Towed back in! Something Very Bad Happened! Pentastar 3.6 Hole in Block! Chrysler Jeep Ram 3.6

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Not long ago we looked at this engine to diagnose a misfire on cold start. Low compression was found on cylinder 3 and it had a light misfire. The van returned with broken connecting rod, holes in the engine block.as well as evidence that all four valves made contact with the piston which also broke in half in the cylinder. The head has to be removed to find out more!
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@FortunateJuice Год назад

This is one of those moments where the customer shows up, Ray looks them straight in the eye, puts his stethoscope down around his neck, and just slowly shakes his head.

@angelo_giachetti Год назад

And says, he's not gonna make it.

@shadetreemech290 Год назад

Very well put. LOL!

@rickcreel9557 Год назад

Time of death, now

@ryans413 Год назад

The cause of death I’m afraid to say is a broken connecting rod on cylinder 3. The loss of oil was too much to save the engine. I’m sorry for your loss.

@shaunkelly9053 Год назад

It’s dead Jim.

@keithclark1061 Год назад

It is a possibility that the engine had prior damage with a slightly bent rod and that is why the compression on that cylinder was lower. The weakened rod gave way under load. I had this happen to an older Jeep that was driven in the water and hydro locked. It lasted a few months after the repair until a rod snapped and went through the block.

@flrpower5628 Год назад

Yes, metal fatigue does that.

@91CavGT5 Год назад

I saw the same thing happen to an SRT4. The owner drove through deep water with an aftermarket cold air intake and it hydro locked the engine. I got the water out, turned it over easily by hand, turned it over by the starter, then we did a compression test. That one cylinder was 40 psi low. So we pulled the oil pan and checked the rod out, it was bent and twisted but it ran. So we replaced the rod on that cylinder, and I still have the bent and twisted one!

@lorrinbarth1969 Год назад

Does it rain in Florida?

@kenore4003 Год назад

Brother had a TR6 that did the slowest rollover in history ( Slid down an ice covered road sideways propelled by wind, no forward speed.) Hydro locked one cylinder and the piston failed at the oil ring. Being a glorified tractor engine it just pushed the piston top up and kept on running on 5 cylinders.

@danwoods315 Год назад

That is exactly what crossed my mind when I saw the bent rod

@xj31 10 месяцев назад

I love the 3.6, I work at a chrysler dealer and that engine paid off my house and it's buying me a new truck

@nickmadsen4859 7 месяцев назад

what's not to love about that? lol

@living4christ 7 месяцев назад

What kind of truck?

@tuberNunya 6 месяцев назад

That bad eh? This is from the liberal deep state and their constant push for more and more mileage. This is what we call diminishing returns.

@MrBailey-ng9kw 6 месяцев назад

Hemi...dropped valve seals bought my a lake front cottage!

@MissionaryForMexico 6 месяцев назад

Junk engineering.

@brendanmulhall9095 7 месяцев назад

Randomly came across this channel as a suggestion from watching Scotty, and now I have a new channel to keep me awake at night

@samholdsworth420 20 дней назад

Don't mention Scotty...😤 Ray is an actual mechanic who can fix things Scotty just gets mad and waves his arms around!

@kimberlyhall7610 7 месяцев назад

I am a car nut and so fascinated with channels like these! I can’t physically do the work, I don’t have the confidence in that way, but I love watch the videos and learning. Helps me take care of my own car!

@mineown1861 Год назад

I've watched a lot of Eric's autopsies , now I've finally heard the death rattles from one rolling into the ER . Having experienced things dying after I'd repaired them , i know what you mean about not a good look , but having the confidence to know I'd done everything correctly I managed to cope with the odd customer having a skeptical look on their face. What really blows my mind is the lack of error codes in the ECU !!!

@DeepakKumar-lv4te Год назад

default ecu mode : "nothing to see here, move along, move along....."

@v12alpine Год назад

The lack of error codes would imply the customer didn't drive it much after it blew up, probably just enough to get to safety.

@DeeGee-mv6eq Год назад

Eric O lover

@douglasburnside Год назад

Nothing wrong with that engine's electronics. The spark plugs were firing, the crank and cam position sensors were reading correctly, no overheat warning. The problem was purely mechanical, the ECU doesn't care about that as long as the camshafts remain in time.

@davidclemens1578 Год назад

@@douglasburnsideeven the crank position sensor would probably have not thrown a code in this situation.

@dammitcarl1082 Год назад

I had a feeling that van's engine wasn't gonna last when you did the compression test last time, shame what happened

@waldolemmer Год назад

How did bad compression lead to this? Or was it the cause of the bad compression that led to this? I thought rods only break when doing money shifts

@DigBipper188 Год назад

@@waldolemmer the poor compression's more a symptom than a cause. It *looks* as Ray suggested like the engine dropped a valve or two which caused it to mince up the piston and connecting rod... Although there's nowhere near enough carnage in the cylinder to suggest that bar the marks on the piston top which elude to the valves colliding with the piston - Weird.

@claytoncoolidge992 Год назад

@@DigBipper188if I remember correctly this had overheated before but low compression/ bad rings can cause a piston to cock in the bore. It's certainly a possibility here as there's not much of any malice in the combustion palace

@IR-nq4qv Год назад

I don't know what everyone is getting excited about, the engine just needs a few BG snake oil additive rinse cycles, 3 good heat soaks by baking that puppy for 45 minute intervals at 2000 rpm's. This will increase compression and clean out all that nasty carbon.

@Stanjara Год назад

Where is the first video with that car?

@trevorvanbremen4718 Год назад

I think Ray needs one of those borescopes with two cameras... (One axial, and the other on the side)

@JasonW. Год назад

I bought one with only front camera and an attachment mirror thingy to save money. Then I bought one with 2nd view rear camera to save sanity. Anxiety of mirror falling off is real.

@gcrauwels941 Год назад

They're cheap now. Used one to 100% confirm my Volvo 2.5 had cracked the block up by the deck.

@Vamk420 Год назад

@@gcrauwels941 NOOOOOOOOOOOO i drive a 2006 S60 2.5T daily i feel man that and the timing gives me anxiety. I already replaced a timing solenoid for the intake cam

@crashoverride328 Год назад

@@JasonW. Even the ones with an articulating head are inexpensive now.

@philipershler420 Год назад

@@crashoverride328I often wonder where the term Borescope came from. Now I know, it’s used for scoping cylinder BORES! 😁 I have used my scope for looking at many other locations, but never used it for inspecting cylinder bores.

@itiswhatitis4846 Год назад

The fact that there are 4 perfectly cut areas on the piston indicates that’s the way it comes from the factory. I’m willing to bet if you pulled the other spark plugs you’d see the same on other pistons. The crack could be explained by defective piston along with the con rod. I’m sure there’s dozens more scenarios but a bent con rod pulling the piston too far down could cause a break. Wet piston, over fuel… the owner could have been pulling a hill reviving the engine too hard too. I love the videos/channel & love poppinzee huud. Thanks for taking the time to entertain us Ray! Stay blessed!

@dylanlindsay1993 Год назад

how is there 0 codes in the ECM when the engine is litterally blown?? that makes 0 sense!

@oxygen454 11 месяцев назад

@@dylanlindsay1993the computer got overloaded and said, not worth my time computing, Im out... 😂

@marcbordelon218 11 месяцев назад

What a nightmare!

@cericat 11 месяцев назад

@@dylanlindsay1993 Situation is probably outside the sensors' registry range.

@SunofYork 10 месяцев назад

Lets leave god out of it...

@garybalasa3158 3 месяца назад

From Aussie 🇦🇺 love your segments , retired 2 years ago from the trade and have watched a bunch of your episodes, I'm suprised to see the amount you guys in the US use power drivers or ratchets and obviously you have like so many more brands to work on, lucky you🤣 keep up the great contents.

@DirtyLilHobo Год назад

The speed wrench used to be the MANUAL power tool of the day!

@yogib37 Год назад

I have a couple of speed wrenches

@johnchambers12 Год назад

After owning it for 40 years i still let one occupy space in my upper box.

@theodorgiosan2570 Год назад

I have a half inch ultra long one. Keep it in the cargo area of my 79 Subaru because it's a perfect spark plug wrench for that engine. Just the perfect odd shape to remove the plugs quickly without using another tool besides a spark plug socket.

@mlieser1230 Год назад

I have speed wrenches in 3/8' and 1/2". I still use them.

@PeterAngles-jq7gr Год назад

@@theodorgiosan2570I generally prefer 1.5 inch and ultra long

@richardstone5241 Год назад

How much you wanna bet the customer is going to say this is your fault?!

@hotpuppy1 Год назад

No doubt about it.

@jilbertb Год назад

Yeah, but Ray did present the problem to the customer b4 they left the shop, so....

@richardstone5241 Год назад

I understand that and hopefully he put it in writing because guess what, the customer could LIE. I have been here done this and had to learn the hard way.@@jilbertb

@IR-nq4qv Год назад

All the BG snake oil additives in the world wouldn't save the engine that was on the eve of destruction.

@GuyWithASolderingIron Год назад

well they came back so, no

@markkmiecik5393 Год назад

Seems like a perfect time for Eric to travel to FL and collaborate on this tear down.

@DeeGee-mv6eq Год назад

Eric O lover

@davidkranz9990 Год назад

@@DeeGee-mv6eqwrong Eric

@Larry_Harvilla Год назад

@@DeeGee-mv6eq Eric O is the South Main Auto channel guy, from upstate New York. "I Do Cars" Eric is the Importapart guy from the suburbs of St. Louis.

@alb12345672 Год назад

@@Larry_Harvilla What about Eric the Car guy 🤣🤣

@Larry_Harvilla Год назад

@@alb12345672 I think he's from California but I haven't watched his stuff in forever.

@ocdetails 11 месяцев назад

Definitely one of the most interesting videos I've seen for a few weeks. I'm the kind of guy that likes watching the 'just rolled in' type videos. "The engine is making a funny sound" and then you find a hole in the engine. I love that you tear it apart to try and figure out what is going on. A lot of mechanics would just call and say 'There's a hole in your engine and it is junk." This guy is at least going to get a solid diagnosis of what happened.

@aldeal3793 Месяц назад

You would love " I DO Cars" another channel and the guy is funny.

@ranmatardis4236 Год назад

What surprises me is the engine still runs!

@kampar82 Год назад

I personally like the 5 cylinder sound, that's an improvement.

@dback68 Год назад

And it's nice of Chrysler to integrate those self-made inspection ports as well. Quality engineering.

@kaafromoz Год назад

😁😁😂😂🤣🤣😁😁

@DraftySatyr Год назад

@@dback68 It's been a long time since I saw Chrysler and quality engineering (unironically) in the same sentence

@GuyWithASolderingIron Год назад

3.5 cilinder

@michelleshaw337 Год назад

It’s very rhythmic sounding now, isn’t it?

@FenrisianAle Год назад

I would say the valve marks were caused post destruction. I suspect the piston was thrown higher than normal by the flailing rod, and the valves just hit it knocking it back down again. My guess is the initial low compression was caused by a crack in the side of the piston. eventually the piston failed temporarily seizing in the cylinder breaking the rod.

@lilshawn2 Год назад

thinking same. could be 100 different things.... but not many present as... looking like it was building compression, but quickly bleeding off. broken ring land? valve seat failure? axial wear due to oil passage contamination or blockage?

@DeeGee-mv6eq Год назад

Thanks shade tree tommy!

@heckelphon Год назад

That piston crack looked kinda old ....

@alexanderkupke920 Год назад

@@lilshawn2 I wonder what the pin connecting the piston to the rod looks like, or the missing part of the rod, if still attached to the piston.

@donwest5387 Год назад

I agree; piston failure

@JohnWilliams-wr3pc Год назад

Hope you have a nice weekend Ray. Unfortunately the engine has blown up! Just so happens my sister has a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica with the same engine. She has always taken care of her vehicles over the last 60 years and her husband was an excellent mechanic. Hopefully she will get lots of miles on her Van.

@buckdashe2571 Год назад

Okay. So if you watched the first video, you can see that Ray diagnosed low compression on #3 after documented misfires on that cylinder. The wet plug is a symptom of misfires. The odd coloration if the valves indicate fueling is *not efficient.* (That is key.) I noted that there wasn’t another compression check after the rather superficial brake-clean valve washing Ray did…but no big deal. In followup on Ray’s off duty channel, the misfire was still present and Ray’s suggestion to the customer was that further investigation would mean pulling the cylinder head which apparently the customer was mulling over when this failure occurred. BTW, I noticed Ray never checked the oil (at least on camera) in the first video. There may have been clues in the oil indicating ring or other issues (fuel washing into the oil, etc.) but whatever. The failure is an either/or guess (valve-suck or piston failure) and Ray cannot be blamed because he advised that further (expensive) investigation was required. That’s my arm-chair take.

@willy19511 11 месяцев назад

decent arm chair take--this engine was on it's way out when he first got it---i hope ray gets to install the replacement

@chubbysumo2230 11 месяцев назад

these engines have a habit of dropping valve seats. with the low compression, I would bet that a valve seat dropped and it threw the rod when the piston could not travel up anymore.

@wendwllhickey6426 10 месяцев назад

Broken timing belt or chain

@wendwllhickey6426 10 месяцев назад

Broken timing belt or chain

@templeofdooom 10 месяцев назад

If it was a broken timing belt or chain he would not have been able to drive it into the shop. @@wendwllhickey6426

@FerralVideo 10 месяцев назад

Ray, I just want to let you know that your habit of saying "XYZ Gravity" when dropping stuff has given me a healthier way to respond to dropping/knocking stuff over than just getting angry at myself. Thank you for that. :)

@frankheintzjr595 Год назад

It's good that you film everything

@rogeralbans4082 Год назад

With that knock at first I thought Troy had just trolled the master with the old two spanners prank hiding behind the car.

@williamstyers4264 Год назад

I agree that the Pentastar engines are basically breakdowns waiting to happen. I'm amazed that the company that gave us great iron like the 383, the 426 Hemi. the nearly indestructible 318 and slant sixes put out such a piece of crap. Love your channel. Keep up the good work

@okgroomer1966 Год назад

I'm surprised the transmission outlasted the engine.

@TOXIC-jq3ry Год назад

the 3.6 pentastar is one of the best engines ever produced, from 2019 until now, anyways. I know the 2011-2017s had tons of issues, most of the bad ones being the earlier ones. I think most people just don't take care of their shit with regular maintenance. most people get over 200k when they actually take care of it, but i suppose that goes for most engines these days.

@whalesong999 Год назад

Still running a 3.3 push-rod Plymouth engine in my 99 van. I keep the oil changed and hope it lasts for years. The complexity of these ohc engines is off-putting.

@MichaelRobinson-up6fo Год назад

currently got 235k miles on our 2011 3.6, its been fantastic @@TOXIC-jq3ry

@almarkowbender Год назад

It's not the same company that made those engines, it's Fiat, Stellantis

@killingtonsnowboarde Год назад

Ray, if the customer is going to replace the engine, it would be cool to have Eric do the tear down. You have talked about him and his channel in the past it would give both of your channels more exposure highlighting both channels, keep us posted love your channel and greetings from Alaska......

@1soupasaurus Год назад

I wish it could work that way. The big issue is Ray is in south Florida and Eric is somewhere by St. Louis. The shipping expense would be enormous.

@Crazycat4me 5 месяцев назад

I just started watching,can't stop. When did Ray go off on his own? I sit here for hours watching .Your a great guy.

@rajbeekie7124 Год назад

I can't help but think the customer will think Ray either misdiagnosed or did something that contributed to the failure.

@DraftySatyr Год назад

Almost inevitably. The 'who touched it last' syndrome.

@waldolemmer Год назад

I had that same thought with this video, but also a video from three months ago where a transmission pump failed two weeks after Ray changed the ATF

@craigquann Год назад

Rays previous videos showing the low compression/misfire will cover his ass. Misfire cause the lean condition and the piston was damaged prior to rays repair. It would explain the low compression and eventual failure.

@kenwillis8487 Год назад

I agree, Rays attention to detail and video detailing every step of the diagnostic process will show that the damage was done long before he touched it! I believe the fault lies with the manufacturer defects in the cylinder head and had the customer not driven it while waiting for dealer to replace the head it might not have self destructed!

@davidnoyes3373 Год назад

The joys of having your own business everything great until it isn’t!

@michaeldepetris696 Год назад

Eric would be proud of that engine destruction.

@boelensds Год назад

rayman can send it in to tear down if not taken appart in vid as core trade in.😁

@Kitkat5335 Год назад

Malice in the combustion palace for sure.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

Forbidden glitter !

@insomniareflection8569 Год назад

Scotty said I told you 😂😮😂

@JonMadHatter Год назад

Connecting Rod mcnuggets

@brianspencer6397 Год назад

My borescope came with some clip-on accessories - a little (but powerful) magnet, a bendable wire hook, and - a little mirror that clips over the lens of the camera, and allows me to look sideways, or even slightly back up, if I bend the mirror's supporting wire a little. Ask your sales rep if such a thing is an option for your borescope. And since I am now invested in this engine, I vote for an 'I do cars' type autopsy......

@aaronwilliams1249 Год назад

The boroscope I got has a side-view camera as well which is quite handy.

@boelensds Год назад

china borescope for phone mostly do not have that option.🤔

@huzudra Год назад

These are known to drop valve seats, probably dropped a seat. They're also known to burn valves before the seat drops, burned valve overheats the seat because burning a/f mixture is torching past the seat, heats a spot which causes thermal shrink and then the seat no longer has the interference fit and eventually falls out while the engine is running.

@chubbysumo2230 11 месяцев назад

yup, the damage to the top of the piston says that valve seats were holding the valves open. the piston hit the valves, they wouldn't close, and the connecting rod became a disconnecting rod, and a hammer.

@thekingsilverado3266 9 месяцев назад

The older Pentastar's R junk. They improved the valve seats and guides circa 2019 or so they have true stainless seating now and guides. There is a notice a jeep dealer gave me here somewhere I could be wrong about the exact date in the change to the heads. Most engines today use a powder cast connecting rod which are total junk

@paul-ef3gs 6 месяцев назад

what??never seen one and worked on many

@mora103 Год назад

Keeping up with your oil changes every 3 to 6k miles, and the timing chain jobs every 150k miles...is the key 🗝️ I just put in a new timing chain kit for the second time and I'm at 238k miles on my 2006 dodge ram 1500 with a 3.7 V6 and still running strong 😁

@outwiththem Год назад

That is Toyota Quality mileage. Congrats. I have a 3.6 Jeep.

@cheese6339 Год назад

my chevy 5.3 at 281k never been opened still runs like brand new

@mora103 Год назад

@@cheese6339 Mine still ran fine, I just changed the timing chain just to be safe. After a hundred and fifty thousand miles it's risking it. When a timing chain breaks it can destroys most engines, unless it's a non-interference engine 😅

@rocketrodlover 8 месяцев назад

You should never have to replace a timing chain. Just shows you what crap engines Chrysler makes

@mora103 8 месяцев назад

@@rocketrodlover It's recommended that a timing Job is done on "ANY" engine... at 150 thousand miles. You'r no mechanic by far and don't know squat 🤣. You probably don't even know the difference between an interference and a non-interference motor 🫣

@donw3912 Год назад

I do believe that a video with eric from I Do cars would be great...for both of you guys. The rig looks pretty clean inside and out...hopefully it will get a new heart and a renewed lease on life🙂 A great video as always Ray..keep us posted🙂

@BrianWood74 Год назад

@@SimrKherawhy Ohio? I Do Cars is based in St. Louis. He has said as much even. Hazelwood, Mo to be precise.

@Columbus1152 Год назад

I hope your customer understood you tried to buy some time on an injured engine the first time around, or you had a solid disclaimer. I'm going with the hydro lock theory, that could definitely crack a piston.

@jaredtate873 Год назад

On the newer pentastar engines I’ve found cyl 3 or 5 misfires on cold starts usually means coolant is leaking into the offending cylinder. My guess this happened from that cylinder trying to compress a liquid.

@joseph73515 11 месяцев назад

I agree, probably compressed coolant on startup at some point and bent the rod which eventually broke.

@eldoradoboy 11 месяцев назад

@@joseph73515 bent rod would also explain low compression.. I didnt see the first video .. of course theres many explanations for a bent rod here.. if the low compression was due to a crack already starting on the piston, then it failed on the bottom side, breaking the rod which of course flails around and bends then breaks another piece off of.. hard to really see what was going on without pulling the head and getting the piston out... kind of a moot point because the engine is too far gone to be repaired.. if a CJD dealer wants to pull the head and diagnose for a possible lifetime warranty claim then they could.. i can say its not the first time ove heard of a misfire due to a cracked piston on a 3.6

@timbarry1424 10 месяцев назад

Head gasket

@dnoneck01 9 месяцев назад

My thoughts exactly

@SeeSaw72 8 месяцев назад

No coolant in oil that I can see.@@timbarry1424

@Oliver-kv2mm Месяц назад

I knew an old mechanic that only tighten valve covers and oil pans with a speed wrench, less risk of over tightening. That man taught a lot.

@grege9862 7 дней назад

It was very thoughtful of the Chrysler engineers to put that access opening in the windage tray.

@errolseager1292 Год назад

The damage was most likely done prior to Ray's first repair hence the low compression and misfire, once the replacement injector went in, the misfire was gone which increased the overall loading on the piston rod causing it to finally let go, the sealant and witness marks on the exhaust system tells me that someone stripped it to look for the original fault but didn't complete the diag process, in a sense Ray unwittingly caused the final failure by making the engine run correctly

@valengreymoon5623 Год назад

If the old injector was stuck open, dumping too much fuel, that could have been just enough to cause slight hydro-lock, fracturing the piston, and it was just a matter of time before things went south. That could also have explained the misfire as well. Just a theory. I'll wait for the autopsy, if there is one.

@renj6531 Год назад

sounds familiar this is exatly the bane of the 6.4 power stroke , a dirty injector would dump fuel and either hydrolock or torch a piston

@xvdd1 Год назад

Glad I paged down before I posted as I was going to suggest the same thing.

@Buster2058 Год назад

detonation is my guess. Kaboom!

@valengreymoon5623 Год назад

We'll have to wait for the tear-down.

@TairnKA Год назад

I wasn't thinking about how it could have hydra-lock, but it hydra-locking was my first thought. It's a shame Rey had spent so much time on this vehicle, only for it to destroy itself. I don't remember Rey scoping cylinder three when he found the low compression and if he had, I wonder if the piston crack was there?

@chrissavage5966 Год назад

Dropped seat seems most likely given the previous issues & diagnosis steps taken. With my Hindsight-2000 20:20 specs on, I'd have advised 'don't drive it until the recall is done'

@hondaman4423 Год назад

A dropped valve seat would have spalled up the top of the piston

@randoboomer 13 дней назад

For some it's location, location, location but for you it's equipment, fluids, tools...great videos

@averagedev7768 11 месяцев назад

Hydrolock was here an issue. I saw once this exact carnige on a Mercedes OM651 engine (yes the one that randomly deescides to blow up). They are known to overheat and made the collant get into a cylider. It also looked like ony diesel fuel was inside when i took off the head. The connecting rod snapped like in yours but thankfuly somehow more towards the bottom so there was literally no damage to the cylinder linings or any parts. Crankshaft looked brand new. The engine had 280 000km (~170 000 miles). Came from a Vito van. We replaced the connecting rod and did all the bearings preventably since its already opened. Currently the car has 450 000km and is running happy

@paulhampel8566 Год назад

Hello from UK Ray love ya channel,if it was my car wouldn’t have the engine repaired couldn’t trust it ,would replace with a salvaged engine , less hours less expense ,keep up the good work Ray look forward to seeing the outcome and more videos,all the best 🚗🛠️

@ivoryjohnson4662 7 месяцев назад

Maybe he was doing the person a favor fixing it cheap to give them a few more weeks

@SpecialedSpellcaster Год назад

Ray, that cylinder hydrolocked from fuel when driving. That cylinder was wet with fuel before you replaced the fuel injector in that cylinder, so we know it wasn't the injector, and since the other cylinders didn't have issues it would have to be a faulty ecu or a fault in the software. You might be able to tap the piston out the bottom and if you can look at the ring landings. There should be some distortion in the upper landings.

@ronaldcooper7609 11 месяцев назад

With the engine running, excess fuel would exit out the exhaust valve and there would never be enough fuel to fill the combustion chamber.

@tracemiller9924 11 месяцев назад

Or a fault occuring in the wiring harness. Hydrostatic lock, yep yep yepper, especially if the computer is firing individual negative to the injectors. That particular negative came on, holding the injector on. Or the new injector just decided I'm stuck open.

@uraniumpenetrator3844 Год назад

It would be interesting to send the bore scope through the inspection port to see the devastation on the underside of the piston.

@ralfie8801 Год назад

He could just zoom in with the regular camera, he already got the rod out of the way.

@SportFury1966 Год назад

And why don't borescopes have 90 degree lens options as standard.

@ralfie8801 Год назад

@@SportFury1966 Because some people just want a cheapie with a blurry picture

@ocdetails 11 месяцев назад

@@SportFury1966 Because how are you going to get it down there if it has a 90 degree bend in it?

@jjclarkson3261 11 месяцев назад

@@SportFury1966 They often include an attachable mirror to the end for 90 degree views

@DanniV8 Год назад

I suspect the rod was already bent when you were diagnosing this the first time. Probably due to being hydrolocked at some point. The valve impact marks on the piston are because the piston was pushed up and didn't come back down when the valves were opened, on the count of it not being connected to the connecting rod any longer.

@GReaper Год назад

That was my thought on the valve marks too.

@JSLEnterprises 11 месяцев назад

the bent rod would also explain lower compression in the first vid with the misfires. the stroke apex was at a lower spot than it sould be at. but I would also not rule out burned valves either, and all probably from coolant leanking in over time.

@nbk9372 9 месяцев назад

Don't know ownership history, but this has the hallmarks of a lemon lot buy here - pay here, where the backyard mechanic did a looky, and may have seen the issue, but the lot owner went with the; "as long as we keep it running, and add a little heavier oil, we're good to go". Once they sold it, they gave it the tail light warranty, and Ray ended up being the barrier of the bad news. Ray has become quite the auto mechanical pathologist, and an excellent detective.

@greenhouse3505 Год назад

Love all of your "exploratory" vids mate and this is right up there! This sort of thing why I hate interference engines & timing belts over chains. Boils down to a simple rebuild to junk that's thrown away.

@myc0p Год назад

Fun fact: penta means five. This PentaSTAR engine has the correct configuration now.

@chrisbowring4298 Год назад

✔️ 😉

@deadstroke82 Год назад

After the fact checking is completed, it turns out you're correct.

@ozemale6t928 Год назад

They designed it with a spare for just such an occasion.

@MattExzy Год назад

The new cylinder deactivation - piston deletion.

@chrisbowring4298 Год назад

@@MattExzy ....the "abrupt/extreme" option...👀

@Kitkat5335 Год назад

Something tells me they weren't happy to find out it is blown.

@Jay.Kellett Год назад

That is the risk you take when you buy a Chrysler.

@gibsonj5035 Год назад

Where I worked previously, we had a $20K borescope that had a motor driven head with 180° of rotation and several levels of lighting. It was sweet but just a bit out of the typical user's monetary reach. I know it would be out of mine. Ray, I don't remember seeing such a catastrophe in your shop since you have moved to your current shop. I do hope you can perform an "I DO CARS" video on this one. Great video....

@jasonsong86 11 месяцев назад

They have some pretty affordable ones now that have a side camera on the head.

@arrowem 9 месяцев назад

Watching your videos brings a smile to my face when I can jump past all the hard work because I've spent too much time under vehicles it activates PTSD to watch it all ;) Keep up the good work..

@croaton07 11 месяцев назад

Good ol' Chrysler, never fails to fail

@Taylexwow Год назад

Can we please get an update on customer reaction, did they flip out, try to blame your previous work etc.?

@jeffryblackmon4846 Год назад

You know there are troubles when something lets the smoke out.

@dcfield21 Год назад

Only the MAGIC smoke😂

@johnmezera2862 Год назад

Hi Ray, kitty litter works wonders on oil spills. Cover the oil spill with kitty litter, grind it in with your foot, sweep it up. The oil spill is gone.

@SlaschevAM 14 дней назад

The failed fuel injector filled the cylinder and caused a hydraulic shock. There are no other ways to bend the connecting rod. This also explains the misfires. The bent connecting rod lost its strength and eventually broke off and cracked the piston. This happened during the compression stroke and the broken piston, due to inertia, rose to the valves and stopped there until the valves pushed it down. This explains the valve marks on the piston. You should also check the catalytic converter, since a large amount of fuel could have damaged it and replacing the engine could ultimately be in vain if the dust from the destroyed catalytic converter starts circulating through the system. Overall, I like your videos. I hope for interesting continuations.

@MarkVanTasell 4 месяца назад

ONE MORE QUALITY POS 3.6L(DO NOT STOP BUILDING THIS ENGINE)YALL PUTTING MY CHILDREN THROUGH COLLEGE....THANK YOU PENTASTAR/MERCEDES💥

@robertopenheimer1451 Год назад

Next time you get low compression do a pressure test, it would have identified rings, valves, or head gasket. If a valve it would identify which one, exhaust or intake.

@danielquinn624 Год назад

He did

@nychold Год назад

I'd like to see the wrist pin and the underside of the piston. If that somehow locked up, the crank could've broken the rod off then hammered the piston up into the valves.

@litz13 Год назад

The wrist pin was in the pile of carnage. In perfect condition, naturally.

@davidgherardi7414 Год назад

Now I'm not a mechanic with your knowledge Ray, but when that #3 combustion chamber had such low compression that was a red flag for something seriously wrong. Always look forward to your next video and keep up the great work!

@larrybe2900 Год назад

The problem leading to this destruction was present when the low compression was detected. Most likely was a cracked valve that gave way and that piece of metal grenaded the cylinder. It wouldn't take much metal to block the travel at the top of the piston.

@davidgherardi7414 Год назад

@@larrybe2900 That's a good analysis! 👍

@TheStobyReport Год назад

@@larrybe2900But you’d see multiple points of strike damage on the piston top, which we don’t. Hydro lock would look just like that.

@ham4fun 7 месяцев назад

I have been driving a 2014 caravan for about 3 years and its already been in the shop at least 7-8 times and needs to go back again. got to love cars lol

@TheBeer4me 11 месяцев назад

Hardest thing to tell a customer, you need a new engine.after you have worked on it 😢 not a fun part of your job. It’s good you video your work. You the man Ray!

@YaksAttack Год назад

Man these pentastars never fail to deliver. Work for Chrysler and you'll never go hungry, that's for sure

@Werewolfmage Год назад

def junk for sure. i cant stand them when they roll into my shop

@yhird Год назад

It would be interesting to see what the max engine rpm was recorded by engine computer before the failure. It may provide some evidence later.

@frazzledude Год назад

That was my thought, too. Apparently it was driving on the freeway when the engine let go. So, maybe the transmission disengaged or momentarily went into neutral for some reason and the engine over sped when the load was suddenly removed. And perhaps the rev limiter couldn’t catch it in time. But that cracked piston and disintegrated rod definitely looks like an over speed failure.

@yhird Год назад

@@frazzledude You make excellent points.

@robertwillemsen368 Год назад

I really do not believe this failure happend on high rev's. Engine would have destroyed completely on high rev's. This was, in my opinion, a low rev or idle failure

@ronaldbrown5745 Год назад

The engine can't over rev as the electronics prevent it.

@larrybe2900 Год назад

IMO, the failure was in the works when Ray had it previously. It could have been a small piece of the valve break and be enough to offer the low compresion initially and then break free to cause the carnage.

@Avalanche2 Год назад

Red RTV is perfect for exhausts, the LS swap guys use it to seal headers as well. It's pretty common.

@joshua_lee732 Год назад

Also was likely leaking right there and someone couldn't find a gasket.

@icanfixit7179 8 месяцев назад

My grandmas 2013 dodge grand caravan has the 3.6 and has over 237,000 miles on it and burns almost zero oil, it’s a great engine, only major issue she had with the van was the alternator went out but otherwise it’s never let her down

@krashkwads4688 4 дня назад

I have a 2013 200 with the pentastar with 194,000 ..I'm happy with it so far been paid off for years and plan on driving the wheels off. The largest repair so far was replacing the AC compressor

@philippwickert2851 11 месяцев назад

The 3.6 liters were junk from roughly '11 or '12 going to '16 & '17. Some were lucky and others were not. They were in the minivans, jeeps, cars and some trucks. I have a '15 caravan that had lots of issues with the motor. I'm glad I got the unlimited mileage warranty they were offering at the time and used it very often. Cylinders, rocker arms , oil pump and more constantly being replaced.

@trailerpark187 Год назад

If I remember right, the compression was low on cylinder 3. So I'm guessing the old injector was probably leaking fuel or just failed filling cylinder 3 with fuel, causing a hydrolock situation, bending the rod, thus causing the rod to fail

@johnsortino Год назад

Came here to say basically the same thing.

@steve5x565 Год назад

Except he replaced that injector in the last video on this car

@thepubliceye Год назад

@@steve5x565 New don't make it good.

@mrmustangman Год назад

no trouble codes

@raidkoast Год назад

But then how did the piston smash in to the head? The fluid locking it would have stopped that from happening. Unless, It locked, cracked, spun a lap and some how let go on TDC or something... But I feel like the rod would have snapped on "lock" then just left the piston a bit below TDC..

@hot_wheelz Год назад

Hi Ray, this video definitely had that "Customer States" feel to it..... All it was missing was, "Customer States that they were 50 ft from the vehicle, completely minding their own business and out of nowhere and completely without warning, the vehicle's engine decided to throw a rod and grenade itself" 😂😂😂😂

@hot_wheelz Год назад

@@ralphmbellamy6517 eh while I'm definitely glad that this wasn't my vehicle and I'm also glad that I wasn't the mechanic that worked on it a matter of a week or 2 before it grenaded itself, all of that said, sometimes all you can do in situations like this is awkwardly giggle and slowly back away from what is a situation that frankly noone wants to find themselves in. What makes "Customer States" so hilarious is that the customer pretty much always is clearly lying about how the unmitigated disaster in front of the camera came to be, if the customer just owned up to their moment of stupidity the the whole thing wouldn't be nearly as hilarious. In this case the fact that the customer reported seeing large quantities of smoke and / or water vapour (ie. Steam) coming from under the hood while driving is a bit of a give away that they almost certainly had an opportunity where the vehicle gave them clear signs to pull over and stop immediately but they nevertheless kept driving. Would that have prevented what now looks like a war crime having occurred in the engine bay? Who's to say but it's fair to say that they haven't helped their cause any.

@michelleshaw337 Год назад

@@hot_wheelz The steam/smoke coming from under the hood was the “it’s too late” point - the inspection holes had already been created. Optimistically, if they had heard the engine make a sudden “clank” noise they might have been able to turn it off before the rod broke - but that’s a matter of seconds at most - and probably takes more time to safely pull off to the side for the road than that. Especially if they were travelling on a freeway when the grenade went off.

@kysersoze3767 Год назад

Welcome to "Car-topsy"...Dr.Rainman M.E. (Motor Examiner)

@willmo5746 11 месяцев назад

Love your channel good content all the time. Keeps me engaged!! This is a case of Hydro lock, All from the blown head gasket. The misfire was your warning, to replace head gasket. Them Pentas are fickle, and need high maintenance. If they are wet due to fuel light the spark plug with a match. If it does not burn Change the gasket. had it happen twice to my friends( after warranty replaced first engine due to misfire on cylinder 3 and 5 )she sold it after the second engine blew up.( a misfire on cylinder 3 ) The GM dealer told her the injector was gone, and the plug was fouled on 3, 5 and 4 shortly after it started to knock slightly. Took it back and they said it had a bent lifter. ( Hydro locked is more like it ). Love the car hate the engine.

@jeffally9115 Год назад

Thanks Ray, it was fu. Watching see 👀 you do a total see threw engine block video. 😊😊😊

@johncolaneri6488 Год назад

Hey ray, could definitely be a hydro lock.

@davidclemens1578 Год назад

If it was hydrolocked, it would not allow the Piston to come up high enough to hit the valves even if they were all open and judging by this picture would have been at the same time which cannot happen. I think Ray is correct by concluding that the rod snapped and the two pieces contacted in a position that allowed the piston to be pushed too far up into the head. You could be right though that it did hydrolock the first time which bent the Rod. The only way to tell is to take the engine apart and see if the piston was rotating in the cylinder at an angle creating more stress on the rod before it snapped.

@robertjones8225 Год назад

I hope you get the opportunity to do a complete exploratory on that motor and find out what happened cuz that's one heck of a catastrophic failure and I would love to know what happened

@ednorton47 Год назад

Stellantis should have stuck with the 225 Slant-Six. You wouldn't be having these problems.

@johncherish7610 Год назад

The slant six was indestructible, but couldn't meet pollution standards without being severely underpowered, that said modern Chrysler / Stellantis engines are all junk and known for their engine problems across all their product lines

@ajwilson605 Год назад

Classic case of an engine Hydro-locking. The old injector was probably leaking and the cylinder got hydro-locked and bent the small end of the rod, along with the side bend in the rod. This lowered the piston in the bore resulting in low compression when you checked it. You replaced the injector and got the cylinder running again but stress on the bent rod ended up in the rod breaking after being driven for a while. The piston went up to the top of the bore and contacted the valves. The crack in the piston is from the side loading from the bent rod. You could fix this one...a head, piston w/rings, a rod w/new bearings, and an oil pan/windage tray would get it running again, Only problem might be that the bottom of the bore got chewed up....but you could check for that before tearing it down.

@TUBEORATER 3 месяца назад

Nice, efficient diagnosis

@nemesismcc Год назад

The fact that there are not ANY engine codes means there was no prewarning of the engine failure, had it been a fueling issue there would have been a misfire indicated on that cylinder, or a fueling fault idicated ie lean or over rich trouble codes, the fact that the ECU did not pick up on any issues is highly unsual in a total failure like this, it seems like it was an instantanious detonation in number three, where by the piston cracked and became wedged in the cylinder on the up stroke, bent the rod that then broke free, sending the piston up against the valve set and then destroying the block and oil sump

@steve5x565 Год назад

Finally someone with some knowledge, so refreshing to see in a comment section that is full of internet ‘master techs’. DTCs won’t tell you what failed but would indicate misfires and incorrect exhaust gases if the injector was dumping enough fuel to lock the piston in the cylinder. Generally I don’t see cracked piston crowns from hydro locks, bent/snapped rods and smashed skirts but the crown is usually in one piece, but I haven’t worked on these engines. Whatever happened here seems to have happened extremely quickly, I would have checked to see if there were any pending codes and how long since the codes were reset, a lot of people try to hide stuff these days with their cheap Bluetooth OBD tools. Either way, I would want to take it apart to find out anyway, these days though people don’t want to pay for that extra time, they just want a new engine installed and not to know if it could just be fixed with a new short block.

@theodorgiosan2570 Год назад

Possible that it had a cracked head or blown head gasket and hydrolocked on coolant, and that problem might have started previously when it had low compression on that cylinder. The rod may have already been bent contributing to the catastrophic failure later.

@miketdavies Год назад

Would be interesting to see when the codes were last cleared (eg if cleared by Ray, or after the fact) to see if some evidence was deleted.

@1gerard47 20 дней назад

@@theodorgiosan2570agree ,when he split the exhaust water present ,hydrolocked.

@anno250 Год назад

To bend that rod like it has that cylinder has either filled with fuel, water or oil . Normally if an engine drops a valve the piston disappears in little bits. That looks like it has hydro locked . Didn't you say there was water coming out of the exhaust?

@Angl0sax0nknight Год назад

Exhausts will have water in it just through combustion. See that with cold engines and exhausts. I think the wetness of the piston is fuel. The low compression on the earlier video could be a valve is , but I would expect a valve to go through the piston or at least bend horribly, Causing far more damage to top of piston. If hydrolocked by coolant I would think that coolant would mix with the oil with that huge crack in the piston.

@patrickgoodwin3085 Год назад

I'm also curious to see what else is within the carnage to be found.

@AN-12345 10 месяцев назад

For checking pressure I fully support the usage of whatever you find in the leftovers. Nothing is going to be damaged by that, short of filling the block with gear oil.

@flipfloptanlines926 Год назад

Rod went 1st. Came back around and smacked piston into head causing outward crack. Checking the installed height on the valves will confirm the level of push thru.

@James_Hough Год назад

Well, no matter what engine it is, mechanics generally only sees the broken ones, so it's skewed sample.

@ashleylongley623 Год назад

Just a question, how do you know that the fuel injector didn't cause a hydrolock and then causing the bending of the rod, looks text book hydrolock.

@mrmustangman Год назад

no trouble codes

@ashleylongley623 Год назад

@@mrmustangman Fair enough, a real head scratcher then

@aaronkoivu Год назад

The evidence is the orange exhaust gasket making on the cross over pipe and the loose bolt between the oil pan and transmission housing, this engine oil pan was off at sometime, maybe inspection of the lower end for noise or mis fire….this engine was on life support before Ray put the injector in

@OldMadScientist Год назад

This van is definitely a candidate for an LS swap. 😂

@harveypaxton1232 Год назад

But it would still be a Dodge?

@brianmac1 Год назад

Had a couple of these experiences in my early days with British cars, I still have what's left of the pistons and rods on the wall as trophies. But having owned Japanese cars for the last 40 years, these sorts of failures are a fond memory. To be fair, knowing when to switch an engine off and not keep driving helps I guess.

@michaelwilkening8542 8 месяцев назад

Glad to see I am not the only mechanic that watches I do cars to see the destruction. I worked at a local race sho and have seen much greater destruction than you see there. Like a nitro motor with the head totally blown off.

@colinspencer2205 Год назад

My guess would be a failed head gasket or cracked head allowing coolant into the combustion chamber and hydraulicing the cylinder.

@patrickvanden8322 Год назад

Yeah but before ray touched it.. hence the low compression because of a bent rod.

@Google_Is_Evil Год назад

Guessing here, but the low compression could have been caused by a bent connection rod. The cause of that could have been a previous accumulation of liquid in the cylinder (stuck injector?). That would explain the P0303 as well. The final destruction could have been caused by the piston tilting and getting itself wedged in the cylinder, ripping the conrod in two. After that, the loose piston got pushed up by the conrod, hitting the valves and splitting the piston. All speculation, but it would fit all we have seen in this video so far. Curious to see the final post mortem.

@donwest5387 Год назад

how could there be fluid accumulation if the valve was opening?

@bobmazzi7435 Год назад

@@donwest5387 If the injector leaked down with valves open when the engine was off, fluid accumulated in the cylinder and then it did a compression stroke on startup?

@scotthogsten692 Год назад

I think this is likely what happened. You have to go back to the initial problem. The cause of the low initial compression was the rod was bent. This might have even been from a drive through water at some point prior. The engine took in a lot of water and stalled. Someone pulled the pan to look for carnage and didn't see any visually and buttoned it back up. However at least one rod is bent and maybe others and number 3 was the first to leave the engine.

@donwest5387 Год назад

I would think, if the piston was loose enough to jam in the cylinder, the motor was at deaths' door? Interesting to see if the cause can be determined. Was this a Chrysler product?

@craiglafosse8086 Год назад

I love Eric's channel. He'd be so proud

@coreyneal3705 Год назад

I also have a Chrysler Pacifica sitting at my shop with a blown up engine. Tons of engine gravel in the pan. Mine is older and has the even worse 3.5l engine. Customer decided not to fix it and signed it over. It was in too good of condition to scrap so we use it as storage. I am also an enjoyer of I Do Cars.

@richardwhalen732 Год назад

Well, if there's a bright side to this carnage, you didn't have to spend any WD40 to lubricate the lower bolts for the pan removal. Don't know about the Pentastar motors, have had my fill of Mitsubishi V6s from the 90s, they were also externally self lubricating. Very interested to see what you find once the engine is removed.

@cedhome7945 Год назад

They used to say if the engine nuts and bolts on old motorcycles where rusty then either it's ran out of oil or it's a good tight motor 😄

@jf02367 Год назад

We bought a used 1993 Mitsubishi Diamante Wagon with 21k miles--made/assembled in Australia. Good car for our young family with kids. We maintained her well and gave us 194k generally trouble free miles (. Lots of room in the engine compartment to work--not like Toyota/Lexus engine bay today. Brakes were not Diamante parts but Montero part numbers. I recall power steering hoses/rack prematurely leaked/dried out or such. Good service until she became a smoker--poorly designed valve stem seals. Time to replace steering rack and valve stem seals so we sold her. Overall good experience but my only Mitsubishi. Same engine in my in-laws Chrysler minivan--and she became a smoker.

@stephenwickens836 Год назад

A borescope with a side camera would help 🎥📽

@mikemarshall1394 Год назад

Looks like it hydrauliced

@SB-pr3gk Год назад

Possible that cheap injector that was fitted just dumped high pressure fuel into the cylinder and hydro-locked

@brucedale4465 9 месяцев назад

I have never heard anything good about the pentastar engines. Good thing I’m not a stellantis owner!

@suuperdwarf Год назад

i've got an 01 grand caravan with the 3.3 v6 and 299k miles that recently did something similar. it developed a knock on the freeway between pickup and the first stop on my delivery route at 3AM over 100 miles from home, so i kept driving it, it survived the whole route then locked up on my way home. the wrist pin on cylinder 2 broke off, and the crank side of that connecting rod oblonged out until one side snapped. some of the other pistons have marks from hitting the crank also.

@Boatman-dz5iz Год назад

QUESTION: How much more work would it take for Chrysler to design and manufacture a vehicle that is both reliable and long-lasting? ANSWER: Apparently we will never know.

@waterloo123100 Год назад

Still better then a Gm or a Ford. Even Hondas J35 goes through piston rings more then it should

@opendstudio7141 Год назад

I do like the easy and thoughtful layout design on this engine.

@MarkPalmer1000 Год назад

I just change my oil every 5K, I use the right oil, and I check all fluids every now and then. 11 years and no problems with the 3.6 Pentastar at all.

@opendstudio7141 Год назад

@@MarkPalmer1000 I ascribe to Devine intervention and good stewardship as virtue. 👍😃

@pilsplease7561 Год назад

Pentastar is reliable the rest of the car isnt, dodge are reliable, chrysler are not

@dandan3643 Год назад

I will call this the "EVER SINCE SYNDROME" Ever since you worked on it you blew it up.

@MrSloika Год назад

Not just cars. I had a neighbor call me because his desktop was hijacked by a pron site. I unjacked it....for free. Next day the HD blew up. Guess who got blamed?

@scottivlow9962 Год назад

Thanks Ray there was one very important piece of information I got out this video and it was the Chrysler. Thanks capturing the Billboard. As TD Bank customer I now know about the new branch in Bradenton I ever need to travel there I have another branch option.😁

@HandyAndy1776 Год назад

@Rainman we had one come in our shop that died while driving such as this. I found that it dropped an intake valve bending a rod. Keep up the good work pal. I’m up in the Rust Belt in Philly

@RS-lt2ue Год назад

That's a fairly new car (2017). The bearing didn't look so bad. What's the mileage on it? (I agree. A fuel injector doesn't do that. There's got to be more into the history of that car. Also, the silicone presence by the exhaust tells me somebody has worked on that engine before, again, there's more into the story of that car that has not been shared with you.

@joebloggs2635 Год назад

A leaking injector might have caused an aqua-lock and cracked the piston. Definitely could have bent a rod. Looks like it has been an ongoing problem for a while. I'd think it had been damaged before it came in the first time. Hence, the low compression.

@RS-lt2ue Год назад

@joebloggs2635 I would agree with your statement as well, but the silicone in the mufflers... says... there's more into it. No experienced mechanic uses silicone in a muffler. Without knowing if the car was purchased at a buy here, pay here place... Oops, I said too much already. 😅 Or... if the car is an original owner. There are too many unknown factors.

@blahorgaslisk7763 Год назад

The customer has already said there has been several people who has worked on it in the past, trying to fix the misfire problems but without success. And in the first video he commented on the witness marks on several fasteners. There were also some that were lose enough that he remarked on them. All in all I can't see how the owner has kept anything from him. He brought the car to Ray as he hadn't gotten any result with the other garages he had work on the car. And given that all Ray did was inspect, replace one injector, and run a cleaning solution through it this was most likely caused by a preexisting problem. Exactly what the cause was remains to be seen.