can you explain what he was complaining about im very dumb with morespecific details of cars and part functions even though i worked as a parts person in collision repair
Yep, heck even if he had done a quick google search he would have found the answer. Auto-Zone of all places has a great page explaining how and what a good reading would be. Which his reading is good!
@@tonyc223 It's a controlled alternator. The ECU tracks the battery state of charge and reduces the charging voltage when the battery doesn't need a fast charge. That's why it starts out with a rapid charge (higher voltage) to replace the charge used starting, then drops to a low charge rate to save fuel while idling. There is also the effect that the pulsing output of the alternator will result in a minor fluctuation in the voltage reading, but that's not the primary cause here.
that guy with the multimeter is f-ing wild. he has ZERO clue what he's even on about. a fine example of "tell me you've never touched a car before without actually saying it"
@@Timothy_toenail_jr A proper working alternator, depending on amp rating, can output anywhere from 13.4 to 14.9. The voltage used by various electronics in the vehicle isn't static. It varies constantly therefore the alternator must constantly adjust to keep up with that change. This is elementary mechanics.
@@num432456 yup people spend massive amounts of money on what is basically an extremely complex machine but have absolutely no interest in educating themselves on how to keep it working.
That idiot with the multimeter doesn’t comprehend that the reading before you start the engine being lower then starting it and the voltage could be anywhere between 13-14 volts means it’s charging but the reason is it jumping or changing numbers is the car is actively using voltage while running and because different things turn on and off periodically instead of constantly on the voltage varies slightly
Guy with the electronics meter has no idea that it’s just tat sensitive. The NEVER hold an exact number. I bet he would be happy if he saw an analog meter on the battery…
He's watching the voltage _rise_ (before the fan even cuts on, mind) and saying "see, it's all over the place" as though there's no pattern to the numbers he's seeing 😆 Then when the fan cuts on the voltage obviously drops before starting to trickle up again. Dude's watching the voltmeter the whole time. Does he not know that bigger numbers are... like... _bigger?_ He'd probably still freak out if he saw the needle dip on an analog meter when the fan cuts on because he seems to not realize that _electric_ devices cause _electric_ loads. Seems like all he saw is the meter not sitting perfectly still and freaked out as though he thinks a car's battery should hold a continuous exact voltage or something. Hell, he probably doesn't even know what electricity is, I bet he thinks it's magic. This was a particularly funny customer-complains-when-incompetently-incorrect clip lol.
The Alternator one Back in 1989 I put one on a car the guy came complaining it was charging .2 over. Had another one complained about the cost of hie alt. said he can get it cheaper at autozone. I told him I would put it on with no warranty. When he came back you could hear the bad bearings from 15 feet away. I have to say Autozone has come a long way sense then.
No, they haven't. Alternators fail every 6 mo. Fuel pumps every 3 mo. Starter every year if you're lucky. No thanks. Pure junk. But I can get chinesium from advance and it works just fine.
No she’s not, the motor industry has conned Americans into thinking they need to change their oil every few thousand miles when this isn’t the case with a car made in the last 30/40 years. The GM engine in my Astra had a service interval of 12k miles or a year, never had any issues with it or bits of engine coming out with the oil.
Oil was clear, so she was burning off the moisture that got into it. If she wasn't doing that much, she'd need oil changes (or at least a trip > 5 miles to dry the oil)
If you listen to the guy who’s testing his alternator vehicle, the air conditioning is on high all loads are on. That’s a good alternator. If you haven’t been trained to use a meter please don’t take video like this. There’s nothing wrong with that alternator bud
People who are JUST smart enough to get themselves in trouble with home and automotive repairs are my bread and butter. Keep doin exactly what you're doing! Keep up the good work!
The first one...doesn't really go into what happened. Says they got an oil change, and later blew up the engine on the highway. What made the engine blow up? Was there an issue with the oil change? Was there a leak the owner didn't know about and didn't check? Did the person driving it have no clue what they were doing and over-rev it? Was there some sort of mechanical defect that caused it? Need more info.
6:15 The old lady is CORRECT!!!!!!!! Oil should be changed on MILES driven and or TIME in the crankcase. Oil additives break down over time / the oil becomes acidic, which can score bearing surfaces. 6 months = right on the money.
@@ekop1778 There is a number of months called out in your SillySubieManual too !!!!! BTW, good luck with the timing chains and head gaskets !!!!!!!!! LOL
That old lady's car is going to outlast her. Getting the oil changed every six months no matter how little she has driven. I wonder if she also gets her break fluid changed every three years and coolant every two years?
Actually, when you crank up the car and the alternator is good. The reading on the battery voltage is supposed to be running at around 13-15 volts. If it was a bad alternator, you would see the reading on the vote meter go down. Plus, the battery light would be glowing on the dash.
2:00 have to say... voltage does fluctuate. However, 13 to 13.5v is low for alt output at the battery... Unless you have something pulling a heavy load at that moment _(short term intermittent load)_ like when the fans kicked in. OR if you have a bad battery. Otherwise you should be getting around 14.5v at the battery with the engine running.
Alternator test: Check voltage not running (about 12.5 ). Start. Check voltage (13-14), then turn on headlights. If it drops a lot with the load, the alternator can be bad.
7:05 if you are gonna do commentary about cars, get your parts right. That is a tie rod that wasn't tightened down after they put in a new hub, needs replaced now yes but it is not a control arm. that would be that big A shapped thing at the bottom that holds the ball joint and attaches to the frame, not the steering rack.
Every single person in this video just got DUNKED on by a old lady that CLEARLY just goes to the auto shop for company . i bet it never breaks down though
Yeah, so the home alternator mechanic knows S#!! from shineola. What the heck caused that tranny to disintegrate? Someone forget it needs fluid to work?
4:36 I'm very curious on how the customer changed the oil at all. Actually how did he change oil AND jump the car off without feeling like something wasn't right.
Here in sunny Japan, the vast majority of car owners get their car professionally serviced. If a service is skipped this is picked up at the compulsory biennial safety inspection. So, at least in theory, we don't have to share the road with dangerous mechanical wrecks. Of course some moan at the strictness of the inspection (Shakan), but your site illustrates the no-legislation alternative. Jack, the Japan Alps Brit
I watched customer states yesterday and today, I wonder if this is why I had a dream last night that my minvan caught fire and burnt up ? - these videos are truly disturbing.
I wonder if the narrator knows what he is talking about? Engine can start no matter what fluid you put in the engine. However, engine may not run at the correct temperature and have damage.
I'd love it if you could tell us which make, model and year some of these are. Like which Honda has the impossible to remove trailing arm bolt (3:24). We're used car shopping now so I like to know which vehicles have design issues like that.
Multimeter dude doesn't know how to use his multimeter or how a cars charging system works. Yet, he will be the loudest voice in the service area insisting he is the smartest person in the room.
Alternator guy. From now on. Just drive your effin car. And if you buy wipers. Buy them from a auto parts store. And let the parts guy install them for you. Gf is probably proud to have him as a mechanic while she's clubbin in Miami.
It's pretty scary a guy buys a cheap voltmeter and has no idea how these cars work. It's not household current you're not going to get stable exact voltage it's going to vary between loads and engine RPM but if it's long as it's charging about 13 volts or more it's fine. as a person who works in late model Hondas I see a lot of people bringing their cars and saying it's not charging at all well most late model Honda is the way they're built barely charged above 12.6 volts when there's no load to lower engine load. This is to get better fuel mileage but when you turn the headlights on they kick up to about 14.4 volts. I've had many cars towed in here or driven in here saying the alternator is bad after actually checking it properly finding out there's nothing wrong with it. This seems to happen a lot after somebody has their AAA battery tested by the AAA guy and he tested the alternator as well.
Bad alternator ??......NOPE.....GOOD voltage regulator. I'm surprised you had the leads in the correct spot on the meter. Don't perform work you have zero understanding of....it's dangerous, don'tcha know.🤣
Alternator fine ,brain bad
he so dump stupid 12v battery full charge around 14v
LMAO
can you explain what he was complaining about im very dumb with morespecific details of cars and part functions even though i worked as a parts person in collision repair
The alternator dude should stay away from moving parts and complicated gauges 🤭
Public transportation is his answer I think, bus or train or even a uber.
And fertile females.
The guy with the multimeter is misinformed.
Yep, heck even if he had done a quick google search he would have found the answer. Auto-Zone of all places has a great page explaining how and what a good reading would be. Which his reading is good!
Yes he is truely clueless.
Voltage will always fluctuate.
@@tonyc223 It's a controlled alternator. The ECU tracks the battery state of charge and reduces the charging voltage when the battery doesn't need a fast charge. That's why it starts out with a rapid charge (higher voltage) to replace the charge used starting, then drops to a low charge rate to save fuel while idling.
There is also the effect that the pulsing output of the alternator will result in a minor fluctuation in the voltage reading, but that's not the primary cause here.
13.20 is perfect when you have all the loads on don’t see nothing wrong there
I bet the alternator guy is the same guy that brings a scale into a restaurant to weigh a 3 oz steak after it's cooked
And uses that harbor freight multimeter to weight it.
"what kind of alternator did you put in my car?"
er, one that charges your battery by the looks of it..
that guy with the multimeter is f-ing wild. he has ZERO clue what he's even on about.
a fine example of "tell me you've never touched a car before without actually saying it"
I feel dumber now just from WATCHING the "alternator guy" and his "I TOLD YOU SO" video clip. Painful, painful.
Alternator is working just fine bud.
100%
I’m a total novice with car repairs but even I got that😂
I think I know the problem... It ain't got no gas in it
proper working alternator should be reading around 14.4 volts.
@@Timothy_toenail_jr A proper working alternator, depending on amp rating, can output anywhere from 13.4 to 14.9. The voltage used by various electronics in the vehicle isn't static. It varies constantly therefore the alternator must constantly adjust to keep up with that change. This is elementary mechanics.
Nobody should be allowed to have a drivers licence without passing a basic auto mechanics course.
That would reduce the number of drivers on the road by 90% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Perfect!!!!!!!!!!
Not all of car but your only your car . I'm sure it's more than 70% of people have own car never read vehicle user manual .
@@num432456 yup people spend massive amounts of money on what is basically an extremely complex machine but have absolutely no interest in educating themselves on how to keep it working.
Typical dempocrap response
Females and gays need to get to work, too. /s
That idiot with the multimeter doesn’t comprehend that the reading before you start the engine being lower then starting it and the voltage could be anywhere between 13-14 volts means it’s charging but the reason is it jumping or changing numbers is the car is actively using voltage while running and because different things turn on and off periodically instead of constantly on the voltage varies slightly
Put the multimeter down and step away from the car Capt Clueless.
At 1:10. It is obvious to the most casual of observers that the guy using the voltmeter has NO idea how his charging system works.
Yup..and he prolly fancies himself an automotive expert! 😂😂
Guy with the electronics meter has no idea that it’s just tat sensitive. The NEVER hold an exact number. I bet he would be happy if he saw an analog meter on the battery…
He's watching the voltage _rise_ (before the fan even cuts on, mind) and saying "see, it's all over the place" as though there's no pattern to the numbers he's seeing 😆
Then when the fan cuts on the voltage obviously drops before starting to trickle up again. Dude's watching the voltmeter the whole time. Does he not know that bigger numbers are... like... _bigger?_
He'd probably still freak out if he saw the needle dip on an analog meter when the fan cuts on because he seems to not realize that _electric_ devices cause _electric_ loads. Seems like all he saw is the meter not sitting perfectly still and freaked out as though he thinks a car's battery should hold a continuous exact voltage or something. Hell, he probably doesn't even know what electricity is, I bet he thinks it's magic. This was a particularly funny customer-complains-when-incompetently-incorrect clip lol.
yes
Yeah, he needs to get rid of that meter and never get another one. He has no idea what he's doing.
😂 he's also in a Kia 😂😂😂
Actually, KIA altinators do jump at startup, and regularly charges under load and driving at 14.1v
The alternator guy gave me a good laugh!! lol
There is some really stupid people out there, the dude with the volt meter, what is the problem?
Alternator seemed to me, to be charging just fine! Some People!
The Alternator one Back in 1989 I put one on a car the guy came complaining it was charging .2 over. Had another one complained about the cost of hie alt. said he can get it cheaper at autozone. I told him I would put it on with no warranty. When he came back you could hear the bad bearings from 15 feet away. I have to say Autozone has come a long way sense then.
No, they haven't. Alternators fail every 6 mo. Fuel pumps every 3 mo. Starter every year if you're lucky. No thanks. Pure junk.
But I can get chinesium from advance and it works just fine.
In Germany the repair shops wouldn't let you drive off with any of these flaws.
They will remove your Plates or call the cops.
I love our regulations
The same thing happens in the UK. The garage has the right to impound the car until the fault is rectified.
The old lady with the oil change every 6 months is doing what you should be doing
No she’s not, the motor industry has conned Americans into thinking they need to change their oil every few thousand miles when this isn’t the case with a car made in the last 30/40 years. The GM engine in my Astra had a service interval of 12k miles or a year, never had any issues with it or bits of engine coming out with the oil.
Oil was clear, so she was burning off the moisture that got into it. If she wasn't doing that much, she'd need oil changes (or at least a trip > 5 miles to dry the oil)
If you listen to the guy who’s testing his alternator vehicle, the air conditioning is on high all loads are on. That’s a good alternator. If you haven’t been trained to use a meter please don’t take video like this. There’s nothing wrong with that alternator bud
THAT OIL CHANGE FROM THAT OLD LADY IS FINE
GO ANOTHER 6 MONTHS LADY
At least it gets changed! Unlike a lot of these videos.
Eh, car gets looked over at the same time to check for other issues. But yeah, once a year would be sufficient 😂.
If the guy needs a breaker bar to get the drain plug out she needs to find a new garage.
1:50 bad alternator LoL 😂 a quick Google search 👀 😅would have saved him the embarrassment 🤦🏼♂️ 😢
laugh at that old lady with the 100 mile oil change but who ever buys that car when she dies is gunna b happy
Mechanics is a game of Sherlock Homes vs. car owner. Not always fun, but always interesting
The alternator kid is really special!!!!! That muffler job looked like a job from a 5 year old.
Alternator dude has a few pilot lamps out upstairs. Probably has a VCR that blinks 12:00 all the time, too ;-)
Oven, microwave have different times on them too because he didn't press start.
People who are JUST smart enough to get themselves in trouble with home and automotive repairs are my bread and butter. Keep doin exactly what you're doing! Keep up the good work!
3:30 To remove a stripped bolt, wedge something under the head and pry as you unscrew. OR in this case, wedge between the two flanges.
Dear multimeter guy 🤦🤦🤦🤦 that is all 😂
That’s what you can expect when somebody got a multimeter for his birthday.
The first one...doesn't really go into what happened. Says they got an oil change, and later blew up the engine on the highway. What made the engine blow up? Was there an issue with the oil change? Was there a leak the owner didn't know about and didn't check? Did the person driving it have no clue what they were doing and over-rev it? Was there some sort of mechanical defect that caused it? Need more info.
Well it is a Ford.
6:15 The old lady is CORRECT!!!!!!!! Oil should be changed on MILES driven and or TIME in the crankcase. Oil additives break down over time / the oil becomes acidic, which can score bearing surfaces. 6 months = right on the money.
READ YOUR MANUAL
I GO EVERY 6K MILES ON MY SUBIE
Some manuals say 3 or 4 months.
@@ekop1778 There is a number of months called out in your SillySubieManual too !!!!! BTW, good luck with the timing chains and head gaskets !!!!!!!!! LOL
I'm surprised the dude with the multimeter was able to find the hood release.
That old lady's car is going to outlast her. Getting the oil changed every six months no matter how little she has driven. I wonder if she also gets her break fluid changed every three years and coolant every two years?
Hahah, alternator guy is one giant clown...has zero clues!
At 7:15, that looks to be a bad tie rod, not control arm.
Actually, when you crank up the car and the alternator is good. The reading on the battery voltage is supposed to be running at around 13-15 volts. If it was a bad alternator, you would see the reading on the vote meter go down. Plus, the battery light would be glowing on the dash.
if exercising my patience with nonsensical people daily counts then yes i exercise daily
That old lady is better than that alternator guy.
The alternator looks fine to me. As long it is over 13 volts and hitting 14 volts, it is just fine. It is 12 and under, you have a problem..
I bet alternator guy has LOTS of spray foam too and a floor mat under his accelerator.
Or 2 of them.
Freaking 😂 dying .. alternator dude
Alternator guy was so confidently wrong. It's right there in the name bud
DING! He's too dense to get it though...
Former bmw mechanic hear.
So glad it's not just me then.
When people are so arrogant. When they don't understand something you become the a******.
Funny how these customers know everything, but still need to pay someone else to fix it. 😅
That alternator guys seems to be suffering from a PICNIC error, Problem In Chair (drivers seat) Not In Car.
"My car won't start"
"Yeah that's because the monster from Stranger Things is in your crankcase"
Gorilla glue?/! that's one of the funniest things I've ever heard!!!!
LMAO alternator guy is clueless. holy shit dude how does he dress himself.
That's what alternators do... They alternate. 😅
2:00 have to say... voltage does fluctuate. However, 13 to 13.5v is low for alt output at the battery... Unless you have something pulling a heavy load at that moment _(short term intermittent load)_ like when the fans kicked in. OR if you have a bad battery. Otherwise you should be getting around 14.5v at the battery with the engine running.
Well the old lady has a very clean engine and, don't have to worry about sludge 😂 great job
Always amazed how people will find a hole under the hood and just pour whatever fluids into it.
Alternator test: Check voltage not running (about 12.5 ). Start. Check voltage (13-14), then turn on headlights. If it drops a lot with the load, the alternator can be bad.
I’m here to roast the alternator guy.
Why I have the impression I saw all these videos yesterday, nothing new, old videos.
Bet if dude with the alternator would take his car to have a charging system check and passed he'd still say it was bad.
7:05 if you are gonna do commentary about cars, get your parts right. That is a tie rod that wasn't tightened down after they put in a new hub, needs replaced now yes but it is not a control arm. that would be that big A shapped thing at the bottom that holds the ball joint and attaches to the frame, not the steering rack.
Every single person in this video just got DUNKED on by a old lady that CLEARLY just goes to the auto shop for company . i bet it never breaks down though
7:57 “YOUR SAYING IM A BAD DRIVER?!!!!”
The customer with the alternator….don’t explain shit. Just hand him an application for tech school.
Everyone said everything I was thinking with the alternator guy I feel bad for what shop had to deal with that guy
Bro doesn't know that the alternator alternates💀🤣
Yeah, so the home alternator mechanic knows S#!! from shineola. What the heck caused that tranny to disintegrate? Someone forget it needs fluid to work?
4:36
I'm very curious on how the customer changed the oil at all. Actually how did he change oil AND jump the car off without feeling like something wasn't right.
5:40 Oddly enough the old lady lives 50 miles away! 😅
Im not a big car guy but even i knew 13-14 volts is fine for battery charge.
Here in sunny Japan, the vast majority of car owners get their car professionally serviced. If a service is skipped this is picked up at the compulsory biennial safety inspection. So, at least in theory, we don't have to share the road with dangerous mechanical wrecks. Of course some moan at the strictness of the inspection (Shakan), but your site illustrates the no-legislation alternative.
Jack, the Japan Alps Brit
Can you imagine what's going on in Mexico.
@@tristanwwsd
Or Cuba.
Listen. Dealers are honest and hardworking for the most part. But mistakes happen. If they don’t want to make it right, hold them accountable
His fan kicks on and voltage drops, yes bro you should know about loads. Smh i feel bad for the shop who keeps telling him its normal
5:40 That's a car I wanna buy. With that many oil changes, you know the engine is purring like a well fed kitten.
Lucky the computer was commanding the alternator to charge or he would be really mad
And we're wondering why half of US is bent on electing trump in November...
Right, and the other half know nothing whatsoever about their cars!
I watched customer states yesterday and today, I wonder if this is why I had a dream last night that my minvan caught fire and burnt up ? - these videos are truly disturbing.
I wonder if the narrator knows what he is talking about? Engine can start no matter what fluid you put in the engine. However, engine may not run at the correct temperature and have damage.
I'd love it if you could tell us which make, model and year some of these are. Like which Honda has the impossible to remove trailing arm bolt (3:24). We're used car shopping now so I like to know which vehicles have design issues like that.
Wow iv never seen a rotor like that hahaha what’s all those long things on the outside going vertical down it and they gorilla glued it hahaha nuts 🥜
Apparently the outer tie rod identifies as a control arm.
Instead of checking the oil of the lady's car that did 200 km in 6 months they should check the fuel as it probably got bad.
Multimeter dude doesn't know how to use his multimeter or how a cars charging system works. Yet, he will be the loudest voice in the service area insisting he is the smartest person in the room.
Alternator guy. From now on. Just drive your effin car. And if you buy wipers. Buy them from a auto parts store. And let the parts guy install them for you. Gf is probably proud to have him as a mechanic while she's clubbin in Miami.
It's pretty scary a guy buys a cheap voltmeter and has no idea how these cars work. It's not household current you're not going to get stable exact voltage it's going to vary between loads and engine RPM but if it's long as it's charging about 13 volts or more it's fine. as a person who works in late model Hondas I see a lot of people bringing their cars and saying it's not charging at all well most late model Honda is the way they're built barely charged above 12.6 volts when there's no load to lower engine load. This is to get better fuel mileage but when you turn the headlights on they kick up to about 14.4 volts. I've had many cars towed in here or driven in here saying the alternator is bad after actually checking it properly finding out there's nothing wrong with it. This seems to happen a lot after somebody has their AAA battery tested by the AAA guy and he tested the alternator as well.
The guy with the volt meter was making a joke video,nobody’s that dumb.
Putting antifreeze or oil in your windshield wiper reservoir or AF in your engine happens far too often. So yes, there are people dumber.
On some of the cases you go through there isn’t enough information about what the problem is or isn’t.
Holy shit they put a working alternator in your car
That rotor was not JUST installed…..
The scary part is that these people can reproduce and vote!
2:45 - needs to have his tool box taken away. Forever.
Bad alternator ??......NOPE.....GOOD voltage regulator.
I'm surprised you had the leads in the correct spot on the meter. Don't perform work you have zero understanding of....it's dangerous, don'tcha know.🤣
I feel I have just watched the previews to the movie Idiocracy .
Thats a good brake rotor at 2:27. Just needs to be machined and then good as new.
It is not a good rotor because those marks thats seen is the ribs on the inside if the rotor. If it were turned it wont turn.. ughh
Many of these looks like repeats from previous episodes.
Ugh… alternator boy has no clue. 🤦🏻♀️
Every mechanic should buy bad repair gone south insurance
Alternator guy makes me so angry
Why did he even check the alternator after the fact anyway I wonder.
Just rolled in, mechanical nightmares pretty sure i watched these already
Yeah just rolled in is the original channel
the alternator is doing whats its supposed too. its just pulsing
Nothing wrong with the alternator. Thats how most electronics works
do you always re-use clips this much?
12,5 is low which means the battery is almost dead, should be at least 12,8 or close to. Doesn't seem like much of a difference but it is.