HOW DO YOU EVEN GET AN ENGINE THIS HOT!? 2015 Honda Fit L15 Blown Engine Teardown. ZERO COMPRESSION!
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Published 2022-04-30
I don't mean to get preachy but cars have warning lights and gauges for a reason. The result of ignoring EVERYTHING your car is trying to tell you is exactly what happened here. When this 2015 Honda Fit engine first came in I didn't think it would be that exciting of a teardown. I was told it was overheated and had zero compression. Now I've seen cooked rings and overheated engines have LOW compression, but 0? None at all? I thought it may have been an exaggeration on part of the Honda dealer who supplied this engine. Nope... nope nope they were right.
My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage business called Importapart located in the Saint Louis MO area. Part of our model is dismantling and selling parts from rare and niche market engines. I don't build or rebuild engines, we simply supply hard parts to those that do!
Want to see a particular engine torn down? I may have already done one! No really, check out my other videos for the engine you'd like to see! I've made over 60 other teardowns from a Cummins to an LS7, and from Rotary to Ram Ecodiesels. You can expect a new teardown every week!
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As always I appreciate all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism.
What will I tear apart next week? Just wait and see!
-Eric
All Comments (21)
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I know engines like this are probably not profitable for your business but I really enjoy watching you tear them down. These are the types of engines us mere mortals own and I find it interesting to see how they're put together
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It was refreshing to see such a simple modern engine. Impressive how hot that got.
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This engine was likely a victim of the "If I can just limp this home" syndrome. It's how my mom warped the heck out of both heads on our 89 Chevy Cavalier Z24. ( a long time ago)
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I have recently retired from my medical courier business where we routinely ran our Fits to 3-500000 miles without ever opening an engine except to change oil. These are extremely well built little engines and performed without flaw.
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I have a 2007 Honda Fit Sport with manual, rare beast, has 260k miles on it and still runs like new, but I also change my oil every 5k miles with full synthetic. Busted my oil pan about a mile from home and when we dropped the pan it looked brand new. Plan on doing maintainence and drive it til the wheels fall off and then put them back on and drive it some more.
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“We’re crowning!” Childbirth is a beautiful thing...
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The question is, if we buy parts off this engine, is the smell included at no additional cost?
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I'm a little surprised at how good the bearings and bottom end look, given how catastrophic the top end failed. This was a nice change from the typical "10 million mile oil change" teardowns. Very peculiar though - those bearings and crank looked incredible!
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20:46 Don't try to blame that smell on that poor little engine block. We all know you cut one just before you started with the mains. It's cool. It's your shop. No judgment. If you can't fart in your own shop, where can you fart?
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My girlfriend has a 2013 Fit with the port injected version of this engine, it is exceptional. The car has been bulletproof with routine maintenance and we plan on keeping it a few more years.
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Its amazing what cars and ignorance can accomplish together. Reminds me of my old man's air-cooled 3.8L. Complained it had no heat all winter and I popped the radiator cap to see the bottom of the side tank looked like the Bonneville salt flats. Not even a little wisp of steam. Nothing. It survived that somehow, and even the 4T60-E in it still sort of worked despite being filled with heavy crude in place of its ATF.
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Word of the day Eric is "Outgassing". The smell was from the fumes created by the various materials melting and burnt oil. They were trapped in the oil galleys and released when you unbolted the main caps. Almost as bad as pulling apart a jet engine that has been sitting for a few months after bird ingestion.
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Thank you person who sacrificed your Fit engine for the greater good of our Saturday evening entertainment
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Just found your channel and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. It's a fun mystery and educational at the same time. Well done sir
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I’m really enjoying your videos. If ever you get a blown up 5.2, 5.9 magnum or a 12 valve I’d really enjoy seeing that.
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If you ever have a hex bolt (Allen) that is starting to strip, put valve grinding compound on the bit and try again, it makes it grip A LOT better!
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I run this engine in my plane. Luv the engine and loved watching you tear one down. Very educational. Thanks 😊
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I’ve seen dozens of cooked engines, and all I can say is ‘wow’. I did see an ‘80s accord in which a piston was melted and splattered onto the bottom of the head but I’ve never seen such carnage from overheating. Geezuskrist, people; pull over.
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“Smells like a bunch of dead fish in a hot van that someone sprayed mustard all over” … that paints the picture, bravo 😆
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Come on, people! You gotta stop when your pistons reach a nice medium-rare.
