This was a totally fair competition because both cars were blue! Would an engineer ever put a mechanic in a compromised situation?! 😉 This was a lot of fun to put together and a nice change of pace - hope everyone is enjoying the holiday/weekend, happy Friday!
In another video: Mechanic vs Engineer - Designing an engine assembly with thermal, fatigue, emissions and manufacturabilty analysis - Result may shock you **NOT CLICKBAIT**
Lol! Yes! Blame their manager who wanted the oil filter design done yesterday and just informed the engineer today... Guess I'm slapping a cartridge upside, in behind the wheel well then!!
@@JohnnyReb2000 lol... and once you get it off, oil drips all over 7 different parts!! 😂 I do love my VW's top oil filter cartridge design... I'm not sure why anyone still uses canister filters anymore.
Especially when it means you make your company get a high bullish market, no recession, and an initial public offering where people bet until you officially are a public company meaning normal people can invest in you.
The smart engineer would have used his Tesla Model 3 for this challenge and won by default for having the most “highly optimized vehicle for changing oil”.
As a former mechanic and currently an engineering student, I appreciate the friendly competition. And as a former VW owner and current Subaru owner, I know why Jason won.
Can’t forget the fact that the filter on the Subaru is a sealed unit. The VW uses a cartridge filter with multiple Orings that needs to be replaced. Between the filter, skid plate and using a lift its a no brainer the VW took longer
@@rkan2 same... Use a marine pump, suck all the oil out of the dip stick tube, replace the cartridge filter on the top, and pour new oil in. No need to jack up the car, remove the belly pan, remove the oil plug, or replace the crush washer. If I was racing... It'd be a 4 minute job.
What is it like going from mechanic to engineer ? Is it hard ? Why don’t most mechanics do this instead of moaning how crap they are treated in Main Dealers ?
@@MisteRfleX53009 you don't want to change oil with car hot and no matter what i try from aluminum foil over exhaust or funnels oil spills all over exhaust gets in heat shield and gives you burning oil smell for a week
Jason cheated. Dropping the drain nut in the oil bucket and then fishing it out is a must when changing your oil. He completely missed this entire step. Amateur.
Are you sure Richard? I was under the impression that you only drop the warm ring and pinion gears of your race car into the drain bucket during qualifying for Le Mans where you can not alter the gear ratio. After checking what "that noise" was, and finding noting wrong, you simply re-assemble the diff with the cold gear set you accidentaly found in the drip pan...
Love the collaboration! I'm on the mechanic side of this battle. Although I like to drain the oil as long as possible. I left my Miata on the lift for 3 hours while it drained. It was a slow day and we had a free lift.
i try for best change possible cleaning where filter gasket was on engine putting a couple ounces of new oil in engine to rinse out oil in nooks and crannies and pre filling filter
This is second nature do the mechanic though he will know some of if not all of the bolt sizes by eye and all different tricks for cars that you wouldn't learn unless you've done it a lot. He wouldn't even have to think
Okay Jason wins with the "is this what flat rate feels like?" comment lol, holy crap that got me laughing hard. Now I think back to David and Jack and now Paul has Duncan who I think all came from the flat rate dealership or other service department. Awesome as always Jason and love these collaborations with Charles. Met him finally at last spring's Wookies in the Woods and he is indeed a great guy and very friendly to talk to and hang out with. Thank you for all that you do. Still use your videos all the time to show folks various aspects to automotive engineering. Look forward to the next one.
As a former mechanic that is now an engineer in training, this was hilarious in so many ways. Well done guys! Also Jealous he got 4/10's for an oil change both dealers I worked at paid 3/10's and yeah its not enough time.
EVERY Engineer should be FORCED to take apart and put back together, including repairs, EVERYTHING they design. You'd see a LOT better engineered products!
What about the engineers who actually worked as mechanics before? Also, it is not the engineer in most cases, but the finance guy or project controller who thought it is a good idea to make things complicated just for the sake of a few cents. Engineers can make great products, if one lets them. (Power engineer, who worked as a linesman)
A wise engineer would install a Fumoto oil drain valve rather than have to unscrew a drain plug. I have them on all my vehicles. The difference between an engineer and an inventor is that an engineer exploits existing devices in clever new ways and combinations to create a new product or system, while an inventor wants to create something that has never existed before.
@@paulsengupta971 for real... Good job, "inventor"... you came up with a less practical way to do it the same old way while that suction pump just eliminated all the problems you solved and some.
prep time should have been included, like getting out the tools. massive advantage to the mechanic since they are all already out and on tables and stuff. that's what takes me the longest, getting and putting up all the tools
Aside from getting the suction pump out... the hardest part to changing my Passat's oil is remembering which giant metric socket takes the oil filter cover off.
Wouldn't it be amazing if, all around the world, we could have different people with different backgrounds and different ways of thinking who not only respect each other but relish learning from each other....?
I worked at a Kwik Kar Kare oil and lube shop in my youth. When I was in the pit, we could turn out a full service oil change, bumper to bumper lube, interior vac, tire pressure check, fluid level check and safety inspection (lights suspension ect) in 5 minutes flat. My record was 74 in one day. That was 6 bays going at once.
For an engineer he should understand why breaking the dipstick seal should help with flow since the only other hope is the drain plug and that’s already screwed on
"Most people would probably rather be good at something than win. I think engineers would rather win than be good at something." -Engineering Explained Best Quote Ever
The techs at the dealership I used to work at would punch a hole in the bottom of each 1 qt. oil container, with a pocket screwdriver, as they were pouring them into the oil fill. Back then we used the small diameter 1 qt. containers vs. the large mouth containers in this video. This allowed the container to vent and pour faster, saved a bit of time. Every second counts on flat rate!
This would make a great event for deciding the FIA, F1 constructors championship. Can you see Toto Wolf vs Christian Horner changing the oil on the F1 safety car or Medical car for points in the competition. Great fun!
As a Lube Tech I I performed the underside service on 55 vehicles - cars & trucks - in one 7 he shift. Speed was highly stressed, second only to safety... We worked in tandem. Serviced a Honda Civic in about 6 minutes once! But that's with an under car pit and hydraulic oil pump. After moving to a full service shop I still serviced 6-7 vehicles per day. As a Lube Tech I serviced almost 6,000 cars in 6 months! In the Quick Lube shops you'll be servicing two cars at the same time more often than not! It's actually expected of an experienced technician to be able to perform multiple under car services simultaneously. Just go to any busy OilStop and you'll see them roll 100 cars through the doors in one day like it's nothing! 🤣
To be fair, most of us don't have lifts to raise the car so sliding underneath is the only option (maybe a jack to raise a few inches) if it was low slung.
I'm amazed he got under the car that easily. Last time I changed the oil without using either an oil pit or a lift I got down only to realize there was no way I was going to get my head in under the car with it flat on the ground. And that was nothing more exotic than a Toyota Corolla.
Yup, I couldn't take the drain plug out of my Passat without a jack because 1) the belly pan covers it and 2) it has about 5" of ground clearance. ... and 3) I'm not a stick figure like Jason.
they skipped over the fact that the mechanic pulled the oil fill cap off first which helps with letting air into the crank case to let the oil drain faster out the bottom.
That was a nice friendly race In addition to demonstrating that a technitian knows that if you have to do something again and again, rathre than once in a while, there is no point in rushing it :))), it does show that the engineers will find a way to bend the rules and get to the goal first. Thank you guys for the fun in competition that makes the engineer look more human and less serious. Take care.
Good competition but I think you should include running the engine and checking the level as part of the time. That can be a very time consuming part. Especially if the dipstick happens to be french. They will make the dipstick the same colour as the oil and have the dip stick go through the filler neck. Could also be a electronic dipstick that needs to driven for half a hour before checking. Then you need to reset the oil service light which could take another 15 min depending on the procedure. Suddenly as 12 min job becomes 1 hour easily.
3:35 is a perfect visual of exactly how the mind of an engineer, in any situation, is working. Kindof jumbled, constantly focused. Better yet, a dichotomy of logical planning a rushed execution.
"Pound-feet" YEP! There's the engineer! The rest of the world uses "Foot-pounds" even though that means something else. Thank you for sharing and stay safe!
NOW, when I had my '92 Corrado SLC with the VR6 engine, I was very careful about that damn oil filter! I opened the bottom drain the night before and let it drain. Then when I did my oil change I just twisted the cap off and a towel under the car was all I needed. The rest of the VR6 oil change was just not getting any oil on the pretty cover of the engine.
You gotta try changing the oil on a Honda Rebel or Nighthawk 250. Two minutes, no crawling, no lifting, no filter, 1.5 qt or 1.2l. Pan, box wrench or socket, 1 and a half bottles of oil, done. Easiest oil change I've ever done, including a lawnmower.
Worst preventable oil change mistake I've seen is missing the gasket that was left over from the oil filter removal. Double gasket blew and spun the bearings of a fairly heavily moddified Mazda ms3 😬
this was so silly. you have a simple japanese car vs a complicated german one. I think the largest take away is how user friendly the subaru is. lololol.
cartridge filters are big in in some areas of Diesel world (but not all brands). interesting design that Subaru in that it's a spin on but placed inside a bowl like a cartridge (no cap). definitely need that bowl to keep from making a huge mess. Toyotas are semi-inverted like that but traditional pad mounted and dumps all over the place similar to Charles removing that "wrong way mounted" cartridge on the VW.
@@phillyphil1513 My Toyota Rav4 has a filter cartridge but is serviced from underneath in the traditional orientation. Even has a drain plug in the filter housing.
@@twinturbostang no doubt, Toyota has many different engines in modern day. i speak specifically of the older/ubiquitous 3S 2.0L and 5SL 2.2L 4 cylinders. they put those in everything and they go 200k-400k easy.
What is that insane wait time to charge your battery? Meanwhile we’re In and out of the gas station in 2 min lmao. Poor bloke stuck by his rc car waiting for it to charge…
@@MrStamperh I spend exactly 8 seconds a week charging up. How much time do you waste driving to/from a gas station and standing around there waiting for your car to fill up?
This was a totally fair competition because both cars were blue! Would an engineer ever put a mechanic in a compromised situation?! 😉 This was a lot of fun to put together and a nice change of pace - hope everyone is enjoying the holiday/weekend, happy Friday!
Well, my car is grey so I’ll tell my garage they should be able to do it under 6 minutes 😁.
If not they may consider hiring an engineer! 🤪
😃😃
My take-away from this: If you want to own a German car, be prepared to spend more time working on it. 😛
In another video: Mechanic vs Engineer - Designing an engine assembly with thermal, fatigue, emissions and manufacturabilty analysis - Result may shock you **NOT CLICKBAIT**
LOL...🤣🤣🤣
It's not the engineer's job to change oil. It's their job to make the oil change as difficult as possible.
Lol! Yes!
Blame their manager who wanted the oil filter design done yesterday and just informed the engineer today... Guess I'm slapping a cartridge upside, in behind the wheel well then!!
@@jasono2139, or sideways directly above the front differential where you can barely fit an oil filter wrench I needed as is the case with my truck.
@@JohnnyReb2000 lol... and once you get it off, oil drips all over 7 different parts!! 😂
I do love my VW's top oil filter cartridge design... I'm not sure why anyone still uses canister filters anymore.
I think we should do another challenge!!!! as long as I don't have to math and math. LOL
You can use siri as your calculator while your hands are dirty
@@xilnes7166 300IQ level thinking there... I like it
@HumbleMechanic A vacuum oil extractor goes a long way on the VWs! No lift/ramps/jacks and no removing the drain plug! I love my mkIV TDI wagon 5spd 😃
Just break out a white board!
I am an engineer but i just ask Siri to do the conversions for me 🤣
"Engineers would rather win, than be good at something." So many things just became so clear.
I was amazed how true this statement is lol
Especially when it means you make your company get a high bullish market, no recession, and an initial public offering where people bet until you officially are a public company meaning normal people can invest in you.
@@Brandon-xe2se best about it, it true for any kind of engineer.
I think this statement deserves to be on a t-shirt
@@davidebacchi9030 haha I agree!!
The smart engineer would have used his Tesla Model 3 for this challenge and won by default for having the most “highly optimized vehicle for changing oil”.
Humble Mechanic's reply would be "Gears have oil, start changing Dude."
Here I was coming to the comment section to be all clever and mention his Model 3 . . . and I'm late to the party!
@@philipmackin1025 does the model 3 even have gears?
smort ↗
@@bcunningham3718 Well it has one. And that is engaged all the time.
As a former mechanic and currently an engineering student, I appreciate the friendly competition. And as a former VW owner and current Subaru owner, I know why Jason won.
Meh, I would've sucked the oil out from the top and my VW also has the oil filter on the top like on Jason's Subaru.
Don't forget different in engine sizes and fluid capacity and viscosity.
Can’t forget the fact that the filter on the Subaru is a sealed unit. The VW uses a cartridge filter with multiple Orings that needs to be replaced. Between the filter, skid plate and using a lift its a no brainer the VW took longer
@@rkan2 same... Use a marine pump, suck all the oil out of the dip stick tube, replace the cartridge filter on the top, and pour new oil in.
No need to jack up the car, remove the belly pan, remove the oil plug, or replace the crush washer.
If I was racing... It'd be a 4 minute job.
What is it like going from mechanic to engineer ? Is it hard ? Why don’t most mechanics do this instead of moaning how crap they are treated in Main Dealers ?
I love it! This was some awesome light hearted humor. We all know Engineers make cars to be assembled, not worked on! 😆
Thanks Doug! 😂
I have to work with the techs who maintain the equipment. I learned the lesson on ease of maintenance early.
So true… would love to have an engineer work with me in shop for a week. And see some of the bs us mechanics put up with. LOL 😂
@@FixingWithFriends Old timer Engineers at Toyota, Nowdays, lets make them frequently come here ( authorised service center).
I'd love to see a video where an engineer has to maintain and/or repair a car he designed.
That Subaru oil filter location is just brilliant. Makes things so easy and clean.
yeah my subaru has worst location possible id like to smack the engineer who made my 2012 legacy
@@ranger178 ring of fire?
@@MisteRfleX53009 you don't want to change oil with car hot and no matter what i try from aluminum foil over exhaust or funnels oil spills all over exhaust gets in heat shield and gives you burning oil smell for a week
i swapped my drain plug with a ball valve. You can change the oil in my WRX without turning a wrench nor jacking the car (if you're scrawny enough)
Jason cheated.
Dropping the drain nut in the oil bucket and then fishing it out is a must when changing your oil.
He completely missed this entire step.
Amateur.
He also forgot about getting oil to run down his arm inside his sleave 😅
Are you sure Richard?
I was under the impression that you only drop the warm ring and pinion gears of your race car into the drain bucket during qualifying for Le Mans where you can not alter the gear ratio.
After checking what "that noise" was, and finding noting wrong, you simply re-assemble the diff with the cold gear set you accidentaly found in the drip pan...
Absolutely right. You have to lubricate the drain plug.
Love the collaboration! I'm on the mechanic side of this battle. Although I like to drain the oil as long as possible. I left my Miata on the lift for 3 hours while it drained. It was a slow day and we had a free lift.
At what point did it stop dripping? By the first hour?
Three hours! Every. Last. Drop. Admittedly, I wait a bit longer when it’s not a race haha.
BMW would void your warranty if they saw this video. 😂
i try for best change possible cleaning where filter gasket was on engine putting a couple ounces of new oil in engine to rinse out oil in nooks and crannies and pre filling filter
Warm oil. Drained in 15 minutes....lol then put water hose in it
Software engineer would spend hours programming the robot only for it to do it one second faster. 😂
Yeah but then the robot would do that 60 times and save a minute continuously while the programmers is asleep
If the robot does it without you, it took you zero time to change the oil.
Now this is what I call a Feelgood movie - the special friendship between an engineer and a mechanic.
I've been editing videos all week, and I really appreciate the order, and smoothness of this video.
Thank you! It was a lot of editing work to put together! 🙏🙏
I dont know WHO I want to see, but a whole series of you guys working on a car like this would be awesome. Break pads, disks, clutch etc.
This is second nature do the mechanic though he will know some of if not all of the bolt sizes by eye and all different tricks for cars that you wouldn't learn unless you've done it a lot. He wouldn't even have to think
Yes, and they could each do a different side of the same car.
The Humble Mechanic and The Cocky Engineer have a better chemistry going on than all the other UA-camr couples.
That's because they're both men.
Engineer: you don't need a lift to change oil
Also engineer: does two oil changes per year.
...not if you have a marine pump with the oil filter on the top of the motor! 😉
Okay Jason wins with the "is this what flat rate feels like?" comment lol, holy crap that got me laughing hard. Now I think back to David and Jack and now Paul has Duncan who I think all came from the flat rate dealership or other service department. Awesome as always Jason and love these collaborations with Charles. Met him finally at last spring's Wookies in the Woods and he is indeed a great guy and very friendly to talk to and hang out with. Thank you for all that you do. Still use your videos all the time to show folks various aspects to automotive engineering. Look forward to the next one.
We need to rerun this competition with IROC-type rules: identical cars.
As a former mechanic that is now an engineer in training, this was hilarious in so many ways. Well done guys! Also Jealous he got 4/10's for an oil change both dealers I worked at paid 3/10's and yeah its not enough time.
I used to get .3 for Subaru oil changes and it’s brutal, .8 for oil change + rotate + balance tires
Basically a Japanese Engineering beats German Engineering in simplicity lol
When he said "this is a pretty straight forward vw oil change" I laughed
plenty if VWs have a filter on the top :P Also no reason to take the oil out via the drain plug unless you change your oils every 5 years lol
EVERY Engineer should be FORCED to take apart and put back together, including repairs, EVERYTHING they design. You'd see a LOT better engineered products!
What about the engineers who actually worked as mechanics before? Also, it is not the engineer in most cases, but the finance guy or project controller who thought it is a good idea to make things complicated just for the sake of a few cents. Engineers can make great products, if one lets them.
(Power engineer, who worked as a linesman)
A wise engineer would install a Fumoto oil drain valve rather than have to unscrew a drain plug. I have them on all my vehicles. The difference between an engineer and an inventor is that an engineer exploits existing devices in clever new ways and combinations to create a new product or system, while an inventor wants to create something that has never existed before.
Many cars these days have an oil change pipe up top so you can just suck the oil out that way.
+1 Fumoto
@@paulsengupta971 for real... Good job, "inventor"... you came up with a less practical way to do it the same old way while that suction pump just eliminated all the problems you solved and some.
prep time should have been included, like getting out the tools. massive advantage to the mechanic since they are all already out and on tables and stuff. that's what takes me the longest, getting and putting up all the tools
Aside from getting the suction pump out... the hardest part to changing my Passat's oil is remembering which giant metric socket takes the oil filter cover off.
@@jasono2139 lmaooo fr
No drain plugs were harmed in the making of this video lol
P.S. turn the bottle for a faster pour haha.
Two of the coolest car enthusiasts on the web.
Wouldn't it be amazing if, all around the world, we could have different people with different backgrounds and different ways of thinking who not only respect each other but relish learning from each other....?
Race changing tires! Race changing headlight bulbs! Race changing interior air filters! Great series….
I am not sure what sparked this but I enjoyed it. Especially the commentary.
What do you mean you're not very strong. You've always been a muscular beast.
A supportive comment about physical appearance on UA-cam?! This cannot be! 😂
@@EngineeringExplained I'm over 6' and was 165 lbs. for a lot of my life. Join the club. 😁
This was hilarious. .875 rotations...LOL.
And not a thousandth more! 😂
On a TI-83, only the best engineers are using those. Now I feel wrong using a TI-84
My Tesla has an 8 quart oil pan, still haven't found the drain plug though.
You have to pull the pump to drain the drive unit.
@@dannelson6980 I'll try that. Maybe I'll put a new air filter in it while I'm in the garage also.
I worked at a Kwik Kar Kare oil and lube shop in my youth. When I was in the pit, we could turn out a full service oil change, bumper to bumper lube, interior vac, tire pressure check, fluid level check and safety inspection (lights suspension ect) in 5 minutes flat. My record was 74 in one day. That was 6 bays going at once.
The shop was called KKK??? 😲🤣
For an engineer he should understand why breaking the dipstick seal should help with flow since the only other hope is the drain plug and that’s already screwed on
He certainly understood it. He was just having fun bantering.
I wish I had a two post lift at home. Here I am rolling around on the ground like an engineer.
At 9:45 the subtitles say "Current step: Drive off the ramps"... in a car with no oil!
"Most people would probably rather be good at something than win. I think engineers would rather win than be good at something." -Engineering Explained
Best Quote Ever
Charles seems so relaxed and works so smoothly to get the job done.
My 2 favourite vehicle UA-camrs in one video!! Happy Friday to me!!
Been thin enough to not have to lift the car one inch is a big help and smart enough to cut corners and still do the job properly won the battle
The techs at the dealership I used to work at would punch a hole in the bottom of each 1 qt. oil container, with a pocket screwdriver, as they were pouring them into the oil fill. Back then we used the small diameter 1 qt. containers vs. the large mouth containers in this video. This allowed the container to vent and pour faster, saved a bit of time. Every second counts on flat rate!
Calculating the rotations got me. 😂
Spin-on oil filters always save time. Cartridge filters are a little bit slower because of replacing o-rings.
I love the entertainment value of this video, The humor the fun everything. Good editing by showing simultaneously... Really enjoyed it.!
Thank you, really appreciate it!
this was hilarious, including the pro tips from both sides. calculator on table, torque wrench on floor
Engineers don't change oil that's why they make sure to hide the filter for the mechanics
As a fellow engineer, I support this message.
Next up - who can replace their head gaskets the fastest?
This would make a great event for deciding the FIA, F1 constructors championship. Can you see Toto Wolf vs Christian Horner changing the oil on the F1 safety car or Medical car for points in the competition. Great fun!
As a Lube Tech I I performed the underside service on 55 vehicles - cars & trucks - in one 7 he shift. Speed was highly stressed, second only to safety... We worked in tandem. Serviced a Honda Civic in about 6 minutes once! But that's with an under car pit and hydraulic oil pump. After moving to a full service shop I still serviced 6-7 vehicles per day. As a Lube Tech I serviced almost 6,000 cars in 6 months! In the Quick Lube shops you'll be servicing two cars at the same time more often than not! It's actually expected of an experienced technician to be able to perform multiple under car services simultaneously. Just go to any busy OilStop and you'll see them roll 100 cars through the doors in one day like it's nothing! 🤣
This was awesome, hope you do some more races like this!
As it stands...neither side has completed the service and the clock is still running 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
As it stands...neither side has completed the service and the clock is still running 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
To be fair, most of us don't have lifts to raise the car so sliding underneath is the only option (maybe a jack to raise a few inches) if it was low slung.
I'm amazed he got under the car that easily. Last time I changed the oil without using either an oil pit or a lift I got down only to realize there was no way I was going to get my head in under the car with it flat on the ground. And that was nothing more exotic than a Toyota Corolla.
Yup, I couldn't take the drain plug out of my Passat without a jack because 1) the belly pan covers it and 2) it has about 5" of ground clearance.
... and 3) I'm not a stick figure like Jason.
Just have both an engineer and a mechanic change your oil. Twice as fast.
they skipped over the fact that the mechanic pulled the oil fill cap off first which helps with letting air into the crank case to let the oil drain faster out the bottom.
If there is anything I’ve learned from trying to do things faster than others. Never rush.
That was a nice friendly race
In addition to demonstrating that a technitian knows that if you have to do something again and again, rathre than once in a while, there is no point in rushing it :))), it does show that the engineers will find a way to bend the rules and get to the goal first.
Thank you guys for the fun in competition that makes the engineer look more human and less serious.
Take care.
That was fun, since I'm an engineer I'm glad you won. 👍
Jokes on you, I'm a Software and Electrical Engineer and don't know how to change my oil XD
Me neither lol
If we count “cool-car-factor” the R32/ humble mechanic wins.
Next episode: Charles vs Jason vs CarWizard vs Alex LSC
Congratulations, Jason! I believe that Roger Penske would refer to the edge that you employed to win as the "Unfair Advantage".
Good competition but I think you should include running the engine and checking the level as part of the time. That can be a very time consuming part. Especially if the dipstick happens to be french. They will make the dipstick the same colour as the oil and have the dip stick go through the filler neck. Could also be a electronic dipstick that needs to driven for half a hour before checking. Then you need to reset the oil service light which could take another 15 min depending on the procedure. Suddenly as 12 min job becomes 1 hour easily.
1 more tip, probably not filmed: after filling the oil, run the engine for 15-30 seconds to fill up the filter and then check the oil level.
3:35 is a perfect visual of exactly how the mind of an engineer, in any situation, is working. Kindof jumbled, constantly focused. Better yet, a dichotomy of logical planning a rushed execution.
The biggest take-away: Jason is very glad he doesn't need to do this on his Tesla!
Use an oil drain plug valve like Fumoto and save even more time plus no oil spill on the floor. - Jim
10,000 oil changes and he doesn't know how to tilt the bottle sideways. LesgoBrandon
"Pound-feet" YEP! There's the engineer! The rest of the world uses "Foot-pounds" even though that means something else. Thank you for sharing and stay safe!
The rest of the world uses Newton-Metres! ;-)
Change that oil on a Friday at 4:45 pm and see a man with his boots on fire.
Well you guys started with a oil change race. Next up would be a tire rotation race. Wheel stud vs wheel bolts.
One crush washer for every cylinder... So THAT's what I've been doing wrong all these years! 😉👍
I'll have you know my father is an engineer and he leaves his tools all over the floor when working at home, fair play!
I like the video format, switching back between the two!
Have to admit, not having a super low car that you need to jack up/use ramps does make it less of a chore.
I did my first oil change on my grand Cherokee L & it took over 40 minutes, because it’s my car. I also did a few software update 😁
Fun video. It is so easy to change oil on a CrossTrek. Sweet VW though!
It is so easy! Love it.
NOW, when I had my '92 Corrado SLC with the VR6 engine, I was very careful about that damn oil filter! I opened the bottom drain the night before and let it drain. Then when I did my oil change I just twisted the cap off and a towel under the car was all I needed. The rest of the VR6 oil change was just not getting any oil on the pretty cover of the engine.
You gotta try changing the oil on a Honda Rebel or Nighthawk 250. Two minutes, no crawling, no lifting, no filter, 1.5 qt or 1.2l. Pan, box wrench or socket, 1 and a half bottles of oil, done.
Easiest oil change I've ever done, including a lawnmower.
Would be fun to watch a brake pad replacement challenge
Seeing the Engineer fumble with the drain plug makes me glad my Subaru had a Fumoto valve. I could do an oil change in 2 1/2 minutes.
Is that a calculator in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Worst preventable oil change mistake I've seen is missing the gasket that was left over from the oil filter removal. Double gasket blew and spun the bearings of a fairly heavily moddified Mazda ms3 😬
I will always check for that now even though I always look at I take it off anyway.
I feel like vacuuming the oil out is the better way to do this at this point. Cleaner and faster.
LoL when I got my car to change the oil they took over an hour and a half, pretending to find other things to change
You both do the oil change on the MX5 and see how equipment slays the calculator!.
this was so silly. you have a simple japanese car vs a complicated german one. I think the largest take away is how user friendly the subaru is. lololol.
only takeaway from this is you guys both have excellent taste in cars. Miata and Golf R32...
Tire change,
Sparkplug change,
Wiper change,
Headlight/tail light bulb change.
Lol, that wasn’t a race between two technicians....
That was a race between oil-changing a Japanese Car vs a Piece of EuroTrash!
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Never seen an oil filter that could be changed from the engine bay, instead of underneath the car. Cool!
My 2001 BMW straight six oil filter was in the engine bay. It was also a filter element style. Nice!
cartridge filters are big in in some areas of Diesel world (but not all brands). interesting design that Subaru in that it's a spin on but placed inside a bowl like a cartridge (no cap). definitely need that bowl to keep from making a huge mess. Toyotas are semi-inverted like that but traditional pad mounted and dumps all over the place similar to Charles removing that "wrong way mounted" cartridge on the VW.
@@phillyphil1513 My Toyota Rav4 has a filter cartridge but is serviced from underneath in the traditional orientation. Even has a drain plug in the filter housing.
@@twinturbostang no doubt, Toyota has many different engines in modern day. i speak specifically of the older/ubiquitous 3S 2.0L and 5SL 2.2L 4 cylinders. they put those in everything and they go 200k-400k easy.
@@phillyphil1513 Gotcha. My Rav is a 2006 and has the V6. 190K and still going! She gets synthetic oil every time.
'Your tools have been superior'.... enough said! ;-)~
this is awesome and fun. At 04:01 this just killed me 😂 I didn't see this coming. Next in the competition, well depends what type but I can join.
More general maintenance would make a good series. Brakes, tires, or even something more complex like swapping suspension components
Skinny legend, I couldn’t even get my head under that Subaru let alone my stomach 😂😂😂
Always loosen the fill cap BEFORE you drain the fluid out.
This was kind of weird and nerdy; not gonna deny that I watched and enjoyed every minute though.
Since switching to an EV..."what is this 'oil' you speak of?"
What is that insane wait time to charge your battery? Meanwhile we’re In and out of the gas station in 2 min lmao. Poor bloke stuck by his rc car waiting for it to charge…
@@MrStamperh I spend exactly 8 seconds a week charging up. How much time do you waste driving to/from a gas station and standing around there waiting for your car to fill up?
Time to get the car to the mechanic not included
Oil change on a drive by wire subaru isn't done until you prime the oiling system using the clear flood mode start procedure!