ASE means absolutely nothing these days! Have had lots of diags and quotes from ASE certified shops, either overpriced or didn't find the issue and had no idea what they were doing
@@Guy1138 Ya that's probably what happened they're actually hot air intakes the stock picks it up from low down and outside of the car these don't work MCM did a experiment on that topic it was interesting to watch.
It really is, I’ve gotten blessed, my work has two maintenance men to keep up the boarding facilities. And amazingly one has his ASE, and thankfully he will work on my car and fix it when needed.
@@feeneysmechanical6215 🤣😂 im a youtube mechanic myself, no LD, just a novice. Bet you know way more than I do lol I use to have a jeep, thats experience itself since it means " *J* ust *E* mpty *E* very *P* ocket"
I can say as a mechanic that a lot of shop owners do not want techs to take the time to diagnose anymore. They want to fire a parts cannon at it and charge the customer for it.
Yep, throw parts and at least what the book calls for, for each part changed.. I am supposed to be buying one of these speed 3's, a 2009 with a bunch of extras including all original parts too! Brand new tires and very clean too for $4600!! Though i would LOVE to get a turbo'ed AWD speed 6!!!
Exactly! I know of so many non-certified mechanics who can run circles around 'ASE" Certified ones. Really curious what goes into the whole ASE Cert thing.
I live out in denver too and we got emissions. If the owner has an emission test coming up, he has no choice but to get the CEL taken care of lol!! But yea props for him to get it knocked out regardless!
I do car repairs, air conditioning, electrical work, tile work, plumbing, etc. Stuff I would never imagined I would do. I got tired of people doing half ass jobs.
Unfortunately there's a huge lack of skill and knowledge in the repair field. "techs" are used to plugging in a computer and getting a code that identified a broken part, but when they get a code that identifies a symptom - they don't know where to go. When fuel trim codes show it its soooo common for people to just toss parts at it... plugs, coils, fuel pump, fuel filter, injectors, and then you get frustrated and go elsewhere and maybe they just throw more parts at it... It takes real diagnosis and looking at the data stream to see what's truly going wrong. Something that isn't really as common as it should be.
Yep, I started doing my own work. At least what I can with the tools available. I am sure I have saved hundreds in labor cost already. I have a family friend who said a shop quoted her at $680 for spark plugs and coil-packs. Half of that cost is labor.
@se fi me too! I don't however have anyone to help me out - so I am searching the web - and that is how I found the yt channel of this guy here - CarWizard - he seems to be a trustworthy mechanic though... sadly - I have much more than 8 hours to drive to him
word of mouth, but not from tech illiterate parents or in-laws or that tryhard cousins with riced out honda. The way to find good shops is from actual proper car people, the sorts who like you actually work on their cars too from time to time.
It's an industry wide problem. I work in it too and it's a constant battle. No wonder nobody wants to become a mechanic anymore. I get paid well but its difficult work and your body gets beaten up over the years.
@@danr8194 , the industry wide problem started when someone who knew nothing about fixing cars came up with the idea of telling mechanics how long it should take to fix one. Auto mechanics is NOT production work.
This is why I don't understand why the shops legally have to charge $100+ in my area. The mechanics don't actually see any of that money, I really don't get the economics of modern automotive shops but I do have dealerships asking me to come work for them in my spare time...lol
@@spike_spencer 100/h is dirt cheap, if you dont understand why try opening a business and see how much property taxes, comercial utility rates and insurances are
@Clarence W Red Seal Heavy Heavy Duty too bud. I know the struggle. I work mostly on J1939 and deal mostly on electrical side. Took years of self learning and abuse at a dealership to get to where I am now.
I'm a Transportation Technology Teacher in Brampton Ontario. I added this video to my on-line assignments as an extra attachment and titled it "This is how its done". Excellent video. Thank you!!!
HAHAHA!!!!!!! i actually self-diagnosed my 97 Audi A4 that was only firing 2 cylinders......the tech at the best Audi shop in town was AMAZED when i showed him the simple test that i figured out from the Autodata CD software......they had the order wrong on the test sequence for components, but i figured it out. EVERY SINGLE SHOP that i took it to "diagnosed" the ignition coil [ 3.5K ZAR ]....but the signal going IN to the Ignition coil was ALREADY MISSING....i showed the Audi tech how to do the check using a simple battery checker ....he didn't know. To his credit, he paid attention. Go figure.
a freind had an audi that randomly shut down. paid audi dealer $250 to find out why and didnt find anything(i wouldnt give them penny if they cant fix it). he went to a couole other shops simmilar to stealerships(dealerships), nothing fixed. went to car wizards chinese cousin amd it got fixed (dirty sensor) and only $75. car wnt no problem after. most shops are a complete ripoff. dealerships goal is to soak you as much as possible, if not buy a new car. iys a joke out there.
Richard Evans that's what shade tree mechanics do , then there's idiots who think they know that can't make it run right then bring in a can of worms for the true mechanics to fix ................
Good Job The whole time I saw the “cold air intake” I was thinking MAF was the issue. Most of the time the oil covered air filter contaminates the heated wire of the mass air meter.
Switch to a dry filter, unplug battery, let power drain, retrain the maf sensor. Can't tell you how many people come to me and saying 'it said it wouldn't cause this'. Sure it won't if you know what your doing, and even then you still have small chance of a problem.
Exactly! Between that and overly "dry" lifetime performance filters allow fine dirt to contaminate the MAF sensor also. They just are not worth their "gains" in my opinion!
As a computer tech, I often see computers brought to me that other techs couldn't fix. Every time, the solution is simple. These are GeekSquad and other 'authorized' techs, even mom and pop shops, where the customer takes the computer to multiple shops and no one can fix it. So, they ship their computer across the country to me in desperation, and it turns out to ALWAYS be something incredibly simple, like this: ruclips.net/video/BD6RX2OsGrA/видео.html
I had an Integra that would not start when it was humid out. Of course it took a while to even discover that it was the humidity. It would crank but not fire. Come to find the ecm had a bad solder joint or component. If it was humid out the ecm would not command the fuel pump on. Take the ecm cover off and hit the bare circuit board with a hair dryer for 10 seconds and you would hear the fuel pump relay click and the car would start. That's the weirdest issue I've had.
Bought a 2002 S40 Volvo dirt cheap when i was a student cause i needed to move and i had the hope of fixing it a bit before class started next month, suposedly had a burnt ECU, i was planning to st up a speeduino in case i could not fix it, it was just a loose pin
Haha yeah I personally don’t quite understand his disdain for BMWs considering that he’s willing to work on other European brands, some of which are way more problematic than BMWs. For example, VWs and Audis are very complex monsters to work on and the parts are very cheaply made to begin with and they’re expensive to fix when they break. Overtime though I found that it’s more so the vehicles that are made within the US or any of the adjoining Americas. Now if you’re talking about German cars that are actually manufactured and assembled in Germany that’s a completely different animal because those are good quality parts and they do tend to last now granted nothings cheap on those cars but the quality of parts made there is certainly a lot better than that of what is produced here in the states that’s for sure. Anyways my point is that VW is an audience make a Lotta parts on their cars again mostly in the US that just break all the time and they’re expensive to fix well with most BMW is generally speaking the quality is much more superb in most cases. Just my take on everything
And speaking of BMWs, the car ninja has also had a number of viewers from out of state bring their cars to his shop and have them fixed by him because other shops couldn’t fix them.
Had my Camaro in for some exhaust work and the shop called. Told me I needed a new radiator too. $600 quote. I declined, brought it home and put my pressure tester on it. Little heater hose was leaking and spraying on the rad. Cost me $2.00 for the hose. Been good for two years now. We need a wizard here!
@@tony45682 That's exactly where it all starts going wrong. The Wizard can only be in one place at a time, so he can't guarantee the quality when he's 𝑛𝑜𝑡 there. Someone cuts a corner; he's not there to see it; unhappy customer; reputation starts to suffer. He's built his reputation on the integrity of his work; he can't guarantee that integrity if he's not there. I would stick with one shop/location.😁
I suggest all of you take your car to him i try to be as throughout as i can be because yall are right its not easy to find a quality friendly mechanic anymore. Im not as good as the wizard but i aspire to be.
I was always highly regarded by every shop I worked in, I never bothered with ASE certifications. It means nothing. Manufacturer specific training is much more valuable. I think Ford spent $10,000 on me for training. It was well worth it.
@@lymphy12 Some shops will require ASE or at least some form of schooling. Not necessarily a bad practice but if they take a piece of paper over experience I wouldn't want to work for them anyway. My personal opinion is that you should start off at a dealership changing oil. In your spare time try to help the main techs however you can (even if it's taking out the garbage, they're too good to do so much as deal with their own trash). Show some initiative and make sure your manager/supervisor knows you intend to stick with the company and wish to begin training to become a "B tech." You'll get stuck doing warranty, recall, and other BS work that the other techs don't want to do because it's a lot of work vs. what you get paid for. As you progress the dealership will send you off to training on their own dollar so you're getting training plus experience while making money rather than racking up student loan debt. If things work out you will go on to become a Senior Master Tech and you can either stick with that or go out on your own and start your own shop. At any rate, if you leave the dealership you already have experience and at least some degree of training all while not racking up $60k in debt to go to somewhere like UTI which really isn't all it's hyped up to be and not as highly respected in the industry as their ads would have you believe.
"This is a drivers car." Points at passenger seat... Seriously though, people coming from that far away means you've built yourself a very good reputation. Hats off to you, Wizard! One question: do you not have a four post or similar lift? I find them to be practical also. And I feel the pain when you talk about getting enough time to spend on diagnosis.
That happens when you try grabbing fast something from inside and you put your knee on the seat. I daily drive my Mazdaspeed 6, original motor at 130k miles and I have the same problem. The problem is, the idiot driving her did that two times and it didn't went well with the seat...oh wait, I'm driving her...😏
I just took my Passat TDI to the dealer with a TPMS, ABS and airbag warning lights. I was quoted $3200 parts and labor to replace the ABS module. I declined and drove to O'Rielly's and had them pull the codes. $25 for a wheel speed sensor and an hour of my time and the car is fixed!
@@Christopher-mi6qe Not sure, I've experienced poor service from established independent mechanics and dealers. Like many others when mechanics I trust retired, started to work on my vehicles.
I have a scangauge in each of my cars. It can not only pull and reset codes, but it can also display 4 of many readings such as air/fuel, voltage, air intake temperature, and coolant temperature.
@@geraldtone5914 3 weeks! Bought it from a friend who is a broker. He got for me at auction. He drove it for almost a month and over 1k miles. Warning lights came 1 week after I owned it. So far I'm extremely happy with how it runs and drives. I average between 32 and 40 mpg on the Interstate.
ASE doesn't seem to care about maintaining the quality of their image, judging by the number of underqualified mechanics and outright scam shops that proudly bear their certification. If people were using my name to defraud other people throughout the country, I would think I'd be just a little bit concerned about that. Apparently ASE thinks differently.
@@ZoraPMC I thought the exact same thing till I started taking certification exams for stuff about my computer programming job. I realize that it's all basically a scam, the tests don't prove anything. IMO a good quality elf paced educational course is worth way more than a certification from my experience.
17:30 Also check the Maf Voltage against oem g/s air flow. Additionally check the sensor's IAT and voltage. This will not only tell you if the sensor is working, but may ellude to the PCM using a correction or corrected value in the real value's place.
I had a PT Cruiser - no screaming at me - that had a bad cam and crank sensor. Both sensors are in the same connector. The replacement was part of complete tune up, oil change, and tire rotation at my local carage whom I have used for years. A bit after the service the car started having an occasional turned constant problem of not turning faster than 2250 rpm. The garage could not diagnose the problem. I took it to the dealership, Snethkamp, took a week or two to identify the problem. The service manager himself was working on the car. It turned out to be the 4th time that Chrysler had any record of this happening. The manager replaced the standard aftermarket sensor with a used factory sensor and the problem disappeared. When I had the car back I went to my local garage and told them the problem, gave them the part, and received credit. The manager then placed a note in their computer to always use the factory cam and crank sensor on the 2.4 Chrysler engine.
@@jamesalexander7540 sounds like they learned half a lesson. "I learned that hitting my thumb with a hammer is painful"... An intelligent person would deduce that this applies to all fingers, likely toes too. So thinking that cheapo Chinese parts are only problematic on the Chrysler 2.4l engines is missing the point. (Edit spelling).
You guys are like the sweetest most understanding "auto" Couple ive ever watched .I truly enjoy your honest , no nonsense, non sensationalist , no screaming , calm and informative way you present your shows . It makes it easy for me and enjoyable to watch . Thanks so much .
Geez I wish I had cars that were that easy to fix at my shop 🤣 MAFs and o2 sensors are usually so easy to diagnose. I have no idea how even a shop with basic training couldn’t figure that out.
That’s why I never went for ASE certification. Back in the 70s and 80s, I met many mechanics who had a patch but didn’t know what they were doing. Reputation is what matters. Good job 👍!
Sometime the mechanics have no choice in parts selection = The service managers buy the cheapest parts with the highest mark-up and the mechanics are forced to use them. Some parts will say Mazda, Ford etc on the box and are crap parts also. Need good mechanics that can tell the difference. Usually crap parts throw tons of codes, signal noise etc.
@@jonmccormick8683 Companies big and small reboxing cheap Chinese parts and selling them under their own name is a big problem nowadays. Finding quality parts has become a lottery, where brand name and even price has no bearing on what you're getting anymore.
I'm a plumber by trade. I remember being interviewed by a service plumbing company. His first question regarding my ability was "Are you a parts changer or a technician?" Fortunately the diagnostic process is what keeps me interested in plumbing.
I think he was dead on. At the very least the MAF was off. Maybe he could have looked at the ground side but the symptoms suggested otherwise. The rear o2 might have been an over kill but that's like $80 plus labor that was probably going to be less than doubled checking then diagnosing of the sensor was bad. Keep in mind the customer is from Denver. It's get it right as an only answer
This was state of affairs isn't just prevalent in the automotive industry. It's almost like a plague of two things: *ignorance* and of people *not caring* what it takes to do the right thing
Exactly, and from just being a RUclips mechanic I know the number one rule is to never cheap out on sensors. I would highly question the people who installed my engine if they went in through some generic Chinese built sensor and when there was a problem couldn’t easily recognize that that was the issue.
@@slscamg Yah that's what I love about aftermarket parts they make diagnostics so easy because if you see a aftermarket remote control start for instance and the car's battery drains or it doesn't start you know just rip that out and wire it up like ford did it and Vola it'll start.
@@dodgeplow Ya those Ford engines don't take abuse very well there very sensitive to oil changes and if you don't change it on time your chain will get damaged that's probably what happened to this car.
As someone whose had some experience with this, I suspected either the MAF or O2 sensor. Specially after seeing the cold air intake. I'm a little suspicious of the owner putting on some DIY aftermarket parts, like an aftermarket catback exhaust, but returning it back to stock after realizing the CEL wouldn't go away. Also replacing the rear O2 sensor with a new one but opted for a cheap non brand one. All in all good job finding and fixing the problem really enjoyed the video.
@@arekay21 I have the car and pushed it hard till it broke. But it was a 90mph front end collision that totaled the car. The only problems bone stock, the EGR gets gunked up and so do the valves causing CEL. The stock motor mounts also get shredded. The car is sensitive to engine modifications it is mandatory to get a custom tune even with just swapping an intake and you must upgrade the cam driven fuel pump to prevent the engine from blowing up when adding power. Many people skip this step and pay the price. I basically went full bolt ons on this car. Full polyurethane suspension bushings from Russia(only place to get poly bushings for this car) and H&R Coilovers. From JBR I got all 3 poly engine mounts from, full 3 inch intake with the MAP sensor upgrade, 3 Port Electronic Boost Control Solenoid, Weighted shift knob with solid shifter bushings, thermal insulating gaskets, EGR delete kit and Catch Can. From Dammond Motorsport I also added a 2nd Vent to Atmosphere oil catch car(running dual setup). I also got a short throw shift plate from a custom vendor. From Corksport I got upgraded Cam Driven High Pressure Fuel pump with brass injector sears, poly rear differential brace and fully recirculating By-Pass Valve with wave spring. Full ECU reflashing software from Versatune which I custom tuned myself. Upgraded Top mount intercooler from Custom Performance Engineering. BNR S3 OEM Flange bolt on turbo upgrade. I ran a trunk mounted 50/50 water methanol injection kit. An ebay full 3inch downpipe that replaces both catalytic converters.(CEL was eliminated by reflashing ECU with Versatuner). All in all the car had a very safe tune and I estimate that it went from 270HP to the crank to 380 HP To the crank on a very safe tune with all OEM engine protection parameters adjusted for the increase in power while running a 12.5 AFR.(normally you would use 12:1 AFR for a turbo car or slightly richer). I have even ran this car full throttle sustaining 140 mph with a leaking methanol injection setup with a tune that relies on the methanol to run right and because of all my adjusted safety parameters, the engine never blew up at 80,000 miles. Basically, reflash the ECU properly, put in all the reliability mods(EGR delete, catch can, poly engine mounts) and it won't blow up or cause any problems and also walnut blast the intake valves every once in a while.
Why would you go to all that effort for a check engine light? The one on my Volvo has been on constantly for the last 4 years but the car runs absolutely fine there is nothing wrong with the engine it is some stupid emissions problem so when I have to have it tested I just turn it off with a scan tool.
Being from the salty region of Canada, seeing one of these with no rust on the body is baffling to me... all 3 that I owned barely had any trunk or rear arches left haha
@@CRAPO2011 Only sold as the 5 door hatch, or the estate version here. They're on the 3rd Gen now. Only figures I can find say 700k sales in Europe, so it's never been a popular model.
@@moschops2002 AHHHH being USA our most popular model was the 4 door sedan interesting that we got more bodystyles than you as its usually the opposite. our 2nd gen "6" grew, Japan/europe got a sportier more 1st gen sized redesign. 3rd gen is the same globally im pretty sure
Car wizard,,, Do you watch 'South Main Auto Repair" He has the same situation as you do,, In fact,,,, Dealers and other repair shops actually have vehicles towed to his shop, for repair,, lol,,
Wizard said, "I've seen brand new parts fail." So Have I. One day I did a major tune-up on my 1970 Datsun 240-Z including dual carbs re-build, and it ran like crap. I couldn't figure it out......until.....one night I pulled to the curb and lifted the hood. THERE WAS A FIREWORKS SHOW UNDER THE HOOD! The 'brand new' plug wires were bad - some had over 17,000 ohms resistance! ... and they were firing to the nearest ground - not to the plug!
The Mazda6 speed was good because it was more fluffy then the protege speed but the protege speed (first Mazda speed product) had a lot of kick and was super reliable I’ve driven every Mazda speed product from 2000-2011 I was a Mechanic for Mazda at that time the best part of the M6speed was the awd but if you get snow in the wintertime you definitely need winter tires or your not going anywhere fast
I recently needed a MAF for my GM 8.1 liter RV engine. Bought a Chinese copy MAF off e bay for 27 dollars. What I received was an exact copy of the GM MAF sensor down to the part number cast into the housing. Exact copy of GMs original part and works like new. So yes you can get a bargain MAF sensor without paying full retail.
I’m on several classic car forums and this sentence (“It can’t be {certainpart} because I’ve already replaced that”) comes back so many times and has been proven wrong many times over. People will react amazed and baffled but new parts doesn’t equal problem solved. Especially so in the classic car world because there’s a world of junk out there.
I made that mistake many moons ago. I bought into the PowerBlock advertising on E3 spark plugs and put them in my car, just about ended up loading the parts cannon but ended up taking it to a trusted mechanic instead. Unfortunately he listened to me when I told him I just put new plugs in it and spent 3 hours trying to diag it before pulling the plugs and finding out the insulators were all junk and it was shorting through the insulator so I wasn't getting spark and it ruined my plug wires. Cost over $300 to have that oopsie fixed after spending around $50 on the E3 spark plugs.
I was thinking the same thing. That’s what I do with my cars. It works for me though. Plus, I replace parts that will probably fail down the road anyways.
Sometimes it's cheaper to just throw parts at it and hope that one of them fixes the problem instead of letting a mechanic spend who knows how many hours diagnosing it, assuming they actually do diagnostics instead of drinking coffee for who knows how long, and then end up paying ridiculous amounts of money for labour only.
This is the reason to not buy any Mazda with the 2.3 L turbocharged four-cylinder engine, because they have numerous amount of problems with timing chain guides, electrical issues, etc. It is the same thing with the CX-7 crossover, any of them. The 2007 to 2012 CX-7 is extremely garbage and they had similar problems, like the Chevrolet Traverse. Never ever buy a Mazda CX-7, if you are planning to buy an older crossover. Another crossover not to buy is the Hyundai Veracruz, any of them, as well from 2008 to 2012, because I had a friend who used to own one, after his Toyota Corolla was involved in an accident and was written off. These Veracruz's had a lot of problems with electrical failures, mechanical issues, airbag deployment and the 3.8 L V6 engine from Hyundai (except the Azera full-size sedan, which is fairly reliable). The Car Wizard will hopefully do an all-new, buy this, not that video for Mazda or Kia and Hyundai this afternoon. If it is for Kia and Hyundai for the buy this, not that department, the Car Wizard has to do both of them, almost like he did for Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Saturn last year, after the COVID-19 pandemic began worldwide. He always do a lot of videos himself, compared to with the Bug Ninja. Anyway, thanks again for all these videos and comments to the Car Wizard and myself. Good luck.
@@EL-WAPPO That all depends on how the Motor is maintained and driven. My 3 MPS is currently on 165k Miles and is fine. A lot of people lug these engines hard and don't maintain them like they should. They all go pop and people wonder why.
Car Wizard, I love your videos and the work you do. It seems that so many shops have the “turn and burn” method. Getting cars in and out as quickly as possible, regardless of the outcome, is plaguing many shops. Happy to see that you and your crew are honest and fair to customers. Another great reason to support small businesses and shops!
My guess: they're "certified" to read a list of diagnostic codes on a screen, and if the replacement part for the code doesn't fix the car they give up. And then many shops will install generic parts and charge the customer OEM prices, especially on out of warranty vehicles. When the part then fails after a short period, they put another generic part in, and keep charging the customer as there's no warranty on replacement parts...
From Australia. I've just done the rounds to get my abs light problem fixed and finally found a mechanic who knew what he was doing. He was honest with me , like you, and he has now gained another customer and I guess that's why his workshop is overrun with other cars to be fixed. I was so pleased it was like finding $100 bill !
It wasn't actually running rich, the ECU interpreted the sensor values as a rich condition, hence the very negative fuel trims. If anything, the ECU was running the engine lean. A handy tip: if you get a rich code, but you don't smell unburned fuel in the exhaust, then it's likely a AFR/O² sensor issue. Conversely, if you get a lean code, but the exhaust smells like unburned fuel, then it's likely also a AFR/O² sensor issue. The difference between the two situations depends on whether the sensor (or circuit) has gone low resistance (short) or high resistance (open)
It's closer to 7 hrs, and that's if you're going 70. You can easily go faster than that and average closer to 75+ mph. The flight from Wichita to Denver is a little over an hour, and costs a bit over $50. Point taken though! I guess if you want it done correctly, you have to take it to The Wizard. The specs on that car tell me that it must be worth it. That would be a GREAT daily.
I had one of these cars . My wife drove it daily and right around 60,000 mi it launched a rod out of the side of the block while she was doing 35 mph in third gear . I zoom zoomed a new block into it and then zoom zoom that thing out of my driveway forever . I bought a 2010 Hyundai Genesis coupe track with the 3.8 . It was a far superior car to the Mazda . She drove the Genesis for 200,000 problem free miles .
@@supertouring1 Exactly.... Here in AZ we have some more notorious shops with names modelled after a local Tempe AZ university.... (hint hint)... that pull stuff like that. Im a GM tech at a local dealer and it seems they try to squeeze all the juice out of a customer by way of maintenance services and whatnot and then ultimately send the customer to us (the dealer) as the problem the customer has is "above their heads"..... And it always ends up being something very simple like a MAF sensor cleaning or a damn air induction leak. Drives us crazy.
A MAF?! that is always the first suspect part anywhere in the world; i guess now we know for sure that 1: *there were no shops* where he lived, or 2: *he did not want to pay* , any more monies,especially since he had already gotten taken in with that engine swap!!!
Ever profession has so called professionals that shouldn't be in the profession they studied for. Some people get it, some people have no clue, the schools are out to make coin, not professionals nowadays. This is a BIG issue with the medical industry. A lot of REALLY good professional Doctors and Nurses have retired early due to covid, and we re left with shaky at best medical examiners.
I had two, bring it to me. By the way, its probably a head gasket leak. They all did that. Fiat 128 engine with Ford emissions. Hand warmers on the back window glass is for pushing, not defrosting. lol.
Wise wizard ! As an old retired mechanic you gave a great explanation of how you repaired that carand some of us do care about our work practices .keep it up mate, cheers from Rick in Australia
I know the feeling. When I had mine I suspect it may have been the first one registered in Maine. It took months before I saw another on the road. I've only ever seen 2 others that were also Black Cherry Mica. It was a nice car and a great "sleeper".
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ASE means absolutely nothing these days! Have had lots of diags and quotes from ASE certified shops, either overpriced or didn't find the issue and had no idea what they were doing
Still having a shop try to quote me shocks when it doesn’t need shocks
The aftermarket intake may be the issue, those oil coated filters can ruin the MAF sensors
@@Guy1138 Ya that's probably what happened they're actually hot air intakes the stock picks it up from low down and outside of the car these don't work MCM did a experiment on that topic it was interesting to watch.
@@Guy1138 thats why Scotty Kilmer hates them, too.
I like them for sound only.
Finding an honest mechanic is literally like hitting the lotto
Literally one in a million at this point.
You need a guy. Not a shop. Everybody needs a guy.
@@danielgeorgianni1687 this is the reason I became one. I fix the problem or I wont charge.
It really is, I’ve gotten blessed, my work has two maintenance men to keep up the boarding facilities. And amazingly one has his ASE, and thankfully he will work on my car and fix it when needed.
Hey another of this fad of young people misusing literally.
Looks like a great car to drive around.. only 3 for sale on car gurus in the whole country
im ASE certified and i would have thought the problem was the AC needed a recharge
As a fellow auto techs with some learning disabilities. I really appreciate the slow explanation of your fix
I have a learning disability. RUclips has helped me ten fold
@@feeneysmechanical6215 I am very stupid and RUclips has helped me tremendously
@@2potatos you're not stupid. Your just in congress
@@feeneysmechanical6215 🤣😂 im a youtube mechanic myself, no LD, just a novice. Bet you know way more than I do lol I use to have a jeep, thats experience itself since it means " *J* ust *E* mpty *E* very *P* ocket"
All of us technicians have learning disabilities.
I learned how to repair my vehicles because I got tired of bringing my cars back to have the repairs repaired.
So true
Same
Facts. Saves a ton of money too.
I dont trust any mechanics especially leaving my car and not being there to watch them
Same here and if I can't fix it myself, only two other mechanics whom I trust, are allowed to touch my car 🤷♂️
I can say as a mechanic that a lot of shop owners do not want techs to take the time to diagnose anymore. They want to fire a parts cannon at it and charge the customer for it.
I see, flat rate.
Yep, throw parts and at least what the book calls for, for each part changed..
I am supposed to be buying one of these speed 3's, a 2009 with a bunch of extras including all original parts too!
Brand new tires and very clean too for $4600!! Though i would LOVE to get a turbo'ed AWD speed 6!!!
I work in government its very tempting because it's out of your hands it waiting on parts hopefully for a couple weeks
Ase means able to start engine. I have known old school mechanics that were not as certified that could work rings around these new mechanices
hahahahaha
Good one!
Also means Ask Somebody Else.
@@duhboi6516 🤣🤣
Exactly! I know of so many non-certified mechanics who can run circles around 'ASE" Certified ones. Really curious what goes into the whole ASE Cert thing.
You got to give credit to the car owner that wasn't willing to give up.
I live out in denver too and we got emissions. If the owner has an emission test coming up, he has no choice but to get the CEL taken care of lol!! But yea props for him to get it knocked out regardless!
04 g35 and ill keep putting money into because of the body. Fucking head gasket thoo..
I wouldn’t either with a speed6 those cars are unicorns and it’s sad they don’t still make them
@@rambosaurusrex449 .? Yes
Good help is becoming harder and harder to find
With physicans and engineers is the same - the good one are hard to find.
Now days it's easy to find help, the hard is to find a simple car without much electronics
Work ethic is dead and buried. No pride is workmanship anymore.
ANY help is hard to find anymore! People are getting paid for incompetence and lack of effort, so long as business owners make their money.
@@davidjacobs8558 yes and mechanically means physics, chemistry, and mathematics all together which is very rare thing in all centuries
I passed the ASE exams after 6 months in tech school, having never worked on anything except my own cars. ASE is like a high school diploma now.
I took a legit practice test online for the fun of it and passed with only the knowledge I was taught from high school and personal experience
@@strictlyauto1164 sorry, but you're wrong.
And how many did you pass?
@@benztech2262 all 4 that I took. Brakes, S&S, Electrical, and HVAC.
Car Wizard is so smart he can't comprehend the stupidity of other mechanics.
Car weezard is awesome 🔥
He hasn't realized yet you can't fix stupid.
And this is a perfect example of why I no longer considered myself a mechanic. I am now a t.v. repair man that gets dirty.
I cringe when I hear "weezard"
Amazing!
Having people from other states coming to your shop show's how good of work you do.
I would drive all the way to Kansas for a chance to get my car worked on by the car wizard
As a Coloradan, I kinda want to do the same thing. Lol
There's also South Main Auto channel, and Pine Hollow Auto Diagnostics both in New York state, and Pennsylvania state, besides Omega Auto Clinic
@@youngb1ood Agreed, I have all of them subscribed to their RUclips channel.
@@md2k8 I shipped my car over to this guy from Scotland,he fixed it and sent me it back within a week, great guy.and a good Patrick thistle supporter.
I do car repairs, air conditioning, electrical work, tile work, plumbing, etc. Stuff I would never imagined I would do. I got tired of people doing half ass jobs.
I just replaced the front brake pads on my car - cost me $60.00 for the pads and about 2 hours of work.
Yep I'm just like you. I learned how to do all kinds of stuff because I got frustrated with half assed jobs and full repair bill.
Yup, I'm in the UK and the lack of care and attention from literally every tradesperson is horrendous
This is so true mate. It is so hard to find good workers nowadays.
Same.
"Can you have a look at my car and tell me what's wrong with it?"
Car Wizard: "Let me tell you a story.."
I've been ripped off by so many mechanics I decided to do the repairs myself, it doesn't surprise me to hear that this is a wide spread issue.
Unfortunately there's a huge lack of skill and knowledge in the repair field. "techs" are used to plugging in a computer and getting a code that identified a broken part, but when they get a code that identifies a symptom - they don't know where to go. When fuel trim codes show it its soooo common for people to just toss parts at it... plugs, coils, fuel pump, fuel filter, injectors, and then you get frustrated and go elsewhere and maybe they just throw more parts at it... It takes real diagnosis and looking at the data stream to see what's truly going wrong. Something that isn't really as common as it should be.
Yep, I started doing my own work. At least what I can with the tools available. I am sure I have saved hundreds in labor cost already. I have a family friend who said a shop quoted her at $680 for spark plugs and coil-packs. Half of that cost is labor.
@se fi me too! I don't however have anyone to help me out - so I am searching the web - and that is how I found the yt channel of this guy here - CarWizard - he seems to be a trustworthy mechanic though... sadly - I have much more than 8 hours to drive to him
Join the club.
word of mouth, but not from tech illiterate parents or in-laws or that tryhard cousins with riced out honda.
The way to find good shops is from actual proper car people, the sorts who like you actually work on their cars too from time to time.
ASE Certification doesn’t mean crap if the mechanics are being pushed for “quantity work” and not “quality work.” Big difference.
It's an industry wide problem. I work in it too and it's a constant battle. No wonder nobody wants to become a mechanic anymore. I get paid well but its difficult work and your body gets beaten up over the years.
@@danr8194 , the industry wide problem started when someone who knew nothing about fixing cars came up with the idea of telling mechanics how long it should take to fix one. Auto mechanics is NOT production work.
This is why I don't understand why the shops legally have to charge $100+ in my area. The mechanics don't actually see any of that money, I really don't get the economics of modern automotive shops but I do have dealerships asking me to come work for them in my spare time...lol
@@spike_spencer 100/h is dirt cheap, if you dont understand why try opening a business and see how much property taxes, comercial utility rates and insurances are
@Clarence W Red Seal Heavy Heavy Duty too bud. I know the struggle. I work mostly on J1939 and deal mostly on electrical side. Took years of self learning and abuse at a dealership to get to where I am now.
I'm a Transportation Technology Teacher in Brampton Ontario. I added this video to my on-line assignments as an extra attachment and titled it "This is how its done". Excellent video. Thank you!!!
I'm from Scarborough Ontario
Creative "Tech Guy" 😅
Not gonna make a bad Brampton driver joke🤣
Brampton? Sorry to hear that.
905 love
My experience with Ase certification means ask someone else
HAHAHA!!!!!!! i actually self-diagnosed my 97 Audi A4 that was only firing 2 cylinders......the tech at the best Audi shop in town was AMAZED when i showed him the simple test that i figured out from the Autodata CD software......they had the order wrong on the test sequence for components, but i figured it out. EVERY SINGLE SHOP that i took it to "diagnosed" the ignition coil [ 3.5K ZAR ]....but the signal going IN to the Ignition coil was ALREADY MISSING....i showed the Audi tech how to do the check using a simple battery checker ....he didn't know. To his credit, he paid attention.
Go figure.
@@leonpetersen7346 good luck with your A4 . I had a 2001 that was an absolute money pit. Smiles per Gallon were worth it tho.
a freind had an audi that randomly shut down. paid audi dealer $250 to find out why and didnt find anything(i wouldnt give them penny if they cant fix it). he went to a couole other shops simmilar to stealerships(dealerships), nothing fixed. went to car wizards chinese cousin amd it got fixed (dirty sensor) and only $75. car wnt no problem after. most shops are a complete ripoff. dealerships goal is to soak you as much as possible, if not buy a new car. iys a joke out there.
The Car Wizard needs to open up a chain of shops and train all of his mechanics personally.
you cant train people to care
@@honchoryanc actually you can, it's called nursing school
@@honchoryanc Yes you can. And even if you couldn't, you can make sure that you only keep the ones who do.
@@murmovies depends on your definition of "care"
train all of his "wizards"
Video idea for you: Parts to always buy OEM/higher end brand names vs. parts where it's OK to buy generics.
For anything electronic it's pretty much 100% OEM. Few exceptions. Other stuff and we can talk....
@@kevin9c1 makes sense. 9c1 as in police package caprice?
@@neilquinn Yup.
@@kevin9c1 - So your telling me electronic parts like maf sensors from cheap company’s are just as good as oem? Im really interested .
Bushings, tie rods, sway bar links, control arms you can go cheap.
"They couldn't fix a simple check engine light, so he drove it here and I just took the bulb out, don't tell him"
😂👌
Richard Evans that's what shade tree mechanics do , then there's idiots who think they know that can't make it run right then bring in a can of worms for the true mechanics to fix ................
Some jack ass actually sold me a ms6 with the check engine light Uninstalled
Just take a #80 bit and drill into the check engine light so it breaks.
Boom
No more check engine light.
@@dillonh321 yep shade tree mechanics !!!! There's a reason why the check engine light is on !!!!!!!!!!
Listening to him explain cars and fixes and helping customers makes you feel like you're talking to dad you've needed.
Damn dude.. the feels
Lol
This hit me kinda hard haha
Seriously, he makes me feel like I'm listening to my old man who's gone now. Funny how a car mechanics tech vid can do so much for the soul 👍💯😎
You're the South Main Auto of the mid west.
I watch Eric O also!!!
@@pizzamon795 Dr. Eric O,is good at what he does too, that's why I support his RUclips channel.
@@pizzamon795 ERic reminds me of AVE
@@niyablake A super duper tame less Canadian/Real Canadian AVE
I was thinking that also!
Good Job
The whole time I saw the “cold air intake” I was thinking MAF was the issue. Most of the time the oil covered air filter contaminates the heated wire of the mass air meter.
Yup exactly what I was thinking. My E36 killed a MAF a week after I installed a CAI.
Switch to a dry filter, unplug battery, let power drain, retrain the maf sensor. Can't tell you how many people come to me and saying 'it said it wouldn't cause this'. Sure it won't if you know what your doing, and even then you still have small chance of a problem.
“High performance” air filters on anything other than a track car == STOOPID. I was once dumb. Now I just use good OEM or Wix air filters.
Yep. That intake was the cause of all this owners problems.
Exactly! Between that and overly "dry" lifetime performance filters allow fine dirt to contaminate the MAF sensor also. They just are not worth their "gains" in my opinion!
I started working on my own stuff because of this.
As a tech myself I mess with multiple car makes, our shop has Identifix and it's is a great tool
As a computer tech, I often see computers brought to me that other techs couldn't fix. Every time, the solution is simple. These are GeekSquad and other 'authorized' techs, even mom and pop shops, where the customer takes the computer to multiple shops and no one can fix it. So, they ship their computer across the country to me in desperation, and it turns out to ALWAYS be something incredibly simple, like this: ruclips.net/video/BD6RX2OsGrA/видео.html
I had an Integra that would not start when it was humid out. Of course it took a while to even discover that it was the humidity. It would crank but not fire. Come to find the ecm had a bad solder joint or component. If it was humid out the ecm would not command the fuel pump on. Take the ecm cover off and hit the bare circuit board with a hair dryer for 10 seconds and you would hear the fuel pump relay click and the car would start. That's the weirdest issue I've had.
Bought a 2002 S40 Volvo dirt cheap when i was a student cause i needed to move and i had the hope of fixing it a bit before class started next month, suposedly had a burnt ECU, i was planning to st up a speeduino in case i could not fix it, it was just a loose pin
Have you seen Roy's Food Repair clip? 🤣
Wow, marketing at it's finest. But I am not even mad! :)
I would not have guessed reset switch at first, lol.
*looks at his wife in the eyes*
LET ME TELL YOU GUYS A STORY
Lol it's bad. He's JUMPIN on hoovies coat tails
@@TechTokOffical He knows what he is doing and is honest. That makes a very good mechanic. Cut some slack. The exact reason Hoovie trusts this guy.
@@TechTokOffical I wouldn't say that. he helped make Hoovie. they play well off each other.
I meant I wouldnt say he is jumping on Hoovie's coat tails. He is obviously an awesome mechanic.
Wizard just called himself a "European Auto Repair Shop". That means he HAS to work on BMW's now!
Haha yeah I personally don’t quite understand his disdain for BMWs considering that he’s willing to work on other European brands, some of which are way more problematic than BMWs. For example, VWs and Audis are very complex monsters to work on and the parts are very cheaply made to begin with and they’re expensive to fix when they break. Overtime though I found that it’s more so the vehicles that are made within the US or any of the adjoining Americas. Now if you’re talking about German cars that are actually manufactured and assembled in Germany that’s a completely different animal because those are good quality parts and they do tend to last now granted nothings cheap on those cars but the quality of parts made there is certainly a lot better than that of what is produced here in the states that’s for sure. Anyways my point is that VW is an audience make a Lotta parts on their cars again mostly in the US that just break all the time and they’re expensive to fix well with most BMW is generally speaking the quality is much more superb in most cases. Just my take on everything
And speaking of BMWs, the car ninja has also had a number of viewers from out of state bring their cars to his shop and have them fixed by him because other shops couldn’t fix them.
Had my Camaro in for some exhaust work and the shop called. Told me I needed a new radiator too. $600 quote. I declined, brought it home and put my pressure tester on it. Little heater hose was leaking and spraying on the rad. Cost me $2.00 for the hose. Been good for two years now. We need a wizard here!
Sounds to me like A.J. Green is a 'wizard'...
@@earnestbunbury2103 Nowhere near a wizard. But I can see water squirting out of a hose. I guess vision isn't a requirement for ASE certification.
Coming soon to a city near you: "Wizard's Certified Auto Repair".
WCAR
@@myMotoring “WCAR” 😂😂😂
Wizard should expand and open another shops! Keep training mechanics and bring that great customer service to the masses!
@@tony45682 That's exactly where it all starts going wrong. The Wizard can only be in one place at a time, so he can't guarantee the quality when he's 𝑛𝑜𝑡 there. Someone cuts a corner; he's not there to see it; unhappy customer; reputation starts to suffer.
He's built his reputation on the integrity of his work; he can't guarantee that integrity if he's not there. I would stick with one shop/location.😁
Will the wizard clone himself at those locations? 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Car Wizard is like the Louis Rossman of the auto world.
Not exactly, Car Wizard does not smother any part of the car he is going to work on, in flux ;)
@@JohnDoe-bd5sz DARN LOL
@@JohnDoe-bd5sz lol
I was convinced the issue with this car was PPB_G3H 🤔
@@everyhandletaken Or PP3V42 that raskal :)
@@JohnDoe-bd5sz hahaha 👌🏻
ASE might mean book smart, but it doesn’t mean real world diag smart.
He is so thorough with everything I wish he was my mechanic
Me to.
I swear, if I ever have a problem like that, where neither I, nor a couple of mechanics can sort it out, I'm making the two hour drive north to Omega.
I suggest all of you take your car to him i try to be as throughout as i can be because yall are right its not easy to find a quality friendly mechanic anymore. Im not as good as the wizard but i aspire to be.
Im from Europe, so I’m out of luck here lol
@@xCokeMaanx I'm the same all we get is Leon diagnostic Dan he's very good to .
I was always highly regarded by every shop I worked in, I never bothered with ASE certifications. It means nothing. Manufacturer specific training is much more valuable. I think Ford spent $10,000 on me for training. It was well worth it.
How did you get a job in a shop w/o ASE? I want to be a car wizard too.
@@lymphy12 it’s not required by the industry.
@@F6HemiCharger So intern at the shop for some hands on experience and skip the school?
@@lymphy12 I never said to skip any school.
@@lymphy12 Some shops will require ASE or at least some form of schooling. Not necessarily a bad practice but if they take a piece of paper over experience I wouldn't want to work for them anyway. My personal opinion is that you should start off at a dealership changing oil. In your spare time try to help the main techs however you can (even if it's taking out the garbage, they're too good to do so much as deal with their own trash). Show some initiative and make sure your manager/supervisor knows you intend to stick with the company and wish to begin training to become a "B tech." You'll get stuck doing warranty, recall, and other BS work that the other techs don't want to do because it's a lot of work vs. what you get paid for. As you progress the dealership will send you off to training on their own dollar so you're getting training plus experience while making money rather than racking up student loan debt. If things work out you will go on to become a Senior Master Tech and you can either stick with that or go out on your own and start your own shop. At any rate, if you leave the dealership you already have experience and at least some degree of training all while not racking up $60k in debt to go to somewhere like UTI which really isn't all it's hyped up to be and not as highly respected in the industry as their ads would have you believe.
"This is a drivers car." Points at passenger seat...
Seriously though, people coming from that far away means you've built yourself a very good reputation.
Hats off to you, Wizard!
One question: do you not have a four post or similar lift? I find them to be practical also.
And I feel the pain when you talk about getting enough time to spend on diagnosis.
That happens when you try grabbing fast something from inside and you put your knee on the seat. I daily drive my Mazdaspeed 6, original motor at 130k miles and I have the same problem. The problem is, the idiot driving her did that two times and it didn't went well with the seat...oh wait, I'm driving her...😏
Wow..those techs.wearing their ASE patches should be ashamed of themselves..Steve Deleon ASE Auto Technician..Tucson, Arizona
I just took my Passat TDI to the dealer with a TPMS, ABS and airbag warning lights. I was quoted $3200 parts and labor to replace the ABS module. I declined and drove to O'Rielly's and had them pull the codes. $25 for a wheel speed sensor and an hour of my time and the car is fixed!
How long have you had the tdi and how has it been reliability wise?
I was looking into buying one.
The worst mechanics are at dealers.
@@Christopher-mi6qe Not sure, I've experienced poor service from established independent mechanics and dealers. Like many others when mechanics I trust retired, started to work on my vehicles.
I have a scangauge in each of my cars. It can not only pull and reset codes, but it can also display 4 of many readings such as air/fuel, voltage, air intake temperature, and coolant temperature.
@@geraldtone5914 3 weeks! Bought it from a friend who is a broker. He got for me at auction. He drove it for almost a month and over 1k miles. Warning lights came 1 week after I owned it.
So far I'm extremely happy with how it runs and drives. I average between 32 and 40 mpg on the Interstate.
The problem I’ve noticed with a lot of master techs with age they tend to develop more tunnel vision
ASE doesn't seem to care about maintaining the quality of their image, judging by the number of underqualified mechanics and outright scam shops that proudly bear their certification. If people were using my name to defraud other people throughout the country, I would think I'd be just a little bit concerned about that. Apparently ASE thinks differently.
It's just a way for them to skim money selling certificates and badges
ASE's customers are the people that pay them to take the tests. Everyone else is irrelevant.
And here I was thinking about studying up just so I can work on my own car.
@@ZoraPMC I thought the exact same thing till I started taking certification exams for stuff about my computer programming job. I realize that it's all basically a scam, the tests don't prove anything. IMO a good quality elf paced educational course is worth way more than a certification from my experience.
Maybe there is room in the marketplace for a new certification company
17:30 Also check the Maf Voltage against oem g/s air flow. Additionally check the sensor's IAT and voltage. This will not only tell you if the sensor is working, but may ellude to the PCM using a correction or corrected value in the real value's place.
Lesson: don't buy chinese sensors, ECU needs very accurate readings, a trained technician should know that
Failure to communicate the cheep chi. Comm parts are inferior
Lessoned well when I bought the cheapest igntions coil
I had a PT Cruiser - no screaming at me - that had a bad cam and crank sensor. Both sensors are in the same connector. The replacement was part of complete tune up, oil change, and tire rotation at my local carage whom I have used for years.
A bit after the service the car started having an occasional turned constant problem of not turning faster than 2250 rpm. The garage could not diagnose the problem. I took it to the dealership, Snethkamp, took a week or two to identify the problem. The service manager himself was working on the car. It turned out to be the 4th time that Chrysler had any record of this happening. The manager replaced the standard aftermarket sensor with a used factory sensor and the problem disappeared.
When I had the car back I went to my local garage and told them the problem, gave them the part, and received credit. The manager then placed a note in their computer to always use the factory cam and crank sensor on the 2.4 Chrysler engine.
@@jamesalexander7540 sounds like they learned half a lesson. "I learned that hitting my thumb with a hammer is painful"... An intelligent person would deduce that this applies to all fingers, likely toes too. So thinking that cheapo Chinese parts are only problematic on the Chrysler 2.4l engines is missing the point. (Edit spelling).
A lot of OEM sensors are supplied from China... hate to break it to you
Hey Wizard & Mrs Wizard, I know what's happening, you're just smarter than the average bear. Woo Hoo!!! 😁
Being a Utah native, I pondered driving the 15 hours just to MEET the Car Wizard.
Donate your time to doing good in the community instead
with the virus going on, I said leave people alone.
@@theone6805 give us a break; intellectually endowed people do not suffer from coronaphobia.
I drove 2500 miles from Nevada to hire Eric O of South Main Auto for a job.
I'm about to bring a bag of money and toe my car there !
You guys are like the sweetest most understanding
"auto" Couple ive ever watched .I truly enjoy your honest , no nonsense, non sensationalist , no screaming , calm and informative way you present your shows . It makes it easy for me and enjoyable to watch . Thanks so much .
ASE, the "R" is silent.
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@@ClassCraZeTV Add the R after the A.
Take your thumbs up. Probably laughed at this harder than I should.
Geez I wish I had cars that were that easy to fix at my shop 🤣 MAFs and o2 sensors are usually so easy to diagnose. I have no idea how even a shop with basic training couldn’t figure that out.
I swear I was paying attention, but I realize I spent the entirety of this video sneaking glimpses of that 66 chevelle in the background.
In most instances it is your experience, your intelligence, and your passion for making things right, that’s what makes you better than most shops.
That’s why I never went for ASE certification. Back in the 70s and 80s, I met many mechanics who had a patch but didn’t know what they were doing. Reputation is what matters. Good job 👍!
Thats kind of cutting off your nose to spite your face
So others shortcomings kept you from taking care of yourself? You might have helped an ASE Cert. mean more back then if you had gotten it.
its absurd that this customer dropped 4 figures into his MS6 for an engine swap and the garage that did it used "China Best" parts.
Sometime the mechanics have no choice in parts selection = The service managers buy the cheapest parts with the highest mark-up and the mechanics are forced to use them.
Some parts will say Mazda, Ford etc on the box and are crap parts also. Need good mechanics that can tell the difference. Usually crap parts throw tons of codes, signal noise etc.
This is why I go to my dealership, yeah service is more expensive but it is OEM and if they probably have less of an incentive to just rush you out
@@TheNacropolice They tell you its always oem anyway.... lol
Profit margin
@@jonmccormick8683 Companies big and small reboxing cheap Chinese parts and selling them under their own name is a big problem nowadays. Finding quality parts has become a lottery, where brand name and even price has no bearing on what you're getting anymore.
Throwing parts at a car vs. actual logical, diag. Well-done, sir.
I'm a plumber by trade. I remember being interviewed by a service plumbing company. His first question regarding my ability was "Are you a parts changer or a technician?" Fortunately the diagnostic process is what keeps me interested in plumbing.
I think he was dead on. At the very least the MAF was off.
Maybe he could have looked at the ground side but the symptoms suggested otherwise.
The rear o2 might have been an over kill but that's like $80 plus labor that was probably going to be less than doubled checking then diagnosing of the sensor was bad.
Keep in mind the customer is from Denver. It's get it right as an only answer
David
@@chrisowens7873 w
This was state of affairs isn't just prevalent in the automotive industry. It's almost like a plague of two things: *ignorance* and of people *not caring* what it takes to do the right thing
Wonder if their "expert" unnecessarily replaced the engine when it was just a bad sensor.
Big money Ouch 😖
Ya that's my suspicion as well.
Exactly, and from just being a RUclips mechanic I know the number one rule is to never cheap out on sensors. I would highly question the people who installed my engine if they went in through some generic Chinese built sensor and when there was a problem couldn’t easily recognize that that was the issue.
at only 118K miles, it should not have needed one. Very sad.
@@slscamg Yah that's what I love about aftermarket parts they make diagnostics so easy because if you see a aftermarket remote control start for instance and the car's battery drains or it doesn't start you know just rip that out and wire it up like ford did it and Vola it'll start.
@@dodgeplow Ya those Ford engines don't take abuse very well there very sensitive to oil changes and if you don't change it on time your chain will get damaged that's probably what happened to this car.
As a mazdaspeed6 owner let me tell you. It's extremely easy to lose the key.
I had a switchblade key !! What’s up with the key cards??
As a MS6 owner with the keycard attached to the rest of my keys, I’ve never lost my key.
I lost the blade key moving in to an empty house.. two years later and its still gone. Facts
When I look at Mrs Wizard I think Car Wizard has more expertise beyond automobiles.
Bob Smithereens no way. She’s hot.
@@totalyep if you like pudgy
Jesus, can we lay off the wife. This is a car video, not a Sports Illustrated photo shoot, ya misogynistic fools.
@Bob Smithereens true!
Terry Orcutt she is a great add to the videos. She is smart, and a teacher which is cool.
As someone whose had some experience with this, I suspected either the MAF or O2 sensor. Specially after seeing the cold air intake. I'm a little suspicious of the owner putting on some DIY aftermarket parts, like an aftermarket catback exhaust, but returning it back to stock after realizing the CEL wouldn't go away. Also replacing the rear O2 sensor with a new one but opted for a cheap non brand one. All in all good job finding and fixing the problem really enjoyed the video.
These are proper sleepers, what's not to like ? !
Do you mean sleeper as in it sleeps in the garabge cuz its always broken? Neh
😂
Until you push it hard and then things break. Great idea for a car, poorly executed by Mazda.
@@arekay21 I have the car and pushed it hard till it broke. But it was a 90mph front end collision that totaled the car. The only problems bone stock, the EGR gets gunked up and so do the valves causing CEL. The stock motor mounts also get shredded.
The car is sensitive to engine modifications it is mandatory to get a custom tune even with just swapping an intake and you must upgrade the cam driven fuel pump to prevent the engine from blowing up when adding power. Many people skip this step and pay the price.
I basically went full bolt ons on this car. Full polyurethane suspension bushings from Russia(only place to get poly bushings for this car) and H&R Coilovers. From JBR I got all 3 poly engine mounts from, full 3 inch intake with the MAP sensor upgrade, 3 Port Electronic Boost Control Solenoid, Weighted shift knob with solid shifter bushings, thermal insulating gaskets, EGR delete kit and Catch Can. From Dammond Motorsport I also added a 2nd Vent to Atmosphere oil catch car(running dual setup). I also got a short throw shift plate from a custom vendor. From Corksport I got upgraded Cam Driven High Pressure Fuel pump with brass injector sears, poly rear differential brace and fully recirculating By-Pass Valve with wave spring. Full ECU reflashing software from Versatune which I custom tuned myself. Upgraded Top mount intercooler from Custom Performance Engineering. BNR S3 OEM Flange bolt on turbo upgrade. I ran a trunk mounted 50/50 water methanol injection kit. An ebay full 3inch downpipe that replaces both catalytic converters.(CEL was eliminated by reflashing ECU with Versatuner).
All in all the car had a very safe tune and I estimate that it went from 270HP to the crank to 380 HP To the crank on a very safe tune with all OEM engine protection parameters adjusted for the increase in power while running a 12.5 AFR.(normally you would use 12:1 AFR for a turbo car or slightly richer). I have even ran this car full throttle sustaining 140 mph with a leaking methanol injection setup with a tune that relies on the methanol to run right and because of all my adjusted safety parameters, the engine never blew up at 80,000 miles.
Basically, reflash the ECU properly, put in all the reliability mods(EGR delete, catch can, poly engine mounts) and it won't blow up or cause any problems and also walnut blast the intake valves every once in a while.
Junk
I always feel like a kid that got in trouble when wizard scolds
My first grade teacher was like that
These MS6s are seriously sweet cars. I tried to buy one new, they were hard to find and dealers gouging like crazy.
Really? They were blowing them out here in Maryland in 2006
You may want to seek out a Focus ST or an Ecoboost Mustang. Same bottom end in the engine.
@@Kevin93tilAn Ecoboost mustang isn't too bad with a tune and a few add-ons.
Why would you go to all that effort for a check engine light? The one on my Volvo has been on constantly for the last 4 years but the car runs absolutely fine there is nothing wrong with the engine it is some stupid emissions problem so when I have to have it tested I just turn it off with a scan tool.
If you start having new problems there's no forewarning.
You are a genuine honest mechanic, thank you for showing the simple things we can do to avoid car headaches
I really like the look of the Mazdaspeed 6 which is called the Mazda 6 MPS in the UK
Good car, the 6. I had one and it was excellent. I only sold it because I found one of the few older Camrys in the UK in mint condition.
@@laurieharper1526 the Camry's are really nice cars. Very rare here in the UK. Good that you found a nice one. What year is it
I think the engine is in the ford mustang 2.3 too
@@Daemonarch2k6 it is pretty far evolved from the original form.
I always click for Mrs. Wizard’s acting.
Admit it; you just want to see her. It's okay. :)
Does she play all the musical instruments in the soundtrack? :0)
@@williamr3840 At the same time
Mrs. Wizard is awesome.
I really liked the way you went about troubleshooting this car, I wish that more mechanics were as ethical as you.
Being from the salty region of Canada, seeing one of these with no rust on the body is baffling to me... all 3 that I owned barely had any trunk or rear arches left haha
Mazda was bad a rust proofing in these years, these 1st gen "6" are not bsd looking cars , not many left at this point
I have a 1st Gen in the UK, and it's the same here. Not many left.
@@moschops2002 Did they sell many 5 door hatchback 6 models in the UK? It was briefly sold here usa and i havent seen one since like 2009
@@CRAPO2011 Only sold as the 5 door hatch, or the estate version here. They're on the 3rd Gen now. Only figures I can find say 700k sales in Europe, so it's never been a popular model.
@@moschops2002 AHHHH being USA our most popular model was the 4 door sedan interesting that we got more bodystyles than you as its usually the opposite. our 2nd gen "6" grew, Japan/europe got a sportier more 1st gen sized redesign. 3rd gen is the same globally im pretty sure
Car wizard,,, Do you watch 'South Main Auto Repair" He has the same situation as you do,, In fact,,,, Dealers and other repair shops actually have vehicles towed to his shop, for repair,, lol,,
Eric O is the best! I always look forward to his videos. He's a full time mechanic, and part time teacher/comedian.
@@andylucas8262 fr hes a lot better than Fat ol Wizard
@@andylucas8262 hes funny with his poster of scotty kilmer with a chainsaw
Car Wizard needs to open a vocational training school or online auto mechanic training course. He has the perfect temperament to be a teacher.
Wizard said, "I've seen brand new parts fail." So Have I. One day I did a major tune-up on my 1970 Datsun 240-Z including dual carbs re-build, and it ran like crap. I couldn't figure it out......until.....one night I pulled to the curb and lifted the hood. THERE WAS A FIREWORKS SHOW UNDER THE HOOD! The 'brand new' plug wires were bad - some had over 17,000 ohms resistance! ... and they were firing to the nearest ground - not to the plug!
MS6 is an insane sedan. All the rowdy of my MS3, but with AWD!
It was a supersleeper.
The Mazda6 speed was good because it was more fluffy then the protege speed but the protege speed (first Mazda speed product) had a lot of kick and was super reliable I’ve driven every Mazda speed product from 2000-2011 I was a Mechanic for Mazda at that time the best part of the M6speed was the awd but if you get snow in the wintertime you definitely need winter tires or your not going anywhere fast
What a great car! Love the Speed6, wish they would make them again
You can get the 3 in AWD and turbo but its all auto now.
@@Tool0GT92 unfortunately you can’t really even compare the mazdaspeed/mps cars to get the Mazda 3 Turbo
@@Tool0GT92 That new 3 is not meant to be anything like a speed, by what Mazda said. It's just an economy car.
3 Turbo is a good car. Yeah sure its now a slushmatic but hey they atleast made one. Can still use the shifter to shift gears sequentially lol.
@@aaryeshg.6526 it’s a good car but it’s not sporty or fast in any sense of the word.
Wow. We got Mrs. Wizard first off in a video! This is serious!
facts 🐝
Yeah, I thought that worked well as an intro.
I recently needed a MAF for my GM 8.1 liter RV engine. Bought a Chinese copy MAF off e bay for 27 dollars. What I received was an exact copy of the GM MAF sensor down to the part number cast into the housing. Exact copy of GMs original part and works like new. So yes you can get a bargain MAF sensor without paying full retail.
"Can't be the MAF sensor, I just replaced that"
Just because it's new doesn't mean it's good.
I’m on several classic car forums and this sentence (“It can’t be {certainpart} because I’ve already replaced that”) comes back so many times and has been proven wrong many times over. People will react amazed and baffled but new parts doesn’t equal problem solved. Especially so in the classic car world because there’s a world of junk out there.
Duh...bad parts are bad parts...ever change an alternator..I go right back to parts store to have it tested.. after changed...
I made that mistake many moons ago. I bought into the PowerBlock advertising on E3 spark plugs and put them in my car, just about ended up loading the parts cannon but ended up taking it to a trusted mechanic instead. Unfortunately he listened to me when I told him I just put new plugs in it and spent 3 hours trying to diag it before pulling the plugs and finding out the insulators were all junk and it was shorting through the insulator so I wasn't getting spark and it ruined my plug wires. Cost over $300 to have that oopsie fixed after spending around $50 on the E3 spark plugs.
@@406Steven Sounds like you won't buy those plugs again lol
And that's why good mechanics don't just give it their best guess, they actually diagnose before putting parts on.
What Humble Mechanic calls "firing the parts cannon at it".
I was thinking the same thing. That’s what I do with my cars. It works for me though. Plus, I replace parts that will probably fail down the road anyways.
Sometimes it's cheaper to just throw parts at it and hope that one of them fixes the problem instead of letting a mechanic spend who knows how many hours diagnosing it, assuming they actually do diagnostics instead of drinking coffee for who knows how long, and then end up paying ridiculous amounts of money for labour only.
VERY informative, Wizard! Great vid!
Mazdas are underrated cars.
My 2010 Mazda 6 has 310K and runs beautiful!
This is the reason to not buy any Mazda with the 2.3 L turbocharged four-cylinder engine, because they have numerous amount of problems with timing chain guides, electrical issues, etc. It is the same thing with the CX-7 crossover, any of them. The 2007 to 2012 CX-7 is extremely garbage and they had similar problems, like the Chevrolet Traverse. Never ever buy a Mazda CX-7, if you are planning to buy an older crossover. Another crossover not to buy is the Hyundai Veracruz, any of them, as well from 2008 to 2012, because I had a friend who used to own one, after his Toyota Corolla was involved in an accident and was written off. These Veracruz's had a lot of problems with electrical failures, mechanical issues, airbag deployment and the 3.8 L V6 engine from Hyundai (except the Azera full-size sedan, which is fairly reliable). The Car Wizard will hopefully do an all-new, buy this, not that video for Mazda or Kia and Hyundai this afternoon. If it is for Kia and Hyundai for the buy this, not that department, the Car Wizard has to do both of them, almost like he did for Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Saturn last year, after the COVID-19 pandemic began worldwide. He always do a lot of videos himself, compared to with the Bug Ninja. Anyway, thanks again for all these videos and comments to the Car Wizard and myself. Good luck.
Makes you wonder if it REALLY needed a new engine... 😒
Zoom zoom boom I bet! Probably had these problems before the last engine went too
it's pretty normal to replace speed.motors
@@EL-WAPPO That all depends on how the Motor is maintained and driven. My 3 MPS is currently on 165k Miles and is fine.
A lot of people lug these engines hard and don't maintain them like they should. They all go pop and people wonder why.
@@aaronhall7740 people that never had a speed won’t understand zzb, disi’s love to throw codes
Car Wizard, I love your videos and the work you do. It seems that so many shops have the “turn and burn” method. Getting cars in and out as quickly as possible, regardless of the outcome, is plaguing many shops.
Happy to see that you and your crew are honest and fair to customers. Another great reason to support small businesses and shops!
My guess: they're "certified" to read a list of diagnostic codes on a screen, and if the replacement part for the code doesn't fix the car they give up.
And then many shops will install generic parts and charge the customer OEM prices, especially on out of warranty vehicles. When the part then fails after a short period, they put another generic part in, and keep charging the customer as there's no warranty on replacement parts...
From Australia. I've just done the rounds to get my abs light problem fixed and finally found a mechanic who knew what he was doing. He was honest with me , like you, and he has now gained another customer and I guess that's why his workshop is overrun with other cars to be fixed. I was so pleased it was like finding $100 bill !
I'd change the oil if it was running rich for an extended period.
It wasn't actually running rich, the ECU interpreted the sensor values as a rich condition, hence the very negative fuel trims. If anything, the ECU was running the engine lean. A handy tip: if you get a rich code, but you don't smell unburned fuel in the exhaust, then it's likely a AFR/O² sensor issue. Conversely, if you get a lean code, but the exhaust smells like unburned fuel, then it's likely also a AFR/O² sensor issue. The difference between the two situations depends on whether the sensor (or circuit) has gone low resistance (short) or high resistance (open)
Not a chance bud. Vvt codes timing codes sometimes but not for this issue
32 hours of driving for a MAF and rear O2 sensor. That's one frustrated customer but glad it worked out.
How many of us armchair mechanics knew that’s what it was 20 minutes ago?
maybe they flew back from kansas to denver. weezard didnt say
@@startingtech3900 same point. 16 hours plus 2 cabs, 4 hours in airports in a pandemic and what 2 hours in a plane for a MAF and rear O2
@@myz06rocks ah true my guy, all of that still cost less than what those other 3 techs charged him for diag fees and a new engine etc
It's closer to 7 hrs, and that's if you're going 70. You can easily go faster than that and average closer to 75+ mph. The flight from Wichita to Denver is a little over an hour, and costs a bit over $50. Point taken though! I guess if you want it done correctly, you have to take it to The Wizard. The specs on that car tell me that it must be worth it. That would be a GREAT daily.
I can’t believe this car is 15 years old. I remember test driving the speed6 at a ZOOM ZOOM Live event time attack.
This was back when Mazda was trying to compete with the Mitsubishi’s, Honda’s, Toyota’s etc etc in the tuning days, I miss those days
I had one of these cars . My wife drove it daily and right around 60,000 mi it launched a rod out of the side of the block while she was doing 35 mph in third gear . I zoom zoomed a new block into it and then zoom zoom that thing out of my driveway forever . I bought a 2010 Hyundai Genesis coupe track with the 3.8 . It was a far superior car to the Mazda . She drove the Genesis for 200,000 problem free miles .
Basic stuff right there.... It's embarrassing really, that a "shop" can't figure that basic issue out
Or all the shops thought a "new" engine with "new" parts, why would they fail without realising that cheap sensors could be the cause of the problems.
@@supertouring1 Exactly.... Here in AZ we have some more notorious shops with names modelled after a local Tempe AZ university.... (hint hint)... that pull stuff like that. Im a GM tech at a local dealer and it seems they try to squeeze all the juice out of a customer by way of maintenance services and whatnot and then ultimately send the customer to us (the dealer) as the problem the customer has is "above their heads"..... And it always ends up being something very simple like a MAF sensor cleaning or a damn air induction leak. Drives us crazy.
First thing I thought was mass airflow.
But.. No way did all these guys miss that with all their fancy degrees and equipment... Lol
why do they keep paying these shops, if they had to take 20% of their jobs to court and kept loosing ,it would stop.
A MAF?! that is always the first suspect part anywhere in the world; i guess now we know for sure that 1: *there were no shops* where he lived, or 2: *he did not want to pay* , any more monies,especially since he had already gotten taken in with that engine swap!!!
8 hour drive to get a skilled mechanic /and worth every mile/ this is what you get when you hire people not on merit or skill but
Ya it's a pity they didn't do it in the first place I knew it was either a maf or air fuel ratio sencor. I learned from South main auto repair
@@neilmurphy845 THERE'S your problem LADY!
@@keithcurtis6671 Yah Eric O would of definitely said that.
Moral of the story:
When performance is in doubt,
Never cheap out!
moral* :)
@ *Julian Bryant*
Fixed! 👍🏻
Ever profession has so called professionals that shouldn't be in the profession they studied for. Some people get it, some people have no clue, the schools are out to make coin, not professionals nowadays. This is a BIG issue with the medical industry. A lot of REALLY good professional Doctors and Nurses have retired early due to covid, and we re left with shaky at best medical examiners.
For a 15 year old car it looked pretty good underneath and well cared for. Fantastic :-)
When you get to the counter the CarWizard yells out ...
.. “NO cheap parts for you!!”
And don't dare question him on it... or "No parts for you!"
God Bless the Car Wizard Long Live the King !!!
Mazda, Mazda, Mazda. As a previous owner they are great cars until 150,000km, then they start to break.
I love it when the Wizard slaps our hands..
“B A D M O V E.”
and then rubs our nose in it.
I`m sold. On my way with the Yugo...
I had two, bring it to me. By the way, its probably a head gasket leak. They all did that. Fiat 128 engine with Ford emissions. Hand warmers on the back window glass is for pushing, not defrosting. lol.
Wise wizard ! As an old retired mechanic you gave a great explanation of how you repaired that carand some of us do care about our work practices .keep it up mate, cheers from Rick in Australia
Mr. & Mrs. Car Wizard ... people no longer are able to think nor do they possess common logic. This is the sad state of today's social fabric.
I love my Mazdaspeed6 - had it since new and still dig driving it!
That car is a unicorn I've only seen 3... and then 1 when I walk outside 😁
I know the feeling. When I had mine I suspect it may have been the first one registered in Maine. It took months before I saw another on the road. I've only ever seen 2 others that were also Black Cherry Mica. It was a nice car and a great "sleeper".
@@ateamfan42 yea the cherry ones were nice, and yea they make nice sleepers but I customized mine a bit and now everyone wants to race lol
There is a video on my channel of 5 speed 6's (including mine) cruising the tail of the dragon :-)