Can this Fiat 500 be saved from the scrap yard?

It's time for a new project! This Fiat 500 TwinAir has a blown engine. It's a car that has sentimental value for me and the missus, so we don't want to see it ending up in the scrap yard.
Can the funky little Fiat be saved from salvage?
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[@naomibriff]

Oh poor Tina…she’s such a state. I’m a much better driver these days…promise!!! 😂

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

😂 😅

[@nickshootsminis]

Congrats on the engagement you guys!

[@tayeriley976]

These engines have variable valve timing, the inlet valves work from the oil pressure rather than the cam. If you had pretty low oil pressure the inlet valves would stop operating properly. Adding oil prob fixed the problem

[@alan6832]

If you want to learn and are prepared to replace the engine, you should have gone ahead and taken it apart, both to learn and perhaps fix what is wrong and because each piece can be lifted out by hand with no hoist. Though if Tayer... is right, then the only problem might be the original oil leak and the fix might just be a seal replacement, though some oil seals are hard to get to, so some learning disassembly anyway. Or just keep driving it, perhaps with towing insurance, and mind the oil level. Either way, if it doesn't work out, that would have been the time to get the used engine. However, I think I did see extra steam and water from the exhaust so I suspect head gasket, which is a job you could do yourself. Mustie1 even sanded down the high spots on a warped head by hand, without a planer. But now that you already have an engine I suppose it makes sense to go ahead and put it in, then either store, overhaul or sell the old one. With full disclosure you can ethically sell an engine in any condition.

[@aaronbensi9723]

Take pics of everything.. Gets you out of trouble . Get the turbo serviced.. You did the right decision on the motor...

[@adamsdrives]

Looks like the reservoir may have overflowed at some point so I'm guessing the pink is dried and crystalized coolant. Proud of you for taking on another big project. Keep it up!

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Thanks, Adam. Have to keep pushing for maximum learning!

[@JDSGARAGE27]

I can imagine that VVT (variable valve timing) was slightly out of time. Also hydraulic lifters pushed all oil out causing valves didn’t open. The blue smoke was caused by the oil passing by the piston rings when the valves were closed and it caused vacuum in the combustion chamber. Oil top up/change would more likely sort the issue because there was just enough oil to keep the engine running and lubricated. As soon as you floor it, it lost oil, emptied lifters, moved VVT… Possibly lost oil for couple seconds but wouldn’t cause a catastrophic failure of the engine. Sorry if this comment is not the answer what you found when you pull the engine out. I just found this series and it is awesome you are not afraid to get your hands dirty.

[@antonia4722]

Ive spent so much of my life in this position..laying under a car with crap falling in my eyes swearing! Well done you! x

[@Parknest]

Changing the engine is definitely the best course of action and is within your abilities. Don't throw anything away until the car is fully reassembled and working. You never know what you might need. You will need to flush your cooling system once it is back together again. A new clutch would be a good idea too. Don't even think about leaving the gearbox in situ. Separating the gear box and reuniting it with the engine is a LOT easier with it all out of the engine bay.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Thanks for the advice bud 🙌🏻

[@simonupton-millard]

Know this is an old video but just been served it by the KZbin Algorithm and you just gained a sub like repair videos esp showing normal people not professionals find I learn more watching

[@kevinthacker8349]

Enjoy this way you go with leanings as you go. Reminds me of how I learnt about cars. Eyes down here I go.

[@thadmachia9873]

What a stinking bummer but so happy to hear the plans! Looking forward to seeing the poor girl looking great again! Keep on keeping on!

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Good to have you on board, Thad 👍🏻

[@nickshootsminis]

Came for the Mini (back in December?), staying for the Fiat. Loving watching your journey into fixing up cars mate - honest, well filmed and great commentary. Learning lots with you.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Thank you, bud - really appreciate you hanging around 🙌🏻

[@Dylan-my2fe]

Bro, I found your channel yesterday on my recommended and I'm already hooked. Would love to see more cars!!

[@chrisburn7178]

Warrior PU gloves from eBay sellers are the best. Thin enough to feel (I do a lot of cycle mechanics as well and they're good for tiny bike parts) but you can reuse them loads and don't rip. Eventually the tip of the index finger wears but takes a while. Not expensive for several pairs.

[@Enix69]

Oil starvation for the twin air is no good. No oil no pressure to push the valve open, may check the uniair module. Those engines need 0w30 fresh oil and always at the right level. The leak may be the turbo oil hoses. Do a flush of the engine oil and new 0w30 with the correct specifications. I worked on many multiar engines.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Thanks for that info, Eric. I did read the other day about the specific type of oil these engines need, so will be sure to get some and make sure she's running sweet

[@keithhooper6123]

As it's an older car,I would drain the oil,fill and run with flushing oil,drain,add correct oil and low friction additive,and see how it goes,before deciding on next step.

[@yotest3697]

oh lol, I just did that a couple days ago. I have a Jeep whose engine was busted, similar situation. I also replaced the engine. Works great now.

[@7eis]

Wild guess about the key scrape in the paint: was it parked for a long time in an area it never did before? People end up feeling they own the public roads in front of their house and will do stupid shit if they get inconvenienced, especially if the car in their was is clearly never driven.

[@paulthaxter-noble1789]

Good way to save using a load of bags is get a box for storing screws in. You can then reuse. Then you just put a bit of paper in with details. 👍🏼

[@tonyrepairs5558]

Congrats on the engagement. You have another fun project. I would deffo look at the twin air and cam as it could be part of your problem. Also, the common fail on tye door handle is the small hinge that fails. I have one you can have and I will post to you completely free.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Thanks, Tony. That's a very kind offer. I think the new door I've bought has a handle already, but if it doesn't then I'll give you a shout 👍🏻

[@matthewjenkins1161]

Assuming it is working, engines don't "just cut out" due to oil starvation, without first illuminating the oil pressure warning light. When you turn the key to switch the ignition on in most cars, three red lights illuminate, just to let you know they are working. Those being for electrical charge, oil pressure and handbrake/ brake warning. If they ever fail in good times, they need to be fixed before the bad times.

[@captainseadog7600]

If you have small leak in engine block (blown gasket) on cold start it might not have blown gasket but once heat up it will or vice verse it depends where crack is

[@DeanofMachines]

This is what i dealt with my tdi. Engine failure and wanting to sell but dont want to pass the problem on

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Good man. It's the right thing to do.

[@matthewwilson4607]

Before tearing Tina apart too far I suggest checking oil quantity and quality as these twinair engines rely on oil pressure to open the inlet valves. the last one i had with low compression was just low oil level. Hope this is useful.

[@mikep490]

I believe you are thinking of the Multiair, which uses high pressure engine oil to open the intakes. The intake cam is replaced by a "brick". A cam follower opens a hydraulic valve to feed oil, then the ECU pulses a pair of hydraulic/electric valves to open intake valves, as needed. Twinair has 2 overhead cams, from all I've seen in photos/vids.

[@tayeriley976]

Pretty sure the twinair works on this system too

[@redzed40]

Good shout with the anti-freeze 😺

[@alan6832]

The pink might be dried coolant.

[@londoncentral]

Oh look at that Supercharged Mini you drove past Nino 😉👍

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Haha. Took him for a spin earlier - so much fun

[@daveffs1935]

I'd say its a valve rather than piston rings. You motioned getting crap in the engine if you pull it apart, I do my work outdoors, what i do is tape across any open ports, cylinders ect.

[@basil30]

Just started following loving the content. Reminds me when had proper street mechanics growing up. Dad was always in his oily jeans

[@ewanstewart8011]

Looked fairly simple to do with a lot of room around the engine 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

[@rickydub6950]

I was going to reply "get an engine" early on in the video; glad i didn't as that was your plan all along 😎 look forward to seeing you getting stuck into this 👍

[@SBanderaB]

@7:23 that metal part hanging off the exhaust is the exhaust.

[@nathancamenzuli3329]

We had a fiat 500 in my workplace last summer, the lady who drove it didn’t realise it overheated and kept driving the car, the car sometimes misfires and idles very strangely but after a new intake manifold she runs, barely!

[@tariqkhan185]

King! Love your videos. Love your humble and honest character that shows through. I had similar issues. Dents in door and wing from a hit and run. Handle etc. Also had power loss issues. Couldn't get it out of the lidl underground carpark without gathering enough speed to slingshot up the incline. Felt like captain kirk when I made it. Mine ended up having a Leaky diff and needed a new gearbox. Cost of labour and parts in excess of value. Part exed it with known issues for something Korean. F. I. A. T. = Fix it again, tomorrow.

[@Beetlefan]

Crystallised pink stuff is coolant, maybe just needs a new reservoirs cap, good luck 👍

[@X-boomer]

In your position for maximum learning I would definitely have bought the Hayes Manual and followed the directions for engine removal

[@kennyW001]

I’m like you. Driveway, Halford tools etc the thought of stripping down an engine in my garden (while fun) gives me anxiety. My skill is limited to servicing, brakes etc and the good old mechanics shrug of the shoulders: 🤷‍♂️ Great channel!

[@lesrogers7310]

I think you've made a wise decision. As you've said, you don't have the facilities to strip, diagnose and repair the old engine. As those 500s are common, you should be able to get a bumper 'in colour' from a breakers, same thing with the door. I love this stuff and will be watching with keen interest.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Black Fiat 500s are a dime a dozen compared to purple R53 Minis haha. Hopefully this one will go smoothly 👍🏻

[@leeopenshaw9302]

They are a great little engine my mrs has had a twin air 500about 4 years great car

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Yeah I’ve done many miles in this car and I think it’s brilliant. It does a million miles to the gallon and absolutely loves having the nuts revved off of it 😅

[@motorart4670]

Congratulations on the engagement

[@stopneverstop]

cuts and cuts.....martin a bloke in america who shows how to do maintenance on RVs, wears what looks like an old sock with the toes cut out and a side hole cut. this gives him protection for arms, wrists, back of hand.....just a thought.

[@MichaelCzajka]

Try bonding a lubricant to the metal inside your engine so that lubrication is always present and oil starvation can never occur. A minor cost would have saved you a major expense and a lot of time. :-)

[@paultaylor9652]

Lovely Jubbly, nice to see you've learnt from your inexperience, basically that's what's it's all about. Keep the the great videos coming, and has someone nicked your house number off the floor of your parking space.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Thanks, Paul. Nobody robbed it - I removed it for privacy and all it ended up doing is making it more noticeable 😂😂

[@kwinterburn]

Without oil it wouldn't set the valve timing and could leave the valve standing open hence no compression , as it runs , put in a oil flush , run it , change the oil and filter , run it for a couple of weeks and do it again see how you go , if it knocks then look further , but you need to get rid of the muck in the engine without tacking it to bits , change the oil ...

[@ChrisHealey-q2i]

I can hear my dads words of years ago Boy make sure you check the fluids once a week.. Wise words I have stuck to.

[@ianopenshaw8643]

read up on how the twin air cam and valve actuation system works.

[@icannotbeseen]

My 500e is called Paolo 😅 absolutely understand the sentimental attachment lol only started the video, let’s hope Tina got better 💪

[@kingfornjot]

Vice grip garage called them poverty caps to lol . great video thanks for sharing the

[@ericafiore1624]

Pistons have small oil ways to lubricate the rings and small piston bearings spraying oil back to the sump. My guess it took a while for the oil to start lubricating the rings.

[@andreitrif8068]

I am 10 minutes in. If it did not have compression and then has it one reason would be an electricaly operate cilinder head ( The valves are not mechanically timed but rather controlled by the ECU ).

[@mick7425]

Can't wait for the video's on the 500 going to be good ones.have fun m8

[@damienoneill4355]

Right decision Nino. These are cheap cars and there are a lot of them being broken fir parts. Thank the 1.2 is s better engine...if lacking a bit of poke. Congratulations on your engagement as well 👍

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Thanks, Damien 🎉 The 1.2 is certainly a less complex engine not having a turbo etc.

[@alan6832]

The bolt bags are a good idea but I also, whenever possible, screw bolts back in after I remove the things they were holding, just so I know where they go.

[@acelectricalsecurity]

I wouldn't mind betting the person who keyed the car probably lives in the house where it was parked out side for several months, you could have got an endoscope to look inside the engine, to see what had been going on, they are quite cheap, pink crystal stuff probably coolant.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Pretty sure their car got keyed too, but now I’m gonna have to go and get all Poirot on them because you’ve sowed a seed haha.

[@szakeetm]

Good to see that in the UK it's ok to pick a car apart on a semi-public driveway. In Switzerland a neighbor would call the cops within 20 seconds. Once I was threatened with the cops by a local Karen for checking the oil level on the dipstick.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Wait, I don’t understand… what crime had you committed lol

[@szakeetm]

@@NotEconomicallyViable In France and Switzerland you're not allowed to fix a car on the street, and it's a ticketable offence. You're "degrading the image of the neighborhood" or some reasoning like that :)

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

@@szakeetm 😲 got to be better than leaving a car broken down on the side of the road covered in moss though haha

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Looking at the age of the houses there probably is a local rule saying you can’t work on a car, however it does need someone to get annoyed, care enough to complain and also know who to complain to.

[@giovannifoulmouth7205]

I live in Aargau and I was planning on fixing my car in the parking lot in fornt of my apartment building but now you got me scared. Life is already uber expensive here and I was thinking I can save some money by fixing the car myself.

[@royjenkins9681]

Such a great looking cute car.

[@simonbaldwin69]

I discovered your channel a day ago, like it muchly, I have subscribed. Ok no there definitely shouldn’t be any oil in the intercooler, it’s either the crankcase ventilation system which is easy to sort or the turbo is fubarred, the pink crystals is coolant, and looking at the staining around the header tank, it has definitely overheated at some point, so I reckon that’s the reason the engine failed, overheated and loosing oil into the intercooler, I personally think the oil leak is a red herring, if you lost that much oil on the outside, you will see evidence on the ground for sure. However you have probably worked all this out now as this video is a month old! Oh congratulations by the way, keep these videos coming 👍

[@markevns9983]

I'd be thinking of moving your garden gate to the back of the garden so you can open the gate next to your table. Good luck with the new project

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

I think about that most days. Unfortunately, it’s a rented house 😐

[@md-detailing]

Congrats on and your MRS Nino! Great and interesting video as always :D

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Appreciate that bud 👍🏻

[@williammatthews9131]

Well done on taking on baby fiat, bear in mind you now have an ideal situation for learning.....swap over all ancillaries to "new" engine, then when everything is bolted back in and running....you can use old engine as learning aid... strip it down in your spare time... find out what went wrong...you can't make it any worse, and it may bolster your confidence to work on other engines...at end of day it's just a collection of parts and bolts/screws etc....simple 👍nice to see you are using named bags for bolts etc.... oh and i also hate wearing gloves when working on car/aeroplane...no feel..but each to their own. Good luck.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

That’s some solid advice, William. I may well take this broken engine apart and have a good root around. If people are interested in seeing that I could make a video out of it too

[@moski322]

Clicked on this video by accident now I’m a subscriber😂 can’t wait to see part 2

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Haha welcome on board!

[@mcspooney]

Orange gripper nitrile gloves. Fantastic. I hate wearing them aswel but I can get away with nitrile gloves cos there so thin. Pinks spots are coolant and in future do a leak down test first before jumping to engine replacements.

[@neiltitmus9744]

Cut the end off the thunb and index finger down to the second knuckle and the gloves will probably be ok also get thinner gloves it will stop the little scrapes and burns im a plumber and i find it works quite well like that

[@rickydub6950]

You will get a bit of "blow by" oil residue in the intercooler on any turbo car 👍

[@FernandoArantesBarbosa]

Intake valves of multiair/twinair engines are actuated via oil pressure instructed by cam/selenoid valve. Likely the oil starvation left one valve partially opened justifying the low compression in one cylinder. When fill with oil to normal levels the distribution system back to normal and compression reappears. Probably nothing wrong with the engine and oil consumption maybe related to some leaks, pcv valve malfunction, damaged turbo compressor, etc.

[@littlebigmatt]

Take a look at the Muc-off mechanics gloves, enough to stop knuckle scrapes but thin enough you’ve still got some dexterity

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

You know what I think I actually have a pair of those knocking about somewhere. Great shout - they’re brilliant gloves

[@muffindell]

Pink crystals will be antifreeze residual, oil in intercooler is a knackered turbo seal. Coolant colour is rusty, it's not been changed as per manufacturers recommend timings

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Cheers, Matthew. I need to take a closer look at why this coolant is such a dodgy colour

[@philparkes-1]

Nice looking car @ 2:36 👍

[@MyJon64]

A lot of modern coolant is red colour now. It looks fine to me. It's not ideal to find oil in the intercooler but it's quite normal in higher mileage cars! Just wash it out with "Gunk" it should be OK

[@marcoattard7095]

Hi, thanks for your video very interesting, the pink dots is water coolant for sure

[@markmawson1]

Pink crystal stuff is probably dried antifreeze as for the engine there is no need at all to remove any subframe or driveshafts just undo all the bellhousing bolts and slide the motor to the left and it will separate from the gearbox all you need to do is support the gearbox before separating them

[@MyJon64]

It only half an engine, you've got the right idea, the engine just falls out from the front. The hard part for me was removing the 3 bolts holding on the starter motor.

[@normanstephens5391]

Hi Nino. Congratulations to you both. Your doing the right thing (taking the engine out 🤣🤣). Take a look at Love 500 Channel, all he repairs are categorised repairs to Fiat 500's. You will pick up a lot of helpful tips on nearly all you may come across during your work on this project. Not sue if he has footage on replacement engines ?? but look anyway. He also lives near a Flight Path and birds flying overhead, causing interruptions. My only worthy input about the engine flush remember the heater matrix inside the car will need a flush also not just the radiator/engine. See you in the next one. 👍👍

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Hi Norman, thanks for all that 👍🏻 Gonna check out that channel. I didn't think about flushing the heater matrix... adding it to the list!

[@HCrawf]

F*** hell Nino...that didn't take long! Welcome back💪🏻 and congratulations on the engagement Gloves: nitrile gloves are great disposable gloves for oily stuff etc, but I use MaxiFlex non-disposable gloves for just generally dirty (but not oily/coolant/greasy stuff etc) - really durable Oil in intercooler - yes normal to a certain extent - as in a light coating on the inside of the intercooler pipes, but shouldn't be dripping out Rusty looking coolant could have come from an old, internally-rusted (but still intact) radiator, or coolant could just be degraded. Definitely flush rad (out of the car helps) before starting new engine though. Won't take you long.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Haha it’s been waiting in the wings for ages. Will check those gloves out - tried a few pairs at this point and none have been very good. Looks like a radiator flush is definitely on the cards 👍🏻

[@Mistermister56774]

Congratulations! Your misses is hot! She's a keeper. Pink stuff is dry coolant. Turbo is kaput! Due to oil starvation. Then it pukes the remainder out into the intercooler. The oil leak is probably the root cause. Agree best to replace it and have a play with the old one. Do a strip down video on the old engine. To see the damage. We'll done for not being put off flipping. You got balls!

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Haha cheers mate - a keeper for sure! Thanks for that info on the turbo. If people are interested in an engine tear down I’ll happily oblige 👍🏻

[@rickydub6950]

Gloves are a pain, vinyl ones when its footery, then ones like your red pair on when there is risk of injury or impact 😂 even sling them on top of the vinyls then off again..

[@mikkomantyla5528]

probably the valve stuck when the oil pressure was low? the piston ring might also get stuck sometimes? the oil indicator light sensor must be broken if the light didn't come on?

[@leeopenshaw9302]

The pink like crystals is coolant

[@viperwizard491]

coolant contain mostly water and Ethylene glycol (as antifreeze) and in some cases anticorosion compounds

[@terrortorn]

Time to photograph all the linkages and electrical plugs before you take them apart so you can reference where they get attached on the new engine.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Great shout!

[@georgemccabe3522]

With regard to your comment about irreparable damage to the cylinders due to the unseated piston rings - this isn’t really the case. Most modern cars have alloy blocks and the cylinders themselves are actually liners. The liners can be pulled and replaced, saving the need to replace the entire block. This is something that was borrowed from marine engine technology. Seems to me though that dealerships either haven’t been told or just don’t bother to do that when something like this happens, because I’ve heard quite a few stories from several people in a similar situation and the dealers have simply told them the engine needs replacing. I have no idea why they would decide to do that when there is what I would guess must be a cheaper alternative.

[@oldgit1091]

And you can leave gearbox in I've done it on a mini cooper s👍

[@oldgit1091]

Sometimes you do get oil in intercooler

[@anthonyhawkins9239]

Great progress 👍, engine swap best idea 👍

[@SimonWeeks-f9d]

when Replacing brake flexy pipe use a small vice grips this then you don;t have to bleed the brake so much and the same for fuel pipe

[@TheMartywall]

Get yourself a box of neoprene gloves mate, they are like surgical gloves that are oıl and fuel resistant and don’t effect your touchy/feel so much. Also good for protecting against any harmful chemicals and stave off skin irritations associated with them.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Trouble with them is that they only last one minute because I’m always having to put my hands on the tarmac and push myself up

[@derekgb3780]

Pink staining is pink antifreeze residue. I would guess that car has not had the best of servicing in the past?

[@braveheart196]

Always amazes me how they carnt make a good engine how long do they need

[@keimpetjeerdvanderwal6422]

if you put a number (1, 2, 3, 4, etc, on the bag that makkes it easier too assemble

[@johnsettaz8888]

Alrite pal that fact there seems to be a lot of oil in the intercooler says to me that the turbo maybe goosed also ......when you get the turbo off I would check for play on the shaft 😉😉

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Thanks for that, John. Couple of people now have mentioned that the turbo may have died a death, so I think I'm gonna have to do some investigation into it. Will check for play on the shaft 👍🏻

[@treaclesmith]

Thats the oil return from turbo 👍

[@jonbell2305]

Just seen this video the red stuff in the coolant is wonder weld it's a head gasket repair in a bottle. Hence why it had compression then never. As it was fixing itself. Don't know if anyone else has commented what it is. But 100% sure

[@kwinterburn]

Changing the engine isn't too bad a job

[@andrewbocho3896]

Also take photos before dismantling.

[@MrRobMetal]

i know its too late for this comment but heres some info on fiat. on newer engines such as the Twin air, there is only an exhaust camshaft, the inlet camshaft is replaced by a oil valvebody that opens and closes the cylinder intakevalves with oil pressure. this is the Multi-air system. pretty clever system, as youre not bound by a set camshaft lobe to open the valves, thats why these engines make a lot of power for their size. These multi-air systems go bad, and then youre left without compression because the intake valves stay closed. and the other moment the engine runs fine yes Koenigsegg is busy boasting about their camshaft-less engines,, meanwhile Fiat group has them on the road for well over a decade..

[@robbalinski1606]

pistons have oil scraping rings under the compression rings, they scrap the oil off the cylinders and the piston moves down so your piston rings see very little oil period in healthy running condition. Having no oil does damage to everything else before the rings go out. bearing's your cam, your turbo those will take the damage before the piston rings

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Good to know

[@danieleaton1399]

Those prices for repairs are expensive I use a bloke that would door that door for 150 and all that pink stuff is antifreeze also looks like has over heated at some point due to that colour of it

[@josephjohnstone7667]

Possibly could be worth looking at the turbo and PCV. There is definitely way too much oil in that intercooler 😂

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

I think you’re onto something there haha

[@josephjohnstone7667]

@@NotEconomicallyViable I hope so! Can't wait to see what the cause is 😁

[@stuart121972]

Given the amount of oil in the intercooler I think you are probably going to need a replacement turbo. I think you’ve gone down the best route by sourcing a replacement engine. At the beginning of lockdown I had a Fiat Fiorino van that suffered from a failed oil pump. The garage thought the quickest option to get me back on the road was to repair it so they replaced the pump and fitted a new timing chain but the engine was knocking like crazy so obviously a bearing had failed due to oil starvation. They ended up having to source a replacement engine in the end and waived the cost of the original repair. I was lucky to get it done at the time, due to lack of customers mine was the last job before they shut down and furloughed the staff for a good few weeks.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Oh wow that’s quite the repair job in the end. And there’s nothing worse than having a work vehicle off the road

[@a___________r414]

The pink residue may be corrosion of the aluminum casting components, as the alloy is usually recycled and the composition is AlSi9Cu3 ... copper components (3%) are responsible for the corrosion. The copper comes from wiring harnesses when recycled and cannot be separated. More expensive alloys have only 1% or 0.1% copper components. But normally AlSi9Cu3 is good enough!

[@jonb8241]

Pink residue looks to be dried up coolant... maybe a leak on the Radiator which is spraying on the underside of the engine. Defo looks like the car has overheated at some point as looks to be coolant spillage around the header tank. Whilst the 'Replacement engine ' is out of the car, for the cost of a Cam Belt (cheap as chips) i would recommend you change it... you have piece of mind and far easier to do whilst its not in situ .... look forward to the videos.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Thanks for that, Jon 👍🏻