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How Did I BLOW UP 10 ENGINES in 1 ROAD TRIP???

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This is the true story about how I blew up 10 Engines in one Road Trip.

At the time of creating the 'Hasta Alaska' travel Series I didn't always know why I was experiencing so many engine problems.

Now with the benefit of hindsight , I can take you through this journey and share story of failures and mistakes that I made which caused so many blown motors.

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20 Comments

@goclunker 7 years ago

Maybe you should watch skill share on basic engine maintenance and how aftermarket oil coolers work LOLOL

@Hammerjockeyrepair 7 years ago

actually drilling the jets he drilled allows more fuel... Your engines kept blowing up due to abuse

@loctite222ms 7 years ago

Pretty ambitious trip for someone without a clue what he's doing. Great example of learning things the hard way.

@sausage5849 7 years ago

They don't call them Hitler's revenge for nothing :-)

@mikewarner2285 7 years ago

Mustie 1 is holding his head lol

@ericrotermund1004 7 years ago

They are called temperature gauges use them.
You need at minimum oil temp gauge
And cylinder head temp gauges for air cooled stuff
After having an oil temp gauge I wouldn’t run without it’s eye opening

@shanesink8073 7 years ago

I noticed you had a lot of missing engine tin... another reason why it overheated.....

@Nobodyofimportance2u 7 years ago (edited)

Every vw owner should have a copy of John Muir's idiot's guide to keeping your vw alive

@nobonkin 7 years ago

Drilling out the main jet lets in more gas not more air. And what you actually need is a smaller jet to let in less gas to avoid running too rich.

@SirKnobofCheese 7 years ago (edited)

10 different engines and 20 different haircuts. Great video explaining what happened.

@ttinnovations3310 7 years ago

lol, after the 3rd, you still didn't stop and say hello, lets try something new??

@bradyspage 7 years ago

Swap for a diesel vw golf watercooled engine. It's a pretty common and inexpensive swap and WAY more reliable.

@mikecorleone6797 7 years ago

Typically engine tins, the correct oil cooler and engine compartment rubber seals work wonders when used

@allthesame3856 7 years ago

It went wrong when you picked the wrong van.

@edwardchuc2972 7 years ago

$150 for a cylinder head repair. You get what you pay for 😂

@tonybucca5667 7 years ago (edited)

I had a 68 VW van...I went through 2 engines, and 3 clutches in one year, before it caught fire and burned to the ground....GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!

@bobaloo2012 7 years ago

I remember when you were posting on the Samba for help and guys were putting together care packages for you, seems a long time ago. I drive my aircooled from Oregon around Mexico every winter, no problems, but it does take a good bit of preventative maintenance as you say, fix it before it breaks. I compared it to having a sailboat, same idea.

@Michael-lg4wz 7 years ago (edited)

Good honest video.Moral of the story subaru ej20 swap it before roadtrip, never re use parts. Its extremely easy to rebuild an engine wrong.

@bssdragon 7 years ago

Ben and The Art of Kombi Maintenance.

I would read it!

@howtocreateachannelongoogl4021 7 years ago

I have to hand it to you! You deserve an award for surviving your own incalculable continuous mistakes!! I actually find it almost impossible to believe how anybody who hadn't suffered major head trauma as an infant that can screw in a light bulb, make so many obvious mechanical mistakes. Repeatedly!!! Most people would be too embarrassed to admit how you Euthanized your own van time and time again!! Yet you survived!! And my hats off to you..... thank god you didn't go into medicine!! LoL