Stupid mechanics thread

Got no clue about mechanic, but during my school time i had a traineeship at a Ford authorized repair shop.
There two mechanics were messing with each other, one had a motor open, when he was away for breakfast or something, the other poured coke in the cylinders of that open engine as some kind of prank.

Looked like a stupid mechanic thing to do for me, but the coke pouring mechanic said coke in the cylinder is no problem. The other mechanic probably cleaned it up later, but still...

Or is that some dick move to ensure that the customer has to come back?
 
Pooring coke in the chlinder will make it look like the bores are glazed up. Gives it a sticky and gooey apprearence is all. Doesnt really hurt it. The car will just sputter and smoke for a minute when started till it burns away. Not a big deal. Seen that before LOL.

I dont do port and polish at my shop. Any moron can grad a die grinder and start hack away at the ports, but smart mofos know that you need a flow bench to see what you are doing and make sure things flow evenly and correctly in each cylinder. Ive had to fix many hack jobs over the years.

A decent basic port and polish by a good machine shop should cost around $300-$400. That should also not include the price of the valve job to put the head back together. Dont let your buddy that says he knows how to do it hack up your head in his garage. Have it professionally done by a good performance machine shop.

Now off to see how much flow benches are. Ive always wanted one. Hahaha
 
I have a question since I hardly know much about cars. What is a boxer engine and how does it work? Right now, I'm gonna take notes since I'm interested in working for Subaru. Pretty steep dream from where I stand, but I want to start somewhere since I'm interested in anything that has a boxer engine.
 
A boxer engine refers to not only subaru engines, but any engine that has the heads mounted directly to the sides of the block as opposed to on top.

Subaru, air cooled VW, chevy corvair all have the same type of engine. Just refers to the engine style is all. I used to have a GIF on a subaru engine that totally explains why its called a boxer. If you were to watch the pistons up in and out, it looks like a boxer trying to give jabs to his opponent.
 
I'm sure someone here can explain this better than me but why not have a shot at it. Lol

A boxer engine is where the pistons move like this:
(Ex. Porsche 911's, some Subarus, a few BMW, some motorcycles)
engine-flat-4.gif
Versus the engines that are in a "V" shape. (Ex. Muscle cars, most exotics)
engine-v-6.gif
And Inline engines. (Ex. Economy cars, Civics, most motorcycles)
engine-inline-4.gif
Here's a rotary engine too for reference. (Mazda RX's)
Wankel_Cycle_anim_en.gif
 
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