how about Tyler Hoover's voice "Weeeezerd!! I bought a 7 series Weeezard!!"

The scariest sound of all is the sharp intake of breath from the mechanic when you ask how much will it cost.

Honorable mention. Torquing a bolt down hard, hearing a snap and the bolt gets looser

A scary noise whenever working on a vehicle is dropping anything in the engine bay and not hearing it hit the floor

On BMWs there's a lever to the left of the steering wheel that makes a sound so scary the owners refuse to go near it

I am dressing as the Check Engine Light on a Porsche. Nothing scarier than that.

I’m an engineer and sadly very few women choose to join my profession. When a female voice say “interference based engine”..... I teared up a bit. :)

The scariest sound is when you ask your mechanic if this repair is going to cost a lot, and then he starts laughing.

Scariest sound i hear is the cash register at the auto parts store going cha-ching cha-ching everytime my car breaks down.

Cop: are you drunk? Me: naw just checking the wheel bearings.

It's very rare to find someone as genuine as you are on KZfaq. Keep up the awesome videos!!

That Acura’s rod knock scared me more than any haunted house.

I had a terrible whining in my car, checked everything I could think of.. Turns out it was the wife.

I would have guessed Fart can muffler or Turbo whistle for the worst sounds a car makes. Honorable mention: under watt subwoofer distortion.

Being a bmw fans, most scary one is.. "Ding" warning from the dash....💸

I once described a noise to a mecanic as "when I let out the clutch it sounds like a washing machine full of bricks" tranny had grenaded at 8000km

I’m gonna watch this video and treat it like bingo. Edit: I only got 2/10, I’m pleasantly surprised.

When the car wizard is stumped on diagnosing a mechanical issue, he asks Mrs. Wizard for the proper diagnosis. Mrs. Wizard will not be taken by any crooked automotive repair shops, she knows her stuff.

the 5.4 Triton 3 valve dilemma grows new legs and now has a gambling problem.... brilliant...

a very Loud Rod Knocking noise, on a Dark Rainy Deserted Highway, Passing a Graveyard, Just at Transylvania Parkway exit. And Oh, just past a Hitchhiker carrying a bloody human head. A second later you hear a very excruciating BANG from the Engine,. and roll to a stop.

I think the car wizard should do some automotive Halloween scary poetry. A dark shop, a single light, a hood open, and the wizard trying to scare us!! OoooooooOOO!!!

Awesome idea for a Halloween video. Hands down best idea for us car guys. Cheers Wizard. Have a great Halloween! 😎🤙

scariest noise I've heard a car make was a simple "clunk".

You forgot the sound made by a turbo failing, especially when it has not enough oil... it's a high pitch strong metallic sound of the propeller of the turbo going sideways against the metallic tube

Looking at your ”you tubes” from Sweden. I really do like your advises and I do want to say that Mrs. Wizard is the real star ! Keep on, do continue, let us amatuers get good advises...... even if we do not drive Labos, Ferrearis, Bentleys, RR’s etc. My best wishes for the both of you.

You can also find a bad wheel bearing if the center of a wheel hub is warm, hot, or glowing red

Scariest noise for Wizard is after fixing a POS $500 Mazda the owner refusing to pay.

The scariest sound I hear in my car is my wife telling me to stop driving in circles and use the GPS already.

Death wobble on a solid axle front end truck/jeep is pretty scary too. The shaking with the "clack, clack, clack" noise.

The sound that really scares me is an engine throwing a rod You know, RRRRRRRRRT RRRRR PRR PUF BOOM

"Was the pumpkin watching me the entire video?" LOL! Actually clicked back on parts of the video to see. It's moved at each different angle change. That's awesome! VT247

18:00 I've heard this one so many times I immediately know what is happening. And it makes me cry every time.

Scariest sound i ever heard was "the brakes dont work" as we were doing 80mph down a motorway in a merc 190E , wheel bearing failed and the wheel ended up snapping off as we had no brakes or steering, about 3 miles of no control at all before it stopped

You left out #11, the sound I hear every time I start my Subaru in winter: piston slap!

18:27 - actually gave me an adrenaline rush and goosebumps

The best thing about your channel is that, you are a very talented mechanic. You try to make your channel as educational as possible, I appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

I think this is my favorite video you all have made. So useful. Thank you both!

Very good video, Wizard. Always wondered about various engine sounds. This is a good reference video. It's a keeper. Thanks!

Kudos to you Wizard! You are very pedagogical in your videos. It makes it easy to follow and learn. You seem like a very humble mechanic. I bet there is sometimes a lot of stress in the chop, but you seem to be able to carry that load. Be safe and take care, Best regards from Västerås, Sweden. 🇸🇪🙋🏼‍♂️

The loud single death squeak when a motor seizes for lack of engine oil.

Gambling sometimes is an addiction. Some people can't help it.

That last one was very scary!

How about the sound of no sound at all? (Won't start completely dead) Scariest sound? You ask mechanic how much and he says "Keep writing zeroes on the check until I tell you to stop.."

As Scotty would say, “Your old engine was used, so why not get another used engine to replace it?”

This was definitely the scariest thing I saw all weekend! Great video, will definitely come back to this one (Hopefully for just friends cars, and not my own)

Brilliant! Thanks!

Great video wizard! Thanks for all the info, very helpful.

Thank you, mr and mrs wizard. happy Halloween to you both. Thank you for sharing

Brilliant video 👍 great information for everyone. Love it!

Great video. The fact that you had the actual sounds was very helpful.

Love when mrs wizard chimes in with more specific questions

Great video wizard. Very educational, and thorough. Nice to Mrs wizard at the end. 🇺🇸🇨🇦

this video should be one of the most helpful videos you've ever made, great job

Half-way between Phoenix and Tucson, Kerpow and the sound of the engine shedding shrapnel, then the engine sounding like an ancient International tractor. Thought I'd somehow lost the exhaust. Turned out the 3L Escape had launched a spark plug into the aether. Drove it home as a very loud 5-cyl.

This was an amazing video! So useful! Thank you!

Another scary noise almost every driver has experienced, is a small child in the backseat who says "I feel sick".

Well done. Good tips given on cautions as well. Happy Halloween!

OK, that was great dude. Day off and up late and I find your channel. Good start into 2021...

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

Awesome video Wizard, I replaced the Idler pully on a 5.7, that sound was identical Thanks for sharing 👍

MR. and Mrs. Wizard are great.. Love the videos!

An EXCELLENT video Wizard!

Great video!

Oh wow, that last sound just gave me a flashback to the Seat Leon I had a year ago. had it for 8 months and the seller had stated the timing belt and waterpump was new, but 3rd of November 2019 on my way home in heavy rain that happened to me all suddenly as well. The engine was worthless just like that, so I wish I had gone the safe way of just replacing the belt and waterpump myself. Instead I had to wreck the car cause it was too expensive to repair, which was a shame cause I really liked that car.

The scariest noise I ever heard was not actually all that bad to fix. I was driving my Hyundai in winter and floored it away from the lights (don't worry its an underpowered car to start with) and this terrible very loud multi-frequency noise started. Anyway, it was the AC clutch, has sheered the rubber drive part. When the AC was off the loose centre part rattled around creating the noise. When the AC was on it was quiet.

Kick ass video Wizard!

“Minor to moderate repairs”.... like pulling the engine out of a Murcialago.

This was exactly what I was looking for. Found my issue and fixed it. Bad wheel bearing. Thank you sir great job and I subscribed.

Thanks. This was another brilliant idea for a video.

Love your channel Car Wizard!

A scary noise for me would be a rod knock from that ford 302 I rebuilt during the last year, I wasted so much energy on it and it's not mine. And A scary noise I herd is a tic/knock noise from a diesel truck I have that I started using starting fluid along with propane, yeah..., to wake it up from many years of being parked. I have work to do before I can use it, and it's a vt275, an engine derivated from the powerstroke 6.0! Mouhahahaaa!! Happy Halloween!

Can confirm that every Ford from 1990-2001 has a whining power steering pump. They don't seem to break or not work properly, they just all whine constantly. lol

Thank you Carwizard for the tips and hints.

I had a 99 ford escort zx2, before it died. It made both of the 2 scariest noises. You explained perfectly how that car died at 70k on the motor. The shop I was taking it to were patching problems instead of fixing them entirely. It's a shame, I really liked that car when it ran well. It had the ford 2.0 ztech, just for reference. That was only 4 years ago.... Damn shame.

I love when Mrs. Wizard chimes in.

Great video Mr. and Mrs Wizard

I once heard that last sound - at about 2AM on an interstate. It was a Honda Prelude Si that had supposedly been "serviced" about a week before. No idea if it was related, but as I slowed down and veered to the side of the interstate, something in the engine bay caught fire. It didn't burn the entire car to the ground, but the engine was ...well... toast. That was a very long night.

Very helpful and useful info. Thanks Wizard & Wife

That last one is the reason I won't own a car with an interference based engine which is getting hard to do. I do wish people would quit buying cars with those engines so manufactures will stop making them. Come to think of it, I'm not buying CVT or Dual clutch transmissions either. I've got a growing list of cars not to buy because of long term mechanical issues. It's like they are making these cars to fail. If I buy a car I should do so with the confidence that at some point in time I can reasonable repair it without the fear that something simple can total the entire car out. Perhaps I will switch to all electric or maybe even go classic to the point I can just fix it myself.

My "88 Turbo Coupe's power steering pump whined for 260 thousand miles. Thank you Mr and Mrs. Wizard! I understand you dont need to make these videos but I am glad you take the time to produce them.

Also, Wizard seems to be in a great mood in this video and that's awesome. I love a happy Wizard.

Thanks for a great episode! I just recently subscribed to your channel and always leave smarter. I could have added one : the sound of an amateur dropping a pcv valve into the engine compartment and trying to fish it out with a mirror and a magnet - adult language warning !

Excellent Thanks

I just had the cam phaser issue. First the belt "must be bad", $114. Then it was still there later, $515 at my local shop. Now the Service Engine Soon light is on but it runs okay, I have to go 70 mph sometimes to get to work. I can see that from the video that the motor could fail eventually so thanks for the information, I'm saving up for a new (used) car at this point. Maybe I should take it back to the shop but it also needs major exhaust work so it's getting too old to keep fixing all that stuff. Happy Voting Day! Hmph!

Had a 2000 Ford Explorer come in with what sounded like the worst every power steering pump. Ended up being a bad idler pulley bearing. Sounded JUST like a bad pump

LOL where's all the candy gone,,,i ate it all 🙂,,Thanks for all the great content Mr Car Wizard, excellent work, please continue. Bless 😇

The scariest sound when you hear the price to fix it. Lol

My 1993 Ford Mondeo (Contour) makes the classic Ford PAS pump noise like that!

youre the best, i love all the dorky content no shame! you the wiiiiizard

great topic for a video!

THE scariest sound any BMW owner ever hears is their mechanic saying "You owe me $$$$$ for this latest round of repairs." It is the financial equivalent of a root canal, but performed by a proctologist from the end he is most familiar with.

Couldn’t stick around for the whole thing, but it the “Wizard” is and what he says is right on the money. You should make up a real course on this Wiz, about 10 minutes devoted to each sound and the expected origin and circumstances. Nothing quite like losing a front wheel on a BIG overloaded box truck going down Ranger Hill (Near Weatherford, TX) at 70 mph. The “Pucker factor” can scale up to the range of a night carrier landing. Keep on making these YT Vids Wiz-you’ve reached the level of the best public service advisories! 🇺🇸🚗💻🔧💡=Genius=Wiz!

ASMR is cool.. Whenever I hear Wizard and Mrs. wizard talking, I think of Kermit the frog and Miss Piggy!!

Happy Halloween Mr. and Mrs.Wizard.🎃🎃

I'll add a couple from my own experience. Failed center bearing on a Audi Quattro AWD rear drive shaft. Sounds like a machine gun under acceleration. Needs to be addressed, but not nearly as scary as it sounds. Second, and most scary. Brake dust shield rubbing on the inside of a brake disc. Absolutely terrifying, but largely innocuous. Honorable mention goes to the braking system vacuum line fed off of engine vacuum on an Audi 2.0t that sounds like a rod knock when the rubber hardens.

Great video learn something new everyday👍❤️😍

Hey wizard, could you please do full on tutorials on you're grand marquis? I have a 85 and while i have a mechanic i trust who fixes things with a discount, i would greatly appreciate it if you could show the whole process of working on it when you need to. I can't find videos for my model year, but i can find how to videos for any over body style of grand marquis. Also i love you're yacht. I hope one day i can have one like that but with slightly more room and an weather tight enclosure for piloting the boat. Because it doesn't always rain in Arizona, but it would be my luck to be on the lake and it pours when i need to dock. lol

I love the lights in the background of the intro

I had a automotive machine shop in Oregon rebuild a 5.4 a couple of years ago and it made noise a couple of weeks after we fixed it. He said that we should just put 15w40 and that would take care of the noise despite the customer paying $7000 for an an engine overhaul. In the end we it had to have new Ford heads put on it because the cam journals had worn enough that they were allowing to much oil pressure to bleed off to let the phazers function.

Really enjoy your youtube channel. Happy Halloween / Daniel from Sweden