11-17 Honda Odyssey Failed J35Z8 Engine Teardown. Cheap Parts Can Cost MORE!

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Todays teardown is a J35Z8, the 3.5L V6 from a 2011-2017 Honda Odyssey. This is a core engine I picked up at a local salvage yard, which means someone replaced this engine with another used engine. While I do really like the J series engine design, some of these engines, equipped with VCM are quite problematic. This particular failure had little to do with the normal reasons these engines and instead due to the quality of the regular maintenance parts replaced.

Why on Saturn am I doing these teardowns? I own and run a full service auto salvage business in the Saint Louis area called Importapart. Part of our model is buying blown, core and unwanted engines and dismantling them to resell the good, usable parts. We do not rebuild engines, we merely supply parts to those who do.

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

-Eric