I wasted a year of my life in school just to get in the field and immediately realize I'd starve having to compete with 9 other mechanics for book time. These guys wouldn't help a new guy either as I'm competition to them. This was way before RUclips and people that help a new guy learn. I'll never go back.
@gardenstatePR hey I recently left that shop after only 2 weeks I have another interview at another shop… the last one I made a mistake by taking it cause the pay was extremely low… I’m going to firm with my bottom dollar at this next shop and give wrenching professionally a shot… I’m still so confused if I’m going to like it or not everyone says stay out of this trade… but at the same time I do see ppl doing well in this… although def is physically demanding just not sure what I should do !
For anyone that needs the joke explained to them the washer fluid reservoir is completely accessible without removing anything at all, he bolted the washer reservoir fill funnel onto the intercooler inlet as a joke
the amount of dumbassery inflicted on the Modern Technician by the Automotive Engineers has only been growing, since the 1980's. GM called it Interdependence of Systems. This may be nonsense, but it is happening. I turned wrenches as a Pro, for a couple of decades and have worked on Vehicles since I was 15. I am in my 60's now.
@@markgreiser464 I've always liked cars since I was child. Thinking about going to school for auto mechanic. Would you say it's worth it. I understand doing what you love can make what some call a job not a job for you, and I mostly want to learn how to fix on cars more so I can fix/modify my own car. So is it something you would advise someone to get into?! Thank you so much in advance for your reply.
@@xaysleek4686 , the Industry is changing very quickly and the powers that be, literally want us all to ride Trains and Busses and live in 15-minute Cities. I am not sure I can accurately answer the question. I was literally pondering this question today.
@@xaysleek4686to answer your question- absolutely not. It's not worth it. I used to be just like you when I was younger, loved working on cars it was like doing a large puzzle when parts broke/ diag. was needed... After years in the industry I can confidently say if you like working on cars, DO NOT ruin it by making it your profession. At the end of the back breaking day I don't even want to look at a car. Not to mention the ideology of flat rate/ tier pay plans (tiers basically meaning you are worth more as a tech at 50 hours produced than 40 hours, even if certain things are out of your control i.e. work load, customers declining work). My advice would be to find a job you're content with that makes good money and work on your own stuff on your time. Hell do side jobs if you want, but don't kill yourself in this industry to make some fat cat fatter.
Actually it's all the overhead, micro managing, and be criticized by people who've never changed a tire, their own oil, or even got dirt beneath their finger nails. and I've been in this industry for over 20 years... and I'm not proud of it anymore because of how undone this industry has become.....
I’m really impressed with automotive engineers. They are doing their best to make expensive throwaway vehicles. When a part costs 50 but 2k in labor to replace it…
You break that plastic tab pulling it off and you go to reinstall and somehow that one tab was doing all of the work keeping the piece centered and installed correctly
@@Ronnietapanga aerosol Window Cleaner and a microfiber cloth in your backseat or storage/glove compartment always works wonders and cleans the entire front glass!!
It's a joke, but my last pickup required removal of the air filter box to change a headlight. The previous generation of the same make of truck had two pins you could pull without tools that released the headlight assembly so you could pull it right out the front to access the bulbs. A routine fix went from under five minutes to 30. Plus, in cold weather wrestling with plastic connectors and clips can get expensive.
you would think they would like to have an older vehicle in because parts are cheaper and they're simpler to work on. I get the risk of further breaking of small bits because of age, but come on.
the problem with the older stuff is EVERYTHING is now aftermarket Chinese junk and you will replace the same part 3 times before one will work more than a week.
@VTX Hobbies nope. Most cars that old everything is rusty and crusty. It's a nightmare to find parts. It's a nightmare to find good repair data. More often than not there's more than 1 thing wrong with it, and the customer will think *you* caused the other problems after you fix the 1 thing they complained about. Old cars are *not* worth the hassle.
Exactly what % should you be paid? Labour rates reaching $200, mechanics make 30% of that where I live, puts them over $120,000.00 per year, that's at 40 hr . per week, and flat rate can be well above that.
I hope that was sarcasm 😕 😅. Usually, you do remove the washer fluid and radiator reservoirs. As well as the radiator. Now, if you need to remove the windshield wipers, that might be something! I know guys that start with removing the radiator and work their way back, to replace the clutch! LMAO 😅 🤣 😅
It's like the 2016 Hyundai Elantra, where the starter is locate in a cavity that is underneath the intake manifold, next to the engine, on top of the transmission, and the only gap is blocked by the front bumper, the fans, and the radiator. The easiest way to get to the starter without an engine hoist, is to remove the intake manifold. That's an intimidating task for even the mechanically inclined if they haven't done it before, and it's still ridiculous for a part that needs to be changed every couple of years. For those who don't know the context of why this is ridiculous in older models, the starter was located on the bottom of the engine, and on some models, you didn't even need a jack to change it. It was a three blot, swap and you're done.
@@smileychess it varies and some last longer than others. but generally yes. they get warn out over time, especially if you stop and start a lot. if you haven't needed to change one, you've been lucky...
Vehicles are made to get them out ASAP. That is all they care about. Working on them is an after thought and they don’t care how hard it is. As long as production moves fast…
40 this year and can't stand being near any modern diesel as the designs are specifically made so that it has to go back to the dealer and most places don't want to do that and think just cause your a small shop that they will sneak shit by
That's exactly right! And the early to mid oughts I tried to become an auto mechanic with just a shade tree education no schooling and stuff. I quickly did the math of at that time probably some $10,000 needing to be investing in tools and probably another $5,000 in the cabinets the house the tools all all working for minimum wage: it just did not make any economic sense. Investing and all that equipment and cost and not even being in business for yourself. So I scrounge around a few years doing landscaping and shoveling snow and then I took that $15,000 and started my own trucking company and have not looked back since.
I started working on cars in 1967. It was fun but, I looked at the 50 and 60 year old guys that I worked with and saw that they were miserable. I decided to go to college and be an engineer. I worked as an engineer for 40 years and retired. I always had car repair as a hobby to save and generate extra money. I looked at a new truck. New engines blowing in under 5000 miles and the $70, 000 price convinced me to fix up my 85 C-10. Good Luck, Rick
"Dislodge the outlet" Wait. Are you sure that's on the list, not to remove the whole intercooler? That's a plastic and aluminum intercooler. Those are a pain in the ass to get to seal again. There's a rubber o-ring, and you have to press the tank into the seal with a lot of pressure..... the whole time you're bending down the tabs. Most radiator shops won't touch it. If it leaks, they just replace it. Too much WORK replacing the tanks.
Here is what I have always found frustrating and confusing - there is this whole narrative of "we can't find people to work on cars at our (s)tealership" - AND YET - the dealers in my area have now gone to $ 149 per labor hour ( some even more ) just to look at your car. And they are paying the techs probably on average $ 20-35 for that ACTUAL labor hour - THEN using "book time' to fraudulently jack up the actual labor rate for the job that they charge the customer for - refusing customer brought in ( new ) parts so they can then mark up the parts THEY procure by 400% or more - and are INCREDIBLY profitable. AND YET - they "cannot find techs". Absurd. It's pure greed. They could easily pay their techs $ 50 an hour and do just fine.
2014 honda accord. Had to lift engine 6-7 inches just to take oil pan off. had to remove all 5 engine mounts, the battery, air filter cabinet, ecu , fuse box , ac compressor, engine belt and disconnet the radiator hoses. FOR A FREAKIN OIL PAN REPLACEMENT
@@TEVIDEOS yea. Some were telling me it’ll be easy to get the pan off if I dropped the subframe . I ain’t touching anything that has to do with the frame lol. It wasn’t my car. It was my sisters . So I didn’t want to mess her car up
Not to mention, being an automotive technician destroys your back, hands, and elbows over time. Not to mention, a lot of fluids used in automobiles cause cancer. You get only a certain amount of time to complete a service or repair, or you lose time and pay. You also have to invest in hundreds if not thousands of dollars in tools. Technicians have to constantly go to school and undergo testing just to keep up with new designs and technology. Hence why I finally quit and went to restoring classic cars and building racing cars. More pay with far less strenuous work!
As a service engineer who had to strip down a machine and replace parts that from Start to finish could take two - three hours, I can relate to that. There are good service guys out there who can do this kind of work but MANY guys that can be great on a computer but totally useless when it comes to any kind of hands on work like working on cars e.t.c.
There is no such thing as a service engineer bud. That's just a title they gave you to mask the fact they are grossly underpaying you. You are a technician, or a mechanic. Don't be fooled.
I already know why because schools cost to much. The labor pay rates are cheap for entry level techs outta tech school $20.00 an hour or $20.00 flat rate is all these independent mom and, pop shops an dealerships are paying. You can make the same pay rate or more in the stock room of Walmart overnight without the physical, mental, and, hazardous environmental demands of working in a fast paced micro management tracking your productivity in their auto/truck repair shop because in the end all these auto/truck repair shops care about is their numbers going up 😅😂😅 Beware of the pay scale and, word phrases used by employer auto repair shop recruiters; "upto" or $15.00 - $40.00 hourly pay or $35,000.00 - $150,000.00 annual salary or $15.00 an hour/+ commission pay or depending upon mechanic's experience 😂😅😂
YES: it’s GREED! You have (3) Classes of People & Cars: (A) Female, Elderly (B) Educated & Lazy and Lastly (C) Independent & Cheap! They Got Corner The Market. They Aren’t Happy having the people Who Can’t or Don’t Want to do it. They Want The Money From Those Who CAN!
They worked for 30 Years fixing it where the consumers couldn't work on it, now they have fixed it to the point the techs can't work on them either. Real smart
That's why older cars are the way to go. They are so much easier to do self repairs and self maintenance on. When I say older I mean 99-2010. After 2010 you would need NASA enginners to work on your car because of all the stuff you gotta tear apart to fix one thing.
Fhs didn't you think that it might take much less time to leave the car in the lot, disconnect the feed line from the pump, fill a bag with washer fluid, attach bag to feed line, and let her drip in. This is why there are no true technicians anymore. Shzeezh!
I’m just asking garages for a quote to top up mine, but there’s a two months long waiting list and apparently, it’s around eight hours of labour and the engine may also need to come out and have regrooved. Considering this, £1,500 is very reasonable. I’ll just stop instead of spraying the fluid in the future.
Show me the spout for the blinker fluid? I hear is centralized by the firewall under the manifold and you need to unbold the transmission to reach the fill reservoir.
Was a line mechanic back in the 80's. There was a certain chevy that to change the sparkplugs you had to raise the car, remove the front wheels, remove the inner fender wells to access the plugs.
thought this was gonna be about replacing a bulb for a min, you got me🤣🤣🤣
Yeah or a headlight like whole thing
Acura rl are like that is you not the little super purtorican tec
Lol I remember the first time I had to remove a whole bumper to change a headlight I was like wtf
@@WillSwingem yeah i did that
@@WillSwingem yeah i had to do that on a suv bmw idk which suv but all ik i had to take off the bumber and sides to do it
That's why design engineers need frequent drug tests
They need a sight test with a brick
Cause they're testing too many drugs
They need to take them out back and gave them the lead vaccine.
That's why general managers hire kids that won't replace them.
They need psychiatric evaluation
Is that why? I figured it was the crappy pay rate. That's why I got out.
how is the pay?
Same here. I got out over 20 years ago when they decided to pay flat rate and only pay me half time on warranty work.
I wasted a year of my life in school just to get in the field and immediately realize I'd starve having to compete with 9 other mechanics for book time. These guys wouldn't help a new guy either as I'm competition to them. This was way before RUclips and people that help a new guy learn. I'll never go back.
@@joemendoza2292Seshh man I just started working at a shop it’s been one Week but fuckkk high risk low reward it seems…. Should I get out or what
@gardenstatePR hey I recently left that shop after only 2 weeks I have another interview at another shop… the last one I made a mistake by taking it cause the pay was extremely low… I’m going to firm with my bottom dollar at this next shop and give wrenching professionally a shot… I’m still so confused if I’m going to like it or not everyone says stay out of this trade… but at the same time I do see ppl doing well in this… although def is physically demanding just not sure what I should do !
Designers should be forced to work on what they have designed .
The reason why nobody wants to be a tech is because the industry lost it's mind.
True
Just to add a used part that the insurance company pays rental on 46 days while you try to get used parts
My shop turned everyone over for that one ethnic group that accepts entry level pay, and sends half of it back to mexi… home.
@@herec0mestr0ble yeah, the common story now and forever more.
@@herec0mestr0ble California?
For anyone that needs the joke explained to them the washer fluid reservoir is completely accessible without removing anything at all, he bolted the washer reservoir fill funnel onto the intercooler inlet as a joke
Exactly. I don’t believe you have to do all that to add washer fluid. plus the intercooler had a big bend in it and he didn’t even mention that.!
@@thomassemich4627 no no, he wasn’t guessing that, that’s what this guy did lol. 😂 if yk cars that’s kinda. Anyways have a blessed day man.
@@thomassemich4627your right man you don’t, washer fluid is at the very top of the engine bay big dawg 💯
Yeah i had to check the comments because honda of all companies wouldn't do that. Theres no way he wasnt fucking with us!
he just wanted to fill blinkeer fluid
U got off easy, I had to call 5 nasa engineers cut a hole in the subframe and get a pardon from the president just to change the windshield wipers.
You forgot to remover the right front tire to ensure proper full level... sheeeeesh
The amount of ppl that think this is real is hilarious
He is really changing the battery!
the amount of dumbassery inflicted on the Modern Technician by the Automotive Engineers has only been growing, since the 1980's. GM called it Interdependence of Systems. This may be nonsense, but it is happening. I turned wrenches as a Pro, for a couple of decades and have worked on Vehicles since I was 15. I am in my 60's now.
@@markgreiser464
I've always liked cars since I was child. Thinking about going to school for auto mechanic. Would you say it's worth it. I understand doing what you love can make what some call a job not a job for you, and I mostly want to learn how to fix on cars more so I can fix/modify my own car. So is it something you would advise someone to get into?! Thank you so much in advance for your reply.
@@xaysleek4686 , the Industry is changing very quickly and the powers that be, literally want us all to ride Trains and Busses and live in 15-minute Cities. I am not sure I can accurately answer the question. I was literally pondering this question today.
@@xaysleek4686to answer your question- absolutely not. It's not worth it. I used to be just like you when I was younger, loved working on cars it was like doing a large puzzle when parts broke/ diag. was needed... After years in the industry I can confidently say if you like working on cars, DO NOT ruin it by making it your profession. At the end of the back breaking day I don't even want to look at a car. Not to mention the ideology of flat rate/ tier pay plans (tiers basically meaning you are worth more as a tech at 50 hours produced than 40 hours, even if certain things are out of your control i.e. work load, customers declining work). My advice would be to find a job you're content with that makes good money and work on your own stuff on your time. Hell do side jobs if you want, but don't kill yourself in this industry to make some fat cat fatter.
Actually it's all the overhead, micro managing, and be criticized by people who've never changed a tire, their own oil, or even got dirt beneath their finger nails. and I've been in this industry for over 20 years... and I'm not proud of it anymore because of how undone this industry has become.....
Amen Rich. Let's start a shop and not bitch about removing a bumper cover and 16 bolts to replace a radiator.
Those are the same people who drink Bud Light.
Charge em up the ass or let em work on their own garbage. That's what I do now.
I was not happy w/ the industry when dealerships wanted more "bumper to bumper" mechanics than area specialists & that was in the early 1990's
why bitch about that. the longer it takes the more you makes! DONT BE LAZY! @@derekdlick2516
I’m really impressed with automotive engineers. They are doing their best to make expensive throwaway vehicles. When a part costs 50 but 2k in labor to replace it…
Haha good times, as a technician this is a good laugh lol, looks more like they hit something and messed up the intercooler.
A fox 🦊🚗💨😅👌
@@TEVIDEOS I had a really fun time recently when I backed a car off the lift and the bumper was hanging down and it ripped the bumper off the car lmao
Looks like it.
@@TEVIDEOS Awww
@@TEVIDEOSReally? A fox did all that damage huh.
Just to find out there's a removable plastic tab you overlooked.
Lol that’s just what I was thinking! Or run a hose thru the grill..
You break that plastic tab pulling it off and you go to reinstall and somehow that one tab was doing all of the work keeping the piece centered and installed correctly
@@Ronnietapanga aerosol Window Cleaner and a microfiber cloth in your backseat or storage/glove compartment always works wonders and cleans the entire front glass!!
@@terrykehler1916 Yes because that’s something you want to be doing after buying a new car..
@@CreamyI3eaver cleaning and maintenance is what comes along with owning any type of machinery, vehicles etc.
It's a joke, but my last pickup required removal of the air filter box to change a headlight. The previous generation of the same make of truck had two pins you could pull without tools that released the headlight assembly so you could pull it right out the front to access the bulbs. A routine fix went from under five minutes to 30. Plus, in cold weather wrestling with plastic connectors and clips can get expensive.
I would have handed the customer a clean microfiber cloth and a bottle of Windex and said KICK ROCKS!
Meanwhile, I had to call 4 shops before I found one willing to work on anything over 25 years old.
you would think they would like to have an older vehicle in because parts are cheaper and they're simpler to work on. I get the risk of further breaking of small bits because of age, but come on.
the problem with the older stuff is EVERYTHING is now aftermarket Chinese junk and you will replace the same part 3 times before one will work more than a week.
@VTX Hobbies nope. Most cars that old everything is rusty and crusty. It's a nightmare to find parts. It's a nightmare to find good repair data. More often than not there's more than 1 thing wrong with it, and the customer will think *you* caused the other problems after you fix the 1 thing they complained about. Old cars are *not* worth the hassle.
My local dealership won't work on cars more than 8 years old.
@@watsisbuttndo829 especially ignition modules. once the OEM goes out youre fucked for life.
Change the bumper fluid while you’re @ this point of the repair
No extra labor just parts cost
.......also the indicator fluid😊😅
Where Exactly is the Rice Burner 🔥
Warranty is like crime! It DON'T PAY.
Hopefully they asked you to replace that damaged intercooler while you were in there topping up washer fluid. 😂
Imagine changing the headlight fluid...
That looks more like the spot for fog light fluid. You rarely see those but they also require maintenance.
Especially the Blinker fluid!
Har har har har har har har harrrrrrrrrrrrrr, what a zinger!
Yea..that exhaust grease too
Don’t forget the Throttle Butter
He’s joking but he ain’t joking😅
$100+ per hour and they pay you like 25%.
They can find someone else.
Work at a place long enough to get you skills and credibility, then go solo
My exact thoughts.
Exactly what % should you be paid?
Labour rates reaching $200, mechanics make 30% of that where I live, puts them over $120,000.00 per year, that's at 40 hr . per week, and flat rate can be well above that.
I Don’t Make That an hour… How could I possibly pay that?!
I left the field in 2011, just a few years after they started rolling out DEF for diesel engines, and don’t miss it one bit!
And it will still only pay 0.3
Nah bro, it’s warranty pay. 0.15 rounded down. You got 6 min
😢😢😢
Right...flat rate kills you with those jobs and time paid
@@aleski4090warranty always paid good on toyotas
Screw that I'd just cut a hole in the bumper 🤣
Or run a rubber tube towards THE TOP of the engine bay like every other car has had it since the 1940s
It’s a joke.
I’d just clean the windshield with a squeegee when I get gas.
This is why I still drive my 68 Camaro.Easy to work on.
I once worked on a car where I had to remove the washer fluid reservoir just to remove the engine
I hope that was sarcasm 😕 😅.
Usually, you do remove the washer fluid and radiator reservoirs. As well as the radiator.
Now, if you need to remove the windshield wipers, that might be something!
I know guys that start with removing the radiator and work their way back, to replace the clutch!
LMAO 😅 🤣 😅
Whenever my car is due for an oil change I save money on oil by just replacing the engine instead. #lifehack
I reuse my oil to save money!!@@lordthicknipples-gt2oq
how annoying! these engineers never work on their cars!
I'd be attaching a hard plastic or aluminium pipe upward to the engine bay and use a funnel as normal
He’s joking. But there is a lot of truth in what he says.
@@Lindenbumcar manufacturers trying to take maintenance back from americans so customers have no choice but to get ripped off by the dealership
It's like the 2016 Hyundai Elantra, where the starter is locate in a cavity that is underneath the intake manifold, next to the engine, on top of the transmission, and the only gap is blocked by the front bumper, the fans, and the radiator. The easiest way to get to the starter without an engine hoist, is to remove the intake manifold. That's an intimidating task for even the mechanically inclined if they haven't done it before, and it's still ridiculous for a part that needs to be changed every couple of years.
For those who don't know the context of why this is ridiculous in older models, the starter was located on the bottom of the engine, and on some models, you didn't even need a jack to change it. It was a three blot, swap and you're done.
Wait, you need to change the starter every couple years? I’ve never needed to replace a starter in my cars.
@@smileychess it varies and some last longer than others. but generally yes. they get warn out over time, especially if you stop and start a lot. if you haven't needed to change one, you've been lucky...
After changing oil for over a decade i had trouble believing this was satire. 😂
Dude has me in the first half
Thought you were gonna have to do something about the intercooler lol
It's a Honda, the intercooler is just for looks.
Vehicles are made to get them out ASAP. That is all they care about. Working on them is an after thought and they don’t care how hard it is. As long as production moves fast…
BULL. They do care, they pay for under warranty repairs ding dong.
@@jasonbender2459 If you read my comment properly knucklehead. I wasn’t even talking about what you are referring to.
This is the loose nut between the seat and the steering wheel!
LMAO 😅 🤣 😅
That intercooler has seen better days😅
You better bug the hell out that customer to replace that intercooler.
That's why he took it all apart. Don't need to do that for washer fluid.
Lol. Unfortunately this is almost exactly what you need to do to change a bulb on and elantra...
I heard it is a nightmare to replace brake light bulbs on those cars.
@@zzoinks Taillight housings stick. Just fist em
That's another reason of many of why you don't buy a Hyundai
That ain't nothing! Wait till the guy at Jiffy Lube has to change the oil! LOL!
Imagine if every automotive engineer was legally required to spend 2 years as an automotive tech before they were even allowed to hold a pencil.
Reroute inside and you can fill while driving. No more need for restroom stops 😂
EEW! NO WAY XD
It's a Honda, Shitting on the floor, seat or inside the heat vents is standard procedure.
In that case, I'll just piss on the winshield in the moring. 😂😂😂
It'd probably make the car run better.
Make sure you have your hot coffee first; otherwise it'll just freeze. Better yet a couple of slugs of Vodka will provide your own 'antifreeze'.
As a Honda tech myself you're literally replacing the intercooler you weren't hiding it
I am pretty shook by how many people are taking this seriously 😅
Funny! I like your sense of humour.
😁
I regret ever picking up a wrench at 15. 41 now and i hate working on anything these days.
yep.same.
Same. Hang in there
Me too. 15 now I'm 60
41 ,, are u still working as mechanic or foreman
40 this year and can't stand being near any modern diesel as the designs are specifically made so that it has to go back to the dealer and most places don't want to do that and think just cause your a small shop that they will sneak shit by
This made my freaking day 😂😂😂😂
The real problem is what you get paid to do all that
That's exactly right!
And the early to mid oughts I tried to become an auto mechanic with just a shade tree education no schooling and stuff.
I quickly did the math of at that time probably some $10,000 needing to be investing in tools and probably another $5,000 in the cabinets the house the tools all all working for minimum wage: it just did not make any economic sense. Investing and all that equipment and cost and not even being in business for yourself.
So I scrounge around a few years doing landscaping and shoveling snow and then I took that $15,000 and started my own trucking company and have not looked back since.
I started working on cars in 1967. It was fun but, I looked at the 50 and 60 year old guys that I worked with and saw that they were miserable. I decided to go to college and be an engineer. I worked as an engineer for 40 years and retired. I always had car repair as a hobby to save and generate extra money. I looked at a new truck. New engines blowing in under 5000 miles and the $70, 000 price convinced me to fix up my 85 C-10. Good Luck, Rick
nowadays, if your headlights or taillights' leds go out you get a whole assembly
lol.......
You never thought about getting a flexable hose and a funnel?
You never thought about getting an IQ larger than a human being in feet and reading the hashtags?
LOL bro attached the washer fluid pipe to the inter cooler inlet💀
Not gonna lie, you had me for a minute
😆😁
"Dislodge the outlet"
Wait. Are you sure that's on the list, not to remove the whole intercooler?
That's a plastic and aluminum intercooler. Those are a pain in the ass to get to seal again. There's a rubber o-ring, and you have to press the tank into the seal with a lot of pressure..... the whole time you're bending down the tabs.
Most radiator shops won't touch it. If it leaks, they just replace it. Too much WORK replacing the tanks.
For a second I thought you were changing a number/licence plate light 😂
Isn't that where the blinker fluid is put?
Here is what I have always found frustrating and confusing - there is this whole narrative of "we can't find people to work on cars at our (s)tealership" - AND YET - the dealers in my area have now gone to $ 149 per labor hour ( some even more ) just to look at your car. And they are paying the techs probably on average $ 20-35 for that ACTUAL labor hour - THEN using "book time' to fraudulently jack up the actual labor rate for the job that they charge the customer for - refusing customer brought in ( new ) parts so they can then mark up the parts THEY procure by 400% or more - and are INCREDIBLY profitable. AND YET - they "cannot find techs". Absurd. It's pure greed. They could easily pay their techs $ 50 an hour and do just fine.
they had to remove the fender of my 06 Ford Escape because the washer container and motor was shot.
This is what happens when you get a vehicle designed by affirmative action.
wtf lol that is my old stall you're in. mile high lower shop i see.
🥲 should we.. should we kiss? 👀
There’s one new Honda you have to drop the subframe to remove the air intake lol
Bruhhhh what one lol that’s bad
They were tired of honda boys slapping on “cold” air intakes.
2014 honda accord. Had to lift engine 6-7 inches just to take oil pan off. had to remove all 5 engine mounts, the battery, air filter cabinet, ecu , fuse box , ac compressor, engine belt and disconnet the radiator hoses. FOR A FREAKIN OIL PAN REPLACEMENT
Yepp. There is a way to sneak those out but I don't recommend it 😅
@@TEVIDEOS yea. Some were telling me it’ll be easy to get the pan off if I dropped the subframe . I ain’t touching anything that has to do with the frame lol. It wasn’t my car. It was my sisters . So I didn’t want to mess her car up
That’s one of those lifetime fluids bud
This is satire ppl. He is joking but literally it’s almost that bad. It’s been in accident he repairing the damaged parts. Lol
😅👌
True true true 😅
Ahhhhh they got me cuz I could see someone designing this sadly
Ppl in the comments are so gullible lol jfc
Not to mention, being an automotive technician destroys your back, hands, and elbows over time. Not to mention, a lot of fluids used in automobiles cause cancer. You get only a certain amount of time to complete a service or repair, or you lose time and pay. You also have to invest in hundreds if not thousands of dollars in tools. Technicians have to constantly go to school and undergo testing just to keep up with new designs and technology. Hence why I finally quit and went to restoring classic cars and building racing cars. More pay with far less strenuous work!
Did you pee in the washer fluid reservoir ? Lol😂
As a service engineer who had to strip down a machine and replace parts that from Start to finish could take two - three hours, I can relate to that. There are good service guys out there who can do this kind of work but MANY guys that can be great on a computer but totally useless when it comes to any kind of hands on work like working on cars e.t.c.
There is no such thing as a service engineer bud. That's just a title they gave you to mask the fact they are grossly underpaying you. You are a technician, or a mechanic. Don't be fooled.
@@LynxStarAuto I take it you are in the USA ?
Don't worry, EVs will allow 80% of mechanics to retire.
I already know why because schools cost to much. The labor pay rates are cheap for entry level techs outta tech school $20.00 an hour or $20.00 flat rate is all these independent mom and, pop shops an dealerships are paying. You can make the same pay rate or more in the stock room of Walmart overnight without the physical, mental, and, hazardous environmental demands of working in a fast paced micro management tracking your productivity in their auto/truck repair shop because in the end all these auto/truck repair shops care about is their numbers going up 😅😂😅 Beware of the pay scale and, word phrases used by employer auto repair shop recruiters; "upto" or $15.00 - $40.00 hourly pay or $35,000.00 - $150,000.00 annual salary or $15.00 an hour/+ commission pay or depending upon mechanic's experience 😂😅😂
Yea. I went to factory work and got paid more...less stress...and overtime
thats why you work for yourself
@@jasonbender2459 😅😂🤣
Imagine believing this is a serious video people come on it's a Honda. They have some of the best engineers out there
Dont do Honda dirty like that dude. It will come back to bite you. Soon, you’ll be thrown nothing but teslas
I totally agree, working on todays vehicles are a major pain.
No they’re not
@@flight2k5 yes they are.
@@aaronspringer2237 no they’re not
YES: it’s GREED! You have (3) Classes of People & Cars: (A) Female, Elderly (B) Educated & Lazy and Lastly (C) Independent & Cheap! They Got Corner The Market.
They Aren’t Happy having the people Who Can’t or Don’t Want to do it. They Want The Money From Those Who CAN!
Better get into diesel man 🤦🏾♀️
Wait you're a woman?
@@LynxStarAuto yes indeed.
LIES!
At least the intercooler is factory pre-kinked for your convenience ;-)
This guy gets it 😏
I had the same problem getting the piston return springs out.
So…..You take the windshield out to add blinker fluid!
Nice twist on that one
probably had more to do with that bent intercooler knocked loose from its side somehow
yeah this car seems trashed
Not even where the washer fluid resv is. Y’all need to chill
Takes 10 hours to change blinker fluid on my truck! Shop charged me $1000, luckily it only has to be done once a year
They worked for 30 Years fixing it where the consumers couldn't work on it, now they have fixed it to the point the techs can't work on them either. Real smart
The geniuses that design this stuff, don't have to fix it. Things would be different.
Yea they dont think about when the engine is squeezed into the car
How bout that dent in the intercooler
That's why older cars are the way to go. They are so much easier to do self repairs and self maintenance on. When I say older I mean 99-2010.
After 2010 you would need NASA enginners to work on your car because of all the stuff you gotta tear apart to fix one thing.
Fhs didn't you think that it might take much less time to leave the car in the lot, disconnect the feed line from the pump, fill a bag with washer fluid, attach bag to feed line, and let her drip in.
This is why there are no true technicians anymore.
Shzeezh!
And they say BMWs are designed the worst.
BMW and Audi are definitely worse than this.
Contenders for worst, certainly.
They certainly are
and Lest Reliable next to Audi, and Mercedes. Never heard anything Bad about Volvo.
He's changing the cooler that's pretty funny come on people common Sense 🤦 look at that cooler it got smashed 🤣
Bro had me until the window washer fluid… I was like “wait, what?! No. “ 😂
thanks for reminding me I've got to pick up some indicator fluid, a left handed screw driver and a long weight today!! 😂
Mechanic should unionize if they want better conditions
That’s ridiculous
Is that to replace the reservoir?
Best sarcasm today. 😂
You not replacing that busted intercooler?
Are you serious!? Just to add washer fluid damn must be a pain to put blinker fluid in that b...h
Hahaha. It is a pain in the ass but not terrible. The washer fluid jokes are hilarious.
Are you tryna mess with me dude??😟
I’m just asking garages for a quote to top up mine, but there’s a two months long waiting list and apparently, it’s around eight hours of labour and the engine may also need to come out and have regrooved. Considering this, £1,500 is very reasonable. I’ll just stop instead of spraying the fluid in the future.
I'm glad some people register this as a joke 😅
Show me the spout for the blinker fluid? I hear is centralized by the firewall under the manifold and you need to unbold the transmission to reach the fill reservoir.
Just to add washer fluid 😂 I was waiting for a rant
That’s the installation guide for new emblems to a t
Was a line mechanic back in the 80's. There was a certain chevy that to change the sparkplugs you had to raise the car, remove the front wheels, remove the inner fender wells to access the plugs.
Yes,damn Astro van was a bitch too!