Citroën Mehari/2CV | Will The Engine Work?

[@kevinnye5132]

Seppo your so lucky to have 2 compression gauges and NEVER EVER dropped either one lol 😂, I saw nothing 😉👌🏻

[@steveosshenanigans]

What is said in the Workshop ……stays in the Workshop

[@johnwaga3702]

I love 2CV engines, so cleverly designed and my favourite sounding engine!! The Lamborghini Miura’s V12 runs it a close second.

[@SeasideGarage]

I think my stress levels drop slightly when I hear that noise!

[@JasperV70-205CT-BX]

Haha such an deception when the compression tester blew away. Thanks for the video Seppo! Great content

[@konradgroenbech]

Good to see you are back on the Mahari. I.m the proude owner of two 2cv. I have learnt a lot on your previous video's about 2cv engines. After some time with the more complicated cars it must be nice to be back on the more simple stuff. You are brilliant, and I love to follow your channel. I found your channel for years back on a search for 2cv, but you have been giving me so much more entertainment from your other projects.

[@harryharker9564]

great to be back on A series eh Seppo. these are the love of my life(don't tell the wife)

[@andressequeira9932]

Muy bueno Roberto, veo mucho trabajo, esfuerzo y dolor de espalda, te mando un abrazo grande y cuídate espero con ansias nuevos videos, te felicito quedó muy bueno el taller

[@chrissmith7655]

Hi Seppo, enjoyed the video and love the Smurf Hat, Many thanks from Nr Liverpool UK, see you soon.

[@topspoke]

"Now I have one compression tester..." 😂

[@SeasideGarage]

Woops

[@darrenwilson8042]

when I did an engine swap ( then a clutch I know I know why didn't I do both at the same time ) I found that standing on the front of the chassis and bouncing it then on the down bounce if you lifted you could lift an engine out and rest it where you stood for removal. And I am not a big guy it was just technique. They are cars you can fix by the roadside with a knife and fork as I once read.

[@SeasideGarage]

Clever! Yea if I had to choose a car to have a breakdown with in the middle of nowhere, it would be a 2cv for sure! even IF it was a mental one... :P

[@foamyflightmaster9385]

Very interesting, keep the motivation high.. following along happily

[@TMKUCN]

Thanks for sharing your endeavours with us. I appreciate the wish to entertain, however, rule no. 1, when rebuilding a 2CV engine is : never, ever turn it. Rust from the manifold often falls into the combination chamber and it, as Im sure you know, ruins the piston and cylinder. If you take it apart gently you can sometimes save the pistons and cylinder. Looking forward to the next episode, thanks for sharing. Kind regards Thomas, certified méhari freak 😎❤️😊🤘🏼

[@SeasideGarage]

Well.. there where no rust scales in the manifold... but you are right it happens.. But I have revived many 2cv engines and this is the first time this happens.. so yea its wise to take it apart before turning it, but very often it´s not needed. The safe thing to do would be as you describe.

[@kennethjackson7574]

I saw one of the steel-bodied ones (made in Cyprus, if I recall correctly) at a Home Despot a few years ago.

[@vasilisdx1]

alfa romeo used the same breaking patern but with disks not drums. they where prone to overheating though

[@gravydavy4188]

Love the comedy moment. 😂

[@seeayesix2817]

Great with some Mehari content again :)

[@jeffreylunger]

I wish 2CVs were available in the US. I'd love to restore one, but they're very rare and the ones that are here tend to be already restored and very expensive

[@kennethjackson7574]

I saw one on a freeway about ten years ago. Brave soul, driving something with the side impact resistance of a laundry basket on a freeway.

[@DadGamingLtd]

That 11:50 moment i felt that...

[@ferguscosgrave7510]

A long time coming thanks

[@WCKD.]

Nice to see some engine work. Btw, congrats on the new king!

[@dodgydruid]

Quite sobering my 1984 Vespa T5 has 3 more horsepower than the original 2CV's O.o Sadly I missed out playing with the Royal Navy's fleet which had disappear a couple years before I got involved, they were primarily used as flight deck transport on Fleet and Commando carriers like Bulwark and Albion, utilised as well on land for reasonably fast transit of scouts or communications as the car could be carried in pairs from the carrier to the beachhead without straining the helicopters. I did see the British built 2CV's are somewhat sought out by collectors being built a bit more robust than their French cousins.

[@TheKristianholst]

To be honest i ways hoping for a rebuild, because it would make a interesting video 😍

[@perolsen3813]

Tak for endnu en god video, og dejligt at se Mehari igen. Kan godt se på dig at du egentlig hellere ville skrue på Saab. ha.ha.

[@twocvbloke]

Well, despite the issues with the piston rings, I think that engine seemed to be okay, of course that's just from an outside observation, goodness knows what's gone on inside the engine from standing so long, plus whatever it may have gone through in its' past life, worth a teardown at the very least, and at most, a rebuild would be fun to watch, cos despite all the years of vicariously living through others' videos on the ol' ducks, I've never seen a DIYer do a full 2CV engine rebuild... :D

[@SeasideGarage]

Yea... I am slighty worried about the moisture in the oil... :)

[@twocvbloke]

@@SeasideGarage Having seen that Jennings Motorsports fella revive engines with veritable swimming pools in their oil sumps, I'm sure this'll be fine... :P

[@delukxy]

Old Nuts Garage is good for down to earth CV engine rebuilds. He has done the 425 and 602. Also seperate videos on ancillaries.

[@maxeluy]

2cv engines are beautiful 😌

[@thsnielsen7570]

Tak for en underholdende Citroen kanal! Jeg har en lille kommentar til tændingssystemet, stemplerne er i top samtidigt, der er gnist hver gang de er i top, altså også i udstødnings takten. Takterne skifter sådan at når den ene cylinder tænder, har den anden udstødnings takt. Der er ikke nogen gnist når stemplet er i bund. 😊

[@SeasideGarage]

Ja du har helt ret.. og det vidste jeg jeg egentlig også godt! den smuttede vist lige. Tak!

[@robwaring3248]

No watched yet, but i reckon almost certainly. It might need new pistons, rings, plugs, leads, carb and block, but it'll run

[@SeasideGarage]

spot on!

[@Brigidz]

I didn't see you drop the compression tester.

[@SeasideGarage]

I didn´t!

[@dDoOyYoOuUtTuUbBeE]

The compression dropped, not the tester. I was just sipping my coffee, saw nothing.

[@grumpy2.0]

So in less than 24hrs I've watched 2 videos of citreons running without exhausts. What's the odds?

[@KirksAudioSanctum]

What year is your 2CV? Also are you going to make it the latest one or keep it as the same date? Many questions only because I make the coffee now!

[@SeasideGarage]

its a 1975 Mehari :) No plans for upgrades... Thanks for the coffee!

[@KirksAudioSanctum]

@@SeasideGarage You are too fast I'm still watching the video. You just broke your pressure gauge... No you didn't! More coffee required.

[@DrZoidbergism]

Jaguar did that as well with the Breaks inside

[@_zzpza]

"i totally didn't drop it!" lol :D

[@netzwerk-werkstatt332]

Come on. Make an upgrade with the bigger pistons 😉

[@leneanderthalien]

Not with an engine like this one which seems to have been 20 years at the back of the garden... For this you need tho have a crankshaft in perfect condition (or new) and not only the piston but cylinders+ pistons because the cylinders cannot be overbore...i convert myself my 602cc (29hp, on 2cv6) engine, to 652cc (~35hp), and a carburetor from a Visa...

[@tomicarr90]

I certainly did not see the test gauge fall to the floor. No sir, not at all 😅

[@SeasideGarage]

I never drop any tool!

[@tomicarr90]

Nope, never seen it 😅 love what you do though! Really great to watch 🙂

[@milanbauer4226]

It wasnt good idea to tun It. 😀

[@SeasideGarage]

Yea ... well... it turned over very easy by hand... But something must have been lurking in there... hindsight is 20/20

[@grayfool]

Shame. Then, as you say, not too expensive or tricky.