Comments by "David G" (@davidg3944) on "I Do Cars" channel.

  1. I appreciate your willingness to sacrifice your back to reveal the secrets of this red-fueled "only driven on Sundays" Power Stroke. Now, go take some Ibuprofen and get some rest.
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  2. Thanks for the inside scoop, Corbin.
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  3. Locomotive? Bah, that's for children! I think Eric should grab one of these: a Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C from a large container ship. Sure, it weighs more than his building, but that can't stop our guy...
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  4. I was thinking to myself "what a maintenance nightmare" during the teardown.
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  5.  @kennethwhaley7207  Good thing Pops can save the day.
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  6.  @Aymcana  Oil doesn't "lose its properties" like this unless it's been severely overheated or contaminated with coolant, debris, etc. But given the small size of the link (conrod) bearings and how they wore, they might be a source for contamination. It may be that a step higher viscosity oil might help (don't know what the OEM spec is). Some thermal mapping of the engine block and head may show if there's overheating somewhere leading to warping of the major engine parts and allowing combustion gasses into the coolant and oil passages.
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  7. Cousin Eddy is visiting from Project Farm? Where's the wig?
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  8. Mr. Masters is just baiting us...
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  9. It's the new "Liquid Metal" lubrication system.
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  10. I'm shocked and dismayed at the lack of water pump revenge wrought by Eric. What the heck, it piddled on you and you let it slide!
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  11. I'm so early for this video that I'm still a zygote.
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  12. Eric, disappointed for you that there's so little salvageable from this engine, but appreciate your diligence in finding one and dismembering, err, dismantling it. Thanks for all the videos, and have a great Holiday Season!
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  13. 295 miles, or almost 300K miles? I'm guessing the latter, but just checking...
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  14.  @I_Do_Cars  All the girls complain when you promise 10-12", but then deliver half that.
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  15. Appreciate the in-depth and knowledgeable comment!
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  16.  @bringbacklifepd1265  Smart wife.
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  17. Good stuff, thanks!
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  18.  @tomschlachet4310  Appreciate that clarification.
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  19. And all it took was a stone hammer and a few horseshoes.
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  20. You should probably swap in a more reliable engine, like a Kia Theta 2...
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  21. Don't dangle-shame me! I was in a hurry and forgot to zip my block!
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  22. Eric, how about a family interview video? At least your dad and brother, and perhaps other family gearheads if they'd like. It would be neat to get a better sense of how you wound up so warped, I mean, inculcated with car enthusiasm.
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  23. That joke panned out!
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  24. "American" Johnny Herbert is actually British. The 787B was (and is) an amazing racing car, with the best engine howl of them all...
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  25. Eric keeps the chains in the dungeon under Importapart. You know, along with the whips and stuff...
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  26. I lost my great uncle Mickey Mou... Rodent to a warm engine bay, it still hurts. At least Minney wasn't with him at the time.
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  27. Agree with you on the cops with tats - super gang vibe...
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  28. The parting moment of the video is, well... Epic.
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  29. I hope it's a Happy New Year. If our incoming president bothers you guys about Greenland, just tell him it's inhabited by millions of dogs. He seems to have an issue with them...
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  30. Glad I stayed to the absolute end... Have a great Thanksgiving, Eric!
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  31. Safety Tote actually complained to OSHA about misuse, and Eric had to stop abusing it.
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  32.  @seanys  Squirrels?! You're nuts!
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  33.  @pomz3604  I'd think trying it with gasoline would lead to massive detonation and more scarring of the cylinders from low lubricity fuel. But that's just a guess.
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  34. TWO CAMSHAFTS?? Young man, back in my day we where happy if we got HALF a camshaft and three valve springs. Four or five valve springs was reason to celebrate! We'd forge the rest of the camshaft from the remains of the Model Ts we had strewn about, and hammer-forge the parts together for a complete cam. Of course, we had to file the lobes to the correct shape, but a cardboard template did the trick. You kids (including you, Eric!) have it so easy nowadays...
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  35. You may want to have your oil analyzed with each change. An expensive engine makes it worth tracking wear material - if you see it trending up, time to overhaul or sell...
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  36. Perfect time for "Why not both" meme...
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  37.  @thecatofnineswords  British Racing Green (I think).
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  38. Not on a saleable turbo! A scrap candidate, sure...
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  39. No, it's a Volvo out-of-time, that's what damaged the valves!
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  40. Maybe. You might relieve a little circumferential stress, but then again the tensile load would also be going up from the expansion of the aluminum.
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  41. Start with an oil sample analysis, do one with each oil change so you can get a history of wear materials and volume. When you have some data you can figure out what to do. And regular oil changes are among the best ways to ensure longer engine life (that, and not letting water leaks become excessive to the point of overheating).
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  42. @ Not so young myself, so I understand. Hope you found another car that's given you great service.
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  43.  @dentalnovember  Oi, here's a multicellular pushing his weight around. You big bully!
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  44. Eric, appreciate your dedication to getting through a difficult engine. I was wondering how the middle cylinders would get their wrist pins removed, seeing the holes at the bottoms of the cylinders cleared that up. Must be "fun" to assemble, but at least the factory would have the special tools for pin and clip insertions and such.
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  45. That's "overthink the plumbing".
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  46. I almost never say this, but that car is crying out for an LS swap. Might even make the car lighter (actually it will, as once someone pulls the old engine, the LS will never get fitted).
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  47.  @LoganHester-1489  U jelly, bro?
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  48. I guess you meant "virtually" the same, and they are because they work. Most attempts at rotary valves or solenoid poppet valves or whatever wind up being less reliable and/or more costly than the old standard.
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  49. Any word on how the iron coating holds up? With aluminum about three times the thermal expansion/contraction of iron and steel, the ~300F temp swing the bores see from winter cold startup to hard running could put some serious shear forces into the interface.
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  50. Thicker oil may not work with some tighter clearances or flow as easily during startup. Better to increase frequency of oil changes and perhaps look at a better filter, or even a supplemental filter to get the particles out before they can recirculate through the engine. But my "gut feeling" here is some bad design of the oil system path from poor engineering leads to inevitable wear.
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