Someone Condemned This Chevy 5.3L V8, Over This? It Was An Easy Fix But Now... Not So Much
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- čas přidán 21. 10. 2022
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Today's teardown, a regular ol' Gen4 Iron block 5.3L V8, the LMG. This is a 310hp engine found in the 2007-2009 Full size 1/2 ton Chevrolet and GMC Trucks. This is the same as the 2010-2013 engine with the exception of VVT.
We've seen a lot of failure modes on these engines on this channel, and this one is no exception. However, what's sad is that this failure was totally repairable. This engine clearly had lengthy oil change intervals which I believe contributed to this failure, however I'm not sure why this wasn't fixed. The good news is that I now have some much needed parts for my shelves, and for the price, I did quite well on this core.
Why am I doing this? My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage facility in the Saint Louis Missouri area. Part of our model is tearing down core, or bad engines and salvaging good parts for resale. We do not rebuild engines here, we merely supply parts to those that do.
As always, I love all the comments, feedback and even the criticism.
Catch you on the next one! - Auta a dopravní prostředky
I LOVE that you DONT have any stupid music playing. No fans, or highway noise. I can hear you talk all the time. Keep up the great work.
Facts
Excellent audio/ wireless mic placement & level.
Love the "Is it really locked up" check 😁
"this beautiful, mint-condition water pump" - ooh, he's gonna throw it. Throw it! "I would definitely use that." CLANG! :D
I replaced the hydraulic lifters in my 5.7 litre Chevrolet LS1 V8 engine about 4 years ago & it's still going good, they were just noisy once the engine warmed up & I checked the oil pressure which passed GMs specifications so it wasn't caused by an oil pressure issue.
It didn't have an oil change for 17,000 kilometres (10,500 miles approx) once in its life before I bought the car (Holden VY SS Commodore sedan) & the LS1 lifters tended to be known for becoming noisy for some reason.
So I replaced them with aftermarket LS7 items as well as a brand new Rollmaster timing chain & Melling timing chain damper & adaptor bracket while the timing cover was removed because the timing cover gasket was leaking.
I have had no problems with it ever since & yes, there's people over here in Australia who would've just bolted another engine in instead as well !
You'd be surprised at all the things you can find in an oil pan. I've found bolts, a 10 mm wrench, an 8 mm swivel socket, 1/2 of a crank sensor, and a whole bunch of broken engine parts. I may be forgetting some things too.
Had a guy do the same with a 6.2 LT platform. Now he’s been waiting 6ish months for a new engine because the new 6.2 L86’s are made of unobtanium.
CZcams just served this video up to me, and I have to admit you have really blown my mind. Way back in my younger days my brother and I rebuilt several late 70's / early 80's Chevy 350's. When you started this tear down I was expecting that once you got to the insides it would all look familiar, but wow, I was so wrong. The only things I recognized were the pistons, connecting rods, crankshaft, camshaft and push rods, nothing else looked familiar. It's been 40+ years since I did any serious mechanic work, I had no idea that engines had changed so much. The insides of a bow-tie 350 were so simple compared to this engine. All I can say is "Wow, just wow." Great video, by the way.
For those who are interested a good trick to remove a stuck and broken off dipstick tube from an LS engine block(better then pushing it into the pan and leaving it there) is to find a M6 x 1mm bolt, 3 to 4 inches long, and thread into the dipstick(the bolt will make the threads it needs) and knock the piece of dipstick back and forth until it comes out.
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I'll remember that for the next one... Would have been great 3 months ago....🤣
Do it right or not at all
Always lube my stick with silicone grease never had a problem, lube youre sticks guys your pullout will be much easier
@@Airman.. lol
Wow.....7.5 hours to teardown an engine...You rock 🎸 🎸 🎸
weird. I just pulled a LH6 5.3 l at the wrecking yard today and brought it in the shop not even half an hour ago. So far looks like a winner! all I see is a broken timing chain guide. Pulling the heads, lifters and cam next! I do cars too😉
Your a winner! 👍
I still hope for a Northstar engine. Another great video.
Many of these engines end up being scrapped simply because of bad head bolt threads. I'm slowly working on mine and it's mint looking after 130k but sadly head bolt threads have crapped out and need to be redone.
Please don’t think I’m being negative or trying kill your dreams. The Cadillac Northstar is not an engine I would give to my worst enemy. They have so many problems with the majority being head gasket leaking from the minute it left the dealership. Do yourself a favor run from this engine that poses as a northstar.
@@dreece2000 100 percent agree. I’m just interested in seeing the fail points of this infamous engine in a tear down video. I’m an LS guy myself.
@@dreece2000 The many years after the head bolt fix, proved Northstars were very reliable, and powerful motors. People just only remember the bad things about something lately,
@@bricktonyb I respectfully disagree
Time to grab a case of beer and relax to my favorite channel!! Hoping for some total carnage!!
The ones with the cross on the top have a rougher finish, and the ones without the cross are smooth as glass.
I wonder if the cross adds strength? ....or heat dissipation? .......or compression.....and all of that having to do with it's location relative to the engine compartment of that particular model. Just a guess.
i like the sound of him tapping out the pistons with the hammer handle sped up. good asmr sound.
As far as that cross, I have found 2 different setups depending on the engine. Someone will always counter but on untouched stuff I have always found this true. If the engine has 799 heads on it, it has those pock marked piston with the cross cast in. Find the same engine but with 243 heads on it, it has the smooth pistons without the crosses. I assume its just assembly plant parts supply things.
I think you might be the best car comedian out there. I loved the bent pushrod pull.
Congrats on 150K subscribers Eric! Seems like yesterday that we were celebrating the 100K mark
Hone the cylinders, new rings on the pistons, lifters and you are good to go!
Having torn down lots of engines (usually in far worse condition than this one) I really love these videos, mostly because it's someone else getting his hands dirty lol!! But, very thorough job, and nicely diagnosed. Clearly this motor had had some work done (broken dipstick, head bolts not all torqued down, missing sump bolts), but you got some good saleable bits out of it, so a win!
I see this about once a month at work. DOD failure is not an option, but only a matter of when. Best thing to do is a DOD Delete kit if you are buying one. By the looks of this one. Oil Changes went a few thousand over due, and cheap off brand oil was used a lot. Just keep this one thing in mind when it comes to engine oil. Good isn't cheap, and cheap isn't good. Plus an oil treatment like Lucas or BG's MOA is worth the extra bucks. I use Lucas in my 2003 Ranger with over 300,000 on the clock, and my 2003 Forester with 200,000 on it. Both are original engines and still gets me where I need to go. And the insides look nice and clean when I replaced the valve cover gaskets on the Ranger, and Head Gaskets on the Subaru (also handy tip. On the EJ 2.5. Use the turbo WRX gaskets and Dexcool, and never worry about them again).
Valvoline VR1 recently saved my bottom end from a random oil pump failure. Well worth the extra few bucks.
I second the endorsement of Lucas oil treatment and premium oil. Good stuff!
What Lucas Oil product do you use? Their website is filled with products.
My 03 5.3 has 548,629 as of right this minute. Only o rings on pick up tube and intake gasket is as deep in as I've been on it. I'm second owner and I know the other guy. I bought it off him at around 180,000. I just use 10/30 control in winter and 10/40 in summer. Sorta on 4000 mile changes. Every other change I'll put trans fluid in a couple days before to clean it out. I think another important thing that I do religiously is let her warm up to temp in the morning before hitting the road.
Edit: it does smoke on start up now and started that at about 500,000. Still runs hard and don't give it any slack.
I honestly don't see any value in adding Lucas in a engine, especially when the bearing tolerances are crucial to the lifespan of the engine. On a cold start in winter has it occurred to ya that the viscosity is changed causing the oil to increase premature wear due to the amount of oil at the cam,mains,and rod journals is less than what it should be? Just run regular 5W30 synthetic blend and your engine will be right as rain. Now a REAL oil additive that does not alter the viscosity number is MOA from BG, I have never seen a engine failure from the use of this product, I stand on that with the one leg i have left too!!!
Wow. I typically have my car engines changed every 10k miles since there is probably some wear at that point. Can't be too careful.
Another good tear down video. I do like the slightly longer videos. With all the different brands and accessories', I have learned so much watchig them every week. Keep up
the good work. Wishing you and the family congratulations on the new family member.
I dunno if it’s still broke, but would love to see more before and after shots in the parts washer.
It’s fixed, and I’ll incorporate some of that into future teardowns
@@I_Do_Cars fries are done
@@picax8398 you remember ❤️
@@I_Do_Cars nice! There’s still a part of me that’s addicted to power washing videos…..what if you put a GoPro in the parts washer???
@@I_Do_Cars of course I do! Who doesn't like caustic fries?
The main reason people go for 2007+ pistons and rods is on the earlier model 5.3's the pistons are much thinner, ie the skirt to top of piston is shorter. This causes something called "piston slap" on the earlier engines where the shorter pistons have enough give to rock back and forth and "slap" the side of the cylinder walls. Now piston slap rarely causes issues but its an unpleasant noise to hear on startup.
Those lifters are the Achilles heal of those gm engines
Love your content, though I recognize that this is a huge amount of work -- likely 3 hours of editing on top of the teardown. I appreciate that you do it; and I have to say, this is really clever marketing. Thousands of people see your product, see how you handle it, and see what your values are. Really smart, and well done.
My truck had one owner before I bought it (2011 Silverado 5.3) and has a good history on oil changes. I change oil every 4-5k, when it hits the 20% change. I’m at 176k and it’s running well. I still hate the DOD but it is what it is.
Your sense of humor makes watching these videos so much more enjoyable. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Great presentation, As a retired mechanic seeing many other vids makes me shudder. A little tip I used to do in same situation albeit trying to save everything is once you have movement get the heads off before forcing and use a bottle brush hone to clean the cylinders of rust. Can save damage to piston lands.
What a great channel. Love watching the teardowns and I enjoy the rescue/resto videos as well. Could you maybe show a before & after cleaning of the parts you intend to keep? I would be especially interested to see how the heads & blocks turn out after you run them through the parts washer since a lot of the cores you get were left out in the elements.
All the best to you and your family and thanks for the quality content!
Hoping you just found the channel because if so there’s a lot of videos to catch up on!!
Love the videos, I know it would be hard to find but I think it would be great if you got a Ford 300 or an amc 242 i6
especially the ford 300, that would be really interesting to take a look into
Problem with the AMC I6 is finding one that's failed to take apart.
That and taking it apart would be about a five minute video.
Yeah both are very simple and robust engines but I think if one did blow it would end up being spectacular
The moment I saw the "textbook failure" I wondered if it was a DoD/AFM failure. Shame this engine was condemned for just that. Delete kit and it would've been on the road again.
That's just another way I test push rods! 😆
What a great channel I really enjoy watching all tear downs. It is awesome when you get a lot good parts from the engine. It would be nice to see more around the parts washer. Thank you for all the hard work making these video's us.
Fantastic content as usual. I still remember the first video that showed up in my feed. I almost didn't passed it up as I didn't think someone could be that clean after taking apart an engine and it had to be click bait. Now I am hooked and look forward to all the videos, rehoming, rehabs, rebuilds, and ridiculous amounts of spicy breath. As far as recommendations for future videos, keep going the direction you are going. I don't think it really matters what engine you are tearing down, I would watch even if it was 3.5 hp Briggs & Stratton lawn mower engines, or even 3.x L Dodge, and Chrysler V6's. The amount of knowledge you share from just your experiences is priceless, and you remind me of someone but I cant quite figure out who yet, lol Just kidding.
love the tear down videos , great to see how these engine are put together.
I have an 07 Avalanche and had this problem. Actually it's not an easy call to replace a bad lifter as there are a number of parts that should be replaced along with the lifters if you want an engine you can count on. When the AFM lifters go they usually have $1600 in upgrade parts to comply with the service notices and even then it seems the valve problems cause oil to get sucked past rings and they stick and have high oil consumption. I ended up buying a factory remain for about $4200 and swapping it out. I had good results after about 50000 miles on the remain everything has been great. One thing I found surprising was that GM really wanted the core back, REALLY! The core charge was $2000 and that makes me wonder what sort of knuckle head left this engine out in the rain?
Thank you for spending all your time in making these videos! It is worth it.
"I wonder if it's rust.... It's probably not rust..." I laughed :)
Great tear down. That block was super dirty inside. No wonder it developed an oiling problem, most with the dod lifter failure is due to shoddy service intervals. My first vid, I think I’ll become a regular. As an engine builder, keeps my eyes sharp.
Great video as always. Nice to see you got some useable parts to sell. Missed Ol’ Blue and the Safety Tote on this episode. Thanks for the videos and laughs.
Another Sunday morning watching a teardown, drinking coffee while the wife is still in bed. Just me, the dog and I DO CARS. 👍👍👍👍👍
awesome work bro, love everything you do..... congrats on 150k subs!
Should have way more subs than that!
It's never a "bad idea" if it works....Love the way you test push rods LOL!
I'm really learning a lot about the 5.3 watching you tearing them apart thank you
*Me patiently wating to hear that water pump grow wings* THUD! Me: Ahhhhh there it is! 😆
Cracking the headbolts loose is Mechanic ASMR... love it!
I got a '99 Z-71 pickup with a new 5.7 that was locked up. The story was that the guy installed the new engine, it wouldn't start, he got pissed off, and left it to rot. It wouldn't start because he installed the distributor 180 off, it sucks that he didn't catch that. I'm guessing that the fuel washed the oil off the cylinders from trying to start it and after many years of sitting the cylinders rusted and locked it up. I forced it free which took a fair bit of effort, but as soon as I got it freed enough that it would crank over it fired up and ran perfectly. I was shocked that there was no noise or oil smoke.
I do an L96 swap a couple times a year, and yeah that dipstick is a pain. I had one break like that, and now I just pull the pan and knock it out from the underside.
My mom had a '10 Silverado that developed that issue. The shop bill wasn't pretty, but it was less than a new engine.
I would watch no matter how long I wish that I worked for you, I always loved to tear down and assemble motor and transmission. Even out of the vehicle depending on what it is and where it is at.
The vaunted LS . I started buying them after realizing they'll be in high demand for the next century or 2. Alum blocks , even more so . Super Compact[fit in anything] , Inexpensive High HP potential. All 4.8 -5.3 iron bloks easily bore to 3.90 LS1 5.7 spec.[$400 in Austin Tx] . If you don't have one , get it kwik , keep it dry. Lithium spray is a good long term preservative.
Bought chevys since the 80s. Really enjoyed the gm points when it came time to buy a new one. Always had 2 or 3k knocked off my best negotiated price. 2015 silverado blew up at 70k. Needed 5grand to rebuild so I traded it in for a new 2018. I assumed I had messed up the repair on misfiring cylinder... new coil fixed the problem for a month.
After buying the 18 I find tons of dod stories about this problem dating back many years, even happening to new vehicles. A class action lawsuit in progress. I've got some 2500 points racked up but I'll never give them my money again.
I'd but a Ford or Ram next but truck prices are ridiculous. My solution for now is a dod delete via the OBD port. It stays 8cyl all the time and lifters never collapse. Mileage has not been affected significantly at all. I'm getting 18.3/21 running the a/c, even better rest of the year. DOD is a stupid gimmick with no appreciable returns.
The cross on top is from dies during the casting process. I used to work for a security company at GM and seen many of those pistons. I'd bet those pistons have a GMPT-B on the side from GM powertrain casting facility in Bedford INDIANA.
A VW TSI 4 banger would be a cool teardown. Three different Gens put in a ton of cars
@@killdizzle maybe he means a 1.4 litre tsi. Nightmare engines
Thank you for the video.
I think the head gasket blown is the cleaning of the piston and a water pump was an attempt to repair the over heating.
About a month and a half ago I bought a 2008 Silverado with 148k with one of these engines. 2 weeks after owning it cyl 1 dod lifter collapsed. The same exact location as on this engine. It took me and a buddy a weekend to get it fixed as we’ve never taken apart one of these engines and weren’t prepared for this to happen at All. After getting it fixed with just a few new lifters, everything is running smoother than when I purchased the truck. I’ve since bought a range technology module that doesn’t allow it to go into 4 cyl mode and I just finished up a nice road trip with 0 hiccups whatsoever so I suppose I was one of the lucky ones where only a few lifters took care of the problem. The cam and all other parts that can get wiped out were okay on it, I guess I caught it early enough. The previous owners must have taken decent care as the inside of the engine seemed pretty clean to me also.
I picked up a 2010 Silverado 5.3 DOD pickup with 110K on the clock. The previous owner had the GM recall where they replaced cam/lifters/oil pump/DOD system. Put another 10K on it without any issues - lifters are quiet and oil pressure is normal. The previous owner faithfully used the Oil Life Indicator as indicator to change the oil plus used name brand oil + decent filters. I have changed the oil several times and always use Mobile 1 high mileage synthetic. It took a few changes to get the oil to stay light-colored and not turn dark. I believe the oil life system isn't the best indicator of when to change the oil especially in New England where every winter a lot of vehicles will be in 'severe service' operation due to excessive idling/not warming up. Hoping it will keep running strong and the problems will be limited to the GM electrical system that we all are used to fixing!
Holy Cow, I didn’t know you guys were located in Hazelwood, MO. I used to live in Hazelwood as a kid and even went to Hazelwood Central high school for a semester my freshman year. In fact, I lived all over the St.Louis metro including on the IL, side of the river. I still have family there as well. I know live in Kansas, just on the west side of the MO boarder. Thanks for the awesome video
Oh man i really love your videos! Always a Pleasure to watch. I would love to see you disassemble an Porsche Engine, maybe even a turbo one. Keep up you’re good work and greets from Bavaria, Germany ✌🏻
Congrats for 150k subscribers 🎉😁
"if you start noticing issues, stop driving immediately"
Solid advice. But I was curious. I had a seized lifter in my 2012 GMC Sierra. Knew I would be doing a motor because I also had low oil pressure issues. But as I said, I was curious. So I kept driving it on 7 cylinders with low oil pressure. Pretty soon the seized lifter on 6 managed to wipe out cylinder 8. At that point I stopped driving it, mostly because it wouldn't drive. I didn't know it at the time, but I also had the classic oil consumption problems. Piston skirts, glazed cylinder walls, PCV, etc.
I promise I'm taking much better care of the new motor. I just didn't care about the old one because I bought the truck used. Previous owner didn't keep up with oil changes. It was too late by the time I took ownership.
Your channel name says it all for me. Thanks
Very nice presentation! Great filming. Easy to watch, in fact I kinda got sucked in, but I loved it. Wish I had a shop to do this too. Do you have an assistant to reposition the camera? or do you have to stop and take off the gloves every time?
nice content again! And here 's another example what will happen when you do not change the oil often enough
Really enjoying your channel! Keep it going?
My Sierra 4x4 had a similar issue, roller compressed. Did a DOD delete and replaced pushrods and rockers since I was already inside. Did all the work myself and really wished I had a engine lift to properly remove and install the pick up tube. Was a nightmare getting access to it while inside the engine. And with the 4x4, I had even less space to work with, oil pan was unable to be removed completely. And caused me some oil leaks that will need to fix with a new oil pan gasket and maybe a simple resurface.
You are a legend... Thanks for your time and knowledge ... Much appreciated dude ...
Enjoyed the video :)
Would love to see anything Honda K24, or GM 3800 series. Plentiful motors, both highly regarded (granted not so much the Series II) but still reliable motors sold in many vehicles.
High likelihood many viewers have owned one, or multiple of these.
Eric did a couple K20's over a year ago.
I guess it’s time for some more Honda carnage 😎
@@I_Do_Cars K24W1 or W9. Those are the DI ones they had in the Accord and CR-V and for some reason they drink oil (or at least the ones I see do).
@@I_Do_Cars j35 with VCM!!!
Great video just come over, Rainman Ray sent me and if this is any indication, I will be watching more of them.
keep up the videos and we all win. love the channel
I liked the checking to see if all the pistons come up to the top. Maybe a new mini segment interlude with game show music or a "pick the piston(s)" guessing game. And as always, I love your channel and I'll catch ya on the next one. 🤙
The pistons tops don't have a "plus", but rather a Templar cross, because they're from Oak Island
Great info, Great video
The LS oil pickup is the bane of my existence, I've done three of those O-rings and only one of them went well. Yes, the bad ones were my fault but still, it sucks.
Just another reason I love my Gen3 5.3. It probably doesn't get quite as good fuel economy as the newer AFM/VVT engines, but I don't have to worry about those systems failing.
another great teardown video. thanks
Ive probably commented about it before but nice heated hoodie, i have one of the original ones in grey, and i just got a new one in green, new one heats up super fast
Watching and liking your contents from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 👍🏻 keep on
Yesssss thanks a lot for all these video😍
"This is my shocked face"
looks at camera 😐 lol
Just bought a 2011 suburban with 5.3 mechanic highly recommends doing the DOD, displacement on demand delete
I have that same engine in my Tahoe. I did a DoD delete, replaced the oil pump, changed the cam with a little lope to it and it runs great. I have about 260k on it.
Seems like it is true of most engines - change the oil and filter consistently sooner than later and it will keep running for a long time.
One can only hope for a ford 460, love the videos !
I wish I could quadruple like videos, cause I would on your videos. I appreciate your doing them. Specially when it came to the powerstroke. Thank You!
So it is reasonable to conclude that the 7.3 took 7.3 hours?
LOL!!!
Everybody knows that the hours of time to liters of displacement ratio is 1:1
That's the first thing you learn.
love the sarcasm of oh that's in really nice shape! chucks it in a bin with a loud clang!
I just experienced a AFM collapsed lifter . Just about ready to pull the heads.
It didn't run too long with the knock....
Really hope the cam is still good.
"✊️ knock on Jeep"✊️ figure I will replace all lifters and hopefully get lucky
Anyway you definitely gave me a well-rounded idea of what I have top to bottom and as much appreciated. I appreciate the straightforward no bulshit video
😎👍 mucho gusto
My LMG has 125k on her now, and the stock lifters are still alive! I know - a friggin miracle, lol. I attribute that to my use of synthetic oils since 2,500 miles, plus a Range AFM disabler I plugged in at 75k miles. Lifters either would have already failed, or would be failing right now had I not!
Every time I see engines that are super dirty inside, it makes me feel better about being neurotic about changing the oil on my car every 5k. I'm kinda disappointed you didn't film an 'after' shot of the heads after they've been through the parts washer, though; was really curious as to how they'd clean up with all that rust.
Serious question, though: with regard to the GM AFM system, do you think the issues stem from people simply not changing the oil on a regular basis with good stuff, or do you think there's some inherent design flaw that fucks shit up, regardless of how religious maintenance was? IMHO, any engine with cylinder deactivation, be it a GM Gen IV 5.3 or a Honda J35, should have consistent oil changes done using name brand full synthetic, or name brand synthetic blend at the very least (I'm guessing that's part of why GM created the Dexos branding). I know the engineering legwork on those engines was done when GM wasn't making as much money as they had before, and from what I've seen, any time a given company isn't doing well, corners get cut during the engineering process, and that eventually comes back to bite them in the form of long running issues or outright recalls.
Design flaw. I work for GM I’ve replaced lifters on vehicles with 400 miles, 5000 miles, you name it. I’ve also replaced lifters with lifters bad out the box. Idk where GM is sourcing these lifters but they are great job security for me lol
Design Flaw mostly. I've seen lifters fail before 5000 miles and usually the low mileage failure ones are because of the locking pin spring inside the lifter breaking and the lifter comes out in two pieces. A tiny ink pen style spring keeps the lifters in the 'Normal' locked mode (oil pressure push the pins back for AFM mode) and it doesn't take much to make that spring or pins stick.
The lifters that are stuck down like in this video I've always seen on higher mileage engines that are usually gross inside and might be a failure related to maintenance more than anything. I'm not exactly sure what keeps them stuck down as Ive never gotten one of those apart, my best guess is debris gets in there and jams the lifter.
Either way it's a terrible mess and it's only been made worse on 2019+ engines with 'DFM' where all 8 cylinders now have these lifters and they switch on and off almost constantly in 'rotating firing orders'. The new DFM engines I've noticed have had WAY more lifter failures so far than the AFM engines and they've only been out for a couple years.
Collapsed lifter due to weak springs on lifter, turn that off, and any brand with AFM/DOD is not impervious to it.
Get those engines ready for a non DOD Lifter overhaul.
Absolutely true about maintaining AFM LS engines. Change the oil at least every 6000 miles and use a good quality synthetic motor oil and they seldom have issues. BTW- there is a small screen in the oil passage feeding the LOM module, if it becomes restricted or plugged with debris it will cause AFM lifter failure. The screen is accessable under the oil pressure sender. Thanks, great video as always!
Looks like a good core.
If you're going to do something dangerous like standing on a breaker bar, please try and minimize the danger and use the safety tote. It's not just for timing chain tensioners.
Welcome to a world of OSHA violations😂
The really locked up check was quite funny! Glad the loader did not come out.
Now, I'm imagining all the props you have off-camera to make it just sound like you've throwing the part you just praised the condition of in the dumpster.
Your learning! Water Pumps are so cheap in the replacement market that even if it was 'like new' it would not be profitable to resell it. Now if he just happened to need a water pump for his personal car it might be worth using just to save a trip to the store, but not to deal with the hassle of selling it.
I just did a dod delete on my 2016 5.3 I went with a stage 3 cam and new lifters. Had it retuned by a professional and I am getting better mileage than I have ever have and an extra 50 horse power. The truck only had 80,000 miles on it and it did ding up the cam so it had to be replaced.
On stuck V engines I usually see someone put whatever fluid in the cylinders to free the rings not realizing its only going to pool at the bottom. Turning the engine so each bank is vertical for a few days with however much fluid is what I've done since un-freezing my first "will it have a sticker next week" car three decades ago. Just my one and a half cents.
Can you find and do a Toyota 1HD? These 4.2 straight 6 engines are known for extreme heavy hauling and high milage. The Landcruiser 100 is my most favorite 4x4 and used (in Holland) by the more fortunate builders and market salesmen. Hauling up to 9 tons or 20.000 lbs (and above) day by day.
Big fan of your channel
I had my own 'I Do Cars' exploratory moment when I thought I landed a deal on a JD 214 tractor I was going to use to level a spot for a shop pad.
Turns out the p.o. ran 'er into the ground without oil (big surprise, eh?) til the piston friction welded itself into the cylinder, turning a pretty average ring job into a complete rebuild. Then I get a bit further and see all the carnage in the bottom end. 🤦♂ Yeah, that just went from $200 in parts to a 'can this be saved??' $1000 machining project. Welp, not the end of a recent purchase I wanted to be on, but now I have the experience of seeing someone else's misdeeds like this fine fellow does!