Back in the 80's a friend bought a non running dodge from an elderly woman. She said it would turn over but would not run. He towed it home and found the air filter was totally plugged. New filter was all it needed.
New a guy who drove his cherry 1979 Trans am with no air cleaner for about 3 years. Then was so Upset when his engine seized for no apparent reason. Some people shakes my head........
I can see a woman not knowing what an air filter is - we used to call it an air cleaner - but I can't understand how any male can be that lacking in knowledge of cars.
@@hiscifi2986 All tires have a date code on them. 4 digits. 2 of the numbers represent the year of manufacture and the other 2 represent the week of that year.
@@tinknal6449 good reminder. They mention date codes on BaT but I still need to look up just what it looks like/ how to spot it (won't take a minute). We should all be aware of it, thanks.
@@nthgth Its a 4 digit code in an oval. First 2 numbers are the week of the year and the second 2 are the year. If the number was 2704 it means it was made in the 27th week of 2004.
My ex aunt in law had a power loss issue so I told her I'd do a tune up to see if it gers resolved then I asked when was the intake filter changed she said her model of Chevy Colorado doesn't come with one... so I popped the hood took the filter cover off and said "THATS where all your power and fuel mileage is going that filter in the video was in better condition than hers was... I told her all internal combustion engines has to have some sort of air filtration
My 1990 Grand Marquis Wagon (Ford 302 engine) is the same. The fuel lines are also a weird size slightly larger than 5/16ths, so I had to cobble two different line sizes together to match the same fuel delivery rate.
most of it was pretty comon stuff, rust in the rustbelt, a well known problem with ford doors, lack of preventive maintenance - not any real nightmares
Been working on cars and bikes for over 40 years and as big as a pain in the arse things can get watching the shit DYIs I see in these sorts of videos I’m always happy that I’m so anal about my repairs. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I'm right there with you I build a lot of ATV and dirt bike engines for a shop the owner always complains I'm taking too long but in the last hundred Motors I've never had one come back he built 12 Days Later the transmission exploded then I tried to explain to him that's what happens when you don't put all the shims back in properly gears run into gears then everything jumps out of the motor he had to buy the customer a new motor
The last one was me a few months ago, until i got it replaced... and it feels as if i´ve got a new engine! My Hyundai model (i30 mk1) is notorious for teeth jumping with original timing chain. Some issue with hydraulic tensioner. Mine didn´t jump, but as the chain loosened over time, it certainly wasn´t running very smoothly. Eventually, it started making the "change me!" noise and the former fix of oil change no longer did the trick.
My grandad was a racing mechanic for Archie Fraser after WWI. I learned mechanics at his knee. Even as a child I never made the totally idiotic mistakes that people make here. Now I'm 69 and I've been working on road, race and custom vehicles for almost 60 years. I've forgotten more than these people will ever know. I do not like the modern vehicles. Their design is highly suspicious, their construction is shoddy and the materials are often so inferior as to be laughable.
4:50-You never know when you'll get your hands dirty and need to wash them off.Or...or...add an air filter and a neon light and ...bang ......instant fishtank.
Every state has different laws. Some do not have inspections for safety but that's a rarity. Most do but they range from lax to this bolt is slightly off center fix it. Plus we have different rules and such depending on the type/year of vehicle. It's quite annoying.
Lived in Colorado, Illinois, and New Hampshire, New Hampshire has a state inspection requirement but depending on shop what type of inspection you get ranges wildly. I went to one shop and they failed me for having more than 6 lamps visible from the front of the vehicle, another looked at a rusty 05 scion I drove from it's grave and was like, ya got three 1/8" holes in your exhaust, replace it and you pass, another shop took one look at my UAZ and was like yeah we'll just trust it's safe cause we have no idea how to drive it. Another I brought a 14 Interceptor Utility too and he put it on a four post lifted it, glanced underneath and smacked a sticker on it. Next year brought the same car to a different shop and they failed it for the amber lightbar, spotlight, and fact the seatbelt indicator didn't work (it's a Interceptor that's turned off in the computer). Tried arguing but ended up just foregoing the sticker that year. Meanwhile in Illinois your car could have no frame and they could care less. Colorado you have depending on county a smog test that makes sure your car meets emissions regulations, and that has tons of weirdness in of it self, commercial vehicles do idle tests, certain passenger cars get Dyno emissions tested, and cars 1975-1980 require it every five years, 85-current (except off lot new cars those are 5year exempt) require every 2 year testing. As for condition if you've crashed the car, or removed parts, (hoods, doors, fenders, all optional) state doesn't care. I've seen cars in Aurora that were wheels with a engine and body and they were registered and being driven. US is wacky when it comes to caring about the condition of your vehicle.
most states in the states have a yearly inspection, most of this is just stand wear and tear or a lack of preventive maintenance - Rust in the rust belt states, a well known issue with ford doors filling up with water, a stolen Cat - nothing amazing or nightmar-ish really
In Michigan, we have no annual inspection and no emissions testing whatsoever. If your car is obviously dangerous, loud, has head or tail lights out, or a broken windshield, a police officer will pull you over, ticket you and you have to fix it. Some of the absolute shit-boxes I've seen driving legally down the road here is staggering.😂
In Tennessee, there is no annual inspection. Like some other people have said, if it's obviously and blatantly dangerous, you'll probably get pulled over and cited for it. Or maybe not. Depends on where you are in the state, I guess. I've seen things like cars riding on 3 donuts or a Toyota Tacoma where instead of using transparent red tape to fix their taillights, they just slapped some red duct tape on there. We did have yearly emissions testing until about a year ago, but even then, that was only in about 5 or 6 counties out of the 95 counties in the state.
1:13 I had this happen to one of my vehicles. The lower cover is metal and has to be twisted+tilted into place... if you don't and decide to force it in - it's not plastic and won't just pop it... it bends the lower guard. How bad could it be? FFW 20k miles and the belt has cut through the lower timing guard where it was rubbing, over half the belt is gone and a lovely collection of glass fiber is everywhere now. Timing service was done by a shop that no longer exists, so, nothing I could do about it other than to do it again...
3:04 would you really want this clown working on your car? How about the other chucklehead laughing about it? Shop owner needs to find some new employees.
Actually it does very well on cast iron blocks. As long as it keeps the water or oil in, there's no reason it shouldn't last a while. On old cars they used to weld cracks in the block.
4:30 what's the point paying a mechanic to tako off the plug and let the water out? Cannot Americans do such a simple thing by themselves? No wonder they vote for Brandon
Back in the 80's a friend bought a non running dodge from an elderly woman. She said it would turn over but would not run. He towed it home and found the air filter was totally plugged. New filter was all it needed.
New a guy who drove his cherry 1979 Trans am with no air cleaner for about 3 years. Then was so Upset when his engine seized for no apparent reason. Some people shakes my head........
I can see a woman not knowing what an air filter is - we used to call it an air cleaner - but I can't understand how any male can be that lacking in knowledge of cars.
There was probably more to play than just no air cleaner. I bet he never had the oil changed, never even checked the oil level.
The "total eclipse of the sun" air filter.
Common to see trailer tires like that. Some trailers don't get a lot of use so the tires rot out before they wear out.
I had a customer whose donut looked like that.
I bought a replacement wheel and tyre for my Honda 90, the tyre went all cracked like that after 3 months. Apparently it was New Old Stock.
@@hiscifi2986 All tires have a date code on them. 4 digits. 2 of the numbers represent the year of manufacture and the other 2 represent the week of that year.
@@tinknal6449 good reminder. They mention date codes on BaT but I still need to look up just what it looks like/ how to spot it (won't take a minute). We should all be aware of it, thanks.
@@nthgth Its a 4 digit code in an oval. First 2 numbers are the week of the year and the second 2 are the year. If the number was 2704 it means it was made in the 27th week of 2004.
My ex aunt in law had a power loss issue so I told her I'd do a tune up to see if it gers resolved then I asked when was the intake filter changed she said her model of Chevy Colorado doesn't come with one... so I popped the hood took the filter cover off and said "THATS where all your power and fuel mileage is going that filter in the video was in better condition than hers was... I told her all internal combustion engines has to have some sort of air filtration
Snowblowers don’t.
I'm an HVAC tech and I get this alot with people's home filters. It blows my mind how ignorant people can be.
4:13 ah yes, changing the door fluid. Hope the owner is changing it every 25000miles as is in the manual
4:30 I see this often on a lot of vehicles. Tiny drain holes and big, plugged holes right next to them. Those plugs dont make any sense.
Years ago, my vehicle had two engine drain plugs. One forward and aft of the front axle.
Ford Crown Vics had two
Mustang?
@@sharovosk6543 either a Crown Vic or Grand Marque
My 1990 Grand Marquis Wagon (Ford 302 engine) is the same.
The fuel lines are also a weird size slightly larger than 5/16ths, so I had to cobble two different line sizes together to match the same fuel delivery rate.
3:27 Not a "mechanical nightmare". They, like tens of thousands of other vehicle owners, simply had their cat stolen.
Oh that is a nightmare, for the wallet
most of it was pretty comon stuff, rust in the rustbelt, a well known problem with ford doors, lack of preventive maintenance - not any real nightmares
Been working on cars and bikes for over 40 years and as big as a pain in the arse things can get watching the shit DYIs I see in these sorts of videos I’m always happy that I’m so anal about my repairs. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I'm right there with you I build a lot of ATV and dirt bike engines for a shop the owner always complains I'm taking too long but in the last hundred Motors I've never had one come back he built 12 Days Later the transmission exploded then I tried to explain to him that's what happens when you don't put all the shims back in properly gears run into gears then everything jumps out of the motor he had to buy the customer a new motor
The last one was me a few months ago, until i got it replaced... and it feels as if i´ve got a new engine!
My Hyundai model (i30 mk1) is notorious for teeth jumping with original timing chain. Some issue with hydraulic tensioner. Mine didn´t jump, but as the chain loosened over time, it certainly wasn´t running very smoothly. Eventually, it started making the "change me!" noise and the former fix of oil change no longer did the trick.
2 bolts to replace timing chain tensioner.
My grandad was a racing mechanic for Archie Fraser after WWI. I learned mechanics at his knee. Even as a child I never made the totally idiotic mistakes that people make here. Now I'm 69 and I've been working on road, race and custom vehicles for almost 60 years. I've forgotten more than these people will ever know. I do not like the modern vehicles. Their design is highly suspicious, their construction is shoddy and the materials are often so inferior as to be laughable.
Suspicious design?
Theyre engineered to be fall apart. Same in the construction fields. Shotty and purpose built design fails
01:33 I bought a car like that once! Ofcourse the guy flipping the car was nice enough to swap the tires first so the cracks were on the inside.
Now about that extended warranty...
It's still hilarious to me that your logo is a bicycle chainring.
People sure have alot of faith in tow/tie down straps.
4:50-You never know when you'll get your hands dirty and need to wash them off.Or...or...add an air filter and a neon light and ...bang ......instant fishtank.
I heard before that you can get seasick in old american cars, but that is ridiculous.
@ 1:04... technically it doesn't really burn oil
2:36 can you imagine how much gas miliage was lost during those miles? And how much $ is cost them in that lack of fuel milage....
That last one with the "blblblblbl" got me! 😅
seems like mostly standard stuff - Not any real "Mechanical Nightmare"
In the UK we have to have an MOT every year after the vehicle is 3 years old, is there no annual test in the US?
Every state has different laws. Some do not have inspections for safety but that's a rarity. Most do but they range from lax to this bolt is slightly off center fix it. Plus we have different rules and such depending on the type/year of vehicle. It's quite annoying.
Lived in Colorado, Illinois, and New Hampshire, New Hampshire has a state inspection requirement but depending on shop what type of inspection you get ranges wildly. I went to one shop and they failed me for having more than 6 lamps visible from the front of the vehicle, another looked at a rusty 05 scion I drove from it's grave and was like, ya got three 1/8" holes in your exhaust, replace it and you pass, another shop took one look at my UAZ and was like yeah we'll just trust it's safe cause we have no idea how to drive it. Another I brought a 14 Interceptor Utility too and he put it on a four post lifted it, glanced underneath and smacked a sticker on it. Next year brought the same car to a different shop and they failed it for the amber lightbar, spotlight, and fact the seatbelt indicator didn't work (it's a Interceptor that's turned off in the computer). Tried arguing but ended up just foregoing the sticker that year. Meanwhile in Illinois your car could have no frame and they could care less. Colorado you have depending on county a smog test that makes sure your car meets emissions regulations, and that has tons of weirdness in of it self, commercial vehicles do idle tests, certain passenger cars get Dyno emissions tested, and cars 1975-1980 require it every five years, 85-current (except off lot new cars those are 5year exempt) require every 2 year testing. As for condition if you've crashed the car, or removed parts, (hoods, doors, fenders, all optional) state doesn't care. I've seen cars in Aurora that were wheels with a engine and body and they were registered and being driven. US is wacky when it comes to caring about the condition of your vehicle.
most states in the states have a yearly inspection, most of this is just stand wear and tear or a lack of preventive maintenance - Rust in the rust belt states, a well known issue with ford doors filling up with water, a stolen Cat - nothing amazing or nightmar-ish really
In Michigan, we have no annual inspection and no emissions testing whatsoever. If your car is obviously dangerous, loud, has head or tail lights out, or a broken windshield, a police officer will pull you over, ticket you and you have to fix it.
Some of the absolute shit-boxes I've seen driving legally down the road here is staggering.😂
In Tennessee, there is no annual inspection. Like some other people have said, if it's obviously and blatantly dangerous, you'll probably get pulled over and cited for it. Or maybe not. Depends on where you are in the state, I guess. I've seen things like cars riding on 3 donuts or a Toyota Tacoma where instead of using transparent red tape to fix their taillights, they just slapped some red duct tape on there. We did have yearly emissions testing until about a year ago, but even then, that was only in about 5 or 6 counties out of the 95 counties in the state.
1:13 I had this happen to one of my vehicles. The lower cover is metal and has to be twisted+tilted into place... if you don't and decide to force it in - it's not plastic and won't just pop it... it bends the lower guard. How bad could it be? FFW 20k miles and the belt has cut through the lower timing guard where it was rubbing, over half the belt is gone and a lovely collection of glass fiber is everywhere now. Timing service was done by a shop that no longer exists, so, nothing I could do about it other than to do it again...
"what's an airfilter?"
ok, you are no longer allowed to do any maintanence on your vehicle
They havn't done any to start with!
Jeebus! I change my central air filters every 2-3 months.
Proof we don't deserve cars
Cam belt lmao
And this folks is why you DON'T own a var with a timing belt diseased engine.
Amazing stuff
0:18 - What is he talking about? That's the rear of the car, you can see the exhaust split and the rear tow hook.
You can see through the belly pan to the engine... that's the front.
3:04 would you really want this clown working on your car? How about the other chucklehead laughing about it? Shop owner needs to find some new employees.
They would not act like a clown's or knuckleheads..
If the numb scull owner's actually maintain their vehicles !! 🤔🤷♂️
People who don’t know what an air filter is after that many miles must be NPC’s
My e39 m5 has 2 drainbolts😅
What engine was in that chevy?
Looks like the straight 6 in a trailblazer
4.2l trailblazer maybe, the manifold is a pain but not that bad, unless you want to do it twice, then I would think it gets a little rough
jb weld works!
they should use this as advertising! I notice the guy said "used to have a hole". So it must have worked.
Actually it does very well on cast iron blocks. As long as it keeps the water or oil in, there's no reason it shouldn't last a while. On old cars they used to weld cracks in the block.
4:48 I should call her
Thumbs down. Rotate your phone.
Unbelievable
Mechanics really really need to stop doing vertical videos.
Actually everyone needs to stop.
That air filter is a inside cabin filter for airconditioning. Not for the engine. Has nothing to do with the. loss of power
4:30 what's the point paying a mechanic to tako off the plug and let the water out? Cannot Americans do such a simple thing by themselves? No wonder they vote for Brandon
You mean no wonder they voted for the Trumpster.
If I was a mechanic I would tell these idiots _Youre better off driving a tesla_ it’s “Maintenance free” ..
Work on your editing.
My dad's truck had 435,000 miles on the original shock's and his car had 156,000 on the original fuel filter
Sense when does curbs makes slots in ur oil pan I'm curious cause I've never seen any with slots like that in them at all
The Oil is dripping from the oilpan on to a Cover i guess and the plasticcover has the slots in it.
Ur not to bright r ya
is that some super power you have "sense"
First vid is discount tire I think lol