My Grandson Takes Apart His First Engine

1. Im very glad to know that you have grandson and you believe on family system which is very important for life

2. Little man is absolutely rocking that hair swoop. I remember having that hair style, too.

3. Piston rings on these J series VCM system lol typical issue

4. What engine flush did you use? I’ve used BG 109 and other BG products with never a failure on dozens of cars with heavy sludge with 100% results. I don’t use it with frequency because I’m a supporter of scheduled oil changes and using only the next engine oil filters.

5. glad you are including the next generation on your car and video projects.

6. Eric, How many miles did that oil have it, "after the flush" to the failure?

   I believe everything, is relative. Flushing is very risky and a double edged sword as you just found out. If one were to "try" it – I believe you need to do several of them….. with oil & filter changes at 250 miles or so, in between each flush. After doing this then work way back to a "standard oil internal", such as 2 changes at 500miles, then 2 changes at 1000miles then 2 changes at 2000 miles etc. With all the small passages it does not take much to get oil starvation from clogging up a passage. Basically, you still have the same risk. The alternative would be to do multiple oil & filter changes 250-500 miles with using 20 percent marvel oil – which is more gentle on the engine. I believe trying this method, you are more likely to be successful. I believe on the back of bottle of most flushes, it tells you that more than one flush may be required. Just doing one is not so good especially if you are going back to the "standard oil change interval". Sorry, it happened. Thanks for sharing.

7. Moral of the story:
   Engine flush = Engine clog

8. The ICE is such an elegant design. It always amazes me how all the parts work together.

9. Engineman one on one nick looks like he needs to be in the shop more often

10. The kid sounds 10x more confident than Eric and it's hilarious. Very wholesome video, love it

11. this is some wholesome content

12. You should make this a series.

13. What I would have given to be able to tear down an engine when I was 12! Unfortunately, my Dad was an engineer and took his cars to the local mechanic. BUT, he did buy me a "Visible V8" which is a plastic model of an engine. I still remember him explaining to me how it worked when I was around your grandson's age.

14. ETCG has a grandson?? When did I get so old ?

15. wait you said there would be a link to see where the engine came from. Does that mean where you get the replacement engine or just that the engine blew up? just curious where you get the cheap japan engines that you mentioned lol

16. What an awesome opportunity your grandson has been given! I have a dream to do the same thing one day myself!

17. Didn't even know Eric has a grandson…

18. Really cool video!

19. Eric's a grandpa ????

20. Wtf 😳 you’re not old enough to be a granddad!!! Whe…ho… fu… I’m getting old 🤦‍♂️

21. Eric the car guy your grandson nikolai was a amazing assistant in your shop

22. This is great info! I’m never doing any kind of oil flush after seeing this

23. No way you are old enough to be a grandpa, man…..

24. 'You don't want to pry on the mating surface'…pre puberty advice.

25. I did not expect Eric to be a grandpop lol.

26. Grandson? Dude. Don't make me feel that old.

27. He lost interest… LOL yeah that's a kid for ya…

28. Teach em while they're young!

29. Must be nice to not have a cigarette in your face and getting yelled at by the old man while you’re trying to learn.

30. That is vaulable quality time spent with family and a valuable trade to learn at the same time. That is great!

31. Main tips – Always hold the socket end, and power tools are a LAST resort.. some little mistakes cost ya an infinity of problems.

32. Grandson?? Damn I thought Eric was only like 42 or something😅

33. What’s a record groove? 🤣

34. Nothing will ever replace regular oil changes. Maintenance maintenance maintenance! Good to see you getting your grandson involved. Hope he enjoyed it

35. Looks like a cheap jobber oil filter… My guess is the filter went into bypass and sent junk though the oil passages that wiped out the bearings. Regardless that engine was neglected. My guess is was ran low on oil multiple times and got hot creating all the carbon.

36. I remember helping my dad. He would give me parts to clean. One time he was doing a head gasket on my mother's car and I got so sick of cleaning parts that I grumbled that he never let me turn a wrench. He said to my twelve year old self, "Auto repair is 5% disassembly, 5% reassembly, and 90% cleaning." Oh, how those words would come back to echo in my brain as the years went by.

37. What a natural teacher!

38. Grandson??!! u got it all brother 👏 haha

39. Eric the Grandpa Guy! No way. Can't believe your a papaw

40. How could the cylinder management system fill a cylinder with oil or fuel ?

41. Strong kid!! Good job my man

42. I wish I had a personal engine/tools tutorial from ETCG growing up.

43. Get this chap a haircut first!

44. Is there any way to salvage this? Like if you replace the catch and bearings or is everything fucked?

45. I also killed one engine in the same way. Same result.

46. Great video. Passing on your skills to your apprentice.

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