Worst Engines Of All Time

THE WORST ENGINES OF ALL TIME! Today we're talking some of the least reliable, poorly engineered engines if all time. Engines that frankly, you'd have to be a complete idiot to buy!
These engines are unreliable, undesirable GARBAGE (mostly)

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[Gerisheng]

These engines all are known to fail badly, but how about a companion video? This one would be engines that don't necessarily kill themselves, but are so bad to live with that you wish they would. I suggest this because I never tire of hearing how bad the GM Iron Duke 2.5 four is, despite it being quite stout and long-lived.

[MichaelPolera]

There's a reason why Hyundai and Kia have crazy warranty with their vehicles 😂

[eddiestanley]

Ahh, good old GM. I worked for them for sixteen years in the service area. That 3.6 is that bad and then some. Thankfully someone got rid of the "pesky"😉 3800 v-6. Too reliable, were not making any money off of their dependability, along comes the 3.6 money pits.

[rico-outdoors]

I can’t believe the Pontiac Fiero engine isn’t on the list. I still say it’s the worst of all time. The only positive about owning one is that I did learn how to work on a vehicle

[patrickomeagher]

I'm surprised not to see Jaguar on the list. I've heard a lot of horror stories, and there are companies that even make kits to swap GM engines for the Jaguar straight 6s, but it was one of my roommates in college that really sank it home. He had an early 80s XJ6 and it literally spent more time broken down that on the road. He even had two complete engine replacements in as many years. On the last one, he found out that Jaguar made some critical internal engine parts out of plastic and that was it. The last time I saw him he was driving his dad's Ford pickup.
My worst car was a 99 VW Passat 1.8t. It was solid, had a great suspension, and felt up-scale to sit in, but the turbo never worked right. I took it to three different mechanics and none of the 'fixes' they did made any difference. It would rev just fine... up to about 1500-2000 rpm and would just stop accelerating. If I tried to push it, it would just bog and die. I didn't even get enough out of selling it to finish off the loan, so I was still paying off a car I no longer owned. That was in 2004 and I haven't owned a car that wasn't a Honda or Toyota since.

[agrippa]

As a long time owner of Vettes (now my C7) even their interpretation of cylinder deactivation leaves you avoiding using it (especially easy on my tech that has yet to overcome its

[SRMWorkshop]

I have a broken 3.6L in the garage right now from you guessed it.... timing chain failure. This one has suffered from lack of oil changes and now consumes lots of oil, the pressure dipped and it jumped timing.
P.S. glad to see the JLR 5.0 dropped off the list from a year ago. I have a 180k JLR 4.0 (known for being worse) that other than doing the timing set once has been rock solid, and my JLR 5.0 currently has 95k and all that one has needed so far is oil changes.

[tfypt]

What about the Chevrolet Vega and it’s sleeveless aluminum block
Yeah I don’t even want to talk about that

[BentonL]

There is nothing you can do for the 6.4, however there is a lot that can be done to make the 6.0 decent, but its still a 6.0.

[RealLordkiffington]

How about engines that need maintenance but people didn't do it.

[veto]

Ford 5.2-liter V8 Voodoo Coyote that came in the Mustang GT350 2015-2020 was plagued warranty work issues. The engines have been known to fail because of oil consumption problems.

[jarydjackson]

My ex dropped 20k on a Veloster. Couldnt be happier knowing that thing is a bigger piece of junk than i originally thought it was.

[IronDan]

It wasn't the entire run of the northstar that was junk though. 95-2005 were head gasket explodemobiles, but 2006-2011 they're a very reliable engine

[Too]

Little addition from a European here on the Mini/BMW N14…
These engines were made in collaboration with PSA, and the engine was found in different configurations in various Peugeots and Citroens as well. Actually still up to this day…
I own a Citroen C4 Coupe from 2010 that has one of these, and PSA calls it a EP6DT. So far it’s been all right, but these are before the engines got seriously bad. For these cars, the intakes tend to dirty up and need regular cleaning.

Later though, the Citroen DS3 Racing had one of these tuned at 200+ hp and they straight up suffered from pistons warping or even breaking. So yeah, generally not a great engine unless you know what you’re getting into and do some preventive maintenance, and extra maintenance in general :)

[brentsnocomgaming]

Speaking of Toyota, the 2az, which burns hilarious amounts of oil

[napoleoneinstein]

I have a '97 Mountaineer with the 302. The 6 bangers may be junk but the 302 is virtually bullet proof. Explorers get a bad rap for poor handling. The crap factory Firestones are the culprit. I have Michelins and the old Merc handles very well thank you.

[ironv]

Interesting thing to note, out of all the 6 cylinder engines out there I never hear about any inline 6 engines that are considered bad, I only hear about some V6 motors that are bad.

[richieduck]

How about the Deathstar aka Northstar 4.6

[mkultra_vii]

I am a certified Hyundai service advisor and worked in a service department during the Theta recalls. I can go ahead and confirm for you that I don't care if they're god's gift to motoring nowadays, I will never own one because of the bullshit I saw. I mean, every single day, it was more surprising if there wasn't one coming in with some sort of MAJOR issues if not a fully blown engine.