Customer States Compilation (Best Of Episodes 75-89) | Mechanic Problems | Mechanical Nightmare

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  • @Superschemer34
    @Superschemer34 Před rokem +387

    Imagine going to a mechanic and seeing your car on CZcams 😂

    • @uncrustable9923
      @uncrustable9923 Před rokem +1

      you never should because the only reason they're posted is about how stupid the owner is

    • @Superschemer34
      @Superschemer34 Před rokem +3

      @@uncrustable9923 true that

    • @DonutVIP
      @DonutVIP Před rokem +7

      I'm waiting for my crv to show up lmao they were impress that thing still drove but for me I was holding onto my spirit knowing its gonna go
      Rusted out right passenger control arm, don't own it anymore

    • @uncrustable9923
      @uncrustable9923 Před rokem +3

      @@DonutVIP control arms are replaceable though?

    • @DonutVIP
      @DonutVIP Před rokem +4

      @@uncrustable9923 nope lol rusted into the subframe gonna cost more tyen the car

  • @IamTony666
    @IamTony666 Před rokem +103

    It’s always refreshing to know you don’t live in an area that’s prone to rust. Lots of rust buckets out there and unsuspecting people buy them at top dollar never taking the time to look under. Paint and body checks out but the undercarriage is a whole different story.

    • @turdwranglers2517
      @turdwranglers2517 Před rokem +8

      Spend $100 on a mechanical check ... best investment you'll ever make

    • @GetTheFO
      @GetTheFO Před 11 měsíci +1

      Every day I thank god that I wasn’t born in the rust belt.

    • @infiniteblaz3416
      @infiniteblaz3416 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Yeah. Had a buddy buy a Ford Escape awhile back. Everything was going fine until one day he brought it into the shop for service. He never checked the undercarriage of the vehicle the entire time he had it. So when they put it up in the air. The entire undercarriage was rusted to hell and back with parts of it flaking off. We told him to sell that shit immediately and make sure to check the underneath of any vehicle your purchase next time.

    • @davenone7312
      @davenone7312 Před 7 měsíci

      Never buy a used car from the salt belt! Those people are stupid as F in the way they destroy their cars with salt. I will never understand why they allow their state to ruin their cars like that. Just use sand like out west, or snow tires, or chains, or 4WD/AWD etc etc. But NO!! We want salt instead and then drive the most dangerous cars ever!

  • @dullahan7677
    @dullahan7677 Před rokem +201

    Did an inspection on a 1970's vintage Datsun truck that a guy had bought at an auction. On the surface it looked a decent sort-of restoration. I eventually got to checking the frame, which I thought it to be AMAZING shape for the age and make. It had recently been undercoated, so I grabbed a magnet and could only intermittently get it to stick from place to place. Turned out that the shop that "restored" it started with a frame much like the one at 3:45 and filled it full of newspapers, epoxy, and body filler before the undercoat was applied. So, yes, it was a papier-mache truck frame.

    • @knurlgnar24
      @knurlgnar24 Před rokem +35

      Wow, that isn't just dishonest it's actually stupid. Any court would judge any loss - life or property - to be reckless endangerment which would cost that shop owner everything they have not only today but in the future too.

    • @johngalt97
      @johngalt97 Před rokem +5

      @@knurlgnar24 Unless its 'as is' auction. You value those assuming the mechanicals are shot and its only the body panels and trim pieces for valuation.

    • @lotharrenz4621
      @lotharrenz4621 Před rokem +6

      sounds to me like a showroom condition resto. it looks good, but you maybe shouldn't drive that car... here in germany we have all kinds of clichees about 'murrican restaurations because of such "blenders", bought from the other side of the pond without having it checked by an expert first.
      but nowadays you have american companies which help you find the vehicle you crave for, and value it and the condition, and help with all things shipping. so at least that improved a lot.

    • @charlies418
      @charlies418 Před rokem +4

      LOL - newspaper and filler used to be the go to solution many years ago for non-structural repairs.

    • @christopherkidwell9817
      @christopherkidwell9817 Před rokem +2

      @@johngalt97 Nope... even then, 'as is' wouldn't fly.

  • @MostlyBuicks
    @MostlyBuicks Před 10 měsíci +2

    Back in the 1970s I was a spray painter in an airplane factory in Osceola WI. Some of the aircraft were seaplanes. We used zinc-chromate primer and a certain epoxy that prevented the airframes from rusting in the salt water and air. The insides of the tubular airframes were also coated with a rust proofing liquid that hardened once exposed to the atmosphere after a few hours. This would be a solution to all this cars and trucks having their frames and suspension components rusting because of salt used on icy roads. Heck, a large factory could dip the frames in this epoxy. Instead they coat these frames with a black primer that wears off very quickly even under the best circumstances.

  • @SmasherHell
    @SmasherHell Před rokem +59

    "Customer declined the repair" I loved that one. In france security related repairs are mandatory, and can not be declined

    • @Kilroy1911
      @Kilroy1911 Před rokem +3

      What if they can't afford the repair?

    • @SmasherHell
      @SmasherHell Před rokem +20

      @@Kilroy1911 repair shop can keep your vehicle if you can not pay for the repair until you can afford it, better letting you walk than killing a family because the vehicle has security issue.

    • @leavonderlieth5781
      @leavonderlieth5781 Před rokem +8

      Not only in France, but in Germany as well.

    • @MiiNiPaa
      @MiiNiPaa Před rokem +4

      IIRC you still can decline and tow the car to another shop.

    • @fredtflail
      @fredtflail Před rokem

      @@Kilroy1911 jail.

  • @jameskennedy673
    @jameskennedy673 Před rokem +253

    It’s scary knowing that these vehicles are on the road with us. Those owners need to be in a mental hospital

    • @christopherkidwell9817
      @christopherkidwell9817 Před rokem +18

      You cannot get blood from a stone and many of these people are poor and the repairs to their vehicles would cost way too much for them.

    • @garjonalpha
      @garjonalpha Před rokem +11

      Please also allow for ignorance; I'm knowledgeable about a good chunk of IT, but a bunch of these I don't know what I'm looking at here.

    • @defeeded0887
      @defeeded0887 Před rokem +12

      Alot of drivers need to be in a mental hospital. Also their drivers license taken away.

    • @robertsbite4716
      @robertsbite4716 Před rokem +15

      @@christopherkidwell9817 if they are poor and cannot afford to maintain their car then they should not be on the road. What Will happen when they cause a serious acident????

    • @MrTarfu
      @MrTarfu Před rokem +15

      @@robertsbite4716 ah yes they are poor, let's prevent them from getting to their job and see how that works out for them. Fixing their vehicle, paying their bills and feeding their family should be much easier then.

  • @geniferteal4178
    @geniferteal4178 Před rokem +50

    Best recent mechanic experience. I don't work at a shop but people are mechanically inclined where I do work. I showed a picture I took replacing the water pump on my 2001 Suburban Vortec engine. He says oh do you have that belt squeal? I said what do you mean? He could see in the picture the misalignment of my power steering pump pulley. That's someone who knows their stuff or at least that particular stuff! He loaned me the tool in 10 minutes later no more squeal. Got to appreciate knowledge. It was only off 1/8 of an inch or so but he could see the pulley was not flush the shaft it was pressed on.

    • @Max_Da_G
      @Max_Da_G Před rokem +1

      1/8th of an inch is a lot lol

    • @chippyjohn1
      @chippyjohn1 Před rokem +2

      @@Max_Da_G that's almost a metre.

  • @jaydak99
    @jaydak99 Před rokem +45

    You know the rust is bad when it's just the ol' paint holding things together.

    • @ZacLowing
      @ZacLowing Před rokem +3

      Duck tape and you'll never notice

  • @joshuaking2091
    @joshuaking2091 Před rokem +84

    @3:03 the "crunchy" stuff looks like calcium.. possibly mineralized from using well water to mix with coolant.. I do HVAC and plumbing..I find this in water heaters a lot. When it's heated the calcium solidifies into crystals and will build up, in my case it builds on the heating element after it's filled half the tank and causes the elements to rupture.

    • @ZacLowing
      @ZacLowing Před rokem +5

      I thought perhaps lime, but yeah, what you said makes sense.

    • @eclectichoosier5474
      @eclectichoosier5474 Před rokem +3

      Solubility of CaCO3 decreases with rising temperature, so it will deposit scale in water heaters. Which is what an engine block is....
      Citric acid is great for dissolving it. Gentle on metals, but rips through limescale pretty quickly.

    • @janetyeoman1544
      @janetyeoman1544 Před rokem +3

      Antifreeze jugs always say to use distilled mixing water

    • @louisavondart9178
      @louisavondart9178 Před rokem +10

      Yep, " Hard water " will cause those problems. Vinegar spirits disolves it really quickly. Belgium is noted for high calcium content in drinking water and it clogs up the tea kettle in a month. I cleaned the radiator of an old car with vinegar spirits once too. Took 5 litres to fill the thing, ran the car for two minutes to spread it all around and let it sit overnight. The stuff that came out in the morning was perfectly clear so I wondered WTF but looking into the top of the radiator all I saw was bright and clean copper. Clean as a whistle and the car never overheated again.

    • @mattivirta
      @mattivirta Před rokem

      cooland not newer used only water. need mix alltime water and cooling liguir 50/50 mix.

  • @aaroncostello8812
    @aaroncostello8812 Před rokem +47

    Mechanic: "Ma'am, your van needs $4,200 worth of repairs."
    Owner: "JUST FIX THE NOISE!!!"

    • @805Coastal
      @805Coastal Před rokem +2

      This made me laugh more thatn it should have!! LOL

    • @tjlovesrachel
      @tjlovesrachel Před 9 měsíci +2

      Okay… that’s 4200$

  • @Yohann67
    @Yohann67 Před rokem +27

    That was a damn effective can of stop leak on that Ecodiesel

    • @MattSmith-vl8zp
      @MattSmith-vl8zp Před rokem +3

      I’m guessing a leaky egr cooler that super heated that shit till it did that

    • @davelowets
      @davelowets Před rokem +2

      Wasn't stop leak... Was cooked motor oil and coolant.

    • @stevie-ray2020
      @stevie-ray2020 Před rokem

      Easy to replace a radiator, but that's going to be fun removing that stuff from inside the engine!

    • @rodfreess6019
      @rodfreess6019 Před 11 měsíci

      That looked just like the stuff you get out of electric water heaters. IF that was stop leak, it was a LOT of cans of stop leak, you can't get that much solids out of one can of liquid. If it was hard water, it was a LOT of water added to the radiator, like hundreds of gallons.

  • @brendan_72
    @brendan_72 Před rokem +24

    The fact that some of these cars drive on the same roads as us is terrifying😳🤣

    • @ozzykrahn806
      @ozzykrahn806 Před 7 měsíci

      im terrified that some of the people commenting are no different

  • @lcogan65
    @lcogan65 Před rokem +70

    Watching that water draining out of the engine was like watching Austin Powers 😂

  • @joemvin.j3-16
    @joemvin.j3-16 Před rokem +14

    Having worked as a tech and service advisor (including MBenz), I can say - YES these are not exaggerated, and I've seen this happen on high end cars too. Owners have no clue when they damage their cars.

    • @Killertomato84
      @Killertomato84 Před 8 měsíci +1

      bro people do NOT take care of their cars these days. It's just a thing that gets them to work and the grocery store until it blows up. it's crazy, and has absolutely destroyed confidence in the used car market.

    • @peekaboo1575
      @peekaboo1575 Před 6 měsíci

      @@Killertomato84Some things should be common sense, like oil, brakes and tyres but some don't even do that, lol.

  • @neilfoster814
    @neilfoster814 Před 11 měsíci +15

    This is why I'm glad that here in the UK we have an annual safety inspection that goes a long way to keeping death traps like these off the public roads. The US and A needs to have the same!

    • @sammuslu2992
      @sammuslu2992 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Wow I didn't know they don't have Mots in America! No wonder why these videos exist!

    • @bobbg9041
      @bobbg9041 Před 7 měsíci +2

      13:49 we have state inspections but not all states do it in the USA
      I dont know why some states don't think its necessary but yes it puts everyone else on the road at risk.
      Florida state laws are if it drove into the shop it can drive out, not sure what the drive home death total will be but apparently that state dosnt care, population control.

    • @alfredsnyder4
      @alfredsnyder4 Před 4 měsíci

      Virginia Has State Inspection Every Year

    • @phantomcorsair8476
      @phantomcorsair8476 Před 4 měsíci +1

      South Carolina used to have a state inspection up to 1976 and decided to end it as customers being scammed by shops got way out of hand. Shops would claim something needed work when it really didn't and you couldn't say no and they wouldn't let you just drive off. After it got to a point they dropped the inspection.

    • @brandonroeder2461
      @brandonroeder2461 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@bobbg9041 In Florida it's really convenient for those of us that know how to maintenance a car not having to pay that inspection fee every year. But like you said, it puts others at risk from those that don't know how. I've seen more cars on fire, and the resulting blackened spots on the side of the road, than anywhere else. On the other hand cars last longer down here where we don't need to use road salt, ever. It's good and bad at the same time.

  • @fuzzblightyear145
    @fuzzblightyear145 Před rokem +9

    it almost makes me cry to think of the pain and suffering some owners have put theior vehicles through...

    • @Kryptic1046
      @Kryptic1046 Před rokem

      For real. I could never treat my vehicles like this.

  • @BlitzAttacker
    @BlitzAttacker Před 7 měsíci +1

    Got a family friend with a small child that when their car was acting up they made the mistake of dicribinging the issue as the car "having a tummy ache". Car got way worse shortly after. They took it to a shop and apparently their 7 y/o thought they'd help the cars hurt tummy by dumping an entire bottle of pepto in the gas tank. Gas covers are not enough, get a locking safety cover people, kids can be the worst kind of proactive, lol.

  • @CommodoreFloopjack78
    @CommodoreFloopjack78 Před rokem +12

    Remember, rust is a protective coating. Very important.

    • @mattivirta
      @mattivirta Před rokem

      new and old car need grinder rust off and paint tar/oil mix ewery 2 year.

  • @rl2905
    @rl2905 Před rokem +2

    RTV. Providing entertainment for decades and decades to come.

  • @user-rm3qj9mb2b
    @user-rm3qj9mb2b Před rokem +4

    8:59 "Sir, I know you realize that your frame is in two".

  • @johnpayne3953
    @johnpayne3953 Před rokem +17

    Thank god in the UK we have the annul mot test that would catch a lot of these dangers, (and also drivers with an iq). In 15+ years in a garage I never saw anything so dangerous!

    • @M3PH11
      @M3PH11 Před rokem +4

      As a uk resident myself i see these video and i ask myself "how can you be so blitherly stupid to A) not notice these things and B) refuse to have them fixed professionally"

    • @iAmCodeMonkey
      @iAmCodeMonkey Před rokem

      Simple. Americans are lazy with car maintenance.

    • @shinyribs2178
      @shinyribs2178 Před rokem +3

      UK isn't special to have annual inspections. We have them in Virginia also. A lot can go wrong in a year. The US is also huge. I know several people that put 30,000+ miles on a car in a year..

    • @mozer30
      @mozer30 Před rokem +3

      @@shinyribs2178 i appreciate that, but those rust problems haven’t happened in a year.

    • @HawRazor
      @HawRazor Před 11 měsíci

      You'd be surprised about the US's rust belt states

  • @railnut8453
    @railnut8453 Před rokem +4

    Damn!!! That was one HUGE black widow spider!!!!!

  • @xxbeast303xx
    @xxbeast303xx Před rokem +8

    You just gotta love when alloys turn into hub caps

  • @heathblessed347
    @heathblessed347 Před rokem +8

    Thank goodness after 40 years I'm no longer in that business. Absolutely hate customers

    • @stevenbennett9425
      @stevenbennett9425 Před rokem

      Yeah some of those customers are really stupid and don't take care of their stuff but there's a lot of Shady mechanics out there also

    • @Central-se7ez
      @Central-se7ez Před rokem +1

      Okay, good to know mechanics hate customers. Will do everything myself

  • @angelalane1307
    @angelalane1307 Před rokem +10

    When I delivered auto parts, there were rotors hanging all around so thin you could shave with them! A couple of them were see-through!!!

  • @jdavis9905
    @jdavis9905 Před rokem +33

    I am constantly astonished by the sheer amount of rust on the underside of some of these vehicles

    • @outhere8690
      @outhere8690 Před rokem

      Nothing to be astonished about...in the north they use highly corrosive road salts & other chemicals that eat vehicle components in short time. Not really sure why it's considered practical or even safe but hey, they never asked me before they did it!

    • @mrow7598
      @mrow7598 Před rokem +5

      Common in the north as we put salt on the roads to keep them ice free. My state uses a salt spray that keeps the roads nice and ice free but it rusts everyone's cars.

    • @muraingressant4278
      @muraingressant4278 Před rokem

      @@mrow7598 That's what I thought about, I guessed that this is more a northern States problem. What about corrosion protection on US cars? Well, here in Switzerland they use a hell lot of salt, in my eyes way too much. So yeah, our cars suffer the same problem, except the fact it would NEVER pass a safety inspection of our DMV in this state.

    • @mrow7598
      @mrow7598 Před rokem

      @@muraingressant4278 As for the protection many newer cars have plastic sheets to help protect the undercarriage and some people do get a spray protection like rhino liner bed liners. As for inspections, no they're not supposed to pass however there's too many places who just don't care.

    • @stevie-ray2020
      @stevie-ray2020 Před rokem +1

      Some of these don't appear to have much steel left to actually rust!

  • @noimagination99
    @noimagination99 Před rokem +75

    I REALLY wish you would share more info on each case, whenever possible! Like some other similar channels do. Knowing some details for some cases makes it much more interesting of me, and others I assume.

    • @jeffwarner9451
      @jeffwarner9451 Před rokem +2

      Sounded like someone who was half-assing it.

    • @leegoddard2618
      @leegoddard2618 Před rokem +3

      The problems are pretty obvious. What's to explain. You are not mechanically inclined, are you.

    • @big864
      @big864 Před rokem +3

      @@leegoddard2618 personally not really but im interested and would like to learn about mechanics. any recomendations?

    • @Kentucky_Cobra
      @Kentucky_Cobra Před rokem +3

      Watch JustRolledIn. Much better channel

    • @tidefan35967
      @tidefan35967 Před rokem

      You mean instead of plucking some random video and putting a voice over of "customer states..." when you have no idea what the customer stated.

  • @muraingressant4278
    @muraingressant4278 Před rokem +6

    Customer states: "My oil dipstick is broken in two parts". Me: Ok, I'll check. Car: LETS START A FIRE ^^ Former mechanic did not pay attention on which angle he mounted the plus cable to the starter motor. So the cable was all the time on high pressure with the dipstick tube. Vibrations have done the rest and it BURNED off the dipstick. I noticed while trying to take out the oil dipstick tube - It started sparking, glowing and smoking. Never had disconnected a car battery that fast.

  • @TheFrenchPug
    @TheFrenchPug Před rokem +4

    Hats off to all those wonderful portrait reordering mechanics out there.

  • @Finglesham
    @Finglesham Před rokem +24

    Makes you realise that the annual MOT ( inspection) in the UK is a good idea from everyone's point of view. Should tell the owner what needs looking at .

    • @myrocketbunny545
      @myrocketbunny545 Před rokem +1

      Here in Germany we need to do it every 24 Months. And there are some cars driving around that look/sound like they would fail the inspection straight away but they are allowed to go for another year or so...

    • @RedArwBus
      @RedArwBus Před rokem +2

      In Pennsylvania state inspection and emission is done every 12 months but there are plenty of mechanics who for the right price will get your car inspection passed and new stickers and tell them that you need repairs but I'll do it when they give them the right amount of money under the counter to pass,a neighbor with the hooptie and lots of rust went to one place who would say "everything is OK on one paper" but another one not put on the computer told them that ir really needs $3500 in parts/repairs for inspection but for the right price I'll put stickers on the windshield and it's good for another year, 3 months later the mechanics got raided by the state police inspection unit and closed them down and fined them $75,000 took their inspection license permanently because of numerous violations and the mechanic also got fined $15,000 because his license was suspended for prior violations and didn't have a valid driver's license (suspended for dui (3rd time) owner got jail because the amount of violations and he knew about it but didn't do anything but kept allowing it

  • @jimboscomp
    @jimboscomp Před rokem +2

    I bought a 93 XJ with oil leaking on the exhaust. There was so much oil leaking I couldn't tell where it was coming from. I spent hours changing the oil pan gasket, cleaning the engine bay and parts, only to find out it was a $20 oil pressure sensor and took me 5 minutes to change out.

  • @mra55h0le
    @mra55h0le Před rokem +6

    so many of these videos have my eye in a constant twitch....

  • @geniferteal4178
    @geniferteal4178 Před rokem +1

    When I was young my first truck a 73 F250 four-wheel drive all drum brakes started grinding. I got the necessary parts but I didn't know how to take apart the front hubs to do the brakes. I kept putting it off knowing I had new everything. One day I was driving down the block from my house and when I stepped on the break I could tell they gave out because the brake piston exceeded its limits and exited the bore. Fortunately it was a safe location very close to home. In the end I learned there was a couple of screws holding the drum to the hub. It was an easy job I didn't have to take the four-wheel drive stuff apart. Live and learn.

  • @chriswarwick1955
    @chriswarwick1955 Před rokem +4

    Watching these videos make me laugh in a very nervous manner and if I lived in the USA I’d be extremely nervous sharing the roads with these vehicles and the obviously mechanically challenged drivers 👍

  • @lotharrenz4621
    @lotharrenz4621 Před rokem +5

    seeing all the brakes gone, all the suspensions worn out to the point of just going home, all these heavily corroded frames and undercarriages...
    it explains the often heavy and "avoidable" horror crashes on american dashcam videos.
    and it often seems to happen because people have no funds for repairs. why do they feel compelled to drive a vehicle they can't afford?

    • @VirginiaBronson
      @VirginiaBronson Před rokem +1

      Lack of public transportation. Unless you live in a city with a few million people, there's literally zero public transportation. And the public transportation that IS available in larger cities really, really sucks.

    • @benjurqunov
      @benjurqunov Před rokem +3

      American culture is doing things that one can't afford.
      Most people carry substantial debt.
      An unexpected car expense can be tragic.

  • @simonmcneilly55
    @simonmcneilly55 Před rokem +1

    I’m the customer, customer states “ I have a noise on the front suspension”. Dealer replaces useless components, charges me a fortune, does not know it’s all their suspension on the car leaves the BUSTED SHOCK STOPS ON THE CAR test drove it, still heard the noise , and just gave me the car back. God as my witness I will end that entire service department .

  • @ericbelify
    @ericbelify Před 8 měsíci

    I really love these videos, thanks for posting! I gotta admit though I’m a complete lay-person so sometimes I don’t know what I’m looking at even when it looks REALLY bad I don’t understand why. I love it when you say a few words to kinda take us through it, it helps.:)
    But I notice some common themes: “customer refused service, customer continued to drive vehicle, technician undid customers self-repair of…”. I might not know much about cars but I wouldn’t do any of that sh*t! Geez what are people thinking?!

  • @joesepspindel3335
    @joesepspindel3335 Před rokem

    I own a smart fortwo and changed my front struts. I hate the design of them as it isn't three bolts on top and two on bottom and it comes out. There is one large nut on top and to hold the shaft from spinning you need an allen key. I used a spark plug socket with an allen wrench through the middle and it worked, but I don't think I can tighten it enough because I still hear a slight clunk when I hit bumps. I felt like a failure until I saw this video. It made me feel better about not having the correct tools.

  • @chrisgallant9889
    @chrisgallant9889 Před rokem +6

    I could swear I can hear the customer in the background. I think I can feel the wind of lots of Benjamin's as they hit the table. Maybe the customer is crying too.

  • @mikehunt908
    @mikehunt908 Před rokem +7

    Some scary vehicles on the roads 😳😬🫣

  • @128ajb_02_Music
    @128ajb_02_Music Před rokem +4

    I work at a tire shop, and seeing things like this both make me want to work in an all around mechanic shop, but st the same time I’m glad I only work with tires and wheels.

    • @peekaboo1575
      @peekaboo1575 Před 6 měsíci

      It's all fun and games until a car with super hard crystalized mud on the wheels or half of your body weight worth of manure EVERYWHERE shows up on the shop. I sure don't miss doing those, lol. Here's hoping you're having an easier time than I had.

    • @128ajb_02_Music
      @128ajb_02_Music Před 6 měsíci

      @@peekaboo1575 on those, I usually turn smart weight off and static balance them with clips on the inside, or tape on one axis so I don’t have to waste 3 years cleaning the rim.

  • @mr.hanger
    @mr.hanger Před 10 měsíci +1

    Been turning wrenches for nearly 30 years professionally and it never ceases to amaze me what might come through the doors.

  • @danielsacks7152
    @danielsacks7152 Před rokem +6

    As to the Dodge eco Diesel, I have found both casting sand and even a cool steel 5pt star in an engine block. They and polishing stones were rattled around in the block to loosen casting sand. I suspect its leftover from manufacturing and broke loose.

    • @davelowets
      @davelowets Před rokem +4

      The "5pt star" you found was most likely a severed water pump impeller. Not a throwing star... 😕

  • @MegaMINECRAFTBG
    @MegaMINECRAFTBG Před rokem +2

    The guy's overheating radiator has kidney stones bro 🤣🤣

  • @pdufusc
    @pdufusc Před rokem +1

    The rotor at 10:24! Saw this on a Young Lady's '69 Camero. Her brother came in a month or two later in his '70 Mustang, said he had a noise in the front! I heard the jingle as he pulled up, Put it on the rack, remover RT front wheel. Amazing what people will do! Same as his sister had done!!!! They both drove their vehicles in the ground. The difference was the Mustang had drum brakes. The jingle was the inner half of the drum was playing "Jingle Bells" as he drove down the road, I can only imagine as the "Jingle Bells" went into the BllueGrass candence on I-65!!!! What had happened was! He had run his brakes so long that it did not only wear the brake liner down to the metal, but wore the liner plate off as well! All I saw was the blades that the wheel cylinder expanded to apply the, use to be brakes. The blade finally cut a one and half inch ring off of the drum, that's what was play "Jingle Bells". The LORD takes care of, those of us who do not know how to take care of ourselves. The LORD has driven me many miles. Let me thank HIM again for HIS Mercy and save keeping. Thank YOU JESUS!

  • @loonitun
    @loonitun Před rokem +5

    these videos make me SO happy that you in Denmark have to put your car pass an inspection every second year.... not saying there isn't bad cars here

    • @jeffmech1
      @jeffmech1 Před rokem +1

      When I was stationed in Colorado, USA, we also had to take our cars in every two years for inspections. Bad tires, immediately replace, and so on. I think it is a great idea.

    • @aaronewen1234
      @aaronewen1234 Před 10 měsíci

      In NSW aus, you have to do a safety test every year for registration, I bet they see some silly shit like this

  • @Typical_personal
    @Typical_personal Před rokem

    I was never a mechanic but I was an oil change tech and one time this 1999 Honda accord came in and had a different exhaust pattern than the original. The guy had bought it off of his friend who did work on it himself. When we went to find the oil filter they had put the exhaust in such a way (not factory) that blocked access to the oil filter completely. This was fully bottom side filter so we literally could not do the oil change and when I told the guy he was so confused.

    • @mattivirta
      @mattivirta Před rokem

      oil need change ewery 6000 mail and all filter sametime.

  • @fjb2986
    @fjb2986 Před rokem +4

    I’m not sure if watching this is entertaining or frightening, considering how many cars like these are on the road.

  • @beardedricotheold2640
    @beardedricotheold2640 Před 6 měsíci +1

    3:30 this is why a bunch of shops refuse to work on any wheel that has slime in it

  • @SkullAngel002
    @SkullAngel002 Před 10 měsíci

    16:54 - The screams once they lost the black widow in the darkness! 😂😂😂

  • @dgronzega8073
    @dgronzega8073 Před rokem

    Gives a whole new meaning to run it til "the wheels come off"
    That pink sludge. Once had an agricultural pump engine come in for a rebuild and the crankcase looked loke it was full, like hand packed full, of black Vaseline

  • @SuperBabyBuffalo
    @SuperBabyBuffalo Před rokem +1

    @3:16 That looks like DEF when it dries up - it crystallizes.
    Hot coolant environment + fluid that looks like coolant to the uninitiated = crunchy radiator hose.

  • @geniferteal4178
    @geniferteal4178 Před rokem +2

    06:46 reminds me of the sounds of those old '70s bumper jacks.

  • @colindavis2166
    @colindavis2166 Před rokem

    I'm not mechanically trained in anyway. I've worked on my own vehicles before, but I grew up working on stuff and tinkering. I have a general understanding of some stuff. The more complicated stuff, I'll just take to a shop, because I don't have the proper resources. Hell even oil changes, I've been taking to the shops, it's just easier, I don't have the time, nor a catch can. I've done work to my motorcycles but that's about it. My truck hasn't needed any service. Still mostly factory parts, with the exception of filters, tires, and the expendable items.
    But watching this, oh my. Take care of your vehicles people, machines won't last forever if you neglect service.

  • @petergarofolo9385
    @petergarofolo9385 Před rokem +4

    They're all possibly from the low end of the gene pool. Love the long videos. 👍 👍 👍

  • @100GTAGUY
    @100GTAGUY Před rokem

    Frames with the strength of a Pringle chip simultaneously terrify me yet amaze me.
    I can't believe those things are out there driving around willy nilly taking what I know about airframes and the inspection requirements they have into consideration.

  • @user-rz6kz3te9q
    @user-rz6kz3te9q Před 4 měsíci

    My father was 100 percent certain he didn't need exhaust repairs. After my mom told me about it I went out to their car and removed the muffler WITHOUT tools. I then brought it in and asked where I got it. The next day he had the exhaust fixed . It's not that he's cheap but rather he has 80 percent hearing loss.

  • @Ariaofeffect
    @Ariaofeffect Před 10 měsíci

    0:30 is how my clutch looked on a 2nd hand car that was supposedly officially checked before sale… and yes, it was already broken before sale, since after replacement the clutch was smoother than during the test drive…

  • @grafzahl9798
    @grafzahl9798 Před rokem +10

    I'm glad to live in Germany. Here, your car must be inspected by a technical inspection agency every 2 years. These cars are time bombs

    • @christopherkidwell9817
      @christopherkidwell9817 Před rokem +4

      Yet even though we DON'T have those inspections, very few accidents are caused by mechanical failure. In fact, the larger amount of accidents are caused by operator error in the U.S.
      Your inspections by a 'technical agency' are a waste, meant to soak money out of the populace.

    • @jsmariani4180
      @jsmariani4180 Před rokem +1

      Like my Dad said, inspections keep the junkers off the roads. In rural America, "I have a right" is the motto, as in I have a right to (fill in the blank). How the behavior affects others is irrelevant.

    • @mattivirta
      @mattivirta Před rokem

      finland have hard winter and all cars need inspect ewery year. safety first.

  • @danielsteward5090
    @danielsteward5090 Před rokem +2

    You gotta love those "Rust free" cars from the mid west.

  • @purplealice
    @purplealice Před 9 měsíci

    It's the rust that's holding the frame together!

  • @JamesEhler
    @JamesEhler Před 6 měsíci +1

    Haha. The part where there was some sort of stop leak in the 2015 dodge ram.... followed by a J-B weld ad.

  • @andreaskey5371
    @andreaskey5371 Před rokem

    13:40 that is the reason I left the oil drain plug out when I let my honda sit because I was replacing the valve cover and changing the oil

  • @LoneGRoEnt
    @LoneGRoEnt Před rokem

    I'm AMAZED at how rusted Chevy's get. Wonder why they even make them. Cause people would still buy them? Got it.

  • @fullmetal18021
    @fullmetal18021 Před 8 měsíci

    That wheel bearing at 3:20 was just done. I'm no mechanic but I do minor things like wheel bearings, brakes/calipers, and body work but damn...
    If you're going to do your own work without a mechanic present, check a manual or at least watch a how-to!
    I replaced my front shocks, brakes (calipers, pads, and rotors), parts of the body after a hit and run, window regulators, etc and never had problems like that and I'm self-tought.

  • @allenwilliams2092
    @allenwilliams2092 Před rokem

    Love it! Most hilarious thing i have ever seen!

  • @Friend_of_the_One-Eyed_Ladies

    6:17 looo-MEEN-ah. Lol, it's pronounced LOO-min-ah. I don't blame you though, your parents were in elementary school in 1995.

  • @goreobsessed2308
    @goreobsessed2308 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I've done the cost hangers to lift exhaust thing before but If it ain't attacked at the other end just take it out

  • @angrycarguynerd5799
    @angrycarguynerd5799 Před rokem

    "customer states that the radio is too loud"
    *proceeds to destroy the car and buys a new car without a radio in it*

  • @dangordon5510
    @dangordon5510 Před rokem +1

    Amazing, simply amazing😎

  • @spacelemur7955
    @spacelemur7955 Před rokem

    Although many potential problems lurk in any vehicle, these videos make me real glad I took the expensive plunge into an EV. The only downside so far are roadtrip charging time, but since I live in Europe, there almost 400,000 thousand charging stations, but course, this number includes the many slow ones. It requires creative use of one's charging time (napping, yoga, hiking, eating) instead of blitzing towards one's destination.
    It's only a half dozen times a year I need to charge commercially. Housetop solar panels do well over half my charging.

    • @TheCatOfAges
      @TheCatOfAges Před rokem +1

      Now drive a 300 mile trip in winter without extending it by an hour

    • @spacelemur7955
      @spacelemur7955 Před rokem

      @@TheCatOfAges I live in central Sweden. I know winter well thank you. The question is "How often do I _need/want_ to drive 500 km in winter or in summer? Since 95% of my driving is well within a recharge range, why do I want to forsake that for the 5% of the time I drive outside that range? Your's is thus an odd objection. (I can always take the train [very fast and cheap], borrow or rent a CO2 mobile, or say "so what?" to that unimportant hour you fear. I usually use it enjoyably.)

    • @TheCatOfAges
      @TheCatOfAges Před rokem

      @@spacelemur7955 oh youre in Europe i missed that, evs are much more usable in Europe with smaller travel times.

    • @TheCatOfAges
      @TheCatOfAges Před rokem

      @@spacelemur7955 in the us, there just isnt the infrastructure, not yet anyway, and that "just an hour extra" for an 150 mile trip, turns into 10 hours for a 1500 mile trip.

    • @spacelemur7955
      @spacelemur7955 Před rokem

      @@TheCatOfAges And again you miss my point. Why?
      I just looked up the average daily drive in the US is 35 miles. Half of all trips are under 3 miles. (The higher average includes long trips).
      A 2016 MIT study found that an EV in 2016 would meet 90% of all drivers' needs.
      Since 2016, batteries are much better.
      Let the 10% have CO2 mobiles (and long haulers, of course) if that is currently the their best choice.
      But if 90% of cars were EVs (and when the US kicks its coal generation habit), it will be more beneficial for climate than CO2 mobiles.
      Horses had their day for personal travel, and now CO2 mobiled are poised to phase out. Whale oil lamps gave way to light bulbs. Water wheels to steam engines to electric motors.
      Science and technology march on.
      Have a Merry Christmas!

  • @12time12
    @12time12 Před rokem

    That’d be me with the black widow running off, screaming. Arachnophobia! 😂

  • @lacai527
    @lacai527 Před 9 měsíci +1

    These people just dont understand how dangerous its to drive these vehicles, and they danger others in the process.

  • @Ben_Lorentz
    @Ben_Lorentz Před 7 měsíci

    Going through a class that covers basic mechanical and car maintenance knowledge should be a requirement to own and operate a motor vehicle.

  • @samelioto476
    @samelioto476 Před 6 měsíci

    "Think ya used enough fix a flat, Vern?"

  • @uzipuaziuzi6652
    @uzipuaziuzi6652 Před rokem

    I needed this today

  • @brianfreeman8290
    @brianfreeman8290 Před 3 měsíci

    Staggering ! Here in Britain, all vehicles over three years old have to have an annual inspection. A bulb out, a horn not working, a tyre below the statutory tread depth, headlights misaligned, simple things like these will fail the test. Many of the vehicles on this vid would never be permitted back on the road, ever.

  • @mikec81
    @mikec81 Před rokem +12

    8:20 how tf do you kill a 3800! and whats that guy mean 'thats why you dont buy a Buick' a buick 3800 is like the most reliable v6 engine ever made.

    • @CoryRwtfyt
      @CoryRwtfyt Před rokem +5

      When I junked my grand prix the engine and supercharger were all that was worth a damn.

    • @richardcarper8566
      @richardcarper8566 Před rokem +1

      B s 3800 is tough !

    • @Foxtrap731
      @Foxtrap731 Před rokem +2

      They used Buick Wildcats to start the SR-71, every time.

  • @mikedelvillar8648
    @mikedelvillar8648 Před rokem

    Props to the mechanic @7:20 listening to frank ocean, he got the aux on deck

  • @davelowets
    @davelowets Před rokem +2

    "1995 Chevy Loomeenah"
    Ummm, OK? 👌

  • @porkchopsandwiches192
    @porkchopsandwiches192 Před rokem +2

    Lol Chevrolet Lou-mean-a 😂

  • @ifgezroxy
    @ifgezroxy Před 3 měsíci

    I'm really thankful, that Finland has inspection on cars every year. It's horrifying to watch some of these rust buckets. 😬

  • @gordbaker896
    @gordbaker896 Před rokem +7

    If only those 'mechanic's could figure out how to hold a camera. HORIZONTAL IS THE CORRECT ANSWER.

    • @anandchundi6805
      @anandchundi6805 Před rokem

      Don’t have time or two hands free

    • @MalleusSemperVictor
      @MalleusSemperVictor Před rokem

      Would you rather they be good at filming or good at fixing cars? This might be mutually exclusive for mechanics.

    • @gordbaker896
      @gordbaker896 Před rokem +2

      @@MalleusSemperVictor They are not Fixing anything and full screen views would make a better Video.

    • @gordbaker896
      @gordbaker896 Před rokem

      @@anandchundi6805 They are holding the Camera with 1 hand. Never mind, you don't understand.

    • @anandchundi6805
      @anandchundi6805 Před rokem

      @@gordbaker896 I understand all too well. Try holding a phone with one hand sideways in an engine bay while you're tired as hell from busting your ass all day on other cars. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

  • @josh88113
    @josh88113 Před rokem

    If someone refuses repairs like some of these and comes back on a tow truck I wouldn’t want to touch them.

  • @colindavis2166
    @colindavis2166 Před rokem

    That DIY lift kit gave me anxiety, and i've never done any strut tower work.

  • @bstory3196
    @bstory3196 Před rokem +6

    "this is why you don't buy a BUICK" uh that is a 3800! a VERY great motor! you have NO clue about them do ya?

  • @CraftyBastard-to8vs
    @CraftyBastard-to8vs Před 3 měsíci

    For those too young to know the DIY lift kit used to be common practice in the 60’s through the 90’s and I’ve actually seen these kits sold at oreillys

  • @THESMARTERMAN555
    @THESMARTERMAN555 Před 11 měsíci +1

    On that Eco Diesel, someone put DEF into the coolant.

  • @feelthepayne88
    @feelthepayne88 Před 11 měsíci

    The stuff in that 2015 Ram eco diesel is head gasket sealer. Probably Blue Devil. I've used it and had the same results. It may have temporarily sealed his leaking head gasket, but it probably needs a head gasket. Don't use that stuff... It just plugs up your entire coolant system.... Ask me how I know. And yes I followed the instructions to the letter....

  • @randycarter2001
    @randycarter2001 Před rokem +4

    That wasn't a hubcap? It sure looked like a hubcap. 😁

  • @mccrackenphillip
    @mccrackenphillip Před rokem +1

    8:54 looks like discount tires or America's tires used to work for them slime balls at the one in Chino cal too

  • @nickolasvaughn667
    @nickolasvaughn667 Před rokem +2

    And for the people that forget to take the plastic off an air filter

  • @ryanc7160
    @ryanc7160 Před rokem

    You guys would make excellent, and I mean EXCELLENT, forensic blast site investigators,

  • @chloehennessey6813
    @chloehennessey6813 Před 11 měsíci

    2:12
    I’ve been in aviation awhile.
    I have yet to hear one of the technicians curse.

  • @MJOLNIRMARKSIX
    @MJOLNIRMARKSIX Před rokem +1

    For water to come out that clean they added 0 oz. of oil to it after rebuilding it.

  • @NuevoLuck
    @NuevoLuck Před rokem

    That water from the sump, im betting some people somewhere were thinking,look its so clean...better than going to the well..😸

  • @abitofapickle6255
    @abitofapickle6255 Před rokem +1

    I had a bootlegged shop leave a whole ass socket, and extension in my transfer case.

  • @marathonsixactual4470

    i could drink beer and watch these videos all day.....

  • @watamelone1835
    @watamelone1835 Před rokem +3

    something i live by is that if it can go wrong, it will go wrong. never give it a reason to go wrong and always keep enough money to replace major componets.

    • @christopherkidwell9817
      @christopherkidwell9817 Před rokem +2

      For an upper-middle class person, that might be reasonable. For everyone else? Nope.

    • @watamelone1835
      @watamelone1835 Před rokem

      ​@@christopherkidwell9817 Early-mid 2000's honda motors run for anywhere from $400-$1000 depending on many factors including milage, damage, warrenty, and included parts like valve covers and alterators. I am very much not an upper middle class man as im in automotive college and have maybe $400 at any given time so that if i have to, in a worst case senario, i can go get a junkyard 2.3l F23A1 honda motor for the car i paid $1500 for. If you are smart an willing to learn then you can do almost any major repair for under $500 on an early-mid 2000's honda.

  • @nathanramstorf1033
    @nathanramstorf1033 Před 3 měsíci

    Eco-Diesel Ram @ 2:08...
    I have seen this with rural well water. May not be stop leak at all.