Could you make a video tearing the old engine down and show what you find? If i hear these prices if you know what parts needed to rebuilt the engine it might be doable.
Why would knuckle scrapers be watching WWW? Not everyone who attempts to join in the community discourse is a knuckle scraper and Wes can handle the critics as he plainly demonstrates via straight talk.
Wes's usual comments are about how great his commenters are and how much help he gets from them. I think his last video was implementing what commenters told him to do. Sure, there are a lot of big mouth know nothings, but there is also a lot of cumulative experience and knowledge.
@@WatchWesWork ah yes, shrinking and expanding bearings on something, I remember... At least yours looks like i still would eat something out of that thing. The last ones in shops I have seen I would not have touched with a 14 foot pole.
My Father passed too soon. Your videos allow me to see what he did. Thanks for having good lighting, keeping the camera still as possible. Also compared to other channels you show respect for us watching your channel and try to explain your decisions. Thanks again, I’ll watch every video you post 👍
@@ferky123 5 years / 110k miles is WAY TO SOON for a catastrophic engine failure. Sadly it looks like most people don't care that they need to get deeper and deeper into debt to replace a $50k rolling iphone every few years.
@@rrmm7566 Couldn't have said that any better. People these days have absolutely no mechanical experience. As long as the glowing lights on the radio, satellite connection, seat warmers and internet access keeps going they are happy. Nothing but a mind numbing electronic show to distract from the joy of actually looking outside the window and seeing the sights..
@@mph5896 That doesn't make it right for Hyundai to produce cars that disintegrate just outside of warranty. BTW there is a $3bn class action on these engines and Hyundai is extending warranty to 150k but it only covers damage caused by rod bearing failure, which this is likely not. So the engine seems to be exceptionally horrible and owners have to sue Hyundai for every defect separately to get them to do something about it.
Your explanation for the engine replacement was absolutely spot on and anyone in the industry knows it. I appreciate the weekend warriors out there, but it’s the weekend warriors always in the comment sections with these grand ideas of what you should or shouldn’t be doing that just isn’t based in reality of running a shop
$5300 for a USED engine is just nuts.Especially for a used HYUNDAI engine! But I guess it is what it is,and hoefully the "new" engine won't suffer the same catastrophy as the original.Good job Wes,don't worry about what the keyboard warriors say.It's your shop and you're the boss!
3:30 I 100% agree with this statement. The NTSB has a saying: "There's never just one thing that brings down a plane, it's always a multitude of reasons". Words to live by.
@@davidkane4300…hyundai engines are high pressure engines, there are extreme pressures in the combustion chamber. The hole in the piston was caused by excessive heat, and you have to consider that NOBODY checks their oil. The owner didn’t check the oil, didn’t change the oil on time, and didn’t maintain the cooling system….I would put 500 bucks on it. These cars get a bad reputation because people don’t take care of their vehicles. People USED to take care of their cars in this country.
@@deplorablelibertarian they're also poorly made (poor materials, build quality, quality control, etc.), which combined with poor maintenance is a recipe for disaster. Hyundai/Kia know they built junk engines, but something in their corporate structure led them to keep it (cost vs. benefit of a newly engineered engine vs. just replacing the failures that occur before the warranty is up). Similar with the dry-clutch Ford powershift in the Fiesta/Focus/Ecosport (and probably many other non-US models)... Nearly 100% failure rate! They HAD to know during prototype testing, but unethical corporate culture forced a bad product to market. Similar to basically all diesel manufacturers cheating on emissions so they could meet power, efficiency, and emissions targets, but couldn't do all three in reality, so they cheated, hoping nobody would find out. VW was arrogant about it, and got their pee pee slapped by Uncle Sam as a warning to others. Cadillac tried doing the right thing by cancelling the V8-6-4 mid-year because it was so unreliable, but then did the wrong thing by rushing the HT4100 to market instead of reverting back to a carburetor from 1980 (or picking a BOP engine like they eventually did with the 307 and 350)...
My friend was a buyer for a Mercedes dealer in town. They also owned Kia and Hyundai stores. We would regularly haul truckloads of Theta II replacement engine pallets to use as firewood from behind the Mercedes service department. I still have a few of those handy little engine pallets.
Every year that goes by we lose another engine machine shop in our area, which has a high population. I had a conversation with the owner of one I had been using for years, a full service machine shop that did everything but grind cams, he let me know they were closing their doors. Due to the lack of interest of the younger generations, lack of parts for newer models and high cost of replacement parts, most people and shops were shopping wrecking yards.
Honestly, I would use mine more BUT it takes too long to have work done. Cant wait a month or six for work to be done. Drop in a used engine in a day, or get a dealer reman and do the same in a day.
We have an excellent machine shop here, but the building they're in is literally falling down around them, all the employees are in their 60s, and they have so much work they don't even try to keep up. Last time I had a crank ground it took 5 months. They have one guy that can do it and he's an old hippie who works when he feel like it.
You don't see any young people working in an engine machine shop. Since all the real auto parts stores are pretty well gone and replaced by big chain stores. In my area you don't go to the auto parts store without going on their website looking up your part numbers and checking their inventory to make sure it is in stock. @@WatchWesWork
I've learned the same thing when working on stuff that has rust or is just old. The less bolts you touch, the better. Doesn't matter how gentle you go, something WILL break, it's almost a guarantee.
That engine sounds quieter and smoother than a new one. You're amazing man. I see you're in my state. If you're fairly close I'd like to utilize your services for my two 2022 Tucson Hybrids once the free stuff is over in a year. Edit:Hey Wes, our local Hyundai stores have crates and crates of replacement engines in their service departments. It's scary to see literally 50 to 60 of these crates at each of the three dealerships I've been to in the last 12 months. Now I'm second guessing my decision on purchasing more new Hyundai's. Oh my what have I done?
Get rid of that junk before it blows. I'm trying to get the dealership to make good on the recall, but they are giving me hell. I have a second car, a 2001 Lexus RX300 and it's a much better car in every way imaginable
Nice to see Kia/Hyundai still have the same problems they had back in 2008 when I worked at a Kia dealer. We had 4 nearly new Rondo up on the racks at the same time, all with speed holes in the engine block. Took forever to get the replacement motors in. Don't care how "nice" they make the insides of them or how great the financing is, the drivetrains are TRASH and they are throwaway cars.
Don't forget the ease of theft they built in to all the Kia's as well. There should be a mandated buyback of all these affected cars. Between the engines and thefts that would account for pretty much all of them on the road. VW cheated the emissions and they bought all the cars back. Hyundai/Kia should be forced to do the same..
Yep, drive my Chevelle around like an idiot until it starts knocking on friday night, off to the junkyard saturday morning for a station wagon small block for 100 bucks and back to driving like an idiot on saturday evening. Man, i miss the good old days. New things are no good. Thanks for the video Wes, the struggle is real. Best regards from Indiana.
Wes, regarding your water pipe, seriously consider replacing that pvc with pex and moving it at least 2 inches or more off the wall. a room can be warm but the cold transfers right off of the wall to the pipe. I bet your wall is below freezing in these conditions even though the air temp is 50 degree or more higher, ask me how I know! Flooded kitchen and basement that's how! Oh and pex doesn't get brittle like PVC or CPVC. My whole damn house is plumbed with CPVC
I work at an auto recycling yard in the great white north and can attest to the fact that just about any of these Hyundai/Kia 4 bangers have a high failure rate and carry a hefty price tag as a result, and they sell as fast as they come in the door.
We had a 2012 sorento with the 2.4L and it started smoking and using oil at 55,000 miles. Got the run around from the dealer so we got rid of it. They knew the 4 cylinders had a problem. No more kias. Cars was totally maintained by dealer.
I feel like you need to have the dog do a 12point inspection before you start a video!! 😂😂😂 Get you one of those heater/ ac units to hang on the wall for comfort! Ask Diessel Creek about those!
Wes, You are a true MASTER of honesty with a clear break of how you attack a job. Thank you for always being willing to put out such informative content.
You may want to get 1/2 opening between those pipes away from that wall to create an air gap, for they don’t freeze or use some of that foam insulation that just slips onto the pipes to hold it away from the wall a little.
That handy 1/4 in thick foam insulation diameter about 3/4 inch...that has a slit along one side. I use it on the hot water pipes going out from the water heater, also as padding (with cable ties) on the chrome steel foot rests on bar stools in the basement rec room, maybe more uses
Nicely done sir. You guys got all the good snow. Here in NW WI we only got the cold. Though didn’t stop the DOT from dumping all the rest of the fiscal year 2023 salt on the roads!
@ItsAlwaysRusty yup. 3 days straight of snow here in the land of the football team that can't win in the playoffs, Friday night, town plows went by 7 times from 5pm, dumping salt. The end of my driveway was a big pile of mush
I have a friend with a Kia that blew the engine. Same thing, unubtanium on those engines. They waited for for months to get the 2.4L engine and it was so expensive. I had priced doing an engine for them at around 7k. The dealer originally wanted 12!!! I told them to call the manufacturer and they were able to get KIA to cover half of it. They traded the car away pretty soon after it was repaired.
Having spare components stored away for when you need them is a sound policy. My neighbour has 2 spare vehicles (one blown engine, body good; one rear quarter t-bone, engine and gearbox nearly new) in the back of his garage for his daily driver. Probably already recouped the price of both spares by not having to buy new/used parts for his car.
Those 2 machine shop types were true in my old area too. Which is how I got into building OHC engines (specifically modular v8s), older guy didn't like them. He wouldn't tell you no but you would be waiting 6-9 or so months before he'd finally want to do it, so I ended up doing it.
A lot of the time they don't like something because they don't want to relearn what they've already known for years. Personally, I'd love to learn how to rebuild a modern OHC engine but I just don't have the money or a place to do it. I can't even work on my vintage air-cooled dirt bike that has nothing to it because I lack space and a place to tinker. Fighting the weather just so you can work on something ruins the fun of it.
@@Stephen.in.Virginia I'm in NY, as far north as you can possibly go before going into Canada. There isn't much around here. As nice as it sounds asking someone for space to tinker I'm not fond of that idea. I already do something similar with some of my other machines that are stored at a friends house. It doesn't always work out because I can't always go over. There's also the travel distance. Which isn't a long drive, but I'm not always in the mood to travel. I don't want to have to travel somewhere every time I want to tinker on something. I've also gotten to the point over the years where I'm getting tired of relying on others just so I can get my own stuff done. I just want to walk out my door, go into the back yard and tinker when the urge strikes. No travel, no asking for permission, no anything. A decent sized shed would be nice I just don't have the funds right now. Paying for other stuff first is more important. :)
For a while I thought Hyundai/Kia was on an upward trajectory after seeing how good the 2001+ Elantra was ,but they stopped using Korean-built engines, some under license from Mitsubishi, and began manufacturing engines down here in Alabama. GDI put the nail in the coffin. Seems like Honda, Toyota and Nissan have already hired the best powertrain engineers here.
It’s a bad casting from what I have been told. The original issue was hardening, they get heat treated in giant ovens with rows a rows of motors. The ones in the middle did not get heated properly and were weak…. That issue got resolved, but the next bigger issue came up.. bad castings. They are sand cast blocks, and during the cleaning process sand was left in the block… over time it brakes loose and starts traveling around the motor and boom… that’s why no one will rebuild the blocks. No one wants the liability
Another great video, you make it all look particularly easy, but I think that is just an indication to us of your experience and skills as a mechanic Wes. Thanks a lot, keep them coming. Rgds Ian
I really appreciate how much work you do on editing you videos. They are very well done and you content is excellent. I get very excited when a see a new watchweswork video has come out. Thank you.
WOW, a two for one video day. You just can't get any better than that. Always interesting videos from you Wes. And you seem to make them all fascinating to watch as well... You certainly have earned my respect changing that engine so easily...or at least it seemed that way!
The bent tube and broken intake would give me more confidence that this engine is good as it probably came from a wrecked car, which means it ran when it got junked. Also, an advantage of a whole engine is the warranty they usually have, however short.
I'm a relatively new subscriber but I have been really enjoying watching the videos you make! The way you edit them makes it so much easier to watch than some of the other stuff I watch.
Excellent Video! One thing that has always bothered me about Chain hoists is the tail of chain that is always a nuisance. I solved this by making a chain bucket actually a heavy canvas bag that the chain accumulates in. The challenge was attaching the bag in the proper place just under the hoist. Thank you.
Thank you for the video, Wes. Good content! Again, I like the format sans music. I like hearing the tools work. One can tell all sorts details based on the sound from you and the tools how well progress is going.
The wind coming across that cornfield will affect exposed buildings like your shop. Remote corner - outside wall low down to the floor - yeah that's likely why your pipes froze.
Nice engine switch out, nice to have things go your way for a change. To think we almost bought one of those, oh my. Thanks for the video sir , enjoyed it. Stay warm.
Fantastic Wes, really interesting and watchable, particularly the reasoning on the money also how easy you made it look. Keep them coming! All the best, David. Sheffield Uk, l thought it was cold here -5, can’t imagine-25.
134 degrees F here, Great swimming in the creek or pool weather. Just don't know how you guys deal with that cold a weather. Don't get me wrong, I've been cold before up in the Hindu Kush on ops at -37C but the coldest it gets here in beautiful sunny Queensland, Australia (where I live at least) is -2C, which is considered a 'freezing' day. Plus, that's only at dawn. By 1000hrs it's 20C, Thanks for the great videos, Mrs Wes and Wes, Keep them coming.
You are obviously very skilled, experienced and talented at this Wes, so I believe ya when you say something is the way it is. However good on ya for always being very transparent about the comments and addressing them in a good natured way even when some of them are off base👍
Thanks for the video, Wes. I reaĺly enjoyed it. We recently had an arctic cold front go through in BC, Canada that saw temps go down to -42C, -43.6F. Thank goodness I have a heated garage to work in. Keep up the good work!
Super good Job Wes 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 on the engine swap…I’m excited to see your new loft space where you can build your new office / bathroom space. Keep up your great work. 😊
G’day Wes that was good decision on the engine you saved the owner a hell of a lot of money when you priced the engine from other places and the money on the other ones, it was good to watch and good to see you again. John
Excellent video, Wes. i agree that was an easy engine swap for you. You sure did get some very cold weather, monday a week ago it was 9 degrees. So its been very cold here, didn't get any snow.
Hi Wes ,Mrs Wes and Kiddo plus Max. Great job well done, it was the Beautiful Assistant that made the difference.Many thanks from a not so snowy Liverpool UK.
Very interesting video, I enjoyed it a lot. That snow is pretty but I'm glad I live in Arizona right now. Sunny and in the 70's. Of course I'll be complaining in June thru Sept.. when we are 110 plus degrees every day! El Mirage, Arizona
That was surprisingly painless. I've frequently heard that while problems persist with the H/K twins, working on them compared to other manufacturers is a dream. My mechanic loves mine, especially compared to some of the nightmares out there.
Thanks Wes for the early video on replacing the engine on that Hyundai. I'm probably 70 to 80 mi west of you in the Cedar Rapids Iowa area and our weather has been the same. It gets brutally cold. We had snow storms back to back and I don't have a skid loader! 😅 Luckily there's a friend of mine that has a Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 3/4 ton truck that I sold him three years ago and he has the big $6,900.00 plow that articulates in the middle to a v plow or side by side standard plow. That plow now is close to $8900.00 installed. Go back to you,Wes. Excellent job on removing that motor. We must have been mistaken because we always took the motors out the bottom and left of the body. Also that works great on Ford trucks because you can't get to anything without pulling that body up. Well keep it coming up with these good videos. Wes. I love your channel. You're funny! Great guy. If you were around here I don't have much to do so I go down there and hang out and tell you how to do things that I never ever did before. Just how we did it 50 years ago. Thanks Wes
Wes thank god for kids. I remember the days of climbing on snow piles and having a blast unfortunately those days are gone. That was definitely a pretty easy R and R engine replacement. Thanks for sharing and stay warm. 👍
