HOW DO YOU EVEN GET AN ENGINE THIS HOT!? 2015 Honda Fit L15 Blown Engine Teardown. ZERO COMPRESSION!

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I don't mean to get preachy but cars have warning lights and gauges for a reason. The result of ignoring EVERYTHING your car is trying to tell you is exactly what happened here. When this 2015 Honda Fit engine first came in I didn't think it would be that exciting of a teardown. I was told it was overheated and had zero compression. Now I've seen cooked rings and overheated engines have LOW compression, but 0? None at all? I thought it may have been an exaggeration on part of the Honda dealer who supplied this engine. Nope... nope nope they were right.
My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage business called Importapart located in the Saint Louis MO area. Part of our model is dismantling and selling parts from rare and niche market engines. I don't build or rebuild engines, we simply supply hard parts to those that do!
Want to see a particular engine torn down? I may have already done one! No really, check out my other videos for the engine you'd like to see! I've made over 60 other teardowns from a Cummins to an LS7, and from Rotary to Ram Ecodiesels. You can expect a new teardown every week!
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As always I appreciate all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism.
What will I tear apart next week? Just wait and see!
-Eric

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@chrisfreemesser5707 2 года назад

I know engines like this are probably not profitable for your business but I really enjoy watching you tear them down. These are the types of engines us mere mortals own and I find it interesting to see how they're put together

@jpkatz1435 2 года назад

And repaired!

@Nobody-yr5sn 2 года назад

Chris freemesser I agree on that

@adamryd95 2 года назад

Exactly👏👏

@davidpaulcarlson8763 10 месяцев назад

Exactly!

@kemarfong7782 19 дней назад

Sure thing 👍

@photodan24 2 года назад

This engine was likely a victim of the "If I can just limp this home" syndrome. It's how my mom warped the heck out of both heads on our 89 Chevy Cavalier Z24. ( a long time ago)

@SuperYellowsubmarin 2 года назад

Just as if the car could get any better at home.

@boardernut 2 года назад

@@SuperYellowsubmarin lol

@Flyinghook 2 года назад

I'm betting it was an old person getting fish sandwiches on friday from burger king for them and their girlfriend. They knew the car was overheating because someone in the drivethru told them there was massive amounts of steam coming out of the car, but, Adam, I had to get the fish sandwiches home!! Anyway, I'm just saying, maybe this person was just being a good cathlick/boyfriend like the only other time I've seen an engine grenaded like this.

@TheSleepingonit 2 года назад

Getting it home makes sense to me because I have tools to fix it if I can get it there

@Flyinghook 2 года назад

@@TheSleepingonit yeah, you ain't gonna fix that one, whereas if this person and "unnamed elderly person" from my story had listened to the car, it could have

@reubensandwich9249 2 года назад

The question is, if we buy parts off this engine, is the smell included at no additional cost?

@TwentytenS4B8 2 года назад

"Used crank, decent shape. But smells like farts"

@FrankySilverFace 2 года назад

Yes. Smell included no charge.

@stormlord55 2 года назад

Only on whacky Wednesdays!

@TheProjectHelpDesk 2 года назад

Murphy's laws of vehicle repair. Any tool dropped will either A) Roll underneath to the exact center of the vehicle or B) fall into the nastiest container of liquid within a 5' radius.

@w1ndex 2 года назад

I have a 2007 Honda Fit Sport with manual, rare beast, has 260k miles on it and still runs like new, but I also change my oil every 5k miles with full synthetic. Busted my oil pan about a mile from home and when we dropped the pan it looked brand new. Plan on doing maintainence and drive it til the wheels fall off and then put them back on and drive it some more.

@scottyjones27 2 года назад

Yes brother from another mommy ! I hav n drive daily 02 Mustang GT 5speed car got new in Feb o3 ive driven her to now wee bit over 400000.miles I've only used Mobil1 full syn 10w30 with Motocraft filters whole time just replaced pinion shaft bearing in the rear end over weekend FUN and FUN

@dsloop3907 2 года назад

@@scottyjones27 I'm going to drive my 250k mile 1993 F150 4.9 as long as possible too.(edited)

@johnfox3845 2 года назад

@@dsloop3907 I'm guessing you meant to say 4.9, as the 4.6 debuted in the F-series for the 1997 model year, with the introduction of the 10th generation F-150.

@SkylineFTW97 2 года назад

I have a 2006 6-6 Accord sedan with 230k on it. I do it every 3k since I'm more of a spirited driver. Also just picked up a 2015 Fit LX 6 speed. Always liked the Fits, but couldn't justify buying one until now.

@dsloop3907 2 года назад

@@johnfox3845 Durp... tyvm, I fixed that.

@sergeantpeppers8858 2 года назад

20:46 Don't try to blame that smell on that poor little engine block. We all know you cut one just before you started with the mains. It's cool. It's your shop. No judgment. If you can't fart in your own shop, where can you fart?

@philmeyer5876 2 года назад

I have recently retired from my medical courier business where we routinely ran our Fits to 3-500000 miles without ever opening an engine except to change oil. These are extremely well built little engines and performed without flaw.

@jpkatz1435 2 года назад

Did you. do valve adjust or spark plugs? I had an aternator stop making current at approx 100,000 mi.

@randymagnum143 2 года назад

I know a guy who expedited with a 3500 chevy van. Made it 700,000 miles on one 5.7 vortec and 2 4l80e's.

@jamesmedina2062 2 года назад

I got 330k from a turbo 1.8 that ran low on oil for a week. Engines are made well the last 20 years. Oils are better too.

@stephenw2992 2 года назад

@@jpkatz1435 That would be about the mileage where the alternator brushes wear out. Easy and cheap to replace.

@MattyEngland 2 года назад

@@jamesmedina2062 Was that the VW Group 1.8t as found in the golf?

@revnto7k 2 года назад

My girlfriend has a 2013 Fit with the port injected version of this engine, it is exceptional. The car has been bulletproof with routine maintenance and we plan on keeping it a few more years.

@northwestrailfanofficial 2 года назад

Stick shift or automatic?

@FB6K24Z7 2 года назад

The 2013 has the SOHC L15A7 port injection this is a different engine with DOHC valvetrain and direct injection and 11 more hp then the L15A7

@cxhatchboy520 2 года назад

I've got a 2010 Fit with the same SOHC L15, they are indeed bulletproof. The SOHC port-injected L is simpler and more reliable overall than the DOHC direct-injected L15, at the expense of power but neither engine is really "powerful".

@FB6K24Z7 2 года назад

@@cxhatchboy520 the DOHC version which you see in the video has real 2lobe Vtec system on the intake cam and direct injection unlike the L15A7 which has no real Vtec L15B1with just a intake,catless test pipe with bigger diameter piping and aftermarket exhaust this engine can make around 155hp no problem its been proven by the tuners in Japan who have tuned them and this car with 155hp and a 6 speed MT is alot ov fun for what it is especially if you like to go fast around turns and corners

@revnto7k 2 года назад

@@northwestrailfanofficial Hers is auto. I couldn't convince her to get a manual sadly. The automatic is trucking along nicely though, it has no issues at around 120K miles.

@matthewtaylor3308 2 года назад

“We’re crowning!” Childbirth is a beautiful thing...

@Backroad_Junkie 2 года назад

Yeah, but he dropped two of the kids on the floor, lol...

@AndrewPenner 2 года назад

I'm a little surprised at how good the bearings and bottom end look, given how catastrophic the top end failed. This was a nice change from the typical "10 million mile oil change" teardowns. Very peculiar though - those bearings and crank looked incredible!

@litz13 2 года назад

It's all aluminum. With no coolant, the aluminum melted down before the bearings got damaged.

@AndrewPenner 2 года назад

@@litz13 of course. But still impressive to see the difference between the top end and the bottom end.

@w1ndex 2 года назад

The L15A7 is used by the SCCA for their Formula F series, bottom end is really good, the heads are the main problem, low flow from the L15 being designed for longevity and fuel economy.

@dougrobinson8602 2 года назад

Back in the late '80's, we had an MD-80 that had repeat complaints of bad odors in flight. Turns out some cat had crawled into a preconditioned ground air hose and been blown up into the overhead air duct and died. Nothing in my life has even come close to the wretchedness of that stench. They never told us about that stuff in aircraft mechanic school.

@TempleOfNoMasters 2 года назад

Just found your channel and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. It's a fun mystery and educational at the same time. Well done sir

@isaacstonesguitarsandstuff2755 Год назад

same here

@MurphyTheBandChild 2 года назад

Come on, people! You gotta stop when your pistons reach a nice medium-rare.

@ekscalybur 2 года назад

Original owner was paranoid about e-coli.

@bleach_drink_me 2 года назад

It was refreshing to see such a simple modern engine. Impressive how hot that got.

@bleach_drink_me 2 года назад

@bacorable it's a simple MODREN ENGINE. I know it's got direct injection and vtec(I think?) But few modern engines don't have some sort of variable valve timing and direct injection. This is about as simple of a modern engine you are going to get with both direct injection and Variable valve timing. Yes I know not exactly simple.

@ec6843 2 года назад

@bacorable Why does a single piece of equipment like a high pressure fuel pump make it not simple? Clown.

@GrockleTD 2 года назад

it's also impressive that it ran long enough to get that hot in the first place tbh

@John-B-Goodenough 2 года назад

THROW A CARB ON IT 😳💪🏼

@davidperry4013 10 месяцев назад

The 2AR-FE used in the 2010-2017 Toyota Camry and 2011-2018 RAV4 is simpler. No high pressure fuel pump just a simple fuel rail and port fuel injectors, and the fuel pressure solely supplied by the 45 PSI electric fuel pump inside the fuel tank which is the most common fuel system used in cars produced in the 1990s and 2000s.

@AndrewDRoyappa 2 года назад

As a Honda Fit owner of this gen, this was fun and informative! Glad to hear they are good engines

@Townshipfarmer 2 года назад

I’m really enjoying your videos. If ever you get a blown up 5.2, 5.9 magnum or a 12 valve I’d really enjoy seeing that.

@brysonshires9742 2 года назад

i second the 5.9/5.2. those durangos are cool

@soldierski1669 2 года назад

When I was reading this, I heard it in Fry's voice....

@SurelyYewJest 2 года назад

5.9 Magnum...now there's a recent V8 that kinda fell into obscurity. I third that one.

@gapratt4955 2 года назад

Word of the day Eric is "Outgassing". The smell was from the fumes created by the various materials melting and burnt oil. They were trapped in the oil galleys and released when you unbolted the main caps. Almost as bad as pulling apart a jet engine that has been sitting for a few months after bird ingestion.

@NemesisRTCW 2 года назад

Never done that, but I'll hazard a guess it does not smell very good. I have however worked on machines in the meat industry, of companies that were no longer in business. (READ : Meat that's green)

@liver.flush.maestro 2 года назад

Thank you for the explanation, I was wondering what was happening since the beginning Eric hasn't been complaining about the smell, only when pulling out those main caps...

@MattyEngland 2 года назад

KFC for lunch?

@davidmiller9485 2 года назад

offgassing (which is the term used when discussing air quality) is usually gas that has been incorporated into a hydrocarbon under heat and pressure that begins to separate out. The smell will knock a buzzard off a shit wagon at 100 yards. Horrible.

@Renville80 2 года назад

Wonder how it compares to the smell of a failed capacitor on an electronic circuit board… even a tiny tantalum cap can do a pretty good job of clearing out an area.

@petebach7221 2 года назад

I’ve seen dozens of cooked engines, and all I can say is ‘wow’. I did see an ‘80s accord in which a piston was melted and splattered onto the bottom of the head but I’ve never seen such carnage from overheating. Geezuskrist, people; pull over.

@chimei-tekinaneko8318 2 года назад

probably ppl revving the shit out of their engines while standing (like ricers love to do), or someone planted a turbo on that poor engine to make it do 500bhp..

@bizznackywhirle5437 2 года назад

Eric: Today we're doing a 1.5L from a Honda Fit. Engine stand: gets drunk to celebrate its good fortune.

@fritzhusselmann2023 2 года назад

“Smells like a bunch of dead fish in a hot van that someone sprayed mustard all over” … that paints the picture, bravo 😆

@gtpanoz 2 года назад

I can imagine the Fit was looking like a smoker grill when the engine cooked itself. Poor thing was on its way becoming charcoal.

@brendanbuster 2 года назад

Wow, it got that hot and the head looks almost usable! **2003-2008 Hemi valve seats have left the chat**

@brianball720 2 года назад

We have a '71 Charger with a 383 Magnum, Car was sold new and lived in Las Vegas. Car was built in Los Angeles which was known for serious quality issues. 383 must have had a plugged water jacket from factory as it must have been running hot all the time. Some one had done the best they can installing a flex drive fan to improve cooling but the car was junked in a desert junkyard around 1979 because #4 piston melted down and put a hole in the top, Someone took the head off, found the piston, threw the parts in the trunk and got rid of the car. Luckily the desert preserved the rest of car perfectly for it to be restored 30 years later. Engine shop was able to save the original numbers matching block with a .030" overbore! but they had a hell of a time getting the pistons out they said!

@hondafrk 2 года назад

Was hoping to see one of these on your channel sometime. I’ve had 2 Fits and loved both, just got tired of the lack of torque. I ran both of mine very hard but also maintained them. The fit is a very fun car on curvy roads, both of mine saw a lot and surprised people.

@ericthomas178 Год назад

I had a Honda FIT Sport with manual transmission. I loved it and regret ever selling it. It was one of the best cars I have ever owned.

@frjoethesecond Год назад

You might like the Honda CRZ. Same L series engine, but with a small electric motor that boosts the torque and adds another 10-20 horsepower depending on which year you get.

@richardsmith579 2 года назад

My friend waits until a pretty red light comes on to tell her to check her oil. Always. Then she leaves it until the engine warning light comes on - that’s a lovely orange colour - then she takes it in. Brilliant video by the way.

@terencerucker3244 2 года назад

This teardown reminds me of an engine I had to tear-down my first week of work. It smelled so bad that I gagged over and over. I will never forget that smell! It is indescribably bad. No wonder the boss gave me that job. This car was about 5 years old and it had seized. The boss asked the owner how long it had been since the last oil change. She replied "Change? Why? What's wrong with the oil that it came with?"

@Me-zo8yc 2 года назад

People are ingeniously stupid it has to be said.

@Hagemann666 2 года назад

"...smells like a bunch of dead fish in a hot van that someone sprayed mustard all over." Very descriptive. Very illustrative. You have a second career in the literary world.

@Gypseyfudge 2 года назад

“This tear down might take like 6 minutes, I don’t know that crank bolt could be pretty tight” had me rolling 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@jeffjohnson674 2 года назад

I have watched many of your videos and I hear you saying something about chasing the engine around when you have to loosen the head bolts. Many years ago when I worked on engines I found a trick which prevents this from happening and it requires no extra tools or pieces. When the engine is mounted on a stand this will work. Stand at the back of the engine, now place one foot on the left engine support where the wheel is and your other foot on the other side, you should end up standing on the stand. Now when you apply torque to the bolts the engine will not move because you are not standing on engine stand not on the floor. I hope I explained this well enough, it has worked for me in the past.

@mysock351C 2 года назад

Its amazing what cars and ignorance can accomplish together. Reminds me of my old man's air-cooled 3.8L. Complained it had no heat all winter and I popped the radiator cap to see the bottom of the side tank looked like the Bonneville salt flats. Not even a little wisp of steam. Nothing. It survived that somehow, and even the 4T60-E in it still sort of worked despite being filled with heavy crude in place of its ATF.

@ekscalybur 2 года назад

Home made air-cooled conversion kit, NICE!

@lm7bird680 2 года назад

My brother did this with his 92 Silverado with a 5.7 TBI. Its southern California and he complains it keeps getting hot. I kinda ignored it because he'd complain his truck would get hot before and it was just his imagination. This time I look down the radiator and it's almost bone dry. Look a couple gallons to top it off and turns out it was a leaking coolant line fitting on the back of the engine that was cracked

@SilasHumphreys 2 года назад

I'm not sure I'd call a Honda engine low-stress. Honda's learned a LOT from their many years of building race engines, and one of those things is how to build an engine that'll run at 70% basically forever. The L-series is great when you're not abusing it, though. I have one in my daily driver '09 Fit, and while it's not got all that much power, it's not having to drag around much car either. Nice to know I wasn't wrong when I looked in the engine bay and thought "that's so tiny I bet I could just lift it out without needing an engine crane", too!

@jaxfarias973 2 года назад

Hey eric. Would love to see a 90’s saturn s series 4 cylinder tear down if you ever happen to get your hands on one. also looking forward a 6 liter powerstroke too. love the content man and keep at it.

@texxasvikingcruzer644 2 года назад

I run this engine in my plane. Luv the engine and loved watching you tear one down. Very educational. Thanks 😊

@JuneNeko 2 года назад

Cool!

@Kennewickgeology Год назад

How high do you rev the engine and for how long?

@GaryL3803 11 месяцев назад

@@Kennewickgeology I think the the Viking conversions cruise at 4000 and max at 5200 for hours. The max is due to propeller rpm limits.

@beezlebub3955 2 года назад

Thank you person who sacrificed your Fit engine for the greater good of our Saturday evening entertainment

@markr.1984 25 дней назад

I have a 2015 fit with the same engine and a 6 sp. manual. The engine purrs like a kitten. It's one of the smoothest running engines I've ever had. Even compared to 6 and 8 cylinder engines!! They do an excellent balancing on these engines.

@rick_fortune 2 года назад

Whoever was responsible for that deserves to be up for wilful murder of an engine... :(

@jameswag8473 2 года назад

A friend of mine has a Honda Fit with the same engine with almost 500,000 miles on it. I keep wondering how far they can go.

@TestECull 2 года назад

As long as they never abuse or neglect it probably until the unibody rusts out around it. Honda engines are pretty good about that. They will NOT Suffer abuse and neglect like an old smallblock Chevy will, but if cared for, they tend to last just about as long.

@Cynsham 2 года назад

it's a honda, as long as you take care of it with regular maintenance it will probably last forever

@TwentytenS4B8 2 года назад

They go pretty far. As long as you keep coolant in the cooling system.

@jamesmedina2062 2 года назад

my friend put 600k on his Civic. Its most Hondas, not just this one

@oceanbytez847 2 года назад

@@TestECull yes they will. Inherited my mom's 99 accord with 5 unrepaired serious accidents, blown head gasket, original trans fluid, at least 100+ no oil miles, 300k+ miles, and more. This car served me in college for almost 2 years with all the above. I did do some work on it when i could afford it. The thing that killed the car for good was wiring harness failure that caused the anti-theft to lock up. I spent a couple weeks trying to hotwire it to no avail before just calling it quits.

@greanstreak04 2 года назад

Mechanic here, the two worst smelling jobs I have done were a Camaro with a burned up rear axle failure. Melted metal, and fried gear lube, retching even after putting the cover back on. The other one was a Honda Accord that a family of mice moved into the A/C housing. The owner started the car, heard a loud noise and shut it off and waited a week before towing to the shop. The whole family of mice got blended into a fine paste and slung around the housing. Then the car sat in the Florida summer heat with the windows closed...

@southstreetbarbecue7875 2 года назад

I was waiting to see how you got that rounded hex out. I'll bet it would have been entertaining!

@markae0 2 года назад

Grind it off or drill it off. not entertaining in my opinion.

@southstreetbarbecue7875 2 года назад

@@markae0 We're talking about a guy who used a loader to unstick a crank bolt. He would have made it entertaining! :)

@christophertstone 2 года назад

Last year, I had a Toyota Sienna that I blew up. Long story short it leaked the coolant on the freeway. The light for the ABS came on (it got wet), but absolutely no other lights. If I had noticed, the temperature gauge was pegged, but zero other indication until one of the heads checked out. Be very careful assuming the car will tell you it's about to detonate.

@samholdsworth420 2 года назад

Bro you just said the temperature gauge was pegged 🤣

@niasnebraska 2 года назад

I liked the praise you gave this engine. I have one and frequently travel from one end of Nebraska to another. It takes about 8 gallons of gas to accomplish. My question is, what RPM do you feel would be comfortable for this engine to do for 5 hours. At 75 MPH, I'm doing around 3500 and at 80 it's pushing 4K. It still has a lot of "go" over that but with 150K on it, I'm not sure what to give it anymore. I've never really been able to find an answer to this question but I love driving this thing.

@sashasoule4585 2 года назад

When companies test engines they test them at much higher rpm than the redline the car is supposed to have. Higher rpm keeps the engine nicely oiled and cool at the same time. Not to mention it blasts off carbon buildup from low rpm and idling. A good engine should be able to redline all day long without trouble. And this seems like one of those engines(granted the cooling system is in check).

@brentbeardsley655 2 года назад

Honda engines are tough as hell. They live in the higher revs anyway. Keep oil and coolant in it and that little engine will get another 100,000 or more. The reliability is in it's simplicity, less moving parts less to break. That and Hondas tendency to overbuild their engines.Those Fits are like little tanks, they just keep going.

@Me-zo8yc 2 года назад

It's a Honda - they thrive on revs. I had an old CR-V that I beat the shit out of for years (Changed the oil every 5000 miles though, THAT IS THE KEY) and it was running better when I gave it away than when I bought it. 😃

@ciello___8307 2 года назад

3500 is perfectly fine for a small motor like that going 80mph. just make sure you do your maintenance and oil

@lordgoofus2364 Год назад

I've got a MY07 Jazz/Fit, and find it actually runs better after a thorough thrashing. It seems these engines love a good ferrari tune. If only it had more power & torque...

@AJGreen-cn8kk 2 года назад

or as the Doors said "variety is the spice of life, that's what the judge is going to tell my wife". This video start and that song starts going through my head. Thanks!

@gregoryburzy468 2 года назад

Thanks for these videos, you're a great entertainer and I think it's great that you've managed to take something you find interesting about your day job and share it for everyone. These videos are always entertaining, and perhaps even a bit educational. Please keep doing what you're doing, and if you come across a GM Atlas motor, even the four, would you please do a teardown? I drive one of these every day it's not in the shop and would love to know where they store the gremlins in the valvetrain. Thanks!

@dougmedeiros8862 11 месяцев назад

I was thinking the same thing I been seeing some huge horsepower out of the later 4.2’s

@dougmedeiros8862 11 месяцев назад

Another hit, I like my mechanical gauges

@dot_frost Год назад

My dad's 2005 fit once ran for 6 months with NO oil. Still works

@burgertowngarage 2 года назад

Have you done a 2.0l TFSI Audi/VW engine? I wanna see what that timing failure really looks like :D Great video! for some reason, it seems as if the smaller engines fail more spectacularly.

@diablocls55 2 года назад

I want to see what idler gear failure looks like on an early Mercedes M272 or M273 engine. Hoping he’ll eventually get one (preferably the 273 V8) to tear down

@trentryan27 2 года назад

Did u see the 454 he did where 1 cylinder looks like it literally exploded?

@burgertowngarage 2 года назад

@@trentryan27 yes I love that one!

@LansdowneMotorsport 2 года назад

I just tore down two Audi 2.0 TFSI engines, one of them dropped a valve far worse than I've seen on any other engine. The piston looked like mashed potatoes

@Jason.cbr1000rr 2 года назад

Whats tfsi stand for?

@screwdajuice 2 года назад

I'm really glad I found this channel. Thanks for all the educational content, Sandler!

@cliffweinan3907 2 года назад

Rethought about this failure. The coolant was likely changed and the cooling system not bleed of air. Hondas must have cooling system air bleed, look up the procedure for Fit. The driver may not even known there was an overheat problem because the coolant sensor still had coolant around it. A coolant bubble would allow uneven head cooling resulting in warp head. Some cars have more than one coolant bleed screw to get all the air out. My Honda needed air bleeding whenever the coolant was changed. Direct injection engines can make a mess of crankcase oil by fuel dilution. 2017 - 2018 Honda CR-V with DI have had owner complaints about oil dilution.

@jpkatz1435 2 года назад

THANKS for the "air blead" info.

@mattmalenda6585 2 года назад

Weird. I have a 2001 civic that I changed the coolant and I suspect I have a coolant bubble but I’ve driven it for 20k miles and it’s been fine

@davezorc 2 года назад

This was an air bubble larger than the entire volume of the cylinder water jacket.

@alessandroserrao9422 10 месяцев назад

improbable

@bobbeazley2502 Год назад

I agree with you! After being a Chevy/Buick tech for 32yrs. Tearing apart a engine is ok. UNTIL you break loose those main cap bolts. Damn! Same when someone in the shop is tearing apart a burned up auto trans or read axle. 😢

@litz13 2 года назад

The diagnosis of low/no compression was definitely right on point. Kudos to the Honda dealer ... ;-)

@lustfulvengance 2 года назад

If you ever have a hex bolt (Allen) that is starting to strip, put valve grinding compound on the bit and try again, it makes it grip A LOT better!

@Onewheelordeal 2 года назад

Dang adding some grit for friction is a good idea, def worth pretending I came up with it on my own when I use it lol

@miztatone918 2 года назад

That's a good idea, thanks for the info.

@misterdeedeedee 2 года назад

i usually just hammer on a torx socket

@notsofresh8563 2 года назад

Pumice hand cleaner works too and is easier to find than grinding compound.

@TheImtoomuch 2 года назад

Great tip. Now let’s see if I can remember that.

@chrisleggett685 2 года назад

I used to work at a radiator shop. We often got cars in with cooked engines. But we didn't do engine repair. Most engines blow the head gasket around 250 f. Hottest I ever recorded with my temperature gun was 358F on a 351W....and it lived.

@austincjett 2 года назад

Thank you, for the new video. I was having withdraw systems.

@anomamos9095 2 года назад

I bought a ratchet that has a solid drive pall that extends out the back of the head and the direction control in the middle of the handle from a maker called something like Starville a German brand. The purpose of this is the ability to hit it with a hammer while applying pressure to break loose tight Allen and torqex fasteners. Works well and apart from having to weld the change button back on after the rivet wore out its lasted more than twenty years.

@dawnpoint 2 года назад

I have wondered for a long time about the state of the intake valves on the DI motors. Thank you for confirming that if I ever get one of these it'll be a 2009-13 with port injection.

@Itwasntalieitwastrueinmymind Год назад

Newer that 2013 don’t have port injection? What do they have?

@f688xt6 2 года назад

On NGK spark plugs if they have a part number on them with a dash and a number that indicates the factory gap. So an example would be BPR6ES-11 would be a 1.1mm gap and a BPR6ES-9 would be a 0.9mm gap. Just so you know. Some newer plugs don't have a dash just the number tagged on the back of the part number.

@budlanctot3060 2 года назад

This is true, but sometimes they are not correctly gapped when you remove them from the box. I recently purchased a couple of sets of ngk plugs, and one set was gapped nearly perfectly, but the other set had half of them mis-gapped.

@colemanbonner 2 года назад

Makes me want to get an older port-injected one of these, and a 5-speed, and build some kind of mid-engined buggy

@jpkatz1435 2 года назад

YES, GO FOR IT. Love to see the build, per "Super Fast Mat".

@Kennewickgeology Год назад

Like the L15a7?

@sasmit82 3 месяца назад

This engine is sold in india in a port injected version in a sedan derivative of the fit called “city “. It’s ultra reliable and easily lasts 300 to 400k kms in “India” conditions. Very well built , exceptionally fuel efficient and good power for its size.

@ebutuoyebutouy 2 года назад

Honda FIT does not come w a temperature gauge. I own one. Thanks for sharing.

@brysonshires9742 2 года назад

a red light will shine when it gets hot. just like the blue one when its warming up

@christopherweise438 2 года назад

That may be so.....but to get this hot, the steam venting, and coolant spraying would've been the "temperature gauge" if you know what i mean.

@brysonshires9742 2 года назад

@@christopherweise438 had a 2.2 s10 and the heater core line blew without any notice, going up a mountain. completely cooked that engine

@christopherweise438 2 года назад

@@brysonshires9742 - I bet. It wasn't like you could just stop and park it on a steep grade like that. She was already working hard by the time you lost all the coolant. Doesn't take long to finish roasting it.

@abel321123 2 года назад

Have you considered trying to make a tv show out of this? On spike, speed or some other car related channel? Your stuff is different. Instead of building something crazy or reviewing it, you show how they were engineered and how they failed which is the best part. Your sense of humor is pretty good too. You're right, I'm not sure what alot of water pump areas in the block resembled. I think one of those engines had 2 of those parts. Don't have a clue how you would shop that. Maybe get an agent? I don't know. Just throwing it out there for your consideration. Love your videos and think a lot of other people would too if they could find it.

@traviscapehart7590 2 года назад

Three to five clicks from fully seated to chain tight is your desired chain span tensioner if the tensioner is used to pull chain tight. This mimics oil pressure in the tensioner. If you see more than five to seven teeth extended from the ratchet tooth then your chain is stretched and must be replaced.

@TedSchoenling 2 года назад

Best part of Saturday night is the weekly teardown!

@johnmoore8599 2 года назад

That must have smelled really, REALLY BAD! Thanks for sacrificing your sense of smell for the video! Another good one!

@srt8madman727 2 года назад

It's nice to hear someone knows the difference between a engine and a motor.

@FreeHazelNuts 2 года назад

What’s the difference?

@srt8madman727 2 года назад

The difference is that motors run on electricity and engines run on combustion. The engine converts various forms of fuels into mechanical force, while the motor transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy.

@williampearce5932 2 года назад

Thanks so much for the channel and your disassembles. They are great. On a side note a friend of mine has had 3 fits for his courier work and has gotten over 350K on each of them. He loves them, great milage and long lived.

@theforerunnerreclaimer 2 года назад

The dash on that car must've been lit up like a Christmas tree...yet the owner decided to get on it until it died.

@Oddman1980 2 года назад

*Sees a valve cover not coming off, expecting Eric to say "Oh blue!"* *Eric comes back with a perfectly reasonable small screwdriver to remove the valve cover.* Aww 😞 The thing that strikes me about this engine is how simple it is. Which is probably why they don't die. Also, am I stoned or do those rods look really long?

@link18953 2 года назад

Rods are very long. The longer you make the stroke, the more torque you get from the engine, but no free lunch, moving mass has to reduce as acceleration and deceleration forces climb massively the longer the rods get. So smaller bore. It’s how the v8 f1 cars 15 years ago got to 20,000rpm.

@malcolmpetty1718 2 года назад

Rod length has nothing to do with the stroke. Rod length means more or less side thrust on the wrist pin.

@Oddman1980 2 года назад

@@Francis..... I saw a Driving 4 Answers video about rod length, and that's what made me notice it about this engine.

@wills.5762 2 года назад

@@Francis..... Probably d4a

@jrbuch 2 года назад

My brother had a Honda Jazz, though a much earlier model than the engine here. The car didn't have a coolant gauge, it only had a light indicating the engine was hot, by which point you'd already overheated it. And the waterpump was electrically driven, so if your alternator gave up the ghost, your waterpump would shut down and the engine would overheat. By the time you knew something wasn't right, it was already too late.

@FerralVideo 2 года назад

After helping someone with a breakdown on the side of the road, and nearly being IN a car that broke down on the side of the road, I learned that when you run out of coolant, you actually do not have a working temperature gauge. Because the temperature gauge indicates coolant temperature. And without coolant to measure the temperature of, you get no indication that you have a problem until you're left on the side of the road wondering why your car just quit. ... you were NOT kidding about how cheap these engines are, holy crap! I didn't know you could get a car engine that cheap! Now I kinda want a Honda Fit.

@andys31337 2 года назад

yeah but you're supposed to notice the steam billowing out

@d.p.9567 3 месяца назад

I have a 2015 Fit; theres no engine temp gauge just a light that comes on which is why I have an extra digital gauge to read actual temps

@91CavGT5 2 года назад

I’ve got a idiotic relative who had a 1985 F150 with the bullet proof 4.9 straight 6. He destroyed the motor, and transmission due to an object puncturing the radiator. This is how he told the story; I was driving on 635 when I heard a loud bang. But the truck was driving fine so I kept going. I started smelling something that was disgusting and sweet at the same time, so I rolled the window down. The truck was driving fine so I kept going. A light came on in the instrument cluster, but it was driving fine so I kept going. I started smelling something that smelled like something was burning, but the truck was driving fine so I kept going. The truck started slowing down, so I gave it more gas and kept going. I started to hear some banging noises, and the truck suddenly started slowing down a lot more even though my foot was on the floor so I thought maybe something was wrong and I better pull off the highway. The cylinder head was cracked in multiple places, the motor was locked up solid, the transmission was severely overheated. After I dropped a rebuilt motor in it, I even had to swap the exhaust manifold out because the stock one was severely warped!!

@rayshutsa6690 2 года назад

Thank you Eric for another great teardown. I always enjoy them to see what went wrong. This one was an excellent one. 👍❤

@lameemo 2 года назад

I've actually seen the same thing on an 06? Rav4 that came into our shop. Total no start, no compression, customer says she "might have" overheated it... Tear down to the cylinders and there was a hole about the same size as this one and in a very similar spot. Pretty amazing to say the least, especially considering the rest of the engine including the head were fine and even mostly able to be re-used

@frankdesbaux 2 года назад

The Honda Fit is an out of the box brilliant wee car. It's fast through the tight stuff and runs on the smell of an oily rag. An underrated well engineered safe vehicle.....that melts pistons.

@JimmyMakingitwork 2 года назад

I'm sure you've seen way more than me, but I've seen similarly overheated engines that melted the motor mounts. it's not like the old days when fuel would boil and cause a stall. Now that high pressure fuel system keeps it running unless the software puts it in failsafe or turns it off.

@edwardness3836 2 года назад

I love all your teardown videos. Thanks for keeping them coming. Unlike some others, it seems, I'm not necessarily excited by carnage videos and rather, I just like seeing how different manufacturers design engines. This video shows how Honda loves LONG connecting rods. Long rods help torque, and since this is a daily driver type engine, that makes sense. What I'd like more of is your commentary, personal opinion even, regarding durability and general function, of the various engines you see in your business. For example, which engines are the most durable, most likely to scatter, specific weaknesses, or strengths, for an engine. Stuff like that. We value your experience and would love to learn more.

@raven4k998 Год назад

I wonder what the driver did to blow that poor little engine🤔

@2-old-Forthischet 2 года назад

I've refused to even look over a prospective used vehicle just by the inevitable "smell of death".

@drremulack6196 Год назад

19:08 oh, we're crowning. I say this every morning... You wouldn't say that Eric, but, unfortunately I would... I love what you do man.

@ImGolden 2 года назад

I love carnage. Thanks for another video!

@johnsommerfeld6889 2 года назад

Pretty sure the L8T is an iron block engine. Love the videos, keep em coming!

@Jakek200 2 года назад

Yeah it's iron block.

@kennethross786 2 года назад

"I don't think if you add water it turns into a piston again" 😂😂😂

@TheSleepingonit 2 года назад

It is therapeutic for me to watch your videos, thank you much for the unintentional comedy as well

@jeffryblackmon4846 2 года назад

Try spraying air freshener on the engine, see if it can cover the smell. I'd like to know if it works! Thanks for another fine video.

@harrydinwiddie248 2 года назад

Socket falls right smack dab into the drain pan! I wonder just how many times the oil drain plugs on my cars have fallen into the drain pan when I've changed the oil? I'm sure glad I got to see this happen to someone else for a change!!!!😀

@whalley6044 2 года назад

I enjoy all your teardown videos, don't know why I like seeing engine carnage but I do. If you've never used one, get an impact universal with the ball & crosspin, you'll never go back to the link type you were using on the fuelpump. Mine are 70's Craftsman but HF sells them also.

@TheEulerID Год назад

Poor little, abused Honda engine. Don't ignore those warning lights and keep driving folks. I must also say that this is a refreshingly simple engine with few quirks in its construction given its sophistication. That's also a healthy power output for a normally aspirated engine of its capacity. Not super high tuned, but also no slug.

@logans3365 2 года назад

Great video, I always like to watch teardown videos every time I get a new car. The Honda Fit seems incredibly easy to work on for such a small car, lots of space and simple design.

@arnoldm889 2 года назад

I'd never allow you to work on my broken engine with inspection ports and adjustable rods.

@robertwest3093 2 года назад

It's pretty impressive when someone neglects an engine to the point of zero compression. It becomes darn near witchcraft when someone does that kind of damage to a HONDA, a company with an impressive durability track record.

@chrisscott4607 Год назад

In my area they do this all the time to honda engines, but that’s because if the compound turbo setups lol expected with 30 lbs of boost , not so much on an na engine

@BHrobry Год назад

I should send you 1.0 MPI from my wife's VW polo, that i small engine. It even has rod knock but it is still running just fine for years. Oh and we currently live in EU. Just stumbled in to your channel love it.

@haroldbenton979 2 года назад

You would have loved the set that came out of the big cam 4 I melted down in 97. The carnage came to 1 and 4 had cracked cylinder 2 literally had a hole in it from the injector tip blowing off and 3 had swallowed an exhaust valve and hammered it into the piston. But it was still running just sounded like a bucket of bolts in a washing machine. The reason why my mother had a heart attack and for 4 hours my foot had been planted to the floorboard and I had pushed the pryometer temperature over 1400 degrees. She slagged the turbocharger and continued to pull for all she had.

@kristianhermann5971 Год назад

The reason the one bore melted is probably because its aluminum with an iron liner (Al has a lower melting point than Fe) - you can see the inner liner intact - very cool!

@ChiefLink 2 года назад

The L15! I have the L15A7 in my 2012 Fit, but very little has changed on these engines since they debuted because they're so darn reliable. Minus a few engines with quality issues (oops, porous aluminum), these engines are hard to break. I've seen very few with major issues and most of the owners of a Fit take good care of them! My own Fit actually has a slightly bent rear axle/beam assembly, but it's such a light car that I don't notice any tire wear or problems driving straight. Easily the most dependable car I've ever owned. Also, if you can find a Ford Vulcan V6, that would be an extremely easy and amusing teardown. Most Ford Ranger engines are very abused and I think it would be fun!

@randymagnum143 2 года назад

I once had a 2.3 "powered" ranger, for about a month. Couple hundred thousand miles on it, and when you dropped from 4th to overdrive, it it just slowed down until you had to shift back to direct. Bought it after the owner hit a deer. Straightened it up a little, drove it till I couldn't stand it anymore, and sold it for 4x what I paid for it. Can't complain, but sometimes I still do

@mikeman5022 2 года назад

In the off-road world, as in Side-by-side and ATV, I see piston melted to cylinder quite often, and completely deformed melted pistons not as often 😂

@andrewless4067 2 года назад

I'm really curious to find out what you are going to do with all your timing chains. You always say you will 'save that for later' when you remove them. Great video as always :)

@trentryan27 2 года назад

He makes necklaces out of them

@mikefoehr235 2 года назад

Bracelets

@TheSleepingonit 2 года назад

Think he sells them

@johnmarten4184 2 года назад

Club bling.

@bradhaines3142 2 года назад

@@johnmarten4184 if it was cleaned up good, that might not look bad actually

@nonamesplease6288 2 года назад

One of my wife's friends did something similar to her car. She hit a large animal (a cow, of all things). The accident happened on a lonely, dark road late at night and far from the lights of civilization. Rather than stop and wait for help in the wilderness, she drove the damaged car to safety. Of course, she all but ruined the car, but she got home safe. The car was of secondary importance. Perhaps we should have some pity for the person who did this and hope that they sacrificed this engine for a good reason.

@localresident996 2 года назад

While I was disappointed in the lack of stripper dust in this engine, the distorted bores and cooked pistons were nice.

@imagesbywillis Год назад

I got several chuckles out of this one. Keep up the comedy...

@StephenJohnson-jb7xe 2 года назад

I imagine that it must have been making a hell of a racket as it was getting hot enough to melt the pistons, my guess is the person who kept driving it didn't give a damn about harming the car.

@jpkatz1435 2 года назад

Or had NO IDEA what was going on. "Oh, MAYBE something is going on, no AAA tow, KEEP driving babe, we'll get this sucker home!"

@JimexJimex 2 года назад

As another commenter pointed out, I don't think the little overheat red light on the dashboard was what the driver was worrying about, coz he probably has 10+ flashing red and blue light and blaring sirens behind his car when he did this.

@LSswapGarage1 2 года назад

That L8T would be a nice little project for someone. The blocks are cast iron on those... only LT series engine with an iron block actually. They also have a nice conventional accessory drive with a hydraulic power steering pump and no stupid vacuum pump either. Stroked iron block 6.2 bore and 6.2 heads... ton of power to make with that.