FORD 6.8L 3V V10 TEARDOWN! Big Engine With REALLY Impressive Failures. CHECK! YOUR! OIL!

I am a fleet mechanic. I have 25 of these creatures. They pop exhaust bolts. some eat cam shafts when the followers fail. That being said the V10 is a great work horse! Most of mine go over 200k. Very dependable. 99% of the engines in the fleet rarely burn any oil between 4k engine oil changes.

Please add merch to your channel. My kids and I really want a "Piston McNugget" hoodie

20:23 Careful, you don't want to damage the 98:4:1 crankshaft & the special rare block with crankshaft inspection ports. Ya got ya self a keeper.

I didn't realize the 6.8 didn't get VVT - that's a nice feature considering how that turned out on the 5.4L.

I was literally thinking, man I hope this guy tears down a triton V10 and man did he deliver

Thought you'd like to know that ever since I started watching your videos, I now religiously check my oil every time I fill up the gas tank! Thanks!

I love the 2V V10 in my 01 Excursion. It runs so smoothly.

As a teen I hung out at a local service station ( remember those?) and the owner would let me tear apart old old engines and separated all the metals for recycling, and I learned so much about engines by taking them apart, and examining the parts relationship to each other only separated by a thin film of oil,and all of that experience helped me put together a SB Chevy from boxes of parts, I think I have a lifetime supply of plasti-gauges still, and it was a nail biting experience until it started and purred like a kitten, until it made a weird noise, then it stopped ( the noise) and it ran great, I pulled the dipstick and a part of it was gone,and I discovered that in a previous life the block had a dipstick tube in the pan ( Chevy II ) and I did not know there is an extension in the block to keep the dipstick from hitting the crank throws, I bough a new dipstick, and bent it a tad, and it would miss the crank, live and learn I guess, but I was reliving memories from your tear down.

I'm still laughing at the "Arrrgh!" hammer time to the counterweight. Sorry it's a loss, but it made for another great vid!

V10 generally sound wonderful. This engine was particularly good at playing the "Symphony of Destruction" 🤣👍😎

Enjoy your comments. You have a good sense of humor. Who could imagine that disassembling an automotive engine could be so attention getting and entertaining?

I have 35 of those engines in the propane school bus fleet I maintain. All are 2008+ engines with the updated plugs. Broken valves are a common issue that I have been seeing, which normally leads to catastrophic damage to the heads and pistons.

I had one of these in a 2010 F350 with the 6 speed stick and 4.30 axles. Man that thing was a monster.

My brother in law has one of these engines. He used his truck as a work horse, but kept up on maintenance. The motor has over 400,000 original miles on it. Two trannys and rear end later, he gave it to his son who uses the truck occasionally.

Watched this when it came out and just watched it again and didn't remember a single second of it. One of the few good things about getting old. I'll watch it again in another year. Soon, I'll have an almost endless supply of these to watch for "the first time". Lol.

Hey bro, I hope that your keeping well. I'm coming to you from Melbourne, Australia and I'd just like to say that your channel, in my opinion is freaking awesome!!!!! I absolutely love watching your tear down videos. I don't want to sounded cliche, but I really have learnt shit loads about engines and engines failing. I fucking love the destruction of a blown up engine and how many ways they can fail. I've got all the guys at my work on to your channel and they love it. Each time a new video drops, we are on that shit! I could go on for hours, but I won't. Just know that you are bringing much entertainment to an Aussie gearhead. Thank you and all the best to you and your family. Rock on, Dan.

That poor engine lived a tough life and finally gave up. RIP v10

Ya know I'm thinking that the person who owned that motor probably had a load on the truck extremely low on oil and was going so fast that once it started to come apart couldn't get the vehicle stopped before it took the direction it ended up in. Love watching you do these videos and thanks for sharing them with me.

I've got an '08 F250, V10, 6-speed manual, 4x4, crew cab, long bed, 65k miles. It's ridiculous, and a bit of a chore to drive, but I love it.

As soon as he pulled the valve covers it was an immediate no-oil engine. Can tell just by looking at it how dry and hot everything looks, esp. the balance shaft. They just have a certain look when the engine is forced to run without any lubrication. Checking the title afterwards and seeing "CHECK! YOUR! OIL!" pretty much just tells the whole story of its last few moments running under its own power. Edit: Given the chunkies in the cylinders, Id guess that there was some Neutral Drop style violence involved as well. Looks like someone had fun with it before it was sent straight to hell. Hey paid for those ten cylinders, and I'm going to get all ten cylinders.