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Howdy folks, Ed here. Welcome back to Bullnose Garage, and today I’m with the donor. It’s been a long time since I’ve been out here looking at this thing. It has been sitting out on my lot for about three years, just sitting here under the sun.

Now when we left off, I had fogged the engine. If you don’t know what that means, it means there’s an oil that you put inside called a fogging oil. You put that down inside all the cylinders, run it around a few times, and make sure that it coats the cylinder walls real well. And you do that to make sure that no rust or corrosion gets in there if the engine is going to sit for a while.

Well, this thing has sat for three years, and today I’m going to open it up and I’m going to see exactly what kind of damage has been done in that three years with fogging oil applied to the engine. And to help me with that, I’ve got this brand new endoscope from Vivor. Now to be fair, they sent that to me. They asked me to do a review on it, and I figured what better way to do a review on an endoscope than to get back down inside this engine and see what kind of damage has been done. So we’re going to do that today. Stick around.

So before we get into this, let me tell you a little bit about this Boriscope camera from Vivor, because that’s one of the reasons I’m here. They sent this to me for free in return for a review of it. And so, you know, it’s far beyond me to refuse free stuff. So I’m going to go ahead and give you guys my honest opinion of this, and it’s actually really good, guys.

So last time I did this project, I used a computer laptop with a Boriscope that was like a USB plug, and it goes in, and I was balancing the laptop on top of the engine and trying to get video and doing all this stuff. This thing has all that built in. There’s an SD card in there. It takes video and pictures. The screen is right there. This just plugs right in. It’s USB charged. It’s really great, and one of the things I really like about it is it’s got three cameras on it. So there’s a camera on this end and a camera on this end and over here. So side to side, right? You get a camera both all three ways, and that’s really going to help me out going inside of here.

So this is actually the cheapest one that they make. On Vivor, it’s like 60 bucks. Use the link in my description to get 5% off, and yeah, you know, I have used endoscopes with my phone, right? So I’ve got a Samsung phone that I use for videoing right now, and those are always kind of rough because you got to get the right software, the right app, and they’re, you know, they’re all different kind. I’ve got two or three of them in the garage. They’re all different kind of apps that you got to use with them, and sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t. This is really plug and play. You know, I can’t say enough good things about it for 60 bucks. It really is worth the time to check it out.

So, you know, I’ll get into it. I’ll take some video with it. You can see the quality of the video, and we’ll get in and take a look at it. So, all right, enough about this. Let’s take a look inside these cylinders. I am super interested to see what it looks like in there.

So one quick thing about this, guys, is I’ve already got a video on how to fog an engine. I can’t really get into any more detail than that video gives. It’s really, really simple to do. You just need some fogging oil and a spark plug wrench, and that video goes into how to do it. So, you know, go ahead and check that video out if you need to figure out how to do this. Since I already have a video about it, I’m not going to get into it. I’m just going to open this up and take a look.

Spark plugs are still wet. Hopefully that’s oil. Oh, it smells like oil. All right, all the spark plugs are out. Now is the moment of truth. Let’s take a look.

All right, so we’re going to fire up my V-bore endoscope here. Oh, we’re upside down. That’s because of this thing here. There we go. Yeah, you can kind of see it. And we’ll get down inside. I’ll start the recording, and we’ll see what it looks like.

Okay, it’s recording. Hello. Oh, hello. All right, we got to turn the light on. Hello, light. There it is. Okay, now let’s take a look down inside of here. Oh, that cylinder looks like it’s pretty much up top. Yeah, you can kind of see where I scraped on there. It looks pretty wet in there still. It’s hard to tell cylinder number two or the second one. Oh, look at that. Yeah, so you can see those cylinder walls are in pretty good shape still in there.

Let’s flip this to a side view, and you can clearly see the crosshatch on that cylinder wall. And there’s the other side. Oh, wow. With that side view, you can even see inside the valves. That is cool, man. I didn’t expect to see that. That’s neat. Man, those cylinder walls look good, don’t they? And then back down. All right, let’s try the next one.

Oh, yeah, it looks pretty good. Oh, look at that. Okay, can you see there’s a valve top up there? Let’s go to the other side. Yep, you almost got it. There we go. See, there are lights on the side of this and the front. Dude, guys, you know, they’re not paying me for this. They really aren’t. For 60 bucks, this thing is really cool. I didn’t expect to be able to see the valves like this in here. That’s great.

And next. Yeah, cylinder looks pretty good. Piston head looks pretty good. Cylinder walls look nice and clean. There’s my valves. One of them, anyway. Now, I don’t know enough to know which one’s intake and which one’s exhaust, so sorry about that, guys. I keep saying it. I’m not an expert. So, it’s a little bit tricky to maneuver, and it’s kind of hard to see to know what you’re looking at sometimes with this.

All right, there’s one side. We’ll go check the other one. Yeah, there’s actually still a little bit of oil sitting down there. I don’t think that’s corrosion. I think that’s just a layer of oil that’s kind of, it’s old, right? It’s been here for three years, so it’s going to be a little gunky.

Oh, look at that. So, so far, my only real gripe about this camera is that it’s kind of hard to get a feel for which buttons change to which direction. Oh, this one’s close to the top. That’s what’s going on there. So, this flips back and forth, and this button flips front and side, and it’s kind of not super intuitive because they’re just arrow buttons. But other than that, in terms of like quality, oh, that’s right on top of there. In terms of quality and what it can do, that’s pretty impressive, and I got to say that it looks to me like the cylinder walls in this thing are just gorgeous. Look at that. I mean, this engine has been sitting out here in the New Mexico sun uncovered for three years. Pretty impressive.

All right, guys, now for the real test. 15 sixteenths on a breaker bar. Let’s see if this puppy will turn. Oh, yeah, that’s nice and smooth. That sure got a ratchet. Come on, get in there, you. There we go. Oh, well, the engine is smooth. The pulley’s out here, not so much. But, yeah, that moves nice.

All right, guys, there you go. I feel like I accomplished a couple of really great objectives with this video. First of all, I verified that this engine still turns three years later, and I confirmed that fogging an engine is a great way to make sure that it stays in tip-top shape while it’s in storage. And secondly, I confirmed my contractual obligation to VIVAR, so I get to keep this cool piece of kit.

Guys, this thing is awesome. I’m telling you, you see the video, right? It’s amazing what this thing can do. I love the camera on either side. That is so handy. This little handheld dealie that I have to go out and get my phone or hook up to a laptop or whatever. Guys, I’m being serious. These guys aren’t paying me. They’re not, right? But they reached out to me and said, you know, hey, Ed, would you like to do a review on this? We’re looking for some YouTubers to do some reviews on our products. And so I went through the stuff to become part of their program. And man, they’ve been really great. And this thing is cool. I should’ve got a long time ago. And I’m being serious. I’m not even, you know, I’m not doing the whole YouTube sponsored content, blah, blah stuff. I’m being serious.

Guys, I’m gonna be honest with you, transparent no matter what happens. This thing’s worth your time. If you need to look inside of engines or get down, I’ve used, not this one, but I’ve used endoscopes like this to verify whether or not my exhaust bolts are broken on my other truck. I used to get down into drain pipes in the house. This stuff, you need to have one of these laying around. If you don’t have one already, you’re gonna use it. There’s gonna be times where you don’t have another choice. This thing’s gonna save your butt to get into those places where you can’t see. I’ve used it to diagnose blockages in my air conditioning system inside the house, right? So these things are a lifesaver. And this one in particular for 60 bucks, I mean, you’re gonna pay 20, 25, 30 for one of the phone ones connected. And this is so much more convenient. It’s got cameras on the side.

I am sure that I am rambling on and I don’t really need to because you guys are gonna think I’m a shill and I’m not trying to be. I really am just that impressed. Okay. So again, fog your engines, guys. If you’re gonna leave them sitting out in the weather, again, three years, no tarp, New Mexico sun. Brutal. Guys, it’s brutal sitting out here like this. I tell you, it’s brutal.

All right. You guys gotta fog your engines. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, gripes, internet ramblings, wanna call me a sellout, comment below. Thanks again for watching. And we will see you next time.

Howdy folks, Ed here. Welcome back to Bullnose Garage. If you’ve got an engine that you’re going to have stored for a long time, such as this 351 Windsor that I’ve got here behind me, then one of the things that you need to worry about is the top end getting moisture inside and causing rust, corrosion, or potentially even seizure of the engine.

One of the best ways to prevent that is called fogging the engine, and that’s what we’re going to talk about here today on this Bullnose Garage quick tip. Fogging your engine is a very simple procedure that simply involves taking some oil, typically it’s called fogging oil, and coating the top end components to make sure that water doesn’t get in there and touch those metal parts and cause rust, corrosion, and maybe even seizing of the engine.

If you have a carbureted engine that runs, fogging it is actually really simple. All you’ve got to do is start the engine up, take off the air cleaner, spray some of this down inside for 10 to 20 seconds, or until you see smoke start to come out the exhaust. That’s actually where the term fogging the engine came from, is the smoke that comes out of the exhaust when you do it this way, and that’s going to let you know that this stuff has gone through the entire engine, it’s starting to burn off, and you can shut the engine down at that point so you don’t burn all this off, and you’re pretty much done at that point.

You may want to go ahead and take out the spark plugs and spray some of this down into the spark plug holes for two or three seconds per cylinder, and then at that point you should be good to go.

If you’ve got an engine that’s not running or is fuel injected, then you can’t fog the engine this way. Of course, if it’s not running, you can’t do it that way because it’s not running. If it’s fuel injected, you shouldn’t fog it that way because this stuff can foul up the injectors or cause some sensor issues. So if you have an engine that’s in either one of those situations, the way you’ve got to do it is manually, and I’m going to show you how to do that.

The first thing you’re going to want to do is go and take out all of your spark plugs. So once all the spark plugs are out, then you can go cylinder by cylinder and spray a shot of fogging oil into each cylinder for about three or four seconds.

Now that we’ve taken all the spark plugs out and I’ve sprayed fogging oil down all the cylinders, if I had access to the intake, I’d probably go ahead and spray some down to the intake for two or three seconds to get that part good and coated, and I’d do the same thing for the exhaust if I had access to the exhaust ports. Now, I don’t have access to either one of those in this engine. I’m certainly not going to be taking off the exhaust manifolds or the intake out here, certainly not this evening anyway, so we’re not going to worry about that. The important point is to get this stuff down into the cylinders.

Once you’ve got everything fogged up, you’re going to want to go ahead and turn the engine over manually a few times with a ratchet or a breaker bar to get that stuff in there really circulated around into the pistons, piston rings, the cylinder walls, make sure it’s good and coated. Now, in a Windsor 351, it’s going to be a 15/16 socket, but it could be different depending on your engine. Now, I’m just using a regular ratchet because this engine turns over real easy.

So is fogging your engine really worth the time and trouble to do it? I’ve heard both sides. I’ve heard some folks say that unless the engine is going to sit for years and years and years, it’s really kind of a waste of time. They’ve never seen an engine be rusted out or seized just over a couple of seasons. And other folks say that it’s so easy and simple and cheap to do, why would you not do it? It’s just cheap insurance. Now, I gotta tell you, I’m all for cheap insurance.

Now down here in the southwest, it’s probably not that important because it doesn’t get that humid down here, although during the fall and the spring, there are some pretty big temperature gradients that can cause condensation. But it still wouldn’t be nearly as important as it would be in a more humid area like the coast or down in the south, southeast of the country. The bottom line is that fogging your engine is easy, quick, and cheap, and I am all for easy, quick, and cheap ways to sleep better at night.

As always, if you have any questions, comments, concerns, gripes, internet ramblings, stick them below. Thanks again for watching, and we’ll see you next time.