The Best Way To Measure Clearances In A Bottom End/ More Bad Parts For The TDI Engine Build!

I hope this video helps you guys out! Explaining how to properly measure all the clearances in the bottom end of an engine! Also i found a compression ring that is not the correct size!!
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Some tools used here:
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Micrometer Set: amzn.to/3hRVeSf
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Toyota Build List:
docs.google.com/document/d/1r...

[@manuel.p_5701]

One of the most Underrated KZbinr

[@austinniemela]

el narco de narcos _ 🙏🙏

[@bobbyburford8021]

Damn! At least he is working to fix it! That is positive for you and his business! Support business owners who provide good customer service.

[@joem2829]

Always impressed by your attention to detail good work Austin👍🏻

[@corytryon6374]

Awesome video, Thanx👊🏼 Glad your machinist is a solid guy!! Keep up the grind, it's appreciated 💯👍🏻

[@Timr45_70]

Insane precision , you are on a next level !

[@MussaKZN]

Your engine guy knows who you are and what your about, it’s in his best interest to fix his mistake! KZbin vids hang around for along time!!!!

[@jimbote1968]

i appreciate your attention to detail and your understanding and use explanation of measuring tools... the poor machine work is exactly why i DO NOT rebuild engines, period... good used goes in every time, simply cannot charge enough for a quality rebuild. I built my tdi tacoma over nine years ago using a $100 BHW shortblock that had standing water in the cylinders (surface rust? check!) and an ALH head from a hydrolocked (runaway) motor $150... just cleaned the two up and slapped em' together using a BHW head gasket. A few other things had to be done to make the BHW happy as a VE but that was over 160k miles ago and it does not use one quart @ 10k changes. More power to ya' on getting down with the minutiae of a proper rebuild....good channel, nice build.

[@austinniemela]

jimbote1968 thanks man!! Are you on the tdiforums? I’ve seen many posts from a “Jimbote”!

[@jimbote1968]

@@austinniemela yes sir...that be me. It's good to see a quality, conscientious, tdi>toy swap on youtube...keepitup!

[@austinniemela]

jimbote1968 thanks!! 👍👍

[@neil1150]

Good for the machinist, after all every one makes a a fuck up from time to time, and the measure of the man is how he responds 👍

[@austinniemela]

Exactly!!!

[@bencrosbie]

This is brilliant. can you reuse bearing bolts?

[@Dvniemela]

legend.

[@austinniemela]

Devin Niemela that’s you dawg

[@austinniemela]

Abel Harbour a couple few haha actually all of us 😂

[@thefun-v2466]

I like this method as its very accurate I also like using Plastigage. This is great tho for people that want to understand how to use these tools. Very helpful video.

[@austinniemela]

Thanks! I trust this method over plastigauge

[@xxxfffxxx55]

Hi Austin, congratulations for the great job, I learned a lot from you, I have a question: Why the machinist decided to get a new block instead of changing the liners one more time for the one that you had first? how can I decide when it’s better to change a block for another one?

[@JEREMY120983]

you gonna remake a monster truck! good job done.

[@TheAbrunqaj]

I have a 1.9 TDI Jetta 03. My engine was rebuilt and now it's throwing the oil warning. It only does it like 10-15 minutes after fully warmed up and smokes a bit more at that time and not while warming up. If the pickup is clogged or the clearnce is not correct will it trigger the warning any any operating temperature or only when it fully warms up ?

[@editz3234]

8:16 can someone explain to me why Austin says to "tilt it forward" after the bore guage was perpendicular to the walls?? Im thinking that by tilting it forawrd you would get a false reading since you are increasing the distance from point "a" and point "B" I even drew this out on autocad to see how much the distance would change and it indeeed changes.. Am i missing something here?

[@gerardcurran8664]

Just wondering if you had of assembled the engine without checking the measurements what would of happened?? Would it off run but with poor performance, failed prematurely or maybe not run atal?? Really enjoy the in depth video’s, top class👍

[@austinniemela]

I'm sure it would run just not as well as it should!

[@gordon47542]

Any luck on a new block? I've got 3 whole motors down here in southern Indiana if needed

[@austinniemela]

Yes the machine shop got me another block!!

[@That_black_mk6]

how did he screw the block up he is a machinist he does this day after day and are you confident this time the blocks gonna be ok tbh i dont know if i could this is not a rookie error

[@TheEdudo]

i had that same thought as you before many years ago, but it happens more often than you think

[@austinniemela]

nick Orourke so if it happened to you and he offered to replace the part and machine again free of charge, you would decline? He’s trying to make it right! If it doesn’t turn out again, obviously I’ll bring my work elsewhere

[@That_black_mk6]

@@austinniemela once bitten twice shy i had a reputable buisness that i was assured and seen there work would do a top notch headwork on a cylinder head to destroy my cylinder head when i asked who was gonna replace it i was told its tough luck and the head wasnt good in the first place they still took my money and still to this day refused to accept any liabilty for the damage they caused

[@ronthompson2366]

Measure measure measure... you said it... oversized ring gap .. blow by... out of round bore... ah yeah... you stated it correctly. Good shop covering the cost of his mistake... if all is good and turns out right... plug his business in return. Sounds like a torque plate is a future investment....

[@joshuazong4124]

Hey man bent my rod in mine gonna get h beam roseten rods and 2.0 pistons gonna bore and hone flatten deck and polish and inspect crank if all is well I should be good so you say I really should not trust the machine shop and do all these measurements

[@austinniemela]

Joshua Zong definetly measure everything yourself!!

[@joshuazong4124]

Austin Niemela what’s the spec clearances for crank to concerting rod piston to cylinder and profusion from deck those are the only measurements needed yes ?

[@joshuazong4124]

Meant to say and piston profusion from deck but that just dictates what gasket is needed

[@joshuazong4124]

Protrusion

[@vettepicking]

Your brother had a block messed up too. Same guy?

[@austinniemela]

vettepicking nope different shop!

[@gregh7457]

make sure he doesn't give you one of those made in china alh blocks. Machine shops have been making mistakes a long time. Back in the late 70's our local machine shop in nor cal installed the cam bearings backwards in my AMC amx motor and the mechanic assembling the motor noticed it and sent it back

[@nationalelectric6507]

They agreed they over bored the block. How does that address the eliptical cylinders. Not being a smart ass, I don't understand. Shouldn't the cylinders be round ether way?

[@ventura9513]

Gday mate,,, from memory the bores were egg shape, fatter in the middle than the top and bottom of the bore,, you're right to say they should be round after being bored on a machine,, but my guess is they honed the bores by hand which put them out of whack,, cross hatching is another prescise procedure and easy to take out more material if not being careful,

[@nationalelectric6507]

nigel hill Sounds like something a first timer Rookie like Me would do. I would expect much more from the shop.

[@ventura9513]

@@nationalelectric6507 I agree, maybe an apprentice or someone new has done it, their work wasn't checked afterwards either otherwise they would have picked this up,,, either way its gonna cost the machine shop,, new block, machining and time, but it will be a learning curve for whoever made this boo boo,,

[@austinniemela]

National Electric the taper is from too much heat while honing and he admitted it. You need to let the block cool often while honing!

[@vettepicking]

@@austinniemela the cutting oil cools the block during honing. Its easy to do and hard to mess up. I think someone messed up your brothers block also...... same guy?

[@Brave_Little_Toaster]

I thought you had a spare engine that you stuck in your shed?

[@austinniemela]

Not for this project!

[@Brave_Little_Toaster]

@@austinniemela I figured you could sell him the block. I'm unaware of what a machine shop does in the case of a fuck up... Do they get you a brand new block or just suitable replacement?

[@jprock73]

No more measuring videos!!! 😵🔫

[@TheEdudo]

LOL, the measuring videos are exactly what someone who is building his own engine needs to know. I have rebuilt two of my own engines and learnt it the hard and expensive way

[@austinniemela]

TheEdudo 👍👍👍

[@UlisesGlez26]

@@TheEdudo exactly, these videos are for learning purposes

[@user-io8bu7zs7w]

💪 💪 💪 👍 👍 👍 🇷🇺

[@christophers.4007]

machinist is definitely going to screw up the new block...

[@austinniemela]

Christopher S. Let’s think positive 👍

[@JoseReyes-lp6ok]

🇵🇦👍🇵🇦

[@EddywaKenya]

that was reckless. As an engineer you should be within tolerances! imagine how many engines get destroyed by this kind of error? Lucky you and me we go back and do our own checking the spec is right.