Customer States He Declined Repairs, Now Engine Is Knocking
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2024
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0:00 Intro - Click show more under the video to read more.
0:05 The smoke was after a connecting rod went through the engine block. The customer never topped up the engine oil after they left. The car had an oil leak and some other issues that were previously declined.
0:23 IC Corp CE300 School bus.
0:34 Fuel tank return line was connected to the vent on the rear differential. The rear differential had to be rebuilt.
0:50 Floormat over accelerator pedal. Usually happens after a customer cleans/details their vehicle.
1:02 The pink fuzzy shifter cover would depress the button on the shifter
so the transmission never thought the vehicle was in PARK as the button was pressed in.
1:16 Another one! Now this time due to a piece of candy.
1:25 Bleeder screw needs to be at the top of the brake caliper so you can properly bleed the air out of the brake system. Also weird how there's only 1 red brake caliper.
1:42 Caliper bracket bolts were left loose.
1:54 Hopefully the customer ends up purchasing new tires very soon!
2:07 Hairbrush in the way of the shifter.
2:21 Jug of coolant leaking down the fresh air inlet onto the passenger side floor.
2:31 The technician said the car had a severely cracked tail light housing that allowed all of this water to link inside the car over time. He was surprised there was no mention from the customer.
2:43 On certain Toyota models the rear window can go up and down. In this case, if the rear window is not fully up the rear wipers, washer nozzle, and rear defrost won't work. When the window is fully up, everything works.
2:59 The customer took a lot more apart than what was needed. The shop did not want to be "married" to this mess.
3:09 Some oily rags were left in the garbage bin. Why it's important to never weld near a garbage can and to always have lids on them in the shop. Also to have a container only for rags.
3:19 Outro. Thanks for watching! - Авто та транспорт
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Another Great video👍
It looks like the Duke boys finally retired😉
While those last six are all nice, gimme that old Chevy camper for MY retirement🙂
Nothing to see her folks...just a bunch of master mechanics at work... u mean u have to tighten the bolts on calipers huh...who wuda thunk it ??? Lol .
Nuts
Pun intended! 😁
Man, if I had a .25 raise for each time a customer blocked their own shifter, I wouldn't be afraid to go grocery shopping
If i had a dollar for everytime, i would never need to worry about money again.
Women
Found the mysognist@@Get_yotted
Not a mechanic, but once a lady in the church parking lot couldn't remove her key from the ignition. I got in and noticed.
The car was not in park.😁
After watching a ton of these videos I think a ton of people shouldn’t be able to vote.
I'm no mechanic, but I do know that I could make a comfortable living by opening a floormat-adjustment shop.
@@UncleKennysPlacenot only did you single-handedly expand my biz, but you taught me a word synonymous to debris. I will give you dividends when my business takes off!
I have an idea for your shop name;
"Another Shop"
Sorry to burst your bubble, I have a floor mat adjustment business, they always decline the repair.
@@jasonfitzpatrick414 😂
Can I buy a franchise?
Damn, how long did you have to neglect a toyota engine to make it knock? Im scared by the fact that these people drive on the same roads as us.
Only way to kill them. Neglect lol
Knock knock who's there?? Oil oils well that ends well.
SEVERELY. I've seen the run on less than a quart of oil just fine. Not good for it at all, but for a short amount of time, a Toyota can take it. Now to put a rod through the block? I have no idea. I have an NA Supra and I've been trying to kill the 2J and it won't die.
I sell every Toyota engine that comes in. Just saying.
You don’t. There was one engine that just used oil like crazy. Toyota refuses to acknowledge it. But I’ve seen plenty of them come in with no sign of leaks and be 1.5 quarts low 2 weeks after an oil change. Top it off and 2 later something.
When it comes to junk or floor mats getting in the way of a car's operation, IT AMAZES me people's lack of curiosity and problem-solving skills. It also amazes me how many people do not change their oil or keep good tires on their cars.
They (the ones not checking obvious hinderances) are quite literally likely to be low in the "reasoning quota" department.
My thoughts exactly, no problem solving efforts st all.
I have faimly that insist that the dealership says 1 oil change per year and believes it and its still running almost 9 years old now imagine if it were taken care of how much longer it would have been
@@danlevesque5437 It depends how often/far you drive. If you are driving less than 10,000km/year: 1 oil change/year is fine: especially if using synthetic oil (which gives longer maintenance intervals).
@@jamesphillips2285 What would make it smell like cleaning ammonia? (Off the dip stick) the only one who does 1 a year everyone else smells like normal warm oil that does 2 or more per year
After working in healthcare for 40 years, I thought I could no longer be surprised by the ignorance of some people. Watching your videos helps me understand that there is always someone out there who is willing to prove you wrong.
are you talking about the staff?
Freaks me out thinking about driving down the road with idiots doing FYI jobs on their vehicles, possibly putting others in danger.
There are lots of truly stupid moments but honestly most of these are brainfarts that anyone could have. And if you’re not mechanically inclined, you might jump right to something being wrong with the car.
I definitely had a few of those moments when I was 16-19 and I knew nothing about cars so I try not to judge.
Hold my brain!
@@ourtube4266 lol you are serious lol
Imagine taking your car to the shop just for them to remove a piece of candy from your shifter 💀
Well, removing that candy/hair brush/pink fuzzy shifter cover takes years of automotive schooling and special expensive Snap-On tools...
And don't forget that the diagnosis procedure requires a scan tool, too!
And I hope the shop charged their minimum hourly fee, if for no other reason than to discourage ignorant people from wasting others’ time! 😠
I’d hope that they really felt STUPID
Not to mention the tow bill to get it to the shop
yeah, it was a piece of cake!
That differential gear may be shot but it sure is shiny and clean.
You beat me to it 😂
No kidding...like new
A 13 speed transmission is 15,000$ I wonder how much a rear end is ???
Diesel fuel does that, not a recommended oil removal cleaner by any means, but it sure does the trick.
Yep, it'll look fabulous as it sits in the trash...
You can push that shifter into Drive with a little encourage-mint
😂😂
Take your Like and piss off haha
I totally relate! I often have 10 gallons of water under my back seat...in case some ducks are hitchhiking.
Ducks are ok they play well with others. Just don’t pick up the geese! Those evil bustards ended up taking my car! Damn murder chicken! Don’t trust the geese!
That guy just casually peeling massive chunks of tire sidewall with his hand is a braver man than I.
well... it's not his car, he's not the one it's gonna blow out on.
@@GReaperdunno, I've seen a video of a tire blowing on a guy knifing it and it looks like something I would want to avoid. (That was a truck tire, if I remember correctly, so probably much higher pressure.)
I like how that guy with the welder at the end turned and looked at his buddy like, "What the hell did you do?"
I can binge watch this channel for hours
Glad to hear! Stay tuned for some special/extra episodes in December.
You and me both😂
I love them but I'm glad these compilations are always around the 3-minute mark. There's only so much I can take in one go! 😂
Three minutes of terror is just enough of a daily reminder that most mechanics really are telling you the truth about your car.
I can't, it's too damn depressing. People mistreating all these innocent vehicles.
The old tire one had me thinking about when we had a 19 yearold new hire who changed tires that were 3 weeks older than him... 😂
Had that happen yesterday. My tech is the same age and the tires had a year on her. We didn't let her put them on. Those tires will fail and your shop will be liable.
That last clip was instructive. One spark flew into the garbage can and ignited something. Luckily it didn't start a fire, especially since the can is plastic.
Looked like the "bag full of acetylene" trick I heard about.
And I'm genuinely curious over whatever that something that ignited may have been.
@@strathruncie my guess is maybe they spilled some gas and wiped it up with a rag, tossed the rag in the trash then gas fumes built up in the can
It says on the caption there were oily rags in there
Oily rag cans should be metal with a self closing lid for this exact reason
Honestly, I think I can almost forgive the rear window defroster one, since I bet it looked like it was closed when you were sitting in the driver seat. If they didn't know the window lock was toggled, they may have tried to roll it up, saw it didn't move, and assumed it was all the way up.
Yep, that does seem somewhat excusable.
This is honestly the first time I've ever seen a rear window which could be opened.
Dude, you get a like from me every single time! Your collections are just fantastic fun, and your explanations only make them better. Cheers from near Ottawa.
I appreciate that! Cheers from Alberta 👍
Thanks for reminding me to smash that like button.
You can tell he knows car stuff.
same!
Click on the play button, click on the like button, watch the video, click on the description & read the description while watching again, then read the comments.
It takes awhile but it’s worth it always a good video
I love this channel.
Some of the stupid things people can't figure out themselves, blows my mind.
I was a Harley mechanic for 4 years, and can't think of but one "stupid" thing a customer ever said. They accused me of underfilling the oil tank on a softtail model, said they burned themselves. Well, the oil tank on a softtail's oil tank is chromed and sits just under the front of the seat. Drive the bike for a while, and it will have VERY hot oil in it (cycled back from the engine, waiting to go back through). Yeah, I underfilled it MAYBE 1/4 of a quart, but it wasn't even at the ADD line by any means. The oil tank just gets hot, and he wouldn't even listen to that. And we had given him the remainder of the unused oil, he could have easily topped it off but "that's too hard, I don't know how". Ummm, pour a little bit in?
How'd he know it was low ??
Ron White “ stupid is forever”
@@practicalplinking6133 he didn't, it would just have been the standard "I noticed this issue for the first time and you were the last one to touch it, so you did it"
some ask me why i drive a Suzi....but i am also not American, so i dont need a HD before turning 85!
Give him a break. Not everyone is a highly-trained mechanic with years of experience! 😆
I saw a Short recently explaining why mechanics don't like people bringing in their own parts. It made sense to me, but 99% of the comments where along the lines of "Mechanics are scammers, I'll work on my car myself"
After seeing these videos, I think I'll take the side of mechanics
"My friend can do it cheaper" well it will cost 3 to 5 times as much when I have to redo it and fix their screw ups. That's why I don't do side work anymore. That and I refuse to install wish list parts.
Remember you only see the failures..... I do most of my own repairs without a problem.
@@tinknal6449 Oh I'm aware. I watch a car guy and he does his own work mostly without issue, and he's even acknowledged that if something goes wrong, he's the only idiot to blame lol
@@tinknal6449yeah but there is a big difference between knowing what you can do and how to do it, having the right tools, understanding the risks, etc. you also likely take it in if it’s beyond your abilities or requires special tools.
Whereas for these people the only special tools they have is themselves.
The customers parts are normally wrong and also I'm not going to warrenty the cheapest utter shit they could find. Send those ignorant cheap fools down the road. Occasionally an enthusiast/regular customer will know what they have and rare parts may need to come from overseas etc, fair enough, let them deal with it at their risk etc if that's the only way.
Love this channel. Amazing how people can't figure out the hairbrush blocking the shifter or the window not being closed. Those "declining repairs" must like to live on the edge.
Can't afford them. Because capitalism.
@@JBofBrisbane Can they afford the insurance deductible when they cause a crash?
The lawsuit when they get sued for KNOWING there was a mechanical defect and refusing to get it fixed?
The funeral(s)?
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Yes, owning a vehicle can be expensive, but typically if you keep up on maintenance, and save a little aside periodically, you can keep your vehicle in safe running condition.
@@JBofBrisbaneThey can't afford to run a car then. Nothing to do with capitalism, people that do manage to run cars safely also work under the same capitalist system.
you gun laws say the same!
People are surpringly dumb I have learned
"knock knock"
"who's there"
"engine" [rattles itself to pieces]
I said, "Where's that connecting rod?" Engine said, "Oh, it left!"
Some of these people would lock their keys in the car with the top down, and call a locksmith to get the door open.
And wouldn’t know how to empty water out of a cup if the instructions were on the bottom of the cup. 😊
@@glennso47 🤣💯
There's a story about someone seeing a locksmith at work on a car door, and the other door on the car was OPEN... When asked about it, he said, "Yeah, I know! I already did that one, now I'm doing this one!"
@@glennso47 like that one
I am continually amazed by this channel's non-stop dosage of crazy. It makes me feel like I'm highly competent and know what I'm doing.
I know what I can do & what I can’t do & I’m not afraid to have it done
@@dirtfarmer7472 I mean some of this is straight crazy. I'm an amateur mechanic, not professional by a long shot, but I don't think I ever did anything on this level of crazy even when I was a kid and didn't know what I was doing.
I got myself with a floor mat once. We did a full stereo system in an Altima (amp and speakers). After the job was done, the car would just crank and crank and not fire (push to start vehicle). Started checking fuses, checking to see if we unplugged anything, etc. After almost a half hour of frantically trying to figure it out, (customer was there to pick up the car as well) I realized I had put the weathertech floor at back in OVER the gas pedal, putting it to the floor. Apparently the car has a failsafe where it won't let you start the car if you have the pedal all the way down 😂. I was so thankful that's all it was and we all had a laugh.
Clearflood mode.
0:09 "Hey, the engine was running when I brought it in! You broke it!"
The rear window down was an actual genuine, excusable human error.
The rest... we are doomed!
And Ai won't save us because PEOPLE program computers! 😂😂
Uh it's generally not THESE people who are programming anything lol
@@cenciende9401 these are the people who watch the wal-mart self checkout, they aint programmers!
I also thought that one was OK. Looks closed but *just* missed the mark. Good debugging work by the tech!
Yep. And I had a rental car where the rear gate window switch was just at my knee (Toyota Sequoia?). So each road bump the window would get moved down just a hair. And then suddenly it starts to rain and... the rear wiper doesn't want to engage. Took me a good while to find out that there's an interlock and that the window that I had closed just before and still looked closed to me - actually isn't anymore.
@@cenciende9401 UH I bet most IT people cannot change a spare tire......
Ol boy is brave pulling on the remnants of rubber on that “tire” @2:05 😂😮
I was thinking the same. Glad he didn't get hurt
Those curious about telling the age of a tire: There's a DOT number on every tire sold in the US. The last 4 numbers are week and year. If it's 3 numbers, it predates the current system, so currently 23 years old at minimum. If you don't see any numbers, then they will be on the other side of the tire. Passenger tires tend to have a partial DOT on one side with the full DOT on the other.
Thank you Sir I can & will use that information tomorrow morning
A 3 number DOT indicates 90s or 80s. 1 is indented and the other comes out, forget which is which. Typically, 7-10 years is the max you want to chance on a tire. Any older than that and you're simply asking for issues.
@@cranehook4715 Now to sit back and wait for all of the "I have used 30 year old tires all the time and have had no problems harumph, harumph!" comments...
@@cranehook4715 a little arrow on the side of the date indicates the 90's. by then the numbers were also separated by being inside a rounded "flask" frame like egyptian hieroglyphs.
and if there is no date indicated at all, use the tyre as decoration.
my 1974 Ford Taunus has an old Goodyear winter tyre as a spare, with no date behind the DOT. there is not even a DOT, europe used that only later. I assume the tyre is as old as the car. it still holds air though, and isn't as hard or porous as you'd expect. yet I'll never use it at all. :P
First time in many videos you haven't shown an Australian car on your end screen - I always notice, is a nice subtle touch. Love your videos, cheers!
I got more to show in future videos 😀
@@JustRolledInYes. More more Aussie cars.
@@JustRolledIn Happy days! Cheers mate! 👍😁
Aussie cars? Where's the opened jar of Vegemite that's rolling around and stinking up the place?
It's really amazing how many people just have things in the way of their shifters
Did you ever hear about the glider passenger who mistook the gaiter around the control stick for a pocket into which they should store their phone? Fortunately the phone wasn't strong enough to stop a determined and panicked pilot from still using the elevator.
oh man, that oil rag fluff pooof had me belly laughing till my head hurt, god that was good
I really have to worry about peoples awareness when they don't notice something obvious is blocking something from moving. The candy was too obvious, the brush I could see if it moved after they hit it.
But it didn't move. That's why she brought it to the shop because it wouldn't go into park. How dumb do you have to be to not see the brush blocking it?
Could have been blond hair in the brush 😂
@@imasurfer4983
Pretty dumb
Awareness and lack of curiosity. Something suddenly doesn’t work and you don’t think, “Hmm, that’s odd. Why would that happen?”
real life npc’s
These reels should be used as "exhibit A" as to why some people shouldn't be allowed to drive, or even make their own large decisions. Love it, keep em coming!
or why you bring your mechanic to vet a car youre buying from a private party.
These videos absolutely never disappoints me of crazy things people do to their cars.
Im loving that trans am at the end. I had a 79 that was dark blue and loved it. I swear we need a Darwin award segment.
I'll have to work on a Darwin Award special lol
@JustRolledIn lol there are plenty of them out there lol
@@JustRolledIn for the Darwin Award I would like to nominate the guy who put a rock on his brake pedal to hold the car still while he climbs under or in front of the car to put go between Park, Reverse, and Drive because he had a broken shifter cable, which he didn’t mention when he brought it in for an oil change.
@@09corvettezr1 I remember that one. That definitely would be added
In "another life", I was a copier service technician. I had a customer called and she said "The copier keep asking to add toner". "Well, did you add some?" "No... You think it will fix the issue?". So, when I see someone who can''t figure out that a hairbrush, a candy, a fluffy cover, a carpet or a bowling ball in their vehicle is causing the issue, I remind myself of that "toner lady" and I think: yeah, those people exist... and they reproduce.
Thank you for all the laughs. We all just have to be aware that "those people" are on the road. (or operate copiers...)
It's truly amazing that so many people are completely unable to diagnose the smallest problems. Just a few days ago I went in to work to find a note in the comms book that read "The emergency phone box door is broken". I just replaced the two little screws, that were sitting right there in plain sight on the bottom of the box, back into the lower hinge and it's fixed.
I was a static guard at a crash site, and they put up some temporary traffic lights overnight since it was on a bend. The control box had a momentary switch that wouldn't let it operate unless the box was closed and latched. The mount for the switch was loose so it wouldn't just shift out of the way instead of depressing. They spent at least half an hour trying to get it to work (open, close, open, close, open, slam, etc) and eventually had me come down, gave me a stop-go sign and left for the night, thankfully leaving the lights setup. One screwdriver later and I got to sit in my van all night reading a book while the lights did the work. The site boss came down an hour earlier than he was supposed to, so I didn't have a chance to revert the change and look busy. He admitted he'd just been trying to catch me sleeping on the job, took the list of numberplates of cars that had tried to stop and poke around the wreck, thanked me for fixing the problem, and signed off the full hours on my timesheet before sending me home early.
Never ceases to amaze me how many people can't seem to figure out how a screw works. XD
Putting stuff on or near the controls of a car so that it's possible that these things may block something or somehow interfere is one thing. But when it actually happens … that you don't have enough basic "how does this world works" skills to analyze why a lever/switch or whatever can't be moved, that's another level.
With these people driving, and "repairing" their cars, looks like techs are going to have a long and profitable future!😬👍👍
Now that's made my day watching my favourite channel.
I appreciate that!
@@JustRolledIn 👍
Yeah I do a lot repair dyi work myself, but I'm feeling really good about myself after watching some of the issues reported in this video, now I feel like a genius honestly 😂😂😂
Cleanest diff I’ve ever seen.
Im stealing that empty bottle to catch messy drainage trick
This channel always amazes me…when you think you’ve seen it all…you haven’t! 😂😂😂
1:54 What ya mean those tires need to be replaced. They still have lots of mile left on them. 🤣
Just Rolled In: The constant reminder there are some really bad cars and owners out there amongst us... be safe everyone!
these owners are just stupid
The bad cars are 1 thing but the DUMB drivers have me worried !!!
People who say, 'amongst' scare the bejesus out of me.
staying in Europe is the best advise i can give you....i drove in Paris...and its more easy as to drive in NYC....
in Paris, most drivers are French..
in NYC, you have barley French drivers!
@@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059Kind of the point, when ya think about it. :)
The last clip. Guy thought he got pranked by the other guy and stared him down. 😂
A lifesaver candy blocking the shifter is just ironic.
I love these videos, always good for a few laughs.
Glad you enjoy them!
....or a few tears of sadness...depending on one's perspective.
Man, people that decline reasonable repairs should be alerted to the police.
I don't think that's a Jeep Wrangler in the last video, but I replaced the heater core on mine by watching a great video on UA-cam. A real PITA to do, but I saved myself $1300 in labor.
I absolutely love this channel,always gives me a laugh no matter how bad my day is!! Thanks.
Thank you to the do it yourselfers! You're always good for a laugh!
They're half the reason shops stay in business 🤣
Hey! I resemble that remark! X3
Many, many years ago I took my mom’s car to a quick lube chain and they accidentally plugged in where the air conditioning moisture would be allowed to leak out. The 2nd row floor would start getting wet and you could smell the mildew within a day. I don’t know how that person at 2:32 could live with that smell for so long where the water turned brown!
I had to chuckle at the fuel vapours in the plastic bucket LOL That was funny
My sister just had something amusing happen with the tires on her car: A friend was driving it in slick conditions and it slid into a curb and the front passenger tire blew. So she took it in to Big O to figure out how many new tires she'd need. Turns out her tires were installed in 2011 and had gotten to the point of dry rot on some of them and they all needed replacing regardless of whether they could still hold air.
And her friend was still trying to ask her what he owed for popping her tire despite her stating their age.
I think a lot of people have no clue that tires have an expiration date even if they haven’t been used much - or at all.
@@Sashazur Indeed. She bought the car used and didn't think to see if it needed new tires so soon after buying it. Thankfully she didn't discover that she needed new tires when they started blowing on the highway, though I think in the future she'll definitely be a little more proactive about making sure her tires are good.
I love the stupid stuff like the mint and hairbrush blocking the shifter 😂
I've done the "shifter won't go into park" when I first started driving. It was just something blocking it, but in that moment, I thought something much worse had happened and I didn't know what to do. I was worried about leaving my keys in the car in the street, and the scenario of having to take the car to the shop was already playing through my head. I had my mom look at the car and she saw the shifter was blocked in an instant. I can understand how these people end up in the shop. It boils down to having no idea how anything on your car works and assuming you can't fix anything that goes wrong with it.
And we've seen the opposite, thinking you can fix everything, in this very video.
"When all else fails, read the manual". Though reading the instructions before using the machine often prevents otherwise preventable misadventures.
Thank you for the 3 minute videos reassuring me that im not the dumbest guy out there.
What was that? 😂😂😂
The last clip was gold. Thanks for the work you put in to making this channel.
Ooooo...peice of candy 🍬
Watching this series makes me genuinely believe some humans have a total of 5 brain cells
And that's being generous.
That water leak in the mini-van 😮
Renault 25 top right in the collage at the end, first car I experienced electric windows. Fond memories.
0:35 that's a neat solution to draining the diesel out - stealing that idea!
Hello Eli,hope you and Family are doing well.Great winter weather here 60s for a high 40 for a low.I love this weather and so does my F430.Nice to be able to go out any time of the day without baking in the heat.I have been busy lately and have missed many of your videos.Take care my friend.
Enjoy the weather my friend! Glad you've been enjoying yourself with the F430.
We've had some snow and some -20's in the morning but next week is warm. It's been some weird weather lately. Chat soon!
What is a F-430
@@douglasgloughner5682 older Ferrari
The dreaded floor mat seems like the most common “ Duh” 🙄 repair
A number of parts were missing and the shop declined repairs.
Back in highschool a friend had a car's transmission crap out on him. We got the appropriate manual and it did warn us that this was a professional job. We decided it would be lengthy, but we could do it.
Four days later we towed his car with the transmission and a lot of parts in a box to a shop. We promised to never touch one again if they could get it working.
Great video once again thanks for the share. Always thought my diagnostic skills were pretty good considering the decades I’ve been working on all kinds of vehicles but you prove time after time when it comes to some owners I’m like so many mechanics in your videos am a friggen genius. 😂🤣😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😉😉😉
Another great video
I appreciate that!
Fridge mechanics has the same simple problems with simple solutions dilemmas. The most common one I see is people not cleaning their fridge condenser at the bottom of their LG or Samsung fridges, which blocks the airflow and and kills the compressor. It’s like driving your car with a plastic bag on the radiator. If you have one of these fridges, once a year you should pull it out and vacuum the dust away. I have examples on my Instagram page of the worst ones.
The other problem (other than those pesky inverter boards) is that the compressors are Chinese garbage. I have a 1948 GE refrigerator in my shop that's been running on the original motor and compressor for 75 years straight. Compressors in modern boxs last 2-5 years even if you take care of them.
Since you mentioned GE refrig. compressors...You must have one of the cast-iron case units, suspended on springs. Those never quit! I believe you, when you say it's still working. The next compressor they used was in a stamped steel case, but must have had the same unit inside, cause those were extremely long-lasting as well. Things went downhill when GE switched to a cheap import that looked like a Tecumseh, but wasn't, and the absolute worst was a Sanyo compressor starting around 1985. Glad I got out of the business when I did. Everything now is extremely complicated, and poor quality-a terrible combination. PS....What is an inverter board doing on a refrig? @@ohger1
I tell you what I see a lot of: motel bar fridges that are built into cabinets with no air flow around them.
The companies that fit out motel rooms have no clues.
Often the compressor is making some very concerning noises
Yes, but this is much worse. The fridge blockage isnt visible, and happens by itself. These cases you can literally see the shifter is blocked because of something you dropped. Doesnt take any mechanical knowledge of how it works at all, in comparison to the fridge.
@@PaulG.x I see a fair amount of that as well, fridges with little to no airflow running almost constantly slowly damaging the compressor or other components. A little maintenance goes a long way
I really like the fuzzy pink covers. They tie the interior together. 😅
Keep up the hard work.
I never miss watching one of your videos
The scariest part of every one of your videos is that we share the road with these customers every day
In Europe there is a compulsory vehicle check every year or two years after the car is 3 years old. Doesn’t the US have such laws?
@@simonbarrow479. In most states, no. Once it rolls off the lot new, it’s up to the owner to maintain it… zero gov’t checks.
Amazing how many of these are PEBSWAS errors. (could also be 1D10T errors)
This channel makes me appreciate living in a state with annual inspections.
I started to mention something on this channel to a mechanic friend, and he finished what I was about to say. He said the same thing I did. "Some people!"
"Why should I pay the garage $6 for a quart of oil when I can get house brand oil at Walmart for $4.89" ~ famous last words of Toyota owner..
Even the crappiest oil on sale at walmart or anywhere is unlikely to grenade an engine in normal usage, if intervals are followed. This was almost certainly caused by other stuff than too cheap oil.
@@GoldenCroc I think he means the owner declined letting the shop add oil because they could get it cheaper elsewhere. Saving a couple of bucks cost him the motor.
@@guypatterson7334 I am not sure I follow you. Is the theory they neglected to get any oil at all and ran it more or less completely dry for a while, not topping up at all, even with a cheaper oil?
I got to admit, I didnt even think of that possibility.... such blatant idiocy was beyond my ability to even imagine. But looking at the video again, it seems what you suggested might indeed have been what happened.
@@GoldenCroc That's correct - why pay the garage for oil when they can save a buck by using Walmart oil? Not blaming the Walmart brand oil (it's all the same really), but not paying the couple of bucks to let the mechanic do it right when it needed it most. Boom..
How do you not know why you have 10 gallons of water in the back well of your car? I think we need to start having an aptitude test every time you start car, and the car won't start if you fail it.
You think they would notice a weird sloshing noise coming from the back of their car.
@@09corvettezr1 Not to mention a horrible smell.
The incompetence in some of the people is wild, how do you not check for the problem
Connected fuel line to the differential. Nice!
What's scary is these people drive and somehow they figure out how to reproduce. 😅
That must have taken serious effort to do that. Nothing is connected to any differential that I've ever seen.
Rule #1 DON'T decline repairs
The last segment was my favorite. Classic mistake to weld near the oily rag bin.
This channel has some really funny recurring stuff, such as "the customer declined repairs", but what always gets me is, when a customer has some issue with their car and it's something as stupid as a floor-matt pushing on the accelerator or a brush or even a piece of candy being wedged against a lever or shift-stick to prevent its operation.
Modern cars are complicated and owners.cant be their own troubleshooter in all cases. HOWEVER, if you can’t problem-solve to the extent of seeing that the hairbrush is blocking the shift lever (or other similar simple example), you shouldn’t have driving privileges to begin with. 🧑🎄
After spending 30 years in this industry it always AMAZED me the people that didn't want to pay the diagnosis fee after us finding something stupid causing the issue like the car not going into park because of the hair brush. I always said "we fixed the problem didn't we?" What about you guys, did you make them pay?
It would depend on the customer- a regular (and liked) customer might not get charged, but someone off the street might. Or if they had a bunch of other work done at the same time, I'd do it for no charge.
I feel so much better after watching your videos. Feels marginally better for the time i put power steering fluid in a power steering reservoir on a late 2000's Fusion (needs Mercon ATF of course)
2:40 , Customer has a in- car Aquarium !
Refused brake, tire or steering issues not repaired should be reported to the DOT by the shop.
That would make a great law, and a even better money maker for the police and state DOT's. They give shops a reward (small amount if proven accurate)
It should become a legal requirement to report cars that "refuse repairs and drive away" like the one with the original factory tyre worn beyond use.
I like the motto on the earliest American currency - mind your business. You can't expect the government to take care of you. Making laws for everything common sense will eventually put yourself into jail. Maybe he has a brand new set and tire machine at home...and he just needed an oil check before getting down the road a few miles? If there was a law against that, he'd be put in jail and prosecuted. Once you put laws on everything you have no freedom left. That dystopia.
In the uk, cars have to go through an annual inspection, and starting recently they are not allowed to leave the garage until they have the repairs done to make them pass inspection
@@damon2772nomadthe level of ignorance in your comment is staggering. When idiots like the ones on this channel leave shops in unsafe vehicles they aren't only endangering themselves. They should absolutely be reported.
@damon2772nomad how would you feel if the customer refusing repair got into a car crash with you because of his negligence? In some instance it can be dangerous.... 🤔
@@damon2772nomad I, my family and my friends use the road.
Your unsafe rust bucket could injure or kill any of them.
That _makes_ it my business.
I enjoy this channel so much.
You mean that there are people out there that know even LESS about cars than I do? Incredible! 🤣🤣
Some of these make me fear for the future of humanity. Does no one actually try to LOOK at what is not working correctly? All these fuzzy socks, hairbrushes, and the like is fucking crazy people can't figure that shit out on their own.
I fear for the future of humanity
I think that every time I watch these videos.
Many decades ago I went to an auto electrician to install wiring for the caravan connection, in my truck there’s a rubber grommet to get the wiring loom through to the tow hitch area BUT he drilled a new hole right next to it to fit the wiring loom! From then on I always do my own 12v wiring.
You have got to love the knowledge of the arm chair and couch taters view of auto mechanics is truly amusingly fun to watch . 😆😂🤣🤣
Geez, what is with people? If you don't know what you're doing, for everyone's sake, get your brakes done by a pro! Not winding up dead is worth spending the extra money.
01:54. The customer declined to get new tires installed. A prime example of why the US needs much stricter vehicle safety laws, in line with other first-world countries.
US vehicles have all the newest safety equipment, what more do you need?
@jayjaynella4539 I swear there are people out there that want the government in every aspect of their lives. Makes no sense.
Someone has to protect us from the morons driving death traps. Libertarians are the worst.@@bearing_aficionado
The vast majority of vehicle wrecks are caused by driver error.
Imagine a channel named Just Looked Down that only featured cars crashed by distracted drivers...
@@jayjaynella4539 mandatory yearly inspections
0:21. The engine just started to knock yesterday. Oil is cheap. Engines are expensive.😵💫🤣
everyone loves a good ole garage blooper
every time i watch one of your videos, it confirms my belief that people should be required by law to pass both an iq test and some sort of problem solving ability test.