The question that we all want to know: Did you charge your aunt, or did you fix it for her for free?

So just a heads up Wes, this may come back. There is a gasket with a screen built in behind the power steering pump. It’s just a 2 fastener cover. That gasket likely needs replacing if there is a come back. Also, the gasket between that screen and the spool valve should be replaced with OEM Honda. The element community has MANY conversations and there isn’t a non OEM solution to these problems that lasts more than a few months. The old part is likely a duralast or other junk part.

I would immediately return that Gearwrench oil pressure test kit and get your money back

I assume it also doesn't work with cartridge filers?

this is why i buy old pre disaster tech cars.. why wont the car run,,the antenii is dirty.. bs problems. 10 parts run by 1 sensor.told a guy new cars are sht, he said the old ones wont do 200,000 miles..i said bs..i said, i dont have limp mode or a dumb ass computer..that controls your life..

You are correct, he’s a wizard, which comes in very handy for ghost chasing!

You Hit the Nail on the Head

Will you start a fan club?

very gifted man. He has what is known as thinking logic. He sees it in his head and finds the problem and fixes it.

Welcome to the world of Field Service and a one man band.....

I second the sentiment!!

Gotta take care of your aunt or your name would be mud at the Thanksgiving table.😊

Pine hollow auto diagnostics and South Main Auto... Those two and Wes are my 3 favorites on here.

I’d love to have a channel on which to showcase some of the electrical oddities I come across in my small shop. It’s an idea I’ve kicked around many times. Unfortunately I don’t think I’d be a good enough narrator or camera operator and would drive people nuts!

@@97marqedman i feel like good info and good personality make up for a whole lot of evil when it comes to the ole videos

Half now the other half when done.

My thought exactly.

My grey 05 Honda Elephant resents your remark...as does the hamster that resides therein.

I used to see them burned up on Ford clusters back in the aftermarket stereo days, when someone would add a stereo, and then connect the stereo's ground to the gauge light lead. Ford and GM run the gauge light feed wire with the main switched power wire, so the unknowing would often assume it was a ground - even though that wire is often blue... Then the first time you turn on the headlights while the new radio is on, it pops the fuse, and no more gauge lights or taillights... Add a little jumper-foil to that popped fuse, and you will learn that those traces on the floppy printed circuit board are the weak link in that circuit...

I know that's right!

A good way to learn it is to buy kits online and make them. Clocks, sound bars, buttons, gizmoes. You find them online, easily.

@@aserta And they are very inexpensive! I love those Chinese electronics DIY kits. And 99 times out of 100 they are complete and work, as long as you assemble them correctly. Cool stuff!

How cab you tell there are broken solder joints? It looked good to me on the video.

@@mikespain8655 The solder is still stuck to the pin but there is a gap between the solder blob and the PCB if you look very closely - the pins have been pushed slightly through the PCB taking the solder with them.

Wes used to do CNC machine repair on this channel

That is the secret two pronged approach to car repair. Mr. Wes the Wizard and his faithful pest control pup.

So you describe this fine engineer as "hillbilly"? Look brit, you know dick about hillbillies-go sit down!

Looks like they own Purolator too. Good info to know.

Eutectic...

Going through this problem right now. Thinking of sending this reply to him. I’m wondering if that will piss him off he’s been in the business a long time.

@@d2d601 doesn't mean he knows everything, we never stop learning.

Vtec is awesome.

👀🤣

That VTEC solenoid and switch assy usually needs replacing every 50K or so.

I don't own one, but I work at a Honda dealership where at least one of the other techs has one (customer's car that got traded in due to mechanical issues that he ended up buying off the used car department. He Fixed it and has dailyed it since). Hondas are pretty much the gold standard of simplicity and ease of maintenance in post-OBD2 cars, or they were until recently. Only one that still came closeish was the Fit.

@@SkylineFTW97 uh, I’m gonna go ahead and disagree with you there. Had a ‘10 Accord that developed excessive oil consumption (1qt every ~1000 miles, less than 75k on the odo) and I went through the whole recall/warranty testing process just to find out the car was already on it’s second engine. I bought the car with about 30k on it. Honda basically told me to go stick it where the sun don’t shine, and I was stuck with a car that would run itself dry between oil changes if left to it’s own devices Then there’s the whole Honda auto transmission debacle Meanwhile, I have a ‘12 4Runner that has 180k on it and doesn’t burn/leak a drop of oil, and hasn’t needed a single repair that wasn’t a wear item since it was new I also have a ‘95 4Runner with 215k on it that leaks oil from every gasket possible and still loses it at a slower rate than that pile of garbage Honda did lol Toyota has been the gold standard for reliable vehicles, before and after OBDII, at least in my experience

Mine is a baby with only 163k, but these videos are solid gold for the home mechanic.

@@basedWisco715 Honda Element?

I'm pretty sure 80s cars are more reliable than these pieces of junk

Did it have the crazy, over-engineered, locking lever, securing the connector to the cluster, like it was a main processor on a computer motherboard? When I replaced stepper motors on my 2005 Mustang GT, I found it to be that way, and it took a few moments for me to figure out how to unlock it - but I don't think I had to run back in the house and consult the internet, to figure it out...

Try 'great'

My OCD has a problem with that terminology - I mean if the mice are chewing up our stuff and peeing all over it, then they're not really our friends. They can try their luck befriending my cat...

yeah.. I hate it when they put small screens on things like this. Either let the trash flow through it, or put a little filter on the side of it that can easily be changed, one or the other, but the screen is a terrible idea.

That reminds me of the time Eric from EtCG used a no name engine flush that a vendor wanted promotion from and smoked a VCM because it closed all the screens. Changed new ones and clogged them again. It was awful. Oil starvation.

There's just one, last, cicada in my back yard I feel sorry for him.

I was thinking about that too, and... They've figured out how to add a flex agent to paint, for things like bumper covers, why can't they do so for solder??