ERIC O. at SMA is possible the most professional and honest auto mechanic in America. It would be hard to find a better one. He puts Lil' Scottie to shame. 🤔

Some fair and true comments there. If old mate disrespects workshop tools by throwing them across a workshop floor, would he disrespect working on a customers car also? Not a good look there tiger. Surprised you actually showed this.

Nice shout out to Eric O.

eric o o is the man

It is the EPA and the DOT that force car companies to try anything to lower their fleet average fuel economy while still delivering the power needed for American roads and drivers. Do you think that Chrysler wants to get rid of the Hemi?

Thanks for your input. I refused to listen to my dealership telling me to wait until 7500 miles to do first oil change. Instead I changed at 1500 and then 5k for a while and now around 3500-4000 intervals on small turbo Honda. No oil burning. No gasket losses. Just blackie oil at changes due to DI. Seems like not a problem air flow at intake valves with 120k miles. Also changed crappy Honda gear oil since like water and caused grinds. Seems dealer licks their chops hoping for many failures these days. Pathetic attitude. Hoping to run to many miles. Turbo will send oil through seals to intake tubing so I run 5w30 weights versus recommended 0w20.

Nice throw the tools across the floor.

2:31 Was that a $400 Ingersoll Rand cordless impact wrench that was thrown across the floor??? The battery alone costs $150 dollars. Tools don't survive that kind of treatment for long. Good video.

So here is some food for thought. I'm a past owner of a 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 with the first year of the MDS system on the 5.7. Truck had over 105,000 on it when frame rot claimed it. The MDS system gave me no problems once so ever and I routinely got 18 mpg on that truck. The current truck I'm driving is a 2015 Ram 1500 with the 5.7 hemi also with MDS and I get almost 20 mpg routinely with that truck. Truck has almost 105,000 on it now and I have not had a problem with the MDS on it either. Things to consider: I ALWAYS changed the oil at 5,000 miles on both trucks. This oil life monitor system that all the manufactures are going with now is absolute BS IMO. Your oil not only provides lubrication to your engine, but it also is a key component that wicks heat out of engine components. Keep it full and keep it fresh. In my opinion with the Hemi's anyways. Now maybe next week mine will drop a lifter or something crazy but those are my thoughts for now.

Eric O. YEE-HAW!😁

Years ago a car would last for ten years. Now it seems that they are built to last only through the warranty period. Once the car is paid off the manufacturers expect you to come in and buy another.

How does AFM disable lead to stuck rings?

My buddy and i had 2014 Silverados, he had 153,000 trouble Free miles, I had 148,000 trouble Free miles. His transmission started acting up due to heavy towing. Neither truck had any engine issues...

I do change my oil every 3000 miles on my cars and never burn oil. My 2018 2.0l Ecoboost very tough on oil after 3000 miles a lot of carbon and fuel smell in the oil. $40.00 oil change is cheaper than an engine for my pov. Long range to hit 200k miles maybe will cost you $1000 more vs an engine is $5000 +. The math it easy but people unfortunately procrastinate. Good video

South Main is the man

I own a 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited with a 5.7 Hemi. It now has over 148,000 miles on it. I change the oil with Mobile one oil and Mobile one filters every 4,500 to 5,000 miles. I've had no problems with the AFM and it doesn't burn a drop of oil.

Shouldn't need to change oil every 3k and all that other crap. They are just making junk. That simple . My 96 Suburban, with 450k on it, had way less issues than my 16 Acadia, in the first 4 years I owned it !

I bought my 2008 Tahoe LTZ New I have 400,000 miles on the same engine nothing done the only bad thing is the transmission i have install 2 new transmissions and 1 transfer case

It doesn't matter if the engine self destructs at 100,000 mi. Because the frame will be rotted out by then anyway

Strange the manufacturers DIDN'T learn from the original Cadillac 'experiment' !!!!

Agree i sold my silverado after the way it drive cannot stand the shift from 4 to 8 annoyed me so much i sold it luckily it was peak covid and i actually made a little money

Daily driver, 1996 Toyota burns NO oil and 100K miles with only oil changes. Never seen a shop. Why do cars break often now?

You recommend changing synthetic oil every 3000 miles?

Disposable vehicles are the norm now.

What’s really dumb about it all are these newer motors are suppose to be more efficient but in doing that they really took away the durability from the motor. They should go back to old motor designs in my opinion.

Nice to see you have a girl working with you

Better on gas but harder on parts

goes to show the power of a title... videos either side of this one has 500+ views to date. This one named south main auto has 11,000+ thats good title placement if you ask me.....

If i have to change my oil every 3000 miles because of the POS these manufacturers sell, i don't want that engine. My old VW Turbo Diesel was running fine at 698, 714 KM with 8000KM oil change intervals (VW recommended)----then it got totaled by a POS running a Red Light. I probably could have gone a Million because it used very little oil in that interval. By the time 8K rolled around the oil was a smidgeon below the Full. In fact, there was no need to bother adding, except that i am kind of anal about having the oil on the Full Mark. LOL You are recommending 3000 miles and expensive synthetic oil? Not only that 220 KM a day, 5 days a week, i would be doing a lot of oil changing with one of those pieces of junk. No thanks.

2:31 😢

That tire! Jesus Christ

I think it's a crappy design to begin with and no matter how many times you change your oil you're going to have lifter failure as the vehicles mileage creeps to 100k. The big oil consumption issue with the 5.3 is in the poor design pcv system. It happens in the drivers side valve cover in the oil passages. There's a revised valve cover that Dorman or others make that resolves that problem. This issue is why oil leaks and smoke exits the exhaust. I think the AFM was a poor design period but we all have our opinions.

Whatever money you save on gas goes into maintenance on this POS.

Your Government at work...VOTE REPUBLICAN!

5.3L Vortech 04 Tahoe w 200k miles. Runs ultra smooth w no mechanical issues.

So let me get this straight. This man has issues with AFM and customers not doing timely oil changes, but he titled this video "I watch South main auto repair afm horrible I agree". Do I detect some green eyed jealousy? Any good video posture should know better than to use another channel to produce click bait titles. Just one more channel to block and save my time.

This guy is a big goof with a big mouth.

I thought this was a customer video at SMA. You're a Meineke shop using SMA's name to get clicks to your rant. 🙄

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fa6WlbSAz67afpc.html You turned off the comments on this one but I just had to ask why did you do that?? You should contact that customer and make it right money wise. That was a total ripoff of the worst kind. Has anybody else watched that one? Ask this dude why he turned off comments.

this camera work is terrible,