3 Things You Should Never Do to Your Car's Engine
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- 3 Things You Should Never Do to Your Car's Engine, DIY life hack and car repair with Scotty Kilmer. Car life hacks. How to save thousands of dollars by not having to go to an auto mechanic for car engine repairs. How to fix cars. Expensive car engine repairs. Car hacks that will save you thousands in car engine repairs. 5 minute life hacks to make your engine run as long as possible. How to tell if your engine has a problem. Car engine maintenance tips. Car advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 56 years.
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Where did the intro go
Enjoyed the video - was helpful
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What do think about using Seafoam? I’ve heard it really works. 👍
My mom got pulled over in the 70s when she was speeding, and she told the officer that she was “blowing the carbon out of the engine.” He let her go. (We were in a huge ‘68 Ford station wagon, so we obviously were not hot-rodders).
Whats the bet women get let off way more than men, nice smile, tight clothing, low cut top, mini skirt, coincidence?
Scotty speaks Italian with his hands ,while speaking english with his mouth. Multi tasking
If you tie up Scotty's hands he can't talk.
Could be Tourettes
Bilingual 😂
Scotty is german , it's a German thing
@@user-wv4gy3jp4c, Yep, in one his videos long ago, he said his great grandpa is ethnically German.
My daughter’s 2007 MINI was running really bad last December engine light on. My mechanic determined valve cleaning. He soda blasted valves. He said they were horribly dirty. Long story short here.
Car runs great now.
When I was stationed in Guam, a friend of mine went somewhere for two weeks. He let me drive his Toyota, I forget which model. When he got back, I gave him his key and didn't hear from him for about three days. When I saw him, he said, "What did you do to my car? It runs so much better!" I said I just drove it normally. I reved it when driving it. He did tell me that he bought it from an old granny. He said it didn't have much power until I drove it for two weeks. LOL
Love a lead foot!!!❤
my father was stationed there in Guam, I was born on base there. We lived in hagatna and he drove a Toyota rav4 and had his car shipped-when we got to Canada and he got his car someone stole his cats lol
Ayyyy Guam 🇬🇺 🤙🏽
@@Elkay671 Shaka 🤙🏻
@@jawsh2v Poor kitty cat's
The new Valvoline restore and protect is supposed to bring your pistons clean like new after a few oil changes using thete new oil
A clean engine compartment can facilitate any service you need to do in there. It's always nicer to not have to work with dirt and grime all over your work area.
And cleaning your engine bay is dangerous thanks to the computers and sensors in these cars these days.
@@traveler519 You can do what Scotty recommended; carefully apply the degreaser, scrub, then carefully rinse it off with a garden hose; I would not use a pressure nozzle. It's not a good idea to use a pressure washer under the hood, even if you don't have a modern computerized car.
i just wipe the under the hood area with a damp shop rag. works pretty good.
I don't do it often but I do spray my 2 2005 Corolla engine compartments occasionally. It is a pressure sprayer but I hold it high in the air. I do not use the soap selection and I only use the rinse... I might spray a little degreaser down where you see the oil filter but I change my own oil and I usually leave that area clean anyway. I live in Nevada so it is mostly dust under the hood. I am of the belief that a dusty dirty engine and mean dust and dirty will be headed right into the breather intake making your air filter dirtier sooner.. I have never had my cars not start after a rinse of the engine compartment...
75 bucks, showing 75 deer bucks 😂 killed me 😂😂😂 love your visual puns Scotty 🥳🤭 not to mention the knowledge you share 💪🏼
The engine compartments of my motor vehicles .. you could eat your lunch off them. Less dirt to get in somewhere. Cleaned by hand.
Regular servicing .. oils, filters, etc, kept the innards clean.
I never had problems with 'carbonising'. A regular 'Italian Job' apparently took care of that.
Also, on the older models .. so easy to work on, the occasional 'decoke' was a weekend job.
I am starting a new business with Scotty; High-End Beauty covers.
I want an engine cover with small pics of scotty
This video on your automotive channel is incredibly informative! The way you explained the engine tuning process was clear and easy to follow. I appreciate how you break down complex concepts into manageable steps. Looking forward to more content like this!
I wish this video had come out a week ago. Listen to Scotty here and don't flush your engine if you have more modern car, especially if you have high miles.
Last Wednesday I put motor flush in my 2009 Genesis with 190k miles on it and now it's running terrible, misfiring and backfiring as I give it gas. It also makes a sort of "wub wub wub" sound (almost like an exhaust leak) similar to an 83 Olds Cutlass I had as a teen in the 90s which was running on 7 cylinders.
Shortly after I bought my Genesis in January, I found it was burning about a quart of oil every five hundred miles and I had put some ring seal in it, which helped a little. Now, just after flushing the engine and driving it for around fifty miles, the oil has already gone down a quart with zero external leaks to be seen.
It seems my number three cylinder has a leak somewhere, evidenced by the fact I can see oil on the spark plug when removing it (plus the P0303 code it's throwing).
That sucks man. Kinda sounds like maybe the car wasn't maintained all that great before u bought it sadly. Always loved those cats since they came out. Good luck! Hoping u get it all sorted out!!
All the ring sealer has gone....
Try more ring sealer...... because at this stage you have nothing to lose..
@@JohnSmith-pl2bk That's probably the only thing I can do for now. I took it to a shop today and they said it would cost less to swap in a used engine than to have them take the engine apart and fix it. It needs valve stems guides and seals, but they said it could also have a worn piston ring and/or cylinder walls.
@@johnjackson1924 Yeah, I really like this car so I'm hoping I can figure something out soon. If anything, I think I have learned I need to take a vehicle in for a pre-inspection before buying another used car.
I hope driving a car off roads will be always legal so you can enjoy older 4x4 cars with manual transmissions and have fun.
This video looks very familiar. Like I saw it some years ago!
Houston house is no more
Thank you Scotty for the information
No, he prolly doesn't, but some of us haven't seen it, so stop the hate
I just dumped some Techron high mileage in my 07 suburban yesterday. Odometer reads 325k but it runs great. Hoping the Techron does it some good. Have a new valve cover with a new pcv valve on the way now to hopefully stop oil from getting into my intake. Great video
All good but you didn’t mention the T cells from the late 80s to mid 90s. Those things would carbon up the valves horrendously we used BG top engine cleaner that stuff was awesome.
Toyota Tercel
Celica and scotty are synonymous.
My Mother's uncle did a tune up through the 50's and 60's by placing a brick on the accelerator peddle running the engine as if it was going at the top speed that the car could go, for 2 hours with a fan blowing air into the radiator. A flat head engine would max out at 3600 rpm, overhead valve engine he would run up to 4500 rpm.
Italia tune up.😎👍
Thank you Sir
Aircraft used water to cool the air charge to get more power. It also lessened detonation. Looking through the spark plug hole doesn't show the carbon built up on the intake side of the valves. Maybe if you can look at 90 degrees and turn the engine. EGR is the main problem for carbon.
I like to start the engine just before rinsing.
Reasons;
1) If the water causes any kind of hesitation or stalling, I know to keep water away from that area.
2) The engine will heat up while rinsing. I am done rinsing before it gets to operating temperature. That is my goal to keep running it after rinsing is done. So it will dry from heat and I know once dry and still running that water didn’t cause any problems.
The inside is more important but the outside will need some cleaning as well…
NEVER put GASOLINE in a DIESEL car. If you do, you can kiss your bank account goodbye.
Omg my friends GF did that to his diesel truck.... It was horrible.
@@Crazylab1616 How did he react?
And vice versa
@@TheSleepingonit Diesel in a gas car won't even run.
Acetone is king as long as you're just dealing with metal.
No mention of Sea Foam or other additives.
Pressure washer down the spark plug hole usually does the trick for carbon cleaning
Like the squatty poti in the background Scotty,,,,priceless
Want to clean carbon?
Super easy
Go on the road and drive your car, but let it rev while cruising, it will heat up enough to burn it
I did not know oil is conductive. Better keep Better keep it out of tranformers.
What about gumout with pea? You’ve mentioned it before so why no mention of pea this time?
So are you now not endorsing ATS Engine flush? I’m confused.
Toyota ❤️
Love these videos from earlier in Scotty's TH-cam career. ❤ Good, solid, automotive advice with no divisive, MAGA red meat nonsense.
Hey Scotty, Are you doing OK???, this is when you were a teenager, hahahaha
In Texas at that .
Like this era of Scotty the best
Yeah this video is from 7 years ago
Looks like Texas 😮
Just put some 505 in wife's gas did Italian tuneup getting 2 more mpg so far
I keep my engines clean because I work on them
If you kept them clean, you'd not need to do an "Italian tune up" or put 505 in. And you'd most certainly not see any appreciable difference in fuel economy after those 2 things because there would be nothing to clean out. Your post makes no sense...
@@CadillacDriver just bought the car my truck is a 1996 silverado 4x4 1500 very clean engine
"guess there's nothing else to do in Albuquerque..." Lol😅
GDI engine's in Kia an Hyunday, suffering engine's burn down
If you have Carbon Credits will that help to keep your engine clean?
Would or could you recommend a additive for upper intake gasket leak.
Hey what do yall think about the new valvoline oil that removes deposits?
The motor oil geek reviewed that on his channel
Pennzoil does that
Any decent modern detergent oil does just that...
In the 70's an old mechanic told me about a "Bon Ami Cocktail", it worket on old carb engines to clean carbon and hone old rings. That worked great but I wouldn't try that on these newer fuel injection systems!
Marvel's mystery oil!
Scotty,
What is the best octance rating to use for a 2019 4 runner with 26k miles?
Hang on - is that Celica engine a 7A? I was sure it was a GT
Scotty doesn't know 🎵🎵🎵
I used to flush the engines after taking used cars home , luckily I didn’t have any problem.
Sadly, I may have destroyed my engine on Wednesday by flushing the motor. It had a small internal leak already, and I think the flush must have destroyed or dislodged a valve stem seal on cylinder three. It went from burning a quart of oil every 500 to 700 miles to going down one quart in less than fifty after flushing it.
@@JacobPaul-ix7oc I followed the instructions on the can precisely, probably my engines didn’t have existing conditions. Those used cars are running well over 20 years
@@JacobPaul-ix7oc
Try changing the oil and filter to get rid of any trace of the flush
and then running the car in your normal manner...
Are you getting smoke out the tailpipe...(possibly stem seal )
or no smoke
is it leaking past external seals????
I drive highway speeds but not on a highway
So I don't put orange juice in my engine? Got it.
I have been doing your lacquer thinner for about 18 months and its fantastic at one point I was up to 28mpg this is a 1999 Subaru Legacy Outback…I am averaging 24-25 with 220k miles
Where in the video was this?
I will wipe clean oil spills and leaks after doing whatever work is needed. It helps seeing if there's new leaks. Other than that, why bother?
If you have carbon, use 93 octane
My Parents have a 2013 Nissan Altima. The Nissan Dealer herein Asheboro North Carolina said not to put oil in the Freon. I think they want to sell a New Compressor Myself, Which do You think?
Are you doing the old "dump a can from Walmart" DIY a/c service?
Unless you have the gauges, the vacuum pump and very accurate scales plus the correct refrigerant and oil.....
then leave it to an expert.
Too much oil in the system is bad news.
Total evacuation of the whole system..
pull solid vacuum for 20 minutes and refill with the EXACT quantities of the correct fluids is essential.
why do you disconnect the NEGATIVE battery terminal - what if you touch that terminal to any bare metal part - wouldn't this complete the circuit and it would be like it was actually connected and connect the circuit?? Why wouldn't you disconnect the POSITIVE terminal ??
The negative or ground terminal is at 0 voltage.
The positive terminal is at 12VDC.
Touching the negative terminal against anything is harmless.
But leaving the negative terminal attached means that the circuit is complete anytime any part of any circuit "bridges" between the "hot" 12VDC and any metal part of the car i.e. "goes to ground".
If the negative terminal is not connected...there is no ground!
No spitz und sparken und poof!
Scotty is trippin these days. I’ll continue to use my sea foam treatments in my intake and crank case on my direct injection because I know better. These are meant to be done in multiple treatments to complete one. I know I’ll probably never feel a difference but I do know I’m doing preventative maintenance.
Thanks for the info 😊
That cat biting Scotty would have made my day😅😊😂
While my engine is still running, I use the self car wash (they have a motor cleaning option) and do my motor for over 40 years and still do - sooo this is horse manure !!!
Same old Chebby for the last 40 years?
I do the same thing! I actually keep the car running so water doesn't get into somewhere it shouldn't and then won't start.
Houston we have a problem!
I listen to Scotty.
1950, google search 75$. 1000 bucks. To take apart an easy engine? What a rip
PLEASE LISTEN TO SCOTTY PEOPLE.
I think someone needs to clean their garage
Where do I get bad gasoline?
Mexico 😊
Tanking up at any service station that has had bad gasoline delivered and put in the tank.
Or has a hole in the underground tanks
Or has been flooded out (recently)
Is it just me orrrrrr, DID SCOTTY FORGET THE INTRO!?!?!?!?!?!?
I actually bought an inverter to run tiny appliances off my car battery… soo I should clean my engine?
Rev up your list on what not to do to the engine.
Is the toyota vvt likely to carbon up?
Depends on the engine/year
Vent the pcv to atmosphere problem solved
Tortoise.
Maybe we should invent a carbon cleaner from these executives.
1st!
Almost 😁 2nd 🥈
Back in the 70s, I used to blow the carbon out once a week. Real late on a Friday night, nobody on the highway takes a blast for a mile or so. Blew the carbon out. The car ran great for the weekend...
Yup
Me too, paid for part of city hall. Just by merely trying to ha e a clean machine.
What about gunning the engine when you shut it off?
Eye talian tune up
@@harleylawdude
Not a good idea.
Doesn't burn off the carbon as well as if you were accelerating hard on the road..."loading" the engine and causing higher cylinder pressures/heat
and also it doesn't do anything useful for a modern engine...
If there is carbon build up inside the flux capacitor, you may not be able to time travel. So it is important to clean the carbon build-up.
That's a myth. ACKSHUALLY, the carbon deposits will only slightly alter the "time distance" traveled. UNLESS, the build up is really bad, which might then cause the "pendulum effect". That's a real problem as you uncontrollably swing further back and further forward in time - over and over again. One theory is that just such an occurrence led to such a concentration of temporal energy that it actually CAUSED the Big Bang.
Yes, try not to use food products as flux.
Thus the 88 mph for the Delorean. Prob screaming at 88😂
Scotty, what about ATS fuel and oil system cleaners? You used to recommend those.
I actually am reading these comments to see this mentioned. I wonder why he didn't suggest it, I was about to order some but now I'm a little hesitant.
Looks like some old school Scotty back in Houston! 👍👍
Road trip time.
Can’t move back to that place as his house and garage in Houston was actually destroyed
@thedailybench2527 was it a battery car or bicycle, what happened?
In '73, I had a'68 Chevy Caprice with a 327 Holley 4 bbl. Ended up traded the Holley for a two barrel. After lifting the intake n carb, the mechanic literally had to stop and get his brother to witness all the sludge between the push rods. Mixing that damn HD and non HD. Good times
I've continued to use various(quality) engine/fuel cleaners in my 2013 manual VW GTI since I've purchased it new. At minimum, I use one quality engine/fuel cleaner in every 4th tank of quality gas. Sometimes (often) more than that. It has 119k miles and still runs like new. Best car I have ever owned. Every mile is a fun mile. I still love it!
One of the most fun and practical cars in existence for sure. Good on you for taking care of it so diligently!
Has anybody ever tried a catch can system on their cars do you think it works of course you wouldn't need one on a Toyota
I run a catch can. They work great provided they have a good filtering element in them. The stuff I empty out of it look like straight espresso. GDI engines benefit most from catch cans as no fuel ever sees the valves due to the injectors spraying directly into the cylinders. This means fuel cleaners do nothing to clean carbon on GDI engines. CRC make a GDI intake cleaner which will clean carbon off the valves but prevention is best so use a catch can 🙂
3000 mile oil change with synthetic oil? I thought synthetic was good for 5000 miles.
Same here. I have a 2016 Lexus and I do every 5k with Mobile 1🤔
15000 with a advanced synthetic
Depends if it's City or highway
If you ask the engineer who designed the old Nissan R34 engines, it’s 2000 miles. Everyone had their number.
I do every 8,000 miles because I drive strictly highway. I get on a interstate ramp and 35 minutes later get off the ramp lol. Work is about a mile from there. Car doesn't burn any oil and have well over 120k miles, bought new. So we'll see I guess.
At 12:42 Scotty Looks like "Tool Shed" from South Park with those yellow glasses
😂😂 I love South Park, I can kinda see it too
Great vid think you.
I've been using Royal Purple for years. It works like a slow flush. So change your oil filter every 3-5k miles.
EVERY oil is a “slow flush”.
I have a toilet that has a slow flush when I eat alot.
@@mikek5298That's only true if you use SYNTHETIC OIL .
I'm not going to wash the engine, who's going to see it down the road anyway?
I shot compressed air in my sparkplug holes and now i have a stuck valve.. so yea dont do that
I agree 100% change oil , i used to wash my engine but i stopped scotty has a point
Good one Scotty, be moderate when cleaning my engine. NEVER use a high pressure washer!
A 30 year old engine is much cleaner than a modern engine more reliable more better😊😊😢
Sorry, a dirty engine looks bad when you open the hood.
how often do you open your hood andd stare at your engine? totally unnecessary
Just clean enough of the engine bay to enable a check of all fluids while wearing your Sunday best....
I am never using any type of 'washing' with all of those electrical conneectors . You are just asking for trouble
Change the oil every 5k miles fullsentetic oil , it keeps the engine happy. Example my toyota corolla 2014 it say every 10k he'll no don't do it , Change it every 5k miles save you money in the long term.
Usually when I clean the throttle body I use a throttle body spray cleaner I would never use water... people actually do that? 🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
When was this recorded? It looks like your old place.
I always said to drive revs up because it's good for the car...you just confirmed it thank you master mechanic
I put Powerade in my engine
It's got what engines need
@@atticstattic
It's got electrolytes.
To run like a champ eh😊
Brawndo ftw
I've cracked my intake by not waiting for the engine to cool down. Now, the car did run fine, but after a few weeks I got the engine light. Found out my intake had a crack, as soon as I heard that, I knew it was my fault. Cost to fix, $1700... So yes, wait for the engine to cool before doing any cleaning.
I’ve been washing my cars engines for many years, nothing ever happened. You just need to know what you’re doing. When you visit a car show and shine all cars have clean engines! Just cover electronics.
So you have been opening up the hood of a new car, and pressure washing it? lul
People can also say "riding a skateboard without a helmet is not that dangerous. You just have to know what you're doing and not do stupid things." Ok, there is truth to that, but it's also just a bad idea. Seems like the same principle applies here- just because some people get away with it, doesn't make something a good idea. That, and I have owned cars of all types for 30 years now. Why do you need to spray your engine? Unless you leak fluids and abuse your vehicle, it should not be that dirty under the hood.
@@butkusfan23 Depends on how good you are or how think your skull is, of how old the car is, electronics killed the vehicle star.
Most people dont have show cars. Wash the under carriage if you want to do something normal people should be doing
@@butkusfan23
Living on gravel or dirt roads, living in the desert areas...yes it will get your engine compartment very dirty.
Scotty u r the MAN!!