Youtube comments of Jared Bawden (@jaredbawden6707).

  1. Thanks for this teardown Eric. I like many others on here have been curious to see the innards of a Skyactiv engine. Nice to see Mazda banished all the Ford defects of the MZR series. Shows Mazda still has the knowhow when there's no outside interference. I'd love to see you get your hands on a K-series engine. I still have a 323 hatch with the factory 2.0 KF V6. Such a sweet engine that just loves to be revved like crazy.
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  2. Having watched nearly all your teardown videos now, this has to be the top. The shear amount or damage to the block and oil pan is unprecedented. Adding it all up. the fact only one piston/rod assembly barely survived, that most of the rods removed themselves from the crank, and the the wrist pins off the 5 broken rods either were smashed to nothing or left the building entirely? There's no question, this has brought new levels of destruction to the channel. Truely amazing. Thanks again Eric! Edit: forgot about the heads being wrecked too! What a mess!
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  3. @user-cg3eq3pq7f  you don't get it. This was constantly used as a reason for me to have NO EMOTION. If you expect that too you're just as bad.
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  4. This! My ex wife all over. She could be emotional as hell, yet the moment I was even fractionally, I was a threat and shouldn't be so emotional.
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  5. ​@NDZ12345 you have to be going much faster and be wearing a helmet (added weight) before this becomes relevant. At this point using a lap only belt would have broken your spine and your face and skull would be completely obliterated on the dashboard. There's a reason 3 point seatbelts became mandatory in most developed nations half a lifetime ago...
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  6. Hope they get found out and suffer the consequences
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  7. Hi Eric, thanks for another great video. In the last few months I've started going through your entire teardown history and have watched most of them now. You've definitely got a knack for making a simple snappy and witty video without any BS. Keep it up. This engine was definitely a bit more complicated and unusual than your average teardown, and I quite enjoyed it for what it revealed. Love that you're trying to maintain some variety. As far as future teardowns go, I'd love to see any of the following: Toyota: 4AGE/GTE/GZE 3SGTE Nissan: RB20/25/26 (twin cam preferred) Mazda: KF-DE, KF-ZE, KL-DE, KL-ZE, KL-G4 Subaru: EZ30, EZ36 Thanks again, keep up the good work
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  8. A friend of mine has had a Tribeca with the same engine the last couple of years. It was given to him by his parents. Unfortunately it had a Thermostat that wasn't opening and it breached a gasket. He used a stop leak solution, which helped for several months, but it's done now. These are meant to be great engines, but they need their maintenance, or they will fail. I'm surprised you have so much trouble finding one tbh. Here in Australia, they're easy to find. I actually pulled my EJ engine apart because it failed leakdown and always idled a bit rough. Had pitted valve seats, causing and exhaust leakage. Thanks for the teardown Eric. It may not have been catastrophic (although the rust and corrosion says otherwise), but it was certainly interesting. If you ever do an EZ36, be aware they have angled rod caps, so you don't have to deal with the usual Subaru nightmare.
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  9. As a fellow Australian I too didn't know about this. It may have been talked about for years back in the day, but not in more recent times. The fact the asbestos has just been left to blow around everywhere is disgusting, and needs to be talked about more. CSR should shove it all back in the mine and seal it back up.
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  10. These CVT's are pathetic off the line. I have an MY07 Liberty GT-B wagon. I had the same STi spec model pull up next to me at a dogleg intersection one day, though I didn't realise. I heard his car rev up, so I jumped on the throttle and overtook him around the outside on the first part of the dogleg. By the time I was in the 2nd half he was a good 4-5 car lengths back. He didn't stand a chance. Manual conversion is a must
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  11. ​@markalbert1283 that's the expectation of a lot of women these days.
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  12. Why wouldn't it be? Grab a small weight and move it out and in from your shoulder as fast as possible. Now double it and see how fast you can go... Also, the load on the conrod is far greater with a heavier piston, which is effectively what limits your rpm capacity. Double the weight takes 4x the force to accelerate at the same rate.
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  13. @TassieLorenzo  Bentley's never used a BMW engine. VW bought the Bentley/Rolls Royce factory, but got caught out as the deal didn't include the Rolls Royce name. That was still owned by Vickers. BMW purchased the name only, and started a whole new production line design team etc. for Rolls Royce. The two are totally unrelated.
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  14. Well put together video. You're spot on with all the issues regarding electric vehicles too. There are just some places that electric vehicles will never be viable. There has to be an alternative solution for such places, and I wouldn't be surprised if eventually a better solution for the rest of world is found because of this.
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  15. Respect for this comment. Don't be surprised if in 6-12 months Trump is eating humble pie and repealing a lot of these tariffs because of the backlash. Americans are going to pay dearly for the decisions he's making. I wish you the best of luck in the pain you will endure. This is only the beginning.
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  16. Hey Eric. As a hard working parent only a couple years older than yourself, I've often wondered how you keep up with such a schedule. Clearly your wife Megan has been a big part of what has made this all work so far and will continue to do so. Don't ever let that woman go whatever you do. She's gold. I'm glad to see you're making some moves to make life easier for yourself and sustain what you do, but be able to spend more time with your family. I envy you, and you deserve this reward for all your hard work. Maybe you don't feel you deserve it, but great people come in all forms, and yours is both unique and special. Love your work. P.S. also got more than a bit excited when I saw the KL Mazda engine on the rack. Really looking forward to that one. Still driving my KF powered 323 atm. Though it's old and not super fast, I still love it
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  17. At the point this engine was yes. Remember though, a lot of the ancillary components were already gone or were loose. No water pump, no wiring, no turbos etc. Watch a couple of those teardowns with everything in place, you may not think quite the same.
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  18. I actually had a similar thing with my Subaru EJ255. This just has a pump to all the exhaust ports in the head, which operates on cold starts. These were completely blocked, and the car had done only 182,000km (or about 120,000 miles)
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  19. Decent vid, but 2 things. The advertisement for a video should not be 25% of the content. Also, please speak in proper technical terms. Four times less is properly expressed as a quarter. I don't know who started that silly language, but it's reverse logic, and doesn't sound smart.
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  20. @andrewhouse237  I don't think it matters how well you try and clean it once there's buildup, it's hard to get rid of completely. There's always hidey holes for deposits, which this didn't have. I pulled apart my subaru engine not long ago. Bought it with 120,000 kms (80,000 miles) Had done over 60,000kms (or about 40,000 miles) in my hands and burned about a litre every 5,000km (3,000 miles). I always changed the oil at this interval too. You could see where deposits had been cleaned away inside the crank case, but there was still a significant amount of buildup in other spots. There was a few issues with the compression rings on this engine and the bores it turned out 2 cylinders were not completely round from factory. Currently having it rebored 0.5mm over, because it was out that much.
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  21. I've owned a 2.5 GT-B wagon for over 5 years now. I purchased it as I wanted rear or all wheel drive and manual transmission in a wagon. The only other choice was a VE SV6.... I love it, but as summed up at the end of the video, if you're not a car nut, don't buy one. My engine was ok, if a bit oil hungry when I pulled it out earlier this year, but it came out because: A) because the clutch needed replacement and it's easier to pull the engine and B) It was leaking coolant and oil in hard to access area's. I then found the engine had a mildly leaky exhaust valve, so now I'm committed to a full rebuild. Did it need it? Probably not, but I wasn't happy with it either. Personally though I've had so many things fail/need repairs, it's too much to list. Interiors are definitely variable and down to how well they've been cared for. 6 vs 4 is definitely a personal preference. I went the turbo 4 as it has much better fuel consumption than the 6 and a heap of punch with a few minor mods. Also the steering feels rubbery because it literally has a rubber coupling on the column shaft. This can be fixed with either a Perrin locking kit or a solid shaft.
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  22. I personally was considering one of these, but went a Liberty GT-B instead and I don't regret it. It's not perfect, but nearly everything that's been an issue has been turned into an excuse to upgrade and make it better than before. Parts are relatively cheap and fairly easy to obtain too.
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  23. Was looking for this kind of comment. It really did stand out to me too.
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  24. I was thinking to myself "this is how you get free health care in the US" crime really does pay sometimes...
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  25. My sister had the 626 V6 for a while. It got me loving Mazda's again, it wasn't short on KM's and went well. Did find it a bit soft handling wise. It was a pity she wrote it off, shunting some poor unsuspecting soul.
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  26.  @1234567890CAB  SAAB did have a reputation of spending more than they were making. So that's unsurprising. Still 20 years on, the tech was never utilised.
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  27. Agreed. There needs to be consequences when company leaders and equity firms send perfectly good businesses to the wall. They should have to payout every worker who loses their jobs out of their own overfilled pocket
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  28. @michaelcliffe6545  that's not true. They're mainly used to improve NVH. Ever heard that gear whine on a race car? That's because the gears are straight cut, where as road cars generally have helical cut gears, just not on oil pumps very often.
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  29. @robertmitchell6080  better vision only if nobody else around you is driving an SUV, or 4WD, or a van. Oh wait I still can't see shit
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  30. @FutureDreamZz  I cleaned them out with small flat blade screw drivers, a straight pointed pick tool, and lots of carbie/thottle cleaner. I have the heads off, and valves out though. Don't think you could do it anything with the engine assembled. Could still be cleaner, and the heads will be hot tanked.
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  31. ​ @BigKandRtv some EJ powered Subaru's had this. I think it's possibly a California thing. Not all markets.
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  32. Congratulations on the purchase of a rare AMG diesel.... That supercharger bearing made it sound absolutely terrible 😅
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  33. Famous for all the wrong reasons clearly. I don't know what goes through the minds of Ford engineers, but clearly none of them work on their own cars.
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  34. ​@cayden2744 Blown diffusers are completely different. They used exhaust gases to help generate downforce on a rear diffuser. This was banned because they were burning fuel in the exhaust on deceleration to maintain the downforce, which also sounded crap. The ground-effects cars have full under-body ducting, not simply a rear diffuser with a flat-bottomed body.
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  35. I was looking for a comment regarding the service interval. Seems too many of these modern engines have intervals that are way too long. The amount of varnish considering it was serviced as scheduled says it all.
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  36. Other than the later Ecoboost V6's you've torn down Eric, I don't think there's a Ford engine I would willingly buy. This is definitely another one. What a complicated nightmare this must be to work on in a vehicle.
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  37. @rossrogers7058  I'm not on about how they run, and lets be honest here 136,000 miles isn't that far for a diesel. I hope it lasts a lot longer than that. No I'm on about how much of a bitch that thing looks to work on, not to mention the amount of plastic used in its upper assembly. Not a fan.
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  38.  @Kevin_Rhodes  Oh I see now. Sorry it sounded like they used them for a long time. It was just 2 years
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  39. ​@michaelcliffe6545 I was always taught the opposite, but after doing some more research it's clear this info was wrong. So straight cut gears are more energy efficient. I learnt something today
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  40. Not sure where you are. But here in Australia Subaru is selling a wagon version and has done for several years
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  41. Not 100% on this, but think it's once for where the tops of the bolts clap onto the head, 2nd for releasing the threads going into the block.
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  42. I've never understood the appeal of a car that handles worse, catches more air has less storage and uses more fuel and are still useless off road. Wagons swallow more stuff, are easier to load, make it easy for kids to get in and out and still have tonnes of room. SUV's are pointless. Even their name is a joke. Nothing sporting about them
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  43. @ulrichhavershim5529  I'm not in the US, and neither is this channel. CAFE standards don't apply here
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  44. You had a party basket with lots of Piston McNuggets and Oil Seasoned Block Wedges there, hold the brown sauce. Also loved the exploded view of the piston, really inspired the imagination with what a bang that would have been 🧨💥
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  45. Yep had a guy be a total wanker in a red Silverado. Nearly shoved me in the ass then accused me of brake testing him (I wasn't, he just floored like a total dick when traffic was slowing ahead and I had to slow down too). Told him he was going to have a big accident, accused me of being a judemental Subaru wanker and then drove off diving through traffic. Low and behold one day a few months later I noted his Silverado had magically changed colour from Red to White, and was being driven like a nanna..... How did I know it was him? Because it was the same registration plates. I'll put money on it he wrote off the red one.
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  46. Yep I saw that too. Had to go back to find it was 1:22.94, not 1:22.04
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  47. And it's the standard turbo. Like everything else on this engine though, I wouldn't mind betting it had been played with.
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  48. Not sure I agree with this one. A friend of mine has one, and even though it's low kms (something around 60,000km) it suffered a head gasket failure that cost him thousands to get sorted. When he researched it, he found out it's very common and in the US there's currently a class action against Ford for it. The head gaskets are apparently an inferior quality part that just isn't up to the task
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  49. I think the waterpump bin needs to go another level with a basketball hoop overhead, just to add to the fun. Great video as always Eric. Love your work
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  50. ​@Matt-xd1sh sorry, for me I just can't. I don't find it the tatts and the bull-ring remotely attractive. They can be the nicest person in the world, I would be happy to be friends with them, but couldn't have them as a partner.
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  51. That's a hell of a lot of torque out of 2 litres. Talk about getting greedy
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  52. @brandonroeder2461  I have absolutely no doubt about that. The amount of torque that the stock internals will take before they give up though, is already a long way above the stock output.
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  53. Thanks Eric for something new and interesting again on the channel. I personally like it when you try different engines (if I'm honest I'm a bit bored of seeing GM V8's in particular). I'd love to see something left of field from a different brand on the channel. Say something from Peugeot/Citroën, Renault, Mitsubishi, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Landrover (older pre-Ford stuff), Suzuki, Volvo etc. Anything totally new is what keeps me coming back more than anything. Of course it's always entertaining with your witty quips. Keep it up Eric
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  54. There's a rolling contradiction if ever I heard one.
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  55. From what I've seen chain drive systems is the better choice if they are. A) Designed properly B) Made with quality parts I can think of several engines that have poorly designed/made chain drive systems including: Hyundai Theta II GM Alloytec V6's Mazda MZR turbo VW 2.0 TSI Clearly there's a lot of good ones too. What I really don't like about chains though is the difficulty/cost of servicing if it does need changing. It's also a lot harder to access just to inspect it. Really the only time I've known of a modern belt to snap was on an engine that's severely neglected. Personally I've done belt changes at 100,000 kms and they looked great still. I wouldn't double the distance I drive on them, but the fact that a lot of belt driven cars are scheduled for 160,000kms change intervals speaks worlds about how good they are these days.
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  56. @LafemmebearMusic  how long do you keep your BMW's for?
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  57. ​ @Atomprofessor  just proves the importance of voting to prevent stupid crazy outcomes.
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  58. And we're all along for the ride. We're all a big kid inside 😉
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  59. I remember this, it never went into production however. Think they had too many issues making it reliable
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  60. Agreed. Cannot see how this could happen any other way. I wonder if this contributed to the failure somehow too.
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  61. ​​@siabell you clearly don't know enough about Mansell. He was an animal in a race car. So much so that when he raced for Ferrari, the tifosi called him il lion or The Lion in English.
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  62. My workplace has 2 of these. A few issues we've noticed: - The Eye Sight system can be a bit of an annoying backseat driver. The amount of times it alerts me of an imminent collision is ridiculous. You only have to prod (and I mean very briefly) the throttle with another car in front of you and it will go nuts. Also thinks you're going to drive into walls in car parks with right angle corners. Lastly if it rains. The Eye Sight sometimes can't see and cruise control shuts down. I've had to drive 100's of kms on a trip before with no cruise, because it simply refused to work in anything more than light rain. We've got different infotainment systems in both our vehicles (one had a special edition upgrade package) and both of them have played up badly. The smaller screen unit has had multiple updates due to it regularly just freezing the screen or not displaying the full radio interface. The larger unit has started spontaneously generating key presses, and is delaminating, causing all sorts of mayhem. We have been waiting months now for it to be replaced, and Subaru insisted that they needed to see the serial number of the unit (which required pulling it out no less) before they could order another one! -I noted the model on review had a rubber boot liner, which I would strongly recommend, as the boot floor is utter crap. The forwardmost section is a separate piece which is just a flimsy piece with cardboard like backing and a few clips holding it. We've managed to ruin both of these from loading equipment in and out. Something the old VF Commodores never had an issue with. Cargo barriers take up a lot of the boot space and forget about using it in the forward position with the rear seats down, as the setup is an utter joke. Lastly, the boot height is way too low. I personally own a '07 Liberty GT-B wagon, which is much closer to the ground, yet has way more head room with the boot open. I'm 178cm and my head touches the lid on the Outback. They've otherwise been reliable machines. Not stunning in any way. Not a lot of power, but they don't struggle either. I do wish the lower models had a tilt adjustment for the seat base though.
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  63. ​@scottwilliam6141 define quite mild for summer. Curious to know how hot you think things get here in Australia.
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  64. @PeterChapman-rg6gr  that's highly debatable.
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  65. ​@leeroberts1192 how do you put too much current through the wiring? If you can do that, the wires were never up to the task they were made for.
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  66. My Dad had an GL 2.2 diesel for nearly 3 years. He drove it regularly and didn't have any trouble. I personally loved driving it, and the diesel engine just felt so effortless and strong. It's a pity so many had such issues. On the i-stop, I can confirm the battery can be the problem if it stops working. I looked at the computer and the charge capacitor also would not charge up. The car hadn't had much use after my Dads passing and the battery had drained a bit. The Mazda service centre failed to check the battery properly on the service too. I was able to fix it by charging at 18V DC up to 15A (the recommended way to recover the battery) and then gave Mazda a serve for not picking up on it. Truely great car. I hope one day I can get a petrol turbo wagon, in Red
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  67. Interesting that Subaru put extra banjo filters in these early EJ255's. I have an MY07 Legacy GT (which is when we first got the EJ255 here in Australia) and checked the turbo one at 170,000km (about 106,000 miles) and it along with the turbo was perfect. I changed the filter regardless as insurance, but it was super clean. I intend to do the other one when I do the belt. What I have noticed though, is that USDM cars seem to have a lot more issues with turbo failures. Here in Australia it's relatively rare despite running the banjo filters still. After seeing your oil filter comparison, I believe this may be a key issue. Most other markets useh the superior Japanese made filter, and turbo failures seem to only be the realm of very high milage/neglected engines.
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  68. @spamcan9208  they really do. It's not real fast by modern standards, but I love the sound every time I put my foot into it. Was originally going to sell it, but after driving it again full time for the last 9 months, I'm not sure I can bring myself to.
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  69. You don't really want to be half pulling apart an engine on a hoist, though. That's asking for trouble.
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  70.  @rossrogers7058  maybe in the past. Doesn't seem to be a thing in recent times.
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  71. @TheColinator1988  the AJ-series predates Fords purchase of Jaguar. It was an in-house design.
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  72. Beautiful car. Always had a soft spot for these. I didn't realise how awsome they sounded too. Makes me want one!
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  73. Interesting side note about these engines. They were more commonly installed in the 2nd gen. M35 Nissan Stagea in Japan with the AWD, and were optionally turbocharged. We had a lot of them imported here in Australia, but tellingly I haven't seen one on the road for a very long time now. Parts availability was an issue with these. Thanks as always Eric, hoping to see that KLDE (or maybe ZE?) that you have lurking in your shop some time soon 🙂
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  74. Thankyou for this video. I've been pulling my EJ255 apart and noticed this issue with the ends of the rings being flat. Definitely will be replacing them and re-gapping them. Think I dodged a bullet.
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  75. @rodh1404  I agree this is a possibility. I omitted to point out that batteries specifically as a power source is the prime issue here
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  76.  @fahlgorithm  they won't do this for such remote locations. It's not economically viable
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  77.  @fahlgorithm  not if they're made of dirt
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  78. AOS shouldn't have the same issues as a catch can, as they do not retain fluids. They have a drain line to recycle the oil, while the hot water vapour will go to the intake as usual. There may be a small amount of condensation while it's cold/warming up, but nothing of significance.
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  79. After watching this, I almost think your channel should be called I Do Miata's (And Other Cars Too) 😂. On a serious note, those oil control rings are nice and chunky. Clearly, this Miata was very neglected.
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  80. Used to have VF wagons for work, they were generally excellent cars. Holden had finally reached the point where I was seriously thinking of getting one before they stopped making them. Really sad. I've always been a Japanese car person for the record.
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  81. He's well known globally. I'm an Australian and have always admired this man and his strength, especially after his big crash.
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  82. I feel you. I was the same and continue to do more, caring for our kids and working, when she sits on her ass at home. She's single handedly ruined my life, financial and career prospects.
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  83. I don't know what it is about BMW wheel hubs, but they seem to have a horrible habit of locking the wheels on. Used to have to kick the crap out of my the wheels on my ex-wife's E90, every time I took them off. I'd make sure the hubs were clean and dry every time I worked on it too. If I had to deal with a BMW again, I'd be putting anti-cease on the hubs.
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  84. I want to like this car. But it's still too high riding to be a true wagon. I own a Liberty GT-B that I love, but these newer models struggle to gain my interest and I dislike the extra height which removes that truely sporting feel. The power output is a bit disappointing considering the WRX punches out 20kw more with the same engine. Also if that fuel consumption is accurate, it's disappointing for a newer generation engine. I wouldn't touch a CVT car either, too questionable with reliability.
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  85. The shear amount of laughter in this video I think sums it up. I was laughing along with you as I watched this in amazement. I ended up looking back at the Kia video to compare. The Kia had good cams. Did this have good anything? Speaking of which, we only saw one cam. What was the other one like? Didn't think the Kia would be knocked off the mantle so quickly!
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  86. I've personally never had an issue using these crimp terminals. If they're done using a proper wide jaw ratcheting tool they're fine. Also if you need to heat shrink it to protect from the elements, use glue filled heat-shrink to seal. Standard heat shrink will still let water in. Otherwise use good quality electrical tape.
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  87. Funny thing, I woke up today hoping for one of your mid week videos, and thought to myself "it would be cool to see some kind of gearbox or transmission teardown". Low and behold, this came up! Love that you're branching out to keep up the variety of content Eric. Thanks for another cool vid.
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  88. Thankyou for this review. I've often thought about what I will replace my current car with eventually, and had somehow forgotten about the Stinger. This just reinforced my desire for one.
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  89. That one can be sent back to Japan as radioactive waste 😂.
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  90. ​@RichardAugustMatthew19Mand yet far more men than women commit suicide. If you read why you wouldn't make such a thoughtless comment. She actually suffered permanent damage from the drugs she had to appear like a man, which gave her depression. So she made a greater sacrifice than anticipated.
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  91. What brand of car do you buy instead?
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  92. After a long Christmas day, I had the pleasant surprise to be able to sit down to watch this after the kids were put to bed. You definitely saved a good one for the big day. Merry Christmas
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  93. @CaptainSpadaro  for sure. I've only ever worked on an N42 and 4 cylinder turbo diesel BMW (ex-wife's car's), and that was bad enough.
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  94. That bearing material definitely wasn't the usual paste, it was more like bearing cream. You could scoop that up into a jar and sell it as a soother for the owners hurting hip-pocket 😂.
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  95. ​@theamazinggoldfish8713 no I didn't know. It just proves all their excuses as to why they didn't bring it here were total bullshit
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  96. You clearly don't have half a clue how he's currently screwing over the common person in the US, and it's only going to get a lot worse. You can go shove your Trump politics where the sun doesn't shine.
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  97. I've seen some crappy engine designs on this channel, but it seems Ford keeps on coming up with the worst of them. They seem only too happy to try half-assed ideas like this that will just damage their reputation further. It makes an MZR/Ecoboost 4 cylinder look quality.
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  98. Good to see all the Skylines together in one place. Would have like to have seen them all driven a bit harder though, and some more detail on how each of them felt, rather than just a Sunday cruise. I'm kinda not surprised the R35 ended up below a lot of the others, but there was no reasoning given for this. A bit more detail would have been nice. A wasted opportunity IMO.
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  99. Love your videos. I'm only an amateur enthusiast, but with an engineering background. I've learnt so much from your videos and this is one of the best.
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  100. @axe4770  so you're all for lowering intelligence rather than educating people are you? FYI this language was never used until a couple of years ago. So if it's never been necessary until then, why should it be now? It's stupid marketing language that should never be used, period. We're all stupider for it.
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  101. Sorry for you and fellow war vets that are caught up in this mess. Though I'm less sympathetic to Trump voters.
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  102. ​@mrgarrison3516 the Subaru CVT's are not great. Had a friend send their otherwise perfectly good Outback to car heaven because the CVT was shot, and it only had about 130,000kms. It's not uncommon either
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  103. @rocketpigrecords3719  they were meant to be relying more heavily on GM designs than they were. Kept spending too much redeveloping designs they were handed, which is why GM inevitably pulled the plug. Had they been more modest with their spending habits, they may have still existed.
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  104. The Bathurst 500 was actually 500 miles back in the day (about 805km). It actually became 1000km later after we turned metric.
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  105. Real pity. It seems odd to me that you can just have a Junk title applied without specific reasoning, yet they won't let you change it. If it was recorded that it has significant chassis damage or something I would get that, but clearly not the case here. Stupid. Also I would never have an auto one of these. Would be like having sex with a full body condom on
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  106. I had to laugh when the first car you said was what I thought of. I was talking about the Jimny's with a colleague at work one day, he told me what they cost 2nd hand, and I didn't believe him until I searched. Absolute madness!
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  107. The "Ok I have to do the whole Only Fans style leg spread" comment cracked me up. Love the bit of witt you add to your reviews 😂. On a serious note, you confirmed for me why I'll never own a Mercedes built in this century. Lovely to look at, hear and drive, not to own.
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  108. 39.3 inches long or for everyone else 998 mm. I thought you Brits were metric these days?
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  109. Loved this comment 😂
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  110. I personally think catch cans are a bit of an antiquated solution. I would much rather install an Air Oil Separator. Some vehicles even have these fitted from the factory. AOS don't need to be emptied regularly and have the added benefit of sending the unburnt oil back to your sump.
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  111. I was quite excited when I saw this pop up on my feed. Thanks to Josh and Eric for this very interesting teardown. I've always had a bit of a fascination with these V8s, more so the later twin turbo units that have enormous torque. I'll bet the original 1950's design was a lot easier to work on than this later model Frankenstein. I wouldn't mind betting the original used Whitworth bolts and screws. This probably translated into the unusual metric sizes that this later engine was adapted to.
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  112. @user-wx2fx5ic3d  interesting that Eric was finding metric bolt heads. 9mm would be closest to 11/32, which would be an unusual size for UNF.
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  113. I haven't watched the GT-R or the RX-7 review, but my bet is both of these cars were pretty close to stock. GT-R's are at their best modified, and it doesn't take much to make them an absolute weapon, especially considering the up-front cost. If you buy a GT-R and expect it to be awsome stock, you're simply in for disappointment. It's all about the potential. RX-7's would be a lot of work, but that's the price you pay for a rotary engine, and lets face it. There's nothing like it out there, and never will be. No I've never owned either of these cars, but would still grab a GT-R in a heartbeat if I could.
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  114. ​@PeterChapman-rg6gr the only issue with the Atkinson cycle is the engine never makes as much power. Really like the Nissan/Infinity solution the best so far. A bit bulkier, but also relatively simple
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  115. ​@PeterChapman-rg6gr well considering most ICE cars on the market don't use Atkinson cycle tech, I think you have your answer. I never said anything about racing, but it can be the difference between having enough power and not. Most Atkinson cycle engines these days are a part of hybrid systems.
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  116. ​ @PeterChapman-rg6gr this is totally wrong. Atkinson engines require a different, longer duration camshaft profile to work. Variable cam timing allows more power at higher RPM by advancing the camshaft timing it does not allow the engine to run in the Atkinson cycle. Please do some research.
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  117. Big rods = Bigger holes 😉
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  118. The mechanics that can solve problems, and enjoy the challenge of doing it right, are the best mechanics. 🫡
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  119. Think they were already going to hell when Ford took over. Tata's just the icing on the cake
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  120. If it was rusty after only 1 year you'd be looking at a pile of red dust within 5-10 years. As they say in the video though, a lot of the rust is hidden between panels. A bit like having a cancer you don't discover until it's too late.....
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  121. Can't believe Americans only bought 1500 Spec B Legacy's. Hell we even got them as a wagon in Australia, and they're everywhere!
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  122. Such a variety pack. Golden curry, chocolate sauce, BBQ sauce, mint sauce, flame grilled (until burnt) rod chops and pleanty of nuggets and popcorn pieces to dip in it all. Amazing
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  123.  @JAMESWUERTELE  bloody hell, that's crap!
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  124. Of course they were by the time you got your hands on them. They were wrecked 😂
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  125. This looks like a truely impressive car. I'm curious to know how people get along with that control knob for the computer. That cover over it seems like a horribly annoying obstruction. The rest looks good though
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  126. Never heard of or seen such issues before. Must be some pretty scrappy goat tracks in your neck of the woods
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  127. Loved your comment of the "bearing pressure tensioner". I had a good laugh at that one. Couldn't have been more accurate though! That sump pan was so full, of bearing material, you just knew the bottom end was going to be a total mess. This teardown had it all. Really enjoyed it.
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  128. ​ @mjn3544  I've seen your comment multiple times on here, yet there's no link. Why?
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  129. I have to say from watching the video, that the CVT in the new WRX is quite a bit snappier than the ones in Subaru's from just a few years ago. I drive 2020 model Outback's at work sometimes and they are horribly unresponsive in manual mode. Because of this, they also seem to accelerate better with a slower throttle application as the trans/engine combo struggles to shift and transfer power with a fast throttle application, and you end up just waiting longer for things to happen. The thing I still find odd is that while DCT cars usually outrun their manual brothers and usually have better fuel economy, the CVT seems to just merely match the manual for performance and economy. Clearly, there are more energy losses in a CVT vs a DCT. I still would prefer manual for the ability to modify and extract more power with minimal fuss/worry, probably being more reliable long term, being more fun, and in this case, being a true AWD car.
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  130. @mrvwbug44  I agree it's not as good a car, but at the end of the day the CVT in it sucks ass. A conventional auto would be much better
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  131. ​@sammcbride2464 K-Jetronic is definitely mechanical fuel injection, no electrical parts other than maybe the fuel pump. I used to work on fuel injection systems 20 years ago and occasionally would see some mechanical injection parts come in. The injectors themselves were a very simple pulsating valve, that either worked, or didn't. If they didn't spray properly, they went in the bin. The other bits were so rarely seen the boss usually worked on them himself. It wasn't worth his time teaching me.
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  132. A work colleague of mine has an Ecoboost powered Escape. 6 years old, done less that 100,000km/60,000 miles. Well looked after and.... the head gasket has gone. Common problem, apparently, too....
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  133. @rudolphna54  you actually said the reason why right there. Ford. Mazda is no longer associated with Ford and design their own engines. All the better for it.
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  134. @I_Do_Cars  Eric is this one you've done on the channel? I don't recall. Maybe it's just you've done an lot of the bad ones, I don't know. Ford just seems to me to always make too many cheap shortcuts with their engines.
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  135. Wouldn't say these are great, but have seen pleanty worse on this channel.
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  136. I had a good laugh at this teardown. The pallate collapsing under the strain was gold, and without a 2nd thought, you just kept going. Loved it!
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  137. @encinobalboa  try it with a cast camshaft and see what happens. Eric has done this once too. Just dropped it....
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  138. Not doubting your theory, it actually makes a lot of sense. But any idea why they would purposely wreck the heads?
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  139. @Thomas McNulty  I assume this is because it was in an accident? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me if the car was sold as a repairable write-off
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  140.  @vasilisgreen  yes you're quite right. I had the wrong principle in my head.
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  141. @vasilisgreen  yes this is where I think I got things confused between energy and force. Need to go do some reading again.
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  142. I did several weeks of work experience on these things fitted in Holden Commodores. Most common fault about them seemed to be leaking rear main seals/covers from the factory. Just about every one of them had to be fixed under warranty. This included the VT Commodore my father bought a couple of years later which did get a couple other leaks, but nothing dramatic. Only other issue that I know of being a regular problem was the ignition system giving out and requiring replacement. My Dad had more issues with various other parts of his rather than the engine, though it always idled rough. Never got to the bottom of that.
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  143. I've become a regular viewer of late, this is easily the most entertaining and interesting installment I've seen thus far. One thing though, as funny as the plastic tub "safety shield" is, perhaps a proper face shield would be a good investment? They're a lot cheaper than a new eye.
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