Everything Wrong With My $11,000 Bentley Continental GT 

Tavarish How long untill we get to see you driving the Lambo? I've been dying to see what she can do since you fixed it up

Just make it a thing and misspell the cards every time.

I didn't even notice :S

Ha, good luck hosting the Academy Awards now buddy!

Maybe you can do a video on how you RU-vid (equipment, editing tools, etc.)

Dark Knight yes, this... and then send it to the hydraulic press guys to crush it.

And then Parker burns it.

They can make like a top gear us or shit like that lmao or call it three musketeers

One car every 9 months.

That series would be to awesome for our eyes.

Back in the day I knew a guy who had a POS Merc SL. It was junk but he still used it to get lots of krumpet. The girls did not know any better.

Albert Andrews - I purchased a used 2010 Mercedes S 550 sedan for $22k while in college and got so much action that it began to effect my grades! Good times brotha! I named it Maverick. It was the perfect wingman! But, alas, all good things come to an end (moved, got married and needed more reliable transportation)! Sold it to a kid recently, who told me that he planned on keeping the tradition going! Maverick lives!

@@Bacnow Hahahaha cool story. :-)

@@Bacnow i want to be leaf

Anyone for that matter

Brother, do you know if thats possible with BMW as well?

@@BeamBoi92 It will probably work with any car with a 12V socket as long as the fuse is ok , I'm using this cable ( Draper 12V Vehicle to Vehicle Car Battery Charger/Booster Cable ) I've got mine off eBay

@@myflorin25 very nice, ill have to pick one up and try. Thank you!

@@BeamBoi92 You're welcome dude

You'd think he would know that simple solution being on YT talking about fixing cars, but I hear a lot of guessing and looking for the easy way out, which he has a hard time finding. "Vacuum leak & ecu problem... Hmmm... Let's replace the entire engine!" 😅

Timeless design 👍

Not a even a Bentley or Rolls guy, never been. But this thing is gorgeous. The rims are a little dated, some modern burnt bronze rims would have this car looking sharp.

lights are dated, reminds me of the 10 year old Mercs.

Yea true lights are always dated. Lights and rims, and this thing is looking damn good.

because Bentley didn’t do a complete makeover in approaching 15 years lol if they did this thing would look ancient

No, best engine is 1,8t or the old 1,8 GTI from the 80's... No power, but runs to the sun and back with no issue

Chiclone- Tests bro he said one of the best, he never said it is the best

Chiclone- Tests I’ll second the 1.8t 20V

@@chiclone-tests71 1.4 TSI

@@rmg8729 Right, i overread that, sorry

Martin James Mr James finally a grown up opinion, I see so much deception on the internet about cars to buy

He doing it for the view. Only reason why doing work on car like this.

money is nothing to some people.i wish i was one of them.

Hes just milking content

@@djoleme2510 I respectfully disagree. But it's up to you whether you watch his video's or not. Can't wait to see him progressing on this W12 to be honest. And I really don't care how he does it or how long he takes. The beauty of free entertainment.

@@djoleme2510 what do you mean with milking content? You know this channel is about restoring cars in his garage, right?

@@djoleme2510 u milking your life

Are they exactly the same? I don't think the Phaeton had turbos. But yes, lots of other parts are common.

Then he can have 2 different VWs on the shite “W” platform! Maybe he can find a Passat W8 and completely drain his bank accounts

Dude replace your battery bet a lot of those codes go away .

Battery

Phaeton W12 is NA

I was hoping someone else would catch that lol

Steve O'Hare ????

Pretty much man, but you know theres a sucker out there that's frothing at the mouth when he sees a 28K price tag on a 14 year old Bentley. He'll realize the grave mistake he made when the cost to replace brake pads on these cars will damn near match the value of the car lol.

Depends on the cars history. The car is very very reasonable to maintain. And the comment about the brakes is absolute rubbish. Yes they more than a civic but not much more than most AMG models

I fully agree that this Continental has not been maintained and badly treated. My Continental R was 12 years old when I sold it, and properly maintained it looked and it drove like a new machine. I was the third owner. They are all designed to do this over a long life time. The batteries have a shut down switch - used it!

That's just not true. The problem is people who buy a used one and expect the running costs to be as a cheap as a Ford. Buy a good one used, expect big bills, ultimately save tens of thousands.

Yup, iwb carry and unless he is a lefty he won't be able to draw while seated. Prob some wanna be Russians. All show no go like this car. People requiring a psd don't drive Bentleys.

Or were just very heavy. Heavy bodyguards.

@Joe Black You don't date fat driving a Bentley.

@@ViatoremDiEfa No you have a fat wife.

@Joe Black Escalades are probably more reliable, too. Damn German engineering. was good a long time ago, but the overengineering screwed it over.

Here it is avinfotelegraph.com/report/4cab76e5-f334-40e8-bd3d-f8e3fd395b13 Well, sort of ;)

Yeah I was thinking the same. He must have got a REALLY good deal on that used engine.

Any sort of timing or cylinder head work and the engine has to come out anyway. It's much easier to get another engine that I know is good.

true, but i'm assuming the engine that he bought will be less worn out considering the mileage of this car. no point in putting in a ton of work into this one when you may be able to get a new engine with less wear and tear for a bit more

Should be able to recoup a significant percentage of the cost of the replacement engine by selling the old engine as a core. If there is no major damage to it, it should be worth several thousand still.

@@tavarish if you need to pull the engine anyway, might as well check whats wrong with it. if the entire bank is low on compression, chances are very high that the fault is somewhere in the cilinder head, seems very implausible that all the pistonrings on just one side of an engine gave up. new head is alot cheaper than a different engine. even if you pull it apart and it seems unfixable, you can still order the engine. maybe its just something like a blocked intake plenum, cant compress air much if it doesnt get any air. to me it seems like this engine is easily fixable so not to be rude but i think youre wasting alot of money.

Lmfao I was confused why he cares what the factory tire psi had to do with current tires.

Yep, and the load rating the tyres he has on are 98 which is 750kg a corner, more than enough for this car.

Lil clueless on the tire rating concept

He's a perfectionist and wants it to match lol. There's no way the dude buys and fixes cars for a living and doesn't know that the sticker is for the factory tires.

Lonny Hennessy He wasn’t being a perfectionist, he was simply wrong. He knows far less about cars and mechanics than you give him credit for. It doesn’t take watching many of his videos to figure that out. Defending him indicates you know as little as he does about the matter.

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Why the fuck did helt need to order a new engine? Seems like a waste og money

What about screws?

I didnt even think . You could find that honestly.. dealership Bentley fluid 325$ a gal..

Don't be silly; the Bentley demands nothing less than Evian in its radiator.

Or just cruise the VW Phaeton forums

LOL that made my day man. Thanks

and yet the sad part is this implies he doesn't care to own himself

A vacuum leak in this case is from the pistons, he did mention that in this video and in the previous videos. Six of the 12 cylinders are not generating enough pressure, hence the rough idle. Pretty difficult to repair that.

@@VanillaSnake21 - He said the compression was bad, true. But he also stated he thought it might be from the valves(cylinder heads). I'd rather replace the heads than replace the whole motor. Only way that motor was toasted is if the pistons themselves were torched. A lot of things can cause low compression. Most fixable without needing to replace the engine. His engine sounded like it ran good, minus the misfiring. I would've tackled that instead of just buying another motor.

@@dtspilot im with you on that. Im willing to bet the motor is good. Just needs some TLC. He also mentioned ECM which could cause the car to run bad.

@@shotss-si3ze I doubt the motor is worth the rebuild. In currently battling the same issue. No way anybody would be mad enough to fix this motor. People don't understand that this is a interference motor and it will crack the block without warning. So many things need to be replaced such as the cam caps and all torq bolts holding that in are 1 time pressure use. You would come out significantly cheaper buying a newer engine

@@VanillaSnake21 THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LOUD ASS VACUUM LEAK CAUSING THE ENTIRE ISSUE AND THE COMPRESSION THAT WAS NEVER TESTED. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PISTON VACUUM LEAK.

£11k tho is worth doing a engine swap and a chance

The Ferrari owner smoked a lot...

@@hackdeez1075 still too soon bro 😂

John Filmore - my “corvette” is really just a turbo 4 banger but shhhhhhh

yeah its a saftey thing for the guy putting the tyre on.

I thought it was tire..

And the tires that are on are M + S, mud and snow, winter tires. In the winters you use smaller tiers. This is my first video from this channel and is he a amateur?

@@nders.i I wouldn't say he is a amateur. He is very knowledgeable and has the right equipment. This is just a little slip up

@tavarish

Yeah you work that wood alright

Maserati7200 I know your mom keeps telling me that.

@zerocool why are you guys so salty over a joke? 😂

zerocool because who the fuck cares dude. Dude, grab a beer or smoke a blunt or something. Chill the fuck out and stop taking everything so seriously

Imagine you buy a 11 grand bentley with some free drugs, what a deal

Glad to see I am not alone. Still havent seen him drive the lambo around.

We are the majority.. One car at a time Bro!!

was hit so hard the steering wheel jumped over to the other side of the car

James Walker 😂 😂😂😂😂😂

Hahaha

This gen Bentley was never build with best quality on the first place. It only reason why it still work due to all VW part.

americans always have to be diffrent.lol

Good one lol

M6?

@@23gatesy M5! Oopps!

I think a better question is which one will drain their bank accounts faster

M5 first.

unstablebobgable in Mother Russia Bentley fix you!

Girl Where is your Cup?

In Soviet Russia Bentley BREAKS YOU!

In soviet Russia everyone is poor due to communism and cant afford to be a capitalist

@@timmattisson1318 That would count as "history", wouldn't it? About the same kind of history like the U.S. not yet being the number one international drone terrorists ....

He does. It's a series.

Freddy does that to appeal to people with an attention span not big enough to endure a 40 minute video.

I agree with the OP here. Some of the previous vids were interesting but it seems as if he has now conformed to the YT algorithms like all other creators where you need to drag it out in order to increase AdSense placements. I imagine there’s data to suggest video length, too. This is all understandable as he’s seeking to maximize profit since he’s investing more on vehicles and the shop lease. I guess the “new” generation of car guys may appreciate content as such and I’m just too old school for this F&F franchise created fan base. I think we’ve served our time out with this sub. Godspeed to you, Tavarish! Best of luck in your future builds.

And now he’s sweating.

Same as I've seen in some other high end cars. Some even have a positive and negative marked set of bolts with red and black cables leading back to the battery, and they are exposed for easy access. I owned a used car dealership for a few years and have had to jump start plenty of our cars from lack of use. BMW 750il was one I remember being as I described.

He also said low compression could be do to an electrical problem and he clearly doesn't seem to know how to use a scan tool.

@@Chrisnuzzo76 A lot of beems and mercs are that way due to having the battery in the trunk

@@routefive2231 absolutely. Once you reset the computer you need to run the car for 30 mins or more to get the accurate reading back. The computer takes time to test for faults. Any half ass mechanic knows this.

That is what you get when idiots tries to be mechanics.

Could easily be something like that, the laying down of the mettalic flake is an art.

@funkyzero The passenger front fender matches the front bumper but neither match the rest of the car. The car has obviously had the front, rear bumpers and passenger fender repainted. 7:56 the fender clearly has a different tone than the hood.

@@houseofno geez here we go. I give some solid information and I'm swarmed by morons who've never mixed a batch of paint in their lives.

@@funkyzero he is right though, even if you are correct in your information about electrolysis painting. Bentley usually hand paints all of their cars, because of cost and because of the "handmade" speil. And the jackass who says it isn't an art when it comes to spraying metallic flake paint on a car, more the less plastic vs. metal, is making it very clear he doesn't know a damn thing about paint and body work. Metallic and pearls are the hardest thing to do when painting anything.

@@Gottiline_Ace a reasonable assessment. wouldn't be surprised if I found out Bentley hand-sprayed their cars. That being said, that fact alone can result in even more visual mismatch (between batches, not single car panels though). My point was that the flake can make a dramatic difference and you have to be a near master at blending to get it to work most times... leading many to simply re-paint the whole dang car and get it over with. things get even worse when you throw is slight fading next to fresh sprayed and then highly buffed paints. The offsets can be dramatic. Judging by the condition of this car, I'd re-spray the entire thing unless I was just looking for a quick flip. Even then, a proper re-spray can dramatically add to the selling price if done cleanly

All day everyday my friend :)

TOOOOO funny Ha ha ha...

He said one side of the engine is low on compression, soooo the vacuum leaks are the least of the problems.

Bentley engines are never "busted". How uncouth!

Update here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z7hbP0r5ZtM.html

vacuum leaks have nothing to do with compresion. either the head valves or the piston rings are shot or both lol

I was referring to the rough running l, my bad. He did a compression test?

He already bought a new motor

Hoovies garage already fixed the vacuum leaks on his channel when he had

@@marv8481 but you can still hear the vacuum whistle, right?

bingo

Lets Rev an engine that apparently all the Valves may be burnt down that side ...it has 1000 faults BUT lets Rev the Fukc out of it ,,,,All the NERDS from school have found a way to get heaps of money with No work and Have NO Idea about actual Engines ,,, Fukc the Internet I will be happy when there is a way for the world to take Back all their Likes and Subscribes leaving all you entitled lazy turds with ,,,,well Nothing Hope one of your 10 , 20 , or who gives a flying Fukc cars falls on your head,,, Signed ,,Sick of Actual Nerd car Nerds and Hipster Bike Riders

Sorta given folks that really know a thing about cars a bad rap. But hey this is you tube so anything goes. I'm no mechanic myself and I didn't see a code significant enough to put in a whole new engine. Good luck with transplanting that other engine. That may cause you more problems than your fancy code reader brought up.

Right?!? I don't really watch his vids much but from the way he describes the fault he has a decent mechanical knowledge. First find the vacuum leak and fix it even if it is an intake gasket, pull the valve covers off while your there, check timing etc. If it still needs an engine, hey experience and knowledge gained in the process is invaluable.

Somebody who has experience with German engineering. I bought a 6k engine for my audi a8 before yanking it. It nuked itself I ended up having a cracked block from a timing issue. @tavarish I understand...

A dude that has $$$$$

5k usually gets any engine fully rebuilt for you I woulda went that route

Your statement makes sense but he is doing RU-vid videos and making a living off it so he needs to be quick about things, that lambo took forever but people need to realize when a car has a bunch of issues it just doesn't get fixed over night or over the weekend. He probably doesn't want to mess around and waste time. I'm with the rest of you, us poor folk would have to first see if we could fix what we had first them move forward from there. Still gotta admit this guys channel is really good if your into trying to fix unique cars us men love to drive.

Lol

I would use diesel

@@gregdys02 You can't light diesel.

Amen see my comments.

LOL. Thanks for that. It's been a long day. Peace.

Lights Out

*I sawed this Bentley in half*

I love the Flex Seal ad guy's somewhat of a lisp whenever he says the words "F'LEX SEAL.." Kinda sounds like Sylvester the cat in the ad's to me.. ha. "We sawed this model chick in half.... and with just a bit of Flex Seal she's good to go...." As you can see, there's barely any leakage .... Well, maybe a little leakage..... Next we cut this Bentley GT in half and patched it right up with Flex Seal ... Flex Seal cleared ALL the trouble codes.. ! Amazing!!! Now I'm gonna go fishing in my Flex Seal boat with the bottom cut out,...... before it sinks. Ciao

😂😂😂😂😂

@@sofiejones7270 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Sad part, you can't really repair Bentley engine. Parts are rare to an absurd and not cheap. Its really cheaper to buy used unit and simply swap it.

​@@BOTmaster15 Depends on what the problem is. It might just need a drivers bank timing chain, chain guides and a few valves replaced. Yes that would be lots of work but much cheaper than sourcing an entire engine. I always work on my own engines so I don't factor labor costs in anything other than when the machine shop resurfaces a head or bores a block. If it has severe engine damage then I agree with you.

I knew someone else would spot that too. They look like my truck tires.

Apart from the tread, the giveaway was the fact that they read 'M + S' on the sidewall - DOH! They will be totally useless in Florida and really shouldn't be used much above +7 degC (+45 degF), never mind they are the wrong speed rating, they are also the wrong load rating. They should be a minimum of LR101 - 825kg, whereas the fitted load rating is LR98 - 750kg. 'T' should worry more about the correct performance rating rather than what they look like (it's a worrying trait that appears all too often). It will be interesting to see in the future what the seller's mileage is for the vehicle because it looks to be at least 150K mls old.

Did anybody bother to watch the video? He has proper Michelins' ordered.

A few??

@@mosasako4679 lol. Folks have no idea how much these money pits cost.

If $50K is a few dollars to you. Go for it

LOL

Lmfao