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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
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
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.
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...
@@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...
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).
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!
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 🙂
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 completely cleaned the carbon out of a 2005 Honda V-6 and it ran great afterwards! The EGR valve (and the channels to/from it) were particularly loaded up with carbon. It was a bear to clean the entire intake system manually, but very much worth it!
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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 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
I had a carb'ed '84 Tempo I used to deliver pizza with. The Italian tune-up worked well with it. Sometimes it would start to run crappy since I did a lot of start stop etc. Just outside of town near the shot I worked for was a long straight. I'd go there and do a full throttle run, I think the thing topped out at 90. Damn thing would run great for the rest of the night.
did a flush while changing my oil, but before I did that I drove around with AT205 for a week to re-seal everything. 20 year old volvo. idk what I did but it ran way smoother after and so far no leaks lmao. Could have just been the new oil and filter but there was a bunch of sludge in the old filter
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.
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 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!!
@@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'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 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…
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.
My in laws had a nice 70 Impala with a 350 and about every couple weeks it got so carbines up I took it out to the freeway and put my foot in it and knocked out the carbon.
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.
I have a Porsche Macan S from 2014. It sat in the garage most of the time for 10 years (22,000 miles for that time). When I drive in traffic, the car jumps when I suddenly remove from the gas. Could it use carbon cleaning?
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!
Hi where can I write to him for his opinion about a new car losing coolant and other problems..it' a 2022 Toyota Yaris. The dealer told me losing coolant is normal....
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.
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.
I recently seen an oil change place spilled oil on top of a 4 cylinder engine vehicle with the coils on the top and shortage all of the coils with the way it was running and from the scan tool i put on it and reading misfire on all 4 cylinder and that oil change place denied it, it was a woman car that didn't know any better.
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.
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!
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...
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.
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!
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
There actually is one more disadvantage to cleaning an engine with water and that is it very hard on catalytic converters. It could even ruin them and that is usually a small fortune to get them them replced. I wont do any of it. It is better to just get the engine warmed up and run it a 3000 or more rpms for a couple of miles. Do that about every 1000 miles . And also ask yourself the question "does my manual recommend oil flushing". No it does not. I don't put anything other than the recommended engine oil of my vehicle. You don't need a solvent and using one does more harm than good. Just keep clean oil in the oil system of your vehicle and that's it...
I would pick a good synthetic oil of the proper weight and I would change it every 5000 miles. Do you have a owners manual for your vehicle? Buy one and do what it recommends and don't overthink oil changes. But you don't need these engine flushing detergents such as Seafoam and Marvels mystery oil. I have had many engines last over 400k miles just doing what the manual indicates.
@@Jeff_Seely my owners manual says to change oil every 30,000km. thats what caused oil stains on the engine (orangy/yellowish color) when u look down the oil filler cap
Are you sure you don't have a coolant leak into the oil system of your vehicle? Look, you can do whatever you'd like. You can flush it with a solvent of your choice, but it sounds like you have a different problem. How do the spark plugs look? If you don't work on your car, my advice is to have a mechanic look around. But what I do know is that nobody knows your engine better than the manufacturer and there may be some exceptions. But generally, if you follow their advice on maintenance, you are doing what you should be doing. Good luck. I would like to help but there's not much I can do other than say what I have already said.
Don't own a car with a GDI engine, but I've heard that if you have a car that can run E-85 gasoline that running a tank of E-85 thru it once in awhile will help do away with some of the carbon build up ... fact or fiction ?
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????
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Enjoyed the video - was helpful
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What do think about using Seafoam? I’ve heard it really works. 👍
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
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@@Elkay671 Shaka 🤙🏻
@@jawsh2v Poor kitty cat's
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.
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...
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?
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 🙂
The new Valvoline restore and protect is supposed to bring your pistons clean like new after a few oil changes using thete new oil
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.
I agree 100% change oil , i used to wash my engine but i stopped scotty has a point
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 completely cleaned the carbon out of a 2005 Honda V-6 and it ran great afterwards! The EGR valve (and the channels to/from it) were particularly loaded up with carbon. It was a bear to clean the entire intake system manually, but very much worth it!
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...
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.
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.
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😂
i just wipe the under the hood area with a damp shop rag. works pretty good.
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 .
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 always said to drive revs up because it's good for the car...you just confirmed it thank you master mechanic
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?
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
I had a carb'ed '84 Tempo I used to deliver pizza with. The Italian tune-up worked well with it. Sometimes it would start to run crappy since I did a lot of start stop etc. Just outside of town near the shot I worked for was a long straight. I'd go there and do a full throttle run, I think the thing topped out at 90. Damn thing would run great for the rest of the night.
did a flush while changing my oil, but before I did that I drove around with AT205 for a week to re-seal everything. 20 year old volvo. idk what I did but it ran way smoother after and so far no leaks lmao. Could have just been the new oil and filter but there was a bunch of sludge in the old filter
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.
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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 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.
Will you recommend a transmission fluid flush? Thank you for advice.
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.
This video looks very familiar. Like I saw it some years ago!
Houston house is no more
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…
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.
Priceless information, Scotty. Thanks again. 💪🏾💪🏾
Scotty your the best....love your videos....keep up the great work you do....god bless!!!!
Scotty u r the MAN!!
I hope driving a car off roads will be always legal so you can enjoy older 4x4 cars with manual transmissions and have fun.
Thank you Scotty for the information
No, he prolly doesn't, but some of us haven't seen it, so stop the hate
What about gumout with pea? You’ve mentioned it before so why no mention of pea this time?
Good one Scotty, be moderate when cleaning my engine. NEVER use a high pressure washer!
Scotty, i wonder if that's the problem with my '01 ES300. hesitates when accelerating from a stop. Can't figure out the problem.
I had a Solara with that engine. Loved it, but it developed an issue with the knock sensors which sucked out a LOT of its power at times.
So do you consider 505 CRO Oil System Treatment to be a flush or is it still recommended?
So are you now not endorsing ATS Engine flush? I’m confused.
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
Thank you Sir
If you have Carbon Credits will that help to keep your engine clean?
Do you recommend Ethnol free gas
My in laws had a nice 70 Impala with a 350 and about every couple weeks it got so carbines up I took it out to the freeway and put my foot in it and knocked out the carbon.
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.
I have a Porsche Macan S from 2014. It sat in the garage most of the time for 10 years (22,000 miles for that time). When I drive in traffic, the car jumps when I suddenly remove from the gas. Could it use carbon cleaning?
Would or could you recommend a additive for upper intake gasket leak.
Great vid think you.
Come on Scotty!!! This is from when you lived in Houston. You should have titled this one: “I traveled back in “time!”
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 am starting a new business with Scotty; High-End Beauty covers.
I want an engine cover with small pics of scotty
Scotty what’s your thoughts on external breathers over the newer internal ?
Scotty,
What is the best octance rating to use for a 2019 4 runner with 26k miles?
Celica and scotty are synonymous.
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...
So don't use the ats chemical oil additive?!
Pressure washer down the spark plug hole usually does the trick for carbon cleaning
wished Scotty was back in Houston.
Hi where can I write to him for his opinion about a new car losing coolant and other problems..it' a 2022 Toyota Yaris. The dealer told me losing coolant is normal....
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
Italia tune up.😎👍
I did not know oil is conductive. Better keep Better keep it out of tranformers.
Good job correctly identifying an Intel 4004 microprocessor.
No mention of Sea Foam or other additives.
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.
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.
Where is your workshop sir?
Acetone is king as long as you're just dealing with metal.
I recently seen an oil change place spilled oil on top of a 4 cylinder engine vehicle with the coils on the top and shortage all of the coils with the way it was running and from the scan tool i put on it and reading misfire on all 4 cylinder and that oil change place denied it, it was a woman car that didn't know any better.
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.
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!
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
When was this recorded? It looks like your old place.
Toyota ❤️
Looks like Texas 😮
Love these videos from earlier in Scotty's TH-cam career. ❤ Good, solid, automotive advice with no divisive, MAGA red meat nonsense.
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.
Hi Scotty, what's the best thing to never do with Tesla model 3 gas engine?
Don't buy one the only rule
Sounds like it has already been LS swapped....😁😁
Like the squatty poti in the background Scotty,,,,priceless
"guess there's nothing else to do in Albuquerque..." Lol😅
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!
Hang on - is that Celica engine a 7A? I was sure it was a GT
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?
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
GDI engine's in Kia an Hyunday, suffering engine's burn down
Scotty has comedy gold material.
Scotty 18:26 > And, even worse (An image of a Fiat 500 shows up)
💀💀
There actually is one more disadvantage to cleaning an engine with water and that is it very hard on catalytic converters. It could even ruin them and that is usually a small fortune to get them them replced. I wont do any of it. It is better to just get the engine warmed up and run it a 3000 or more rpms for a couple of miles. Do that about every 1000 miles . And also ask yourself the question "does my manual recommend oil flushing". No it does not. I don't put anything other than the recommended engine oil of my vehicle. You don't need a solvent and using one does more harm than good. Just keep clean oil in the oil system of your vehicle and that's it...
Do u know how to remove oil stains from engine internals from bad oil changes?
What about if it has sludge ? What would you do then ?
I would pick a good synthetic oil of the proper weight and I would change it every 5000 miles. Do you have a owners manual for your vehicle? Buy one and do what it recommends and don't overthink oil changes. But you don't need these engine flushing detergents such as Seafoam and Marvels mystery oil. I have had many engines last over 400k miles just doing what the manual indicates.
@@Jeff_Seely my owners manual says to change oil every 30,000km. thats what caused oil stains on the engine (orangy/yellowish color) when u look down the oil filler cap
Are you sure you don't have a coolant leak into the oil system of your vehicle? Look, you can do whatever you'd like. You can flush it with a solvent of your choice, but it sounds like you have a different problem. How do the spark plugs look? If you don't work on your car, my advice is to have a mechanic look around. But what I do know is that nobody knows your engine better than the manufacturer and there may be some exceptions. But generally, if you follow their advice on maintenance, you are doing what you should be doing. Good luck. I would like to help but there's not much I can do other than say what I have already said.
A 30 year old engine is much cleaner than a modern engine more reliable more better😊😊😢
Don't own a car with a GDI engine, but I've heard that if you have a car that can run E-85 gasoline that running a tank of E-85 thru it once in awhile will help do away with some of the carbon build up ... fact or fiction ?
I shot compressed air in my sparkplug holes and now i have a stuck valve.. so yea dont do that
Can i use lacquer Thinner in gas tank to clean catalyst converter ?
Mazda heated valves (to burn off carbon) = A Superior GDI design.
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 put Powerade in my engine
It's got what engines need
@@atticstattic
It's got electrolytes.
To run like a champ eh😊
Brawndo ftw
05/31/2017 14:29
Usually when I clean the throttle body I use a throttle body spray cleaner I would never use water... people actually do that? 🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
re:thumbnail. more like don't wrap your intake with a header heat wrap (that's meant to keep the heat in)...