@@270eman only if you let them pray brainwasher otherwise your independent entity and you have freedom otherwise you're just a cog in the wheel have a good day
Hey Ray I would like to tell you that I've been a mechanic for 60 years my friend doing exactly what you do for a living and I quit still when the cars were new I I quit in 04 and I want to tell you something I think you're a damn fine mechanic in fact I watch you too much I've been watching you for months you can work on my car any day my friend I'm serious and I would hire you I retired like I said several years ago and I still work on my own car and I still have my tools from when I did it for 60 years and I want to tell you something my friend you tell your fans out there that I say I see what a good mechanic you are in fact sometimes I wonder is he going to yes he does and I'm proud of you young man I'm 76 years old thank you so much for showing me they're still good caring mechanics out there God bless you young man take care. William Eckert
@@SirLionofBiff And you forget the fact that the guy was a mechanic, not a writer. Im sure most people dont care how good their mechanic's punctuation is, so long as they do a good job on their car.
I was a shade tree mechanic from way back in High School when hardly any students had a car. If you had a car, you were a ‘king’. I had a ‘57 Chevrolet that required a LOT of work during the week to get it ready for “Date Night-Party Night”. I would look at the engines of today’s cars and was clueless. BUT NO MORE thanks to this channel and Ray’s expertise which has already saved me over $500 that the ‘shop’ wanted to change the plugs on my 2007 Corolla. I have learned a potload about cars because of Ray. And learning new things at 74 y.o. Is awesome!
It just amazes me to learn of all the people that won't, or don't check their fluids, etc. when a warning light is on. Some things are a stupid design like tire pressure monitors (batteries get dead & they're useless), etc. In the day, we looked at our tires to see if there's any problem before we drove it off. Check the fuel, check the oil, check the transmission fluid if you have an automatic, check your brake fluid, windshield washer and wipers, Blinker fluid 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 gotcha !
Common sense stuff. I did daily, owner operator, Amazon deliviveries for 4 years. Always worked on my own vehicles, but having to have them in good shape evry day uped my game. I would check all fluids daily to look for early warning signs. If something is low, look for a leak. I found a bad transmission seal by noticing a drop in trans fluid with no drips. If antifreeze is going down with no leaks it is burning. Same with oil. Reconize the symtem early.Get the parts and repair before the major damage is done.
The water pump died because it was running dry after the hose burst and smoked itself. The massive oil leak is from gasket shitting itself after the overheating condition...pretty common for oil leaks after overheating. It may not just be a head gasket, one of the heads could easily be warped and need decking. The reality is whoever did the coolant lines probably won't accept responsibility and it's very hard to win a civil suit against them. One oversight on a $1 hose clamp totalled out this vehicle.
@@nigelcox1451 Incorrect. The shaft seal on the impeller relies on the coolant to keep it cool and lubricated. Running an centrifugal style pump dry will definitely overheat the seal. It's no different the seals on a crankshaft that require oil to keep it cool. This is pretty standard for centrifugal pumps, whether it's a car's water pump or some kind of heavy industry pump.
@@nigelcox1451 All water pumps that aren't oil lubricated (internal) depend on coolant lubrication on the coolant-facing seal. Actually, even on oil lubricated pumps, the coolant facing seal still relies on the coolant to lube that side of the seal. The only "sealed" bearings on a vehicle are ball bearing, and just are not used when their is fluid on other side because fluid ingress on formerly sealed ball bearings, causes a faster failure than just a gradual leak would if fluid lubed instead.
I limped into my brother's house with a failing transmission on my less than 2 year old 2000 Accord, 350 miles from home. Honda agreed to replace the transmission under warranty, though the car was above the mileage limit. I drove back home in my brother's vintage Mercury Sable while I worked on getting my Accord fixed at the dealer in Raleigh. A month later it was ready and I drove it back to my brother's house before heading home. My brother was following me and just as I pulled into the driveway, transmission fluid was gushing out. Hose clamps to the transmission cooler lines had not been reinstalled properly. I could have fixed the problem myself with a pair of pliers and a couple quarts of transmission fluid, but we had the car towed back to the dealer so they could verify their screw up. A few months later I found a large bolt in my driveway that looked like it came from my car. Sure enough, it was a bolt from the bell housing to the engine.😠
Hah I was pulling an engine out of one of my cars destined for the wreckers (engine was good) and 3/6 bolts holding the trans onto the engine were visibly backed out. Must have been when I did the auto to manual swap and finished at 3 AM at a buddy's house and just wanted to get home ;)
The thing about replacing an engine or a transmission, Bruce, is that a lot of items have to be removed and then reinstalled. Even the best technicians can be distracted by what's happening in the shop, what's going on in their head and are bound to forget to properly put back a thing or two. I once forgot to tighten my own car's lug nuts. It's just human.
@@spanionneo Crap happens, I used to do as much wrenching on my cars and other stuff as I could, and I understand all about the pressures of doing piecework for a living, so I understand this to a point, but still a quick once over should have caught the error. If I screw up when I wrench on my own stuff, I suck it up and try to learn from it, but I expect professionals to care about my car as much as their own. At least the leak happened in my brother's driveway and not on I 95 somewhere.
Sorry we are all human and stuff happens but as the customer, you are not paying for half the work. How many folks charge less because they are having a rough day? As a professional, you have an obligation to do it right. Now, we do all make mistakes but you don't fail to bolt the thing together AND forget to tighten the clamps... that's called sloppy. I would have brought the car back and made them inspect every bolt.
This is the first video I’ve watched from this channel and I’m impressed with this mechanic. I like the way he vocalizes while he works, and I don’t think that’s just for the camera. He treats the car he’s working like it’s a living thing. Even though it’s low end old little car, he gives it respect. Now I think I’ll watch some others.
Yes, and another thing you will see is: even if the customer is being a jerk or making poor repair decisions Ray NEVER takes it out on the cars no matter how angry he is. I seriously admire him, and as a human not just an amazing mechanic! 😊👍
If you treat your machines right your machines will treat you right if not there have been times I've threatened them to send them to the great junkyard in the sky and then they cooperate have a good day
I was a mechanic for over twenty years and had the notion in mind that it took many hours of sweat labor and materials to bring a motor vehicle to a useable state so always, well usually always, treated the device with respect, yes, almost like a living being.
Lol so you think he talks to himself that much when he isn’t recording? The secret to a good TH-cam video is to always be talking, and edit out any pauses that are longer than half a second.
You do know Ford Owned part of Mazda for a very very long time. They shared tech. And it was a Great Relationship.. Next go look up the TSB for this.. They have one for the Faulty Oil Sender... Next time save us all some time and go to the TSB's First. !. And keep making Vids! You rock.
I've got my late father's 1996 4 cylinder Camry. 250,000 kilometres (155,000 miles) and it still drives beautifully and I use it as my daily driver. I still use Dad's mechanic as he knows the car. The value of the car is $200. So what - I have heating, air conditioning, cruise control and a car that never misses a tick in engine or trans.
@@tommmy1313 And this week I've bought the best tyres available for the wheels. Also $300 of lubricants and filters, etc. Dad always serviced the car and I will continue. Faded paint and old I care not. Sometimes when I'm laughed at I laugh back when I arrive in my late Grandfather's 1956 Rolls (of which I am a custodian) and to be kept for passing down.
I have the same car with the same mileage. Have thrown a lot of parts at it, mostly pro-active stuff. Only thing it really needed was a power steering rack, which was leaking badly. Daily driver, everything works and it drives great.
@@Legally_its_a_joke -After seeing your post, a Camry of my model is up for sale at $6,500. I care not for its monetary value, but for its reliability since made. It gives me 9.1 Litres/100km (31 MPG). 10 years ago we sold these old cars for $200 to be crushed. Sorry for the rant.
Previous shop either misdiagnosed the cooling system issue (new radiator) or botched the repair. Loose hose clamp-loss of coolant, air locked cooling system-needs bleeding/burping, bad water pump? Any one of those could cause this engine to overheat and blow the head gasket. Time to go back and insist they make things right, if no satisfaction then threaten a lawsuit. Even a small settlement will help replace this car.
I'm thinking the coolant hose was barely hanging on for a period of time, allowing air into the system. With the loop air-locked, the pump ran itself to death in a no-flow situation. The interesting part of the video for me: given the oil leaks, a blown head gasket is very likely, but that oil showed no sign of coolant contamination. That disconnected hose, while the actual cause of the issue, may have also prevented (some) further damage by not letting coolant into the crank case.
I suspect the Client is seriously "Pissed Off". Not at Ray, he gave the Client a print out, & probably photos. CLIENT IS Angry.!!! With good cause. California law is you must return the automobile for repairs, and give the mechanic a chance to make it right at no cost to the Client. Original Repair Shop or Dealership logs the milage. So if they just realized the dashboard looks like a Christmas tree, drove right over to Rainman Ray's, got the repair estimate. Then towed or drug that little pickup right back to the other shop...they will acknowledge their mistake, & make the repairs. Hummmm My mechanic told me, " If I run out of water in the block I will crack it. Here, see this little hose loosen up this clamp, start the car, pull the hose end apart & aim it away from you. If it's shooting water the water pump is working. Refill what you blew out." It's a bad day for the owners of that little pickup. Looked like Ray had to take some flack from them fo being the bearer of Bad News.
I suspect the owner wasn't telling you everything. That car had a lot of recent work done, all of which suggests there was an overheating incident. Who knows why... Could have been a failed thermostat or neglected maintenance, blown hose, leaking radiator, etc. That lead to over-pressure which blew off the hose and possibly lead to oil leaks all over. Customer said oil had just been changed, which appears true but makes me wonder what the old oil looked like. They had already fired a parts cannon at it, with a new radiator, new hoses and who knows what else, which the customer apparently didn't mention. Seems a shame since the car looked to be in good general shape. May have been cheap to buy and fix, if a usable junkyard engine could be found.
probably brought it to the stealership for an oil change so they would have someone to blame later on. Can't really fault them for not noticing the coolant line being disconnected. Who would think to look for that during an oil change.
Of course they have lied when he stated that the customer recently went to the dealership for a oil change and when they have gotten their car back "all of sudden" these random issues appeared. It appears to me that they're going around in denial looking for that "miracle" to have their car fix on the cheap.
What excellent filming of even the almost inaccessible areas,the explanation too is excellent giving both the probable faults and a suggestioin of the error/failure. This would be a great training video of HOW a diagnosis is made. Excellent production.
I hate when some mechanic take advantage of customers and just throw parts at a problem. It takes a real tech to diagnose the problem and fix it correctly. Thank you Ray for going the profession some hope
No mechanics these days, just a bunch of part changers that don't even know how to diagnose a issue, all they know how to do is plug in a OBD2 sensor. Except for the rainman of course.
Top tip: Do not put your yellow text at the bottom of the video, put it at the top instead. If subtitles are enabled, it will end up over your text in the video. Keep up the good work =)
You can’t control where captions fall on TH-cam unless you use broadcast style like cea608 ones which you can via premiere or even compressor. Those you can position where they fall so when there is a graphic you can move it to the top just until it’s clear again. Or offset text left or right to show who’s talking. But you’re supposed to put the persons name so. Closed captions are different from subtitles. Subtitles are just the words said. Cc are that and descriptions of music playing or sound effects. They’re meant for the hearing impaired. And it’s actually a legal requirement broadcast shows have accurate captions. Web has skirted that law for a while but TH-cam is trying. If the user doesn’t add CC themselves or a user doesn’t (you can get followers to add them if you allow which can be good for alt languages) TH-cam’s bot will eventually get to trying to transcribe and make automatic subtitles. It does a decent job. Also having accurate CCs makes all content searchable, which improves SEO rankings. Closed captions create a text file that search engines can interpret, allowing videos with closed captions to rank significantly higher in search results. So always say and transcribe good keywords. And keywords that work with other words to boost rankings. Like how a webpage being linked to with the right sites improves its rank.
Because it costs money to drink whiskey. It's funny, the customers bar tab is paid and the waitress and bartender are tipped. But the mechanic is looking for his missing professional tools he still owes payment on, and his kids get Mac and cheese for dinner. Wtf. It's a rare person like ray who is smart and adept and has wisdom. I trust he had very good teaching and mentoring because of his good attitude.
being a builder and hobbyist/car enthusiast i can agree that its hard to find, good, honest, and trustworthy, not mechanic, but ppl in total, especially ones willing to spend their whole life in uncomfortable enviroment all day dirty form nasty shmoo of sorts. its just fukin hard to be a craftsman, and one have to have higher than avg iq also, so or its just matter of naturall predispositions to technicall stuff backed with some brain power and good degree of masochism or its just easiest area to go for dumbfucks do sht and go away with it cause its easy to disapear in such an crowd, especially doing stuff that majority of society just totally do not understand and not willing to
at least Ray and South Main Auto actually work on cars and have shops we can pull into unlike some others. too bad they are both too far to be a practical choice.
I wish my speed shop would record all of their work for me like this. These are great videos. I would honestly pay double labor in order to get a video of all of the work at the end of it!
Yeah.... $250.00 per hour just to get a video log of the service being performed? I think it would be money better spent to take your vehicle to Ray for service.
Last time I had a car in I left my dash cam in on accident and it recorded a majority of the work time. With the hood up all I saw was the space between the hood and the body, but it was neat.
In reality good mechanics dont need to record and show you anyway. My mechanic, first time i went in for multiple issues on a car just purchased, he pulled me into the shop - showed me the crack and leak in my radiator, showed me how the fan wasnt working, explained how it happens so I understood. When I had a brake leak, he pulled me again into the shop, and showed me the calipers and rotors, showed me the brake pads, let me feel and touch the grit along the rotor and explained how the system works, why, and the solutions. He let me feel all the rotors and explained why 2 needed replacing and 2 could be buffed down. I now exclusively use him not matter the issues or costs. I highly recommend him to everyone. I recently had an employee with an oil issue, went to one of those home,mechanics for 30$ got her an oil change, sprung a massive leak, went to a different guy and paid 50 to get it "fixed", it made it worse (were talking shooting out a whole bottle of oil immediately on startup). She went back to her guy and he said new oil pan. She finally went to MY guy. He fixed it in 10 mins (it was free), and apparently it was that something wasnt put on right and just needed to be tightened. She paid nearly 100 bucks for something my mechanic did for free in 10 mins. Good mechanics.
@@RikoLime thats way more effort than a recording. shops simply cannot do that with everyone & maintain a schedule. and the point is not really so you get to see it, most people would have no idea if it was being done right. its that the mechanic did the work knowing itd was being recorded
It could be determined that leaving that hose off would have damaged that motor and there could be a claim in court that leaves the liability on the dealership, of course the dealership could deny that they left the hose off but there is very good evidence that that is not true, as they did leave the hose off. The bottom line is obviously the person that owns the car doesn't have the money to fix the negligence of a dealership mechanic, this is your typical dealership nonsense that puts a hard-working customer with no way out.
The car should have gone back to the dealership NOT to another repairer as that cancels any claim against the dealer. A visual inspection and written report only by another repairer may have been ok to then take it (on a flatbed truck) back to the dealer.
@@teeanahera8949 you are so wrong, he didn't have to take it back to that dealership being that they were so negligent any normal person reasonably would have never taken it back. All they need is an invoice from race shop that fixed it stating that the hose was off when they inspected and then fix the vehicle, that would be a slam dunk in small claims court. I'm sorry but I don't know where you get your legal information from, I was a law assistant for nearly 18 years and I have seen many of these cases
I was thinking it was the thermostat, staying closed then only opening when it was extremally hot and making steam at high pressure and blew the hose off as I've seen radiators blown apart and hoses blown off because of thermostat failure, thermostats they make these days need to be replaced every year.
These engines are fairly notorious for giving up if you don't look after them They came in 200/220/240bhp versions and are very very quick to throw in the total of you let them run low on fluids, as seems to have happened here Cheaper to buy a new vehicle than fix the issues with that one realistically
Coolant was probably never changed or changed before 60,000 miles/5 years too. Doesn't help when shops add "universal coolant" to top off. No such thing as a coolant that covers all.
Reminds me of an old story from my mechanic days. We just closed and I see this car driving towards the shop misfiring bad and smoke pouring out from the engine bay. Open the hood and it's like a mushroom cloud, when the steam clears I see a melted coolant overflow container and a burnt to a crisp upper radiator hose. No compression in the middle two cylinders of the Mitsubishi four banger. The head was warped so bad when sitting on a flat surface the middle had about 1/8" gap. But the best part of the story is how this happened. The guys daughter was driving and the coolant temp light came on. She did what her father taught her to do and pulled over and turned it off. She called her dad and by the time he got there it had cooled down and was running ok. So he gave her his car and decided to drive the daughter's car to the shop a few miles away. About half way the temp light comes on and not following his own advice continues on because it's not that much farther. About two blocks away it started misfiring then smoking and still he continued on because he's almost there, can't be too bad..... That was the most expensive repair bill in all my time working as a mechanic.
Worst thing I ever saw turning wrenches. We had a kid do a simple oil change. New tech and very young fills the oil to where he can see it in the valve cover. He filled the engine with like 12 quarts of oil. We had the oil service guns that just filled everything from a tank. He starts it and tries to back it out. Goddamn thing is hydrolocked from oil. I have never seen that **** in all of my life ever again. Needless to say, he packed his tool box.
@@JonDoee2343 12 quarts of motor oil, perhaps? Yes; if I'd need to restore the oil supply, I'd fill the oil up first, and then ensure that it's ½" over the max fill line on the dipstick, but only after the air is sucked out.
I heard a thud underhood, and my battery and (O) light turned on. I knew immediately what it was - the only belt under hood broke away. I was about 3 Km from my house, so I continued, shutting the car down at each red light. I got home, installed a spare belt, and no lasting damage was done. 4G32 engines are pretty durable.
All of these mechanic videos I see say customer says oile light is on so they start it up, see the light and drive it with the light, my first check would be is there oil before I start it.
Just had to fix a coolant leak another tech missed after installing a brand new engine. Very concerning when we dont want to lift the body off the frame to do it again. Not fun. Something as simple as aknicked o-ring coolant leak can cause such grief! Keep keen and keep making those awesome videos man!
After installing a junkyard engine in my van, the t joint in my radiator hose disintegrated while driving down the road... thankfully I noticed it was overheating right when it happened and pulled off the road.
This channel turned me from someone with a good reliance on my dealership (European by the way) To someone who has a grounded understanding of fundamental mechanical work and cars so I can atleast manage most jobs myself. ( Everything Ray explains is actually easy to source read if you can find the propper manuals It also gives you a handbook written by the engineers to fact check annything a dealership of mechanic might say to you )
The 3.0 Duratec V6 in my opinion is one of the best engines Ford has made.I personally have maintained one exclusively for a customer for over 12 years.Other than a water pump regular tuneups it's never had any issues over the last 100k plus miles.The problem is it's a escape and the rust will take it off the road.
I have a rust free 05 Ford Ranger on my channel with 192,000 miles on it. I drive it in Michigan winters too. All you need to do is take care of your vehicle. Wash it. It will last. My truck is proof.
my Chrysler 3.3 didn't even need a water pump at 159k, still runs like new. I just keep the oil changed and replaced the plugs once. The rest of the van may be crap but there's a lot of those 3.3's still running around.
Have you thought of letting your customers know about your youtube channel? This way they can see that you, unlike many other mechanics, are legit, honest and truthful. Just a thought.
"one problem fixed" - when I heard that, I just knew that wasn't true without any cue from the video title. In my experience, even remotely modern cars don't lose that much coolant unless there's a proper leak.
@@Jester-Riddle @@Jester-Riddle The driver continued to drive it even after the red oil light was on, the coolant light was on and there was a smell. A reasonable person would have stopped the car and investigated the matter. Instead the owner continued to drive it. No backstory on who replaced the hoses, why or when they were done. You can see @ 5:53 the witness mark on the hose in where it was previously tightened. My hypothesis is the car had a head gasket issue and previously blew the hose due to combustion gasses/high pressure in the cooling system. Somebody replaced the hoses and put the car back in service. Once the exhaust gasses pressurized the cooling system again, and blew apart the weakest link. As far as litigation, litigation is a waste of time. Hiring a lawyer over a 20 year old POS car would be like throwing money out the window. Small claims would be an option, but thats up to the owner, who was already negligent.
One thing I taught my wife - A RED LIGHT on dash ALWAYS means STOP DRIVING ASAP. Oil, brakes, alternator etc. Obviously, even if the hose failed, the owner did not care enough to stop driving it before it became permanent damaged.
This car was probably started overheating a while ago and that took the head gasket out. So the owner replaced all the coolant parts and still not getting fixed. (That was his big mistake.) The hose completely came off in the shop or just before the shop. So replace the water pump, head gasket, oil sensor and that thing still would not be fixed. In the 1970s i would throw $1500 at cars and the next day something else would break. Chrysler mini vans fuel pumps would go out like clockwork at 150,000 miles. I traded 2 off rather then going down that $600 rabbit hole. I the early 2000s I gave away two cars rather then shot gun parts at them. Following the cars to the shade tree mechanics I gave them to. They lost money on those free cars trying to keep them running. You are going to see more of this with the junkers on the road today because of the car shortage and people will still be owing money on them. 15 years from now we will be watching videos asking is that electric car worth putting a new battery in???
@@2148aa I read an article where a guy literally blew up a tesla because a replacement battery was 1/2 of the price for a new tesla. I believe it was a 2013 if I'm not mistaken.
if the h/gaskets blown,there milky oil,or bubbles in the rad.. unless very minor,,for now.. did the thermostate get replaced with the trunk lid,,they did eveyrthing else..
My 08 Edge spring clamp broke in half with the slightest touch one day. But the hose never leaked as motor was off , I replaced all of them with stainless screw type. Weird.
My escape had all those issues - misfires on cold start, occasionally ran hot, oil light on at idle, went off when revved, massive oil leak all over the AC compressor.... Turned out to be bad head gasket. coolant entered cylinder as it cooled down, burned off after warming up. Oil pressure sending unit totally failed and was blowing oil I found a good source for remanufactured heads. Did the full head replacement and timing chain overhaul, new sending unit, full gasket set runs like a champ now. Did the whole thing for right around $1000. Couldn't have bought another escape for that. Especially one with a whole top engine overhaul
That's why I got a strange look when I said OK to over $2K in repairs on my '86 Olds. With everything fixed, it's better than anything else I can get for that much. That was 10 years ago. $225 a year. I like payments like that
word. The bill is expensive but if you are using the bill's money + broken car value you cannot get another one. So might as well foot the bill. Only if you had planned to change car for the heck of it does it make sense to not repair.
That I enjoy and benefit from your video's would be an understatement. Deep appreciation for your pragmatic, structured approach to problem solving. It's a rare skill set to focus on the task at hand while explaining procedures and the thinking behind them, calmly and with a dose of humor. Highly relatable experienced-based instruction. Bravo...keep them coming please!
When I worked as a mechanic, I opened the hood "before" I started it and checked that it "looked" good before I drove into the workshop !!! ESPECIALLY if the customer talked about oil lamps etc. etc. before the car arrived ;-D
First rule of mechanic, never tell a customer how long an engine will last. Next thing you know you'll be sitting in a court room defending yourself when it doesn't last that long.
All it took me was one video and I’ve been hooked ever since I’ve never been more interested in watching videos about fixing vehicles in my life 😆 you gotta subscriber in me
Duratech 3.0 24v is very well engineered and can handle a few overheats without damage but it has quite a few plastic parts to the coolant system and they have a short lifespan including the water pump impeller! SMH'
And that is the root cause of the problem for this car , impeller just sitting still while the shaft spins away! I bet the pressure blew that top hose clean off the gooseneck!
A common problem with the cooling system on those early duratec 3.0 engines was the plastic water pump impeller coming apart. The pump is easily accessed. It is cam driven with a belt from the front head
I enjoy watching other people work on cars. It's interesting to see the thought process of others. I can't diagnose that particular vehicle without seeing it in person, but I would most likely have taken a different approach. Keep on wrenching and learning if you enjoy what you are doing. I still like learning new things after more than 30 years of experience.
The reason for this is that some bright young thing at Ford thought it would be a good idea to bury the water pump in a position that turns a ten minute job into a three hour one, so whoever worked on it before has thrown parts at it to avoid the job that really needed doing!
It's all about shop hours. Bury high failure parts and make them as difficult as possible to repair to book more shop hours. Think starter under the intake manifold.
The alternator on my '05 Tribute was buried so low in the engine bay, the right side drive axle had to be removed to change it. Makes sense to put it where it would get soaked every time it rained...
Toyota does the same. Most 4 cyl and fwd V6 motors are the same. I have a 2001 Camry V6 with the water pump buried deep in the heart of the motor. Water pump and timing belt together. Do one you may as well do both.
I have always worked on my own vehicles because shops, especially dealers don't always properly repair your vehicle. I appreciate the fact you show the vehicle before you start and as you work.
i know very little about cars, so why am I fascinated with your videos (also: Just rolled in)? I guess it's nice to see somebody at work who knows his job and has integrity on top of that.
I was gonna forget to have a nice day....thanks for reminding me. Also, the repair cost may have exceeded the value of the vehicle, but do the repair costs exceed the price of a replacement vehicle ? a lady friend did not want to pay the $3K cost to replace the engine in her car so she went out and bought an $18K car...go figure.
Very good point, and probably a fair few good 3.0 engines in rotted out Escapes. (mind you, the case you mentioned needs context. If the 3k was to replace the engine in a rotting 95 taurus & she replaced it with 18k of '13 BMW then that would kinda make more sense in a way)
OK people. Blue Book value, and replacement value on used Auto. Are never the same totals. Car lots sell them for considerably more money than Blue Book.
We had a similar situation; turned out when it was later diagnosed that the '03 G. Cherokee we had been (but weren't) driving had its entire oil system collapse. Also other repairs were discovered to be needed. (Neighbor bought it off of us, knew about it, had a mechanic in the family). We needed a car, so we took advantage of a Zero-down sale going on. This car we now have is not inexpensive, but we needed one and the Zero-down was what we needed. /HTH
My mom and dad had one of those each. Even if they did fix the engine the trans usually goes around 100k anyways. The 3L was kind of peppy, likley too peppy for the transmission.
Funny, that was also Ford's issue with 3.8L Windstars, Tauruses, & Sables. The transmissions usually couldn't handle the power of the 3.8, but were more reliable with the 3.0.
That's called ragging out the vehicle. Doesn't matter how powerful the engine is, if you take advantage of that performance then pay for it in the long term. It's gotten worse, with each revision of tranny that is also more complex to rebuild or expensive to replace. Remember, you don't buy the budget class vehicle to drive it hard. That's what vehicles with more margin (higher tow capacity) are for, if not a sports car.
I think it would make a great TH-cam video. You know, those wonderful ones that show the engine being run wide open until the guts fall out of it, or it explodes? /had to say it
I knew this car was toast from the start, the steering wheel cover is on upside down. The seam on those covers are supposed to be at the bottom, six o'clock position.
The engine got so hot that it blew a hole in the radiator. So they change the radiator and hoses, not fixing the main problem of coolant flow. After the radiator was repair, the engine overheated again and blew the upper radiator hose off. It was the weakest link....Then all of Ray's conclusions were correct about #1 cylinder. What do you think?
I had that once, radiator blew followed by a hose two weeks later, I figured the car was as good as dead as it wasn't worth a head repair. but I replaced the hose just in case Somehow I've still got it 40,000 miles and 7 years later without another complaint (from the cooling system anyway)
I'd check the thermostat before pulling the water pump as far as the coolant issue but that misfire could be any number of things. It's obviously not circulating so I'd pull the thermostat out, put the housing back on and see if it circulates freely and if it does and there's a cracked head or coolant leak into that cylinder it's going to show up very quickly either in the oil or out the exhaust and very likely bubbling the coolant reservoir. But long story short, that would be the quickest and cheapest way to check for cracked or warped head. Then if there's no evidence of coolant loss or excessive heat in the motor, replace the thermostat and gasket button up the cooling system and start checking the ignition components related to number 1. Could be a bad coil pack, broken plug, broken wire, missing wire, faulty boot, there's literally a handful of things that'd be basically free to check other than your time to isolate the issue. Mazda sucks when it comes to overheating and head issues but sometimes you get lucky and it's the little things that are causing the problem.
Ford also has the "Cylinder Head Over-temperature Protection" mode in a lot of vehicles, including some Ford based Mazdas. Not sure about this year of Tribute, but I know the 2008+ Tributes have it. Its pretty good at protecting the heads from damage. Kills some of the cyclinders and puts the engine in limp mode to keep it from getting too hot. It would throw a P1299 code, though, but that could have been cleared before bringing it in. And so, to your point, the head could be OK and the misfire caused by something else.
Hi Ray, I was surprised that you did not check the oil level prior to moving the vehicle once you saw the oil light was on. In any case thanks for the video and keep them coming. Eric
The customer drove it there, with the oil light on. The damage has already been done unfortunately. Typically if it comes directly of the road in said condition, there's no reason to take extra precaution before pulling it in.
I have had that same thing happen, replace hoses, rad etc use wormclamps - 2 yrs later I just park truck from a drive and see a river of coolant flowing. So grateful it never happened at highway speeds etc or far from home. Probably why manufacturers use springclamps etc; I only had to refill and bleed mine other than the wasted coolant on the ground now I go and retighten those clamps every oil change.
The hose , if correctly tightened down with a clamp properly positioned should have never have "fallen " off. One problem has led to another and starting with whomever replaced the cooling system is where this customer needs to start. Good diagnosis. Great video.
I've seen a lot of pro mechanics forget to turn the heat on and burp the coolant system and it causes over heating issues, leading to engine damage and failure. This is why you need a sign over your head as a reminder to do this.
Sounds about exactly what happened to my 2001 Protege. Except in my case it was not incompetence, it was the plastic radiator reservoir deciding to rupture and leak all my coolant while on the freeway. By the time I noticed what was happening...it was too late. Ran fine for two weeks after the offending part was replaced, but then violent shaking started and a random misfire code popped up.
My 06 Impreza got sabatoged. Took it in for tires and an oil change. Took it back the next day, horrible vibration. Lugs were loose and I trashed 2 studs. They repaired it free. 2 days later car dies on the highway. Towed to a different shop, no coolant, bent valves. I think the mechanic drained it because he got in trouble for messing up the wheel job. How else could it get a full inspection and 2 days later have no coolant? Never over heated because it was -20F outside that whole week.
@@penguin12902 my situation was more just residual damage from overheating. The mechanic that replaced the radiator was a trusted independent mechanic my family had gone to for nearly a decade. Very trustworthy, and would advise against certain repairs if they thought there was enough reason to. He warned me that replacing the radiator might not be enough and the car could show effects of damage later but I had the radiator replaced anyway.
That engine if I recall employs a cylinder head temp sensor, it isn't actually exposed to coolant, it measures the temperature of the cylinder head itself. It's data is used by the PCM to infer an approximate coolant temperature which is then shared with the instrument cluster to actuate the gauge. The PID you needed to use while looking at PCM data was CHT. Because of the use of this sensor, the PCM strategy is able to provide failsafe cooling. Alternate fuel injectors will be disabled, allowing the engine to run on 3 cylinders, and air will be pumped through the other 3 to air cool the engine. The 4.6 and 5.4 modular motors have this feature as well. Even in the case of catastrophic coolant loss, the engine is able to protect itself. It can be driven in this limp mode for quite some time. The PCM will disable the engine if the CHT gets too high, before damage to head/gasket will occur. Bottom line, I don't think this has a head gasket issue. I'd bet the impeller on the water pump is finless. Quite possible the misfire is a PCM coil driver and or coil issue. Was a common failure on these back in the day.
My neighbor had simulator problem with 04 Chevy. It had a blown head gasket...headed to junk yard. I convinced her to let us add of engine sealer...nothing to loose at this point. Bought a can of blue devil engine head gasket sealer and followed directions on can. Bingo ! That has been four years ago and still running good. Yes, I know she lucked out, but for $15.00 engine is still doing well. Lucky her !
Ray learned something from my Dad is never trust a clamp if the hose pop then I learned that the squeeze clamps are the best not those screw clamps and pressure test! Just supprized me cause I use to at one time believe the screw clamp was best proved wrong same with using a pop hose clamps it will bite you
Dang, those 3.0 fuurds were pretty danrnd reliable. Really, only surpassed by the GM 3800. My 3.0 Ranger lasted 300,000 with routine maintenance. The Space Ranger was just as good at 300,000 as 30,000.
I agree with you. We have a Mazda 6 wagon with the Duratec and an Escape with the same engine. The 6 is at 149K on the clock, and the Escape is over 100K. I had a shop change the water pump on the 6 only as a precaution at the 100K mark, but those engines seem pretty solid to me.
Gram and gramps bought a new mazda mpv van in 1990 with the 3.0 that went 320,000 miles when a head gasket went pop in 2008. Timing belts every 60k and oil changes every 2k. The van is still on the road and just about at 500k on it. The engine still had very clear cross hatching on the walls when I did the head gaskets.
@@ducewags while that MPV 3.0 was a really good engine, if I remember correctly, its quite a bit different than the Vulcan and Duratec 3.0s that were in Furrds and Mazda's after 92. Honestly that 3.0 MPV 6 was an amazing engine on its own.
@@Dis-Emboweled YEP, and it was a rear wheel drive MPV, so the engine was facing the proper way for timing belts and head gaskets. Gramps only drove RWD cars, never had faith in a sideways engine. He had a 1979 olds delta 88 that pushed 400k on the 350 holly gas 4 bbl. Gramps was a Federal meat inspector here in Minnesota and racked up miles like a space villan. His cars never rusted, as they got washed every tank fill up, and garaged.
I've left hose clamps loose more than once. that's why it's good to take the extra time and bring the engine up to temp and check for leaks. too much liability having the customer do the testing for you(while driving away), especially if they are clueless.
I hear this I had a shop pop a oil line to the turbo charger on my bmw 535i 2008. It went in for a new radiator and coolant hoses and I guess they jabe a hole in the oil line. We drove it home in the evening parked it in the garage the next day on my wa to do some errands I was going to be heading out to the freeway to pick up my brother for the weekend. We'll I ended up pulling up at the store to pick some stuff up for dinner before heading out. It's a good thing I did that thing was leaking oil badly when I opened up the door there was a huge oil puddle that filled the whole parking spot the length of the car and you could see it dripping down the front of of hood bumper area. It's crazy to think what would have happened had I not pulled over first and headed to the freeway instead not knowing it was leaking Mayne a blown engine by the time I figured out there was no oil in it. I had some pick me up and thencar towed back to the shop when I got home you could see a large puddle on the garage floor and all the way down the driveway was a trail of oil. The shop paid dealer for their error that paid the full cost of the towe they paid for a rental car and they fixed the car free of charge they also paid for my drive way to be pressure washed. If they had only checked for leakes before the car left it could have been avoided.
I've said it before, I commend you on your tact sir. Most people would be bad mouthing the previous mechanic but not you. I wish more people would be like you! 👍
Interior looks surprisingly clean. We don't get much of that in Canada. That car would be a pile of rust if it was driven north of the border. Sometimes I watch your videos just to see the lack of rust under the cars you work on.
Once over heated, the thermostat usually does not operate correctly. This could be another reason why the coolant hoses remained cold. I have purchased new thermostats in the past only having to return due to it being defective.
I take it they didn’t mention the recent work or the overheating to the person because it was a quick patch job to try to fix the issue and they believed whatever they were doing was going to fix the overheating problem but in reality it didn’t but they just did what they did and said Yep it’s fine. Don’t tell a customer about it just sell it perfect vehicle no issues. Oil leaks but there’s so minuscule it’s not a problem.
Videos like these make me understand the $99 diagnostic fee some shops charge. Luckily I don’t go to those places anymore I know a shop owner who looks at my car and tells me what’s up
I took my car to Walmart to get an oil change. They stripped the oil plug bolt sadly the metal shavings from the pan could get into the pistons so I had to get a new oil pan. The time before that I had another car which I took it regularly to the Stealership sadly they never changed the oil filter which gave me several warning lights… I did an engine flush and voila! Everything was good after. Moral of the story don’t trust anyone but yourself.
@@ozzierabbit587 Correct, that happens more at independent garage, where they don't always have stock of every filter out there, and they don't want to send the customer away.
If it has a blown head gasket in a crack in the head and antifreeze is leaking into the combustion chamber it will clean that carbon if the carbon is present it's not cracked
I am a retired tech. I worked on so many of these engines. I was always leary when there is a new cooling system !! how long was it driven overheating before etc. then hose falls off . Stick a fork in it it's done. Good work.
My guess from experience with thermostats sticking when the engine has no coolant in it is that changing the thermostat would have solved the cooling circulation issue and the not taking more coolant, but still needed a head and leaks fixed on a $2500 car so not worth doing
I used to own a Mazda Tribute, great car, but will never buy another Ford vehicle. Everything started to breakdown, used to cost a fortune in repairs. Thanks Ray, from Sydney Australia.
Just realized you are located 6 miles from my house. I had posted a message a while back stating “I wish I had a mechanic like you!” Come to find out, I Do! Just replaced my radiator and fan in my parking lot at apt. I did the first oil change but excited for my next one. Going to bring it in and have you give it a look see as I just bought it and it had sat for a year and the people I bought it from didn’t know much about it as it was her sisters car who became ill and so she took it over on payments and let it sit for a year or so till she decided to sell it. I could have had you look at it before I bought it. Now I know. See you in a couple thousand miles.
A good example of letting an independent mechanic preform a thorough check of any used car before purchasing. The small amount spent can save you thousands.
Good job identifying probable failures. Glad you all didn’t get involved in the repair. I always hated to get involved in multiple problems. You never get all facts of who did what, and you just “bought” that car’s future problems.
I feel for anybody buying a used can in this economy! That one there I would stop at the first one I saw though before you end up stranded at a red light with people giving you dirty looks!
That thing overheated and blew the top hose off I think you are correct in suspecting the water pump and that caused the rest of the issues. In the UK garages we call these type of vehicles sheds because that's all there good for lol.
I've watched many of these garage channels from the USA but have now elected only to follow this one now as Ray seems to be a good operator. I don't understand why so many people seem to have no loyalty and jump from fixer to fixer. My advice is find a good one, build a relationship based on openness and honesty and stick with them. Machines need to be maintained so don't wait until they are completely knackered before you visit your garage.
Wouldn't surprise me if the head gasket is bad being low on coolant but are you sure its not air locked? That'd explain why it wouldn't take much new coolant. I've had many bag Ignition coils and a few ecms that the bad coil wiped out the driver. Wires like to break right where they come out of the ECM at the firewall too, had one that was a control for a coil. Also had a couple bad faulty fuel injectors. Those escapes are shit boxes
I fixed a car that was not worth it 8000 for car new tires rotors brakes.. normal mateinence. New battery radiator headers to tip exhaust cam sensors nator starter all fuses at the end I put it about 3 to 4 gs I did the work so it wasn't bad on labor costs but it exceeded the cars worth after it was totalled but lasted 3 more years nothing needed but oil and I scrapped it and got my mo eys worth and while I had the parts off I bought a 500 accord that ran beautifully all it needed was a vacuuming of the ac and a new value for the low pressure line and it lasted me 2 years till I got a newer car .... love what you do man
There’s a reason why pretty much any 01-07 escape on the road nowadays has the ‘V6’ badge on them. Have an 07 myself and have only had to replace oil pan and valve cover gaskets beyond standard maintenance.
That coolant tank looked like it had an overflow hose on it, dripping coolant when he poured it in. Could the tank build up pressure with something like that on it?
It’s done like that for overflow situations if too much pressure builds up the excess will blow out that hose and not blow up the tank or engine it has a place to escape.
The 2 big possible problems, after finding no pressure in the coolant hoses, 1) the thermostat is staying closed, 2) the water pump is broken. The only other thing would be a blocked radiator but, he said that looked new. It does sound like the head gasket had failed some time ago, most likely from overheating. The bottom hose will eventually blow off once the pressure increases to an extreme state, if not that hose, then, the 'weakest link' in the cooling system will let go. It's a shame the owners killed the engine. Looking at the car, it might have been worth putting an exchange engine in.
"asking the customer what they want to do" *Checks timestamp* Yeah that's a no. At least people are consistent (and this was the right choice on this old beast)
Honestly if shops started encouraging their mechanics to video themselves that would be a huge selling point.
I agree
No. Hours and hours of fairly boring and not likable mechanic footage lol Ray is very likeable it works well for him
That was actually my business idea if I ever open a shop - live feed of engine bay and undercarriage
as a tech i say emphatically NO
in my shop we do take pictures of broken shit and send it to the customer so they know we're not bullshitting though
Or liability.
Always be polite to the machines. The uprising could happen at any time.
Here is a deep thought, we are part of The Machine.
Rage against the machine!!!
You know you can't do this Dave.
Know how know how how a have a good day
@@270eman only if you let them pray brainwasher otherwise your independent entity and you have freedom otherwise you're just a cog in the wheel have a good day
Hey Ray I would like to tell you that I've been a mechanic for 60 years my friend doing exactly what you do for a living and I quit still when the cars were new I I quit in 04 and I want to tell you something I think you're a damn fine mechanic in fact I watch you too much I've been watching you for months you can work on my car any day my friend I'm serious and I would hire you I retired like I said several years ago and I still work on my own car and I still have my tools from when I did it for 60 years and I want to tell you something my friend you tell your fans out there that I say I see what a good mechanic you are in fact sometimes I wonder is he going to yes he does and I'm proud of you young man I'm 76 years old thank you so much for showing me they're still good caring mechanics out there God bless you young man take care. William Eckert
You are allowed to use more than one period per comment, fyi.
@@SirLionofBiff he’s over 60 years old what does it matter
@@Chris-oe6xz I'm 57, and can assure you the education system back in the day emphasized stuff like periods, commas, semicolons and other punctuation.
@@SirLionofBiff
And you forget the fact that the guy was a mechanic, not a writer. Im sure most people dont care how good their mechanic's punctuation is, so long as they do a good job on their car.
@@SirLionofBiff You are also allowed not to be an a$$hole but you cant manage that either can you.
I was a shade tree mechanic from way back in High School when hardly any students had a car. If you had a car, you were a ‘king’. I had a ‘57 Chevrolet that required a LOT of work during the week to get it ready for “Date Night-Party Night”. I would look at the engines of today’s cars and was clueless. BUT NO MORE thanks to this channel and Ray’s expertise which has already saved me over $500 that the ‘shop’ wanted to change the plugs on my 2007 Corolla. I have learned a potload about cars because of Ray. And learning new things at 74 y.o. Is awesome!
It just amazes me to learn of all the people that won't, or don't check their fluids, etc. when a warning light is on. Some things are a stupid design like tire pressure monitors (batteries get dead & they're useless), etc. In the day, we looked at our tires to see if there's any problem before we drove it off. Check the fuel, check the oil, check the transmission fluid if you have an automatic, check your brake fluid, windshield washer and wipers, Blinker fluid 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 gotcha !
Common sense stuff. I did daily, owner operator, Amazon deliviveries for 4 years.
Always worked on my own vehicles, but having to have them in good shape evry day uped my game.
I would check all fluids daily to look for early warning signs. If something is low, look for a leak. I found a bad transmission seal by noticing a drop in trans fluid with no drips.
If antifreeze is going down with no leaks it is burning. Same with oil.
Reconize the symtem early.Get the parts and repair before the major damage is done.
The water pump died because it was running dry after the hose burst and smoked itself. The massive oil leak is from gasket shitting itself after the overheating condition...pretty common for oil leaks after overheating. It may not just be a head gasket, one of the heads could easily be warped and need decking.
The reality is whoever did the coolant lines probably won't accept responsibility and it's very hard to win a civil suit against them. One oversight on a $1 hose clamp totalled out this vehicle.
The water pump bearings will be sealed, not using coolant for lubrication. Pump itself won't care if it is pumping coolant or air.
@@nigelcox1451 Incorrect. The shaft seal on the impeller relies on the coolant to keep it cool and lubricated. Running an centrifugal style pump dry will definitely overheat the seal. It's no different the seals on a crankshaft that require oil to keep it cool. This is pretty standard for centrifugal pumps, whether it's a car's water pump or some kind of heavy industry pump.
Domino Effect.
Prove it.
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@@pennytull7578 You need proof that a hose clamp that was clearly loose and slid off is what caused the coolant leak that overheated an engine? 😱
@@nigelcox1451 All water pumps that aren't oil lubricated (internal) depend on coolant lubrication on the coolant-facing seal. Actually, even on oil lubricated pumps, the coolant facing seal still relies on the coolant to lube that side of the seal. The only "sealed" bearings on a vehicle are ball bearing, and just are not used when their is fluid on other side because fluid ingress on formerly sealed ball bearings, causes a faster failure than just a gradual leak would if fluid lubed instead.
Gotta love how coolant comes in every color of the rainbow now. It's so festive!
I limped into my brother's house with a failing transmission on my less than 2 year old 2000 Accord, 350 miles from home. Honda agreed to replace the transmission under warranty, though the car was above the mileage limit. I drove back home in my brother's vintage Mercury Sable while I worked on getting my Accord fixed at the dealer in Raleigh. A month later it was ready and I drove it back to my brother's house before heading home. My brother was following me and just as I pulled into the driveway, transmission fluid was gushing out. Hose clamps to the transmission cooler lines had not been reinstalled properly. I could have fixed the problem myself with a pair of pliers and a couple quarts of transmission fluid, but we had the car towed back to the dealer so they could verify their screw up. A few months later I found a large bolt in my driveway that looked like it came from my car. Sure enough, it was a bolt from the bell housing to the engine.😠
Being rushed by book time, that happens a lot.
Hah I was pulling an engine out of one of my cars destined for the wreckers (engine was good) and 3/6 bolts holding the trans onto the engine were visibly backed out. Must have been when I did the auto to manual swap and finished at 3 AM at a buddy's house and just wanted to get home ;)
The thing about replacing an engine or a transmission, Bruce, is that a lot of items have to be removed and then reinstalled. Even the best technicians can be distracted by what's happening in the shop, what's going on in their head and are bound to forget to properly put back a thing or two. I once forgot to tighten my own car's lug nuts. It's just human.
@@spanionneo Crap happens, I used to do as much wrenching on my cars and other stuff as I could, and I understand all about the pressures of doing piecework for a living, so I understand this to a point, but still a quick once over should have caught the error. If I screw up when I wrench on my own stuff, I suck it up and try to learn from it, but I expect professionals to care about my car as much as their own. At least the leak happened in my brother's driveway and not on I 95 somewhere.
Sorry we are all human and stuff happens but as the customer, you are not paying for half the work. How many folks charge less because they are having a rough day? As a professional, you have an obligation to do it right. Now, we do all make mistakes but you don't fail to bolt the thing together AND forget to tighten the clamps... that's called sloppy. I would have brought the car back and made them inspect every bolt.
This is the first video I’ve watched from this channel and I’m impressed with this mechanic. I like the way he vocalizes while he works, and I don’t think that’s just for the camera. He treats the car he’s working like it’s a living thing. Even though it’s low end old little car, he gives it respect. Now I think I’ll watch some others.
Yes, and another thing you will see is: even if the customer is being a jerk or making poor repair decisions Ray NEVER takes it out on the cars no matter how angry he is. I seriously admire him, and as a human not just an amazing mechanic! 😊👍
If you treat your machines right your machines will treat you right if not there have been times I've threatened them to send them to the great junkyard in the sky and then they cooperate have a good day
In that same regard of treating it like it's a living thing, that car in this video is getting it's final steps in before it collapses and dies. 😢
I was a mechanic for over twenty years and had the notion in mind that it took many hours of sweat labor and materials to bring a motor vehicle to a useable state so always, well usually always, treated the device with respect, yes, almost like a living being.
Lol so you think he talks to himself that much when he isn’t recording?
The secret to a good TH-cam video is to always be talking, and edit out any pauses that are longer than half a second.
You do know Ford Owned part of Mazda for a very very long time. They shared tech. And it was a Great Relationship.. Next go look up the TSB for this.. They have one for the Faulty Oil Sender... Next time save us all some time and go to the TSB's First. !. And keep making Vids! You rock.
I've got my late father's 1996 4 cylinder Camry. 250,000 kilometres (155,000 miles) and it still drives beautifully and I use it as my daily driver. I still use Dad's mechanic as he knows the car. The value of the car is $200. So what - I have heating, air conditioning, cruise control and a car that never misses a tick in engine or trans.
Pure gold!
@@tommmy1313 And this week I've bought the best tyres available for the wheels. Also $300 of lubricants and filters, etc. Dad always serviced the car and I will continue. Faded paint and old I care not. Sometimes when I'm laughed at I laugh back when I arrive in my late Grandfather's 1956 Rolls (of which I am a custodian) and to be kept for passing down.
I have the same car with the same mileage. Have thrown a lot of parts at it, mostly pro-active stuff. Only thing it really needed was a power steering rack, which was leaking badly. Daily driver, everything works and it drives great.
that's a $3500 car these days
@@Legally_its_a_joke -After seeing your post, a Camry of my model is up for sale at $6,500. I care not for its monetary value, but for its reliability since made. It gives me 9.1 Litres/100km (31 MPG). 10 years ago we sold these old cars for $200 to be crushed. Sorry for the rant.
Previous shop either misdiagnosed the cooling system issue (new radiator) or botched the repair. Loose hose clamp-loss of coolant, air locked cooling system-needs bleeding/burping, bad water pump? Any one of those could cause this engine to overheat and blow the head gasket. Time to go back and insist they make things right, if no satisfaction then threaten a lawsuit. Even a small settlement will help replace this car.
I'm thinking the coolant hose was barely hanging on for a period of time, allowing air into the system. With the loop air-locked, the pump ran itself to death in a no-flow situation.
The interesting part of the video for me: given the oil leaks, a blown head gasket is very likely, but that oil showed no sign of coolant contamination. That disconnected hose, while the actual cause of the issue, may have also prevented (some) further damage by not letting coolant into the crank case.
I suspect the Client is seriously "Pissed Off". Not at Ray, he gave the Client a print out, & probably photos. CLIENT IS Angry.!!! With good cause.
California law is you must return the automobile for repairs, and give the mechanic a chance to make it right at no cost to the Client.
Original Repair Shop or Dealership logs the milage. So if they just realized the dashboard looks like a Christmas tree, drove right over to Rainman Ray's, got the repair estimate. Then towed or drug that little pickup right back to the other shop...they will acknowledge their mistake, & make the repairs.
Hummmm
My mechanic told me, " If I run out of water in the block I will crack it. Here, see this little hose loosen up this clamp, start the car, pull the hose end apart & aim it away from you. If it's shooting water the water pump is working. Refill what you blew out."
It's a bad day for the owners of that little pickup. Looked like Ray had to take some flack from them fo being the bearer of Bad News.
I suspect the owner wasn't telling you everything. That car had a lot of recent work done, all of which suggests there was an overheating incident. Who knows why... Could have been a failed thermostat or neglected maintenance, blown hose, leaking radiator, etc.
That lead to over-pressure which blew off the hose and possibly lead to oil leaks all over. Customer said oil had just been changed, which appears true but makes me wonder what the old oil looked like. They had already fired a parts cannon at it, with a new radiator, new hoses and who knows what else, which the customer apparently didn't mention.
Seems a shame since the car looked to be in good general shape. May have been cheap to buy and fix, if a usable junkyard engine could be found.
new motor mounts too. They really went to town on that turd.
Ya was suspecting vapor lock on the thermostat.
What about the internal water pump?? Maybe its not pumping? Timing cover leaked bad, i bet someone just messed up.
probably brought it to the stealership for an oil change so they would have someone to blame later on. Can't really fault them for not noticing the coolant line being disconnected. Who would think to look for that during an oil change.
Of course they have lied when he stated that the customer recently went to the dealership for a oil change and when they have gotten their car back "all of sudden" these random issues appeared. It appears to me that they're going around in denial looking for that "miracle" to have their car fix on the cheap.
What excellent filming of even the almost inaccessible areas,the explanation too is excellent giving both the probable faults and a suggestioin of the error/failure. This would be a great training video of HOW a diagnosis is made. Excellent production.
I hate when some mechanic take advantage of customers and just throw parts at a problem. It takes a real tech to diagnose the problem and fix it correctly. Thank you Ray for going the profession some hope
No mechanics these days, just a bunch of part changers that don't even know how to diagnose a issue, all they know how to do is plug in a OBD2 sensor. Except for the rainman of course.
Top tip: Do not put your yellow text at the bottom of the video, put it at the top instead. If subtitles are enabled, it will end up over your text in the video. Keep up the good work =)
thank, Ill keep that in mind on my own videos too
From someone who has a deaf grandfather, thank you for saying this. Hopefully Ray will see your comment.
You can’t control where captions fall on TH-cam unless you use broadcast style like cea608 ones which you can via premiere or even compressor. Those you can position where they fall so when there is a graphic you can move it to the top just until it’s clear again. Or offset text left or right to show who’s talking. But you’re supposed to put the persons name so. Closed captions are different from subtitles. Subtitles are just the words said. Cc are that and descriptions of music playing or sound effects. They’re meant for the hearing impaired. And it’s actually a legal requirement broadcast shows have accurate captions. Web has skirted that law for a while but TH-cam is trying. If the user doesn’t add CC themselves or a user doesn’t (you can get followers to add them if you allow which can be good for alt languages) TH-cam’s bot will eventually get to trying to transcribe and make automatic subtitles. It does a decent job.
Also having accurate CCs makes all content searchable, which improves SEO rankings. Closed captions create a text file that search engines can interpret, allowing videos with closed captions to rank significantly higher in search results. So always say and transcribe good keywords. And keywords that work with other words to boost rankings. Like how a webpage being linked to with the right sites improves its rank.
What is it so hard to find a good honest mechanic like Ray?
They're all busy running their TH-cam channels.
Because it costs money to drink whiskey.
It's funny, the customers bar tab is paid and the waitress and bartender are tipped.
But the mechanic is looking for his missing professional tools he still owes payment on, and his kids get Mac and cheese for dinner.
Wtf.
It's a rare person like ray who is smart and adept and has wisdom. I trust he had very good teaching and mentoring because of his good attitude.
being a builder and hobbyist/car enthusiast i can agree that its hard to find, good, honest, and trustworthy, not mechanic, but ppl in total, especially ones willing to spend their whole life in uncomfortable enviroment all day dirty form nasty shmoo of sorts. its just fukin hard to be a craftsman, and one have to have higher than avg iq also, so or its just matter of naturall predispositions to technicall stuff backed with some brain power and good degree of masochism or its just easiest area to go for dumbfucks do sht and go away with it cause its easy to disapear in such an crowd, especially doing stuff that majority of society just totally do not understand and not willing to
That's a fact.
at least Ray and South Main Auto actually work on cars and have shops we can pull into unlike some others. too bad they are both too far to be a practical choice.
Damn you Ray! You got me saying “click” every time I tighten something. Now I’m going to have myself calibrated.
düdüdü! pick up the phone!
Every time I put on a plate on a barbell, I say "click".
@@MrSolomonRing reverse click.....
It’s all infectious…poppin z hood.
even I go düdüdü! when his phone rings in the videos
I wish my speed shop would record all of their work for me like this. These are great videos. I would honestly pay double labor in order to get a video of all of the work at the end of it!
i dunno about double, but I do think you might be on to something..
Yeah.... $250.00 per hour just to get a video log of the service being performed? I think it would be money better spent to take your vehicle to Ray for service.
Last time I had a car in I left my dash cam in on accident and it recorded a majority of the work time. With the hood up all I saw was the space between the hood and the body, but it was neat.
In reality good mechanics dont need to record and show you anyway. My mechanic, first time i went in for multiple issues on a car just purchased, he pulled me into the shop - showed me the crack and leak in my radiator, showed me how the fan wasnt working, explained how it happens so I understood. When I had a brake leak, he pulled me again into the shop, and showed me the calipers and rotors, showed me the brake pads, let me feel and touch the grit along the rotor and explained how the system works, why, and the solutions. He let me feel all the rotors and explained why 2 needed replacing and 2 could be buffed down.
I now exclusively use him not matter the issues or costs. I highly recommend him to everyone. I recently had an employee with an oil issue, went to one of those home,mechanics for 30$ got her an oil change, sprung a massive leak, went to a different guy and paid 50 to get it "fixed", it made it worse (were talking shooting out a whole bottle of oil immediately on startup). She went back to her guy and he said new oil pan.
She finally went to MY guy. He fixed it in 10 mins (it was free), and apparently it was that something wasnt put on right and just needed to be tightened. She paid nearly 100 bucks for something my mechanic did for free in 10 mins. Good mechanics.
@@RikoLime thats way more effort than a recording. shops simply cannot do that with everyone & maintain a schedule.
and the point is not really so you get to see it, most people would have no idea if it was being done right.
its that the mechanic did the work knowing itd was being recorded
It could be determined that leaving that hose off would have damaged that motor and there could be a claim in court that leaves the liability on the dealership, of course the dealership could deny that they left the hose off but there is very good evidence that that is not true, as they did leave the hose off. The bottom line is obviously the person that owns the car doesn't have the money to fix the negligence of a dealership mechanic, this is your typical dealership nonsense that puts a hard-working customer with no way out.
The car should have gone back to the dealership NOT to another repairer as that cancels any claim against the dealer. A visual inspection and written report only by another repairer may have been ok to then take it (on a flatbed truck) back to the dealer.
@@teeanahera8949 you are so wrong, he didn't have to take it back to that dealership being that they were so negligent any normal person reasonably would have never taken it back. All they need is an invoice from race shop that fixed it stating that the hose was off when they inspected and then fix the vehicle, that would be a slam dunk in small claims court. I'm sorry but I don't know where you get your legal information from, I was a law assistant for nearly 18 years and I have seen many of these cases
We needs more Rays in the automotive world!
Not just in the automotive world really - can always apreciate a fella who wants what's right
I was thinking it was the thermostat, staying closed then only opening when it was extremally hot and making steam at high pressure and blew the hose off as I've seen radiators blown apart and hoses blown off because of thermostat failure,
thermostats they make these days need to be replaced every year.
I was waiting for him to mention a T-stat. New hoses, new radiator, new water pump, wouldn't compensate for a faulty t-stat.
These engines are fairly notorious for giving up if you don't look after them
They came in 200/220/240bhp versions and are very very quick to throw in the total of you let them run low on fluids, as seems to have happened here
Cheaper to buy a new vehicle than fix the issues with that one realistically
Coolant was probably never changed or changed before 60,000 miles/5 years too. Doesn't help when shops add "universal coolant" to top off. No such thing as a coolant that covers all.
no it was too clean, a blowout like that would have coolant everywhere.
That's because the wax pellet they use in those thermostats these days is made of Chinesium ear wax.
Reminds me of an old story from my mechanic days. We just closed and I see this car driving towards the shop misfiring bad and smoke pouring out from the engine bay. Open the hood and it's like a mushroom cloud, when the steam clears I see a melted coolant overflow container and a burnt to a crisp upper radiator hose. No compression in the middle two cylinders of the Mitsubishi four banger. The head was warped so bad when sitting on a flat surface the middle had about 1/8" gap. But the best part of the story is how this happened. The guys daughter was driving and the coolant temp light came on. She did what her father taught her to do and pulled over and turned it off. She called her dad and by the time he got there it had cooled down and was running ok. So he gave her his car and decided to drive the daughter's car to the shop a few miles away. About half way the temp light comes on and not following his own advice continues on because it's not that much farther. About two blocks away it started misfiring then smoking and still he continued on because he's almost there, can't be too bad..... That was the most expensive repair bill in all my time working as a mechanic.
Worst thing I ever saw turning wrenches. We had a kid do a simple oil change. New tech and very young fills the oil to where he can see it in the valve cover. He filled the engine with like 12 quarts of oil. We had the oil service guns that just filled everything from a tank. He starts it and tries to back it out. Goddamn thing is hydrolocked from oil. I have never seen that **** in all of my life ever again. Needless to say, he packed his tool box.
@@JonDoee2343 No way someone that oblivious to auto maintenance has a tool box 😂😂
@@JonDoee2343 12 quarts of motor oil, perhaps? Yes; if I'd need to restore the oil supply, I'd fill the oil up first, and then ensure that it's ½" over the max fill line on the dipstick, but only after the air is sucked out.
I heard a thud underhood, and my battery and (O) light turned on. I knew immediately what it was - the only belt under hood broke away. I was about 3 Km from my house, so I continued, shutting the car down at each red light. I got home, installed a spare belt, and no lasting damage was done. 4G32 engines are pretty durable.
I never trust those Idiot lights
All of these mechanic videos I see say customer says oile light is on so they start it up, see the light and drive it with the light, my first check would be is there oil before I start it.
The oil pressure sensor is usually near the oil filter.
Just had to fix a coolant leak another tech missed after installing a brand new engine. Very concerning when we dont want to lift the body off the frame to do it again. Not fun. Something as simple as aknicked o-ring coolant leak can cause such grief!
Keep keen and keep making those awesome videos man!
After installing a junkyard engine in my van, the t joint in my radiator hose disintegrated while driving down the road... thankfully I noticed it was overheating right when it happened and pulled off the road.
This channel turned me from someone with a good reliance on my dealership (European by the way) To someone who has a grounded understanding of fundamental mechanical work and cars so I can atleast manage most jobs myself. ( Everything Ray explains is actually easy to source read if you can find the propper manuals It also gives you a handbook written by the engineers to fact check annything a dealership of mechanic might say to you )
The 3.0 Duratec V6 in my opinion is one of the best engines Ford has made.I personally have maintained one exclusively for a customer for over 12 years.Other than a water pump regular tuneups it's never had any issues over the last 100k plus miles.The problem is it's a escape and the rust will take it off the road.
I have a rust free 05 Ford Ranger on my channel with 192,000 miles on it. I drive it in Michigan winters too. All you need to do is take care of your vehicle. Wash it. It will last. My truck is proof.
What about the timing chain?
Timing chain cover leaks
Don’t have rust issues here in NC but good luck trying to find one for under 3k don’t matter the year
my Chrysler 3.3 didn't even need a water pump at 159k, still runs like new. I just keep the oil changed and replaced the plugs once. The rest of the van may be crap but there's a lot of those 3.3's still running around.
Have you thought of letting your customers know about your youtube channel? This way they can see that you, unlike many other mechanics, are legit, honest and truthful. Just a thought.
@Repent to Jesus Christ! has nothing to do with the orig comment
@@Erik_C_251 It has nothing to do with anything, really.
@Star Gazer quotes like that are made to fit anything but nothing specifically that's the name of the game with religion. Kinda like most drake lyrics
they would need to sign a release form or something because then they would try to sue. people are stupid and would pull off something like that.
Lol I see alot of mistakes done here so I don't think it would be a great advertisement.
"one problem fixed" - when I heard that, I just knew that wasn't true without any cue from the video title. In my experience, even remotely modern cars don't lose that much coolant unless there's a proper leak.
A radiator cap that doesn't hold pressure is often the culprit when there's overheating, but no sign of a leak.
I would have had to car towed home, and call a lawyer. I have a funny feeling this video will end up as evidence in small claims lol
HE WILL NEED A 3 PIECE SUIT AFTER THIS VIDEO.
Engine is already junk. No need to tow it.
@@mph5896 ... obligation is to mitigate any damage, or losses ... so, would recommend the tow as Court will see you being responsible ...
@@Jester-Riddle @@Jester-Riddle The driver continued to drive it even after the red oil light was on, the coolant light was on and there was a smell. A reasonable person would have stopped the car and investigated the matter. Instead the owner continued to drive it.
No backstory on who replaced the hoses, why or when they were done. You can see @ 5:53 the witness mark on the hose in where it was previously tightened. My hypothesis is the car had a head gasket issue and previously blew the hose due to combustion gasses/high pressure in the cooling system. Somebody replaced the hoses and put the car back in service. Once the exhaust gasses pressurized the cooling system again, and blew apart the weakest link.
As far as litigation, litigation is a waste of time. Hiring a lawyer over a 20 year old POS car would be like throwing money out the window. Small claims would be an option, but thats up to the owner, who was already negligent.
@@mph5896 Agreed, It's idiotic to keep driving with all the warning lights on.
One thing I taught my wife - A RED LIGHT on dash ALWAYS means STOP DRIVING ASAP.
Oil, brakes, alternator etc.
Obviously, even if the hose failed, the owner did not care enough to stop driving it before it became permanent damaged.
This car was probably started overheating a while ago and that took the head gasket out. So the owner replaced all the coolant parts and still not getting fixed. (That was his big mistake.) The hose completely came off in the shop or just before the shop. So replace the water pump, head gasket, oil sensor and that thing still would not be fixed. In the 1970s i would throw $1500 at cars and the next day something else would break. Chrysler mini vans fuel pumps would go out like clockwork at 150,000 miles. I traded 2 off rather then going down that $600 rabbit hole. I the early 2000s I gave away two cars rather then shot gun parts at them. Following the cars to the shade tree mechanics I gave them to. They lost money on those free cars trying to keep them running. You are going to see more of this with the junkers on the road today because of the car shortage and people will still be owing money on them. 15 years from now we will be watching videos asking is that electric car worth putting a new battery in???
@@2148aa I read an article where a guy literally blew up a tesla because a replacement battery was 1/2 of the price for a new tesla. I believe it was a 2013 if I'm not mistaken.
@@MrTrailerman2 th-cam.com/video/vp0tGI1KUVU/w-d-xo.html
if the h/gaskets blown,there milky oil,or bubbles in the rad.. unless very minor,,for now.. did the thermostate get replaced with the trunk lid,,they did eveyrthing else..
Ray. Your customers are so lucky that you record everything. I wish mine did. Thanks for taking great care of everyone
People think the OEM spring clamps are a pain and swap them for those threaded kind.
Springs tighten themselves as the hose compresses
I actually really like the spring ones.
I’ve had the spring one blow off. Replaced them with worm drive.
My 08 Edge spring clamp broke in half with the slightest touch one day. But the hose never leaked as motor was off , I replaced all of them with stainless screw type. Weird.
Old guy tip: I won't even attempt start a customers engine without checking the oil first.
or coolant etc. Low oil light and over heating. starts car first :S
Oh yeah. I have had them bring them to me with one drop left in it.
@@Mr_jz_12 With those indicators illuminated the game is usually over anyway.
1st thing he did was ... Check the oil.
@@Ty-bz7zx you seem to have a memory issue there. Watch the video again.... Hint: it wasnt.
Your skill continues to amaze me. Mass respect!
Be blessed
My escape had all those issues - misfires on cold start, occasionally ran hot, oil light on at idle, went off when revved, massive oil leak all over the AC compressor....
Turned out to be bad head gasket. coolant entered cylinder as it cooled down, burned off after warming up.
Oil pressure sending unit totally failed and was blowing oil
I found a good source for remanufactured heads. Did the full head replacement and timing chain overhaul, new sending unit, full gasket set
runs like a champ now. Did the whole thing for right around $1000. Couldn't have bought another escape for that. Especially one with a whole top engine overhaul
Love your channel. Always interesting, never boring. Commentary very informative for non mechanically inclined people, like me!
That's why I got a strange look when I said OK to over $2K in repairs
on my '86 Olds. With everything fixed, it's better than anything else I
can get for that much. That was 10 years ago. $225 a year.
I like payments like that
word. The bill is expensive but if you are using the bill's money + broken car value you cannot get another one. So might as well foot the bill. Only if you had planned to change car for the heck of it does it make sense to not repair.
That I enjoy and benefit from your video's would be an understatement. Deep appreciation for your pragmatic, structured approach to problem solving. It's a rare skill set to focus on the task at hand while explaining procedures and the thinking behind them, calmly and with a dose of humor. Highly relatable experienced-based instruction. Bravo...keep them coming please!
You also have a serious vocabulary with a masters eye for detail.
Not to blow smoke atcha 😉
I was thinking the radiator was replaced, when the real issue may have been the water pump the whole time.
I totally feel you on this one. I do taxes for a living. Clients don't like bad news and will ignore the problem instead of trying to fix it.
So your trusting clients get told on by you if they don't pay your extortion? Sounds fair 🤪😀
Soo interesting. I imagine your career is *so* rewarding.
When I worked as a mechanic, I opened the hood "before" I started it and checked that it "looked" good before I drove into the workshop !!! ESPECIALLY if the customer talked about oil lamps etc. etc. before the car arrived ;-D
Sadness for the customer... No fix ..no car soon! Appreciate your integrity in analyzing the problem. Have a great day!.
Replace the water pump and thermostat, add a bottle of Blue Devil or K-seal and it will be good for another 50,000 miles for under $500.
First rule of mechanic, never tell a customer how long an engine will last. Next thing you know you'll be sitting in a court room defending yourself when it doesn't last that long.
Never touch a car.
Yeah, if it doesn't run out of oil while they are driving.
Your batting a 1000.... stay vigilant my friend...lol Good stuff Ray.. great documentation. Stay safe and be well. Have a good rest of your day.
Started watching your videos not too long ago, love 'em and are educational. =)
All it took me was one video and I’ve been hooked ever since I’ve never been more interested in watching videos about fixing vehicles in my life 😆 you gotta subscriber in me
Duratech 3.0 24v is very well engineered and can handle a few overheats without damage but it has quite a few plastic parts to the coolant system and they have a short lifespan including the water pump impeller! SMH'
And that is the root cause of the problem for this car , impeller just sitting still while the shaft spins away! I bet the pressure blew that top hose clean off the gooseneck!
A common problem with the cooling system on those early duratec 3.0 engines was the plastic water pump impeller coming apart. The pump is easily accessed. It is cam driven with a belt from the front head
I enjoy watching other people work on cars. It's interesting to see the thought process of others. I can't diagnose that particular vehicle without seeing it in person, but I would most likely have taken a different approach. Keep on wrenching and learning if you enjoy what you are doing. I still like learning new things after more than 30 years of experience.
Especially someone who knows what they are doing lol
What approach would you wave taken?
The reason for this is that some bright young thing at Ford thought it would be a good idea to bury the water pump in a position that turns a ten minute job into a three hour one, so whoever worked on it before has thrown parts at it to avoid the job that really needed doing!
It's all about shop hours. Bury high failure parts and make them as difficult as possible to repair to book more shop hours. Think starter under the intake manifold.
The alternator on my '05 Tribute was buried so low in the engine bay, the right side drive axle had to be removed to change it. Makes sense to put it where it would get soaked every time it rained...
It is all about efficient engines and efficient manufacturing (lean).
The result is plastic clips, nothing can be fixed,etc
Toyota does the same. Most 4 cyl and fwd V6 motors are the same. I have a 2001 Camry V6 with the water pump buried deep in the heart of the motor. Water pump and timing belt together. Do one you may as well do both.
@@jayjaynella4539 how can you compare the mz to this Ford junk. Lol
I have always worked on my own vehicles because shops, especially dealers don't always properly repair your vehicle. I appreciate the fact you show the vehicle before you start and as you work.
i know very little about cars, so why am I fascinated with your videos (also: Just rolled in)? I guess it's nice to see somebody at work who knows his job and has integrity on top of that.
I was gonna forget to have a nice day....thanks for reminding me. Also, the repair cost may have exceeded the value of the vehicle, but do the repair costs exceed the price of a replacement vehicle ? a lady friend did not want to pay the $3K cost to replace the engine in her car so she went out and bought an $18K car...go figure.
Very good point, and probably a fair few good 3.0 engines in rotted out Escapes. (mind you, the case you mentioned needs context. If the 3k was to replace the engine in a rotting 95 taurus & she replaced it with 18k of '13 BMW then that would kinda make more sense in a way)
@@danmackintosh6325 100% correct there. There are are a million cars on the road that a $3000 repair bill sends them to the scrap yard.
OK people.
Blue Book value, and replacement value on used Auto. Are never the same totals.
Car lots sell them for considerably more money than Blue Book.
We had a similar situation; turned out when it was later diagnosed that the '03 G. Cherokee we had been (but weren't) driving had its entire oil system collapse. Also other repairs were discovered to be needed. (Neighbor bought it off of us, knew about it, had a mechanic in the family). We needed a car, so we took advantage of a Zero-down sale going on. This car we now have is not inexpensive, but we needed one and the Zero-down was what we needed. /HTH
My mom and dad had one of those each. Even if they did fix the engine the trans usually goes around 100k anyways. The 3L was kind of peppy, likley too peppy for the transmission.
Funny, that was also Ford's issue with 3.8L Windstars, Tauruses, & Sables. The transmissions usually couldn't handle the power of the 3.8, but were more reliable with the 3.0.
That's called ragging out the vehicle. Doesn't matter how powerful the engine is, if you take advantage of that performance then pay for it in the long term. It's gotten worse, with each revision of tranny that is also more complex to rebuild or expensive to replace.
Remember, you don't buy the budget class vehicle to drive it hard. That's what vehicles with more margin (higher tow capacity) are for, if not a sports car.
Remove all valuables and park it in the bad section of town with the windows down and keys in it.
I think it would make a great TH-cam video. You know, those wonderful ones that show the engine being run wide open until the guts fall out of it, or it explodes? /had to say it
I'd use water while testing cooling system... then coolant if all good :)
I knew this car was toast from the start, the steering wheel cover is on upside down. The seam on those covers are supposed to be at the bottom, six o'clock position.
The engine got so hot that it blew a hole in the radiator. So they change the radiator and hoses, not fixing the main problem of coolant flow. After the radiator was repair, the engine overheated again and blew the upper radiator hose off. It was the weakest link....Then all of Ray's conclusions were correct about #1 cylinder. What do you think?
I had that once, radiator blew followed by a hose two weeks later, I figured the car was as good as dead as it wasn't worth a head repair. but I replaced the hose just in case
Somehow I've still got it 40,000 miles and 7 years later without another complaint (from the cooling system anyway)
That was a lower radiator hose....
I'd check the thermostat before pulling the water pump as far as the coolant issue but that misfire could be any number of things. It's obviously not circulating so I'd pull the thermostat out, put the housing back on and see if it circulates freely and if it does and there's a cracked head or coolant leak into that cylinder it's going to show up very quickly either in the oil or out the exhaust and very likely bubbling the coolant reservoir. But long story short, that would be the quickest and cheapest way to check for cracked or warped head. Then if there's no evidence of coolant loss or excessive heat in the motor, replace the thermostat and gasket button up the cooling system and start checking the ignition components related to number 1. Could be a bad coil pack, broken plug, broken wire, missing wire, faulty boot, there's literally a handful of things that'd be basically free to check other than your time to isolate the issue. Mazda sucks when it comes to overheating and head issues but sometimes you get lucky and it's the little things that are causing the problem.
Ditto. Good ideas.
Ford also has the "Cylinder Head Over-temperature Protection" mode in a lot of vehicles, including some Ford based Mazdas. Not sure about this year of Tribute, but I know the 2008+ Tributes have it. Its pretty good at protecting the heads from damage. Kills some of the cyclinders and puts the engine in limp mode to keep it from getting too hot. It would throw a P1299 code, though, but that could have been cleared before bringing it in. And so, to your point, the head could be OK and the misfire caused by something else.
Hi Ray, I was surprised that you did not check the oil level prior to moving the vehicle once you saw the oil light was on. In any case thanks for the video and keep them coming. Eric
Absolutely correct. And how did he niss the hose prior to topping up the coolant?
The customer drove it there, with the oil light on. The damage has already been done unfortunately. Typically if it comes directly of the road in said condition, there's no reason to take extra precaution before pulling it in.
@@NoName-yi4sk So in effect, you are saying 2 wrongs make it right????
I have had that same thing happen, replace hoses, rad etc use wormclamps - 2 yrs later I just park truck from a drive and see a river of coolant flowing. So grateful it never happened at highway speeds etc or far from home. Probably why manufacturers use springclamps etc; I only had to refill and bleed mine other than the wasted coolant on the ground now I go and retighten those clamps every oil change.
The hose , if correctly tightened down with a clamp properly positioned should have never have "fallen " off. One problem has led to another and starting with whomever replaced the cooling system is where this customer needs to start. Good diagnosis. Great video.
I've seen a lot of pro mechanics forget to turn the heat on and burp the coolant system and it causes over heating issues, leading to engine damage and failure. This is why you need a sign over your head as a reminder to do this.
That or look for bleed screws on the radiator, thermostat or heater matrix hose
Sounds about exactly what happened to my 2001 Protege. Except in my case it was not incompetence, it was the plastic radiator reservoir deciding to rupture and leak all my coolant while on the freeway. By the time I noticed what was happening...it was too late. Ran fine for two weeks after the offending part was replaced, but then violent shaking started and a random misfire code popped up.
My 06 Impreza got sabatoged. Took it in for tires and an oil change. Took it back the next day, horrible vibration. Lugs were loose and I trashed 2 studs. They repaired it free. 2 days later car dies on the highway. Towed to a different shop, no coolant, bent valves. I think the mechanic drained it because he got in trouble for messing up the wheel job. How else could it get a full inspection and 2 days later have no coolant? Never over heated because it was -20F outside that whole week.
@@penguin12902 my situation was more just residual damage from overheating. The mechanic that replaced the radiator was a trusted independent mechanic my family had gone to for nearly a decade. Very trustworthy, and would advise against certain repairs if they thought there was enough reason to. He warned me that replacing the radiator might not be enough and the car could show effects of damage later but I had the radiator replaced anyway.
That engine if I recall employs a cylinder head temp sensor, it isn't actually exposed to coolant, it measures the temperature of the cylinder head itself. It's data is used by the PCM to infer an approximate coolant temperature which is then shared with the instrument cluster to actuate the gauge. The PID you needed to use while looking at PCM data was CHT. Because of the use of this sensor, the PCM strategy is able to provide failsafe cooling. Alternate fuel injectors will be disabled, allowing the engine to run on 3 cylinders, and air will be pumped through the other 3 to air cool the engine. The 4.6 and 5.4 modular motors have this feature as well. Even in the case of catastrophic coolant loss, the engine is able to protect itself. It can be driven in this limp mode for quite some time. The PCM will disable the engine if the CHT gets too high, before damage to head/gasket will occur. Bottom line, I don't think this has a head gasket issue. I'd bet the impeller on the water pump is finless. Quite possible the misfire is a PCM coil driver and or coil issue. Was a common failure on these back in the day.
My neighbor had simulator problem with 04 Chevy. It had a blown head gasket...headed to junk yard.
I convinced her to let us add of engine sealer...nothing to loose at this point. Bought a can of blue devil
engine head gasket sealer and followed directions on can. Bingo ! That has been four years ago and
still running good. Yes, I know she lucked out, but for $15.00 engine is still doing well. Lucky her !
Ray learned something from my Dad is never trust a clamp if the hose pop then I learned that the squeeze clamps are the best not those screw clamps and pressure test! Just supprized me cause I use to at one time believe the screw clamp was best proved wrong same with using a pop hose clamps it will bite you
Dang, those 3.0 fuurds were pretty danrnd reliable. Really, only surpassed by the GM 3800. My 3.0 Ranger lasted 300,000 with routine maintenance. The Space Ranger was just as good at 300,000 as 30,000.
I agree with you. We have a Mazda 6 wagon with the Duratec and an Escape with the same engine. The 6 is at 149K on the clock, and the Escape is over 100K. I had a shop change the water pump on the 6 only as a precaution at the 100K mark, but those engines seem pretty solid to me.
Gram and gramps bought a new mazda mpv van in 1990 with the 3.0 that went 320,000 miles when a head gasket went pop in 2008. Timing belts every 60k and oil changes every 2k. The van is still on the road and just about at 500k on it. The engine still had very clear cross hatching on the walls when I did the head gaskets.
@@ducewags while that MPV 3.0 was a really good engine, if I remember correctly, its quite a bit different than the Vulcan and Duratec 3.0s that were in Furrds and Mazda's after 92. Honestly that 3.0 MPV 6 was an amazing engine on its own.
@@Dis-Emboweled YEP, and it was a rear wheel drive MPV, so the engine was facing the proper way for timing belts and head gaskets. Gramps only drove RWD cars, never had faith in a sideways engine. He had a 1979 olds delta 88 that pushed 400k on the 350 holly gas 4 bbl. Gramps was a Federal meat inspector here in Minnesota and racked up miles like a space villan. His cars never rusted, as they got washed every tank fill up, and garaged.
@@ducewags hi from mpls
I've left hose clamps loose more than once. that's why it's good to take the extra time and bring the engine up to temp and check for leaks. too much liability having the customer do the testing for you(while driving away), especially if they are clueless.
I hear this I had a shop pop a oil line to the turbo charger on my bmw 535i 2008. It went in for a new radiator and coolant hoses and I guess they jabe a hole in the oil line.
We drove it home in the evening parked it in the garage the next day on my wa to do some errands I was going to be heading out to the freeway to pick up my brother for the weekend. We'll I ended up pulling up at the store to pick some stuff up for dinner before heading out. It's a good thing I did that thing was leaking oil badly when I opened up the door there was a huge oil puddle that filled the whole parking spot the length of the car and you could see it dripping down the front of of hood bumper area.
It's crazy to think what would have happened had I not pulled over first and headed to the freeway instead not knowing it was leaking Mayne a blown engine by the time I figured out there was no oil in it.
I had some pick me up and thencar towed back to the shop when I got home you could see a large puddle on the garage floor and all the way down the driveway was a trail of oil.
The shop paid dealer for their error that paid the full cost of the towe they paid for a rental car and they fixed the car free of charge they also paid for my drive way to be pressure washed. If they had only checked for leakes before the car left it could have been avoided.
I've said it before, I commend you on your tact sir. Most people would be bad mouthing the previous mechanic but not you. I wish more people would be like you! 👍
Interior looks surprisingly clean. We don't get much of that in Canada. That car would be a pile of rust if it was driven north of the border. Sometimes I watch your videos just to see the lack of rust under the cars you work on.
Once over heated, the thermostat usually does not operate correctly. This could be another reason why the coolant hoses remained cold. I have purchased new thermostats in the past only having to return due to it being defective.
I take it they didn’t mention the recent work or the overheating to the person because it was a quick patch job to try to fix the issue and they believed whatever they were doing was going to fix the overheating problem but in reality it didn’t but they just did what they did and said Yep it’s fine. Don’t tell a customer about it just sell it perfect vehicle no issues. Oil leaks but there’s so minuscule it’s not a problem.
Videos like these make me understand the $99 diagnostic fee some shops charge. Luckily I don’t go to those places anymore I know a shop owner who looks at my car and tells me what’s up
I took my car to Walmart to get an oil change.
They stripped the oil plug bolt sadly the metal shavings from the pan could get into the pistons so I had to get a new oil pan.
The time before that I had another car which I took it regularly to the Stealership sadly they never changed the oil filter which gave me several warning lights… I did an engine flush and voila! Everything was good after.
Moral of the story don’t trust anyone but yourself.
I've never heard of a stealership skipping the oil filter change before.
@@ozzierabbit587
Correct, that happens more at independent garage, where they don't always have stock of every filter out there, and they don't want to send the customer away.
If it has a blown head gasket in a crack in the head and antifreeze is leaking into the combustion chamber it will clean that carbon if the carbon is present it's not cracked
I am a retired tech. I worked on so many of these engines. I was always leary when there is a new cooling system !! how long was it driven overheating before etc. then hose falls off . Stick a fork in it it's done. Good work.
Stay retired please. Mitsubishi enigines can run for hours before any heat damage 2 hose/head etc. This story is bullshit
My guess from experience with thermostats sticking when the engine has no coolant in it is that changing the thermostat would have solved the cooling circulation issue and the not taking more coolant, but still needed a head and leaks fixed on a $2500 car so not worth doing
Only if you do the work yourself. This is why It's good to learn as many skills as you can.
@@clevc112 sorry I was saying that the car was only worth $2500 and not the cost of the repairs.
$2,500 is still cheaper than a $10,000 replacement
@@ivanolsen7966 even with inflation that car in working condition is $3k
Whoever forgot the lower radiator hose should be covered in the repair. That being said call the attorney first
Thank you for your videos, I want to learn and these videos are perfect.
I used to own a Mazda Tribute, great car, but will never buy another Ford vehicle. Everything started to breakdown, used to cost a fortune in repairs. Thanks Ray, from Sydney Australia.
Just realized you are located 6 miles from my house. I had posted a message a while back stating “I wish I had a mechanic like you!” Come to find out, I Do! Just replaced my radiator and fan in my parking lot at apt. I did the first oil change but excited for my next one. Going to bring it in and have you give it a look see as I just bought it and it had sat for a year and the people I bought it from didn’t know much about it as it was her sisters car who became ill and so she took it over on payments and let it sit for a year or so till she decided to sell it. I could have had you look at it before I bought it. Now I know. See you in a couple thousand miles.
I hope you had them sign a statement relieving you from all responsibility.
A good example of letting an independent mechanic preform a thorough check of any used car before purchasing. The small amount spent can save you thousands.
Good job identifying probable failures. Glad you all didn’t get involved in the repair. I always hated to get involved in multiple problems. You never get all facts of who did what, and you just “bought” that car’s future problems.
I feel for anybody buying a used can in this economy! That one there I would stop at the first one I saw though before you end up stranded at a red light with people giving you dirty looks!
Take it to Ray before you buy............. He will be reeeally happy!
i bought a used 21 jeep wrangler from car max 13.000 miles wish me luck so far so good couldn't find any new ones gave a new price for it
Ya, if someone was standing in front of my car with a used can while I was stopped at a red light I would be giving dirty looks too. He, he.
@@henrybucki7813 lol bro that's a new car?
might point out that that coolant system will never be pressurized. it clearly has an overflow line which prevents that from happening...
That thing overheated and blew the top hose off I think you are correct in suspecting the water pump and that caused the rest of the issues. In the UK garages we call these type of vehicles sheds because that's all there good for lol.
I've watched many of these garage channels from the USA but have now elected only to follow this one now as Ray seems to be a good operator. I don't understand why so many people seem to have no loyalty and jump from fixer to fixer. My advice is find a good one, build a relationship based on openness and honesty and stick with them. Machines need to be maintained so don't wait until they are completely knackered before you visit your garage.
It’s that whole “find a good one” that’s a problem.
check out South Main Auto channel also,Eric O is another good troubleshooter/mechanic.
Wouldn't surprise me if the head gasket is bad being low on coolant but are you sure its not air locked? That'd explain why it wouldn't take much new coolant. I've had many bag Ignition coils and a few ecms that the bad coil wiped out the driver. Wires like to break right where they come out of the ECM at the firewall too, had one that was a control for a coil. Also had a couple bad faulty fuel injectors. Those escapes are shit boxes
I hope they have AAA when their engine seizes up or just stops from over heating. Great work Ray! 👍🏻
the car will be reported stolen shortly and found burnt out
@@debeeriz 🤣
I fixed a car that was not worth it 8000 for car new tires rotors brakes.. normal mateinence. New battery radiator headers to tip exhaust cam sensors nator starter all fuses at the end I put it about 3 to 4 gs I did the work so it wasn't bad on labor costs but it exceeded the cars worth after it was totalled but lasted 3 more years nothing needed but oil and I scrapped it and got my mo eys worth and while I had the parts off I bought a 500 accord that ran beautifully all it needed was a vacuuming of the ac and a new value for the low pressure line and it lasted me 2 years till I got a newer car .... love what you do man
Those 3.0L 24V Duratec engines are excellent btw! Haven't been produced in a long while & that SUV is 15+ yrs old!!
There’s a reason why pretty much any 01-07 escape on the road nowadays has the ‘V6’ badge on them. Have an 07 myself and have only had to replace oil pan and valve cover gaskets beyond standard maintenance.
That coolant tank looked like it had an overflow hose on it, dripping coolant when he poured it in. Could the tank build up pressure with something like that on it?
Wondered the same.
the cap seals the overflow at low pressures. he had the cap off to fill the system, as such it will over flow with the cap removed.
@@TheNjamr Thanks for the explanation!
It’s done like that for overflow situations if too much pressure builds up the excess will blow out that hose and not blow up the tank or engine it has a place to escape.
The 2 big possible problems, after finding no pressure in the coolant hoses, 1) the thermostat is staying closed, 2) the water pump is broken. The only other thing would be a blocked radiator but, he said that looked new.
It does sound like the head gasket had failed some time ago, most likely from overheating.
The bottom hose will eventually blow off once the pressure increases to an extreme state, if not that hose, then, the 'weakest link' in the cooling system will let go.
It's a shame the owners killed the engine. Looking at the car, it might have been worth putting an exchange engine in.
"asking the customer what they want to do"
*Checks timestamp*
Yeah that's a no. At least people are consistent (and this was the right choice on this old beast)
Could the hose have been blown off by pressure from overheated coolant in the engine?
not if the clamp was on
The clamp was not tightened enough
@@colchronic wrong kind of clamp
@@ninjamaster3453
Excellent point.
If head gasket leaked wouldn’t matter what kind clamp was used. None of those hoses and clamps designed to handle cylinder compression levels.
I can so appreciate a mechanic that talks to the car and the part it works. I’m of the same belief; if you talk nice to it it might behave better.
What I wouldn't give for a thorough and honest mechanic such as yourself
Ray, you need to have your own shop and train your own mechanics, in proper diagnosing and troubleshooting. You would do very well.
You gonna borrow him the money?
@@hundredlives3910 I think you mean "Are you going to loan him the money." 🤣
@@hundredlives3910 My Back scratches, can you itch it?