Customer States "I Don't Think I've Had An Oil Change Since I Bought The Car"

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Customer states and mechanical problems in one digestible video for you to enjoy!
In this episode we see what happens when you don't do an oil change for 37,000 miles, a massive oil leak and some brakes that should've been fixes months ago! We hope you enjoy!
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Video descriptions:
0:00 Intro
0:04 Most likely a bad head gasket or a cracked head
0:16 You know its bad when the brake rotor turns itself into a 2 piece rotor
0:30 I wonder how this strut even managed to break like this
0:39 I've seen a few mechanic tricks but never this before
0:49 This is a known issue on these engines the customer really needed to come in as soon as they could hear the noise it was making
1:01 Yup looks like they're going to need a rebuild after not caring for this motor
1:22 This car should've been turned away by the service manager
1:35 Not what you want to see on a truck
1:47 This must have felt terrible to drive with and likely has been bad for a while
2:02 Other than slight rust around windshields this was a first for me
2:11 Not where you'd typically get a radiator leak at least it was easy to find
2:21 Timing chain or tension unfortunately snapped and destroyed the engine
2:29 The customers that say don't try to upsell me always have the craziest of other issues going on
2:40 Lucky this was caught before the engine destroyed itself
2:46 Who needs clutch friction material anyway
2:55 Catalytic converter thefts have been on the rise so it's funny to see a simple issue like this
3:01 Outro
#customerstates #mechanicfail #mechanicproblems

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@groosbro1 2 ай бұрын

The engineers who decided that a chain driven water pump in an oil gallery is a good idea should be forced to work on each and every failed pump!

@RamenRev 2 ай бұрын

What cars can you think of that have them?

@groosbro1 2 ай бұрын

@@RamenRev Ford 3.7, Chrysler 3.5 if I remember correctly.

@HesmiyuMC 2 ай бұрын

They probably thought the oil could keep the chain auto lubricated.

@markae0 2 ай бұрын

water pumps should be electrically powered, maybe a secondary pump to turn on if the primary fails.

@hardbreaktwo 2 ай бұрын

I know the Opel (Vauxhall) Zafira 2.2 uses a chain driven waterpump😭😭

@randycarter2001 2 ай бұрын

And the biggest design oversight with internal water pumps is what happens when they start to leak? The coolant goes right into the oil pan.

@groosbro1 2 ай бұрын

They are designed with a weep hole that will drop the coolant out, but it's generally not enough for anyone to notice, then the seals fail and coolant goes into the oil, and by the time anyone notices it's usually too late.

@lotharrenz4621 2 ай бұрын

VW found that out, too, with their curious 5cyl diesels without any chains or belts. everything was driven by cogwheels, including the water pump sitting behind and ab ove the flywheel. sealed with two puny strips of silicone... if not noticed in time (because all leaks were internally) the engine would eventually blow. and replacing that pump will make you want to murder people. especially inside that Touareg thing... VW themselves said, "remove the engine, you'll have it easier". did I listen? nope. but I told my boss to send the next car with that engine to VW or I'd quit on the spot.

@TekuTaurus 2 ай бұрын

@@groosbro1 At least on the Ford 3.5/3.7, you will definitely have warning before coolant gets into the oil. They will piss out the weep hole for a while and leave puddles before any major damage happens. When mine went bad it leaked out about 4 gallons of coolant that I kept putting in before my shop had the parts in stock to fix it and it still runs great now.

@fearbot69 2 ай бұрын

Used to work at a small shop in NorCal. Lovely little shop that suffered some fire damage and the owner had to close it down. Right smack dab in the Humboldt university town of Arcata. You'd be amazed at some of the vehicles that would roll in. We were known as a cheap shop but not a cheap shop if you get what I mean. We pandered to the college kids who were passed down barely running vehicles with no money to repair them in a town they're foreign to. Cheap quality work all the time because we had very close relationships with the machine shops, parts stores, and the junkyard to try to work out the cheapest repair options for our customers. We've be given bud and stacks of CDs among other things as payments before. God I miss that place, felt like a dream. Know how to diagnose and repair a ton of common issues on a wide range of 80-90's Toyotas because of the shop.

@icedout2322 2 ай бұрын

Yea those little places and many like them across America are the backbone of this country , hate to hear one went down . A place like that can take a new mechanic and turn him into a person who can fix almost anything.

@kypparmstrong2775 2 ай бұрын

Learned the Floating Screwdriver trick in HS auto shop 1986. Thanks Merle Saunders!

@LuciFeric137 2 ай бұрын

I always make THE CUSTOMERS retreive lug keys, spare let down tools, etc.

@walkinyourownshoes 2 ай бұрын

That isnt a mechanic with an airhose.. hes a magician

@bryana7163 2 ай бұрын

I'll bet some spray foam could've fixed that water pump🤣

@timkis64 2 ай бұрын

as cheap as oil changes are.those who dont have them done deserve what they get.

@PlymouthVT 2 ай бұрын

Not cheap anymore. Even the butchers at Jiffy Lube charge $50 labor if BYOB in Tampa. Dealer is more than that and then you get the vat oil on top of it.

@MB-hi4ou 2 ай бұрын

In Australia, it's about $60-$100 just for the oil. Add filter($30) and it starts to get up there. Add labour and you're looking at a couple of hundred bucks.

@PlymouthVT 2 ай бұрын

@@MB-hi4ouYikes! Entire generations saying the engines running how bad can it be I never change the oil? It's to expensive!! lol....

@DieKampfgurke94 2 ай бұрын

@@PlymouthVT buy the oil and change it yourself?

@PlymouthVT 2 ай бұрын

@@DieKampfgurke94 Getting hard to do at 70 years old.

@AnonOmis1000 2 ай бұрын

Ok so i barely remember this because it was a decade ago, but i took my car in to get some exhaust work while i was home from college. They had it for a long time and i needed it back so i could drive back to school. Before i got on the highway tgere was a pop and my 2007 impala started soumding like a 70s muscle car. I pulled over to look and the muffler was hanging. The bastards tried to attach it with JB Weld.

@massimookissed1023 2 ай бұрын

The bastards ! They were obviously trying to save themselves some flextape.

@KM-os4be 2 ай бұрын

I would not even do an oil change on a car with 37,000 miles on an oil change. You just know the customer is going to blame the shop if that engine goes bad soon.

@VintageCars999 14 күн бұрын

The brake scenes are why i now like to take the time to clean everything up from the caliper slides to making sure the pads can move freely in their spot. Pads often will get stuck which leads to excessive heat and wears out your pads prematurely. Even then that first clip showed worn out brakes they're driving on for awhile or they got really stuck. Then if you keep stuff clean it'll be easier to disgnose a sticky caliper.

@DavidSmith-ze2wi 2 ай бұрын

I used to do the airline and screwdriver caper 60 years ago.

@tauronicodemus8300 2 ай бұрын

There was a time I would have been surprise by things like this. The safety issues alone endangering everyone else around you on the roads. Jeez

@jimandnena4 2 ай бұрын

In the 70's, I worked at a gas station that had one gallon oil cans. We hired a high school kid to scrub floors but he wanted to work on cars. We gave him an oil change job and when he asked how much oil, we told him 5 quarts. He put 3 gallons in before it over flowed.

@jordancapps9521 2 ай бұрын

The first time I did struts, I had two shops tell me that they were fine on a ride that had 110k mi. When I pulled them and swapped the springs, they returned as well as that shock. Shocks and struts BARELY last 80k mi., even if they look fine, and bad ones jack up suspension geometry (extra component and bushing wear).

@stephencheung9877 2 ай бұрын

"... at least this wasn't a stolen catalytic converter....." Ahh, the minor victories! I'll take them!

@ogshotglass9291 2 ай бұрын

2:56 something similar to this happened on an old Mercury Grand Marquis we had. Except it was the muffler and it dropped while driving. It was due to a bad factory weld finally giving way. Luckily we replaced that '87 Mercury with an '08 Ford Focus less than a year later

@DAFPvnk 2 ай бұрын

0:30 ah I know whats wrong with it, aint got no gas in it

@motorcoachtech7615 2 ай бұрын

At 1:42, the mechanic was told to change the brake chamber. Looks like that is on a Prevost Motorcoach. I’ve seen many cracked rotors

@crlaw75 2 ай бұрын

That clip puller trick was neat how he did it.

@bearing_aficionado 2 ай бұрын

I know this truck! I ain't no stranger! I know that truck! That's a Ford (bleeping) Ranger!

@dogoonubs997 2 ай бұрын

As a (very well kept) Ford Ranger owner, I feel offended. Just kidding- I love these videos! Keep it up!

@tkrys 2 ай бұрын

Haha, own a well kept 08 Ranger myself. Though I’ve seen many a maligned one roll into work.

@Tommy.461 2 ай бұрын

Got the goodie out of that clutch.

@Jimmeh_B 2 ай бұрын

Right??? He HAD to be syncro shifting. There's no way that clutch was still driving.

@apedley 2 ай бұрын

Serious question. Don't you have mandatory safety inspections every few years to ensure death trap vehicles are off the roads?

@ryanespinoza7297 2 ай бұрын

Some states do. Most only check for emissions. There’s always a shop willing to pass anything for $200 too

@apedley 2 ай бұрын

@@ryanespinoza7297 That's really kind of crazy

@11sfr 2 ай бұрын

We don't know where any of these videos were filmed, so that's kind of impossible to answer

@Bushy556 2 ай бұрын

Amsoil users be like: I could have gone 37k miles and it would be super clean.

@FranzJx 2 ай бұрын

1:27 most sane scion owner

@therealhotdog 2 ай бұрын

this video should be called pay me now or be really stupid and pay me a whole lot more later

@AffordBindEquipment 2 ай бұрын

What caused the rotor to fracture like that?

@bandittelevision 2 ай бұрын

These are just normal everyday things a mechanic does. Change broken parts..

@am74343 2 ай бұрын

1:42 "Brake CHAMBER???" what is a brake chamber?

@rustler08 2 ай бұрын

Google it for info. Certain vehicles use them,

@nigelbarton8350 2 ай бұрын

On an HGV with air brakes, the chamber is a cylinder that contains a diaphragm and changes the air pressure into linear movement which actuates the brakes

@henrydillard6217 2 ай бұрын

Tractor trailer stuff, or in the videos case I think it's a bus

@FelipeGonzalezHerrera 2 ай бұрын

In my country you have to get the practical test in a manual. If you can't drive stick you're stuck off the wheel...

@dmitripogosian5084 2 ай бұрын

My daughter learned to drive manual by her own accord. Saved her a lot of money renting in Europe

@claromaro 23 күн бұрын

(first clip) Mazda? More like Mazne.

@paullinkins8121 2 ай бұрын

Can someone comment as to how the heck the disc brake at 1:35 got all of those cracks? Heat?

@cowboy3490 2 ай бұрын

Semi truck. Long application most likely down hill, then hit a water puddle causing rapid cool down.

@tampinhas 2 ай бұрын

Cold water vs hot brakes?

@VintageCars999 14 күн бұрын

If I had to guess it was getting too hot from sticky pads/calipers and then cold water hit it while brakes were continuously applied. I've had a pad snap in 2 and it's from excessive heat. Rotors were damaged from the hot/cold snow variations. Got stuck In a blizzard then pads were basically eaten up.

@Usuario-wr2kw 2 ай бұрын

I thought the finger on the thumbnail was someone's head

@tomc8115 2 ай бұрын

Make and model of the car at 1:00 mark?

@nathanbirschbach2554 2 ай бұрын

11 ford edge 3.5

@microdesigns2000 2 ай бұрын

I'm starting to believe that Americans deserve electric cars.

@jabjab12 2 ай бұрын

some people don't understand how to maintain a car and its perfectly ok please don't mock them educate them

@yorgalas 2 ай бұрын

Why cant you be original instead of copying just rolled un

@chrisfisher4869 2 ай бұрын

Once again, only 2 videos filmed horizontally. Yet you reformat the 10 other videos to match. What is so bad about a vertical video that you refuse to leave them the way they where filmed?