Rookie Mistakes Maintaining Your Car

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Maintaining our cars, it's something we all do, well most of us anyway. Maintaining that pride and joy can do a number of things for you, keeping it clean and extending the overall life of the car, just to name a few. Alex sits down today to get into the grittier parts of maintaining your car, and rookie mistakes to watch out for when doing so. Have a rookie mistake you'd like to share? Drop a comment below and let us know!
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@FitmentIndustries 5 жыл бұрын

If you haven’t already be sure to add your ride to our online fitment gallery www.fitmentindustries.com/add Drop a comment below and let us know YOUR rookie mistakes!

@andoniades 5 жыл бұрын

Not letting my high maintenance BMW go.

@stuartstlouis8260 5 жыл бұрын

Can’t add my car yet, it’s not good enough / done.

@cyberzombie038 4 жыл бұрын

Not having the right tools for a specific job and just winging it with the closest substitute.

@prismatic9804 4 жыл бұрын

Not getting UCAs to better my alignment on my new lift. Went through those brand new tires so fast 😔 Also, not installing my shock bushings in the correct order. Lmao

@prismatic9804 4 жыл бұрын

@@cyberzombie038 that's my lifestyle and so far so good. Haha😅

@arablues4142 5 жыл бұрын

I live my life a quarter-mile at a time.... because that's about the max distance before my Audi breaks down again

@Supernaut710 5 жыл бұрын

S4 😭😭😭😭😭

@overlordfx1464 5 жыл бұрын

@@Supernaut710 S4B5 :((((

@markschoch9509 5 жыл бұрын

Holy shit this made me laugh a lot. Then I realized it's at someone else's misery which makes me a terrible person.... but I do enjoy a good laugh.

@nathanmonsta6923 5 жыл бұрын

Change Audi to BMW

@leevihaukijarvi267 5 жыл бұрын

@@nathanmonsta6923 i have the same problem with an e34 bmw

@bravo_10 5 жыл бұрын

What you mean I gotta put on all the lugs, weight reduction bro

@johnmay959 5 жыл бұрын

The wild soda can appears

@bravo_10 5 жыл бұрын

john may *pokemon battle music initiates*

@gsjourney3054 4 жыл бұрын

Lows that shit would actually change the car tho rotational mass🤣

@josesimonguballa6132 4 жыл бұрын

I broke a stud. Two of em. I still rode on em. My friends stared at me for a good minute. Im still alive typing this down.

@qualitycroissant8527 4 жыл бұрын

Remove engine for weight reduction

@jordanmbryan26 5 жыл бұрын

dropping 10mms in my engine bay to never be seen again

@HumblyDriven 5 жыл бұрын

Lol happend to my homie the other day.

@emanuelsauz12345 5 жыл бұрын

😂 same here

@emanuelsauz12345 5 жыл бұрын

On my 370Z which can’t see shit

@RitztheDJ 5 жыл бұрын

I FUCKING DROPPED MY PHONE IN MY ENGINE BAY LAST WEEK

@swizzy6010 5 жыл бұрын

Big oof

@Shazzkid 5 жыл бұрын

U mean putting coolant in my oil won't keep my oil temps low??

@callumb5184 5 жыл бұрын

Bruh moment

@samsunggalaxyS24-n5j 4 жыл бұрын

boi

@cozzy124 3 жыл бұрын

1000 iq

@connorswanson6725 5 жыл бұрын

My mistakes, oh boy (In no specific order) 1) bought a wrx 2) changed the wheels and accidentally drove on hand tightened lugs which shot off like a rocket as I was going 20mph down my street. 3) I had an eBay hub loosen up at a drift event, torque everything down properly gentlemen 4) plastidipped parts with zero prep work or cleaning before hand 5) thought 40k springs and shocks would be good for racing (more stiff= less body roll?) that sucked 6) thought I could vinyl wrap a car by myself and it would look perfect (overstretched everything and it was pretty bad) 7) bought a Miata and slapped on some hella stretched tires and went autocrossing (195 on a 9” rim, fitmint was still trash, got weird looks and tech thought I might debead) 8) didn’t realize you have to switch cam and crank gears on a JDM EJ205 motor to make it work with your USDM ECU (yeah it took me over a year to swap this motor) 9) 3k miles later blew the 02 wrx Subaru trans because I clutch dropped at like 5k rpms 10) dropped the oil drain bolt in my oil bucket pan thing which cloggged it and spilt hot oil all over my garage 11) I have defiantly open the rad cap while it was way too hot 12) did a track day on bald, 300 treadware all seasons at 40psi 13) took me 15 hours to 6 speed swap my miata and we finished late so I forgot to fully tighten a ppf bolt which dropped out and snapped as I was going 50mph, shot sparks everywhere lol I thought I ran over a chain 14) I had my starter go out on my only vehicle at the time and thought I could just clutch start it everywhere, got stuck multiple times. Learn from me, don’t make the stupid mistakes I do

@branflakes1299 5 жыл бұрын

I bought a 1988 Camaro IROC-Z that was carburetor swapped, had no ECU, No cats or mufflers, and had a little bit of rust forming. At 17 years old I thought I could fix it. Sold, my daily driver and drove that for three months. Worst memory was not having working windshield wipers and driving to school in the pouring rain. Wiping the windshield with an old rag as I drove down the street. Fun times.

@ThePureElectricity 5 жыл бұрын

I kinda did your 14 but got lucky so I only got stuck once

@liveandletlive2894 5 жыл бұрын

🤯

@caffina5882 5 жыл бұрын

I hand tighten my lugs...

@liveandletlive2894 5 жыл бұрын

@@caffina5882 me 2 lol never had an issue

@artsohc 5 жыл бұрын

Rookie mistakes maintaining your car: buying a car that has more maintenance needs than you are capable of paying for/performing yourself. Looking at you all you people that buy 10+ year old BMW M cars.

@Latinblood59 5 жыл бұрын

Lmfaao! Here I am with an 08 e92 335i and recently purchased 03 e39 540i

@TheCoDRoyalty 5 жыл бұрын

TRIGGERED! Having flashbacks of vanos and valve cover gasket work in my dim light garage

@marcosarevalo5920 5 жыл бұрын

I have 95 bmw 740i and i tune it my self everything from mapping to chip tuning and I also rebuild everything my self and she runs like beauty never gotten an engine light

@TheNis240sx 5 жыл бұрын

335i life haha

@vegeta12379 5 жыл бұрын

I feel personally attacked

@jdob8086 5 жыл бұрын

When you put oil in the engine and forget to put the oil drain plug in

@yutosi2109 4 жыл бұрын

I once almost frogot to install the oil filter before filling so i had to lift the car back up

@FBI-eo9yx 4 жыл бұрын

Fuck I did this like 2 days ago like a dumbass

@jordanprice9285 5 жыл бұрын

Rookie mistake number 1: *_Living somehwere that gets cold_*

@FroztiProductions 4 жыл бұрын

Living somewhere that gets cold and hot repeatedly. My main seals aren't even there anymore.

@kaelanburke2097 4 жыл бұрын

@U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement I mean a rwd car with dedicated snows outperforms an awd car with all seasons

@apocalypse487 4 жыл бұрын

@Garbage Trash except everything melts

@pointblank6 4 жыл бұрын

Get a rally car, problem solved.

@christianscustoms6429 4 жыл бұрын

@U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thats why you need 3+ cars haha. Daily, summer whip, and a project

@blkSabbathSE3P 5 жыл бұрын

My biggest rookie mistake? Buying a rotary as my first car.

@z-trip5457 5 жыл бұрын

Ouch, that must've sucked.

@blkSabbathSE3P 5 жыл бұрын

@@z-trip5457 nah man, I still have it lol. I actually just got it about a month ago. I'm still learning bits here and there, but I've always been in love with the FD RX-7, so getting an RX-8 was something I've been considering ever since I got my license.

@maxf8099 4 жыл бұрын

Lee Seiler why was it a mistake? Rx-8 is on my list for first cars (im 17), why shouldnt i buy it?

@blkSabbathSE3P 4 жыл бұрын

Basically, no car will be a mistake if you do your homework. I'll say that out front. If you know what you're going into, and you have a better understanding of what common problems with the car are, you'll be better set. Look on forums, try and find someone in your community who has one and just pick their brains about the car. I love my RX8, I dont drive it super hard and if I do it's only for a short time and on roads I know and am comfortable on. Below is some stuff I've found online and my own experience with the car. (04 RX8, JM1FE) Being a rotary engine, you'll come across a different maintenance schedule than most traditional piston motors. Plan on adding a bunch of oil, (I always carry a few extra quarts to top off) spending $20-$30 per spark plug every 15k miles, (and also paying attention that you are buying leading AND trailing plugs for each rotor, I just changed mine yesterday and the previous owner had 4 leading plugs in there). Another issue, at least for the series 1 (04-08) is the starter, it doesn't like to start hot. Another issue I just had (maybe related to the starter, or poor compression or a combo of both) was I was on the highway, waiting to pull across in the middle lane turn off. I decided to try and beat a tractor trailer, and being new to driving stick, I stalled it. No biggie, I've stalled before, I'll just wait for the next red light to stop traffic. Well my car wouldn't even crank. I would turn the key and the dash lights were so faint, the brake was sunk to the floor. I had no idea what happened. I got lucky and someone helped push it off the road, go pulled into a parking lot, and looked over the car. Didnt really see anything, so I decided to try starting it up after going inside the store and letting the car (and my head) cool down. After about 5 seconds of cranking it finally took and I was able to finish about my business, no issues at all. Back to the oil topic, premixing is a big thing people generally talk about. I don't, but that might be why I had that issue. I'm not sure, I've only had the car a month lol.

@J-ose 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I did this sold it a month later did enjoy my 87 FC while I had it

@armikm9846 5 жыл бұрын

Not putting the blinker fluid back after changing my headlights every 3k to 5k miles. Worst rookie mistake i ever made

@armikm9846 5 жыл бұрын

@Ninety5tag its fine dude i dont really care. Respect✊

@pgboyinthehouse9041 5 жыл бұрын

Forgetting to replace those piston return spings every 30k miles.

@nicolapalmieri7344 5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget to change the muffler bearing every 50k miles

@KM-je6bf 4 жыл бұрын

I've been neglecting my blinker fluid myself. Euro cars take weird fluid that you can't get at autozone. :(

@saultorres7452 3 жыл бұрын

@@KM-je6bf ya that oil u usually have to import from german companies. Since autozone only carries quality

@spunsklob9559 5 жыл бұрын

Yea i made a big mistake. Owning a car that just about no one has parts for.

@Thecardoctor365 3 жыл бұрын

Was it a 3000 gt?

@spunsklob9559 3 жыл бұрын

@@Thecardoctor365 Nope its even older

@thatcarguy2002 5 жыл бұрын

“I was gonna get louder and then I remembered I don’t work for Doughnut Media” 😂😂😂

@panvomacka9079 4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing! This comment is very underrated

@lonelydriver1421 5 жыл бұрын

*Never* procrastinate on oil changes!

@kylefeilmeier7261 5 жыл бұрын

My customers do sometimes and bring high milage motor oil to me with 5k to 10k miles on it

@jerichomorris6840 5 жыл бұрын

Did you say.. *OIL*

@tfleming3567 5 жыл бұрын

Does it count if i just burn the oil out instead of draining,it? Lol silly vq oil is for the oil pan not the firing chamber

@plague46 4 жыл бұрын

I don't have to do oil changes, my E46 drinks it all up so I just have to refill it once a month or so, really handy!

@bigplanner 4 жыл бұрын

PLAGUE 😂 how convenient. My Audi had the same feature.

@-HAKUMAI- 4 жыл бұрын

a while back, me and my buddy tried to swap an alternator on his mk4 jetta. we were both around 15/16 years old and it was his first car, so needless to say we had pretty much never done anything mechanical on a vehicle before. we tried EVERYTHING to get the belt off of the alternator, we tried pulling the belt off with brute force, adding leverage, we even tried removing the tensioner but it wouldnt budge. took us about 3 hours before we looked it up and realized the tensioner is spring loaded... there was even a small tab on the tensioner where you use a wrench of some kind to pull it back so the belt can come off 😂 swapped out the alternator, put the belt back on and everything worked great. it was definitely a learning experience to say the least

@aaronmanmohan8966 5 жыл бұрын

Rookie Car Mistake: Not buying wheels, tyres and suspension from Fitment Inc

@markschoch9509 5 жыл бұрын

You suck up. I'm just pissed you beat me to it. Trying to put enough good karma in the air for the suspension giveaway. Now I'll have to resort to Gels and Dakota voodoo dolls or something.

@ryanhodgkin7475 5 жыл бұрын

@@markschoch9509 lmfao

@FitmentIndustries 5 жыл бұрын

I like the tactics boys it shows commitment 😂🙏🏼

@tedgey4286 4 жыл бұрын

You thought you could get away with that?!?!?

@jarredkowalski9625 4 жыл бұрын

2 mistakes: 1. Buying a damn Chrysler Sebring 2. Not replacing my blinker fluid or muffler bearing

@dillonwhite4444 3 жыл бұрын

Blinker fluid is a joke right?

@zepedaj88 4 жыл бұрын

ALIGN YOUR CAR AFTER ANY SUSPENSION UPGRADE! unless you like buying new tires all the time

@IGdabheadz 4 жыл бұрын

My biggest rookie mistake was taking my out-of-warranty car to the dealership for maintenance

@acidllamas6168 4 жыл бұрын

@KM-je6bf 4 жыл бұрын

@@acidllamas6168 they probably tried to hit him for every little repair they could.

@TrinityCTStud 3 жыл бұрын

Ouch!!!

@Jonjims1532 5 жыл бұрын

"valve cover adjustment" 😂😂😂

@jdm603jake 5 жыл бұрын

1:41

@RonaldjamesF3 5 жыл бұрын

I repeated it 3x in my best Alex voice

@jacobfoster4909 4 жыл бұрын

Lol I caught that.

@twrcrew8852 3 жыл бұрын

he meant valve shim adjustment. it's a real thing especially on older toyotas (2jz) and hondas.

@Shazzkid 5 жыл бұрын

So u sayin that K&N air filter didn't add 50HP to maa riide??

@kaelanburke2097 4 жыл бұрын

Damb

@A5h3n. 4 жыл бұрын

Swear this is my friend and his 87 bmw xD

@Regulators0001 4 жыл бұрын

Babahahaha

@scottbreeze49 5 жыл бұрын

CEL is not just a condition, it's a lifestyle

@intolerant_left 4 жыл бұрын

How else would I know if the CEL bulb worked?

@1ShyAzn 4 жыл бұрын

Neeeeegaaaaaa , cel lifestyle

@1stock1not 4 жыл бұрын

This little light of mine im gonna let it shine.

@KM-je6bf 4 жыл бұрын

Unless you're in NY, where Emperor Cuomo forbids any vehicle with a CEL from passing inspection or being registered

@frontwheeldrip4253 4 жыл бұрын

Rookie mistake: forgetting to save a stock rom ECU profile before trying to flash a new rom to the ECU after adjusting fuel trims. I bricked my ECU

@Jonjims1532 5 жыл бұрын

My rookie mistake. Buying a damn WRX.

@Ravenlion13 5 жыл бұрын

This was me at first but i love mine now

@Jonjims1532 5 жыл бұрын

I'm on motor number 7. But im far from stock.

@HumblyDriven 5 жыл бұрын

Well, let me have it lol. That's one of the wars I want so bad other than an FD.

@Jonjims1532 5 жыл бұрын

@@HumblyDriven oh, I'm keeping it forever at this point. 😂

@HumblyDriven 5 жыл бұрын

@@Jonjims1532 I want an 06 or 07 hawkeye but they are hard to find. :( What are your thoughts on that?

@wafi3187 5 жыл бұрын

Monday: Drop a 8mm socket, never found Friday: found 8mm socket stuck in timing belt pulley Me: you were alive!!

@senderbud31 3 жыл бұрын

Idk what you did to god for him to do that to you but you better make amends my guy😂

@Alexander-sr5fg 5 жыл бұрын

My biggest rookie mistake has probably been buying wheels, not checking fitment, and then my calipers hit them.

@Mikeyk07002 5 жыл бұрын

-peels off tape from dashboard- yup CEL still there.

@ernestogarcia1997 4 жыл бұрын

When he said “I gotchuuu!!” After talking about skid plates I felt that in my heart bro 💯✊🏽 that’s why I recommend these people to everybody!

@MrMcswiggens 4 жыл бұрын

My biggest mistake was doing my first mod.. cause now I spend all my cash on mods hehe

@EAADetailing 4 жыл бұрын

Did my first oil change 10 years ago, had a buddy start the engine and oil shit everywhere. I thought something blew up, but no. Ya boi forgot to put on the new oil filter.

@Thecardoctor365 3 жыл бұрын

Wow wtf!

@TheMrbumpersticker 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, my subies Engine keeps on vaping, I’m sure it’s supposed to do that.

@1stock1not 4 жыл бұрын

For sure

@DavidODST 3 жыл бұрын

That’s normal

@I_like_them_Thiccc 5 жыл бұрын

Pro tip on keeping your wheels clean and easy to clean: Ceramic coat them

@extec101 5 жыл бұрын

thats a good one need to do that.

@leonardoreyes8517 5 жыл бұрын

VW lights, "This little light of mine I'm going it let it shine, let it shine, oooooohhhhh let it shine. " Said with big deep man gospel voice. 🤣🤣🤣

@yungbg7531 5 жыл бұрын

Leonardo Reyes i have a 2012 gti thats never had a light on before am I special

@leonardoreyes8517 5 жыл бұрын

@@yungbg7531 I believe you maybe....

@leonardoreyes8517 5 жыл бұрын

@Sam Ouzounian I've got a 2013 that I picked up in January with 27k I just hit 60K and I've had a smog light bank 1 sensor 1 I just needed day off to change it.

@olney28 4 жыл бұрын

@@leonardoreyes8517 Barry White's voice

@KM-je6bf 4 жыл бұрын

@Sam Ouzounian Mk7 GTI needs some love to keep running properly but if you take care of it the car will definitely take care of you. Its a labor of love for me because I love that car almost as much as my own children 💘

@goobawhoba 5 жыл бұрын

7:30 heyyy that's my Mustang 😋

@starofscorpius4171 4 жыл бұрын

I stuck a curve pipe, maf sensor and a filter as my "cold air intake" years ago. I successfully created the opposite since the filter ended up directly in line with the side of the engine and over a header. Pointless stuff is pointless.

@aarongrisham5555 3 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly the F56 Mini with the B48 engine is running like a beast and no problems after 6 years.

@damianhampton47 5 жыл бұрын

You should do rookie mistakes when rallying

@mikesmachines8859 5 жыл бұрын

Got a new battery, had terminals reversed from original. Fried an alternator an an 80' MGB. Fortunately that's all. had a new one in in no time.

@chmooth 5 жыл бұрын

Huge shoutout to the editor of this particular video. Savings us all from the “R” rated poses and the first of the “two other things” 😳😳😳 Nice intro 👍🏾

@oh.Em1ly 5 жыл бұрын

Alex: There’s no intro. Editor: Hold my beer.

@alexbright5873 4 жыл бұрын

Um, as a vw owner, I’m guilty. Just got a new mk4 gti with some “work done” and little did I know it had 7 very catastrophic engine codes that it threw off😂

@miniman9198 4 жыл бұрын

Brown Sugar my TDI has no EGR so it has a nice light on the dash but I don't really care seeing as i made it turn on 😂

@Smoothey999 4 жыл бұрын

Rookie mistakes: forgetting to change your muffler bearing every 45k miles

@lukaslrg216 4 жыл бұрын

Chop off the muffler problem solved

@amariodom4858 5 жыл бұрын

my rookie mistake was draining all my oil out then couldn’t get the oil filter off and i didn’t wanna reuse the filter so i had to push my brothers car into a parking lot then buy a oil filter remover tool

@lalo8726 4 жыл бұрын

amari odom me too luckily I can walk to autozone in 10 mins

@chrism1151 4 жыл бұрын

My first car mistake: Buying a VW and not doing bags and wheels first. Went fbo and got it tuned just for the trans to blow up. Pretty sure the car just wanted to kill itself for having monster truck fitment on the stock wheels for so long.

@gerardrusin5899 4 жыл бұрын

Buying a 1999 Camaro as a project car that barely ran as I’ve never worked on a car before in my life other than an oil change.

@CaptainRudy4021 5 жыл бұрын

You forgot basic fluid changes like transmission, power steering, brake, and coolant. People think they're either too expensive and/or not needed so they don't do them.

@kylefeilmeier7261 5 жыл бұрын

My buddy: I've never seen brakes fail with black brake fluid so I don't care

@CaptainRudy4021 5 жыл бұрын

@@kylefeilmeier7261 it's not the color that necessarily matters. It's the amount of copper and/or water that's in the fluid.

@petercraft1928 4 жыл бұрын

while cleaning the engine bay up I disconnected the Hood latch wire to clean around it and forgot to reconnect it before i closed the hood...

@thelucas1146 5 жыл бұрын

The intro is good, but it’s too dramatic

@russelljackson855 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos! At a young age, ehem. I may have neglected to install inner bearings on the 2 front brake rotors. Needless to say, all of the components needed to be replaced again. FYI, I brought it to a shop and paid them at that point.

@finesse1570 3 жыл бұрын

Just recently I got some suspension and wheels from yall and installed them. Then the excitement got to me and I forgot to torque the lugs. I was driving with hand tightened lugs on my wheels…

@mylesswann530 5 жыл бұрын

Trying to reverse and test drive on wheel chocks after the job was done.

@TheNis240sx 5 жыл бұрын

Woo rookie mistake...owning a 335i and waiting in maintenance Haha. You got to be on it and it will be a beast

@naive3744 4 жыл бұрын

N54?

@SoulTouchMusic93 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, Imma trucker so I was getting my 45 minutes break. A subbie passed by with one hell of an exhaust note. Very deep, not overly loud and with that unequal length header sound to it. 10/10 it chopped!

@evgeniy3305 5 жыл бұрын

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO

@maxcees66 5 жыл бұрын

Didnt use a timing gun and to thick oil after engine swap. Spun a bearing after 300 KM, on the 3e engine after a few weeks xD. Forgotten a suspention bold. Best way to learn is by failing

@badsportdriving5856 5 жыл бұрын

Rookie mistake - not checking your oil between changes. Or even over/under filling. "ThAt'S gOoD eNoUgH"

@stevenhurley9540 5 жыл бұрын

Rookie mistake I made was not torquing my caliper bolts down enough and almost lost my caliper a few days later. Luckily had my socket set on me to do roadside tighten

@lorandnagy6442 3 жыл бұрын

Just rewatching some old vids, but quality tip before the outro. "Drop a wheel, look everything over, and take a pic for ig to make it look like you're doing a tonne of work when you're doing nothing". Preach

@willk3807 4 жыл бұрын

My most recent rookie mistake...i replaced the radiator in my e46. Thinking I knew what I was doing I didn't install the expansion tank properly. The belt cut into the tank and my rookie mistake cost me $80. Not a fun day :(

@Comopar 4 жыл бұрын

Rookie mistake: doing a valve adjustment on my e30 after semi paying attention to a video 2: trying to boost my e30 with 1k and 3 weeks before an event (car didnt make it amd now I cant diag the damn thing to start?

@WorkableWax 4 жыл бұрын

I chose a Japanese gm mix to start to learn how to work on vehicles. Big leap forward but man I've made some fun mistakes and learned alot.

@diydrivenGA 4 жыл бұрын

My biggest- overtightening pcv valve....when the time came to replace I sheared it off and a piece fell into a baffled section....head to take apart the top of the car to get the valve cover off, then spent hours trying to macguyver a vacuum solution to get the small brass fitting out.....15 min job turned into a weekend of BS...oh and found out I can't trust my torque wrench at the bottom end (6lbs) sheared a valve cover bolt........good times....

@FlaviaPitariu 4 жыл бұрын

My rookie mistake was to swap to LED headlight bulbs and then the lights were dim to no end. They looked pretty at least. Still have the picture of the non blinding high beam because reflectors and bad LED position

@viccort3198 5 жыл бұрын

Didn't double check my torque spec on a cam gear and it slipped and bent a couple valves on my engine lol

@a57575757ify 5 жыл бұрын

Lowering my e90 and not accounting for the long ass sway bar links and snapping them in two 😅😂

@hailster 4 жыл бұрын

The biggest mistake I see people make is not changing fluids often enough, people tend to change the oil somewhat regularly but not changing the coolant can start to cause issues after a while. The biggest mistake I have made is ignoring brake noises on my last car, instead of doing a brake job right away I decided to wait a few weeks which caused my wheels to get a nice coating of metal which rusted and I was never able to get that off of the wheels. So now if I hear brake noises I check it out right away.

@gavindies7271 4 жыл бұрын

"I'm looking at you Volkswagen owners." Me:*Looks at my Golf's CEL being bright af*.

@rodneya6371 4 жыл бұрын

My Jetta lived with that light on, thought it came standard

@gavindies7271 4 жыл бұрын

@@rodneya6371 It's just a map that's messing with how rich my afr is.

@RtistiqSkubie 5 жыл бұрын

Listening to Scotty Kilmer... even though I continue to watch his videos AFTER taking his faulty advice.

@SonOvaSon 5 жыл бұрын

If you don’t own a celica then you’re the antichrist

@PLATESWEEPER 5 жыл бұрын

Rev up ur ennngiiiines

@klaus9939 5 жыл бұрын

My auto tech teacher told us to never do what he says to do lol

@RtistiqSkubie 5 жыл бұрын

@@klaus9939 bruh... I wish I was a student in your class because following his advice royally fucked me.

@jamespalmer7629 5 жыл бұрын

you bought a Corolla?

@rogersshaw9879 4 жыл бұрын

rookie mistake on my old 87 Porsche 944. Doing a tire rotation at home as we have a small lift and my friends that were over told me they’d finish it for me so I could go eat, figured oh that’s fine they’re smart they know what they’re doing. Turns out they only hand tightened all the lugs, no torque. Worst part was we went on a long cruise right after. Safe to say going 80mph on the highway with hand tightened wheels is not a fun experience. Thankfully had my spare tire kit in my car so as soon as I knew what was going on I pulled over and tightened all my wheels down before I could be home to re torque them down...always double check everyone people.

@Dcross6298 5 жыл бұрын

replacing my output shaft seal on a camaro and letting the exhaust dangle for a couple days...Finally get the right seal and install everything smoothly to notice an exhaust rattle -.- Fixed it with some washers though

@herbienbrian2 5 жыл бұрын

My e36 does not like synthetic oil at all. That shit gets thin immediately. I use Valvoline Conventional 10w-40 with Lucas high mileage engine oil additive. My Vanos is still alive.

@mattevans1643 5 жыл бұрын

That's because it's an old car. Old cars do not like synthetic oils, because they were built long before synthetics became a thing. They are made differently, and the years and years of wesr and tear has made them not being able to adjust to change.

@Excision1434 4 жыл бұрын

Intro feels like a linus tech tip, and this guy kinda looks like him too XD

@jackcarruth9515 5 жыл бұрын

I bought a banner, screwed up when peeling off the clear sheet because it’s too sticky :(

@alexxx3958 4 жыл бұрын

lol! Needing to measure to pull your car in on a rotary lift 😂 sadly relatable

@devilzwanganmidnight5951 5 жыл бұрын

OUU OUU PICK ME! Ahem...... Pouring the wrong oil in the engine.

@cameronortega4475 5 жыл бұрын

I got an 04 civic I had a bad oil leak thought it was the rear main seal it wasn’t kept driving it now I have to get a new motor cuz if rod know

@gavinlindberry5283 5 жыл бұрын

I was listing to this vid on lunch and i got 2 12s in the back this vid has so much bass in the background music

@jasonmoore3832 4 жыл бұрын

The problem I have with your first statement is that most well maintained cars aren’t maintained at a shop because that would cost a fortune. A lot of us maintain the car in our garage, therefore the maintenance would never be on a carfax

@ramonanzures9780 4 жыл бұрын

Ide say over filling on fluids is another people do when new

@Ktrain0218 4 жыл бұрын

Changed oil on my 93 Civic (3rd or 4th time changing it myself.) Engine died from oil starvation. 😣

@klaspeppar5619 5 жыл бұрын

I’m a soon to be mechanic and has worked as an apprentice at a Volvo and Renault authorized shop/garage/dealership what ever you want to call it. I have some experience with servicing Volvo’s, mostly the 5-cylinders (diesels and petrol), 4-cylinder Peugeot diesels and all VEA 4 cylinders. I found this video very amusing, as i not to long ago bought my first car.

@ArkDaShark1 5 жыл бұрын

Rookie mistake not doing diff flush and transmission flush on my IS350 leading to having metal shavings in the rear diff and needing to replace the transmission solenoids, bought my second IS350 these 2 were the first things I did to it.

@jext678 5 жыл бұрын

Make a vidoe on good websites to buy a car from

@geometryjosh21 5 жыл бұрын

I'd like that

@nicolapalmieri7344 5 жыл бұрын

The best is Autotempest, because it searches on all the sites, autotrader, eBay, Craigslist, all of them

@le.farquad608 5 жыл бұрын

I still don’t know where a long thin bolt goes on my rsx, i was fixing a tonne of stuff on it, put everything back right except this on bolt. Pisses me off

@KM-je6bf 4 жыл бұрын

Blinker fluid drain plug. Youre welcome

@le.farquad608 4 жыл бұрын

@@KM-je6bf lol

@omegadus1889 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love how alexfi freestyle these videos you guys are awsome love your vids and services

@Drifter3110 5 жыл бұрын

Refilling windshield fluid..... When it finished raining and there where water starts and my windows were already dirty.

@James-Gustafson 5 жыл бұрын

Valve cover adjustment?

@jdm603jake 5 жыл бұрын

1:41 valve cover adjustment?

@ScutuRC 4 жыл бұрын

Few other rookie mistakes that come to my mind are: - Top you gas tank while filing it up - Stop when the pump stops, - Changing oil too late or using the wrong oil type, - Not balancing/align yours wheels, - Ignoring the engine light on the dash, - Not owing an OBD scanner that can help you avoid huge mechanic bills for "replacing a fuse", - Getting the engine rpm to the red-line at all the time!

@Mattchstick1 4 жыл бұрын

Drove around for a good week with the ECU light on thinking it was just because I fitted a cold air intake... turns out the jubilee clip had stripped and the filter had come off the throttle body 🙄🙄

@paki268 5 жыл бұрын

I'm just here to see how many rookie mistake I intentionally still do

@ewoonsight3755 5 жыл бұрын

So you want a dodge demon? Alex I'm going to keep putting this comment on every single damn video you make until you make this video

@isaacmac2823 5 жыл бұрын

Worth the read, lesson learned😂 buy a subaru they said. Itll be fun they said...Wanted to cut corners on my 6 speed swapped 05 wrx. Payed $600 to have sti hubs machined to fit my wrx knuckles (thinking everything on the internet was true) so i could run sti axles. 4 days later (not even 100 miles) my rear hubs separated from my knuckle giving me a good 20 degrees of camber. Finally saved up enough to do full brembo/sti knuckle swap. Bought it off ebay ($1500) when delivered i only received the rear knuckles and brembos.after cutting away the shrink wrap the inly protection in packaging was some floor mats from the 70s so the paint got all screwed up. One month later and i still havent gotten the front breaks yet bc the shipping company lost them. I havent had my car drivable in over 6 months. Sos plez help

@thefunbuns1 4 жыл бұрын

My rear coilovers are impossibly tight on the adjustment collars what’s an easy way to loosen them up so i can adjust again

@beastboy642 5 жыл бұрын

won’t make rookie mistakes because i watched this video ;)

@OMEGAVONDOOM 4 жыл бұрын

How much does a "valve cover adjustment" cost? Lol

@dc5_enice835 5 жыл бұрын

Hey guys!! Just trying to get some help here. I have a 2003 Acura rsx type s, I bought some 17x8 wheels for her, I was thinking on putting some 225/45/17 tires. Do you think that is a good size tires for that wheel and car fitment? It's lowered 2.5" in front from stock and 2" on the back. Thanks and any help would be appreciated.