$38,500 MCLAREN Part 12 // Is the Engine Shot? Was it Too Good to be True? 

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Kinda hard to make the SRS module entertaining...but hope you guys are having a great day! 🔥

Probably have stuck piston rings. That “Marvel Mystery Oil” comment deserves consideration. Remove spark plugs and add a little in each cylinder, let sit for a day, turn the engine over (plugs still out) to discharge excess oil. In the meantime replace oil pressure sending unit

Whoever told you that a McLaren will smoke when left for while, doesn't own one. I do and it sits for months without starting and never smokes, at all...... Ever

Cut open the oil filter and look for metal debris. If there is a good amount, you're looking at bearing material from the crankshaft. I have seen this issue on Mclarens before.

Get some foam inserts to stop stuff falling down the sides of the seat. Be a pain to keep removing the seats to get anything dropped

Man.. what an emotional rollercoaster... 🤞🏻🤞🏻 Seriously hope the engine's fine

Hey Inja, I’m no mechanic but usually white smoke is indicative of a coolant or oil issue. The low oil pressure fault may be a possible reason for it. Also, when you change the spark plugs and coils, you could use a borescope to check the status of the pistons and bores. If nothing is obvious after checking the cause of the oil light and the pistons/bores, maybe try a combustion leak tester. Ive also seen that a faulty fuel injector can cause white smoke if it’s stuck open. Love the build and can’t wait for the next installment 😊

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You had a lot of sludge in those oil lines. Maybe put a quart of marvel mystery oil in and run it some to dissolve any remaining sludge then drain it again. If the low oil pressure light comes on though, don't continue running it till you verify if it's a true condition. May be some of that sludge has worked it's way into the where the oil sending unit is. On some engines there is a screen there that can need cleaning. The marvel may clean that out for you.

Loving the hard work in your commitment towards your goals.

A lot of youtubers are getting smoke after servicing these cars and they all say its because they're easy to overfill the oil

McLaren . A actual dip stick was too simple .

White smoke usually means coolant is getting into the combustion chambers of your vehicle. This generally happens because of a cracked or leaking head gasket, which allows coolant to seep into your cylinders. In extreme cases, you will need to replace your head gasket. At the first sign of white smoke you can try head gasket repair treatment to seal the leak before you do serious damage to your engine.

Enjoy watching your vids you do good work I hope you can figure out the problems

i love how much effort u put into ur passion mad respect ❤

Great video! As always!👍😁👌

looks sick even with the faults. really hope you get it 100%

Love the body kit‼️👌🏾 you made the right choice

Oh man! After watching your work, I would recommend anyone who want to do this kind of project you need to do it before you reach 50 years old. If you do it too late, your back will hurt like hell.

Smoking so bad, might be too much oil or engine gasket is already damage. Checked DDE's 720 it's qlso smoking and after checking they found out that the gasket is already damaged.

It's probably just a PCV failure, worn valve guides or blown head gasket. If the oil filter doesn't have metal shavings in it as you said. The problem is most likely something simple to fix. It's probably nothing major.

Overfilled oil can make these smoke.

All those Cafe Latte spilled on those seats! More cup holders!

Cheers mate

The oil has to be 100% right amount , if not the engine will smoke . I have see these problem on different super car rebuilds

"But it runs fine" Whilst the garage fills with smoke LOL

Inja ma Boi, hope you can get things sorted, I am sure you will do it. Have a great weekend bro.

no matter what the car look sick i love

good vidoe, i had that happened to me many times, ordered a part and the old part starts working before new one comes!

oil level must be bang on on this model, slightly over will cause smoking

Man sorry to hear about the low oil pressure The car has come a long way though!! It looks awesome!

Ah yes, wonderful McLaren ownership. I have always been suspicious of the McLaren engines, other than cost is why I went with the C8 drivetrain. I hope it is something silly, and easy to fix. Keeping my fingers crossed.🤞

Awesome project. Your approach is detailed and tenacious! Valvoline restore & protect oil worked in my application. Especially the twin turbo Porsche as it helps with buildup around rings. It's for long term use, not just a one time deal.

Low oil pressure and exhaust smoke are not necessarily related. Whether it's oil or coolant smoke should be evident from the smell, however, a few simple tests will confirm some things. A Leakdown test (head gasket/stuck rings/valves). Combustion Leak Detector test (checks for combustion products in the coolant) or coolant pressure test.

I think the low oil pressure is a faulty sensor. The smoke I think is either an overfill or an AOS issue. Start the car and see if there is suction on the oil filler cap. Change the plugs and coils and maybe do a bore scope while you are there

Now the seats are as clean as the floor in the McLaren Headquarters in England… Jay Leno said you can eat from the floor in The Factory

Check out Mat Armstrong McLaren’s 720 build , he had exactly the same smoking issue. It’s oil in the breather system. If you overfill the system by even a quart, they will smoke heavily.

Hey Buddy, back again and still wanting to buy this McLaren! That said this time here to help. Stop running that motor, the amount of smoke is crazy! Get an endoscope and look inside the motor, also run a compression check on the cylinders. Obviously oil is getting into the combustion chamber so it's possible you got ring blow by, seal issues with the turbos, etc. With this being a dry sump and being in an accident I would pull the ignition fuse and hook up a pressure guage to the oil line and crank the motor to see if you are getting the right presure. I have more to offer if you need help, let me know and we can arrange a call.

That knob thing I've had stuff like that happen to me in the past, like something wasn't seated flush even though you thought it was already, and then a moving part forces something back into place because it would normally clear, and suddenly the stuck part starts working again, magically. I wouldn't sell that part though, there's always the potential that the clunk that started the thing working could have also broken some small plastic peice and then you'll wish you had the part to repair it later.

The bottom of the seats have got wet some how as its rusty and the mold. Hope the electricals under there are all good. Looking forward to seeing you enjoying the car.

I can second the marvel mystery oil for stuck rings. Just did this a couple weeks ago and it fixed it for me. But not gonna lie the amount of smoke looks like headgasket

You're the best

Ah man, I really feel for you, I don't like the look of that smoke, but it WILL be fine, I know it will. Also... That camera angle at the end was insane, computer game vibes ✌️

Great job I enjoy your videos, bring back the dipstick 😂 Russell England 🇬🇧

You can also make a compression test while replace the spark plugs, it could let you know the conditions of the engine, and change the oil presure sensor, it can be bad.

Keep up the good job.. maybe you have overcomed this issues this present time or else you will 👍🌸🌊🏖 Best regards from Sweden

Looks like one side smoking more than the other ,could it be rings sticking,do a compression test hen you change the plugs ,it looks like she’s definitely burning oil with the blue smoke,good look bro ,😎she did sound beautiful 😎

Just to let you know it may help ,but DDE had a similar smoking problem with one of their miclarin,it had to do with a I' 14:45 canister and needing to burn off excess oil,hope this helps you out,good luck pat kersh

I say don't send it for paint and body until you work the kinks out

Hard to get to parts aside. Normally I would pull the plugs and do a compression test on each cylinder, and in your case do a camera video inspection also inside. Making sure everything looks ok. No signs of bad oil rings etc., scoring etc. Inspection camera everywhere honestly, intake etc. Even a smoke , pressure test. No not the engine smoking, the smoke maker test for leaks

I will definitely recommend to do a compression test and a leak down test, as well to check the oil conditions and coolant conditions just incase you have a bad head gasket and last but no least a oil change and spark plug replacement, also just as curiosity inspect the oil filter just to make sure you know 😉, good luck 👍

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inj buy a t piece and put it where you oil switch is then put your switch and a oil pressure gauge in the t piece that will keep your electroncs happy and you can manually check your oil pressure if you get good pressure then replace the oil light switch if you have bad oil pressure then you can replace oil filter and check again the car does not knock this tells me it has to be something not that bad have you checked for play in your turbo's another thing to try is have someone do a c02 check in your coolant tank to see if is not a head gasket issue with coolant going into the cylinder and causing the smoke hope this helps cheers from down under

Before anything else, at this point I'd do a compression test.

Typically when you see white smoke it means you have a blown head gasket. Especially if it smells sweet. I hope it’s just whatever you added to the fuel. I would try putting some fresh fuel in it.

Diagnose with a 20$ oil pressure gauge, may just be the pressure switch at fault (assuming it just has a basic switch) I replaced one today in a slightly less exotic car.

I'm guessing turbo seals are out. just a guess since it's running fine. might be worth it to pull the exhaust and check with a bore scope

Check the channels for Mat Armstrong and Travarish, they had the same issue on their Mclaren builds with the low oil pressure and excessive smoking.

Morning mate

last time i has a low oil pressure warning it was an old hose that busted, i would just check all your oil hoses

did you drop the oil pan and inspect for a clogged oil pickup tube? Or clogged oil filter. Low oil level? Not sure why you couldn't verify that before. - the most common cause of low oil pressure. Not an expert here. Just a thought.

Hey man! I really enjoy your videos! Thay are amaizing! Just watch Mat Armstrong video on his McLaren....he had exactly the same problem and reason was he overfill the oil...

u should do a Jetson Bolt Pro Review that'd be sick 🔥

Great to see the car on the road Must be very satisfying. The rear camera view on the smoke while driving has a bluish tinge, and that unfortunately looks like burning oil. Either you have worn rings / cylinder liners or its getting oil past the valve guides. The latter is usually evident if you get a lot of smoke on letting the car sit for a while. Might also be oil from wear in the turbo bearing. I hope it's none of those things, but given the age, miles, and previous poor servicing history, you're looking at some major engine work to fix. I doubt its and overfilled oil situation that shoukd have cleared up by now give how much you have run the car after correcting the oil level.

if it's not actively leaking oil, and you're putting oil in it, maybe it's the oil pressure sensor?

Change oil messure correct amount,mclaren are known about the smoking if oil is not correct

maybe it is the oil control rings and valve stem seal but will need to tear the engine down to find out and if the oil pump is going out it will give not enough oil to the bearings and cylinders do a leak down test to verify engine health. I just thought of some thing to add pop the intake and exhast down pipes and see if the turbo seals are bad on both. Burning oil from the turbo will destroy the catalytic converter

DDe had the same recently. They had blown the headgasket on their 720s. Also could be you actually put too much oil in there.

Head gaskets, DDE had a similar issue....

Change spark plugs first of all, and clean your oil strainer

Like Damon's 720 GTR it wants to be a McKaren.

Possibly, it's excess fuel due to the misfire conditions. Notice how the smoke is exiting the exhaust? It's more present on the passenger side bank. I think you're on the right track replacing the ignition components. In reference to the oil pressure sensor, it's certainly worth checking while you're in there and placing a borescope down the lines if it doesn't clear up with ignition alone. You'll get it 🥂

Love the RU-vid channel 🤙 take a step back bro 🙏 you've done everything till thus far 🤲 many people will say different things 🤷 but only you can figure this out 🙏 it could be something very simple such as an oil ring but we are not there 🤷 you will figure it out with patients 🤲 the engine running good, it's just that oil dripping into the exhaust 🤷 it's not bearing , coolant temperature is fine 🤲 so figure out how the oil getting into the exhaust,,,? 14:53

@TheLinja. I like the white and black look. Are you going to keep that color look?

what would samcrack do? check plugs and do a compression test, and an oil pressure check

daily driven exotics had the same problem and the engine was shot

Pcc fault is accumulaters😂 and or the wing messed up...always park it in track a dude said and buy a ctec charger NOT a McLaren charger believe it or not some of those have caused faults (per mclaren life) also thorney has a good video on how to reset the wing...also LIFT CAR..TAKE 1 BOLT OUT and clean with wire

The first thing i would do is change/flush the oil a couple of times and change the filter i know Matt Armstrong had the same issue with smoking but can't remember how he fixed it might be worth reaching out to him think DDE also had the issue. i certainly wouldnt risk driving it yet.

DDE Damon has the same problem with the 720s they have taken apart the engine it was something with the gaskets and cylinders

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Looks like it my need new turbo seals

Hopefully its just some turbo seals 🤟👽🔧🎬

Any update brother everything all right

Could it be that the overfilled oil got to the turbos?

I think you have a bad turbo. Check it and check for oil in the charge pipes.

Any issue with oil pressure sensor or even bad ground? Any place u can get another oil pressure reading to bypass its sensor. Man I’m so jealous of your easy reset of airbag module. Ours is brand new and still gave the stupid light on the dash . Trip to Ferrari and 700 bucks later told the dome light passenger air bag light is bad. So here goes another 800 bucks on dome light to see if I can finally reset my srs system. Man I need to get this car passed to be legal in Canada . We goto paint in one month finally. Good luck on the oil pressure my friend

I think the smoke is from a bad turbocharger on that side of the engine

My mclaren was smoking like that also you probably over filled it

May be wrong. But think you missig a knee airbag under the steering wheel.

13:23 very nice combustion engine I still believe you should have made it an EV

Probably dde had the same thing happen and it was there head gasket . But u defintley drown the motor with too much oil and u probably have a ton of oil in the intake manifold and the turbos

Looks like you need a new engine 😮

Im kinda thinking that youve gotten to the point where youve done all that you can do on your own. Its probably time to take it to an expert in McLaren engines. I dont remeber if you said this car was turbo charged, but if it is, it could be bad oil seals in the turbo/turbos... Other than that, blown head gasket, bad valve seals, or worn rings are the main things that could cause this kind of oil burning. I hope the motor is ok, but its not looking good. Sorry man, I know its a downer to see all the negative comments.

Need to do a compression test asap. Also look at residual oil in the turbo. My view honestly is you have a blown head and I think.your idea not to drive it is very sensible. Check if you have milky oil, compression, or rings.

Isn't that the worst, when you budget x amount of hours to do "a job" and that job doubles because the amount of dirt/grime/mold?

It's a nice car but I would just buy a late model Honda Civic for that price because the insurance alone on that car is over a thousand dollars a month.

I was that much focused so when you started the car and the smoke started I was just blowing to the screen/smoke 😅😅

Watch Matt Armstrong video , and Tavarish . They both had the same problem and they fixed it . Best of luck all the way from Lebanon south of Lebanon 🇱🇧, and free l🇵🇸✌️

Axxx I saw the place for fix the seats to much rust clean it and used rust transformation to remove the rust then clean and paint for safe it 😵‍💫 I am surprised that this cars are like that maybe from cleaning to much the seats water go there and make rust 😵‍💫 for the engine smoke maybe you put to much oil and car burns it another option is cover of the heat of the block to be done and to mix oil and antifreeze with oil 😵‍💫 i hope it’s not to be just to much oil but it’s intrest to see each new video from you keep work on it 💪🏻🙂