Fixing the Cheap Smart Car (Full Engine Teardown) [4K]
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Part Two of my cheap smart car escapades, this time with double the smart cars.
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• Smart Car Shenanigans
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Afraid To Lose (feat. Katia Fuscaldo) - Moog
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Rivals - Moog
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love this video - thank you for sharing the take down of an engine. Showing the importance of having oil in your car.
Epic damage to that engine! I reckon the oil pressure light must have been on for a little while... lol. Subscribed to see how this ends up.
I kinda sucks that one can just pull out an engine out like a most cars but hey these smart car are great for day to day commute. Plus side hustle delivery.
Edit* I absolutely have no memory in writing this post I must have been high lol
High? You must have been unconscious hahaha
The taillights have to be pluged in for the trans control module to get power. Hope this helps.
That's interesting, thank you!
You did the correct decision, the white except for the engine which is gone is more complete than the black mate one, I hope you don*t have to put the wire harness or the computer from the white car in order to see if that engine is in tip top condition.
Brave man to take 2 broken smart cars to make 1 good one. Admire your courage
Had a diesel Smart. It was a great little car. My mechanic bought it years ago and is still using it.
Interesting. Common on UK roads, but I've never worked on one. Thumbs up for music by Moog. 😅
After owning over thirty cars, mainly German premium, I bought one of these and I really like it. For what it is, it is ideal. I was thinking that it’s not actually rear-engined, but mid-engined.
you are clever clogs, enjoying your video
Every small car you get ends up without a subframe at some point 😂
It's a tradition
good grief, that has to be the most shagged Smart engine i've ever seen. I've had a Smart Roadster adventure at some point, the one with the first generation 2 valve engines. I've seen some rough ones, people think they are buying a cheap and cheerful car, only to find out they have to deal with Mercedes maintenance, and just don't. Years down the line the thing ends up at a specialist or this happens.
Exactly what you see all the time in the states with older German and Italian cars, the cars may have depreciated but the maintenance costs have not.
Great video can't wait to see where you go with it! Nice! 👍
a blown air-gasket is the end result of prior bad & nasty problems..!. .exept the Smart Brabus (that had much better all around parts and over the top cooling system) ,Smart cars are known for terrible cooling problems due this enclosed engine ,it needs to be ventilated and fitted with a thicker radiator with a manual command for the cooling fan..,adding a secondary extractor fan and enlarging the air scoops is a good thing also..scooping fresh air from under the block to cool dow the transmission ,all the plastic covers under & sides transform the engine bay in an oven so cutting parts of them is good to avoid heat-sinking problems (starts to render all parts fragile in there including the head gasket..!!)..
Este coche tiene una cabina reforzada para los accidentes dicen que es su armadura que ningún coche posee, tiene partido el árbol de levas supongo será el de escape pero dicen que a los 100000 kilómetros los motores no aguanta no se es cierto, tu pareces un profesional porque tienes varios en tu garaje
Thank you very much for the video! One question, do you know where the coolant bleed valve/plug is on the CDI Diesel engine? I did a cooling flush on my 2009 ForTwo CDI but could not find the bleed point location that I know should be near the cylinder head to bleed the air out of the tubing. Now the car is overheating with a water not circulating and full of air pockets. I've searched all over the Internet and the all the information available is only for the gasoline engine, not the diesel. Thank you very much😊😊😊
I'm afraid I don't have any knowledge of the diesel, so I can't be of any help :/
But I wish you the best of luck!
Projects, nothing better to keep the brain heath...I am exited waiting the next video...don't make me wait to long..
I have a smart car 2008 passion cabriolet in DC. Its running on one cylindar. only 90k miles. has been a good car until the oil drained out somehow and jacked it up
I was enjoying your video and I will like to know if you know where’s the air bag module box some people say is on the shifter and other one is on the dashboard can you helping me out thank you
Hi HG, hope you are well. Gotta say, that rear subframe/engine/drivetrain setup is screaming out for a trike kit/project. How about it! Smart Trike by Hangar Garaj. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the good work.
You're right, the suspension and everything is already contained so that'd be perfect. I'll keep that in mind for a future project!
from the looks of it... im gonna have crazy work cut out for me.. trouble im having with my smart fortwo is a faulty coolant thermostat which is bolted next to the alternator and ive only seen sketchy footage of others referencing a thermostat swap without exact footage on how to access it, the intake manifold is directly on top of the thermostat and it looks like the entire engine needs to be lowered to even begin to loosen that whole area. this is gonna be a nightmare.
Lowering the engine isn't as bad as it looks. Undo the two rear brake lines, the fuel line, and the four main bolts holding the rear subframe in and the whole thing will lower down. The worst part in my opinion is undoing the coolant hoses that run to the front of the car, but you should be able to lower it just enough to do the thermostat without removing the coolant hoses.
Salvage title no big deal on an old runaround beater car.
Clean title> . I would swap the salvage into the clean title shell. Toss all the broken crap out of it. You are already tearing into it
That was the original plan, but the clean title car is so much worse in every way except the title, and while it will knock some value off to fix the salvage title car it saves me a lot of time haha
If my smart car is loosing coolant and has no heater. What do you think is wrong with it? Radiator or water pump ?
I'd say find where the coolant is leaking out from, that'll be your problem most likely
good watch. so wheres the O.F. to sustain a knock like that ?
Huh?
@@HangarGaraj u know. Oil filter
Only Frams?
Oil filter
The most ironically named car in history.
To be fair that's not what they were claiming with the name. This car (well its predecessor) was a Collaborative Art project between Swatch and Mercedes: S M ART. 😊
Smart😊👍
How Much Did You pay For It?
The two parts cars were very cheap, but with all the parts it ended up being about the same as I could have just gone out and bought a regular non broken smart lol
@@HangarGaraj I Saw 1 on Facebook for $1,000. Said it has Low compression number 1 Cylinder. So I looked on youtube and found your channel.
Running and driving ones seem to bring 4-5k, if you can find a good engine for not too much or rebuild the current one that seems like a good deal.
Do these 1st and 2nd gen Smart Cars have manual steering or power hydraulic or...power electric steering?
This generation can have either manual steering or electric power steering.
Ahh you have a new bluetooth cam
Boy, get that junk out of your hanger and take the Cub for a fly.
Cómo arreglar el PVC
Get rid of the Manumatic, get a clutch pedal
Привет. Продай масляный картер, если тебе не пригодится. У себя в городе немогу найти данной запчасти
Decisions decisions.
How hard was it to drop the motor down? I just bought a 2008 and wanna change the plugs but I think u have to drop the motor down.
It's pretty easy, there's four main bolts to drop the whole rear subframe. Worst part by far is disconnecting the coolant lines that run to the front of the car, but if you're just doing plugs you can probably get away with leaving those connected. You'll probably want to undo the fuel line as well.
You don’t have to drop motor to do the plugs I built a 2012 passion swapped a 09 brabus setup under it. No issues besides exhaust leak. Just got another 09 with a blown head gasket will be doing the gasket soon as I get it home to have two.
Oooo ok ok cool
@@HangarGarajplugs out easy don’t drop the motor
Smart car parts in the uk are really cheap.may be cheaper to import parts?
So far I've been able to get pretty much everything I need by combining my two smarts thankfully
What are the prices like for smart car parts?
Not cheap, but fortunately I have two smart cars so I can mix and match haha
What model is it?
2012 Smart Fortwo W451
So, my smart car isn't doing to hot and I'm contemplating doing a full repair myself, but, as you could guess I'm no mechanic. I am however, equally afraid that I might get scammed by a shop (it's happened to me a lot) and am willing to at least take a look for myself so I know what needs to be fixed
If you have any tips as to how I could find a trustworthy shop or at least know what I'll need to know before any work gets done to it
What's wrong with it? Personally I don't deal with shops much so I don't have any real advice on how to find a trustworthy shop other than looking through their reviews.
Go for it, most things are self explanatory, understand some basics of internal combustion engines, most important part is organisation, bag and label everything!
I hear parts are nonexistent in the US these days. You might need to resort to a parts car like the video.
Ouch . Shame. Wonder if he really knew
Music way too loud. Either rattle the windows and hear the saudio or hear nowt. Not the choices I like to make. :)
Appreciate the feedback 👍
put a motorcycle engine in it.
That'd be fun, already got a similar swap in progress 🤙
I repair computers. I know that there are going to be an insane amount of dissimilar screws & bolts (dia, thread count, pitch, head type) in that thing. How in the world do you marry these back during reassembly when you take them out, willy-nilly? I make drawings and tape my tiny screws where they go-- wth do YOU do???
With this particular engine I knew it was never going back together so I wasn't concerned, but usually I take a picture of each bolt next to where it came from so I can match them up later. Or if I don't have a phone on me I use masking tape or plastic bags and write down where they came from.
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Ja det er nesten utrolig at Mercedes kan være med på å lage noe då dårligt
лашару развели)))))))))
Put a hemi in it.
Recycle...
*Spoiler Alert* They're ALL cheap and crappy.
😡 P r o m o s m
Huh
Come vi viene in mente di mostrare i video di questa carriola questa e solo una carriola
The shifter probably needs a brake light switch that why it isn't communicating
hello friend I have a big problem with a smart mhd and I am not able to solve it, can you help me thanks
No sorry, we never got the mhd in the US so I don't know anything about them.
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this is a long shot, but do you have any parts left available? idk where your located but im in need of a few items. most specifically, the right rear quarter left front fender and rear glass shocks.
Unfortunately all my extra smart parts are gone, I had some of it up for sale on marketplace for a few months but nobody was interested so it all went to the junkyard :/
@@HangarGaraj yeah i ended up watching the rest of your episodes and saw it went off to the junkyard after i made this comment, it is what it is. and i hope your enjoying that 45+ mpg man
@@Richie_RHD good luck finding what you need ✌️, and I've only driven it enough over the last few months to fill it up once haha
I need your back window assembly!!!
I'm afraid that's long gone
"Salvage title." It looks like someone blew up their engine and then decided to have someone hit it to claim insurance.
That sounds very possible
Or the engine seized while driving, and it got smacked broken down in the road.
@@zoidberg444 😂🤣🤦🏻♂️
dude....why bother ?....just get a junk yard engine !
All about the adventure 🤙