CAN WE FIX IT? 3.6L Pentastar Core Engine Teardown To Save The Family Van W/

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1.    • Towed In! Died on Highway! (Engine is...  
2.   • BIG PROBLEM! Perfect Solution ($6000 ...  

This one is a bit different! Most of you are used to finding horrendously failed engines being torn down on this channel just to salvage parts and find out what happened. In this case, this engine is being saved!
This 3.6L Pentastar V6 is from a 2011 Chrysler Town and Country with only 121k. It was replaced due to failing a leak down test for pitted valve seats, it otherwise ran just fine. I received this engine back as a core for a good engine I sold and thought it would be wasteful to dismantle for parts.
Flash forward nearly 2 years and after talking with my good friend Ray @Rainmanraysrepairs about a Van that was towed into his shop with a blown up engine, the plan started. The van, owned by the Tosi Family is one of two of their modes of transportation. As a family of 7, they are now stuck driving their Nissan NV van which isn't the best on gas. Ray and I hatched this plan to use this core engine, if viable, repair it, ship it down to Florida so Ray could install it and the family could have their van back. We are using our resources, the things we do every day, to help out this family.

Why am I doing this? My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage business and part of our model includes dismantling blown up or bad engines and selling the parts that are still good. We do not rebuild engines, merely supply parts to those who do. This is a special case where I can use parts from a previous teardown and an engine without major issues to build one good engine. Not something I do often!

I really hope you enjoyed this video and if you'd like to see the progress on this engine please subscribe to this channel and Rainmanrays channel as the entire process will be shared across both channels.

As always I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism. Catch you on the next one!

-Eric