Doing This Will Save You Thousands in Electrical Repairs

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Doing This Will Save You Thousands in Electrical Repairs

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Doing This Will Save You Thousands in Car Electrical Repairs, DIY life hack and car repair with Scotty Kilmer. Car life hacks. How to save thousands of dollars by not having to go to an auto mechanic for electrical system repairs on your car. How to fix car electrical problems. Car electrical system repair. Car hacks that will save you thousands in car repairs. 5 minute life hacks to make your car run as long as possible. Make your car's electrical system last forever. Car maintenance tips. Car advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 51 years.
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@scottykilmer 5 жыл бұрын

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@michaelstewart3315 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty I bought a 2016 Infiniti QX80. Is it built well or will I regret it in the end?

@newfieledman9164 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty sounds like he got the FLU,

@AGomez1821 5 жыл бұрын

hey Scotty, what are the best cargo vans and panel vans for longevity like your Toyota Celica? for a potential job and hope you get better

@BlackyBrownDestruction9337 5 жыл бұрын

Buying the right car in the first place can save you thousands as well lmao

@briantracy1324 5 жыл бұрын

3:38 ,, You should have mentioned the NOTORIOUS TOYOTA relay issue with the AC clutch ,, those relays burn out about every 5 years...

@popanz25 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty is getting a cold! Feel better man!

@DiscoFang 5 жыл бұрын

Sped up to 1.25 speed he sounds normal.

@shifty2755 5 жыл бұрын

It could be pneumonia.

@DavidHh1969 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty is sick, but he is still looking out for us.

@GluttonyIsMySin 5 жыл бұрын

I caught that too.. What a great dude!

@unapprovedtruth7116 5 жыл бұрын

God bless America and God Bless His anointed auto-prophet Saint Scotty Kilmer of Houston

@lukefarnham2119 Жыл бұрын

Still looking out for that money lol

@iamn360 5 жыл бұрын

You know you watch too much scotty kilmer when you can tell he's sick from talking

@NO-END 5 жыл бұрын

I watch Scotty a lot but not quite there yet lol!!

@arielnomberto7378 4 жыл бұрын

true from his first word he said i knew he was sick

@TrevorMoore_ 5 жыл бұрын

Hope you feel better Scotty! Get rest, and forget about videos!! Just get well! :D

@scottykilmer 5 жыл бұрын

hello and thanks!

@wade0921 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, forget us and go take care of yourself, go lay down and have your cat bring you your slippers and a hot totty!

@heartofdixie67 5 жыл бұрын

We love ❤️ you Scotty and want you to take care of yourself 👍

@jonathankimbrough2519 5 жыл бұрын

You sound sick scotty but still working hard 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

@loktom4068 5 жыл бұрын

Time to fix Scotty with Vicks cough syrup and Tylenol and plenty of rest.

@popanz25 5 жыл бұрын

You aren’t joking about gm having weird ground on gm cars. My 97 Buick lesabre died one day as the gauges starting flashing off and on, needles moving, and the relays under the dash clicking at a million miles an hour, super fast clicking. All because of a small hidden ground circuit that took months to trace. But when it got wet it always acted up. My mechanic had to rethink his life after this car lol

@2405jacko 5 жыл бұрын

I feel bad for your mechanic for going through that torture.

@lockhart1895 5 жыл бұрын

Thomas Cowell 😭😭 I’m dead

@popanz25 5 жыл бұрын

Jack Sroka right I felt bad for him too, but he made a nice fortune from my checking account 😂

@soldiersvejk2053 5 жыл бұрын

@@popanz25lol

@shifty2755 5 жыл бұрын

You should have taken it to an auto electrician. Not a mechanic. People think mechanics can diagnose electrical problems. Mechanics just replace. And cost you a fortune by throwing needless parts at your car. I'm an auto electrician I should know.

@justmona9647 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scotty! My dad always said electricity runs in a circle doesn't matter how many x it twists over or how many times it connects to the next outlet: you will always have to check every connection that it passes through. I knew about the battery and checking hot spots but you made it easier to understand the rest of the system with a simple tool

@dynamo3059 5 жыл бұрын

i imagine this electrical stuff is probably the most difficult kind of car problem, because it could be coming from any number of places.

@NO-END 5 жыл бұрын

in buildings as well I hate it bad

@SpartiateHero 5 жыл бұрын

You're really a wise man Scotty. Not only that you are an experienced mechanic you also understand electricity and physics. I'm glad I found your channel. Ps: I'm following you from france, thanks for pronouncing every word correctly ;)

@indotube8125 Жыл бұрын

He is too clever for only just a mechanic...

@shaheryar_iqbal 5 жыл бұрын

I've gotta give it to this guy he's really passionate and driven at his age to not only help his valued customers but also the worldwide audience. Wishing you a speedy recovery from Pakistan

@tootiebopcreations91 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty. You are a genius mechanic, instructor, businessman! You have over half a century experience as a mechanic. Most would be tired, but you are still going and always ALL in for your people too! You help more people than you could even belief sir.

@indotube8125 Жыл бұрын

I guess he is an engineer

@jonathanbywater2063 5 жыл бұрын

One of the best yet. Very useful advice. Many thanks Scotty.

@TheVanillaChapstick 5 жыл бұрын

Your voice is different here.

@scottykilmer 5 жыл бұрын

sick

@davidjames666 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty Kilmer goggle with warm salt water. Let a little trickle down your throat when goggling. Do you have that cedar oak allergy that goes around Texas this time of year?

@LS1007 5 жыл бұрын

David James Gargle

@peterpanassow7814 5 жыл бұрын

@@scottykilmer ur a tough cookie.

@donhurst8459 5 жыл бұрын

Jack Daniels works wonders. @@scottykilmer

@TanTran-gn6hj 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty, please get well soon. Wish you all the best. From your neighbor in Houston

@tomislavlulic9330 5 жыл бұрын

Technically electrons flow from negative to postive which alot of people dont know ;) I'm sure u know scotty but was irrelevant to mention in this situation, love the videos man!!

@loftsatsympaticodotc 5 жыл бұрын

Doesn't matter WHICH way electrons flow, unless you mix up * and - on one of the wires!. As Scotty AND your brain tells you , when you have a bad ground or a resistance in the wire or a burnt relay, current flow either stops or is insufficient (resistance) to do the job. and if you You got no flow, The car no go. ;-)

@groundzerozone 5 жыл бұрын

Feeling like poop and still posting a great video, you're a trooper! Rev up your Robitussin!

@RJtheREBEL21 5 жыл бұрын

I hope Scotty lives forever. Such a genuine person.

@newfie-dean5803 5 жыл бұрын

I have an 06 Mustang GT that was causing intermittent slip issues in the transmission during the summer of 2017. No codes or no flashing OD and disconnecting the battery would resolve the issue for a while. This summer past my car overheated one day and again no codes and I could not figure it out. The cooling fan worked fine in the driveway but after driving the car the fan would stop working. I replaced the thermostat, the radiator cap, tested the radiator (good) and replaced the fan assembly. Still issues. I checked the BEC (engine fuse box) by removing it and discovered a short in the wiring to the high speed fan relay. It had burned the wiring harness connector and the same connector was tied to fuses controlling the transmission. Replaced the BEC with a salvage one and re-pinned the burnt wiring harness connector using a salvage one and VOILA, cooling issue and transmission issue both solved. Something was not right in that BEC for a while. Even my stereo system sounded louder and clearer afterwards. I had people tell me that I had a head gasket issue (despite no symptoms), a bad PCM, internal transmission damage and it was none of that. It was a simple electrical gremlin that was hard to pinpoint without codes but caused a massive headache with troubleshooting, research and repair!! Electrical issues are the worst. And to think we have planes with all kinds of electronics too, scary!

@deerhunter8533 5 жыл бұрын

Another parts changer

@deerhunter8533 5 жыл бұрын

Fire up the parts cannon

@newfie-dean5803 5 жыл бұрын

New Wave Auto Diagnostics nobody could figure it out. I was told it could be the head gasket even though I had no symptoms for that and I was also told it could be the PCM. It had no codes and even when it overheated it is supposed to store a code for that and it did not. Nobody knew what the problem was. I even had a Ford technician look at it with his Ford computer and he could not figure it out. The choices I made were logical ones to try to solve the issue. When 4 different mechanics did not know the problem it was not an obvious fix. I am the original owner of the car and it’s a well maintained car in phenomenal shape. Weird stuff happens with cars sometimes that are not always easy to track down. I have never had a car burn into the engine fuse box and my father in his mid 60s who has had many vehicles said he’s never had such an issue either. I think the short was caused by a daytime running light module that a guy wired into the BEC in 2007. I bought the car in the USA and you have to install daytime running lights when importing to Canada. The guy had it wired into the PCM fuse which is on the same section of the BEC as the cooling fan relays. So I think that setup caused the short. I have since removed the DRL module.

@robertbeckler5058 5 жыл бұрын

I use to find bad grounds all over for years on my ex wife's car. I loved that car. Olds 98. What a gem. The car was totaled but got repaired. Loved that car.

@Michael-fw5ef 5 жыл бұрын

This is the best video you have ever made. There were 22 people with low self esteem that had to hit the dislike button to make themselves feel better.

@j.m.74 5 жыл бұрын

Rev up your stove & get some chicken soup, Scotty. It might sound like a cliche, but it really does help me feel better when I'm sick. Get well soon.

@KineticsReborn 5 жыл бұрын

Ahh the legendary car gremlins strike again

@karllued 5 жыл бұрын

Many years ago when I was working at a 2 way radio shop, we got a police car in for an estimate. The interior had caught fire, and was put out with a chemical fire extinguisher. The police officer that was installing equipment on their cars had used a single screw to ground EVERYTHING! He put it between the seats on the transmission hump. He also didn't cut away any carpet. The car functioned until the first HOT pursuit. With the radios transmitting, the light bar on, the siren wailing away, it gave new meaning to HOT pursuit!

@shumeister1059 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice! Watch out for electrical circuit corrosions, proper grounding, and be mindful of them while working on cars & DIY projects.

@birdworldist 5 жыл бұрын

U sound a bit sick ? Get well soon! Rev up your chicken noodle soup!

@ploutarxara.4ever.176 5 жыл бұрын

are you sick ; your voice sounds bad ! greetings from Grecce !

@scottykilmer 5 жыл бұрын

hello and yeah getting sick

@groundzerozone 5 жыл бұрын

@@scottykilmer Feeling like poop and still posting a great video, you're a trooper! Rev up those cough drops!

@Jay-dp5wp 5 жыл бұрын

@@scottykilmer take a shot of straight Dr. Tichenors mouthwash

@magnump.i6906 5 жыл бұрын

@@scottykilmer get well soon . Love you videos, have learned a lot. Cheers

@toni977k 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Scotty. I am from the middle east. From Lebanon. I have an old Oldsmobile 88 year 1992. I sure have a major electric failure in it. If i leave battery wired it will drain overnight even when car is off. Now i lose the negative wire when im not using it. But when i turn it on the lights inside the cabine are brighter than the sun! And after few minutes the negative pole of the battery is hot as the sun as well..! I KNOW it wld be easy for u to figure it out. But after 300$ of fail repairs with many electricians i still believe it is an easy fix... just have incompetant ppl who worked on it..! One more thing. Now the car is barely running to 3mph and im sure it is not the transmission... i love this old beast.. my oldsmobile! I also own a Pontiac Bonneville.. but thats another story!

@JacqueC123 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty thank you for taking the time to show us shade tree mechanics how to fix stuff,and not taking 30min. to show us!!!!Keep up the good work!!!

@Jacob38092 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Scotty, I really enjoy your videos, very educational, I've always been a shade tree mechanic since I was wee little guy. Anyway what do you think about these Auto/stop feature where the car shuts off while sitting at the light? I would think it's additional wear and tear on the battery and starter. Whats your input?

@gbouc1536 5 жыл бұрын

That was a great explanation Scotty, thank you !

@willpliatts6364 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video Scotty. Very educational and basically all about common sense in electrical maintenance of your vehicle. It answers a lot of issues in past problems I endured with my cars . Love your work Scotty.

@tempesttube 5 жыл бұрын

Great advice! I never thought about using the heat as a diagnostic tool. Faulty grounds can actually start house fires (usually at the outlet or panel), but I never thought about it from a point of prevention.

@rafyg3314 5 жыл бұрын

Rev up your ground cable. Lmao

@psychotrucker9880 5 жыл бұрын

My starter wouldn't work and had sparks coming off the metal temperature gauge line against the firewall. My ground cable had come off the engine block. Luckily it's a 79 with no computer to burn up

@sequoiahughes1614 5 жыл бұрын

good job figuring it out! kudos

@crackertroy 5 жыл бұрын

My 2005 Trailblazer would turnover but wouldn't start. Spent two months in two different shops. Finally the dealership found that it was a bad ground wire to the fuel pump. The first shop had already replaced the fuel pump and refunded my money for the entire job because it still would start. Dealership cleaned up the ground and I've had no problems in over a month since it was fixed.

@farmergirlofchickens8779 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty you are a great and patient man. A local mechanic said he didn't have time to track down any wiring problems. Now I can look for myself.

@harvey32560 5 жыл бұрын

“that screw” at 8:49. I had to watch that one a couple times. Another great video from the man. Thanks.

@wade0921 5 жыл бұрын

That was funny, my wife and I before we were married were driving along and we were following a school bus. It wasn’t even high school it was the middle school age kids bus and all of a sudden the kids in the back of the bus started doing that finger through the loop gesture out the window to us, not friendly waving but the easy to understand beyond canoodling gesture, it was a little surprising

@poldariser8686 5 жыл бұрын

Funny, I just clean my battery terminal. Be aware that some cars will idle low after removing battery. Just drive as you normally do and it should relearn it and go back to normal.

@veteranheavyequipmechanic4990 5 жыл бұрын

Check on what the relearn procedure is on your car. A Subaru will not relearn by driving. Let it sit and idle for 10 minutes and it'll be fine.

@poldariser8686 5 жыл бұрын

@@veteranheavyequipmechanic4990 thanks. That's good to know

@timetowakeup6302 5 жыл бұрын

0:35 is vintage Scotty. Another excellent video from The Master Mechanic. Love you Scotty, thanks!

@nigelclark7360 3 жыл бұрын

Very good video Back in the 60s l was sent to a local garage, there was a brand new 1 ton commercial van with an electrical fault . On inspecting the electrical fault l soon found out that the body ground had not been fitted . When the vechicle was running without any load on the electrical system the charging rate was correct when side and headlights put on went from 14 volts to Just over 18 volts the more things you put on the higher the charging rate and voltage. I fitted a ground cable between battery neg and ground this cured the problem. The 4TR voltage req was grounded through the body, with body ground missing was causing the req not to work in the system.

@JB-jj4ht 5 жыл бұрын

Sweet Video Mate, Thanks for the tips👍🏻

@reallove4154 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for not judging that man and God bless you Jesus loves you.

@riverotter68 5 жыл бұрын

my dad used baking soda and water to clean corrosion

@BigEightiesNewWave 5 жыл бұрын

I use elbow-grease

@DylanL69 5 жыл бұрын

I like some of the clips of the relays and how they work and I agree with everything he says in this video

@andycuriel 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Scotty for making this video! My 1989 Honda Prelude Si 2.0 started acting weird this week. When I drive around everything is fine, but the moment I turn on the headlights and fog lights, the check engine light turns on but only when accelerating. Sometimes it only lights up when I press the clutch in. Sometimes it lights up with the brake being pressed. I now think I have an electrical problem since it has been raining here in Los Angeles and before the rain it was not doing that. I will continue with checking all my grounding wires and my relays and fuses. Thank you! :D

@dane.1847 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Scotty. Great video. I enjoy your video special effects, especially the pics of the noisy local birds.

@ak6781fan 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Scotty try those Fisherman Friend throat lozenges. They're strong as hell.

@davidgreen7870 3 жыл бұрын

I,d never suck a fishermans friend.

@StraightRazWhor 5 жыл бұрын

I have a yukon...bad grounds have caused no start/no power (negative ground needed cleaning) also caused no power to abs module (cleaned abs ground worked again) you totally right, gm has the worst grounding practices

@benstark4578 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty if ur feeling under the weather take the day off. Ik it’s not best for the KZfaq algorithm but we’ll still all respect u

@Tiagotaf 5 жыл бұрын

Great tips as always. Take care of your health, we need you!

@silent1967 5 жыл бұрын

Don't croak on us Scotty.

@burritos1000 5 жыл бұрын

He's not croaking, but he is a little horse.

@lilprince419 5 жыл бұрын

The best most honest mechanic in the world much respect Scotty!

@chrisfreemesser5707 5 жыл бұрын

One thing to keep in mind is that electrical current flows from NEGATIVE to POSITIVE, not the other way around. That's why when you disconnect your battery to work on an electrical problem, you remove the NEGATIVE terminal...it disconnects the source of the negatively charged electrons that comprise the electrical current.

@genotronex8663 5 жыл бұрын

i wish you speedy recovery

@WelcomeToTheMadness 5 жыл бұрын

Anything that causes a restriction in follow causes a hot point. In due time, it could become a fire hazard on the positive side. On the ground side, it’s going to cause your item to malfunction.

@aig0039 5 жыл бұрын

Man, i had a loose connection on a fuse panel. That wire was for air conditioning. Thank God that the fuse blown. The fuse box started to melt and smoke.

@xdygmnyrdf 5 жыл бұрын

Wrong. there's no difference at which side the bad connection is. If there's a significant amount of current flowing through a bad connection, it will be heating up, period. Same damn electrons flowing at the same damn speed through a similarly shitty wire. "On the ground side, it’s going to cause your item to malfunction." HAHAHAHA, so if theres bad connection on the positive side, the item gonna work just fine? Funny.

@mazdarex7 5 жыл бұрын

@@xdygmnyrdf you're correct.

@mazdarex7 5 жыл бұрын

Mr madness, Doesn't matter POS or NEG. Don't try to sound knowledgeable when you aren't sure, someone else might learn wrong

@larryhutchens7593 5 жыл бұрын

Extra resistance in a connection can cause heat, can also cause the computer (ecm, ecu, pcm, etc) to get a false reading from some sensor. Want to create some real heat? Just let a connection that carries a fairly heavy amperage start to arc.

@Dcc357 5 жыл бұрын

I just gave a dude a battery service today. His negative post was so caked up it was stuck. I had to soak it in terminal cleaner 3 times to finally get it off and clean it. His starter cranked way faster after I finished.

@hamster639 5 жыл бұрын

Nyogel is good for electrical connectors, I belive USA millitary use it. I used to work at mg factory in the UK and one of the electrical engineers used to tell me to use it, it was used on certain recalls for airbag connectors under the seats.

@wooferjr169 5 жыл бұрын

Didn't know you're a voice actor too! Like your new voice!! 👍🏻

@JonnyDIY 5 жыл бұрын

Ohhh no Scotty got a Cold! Feel better Scotty! Sending healing love ur way :)

@frankmurray9172 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Scotty. I have a BMW Z3 3.0 litre. Its had all panels removed and replaced with fibreglass to look like a Maserati from the 60's. So the electrics have been "messed" with. Recently I thought I had a bad battery. I recharged it, did a load test and battery proved to be alright. Sometimes it would drain overnight. Did a "leak to earth test" ..no problem. It went on like this working fine for weeks, then sometimes the battery was completely drained. I stopped at the shops one day and coming back, noticed one of the headlights was on. Ignition was not on or the headlight switch... weird as you say. Intermitant faults are such a pain! I guess I will be checking the earths now !

@highcountry1121 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty I have an old s10 with 344,000 miles factory engine and transmission 4x4 I was driving along a few years back lightning hit it blew the battery apart trashed most everything on it especially the ground wires being a GM I replaced all grounds that’s been over 100,000 miles ago I will drive it till it’s dead most everything works properly love your show very informative

@Infected_Miller 5 жыл бұрын

Well I guess I'm not the only one that's sick

@oliverkromann1902 5 жыл бұрын

new mic? or cold?

@brentsummers7377 5 жыл бұрын

Explains electrics so well.

@northerncold6303 5 жыл бұрын

My 1st car when I was a kid was a 1952 used Pontiac. It had many problems but the one we couldn't fix was: If you let the car sit for a couple of days it would drain the battery. The local garage couldn't find the problem. My dad took it to a electronic specialist some place in NYC. After a week he couldn't find the problem and told my dad to get it out of the shop. I sold the car when I went in the army back in 1961. Yes I'm and old man now. Between that car and a new 1972 Jeepster Commander, I don't know which was worse. I'd say the Jeep.

@sarazahid14 5 жыл бұрын

scotty how are you

@Brownmahfun 5 жыл бұрын

That's why I don't like any car built after 1999.

@dstevans 5 жыл бұрын

Great article. Feel better. Dirty grounds also cause worse gas mileage. Alternator tries to fight the higher resistance. Hypermilers go nuts with this but it can help in any car to clean them.

@brettmagnuson8318 5 жыл бұрын

I had a fuel relay fail on a 2006 Nissan Sentra but it only failed when the temperature of interior of the car was really hot so it only was a problem if my car sat out in the direct sun in the middle of summer all day. Dealership mechanics couldn't figure it out. My mechanic at the time figured it out and it's never had another issue. At 206k as of today.

@revhead9897 5 жыл бұрын

How do I contact scotty do I just post it on here?

@fidelcatsro6948 5 жыл бұрын

just post it here maybe we can help you

@mael-strom9707 5 жыл бұрын

After you've beamed up and reported to Mr Spock, go straight to the engine room and you'll find him poking around the computer modules.

@ObamaoZedong 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty has hundreds of thousands of comments to sift through, all while recording daily videos, and fixing cars all day. Odds are you won't be able to get in touch with him.

@instantresolution5233 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty’s voice sounds so deep

@buybuydandavis Жыл бұрын

I had an 85 Jaguar XJ6. All sorts of mysterious electronic issues. Problem was that Jaguar was often using body grounds and after 30 years they just didn't conduct well. I ran ground wires to the troubled electronics instead of relying on body grounds and the problems disappeared.

@joeeckert5128 5 жыл бұрын

I used to have a '67 Skylark automatic with a floor shift. Someone gave it to me because the shift cable kept jamming then breaking. I finally figured out that somebody had taken off the ground strap from the engine to the body. The car was trying to ground through the shift cable and welding it to the cable housing. When it stuck, you'd try to force it and it would break the cable. Five dollar ground strap and a new cable and I had a beautiful Skylark convertible. Bad grounds can do very strange things.

@joeandgod1 5 жыл бұрын

Regular soda takes away battery corrosion better than anything else

@RiorXD 5 жыл бұрын

Dont do that..... Soda does allot of things but ypure literally not saving any money using soda.

@joeandgod1 5 жыл бұрын

@@RiorXD give me a scientific reason why not?

@RiorXD 5 жыл бұрын

@@joeandgod1 scientifically my pocket says waste of money.

@christopherrosas2738 5 жыл бұрын

You can use the soda, but you always have to remember to clean up the area properly after you do it because the other ingredients in the soda can cause other damage that you may not immediately see...... And it wouldn't hurt to also coat the connection with something that will prevent future corrosion on the connection

@joeandgod1 5 жыл бұрын

@@RiorXD That's what I figured, you're not all there, it's okay

@payamyazdi7672 5 жыл бұрын

Don't kiss your wife when she has cold.

@jeivenkatesh8324 3 жыл бұрын

SCOTTY IS BRILLIANT AND BRAVE, GREAT SCOTTY 👍

@FunWithGuns 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Scotty! Take care of yourself, I know you work hard on the channel and we appreciate it but make sure you are healthy bc we love you brother!! Feel better!!

@TheManny1952 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty you are right gremlins are a lot smarter than some people who work on cars

@manuellopez1956 5 жыл бұрын

Magisterial lesson in just 10 minutes. Good job!

@robertnatiello3814 5 жыл бұрын

This was the best Scotty - so far. Thanks Scotty!

@robertnatiello3814 5 жыл бұрын

I have a scar on my wrist from putting in a car stereo in my 1970 Dodge Charger from 1976. Yep-should have disco'd the battery.

@jamescaputo5095 2 жыл бұрын

Years is wisdom from Scotty.

@MrWolfman423 5 жыл бұрын

I hate being sick. I hope you feel better soon Scotty.

@TaijiArban 5 жыл бұрын

Hope you get better soon scotty! I got a cold this week as well due to the sudden weather change. It went from a hot humid day to a cold foggy day within a matter of 24 hours.

@TheRealNormanBates 5 жыл бұрын

1:10 any soda will work wonders getting rid of the corrosion around battery terminals (due to the acid in the soda). Pour a little soda on them, scrub them down as Scotty says, and (believe it or not) spray the battery terminals with WD40. I did that 3 weeks ago and not a single spec of green corrosion. Also, stick a penny by each terminal. The copper will attract the corrosion.

@robertpieszchala5990 5 жыл бұрын

2001 Chevy Prism " Toyota Corolla" 150000 mi one day driving I flipped on the turn signal and the engine died...Took it in to a local mechanic he replaced the headlight control module. It ran fine for a couple months and the same thing happened. I replaced the module myself and it still wouldn't run. A friend told me to check all the grounds there are about a million of them I found a burned ground block under the dash. it was the ground for the lights and the ECM.. Repaired it an the car ran for another 50k without any problems..

@michaelericks200 5 жыл бұрын

My 2011 Chevy hhr I check the battery terminals every month and in the 5 years I have owned the car I have never had to clean the battery terminals

@mysterymissingmurder3609 4 жыл бұрын

Wish I had a mechanic like Scotty Kilmer, then my problems would be over.

@blazetownsend8785 5 жыл бұрын

Relay's are just switches. It allows the system to buffer from high amp items. Controlling them directly will just be a problem. Send a small charge, it switches states, and viola, ac fan kicks in, blinkers blink, windshield wipers wipe. Not so much a safety device, but a extension of the computer.

@nobs4689 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty you inspire me to continue working on my car 👍

@ShadowAbyss69 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks scotty now I can go look for issue on my Cadillac sts electrical problem

@MrBilld75 5 жыл бұрын

Great video and you touched on some things I didn't know. Scotty sounding a bit stuffed up or sick and still doing videos for us. This is why you absolutely rock! Get better soon man.

@Trckstr971 5 жыл бұрын

I’m soooo glad you explained why back up lights stay on after people turn their cars off. I’ve literally seen that thousands of times and wondered “hmm...that’s weird. I wonder my my car’s don’t do that”. Now I’m kinda glad thy don’t lmao. It’s always on newer cars too which is weird to me. I thought it was just like some new things manufacturers were doing

@rc3831 5 жыл бұрын

ground problems I believe are a problem with the wife's fusion. back up sensors going off with nothing behind, rear auto dim sometimes works.

@russellhellyer4957 5 жыл бұрын

I swear your videos are always perfect timing for me. Just noticed the exact problem you described. Factory radio changing station up and down by itself.

@gweedomurray9923 4 жыл бұрын

When I clean a ground I put it back together with some kind of sealer over it otherwise the water, etc. that got into it in the first place will only show up again somewhere down the line. A screw that pokes through, body or frame, should be sealed on the other side whenever accessible.

@ooglemonster 5 жыл бұрын

Electrical gremlins is right! I have a Saturn Aura that sometimes doesn't want to start. Cranks but won't start. Then the next day it's fine again. It's not the fuel pump. It's not the crank sensor (both of these have been replaced for NO REASON). It's got to be something weird in the electrical system, but I have no clue what. My mechanic swears he's gone through every connection to look for anything and clean off anything. But still, sometimes it just cranks and doesn't start. I'm afraid I'll never solve the mystery. Gremlins!!

@tallishyeti2756 5 жыл бұрын

My Nissan Xterra’s ECM had dirty grounds and it was causing the transmission to stay in 4th gear. We had just had the transmission rebuilt twice (shop screwed it up the first time) so it was a relief to find out it was just a ground

@MrJustinz 5 жыл бұрын

Scotty you are a mechanical angel sent from heaven thank you for making all these videos, anytime I have questions about something on my car I go to your channel first. Plus your editor is awesome. Love the little images that pop up.

@leehuff2330 5 жыл бұрын

Keep 'em coming, Scotty! I don't wrench on my vehicles like I used to, but it will always be interesting to me. When you mentioned the bad grounds on older GM cars, I was thinking of how bad Chrysler was in the 70s for that. When I was a teenager in the middle eighties, we had both a 78 Ramcharger and a 78 C10 pickup. My dad was a dyed-in-the-wool Chevy man. Guess who got to be the one working on it when something happened? Gotta admit- I still kinda miss those old six-bangers. The Dodge had a 318, and even with that, you could still climb up there and sit in the engine area to work.

@edwaggonersr.7446 5 жыл бұрын

Slightly off the subject. Years ago I went through the trouble of replacing an oil pump on F-250 with an I-6. Just as I was finishing up, my dad drove up and ask me what I was doing. He ask if I had checked the sending unit first. It turned out to be a $8 sending unit that took two minutes to replace.