What happens when you don't change your engine oil.
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- How far can your car go.?..The owner saw this stuff coming out and told me he hadn't had the oil changed since he bought the car 4 years ago...He had no money to have it repaired so all I could offer was a flush.
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Hey man it gets thin when is warm
I know...Imagine what it was like cold.!!!
@@ziggassedup was it warm in the video?
@@Electromaniac420 Yes.!!
@@ziggassedup holy shit
I changed a Ford Escort with a V-6 just like this shown slug oil. Took me six oil and filter changes and a hundred miles. The engine ran so quiet you could not even hear it run. This puppy you are showing just might not be so lucky or will it make a lyre out of me. Make another video when this returns. Peace
When your broke it’s even more important to take care of your things since you can’t afford to replace them
Absolutely true. I’m a DoorDash delivery driver so my 05 corolla is my only way to pay my rent and food so I check my cars fluids, tires, even things I don’t know what to look for. if my car goes out I don’t know how I’d make my money
Smart man 👨
Oil is cheap, engines are expensive, lol.
@@bartonarchuleta204 I do it too. Have a 2002 4x4 Tacoma TRD for the weekends and a beater 1997 Avalon for DD. All maintenance and repairs I do myself. Car ownership isn't insanely expensive if you can use a wrench, lol.
@@bartonarchuleta204 I got a question for you cause you work for doordash, why do y'all sit in front of my house for like 2 mins before you drop off the food at my door😂
Smart to film this in case the owner tries to say you ruined his car 😂
Bingo.
*Her car
@@alkiou3613 Says 3 times "he" in the description. Fucks the matter with people like you?
@@baseballhunter42 shut up nerd
@@violinstful Adorable how you ride on others incompetence. What's life like on your knees?
Seeing this makes me want to change the oil in my car right now, whether it needs it or not!
I feel you bro.. Im doing it tomorrow... Fuck it 🤣
I changed my oil like a month ago but this video makes me want to check it.
Ha3x....
Bro deadass 😂
@@GrzegorzKr Most cars, even those 10+ years-old, are 15,000km/9-12 months now.
This was just incredible... I could have given you the oil drained from my last oil change to put in this car to flush it out.
Yep.
HAHAHA
@Edgar A. you are a very unintelligent human. People like you don't deserve the gifts you've been given.
just get some ramps or a jack from harbor freight. I'm sure you have sockets somewhere. Get yourself some amazon basics oil or if your near a walmart supertech oil full synthetic and an oil filter and do it yourself. Once you get the ramps it costs about 18$ total (including filter) an oil change with supertech oil. I use pennzoil platinum but supertech oil works fine. It's not hard to do oil you literally undo one bolt.
@Edgar A. How many annual miles do you average? Do you ever pull oil dipstick or top-up oil?
Cheaping out always cost more in the end
Always always. I'm still learning that lesson with different things.
Oil is cheap a new engine isnt
I really dont get it why would somebody save on oil changes... It doesnt cost a lot and it makes Incredible difference
definitely. cheaped out on replacing breakpads when the6 started squeaking. Ended up in having to replace the pads, discs and clamp pars of the breaks, since they were stuck. I dunno if that was because I waited, but I'm certainly never gonna wait ever again.
Like everything in life. The cheap way always costs more.
Tech: You need an engine flush
Custy: heh, I know those are scams 😏
Tech: They are, but you are the one customer who truly needs one.
True that mate.
Engine flush should not be done with such dirty engines. All the slag at the bottom will froth and kill the engine in no time
@@FreeSatTracker Agreed, and I'm sure the good man wouldn't have flushed it either. It's just that the customer simply refused to pay for repairs and replacement stating "no Money". Flushing was the last option here really.
LMAO
No! Stay away from motor flush, it can clog the screen in you oil pump pick up. Just use marvel mystery oil and use a good quality oil filter often!
I am criticized for over maintenance on my vehicles and equipment, when you see the alternative, I'll gladly take the criticism.
Jeff Dent Right, idc if the oil change is at 2,900
Look after them and they'll look after you.
@@vacexpert2020 I agree. Service intervals of 10,000 miles or so seem ridiculous to me. I try to make 4000 my max even with synthetic oil. I have an 08 dodge Dakota with 185,000 miles on it and it doesn't burn a drop of oil and runs good as new.
@@Gonzo_Filmz Lol, I have done that several times.
Yea me to using the best oil and filter and still changing it 4500 miles
When you hear the rods and the valves knocking that means your petrol engine is evolving back to a steam engine.
devolving
LOL😂
@@skittlesbutwithchocolatein2274 I was about to comment that 😂
Lmfao
Best comment yet😂
Girls talk about having a WAP but there engine oil is like this
Exactly!!!
Bold statement from someone who doesnt know the difference between there and their.
@@Ryan-qn1wr at least he's not a little batch like you
*bitch
it's ok to swear on the internet, sweaty
@@hughmann5188 good for you
When this engine inevitably blows up a couple months from now, the owner is totally going to blame the shop.
"It ran fine until I brought it in for an oil change! What'd you do to it?!?!"
Nope....He saw it coming out.
@@ziggassedup This is video evidence that can be used on him
@@FD-rh6tr For what purpose.?...Owner was watching it ooze out.!
ZIGgassedUP that wouldn’t stop anyone in the USA from trying to blame the shop whether they saw the gunk come out with their own eyes or not.
We live in a (litigious) society!
@@xman666soad That won't work here mate.!
Good thing you recorded that in case the engine blows up soon you can prove it wasn't your fault!
Yes sir....Stupid like a fox.
lmao right
I live in the United States, and I have a 2011 Honda Accord with 120k on it and the oil is dropped every 5k and it runs like a clock, I’m a technician and it is taken care of, and I use synthetic oil.
But this aint america fam
I told a buddy of mine to use Mobil one synthetic from the get go on his 2000 Tundra and he changes it every 3500-4000 miles. 378, 000 miles later it doesn't burn a drop of oil and the inside of the engine is spotless. I used a borescope to look at the valve train and crankcase.
I used Mobil 1 for years and still swear by it. Drove cars overs over 300 km with it.
Mobil. One for me last truck is still on the road sold at 338 k
I'm amazed that there weren't chunks of metal and engine parts coming out of the drain hole.
Me too.
I’m almost certain there’s metallic particulate in that oil you just can’t see it
PhOeNiXpIoLe You’re totally correct!
@@PhOeNiXpIoLe there are absolutely metallic particles in that oil, I was referring to things like chunks of bearings and such.
I’m sure it was damn near close to the point where that was happen.
And of course if there's problems with the car now, Owners will.blame shop for car not working right.😐
Not this guy...He was watching this gunk coming out.
When a car goes that long without oil, you should only add oil to it and don't remove the old one
And not faulting themselves for their lack of knowledge.
The problem will never be solved that way.
How much does an oil change for a Commodore, Magna, Camry, Falcon at an average Sydney workshol cost ? Please respond
@@indranilchakrabarty4196 You can do it yourself for $80 assuming you got a jack and some sockets
I knew someone in her 50s that didn't know oil needed to be changed. She always had crap cars that leaked and burned. She thought only needed to add oil. Eventually the cars would die on the side of road and shed buy another.
🤣🤣🤣
@@bryanbriby8191 When I knew her she had a minivan that got 50 miles to a TANK !! No joke !! I wonder why :)
@@mikefigures5075 how on earth was the van still running? She must have been driving from one petrol station to the next! I would’ve loved to have seen inside that poor engine!🤦🏼♂️
That my friend is called privelage
jesus christ
No oil change for freaking 4 years!? Doesn't deserve to own a car let alone drive it.
I once met a man who said he never opened the bonnet of his car in 3 years since the day he bought it, never had a service or anything, until one morning it just died due to cambelt failure. The car was Ford focus 1.6 petrol engine.
Maybe the owner didn’t know...chill out. Schooling these days are a bunch of crap..
@@DSJVNdsjnvf4356 Schools are bs,use your brain and have some common sense how things work.
@@hannes0000 lol that’s what i just said
@@jeremycubs8331 - I do 30k+ miles in my 2013 focus 1.6 petrol, always do the service myself. Serviceing your car pays of 😂
Owner: i think im due for an oil change
Mechanic: we need to change the engine!
Sounds like something KwikFit would do.
@@tijindersingh4928 who's kwikfit
@@okruiner7835 it's a good thing you dont know who Kwikfit are. There'll rip you off. There'll lie about faults in your car and charge you for work that really didn't really need to be done.
@@tijindersingh4928 thought you spelled chrisfix wrong
@Otto Sump There'll give you a free brake check then say you got something else is wrong with your car and it'll cost you this much. Absolute scaremongering.
I had a range of emotions with this video...from horror to confusion to sadness. Thank you for documenting this nightmare.
i just think the customer is dum
Some say it's still dripping sludge to this day.
The underside of that car was immaculate for the mileage.
It also amazes me....
Under trays
It is in Kilometres not miles. Also in Australia the undercarriage tends not to rust out as there is no salt on the roads and most places dont snow.
No salties on the road mate
Everytime I feel too lazy to change my oil mid service. I watch this video and feel motivated.
Looks like my stool color and texture after Chipotle
Nice.
Throw in a sleeve of Oreos and I’m right there with you.
It actually reminded me of when I replaced the ostomy pouch when I had colon cancer
Dude you need to see a doctor!
Next time, don't let it sit in your bowels too long.....
I once took in a Mitsubishi Pajero 2.5TD that the owner said had become difficult to start. He had bought it just as a farm vehicle but it was quite nice. Ralliart spec with Bilstein suspension, Nardi steering wheel, alloy 3 piece wheels etc. Hadn't got it that long but asked me to give it a good service and check electrics etc. Couldn't understand why the oil wouldn't come out with a vacuum pump so unscrewed the sump bung... bear in mind the oil was warmed up and it barely started to come out of the sump bung it was so thick. Ended up removing the sump and then proceeding to flush the engine several times. Hell of a job but it solved the hard starting! Turns out it had NEVER had an oil change, but it ran well after the service
Breaks my heart. Gonna get all emotional. For the car not the owner.
Really, really bad oil situation but - I'm seriously impressed with the condition of the underside of that car. Must be the Aussie climate - would never have looked like that after 170000km in the UK.
Imagine holding in your poop in for a month and refusing to use the toilet. That’s how the car must have felt if it could talk. 😂. The relief must have been epic!!!!👀
That was funny 😄 😆 🤣 😂
Bought an old Mazda van with 235K kms 13 years ago...bloke who sold it to me reckoned it 'might need a new motor' at some stage (he had bought it cheap but never drove it.) I simply did a major service on it and continued to do 5K km oil changes...it's got 375K km up - runs as smooth and powerful as ever. Change ya bloody OIL!
I changed the oil in my alloytec every 5,000 and it still fell apart. This guys lucky it still runs at all. Thanks for showing us this abuse mate .
Cheers Peter.
@@ziggassedup i couldn't think of a worse engine to abuse like this. These alloytecs are the downfall of Holden. My uncle used to do this with valiants but they run forever. He didnt oil change his 245 hemi for 8 years once. He used to work in the meat works and drive around Australia. Poor old valiant never let him down until it got stolen and the engine mounts broke and busted the radiator. He wanted me to fix it, said buy another one tightass . He bought a nice Cl wagon and did exactly the same abuse. They were cheap back then so who cared .
@@petergoodwin2465 Most engines have a weak link somewhere...The trusty old red would break cam gears and the trusty old Holden V8 would eat up cams like no tomorrow...I recon the Alloytec is built from all of those weak links and some others...Disposable engines.
@@ziggassedup But at least the old holden v8 really hammers along. Even the red motors go well, the alloytec is a slug . Its a terrible thing, not bad on fuel but its so gutless i had the foot flat to the floor all the time so it used more fuel than my mild 318. Id much rather change the cam in a 308 than do the timing chains on an alloytec. Very unreliable thing to, every week something happened. Ive done a million ks in the old cl regal se and never had trouble with it exept reco transmission and just minor things. Rebuilt the holley a few times over the years but just maintenance and me abusing it. The alloytec is crap for towing to, has no tourqe. Mate said its not a holden engine but some European crap made for front wheel drives. This car was the reason I bought the old valiant wagon im rebuilding, needed something with balls and reliability. The alloytec didnt last long enough for me to finish it so i got a vy ss ute. That vz has caused huge dramas for me . Holden always built decent cars until this thing. What a nightmare, i feel for the mechanics that work on this crap.
@@petergoodwin2465 Alloytec is an Aussie designed engine for GM to go into SAABs...Shame they didn't keep it that way.
Atleast you didn’t find spaghetti Os in this one
😂😂😂 Ross Creations 😂😂😂
LOL
Meme Man yes yes thank you mr corrector, obviously you understood it enough to get the joke
Haha are those the flool plumps? Someone said it had a bad flool plump 😂
Meme Man nah I wasn’t lol
OMG that sounded like a sewing machine when you fired it up!
True story. Back in the day my brother bought a beater cheap to drive to and from work. The oil was not as bad as this, but close. We put a quart of 50 weight oil in it and 4 quarts of kerosene and let it idle for 30 minutes, drained it and filled back up with good oil. He drove that car for another 6 years before getting rid of it. It would use a quart of oil between oil changes at every 2000 miles. I was simply amazed!
"Dont try to rip me off mate i know everything is fine with my car"
Annoying part is eventually when the cars engine gets blown, the owner will then go on a rant online or to other people how bad the car is
@@MrRohanThomas oe the mechanik
@@MrRohanThomas I don't know if my mom changes the oil or not but she never changes anything else like transmission fluid or water/coolant and thinks cars are toast at 100k miles. I remember her driving me and my brother as tweens/teens in this ford aerostar that had maybe 130k in it and she said "it's old so it pings (detonation) going up hill " and had to put higher grade gas in it.
She also had a ford explorer that cracked the head twice.
Some mechanics do try to rip you off though
This mechanic was very good though
This makes me glad I change my oil every 3000 miles (5000 kilometers). I had my valve cover off to upgrade the turbocharger, and the engine with 110,000 km on it was shiny, no discoloration at all. It looked brand new.
Right on!
5000 km oil change is really unnecesarry
@@nikolazagar4276oil is cheap. Engines are expensive.
I was taught back in the old days (1970) after the oil change, to disconnect the distributor wire to prevent the engine from starting, then turn the ignition key and let the engine turn over until you got oil pressure on the gauge. Of course, we no longer have distributors or oil pressure gauges.
This engine is ruined. Imagine what the oil galleys and passages look like. You have an expensive boat anchor now
Absolute mess.
yeaaaaaappppppp
@Anonymous Yes, if you could find the older high detergent dextron atf. Then use marvel mystery oil. But still getting the gallies and passages on the newer engines open. Maybe. Give to your 16 year old. Cast iron block vs alum.
@Anonymous the cheapest maintainence one can do and too lazy to do. We have made alot of money over the years on lazyness alone
@Anonymous a 6 qt system is full w/ 5 quarts now. So much sludge in the bottom
I love these videos. Any time I think I’m not treating my car right because I missed my oil change by a few hundred miles I watch these.
Glad it makes you feel better.
I've watched over 30 Videos on dirty oil chances and I've never seen any thing close to this oil Change.
Unbelievable dirty!!!!
Yep.
That thumbnail of the oil sludge is terrifying. I would feel a deep dark hole in my heart if I saw that seeping from my car or motorcycle ; (
We would be impressed by how many cars are treated like this. Even in my family, if it wasn't for me to check their oil level regularly, some of the engines would have broken down already. My bro was missing 2 liters of oil in his engine...
Asked a buddy one time before we went on a 5hour car ride if he'd done his quick walk around to make sure everything was good, he told me yeah then when I checked for fun there was maybe 1 drop of oil on his dipstick and 10psi in his back tire. Blows my mind that people don't care
Got in a Ford van with a complaint that the oil light came on going around a curve. No problem going straight. Oil was so low it would go to one side of the oil pan and the oil pump would suck air.
yeah, my family went on a 6-hour drive with check engine light on and nobody thought to check anything till car stopped running drain plug was stripped and it had fallen out.
2 quarts of new oil, 2 quarts of Diesel, and 1 quart of Marvel Mystery Oil. Run it at operating temp for 10 minutes, drain and go again until clean.
Dude fuck that mystery oil stuff
@@NB-ir1me Gimmick oil 100%
Does this really work?
@@NB-ir1me I think it does work checkout project farms video on it ruclips.net/video/J3F3jDa2xhg/видео.html he did a video on seafoam aswell and it sounds like it helped his engine quite a lot ruclips.net/video/agAWXnT4-EQ/видео.html
I'm still shaking my head can I stop now?
Oh...Yes Tim...Please do.
No never stop this is a disgusting mess what a mechanical disaster what a dumbass the owner must be
I love that you used the dip stick to pull more sludge out haha. You know they aren't using it haha
Owner watching this be like:
“Would that stuff come out quicker if I blew on the exhaust pipe?”
lol.
Roflmfao. That one caught me off guard.
Blowing on the exhaust pipe doesn’t fix everything sweetheart
😂😂
The rings are probably so shot it would
Legend has it, the car is still being cleaned and sludge is still coming out.
More like its fucked
and yet by the grace of automotive jesus it still runs and carries on with its duties
@@kohaideath531 Automotive jesus will turn sludge into oil back again and that engine block will resurrect 3 days later.
The oil has grown sentient, and this is the origin story of a super villain - the blob
25,000 miles with no oil and filter change.
I'm glad I watched this video.
I'm going to do my oil and filter in the morning… my Mum's too.
Farque!
😔
You can do it!
@@ziggassedup
Thanks ZIG.
☺️
The customer may not have had money for a repair, but surely they could have at least saved $50 to $70 for an oil change over 4 years of owning the vehicle.
Unless there's something we're missing here.
50-70 dollars is insanely cheap, cheapest ive seen for an oil change here is about £105
No one should pay for such an easy thing to learn/do. LEARN HOW TO CHANGE YOUR OWN OIL
@@addictedtragedyx I just did mine on saturday was very easy never done it before, got the oil on a black friday deal for £23, think it was around 50 total with an air and oil filter and little ratchet wrench kit, my car has okay ground clearance so I didn't even need to lift it
@@NO_obs [insert thumbs up here]
@@NO_obs That's awesome Owen, good job :)
Either a very well designed engine or a lucky owner or both, but wow surprised it still ran
That oil has metal, dinosaurs, decomposed organs etc.
Man he saved money not doing oil changes! That is one of the nastiest oils I have ever seen. I am surprised that engine still even ran!
I drove it first and it went fine...The check light only came on after I drained the sludge..I should have checked the oil pressure...That would have been interesting.
I've seen some bad oil in my life, but that one tops them all!
Worst I've seen.
He saved $300 in oil changes now he needs a $4,000 engine
She: did u pull out on time
Me:
Nice.
Seen this comment as i was watching 0:10
If your nut looks like that. You NEED to see a doctor ASAP
@@ghostkiller427 not if it was up poophole
Zzz
No one will ever know why I got this much likes. 🥵
Mine would TRUTHFULLY read, oil changed every 3000 miles. I've been driving 45 years, put as much as 350.000 miles on several cars. Never an engine issue or failure. I only buy brand new, and this is just one of the reasons!! Lol.
The entire reason why I never buy used cars.
John Franklin that’s crazy I didn’t know oil changes had that big of an impact
@@1212holden Huge impact. Do the math on changing the oil every 3,000 miles and putting 350,000 miles on a car. That's 116 oil changes! Look how many hours and time wasted during all that time. Take the same vehicle, do it with Amsoil and change it every 15,000. That drops it down to 23 oil changes. And don't forget to factory in an extra 1 or 2 MPG during that time. When you do the math, the Amsoil comes out almost free due to the savings of fuel. They did every time I put it in my own cars. And when you put nearly 900,000 miles and open up the engine and see that everything inside is within 1% of factory spec, that is the solid proof that Amsoil blows everyone away. I am absolutely amazed that I don't have hundreds of people asking me how to get this stuff. I should be flooded with messages asking me what oil and filters are compatible with their vehicle by now and how to order it. If the tables were turned and somebody told me about this information, I wouldn't be able to reach out to them fast enough to inquire on this oil.
@@thebestmotoroil101 i honestly dont blame you for not wanting to buy used. The car i currently own was bought from a family and whos teenage daughter had used it. Yea, never again.
A few years ago, a friend bought an old Chevy Cavalier. he drove it for 3+ yrs without changing oil. I noticed the filter was rusty and asked how long it had been. he said "I don't know". 2 weeks later the timing chain snapped and the pistons hit the valves and cracked the head in 2 places.
Neglect only goes so far.
I’m pretty sure this is my girlfriend’s car 😐
could be
Not mine cause she's always having me change hers.
Thats the biggest bullshit thing as a man imo. Once you start dating a girl, you are now in charge of taking care of her car. Cleaning out the 10 tons of clothes and bullshit, oil changes, tires.
You aren't married to her. You could be dating for a couple months, but you know if she breaks down somewhere, she's gonna call you looking for a solution, and that's just super inconvenient. So you start taking care of her car, like you adopted it. Your stepcar.
At least yours can drive
It’s still more important to “check” than to “change”.
True at least that way you'd see the gunk on the dip stick...I doubt this guy ever lifted the bonnet.
It is an amazing testament to the car that it still runs...
That model Commodore is still sought after by the younger guys in Australia.
At least with the old rear wheel drive cars you can change individual components to help keep the cost of repairs down to a minimum.
I am not a qualified mechanic, But more of a hobby (basics only) and been doing it for about 20 years. But trying to get some people to understand that you need to keep up with the services is like preaching to a brick wall.
Yep.
That's how my trucks oil looked when i first got it, definitely went a few years without an oil change. To add insult to injury it sat for 7 years before i rescued it. After a flush and valve cleaning it runs fine. Good ol' toyota
I mean, that’s impressive it still runs
Watching that oil drip out is the Wednesday after taco Tuesday
Best take tacos off the menu.
What kinda of tacos do you be eating 😂
@Brad Allen sliding into third, then you feel a juicy turd...
Give it back its sludge! It was surviving off that mud and now it cant run 😂
I change my oil when I start to see my oil level dip stick lines are being covered with dark oil. 2500-3000 miles. Best oil is clean oil. Oil and filters are cheap. Engines are very very expensive
you would change oil in diesel every day then.
That is a hell of a engine...
Legend has it the engine has survived and is back for it's 5 yearly oil change.
I would love to see the Blackstone results from that oil.
He got seriously lucky! He should've also try playing the lotto. I'm sure he would've hit the jackpot.
Some purple in that engine and it will run like new. No biggie!
This really hits home. My old man doesn’t believe in oil changes , we pulled the pan off the 318 from his truck , there was atleast an inch of this shit coating the pan
And here I am with my new car wanting to change out the break-in oil at 1000 miles lol.
Knew someone who's friend did change out oil every 1000 miles, car ended up running 1,000,000 MILLION MILES. Not sure how old the car was, but this guy wouldn't lie. He said the odometer rolled over to start at 0 after that.
@@Runner8617 All the oil drained out of that car in its life could have been enough to power a country lol.
That’s a good thing when I had my motor away they said do the first oil change at 500 miles
@@Runner8617 what was the car?
@@Runner8617 changing at 1k is a waste of money and considering many shops don't properly dispose of used oil generally speaking going to be bad for the environment. Modern Oil can last much longer than 1k miles and you don't have to be anal about it to make your car last. At 1k the oil is basically coming out like new as it went in. You just need to follow the recommended intervals that's it. If his car really lasted a million miles it was a lot more than frequent oil changes that made it possible.
Apparently "Some" Australians and Americans have a lot in common they ""Drive em' into the ground!!...You have some great Videos thanks!!
Cheers Martin.
I don't know a whole lot about cars, but I know how to do basic maintenance. Oil changes, checking the oil, maintaining and replacing fluids, changing a tire, replacing a battery. These are things that all car owners should know. How could someone not change their oil for so long lol?
It's like the first oil change I did on my parent's weed whacker, which they insist was always properly maintained.
It never ceases to amaze me how much abuse a car will actually take
Agreed.
You just know that car is now sitting somewhere on Car Sales with an asking price of 25k.... "complete service history and all round airbags for you and your family's safety.... oil changes done every 5000km"
You feel it too.?.!.
Just makes me sick to see someone mistreat their car. My one truck gets an oil change every 3000 miles and the other every 5000 miles.
Dayyuuum that's approximately 31,000 miles!
This are the type of drivers that say " why change the oil so often what a waste of money, me in 10 years ill have enough saved for a new car. "
I ran into that issue before, I drained it all out then I ran it on 5 quarts on transmission fluid & it cleaned the inside of the engine....till this day it’s still running perfectly it’s been 5 years
That's great.
When you said "Holy Moly" I straight away rhymed it with "Liqui Moly" 😂
Haha...This was Magnatec.
@@ziggassedup boom boom....you're in overdrive....
You're a brave man to change that oil. The crap coming out of that car could kill a man (or woman!).
“Oil is cheap, engines are not” -Scotty Kilmer
There's no need to change oil every 2-3K miles. Most modern engines can run fine for 7-10K miles on fully synthetic oil of a good quality. Make sure a good OEM oil filter is used.
I just changed my oil on my truck. I change it every 2,000 miles. I also change my filter every time. I do it myself to save money so it allows me to use full synthetic oil.
Right on
This is just unfortunate. I'm from halfway across the globe and I feel for that poor car.
Nice !
Not really but I've seen this firsthand.
Once upon a time....
When I was a young mechanic the girl across the street complained her 1975 Chevy Luv Truck (a rebadged Isuzu) wasn't running well.
I opened the hood and pulled the dipstick - showed nothing but a black smear like tar on it. I said: how often do you change your oil ? She said: "Never - I didn't know I was supposed to !"
Then I opened oil fill cap - there was a black plug instead of a hole. It was hard, enough that my finger couldn't push through. I pulled the Valve cover and what emerged looked like a Black sponge cake, with the cover being a 'bundt cake pan' - even the letters ISUZU were visible in the encrusted 'CAKE' of hardened oil residue. NASTY is all I can say....
I cleaned the crust away with a soft plastic chisel and we proeceeded to do rapid oil changed to clean things out. I recall saying: Sorry but your engine MAY NOT recover from the 7 years (this was 1982) of NO OIL CHANGES !
The wonder was that this little truck still ran, albeit not very well !
It's worth mentioning that in that era, late 70's - Synthetic Oils were VERY rare (Amsoil was just started) and so she just had paraffin laden 'Dino Oil' to work with. With that, adhering to 3,000 mile oil changes was a MUST. Today we take 6,000 - 10,000 mile intervals using Synthetic Oil for granted !
In her defense, her father had died suddenly a few years earlier and she had no man in the house to make sure she knew the basics of auto maintenance.
All my 4 daughers know the basics of how to check their oil and antifreeze.
Curious to know how this car (IF ?) recovered from this serious neglect.
I started in the trade in '75...I remember pulling the valve cover of an old Ford 250 I6 and it looked like someone had filled it with expansion foam...I also remember pulling the deain plug on a Jag and it appeared there was straight STP in there.!!...Did this one recover.?...I don't know...He hasn't returned...Cheers.
Supposedly, if you add oil and a quart of automatic transmission fluid, the detergents in ATF cleaned out the sludge.. done a couple times most of the sludge gets loosened and drained with the oil..
Well, over the years I've seen a few of these, none survived. I was caught out in 2002 with a 7.5 Honda outboard on my first boat. Not being familiar with them, the small oil light should be ON with oil pressure. I was conned, it had none. Tried it in a tub, perfect. Set off and seized. See 'how not to launch a boat' you can hear it. Friend took the video, which I didn't get to see until 7 years later.
I drove this vehicle Malc and it went fine so I was amazed to see what came out of the sump and the engine light only came on after i changed the sludge...I recon the lifters didn't know what was happening.
I've never ever seen anything like this, not even in the case of barn find cars. It's a miracle if that engine was still more or less in fine condition. When looking at the grease coming out it would be interesting to open up the engine and take a look inside.
I agree.
STREWTH ,we had a fella from the subcontinent come into our workshop to book hes SV21 Camry in for a minor service , which to the customer meant FULL SERVICE but for $99 hes coppin a oil filter and 5 litres of the cheap stuff ,Stiffie got the job and put it on the 2 post and drained the oil and it was similar to this ,we showed the customer and he asked us to remove the number plates and organise for it to be taken away to be scrapped ,NOW you wont believe this but my boss drained the barnacles and refilled the block with 2 litres off Dex3 and 2.5 litres off diesel ,started it and let it idle for i sh%t you not 15 minutes ,we drained it and screwed on a new filter and flushed it twice more with cheap as oil ,he roadied it and slammed on 3 months rego and copped $1500 for it and every 10K that ol Camry still comes in for a service ,if i hadnt off seen it i wouldnt believe it
I recon this one could have come back but I never saw him again...Cheers Pete.
That's just abuse, pure and simple.
What determines how often the oil should be changed on a vehicle?
Depending on vehicle age, type of oil and driving conditions, oil change intervals will vary. It used to be normal to change the oil every 3,000 miles, but with modern lubricants most engines today have recommended oil change intervals of 5,000 to 7,500 miles.
So i need to drain everything up every 7000 miles ? That's expensive. They charged me 80 euro for it
Try more like upto 20,000 miles
With the Australian Jackmaster I will be changing the Jackmaster every 6 thousand miles and adding a quart of new Walmart synthetic oil. I am in the Dallas Texas area and drive mostly highway. I dont drain oil. When I was selling depth bypsss filters I sent filters to Norway and northern Canada. Im sure they didnt go 6000 miles in the winter. These people knew what the filters were. In the 60s we normally changed the filter and added a quart of new oil about every 2 000 miles in California. Oils werent as good and engines were nasty.
They tell you 8k so you'll need a new vehicle after the warranty expires. For the love of God, do it every 3k if you ACTUALLY want peace of mind, and want it to be dependable for 200k, 300k, 400k, 500k miles.
@@Mandolindo 3k is just wasteful. Unless you have a really old vehicle, use non synthetic, and cheap filters. Oil analysis on good 10k oil has shown it to be totally fine still. I've done 10k on my 4runner for years with good synthetic oil and a good filter and I'm at almost 300k miles with a smooth engine, no compression loss, and my oil looks fine coming out.
Any car or truck owner that could do this because of lack of oil changes deserves these high rebuild costs,no excuses!
yep..
I had a car like this once. The oil still drained fine but, thick. The filter looked just like that though. If memory serves me right it had been a little over 50k miles.
Customer: This is covered under warranty right?
Sure sir.
I know he doesn't have the money but here's what I would do to try to save the engine. Assuming 5 quart system: 3 quarts kerosene, 1 quart oil, 1 quart type A transmission fluid and a new oil filter. Run engine @ 1,500 rpm for 20 minutes. Drain and put new oil filter. repeat process a second time. Put new oil filter and 5 quarts of oil, change the pvc valve and tell the customer he needs to change his oil and filter every 3,000 miles for now on. Oh yea, he doesn't have the money for this so he will be looking for a new car very soon!
“Why should I change my oil, it came with some when I bought it?”
It's amazing he hasn't melted the engine.
yes
This is why bonding a lubricant to the inside of your engine is a good idea.
That way there is always lubrication even if the owner forgets to change the oil.
The oil also lasts longer as less wear occurs.
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