Funny of all the cars I've DIY'd, Mercedes, BMWs, Corvettes, Mustangs, Pontiac G8, Honda Civic Si, Subaru WRX' the one that spent the most time on the lift was a 1993 Mazda MX3 coupe. The most complicated cheap little sports car I ever worked on.
I knew Tasos would know. It's odd the owner had the wherewithal to replace the head studs by himself--not a trivial job--but didn't take time to research the torque for those cam adjuster bolts.
lol, i just KNEW your shop was gonna be massively successful immediately!...true quality never lacks for opportunity. you are an inspirational dude, thanks for posting these videos. peace
Congrats on the success so far man! Also just wanted to thank you again for the email help for my Hayabusa Willy’s build. I know you’re a busy guy so I really appreciate it!
But be advised they extended warranty (unless from manufacture) will not bear those claim. Basically those extended warranty are just good on paper but not in real life.
Muhammad Khan mercedes extended warranty on my w222 has covered struts / control arms/ water pump/ driveshaft/ airmatic pump/ and also covers engine problems . Its really worth it. All of this has costed so far over $10,000 in parts and maybe another $10,000 in labor
It is not nearly as bad as internet makes it to be. Someone made a mistake when working on this car. The only weak part is the top of the engine, but failure rate is super low. I made a DIY for those who need it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zJO1qNnhxw4.html
Hi, Can you help me with this question, please? 2008 ML350 W164, I was replacing the Cam Adjuster when the chain jumped and I had to take the timing cover off to time the chain. I have to take both lower adn upper oil pans out to put the cover back on. I did take out the lower pan but to remove the UPPER pan it looks like I need to lift the engine, My question is: To lift the engine, is it removing the engine mount bolts, Torque convertor bolts, and unbutton the engine from the trans or is there something else to it? DOes the transmission neeeds support when lifting the engine? Thank you for your time.
Hey did you have a chance to look at the T 50 Gorden Murry hyper gt car. Can you tell how a v12 engine can spin up to 12000 rpm without pneumatic valves . And as your car is under 1000 kgs and your aero parts are so big do you feel like making your car a ground effect car with electric fans to control the air flow .
Hello Master, I have a question. What will happen, if I start the motor of a W203 with automatic transmission 722.6 without put the EGS on its place, but it will be connected to the electronical circuit and the ATF source will be also attached correctly? Would it damage the transmission, would the car start to move on its own, or would it just trow old ATF out and nothing else will happen?
Great video! As much as I enjoy watching you work on these cars I still feel that you are above being a mechanic. I really feel that you should be developing custom products on your cnc and selling them. Would also be great if your channel grew to the size it deserves, perhaps you can showcase your race car on a few bigger channels to attract viewers to your own. Anyway, looking forward to your next video!
Hello great suggestion, i am going to make the head bolts job, plus lifters and lock plates, One question when i am going to put the camshaft i can rotate in a simply way the camshaft before i put the bridges, so i can put the timing tool in place and then put the bridges, correct?
I got a question when u remove the camshaft the engine u set it at 40degree how u turn the engine to set it at40 degre u go clock way or the other side of clock way
you mention there was a recall on the original head bolts. I've done extensive research on this and can not find an official recall by Mercedes. I have an E63 with the same M156 engine so this issue has me paranoid.
Are the cams and cam adjusters any different in pre facelift and facelift models? Are there any issues that should be looked into say on 2012/2014 models? Maybe some preventative work needs to be done?
From your experience with AMG/MBZ, what are their overall best products (cleverness of engineering, reliability, ease of maintenance,drive train, emotion, etc, etc, )... R129?
LED in the rain sucks you can not see anything on the raod..i used to have LED in my car after a while i reunstall new OEM head lights its much better now
Yellow lights doesn't reflect as much as the blue-ish lights. That's why people racing Baja 1000 (for example) would use more yellow-ish lights when following in the dust trail of another participant. Same applies to snow/rain, just in a different extent. That's what I've heard anyways... I reckon that's why for example Rigid Industries (led light bar manufacturer) let you choose colours for your light bar, depends on application. Edit: it's a well discussed topic, so don't take my words on it. an example if you're curious: forums.anandtech.com/threads/the-yellow-foglights-are-better-in-rain-myth.322679/
I think they tightened up the cam phaser bolt by holding the crankshaft therefore transferring at the tightening torque through the 6 bolts. Latter they broke off.
No, we did not get to running water/methanol yet. Oil I believe was a 40 or 50 weight. Still very thick when it came out. The issue was only the clearances like I mentioned in the video. I'll show the measurements in the next one
@@xfmotorsports looking forward to watch it, there was a lot of very specific and expensive materials in that engine someone identified an "king bearings" racing set as well it sort of looks like a specific build, not generic in any way
HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO CHANGE THE HEAD BOLTS AND THE CAM ADJUSTERS ON ANY OF THE 63 AMG CARS, AND WOULD YOU RECOMMEND DOING IT YOUR SELF, YOU MAKE IT LOOK EASY!!!!
Ha so cool! Would love to work in your shop! Feels like a startup just starting to become a big and succesful company. Really cool! Good luck and best wishes
the beautiful thing is, he has already completed his race car build and he's able to enjoy it. Now he his sharing his wealth of knowledge and creating high quality parts for the rest of us
With an unknown engine and even more so with a serious interference engine, I would have done a leak-down test first, now the cams have to come back out again BUT, thanks for the VVT Tutorial.
2009 82k miles showing early signs of head bolt failure 😞 sudden loss of coolant i topped it off a week or two ago and i checked it yesterday and nearly 1/4 was gone (maybe more)
poor guy, working on a Sunday... :) apart from the joke, another comment i would do is that with your knowledge and skills you probably should be head of engineering in some automotive company, or have your own engineering company doing stuff for cars. why are you working (almost) as a regular mechanic? i am just curious, maybe it is just the fact that you are living the life you like relatively simple and you don’t like the corporate world, but anyway you are special and so i am curious about your answer if you could provide. thanks in advance.
Question! I’m removing cams on my 2010 c63 to replace lifters And head bolts. When the crank is at 40, the timing tool fits perfectly on the driver side cams but is not quite a perfect fit on the passenger side. It seems like The cam may need to be turned a very tiny amount to get the timing tool to fit. Is this normal? Is there a slight amount of stretch in the timing chain that would create this slight variance? I’m worried why I need to move the cam at all if the crank is at 40… any help or response is appreciated!
I love to get a c63 or any 63 AMG, but I read the m156 engine has these issues. Any advice on how to buy one and not face this major problem? The newer engines are much more expensive.
Looking for head bolt, camshafts and adjuster DIY for m156? I found this awesome video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zJO1qNnhxw4.html. I followed it and replaced my cams and lifters.
You don't need a hoist if you're replacing head bolts one at a time.I made a DIY for those who need it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zJO1qNnhxw4.html You can pull the heads off with the engine in the car too. My mechanic has done it several times on C63 and E63.
it makes me very sad to see AMG made engine with worn cams. In my SL i have old, tough bastard called M119 with 300k miles on it and cams are like new ones...
the bolts are broken because off the valves have hit the piston, the weakest points are the bolts... always check for bent valves! they did hit! (as you find out) lol
10:11, maybe he overtorqued them and broke everyone of em and never said anything and left it like that? EDIT:** ^ I was right xD I just literally was watching the video while making my conclusion lol... Also if there was no torque spec on those 5 broken bolts, what did you torque it to? Where'd you get the specs for that?
Lime a lot of the time you can just get a generic cookbook answer for bolt torques depending on the bolt size, pitch count, hardness, and material it's going into.
Hey bro just out of curiosity seems like the bolts that snapped might've been impacted from the side by the cam timing position ring with the odd shapes to it... seems like some of the bolts lines up with open areas of the position ring while some remained always covered by the metal portion of the ring.. so when solenoid would engage the cam position ring would be impacting the bolt heads from the side
So glad I got rid of my 63 when I did. The only thing I liked about it was the engine, and apparently they're made of glass. Suspension sucked, seats sucked, entertainment system sucked. At least it didn't blow up before I sold it CarMax. I got lucky.
They are money pits. Everyone that comes in for service with over 60K on it needs usually a solid $2-4k worth of work. Common issues are worn/broken engine mounts, leaking VC gaskets & rattling cam adjusters.
Absolutly love the content! I'm only at a 8hours drive from your shop, I am studying to become a mechanical engeneer and I would absolutly love to give you a pair of hands for a day or two completly free just for sake of learning and seeing how you operate your shop! Please hit me up if you think that would be possible. It'd be a dream come true for me.
A Mercedes Repair shop will always recommend a Mercedes to a new car shopper. They make a lot of JUNK . The parts are so expensive it makes you want to scrap them. Everything is like a Jig saw puzzle so it takes more time to repair. And they are usually ugly.
Jesus, could they make the cam lobes any sharper? Too bad they don't have variable cam timing so that they could make a more reasonable/longer lasting cam.
It is variable but uses adjusters for that. The lobs were made so sharp to keep the valves open for longer and in more aggressive manner - racing technique.
@@AccentOnCars I think you have that backwards. Sharp lobes are short duration. (Plus I owned one of these and sold it just before it let go of some of it's head bolts. I had no idea this was a problem at this time)
It is not nearly as bad as internet makes it to be. Someone made a mistake when working on this car. The only weak part is the top of the engine, but failure rate is super low. I made a DIY for those who need it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zJO1qNnhxw4.html You can also buy adjuster plates from a company in Canada www.63motorsports.com/m156-shop/amg-camshaft-adjusters
