Does Our Flood Damaged Dodge Viper have a BAD Engine? Here’s what we found Inside…

36 thoughts on “Does Our Flood Damaged Dodge Viper have a BAD Engine? Here’s what we found Inside…”

1. Don't think you get away with it this easy but it has the reputation being a simple engine to work on.
   Don't know what the owners plans for this car are but removing the heads and replacing bearings probably most logical thing to do

2. Use evaporator rust from Harbor freight

3. Pull the engine apart walnut blast it and then dip it a ultrasonic cleaner!!!! I wish you luck with it tho 👍

4. spray the cylinders with wd40 and while wet turn it over by hand a few revolutions' the what you are seeing is more than likely mud. I've seen this in a bunch of sunk boats. There is a better than not chance that motor will fire right up and all that crud with burn off and shoot right out the exhaust valve. I have done this with quite a few marinized 6.2s (equally expensive to a viper longblock) The intake manifold will more than likely be hiding a bunch more mud and debris . Im always shocked at how much dirt gets in. getting the motor fired up and comply up to temp is the only way to stop rust in an engine this is why oil temps should not be below the boiling point of water adv 230*. Every time you run an engine you are boiling all the built up moisture off. Corrosion X will be your friend. If you want to find local help. Find someone who deals with sunk wake boats in your area. We see them alot….

5. Hit drain pressure cleaner in there.

6. We get it you guys would pull the heads , stfu it’s not your car 😂💀

7. pull, clean, assess and replace worn bearing surfaces, reassemble

8. Power washer or steam!💨 or jest spin it over it should be fine

9. Take of the heads.

10. Can someone explain to me why he hasn't pulled the engine appart already for a good proper cleanup?

11. Vinegar

12. Have you considered soda blasting. I have been experimenting with it as you can blast body panels.without warping them. Water will dissolve the baking soda. Just an off the wall idea.

13. That car was a big waste of money. To fix it correctly would cost more than this car will ever be worth………Any place that salt water touched the metal it will rust if not properly cleaned. The engine can be rebuilt but removing the body off the car and checking out the wire harness connectors. All the computer modules…..Lot of time and a lot of money………

14. In my opinion, you should take off the heads, clean the valves, the cylinders, hone them out (or however you say that), clean out the intake, the injectors, pour some ATF in the cylinders and keep it there for about 3 days. Then slowly start moving the crankshaft pulley.

15. That’s awesome that you most likely know what happened now! Would be nice to be able to see accident video from any vehicle with cameras onboard!

16. My question is, is this video from 5/7/2021 as shown on the camera views or sam didnt set the dates on that scope

17. @

18. LS swap it, better solution. lol

19. CLR would do a good job disolving rust

20. it's toast,
    if that's the top what is the bottom with all the bearings going to look like?

21. Pulling the heads makes the most sense. I will also say, when we have cooling systems filled with rust and silicate we use cummins restore plus coolant flush. Smells like sulfuric acid and rips through the super rusty trucks

22. Vinegar

23. It’s clearly got sand in the cylinders. Apple cider vinegar for a couple days will make a rusty motorcycle tank shine.

24. For all that stuff price you can pay little boy to remove heads and clean that dirt

25. Pull the motor and do a rebuild!! You have to check the main bearings and rod end bearings!! Rebuild the motor and stop wasting your time!!

26. How much of an idiot do you have to be to even think this experiment would get cylinders clean enough? Waste of time

27. Use vinegar. It's what I use to free up stuck engines and works every time.

28. Def pull the heads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

29. Sam you could try CHEM TOOLS. These products are used on 40 CHANNEL.

30. Marvel mystery oil – I have used it for all kinds problems

31. walnut blaster from harbor freight very cheap and walnut wont damage the engine

32. Pull the heads and oil pan. Check everything and thoroughly clean. Any grit (sand) rust and so on with destroy engine if not right away eventually.

33. So, before pulling the heads or the whole motor, consider agitation. If you can get a couple of tubes into the spark plug hole, one being supply, one being return, connect them to a pump, like an aquarium pump or something like it. Just run the evaporust through the cylinder for some period of time. Sort of flushing each cylinder. Plus, if you can run the tubes through a cork to seal the spark plug hole, you could actually fill up the combustion chamber with the fluid, to give it a good soak. Might work enough to get rid of the bad deposits, enough to then maybe turn it over. But, lets face it, unless you take the motor apart, never going to be really right. Good luck.

34. Engine is toast I knew the block would be rusty cus I’ve messed with auction shit boxes forever

35. You can also dilute evaporust and it still does a killer job

36. Toilet bowl cleaner.. I use it for gas tank rust all the time

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