Stop Destroying Your Car Engine! (Don't Make These Mistakes)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มี.ค. 2023
- Don't make these mistakes or you will destroy your car's engine, and fast. These are some of the easiest and some of the worst mistakes to make with maintenance and with car ownership. You have to watch out, or these top 5 mistakes car owners make will catch you and steal your money, either through lowered car reliability or higher car depreciation!
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At this point I just need a reliable car that will help me get from A to B. These Luxury cars just seem like a waste of money and a headache
Some really can be indeed
Your right, it doesn’t pay to keep up with the Jones’s. I know what I signed up for when I buy my German cars and I’m willing to put in the work to maintain them. However if I recommend someone a car it’s going to be ford focus/Toyota Corolla/Honda Civic because at the end of the day people just need to get from point A to B and will either not have the knowledge or the willingness to maintain something more then your basic car.
@@geraldchapman6865 do you recommend a 2015 manual Chevy Cruze?
Life's too short to drive boring cars
the problem is, there are not really too many dependable vehicles and then add in not taking care of them. you do not need a BMW, Benz, Cadillac to own a dependable vehicle.
That's basically it. All in one guide for pros and noobs. Totally agree on the oil interval change, spot on. We got here a guy ages ago made the news lines and newspapers hitting a 1 million kilometers on an old Zastava 750 and once they asked him how did he do it, that's not possible?! He said he loves his car a lot, dedicated lot of hours in regular maintenance and oil change every 1000 kilometers! That says it all.
Cheers
2 leaks you don't want to be panicking about:
1. Tail pipe leaking water (water is natural by-product of combustion and dripping water is normal)
2. Water from the air conditioning unit (water condenses there and creates small puddle of water after normal driving; nothing to worry about)
Just so you don't worry and potentially get played by a not-so-scrupulous mechanic. Pick a garage that has a lot of customers, because they're more likely dealing with enough real problems; or very good reputation to build on.
Makes me wonder what the start- stop system is doing to the turbo when the engine shuts of at every stop light.
Indeed, invention of the devil, I turn mine off every journey.
These are all great information. Especially the cold starts and ignoring check engine lights
Great Info. Appreciate Ur Experience & Knowledge About These High Tech Cars ! I Always Share Ur Videos With My Large Family. 😎👌
Great info as always brother !!
Thank you so much Ken, hope you have a great week.
Very nice video and thanks for sharing this information ❤😊
Love the channel as always
Great info Mark. Keep them coming
You got it!
I drive old beaters, and always use premium ethanol free gasoline on the grounds that if ethanol gums up the carborator on my snow thrower, chain saws, and lawn mowers, than I don't want to run even my old clunkers on ethanoled gasoline, though when filling the jerry cans I always fill the vehicle first so as to clear any ethanol lower octane gasoline left in the pump hoses from the previous customer, it seems best practice to me to always use the best fuel and oil that you can for your engines.
Time factor is also important for proper oil change intervals. 6 months for mostly city driven vehicles is recommended by many makes.
A good tip for people changing their own oil is to use a ring cut from gasket paper, as well as a new oil sump drain bolt washer, so that if the sump is accidentally overfilled, some oil can slowly be allowed to drain out again by slightly slackening off the bolt, then retightening without the risk of constant dripping from the previously tightened crush washer.
Great tips Mark !!!🇨🇦
Thank you very much. Greatly appreciated.
It is a crying shame lots of car owners refuse to follow the Manufacture' Suggested Routine Maintenance.
Really good advice !!!
Glad it was helpful!
Always take care of your vehicle properly, especially the engine.
It will make the car last a lot longer
Do you life in Alaska or something? Always freezing and snow.
At 10:00 you discuss idling for turbo. But I thought modern engines will cool down a hot turbo even after shut off?
With the old fashioned car I changed oil every 3,000 mi. With these new fashion cars a Mazda 6 in the hood and a Hyundai sonata I changed oil every 4,000 mi
I'd recommend 5K -7K max on turbo charged vehicles? 10K -15 is asking for serious engine wear. Remember, brand new engine's actually use oil at first, nobody seems to realize this fact? The most critical oil change is when an engine is brand new. I always change the oil on my new vehicles at between 500 and 700 miles? It gets all the break-in metal out of your engine after initial break-in? When have you heard this out of anyone's mouth, in the last 20 years? My engine's look brand new inside them at 60K? No sludge ever? If you go to 10K or 15K oil change intervals, you will drastically lessen the life of your engine, just like the dealership wants?
The irony that luxury cars use cheaper components than cheaper mid range cars.
As for the first point you mentioned there is lot of people if not 99% dont know that antifreez must be changed at a certain time,,i always hear them saying if antifreez in not low then no need to change and when it is low they add tap water,,,🤦♂️
Antifreeze degrade as it goes through cycles of heating. Just topping up mot enough to reconditoin a 5-8 litres of liquid
Owner's Manual is everything. 9:51 And "Foreplay is key..."😂
Cheers
"Foreplay is key". That is what she said! LOL
Haha, true that
Oh man, that salesman sure looked creepy with that smile. If I was there and saw him smile like that I would run away!
I totally agree, looked greasy
Very informative!
Some new information for me, as well.
A $500 hat from the dealership? Looks good Mark!
Thanks, yes these car companies are getting a free plug. Either way, when its so cold here, almost always need hats, gloves and toques. Glad it can help a little with some of this info. There is always something we can learn. I know this wise old man once told me, "if a day goes by and I have not learned anything, that was a waste of a day"
Have an amazing weekend Thomas. Are you driving the Porsche in these months? I am guessing you guys don't get a lot of snow, mostly rain?
@@ECPP I can't help but admire you guys and how you adopt to cold weather, as you do. A friend of mine in Minnesota got about 3 in of snow yesterday. Two seasons, it seems. Snow or sun. So my hats off, so to speak, do you guys. Then, fighting the elements, working and raising a family in addition to your channel says a lot about you.
Yes! Driving the Porsche around, now. You have touched upon extended vehicle warranties, on your channel. Anyone in the right mind needs to take out the extended warranty, after reviewing its coverage. Especially on the BMW, Mercedes and Porsche brands. I could give a long story regarding a recent visit to the dealership on my Porsche. Essentially, the warranty covered $30,000 worth of things, with very little cost to me. But I bought it for a price point where I could sell it for parts if I needed to and recover my money.
But I'm loving it now!
Add a turbo timer which will keep the turbo running after the engine is turned off until the desired turbo temperature is reached
Agreed that can help for sure, as it takes the human factor out
Where can you buy fuel that is less than 91 RON ? Not in my country.
I've actually seen a Mitsubishi V6, a lady just jumped in her car, and floored it? It spun the camshaft bearings and ruined the head of her pretty new car? Didn't help it was about 20 degrees F? If that's not a reason to at least warm up your car, I don't know what is?
My car hasn’t got a dip stick 5.0 xkr I have to rely on the one on the dash stupid idea it worry’s me if it’s accurate why did they replace a fail safe method with something that could fail and reck the car crazy
great video. i know people who've done some of these things. was one of them me? not saying. ;)
Haha, nice
I am retired and drive only about 4k miles in a year.Should I change oil yearly instead of waiting for the 5k miles to accumulate?It's a newly purchased 2012 a7 with 60k miles.
Me personally I’d wait every 5K miles since u don’t drive it like that once a year for your driving conditions is great since it’s below 5k miles
100 percent I would do it yearly at least then. Used oil can contain acids and therefore can cause corrosion if sitting a long time. I had a car that only got about 1000-2000 kms per year as it was an exotic, but I also did an annual oil change
Look at the amount of plastic components on that Mercedes ! No wonder they fail regularly.
You're in my home town!
Hi from E town
I have a problem; where I live, only 91 octane fuel has no ethanol in it, but my car call for 87. So is it okay to put 91 in it or not?
The call 87 is the least to use. 91 is better than 87, thats good for the engine
Damn hoses !
Right?
What if its the check engine light on a 1996 jeep grand cherokee. I just bought this car and replaced the breaks calipers and rotors. But now when im driving the car almost like stalls on me like when i push on the gas it studders and slows down. Like a connection problem or something. If anyone has advice or an idea of how to fix this letme know. Because i have no clue what im doing😂😐
Might be worth plugging in with one of those 30 dollar ODB code readers to at least have an idea. Could the bad running be a limp mode? It really could be a few things
@@ECPP im going to get one this friday, but im not sure what it could be this is my first car so im going in comepletly blind lol. Thanks for the advice though
Did I mention that I bought a BMW X3 30d 2011 with 246,000 km 6-7 weeks ago? Anyway in this car (full service history) engine oil has been changed regularly (!) at almost exactly every 30,000 km! Will the engine last for another 150,000 km/100,000 miles?
When you live in cold climate a couple of months each year, and you drive a diesel car, you have to have an electric heater, and preheat the engine, because...
It is not very good to idle a modern diesel engine with EGR and DPF! After "a while" the EGR system and intake manifold is clogged up... At idling a diesel engine will never get up to normal driving temperature.
As European I'm surprised that you have 91 oktan! In Europe 95 is minimum and 98 is also quite common, and 99-100 common only in some countries.
95 is also called E10 (10 % ethanol), and 98 is E5.
In Sweden diesel has had 30 % bio diesel mixed in it.
A few people make their own diesel, but I don't know in how new cars/vehicles they can or want to use it.
91 octane in US is the same as 95 in EU. Diff systems.
If you hear knock in modern vehicles, stop driving. Knock sensors detect light knock way before you can hear it and will retard ignition timing. This not only can lower mpg but due to knock but also run hotter.
Your comments on ethanol (alcohol) is in error. BMW and Mini Cooper have approved up to E25 for years. The ethanol limit with modern vehicles is primarily due to EPA and that there is no approved certification fuel. The biggest concern related to seals, hoses and gaskets, and even plastics is the exposure to varying levels of aromatics. Significantly more variation in premium fuel than regular. I personally have 270,000 miles on my 2015 F150 with the 2.7L (non-FFV's). My truck has been fueled roughly 95% of the time on E30.
Really? A test procedure to check the coolant level rather than oh you know EYES?!?!
Car companies just produce a simple dependable car. No auto car has simple vehicle. Cars were made to be a simple solution to get to a destination. Today autos are like living in your home. Every options are any other problem to face.
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Sorry, had a hard time watching seeing you out in that cold weather. I have no idea how you people in the frozen north do it.
Me neither
They are genetically modified to deal with the cold no worry.
ECPP: Since you’re using a MB, do a video on Mercedes that are today rust buckets. My sister in law has a 2011 e350. when the car was only 5 years old the dealer advised her the subframe is rusting and has holes in in it and costs $7,000. she felt she being scammed by Mercedes for business and interjected, well aren’t Mercedes well built using the best materials. 12 years later she’s at the dealership again for expensive electrical repairs and the dealer again says the subframe is really bad and dangerous to drive. Mercedes said they will now pay for the repair. obviously MB is afraid of bad press. I advise any owner of MB to check or avoid any MB built after 2010.
Just dont buy german cars and korean cars.
Agreed
Thanks
Those aren't hose clamps, they are hose retaining locks and don't buy a BMW. Knock sensors will detect lower octane fuel and perfectly adjust the ignition timing, you don't have to buy 91 octane fuel! Your welcome, your Mercedes Benz mechanic🤤
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Thanks for the info
Mercedes is a junk car.
@@Berkut1986 I had laughed my ass of at his comment, but you went straight for the jugular with your comment lmao!!
@@germanengineering204 there is nothing to laugh about: it is a mere truth.
Blah blah blah : v
Are you or why aren’t you a
Mecanic
Those are owners need to know, mechanic do the repair when things fail.
Fucks sake man split the video up so I can skim through it. Making me watch more than I need to for relevant info
That’s fair but it gives everything in a one stop shop
Rude much?
Well Done A++++++++++++
Thank you