How To Save THOUSANDS Fixing Your Cars Check Engine Light!
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2023
- Get your own TopDon Scanners Below! Great Black Friday Deals through Cyber Monday!
ADPro($372): amzn.to/47syq4T
10%code for TopScan: JaredTopdon
TopScan($53.53) :amzn.to/40Q1alA
Get a Tri-Hard Bundle!: www.bunkerbranding.com/produc...
Get a Tri-Hard Plate! www.bunkerbranding.com/collec...
Last chance EVER to get a Misspelled Questionable Wiring Shirt! www.bunkerbranding.com/produc...
Bunker Branding Merch: www.bunkerbranding.com/pages/...
Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @thequestionablegarage
Subscribe to The Questionable Garage ► bit.ly/2D4iSp8
Buy our NEW shirts and merch!► www.bunkerbranding.com/pages/...
Follow us on Instagram ► / thequestionablegarage
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Today Jared works on a Toyota 4Runner that was originally diagnosed needing a $1500 repair. With a good tool and a little knowledge, it was determined it only needed a $80 sensor. Watch as he works through the Diagnostic Process, and explains a little bit of what those lights on your dash mean!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Questions? Comments? Business inquiries? Email us at jared@thequestionablegarage.com
Don't have internet and want to send us something? Here is our new P.O. Box!
Wrench Every Day
P.O. Box 437
Lula, GA 30554
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Facebook ► / @thequestionablegarage
Instagram ► / thequestionablegarge
Jared on Social:
Instagram ► / jaredpink
Twitter ► / thejaredpink
Links to our partners:
Need oil? It has to be Valvoline! Find the right product here! team.valvolineglobal.com/prod...
Have a wiring project? Our Friends at WireCare have you covered!
www.wirecare.com
Need speed parts? The Holley product line has you covered!
www.holley.com 
Авто/Мото
We have owned a largish automotive service center since the early 80s and our first code readers were huge complicated machines that hung from a track in the ceiling... It was even called the diagnostics Bay and we had one Class A mechanic (Canadian tech licence designation) that specialized in just that...the software was obtained through a subscription model that cost five figures a year. Today our tire change guys usually have one in their top drawers... Amazing how they have become so much more refined and accessible.
A good test after checking with the scan tool and finding out that the O2 sensor or the catalytic converter could be bad is to swap the two sensors. The scan tool already showed that one sensor is good, so if it's swapped to the potentially bad cat and displays the same behaviour as the questionable O2 sensor you know it's the cat and not the sensor.
Hey Members! Enjoy a couple hour head start, there isn't even a thumbnail yet! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
As someone who buys shitboxes pretty regularly usually I just ignore it and enjoy the Christmas tree on the dash. Haha this is a great informative video Jared! Keep up the awesome content!
15:25 Chrysler/Stellantis actually has a dedicated warning light for any drive-by-wire problems; it’s designated by a red colored Venturi with a lightning bolt inside of it.
Story time: during my senior year of college, my 2005 Focus set a CEL for a bad O2 sensor. When I got around to bringing it to a shop, unfortunately it became apparent that the reason the O2 sensor went bad was that the valve cover gasket failed and oil had run down through the wiring harness and contaminated everything. So sometimes, even though the code itself isn't critical, but it still points to something major going wrong.
Between the O2 sensors and coil boots ruined by the oil leak and the general cleanup of the mess I ended up putting about $1k into a $2.5k car. 😬 Sometimes that's just how it goes.
Good advice. Look and see what is wrong.. maybe just look sometimes. During oil changes is easy
I just put electrical tape over the light. Problem solved
Don’t forget over the gas light too
I actually looked at a car once where someone pulled the cluster out, took it apart and put tape over the light. for all the effort to take dash apart, it might have been easier to fix the problem.
Then “there’s no reliable cars any more…” :-p
If you hit a pothole hard enough, it usually fixes it
@@Christian_Ferguson I actually had an 86 grand prix that when start up would have trouble finding radio stations. Unless you gave it a wack on the side of dash. Then it worked fine til next time you got in the car.
I have this little Topdon and it's awesome! It can do everything even on my 2002 BMW E39 525d with functions usually only available from ISTA/INPA! Love it!
Great to hear!
I sing. This little light of mine. I'm gunna let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shiiiiiine
Youngest guy in the country to get master tech in car electronics. He’s the real deal.
What a great teacher. Jared is top notch!!! Thank you
Wow, thanks!
This is unquestionably a useful video
Happy thanks giving to all who celebrate !!
I had a oil error indicator happen once...I was driving a friend to the airport in another city, and I was just excellerating down an onramp to the highway when the light came out...I immediately pulled over and shut down the engine. Thank the Gods for CAA (Canadian AAA). I had it towed to my mechanic, and they found that one of the lines to the oilcooler has broken. They fixed it, and I have had no problems since.
I love this channel Jared. I do have to admit I miss you and Tavarish on Wrench Everyday.
You ought to do a tutorial on the flashing "overdrive" light. The "check engine" light for the transmission.
I have been using the Autel MK808S scan tool for nearly a year, I bought it on a black Friday deal last year and it has been great. Amazing 2 way functions for about $300 (sale price). I have had great luck with it diagnosing check engine lights, programing new key fobs, calibrating air ride suspension, and lots more I can't think of at the moment.
Awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along
11:43 "And sometimes, with our Hoopties" Love how it is becoming an actual word. Lets get hooptie into the dictionary
I have an had purchased Topdon scanner about a year ago, but I returned it after reading some info and comparisons of the Autel scanner which was a couple hundred $ more, but ended up buying the Autel due a wider range of module support. I love the Autel, just wish I had purchased the Bluetooth variant of the scanner. Either way, it enables me to get into the modules and see what is going on. Manually testing these circuits instead of paying a dealer a large amount of money to diagnose and fix what I can do in my own shop. As Jarod mentioned, the internet is a great source of info and worthwhile to do some research on your own once you have some direction.
if you have a check engine light you can pull the codes with a scanner. for the older cars codes are pulled jumpering pins at the diagnostic connector. a factory service manual helps a lot
Thanks Jared this video was very helpful to me. Kooll adventure again.
Great post Jared! And thanks for the head start!!
So Early the Bunker Black Friday deals aren't even live! Happy Thanks Giving!
Hello again, Jared
Thank you for another Great Video 👍 Hopefully, got a chance to enjoy the holiday, with some family time 😊 Again thank you
Good job very informational video to educate people on
Been looking for a scan tool for a long time. Just picked up an ADPro. Can't wait to try it out.
Thanks Jared for sharing your wisdom! Have a great Thanksgiving weekend!
One time I left an interior bulb on and it killed my battery. (2010 Subaru Impreza) So I had replaced every single bulb front back and interior to LED, and after that I would randomly get a warning light that went away after restarting the car. I also would get noticeable power reduction when the headlights were on. I had installed some LED brake light bulbs in my car, from a reputable brand that apparently had inbuilt Canbus control to prevent errors and LED headlight bulbs. I ended up getting a scan tool (funnily enough a topdon, but a 600s model) and the code and subsequent web search brought up a brake light bulb issue similar to the LED headlight issue Jared mentioned. I replaced the brake lights back to regular halogen and has been fine ever since. That small headache thing meant I now have a scan tool, and it helped me out identify a faulty O2 sensor during a future problem. Worth it in the end, just for those instances alone.
Have a Foxwell 530. I use it for my 2007 AM DB9 Volante. Certainly helps understand the issues, and direction to take.
I guess my advice would be
1.) make sure battery and terminals are clean all the time
2.) always verify grounds are good
3.) always check the pathway to suspected bad part and verify the correct voltage it being sent to the part and after said part
4.) always reference the data from service manual
Example: I had a issue arise after snow wheeling one day weather was still freezing out. The next day I packed up to head home on road trip stopped at gas station to potty my dog and continued to my dog's spa before heading home. (both times vehicle was off which is important) after getting a call to pick up dog when I started my truck the dash lit up like a raving xmas tree and went into limp mode after running my diagnostic scan tool pulling the codes and referencing them it was either a bad transmission valve body or torque converter checked my connections they where all tight and cleared the codes. The code fault stated it was a consecutive 2 drive cycle dtc which means the issue had to have present from the gas station and then at the dog spa when I dropped my dog off. I toke it for a spin making sure to recreate any condition of driving before and stopping and shutting the vehicle off and starting it again and doing the same a few times to retrigger the dtc if it was there. But all seemed normal drove home on the 6 hour road trip and left the situation to M.A.N ( Monitor As Needed) would of been around $10k for another transmission with out install. 18k miles later still no dtc or any signs of lack of performance, slippage, failure to lock up the torque converter. That gremlin that popped ups honestly baffles me as there's no other shared circuit to be responsible, if the tight cables where loose from the day before why did it only happen on the 4th start up since then and during both start ups that problem was found everything was at operating temperature from each start up. I have it saved in profile on diag tool with all the information just encase one day I need that information for any thing.
Just watched video that you install ZR1 carbon brakes on Nissan GTR r35 … thanks so much ! I have both of those cars in my garage… you rock bro!
I literally just bought a Topdon tool for my PHEV after evaluating all the other stuff on the market and determining that the Topdon not only supports more functions but is also half the cost of the closest competition... I opted for the ArtiDiag900 Lite 2, as it basically supported everything that the pro level tool did for my particular vehicle. Even the basic level tool had a good level of support for my vehicle, but not the stuff that needed bidirectional, which is why I opted for the model I did..
Supplemental Restraint System=SRS /Not: Safety Restraint System. Air bags are supplemental restraints, which means. they must be used with seatbelts.
Jared is out there doing God's work! You're awesome!
Happy thanksgiving brother.
Ihave the topdon top scan it does every thing on my 2008 saab 9-3 diesel brilliant little tool
OBD eleven is my scan tool because Audi.
besides scanning engine and resetting oil/service notices it also offers neat tricks like the needle sweep upon start up and I added an
"efficiency" mode that remaps trans and engine to save lil' bit on gas when your doing a trip down the interstate.
many other features too, only things i've done this year
Have a great Thanksgiving and long weekend.
Not really a car guy but I like to save money and do some of my own repairs, I picked up TopScan thanks Jared!
My best diagnostic tip is if the vehicle makes a funny noise just turn up the radio. #2 would be if a light on the dash stays on then a small piece of electrical tape over it works great.
I got my OBD2 scanner from Harbour Freight . It does a pretty good job for me .. but this video has really helped me out with understanding how to use one effectively. I’m getting reads that my bank 1 is running lean after installing a CAI and some Billet Power Blocks on my 22 Crosstrek sport . Still figuring it out if I just need to run better fuel or if it’s just a vacuum leak.
Smoke machine is your friend
I might have to get that license plate, it's the year i was born, and would good on the front of my truck. Happy thanksgiving!!! G-d bless.
What a great educational video😊
Hi Jared nice video 📹 and workmanship the vehicle is nice like the GOLD INTERIOR LIGHTS !!!
TOTALLY LOVE THE TOOL 🔧 CASE IS IT MADE BY READING 📚 TRUCKS
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Happy Thanksgiving!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING SIR 🤓🇺🇸👍
The Topdon and Launch are the same unit, same price. I put my Launch 431 up against a $12k Zeus and it does everything. It outperformed the Zeus where Launch and Topdon come with a complete foreign suite included. The SO Zeus you have to pay more. Well worth the money for the Topdon or Launch.
26:57 I work for one of those parts stores, and our scan tools are actually pretty good at recommending O2 sensors instead of catalytic converters when they pull those codes, at least from my experience
Funny I pay for no adds in RUclips but I'm still getting advertising in my show's done from the creators. I am putting this in every content creators content comments as I am sick of paying for no commercials but still get them. Great content other than the ads!!
I just got a LAUNCH X431 V+ PRO 4.0 2023 Elite Scan Tool as a Christmas gift today looking forward in trying it out seen quite a few mixed reviews but mostly positive
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
i have a think tool pro love it but also have the think diag 2 like it have the obd link MX+ like it the cheaper ones work great and i have programed lost keys on the think diag2 when switch was replaced did a all keys lost worked great
best time ever was coming back from family vacation. battery light came on and vehicle (toyata 4runner, yeah i know) died very quickly in Charlestown VW. My dad was like scotty from star trek... i havent got any power captain! we changed alternator and battety in advanced auto parking lot. they were nice and gave us coffee and let us borrow tools.
I use the Think pro it is a fantastic scan tool
Very good video, Jared.
Now that I have a little more time to write a better comment, I wanted to say as a former college instructor for automotive technology and engineering, I found this video extremely informative and a great teaching tool. Jared, you are doing an amazing job promoting the automotive hobby, and right now is a prime opportunity for young people to get into it and have fun.
Great video and Happy Thanksgiving!!What ever happened to the Supra you and Tavarish worked on a few years ago?
Engine went into the purple one, and he hasn’t touched it since I no longer work with him. Happy thanksgiving!
@@TheQuestionableGarageYeah, I had a sinking feeling that you and Freddie had a falling out when y'all weren't even mentioning each other in videos anymore, which is a damn shame, because I like you both and think y'all were good together. If it's something else, like you being hundreds of miles from each other's shops, I apologize for the assumption.
Ultimately, it's y'all's personal business and not ours, but I hope everyone does well.
I only work on my own cars, but with V6/V8 engines where there's two catalytic converters, you could swap the O2 sensors from one side to the other to see if the code follows the sensor. Nissan, in their infinite wisdom, have slightly different ecu harness pigtails for the downstream sensors, so I swapped the O2 sensors around to test and confirm. I have a $25 foxwell i scooped up during a BF sale a few years ago, it's certainly a decent budget option, but doesn't allow for the more advanced testing I see Jared doing in this video.
Seeing this video after just buying a topdon topscan to do an abs bleed on my 07 silverado. Wish me luck it comes in Saturday 😂
This bluetooth scan tool is actually really good for the price won't replace my bidirectional scan tool but for quick scans and resets it's perfect
Glad i bought my Autel…….best investment i made 3 years ago, and yes, they are a pay per manufacturer scan tool. So i only have the makes of my families cars and that’s it…..great and informative video as usual Jarred……..
If you have a early to mid 2000s Mercedes, these lights are gonna always be on.. good Ole xmas tree dash
Hey Jared! I'm in dire need of a scantool that is advanced enough to show me some really specific PIDs of a vehicle to diagnose a crank/no start issue on a Nissan I just bought. Will this Topdon scanner show any live data from camshaft / crankshaft position sensors? Specifically I just need to know if the PCM is even getting a signal from the sensors. I know the multi-thousand dollar Autels will do this, but I just don't have the budget to buy something like that for a $500 car lol. Really hope you see this and can help answer my questions!!
Looked everywhere and I can't find any definitive information EXACTLY what the ADPro will actually show me. Obviously the $150 scantool from the ole Hazard Fraught sure didn't do what I needed.
By the way, SRS= Supplemental Restraint System (NOT safety restraint system)
AWESOME JARED
My favorite scanner is a water bottle on top of a carb or intake.....if the water moves, you check plugs, oil , and transmission....if the water doesnt move it is smooth.......but check for leaks and take off if rev moves the water....even slightly.....or bogs acceleration....this is just at idle....it works!!!! Run away from the car if it has not been maintained well.....
Black oil or milky oil, choco milk power steering and whining , hesitation.........clunky,grinding,or no engaegement of gears....run away or "project" the car...... and the most important thing to remember is what your car is worth and how much does it cost to get it fixed.... 2500$(car worth, blue book)500$ repair = fair....
2500$repairs needed.....= NOT GOOD.....CHOICES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MADE.....SELL OR FIX??? DO I HAVE A BACK UP CAR?
DONUT MEDIA SAYS " CÀRS ARE PAIN....."
Question: Does the TopDon program keys?? Im trying to find a good tool that programs keys for my business. Right now im using the Autel and i have to pay for programming on EACH car
In my car (Nissan Versa), the brake and battery lights went on at the same time. Turned out that the voltage regulator on the alternator broke and was overcharging the battery (15VDC+ on battery while car was idling).
LOL. My 2003 Dodge caravan with 540K miles on it has several of these on, no biggie, runs fine.
Since most of my family ( myself included) keep buying Ford's, I have an...OBDlink MX(?) that I use with Forscan. ( don't have the dongle with me at the moment...)
Any updates on the 911 ???
Fitted qg hats I'd a need
I need to find some that fits my giant head, always has kept me away from hats
SC's have same coolant light as the Supra, we call it the carousel light.
Happy Thanksgiving
Same to you!
Scan tool, schman tool. I remember being able to get codes from my car by pressing the trip button four times.
I’m hoping my Autell diagnosed this correctly on my 2011 Fusion V6. My bank2 downstream sensor is showing basically 0.0 V all the time. That tells me it’s a bad sensor. My issue is i can’t find exactly which sensor this is and where. Can anyone offer assistance?
My Peugeot has a not so well connecting airbag cable on the passenger site. When I put the seat in a certain position, I will get a code.
The repair would exceed the cars worth, because you have to have to tear down the interior.
So I asked the shop, to just clear the codes, I know the exact problem. They basically wanted to scrap the car, because airbag malfunction and they wanted to rebuild the whole airbag system. I refused and said, that I exactly knew, what was wrong. 5 years, no airbag light since than.
It could actually be interpreted as reading, " It ree hard", but "I tri hard". lol.
the check engine codes give you a good clue what the problem is
I have heard that Top don has a problem using FCA . Anything you have experienced?
I'm buying that Tri-Hard shirt
I've found it odd is the check engine light symbol of an old school engine with a top mounted air filter, and ob2 came out after carburetors were a thing of the past.
Brake drums on every car I’ve ever had… though my last new one was a 2011 Corolla.
Happy Thanksgiving. I have heard several people say that they add oil when the oil pressure light comes on. Isn't that harmful to the engine to wait until that happens?
You want to check the oil level first, low oil can cause it to flicker on, as essentially all the oil leaves the pan and needs to drain back down before it can pump again. So anytime the oil pressure light comes on, check oil level before adding anything
Legend !!
Did the misspelled shirt sell out?
Jared would like to see you try more then 1 companies product. What are pros and cons why this one. Are they all the same?
Software is the biggest key, and built in features. I’ve used quite a few, major name brands and the budget ones, and I honestly endorse Topdon as I feel like it truly is the greatest value right now.
What can be done on the pro that cant be done on the little guy?
Ecm replacements, certain levels of coding, slightly larger model support. Honestly, if you are mostly doing your own stuff, the TopScan is perfect, in my experience one of the most powerful Bluetooth scanners out there.
Ive been trying to fix my car (2002 ford taurus 3l 12v (vulcan)77k miles). I got a code scanner (fixd), it told me that both EGR, and misfire on 3. I swapped some spark plug wires, and the misfire changed to 4. I replaced the EGR, and coil pack, and the problem went away. A month or two later, and the car is stalling, but only at idle, and only after its warmed up. You can drive it just fine before the engine warms up, or if you are moving down the road, but as soon as its warmed up, if you stop and idle, the RPM starts fluctuating and stalls. Ive been popping it out of gear at stop lights, and it doesnt usually stall, but it rpm is very erratic. The scanner tells me that its got a random misfire, and now its telling me fuel injection problem on both banks (1 and 2), and EGR problem.
Check engine light = you're going to want to check this.
Flashing check engine = you're going to want to pull over now.
You know Captain Bob?! Have you ever collaborated?
Aww, the MKIII bird cage, my nemesis. I used to call it the "bank light" because it's time to throw money at it 😬
You’ll be excited, early next year I’m doing a revival… na with a blown head gasket in a barn in Nebraska, get it running and road trip home!
@@TheQuestionableGarage yesss!
From the link I can’t figure whether the OBD dongle is Topscan Lite or Topscan Pro version. Could you clarify as only the Pro version would worth it for that discount. Amazon seems to be deceiving which makes me believe it is the Lite version.
The 10% discount code only works for the TopScan, the Bluetooth version that links to your phone, they discounted the ArtDiag Pro too much already for the holiday sale to have an additional discount.
@@TheQuestionableGarage just purchased one with your link.
I am surprised I found this video! (404k subs!)
Will that Topdon scanner program keys on a 2011 Porsche?
It is able to do some immobilizer work on the Porsche models, but I believe you may need the Phoenix line to have full key writing ability (Most Locksmith Websites sell that one). If you see writing a lot of keys, they also have their Ninja Line which is solely meant for key writing. Their customer support is amazing, and if you reach out they can confirm which scan tool will take care of your needs.
@@TheQuestionableGarage awesome thanks!
u also forgot the temp one.... over heating
OK, I have to get a Tri-Hard shirt...
Aaaaaand DONE. I just HAD to since I helped name this project.
Is this the guy from The Slap Chop commercial
Good evening sir. My name is Stephan. I am a U.S. Army veteran and live in Loganville Georgia. I have a 2001 Lexus Gs300 that I am going to put a 6.2L L92 engine in. The engine currently has a hairline crack in cylinder #5. Is there a machine shop you recommend?
Sadly most the good shops or closing or very backed up. Right now I’ve been using Cleveland Machineshop in Cleveland Ga, they’ve done me great!
Everyone Knows It's A Bit Of Black Tape
😂😂