Checking Your Engine Oil? You’re Doing It Wrong
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- Checking Your Engine Oil? You’re Doing It Wrong, DIY and car review with Scotty Kilmer. How to check engine oil the right way. How to change engine oil. DIY engine oil change. Oil check and oil change fail. Motor oil check and replacement explained. Car advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 51 years.
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Hi
Coud you makea Video aboutFuses and the fuse box,
I bought Audi A3 Cab 2011 I'm the 6th owner and all my problems with AC, regulators and the roof who wasn't working was bcz of 40% on my fuses was missing/removed
Everything works now but want to know more
Thanks
Hey scotty GREAT videos, I want to purchase a used bmw & I've tooken in consideration from your videos that they're endless money pits but I've become too attracted to them & just want to get it out of my system. Was focused on a more older model moderns are have too much tec wanted to consult an honest professional so i ask what's the best make/model, manual or standard ect. Thanks scotty!
Scotty my 2001, crv with automatic tranny but everytime it goes in to 2nd gear feels like theirs no pressure goes fine the rest of gears, I check the tranny fluid and it's good n clean. As my help?
Scotty, after coming from a complete stop my 03’ Toyota Corolla stutters every time I hit the accelerator , what can be the problem?
I'm betting that your right about the English Scotty,it will be quite interesting to see just how it turns out for them in 2035.(I will be extremely old at that time though)
The proper way to check your oil is do a complete engine teardown and rebuild.
Shouldve gotten more likes
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Damn
One morning I checked my oil like this. Was really late to work.
My son once worked at a wrecking yard, running a car crusher mounted on a semi-trailer. He said he got a thrill crushing old, rusted luxury cars. He called the machine a "Cadillac Converter."
LMAO! Your son is hired!
It's funny because Cadillacs go in the same way they come out of the crusher.
Very amusing...... Ahem.
I couldn't see any oil on my dipstick so I will get a longer dipstick and see if that helps.
go to the junkyard and price a engine also.
HA! HA!
@@aundrayperkins9796 😂
Just here for the random pics especially the laughing donkey or laughing animals😂😂
Ooohhh and here for the knowledge .
That seal was the best
i love that ''it all makes sense now'' cat pic!
MeMe O. Laughing seal, those pictures make me happy
I come for the comments 😆
You're the only mechanic 🧰 I watch. You're not a monotone drone and explain everything in my language( humor) intelligently and quickly . Thank you.
There'll never be an English made electric car, because they can't figure out how to make them leak oil.
They'll fit an auxiliary oil leak can. Not to be confused with the oil catch can
Just like Harley Davidson and their electric bike
Boo... HAAAA HAAAA HAAAA HAAAA HAAAA HAAAA HAAAA HAAAA
Right! Also: Why do the British drink warm beer? Because they have Lucas refrigerators! Old joke...
ROTFLMAO! I drive an EV but that's hilarious!
Some engines need to have the oil warmed up really well after an oil change to get the most accurate dipstick reading. Cold oil is thicker and doesn't flow down from the heads well. You can wait all night and it will still show too low in the morning. Hot, thin oil immediately flows down and gives you a higher reading. I found this out when I cold-started my LS1 and ran it for 10 seconds. Oil level was only halfway up the "safe" mark overnight. Shutting it off hot after a commute gave me a level right on top of the "safe" mark. The 5.7 Hemi does this, too.
Seriously Scotty, you have taught me a ton in automotives. I am very grateful for you!!
You're the best Scotty... dont stop.
Scotty you will love this. A woman came into an AutoZone here in the Detroit area driving a Suburban. The Suburban was less than 2 years old. She stated that she had no oil in her engine, the vehicle did not come in with any clatter in it whatsoever. She proceeded to buy a 5-quart jug of oil and put the entire 5 quarts into the engine. Now, everyone in the store knows why she has severe oil leaks.
Sulphur was almost completely eliminated gas Lane back about the Year 2004. Because sulfur is a lubricating agent in the gas line it caused a lot of fuel gauge sending unit, especially if General Motors products, to fail. A failing catalytic converter will cause a sulfur smell. And almost all the early catalytic converters, one of their biggest parts of the exhaust was sulfur dioxide. Remember acid rain?
That lifted Toyota Camry picture was fantastic
Yeah. I get a laugh out of his insert pictures. I like the donkey one when Scotty laughs. lol
Its really not about being a communist country its about the technology and the ability to set up the infrastructure to accommodate these vehicles
China have us beat on that
@@OSmith-yq5vbwhat? did you reply to the wrong comment? Lol
My 95 Buick Park Avenue was one of the best cars I ever owned. I miss that couch on wheels.
I miss my 96 Buick Regal with the 3.8 engine. Comfy with plenty of torque and boy was it quick!
I love old buicks usually they are driven by old folks that maintain them and are gentle. It's like getting a new car for $3000
@@robertbell525 lol..right..got my 2000 buick regal on 2011 with 30k..now i got 64k it was kept up when i bought..and still kept up..my next car will be a newer buick..when this thing goes..lol..hopfely not anytime soon
I appreciate how Scotty always leads with the title topic.
I second that.
I third
I fourth
Another great dose of knowledge from Scotty the man himself 😎👌🏻
I liked the last part of the video. I didn't know you were up on all the latest around the world. That's good to know about you. Cars and world events. Great combination.
"If I'm still around 15 years from now", we all thought you were immortal, with the wisdom that you keep on sharing to us ..
My last two vehicles said to check engine oil when warm, and if you don't you'll get a false reading. I was always used to checking it in the morning while it sat overnight.
I've never known when to check my oil. Hot or cold? I'm 55. My dad has always said to let it set all night and check it cold, before you start it. But others have told me to check it hot. Some say let it set 30 minutes after driving. Some have told me it is fine to check as soon as you turn it off, when hot. When I was young, the gas station attendant would check our oil when it was hot, as he gased our car and did the windshield. The manual for my Toyota van says check the oil when it is hot. I truly have never figured out which way is correct! Lol.
@@shadowwolf7622 lol hear ya..sheesh
@@shadowwolf7622 check it cold and hot, get two readings and compare........
@@shadowwolf7622 The theory behind checking it when hot is you are getting a reading of actual available oil in the sump after the engine has been completly lubricated as opposed to oil level cold when engine has dripped all the upper areas back into the sump over night, the level will then drop after startup as oil is then circulating around the engine. So cold level will be higher reading than when checked hot for the exact same amount of oil added to the engine. Or opposite if you check it hot it will read more when checked with cold engine. Doesn't matter really for under 4 liter engine capacity but becomes more of an issue for larger diesels 15 liter etc.
Scotty, love your videos! You're a big help keeping my '06 Ram running flawlessly day in and day out. Usually search your videos first for troubleshooting repairs. Keep up the great work!
Scotty, please understand that not all UK residents are English.
The guy Mel Gibson was portraying in the Bravehrart caption was William Wallace, a brave Scottish outlaw who fought and repelled English armies who tried to control his country.
Ireland and Wales have a proud history of fighting against English oppression, most notably Irish Republicans who have continued to resist the English imperialists for centuries.🏴🇮🇪🏴
Just keep working Scotty you will still be around in 15 years. 👍
If his wife changes his oil every 3-5,000 miles :P
@@rogercushman2903 LMAO
@@rogercushman2903 LOL!
Thats cruel comment
He's moving to Tennessee soon so he said..
I bought a 2016 Chevy Malibu.. it has the 2.5 engine. I’ve driven it four almost 4 years it has over 100,000 on it. Not one problem at all , just change oil,transmission and tires.
It’s only 3 years old. I’d hope it’d be problem free.
Great advise, another great item to put in my tool box of knowledge, thanks again Scotty your the man
khalil’s Heat and air conditioner repair I was talking about how to check the oil properly
great adviCe
you're the man
Advice. Not advise. Learn it.
Of course you will be around in 15 years Scotty. You do what you love. You will live a long happy life helping others with their cars.
Keep the great work up Scotty
You're the man Scotty, Live Free or Die.
On the transmission issue it's probably worth making sure the torque converter is locking up.
That's the first thing that came to my mind
Great, now I gotta remember to revisit this video in 2035.
So you plan on making it to 2035?
@@Dancingontgesun1942 Yep...as Long as The World is Here
Scotty Kilmer 15 years from now, he'll be giving us advice on solar cars. Electric cars and which charging stations are best.❤❤❤❤☺
The electrical grid problem is easy to fix. Everyone uses gasoline-powered generators to charge their cars. :p
That is exactly what the grid uses!
@@boydmerriman - wrong. Do some research.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us scotty.
In Britain, we are being encouraged by Government to buy electric cars, while most of our public electricity is being generated from burning millions of tons of wood chips which have been trucked half way across North America and then shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to Britain. Just how 'green' is that?
Britain traditionally preferred gasoline engines, unlike Diesel engines which were more popular in Europe. Then our Government decided Diesel engines were better, with lower CO2 emission figures, so everyone moved to diesel cars, better fuel mileage, long engine life etc.
Now suddenly Diesel engines are demonised by our Government, which has 'suddenly discovered' that diesels emit minute particles, so the bottom has dropped out of the diesel car market.
It is the mother of all WTF moments for car buyers.
Thanks for all your very wise advice, please keep it coming.
Oil you don't need oil, just use one of those additives that they advertised to be so good that they could drain out the oil and still run it.
only 1 comes to mind - Bestline
I used to use maple syrup as engine oil. My car would end up smelling like French Toast. Only problem was...I didn't have any bacon.
Slick 50, or Duralast.
1:31 I would not mess around with the battery I would replace it right away and get the alternator checked out right away so it does not ruin my new battery.
Keep up the great work Scotty! You're a car guru and a legend!
Scotty, love your channel. My way of checking valve seals is to accelerate to a high rpm then let off the gas for a second then punching it while watching for a puff of smoke when I do. The giant vacuum created will suck oil through bad valve seals if they are bad. Good ones will not puff smoke.
I hope you’re still around 15 years from now! Stay fit 👍🏻
Love all your videos! Thank you Scotty!
Noone has time to get the engine at operating temperature and then wait 15 mins to check their oil. Checking while cold first thing in the morning is a totally fine way of doing it. The difference in level is minor and only matters at the extremes of oil levels
I love your very human comment of " if I'm still alive in 15 years " not you exact words but definitely your thoughts ! I say or think the same thing very often in regard to future timing and events ! Live long and prosper !
I love Scotty's image of an Englishman - Mel Gibson playing a Scotsman!
@austin j. Pretty sure that Mel Gibson is Aussie, not English.
I like checking the oil on a cold engine before you start the engine.the dipstick won't need wiping it's just the best way man too easy and clean
first of all that is the way your meant to check it and second you still need to whip it down and re-dip it. over time while your driving the oil will expand and move and you will find it will say its fuller then what it is. even if its been sitting for hours, that is why it is recommended to whip it down and dip it again.
Get a grip you must be an amateur.
There is a reason everybody recommends wiping the dipstick. Many times it will give different (true) reading after wiping. "Too easy" a.k.a being too lazy is what destroys cars.
@@officerdanko6922 "amateur", if you must know my father was a motor machanic for 40 years. Be careful about throwing around stuff like that.
Keep working Scotty I learn a lot from your videos.
Ur damn right Mr.kilmer, I'm from u.k. I hate the idea of electric cars, full stop. There's NO way I'm gonna swap my old auto astra and 92 celica, for electric .
You don't have to worry... The technology is way too expensive for mass production because it's more or less flawed. That is, how we currently store energy in the battery (which are expensive to make anyway).
Unless we discover a new, cheap way to store electricity EVs will remain toys for the rich.
My Toyota manual says to check the oil level when the vehicle is at operating temperature for the correct level...
We have no problems with the electrical grid here in the UK. when we don’t have enough electricity, we just buy it from France, they deliver really quickly as well.
Hey Scotty, keep up the good work! Love your channel and love your advice! 👍
2nd car I ever personally owned was a 1998 Buick Regal. Got it when I was 19 from a police auction for $700 dollars. Only one speaker worked though so a spent $100 getting new ones put in. Had to use a bunch of elbow grease taking off the random stickers on the rear glass(rear windshield?) and all the low-quality tint that was already peeling. Another $100 getting new brake pads 2 years later, then 2 MORE years later.. BAM! Blown Head Gasket. Time to get a new car. Sold the regal for $500 to a junk yard. They even came to get it from my house. Not a bad take I suppose.
360p max, last time I was this early Scotty was still on TV!
Honestly I thought this guy was going to fade out (5years ago) but nope! Love the vids !!! Rev up your engines !
“Charge up your golf cart 🇬🇧”
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Scotty, I love your comments at the end. You are such a wise man!
From London - love your views on Brexit Scotty !
My owners manual says to bring the engine to normal operating temperature and then to let it sit for 15 minutes before checking the oil so all the oil can drain back down into the oil pan. It does not, however, say to check the oil first thing in the morning with the engine cold.
Problem with our Electrical Grid? that's news to this Englishman Scotty.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing lol
It's funny what foreigners think about the UK sometimes
Currently there's not much problems. However, should the idiots leeching of our tax dollars decide to put immense load on it, the electrical grid will be full of problems unless they upgrade it ahead of their plans.
I really hope you can KEEP all your Posts on TH-cam. You
are not only knowledgable, but likeable as well.
another fantastic video. keep em coming. never stop. we love and appreciate your vast wisdom and knowledge.
You're the man "tech" Scotty...fun delivery/pics to gain relevant info on specific topics of interest...Wish I'd have found your blog years ago but never too late! Just love the direct answers & alternatives to issues and, wish you the best nearing a prosperous life toward retirement...and, cudos to the offers/services to GI's et al... across the border!!!
People who can’t check their oil are total dipsticks.
Man the most entertaining and best car mechanic in USA. houston not the same without scotty
If you don't see an oil puddle on the ground you know your Subaru is out of oil...
BartRicky yes indeed
Revisit yr comment😐
Lol
That sounds like the same technique used on Harleys.
British designer many years ago
Ok sir
I'm a new subscriber and I wait every day for your video,and I tell everyone about you! But I found out your pretty dam Popular I'm new I'm sorry👍👍
5:00 Yea, our electrical grid is heald together with Band Aids.
Doubt we learned anything from the 2004 blackout.
I can read all the comments through scotty glasses
Scotty, you’ll be around!👍🙌😁
some cars you check the oil at operating temps
Yep, like my wife's 1 series petrol, it's no dip stick, bizarrely.
Scotty, I’ve got a 2016 Honda CR-V awd. My wife and son say they smell manure near the front of the car using the air conditioner on a hot day. The Honda machanics can’t smell it. But there are surrounded by cattle farms which is stronger. The car has had this smell since new and now has 100,000. I can’t smell anything because I work at a waste water plant. I should note that my wife has a super sensitive sense of smell.
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Scotty: Yes
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Outstanding shipmate.
Better to have a 1/2 quart low than a 1/2 over.
Doesn't matter ether way really.
kiwi Diesel on some cars it does matter a lot if it’s even a quart more.
Don't forget the 3rd thing that SHOULD smell like sulfur:
Hypoid Gear Oil.
(I know it's not used much by most people, if at all, in a lot of cars, but there ARE some that use it.)
I just thought I'd throw in the detail about "sulfur-smelling oil", because some of "The Younger Generation", may not be aware of the older "Hypoid Gear Oil", which is, [or at least used to], SUPPOSED to smell like sulfur.
Keep up the great videos!
(P.S.: You'd mentioned a [probably Bluetooth-linked] OBD2/OBDII (?) scan tool that was very inexpensive & worked using an "app" on a "Smartphone" to read the codes, & it worked very well, but I can't find that particular video for the link or name of the specific plug-in unit, & I'd really like to get one that "speaks English", or at least has a "Dictionary" to tell me what the codes MEAN, & that I can AFFORD. Do you happen to have the reference for that plug-in device, or the video's title, so I could look it up again?)
Thanks in advance, and have a nice summer!
Rev up your used transmissions!
2:30 Check the TCC (Torque Converter Clutch) solenoid.
Scotty is well informed even about politics, he understands too.
dont worry about seeing if it works out or not, they always change their minds and say oh yeah forget what we said that was silly
Was that really a Pringles can cold air intake? Amazing lmao
Seems legit lol
Don’t forget to change your piston return springs
If your not here in 15 years (cry) you've left your legacy in video footage. Anyways remember, always rev it up.
New intro for the Scotty Cinematic Universe is great 👍
You should check your oil while the engine is at operating temperature and shut down for about 2 minutes. Modern car´s without a dipstick do it the same way.
What cars dont have dipsticks
Bullshit. Check it cold on level ground.
@@liveandletlive2894 for example Bmw f30, f48 etc . They are using sensors.
A small oil leak is the best thing for your car, it forces you to constantly check it and gradually put new oil in it. Mine has leaked around the oil cooler gasket for over 2 years and I put I new quart of synthetic oil in every 10 days
Update
I’m sure the Scottish bravehearts amongst us will appreciate being called “English”! 👌🤣
There are no Scottish bravehearts anymore....just Scottish wingers
I"m guessing from the comments a lot of people didn't get the joke, it was meant to say that the English would never accept Scottish freedom
You won't believe this one Scotty, a bloke told me he only topped up the engine oil when the 'red light' came on going around corners.
Thanks Scotty everything relevant to my damned buggy. Cool stuff.
Light a match, hold it under dipstick, see if it flames. Simple check for fuel dilution.
Hey
hey!
Scott for President
Hey Scotty,
I really enjoy your videos. I learn a lot from your extensive knowledge and experiences.
I recently went in for my usual full synthetic oil with factory filter change. However, it was then discovered that my Acura 1.7EL (second top model Honda Civic sedan with the Si engine) was low on oil, near the half way mark on the dip stick. There are no oil leaks. I assume it is because I rev up my engine once in a while and the Honda VTEC engine is burning up the oil. Alternatively, the last quick oil change shop I went to didn't fill it up properly.
Firstly, does this harm my engine on slighlty low oil?
Secondly, I extend my oil changed slightly to approximately 5,000 miles. Is this a good idea?
Thanks,
Hi scotty you are the best like all your advice i love toyotas as well and own a yaris for 10 years and treat it like a baby should last another 10 years ❤️❤️😄😄🇦🇺
I check my oil with the car upside down
Toyota recommends to check the oil when it is warm 5 min after you turn it off.
Toyota also says your transmission oil is Lifetime what a joke.
My god Scotty you had a picture of an Irish Australian actor pretending on to be Scottish and you called him English, I'll just put it down to you being Canadian
I can see the flat surface, but I've been told all my life to check the oil with the engine at operating temperature. Has something changed?
Scotty I want your opinion on the 2019 Toyota Avalon front grill
Hideous!
Great car other than that
Clicked on this expecting what you would say and was right. I overfilled my Porsche once. Might could have left it but used a long piece of plastic tubing and a syringe to pull out enough to get it spot on.
Scotty needs a political channel too! You're right it's disastrous what's giong on in Europe, i am from Germany. Keep it up, tell the truth!
Slightly over is ok. Even my owner's manual says the oil may be slightly over especially after an oil change. But yes, check when the engine is cold and on a flat surface. Good vid Scotty (as usual)
Canada's ppl r smarter than UK's ppl, to recognize their grid couldn't handle it! You're good; I learn alot; thanks so much! 💜
Breathing? You’re doing it wrong.
Octavio Perez The funny thing with that is most people are!
You'll always be here Scotty 😉
I am here. Everywhere.