Best wishes from California! Keep warm and get plenty of rest, Lee. That's absolutely outrageous, the money "stolen" from the Alfa customer. He's in good care, now.

That's really bad what's happened to the guy with that Alfa engine, he's been totally burned by whoever did do that to him, hopefully you'll put a huge smile back on his face once you've sorted out the mess.

A mate of mine had a Vauxhall Cavalier for years, he always changed the oil and filter every 3000 miles. Never had any trouble with it. Engine oil breaks down with heat, change it regular.

nice of a person to send you those bags and they will keep the engines nice and clean good luck with the ebay if they have sent it royal mail you might get it next year it has taken 7 days for a 24 hour parcel for me .thanks for the video

Another informative video, especially glad to hear your thoughts on the 2.0 transit engine, as I'm due to collect a transit in march, so always good to be forewarned about any problems that may occur, cheers Lee, keep up the good work mate..

I wish you could name and shame, and get these cow boy builders of the business

Take care of yourself and your family. Make the best of it this weekend. Look forward to a Deluxe week. Be good, Stay safe

Watching from Braunton. 👍

i love how you plan your build, really methodical .

Great Job Barum Engines one of my new favorite channels. I call out all the hack work as well It`s unbelievable what people will do for money. Nice full job you guys do over there. Merry xmas to you all. Tim.

Love this channel. So honest.

Considering the intake valves kissed the pistons, I would be inclined to replace them. Extra cost but you can not be certain of how much stress they endured. A friend of mine had a Pontiac with a Chev (GM corporate) engine. Everyone considered them a crap engine. Small bore 350, but the cams were ground with 0.050" less intake lift. He changed his oil every 1500 miles. The plastic timing gear failed so he had a mild cam installed at the same time. The car had over 400,000km when he died and ran great. Heads were never off. Fram used to have an advert on the telly; "pay me now or pay me later". Seems to have worked for my late buddy.

The Busso V6 is a great engine but there are things that must be done properly when working on it. As mentioned, the seals on the liners if the engine is coming apart, timing it with the camshaft locking tools, and correct tension of the belt and ensuring the belt and the tensioner, idlers and pulleys are all perfect and running smoothly as the rear cam in particular can skip teeth if not. I ran one in a late model 164 for nearly 20 years and stayed well on top of the maintenance myself once I'd dealt with some poor quality work before my ownership. Still have my cam locking tools and my personally fabricated crankshaft pulley holding tool in the toolbox too.

old guy from Canada here. Like your stuff. You are the kind of folks I would do business with if you were in my neighborhood. I quite like the bits you cover when things go wrong and what you do to get back on track. you mentioned the salt on the cars and I wonder if you folks put undercoating on your autos. I think what is used here is a vegetable based (no danger to environment) oily grease that is sprayed all over the underside of the cars and up inside the doors to prevent rusting. It adds years to the life of cars here as we het months of salty roads. Also has an advantage of making things like tie rod ends and break bolts easier to remove if required.

The branded engine covers look great 👍🏻

im guessing you are a really good boss, have a good 2023 full of broken engine

Audi VW indie tech here. Really enjoying the content

Good point. Correct oil spec and change it often!

Ford should have the honesty to change the recommended oil change intervals.

Volkswagen-Audi want you to believe they were the first to come up with the canted-inline engine such as the VR6, Passat, Toureg etc. But in reality there was a French manufacturer back in the mid 20's called S.C.A.P. and they had a canted inline 8 cylinder engine, and I don't even know if they were the FIRST to come up with it!

Just found your channel. Excellent content. Subscribed 😊

A collection a choregraphed details bought together with experience and passion

Here in Australia I’ve got one of those 2.0 Ford Ecoblue engines in our Ford Endura. Recommended service for oil is 15,000 km. (9200 miles) I do it half way in between at 7500km. Cheap insurance.

Love some detail on the selective main journal bearings on the Renault, never heard of it in 50 years as a mechanic.

So what you are saying is they put new bearings that's it and charge the earth, glad he brought it to this new bloke, and you have a chance to fix it for the customer, all the best to yous and your loved ones

to properly time that alfa engine you MUST use special locking tools to lock the cams. without that its impossible to time it properly and its EXTREMELY sensitive to having the timing even slighty off. but if everyhting is right on that engine it will just sing the busso song that can and should be heard for miles at 7000rpm.

Ive messed with cast iron rings , and four ring pistons on British cars for 40 years

For every 1000 workshops who deal with engine rebuilding there's 1 bad apple that spoils it . The Alfa engine is now with the professionals . And will be brought back to life the correct way . Hope you feel better soon Lee . And have a fantastic to Christmas all of you! You make engine building a work of Art !

Wow , this jeep engine must be someones Love interest. To get this munch reincarnation effort . Given there's 2 cyl yard equip stuff w/better power that weigh 10% of this iron chunk. But's classic evidence anything (mechanical) can be fixed with enuf time and sponsership

Starting to watch your content more and more of late. Im not a Ford guy, I have Vauxhall's and wish my Vivaro looked like that. glad the Alfa is now in the hands of a competent company. I may have an engine or so for you in the near future Lee.

I think the real reason for those extended services is lease companies looking to reduce costs. My thinking is you can’t do any harm changing the oil and filters more often than recommended intervals

Merry Christmas to all at B.E from snowy Lancashire

Love your comments. Just a thought I doesn’t look the best when you show your fingers so close to the mill facing. If a new one tried that and got injured???

Stuff enclosed in plastic will go rusty due to condensation! It's all at the mercy of the relative humidity.

Ha ha 6 month ain't going to tell you much about the vans engine... I've got an 03 vivaro 1.9 dti and it's a champ... I've known it for 19 years and I can say it's great but has its problems..🙂 but what 19 year old doesn't, and I love it just the same...even if the recent cold is upsetting it in the morning..

A Happy New Year, a few days behind!

Happy birthday !!!

Its the other way round Porsche has had major engine problems since the 996 water-cooled era and in fact they are more reliable now than they were. The rubber belts fail running in oil due to contact with aromatics. Regular changes with correct spec oil is a good move as you suggest.

I remember once this guy came into our shop, with smoke bellowing out from underneath his bonnet. He asked us to have a look at it since he had only just picked it up from another mechanic. I popped the bonnet thinking perhaps the idiot had just spilt oil all over the exhaust manifolds. But nope it was coming out from the oil cap and the filler tube specifically. Barely pulled out the dipstick and i immediately saw that incredibly bright orange glow shining up the tube from even beneath all that smoke, the bottom end was either glowing hot or burning. Jammed it back in and told him to just take it straight back to them, something was very very wrong. I had to refuse any kind of help coming from us. I didn't want anything to do with it.

Isaac in a nice Beemer! You're paying too much!

As for your van and services here in Australia there are a lot of mechanics are useing 20/50 oil in Hyundai and it seized up the cam and snap end of the cam, people are thinking their doing the rite thing and their car's are failing, and customers can't do much, all the best to yous and your loved ones

Hi,I bought a 2014 mitsubishi lancer and the initial oil change was recommended at 7500ks. Being an older man I was used to changing the oil at 1000ks on a new car. I did this and then again at 4500ks and at 6500ks. I then went to the 7500k intervals. The car runs perfectly and this initial time and money spent will pay off in the future. I do not believe in extended oil change intervals. Oil and filters are cheaper than mechanical components. Good luck to all

With a clean up and a coat of paint, a proper rebuild is indistinguishable from a lick over job.

My favorite though was building the engines for the big prime movers like Cummins and Detroits. Telling our customers it would be $80k+ for a complete engine rebuild, and having them whine about the cost and that it was cheaper with the Dealerships who charged $40k. We told them to go for it and to come back after it failed if they wanted to get it done properly. Vast majority always came back a month or two later demanding to know why it failed and how we knew.

workshop is looking a lot tidier

informative video, but it looked like your fingers were real close to the machining process while you were explaining the procedure of the job. Stay safe Sir..

Good day ,love the channel from Vancouver Canada. When doing a cylinder head ,are all surfaces cleaned .?? Of course skimming it but what about cleaning exhaust and intake manifold side ?? .cheers 🍺

not sure if its from regen as there is a recall on them, also ford will replace the engine if the belt fails so sounds more likely its something else

Lee, a hot lemonade made with honey instead of sugar will help the throat, take care. 👍

The garages that do this bad should be named so that customers can be aware!

I absolutely believe what you've found inside.. or didn't find should I say. I've seen this way more times than I'd like to, some muppet charging a customer an arm and a leg for a supposed engine rebuild and doing next to nothing in reality.. this is why people don't trust mechanics and I don't fault them for it, there's a lot of those scam mechanics out there unfortunately.

I thought it was just men that could get that MAN Flu and your poor little girl has got it hope she gets better soon bless her 💪

Heading for retirement I thought I'd seen everything but that poor Alfa engine is the worst 'rebuild' I've ever seen. You've got your plate full there and no mistake. Like your attitude so subscribed instantly.

The challenge is "to trust and verify" (Yes I know its difficult to verify a maching job when everythings reassembled, however homework and visual inspection should be carred out on any busiess that claims to provide a critical service)

One additional comment - if you can get CASTROL VECTON, you might consider it for the Transit.

Bet the alfa 3.0 was timed up without using timing blocks and dti

With the amount of transit thefts. I would look at installing a kill switch. I install iso relays with 5 pins. 30 and 86 from which ever circuit you decide to cut into. 87 to the rest of the circuit. 85 to a long wire with a switch on the end. The other side of the switch is grounded. On 87a i run that to a 130db horn. So if anybody gets the ignition on without flipping the kill switch. The horn goes off. On work vans and trucks. I mount a 1/2" cargo ring thru a slot in the door panel . A chain to the seat base adjusted so i can only get the door open far enough to get my arm in to lock or unlock the padlock. There are around 100 cars stolen daily in los angeles. They have tried to steal my work van 7 times. With youtubers selling lock picks for transits . Nothing is safe. A close friend installed a second relay to cut power to the electronic parking brake.

I'd change those inlet valves in the Alfa even if they are not bent, the metal must have been under stress due to the contact and might have been weakened

Same thing happened to me with my Porsche 997 3.8 rebuild payed a local company and the never put in gudgin clip in cylinder five and cracked the cylinder when trying to fit the liner . Avoid endurance engines hillinton Glasgow

2' mark? Put your left hand in your pocket while you still have your fingers.

Thanks for Yet Anothere Brilliant vidclip ..... WOW .... !!!!! That Alfa engine 'Story' is absolutely disgusting .... There always those that will try to Rip someone off and take All the 'Short-Cuts'. I am on the wrong side of 70 and have had my share of Alfas too, All just the 1600cc 4 cylinder ones, all back in CT South Africa .... Really good engines, but needs constant attention .... 'Very Continental' ..... :-) :-) :-), but they go like a 'Scolded Cat' when set up correctly .... Trying to tune the 2 Twin Webber yourself was alway a Real Pain .... Best to You , Yours and All your 'Watchers', may you ALL have a Wonderful Festive Season.... Cheers from ChCh, NZ

Can you guys over there get Alka-Seltzer Plus? Great if starting to get a tight throat and maybe the start of getting the flu. Love your videos. Does the guy that spent thousands on a non-rebuilt engine have any legal recourse?

What the van doesn’t do though, is what it says on the tin.

Lotus say to have the 1st oil change at 10,000 on their new sports car. It was on Harry's Garage, he just bought one. Bit too long for me.

Remind Isaac that it’s 3 points on the licence if the number plates are unreadable.

Manufacturers are now specifying very thin oils to meet ever-increasing emission targets, at the expense of reliability it seems. A VW/Audi specialist I follow on KZfaq is seeing wear issues where they previously didn't exist and recommends using the older, thicker oils which offer better protection.

If somebody gave me in Alfa Romeo Highwoods sell it immediate Lee😂

This should have had a Motor Engineer Report done by a reputable company first before any further repairs were carried out Long process involving small claim court but the owner of that engine I am sure will recuperate all the first expense and able to claim for the second repair too Was that done or did he end up paying again and not claim anything?

Isn't that the standard warrantee = 5+5... (minutes or miles whichever happens first)

shorter engine oil intervals defo work my 1.8 blacktop ford engine has done 180k miles always believed oil should be changed every 6k 20k is just ridiculous always changed oil sooner than manufacturers recomend a can of oil and a decent filter is a dam sight cheaper than a engine reckon someones timed the alfa v6 without the right cam lock tools

Rebuilt a Chevy Aveo it had 62k on it with a 60k warranty and two teeth came off the timing belt. It bent all 8 exhaust valves and I had to replace all the pistons. The dealer said you have to replace the timing belt every 40k so they wouldn't cover anything. This engine had so much aluminum flash on the castings inside the engine, it was total garbage.

Hello guys how do you move youre heavy engines about. I've done my back in from years of lifting engines by hand I mean complete engines. 🤣

On the Alfa the liners can be rotated 90deg if they have worn slightly oval. The conrods are a weakness in these Busso engines and there is a H beam rod available that is much stronger, which then compliments the existing crank allowing around 1000rpm at the top end.

Looks like the Alfa engine 'rebuild' was a total cowboy job, as you say if it cost a few hundred fair enough but they obviously got charged for a recondition not a rebuild and even then they screwed the timing up and trashed the valves.

How do people get away with that, god bless that poor person it's a couple of grand job were somebody skimmed the customer instead of the head probably wrecked shells and pistons aswel

Had 3 transits none made it to 100,000 miles without engine failure Litter from Turkey

Side valve engine?

Bare them engines.

"Completely rebuilt" Yep , they pulled it apart and rebuilt it - a pity about the cock ups.

good to see KZfaq keeps removing normal comments

Hi can you do transit mk 22 need engine have look at is out off van

I'm guessing they found the missing 10mm socket inside the engine???

yea man there out there specialists where they take lots of labour hrs and not a lot of new parts rtv everywhere no doubt i bet i had a 2.7tdv6 range rover come on a truck running blowing compression out the inlet valve after a engine rebuild customer stated it had had a full engine rebuild i said it must have spun a con rod bearing its the only way that can happen to one valve or she's spun a lobe on the cam but as they do they start to reveal there secrets the further i stripped the more bolts i found missing cam cover bolts pretty essential on the range rover especially for keeping boost on the inlet also lol any way got the head off everything was timed and other than the very rear drivers side piston had made contact with one inlet valve didn't see any disasters other than missing bolts and rtv gaskets everywhere and also a strange copper substance everywhere so i said right lets get this guy on the phone and i said you would be better coming in and bring the invoice they gave you for the engine rebuild doesn't look like this has had full rebuild to me he said it definitely has i supplied them the parts i even delivered them to them i said what did you give them timing belt kit 2 head gaskets and bolts so i suggested this engine be sent for machining and an actual rebuild quoted up to 15 k and as i thought he sent a truck to pick it back up i sent it away and send tell them to pay the bill here first lol so i loved you this engine is ready and just needs paid its a hard old game this motor trade good point also on the custom it is the highest selling vehicle in the uk and most of these problems with them are due to extended servicing now long life oils being ruined and diluted with poor quality diesel to begin with and cheap add blue quality stuff barum engine's even into world war 2 jeep engines have agreat day

Shocking that Alfa engine, regardless of how slight the valves touched the pistons, they must be replaced.

Get a guard on that machine...please.....

Freaks me out. Everything is so small. I run Ford FEs,and one 200 ci.Wish they had made a Cosworth head for mine.I guess that's kinda lke trying to find a Dunstall head for my 69 Bonnie.The FE is the only engine I know of to go from pushrod to cammer with the addition of a 7' chain.

Heck when i was a teen ager I played with Alfas, and Fiats

I was told that there’s a chain conversion kit, for the rubber belt in the transits, it’s a terrible design, to submerge a rubber belt in oil 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️.

Lee, it's pronounced "Willis" not "Willies"!

I change my oil & filter every 7.5k . . .costs £45

Tbh. I am shocked to see grinding pedestals next to open engines even with a bag over them. Your workshop cleanliness practice leaves a lot to be desired

Name and Shame !

That does not look like a Willys jeep engine, That appears to be a Ford GPW.

That engine didnt get any clean up as tou said... It was a MESS UP !!!!

Unfortunately lee horror stories like the Alfa are all to common how those people can sleep night's is beyond me

What VR6 stuff you do? Always good to have an engineering firm in mind should the modified idiot VR6 need love which running 1000+hp is a certainty and not a possibility 🤣

The engineer at Ford who decided it was a good idea to put a rubber belt in with the oil wants shooting!! It has made all Ford Eco engines a disaster case. The rubber debris from the rubber belt blocks the oil pick up strainer and starves the engine of oil!! Why didn’t they use a chain if they want to put it in the oil area? No self respecting German engineer would do such a thing!! BTW Ford do some good engines like the Coyote.

Damn. I hope that guy with the Alfa can track down the shop that butchered his engine, and get them to pay up.

That poor Alfa owner was severely ripped off. The terrible things some people do.

If I were you I would replace the engine in the Transit , it is a pile of crap design allowing diesel into the lubricating oil where the even more stupidly placed belt sits. That is a bigger grenade than swirl flaps, plastic impellers etc. Imop.