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Scotty Kilmer scotty I got a question, idk where else to ask this. But I found a 2006 Skoda Octavia 1.4L petrol for sale for 950 euro. Is it a good deal?
When I ask my friends if they watch Scotty Kilmer they said “who’s that?”. Then I responded with “you know the whole, rev up your engines guy!” Then my friends say “ohhh the wavy hands guy who always swinging his hands around.” Yeah, that’s him.
@@dalegribble3684 thats crazy. If he would have said it wont leave you stranded etc an sell it but dam that kinda comparison is wild lol. An i worked on a Nissan today at work. An a healthy sounding 5.4 mustang.
They tried that with me on my 77 t bird, caught them, the date on the diehard battery was older than the one I had, battery was under warranty, this was in Pennsylvania.
I got nervous there for a second, I thought Scotty was going to explain what was wrong with the Neon without taking a few shots at Chrysler. I was not disappointed.
Not true, Im leaving a big o and we have a tech with 30+ yrs experience. idk what he got paid, but I was at 30/hr. I was there for 5 yrs (although I'm in CA). I learned a lot from him and now I'm going to UPS. It's not the chain, it's the techs working there. Trust me.
@@joshuawalker5044 places like Walmart and k mart usually only pay like $10 or $15 an hour to a kid to throw batteries in and tires on. They do more harm than good usually. Strip lug nuts. Snap off lug studs with the impact gun. Hammer battery terminals on because there is no time to loosen the clamp first. Etc.
@@willschultz5452 I'm all too familiar... But we didn't let the tire guys do batteries. Although, there will always be that problem with them breaking s*** because the job they do doesn't cover enough money to really make a profit let alone pay them a good wage. Supply and demand 😓 and royalties/rent...
@@joshuawalker5044 when I was a kid I worked at Kmart doing tires, batteries, shocks, tune ups. Etc. I always wanted to do things the right way and the manager would never let me. All he wanted to do was rush as much work through as possible. This was when cars still had points and a distributor 🤣. We had a nice SUN engine analyzer and I was rolling it over to hook it up to the car I was doing a tune up on to set the point dwell and idle speed and mixture and timing etc. The manager comes running over and asks me what I am doing with that, I told him and he said it is running isn't it? I said yes, he said well then get it out of here! We don't have time for that! The machine is just for show🙄
I was a sales rep at sears auto in california for about 6 months before they shut down we fixed cars but I was told they had to buy equipment for colleges and stuff it was such a terrible place to work tho
Me and my grandpa love watching you Scotty while we drive back and forth between my dads and moms house which is a 60 minute drive, I’m 15 and he is 65. Keep doing what your doing!
Hello Scotty Kilmer if I may if I could just take a moment to Thank You from the bottom of my Heart, you're such a nice and smart person and I really appreciate that you keep making videos to help us. The every day common broke American Joe. Thank You for being Awesome Mr.Kilmer
Hey Scotty! Just wanted to say thank you very much for all the awesome content and wisdom! I have learned tons and laughed even more! Keep doing what your doing Scotty! 👍🏻😃
My 2002 dodge neon lasted 364,000 miles, original engine and original automatic transmission without any repairs other than maintenance and a starter and battery of course. It kicked in 2017. RIP Neon.
@@Len1977gt I saw over 6 1st year neons go well over 300000 miles. They were even written up as saying that if Saturn had started work with the neon instead of the Saturn that they would probably have run 40000 to 500000 miles
Excuse my typo, scotty I get into so many arguments with mechanics over that battery disconnect issue, when it comes to newer cars, you are so right!, Thank You😎
Love your videos Scotty, been a fan since I was about 16 watched a lot of your videos when you worked on your celiac to show me how to fix things. I’m 27 now.
I got a new battery from auto&$&@ and they put the green felt on positive post and red on negative. I nearly fried myself trying to jumpstart it later. Then I saw the mistake. Lesson learned. Never trust someone else’s work no matter how simple it seems
Got a 99 Plymouth Grand Voyager 3.3 V6 285000 Mi. Original engine and transmission. No leaks of any kind. A/C went out back in 08 and Firestone repair shop wanted to me $1400 replace the whole system. Watched your vids on how to repair.... Got it done for $40. Keeping up regular maintenance and still runs. ✌out from California👈😎👉
That's why I started changing my own batteries. Sears stripped the connector to the battery on my Trailblazer years ago and I had to replace it. Had a battery changed at AutoZone over a decade ago on one of my Lexus and it was freezing cold outside in the winter so the guy rushed and didn't check to make sure the connection was tight. The terminal fell off while driving the next day and knocked out power to my dashboard and speedometer lights so I couldn't see how fast my car would drive. I found a mechanic and he charged me 100 dollars to get it working again. Glad I didn't have to replace it.
Electric parking brake is the most stupid thing to do in a car, critical safety features has to be bullet proof, I wouldn't trust that crap ever, the engineers that designed that are insane
For an automatic transmission car they’re perfectly fine for the ocasional times they are used. Most critical safety features are electronic. ABS, airbag, wipers, stability control, etc. Agree on a manual it’s not as great, but you can’t expect manufactures to design their interior based on that anymore.
Thanks again Scotty for the information about the car battery @ Sears. I thought they were telling me the wrong information but they assured me it will be fine & that they do it all the time.
Who in their right mind would disconnect a battery while the car is running as Scotty says it could easily mess up your computer on today's cars, shame these places don't have actual mechanics.
I had a friend come and jump start my vehicle, after Starting my vehicle I went to disconnect my charging chord from the positive terminal of my friends car as I did the lead for the vehicle came off I luckiky noticed it when I went to shut the bonnet....
@Jose Ureste I worked for Lowe's 30 years ago when some mowers took motorcycle size batteries that had to have acid poured in. I told them they had to be trickle charged to FULL charge but the store managers were some of the dumbest people on Earth.
My landlord once asked me to 'jump start' his car that way, using my battery. We didn't have jumper cables. I was actually surprised that it worked, and obviously didn't consider any potential risk involved. It seemed to go smoothly though.
I did the same mistake few days back. My car battery died, got it started with the help of a booster. Drove to battery shop. The guy there asked me not to switch off the car. He replaced the battery while car engine was still running. Thanks god nothing happened. After all it is a Toyota Land Cruiser 2012.
For those interested, I built a battery keeper out of an alarm battery & a pair of leads a buddy gave me from a cheap power inverter. He wanted to wire it directly, so he gave me the leads. I bought a battery from Batteries Plus with lug terminals. Chevy Cobalt has the battery in the trunk. Put this contraption across the front fuse box. Looks like a battery, but it's not. Saves the computer & radio programming information. I have XM radio with a 6 CD changer. Holds 48 stations & EQ for each input. That's a pain to balance it out if it looses programming. Change your trunk battery & nothing's lost. I couldn't do it the time I lost an alternator. Had to reprogram the radio & EVAP test the car to clear the smog test ready.
Thank you Scotty kilmer I listen to as many as I can and learn something new about don't let anybody disconnect your battery with your vehicle running on the new cars I really thank you for all your service please don't quit us keep posting your knowledge there ain't many good mechanics anywhere
Quick tip: If you don't have a battery saver, hook up jumper cables from the battery terminals to your new battery, replace the battery as per normal (adding in working around the jumper cables lol), and all is well.
I learned my lesson about disconnecting the battery on a 90s model gm (with anti-theft) for 2 or 3 days. I haven't been able to start my '98 grand am (3.1l v6, 4-speed auto) for the past 2 or 3 years...
@@nakoma5 No it really doesnt. Its just like Harley Davidson not being made in the USA anymore. It just isnt right. The reason we love Mercedes is because theyre made by the Germans!
It's not just places like Sears. I was at a Lexus dealer's "service" desk one day and listened to their "service" manager tell customers several things that were completely wrong. He even told me that I didn't have to worry about my timing belt because not only didn't I have an interference engine but that Toyota didn't even make any interference engines. Of course, I certainly did have one. He told a lady that she needed new spark plugs at 40K. Her car had Denso long life iridiums that, at the time, were warranteed for 110K and lasted much longer. I've been around a LONG time and I would NEVER trust anything a dealer told me...nothing. I would only go to one for warranty work and have that checked independently.
@@Ryno-fp7pm Depends. The early 1UZ FE engines were non-interference but those with VVTi were interference (unfortunately). Some others without VVTi may have been interference as well.
@@Ryno-fp7pm Yup. There were other in-model variations, too. I remember ordering a part for my engine through my mechanic. He called to say that he needed to also know the month in which my car was made. I happened to know without going back to the tag. Interesting to me, too, is that mine "requires" a specific differential oil for which there is no "approved" substitute. Mobil also states not to substitute and they don't make it. I order it from England. Subsequent model years allowed substitutions.
A electrically actuated emergency brake is a really bad idea, so now not only cant you take a newer car out of park because the interlock is electronic with a dead battery but you cant release the E brake. A emergency brake is just that and it needs to work no matter what.
50 years ago Sears was doing the same thing . Failed state inspection because the inspector bent the brake hose so the crimped area beneath the clamp was visible and said the line needed replaced. The manager wrote me a State rejection slip that had to be answered within 24 hours. The next day my regular mechanic cleared it the with no problem.
My wife and I had a '97 town & country that we sold with 217k miles that still ran just fine and that 3.8l v6 and 4-speed auto had plenty of power. I will be fair to say it did have electrical issues with the door locks and radio speakers and I replaced the alternator twice (first one was defective), but it was all around a good van even with prior abuse and neglect.
SCOTTY the NEON wasn't built in Mexico. It was built in my retirement plant in Belvidere, Illinois. The sister model was the PT Cruiser, that model was built in Mexico.
A screw driver works for a stethoscope to pin point most parts. I just started being a service tech again after not doing it for 2 years. Great vid. The neons where horrible lol i agree
It's a 50/50 thingy. Some cars runs find after replacing the battery without starting the engine. Others might have idle issues and other weird stuff happening if the computer totally cuts off from power and a factory reconfiguration will be required.
Vinegar is good for dissolving green contact corrosion. The corrosion foams and falls off. Always clean with contact cleaner afterwards until the vinegar is removed too.
If your car has top post battery terminals like in the thumbnail THEY DON'T NEED TO BE BOLTED TIGHT TO THE BATTERY. ONLY TIGHT ENOUGH TO STAY IN PLACE. I can't count how many times I've seen these get stretched out and useless because someone thinks every bolt on the car had to be really tight.
I've noticed with everything now, and Sir Scotty says it constantly. Everything is a, "system" nowadays lol. Lighting system, air conditioning systemy, etc. Some get ridiculous
Well, a system is anything that can be distinguishable encapsulated in terms of their function and nature, so it’s a fairly generic term that applicable to almost anything, conclusively, even the a set of systems is a system and if the set as a whole has the same system character, e.g. a car is a collection of systems with a well-defined function. The term only becomes ridiculous if you can’t define the system character, but besides that, it’s a perfectly useful term.
When our Sears was shutting down they had their "Sale", "Clearance", etc...items marked up higher than you could buy at other local brick and mortar stores. Nothing like counting on the frenzy of uninformed shoppers...just sad.
I've been watching Scotty for a little over a year and never subscribed..its always up on my recommended. Since I'm always watching here and there, i figured just subscribe why not ...He deserves the support..Scotty is awesome.
If you're not going to drive your (modern) car for a week or more (time depends on make and model's chronic drain), put a trickle charger on the battery or at least recharge it before starting. A weak battery or one with a weak cell or two that allows the voltage to drop excessively during cranking can cause severe computer issues. In my own car, the engine floods, the ABS and VSC warning lights stay on, CEL may come on, etc. Other electrical gremlins are possible. If your battery is old and/or you're in a harsh environment, get it load tested.
lol my old transportation company had charter ford mini buses that ran on gas. They even cheaped out and bought some with only single tanks. Those things constantly ran out of gas. It was so bad that bus drivers stuck with them for a charter would need a fuel card every time they were forced out with one. Horrible design!
Scotty...does the alternator run the electrics by itself after starting the car?..Is the battery only used to start the car?..have gotten conflicting answers from so-called "mechanics"...tks Sal D.
Back around 1988 I won a free brake job from Sears. No surprise, they found a lot of things wrong with the car while doing the brake job, including a need for a front end rebuild. I went to my regular mechanic, and small independent shop, for a 2nd opinion. The front end had no problems. Sears got busted nationwide for recommending unneeded repairs. A big scandal.
They did this to my parents brand new minivan a few years ago. They didn’t even get to drive it off the lot. The Porter connected the battery cables backwards, and fried every computer in the van. Thus, totaling it out.
I worked for Sears for six weeks. Most poorly managed company I worked for. I quit! Toxic environment and poor business practices! So when I see one getting torn down...I smile!
There are ocean front RV Parks between St. Augustine and Daytona. Reserve ahead and you can be right on the beach. Nice uncrowded area - unlike Daytona.
Yeah Scotty here in CA every car that came in mysteriously needed a battery, shocks and struts. By the way Buick sells only 20% of their production in the US market.
@@milcotto4153 it was a late 70's model I believe and he had just had it painted. I wasn't there just heard the story evertime we went to Sears. (never for car maintenance obviously)
Hey 👋 Scotty! One of Pet Peeves. When I’m Having My Vehicle 🚗 Worked On. I Like To watch & Learn. Some Places Let You & Some Don’t. They Say, Because of Our Insurance your NOT Allowed. Really what it is. They Don’t want ME to see them screw up my vehicle 🚗. Ehhh ehh eh. I Give Up. There charging by the hour & Nothing is Happening. You Get The Bill, What is this??? Smoke & Mirrors. What a Racket. They Always have a Good Answer for Everything. Simple Thing that takes 15 Minutes,. They Charge You for The Full Hour. TA Truckstop in Nebraska put the computer on. 10 Minutes Later. Your Twin Turbos are Out. We Can’t Fix That. $100 Bucks Please. Give Me A Break. No Way. What a World 🌎 we live in. Thnx! CJ
Sears jerked me over on tires I bought from them in the early-'80's. When one on the front developed a bubble in the sidewall they refused to replace it deeming it a 'road hazard'. I got so passed I never did business with them again losing them hundred$ of my future money. I did learn the hard way to always purchase road hazard coverage on future tire buys.
My brothers daughter took her car to Sears for an oil change and a tire rotation a long time ago. Long story short, one tire's lug nuts weren't tightened and the oil drain plug was left out. Sears in Ashtabula Mall.😀😋💩😂
What happens when the fuse for the electric handbrake burns out will you get an message on your info screen or a beeping sound ? There are situations that they are handy when you don't have mutch power in your arms but I switch to the 'old' manual handbrake any time there is mutch more control with that then that stupid on/off handbrake switch.
Just a note on the electrical handbrake: if you lose power it will engage automatically, at least it does on mine. Found that out when my engine shut off and when I started back up I realised it was set. Also good to note that if for some reason you can't set it manually shutting off the engine will engage it and tapping the gas in drive will disengage it. I hope my mechanic can fix it (fingers crossed)
What you could do to preserve the car's memory would be to bring a small (like for a motorcycle or riding lawn mower) 12-volt battery with you, and use a lighter-plug to connect the battery to the car's lighter-socket just before you change the car's main battery. That way, you would keep the car's electrical system still powered up by back-feeding current through the vehicle's lighter-socket wiring, even with the main battery disconnected. Just be careful not to short out your secondary battery by accidentally touching the car's two battery-cables together, or by dropping the positive terminal onto a grounded metal surface.
Another sears story my aunt was retired on a fixed income needed an exhaust system on her 1969 Mercury so she didn't have any money so I couldn't do the job because she couldn't buy the parts so she went to Sears and used her charge card so again I was a young kid I'm in my sixties now retired so I decided to check up on Sears my aunt is sitting in the waiting room for like 2 hours so I sneak around the place and all their mechanics are outside in the back playing baseball and this is about 10 in the morning not a lunch break now as a mechanic we could change the whole exhaust system in less than a half-hour with the proper tools she was there for about a half a day I saw one of the mechanics young female fighting with the exhaust pipe trying to get it apart with an air chisel the old one in the shop where I used to work as a mechanic we would get the thing apart in about 30 seconds using a acetylene torch like I said they really hire inexperienced people
I HATE my electric parking brake. For the first couple of months I pulled the switch for several seconds feeling the same as pulling on manual brake. Finally caught on it's a damn electric switch that doesn't need more than a finger to work!
I remember years ago all the hoopla about the die-hard batteries! They were pro-rated and when they failed you payed a fee depending on how long you had the battery! It was like renting a battery and then everyone else started to do the same thing when you bought a battery from them! Advance Auto the made in China auto parts store bought the name die-hard and now all of it's batteries say die-hard on them ! LoL!
Sears was not a bad place to have work done years ago during the 60's and early 70's. Then the company had really bad management and it was downhill after that. I had brakes and shocks and batteries done with no problems. Later I guess they didn't want to pay for real mechanics.
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Evening Scotty!
@@zach9135 evening!
Thoughts on a 2019 KIA Forte?
Scotty Kilmer scotty I got a question, idk where else to ask this. But I found a 2006 Skoda Octavia 1.4L petrol for sale for 950 euro. Is it a good deal?
Could I DM You a question? Cant find answers to my specific case on my car
When I ask my friends if they watch Scotty Kilmer they said “who’s that?”. Then I responded with “you know the whole, rev up your engines guy!” Then my friends say “ohhh the wavy hands guy who always swinging his hands around.” Yeah, that’s him.
When I got a new car battery in January, the Autozone guy wanted me to buy the most expensive one by saying “it’ll feel like a Tesla”...LOL
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Lol
Ronnie Williz actually happened...I ended up going to oreileys since they had a cheaper price
Roven Brog lol...my nissan will never be near Tesla status
@@dalegribble3684 thats crazy. If he would have said it wont leave you stranded etc an sell it but dam that kinda comparison is wild lol. An i worked on a Nissan today at work. An a healthy sounding 5.4 mustang.
Sears got caught years ago cleaning up old returned batteries and selling them for new!
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They tried that with me on my 77 t bird, caught them, the date on the diehard battery was older than the one I had, battery was under warranty, this was in Pennsylvania.
Yep, I used to always buy my batteries from Sears until I heard that!
Walmart does that also
Wow, no wonder those die hard batteries were gold. 🤣🤣🤣
I got nervous there for a second, I thought Scotty was going to explain what was wrong with the Neon without taking a few shots at Chrysler. I was not disappointed.
Chrysler derangement syndrome. CDS
Off topic sidebar - my cat started batting at the video whenever she saw the waving arms.
This is better than a laser light!
That's funny 😆
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Most of the chain stores dont have real mechanics working there. Alot of them are just kids out of high school. That's because they don't pay!
Not true, Im leaving a big o and we have a tech with 30+ yrs experience. idk what he got paid, but I was at 30/hr. I was there for 5 yrs (although I'm in CA). I learned a lot from him and now I'm going to UPS. It's not the chain, it's the techs working there. Trust me.
@@joshuawalker5044 places like Walmart and k mart usually only pay like $10 or $15 an hour to a kid to throw batteries in and tires on. They do more harm than good usually. Strip lug nuts. Snap off lug studs with the impact gun. Hammer battery terminals on because there is no time to loosen the clamp first. Etc.
@@willschultz5452 I'm all too familiar... But we didn't let the tire guys do batteries. Although, there will always be that problem with them breaking s*** because the job they do doesn't cover enough money to really make a profit let alone pay them a good wage. Supply and demand 😓 and royalties/rent...
most place don't try to remove battary... modern car just don't like when you unplug them...
@@joshuawalker5044 when I was a kid I worked at Kmart doing tires, batteries, shocks, tune ups. Etc. I always wanted to do things the right way and the manager would never let me. All he wanted to do was rush as much work through as possible. This was when cars still had points and a distributor 🤣. We had a nice SUN engine analyzer and I was rolling it over to hook it up to the car I was doing a tune up on to set the point dwell and idle speed and mixture and timing etc. The manager comes running over and asks me what I am doing with that, I told him and he said it is running isn't it? I said yes, he said well then get it out of here! We don't have time for that! The machine is just for show🙄
I was a sales rep at sears auto in california for about 6 months before they shut down we fixed cars but I was told they had to buy equipment for colleges and stuff it was such a terrible place to work tho
Me and my grandpa love watching you Scotty while we drive back and forth between my dads and moms house which is a 60 minute drive, I’m 15 and he is 65. Keep doing what your doing!
Thanks for helping us out Scotty! We appreciate you
Hello Scotty Kilmer if I may if I could just take a moment to Thank You from the bottom of my Heart, you're such a nice and smart person and I really appreciate that you keep making videos to help us. The every day common broke American Joe. Thank You for being Awesome Mr.Kilmer
Hey Scotty! Just wanted to say thank you very much for all the awesome content and wisdom! I have learned tons and laughed even more! Keep doing what your doing Scotty! 👍🏻😃
My 2002 dodge neon lasted 364,000 miles, original engine and original automatic transmission without any repairs other than maintenance and a starter and battery of course. It kicked in 2017. RIP Neon.
You are full of crap. Your neon probably lasted 64,000 miles tops
Yeah, sure. Then you woke up from your dream.
@@Len1977gt I saw over 6 1st year neons go well over 300000 miles. They were even written up as saying that if Saturn had started work with the neon instead of the Saturn that they would probably have run 40000 to 500000 miles
I miss the neon. Those were awesome little cars
yeah... with japanese oem part.. those car are last.. newer one.. you may well fucked..
Scotty Kilmer the Man, the Myth, the Legend!
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I'm thinking he's got those sunglasses on so he doesn't poke himself in the eye with those hands moving around at the speed of light
Might need them for welding on gas tank
@@johnf6262 Cant weld gas tank
@@1997inspire gotta use super glue!
He's high
Either that or to hide the fact that he’s as high as a kite. Haha jk, honestly it’s hard to tell and I’m a seasoned pro.
Excuse my typo, scotty I get into so many arguments with mechanics over that battery disconnect issue, when it comes to newer cars, you are so right!, Thank You😎
I have a question beside damage the computer system in the car what other issues can happen.
Love your videos Scotty, been a fan since I was about 16 watched a lot of your videos when you worked on your celiac to show me how to fix things. I’m 27 now.
I got a new battery from auto&$&@ and they put the green felt on positive post and red on negative. I nearly fried myself trying to jumpstart it later. Then I saw the mistake. Lesson learned. Never trust someone else’s work no matter how simple it seems
Hey Scotty thanks for the information! Have a great evening!
hello, thanks you too!
You make great videos. I used several of your videos to repair my vehicles.
Scotty I get into so many mechanics over this battery issue, you are so right, you never do that on a newer car!, Thank You😎
Got a 99 Plymouth Grand Voyager 3.3 V6 285000 Mi. Original engine and transmission. No leaks of any kind. A/C went out back in 08 and Firestone repair shop wanted to me $1400 replace the whole system. Watched your vids on how to repair.... Got it done for $40. Keeping up regular maintenance and still runs. ✌out from California👈😎👉
Millennial at 1:40....Nice touch! Def stay away!! 😂
That's why I started changing my own batteries. Sears stripped the connector to the battery on my Trailblazer years ago and I had to replace it. Had a battery changed at AutoZone over a decade ago on one of my Lexus and it was freezing cold outside in the winter so the guy rushed and didn't check to make sure the connection was tight. The terminal fell off while driving the next day and knocked out power to my dashboard and speedometer lights so I couldn't see how fast my car would drive. I found a mechanic and he charged me 100 dollars to get it working again. Glad I didn't have to replace it.
Electric parking brake is the most stupid thing to do in a car, critical safety features has to be bullet proof, I wouldn't trust that crap ever, the engineers that designed that are insane
For an automatic transmission car they’re perfectly fine for the ocasional times they are used. Most critical safety features are electronic. ABS, airbag, wipers, stability control, etc. Agree on a manual it’s not as great, but you can’t expect manufactures to design their interior based on that anymore.
Thanks again Scotty for the information about the car battery @ Sears. I thought they were telling me the wrong information but they assured me it will be fine & that they do it all the time.
Who in their right mind would disconnect a battery while the car is running as Scotty says it could easily mess up your computer on today's cars, shame these places don't have actual mechanics.
People not in their right mind? lol
I had a friend come and jump start my vehicle, after Starting my vehicle I went to disconnect my charging chord from the positive terminal of my friends car as I did the lead for the vehicle came off I luckiky noticed it when I went to shut the bonnet....
@Jose Ureste I worked for Lowe's 30 years ago when some mowers took motorcycle size batteries that had to have acid poured in. I told them they had to be trickle charged to FULL charge but the store managers were some of the dumbest people on Earth.
My landlord once asked me to 'jump start' his car that way, using my battery. We didn't have jumper cables.
I was actually surprised that it worked, and obviously didn't consider any potential risk involved.
It seemed to go smoothly though.
Scotty churns out more 10 min videos then anyone on CZcams!
I did the same mistake few days back. My car battery died, got it started with the help of a booster. Drove to battery shop. The guy there asked me not to switch off the car. He replaced the battery while car engine was still running. Thanks god nothing happened. After all it is a Toyota Land Cruiser 2012.
It’s a real shame what Sears and when they owned Kmart just started downhill long before the internet. RIP
For those interested, I built a battery keeper out of an alarm battery & a pair of leads a buddy gave me from a cheap power inverter. He wanted to wire it directly, so he gave me the leads. I bought a battery from Batteries Plus with lug terminals. Chevy Cobalt has the battery in the trunk. Put this contraption across the front fuse box. Looks like a battery, but it's not. Saves the computer & radio programming information. I have XM radio with a 6 CD changer. Holds 48 stations & EQ for each input. That's a pain to balance it out if it looses programming. Change your trunk battery & nothing's lost. I couldn't do it the time I lost an alternator. Had to reprogram the radio & EVAP test the car to clear the smog test ready.
Thank you Scotty kilmer I listen to as many as I can and learn something new about don't let anybody disconnect your battery with your vehicle running on the new cars I really thank you for all your service please don't quit us keep posting your knowledge there ain't many good mechanics anywhere
FIAT = Fix It Again Tony
-Dale Gribble
That’s me!
Dale Gribble hahah coincidence or not
Found In A Tip, Failure In Automotive Technology work also for FIAT.
Quick tip: If you don't have a battery saver, hook up jumper cables from the battery terminals to your new battery, replace the battery as per normal (adding in working around the jumper cables lol), and all is well.
I learned my lesson about disconnecting the battery on a 90s model gm (with anti-theft) for 2 or 3 days. I haven't been able to start my '98 grand am (3.1l v6, 4-speed auto) for the past 2 or 3 years...
2:00 start calling them the Chinese-Benz because it comes from....CHY-NAH
Give it a few years, they will realize they cant match German quality in China.. As if Mercedes werent already unreliable LOL.
@@TylerDavis1998 people havent cared about Germain reliability for awhile now. People just want to buy the name
Mercedes Benz, Standard of the World, Made in China*. Doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
*By Low Wage Employees
@@nakoma5 No it really doesnt. Its just like Harley Davidson not being made in the USA anymore. It just isnt right. The reason we love Mercedes is because theyre made by the Germans!
I agree ☝️
It's not just places like Sears. I was at a Lexus dealer's "service" desk one day and listened to their "service" manager tell customers several things that were completely wrong. He even told me that I didn't have to worry about my timing belt because not only didn't I have an interference engine but that Toyota didn't even make any interference engines. Of course, I certainly did have one. He told a lady that she needed new spark plugs at 40K. Her car had Denso long life iridiums that, at the time, were warranteed for 110K and lasted much longer. I've been around a LONG time and I would NEVER trust anything a dealer told me...nothing. I would only go to one for warranty work and have that checked independently.
Many of the belt driven Toyota engines are non interference. S, VZ, JZ, UZ series engines are non interference.
@@Ryno-fp7pm Depends. The early 1UZ FE engines were non-interference but those with VVTi were interference (unfortunately). Some others without VVTi may have been interference as well.
@@wholeNwon Ah yes, VVTi UZ engines are interference.
@@Ryno-fp7pm Yup. There were other in-model variations, too. I remember ordering a part for my engine through my mechanic. He called to say that he needed to also know the month in which my car was made.
I happened to know without going back to the tag. Interesting to me, too, is that mine "requires" a specific differential oil for which there is no "approved" substitute. Mobil also states not to substitute and they don't make it. I order it from England. Subsequent model years allowed substitutions.
My parents had a 97 Grand Voyager, it overheated lke 40 tiimes but the head gasket never blew so it had that going for it lol
A electrically actuated emergency brake is a really bad idea, so now not only cant you take a newer car out of park because the interlock is electronic with a dead battery but you cant release the E brake. A emergency brake is just that and it needs to work no matter what.
Scotty. Is. The. Man. 😎
I laughed at the battery power for parking on a hill 😂👍
When Scotty was born he was a mechanic in the 1960s.
When Scotty was born he hit the doctor in the head with a wrench
The technician (team leader) at my Toyota dealer did that when demonstrating how to replace a battery. - It was heartland toyota
I stopped using Sears for auto work decades ago when they tried the old ball joint scam on me.
50 years ago Sears was doing the same thing . Failed state inspection because the inspector bent the brake hose so the crimped area beneath the clamp was visible and said the line needed replaced. The manager wrote me a State rejection slip that had to be answered within 24 hours. The next day my regular mechanic cleared it the with no problem.
My wife and I had a '97 town & country that we sold with 217k miles that still ran just fine and that 3.8l v6 and 4-speed auto had plenty of power. I will be fair to say it did have electrical issues with the door locks and radio speakers and I replaced the alternator twice (first one was defective), but it was all around a good van even with prior abuse and neglect.
Scotty the man best mechanic ever
Bought a used car? Replace the fluids (ALL of them), alternator, battery, tires, ball joints, all filters, and tie rod ends. Good for years.
I keep my cars forever and replace only what's worn out or broken. But keep up fluid maintenance and usual wear items.
@@milcotto4153 sadly
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
SCOTTY the NEON wasn't built in Mexico. It was built in my retirement plant in Belvidere, Illinois. The sister model was the PT Cruiser, that model was built in Mexico.
We love you Scotty !❤️
A screw driver works for a stethoscope to pin point most parts. I just started being a service tech again after not doing it for 2 years. Great vid. The neons where horrible lol i agree
Up and it's worked for more than 100 yrs.
First a shot at the plymouth van and then the glorious description of the neon. I had years in my eyes I was laughing so hard
It's a 50/50 thingy. Some cars runs find after replacing the battery without starting the engine. Others might have idle issues and other weird stuff happening if the computer totally cuts off from power and a factory reconfiguration will be required.
Hey Scotty, how about a video on the evolution of computers in cars?
Vinegar is good for dissolving green contact corrosion. The corrosion foams and falls off. Always clean with contact cleaner afterwards until the vinegar is removed too.
If your car has top post battery terminals like in the thumbnail THEY DON'T NEED TO BE BOLTED TIGHT TO THE BATTERY. ONLY TIGHT ENOUGH TO STAY IN PLACE. I can't count how many times I've seen these get stretched out and useless because someone thinks every bolt on the car had to be really tight.
I've noticed with everything now, and Sir Scotty says it constantly.
Everything is a, "system" nowadays lol.
Lighting system, air conditioning systemy, etc. Some get ridiculous
I roll my eyes at 'hair care system'!
Well, a system is anything that can be distinguishable encapsulated in terms of their function and nature, so it’s a fairly generic term that applicable to almost anything, conclusively, even the a set of systems is a system and if the set as a whole has the same system character, e.g. a car is a collection of systems with a well-defined function. The term only becomes ridiculous if you can’t define the system character, but besides that, it’s a perfectly useful term.
When our Sears was shutting down they had their "Sale", "Clearance", etc...items marked up higher than you could buy at other local brick and mortar stores. Nothing like counting on the frenzy of uninformed shoppers...just sad.
I've been watching Scotty for a little over a year and never subscribed..its always up on my recommended. Since I'm always watching here and there, i figured just subscribe why not ...He deserves the support..Scotty is awesome.
If you're not going to drive your (modern) car for a week or more (time depends on make and model's chronic drain), put a trickle charger on the battery or at least recharge it before starting. A weak battery or one with a weak cell or two that allows the voltage to drop excessively during cranking can cause severe computer issues. In my own car, the engine floods, the ABS and VSC warning lights stay on, CEL may come on, etc. Other electrical gremlins are possible. If your battery is old and/or you're in a harsh environment, get it load tested.
lol my old transportation company had charter ford mini buses that ran on gas. They even cheaped out and bought some with only single tanks. Those things constantly ran out of gas. It was so bad that bus drivers stuck with them for a charter would need a fuel card every time they were forced out with one. Horrible design!
Scotty...does the alternator run the electrics by itself after starting the car?..Is the battery only used to start the car?..have gotten conflicting answers from so-called "mechanics"...tks Sal D.
Back around 1988 I won a free brake job from Sears. No surprise, they found a lot of things wrong with the car while doing the brake job, including a need for a front end rebuild. I went to my regular mechanic, and small independent shop, for a 2nd opinion. The front end had no problems. Sears got busted nationwide for recommending unneeded repairs. A big scandal.
They did this to my parents brand new minivan a few years ago. They didn’t even get to drive it off the lot. The Porter connected the battery cables backwards, and fried every computer in the van. Thus, totaling it out.
They probably put the wrong battery too
One thing that drives me nuts is seeing all kinds of people removing the positive terminal first!!
I've seen Scotty do that a few times on some of his video's and want to ask him about that. I learned never to do that.
I worked for Sears for six weeks. Most poorly managed company I worked for. I quit! Toxic environment and poor business practices! So when I see one getting torn down...I smile!
Hey scotty hope your doing well this evening!!
hello, thanks you too!
@@scottykilmer Yes I am!!
There are ocean front RV Parks between St. Augustine and Daytona. Reserve ahead and you can be right on the beach. Nice uncrowded area - unlike Daytona.
Sears!? What year is this, 1955?
Lol. Sears wouldn't take a bolt off for alignment because it was stuck on there. BTW, changing a bmw battery is like diffusing a bomb.
Thanks for the battery tip. I did not know that. But, it definitely makes sense! Thank you.
Scotty completely dunked on that poor guy's Neon 😂😂
You sir, are the King of Cool 👑
Yeah Scotty here in CA every car that came in mysteriously needed a battery, shocks and struts. By the way Buick sells only 20% of their production in the US market.
Hey Scotty, can you do a video on the best cheap van to buy?
Yup back in the days if you unhooked the battery cable and it still ran we would just change the voltage regulator
A Sears "mechanic" once set a battery on the front bumper on my dads celica and scratch it. I know that would hit close to Scotty's heart
@@milcotto4153 it was a late 70's model I believe and he had just had it painted. I wasn't there just heard the story evertime we went to Sears. (never for car maintenance obviously)
Anytime I bought tires at Sears, they said I needed a brake job.
Hey scotty love your videos am from Trinidad 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹 keep it up 🤙🤙
Greetings!
I thought Sears was bankrupt, but they sent me a new card a few days ago. F knows where there's a store anymore.
Hey 👋 Scotty! One of Pet Peeves. When I’m Having My Vehicle 🚗 Worked On. I Like To watch & Learn. Some Places Let You & Some Don’t. They Say, Because of Our Insurance your NOT Allowed. Really what it is. They Don’t want ME to see them screw up my vehicle 🚗. Ehhh ehh eh. I Give Up. There charging by the hour & Nothing is Happening. You Get The Bill, What is this??? Smoke & Mirrors. What a Racket. They Always have a Good Answer for Everything. Simple Thing that takes 15 Minutes,. They Charge You for The Full Hour. TA Truckstop in Nebraska put the computer on. 10 Minutes Later. Your Twin Turbos are Out. We Can’t Fix That. $100 Bucks Please. Give Me A Break. No Way. What a World 🌎 we live in. Thnx! CJ
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10 years ago my wife bought tires from sears and when she got home I looked at them and the rotational arrows were backwards
Sears jerked me over on tires I bought from them in the early-'80's. When one on the front developed a bubble in the sidewall they refused to replace it deeming it a 'road hazard'. I got so passed I never did business with them again losing them hundred$ of my future money. I did learn the hard way to always purchase road hazard coverage on future tire buys.
@@johnwilliamson2707 Sears brand tire? So, of course, you called your state's Attorney General's Office...Dept. of Consumer Affairs, right?
@Michael Green agh! You beat me to it! 😁
My brothers daughter took her car to Sears for an oil change and a tire rotation a long time ago. Long story short, one tire's lug nuts weren't tightened and the oil drain plug was left out. Sears in Ashtabula Mall.😀😋💩😂
So, she got a new engine or just rolled over and took the abuse?
What happens when the fuse for the electric handbrake burns out will you get an message on your info screen or a beeping sound ? There are situations that they are handy when you don't have mutch power in your arms but I switch to the 'old' manual handbrake any time there is mutch more control with that then that stupid on/off handbrake switch.
I still do disconnect battery with car running right now to check if alternator is good, never ran into any issues.
Just a note on the electrical handbrake: if you lose power it will engage automatically, at least it does on mine.
Found that out when my engine shut off and when I started back up I realised it was set.
Also good to note that if for some reason you can't set it manually shutting off the engine will engage it and tapping the gas in drive will disengage it.
I hope my mechanic can fix it (fingers crossed)
What you could do to preserve the car's memory would be to bring a small (like for a motorcycle or riding lawn mower) 12-volt battery with you, and use a lighter-plug to connect the battery to the car's lighter-socket just before you change the car's main battery. That way, you would keep the car's electrical system still powered up by back-feeding current through the vehicle's lighter-socket wiring, even with the main battery disconnected. Just be careful not to short out your secondary battery by accidentally touching the car's two battery-cables together, or by dropping the positive terminal onto a grounded metal surface.
Hey, the kitty pillows are back! :D XD
I noticed that too Merry may😸
Sometimes a shock absorber will pop and bump when they get loose - happened to me! Great video Scotty! Miss ya in Houston!
Hey Scotty I actually did get something I could drive 20,000 miles a year for $1500 lol. I've put 62,000 miles on my Corolla Inna little over 3 years
Thanks for the info. King of videos
Hey Scotty, have you heard the comedy skit from Ron White, about replacing the tires on his van at Sears? LOL! Good stuff!
Is it okay to unplug the battery on a DeLorean 1981? Will it affect the flux capacitor?
Another sears story my aunt was retired on a fixed income needed an exhaust system on her 1969 Mercury so she didn't have any money so I couldn't do the job because she couldn't buy the parts so she went to Sears and used her charge card so again I was a young kid I'm in my sixties now retired so I decided to check up on Sears my aunt is sitting in the waiting room for like 2 hours so I sneak around the place and all their mechanics are outside in the back playing baseball and this is about 10 in the morning not a lunch break now as a mechanic we could change the whole exhaust system in less than a half-hour with the proper tools she was there for about a half a day I saw one of the mechanics young female fighting with the exhaust pipe trying to get it apart with an air chisel the old one in the shop where I used to work as a mechanic we would get the thing apart in about 30 seconds using a acetylene torch like I said they really hire inexperienced people
The made in mexico neon had poor welds on the front crossmember. Was repaired on the assembly line with old skool gas welding. Doomed from the start
I HATE my electric parking brake. For the first couple of months I pulled the switch for several seconds feeling the same as pulling on manual brake. Finally caught on it's a damn electric switch that doesn't need more than a finger to work!
You sir, are awesome , thank you for all of your content
I remember years ago all the hoopla about the die-hard batteries! They were pro-rated and when they failed you payed a fee depending on how long you had the battery! It was like renting a battery and then everyone else started to do the same thing when you bought a battery from them! Advance Auto the made in China auto parts store bought the name die-hard and now all of it's batteries say die-hard on them ! LoL!
Sears was not a bad place to have work done years ago during the 60's and early 70's. Then the company had really bad management and it was downhill after that. I had brakes and shocks and batteries done with no problems. Later I guess they didn't want to pay for real mechanics.