What To Look For In a Used Engine

1. Have your son to help fixing it.

2. Will there be an install video?

3. Do you not like NGK wires for Hondas? I feel like that is the correct replacement, I'd love to know your thoughts.

4. I never use Autolite plugs anyway.

5. Good advice as usual Eric.

6. Are you going to replace the timing belt or does that engine use a chain?

7. Any other reasons to replace the oil pump other than redoing the seals?

8. Good information

9. I think I took the stay dirty part too serius, been watching your videos since I was 16, I'm 27 now and I always looked like a homeless dude becaise I always end up touching a greesey car at the end of the day.

10. Why put same engine back in if you can put in a Honda v8 6 liter lol mint

11. Pistons?

    Look for those
    😜

12. Eric, I need help with a 2000 4runner v6 auto. Its getting dangerous with the brakes on wet roads ONLY…During dry weather it brakes just fine! On wet roads, moderate braking from above 40mph, the brakes feel like they lose all power and they shudder. Almost had a rear end accident. Mechanics here are very expensive. Already did brake flush, fluid check, and brakes and rotors replaced. Thank you for your time! Big fan.

13. hey Eric, good luck with this one. Any insight on those places that sell used engines from Japan, that supposedly have low miles? thanks

14. Run it up to see oil psi.? Do a leak down test in cylinders?

15. My first video of ETCG I ever watched was a video where he cleared a intake manifold clog in a Honda V6 exactly what was wrong with my Honda Odyssey and I followed the video and fix my Honda. I have been watching ever since. That was prolly 8 years ago

16. Negan????😅😅😅😅

17. More likely to be etcg1 video material, have any hints or comments about more modern cars that are easy to maintain? 15-20 year old cars are mostly rusted out and have really high mileage here in Finland and they are becoming more expensive for what they are.
    Also many cheaper Toyota's are almost gone and many of them are exported to Africa so it is rare to see any semi decent ones for reasonable price.

    Loved how easy it was to keep my 99' civic for 2 years but it didn't pass inspection because under carriage rust under the plastic side trim and had 415k on the odometer and unknown service history and now I have nissan primera 00' but that is also all rusty underside but at least the inspection is valid for 10 months

18. ❤❤❤❤

19. Saw bunch of j series JDM engines with 80k miles for a cheaper price are those compatible for my 2006 v6 accord?

20. eric go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

21. Great video good buddy

22. I had to buy another engine for my 03 Element since couldn't find the knock lol . I picked the cleanest one they had 😎, so far had no problems .
    I just have to fix the A/C

23. I'm sorry I was distracted by that secksy TL in the background 🙂 Please more TL vids.

24. 95 Acura integra B18 non vtec rpms drop when ac is on during clutch release?? Idle air control valve???? Please help

25. Many salvage yards are really picky about what they will let you do before you buy the engine or transmission. They usually won't allow you to remove the valve covers or oil pan.
    In this case, it was already purchased it, and it turned out good.

26. Thank you Eric,

27. Eric the car guy, or Chris Fix?

28. I remember working at a shop that bought an engine from a junkyard that had supposedly "ran the engine recently" to prove it was good. The first thing I did was pull the plastic timing cover to see if it'd need a new timing belt soon (so much easier to change it while it's out) and it was all full of cobwebs and leaves. Then I tried turn the engine over, it did OK most of the way through the revolution, but it wouldn't turn all the way over. I took the plugs out and tried turn it over again only to watch all that rusty water in the cylinders causing hydrostatic lock run out on the floor. I still advise people to avoid that junkyard 20 years later.

29. b20 vtec pls

30. sorry for saying that, but oil pump makes pressure too, as well as volume. The pump that almost doesn't make pressure is water/coolant pump, it creates huge volume, but there's a huge gap between blades that can't hold any pressure.
    So volume + pressure that's made by compressing oil in rotary pump. And excessive "pressure" (again) is discharged by pressure valve (in oil pump). If the pump doesn't create pressure – there's no need in safety valve.

31. I was under the impression that you NEVER want to use a pressure washer because it can cause water to penetrate into the engine through the seals….? Anyway, I guess if you were going to disect and clean it anyways, then maybe it's not an issue, but I remember reading a complaint from soneone who bought a used car from a dealer with a "clean" engine only to find the dealer used a pressure washer to clean the engine and thus caused internal damage….

32. While you got it out, you might as well do a timing belt and water pump, which I assume you're going to do anyway… right?

33. its been a while ive been watchin your channel and first thing I noticed was man you've gained weight! 😀

34. Erickthecarguy can you please let me know where the bank2 sensor2 on dodge charger 2016 is located?thanks.

35. No compression test ?

36. Pumps never make pressure it's always the resistance to flow

37. Great video! I will recommend it on https://www.usedenginefinder.com/

38. This is an awesome idea! I've made a few mistakes in not properly inspecting an engine. I'll never buy sight-unseen again. This gave a bunch ideas of what to look at. Thanks!

39. Very thorough and good guide, i'm about to attempt switching out my 2.0l Ecoboost engine and had no idea what to look for from a used engine. Def some good tips, feel a bit more confident now with this guide.

40. eric the beard man

41. I don't understand the whole engine build up sludge concept. I've maintained my vehicles religiously and they still have it especially the crappy Asian vehicles I've had Toyota and Nissan. My Chevrolets and Hondas never had them

42. I’m surprised you didn’t do/mention a compression test, any reason?

43. The darker the better? or the other way around? I mean, the more metal you see the better? sorry, I'm not a native English speaker, thank you for sharing.

44. Thank you so much for those messages you do send online, it has helped me a lot.

45. Are you not going to check compression and bearings?

46. A glance through those exposed exhaust manifold ports would've offered a visual of the valves, the valve seats, and perhaps part of the valve stems & guides of the valves that are open. I would've been tempted to rebuild but I guess it probably wouldn't be worth it, in either expense or effort. I just wasted an enormous amount of time replacing rusted-out rocker panels, a wheel-well, the floorboards and a portion of a rusted-out windshield pinchweld on an Uplander that'll never be worth the effort invested. Not to mention I harvested the parts from a junkyard that didn't allow cutting torches, so the rather thick metal had to be chiseled out…caveman style. Oh, and I had to drop the cradle to replace the tranny as well. Of course those hidden frame nuts broke free internally so I had to cut access holes in the floorboards and the frame rails get a socket on 'em to drop the cradle. The things we do for family. Next I have to replace a BAYA 5spd trans in a 2004 Honda Accord EX 3.0 which I'm not looking forward to considering how difficult it was just to drop one out of a donor car.

47. Ahhhh come so far from the seized dodge engine 😂 jp man

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