@@clutch5sp989 I was 14 when I watched this video and now im 19 and most definitely have changed my perspective of a mechanic and hopes to be one of my own soon
With each part that gets put back together I get more excited about this car! I can't wait to share the rest of the build with you guys. I also have a little surprise coming.... Soon?
guess my first is question why send out a part to be coated that isn't fully clean --- an second question being who would coat a part without it fully clean an take a chance on the coating being damage -- an third question now is warranty at questioned or risk being that your scaping along the edges of the coating
@humblemechanic using the old piston rings break them in half and use a grinder to make it shaper if needed and clean the groves out that way works great
that style of ring groove cleaner is really hard to use correctly. Using the old rings does seem to be most effective when you have them. Gotta love those wrist pin clips. I hope you measured that stuff previously.
Hey Charles, have you thought putting the piston in low rpm drill or something to hold the piston while you clean the groove with that bit or the tool bit? makes your hand free to other things, like dousing it in liquid while you clean?
i prefer soaked them in diesel, it works better than the carb cleaner then after remove the carbon deposits i use the carb cleaner to clean and remove the diesel before any rings assembly the diesel really is a time saving cleaner for carbon
hi, i'm rebuilding a k3-ve and my pistons have a different color on the top, i'm not sure if is a coating, should it be ok to soak them in carb cleaner?
Good video. Have you ever had one of the retaining clips spring out and hit you in the eye wen putting them in. Lol it stings a bit yamaha ones seam to be the worst for that
Always was thinking about soda blasting that type of parts, because soda isn't hard to defect the metal, but gets all the contaminants pretty good, also there is a few soda blaster guns on the market witch works for their price.
Hey Fellow dub brother, don’t expect a response as in sure you have your hands absolutely FULL! But I wanted to chat with u regarding a issue I have... I have a couple dubs and one of them is a 2003 GLI, yup 24v 6Speed Fully Loaded! Saved this thing from the auction with hopes to indulge in my first very own VR6z. I’ve mostly had 2.0Ts and 1.8Ts. Here my dilema. Car is incredible has 31K original miles...but the catch is the previous owner hit a big sewer cap and destroyed the oil pan.(or as I was told by him, who I was able to find in the yellow books somehow. Lol.) Upon some disassembly on the bottom end I found a spun bearing on Cyl.1. Which caused to the crank to lock up. Once the cap and rod were disconnected from the crank it sour freely. Now I know the proper way to get this thing back on the road is pull the motor, cut or at-least polish the crank. And throw a set of rods in it. I was able to clean up the crank well and it’s still within spec from the numbers I was using. (Connecting rod journal) What I wanted to attempt before getting the donor engine. (A well maintained 60k mile 24v) was to see if I can pull the head while leaving the timing connected and replacing one rod. To see if I can get it running to get an idea if it’s worth rebuilding the original motor or just replace it and call it a day. I would really Love to hear this thing purr one last time even if it’s not for Long Life. Appreciate if u had a moment to touch back with me, I’m a fan of your work and your talent. Cheers! Lawrence
I notice the side of the piston has a small, round hole on the edge of the gudgeon pin hole at 10:53. Is there any requirement for orienting the gudgeon pin clip with this hole, or does it not matter?
I had to get them sent out. The place that sent them only sends stuff when they have enough. It would have taken months to get them out. Looking back, it probably would not have mattered. LOL
hey mister humblemechanic I really like your videos and I subscribe to your Channel but I also need help with a couple pointers from you I was doing the wrist pin on my 96 Honda Civic because I had a knock so I got the head off I took the oil pan off and I push the Piston up to top but there's something in my way stopping me from getting the cap to the connecting rod out so that I can do the bearings on it since I'm there and it needs it too my question is do I have to remove the girdle in order to get that crap off again the car is very secure and safe and again thank you for your great content
Hi Charles, I thought you might be interested to know Volkswagen is changing its corporate name starting 2018. The new name will be "A1 Group". Got the story from a local engineer/journo here in Australia.
HumbleMechanic : I believe its more of an attempt to distance themselves from the Diesel gate scandal. To check out where I got the story, type in "Nut Fest Friday" into RU-vid. Its a weekly segment on his critics and automotive news. The one you want is this weeks episode. Cadogan is the journo and engineer presenting this channel. A word of warning he hates VW after sales and dealerships. He detests Fiat Chrysler, their reputation here sucks.
Lyle ring groove tool looks like a banana picker.....LOL what a waste of time and possible damage. With all due respect, your issue should have been solved by prepping pistons before sending for coating. Many options from chemical to mechanical. I am now soda blasting with great results. Vapor de-greasing another great alternative. Or chemical and many use diesel, carb cleaner or even oven cleaners. Love your channel and also agree with using old rings....but before sending for coating. Cheers, Mr .P
New sub and Just started watching and jumping into your videos, with your build, are you running the Oem/stock Pistons that have been coated? And what quality of rings are you going with? If you have a video answering this I'll happily go to it haha
I presume the coating is resistant to gasoline orherwise it would be pretty dumb to coat the internal components of a gasoline engine.... and it its resistant to gasoline im sure its resistant to acetone but you could always check by puting a little the bell of the piston as there really is no benefit to coating the inside of the bell.
What about soaking them in mineral spirits? It's less harsh than brake clean and does a great job at breaking up carbon. I doubt it would hurt the coating, but I understand not wanting to take the risk.
Yeah I think even carb clean would be fine. Plus it was the top of the pistons that would get cleaned, and the skirt is what's coated. Like you said, no need to take the chance.
the most important part is always the most time consuming work just like that 4hrs of you day vanish never to be seen a gen it defiantly help to clear your mind tho I wish i had pics of a motor that i built for a friend of mind it was a 4.0 v6 took two week to rebuild it was two 4.0 to make one 4.0 cleaning the block took forever and a week the lifters wore clean pace by pace and having to deglaz the bores and do the lapping on the valves. that was 2014 it still runnig strong to day. i paint it oils blue even the intake haha it look killer.
+Anders Kjelgaard that's exactly how I got the carbon off the crowns before removing them from the block. It worked amazing. I'm sure the coating would have been fine, but I didn't want to risk it
You coated the skirt of the pistons but not the crown of the pistons, why so ,coating the top of the pistons helps with knock and carbon build up even keeps that cylinders/ piston crown cooler
I think it will be next week. I am going to try and take some crankshaft bearing measurements tonight. I am trying to figure out what makes a better video. One job per video, or "installing the crankshaft" as a whole.
depends on the car. If it's not DI, then fuel cleaners can help. DI, there are ways to reduce the amount of carbon, but manual cleaning has really become part of normal maintenance. Good fuel, proper oil change services, driving the car all help. But very few things will completely eliminate carbon from building up. I am going to pull the intake manifold on my wife's Tiguan soon. She just hit 25k miles. I want to see what the buildup looks like. She uses mid grade fuel from whatever stations, and has a light foot. I suspect she is a good snapshot of the average driver.
Well it's a 1.2 skoda same 3 potter from a polo 9n, I change my oil evry 10000 km's drive it practically evryday. Novice mechanic and not worth pulling apart the engine for what the car is worth still
@@HumbleMechanic I recently watched a video that recommended drilling tiny holes in the oil control ring area of the piston to help motors drain oil out of the ring landing - any .02c on that?
I've been a fan for a long time, but this channel is getting very very boring. You barely show auto repair. Like none.... I understand you quit your job, but where do you want want your channel to go? Reviewing vw tools? I like you, I have it's just very hard to watch car talk / pod cast / reviews, from a expert master tech
+Mill9999 I feel ya. I did spend a long time just talking. I'm finally now getting back to working on cars. This video is working on engine rebuild. I have 2 videos coming out next week of working on/fixing my Passat. Remember that much of the show is driven by what the audience asked for and about. I always encourage folks to submit ideas for shows and repairs. I can't fully control what cars and repairs I have access to. I am sort of at the mercy of "what comes in the door"(so to say) With all that being said, what's your favorite video? I'm always trying to give folks what they ask for. It took some time to catch back up after leaving the shop. So more repair videos are finished, in the edit stage, or planned. They are coming. It's strange because I've posted more "working on car" videos since I left than I did in the last 6 months or so. Maybe it's just now catching up with the audience getting bored? Help me give you what you're asking for. This show is for you guys. I want to be sure I'm delivering
HumbleMechanic See, you are very humble that is how you answer a fan! OK so you left your job at vw and you are fixing cars at home now? I'm confused on your whole situation or did you stop totally being a mechanic? If not then here is what I'm thinking...... So basically on RU-vid not many channels are creating vw or audi repair videos and that's hurtful for alot of us. I have a 99 audi a4 that needs lots of work but not many videos for it, you could corner that whole market. What makes me even more mad is that guy Thomasx I think thats his name he works on audis and vw but then I cought him commenting on someones else video saying he actually doesnt show you all the steps in his jobs! I should of taken a screen shot but he really said that. So he makes videos at his shop and leaves crucial steps out...... Wow... So with your videos, if your still working on those cars wheather it be from home or somewhere else can you do repair jobs? Like 10-35 minute videos? For everything I mean like seriously everything step by step with nice camera angles and good quality information not crap. I wish I can help you some how or be the camera guy or learn from you cause your so smart and very knowledgeable. Please dont make review videos on a vw triple square kit lol. You could fully have the whole youtube vw and audi market I mean seriously all of it. I know for a fact you have pretty much fixed everything on those cars. The problem is lots of youtube channels are doing just bad bad small easy jobs that are just terrible. Let me know what your situation is, as far as are you still a mechanic or are you trying something else?
Thank you for taking the time to give me the feedback.. I really am trying to make the best possible videos/channel I can. My current situation is as follows. I did leave the dealership(only about a month ago). Now my full time gigs are making YT videos for this channel, as well as off my channel videos for brands. All of course are automotive. I also teach VW/Audi repair to independent shop technicians. I have a had full of other pokers in the fire, but that's the 2 main things. When it comes to content creation strategy; I am trying to make sure I deliver on the expectation. That includes tool reviews(not just VW tools) answering viewers questions, and car repair videos. The tool reviews and the Q&A take the least amount of time for me to do. The repair videos typically take about 10-20x longer to produce than the actual job does. This means a repair I could bang out in an hour can take up to 20 hours total to create a video. It also takes about 10 hours of filming. Not only are you slowed down by talking about it, but then moving the camera, making sure you hit each point correctly. If you said lb ft instead of NM you could totally screw someones world up. And those slips do happen. This means going back and doing voice over, or reshooting a section. And you really just hope that it's a job you can do a second time. Otherwise you're toast Then there is the camera. I would love to really give people the POV as I see it. Sadly even with camera glasses, you get the view of my hands, and not the part I am working on. A DIY video of seeing my hands do the work is not very useful.HAHA I'd also be leaving out a very important part if I didn't mention a return on time investment. A video that is 25 minutes long generally doesn't get a ton of views. Think about spending a weeks worth of time for $100. I don't do this solely for the money. In fact money is something I rarely worry about. There are plenty of ways to make money. But doing all that work and getting a very low view count is incredibly frustrating. Most people are not going to sit thought a 20 minute repair video for entertainment. This immediately limits the potential view numbers. Again, it's not all about the money. But it does weigh on a person. It's like being a flat rate tech, working all week and making 10 hours. Like I mentioned, I am always trying to give the audience what it wants. I have done 5 "working on car" videos in the last month and a half. That is actually a lot more than I have done in the last 6 months. I am working hard to make even more. If you can hang tight on the A4, you will be pumped. I drive a B5.5 Passat that needs some rehab. So we will be doing a timing belt, suspension work, brakes, valve cover/cam adjuster gaskets and on and on. Again, thank you so much for the feedback. I take that shit very serous. I want everyone to be freaking pumped a new video dropped. But I think the channel will always be a mix of vlog style/ repair videos/ reviews/ and more. With over 500 videos on the channel, I don't expect everyone to like them all. I do hope that people find the ones they like, and the ones that help them out. That is why I spend so much time and energy on answering your questions on videos. I would say 71% of the videos are driven directly by you guys. :)
Oh, and I already did the VW triple square review. LOL No need to worry about that. BUT, knowing what tools you need is pretty important for both pro techs and DIYers. ;)
