POLICE ENGINE BRUTALITY! '21 Explorer Cop Car 3.3L V6 Engine Destroyed By "Pursuit Mode" TEARDOWN!

[@renchjeep]

I work for a medium-sized city in Southern California, and I am a police fleet mechanic ("technician" nowadays, LOL) there for 18 years now. "Pursuit Mode" is built into the PCM in Interceptor models from the factory and basically holds the automatic transmission gears longer to keep the engine in optimal power/torque RPM, and also to provide some engine braking. The trans basically holds lower gears longer, and downshifts sooner when decelerating. Pursuit Mode is automatically activated when the unit is driven hard, and should not exceed the redline of the engine (unless it's by maybe a few hundred RPM, and within "safe" parameters). During test drives, I have had units go into Pursuit Mode while braking hard, and a few times I swear it's been activated even under hard cornering. Pursuit Mode became a thing in 2011, I believe, with the introduction of the Interceptor Sedan (basically the Taurus and SHO) and Interceptor Utility (Explorer with and without SHO twin-turbo engines). The earlier Crown Victoria Police Interceptors did not have this Pursuit Mode feature. Take care, Eric, and I hope you continue having a blast tearing down victims of rapid unscheduled disassembly! I know we have a blast watching your vids. Stay cool, brother!

[@edfrawley4356]

This is the second mention I have seen about special programming for police car transmissions. I am interested only because I own a 12 Impala 9C1 with the 3.6 and 6spd. And to my untrained seat of the pants experience it does seem to have more pull than I would expect from this small of a naturally aspirated engine. The larger brakes and performance suspension are covered in the RPO codes but nothing about drivetrain stands out. Any insights?

[@stringpicker5468]

Is that engine braking or engine breaking?

[@sdusb1243]

​@stringpicker5468 in this case, both.

[@mph5896]

@@edfrawley4356 Its pretty much the same drivetrain as a civilian car. There are a few things added, such as engine oil cooler. ITs a powerful engine in a "smallish" car. The 2011 and down Impalas had different gearing in the differentials from civilian and the police version was equipped with the 3.9l engine, but were underpowered compared to the 2012+ 3.6l cars.

[@mph5896]

Never heard of it, nor have seen any mention of "Pursuit" mode in the 2011-2019 platform Fords. Ford advertises it in 2020+.

[@gregdiamond6023]

To the person who provided the engine: Thank you! This damage was quite impressive. Some of the worst devastation I’ve ever seen. A real treat!

[@bendeleted9155]

I'm betting it was a sheriff's department.

[@Conservator.]

I came here to say the same. I’m i bit disappointed that your comment didn’t get more likes.

[@luci-fer250]

and people wonder why i wont buy a used cop car/ suv...but a nice crown vic might persuade me

[@uploadJ]

@@luci-fer250 I had good luck buying the big '86 and '90 Chevy 4-door Caprice sedans w/350 CI engines back in the day ... even a fleet (not police) 4-door '94 Chevy Caprice with the L99 engine and port FI ...

[@luci-fer250]

@ the 86s are nice

[@dylananderson4421]

75k miles and probably 10,000 idle hours lol

[@hochhaul]

Yup. My local PD will park their Explorers in front of the building, on and idling, for hours each night just in case they get a call.

[@Chris_de_S]

maybe 1000 idle hours D

[@brentboswell1294]

They have to idle the engine to keep the radios making noise and the blinky lights blinking...

[@REDBIRD-95]

Probably too many high pursuits to the donut shop😆

[@TiborRoussou]

@@brentboswell1294 ...and that cool comfort.

[@rl5271]

Thanks for a great tear-down! This is not meant as a diagnosis for this Police Pursuit engine failure. It's just a true story about a Police car engine that blew up. I'm 78 years old. My grandfather was a County Sherriff in the late 40's up to the early 60's. He was issued a new DeSoto, "Police Special" probably in the mid to late 50's. After a few weeks in service he was approaching 100 mph for the first time and the engine dumped everything in every direction, with internal engine parts making exits where there previously were none. The drivetrain immediately locked up. This was long before seatbelts were in use. My grandfather's face went into the steering wheel where he got a very close look at it, a bloody nose and some loose teeth. Engine parts were all over the highway. Several days later he took receipt of a new replacement DeSoto "Police Special". A month later, the same thing happened at just over 95 mph, only this time he was braced, just in case! He was eventually told that the cause of both destroyed engines was a harmonic vibration and that the transmission would downshift into first gear and over-rev the engine until it detonated.

[@f.f.s.d.o.a.7294]

An automatic money shift

[@sammcrae8892]

De Soto huh? I haven't heard of them in awhile. Of course, in the decade or so after WWII I've heard that cars were kinda hard to come by. At least it wasn't a Nash Rambler.

[@myacidninjatheamazing1025]

was this in the day of early automatics that had hydraulic pumps ran by the engine for the transmission and could be push started? if so, that definitely seems like thats part of the issue

[@robertwest3093]

Law Enforcement in the 1950’s to about 1970 were issued the COOLEST cars! Don’t forget the fox body Mustang cruisers too 👍🏻

[@paulstubbs7678]

95 and it made it into first - wow, I would have thought the transmission would loose all it's gear teeth first.

[@DanBowkley]

Apparently pursuit mode is when various bits of the engine go off in pursuit of greener pastures.

[@punkhead4312]

"BA-DUM-TSSSS!"

[@bighoss9705]

It was originally called "blow your engine" mode. 😅

[@Dr.Westside]

Pursuit mode is just the same as the tow haul mode in the trucks . Look at a copy of the programming . Not like it's hard to find either .

[@robinstahlbaum9813]

lol

[@Backwoods_870]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jamesroberts9825]

I was a Oklahoma Trooper - drove a 1970 Plymouth 440 ; topped 145MPH. I knew when to back off I when saw see the pavement thru door jams

[@tylercouture216]

😂😂😂😂

[@clzthe3rd]

Grandpa was a Nebraska Trooper and drove a Plymouth 440 as well, not sure of the year. I know he drove it hard when circumstances required, but never heard a story like that 😅

[@stewart8127]

Did you check the oil dipstick everyday cause these rookies didn't

[@allenl9031]

Eric, there's that piece of the baseplate/windage tray that has the Ford logo and part number, take it to a local Ford parts department, and say, "I think I might need a new one of these, how much?" And see the reaction. 😂

[@CaptainSpadaro]

Lemme guess, stupidly expensive?

[@ReasonablyBadActor]

@@CaptainSpadaro I think he is saying that bc the only way you would have that piece in your hand and hand it to them like that is if the engine is completely grenaded.

[@ouch1011]

In a previous job as a mechanic with the state motor pool, I was “the guy” who worked on all the state (and state-owned, i.e. small town PD) police vehicles that came in. What I can tell you with absolute certainty is that you will _never_ get the real story when an officer destroys their cruiser. Ever. I did that job when CVPIs were still the primary cruisers with Tahoes and Chargers just getting phased in. The CVPI was basically indestructible, so when they came in with a catastrophic failure, I’d always ask questions. I never got a straight answer, only BS. It was a running joke between myself and the OSP vehicle maintenance manager, who was my main contact. He would relay to me what the officer said happened just before the vehicle blew up, then we would both have a hearty laugh. I miss the blurring of the phallic water pumps.

[@nickberg4379]

Imagine that. Cops not being forthcoming.

[@damon20r]

Very indestructible. Just take a look at what Cleetus does with all those retired units he has!

[@kanes5105]

I was in the military (Canadian), if you ever wondered if a vehicle was indestructible, just give it to a young soldier!

[@Paul1958R]

All LE in MA is corrupt.

[@TheSleepingonit]

Well the problem is that it is a Ford

[@oldtanker4860]

In the old days, (70. 80's, 90's) pursuit mode was only just how far into the floor board you mashed the throttle.

[@bradhaines3142]

current days theres a software cap on normal car speeds, cops dont have that limit.

[@SPAZTICCYTOPLASM]

@@bradhaines3142 Software caps have been a thing a long time, even on basic cars. My 2003 corrola won't let you rev past 4000 in 4th gear so your top speed is like 190kmh/110mph.

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

​@bradhaines3142 depending on the model, even some police cars are capped at "pedestrian" speeds of 120mph.

[@theorenhobart]

for cops in those days there was only one speed - through the boards

[@mysock351C]

I have a 3.6L PPV Impala that I got new and the “pursuit mode” really caught me off guard the first time I encountered it. Shifts at 7k and it would hold the RPMs at around 3500 or so even when letting off, as well as automatic downshifting during hard braking. It also did other fun things like burnouts as well. Since it was now a “civilian” car it ended up getting flashed back to a standard boring stock cal during an update, but it made the car a lot more fun to drive while it was there😀

[@acid847]

I'm sure it's been said before but this is the best engine forensics channel on KZbin.

[@luci-fer250]

yup this guy is good/just wish he could do a QA for people

[@michaellehmann2803]

That type of failure is most definitely due to sustained high rpms causing oil starvation. The rod that spun the bearing is the one furthest from the oil pump. It might have been a little low on oil, or using too thick of an oil, or taching it out while still cold, and the oil gets pumped up into the head and doesn’t have time to return to the sump. At that point, oil pressure drops causing the rod furthest from the oil pump to spin a bearing. The knocking noise was ignored, he kept his foot in it, which circulated the bearing material through the whole oil system, damaging all the other bearings. Eventually piston #6 hit the valves or head, which caused the rod to break, and then all the chunks of broken stuff flying around caused the collateral damage to rod and piston #5. The reason the top end wasn’t damaged is because the cams are under less of a load than the rods, combined with all the splash oil from the oil being pumped up to the heads and not able to get back down into the sump.

[@marshie1337]

sherlock holmes, i'd wager you know a thing or 2 about engines

[@hotshtsr20]

I think his theory on overrev is more likely. But, this one is an absolute mystery….

[@seymoarsalvage]

I wonder if the stock oil pump just isn't up to the task of sustained redline/revlimiter and cavitated? I know Nissan RB's stock pumps are a weak link for even stock revlimit

[@1958Cadillac-v2g]

You're an ICE Coroner aren't you...yes..I think you are.😊

[@thebarslug]

This is the way.

[@rsabol77]

“Next we will remove all the engine from the pickup tube” that made me laugh probably more than it should have.

[@timothyodonnell8591]

What I love is that the water pump bit is getting to be like the part of The Simpsons opening about the couch - new and different each episode. Keep it going!

[@johnha-mitchell-sd]

Before I discovered your channel a little while ago I'd never thought of engine disassembly as being entertaining. Yet, you are able to consistently make it so. Even more amazing is that I have learned from your videos. Thank you!

[@luci-fer250]

good for you the more you learn the less time you are wasting figuring out what went wrong on your vehicle

[@danielrose-tt7os]

Hey there are channels featuring zit popping why not engine disassembly?

[@jtoddk98]

Pursuit mode is basically just “sport mode” in normal vehicles. It holds gears longer instead of trying to go into overdrive every time you take your foot off the gas. It only gets activated when the ECU detects “spirited driving” as if you were in a pursuit. Regardless, these engines are pretty reliable

[@The_Angry_Medic]

I had a 2013 PI explorer, it would have made a hell of an autocross car with pursuit mode. But damn did it hate coming out of it

[@christophersoward2895]

It’s a hotter tune than “sport mode”. And holds it longer. Driving a cop car for a living helps with knowledge. But you are correct.

[@Chris_de_S]

Reliable? 3.3 is a new engine J

[@carsonw722]

@@christophersoward2895 Wrong, you don't gain any performance. "Cop tunes" are fake news.

[@MaddJakd]

​@christophersoward2895 I was wondering about that. I know some cars it just switches things to "aggressive mode" but there are others now outside of the aftermarket that do legit load entirely different tunes. I'd imagine that being the case essentially for a pursuit vehicle. Neat.

[@michaelgilmore341]

Eric, you should put total teardown time in the description so we are able to fully appreciate what you do here. My entire childhood since post kindergarten I tore apart my toys to see how they work and eventually modified them to my liking. Thanks for continuing to feed that need!

[@davidparsons5513]

I've only just recently started watching your channel. Got here due to your collaboration with Rainman Ray on the Pentastar motor build, and looking forward to the completed project. I'm hooked on your channel. Love not only the tear down vids, but your sense of humor. You make me grin thru the whole video. Thanx!

[@razghost2]

So wholesome to see you return that water pump back to its natural habitat

[@grandudetonesnob7107]

Hey, Carl! This dang ol' engine wont start... "It aint got no rods in it, mm hmm.."

[@nickd.4512]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@samoliver3242]

*Cop pulls person over *Engine clanking away Officer: "You know why I pulled you over?" Person: "Uh, your car's about to blow up?"

[@essemque]

Love that you still follow the detorque sequences even when the block & heads are both trashed

[@FLGuy777]

Former South FL LEO... The pursuit mode keeps the RPMs up when it detects spirited driving. It's main purpose is to keep them up when you are hitting brakes for turns. When you get back on the throttle, it is already in a lower gear ready to go instead of having to downshift. I was driving in highway traffic the first time it happened to me: I slammed on the brakes and the engine downshifted. Kind of freaked me out. I bet this engine was low on oil.

[@michaelszczys8316]

Nobody's checking oil when they're running constantly

[@javaguru7141]

Sounds like a really nice feature, honestly... as long as kept up on maintenance and afforded an early retirement or rebuild.

[@TimeHopeFaith]

This issue is that Ford different reinforce the internals and the design of the 3.3L is pretty bad. They resolved this in 2022

[@KollinsPlays]

Cylinder deactivation mode, "look how I can deactivate pistons to increase fuel economy!" Police interceptor pursuit mode, "hold my beer!"

[@bml33]

Cylinder Delete Mode

[@beedebeedebeede]

Usually a Ford increases fuel economy over the years as they get lighter due to rot!

[@mazzg1966]

Thanks to the viewer for donating this beautiful piece of art...Good job on the tear down Eric!

[@shadetreemech290]

That cop was driving that thing like a bat out of a cave when it blew. And he told his boss it was just idling.

[@aperson9495]

Eric, everything about your commentary during these teardowns is absolute gold!

[@chuckdude4376]

You know, it's episodes like this that make me so happy that I discovered your channel back in the early days when you had about 2500 subs.

[@bradgreen987]

Safety tote 2.0 is a direct clone of the old one! Thanks to the donor of the engine. Nice choice. Combustion palace nightmares are the best to watch

[@PDPDSO]

As a former sheriff deputy, I can affirm, that we never turned the cars (Crown Vic's, then later Explorers) off. They would be in park and idling even when we were at the station for hours writing reports. At all calls, we would have two keys; one in the ignition and lock the doors, (while on calls or at breaks) and second key to get back into the car. They were ALWAYS running.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

Sac County sherrifs would burn up the caprice classic eggshell cars in the early 90s almost 70,,000 miles on the nose from excessive idling

[@mattewmackes]

The 2020 has a Police Mode for the ignition that keeps the engine running even after pulling out the key (when in park). All that is required is to flip a switch to engage. Its great for Winter!

[@AyeCarumba221]

That seems like quite a waste of fuel

[@jefflochner5972]

Don't fat-shame Blue, by calling it thick. It was born that way.

[@wookiee87]

Blue is the new lizzo?

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

Big Bone!

[@soco13466]

Why, you offended poor Blue. I'm gonna tell MeeAgain and Sparry.

[@concernedcitizen780]

What is blues preferred pronoun.

[@phoenixsmith6026]

@@concernedcitizen780 pry/bar

[@tombridges5946]

I'm a Ford Technician, replaced a few of these police 3.3s. They had like 60ish K miles on them. Both had rod knocks. Top ends were very clean . Lots of idle time.

[@camojoe83]

You'd figure after 30 years of engines failing in that situation, you'd improve low rpm oiling a d maybe enhance filter capabilities. But no, you're Ford.

[@raider762]

@El_Peto Then the oil pump decides to work the next milisecond and the other 4 cylinders get a few drops of oil

[@mph6502]

That carnage was impressive. Stop police pursuit mode, save the engines! Wrist pin lives matter!

[@theronwolf3296]

I suspect that beating the hell out of a vehicle that they don't pay for has something to do with it.

[@vesandreev8500]

@@theronwolf3296 We also don't know the mileage on the oil and how many hours this car has on idling. But if an engine is over revved usually the piston hits the valvle.

[@ThatKaseyDoggo]

My favorite part of every video is when he carps the crap crams loose. The water pump toss and timing chain guide bits are always great too.

[@marathoner43]

Thanks for my Saturday night entertainment Eric. And thanks to the donor of the engine. 1.) Thank you for practicing catch and release on that used water pump! There aren't enough used water pumps in the wild! 2.) Pursuit mode is a new feature, it turns a 6 cylinder into a 4 cylinder to save fuel at high speeds. :D

[@frankkent8046]

I didn't realize Ford embraced Knight Rider's K.I.T.T. Super Pursuit Mode into their PPV's! One button push and it gains a super powered engine, and transforms it into the ultimate high speed super car! LOL Great tear down, and thanks to the person that donated the engine! Thanks for the great tear down, as always! I love your video's, and can't wait to see them! Thanks! Frank from Kansas

[@Smasher-Devourer]

"I swear, it went into pursuit mode by itself!" - The cop said with his union rep present.

[@09corvettezr1]

The siren turned on by itself once the traffic light turned red.

[@plainbrownwrapper9688]

I just had my work Explorer go into pursuit mode when I hit a pot hole. I was just driving down the road, hit a giant pot hole, and into pursuit mode it went. It such a weird option that is really finicky when it turns on.

[@MicahThomason]

No union rep was needed in this case. Tax payers just buy a new car.

[@wickedcabinboy]

@@MicahThomason - As I understand it the mechanic just replaced the engin.

[@Peter-Resto]

Hahaha

[@mikewood1566]

I have zero mechanical background but I sure enjoyed watching how you investigated that blown engine and your specialized parlance. Thank you for the education and entertainment.

[@mkernen]

The black bearings could only mean one thing -oil starvation. Surprised to see the Police Interceptor didn't have the twin turbo 3.5L. I'll bet most police garages wish the 4.6L was still the primary police power plant.

[@jordantomblin2302]

Most of them wish they still had Crown Vics. Parts availability and the ease of repair makes a lot of small town departments miss them.

[@MrKochshawn]

The 3.5 turbo is a very good engine.

[@91CavGT5]

@@jordantomblin2302 Garret, aka Cletus McFarland is buying up all of the old Crown Vics, gutting the interior, putting a roll cage in them, a little nitrous, and is putting on races with them.

[@Big_Loo]

Most of them wish tge 351 Windsor, 350 SBC, and 360 LA engines were still the standard.

[@carsonw722]

The gen 5 PIU had a 3.5 twin turbo (SHO engine, very similar to f150 engine). The current gen PIU (6th gen) has a 3.0 twin turbo option (same engine as the explorer ST and ranger raptor), but departments never order them :(

[@drhalifax]

WOW! I’ve heard of self-mulching mowers, but I have never seen a self-mulching engine before. Nicely done. Always entertaining.

[@garylittle166]

The no. 5 rod was the initial failure point. That's why there was no damage to the rod bearing. The big end of the rod was just hanging around with no load on it while the rest of the engine consumed itself. The rest of the damage was caused by what had once been the no.5 rod and piston bouncing around inside of the block at somewhere in the neighborhood of 12 million rpm until the pieces decided they'd had enough fun, and left the party. I never knew that Ford actually put their new "Offset Valve Technology" into production.

[@saracentiano]

Your theory makes the most sense. This isn't oil starvation or dilution or carbon build up coz of idling.

[@donbehatin]

the cooked bearing was probably caused by debris from #5 blocking the oil port (he said he saw one that looked almost plugged)

[@darthkarl99]

Yeah my assumption is the erroneous pursuit mode activation means a bad ECU, that starts causing other issues like bad valve timing or detonations and one cylinder comes apart in a big way and everything proceeds from there.

[@o2wow]

Yes, a forging defect possibly.

[@ericw4279]

Went into pursuit mode “all by itself” 😂 the cop definitely wasn’t beating on it or anything, lol

[@shutupmeg176]

If you had titled the video "TWO BROKEN WRIST PINS", Id have clicked on that link faster than that pursuit ended XD

[@Sam-go3mb]

TWO BROKEN WRIST PINS - STEPMOM HELPS OUT

[@RowanHawkins]

There's no surprise if you do that. Every good video needs an earth shattering kaboom.

[@johnkilgore1055]

In the old days of overhead valves and automatic transmissions that could be manually shifted, we called it “valve float”. The hydraulic lifters can’t overcome the lack of spring pressure allowing the valves to suspend “open”. With an “interference” engine, it’s the equivalent of a timing belt breaking. At 8-10,000 rpm, lots of parts disintegrate, and lack of oil due to passage blocking causing tremendous rapid heat buildup. As a retired peace officer who was responsible for maintaining a fleet of vehicles (and boats), I’ve witnessed unintentional abuse by adrenaline soaked officers. I had a supervisor I was working a stakeout with high center our patrol vehicle (late ‘80’s Chev Caprice) on a rock. He attempted to rock the vehicle and and BADLY over reved the engine attempting to free us (a night hunter had just shot a deer in front of us… he got away! That night…) A new crate engine and a new oil and transmission pan put him back in commission! The officer was usually the coolest head you’d ever meet. A possible contributing factor could be that the vehicle had been treated to a “performance tune”! I know personally of numerous instances of officers getting relatives or “buddies” at the dealership shops to put “tunes” on the ECU’s. Some can interfere with the factory settings doing bad things. I know of one Sheriff in S.Georgia along I-75 that has a transmission and engine from a wrecked Dodge Hellcat under the hood of his Dodge Charger patrol car purchased from a surplus state auction… Bubba can do some amazing things with wrecks…

[@camojoe83]

That is not what happened here. Low oil because stupid maintenance and then massive prolonged high output operation. The pump works 2x as fast as the passive drains return oil, oil pump starve, oilffoams making dry bearings and then metal gravel.

[@johnt.848]

Those spark plugs suffered from serious pucker factor when they saw the pistons coming at them.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

A humble guy, very good technical skills & knowledge too! 😊

[@Flies2FLL]

"It's fine. It'll be....Fine" You know that I have started using that when I talk to people right? That's catchy....

[@mgk920]

On a level with "that'll just buff right out", too, I assime.

[@MycontentisgoldJerryGold]

"One ring-dingy, two ringy-dingy". You owe Lilly Tomlin royalties 😂

[@Jpz707]

Im a mechanic for a local government and I've seen the 3.7 interceptor hydrolock with stuck injectors and damage the motors. I've had one fill the entire crankcase with fuel all the way to the heads. Never have I seen the 3.3 do this on the interceptor.

[@IKnewMickey]

I had a 3.7 in an F150 for work. Is the 3.3 the same block or a completely different engine? Cheers.

[@NoahDoane]

​@@IKnewMickeyAll I know about the 3.3 is that it's still part of the Cyclone family. It's apparently a downsized 3.5 with direct and port fuel injection, so you get the best of both worlds. I'm not sure what parts are shared between the two engines though.

[@Khmc29]

All of our 3.3 engines blew up around 60-70K. Ford told us the engine isn't designed to idle on the "Cheap versions." We buy Dodge's now.

[@bonose12]

The water pump saga continues...could be a stand alone mini series like Shogun! Great job Eric.

[@RainmanRaysRepairs]

Everyone loves a good story time! 🍿🍿🍿

[@Paulwe4]

RainMan Ray chiming in

[@RainmanRaysRepairs]

@tradde11 Hey y’all 👋👋

[@thomasfletcher760]

​@@RainmanRaysRepairswhat's up , Ray !

[@TiborRoussou]

Hey Ray, shout out from Canada bro!

[@REDBIRD-95]

Another shout out from Canada🍁

[@StevenDaugherty-uo5cs]

Absolutely spectacular!! One of the best teardowns I've seen so far. That had to be seriously violent. I've thrown some rods in my time, especially out of Ford flatheads but never seen carnage like this. Absolutely enjoyed this one.

[@andrecampbell691]

Never heard the bass boat paint comment from the oil filter before, nicely done.👍👍👍👍

[@justjoe13]

Safety Tote 2.0 has entered the chat! Finally! Thank you Eric! And love the Snack Packs!

[@Paulwe4]

The fun that comes with watching Eric

[@SpaceTech54]

This is a fun channel to watch - this and Pole-Barn Garage keep me smiling all week.

[@randywooldridge9064]

Thank for zooming in so fare. It shows the frustration on your behalf, but I also how detailed the damage was.

[@calebgriffiths9062]

Great to see you enjoying your work Eric!!

[@sunking2001]

I'm old enough to remember our Santa Clara, CA. PD had big Mercury's with 429 cu. in. and some PDs had Dodge with 440 cu. in V-8's. That's when police cars were "a real PD cruiser."

[@jordantomblin2302]

A friend of mine’s grandad worked on police cars every now and then in the 70s. He rebuilt a pre-emissions LTD Police Interceptor, beefed up the motor and trans a bit… Went a confirmed 157mph in the car and it still had more to give. I calculated the tire size and gear ratios, and it might have went up to about 168mph flat out. Those old police cars were truly terrifying.

[@tomwest1246]

Daily City, CA, just up the road from Santa Clara, had some 426 hemi Dodge/Plymouth Police specials. Drag raced into oblivion.

[@dyer2cycle]

Don't forget, too, the old cruisers were built with real bumpers, frames, or at least strong subframes...these new pursuit vehicles are NOT suited for "pit maneuver" or other such aggressive, high-contact sports...like their civilian counterparts, they are a bunch of soft rubbery plastic and weak structure that gets totally destroyed by even modest contact..."crumple zones", I think they call it..even when they mount push bars, there isn't really anything in the structure that strong to mount them to, so in the end, vehicle still gets destroyed....

[@jordantomblin2302]

@@dyer2cycle I agree. A push bar for their uses on a unibody car just don’t work.

[@CassidysWorkshop]

I cheered when I saw that tiny crack appear as you were turning the big end bolt worrying about breaking it. This was a wonderful teardown, thanks.

[@vanwaardhuizen]

Haven't seen piston gravel like that in a long time! Love it!

[@johnkilgore1055]

Last time I saw it was when the #4cylinder main bearing on my Continental O-300-D in my Cessna 172 failed at 5,000’msl. Engine vibration forced us (my brother was pic at the moment, to reduce power to “limp mode” in current vernacular. We limped into the nearest airport. Connecting rod went thru the top of the engine case. Oil all down the right side of the plane… and that was at just 2,450rpm…

[@sdr_xp]

Thats crazy how engine HP has come a long way,. My family had a Dodge Caravan with a 3.3 V6 in 1992 and it only had 150HP. Now the same displacement and NA put out almost double the HP!! Love the videos Eric, keep up the awesome work1!!

[@Herbertti3]

My 0.9 3-cylinder makes 100hp. 1.3 version 140hp.

[@F32_Rocket]

*Opens oil filter* : " Ooh, look, bass boat paint!" ...I simply cannot 😂😂😂

[@Jihadbearzwithgunz]

What my old borg Warner t5 looked like I learned 5 speed in my 92 s10 that it was a part of yeah it lost 3rd and 5th and 4th was on its way out (3rd grinded no mater what 5th was not possible and 4th would work but then it would not want to let go of it..) blocking rings and sliders were gone aluminum and brass everywhere in the mercon V atf that the t5s use

[@pewtubee]

Pursuit mode is like a tow haul mode, it holds the engine at higher rpm's to prevent downshifting. Ford says: " it improves drivability and power delivery during critical scenarios, such as maneuvering through tight traffic conditions".

[@standardsupplies3332]

At the end of my day I go to my study and I pour myself a Benedictine, fill my pipe with Cornell & Diehl Autumn Evening and watch you disassemble a motor. Joy.

[@meanderinoranges]

Sounds lovely! I have some Balkan Sasieni in my Savinelli 804KS, and a nice cup of tea.

[@Me-zo8yc]

That sounds wonderful, I am only slightly jealous...

[@standardsupplies3332]

@@meanderinoranges That's a lovely pipe. I inherited my Grandfathers Castello Sea Rock and I've continued a tradition he started me on when I entered my early 20's. To top it off I sometimes have it with Balvenie Doublewood 17 Year Single Malt . Cheers to us all.

[@ianriggs]

I had to Google Benedictine. Never heard of it. Now I want to try it 🤔

[@meanderinoranges]

@@standardsupplies3332 Castellos are great. What shape is yours?

[@billmyke746]

SUPER Pursuit Mode KITT!! Let's do it buddy!!!!

[@jfan4reva]

Christmas in May! Presents for everyone! "Im not a quitter. Unlike this engine." If you had been as badly beat up as this engine, you'd be in the E.R. on life support. 40:30 Vice Grips - when bolts absolutely, positively have to be either loosened or destroyed. (Former is possible. Latter is a certainty.) I suspect the missing rod parts were involved in the "Abandon Ship exercise ("This is not a drill") when the oil-tight integrity of the engine was breached. Made my Saturday Night! Thanks for the video!

[@The_DuMont_Network]

Vi S e Grips. Those and the Crescent Wrench, Adam Booth refers to them as "All 32nds".

[@johnelliott7375]

Thanks for sharing this V6 Ford Police interceptor motor! I hope you have a great day today.

[@richardbaumgart2454]

"Puruit mode" is the cop holding it WOT till the engine blows

[@d.beamer6907]

Pursuit mode is a tune from Ford that mostly affects the transmission. It makes it so the transmission can shift gears up or down rapidly like stopping fast then having to take off it can bypass gears so it can deliver power to the wheels. Thank you for the upload Eric!

[@09corvettezr1]

In pursuit mode the spark plug gap tightens up for a stronger spark.

[@I_Do_Cars]

That’s GOTF. Gap on the fly

[@rogeralbans4082]

​@@I_Do_Cars GOFT merch???

[@GoyslopGladiator]

@@rogeralbans4082 I'd prefer GOTF merch but you do you, boo.

[@rogeralbans4082]

@@GoyslopGladiator ha ha yep that is the old lysdexia again, well picked.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Back in the 2000s Oshawa's GM plant had a Police fleet upgrade center next to the plant, it was a private company that took the Impalas right off the line and aggressively upgraded and tuned, it was fun to sit on the sidewalk and watch them work, fascinating stuff.

[@SilverKnife0311]

"There's a lot of gifts in this party basket!" LMAO!

[@socialisttrafficregulator2015]

I can't get over how deep and massive these v6s are. Nothing like the old days.

[@keithcarpenter5254]

Props to the camchains ! Those were the curlyest valve stems😮

[@rand49er]

I like the mechanically overrevved theory coupled with oil starvation on particular parts. There's always a weakest link, and the pistons/rods that failed were simply the weakest of the set of six. Thanks for tearing this motor down. Always enjoy postmortems like this.

[@timothybayliss6680]

The M12 milwaukee 2.5 and 5.0HO batteries use a different blend of plastic with higher glass. They arent as susceptible to vibration as typical packs

[@TrashcanGarage]

As you were lowering that oil pan I thought... "oh wow, a party platter!" 😂

[@nicholasmoen1000]

At 1:20 I lost it. 😂 I ALSO have had every vehicle ever owned in "Pursuit Mode". Love it

[@AyeCarumba221]

Maybe you should stop driving like a teenager, and grow up.

[@timmccurry2227]

I'm sure someone has said this already, The oil is gravity drained back to the oil pan so in an over rev the pump will outrun the oil that is returning to the pan and that will drain the pan and push all the oil to the top of the engine. The pickup will be not submerged and will draw air with the little oil that is returning to the pan. It will foam the oil and drop pressure through the system and the components furthest away from the pump will fail first. With the engine over reving this will happen extremely fast and when the pistons that are furthest away from the pump fail it will stop the engine in seconds so there will not be a lot of fragments throughout the engine.

[@camojoe83]

Made even worse by low oil levels created by low rpm consumption.

[@willgallatin2802]

22:42 I'm impressed. You found not 1 mosh pit, but 2!

[@bluzervic]

Love watching the tear downs…. Thanks 😊

[@michaelcrumlett187]

Eric, I’ve had to do six of these engines in the past year. No carnage like this one, but multiple misfires and internal engine noise. This with 3,000 mile oil changes and a “no pursuit” policy in place. The 2020 and later Police Interceptors (and their engines) are ridiculously fragile and unreliable.

[@johnt.848]

Direct Injection. SMH.

[@D3M0ify]

Typical Ford, blowing up since .... since always!

[@wudznutt6732]

@@D3M0ify Come on. I've blown up more small block chevy's than any PD has with Ford. Most modern HO engines are fragile when driven by the likes of police departments.

[@treytrey2946]

Interesting video...I had a 2020 3.3L with around the same miles. Started getting a low oil pressure light randomly and had to shop it. Told me I needed a new engine. Only symptoms I noticed were a rougher idle and a slight knocking in the engine. I think whatever the problems is is definitely oil related. Pursuit mode gets into some super high RPMs for sure. I've seen it spend a lot of time redlining when slowing down/speeding up. Great video!

[@REDBIRD-95]

"I had no idea what pursuit mode is I just assumed it is driving your car aggressively which in that case all of my vehicles have been in pursuit mode" Guilty as charged😆 That's why I had 5 speeding tickets in my younger days. It also didn't help as 2 of my vehicles were Firebirds😜 Have a great evening Eric😁

[@stans5270]

My first two years driving, I drove 3-V8s and 2-4cyls. I got two tickets both with the V-8s. When I decided to buy first new car, I understood the "Writing on the wall" and bought a '77 4cyl 5spd Corolla. It did have a Hemi, though, and went over 110, but I kept my license.

[@infosneakr]

Cant wait to send you an engine after mine blows up. 194000 mile v6 from a 2001 ford taurus. Well maintained. Just for the channel.

[@repro7780]

Elwood: Oh no. Jake: What the f**k was that? Elwood: The motor. We've thrown a rod. Jake: Is that serious? Elwood: Yup.

[@stewart8127]

You know damn well Elwood Would by a Charger not this junk

[@WayneKerr69420]

@@stewart8127 Charger would be just as bad

[@stewart8127]

@@WayneKerr69420 no

[@WayneKerr69420]

@@stewart8127 ok it will be a LITTLE better

[@Carcrafter7165]

This engine did not disappoint thank you Eric for sharing.

[@wildman00sax]

44:03 That bearing is saying "Part of the crank, part of the crew" 🤣🤣

[@caled6913]

Nice. Upvote for you kind sir.

[@droberson4026]

Google AI says... "To turn iron black through an oil quench, you typically need to heat it to a temperature between 300°C and 400°C (around 570°F to 750°F), then quickly immerse it in a quenching oil, which causes the oil to burn on the surface of the metal, creating a black finish; this process is often referred to as "blackening" or "bluing" steel." Keep making content!! I am hoping that you do a Dodge 2.4L Turbo out of an SRT4 one of these days. Should be interesting, but those engines may be hard to find.

[@peacefrog0521]

If that water pump was domesticated rather than feral, it probably wouldn’t survive long in the wild. 😅

[@disposablehero4911]

I was gonna make that same joke.

[@curtiseggemeyer5681]

I have to say that engine is built like a tank what happened I do not know , but it helps me to put some faith back into Ford. I own a 4.0 liter SOHC that has never been cracked open. a couple of thermostat plastic housings and 1 alternator(1997) Ford Explorer that I have owned since 1999. Maintenance is the key very little sludge really more like varnish and coming from a police car wow other than the kaboom that engine was in nice shape. Remember if it has Tires, Transistors or Testacles one lady told me it can have some issues. Thankyou for a great channel.

[@valengreymoon5623]

That's some serious "misplacement-on-demand".

[@metalted6128]

Police cruisers are nothing more than a piece of equipment, a tool to help enforce the law. Not surprised , on the engine failure. Super cool carnage!! Another great video Eric!!

[@richardwarfield7386]

Eric - you just set a new bar for your next teardown. Next Saturday's engine will have 4 holes ???????

[@PureFPSPwnage]

I love the typical water pump treatment, but I must say the way it was handled this time was comedy gold 🤣.

[@TEAMHYBRID007]

I have never seen any of these newer Explorer Motors not be a turbo 3.3 l or a turbo 2.3 l this is interesting because I see these all the time every day

[@chubbysumo2230]

ford discontinued the twin turbo 3.6 and NA 3.5 v6's because they had some spontaneous explosive disassembly problems.

[@WayneKerr69420]

they dont even have an ecoboost 3.3

[@davidchristensen6908]

Thank you who ever donated this engine

[@robertsilva5041]

That cop watched too many fast and furious movies..... Because that's, a new meaning to redlining it 😂😂😂

[@MicahThomason]

RIP Paul Walker. Nobody could shift gears 47 times in a quarter mile like you could, buddy.

[@yapod9061]

More like flatlining it.

[@Oddman1980]

Awesome, this is very similar to the 3.7 engine I have. When I was a kid, I used to wonder what would happen if you put a high-revving sports car engine in a truck. Thanks to my F150, now I have an answer. 27:02 The engineers at Ford have been watching your videos, and they figured out they could save $5 per unit if they made the wrist pins out of something that isn't indestructible, probably A36.

[@fenderspb1]

Pursuit mode is a temporary driving enhancement that can be used in vehicles like the Ford Police Interceptor to optimize performance for aggressive driving. In this mode, the transmission is optimized for upshifting and downshifting, and the software can perform reverse J-turns. The vehicle returns to fuel-save mode after aggressive driving is complete. The 2025 Ford Police Interceptor Utility (PIU) will have a Manual Police Pursuit Mode in addition to the Automatic Pursuit Mode found in previous models. This new feature is intended to improve power delivery and drivability in critical situations, such as when maneuvering through heavy traffic.

[@mikek5298]

You should use quotation marks when you plagiarize existing documents.

[@WayneKerr69420]

@@mikek5298 does anyone really care?

[@happyguy4525]

I'm a officer of the law. In pursuit mode, when you step the throttle pedal all the way to the floor. There is a kick down mode, activates pursuit mode. Engine mode blows up. It's a Ford piece of gold

[@jonbruce536]

Maybe they should issue you an 86 Yugo if Fords fail to meet your expectations.