What does the inside of an engine with a Bad Head Gasket look like?

Ever wonder what the inside of your engine looks like? How about what a head gasket failure, an overheating motor, or a melted piston looks like? In this video I go deep inside an engine using a bore scope (endoscope) to look through the spark plug hole in my Chrysler PT Cruiser with a blown engine.

Stay tuned till the end because I show you the inside of a cylinder in my Chevy Corvette, Mercury Milan, and a Craftsman Lawnmower.

The engine had a small head gasket leak and needed some coolant every month, but nothing serious. Then one day on the highway, it overheated and by the time the driver pulled off the road, the engine blew up.

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[MattJonesYT]

You're a brave man asking the internet if they have any more ideas of how to use your borescope.

[chrisfix]

Ever wonder what the inside of your engine looks like? How about what a head gasket failure, an overheated engine, or a melted piston looks like? 
I go deep inside the engine with a mini camera to see the damage done by a head gasket leak! 

[fastrace]

Virtually everyone that I know that went out and bought a PT Cruiser during the Cruiser Fever like 10 years ago, regretted it. Most of then didn't get to 100, 000 miles with out a major engine problem and, or the transmission going out as well.

[gbin]

Great video. I'd like to see what a fuel cleaner does to all the carbon.

[IstasPumaNevada]

"We're gonna take a look inside my neighbor's Datsun, now I need to whisper here because they don't know I'm doing this..."
Kidding of course. Very neat video, great seeing some of the different types of damage that can occur.

[chrisfix]

+LittleGojira, head gasket sealer in a bottle does not work. Maybe short term, but long term it wont work and this will happen. I think the person who sold the car to me did this and after a few months the leak got worse until it gave way and the engine blew. 

[nubr]

Seeing the pt cruiser gave me a flashback to when I did my first head gasket with my pops. I miss him so much

[MorbidThrasher]

You never seize to amaze me Chrisfix, was looking through headgasket vids and this one popped up. My Cobra had a headgasket leak and i used blue devil since i only drove the car local and to work and it stopped the smoke and never overheated. Im glad it didnt destroy my bottom end. My cars in the shop and i just had a 5 angle head job on the heads they were warped btw cause my block and heads are all aluminum, while the car was down and i saved money all that time i added a bunch of mods and rebuilt my t-45 transmission plus painted engine and calipers parts while the car was down. They should be putting it all back together next week finally :)

[fattmouth]

I'm a mechanic also and your eardrum is actually kind of cool to look at

[uazap]

Been watching ChrisFix for the past 3 years and this is my first time seeing this video! Hahaha!

[ncooty]

It was nice of someone in your family to drive an over-heating engine just to give you a video topic. :)

[candyluna]

I am amazed that a man that knows so much about vehicles has a pt cruiser...I guess since you can fix it often and make videos it pays off.

[JoshKilen]

chris you should poke that borescope into a diesel engine from a construction site

[ZG.]

07:09 Damn bonus footage of a Honda Civic engine!!! Damn, kinda interesting too see :)

[GlycerinZ]

your channel is gonna blow up one day!

[BMACVAGS]

2:52 Is why water decarbonisation is better than Seafoam.

Excellent Vid Chris

[alternatedoc]

It would be nice to see if the bore scope can show the gear movement process inside of turning differentials, especially the various limited slip types.

[Loodawg]

Chris you should definitely do a video of how to fix a blown head gasket would come super helpful

[brianwoodstock]

Great job with this video. I was impressed with how thorough explanations of what viewer was seeing were. Excellent.

[johnkerr]

Very, very interesting and enjoyable to watch. I'm considering doing a steam clean on my Ford Fiesta, but would love to see footage of a before and after when an engine has been sprayed with water at temperature.