I suspect that the 248 thumbs down are from haters or other mechanics who are angry at Eric for demonstrating their trade craft. I understand that mechanics need to make a living and they still do, a majority of jobs are far to complex or require too many specialized tools for your average DIY to do themselves. I recently paid to have my trucks fuel pump diagnosed and taken care of. I think that mechanics need to realize that sometimes, paying 800-1000$ to fix a car, is not an option and doing nothing means the difference between taking the buss to work or driving to work and a lot of people cannot take the bus to work, because no routes run near them. I didn't have any sort of father around to teach me how to work on cars when I was younger and I definitely didn't have any money to pay a mechanic, I learned the hard way ...... using cryptic Chilton's & Haynes auto manuals ..... if only I had access to these videos when I was younger.

That’s funny, I’ve been learning about cars lately to fix mine and I was thinking how it’s like troubleshooting a computer and fixing the broken parts. It’s not exactly the same but it’s the same feel ,how one problem can lead to another.

I see that some mechanics don't like this that Eric gives tips. I get it. It is really simple. There are two types of people. People that will just send their car to a mechanic...that is fine, and the good mechanics will ALWAYS continue to get business. Half the time, I am that person. Then there are the other types...people that have cars and want to learn and that is where Eric comes in. Educating the video watcher. Not everyone has the money to do simple DIY actions. However, I would take my car to Eric if I had the money and/or don't have the time. Eric is fantastic. Case closed. The point don't worry mechanics...you will still get business from me and others.

Yup havent had any disagreements with eric from what ive watched.

Yes sir you are right., but perhaps those persons gave a thumbs-down rating has a jelous or envy on their hearts., cannot accept that one Eric The Car Guy can overcome their knowledge.

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@@bill2953 Not working on many cars there, ehh Bill?

+Steves Projects Well said man

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would a thicker radiator help keep a ym2000d Myanmar tractor cooler

Yeah Eric is legit!

Yes and no. You can drive on a bad thermostat for years. I know this because I did on 3 cars until I got tired of not having heat in the winter then I replaced them.

My car didn't over heat many years ago, but it would have and now I know why. Bad radiator cap. When warm, it'd go to the overflow, but it wouldn't come back so I kept having to get rid of air bubbles, but never succeeded. So glad for the radiator cap info too!

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I must agree Eric did a fantastic job explaining everything I've learned a whole lot.

The difference between a heart surgeon and a mechanic is, a mechanic can fix a motor with it off. Heart Surgeons have to fix them when they are running...

Two In The Pink One In The Stink what if they really dont. who knows what is possible, everything we know is by design, were completely brainwashed. COMPLETELY!

They actually stop the heart and use a machine to circulate the blood. It would be really a neat trick to repair a heart valve with it beating!!!

thank the god we dont have subsidized mechanics yet

S.O.C_91 same

Hi Eric thank you for sharing all the videos I learned a lot from you God Bless From Alaska

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My car temperature keeps going up to the h but it’s not overheating and we change the switch and thermostat and it’s still doing that what’s going on am scared to drive it with gauge going up, it goes all the way up and then comes back down

Danielle Moreau (And you are pretty darn handsome to boot... :-) )

Great presentation skills, camera work, flow, and you are a polished presenter. Like a rock star man! Subscribed!

Maybe then you can help me diagnose my car!

You are doing a great job presenting everything! Way to go, man!

He can't cover every aspect.

Jim Polk I was hoping for some of the same information Jim

Hi Jim! I'm soon to go to a pro shop that advertises they work on Subarus. They said for $75 they have a special testing technology that pumps air into the coolant system to see where in the whole of the system, I guess many possible areas, where coolant can leak. Have you heard of that? What kind of technology is that? They said that test is the ultimate to really know why my car overheats. I already know the 2 fans work. The upper radiator hose collapsed and the mechanic that a few days ago changed to new fluid and was suppose to get all the trapped air out from when a guy who had put in a new thermostat. He also did the blue dye test and found no head gasket leak. I returned by luck for something forgotten plus still sound of air under dash. We found upper radiator hose collapsed. He loosened the hose clamp and let air expand it again (only I thought "oh no, he's letting air in the system again) and said top it off into radiator once all is cool and keep doing that until all the air is out. He was suppose to bleed it all out, the reason I brought my car to him to begin with. Also topping it off had already never worked before as another shop had told me to do that too. Just wondering I guess what that special testing device is. Have you hear of it. Also, what might be my overheating problem? I was thinking it was because it was never properly bled after the thermostat was put in. Thanks!

mwj5368 Try a new radiator cap.

Hi Darrel! Thanks for the advice! I before receiving this yesterday bought about an $11 cap with what they said has a safety release lever so you don't get hot fluid on your hands, yet I read on the cap and only looks like it's some kind of a lock, is that what those levers really are, just a lock? There was no description with the cap. I drove about 18 miles with new hopes and parked. All went find but when I looked the reservoir bottle was full to the very top! I let it cool down for 35 minutes. The temp was 38 degrees. I then drove 5 miles toward home. On the way the cabin heat on full blast would go from very hot to outside temp just randomly. At 5 miles it went into I think "air-lock" and over heated. I stopped for 25 minutes. Once cool I added 1/2 gallon of coolant direct into the radiator! The reservoir was full to the very top. With my flashlight the lower radiator hose looked bulged, but like the upper hose only a 2yr old hose. The $17 thermostat (just were lower radiator hose connects on a '97 Subaru Legacy L wagon and it was only 2 days old. Also the upper hose was empty and hot. I drove another 12 miles home at 65mph yet 2 times the temp needle started moving up then went back down on its own. Do you know what all that means? Thanks! Oh, have you heard of that technology that pumps air into the cooling system to locate problems? It will cost $75. I'm thinking of going to a junk yard and bringing a used radiator to my appointment on Wed 11-1-17. I spent about $2,000 on it last spring through a home garage mechanic. I now learned never spend more than the car is worth if you were to sell it. Have you heard of that?

Yes. I have encountered this over the 40 years I have been an ASE Certified Tech. Although a significant amount of sediment can accumulate, you are correct that not that much sediment would collect (presuming that the system had coolant in it and not just straight water). I have found the culprit is what was at one time the temporary cure for radiator leaks. A product of powdered metallic called Stop Leak. Whatever metallic powder product is not used to seal up a leak in a radiator or freeze plug that was leaking will eventually wind up in two places. The first spot is it collects in the block at the bottom of the water jackets. Secondly and somewhat equally, it will collect in the bottom of the radiator. Eventually after repeated and almost habitual use, the water jacket fills up with the product combined with sediment and basically shrinks the engines cooling jackets to the point where I have seen the product clear up to the cylinder heads, and the block was left with nearly no circulation at all. It just goes to show you that the quick fix is exactly and only just that, and can cause greater problems with continued use.

you don't have to systematically troubleshoot water pump failure. I just replaced one, believe me, when they go out, they scream at you and there is no need to troubleshoot simply replace the darn thing.

Broken impellor shaft at the impellor or destroyed plastic impellor won't do this.

@@lostrambler1 Not always. Thats only a bearing failure. Impellor fin damage is silent and common

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I agree, I was expecting Eric to say something about the water pump, but I believe to test that, you can just turn on the heat in your car, if it blows hot, water pump is most likely good…I think ;-)

Or customer used Radiator Sealer in an attempt to seal a leak, instead of fixing it properly and gumming up the system...ugh! Huge pet peeve of mine!

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Patrick Miller LOL...What's up Pat?

Lol you didn't have to buy a new engine just replace the head gasket & shave heads

+RzVids the new one cost me 300$ with the installation, The repair will cost around 100$ and the engine will never come back to normal.

Ouch! Worse case scenario no doubt.

btw: where do you get an engine replaced for $300? I need to meet your mechanic.

+Green Genes not in the US :D

Do u have a mini cooper i have 2005 and am facing some pd can u help

Koch 40, I couldn't agree more! ETCG TECH. And ETCG certified!

Agree! Just spent 1500 on mine and still overheating. Thermostat, relays,cap and water pump plus more replaced already. So frustrated!!

Jackie Marie have you checked temperature sensor? I was told that this temperature sensor can give false overheating alarms after a real overheating condition happened and was addressed already (new parts like you did). Does it make sense? An experienced technician told me this.

Yes ' you are right ,,, 👍 Even in aircraft maintenance , we call it / them " R&R mechanic " , he just keep remove and replace parts till problem solved .

Hi Louis puglisi, That was what I was concerned about. Because I changed out the hoses that were bad & I recharged w/refrigerant then in 1 week no air came out the vents so all I could figure out was that the temperature control sensor was bad. Am I right? Cuz the gauges show hot but it's not hot at all irs normal hot temp. What u think?

I have oldsmobile cutlass ciera 1994 3.1 I changed the coolant thermostas hoses and rad cap but when car idle or stop on traffic for long the temperature gauge will pass the half and fan is working but its kicking on late is that the coolant temperature sensor

@@massesbulet , from your description and assuming you performed Eric's checks then I would try doing a radiator flush. It is possible the 26 year old radiator (if it is original) is plugged up from internal rust and corrosion therefore losing efficiency so it doesn't cool properly until you start moving forward to get more air across the radiators remaining usable (unplugged) space. Be warned, sometimes with a really corroded radiator once the rust and particulates are flushed out you may find a leak that was not there previously. Better to find it at home doing a flush than out on the highway.

@@gregbishop7750 true bro after the flush nowy radiator is leaking I got change it

Yes . probably thas is why the 916👎 . I liked this video and I clicked 👍.

How. to fix the leak in the thermostat housing of nissan sentra what is kind of silicone to need to used.

Oooo u soo smart

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Mines? He is a car repair man. Why would you need to repair a mine? The explosive kind is too dangerous to repair and likely needs to be completely de activated and destroyed. A gold or diamond mine would be a completely different type of repair job than an automobile.

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Actually... if they're in the trunk...that won't make it overheat, because the trunk is always opposite to the engine. Engine in the front, trunk in the back. Trunk in the front, engine in the back. The engine bay is where all your cooling and heating systems are, so if you were carrying a couple hundred extra pounds in the trunk, it wouldn't matter either way. I mean, if your car was as fragile as a Lada or something then maybe it would add stress one way or another, but nah. Cars don't often work like that.

RAPclanA2 The thing is dead bodies weigh alot which put alot of extra stress on the engine. depending on the amount of murderes you are carrying in the back seats along with dead bodies in the trunk, your engine may be having alot of issues pulling all of you guys. Including tools and etc needed...

Dh nlghtnd 1 thanks I'm laughing my ass off at your comment so damn true

you are one very funny person. I cant stop laughing erin

Dh nlghtnd 1 well, either way you will have to deal with the smell but much more-so when you Store it in the backseat.

Hmmm sm1 got way over charged! Buying and replacing entire hg system, cost btwn 85$-190$ at most😞 this includes regular mechanical shop fees

@@donnakay1828 wtf it's like $500 here to get it replace

Virginia Francis hi virginia how are you,what car do you have and whats the problem, i wish i was in hawaii again to help you, i used to be stationed in oahu, i actually raced stock cars out in ewa beach, cambell industrial park before it closed.

Virginia Francis bad water pump, bad thermostat, old fluid, air in system.

hey! we live on Oahu too and would love to see him also! Maybe if we get enough people together we could pick up the tab for his ticket! Wouldn't that be a great business trip he & could write off? He is such a nice guy and just like the local guys here that try to help when they can.We have an Isuzu 2008 pickup that over heats and can't even find the darn Thermostat to change it! Supposedly same as the Chevy Coronado but I Dunno!?

They do have civil laws binding certified mechanics that screw people over and yes, if you have receipts from those, who nipped your butt, you can get proof from the actual person, who correct fixed everything w lower cost etc... You can get all of, your money $$$$ 🔙 100%! Small civil suit and also, the person, you have to sue will have to reimburse court cost, aggregation, pain to suffering, and if they kept you from transportation, missed work hours, etc! I be damn if, someone, I knew 100% messed over my hard earned $$$$ they guarantee, their work w all 👨‍🔧mechanic shops, so yes, they can be held responsible!! 1 yr statuette law