if they were massive gold Cuban chains.
Me too, I always chuckle out loud a bit, hahaha.
I mean, who doesn't admire timing chains? They're amazing pieces of engineering.
It never ceases to amaze me, people spend so much on a car then cheap out on basic maintenance 🤷♀️
They paid an extra 7 bucks for the extended life full synthetic that says 20k mile oil changes on the bottle.
1 of my customers has a new Toyota Supra with toyota care maintenance. Includes 10k mile oil changes on a turbo'd sports cars. It will survive the warranty so i get why Toyota trades your engine life to cut 50% off their maintenance bill and double service intervals.
With the price of cars nowadays, by the time they finance the car they can't afford the maintenance on the car....
While your point of “it’s cheaper to do regular maintenance than buy an engine (or other major part) is spot on, the cost of services is ridiculous. Regardless, get vehicles serviced.
Its even more surprising to me when people cheap on tires.
@@naradloffyeah I have learned my lesson with tires !
Been a Hyundai tech for 19 years. I know they don’t make greatest engines but you guys should see the engines they replace under warranty. The lack of maintenance in this brand is utterly astonishing
I think people look at them as disposable, so they treat them poorly. Like when they got it the already knew they were going to ruin it on purpose. Like when I disappointingly got Keds at 5 years old, I was extra hard on them to prove a point, something like that, but its a car not shoes .
This is honestly it. We have a customer who comes to our shop every 3 months on the dot for an oil change on his 2012 Elantra with almost 200k on the odometer and it still runs great.
Yes it's a self fulfilling prophecy.... These cars don't last I won't bother charging my oil...So they don't change the oil and the motor doesn't last.
Guess I'm a strange bird, I change the oil on all my cars regardless of make, every 3000 miles for the last 50 years. Never had a car withe engine problems. I have had 4 Korean cars also. All bought new. All driven to well over 100.000 miles with few issues, and no engine issues at all. Currently own 2021 K5 GT LINE with premium package. Castrol Edge, changing it again, every 3000 miles. Very nice car. Like it very much.
Well they do offer 100k mile warranty. Makes sense why 😂
2:50 Ladies and gentlemen, Rodney Bearington has left the journal!
I'm convinced Uncle Rodney is Michelle Obama❤
Sludge aside, I am actually pretty impressed on the simplicity of the engineering of this engine. Nothing was "weird" or out of place. Just a simple V8, looks really easy to work on
I was thinking the same. Compared to a VW, BMW, or Mercedes, he had the heads off in easily half the three time. And to say they are a potent engine is an understatement.
25 years ago this would have been considered an extremely complicated V8.
@kirkpalmer1709 I don't know man. Seems comparable to a Ford mod V8 but the chain setup is simpler. Of course we're looking at this from the perspective of servicing on a stand. This doesn't look like it would be fun crammed into the engine bay of a generic gumdrop SUV
@@wysoft This engine is much more complicated than the standard pushrod 2 valve V8 that was used for many decades.
@@kirkpalmer1709 not by much really, and 4v DOHC V8s have been in many American Domestics since the early 90s. There are V6 engines that are twice as complex as this V8
"I'm not trying to get everybody riled up" - You said that with SUCH a straight face! Oscar-worthy...
My mom drove to work for 15 years in the same car. Work was only 2 miles away. I pulled the manifold off and the layer of oil was 3/8 or more thick. It had regular oil changes but the engine never got to temp. The sludge was unbelievable. This reminds me of that condition.
My mom worked just a half a mile from home, 1 mile round trip. Her 20 year old Kia only had ~70,000 miles, but looked as bad as this. She only changed her oil once per year.
I had 2016 Equus with that engine. It was the most powerful engine I had ever owned. It was like a hand of God pushing you when you stepped on it. It was an amazing engine.
Laughs in LSA
Had? What happened to the car/engine?
@@RadovanslavThis is his engine. 😅
Was??? Is there a story?
@ no. I sold it
When I saw those carboned valves, I knew what to expect. Never go over 5K miles between oil changes on a DI engine and always use full synthetic because it's less likely to break down and become carbon vapor to coat the valves due to the PCV valve circuit.
That’s me every 5,000 miles, F150, 2014, it’ll be part of my estate.
Id even say to get the oil changed between 3k-5k.
Shhhhhhhh!! Don't tell people how to make engines last and not leak or wear out timing chains. I like the money I make fixing the ones where people wait till a message tells them to change it + 3 months before they get around to actually getting oil changed.
Don't forget EGR.
These are such great engines. Shame some people don’t properly take care of them. I think they fixed the oil ring issues in 2013 if I’m remembering right.
Back when I worked at a Nissan dealership as a parts guy we got in a late 80's hardbody with the KA24 in it. The mechanic took the valve cover off and it looked like he hadn't taken it off! The sludge had built up so much that the actual cover turned into a mold for the sludge! It was truly a sight to behold. You could not see the cam or anything!
I took the valve covers and intake off of a 67,000 mile 283 Chevy V8 and the sludge made a mold of the parts I removed. About once a week it would oil foul #7 plug so I decided to investigate.
As that was a far more robust engine than anything today, I cleaned the sludge out, replaced the nylon coated cam sprocket and put it back together. Drove it another 3 years and sold it to a guy who ran it another couple of years before the car rusted away around it. It never used oil and never fouled another plug.
This was a fun one! Eric and all you other Missourians, please be careful, I know the weather is going to be vicious.
They keep changing it!
9:00 and nothing yet
Supposed to get 10-12” here. My truck has a plow and I’m still not looking forward to it all
@@I_Do_Cars I'm living in my sienna right now in the St Louis area.. I'm just trying not to get plowed in
@@I_Do_Cars All the girls complain when you promise 10-12", but then deliver half that.
@@davidg3944 all the 400 lb women want 6 ft 6 figures and 6 inches?
These are actually great engines. Hyundai as a whole CANNOT do extended oil change intervals I work for a Hyundai dealer and honestly proper maintenance would reduce the number of engines we replace by probably 70% but they definitely have their issues. I do however have a 2012 Sonata 2.4 and it’s just over 200k miles and uses no noticeable oil always used full synthetic at 3k mile intervals and it runs perfect.
My 5.0 K900 Kia has 225k very hard miles. I change the oil every 2k miles or sooner. It's tuned on E85 and has no cats. I beat scat packs with it and it's the best sounding car I've ever owned
@@CanIbeFrank 2kmi is a bit much, honestly. 4-5k would be sufficient. Have you tried sending an oil sample to Blackstone Labs? It's the best way to find out what's happening with your engine, whatever brand it is. At that mileage and these intervals, I bet your engine is still very happy!
I drove a brand new Sonata rental once. It had 30 miles on it and it was the biggest piece of junk I've ever driven.
@@kevenld Well he is running E85 and racing muscle cars so maybe that interval is not excessive.
Thank you for saying what I have said in the past 30+ years of being a mechanic. I have never seen a motor blow up from having too frequent of oil changes. People may say that with the newer synthetic oils you can go 10,000 miles or more, I say fine do it but I will not buy a used car from you. I change my oil at 5,000 miles on all my cars with good full synthetic oil and have never had a problem. I even had a 92 Mazda 626 with the 2.0L 4 cyl that had over 320,000 miles on it and never used a quart of oil in 5,000 miles between oil changes. It was the original engine, I got the car from the original owners.
We've owned our 2013 Acura RDX since new. 185k miles on it. Oil changes at 5k miles with either the dealer or me. Once out of warranty I did all the oil changes with Mobil 1 and a Mobil 1 filter. Runs great. Love that Honda V6.
I was a Kia tech when these first came out and it was pretty common knowledge that these engines were Korean built 5.0 ltr Fords. They were also in the Borrego suv and they are damn quick and had that wonderful American V8 sound. I could kick myself for not buying one.
Huge difference between fords , and Korean 5.0s
Huge differences!!!
Quality being the main factor.
Please try and keep up!!
@@metalted6128 You're right! The Coyote was way worse in build quality than the Tau. /s
This is an absurd claim. This had direct injection several years before Ford did and that by itself means different heads, different intake, different pistons, etc. VVT solenoids are in a different spot. Doesn't have six bolt mains either. Just because it's a 5.0 doesn't mean it's related to the Ford.
I always thought the borrego was a pretty good-looking vehicle.. seems like nobody even knows what they are anymore
@@metalted6128Ya Ford is bottom of the barrel worst in quality longevity and reliability. Last Ford F-150 v8 I bought had major problems and then the transmission blew at a low 49k miles.
There is a reason Ford’s powertrain warranty is only 5 years. They wouldn’t dare match Kia’s standard 10 year. It would bankrupt them.
Eric. Lay a piece of plywood across the legs of your engine stand so you can slide the catch pan across to catch the drippings from the tear-downs. That’s what I’ve done. Thanks for your hard work to discourage the rest of us 🤣. Thanks 😊
I’ll never forget when my father and I rebuilt my 1.8 Mazda BP and him saying he couldn’t believe how well built they were, big fasteners, windage tray, non interference list goes on. My dad was a heavy duty mechanic for many years and into sport bikes so I guess he would know I’m just a carpenter lol
Talk about a big boom. I've got a 2024 Kia Stelos and every 5k it gets a full synthetic oil change done at the dealership and I keep all the service records. This way if it has a major failure before the 10y 100k warranty expires Kia can't worm their way outta fixing it.
I don't think it will fail, especially with the Smartstream engines.
This is what I did with my volvo and they replaced the pistons and parts of the lower half due to the oil consumption. I was happy I read the fine print in the CPO documentation.
You have made me a believer in frequent changes, my 2017 Toyota uses 0-20 and recommended change interval is 10,000 miles. Almost 100% of my driving is in town and short trips so I check the oil at least once a week and change it at 3,000 miles. Thanks for the videos.
Use 10-30. 0-20 is crap
@@CanIbeFrank I'll go with what Toyota says but I am very leery of it since it has the viscosity of WD 40. This is why I choose to change more frequently.
@meadows408 the OEMs recommend that because they're forced to by the epa. It's garbage
@@meadows408 Totally up to you. Can't be faulted for following the manual. Something to consider - Frank is right about the EPA piece. If you live somewhere with hot summers, it may be worth it to bump to 5w-30 or 0w-30 during the hottest part of the year. I have an ND Miata which calls for 0w-20 and I run 0w-30 in the summer.
EPA is out of control, hopefully with the Chevron difference Supreme Court decision they can be reigned in.
Hell yeah, NEW HAMMER TIME. May the old one RIP. It was time Eric. I can’t stand letting old worn tools go but sometimes you just have to dig deep and go with it.
Was looking forward to this! Happy New Year, folks. Keep safe in the winter weather coming in.
I work at an oil refinery, and the end result of refining oil is sludge (coke). People need to understand that it's time to change your oil after so many heat cycles, about 5,000 miles! I have a 22 year old car with 265,000 miles on the engine and it's still running perfectly. Oil is cheap. Change your oil! I'm really enjoying your videos. Just found your channel a little while ago. Nice to watch and see which engines are good and which ones I need to stay away from. Thank You
Eric, as an Ex Hyundai parts manager who did all the Genesis and Equus training, Genesis coupe is actually a much smaller more basic platform than the Sedan.
For example the Sedan is a double A-arm front end, the Coupe is a plain strut. The diff ring diameter is much larger on the Sedan. Though not a Kia guy I'm reliably informed the Stinger is on the lighter duty platform possibly with some cross over/hybridization/upgrades.
We had HUGE struggles with blatantly modded and abused Coupes and the owner demographer boiled down to 98% "complete douchebags".
To the point where as dealers we were very much onboard with not replacing it, or rather as the case turned out, replacing it with a 4dr sedan in the Kia line up and then back again in the Genesis stand alone line up.
Not actually quite what us Hyundai dealers wanted (!!)
But still when... 50-60% of your customer service issues (this was prior to the engine failure issues so pretty darn clear sailing through a days work) was with a model that made up 5-6% of your sales (and in the north, that only seasonally) and negative of your profit at all levels as warranty fraud ate us up...then the writing is on the wall for that model.
The absolute visceral hatred I feel for GenCoupe owners was well well earned, and will stick with me for a lifetime.
I wonder if Ford, Chevy, Dodge and Nissan dealers fare better with Mustang, Camaro, Challenger and Z owners? If you're gonna make a Pony car, surely those are the buyers you expect to attract. The Mustang also moved from double A-arm (on Mustang I and II?, to be fair most cars had double wishbone front ends back then) to a basic strut front end from the Foxbody(?) onwards too I think, even the GT350 Shleby has a strut front end.
Hyundai stealerships are the worst. After 10 years with no issues, I took my stock 2013 Genesis Coupe in for the engine immobilizer recall. Someone got in the car, turned off the dash cam, took the car for a joy ride, and spun a rod bearing. The dealership refused to fix it, saying the issue was pre-existing even though it was clearly not knocking when I brought it in and was knocking and stalling when I picked it up.
As much as I loved the car, I'm glad that Hyundai hasn't brought it back because I'd have to deal with a shitty dealership to get one new.
@@TassieLorenzothe Camaro doesn’t exist now. Maybe an indication
Man I fuckin called it. Mercedes Ballin on a Kia budget, demand the most, offer the least, the louder I get the higher my chance of success is...... 🤣
In regards to oil consumption, you are right! Absolutely need to check levels often. Have four Kia's one uses a fair amount( 1 1/2qts) two use none and one uses a half quart between changes. Models years 2016-2020. Have a '14 Dodge with the Pentastar hasn't used a drop in 75,000 miles. A 2021 Express with the 4.3l has used about 2+ quarts between changes since 20,000 miles. Dealer found no reason of course. Highest mileage of the lot is 90,000 miles. Also love the content!
We need to do a send off for the original piston testing hammer. I remember it's first chip. It shouldn't be destroyed. It needs to be preserved, enshrined if you will. Definitely need a montage of the parts falling off.
Tasteful glass-fronted wooden display case with a brass plaque with its in-service and retirement dates.
It deserves a retirement ceremony!
Eric needs a “science “ exhibit
Another Great Vid,This engine should still be running fine....just as a V6, the excess fuel could be used for a crankcase flush,no more sludge! Win Win!
It never ceases to amaze me that people have no problem dropping $80k or more on brand new car, and then won't spend 10 minutes and $50 on couple gallons of oil and a filter a few times a year!
@@Trump985 People are under this misguided ideal that modern cars are better built than everything that has come before. Because of that, they never check their oil. What they dont realize is modern cars are built like absolute shit, whether that be to save pennies per model on assembly lines, or meet ever tightening EPA regs, whathaveya. Oil consumption that was unacceptable in 1971 is normal today because of the low tension piston rings in use today.
Atop that, older engines favored simplicity and being overbuilt for their power level, which tends to lend tolerance to neglect and abuse not found with today's lightly built and overworked engines. People like to mock the old iron for only getting 10-25hp per liter but that old iron just laughs at things which cause modern engines to explosively disassemble. While not completely immune to it, a Ford 302w or Chev 305 would go 150k+ being treated like this Tau was treated before it let go, and chances are it would be fixable in frame rather than totally destroyed. What they lack in power and volumetric efficiency they make up for with ruggedness!
@@TestECullI agree with you. Most people make fun of my 22R 1985 Toyota pickup truck’s engine slower than modern engine. My 1990 lexus ls400 have make stronger thick block, thick rod connections, 6 bearing bolts on it only give me a 250hp. I really love that 2 vehicle so much. Both are solid reliability. I don’t want to drive takeover on the street is ruining my day. I don’t want to replace new modern cars make you look like dumber and more stupid. Many people are stupid asking my Lexus car will turn to race drift. I told them all modern car are shit with lot of oil consumption and electric water pump make engine destroy itself. 😅 my English not bad lol.
Nobody is dropping 80k on a car, they're dropping $1200 a month for 7 years.
Happy New Year to you and your family. Your channel is morbid and humourous, two things I love.
This is an excellent once only variable displacement engine. With all that gunk in the oil pan, you should consider a new filter.
Great video like always perfect example why 3-5000 mile oil changes are a must. You should do a VK56VD as it an update on the VK56
Impressive it made it over 90k miles wow
Looks like two maybe three oil changes ever
I tell folks this, Its far cheaper and easier to replace your oil and filter then an entire engine.
Cheap insurance compared to the cost of a engine replacement!
Thanks Eric! I've got one of these with 130k on it. Hopefully it'll keep going. 👍👍
Outstanding video.
Yes change your oil.
Not mentioned were the pair of grooves in Piston 2's skirt. Wow! Blessings on you and the family. I appreciate all the camera work and angles and editing. Nice stuff. Nice work!
I swore there was a water pump toss coming and the fact that it never happened was oddly hilarious to me
Also no chain guide tosses or destruction!
Lets all thank Uncle Rodney for his years of dedicated work all over the globe, as highlighted by Eric on this channel.... Korea, Germany, Japan, America.... Best believe Uncle Rodney putting in the work, bringing the bass boat flake and piston mcnugget platter when you don't change your oil.
If you were building a race car on a budget, those look like a great place to start. Set of rods and pistons, machine the area around the top of the block for reinforcing plates, dry sump with a stout scavenge pan, to get the motor sat as low as possible.
Knife edge the standard crank.
Set of valves and springs, few days on the heads, mild reprofile of the cams.
Add port inj along side the direct.
A good compact and light weight 500+ hp unit that hasn't cost stupid money, easy to maintain and is different to Zytec, Judd or Cosworth
I'm thinking the Nissan VK56 might be better. It has more support maybe (Hartley Engines in NZ love them).
@TassieLorenzo There are a lot of companies that make one off sets of components in the USA, pistons, rods, cranks. Titan in the UK for dry sump pumps, G&S valves etc. All great at what they do for a sensible cost and in a reasonable time scale.
The initial limit with this unit is going to be the timing chain assy. and the lack of cam blanks, if you want to push torque past circa 7k rpm
Thanks!
Wow, a V8 turned into a V6.😅 Some kind of magic.😅
Varable displacement, once only.
@peterwilding1203 well it's the permanent kind of Displacement on Demand.😅 Need to send it to GM on how to get it right.😅
@@peterwilding1203 I'm amazed there weren't any user-installed inspection ports.
Did you say cylinder deactivation? No sorry we said piston deactivation 😂
Well, I mean the one Jag V6 is nothing more than a V8 block missing the back two cylinders! It's a strange beast. I think he's done one if I remember correctly.
I love putting on classical piano music while watching these. Nothing like some relaxing Mozart sonatas while the camera pans over the BBQ sludgefest in the valvetrain.
Representing this as a rebuildable engine should be a crime and I sure hope they didn't charge you much for it.
Luckily, I got rid of my 5-point-0 Genesis sedan earlier this year. That said, it had oil changes every 5k kilometres or less. Lots of other problems, though.
One note, there was no R-spec with the 5.0, only the smaller 4.6.
Appreciate the tear-down!
Im just waiting to see what the UPS package car engines look like with their 10k intervals now. Ive already had three in my center die, maybe I'll be able to post some good carnage pics soon
Hopefully you're getting all ready for the weather tomorrow, kinda sucks that you're getting so much snow and ice but all we can do up north is freeze lol
I suppose no one in management has the balls to suggest/implement 3k oil change periods?
Even as a "control" in the scientific experiment of :
"Will changing the oil and filter @ 3k miles make these engines last longer than the 10k oil change engines?"
@@JohnSmith-pl2bk You can see the Valvoline 10,000mile change interval test here on TH-cam on the Gears & Gasoline channel. 500,000 miles on two Fords with either conventional or synthetic at 10,000 miles. The synthetic engine looked pretty clean, the conventional engine had some varnish but was not disastrous even with 10,000mi changes by any means.
Of course this was ideal conditions: the engines always hot, always running -- no short trips.
@@JohnSmith-pl2bk They used to be 4000 mile intervals, then somebody got wooed by a Mobile 1 salesman. The bigger issue is that first off, these things burn oil. The 6.0L96, the new 6.6 direct injected engine, they drink oil, especially when it's being floored for 30 seconds, then shut off, 200+ times a day. You also now see each vehicle less than half as often, meaning more unscheduled repairs, more breakdowns, and more time at the maintenance interval to fix stuff.
I own a 2016 Equus that I do all my oil changes and engine maintenance on. Love the car..
Seems like a pretty cool engine!
Granted every engine needs regular love. My wife was trained right, she constantly asks me to check her oil and I cannot get mad at her for that!
Seriously, this content brightened my mood!
As always, thanks for the Saturday night entertainment Eric. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Ah the good old extended oil change. I've always been amazed that some guys boast about doing extended oil changes. Oil and filters are cheap compared to a new engine.
Awesome, Thank you for the tear down. If you may recall I posted in the TAU 4.6 thread hoping that you would come across a 5.0 engine for a tear down. Surprising video as I had heard that the timing set was on the rear of the engine much like euro engines and this was not the case. I was always surprised on how much power this engine makes which is impressive considering that the engine has no forced induction. BTW this engine is designed to run on regular and premium fuel There are two different HP ratings depending on the octane. 429HP is assuming that the owner is running premium fuel. I own a Equus Ultimate, I don't drive it a bunch and consider the car a weekend car as the MPG is not awesome. I change my oil by time and not miles so I average about 1,500 miles between oil changes. The more recent Genesis had the 5.0 option until it was phased out by the 6 cylinder engines. There were not many Equus vehicles imported into the states but unlike the more recent Genesis that had engine options the 5.0 was the standard and only engine available in the Equus. I love the Equus but the vehicles are not without their set of issues. The Equus is brimming with computers and electronics which is a huge source of the cars! issues. Great videos!
Hu ho, Uncle Rodney's doing his clog dancing again😁🫡.
Clickedly clack
I really like the background music on your videos!
Happy New Year, Eric!
And those elaborate intro videos are amazing too...
I think it’s time to name names. Folks who avoid maintenance this badly need a wake-up call. Disgusting 🤮
Put them on a watch list so you know when ones in your neighborhood 😂
They should lose their driver's license
And everyone else is paying more insurance for the mofos who trash their vehicles early. Also not good if we want to keep a park of decent used vehicles for the second market.
@@mystisith3984 please let us know how our insurance goes when someone destroys their engine by negligence?
Back in 1979 we rebuilt a friend's 289 in his Ford Mustang it was sludged so bad we used a putty spatula to scrape it out of the intake valley.
I had a Ford 390 in a '66 T-Bird Landau I got cheap, same thing. In fact, it was sludged up so badly, the oil return bores in the block were mostly plugged, so getting some revs on that poor 390 resulted in a dangerous dip in oil pressure. Same thing also with the rings being all coked up. I changed the oil soon as I got it home the first day, it mostly came out in chunks, and it only took 2¾ qts. to reach the full mark. I measured the amount of noxious goo as I scraped it out of every part of the engine...a full 3 quarts of sludge. Surprisingly, the bores still had crosshatch, although they were glazed, and there was no serious bearing wiping, and no scuffing of skirts. The stock oil pump was trash. Everything was just DIRTY!
So what do you do with all of the fasteners from these teardowns? You must have an amazing collection of metric nuts and bolts.
Eric, in the summery you say a lot of modern cars burn oil. Neither my old 2010 F150 5.4L 3v (270,000 kms), my new 23 F150 3.5L ecoboost (32,000 kms) or the wife's 2017 Subaru 2.5L (158,000 kms) burn any oil between changes (done every 5 to 6000 kms). The level sits about mid-way between marks on all 3, no added oil between changes. Have we just been lucky?
Your Christmas/New Years special was fab, nice to meet the wife.
Cheers,
Geoff
Instead of Seafoam, I think they used Seawater
Sunday morning coffee and a video from Eric, makes the day start off nice. Shame, looks like a well made engine. Does look like long oil change intervals with straight dino juice. I'll never understand stuff like this considering the cost of new vehicles or engine replacement. Happy NY to all!
10:50 Mmm...depends on the hose, and whether it's aftermarket Unobtainium or not, I figure. I've got a number of molded hoses on my Xterra that _nobody_ makes replacements for, and Nissan's discontinued the parts. So I pick 'em out of junked trucks when I need 'em. So...yeah...there's a market for at least _some_ used hoses simply because proper new ones are completely unavailable otherwise.
Even with severe lack of maintenance and all that sludge, the cam followers still held together better than the ones in a Pentastar.
I have had my oil changed at two different places with the same name on the door. One told me that I hadn't changed my oil in a long time. I handed them the sticker and they told me they must not have reported the oil change.
More like they didn't do the oil change, but charged for one.
This owner 100% missed oil changes and 100% used 87 octane in this engine. That will kill any GDI motor doesn't matter who made it.
Piss poor care of that engine. My 2014 3.8 V6 Genesis has 229K miles and my engine oil has been changed with semi-synthetic oil every 3-4K miles with Wix filters even though the owner's manual states every 7,500 miles. Great video, Eric.
imagine my surprise when you pulled the heads to see not 1 but 2 missing pistons. to think this motor devoured 2 piston at idle without the addition of an inspection port surprised me well done!!
Never ceases to amaze me how all that bearing matter on the solenoids gets past the oil filter.
Sometimes when the engine is cold and the oil is thick after start up the oil filter bypass valve opens letting unfiltered oil through.
@@Discretesignalsoil bypasses a lot more if oil gets old and thickens and also with sludge particles blocking the filter paper.
@@jimmyaber5920 very true.
Hey Eric, this one was interesting. Those engines had pretty impressive specs and the car was decent as well. Too bad people don't keep up with their oil changes. Hopefully you didn't have to pay much for this one. Cheers!
36:30 I'm surprised you didn't blur that monster. Maybe you just wanted to show it off?
I enjoy watching your videos here in south Florida. Just talked to my friend in MO and he said a winter storm would be there soon, stay safe!
I've taken the liberty of naming this motor sludgebob.
I feel bad for you Eric. Could tell you felt cheated by this one. I would too. But it was a great episode regardless. Thank you!
I looked at the Carfax maintenance on my sienna that I've had since brand new off the lot and at least half or more of the maintenance records don't even show up, in most of that is Toyota not reporting it
Carfax maintenance records are included with my car insurance through progressive
For a guy who isn't an engineer or a mechanic by trade, he has a very insightful take on engines.
I think his natural curiosity is entertaining simply for the facts that he doesn’t know what he’ll find until he opens up the engine.
12:30 "if ya squint, it's mint!"
To add to your Powerstroke lineup since you’ve covered all the big ones, the 4.5 liter v6 “Powerstroke” based on the 6.0. It’s in the lcf truck and I’m sure if you can maybe find one that would be a cool video. Probably never gonna happen since they are so uncommon but maybeeeeee
When you need to power clean your tools after tearing apart an engine, and the EPA is making a surprise visit....for no reason.....
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Hello Eric I hope you and your family are fit and well
We have a kie cerato 2007 vintage
It has 70 thousand on it and still going well not long age had clutch change
Any road up few years ago we thought we can give her a oil change and decided on castrol magnetic we look inside the oil filler cap and all was nice a silver looking so changed the oil for said oil
One yeR later we decided to change the oil agen we looked in the oil fill cap and all was not silver but brown and the cerato was sounding tappity which was new the engine was quiet before last oil change
The magnetec had gummed up the oil freed to the tappets so now we have to flush befor oil change KEEP UP THE FANTASTIC EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS AND THANK YOU
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You should have torn down engines back in the seventies and eighties. All that gunk would be normal by 100K
Yes and with 3000 to 5000 mile oil service. Though not all oil brands.
@@jimmyaber5920 Pennzoil was the worst.
Was it normal or were people just as dumb about maintenance and oil quality was lower? I imagine the idea of strict 3k intervals comes largely from limitations of oil in days past.
Have a 2015 Mustang GT with the PP and Ford offered no spare tire option so I started shopping and wound up buying a like new spare off a EQUUS which after enlarging to center bore fit well. Plenty of clearance for the Brembo's and almost a perfect match on the tire diameter.
Stay safe with the ice storm! From Kcmo
I always understood the reasoning for cutting the hoses. You do not want people to go start using the used hoses, just buy new ones to go with the water pump and thermostat.
I am pleasantly surprised with the design of this engine. It looks like it is really straightforward and not overengineered.
0:17 alrighty pal why I otta
i read a sign a long time ago, it said nobody is totally useless, you can always be used as a bad example!! whoever had this engine falls in that category, i don't have the money for a oil change, i got to buy other things that are more important to me, alcohol, tobacco and lottery tickets, a shame but true! love your videos eric
Every line I'm in the person ahead of me buys lottery tickets what a scam.
Some people are oblivious to car maintenance. Kind of like changing your underwear once a month.
No, more like only change them when they mess in them.
Absolutely GOATED, i asked for this motor only 1 video ago. Thank you
A bad Tau engine - just a few minutes in & I know we're for a good one
Like your videos bro.I've fiindet your chanel recently,.i finished an auto mechanic course not long ago and what i see on your chanel here are things usefull that we can learn.Keep up the good work 🙂👍.
"Rebuildable". If you melt down the block to make a new one lol
Oil changes may seem expensive to some but the alternative is undesirable. And you’ve got to wonder what’s happening to the next engine that’s in the car.
If I were going to get any parts from this engine. I think all the smashed and melted parts, would be good set in a resin table top. In a swirl and etched with the engine number.
I don't understand lack of maintenance, especially with the insane cost of cars these days.
It's not that hard really.
Even with the horrible condition of this engine, I’m impressed it lasted as long as it did with this level of neglect.
Finally, another upload from you!
Finally???
Every Saturday!!
What’s finally???
Please try and pay attention!!
Please!!
@@auntbarbara5576 It's a spambot, guys. Just ignore it, or better, report to YT as spam.
It amazing that some automakers have the simplest method to change oil (e.g. Mazda has an access cover to easy filter change and right next to the drain plug) to the most complex (e.g. Ford 3.5ltr blocked by suspension or belt components, Toyota having O rings, and a cartridge system that is bonkers).
This one had dreams of being a V6…
Hemi cylinder deactivation!
weight loss program to pick up the 4 cylinder models
When the Equus was introduced the warranty was 100K and 10 years. So, under 100K? Yep. Warranty! I’m still carefully driving a 2012 Equus with 110K on it. Lots of oil changes, you bet. Induction cleaned. Serviced all system fluids several times. And, you’re absolutely correct on burns oil. Gotta check and add religiously between changes. Who knows how long this K-Iron might go?
It's amazing how under rated so many foreign V8 engines are in the US. Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai. They are typically MORE reliable than domestics and with equivalent power ratings.
I watch these tear downs and think, i wonder what i could build hotrod wise that would set people off. This V8 seems reasonable, buy a decent one, pull it apart, get some H beam rods and forged pistons, slap a couple turbo's on it and run moderate boost, make 600ish hp and stuff it into something like a Corvette just to be "that guy" I wonder how many people back in the '50's got angry when other folks were taking Allison aircraft engines and jamming them in ford t buckets or what ever and drag racing them. We can now make 4 digit hp numbers with smaller engines. Great tear down on this sludge factory. Cheers!
A bad Korean engine? Never heard of that 😂
Right!?...Lol!
Shitty owner. It could have made it to 100k at least
@ after watching more of the video I blame the owner not the engine
The engine is good the owner was bad
I've had two of these cars with the same engine and they both went over 150,000 miles and ran perfect. Also out ran a number of BMWs and Mercedes of the same year. There were some of the best cars I've ever owned with the exception of this air suspension which was also found on BMW, Mercedes, Range Rover, Porsche… All of them were garbage I just replaced everything with custom coil overs and never looked back.
That reminds me of the sludge-o-matic engine Dave's Auto Center showed in a short!
42:31 Those oil rings are stuck fast. They weren't doing oil ring things. This engine likely burned oil like a 2 stroke. Easy death certificate for this one: Catastrohpic internal failure due to oil starvation via owner neglect.
Probably owned by one of those fools that thinks 'hurr modern engines better built I don't have to check my oil only old cars burn oil'.
Hey Eric That was obviously sold as rebuildable as a V6!!
Great teardown as usual, I bet you had a lot of cleaning to do to get rid of all that sludge!