Inside the LiTime 12V 100Ah LFP Battery and 1ZZ Engine Rebuild Update

Here's a look inside the base version of the LiTime 12V 100Ah LiFePO4 battery. This is the best battery for the price in the 12V 100Ah category in my opinion! I'll also provide an update on the 1ZZ engine that I mentioned a few videos back.
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[@LithiumSolar]

Buy the battery here... www.litime.com/discount/lithiumsolar?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Flitime-12v-100ah-lithium-lifepo4-battery%2F%3Fref%3Dlithiumsolar Coupon code doesn't work for items that are on "flash sale" Also, please let me know what you think of the engine! It's been a super-fun project! (affiliate links)

[@WillProwse]

Dang it mine is on capacity tester right now! Haha I can't finish this video because it would ruin the surprise 🤣

[@WillProwse]

Dang you perfectly hit the 10 minute mark haha

[@herblapp6134]

Great to see you young "hot shots" respecting each others expertise and experience. 👍👍👍

[@LithiumSolar]

@@WillProwse I didn't capacity test mine. I assume you have a video coming so I'll check back on the results you got. Besides, the engine part is the more interesting part of the video anyway. I'm tired of looking at 12V 100Ah batteries. I never seem to get the "fun" ones you do like with giant globs of solder. I mean... that's a good thing of course but still, they make for more interesting videos LOL.

[@bobcole3852]

Wow, hadn't heard about the engine until now. I must have missed a video or two. Good luck with that project. I'm surprised it needed to be done at that mileage and assume you will use synthetic oil when you finish and get at least another 250k miles out of it. I have thought about using 12v batteries but believe it's better to use a 48v one in a 48v system instead of 4 12v. You have done some great reviews in the past and you and Will have been my go to sources for the best, most complete and accurate information. Thanks for what you do!

[@LithiumSolar]

I mentioned it at the end of the last video. I bought it used around 100k miles. I don't know how the previous owner took care of it, but it was bought from a dealer not just a random dude sale. The piston design flaw is well documented online though and was fixed in later versions of the engine. I think my lack of experience the first time I went through this around 160k was the reason it didn't last as long as I would have liked. It sure will this time! I fully agree that it's better to buy a 48V battery than get 4x 12V and wire them in series. The same goes for 24V. It works but it's just not optimal. And thank you :)

[@capfisher6626]

Fyi I have a Li-time 24v 100ah battery in my Frankenstein pack of 900ah for about a year now with no issues Living off grid is a great adventure 🙏🏼

[@herblapp6134]

Probably like most guys l watch both you and Will Prowse. I enjoy both of your reviews. You do an excellent job reviewing and explaining what you're doing. Please keep up the great work.

[@kevin83FL]

You are doing yourself an injustice if you dont have that block hot tanked while it is out of the car and bare! Awesome videos as always, and we all love watching the battery/electronics videos, I would like to see some of you doing the restoration on the car too! Keep up the great work!

[@LithiumSolar]

I wish I could, but it's just not in the budget unfortunately. I checked a few local machine shops and professional cleaning/honing started around $500 and went up fast. Maybe if it was a sports car...

[@tonysmith9061]

Love the non-sponsored videos!

[@ForwardGuidance]

That car is near and dear to me. It was the first and last car I bought new and it lasted 21 years - it was a tank! Regular maintenance is all it ever got and it just kept going strong. It was sitting in front of my house when someone crashed into it so that was the end of my baby. Since then, whenever I'd see one on the road (not many) I'd take a long look and if I saw one in a parking lot, I'd take a walk around it. Good to see you fixing it instead of dumping it.

[@LithiumSolar]

Damn, that's terrible - especially when it's someone else's fault that destroys your property. Hopefully nobody was hurt. And yeah, I'm certainly NOT dumping it!! The plan is to evaluate how well it's running post-rebuild then get a few estimates to have it repainted to the same OEM white. It's going to look like brand new inside and out by the time I'm done with it :)

[@ForwardGuidance]

That's awesome! It is a great car even though definitely not considered a classic by any measure. Please keep showing it off. Mine was blue(ish) silver ... it could be dirty but the dirt didn't show. Inside, mine was a dumpster because of our 3 dogs ... we took them everywhere and they were medium sized dogs to the interior took a beating but exterior and engine were superb so I kept the car. Funny thing was that I thought it would be bad luck to get rid of it. @@LithiumSolar

[@timfritz7367]

Crazy timing, I just bought two of these a few weeks ago. So far, they have been fantastic for my application. Thank you for your review!

[@capfisher6626]

Dude!! I’m impressed !! Had no idea you were a gear head and TOYOTA. At that Went Toyota 20years ago and won’t drive nothing but ….. Work on my own stuff!! TOYOTA Rules !!!!😅 You Rock Bruh !!! Keep up the great Vids 😅

[@LithiumSolar]

Heck yeah! I've got 3 Toyotas and won't buy anything else. I made one exception years ago for a Ram 2500 - was fun as heck to drive but it rusted to no end and had mechanical problem after problem. Never again Dodge...

[@DivyangM]

Please do the LiTime Mini teardown.

[@LithiumSolar]

I'm not planning to as of now but that could change if there is interest!

[@davidsprocket5141]

Great video, battery and engine. I have 4 LiTime 12v 200AHR with 200Amp Bms. 2 are in series 24v on a Xantrex 3Kwatt inverter as a home power source with 3K watt of solar through a Flex Max 80 controller. The other 2 are used at a off grid cabin, 2Kw Eaton 12v inverter to power lights and a small freezer set up with a temperature controller to run as a fridge. They are charged with an 80 Amp charger and a 2kw inverter generator when they need to be recharged. The batteries are light enough that I can bring them home to recharge. I have had no problems wit the 2 batteries in series keeping them balanced. Very impressed with LiTime and the price keeps dropping. Great reviews and information.

[@ScottDLR]

Another good vid! Interesting to hear about the 1ZZ. I was going to buy 4 LiTime 100A mini's but they barraged me so badly with ads, that I got sick of them and went with Power Queen instead.

[@LithiumSolar]

I don't blame you. Their advertising has been rather intrusive and even called them out on it in my Black Friday video. I think they're trying to get people to impulse buy out of fear of missing out. I'm not a fan of that business model.

[@mikeq5664]

Been following you for some time...I have learned a lot about solar from you., .... I must say I'm Impressed with your automotive skills, those double overhead cam engines are not easy... . keep it up and good luck with the Corolla!

[@LithiumSolar]

This was the first year the Corollas got timing chains with the new 1ZZ engine. Having a chain makes them much easier to work on than timing belts :)

[@capfisher6626]

I tried the power queen 12v x2 and put them in series for 24v but had a BMS Fail in one of the batteries so I think I will stick with LI-Time 😁

[@loucinci3922]

Interesting video. Battery tear-down and toyota engine tear-down. Thanks for sharing

[@Osborn-mj4qc]

I’m impressed !!!! Would like to see you review LiTime's 100mini!!!!

[@ronniemanuel6287]

I have 4 of these wired in series in a free ryobi riding mower that i found on Craigslist. I have been mowing over two acres all summer- they're fantastic 😊 i charge them with solar

[@BobBob-il2ku]

Would love to see reviews of the small 3-20ah lifepo4 The ham radio community uses these. Miady, Dakota lithium, bioenno are some popular ones

[@shelley131]

Would you recommend the Li Time battery for RV to replace the coach batteries? Great video as usual.

[@stevenlilly]

Have 4 of their 12v 100ah batteries that acts as an extra battery for my Delta Pro.. So pretty much low power energy storage.. All 4 of my batteries are way out of balance and the BMS will go in to cell overvoltage around 13.9v or so on each.. I'm slowly working on them to get them balanced back up.. AOLithium server rack is catching my eye right now.. Hear you may have a review on the way... :)

[@r.b.l.5841]

Great Vid, thanks. Ampere-Time changed its' name to Li-Time ??...Just in time for Sodium Cells to come online??? LOL. Will they change to SO-Time next? Hope you do a review of those new Sodium Ion Batteries, low temp will be a non-issue? High temp will be a non-issue too! Maybe. Meanwhile, Cars, engines, and Solar are my hobbies Too! keep em coming.

[@j-dawg4015]

I’m in Australia 🇦🇺 and have a 120x itechworld lithium battery. It’s 3 years old and going great. It’s on my caravan and only charge it with the caravan original battery agm charger. Does the job as the 120x battery from Western Australia I’m in New South Wales, Australia says it’s a drop in replacement lithium battery for agm charger. Cheers

[@Donn29]

The cam bearing surfaces could be polished on a lathe with long thin belt sander. It's a pretty quick job, but if they still feel smooth it's not a big deal. Most importantly, you can't have and scratches or wear that are not evenly radial around the surface, if there is, that will allow oil flow out of the hearing surface too easily. The cam caps and bearing surface in the head could be very lightly polished as well.

[@LithiumSolar]

They all feel smooth except for that one spot on the cam that has a scratch mark and I can just barely feel with my finger nail. Interestingly, there is no corresponding scratch on the bearing cap. I guess the key to polishing is not removing too much material? Not sure I'm ready to attempt that LOL.

[@Donn29]

@@LithiumSolar it's a super quick job at a machine shop. Might cost $50 or $100, but it's very simple and hard to mess up. I have experience with the 5M and 7M motors and the 7Ms are the same setup, but those cams have a Babbitt layer that gets worn thin and looks like the cams are junk, but if you polish them, they are perfect and at the high end of the allowable oil clearance. I would get those polished. If it was a car that wasn't worth anything and could be scrapped at any moment, slap it together, if you are keeping it, probably get a machine shop to grind and re setup all the valves, but at least take that scoring out.

[@stans5270]

If your piston rings line up after you aligned them correctly, your piston bore might be out-of-round. Also if ring gaps were too large, that could cause them to move. Toyota used piston rings that they described as "low friction" that might also have a tendency for the rings to creep. If this engine used them, perhaps aftermarket rings would be a better choice. Check these videos out Measuring Cylinder Bore Diameter, Out of Round, and Taper DIY CYLINDER BORE CHECK: How to measure OUT OF ROUND, TAPER, and REBORE size

[@LithiumSolar]

The gap for No1 ring is 0.25-0.35mm per the Toyota manual. Mine were around 0.40mm. I realize tolerances are super tight with engines - think that extra 0.05mm would prevent them from seating properly? I put Mahle's in, seems to be a premium replacement choice. Will check out the videos tonight, thanks for the infos! :)

[@flame7617]

NICE. What is the battery cells code on these cells? GFB?

[@LithiumSolar]

0ALCBA3510000D, There is a close-up picture of it at 3:45 in the video

[@ericklein5097]

Can you confirm/deny the rumour/assumption that LiTime/Redodo/PowerQueen are all somehow related. I think their product catalogues were identical up until a while ago when they deviated on some of the less popular options. I’m getting the names Luny Lu and Willa Zhang

[@ryan99gsr]

This battery is identical in every way to the redodo 100ah I took apart that was having issues.

[@JR-xw5dk]

What are your thoughts on the Vestwoods batteries? They have Bluetooth and low temp cutoff. The 100ah is about $250 and the 250ah is around $550.

[@LithiumSolar]

I've not used, or even heard of, the Vestwoods brand. I can't provide any useful input without buying one and breaking it open.

[@JR-xw5dk]

​@@LithiumSolarI have since looked on the DIY solar forum and I am not impressed by what I saw. I is good to see each cell, bit I question the quality I saw on one battery. I saw Will breaker one open and I thought he liked what he saw for the price. But any company can change things at any time. I do not recall the brand, but one choice was a clear case. Maybe that is what we should demand from battery assemblers? Would make for an easier battery review than this last one. With a clear case there could be plugs that could be removed to check each cell's voltage. Just a thought. If someone added another battery in parallel they might never know if they had a weak cell. Thanks for the reviews and I am glad you have a hobby you like. We need more people that can rebuild an engine. I hope your videos will inspire a lot of people. We are going to need a lot of skilled people.

[@chrisc1471]

What is the cheapest 100a lithium that has cold temperatures shut off,wanting to use for 36 v trolling mtr on boat

[@LithiumSolar]

They have a version of this with low-temp protection for a few $$ more. It also supports up to 4 in series. www.litime.com/products/litime-12v-100ah-tm-deep-cycle-lifepo4-battery-for-trolling-motors?ref=lithiumsolar

[@jamesfalvey77]

4-200ah li time batteries zero issues (4 months)

[@offgridwanabe]

Next time use a heat gun on the bottom to soften the glue lol "Oh Well" you have tore apart too many batteries to be upset. Cheers

[@LithiumSolar]

Haha, cells are still perfectly fine - will likely be rebuilding the cells to a 48V battery when I'm done playing :) They won't be wasted!

[@RimdarRanch]

I have ( 4 ) of these in the Amperetime Label, ( wired in parallel ) in my Bug-out Camper. They have been running great for the last 2 years. I also have one of the current LiTime Models in my trailer, and it hasn't had any issues. A click on my KZbin name will show my setup in my Bug-Out Camper. I just built a System for my Son using 4- 200Ah LiTime Batteries in his Squaredrop Trailer. I believe there is a video of that also on my KZbin Channel..

[@robert4027]

redodo 100 ah battery on sale Amazon 229

[@lasersbee]

Too bad they only ship to the USA.....

[@LithiumSolar]

What country are you in? They have a UK website too.

[@222branflakes]

That seems like a pretty low quality battery

[@LithiumSolar]

Really? What part of it seems low quality? Anything other than the BMS?