When NEW Parts Are Worse Than USED Parts!
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2023
- Just another day in the shop of dealing with BRAND NEW junk right out of the box. Sometimes I wonder if I'd be better off just getting what I need from the junk yard!? I am beginning to think that USED OEM is better than NEW aftermarket.
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I keep forgetting! Better late than never 🤷🏼♂
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mostly what i run into is fan blower controllers and radiator fan controllers aftermarket will run the fans on hi with veh off ,but when veh running voltage and current goes up they will have current limitng in them and they go off and on, get the factory one and everything is fine. so when you swap that controller check it with veh running and blower on hi, if you dont check it that way you will be back at it again, eric have you ran into that?
Much appreciated! Thanks!
Looks to be a handy little kit
That looks like a handy little set. Something I would use for sure! Appreciate it thank you...
I bought mine a long time ago when you showed it off it's awesome for my motorcycle toolkit
A mechanic’s worst frustration is a bad new part! Thanks Eric!!!
Especially if it's a super laborious job to replace. At least this one was easy
Even worse when you don’t find out it’s junk until it’s been on the car a month and then you gotta replace it again.
On all major jobs I only use OEM parts. I did a timing job on a 2005 Ford F-150 last week that had 2 failed aftermarket timing jobs done on it. It's sad that there's no QC on parts anymore. Thanks!@@N-wordScissorhands
Exactly!@@cheesecurd100s
2 DEF starters from the auto parts store.
1 looked like it was a return and the other looked new but still didn't work.
I remember in my very first semester auto shop class. Our Teacher was talking about the ignition system at the time, points and condenser. "Just because your condenser is NEW, doesn't mean that it is good." One of the things that I learned from him that has helped me out even more Today than back then in the 70's.
Love that some folks still know the term “give it the fonzarelli” 😂😂keep up the good work, Mr O!
And i thought that only worked on juke boxes :-D
AAAAAYYYYYYEEEEEEE!! 👍
@@zx8401ztv And Pinky Tuscadero.
You should have given it to Richie Cunningham😅
❤ Mr. O showing his age in TV time.
A long time ago someone told me; "just because it's new doesn't mean it's good"....
It was Kieth wasn't it
I swear I use that saying all the time
It was Eric himself!
There's a warranty for a reason. Often when I ask someone if a certain part is good, they'll say it is new. My reply will always be "I didn't ask if it was new. I specifically asked if it was good."
**Short Story: A couple of million years ago when I was in 6th grade at a Catholic school there was a TV show with new episodes on the air called "Happy Days". The show had a character named "Fonzie" (character Arthur Fonzarelli's nickname) played by actor Henry Winkler. At that school we were taught by nuns, for the most part they were strict and conservative; conservative nuns who wore identical dress called Habits aren't associated with Happy Days, 1950s high school dropout bikers The Fonz or anything like that, just no way. Eventually some kid mentioned The Fonz to our teacher Sister Mary Adele - they were expecting a stern answer or something dismissive of The Fonz. Nope. Not even close. Sister Mary Adele said she knew Henry Winkler quite well, the two both grew up in north Syracuse NY - their favorite outdoor activity was Henry and Sister Mary Adele (I never knew her real name) going off to the nearby Syracuse city dump - there they both spent their time shooting rats - think about that - A nun and The Fonz out shooting rats together - I didn't look at my 6th grade teacher the same way ever again. Years later I still can't wrap my head around that**
"I'm going to make sure there's no personal things in here" had me dead knowing the possibilities.
Yes yes in 47 years of wrenching we found out what BWD parts stand for Bad when delivered. As a fellow technician I always enjoy your videos and honesty.
Fact: watching SMA does not disappoint.😊
The man knows his stuff.
BRRRRDDDT… AHhhhh “She got me boys”!!!! 😂😂😂😂 I felt that, LOL Thanks Eric, I needed that today.
Great video I am retired now but still do a lot of the electrical and fiddling jobs for the guy that bought my shop. Just ran into this on a clock spring on a ford truck that the cruise did not work at times. I am 76 years old and still when this happens first thing I think I screwed up on the diagnosis. It turned out after double checking I was right and the new clock spring was no good. Over 50 years as an auto mechanic and I still get new parts out of the box that are no good. Thanks for posting this video.
you are the G O A T
Watch when NAPA restocks that bad resistor and the next purchaser who doesn't troubleshoot, ends up putting in the new blower motor which is also a restocked part which also doesn't work, so they can just tear their hair out. Eric should have bought the whole scrapped Caravan and saved multiple trips to to pick & pull.
Happens to me too. You get a $2000+ circuit card with all the PASSED, TESTED, INSPECTED stickers, you plug it in and either it doesn't plain doesn't work or it brings the whole phone system down as well.
Also nuttin' like dead computer motherboards fresh from the factory. Went through that with a batch of them in a computer store. Apparently no Quality Control whatsoever on an entire batch. We got about 6 DOAs, and the distributor was going nuts as well.
New parts are my greatest fears!
I used to fix copy machines and replaced boards semi regularly as an area that gets good lightning in the summertime. We used a third party to recon boards, and I'd get a bad one pretty regularly. I always doubted they paid those guys anything worth anything.
Ouch! And of course, you get blamed!
@@MalleusSemperVictor If some boards were from Hytec I feel your pain ;)
I'm dead " we are going to do this off video because something is gonna have to break. 😅😅
This is me at my shop; I work in a 3 bay shop. two of the bays are for express services like your oil change. The third bay where I typically work is the mechanic side. I will diagnose the issue most of the time like Eric does; but sometimes I get that one customer that has already "diagnosed" the issue and just wants me to play swap-tronics. I love it when I diagnose something and customer agrees to the repair, I get it done and the system works as intended again.
Absolutely. Names that you used to be able to trust - like Moog is now the same trash as everyone else. I buy OEM whenever possible. Problem with the junkyard is many of those are now there BECAUSE of these trash aftermarket parts.
I have actually come to appreciate used parts in the last few years. With the increasing cost of parts and the "older" nature of my cars, they seem to fit the bill.
I dunno, if it’s an electric or a plastic part chances are it also failed in the same way in the junker.
Yup. I even have gone as far as using used camshafts from pick your parts for the 3.6 Dodge. They are $400 new per camshaft. $15 used. Aftermarket are questionable.
Same. Pick n' pulls are great places...if you can get there before the "resellers" pick the cars clean.
In my experience, used OEM parts are as reliable as new aftermarket stuff. Maybe more so.
The junker may be in the junk yard for a different reason.@@for2utube
Always sad when used Old parts are better then new Parts or even Aftermarket junk Eric O 0:14 @South Main Auto Repair LLC
The Fonzerelli 😂🤣😂🤣. Man you’re showing your age. I grew up with Happy Days.
Went through 4 new starter relays for my 89 Bronco, ended up going to Tractor Supply and getting one for a 8N tractor, made in USA too. It's still working just fine!
Hey eric, I work down here in south florida at a valvoline I just got promoted to a store manger and have my own shop the other day I had an older gentelmen bring his mini van in for an oil change and noticed his newyork plate and we got to tallking he was telling about a shop he goes to in newyork and how they have a youtube channel that gets lots of views and i said "south main auto?"
He was telling me how back in the day your father would work on his police cruiser. It was really cool getting to meet him and hear his stories about your shop and he was letting me know you recomend valvoline we really try to do good work! I take a lot of insperation from your videos!
Stuff we received from all the auto parts jobbers is hit or miss. It really sucks.
I think all the old timers that worked for these companies during Covid retired or found a new job and all the new people just don’t give a damn about quality control !!
People on the line can't care if the bosses don't, or the parts were specced too cheap to even survive manufacturing.
China says...xigpigewah. which translated to "just send it"
Quality control starts from the top.
@@nicholasr7987 A friend of a friend (no kidding) is married to a Chinese woman, allowing the FOAF to contract companies in China to build parts to specs. What I learned is that contracts are even more literal in China than in the West: if no quality control or testing is specified, none is done. Tab A goes in slot B and the product is ready to ship.
Quality control after covid has really gone downhill, even cars are no longer built like they used to. Compare a 2023 Toyota Camry with the same 2018 Camry, and you'll notice a difference in the build quality of the same generation car.
We are still going through all of the crap manufactured during covid still, Car/truck Batteries were a huge issue made 2019-2021 with tons of failures here.
Spinning up the blower motor while holding it.....Sofa King funny
You were right, it was just a meat tenderizer. 😂😂😂
My daughter calls it the “meat hammer”. Fun.
A resistor is the kind of part that for twenty cents more they could make them impossible to break.
But CEOs would have to take a pay cut, and live on $10 million a year. Such a burden!
Too bad it's not actually a resistor, anymore. Solid-state mosfet.
@@mattmanyam You electronics guys and all your magic pixie wrangling! I'll still bet that twenty cents more of whatever voodoo is going on that cranks out so much heat would make those things bulletproof! Now let me get back to my old man grumbling!
@@mattmanyam yep... you tend to lose all speeds when it fails. With the good old resistor you usually still had full speed available.
@@mattmanyamyeah was going to say you cannot convert a duty cycle signal into a high current supply using a resistor.
Eric, here we go again, learning new stuff. Now comes the hard part, recalling stuff!!!! Thanks guy for sharing. If you can do it, we can watch!!
Lol Mobile mechanic here, the wera kit for the mechanic with on the go lifestyle is legit. I take mine everywhere and it has served me really well under the dash in those cramped spaces.
I would be more than happy to bring my car to your shop, its a huge stress reliever to know that you know a good mechanic!
Unbelievable !!!!!! How do these Businesses stay afloat??? Where is the QUALITY CONTROL????? Good Job E O...
This Owner must be making this Vehicle into a Show Van for Car Shows. 🤔😬👍
At my shop, we have been getting a lot of junk after market parts from all the parts stores. If new is not available we get used.
Echlin/Standard used to be manufactured here in CT, and they were good aftermarket parts. Factory and corporate offices are long gone. Just like the parts quality, apparently.
The suits got their move it offshore bonuses and retired rich.
Here in CT I remember that! Few times it was actually an OEM part right out of the Echlin/Standard box!
thats the way they do it. @@davesaunders7080
Back in the 80's & 90's NAPA Echlin products exceeded OEM quality.
@@mimelio Don't get carried away , I've had a few DOA ignition modules for Fords back then . Brown ones , blue ones , even ones with fancy screws . LOL Remember having to press the distributor shaft out of a bronco II because the pick up plastic melted to the ignition module ? Three different special tools to replace igniton modules , ford really loved us . Someone finally started selling referbed Distributors for those .
Mr. O, your mantra of, "Test, don't guess" rings true, again. Admirable fix, Eric. It's funny how your mantra keeps popping up in my head when I'm fixing stuff. I owe you royalties for that one. 😊
I've heard other mechs out there saying used OEM are better than new (China junk) aftermarkets too... man
Sorry for you guys that have to do inspections. Where im at they recently even stopped with emissions. You just renew your tag every year like a human.
I still think that Eric should run for president my friend great job buddy
Oh that would have been a total shotgun at most shops. Thx Eric. Your deductive reasoning and experience helps me so much.
Shotgun??!
"Mr. Reed, energize the forwards Parts Cannons and stand by!" -- Capt. Archer, "Enterprise", the Lost Auto Repair Episode
Squarel cage blowers Require a Wall Next to cage to Cause the air flow Were Blade style Fans Create A Vortex from behind and push forward i have noticed Lot of people think Blower cages work outside the box but they dont even on Cage style floor blowers there in a Box to direct the flow great Point Eric O 12:40 @South Main Auto Repair LLC
Great demonstration. I absolutely would have been second guessing myself with the faulty new part.
0:57 Eric! It didn't work because you didn't say, "AYEEE!" as you hit it.
I work part time (semi retired from same job) at a 'mom & pop' auto parts and I've been selling parts at various stores for approx 45 years.
The quality of parts is NOT what it used to be but the prices have continued to rise.
This is obvious to a lot of guys but, knowing how to test the "new" part is crucial.
I can't keep up with you, but I'm still hooked. Keeping me amazed. Thanks again, O!!!
I must have been lucky in my life I have never had a new part failure Cheers Mr O .
Sometimes knowing WHERE the part goes is more important than what's broken. Nice job Mr. O
Ran into this when I worked in auto racing. Long story short - the best electronic ignition company in the business decided to take more profit and laid off a bunch of their QC workers. So when you'd get the high rpm misfires that could destroy an engine, you bought a new box. But before you installed it, at the next race you'd go to their tech trailer and trade it for a rebuilt one. Those always worked great since somebody competent had actually tested/repaired it and made sure that it functioned correctly.
If you worked at a dealership they would love you! The rates they charge…customers would be buying new cars left and right. Then you’d fix them and the used lot would sell for a profit too!
Brilliant diagnosis Eric O. Faulty from new.
Looks like a miniature version of the heater that melted the ice on mars in Total Recall
Good old New Parts Never Ever Worked seems to be common on everything Automotive These days Eric O 11:35 @South Main Auto Repair LLC
Aeswave ( Like in Batman when Joker asks "Where does he get such wonderful toys" :)
Loved the new part " never ever works " comment. I feel your frustration, been there many many times.
NAPA, we put the "K" in Kwality! 🤣
Yea I'm so tired of junk parts, it's been getting progressively worse but this past year has just been terrible. It doesn't matter what kind of part it is or how much it costs it seems like at least 1/4 of the parts we get don't work, don't fit properly, or fail within weeks of installing them.
I'm finding the same, and not just with car parts either. It's great when 50 percent of a job is diagnosing and returning the 'new' part.
@@chrisyboy219 Yea quality on everything across the board from vehicles to appliances to parts and even materials has just gone in the toilet.
Almost nothing is made to repair nor is cost effective to repair anymore either, when it breaks you throw it away and get another one.
Brand new broken! Hurts...Everytime.🤬😡🤣
Watched. Again. The. Series. On 2015 Cadilliac engine. Replacement. Loved. That. Car. You made very. Interesting. Thanks
Eric, you are the master of humorous automotive commentary. Love it sir.
Good morning, gang.
I totally understand the frustration of defective new parts after 55+ years in the electronics repair business. Now so many parts are counterfeit crap that you can't trust many suppliers.
When Eric O went Woooo!! he sounded like the guy from Home Alone being electrocuted.
OE parts for the win and throw the others out the DORMAN.
Sometimes you have to add the “ayyy” when you Fonzie something, or someone 😂🤣
You gotta' love Twenty First Century quality control.
“Parts is parts”
Quality is always desired but few are willing to pay for it. The time you wasted on the defective part was more expensive than the part, but the factory has determined that making two parts and only getting to profit from one of them is a price that was better spent than making a single one of higher quality with tighter quality controls. Their savings come at your and your customer’s expense. There is little choice in most aftermarket parts, but when we can, we are better off making the appropriate quality our priority.
But a part that is broken right out of the box is an outrage. No matter where abouts in china it was made, it should still function the very least.
My other Fonzarelli is to be getting something ready to show and just say "Hey" instead of grooming and polishing.
I am blessed. The Fonzerelli on two different channels within one day. Kiwi was using it to unlock a car door.
One day, Eric O, your favorite parts store won't be called "Wilbur's U-Pull-It of Bath". It will be called "Eric O's You-Can-Do-It of Bath."
Working on an 01 LHS. Blower speed module, which is also responsible for shutting the blower off with automatic climate control, took a powder. When they fail, the blower will run on hi any time the key is on. No control. Various aftermarket suppliers still offer 'new' parts at nearly $200 but don't last. I know what you're thinking, the motor is over amping. Not so in this case. Water intrusion was the problem. Even after that was fixed, the new part wouldn't last but a couple weeks. A quick trip to a local pick a part, snagged 2 OE used modules for $20.00. 7 months later, it still works as designed. And the customer has a spare just in case.
as of lately going to parts store, 9/10 it seems to be switcheroo of the broken part in the new box as a "return". Everytime i have to buy a sensor or part that i can hold in my hand I have the clerk open the box and give it a look. "you can tell by the way that it is" and its usually an obviously corroded/old/used part. Countless times Im having to go to another store or their "last part in stock" was the switcheroo. And then you also have the broken new parts mixed in there with that. The part lottery is unreal. Its just a generation of dishonesty and people that dont stand behind anything they do. it really shows.
I bought a set of spark plugs and when I opened the box they were old plugs some scum had returned for a refund. Counter personnel never checked, just put 'em back on the shelf.
Good morning
I once got an older car and noticed the rear window defogger wouldn't work. I figured it might be the original fuse which could have had some internal corrosion or something because it wasn't blown. I got a fuse of the appropriate amperage at the auto part store, which kind of fixed it but it wasn't staying on as long as it was supposed to. Eventually it turned out the brand new Chinese made fuse I got at the part store. It got replaced with a German made one, defogger worked perfectly fine for as long as I had the store.
freightliner uses a AC brushless blower motor, it takes the 12 volts DC and converts it to a variable frequency AC power and has feed back to the controller, it sends a speed request to the blower, the blower adjust to the requested speed and sends back a reply that it has changed the speed as requested. when they first switched to this system they had problems with the blower motor controller not sending the speed request reply back to the hvac controller, and the HVAC would turn off the AC compressor thinking the blower was not working. fun times.
Ordered one wife's 04 buick Rainer was bad all so went to junkyard got one for 1/3 price and still working
I bought parts from a major parts store and found out that someone put a used part back in the box and returned it back to the store....Wasn't happy!!
After market parts has been on a decline for a while, Covid accelerated the decline. When available used OEM parts is better than after market stuff.
I remember when those resistors looked like a small spring with wires attached. Of course, I also remember when heat/ac positions were controlled by levers with cables attached to them and blower motors would SCREAM for months, if not years, when the bearings were going bad!
😂 just kick it, it will quiet down
Love your channel and troubleshooting ability. You use test equipment better than most electricians and many engineers I know. Great tools and the knowledge on how to use them.
Gave my zone control motor the fonzerelli today.
I just replaced a blower motor 2 weeks ago on my own car.
The "new" part didn't fit - plastic body too thick.
So I kept the original housing and used the new motor. Worked, but a huge PITA and waste of time.
I replaced the upper and lower radiator hoses on my 1995 Toyota Pickup. Believe it or no, it still had the original lower hose which was finally giving up the ghost. That was about 6 months ago and I just today noticed coolant puddling on the timing chain cover. The NEW upper hose is leaking. Coolant is oozing out of the ends of the hose. It is actually leaking from the inside out. The cut end of the hose is turning coolant red! Just simple radiator hoses!!
So the other day James Condon did a video where he was doing a few small repairs on a Ford F-150 and he had a bad blower motor resistor that was bad out of the box as well. His was a Motorcraft. He mainly does small engines, mostly generators. As a retired Navy Diesel Mechanic I appreciate both of these channels.
Ikr its sad that parts are the way they are now hard to get and if you are lucky enough to find a good one it doesn't last for long
Our Caravan blew those blower motor resistors every three months since it was new. Kept replacing with OEM and they would fail. Chrysler finally redesigned it and the last time I replaced it you could tell it was a lot more robust than the previous ones.. It held up. They were just a junk design to begin with and took several years to figure it out.
Boy am I glad I live in Florida. I saw your method of bearing removal on a Subaru. Mine just came out , but I ordered the parts on line. They sent me three front bearings, and one rear. While replacing the front ones I found the ball joints are bad also. I will have to wait for next months S.S. check before I can do them oh by the way I am 71years old, and a good mechanic is worth every dime they charge if you can afford it.
Good morning Mr Eric hope y'all have a great day, I just repaired an 05 Dodge truck, diesel, ECM threw codes for everything (low voltage) so the guy put 2 new batteries in 350 bucks,but nothing changed, took a look, needed new battery terminals plus grounds were beyond loose, repaired that, the professional battery shop installed the batteries, and did piss pour work, it is just horrible to think business could do such bad work
I've been in the vehicle fixin' biz for 50 years. For 40 of those years I would suggest to replace some items pre-emptively for customers about to make long road trips. In the last few years I have FAR too many cases of doing this and they would have a problem on the road with the new parts. I also have been using way more used parts than I ever have.
I replaced this same resistor board in a different Chrysler, I think I just got one on amazon, and it worked, and its been about a year now, so we got our moneys worth. An older version of this, I just went the junk yard. I grabbed 3 of them. 1 was DOA, the other two worked. For a Ford, which was only about 5 years old, I replaced the board with a new one, first one was mostly DOA, but the second new one worked. Junk yard and new parts have the same odds of working anymore. Junk yard actually might be higher reliability now that new parts are even worse than when I was replacing all of these.
Fast Freddy's Tires! LOL
Better off getting a used one, BINGO. My comment was typed before I heard him say that 🤣
Nothing ticks me off more than NEVER EVER WORKS parts.
I just had that same issue with a new battery that was sold from a parts store. It wouldn't start the car so when I took it back and had it tested it had bad cells. The kicker is the clerk was very upset when I insisted he load test the replacement battery which was also bad. It took 3 tries before they found a good one with a current month sticker. I wonder how many folks would have just paid for another one. It's sad that too many times the "new" parts are often just a bad as the old one.
I test EVERY battery I buy from Oreilly. They’re most always good, but the one in 25 that is weak or straight up bad makes the extra step worthwhile.
Sounds like they are cleaning up the core batteries and putting them on the shelf for resale.
Never Ever Works --- That's a new one ! And I worked for SMP here on Northern Blvd in NYC 44 years ago !! ( when we still had points and condenser ) - And Bobs your Uncle - but not this BOB!!
Too bad you didn't grab the blower motor resistor from Wilbert's while you were down there for the door, but then we wouldn't have another video to watch and enjoy!
Top 5 best mechanic and tech in RUclips hat off..... By the way my favorite..
Great how -to video! I have come across bad new parts many times working in Industrial Maintenance. Photo-eyes, limit switches, proximity switches, electric clutches. Nothing more frustrating than installing a bad NEW part. 😂
Felt that pain many times. I started as a troubleshooter at Michelin in '88, things were a lot more reliable back then. I moved to BMW in '95, and it seemed like parts just got worse year after year.
I sat here thinking "any second now that fan is going to clip his finger" 😬😄
Brave man touching off that blower in your hand…😎