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I've been tearing down engines on camera for 2 and a half years! Search my channel to see what I've torn down.
Today's subject is a 1.8L 4 cylinder from a 2009 Honda Civic EX. This is the R18A1 found in 2006-2011 Honda Civic (Non-Si). Generally, these are pretty reliable engines with the most common failure from a porous engine casting problem on early cars where coolant would weep from the front of the block.
THIS ENGINE HOWEVER, failed from negligence and failure to maintain proper oil level. I feel like this is a very reoccurring theme on this channel where engines get destroyed from either no oil or dirty oil. I'd be lying if I said I've never seen one of these fail like this however its almost always attributed to the owner and not so much the engine. This is a very common engine and the sheer volume of them still on the road means they've been blown up in every way possible.
Why am I doing this? My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage business in the Saint Louis Missouri area. Part of our model includes dismantling "Bad" engines to salvage good parts from them. We do not rebuild engines, merely sell parts to those that do!
I really hope you enjoyed this teardown, as always I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism. You can catch these teardowns every Saturday night! I've torn down well over 120 engines on this channel so if there's an engine you want to see torn down I may have already done it!
-Eric