Can I make it home? CAR WIZARD shares 8 serious car issues & what to do when it's your car
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- Your car is NOT running right! It's making a WEIRD noise! It has WARNING lights on! When are the problems with your vehicle serious? How do you know what to do to not ruin your ride? The CAR WIZARD 🧙♂️ shares 8 common issues and what to do when they happen to you.
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How about a "Tools to carry in your car" episode? I carry a spare quart of oil, jump box, tire inflator, separate breaker bar for tire changes, ODB2 scan tool, duct tape, zip ties, fix-a-flat, hose clamps, a few hand tools and a set of warm clothes for winter weather
in my truck i carry, jumper cables, tire plug kit, air compressor, basic set of tools, recovery straps, ratchet straps. Even if you dont need to use them yourself you can help someone else. Tire plug and air compressor is probably most important, you can plug up a tire and get back home or to a shop instead of being stranded.
well prepared!!
I carry a spare quart of oil, washer fluid, moving blankets (for working on the ground), an actual floor jack, a small tool box for hand tools, air compressor, glass breaker/seat belt cutter, battery powered torque wrench, hang lug wrench, breaker bars, ratchet straps, funnels, shop rags, magnet tray for screws/bolts, jack stands, portable battery jump kit, jumper cables, gloves (for me), multimeter and my code reader. It's a lot of stuff, but I have everything segregated in the trunk where it all fits and doesn't slide around. I also carry a small case of water bottles a blanket and spare clothing. I also have cash in case of emergency. I drive a 45 minutes to and from work on a highway, the last thing I want is to be stranded.
The battery one reminds me of a time I was at a scca autocross. Noticed the battery light came on. I made 2 runs. Borrowed a multi meter and verified no charging. I was 250 miles from home. I turned off every amd drove home. Made it to a Walmart half way, swapped the battery. Drove the rest of the way home. Took the battery back to a local Walmart for a refund. Lol
It was a 2001 nissan maxima
no eposide neededany more (see above) :D
I highly recommend buying an OBD2 scan tool and store it in your car. There were times when I was so glad I had one available.
always have a bluetooth OBD2 adapter in the car ready for shitty error codes 😅😅😅
I have used the heater trick before. I was going to Las Vegas from California. About half way there, my temp Gauge showed that my car was hot. I pulled over, waited for a few hours. I did have water with me. I put new water in my radiator. I sat in my car had a few beers and waited for my car to cool down. Many people actually stoped to help me. However, there was not much they could do. I also offered them a cold beer too. I then dove to Las Vegas with my heater running blast in the hot desert. I got there and took it to a shop in Las Vegas and got it fixed.
As I've said times before; Wizard is simply therapeutic !
Could you do a video on what you should fix on a junker car that you plan on replacing it once it dies? (Like cheap safety fixes, or at-home bandaids)
Wizard, you and your wife are good people. I'm happy you hooked up with Hoovie and started making videos. I remember how funny the first ones were. You were the perfect straight man for Tyler's high jinks and, now, you have no problem joking around yourself. Glad to see you are approaching the 1 million subscriber level! Keep the videos coming.
If you narrowly avoid a really bad crash...beware sometimes its necessary to clean the drivers seat before the "CHECK UNDERWEAR" light will go out 😁
And check out for HASH BROWNS!
Needs new diapers always.
You could have broken a bottom rear gasket
@@darrellsaunders4267g0gllgc😅p0
There will be plenty of skid marks to let you know it’s time to change your underwear, even if the light doesn’t come on.
All excellent advice - and for reference, the flashing Check-Engine light means pretty much the same in Canada as the US. Also congratulations on passing 900K! I have no doubt you'll make 1M soon enough.
Definitely know how well your emergency/parking brake works before attempting to drive on the road using only that. I've seen everything from lock up the rear wheels through to barely adequate at holding the vehicle stationary on an incline 🤣
I think one of the most important things you can do is ensure your tires are properly inflated, your spare is inflated, and you know how to get at the spare and how to change a flat. Flat tires are your biggest risk. Especially with vans and trucks where the spare is underneath. Make sure the mechanism operates before you need to use it.
Thanks for the tips. We used the heater trick many years ago. We were climbing the Baker Grade in So. Cal. on a very hot summer day. As we neared the summit, the gauge went into the HOT range. We turned on the heater, and that cooled the engine enough so that could reach the summit. Once we started down the other side, the engine cooled back to the normal range. This was before electric fans and coolant recovery systems became standard.
Time to check the viscous fan clutch, thermostat, radiator tubes inside and out, collapsing old bottom hose being sucked flat etc etc.....
17:22 my 2000 Jeep grand Cherokee would say “preform service “. I thought because it was a Jeep it was encouraging me to sign up for the army. Guess it was just time for an oil change.
Wizard; you touched on a good/important point. In today's world it seems that manufactures, like Toyota, have caught-on that they need to turn-on as many bells-&-whistles warning lights as they can just so as to get the driver's/owner's attention so that the vehicle will get the maintenance it needs.
Let's hit that million subscribers bcs he deserves it 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Congrats on 900K! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Hopefully you'll hit the 1 million mark in the near future 👍👍☺☺
an important note on the parking brake.
do NOT fully yank on the leaver. this can get you spinning since the rear wheels could lock up.
One other question for “ do I keep driving “ when the temperature gauge reading is rising, concerns the coolant fans. Our coolant fans died on our Flex. Fortunately, we were on the highway and the forward momentum kept the engine cool until we got home.
Yeah, if you keep your speeds up you won't even know the fan died. It's when you are moving slowly that it matters.
Back in the day I was driving home from work well after midnight when the voltage regulator crapped out on my late '60s VW Beetle.
I was out in the country with light traffic, so I shut off everything including my lights and drove fast to maximize my coasting ability should the engine die.
As it happened there was a local cop running radar along my route at one point, I guess I startled him awake when his radar unit blasted a warning and there was no one there.
He was so relieved that I wasn't a dangerous escaped mental patient, that he let me pull it over and contact the wife through the cop radio system (this was pre cell phone) to come pick me up.
I fixed the car on the road side the next day.
So happy for you wizard that your channel grew so much I been here since day one ☝️
Soon he will have a well deserved million subs
After reading your comment, I had to scroll up and OH MY DAWG!!!! Almost a million! Cool.
What the wizard said about the alternator is 100% truth. Learned it the hard way. Luckily I was 1 mile away from my gf then my house which was 30 miles away, it did turned off in the middle of the road but fortunately, the good deed that I’ll do when someone battery died, I received it that late night as well. Thanks to this kind gentleman I was able to make it and the next day I changed the alternator . I have a 3rd gen 4Runner btw . It runs like a champ
My grandfather was a mechanic. It would drive my dad nuts because every time they took a family trip the car would break down. He was a mechanic like Scotty Kilmer who hated to work on his own cars and did not. The only difference was he didn't drive a Toyota.
To be fair when capt kirk asked for more power Scotty more often than not delivered
Lolz, Kilmer and his Toyotas. 🙄
Scotty Kilmer isn't a mechanic, he's just a guy yelling into a camera infront of a car
@@gorak9000that is how he fixes them, with his hand gestures duh
I recall in the mid eighties my younger sister had a Honda Civic. She really got into trouble with dad. The oil light was on for a long time without telling dad. Whew, I'll never forget the chewing out she got for that.
My wife did that with a glowing red charge light. Kept driving until the car died in the middle lane of 3 lanes of a major road with the opposite road having also 3 lanes. People honking at her, finally someone helped her push the car into a servo. Dead alternator. I asked servo to put in a 2nd hand one which fixed the problem.
I know MANY young women in Australia run engines completely out of oil and destroy them. Including one dumb bish who destroyed a new carolla that way.
@@jayjaynella4539 i had one just TRYING to start glowing. My father who is usually smart said to not worry about it because it hasn't come on fully. I got a new alternator next week. Because it's happened before and destroyed the battery to the point it won't hold a charge.
The overheating/blasting the heater has saved me twice! It's saved us while we were in the middle of nowhere lol.
No Muffler Newton is a feature, not an interruption. We expect it now, Wizard, lol. I had the alternator go out on my '80 Chevette after dark back in the day. I was several miles from home and tried to make it, but failed. I don't recall getting it towed, so I must have changed the alternator on the side of the road the next day. Pretty simple job on that thing.
I've been there done that with both the alternator and loss of power steering. With the alternator, I was hearing a winding noise and the next day my battery light came on a few miles from home. I was a couple hundred feet from my parking spot at home. That was a 2010 Town and Country. The power steering was a few different times with low pressure hoses just failing and also my steering rack going out. A couple of times I fixed it myself with the lines. Another time I drove it carefully to a shop. The last time I was like i'm going to use my roadside assistance on my insurance and they got me a tow to the shop. That was a 2006 Grand Caravan.
Watching this video made me chuckle. My 2003 Mustang Cobra rubbed through the brake line in the front wheel well due to a shop routing it poorly during a repair. I lost brakes with my wife and 2 of the kids in the car. I used the hand brake and low gears to get the car home. Taught my kids this valuable lesson on the use of emergency brakes. Replaced the brake line the next day, replaced the fluid and bled the brakes. Saved some money nursing the car home and the kids learned something. I did call the shop after making the repair and they said there was no way they could have done that. Didn't use them again.
Hand or cable emergency brakes in general are becoming rare. Good advice & 3 of my 4 vehicles are manual steering incudling a CJ5 on 33's.
Stuff i have for emergency. A compact jump pack (very important on my automatic RR), a 5l fresh water jug (saved my ass couple pf times) and a 4l oil jug, a 1l atf and a tiny portable compressor all these allowed me to make it home several times.
We all dream of finding a honest mechanic like you. It's just a dream tho.
Don’t forget there are some modern vehicles (some Alfa Romeo’s come to mind) that no long have actual physical dipsticks to check, only computerized gauges.
Hey Wizard & Mrs Wizard, congratulations on 900k subscribers!!! Wow!!! 🎊🎉🎈
I can absolutely testify that using the heater as an emergency radiator WORKS!!! I used to drive a beater 92 Taurus (which had the "grille-less" front end, which in turn led to constant overheating issues).
I would be on the highway, look down, see the temp needle almost at max, crank the heater and the temperature would drop to a steady enough temperature to keep driving.
I'd wager that 50% of the high way driving I did in that car was with the heater on full blast with the windows down. Otherwise it would start to overheat
There was something wrong with your vehicle other than the shape/design.
there must have been a failed viscous fan, stuck thermostat especially partially stuck open if the only time it overheated was on high speed travels....
blocked radiator tubes, collapsing lower hose, worn water pump impeller etc etc.
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq oh absolutely, I'm not questioning that at all. That car was literally $800 and was just a point a to b vehicle for a while until I could get my new vehicle. Just stating that the heater trick does in fact work, very well.
I'm assuming it was a stuck thermostat, eventually it started leaking so much oil and transmission fluid I judt dumped it, and bought a 2011 Camry. 0 issues with that car.
I used the "turn on the heat full blast" trick on my 1988 Toyota Pickup; the over-heating got worse somehow. Turns out the heater core hose had a big leak in it, and that was the only leak. The truck was only overheating because it was a marginally maintained old on a very hot day. My goofy solution was just to never turn on the heat! One of those weird, counter-intuitive car issues that vexes us so. Good luck out there.
The 1988 would have a valve on the hot coolant line from the engine...
so turning it on meant the coolant flowed straight into the core and out of the hole.
Keeping the valve closed kept the coolant in the engine for the most part...
Modern engines have the coolant constantly flowing through the core at all times.
the heat is provided to the cab by those pesky flap doors in the plenums....
Unless you disconnect the in hose and the out hose and connect them together to allow the coolant to just stay within the engine....
I knew a guy who suddenly had some condensation on the inside of the windscreen so turned on the heater to clear it and COMPLETELY steamed up the windscreen! Heater core burst and steam went everywhere when he turned the fan on. We worked at a radiator manufacturer but instead of fixing it with the huge amount of equipment we had, he gave up on the car because he had enjoyed that import sports car long enough. Obviously the smartest thing to do is move the radiator cap back to first notch so the radiator won't hold pressure and overflow instead.
and that's why I always carry oil - trans fluid - brake fluid !
That DustBuster Silhouette looks just like mine here in Michigan, so cool seeing one in your shop!
And I sold Silhouettes from 1990 to 2004. The first generation reminds me of the Disneyland monorail and that was how I sold them!
Halfway through a twelve hundred mile trip I noticed that the temp gauge was running a few degrees higher than usual. The radiator cap had failed and wouldn't pressurize the cooling system. Easy fix.
Been thru a heater core going out in the dead of winter having to bypass to get home and man it sucks driving a car below freezing outside with no heat, another thing about brake power loss to look for is if the brake hoses, the connection from the brake lines to the calipers/ drums may not be leaking but expanding when the line is pressurized, causing loss in brake performance
Even if you have oil if you hear the engine rattling it is very important to just shut the engine off immediately and get it towed home or to a shop
just ask Tyler (his 911)
Nearly 1MM ! That's fantastic. We all remember your first videos with Crazy D as the classic stereotypical used car salesman. They were great, and pulled us in.
People have come to believe checking the oil level is somebody else's job, once or twice a year when they get an oil change. Dipsticks and funnels are not complicated technology, people!
One high end brand of oil here in Australia, the one I use has a crappy flexible screw on pipe that goes on the top of the oil container. Best idea yet. It is not cheap oil but it's the best brand Australia has in stock
Also very important if your brakes are failing, if you are on steep slops, don't drive at all! Your brakes could go and you will go on a rampage. Besides this very good advise from the Wizzard. Had myselve once an encounter with a overhaeting engine and did turn on the heat inside max speed and it does help from overheating.
Nothing like a good ol' slop rampage
@@gorak9000 They are my favorite
Have enjoyed all your videos! Especially enjoy your auto. problem sound effects! They're always on point!!😊
This is a very helpful video, thank you. I do enjoy these little 'chats' you have on car issues...
Perfect timing, looking forward to watching this!
I have had my brake pedal go to the floor four times in my life.
Once in a parking lot at about ten MPH, once just as I slowed to a stop sign with no other criss traffic, once just as I came to a complete stop two feet from my garage door, and recently as I was making a left turn behind a slow moving concrete truck.
Luckily I have always driven standard trans cars and was able to use the hand brake to stop.
The fact that this never happened at 80 on the freeway seems kinda miraculous to me.
Wow four brake failures. Maybe time to consider regular checks/maintenance as it could assist with the high failure rate.
Rust belt and GM products I presume?
"Well, you're just a geographic oddity, four miles from everywhere!"
Closest shop 25 miles and a 10 day wait time in my world.
I'm literally a tenth of a mile away from two repair shops but of course I have to be the guy who wants the dealer to do all the work... 35 miles away.
LOL "4 miles from everything" that's the beauty of Kansas!
i can say that because I'm [not quite] 4 miles from his shop 😊
"Oh Brother where art thou" great movie!
@@hugostiglitz8465 BINGO, I actually used parts of it when I taught Greek Mythology to middle school students
I go through my yearly checkup on all my cars and motorcycles, similar to yearly health checkups. My oil is changed, software updates, and an inspection from bumper to bumper. This helps catch early problems and should rarely or ever cause problems when on a vacation or trip. It’s very unusual for a car just to stop or have a major problem unless you been MILKING a problem
For awhile. Cars are very dependable nowadays if routine maintenance is performed.
I just imported a 98 crown vic p71 from the states to Australia. Had CEL , ABS and AIRBAG lights on when it got here. Your last point rings so true. The 3 codes I had for the CEL all went away when I fitted a new battery. ABS had the fuse missing. AIRBAG had 2 codes, 1 went away with the new battery and the other was a bad earth to the crash sensor. Great video !
Wow congratulations on the 900K! mark... keep'em coming Car Wizard and now the the full time as possible Mrs. Car Wizard. Love your content and others in the business, plus in no time you'll be in the 1 million K club.
13:20 years ago i was a complete ditz when it came to cars. I saw the light and just instinctively go local parts store, get oil and just filled up the engine with oil. Almost destroyed it, the whole thing was shaking because i overfilled it.
I found out another trick with over heating engines. If you engine is cooling when you are moving but heats when it`s in Idol. If your stopped at a stop light you with your foot on the brake you can lightly push your gas pedal while you are stopped waiting for the light to change. Sometimes this will bring your temp down as well.
Something i wanted mentioned with brake failure, if you are in a situation where that happens and you see ANY sort of leak and it may have something to do with the brakes (put 2 and 2 together) DO NOT TRY TO INSPECT THE FLUID LINE YOURSELF, IF THERE IS A TEAR IN THE HOSE IT SHOOTS OUT BRAKE FLUID AT SUCH A RATE IF YOUR FINGER IS CLOSE ENOUGH IT WILL INJECT BRAKE FLUID STRAIGHT INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM @ LOSE A FINGER OR MORE.
High pressure is terrifying
Congrats wizard on 900k
Of course,...the best rule of thumb before you go anywhere on vacation is to always have your car checked out and serviced
BEFORE your vacation,....not during.
Cool video! I always bring my tuner tool and my Autel MK808 scanner with me on road trips, has proven itself a few times already. A set of tools is in the trunk as well, along with necessary fluids(ATF, oil, 50/50 coolant, etc.).
Being a retired automotive & heavy equipment mechanic with 35+ years in the business, I do know what needs to be done and can usually solve many problems on the side of the road if need be.
Thanks Wizard, all great points made in this video!
I was about 250 - 300 miles from Anchorage in the summer and my 2500 Chevrolet truck A/C unit/clutch locked up with the serpentine belt squealing like crazy. No repair shops/tow shops nearby, no replacement belt, and no tools/puller to loosen and pull the clutch. To to get home, I put motor oil on the serpentine belt from the dip stick to allow the belt to slip and keep it from overheating and coming apart. The belt squeal would let us know when it was time to pull over and lubricate the belt again. After quite a few stops to keep the belt lubricated, we made it home and then to the dealership for repair.
The check engine light on my honda srarted flashing about 3 hours from home in the middle of eastern washington. I was fortunate enough to be stuck in a town with a very honest mechanic.
Bypassing the heater core is a tradition in south Florida!
Here's one you missed. Common on BMW and VW. We call it the trifecta. ABS/ESC light, Tire Pressure light, Airbag light. Most likely a faulty wheel speed sensor. It can be driven for a while before repair is necessary. I highly recommend that anybody with even a modicum of mechanical aptitude get a $50 code reader and learn how to use it.
Hey Car Wizard, Greetings from India, I am one of your early subscribers & I want you to know that we truly appreciate all that you relentlessly contribute to the automotive world & enthusiasts around the globe on a daily basis, hope you merrily keep doing so for many more years to come. I have a favour to ask you, If you could take a precious little time of yours & help me out, here I really intend to buy an Overlander Car or SUV however you put it, which I intend to keep, Maintain & use long term, Now the options I have in my budget are a New 5door Jimny, Used 2012 to 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander Petrol (low Run) or Pajero / Montero Diesel, 2010 to 13 Mercedes R Class 3.5 Petrol, ridden one what a car, quandary is how long will it last even if its maintained well , 2010 - 14 LR Freelanders & a JDM 2002 Toyota Estima AWD, Confusions actually stem from the fact that I dont like Diesels. Stuck with the perennial Heart & Mind problen. I am a big person Jimny is too small for me to comfortably ingress.
Thank you, Wizard!
Thanks for the video, Wizard, and congrats on 900K subscribers. Despite what you claim, in my 10 years of ownership, I have seen a check engine light in my 2013 328i twice, and there was 100K miles of driving between CEL occurrences. Definitely not "all the time".
Thank you for sharing this information with us
I was always under the impression that when the oil pressure light came on it was too late as there was no pressure and there would be no lubrication on the bearings and the camshafts
Turning the heat full blast trick ... I've had to do a couple of times. I've had to tell my kids to do it ones or twice as well.
Hi Wizard. One summer I drove a taxi. When power steering broke the taxi company just left it broken so I can attest, yes you can drive with broken power steering. I did it all summer.
In our country the Police would be very interested in this example of bad management as taxis are passenger service vehicles that require very strict inspections and standards...
carrying the public=top notch vehicles required.
A casual stop next to a Police person and a casual mention re broken anything and no fixing by the owning company would garner a fine to the company/owners and a writing off the road until fixed notice...
The employee would not be punished.....
8 Fine tips related to dash light messages, what they mean, and what to do when you are on the road.
Congrats wen you hit 1million you deserve it
I'm pretty good at doing my own wrenching, but I still learned a few things. Awesome job, Wizard!
Also, your video made me SO happy I drive 30 year old cars, so I don't have to deal with all that computer garbage. hahahahaha
Thanks Wiz!
Great video, you will get to 1M soon.
As a Volvo R owner. Was pleased to see he was doing a brake job on an R :)
Full Video on the Volvo was posted 2 weeks ago 👍
Great video idea and content.
Hey bro, love your channel and I'm super excited you are part of the Viper club. If you and the wife ever visit Huntington Beach, you're more than welcome to take my 93 for a cruise up PCH ( Pacific Coast Highway)
That overheating trick I learned from Corvette guys with the big block engines, 396 and 427. Sucks but it works.
Cars of the 1960s and 70s were less prone to damage when driven for short spells at elevated temperatures, especialy when equipped with heavy and robust cast iron engines and no fragile plastic components. Todays vehicles are equipped with engines made of light aluminium and lots (and lots) of plastic, so are not tolerant to sustained elevated temperatures due to a coolant failure. For the non-mechanically minded, the preferred solution when encountering a high temperature warning situation on a modern car is to pull over and switch off the engine as soon as practicable - as the damage that may result if one continues may be very expensive to remedy. I recall a customer who complained about an erratic idling BMW. After much checking and head scratching it was eventually established that the customer had overheated the BMW engine causing a distortion of the plastic inlet manifold which affected the smooth motion of the air flow flap - i.e. it would erratically bind in certain parts of its motion causing the inconsistant idle. If only the customer had informed me that he had overheated the engine - as the time taken to diagnose the problem was considerable. Some months later the same engine developed a head gasket failure which I consider was the result of the same engine overheating event that had occured some four months before.
Great video wizard. Didn’t know what the flashing actually meant.
Great tips! My 1981 Honda civic never had power steering lol
As A kid I had an older car
1st year cars had seat belts(no shoulder harness)
Single brake line, no backup
One day brakes went
Used the emergency brake to get home and fix the regular brakes
Line had been ripped out by a pothole
Months later the steering pump went
Replaced the pump
Miss the old days but todays car are safer and superior in many ways
Loved steering a 2 1/4 ton manually
I had an Australian Ford that for YEARS of models had leaking power steering systems. A workmate told me he redone all the seals on his and it was leaking within 6 months. I got a base model of the same thing as my next car with manual steering but for whatever reason they hadn't geared it down. Was a bastard to park in concrete car parks. One idiot said I should have a power steering system added but I didn't because I didn't feel like spending $10 a week on the special transmission oil the power steering used (a quarter gallon EACH week).
Oh my god it's that guy AL from the TV series home improvement... 1991-1998 ❤❤❤
I had a 60’s big block Cadillac. Was going up a mountain and the oil light flickered on briefly. 10 seconds later the engine locked up and I ended up in the median. If you see the light, you should be scared! 10k rebuild…
Front oil pan....going uphill drained the oil from the front sump....?
I've got home from alternator failure at night in an urban area; turned off the headlights and everything else but marker lights and dash lights, and got home from more than 20 road miles away. Also got home from a brake line blowout leaving work, put what brake fluid I had in the trunk and using 2nd gear for braking with the automatic trans. Remember modern brake systems are split, so you should have some braking ability left.
That Alfa Romeo is gorgeous.
Another option is tune in Gene Pitney's song '24 hours from Tulsa'.....ha ha!
One thing I would add to his list is. What about if you own a Jeep? And it's an older Cherokee and the check engine lights on. Oh, what am I saying they're always on lol
Great content 🎉
I stopped inn the right lané, the British bobbies booked me,
I sed I waz following the wizard advice .
Do you have pre 96 ob1 code readers? For us old cars and trucks . How about a video about that. How about the flashing light code when you pay pass on certain pins... Flashing and pauses.... If you can it be different.
Great tips ❤
In February 2022 I blew up my transmission 350 miles from home. On the interstate. At 70 mph. In the middle of the night. It still had 3 gears of the 5 gears it had originally (lost 2nd & 5th) and still ran, so I reduced speed to 60 moh and drove it to my destination another 300 miles away. Repair shop put in a factory remanufactured transmission and I still drive it to this day.
As usual, great info, Wizard!
I have to say, though, that much of that info would be suicidal on Ontario roads (I can't speak to the rest of Canada as I've never ventured out of here:). I got my licence in the UK and have driven across the rest of Western Europe, including on German autobahns, but I've never witnessed so much aggression, impatience and utter lunacy as I do on Ontario roads. Try limping along with faulty brakes even on a side street, and you're guaranteed to be cut off for no reason whatsoever. On a highway, crawling at below 100kph would be inviting carnage, literally. If the trucks don't get you, other cars certainly will.
It is not any better here in the United States especially Chicago and outlying areas
@@scottchapell31 Lol! Really? A Canadian friend told me things were a lot more civilized Stateside, though he only drove through Appalachia, I think.
@@akpanekpo6025 yeah depends where you're at Chicago drivers are assholes
My Scion tC burned oil, a common issue with the engine for it after 100k miles, and when it burned down to dangerous levels, you'd see the red oil canister light come on if you braked hard. Immediate indicator that you needed to add at least a quart or a quart and a half of oil. As long as I was careful with braking the light wouldn't trigger and I could get home to add the oil. Would happen once in between every oil change.
They had an extended warranty for that sole issue but mine didn't burn oil fast enough to get it done before the car aged out of the extension.
Relive the pressure on radiator by loosening cap also keep heater core leaking
In my old Forester Turbo when the Secondary Air Valves packed it in around 50k it disabled Cruise Control.
God, I miss our Milano. So glad this one is in good hands.
When buying a used car, change out full timing belt kit with garage bill, all fluids, and buy new bosch alternator and starter motor. If you cannot afford/ find these, get fitted quality, warantied, units fitted. The peace of mind, and long term savings on tow trucks and emergency repair garages inflated prices, and a hotel stay, is well worth the small price to get new starter and alternator.
They both live in heat, and get heavy use.
That happened to me once. I had just bought an older Corolla and suddenly the oil light flashed a few times. There was almost no oil in it. I filled it. Ran fine for a few years then suddenly one cylinder lost compression. I still believe it was because it ran low on oil that caused it
Hi car Wizard. Don’t forget to turn on the hazard blinkers in some of these situations! 😊
Service engine soon light is actually a check engine light for some nissan and toyota
Had the same heater core issue Misses Wizard had once, & yeah had a shop do the same thing, but they definitely wanted to replace my core too, small town me driving a European car, they thought I had money, I didn't have heaps, Rj in Oz