Edit - I wasn't aware those were N2O cartridges, so my mistake. Just stating what the mechanic said to me. Happy Halloween! I added some Halloween themed one's in this video to change it up. Have a great week and thanks for watching! Submit your clips at www.justrolledinyt.com
Yeah these are so common now with these video clips. It makes you wonder what percentage of cars are on the road like this that never see a professional mechanic.
these people should not be allowed to drive, have kids, vote or participate in society. that person needs and should be required by law to go back to kid school.
@@Fisheee123 In the UK we have to be able to identify different parts under the bonnet (hood), e.g. the screenwash reservoir, the oil filler cap, etc. This doesn't always stop people putting screenwash in their engine but I think it helps...
Totally agree about rolling coal/ Every body else is knee deep in DPF and cats but because of some loop hole pure carbon soot spews out everywhere, maybe the cancer karma will get them
As I get older, and am not as strong and smart as I once was..these videos always make me feel better about myself. Its like a free self help motivation class !
Spray foam instead of sea foam? Yep, I can see that one working out well. I think putting on a new caliper was the least of that guy's problem. Probably worth more than the car. Love the wood suspension and of course, just bought the car and didn't get it looked at. Love it.
Learn something new every day lol. Just was saying what the mechanic said but that makes sense and it's scary to know somebody is driving around like that
Seriously doubt they are doing that while driving, it's incapacitating and I don't see what the fun of doing them while driving is. Probably means the drove high on weed tho.
0:48 Dear lord, I can't understand WHY people think it's ok to bedazzle your steering wheel. I'm sitting here going "HELLO!? Way to turn your air bag into a claymore mine!" ☠
I personally would just disconnect the airbag all together. I don't see how 2-ply tp with a bunch of metal springs underneath is going to help my nose much...just sayin'
Every time I see one of those (X thousand miles without an oil change) type videos I think it's a credit to the engineering of the car manufacturer. Hats off to the car that even kept going so long with absolutely no maintenance.
I agree!! In the mid 90’s, my brothers fiancé had a brand new Chevrolet Beretta given to her as a graduation gift. It had the 3.1L V6. She only knew how to put gas in a car, and didn’t even know you had to change the oil. The motor let go with 24k miles without an oil change. Technology and engineering have come a long way, even in the last 30 years!!
A long time ago (around 2005)when I was young and stupid, I drove my 1990 Toyota Corolla for 2 years without doing an oil change (I can’t tell you why). One night I heard loud boom and the car shut off. After 2 days a friend of mine figured out what happened. He added oil and turned the car on. I ran it for 6 months before I changed the engine. Everyone 2-3 blocks around could hear me when I was driving, and it wasn’t the music 😂😂
That spray foam one reminds me when I was working in the drag racing industry. We had a customer come in and specifically request Moroso's block sealer for sealing your water jacket on a drag motor. I wasn't the salesman, but I sure witnessed the irate customer when they returned a couple of days later, trying to blame the salesman for ruining his engine and demanding we replace it. Turns out the idiot poured the block sealer into his crankcase and not the water jacket, so it sealed his engine into a boat anchor. He did not get a replacement motor from us, he got told to go pound sand. Obviously shouldn't have been working on his vehicle and he paid the price.
@@d47000 Ahh.. Memories.... We had a big lot behind the dealership, with a commercial Septic mound that had been defunct for years. We drained the oil and "Off Roaded" the cars until they "Blew up". Pushed them into a spot, and then poured the silicate in. The engines were disabled, the silicate was paid for, and we even got the Owner and service manager in on the escapades. No harm done eh??..🤫😇
@@d47000 Nah, that moron did even _worse_ than that. Sodium silicate would just foul the wearing surfaces until the engine locked. That guy put in Moroso Block Filler. It's literally a type of cement!
I had a laughing fit as I first couldn't believe my eyes. There HAD to be some kind of bizarre explanation on how to get motor oil got to foam up like that. Nope. It's really is spray foam. ROFL
It actually does work well as a coolant additive. It doesn't harden when mixed with coolant/water. I was told the molecular bond between the coolant/water and the chemical makes it cool much better. It's true.* *do not add spray foam (or Seafoam) to your radiator.
Please tell me that he did that to a terminally dead car as a joke. You know, as a supposed last ditch effort to revive the car with sea foam, expanding foam -- same difference. Joke, right? Please.
Well obviously, because all you need to avoid things like in the video is common sense and not knowledge about cars. Getting a driver license must be extremely easy in the US if people like that can get one.
@@sebasstein7014 It's been a very long time since I did my driver test, but I don't recall anything on it related to car maintenance/basics. There were, however, questions about how long your license could be suspended if you were caught committing vandalism under the age of 18. Also, IIRC, the written exam only requires a 70% to pass. NOTE: In the US the requirements are defined by the states, so my experiences are California specific.
As a (former) tech, I feel that one with the Escape where the owner towed their car out to save a penny on the battery, only to find out why the other shop was cheap. I took absolutely no pity on those people when that has happened in the past, and it does happen quite often.
Yep used to love those! They’d go to the other guy we knew was terrible so they could save $50 and end up back at our shop to fix the original issue and now the mess up on top of it😂
I dont even allow customers like that to "Drop off". They stay with the car, pull it up to the bay door, and one of my guys meets them outside with a digital camera in hand.
0:56 it concerns me that they have labels for directions. This seems like the kind of person that would say they were always driving north, because forward is up on a map and up on a map is north.
it’s not concerning at all lmfao i graduated high school four years ago with a 3.8 GPA and still have to use the “never eat soggy waffles” mnemonic bc i constantly mix up east and west. a LOT of people have that problem especially since people don’t use compasses constantly
I detest "rollin' coal", but that pumpkin at the end made me chuckle! By the way, I'm loving the revised format where you add some of the explanation to the voice over. It makes these great videos much easier to watch. Keep it up!
More than one of those clips are proof positive that auto shop should be mandatory in high school. Or an automotive course before a driver license is issued. And someone should tell some of those people never to listen to family or friend, unless they are a trained mechanic, about what to do to an engine. And the adage of 'if you don't know what you're doing, leave it alone,' applies to a lot of those clips.
Similarly, I think more people should have basic car skills like changing a tire and using a portable battery for jump starts. I've had to do both in the last couple years. (Assuming you have the strength and leverage to loosen the lug nuts.)
Part of my Driver's Education class in highschool was to go around a car and show how to change a tire, jump start, check oil and other fluids, check tire pressure including the spare (Almost no one thinks to check that), even how to put gas in it. For most people it's just assumed they know this stuff. But for a large number they couldn't begin to tell you how.
We also have the internet and RUclips. I learned how to do a water pump in two different Toyotas, how to fix a driveshaft clunk in an F-150, and other automotive related repairs. Absolutely inexcusable.
@@lo1bo2 as someone working in the automotive field, basic car maintenance is easy money for a shop. it’ll take an hour tops and $30-$40 in supplies to change someone’s oil but best believe some shops would be charging double that. and how to change oil is one of the easiest things to learn
Some states don't require yearly state inspections for vehicles. (Oklahoma is one of them) I never liked having to pay the $35.00 fee in my state (The price has gone up over the years) for a yearly inspection and a sticker, but after watching these video's I'm glad now. At least we don't have cars on our roads like some of the unsafe death traps that I've seen on these video's. When there is they aren't allowed to be driven for more than a year before they get failed at inspection time. We even get a fail sticker in this state for rust.
We got rid of them in Florida back around 1980. There's only been one candidate for governor that's mentioned bringing them back. He lost. I see a fair number of sketchy cars around, but I'm happy to not have to deal with it every year.
My heart stopped when you said he was told to use sea foam since I've used it before, then you said he put spray foam in instead and I breathed a sigh of relief haha.
As the name implies, Sea Foam is meant to clean 2-stroke oil residue from outboard engines. It won't do much for 4-strokes, but it won't do any harm either (except to your wallet) If you have a 2-stroke or a rotary engine it might be useful though (I've got both: a Subaru Sambar and a Mazda RX8)
I tried DIY sea foam myself. Live just south of LAX right on the shore, so collected sea foam in a bucket right off the ocean waves as they crashed ashore at El Segundo Beach. That was yesterday. Works like a charm so far.
@@PrototypeSpaceMonkey SeaFoam helps remove piston chamber deposits in 4 strokes, but that's both if you can let it soak in the piston chamber and if the engine was *well* coked up. I speak from experience with a Snowblower. There are probably cheaper ways to clean deposits, though. Number 1 is the water bottle spray method, and you really can't just pour a darn garden hose into, or a cup, *or you'll obliterate the engine.* You cannot put too much water down the *air intake.* With this method, you gotta just take a cheap plastic spray bottle like you'd spray a plant with, and you put water in it, and you spray it down the air intake while the engine's on. The engine will bog down (so stop spraying,) then it'll eventually come back up. I've done this before to a neighbor's lawnmower, and it spat out all the black carbon that was in the piston cylinder, and the mower stopped stalling out. Mind, he also had a clogged air filter, so that contributed to it too. But the mower barely ran even with the filter off, so the air filter wasn't a big deal. Mind, I'm not saying this just to you. I'm assuming someone (even if just 1 person) reading could have an off day, and mis-interpret what I say, then end up featured on this channel if I don't make myself clear. So, I'll reiterate: 1: You _can_ spray water down an air intake to remove carbon deposits, but some engines may be more sensitive to this than others. That said, Water-Methanol Injection is a modification that can be done to most if not all gas or diesel engines. It cools the combustion chamber, and then an engine can be tuned differently so it's more powerful. It's a very effective modification. 2: Your engine probably doesn't need Water sprayed down the air intake. 3: If your engine does need this, you really do need a fine mist of water to go down an air intake, and *not lots of it at once.* 4: If you want to do this, use a spray bottle. Use a spray bottle. Use a spray bottle. 5: Try it on a junky lawnmower that's barely running, first, if you have one. Take the air filter off and put it away from the mower, be ready with your water spray bottle, and start the engine with the mower on a flat surface. Leave it on for at least 2 to 3 minutes, then gently spray water down the air intake, being careful about the mower blades.
Couldn't find sea foam so he put in spray foam, that is f'n brilliant. Must have been the same guy or a close relative that tried to fix the oil leak with spray foam. Thanks for sharing the vid.
"I've got a sound coming from under my passenger seat." "Did you look under the seat to see what's making the noise?" "Nah, I'd rather pay a shop to do it."
There's regular stupid and there is "thinking spray foam is a good lubricant" stupid. And that's not even the worst part of it. This person not only thought that but they were so confident about it they risked destroying their car.
Had a girlfriend once who hardly ever serviced her Festiva, so I offered to do it for her. All filters, oil flush (found out the hard way not to do that on an engine with heaps of miles - story for another day) and injector clean later - felt like I'd strapped a turbo onto it. Keep your car well serviced, it will reward you 😁
Years ago I had a girlfriend who had a Ford station wagon with the 351 engine in it. I drove the car and it had no guts at all, so I asked her when she last had a tune up (the car not her, I knew when she was last tuned up, lol), I got the deer in the headlights look. I asked her when she last had the oil changed, again deer in the headlights look. So I changed her oil, oil filter, cap, rotor, spark plugs, air filter, fuel filter, cleaned the carb, set the timing, etc, etc. She thanked me with some really good Whoopi, then she promptly went out and got a speeding ticket, Lol!
On a 1968 chevy 1/2 ton pickup, the driveshaft center bearing died. Since it was a yard truck, I made a new bearing in 2 halves out of hard maple, and even installed a drilled port with a grease fitting on it. Ran great, as long as you didn't go over 30 mph
After viewing several of these videos, I doubt nothing would shock me any more. But after seeing the spray foam inside and out side the engine, I just hope they are not next too me on the road!
Well the one that put it in the engine isn't on the road at all. Kind of like Darwinism, killing their car so they are no longer a threat to everyone on the road.
As a long time home mechanic, I really enjoy your channel. I usually go with the manufacturer instructions and original parts in my projects supplemented by oem type obd equipment and still sometimes think I'm not doing good enough....
Back in the old days, we used to wire a spare spark plug into the exhaust pipe, then while driving pull the choke part way out to enrich the unburnt fuel...flip the switch to fire the spark plug and send a burst of flame out the pipe. Cleared tailgaters away. Never thought of a pumpkin though.
I live in Illinois we have some that get to over 1.5 pounds and they'll screw up a modern car. Trust me I know a 10 pound racoon did 5k in damage to a Kia optima.
Wow. I never knew spray foam insulation was such a cost effective and versatile alternative for auto repair. The Reynold's Wrap tin foil car so unique, it has got to become an art collector item.
It’s a carryover design from the Focus. The Focus has always had the battery there, and it made way more sense in that car. However, when they strapped a SUV body on the Focus and called it an Escape, the battery placement didn’t work so well anymore. It’s still better than putting it in the fender well or putting it under the (power) seat.
@@ouch1011 I loathe the mid 2000s dodge and Chryslers for their fender battery placements. Here let’s put them in a terrible place to reach if it breaks down, let’s put it in a spot that will likely get water, salt, sand and any other substance you might drive through on it. Yeah dodge engineers with design of the century on those lol
I have been binging on these videos for the past week. Now I have learned when fixing your car: 1: Don't be cheap. Spend the extra $ so the cheap/faulty part doesn't break and cause more damage 2: If you don't know how to fix it, take it to a shop. Trust experts, don't make the problem worse doing it yourself.
I have a 2015 ford escape, that battery is a pain to get to. Did it myself, but took off the cowl instead of trying to pull it out the front. Much better than what that customer did
To be fair, if that is aluminum tape, it could possibly act as a sacrificial anode and prevent the steel from rusting. Though I'm not sure if you'd get a good connection through the adhesive.
Awesome video. And to think some of these death traps could be right next to me or anyone driving. A friend I know in Germany, before they are licensed are required to take a course on driving and maintaining their cars. Car’s are inspected annually and if any item is not right. Fined and no driving until corrected.
Is it me or do most of these "issues" look like they could be related to "curb shots while drifting" ?. Lots of those shots of front end damage are the stuff you see on totaled cars!! Great videos guys I get nothing but belly laughs from watching!!*****
@@BigLisaFan same container different gas, it's laughing gas, also sold as propellant for whipped cream, also for increasing power in an engine but these are WAY too small for that, they use a MUCH bigger tank. I don't think I need to explain laughing gas... Particularly the green and blue ones
If it's actually CO2, and not nitrous, as a lot of people assume, then it could be some kind of pellet gun powered by a compressed gas cylinder. You'd probably see thousands of plastic pellets (or maybe paintballs or something else) if that were the case, though.
Edit - I wasn't aware those were N2O cartridges, so my mistake. Just stating what the mechanic said to me.
Happy Halloween! I added some Halloween themed one's in this video to change it up.
Have a great week and thanks for watching!
Submit your clips at www.justrolledinyt.com
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Happy Halloween to you and your family!
Thanks! Hey listen...Just a idea for the future ...Your son in a few years saying " Just rolled in"
I wish the photo I submitted of my car gets featured in the outro! My car is a dark blue Focus ST with a mountain as the background
Happy Halloween to you and the family!
The person who deliberately sprayed foam into their engine is next level.
Didn’t think I’d see 2 clips about spray foam either.
So tru....
Sea foam, I see foam. It's the same
It brought me to tears man! I don't even know whether I'm laughing or crying.
@@Excalibur2 LOL!
"If you squint, it's mint." Words to live by.
or the "you get a tail light warrenty" ... once i can't see your tail lights,.......warrenty is over
Sounds like wisdom from zip ties and bias plies
Or, looks great from my house. Looks great at night. Looks great while riding by on a horse, at night.
It’s like my ex a 10… looks good from 10 feet away.
I squint every time I go to get in my 65 Mustang, that baby clean.
Every single time you upload I am stunned at the amount of death traps driving around
It should be criminal.
Yeah... on the road next to you, passing at 90mph in a 65...
Heading toward you on the two lane highway.☠
Yeah these are so common now with these video clips. It makes you wonder what percentage of cars are on the road like this that never see a professional mechanic.
these people should not be allowed to drive, have kids, vote or participate in society. that person needs and should be required by law to go back to kid school.
There is no history on this car, but the car is history.
Winner! 🏆💰
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there’s no history on the car & now there never will be
It genuinely alarms me that people with this level of understanding are allowed within 50 feet of a car. Let alone own and drive one.
I don't understand how learning about basic maintenance isn't required before getting a license
@@Fisheee123 In the UK we have to be able to identify different parts under the bonnet (hood), e.g. the screenwash reservoir, the oil filler cap, etc. This doesn't always stop people putting screenwash in their engine but I think it helps...
How dare you talk about my wife like this! Them's fightin words!
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@@mediocrefunkybeat I think that is in every EU country mandatory or at least in Germany it's the same
@@mediocrefunkybeat That's a start at least
I despise the whole "rolling coal" thing, but that pumpkin was pretty cool! 🎃
I was thinking the same thing. It got a quick smile on my face.
Agree, that was pretty original.
Totally agree about rolling coal/ Every body else is knee deep in DPF and cats but because of some loop hole pure carbon soot spews out everywhere, maybe the cancer karma will get them
The coal rollers are usually the men with the tiniest dicks, biggest yet most fragile of egos, and trump supporters to boot. Y’know…incels. 😘
@@mac4boys541 If I am the victim of rolling coal, ever, karma will have to stand in line.
As I get older, and am not as strong and smart as I once was..these videos always make me feel better about myself. Its like a free self help motivation class !
I know what you mean. I always think, "At least I'm not that stupid."
I am turning 65 this month and you summed up my thoughts on these clips as well🤘🏽
I'm with you on that 👍👍
@@jx14aby definitely by far
Spray foam instead of sea foam? Yep, I can see that one working out well. I think putting on a new caliper was the least of that guy's problem. Probably worth more than the car. Love the wood suspension and of course, just bought the car and didn't get it looked at. Love it.
Didn't you know it will seal up oil leaks lol
He should have used more spray foam on those rusty bits. 👍🏼
I can’t believe that guy was that stupid spray foam in your engine?? That makes perfect sense right??
I’m surprised they didn’t put salt water in the engine to make sea foam.
LMFAO!!
Those are not CO2 cartridges, they are Nitrous Oxide, frequently used as a high. While driving, yeah, that's smart.
Yep. Someone is doing whip it's.
Saw a picture of a car somewhere that must have had 1000 of those all over. The floors were full.
Learn something new every day lol.
Just was saying what the mechanic said but that makes sense and it's scary to know somebody is driving around like that
Added 89h.p.!
Seriously doubt they are doing that while driving, it's incapacitating and I don't see what the fun of doing them while driving is. Probably means the drove high on weed tho.
That is what they are, but I believe if they used one while driving, their vehicle would not be in for a slight rattle sound.
Being a carpenter by trade. I have found many uses for spray foam. Not once have I thought it would be a great sealant/cleaner for cars.
There is a newer gasket maker product that seems a lot like black landscaping foam. Works well and hardens fast.
0:48 Dear lord, I can't understand WHY people think it's ok to bedazzle your steering wheel. I'm sitting here going "HELLO!? Way to turn your air bag into a claymore mine!" ☠
I personally would just disconnect the airbag all together. I don't see how 2-ply tp with a bunch of metal springs underneath is going to help my nose much...just sayin'
@@rlandlegofan98 - Are you on crack?
I especially love the labels for "LEFT" and "RIGHT" to remind them which is which...
@@maxh771 I would have that as well, lol! I'll get them mixed up, even though I'm young!
@@rlandlegofan98 I mean you could choose to break your nose or you could break your neck. But yeah, airbags are for sure just a money grab.
Every time I see one of those (X thousand miles without an oil change) type videos I think it's a credit to the engineering of the car manufacturer.
Hats off to the car that even kept going so long with absolutely no maintenance.
My BMW I3 has 72,000 miles and it's never had an oil change. Still outruns most anything on the road.
I agree!! In the mid 90’s, my brothers fiancé had a brand new Chevrolet Beretta given to her as a graduation gift. It had the 3.1L V6. She only knew how to put gas in a car, and didn’t even know you had to change the oil. The motor let go with 24k miles without an oil change. Technology and engineering have come a long way, even in the last 30 years!!
@@kc4cvh I really hope its a Bev and not a Rex i3.
@@jjbrown396 No Rex for me! Besides the maintenance burden, the few I3s that have burned were set alight by the Rex
A long time ago (around 2005)when I was young and stupid, I drove my 1990 Toyota Corolla for 2 years without doing an oil change (I can’t tell you why). One night I heard loud boom and the car shut off. After 2 days a friend of mine figured out what happened. He added oil and turned the car on. I ran it for 6 months before I changed the engine. Everyone 2-3 blocks around could hear me when I was driving, and it wasn’t the music 😂😂
That spray foam one reminds me when I was working in the drag racing industry. We had a customer come in and specifically request Moroso's block sealer for sealing your water jacket on a drag motor. I wasn't the salesman, but I sure witnessed the irate customer when they returned a couple of days later, trying to blame the salesman for ruining his engine and demanding we replace it. Turns out the idiot poured the block sealer into his crankcase and not the water jacket, so it sealed his engine into a boat anchor. He did not get a replacement motor from us, he got told to go pound sand. Obviously shouldn't have been working on his vehicle and he paid the price.
Ouch... They actually used that exact method to lock up motors in the cash for clunkers program. Sodium silicate in the crankcase.
@@d47000 Ahh.. Memories.... We had a big lot behind the dealership, with a commercial Septic mound that had been defunct for years. We drained the oil and "Off Roaded" the cars until they "Blew up". Pushed them into a spot, and then poured the silicate in. The engines were disabled, the silicate was paid for, and we even got the Owner and service manager in on the escapades. No harm done eh??..🤫😇
@@d47000 Nah, that moron did even _worse_ than that. Sodium silicate would just foul the wearing surfaces until the engine locked. That guy put in Moroso Block Filler. It's literally a type of cement!
I was like "that's not f*in spray foam is it?!?" "Holy crap it is!"
I was looking at that and hearing "Sea foam" going "huh??" Then the whole story comes out. :facepalm:
I had a laughing fit as I first couldn't believe my eyes. There HAD to be some kind of bizarre explanation on how to get motor oil got to foam up like that.
Nope. It's really is spray foam. ROFL
Should have used Barbasol.
The guy who put spray foam in his engine needs to be researched for scientific purposes
he’s a reminder that natural selection needs to do better
TO THE BODY FARM!
The sprayfoam has to be used in the Fuel tank, not the Oil. Rookie mistake.
It actually does work well as a coolant additive. It doesn't harden when mixed with coolant/water. I was told the molecular bond between the coolant/water and the chemical makes it cool much better.
It's true.*
*do not add spray foam (or Seafoam) to your radiator.
Freakin rookies
Spray foam is what i use to keep my ac from developing leaks. works like a fucking charm
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@@jamesw.6931 pffffft, not gonna fall for that scam. Spray foam man. it works. ;)
Just getting so high that you forget where all the cartridges went and you have to take it to a mechanic. 😂
The thought of putting insulation foam in my engine would NEVER enter my mind, Good Grief
Seafoam... sea spray... spray foam... They're related so that means it's exactly the same, right?
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if your engine is too loud, can of spray foam quiets it down!
"You've got to admire men that deal in ideas of that size and can tote them around without crutches."
- Mark Twain
It did quiet the engine.
Please tell me that he did that to a terminally dead car as a joke. You know, as a supposed last ditch effort to revive the car with sea foam, expanding foam -- same difference. Joke, right? Please.
I love videos like this because no matter how little I know about cars, I would never foam my engine even if told to. 😂
Well obviously, because all you need to avoid things like in the video is common sense and not knowledge about cars. Getting a driver license must be extremely easy in the US if people like that can get one.
@@sebasstein7014 It's been a very long time since I did my driver test, but I don't recall anything on it related to car maintenance/basics.
There were, however, questions about how long your license could be suspended if you were caught committing vandalism under the age of 18.
Also, IIRC, the written exam only requires a 70% to pass.
NOTE: In the US the requirements are defined by the states, so my experiences are California specific.
@@Ilix42 Definitely not comparable to what you have to go through to get a license here in Germany.
1:30 the customer forgot to mention the squirrel was up a tree when he hit it 😂
As a (former) tech, I feel that one with the Escape where the owner towed their car out to save a penny on the battery, only to find out why the other shop was cheap. I took absolutely no pity on those people when that has happened in the past, and it does happen quite often.
It’s so funny. Especially because there is no way in hell that tow was less than $80
Yep used to love those! They’d go to the other guy we knew was terrible so they could save $50 and end up back at our shop to fix the original issue and now the mess up on top of it😂
"Penny wise and pound stupid" or as also say, "knows cost of everything but the value of nothing" .
You assume they took it to another shop, that screams bad home-job to me.
I dont even allow customers like that to "Drop off". They stay with the car, pull it up to the bay door, and one of my guys meets them outside with a digital camera in hand.
0:56 it concerns me that they have labels for directions. This seems like the kind of person that would say they were always driving north, because forward is up on a map and up on a map is north.
it’s not concerning at all lmfao i graduated high school four years ago with a 3.8 GPA and still have to use the “never eat soggy waffles” mnemonic bc i constantly mix up east and west. a LOT of people have that problem especially since people don’t use compasses constantly
@@misseselise3864 I don’t fucking use a compass at all and don’t get east and west mixed up. Tf you on about?
@@DevilDaRebel Ha! Too many paint chips as a kid.
Nice compass that never moves, too. Always heading north will work out just great for that guy...
@@misseselise3864 yeah but the front of that vehicle isn't going to be pointing north all the time
Claymore!!
I detest "rollin' coal", but that pumpkin at the end made me chuckle! By the way, I'm loving the revised format where you add some of the explanation to the voice over. It makes these great videos much easier to watch. Keep it up!
Thanks! I also add more info in the description for each photo and clip.
Top work JRI! Thank you again!
0:36 "if you squint it's mint" had me laughing so hard
More than one of those clips are proof positive that auto shop should be mandatory in high school. Or an automotive course before a driver license is issued.
And someone should tell some of those people never to listen to family or friend, unless they are a trained mechanic, about what to do to an engine.
And the adage of 'if you don't know what you're doing, leave it alone,' applies to a lot of those clips.
Similarly, I think more people should have basic car skills like changing a tire and using a portable battery for jump starts. I've had to do both in the last couple years. (Assuming you have the strength and leverage to loosen the lug nuts.)
Part of my Driver's Education class in highschool was to go around a car and show how to change a tire, jump start, check oil and other fluids, check tire pressure including the spare (Almost no one thinks to check that), even how to put gas in it.
For most people it's just assumed they know this stuff. But for a large number they couldn't begin to tell you how.
We also have the internet and RUclips.
I learned how to do a water pump in two different Toyotas, how to fix a driveshaft clunk in an F-150, and other automotive related repairs.
Absolutely inexcusable.
if i had to pick, i’d say a basic course before getting licensed would be best bc not everyone will drive. but also you can’t fix stupid
@@lo1bo2 as someone working in the automotive field, basic car maintenance is easy money for a shop. it’ll take an hour tops and $30-$40 in supplies to change someone’s oil but best believe some shops would be charging double that. and how to change oil is one of the easiest things to learn
The guy hit a squirrel.......while the squirrel was still in a tree.
😂
lol , exactly what i thought
Regarding the squirrel: "We're gonna need a bigger pellet gun."
-The dude from Jaws probably
"I hit a squirrel"
Mechanic raises an eyebrow.
""I hit a squirrel that was standing on a tree stump."
More like a 50 bmg
Then proceeds to reach under the seat and grab more NOS cartridges........
@@christopherconard2831 its the size of a fox, RUN!!!!!!
the squirrelthe squirrel had some huge tungsten balls in its cheeks
Gotta admit, that pumpkin exhaust looked pretty cool.
Yeah, too bad it involved the douchebaggery that is coal rolling
Wish I thought of that.
_"Repositioning..."_
@Future Pants I especially love it when they “dust” me while I’m on my motorcycle… so much fun! How else would I KNOW how big their pp is?
@Future Pants buzzkill
Okay, with that spray foam you got me. I almost crack my forehead from that facepalm. 🤦🤦🤦🤦
Owner: “It’s too expensive to have the dealership do it. I’ll do it myself/take it to this guy I know.”
Just Rolled In: “And this customer…”
...blamed the "another shop" for the damage.
Can't tell you how many times I heard that when I worked at a dealership.
people that buy vehicles that they can't afford to properly maintain confuse the fuck out of me
@@etherealessence Can't afford or can't be bothered?
@@alexbrown1995 Both. If you can't afford keeping the vehicle in safe condition, then you should not (be allowed) to have it.
HAHAHAH left and right labels on the steering wheel along with a freakin compass which only works when you go north 😂
I'm a little afraid that these people are somehow able to get drivers licences but can't remember which direction is left and which one is right.
Some states don't require yearly state inspections for vehicles. (Oklahoma is one of them)
I never liked having to pay the $35.00 fee in my state (The price has gone up over the years) for a yearly inspection and a sticker, but after watching these video's I'm glad now. At least we don't have cars on our roads like some of the unsafe death traps that I've seen on these video's. When there is they aren't allowed to be driven for more than a year before they get failed at inspection time. We even get a fail sticker in this state for rust.
We got rid of them in Florida back around 1980. There's only been one candidate for governor that's mentioned bringing them back. He lost.
I see a fair number of sketchy cars around, but I'm happy to not have to deal with it every year.
I've theorized about super-squirrels, now I have the proof I was looking for.
Its a relative of the giant hare family.
My heart stopped when you said he was told to use sea foam since I've used it before, then you said he put spray foam in instead and I breathed a sigh of relief haha.
…you know they’re talking about the brand and not literal sea foam, right?
As the name implies, Sea Foam is meant to clean 2-stroke oil residue from outboard engines. It won't do much for 4-strokes, but it won't do any harm either (except to your wallet)
If you have a 2-stroke or a rotary engine it might be useful though (I've got both: a Subaru Sambar and a Mazda RX8)
I tried DIY sea foam myself. Live just south of LAX right on the shore, so collected sea foam in a bucket right off the ocean waves as they crashed ashore at El Segundo Beach. That was yesterday. Works like a charm so far.
@@PrototypeSpaceMonkey SeaFoam helps remove piston chamber deposits in 4 strokes, but that's both if you can let it soak in the piston chamber and if the engine was *well* coked up. I speak from experience with a Snowblower.
There are probably cheaper ways to clean deposits, though. Number 1 is the water bottle spray method, and you really can't just pour a darn garden hose into, or a cup, *or you'll obliterate the engine.* You cannot put too much water down the *air intake.*
With this method, you gotta just take a cheap plastic spray bottle like you'd spray a plant with, and you put water in it, and you spray it down the air intake while the engine's on. The engine will bog down (so stop spraying,) then it'll eventually come back up. I've done this before to a neighbor's lawnmower, and it spat out all the black carbon that was in the piston cylinder, and the mower stopped stalling out. Mind, he also had a clogged air filter, so that contributed to it too. But the mower barely ran even with the filter off, so the air filter wasn't a big deal.
Mind, I'm not saying this just to you. I'm assuming someone (even if just 1 person) reading could have an off day, and mis-interpret what I say, then end up featured on this channel if I don't make myself clear. So, I'll reiterate:
1: You _can_ spray water down an air intake to remove carbon deposits, but some engines may be more sensitive to this than others. That said, Water-Methanol Injection is a modification that can be done to most if not all gas or diesel engines. It cools the combustion chamber, and then an engine can be tuned differently so it's more powerful. It's a very effective modification.
2: Your engine probably doesn't need Water sprayed down the air intake.
3: If your engine does need this, you really do need a fine mist of water to go down an air intake, and *not lots of it at once.*
4: If you want to do this, use a spray bottle. Use a spray bottle. Use a spray bottle.
5: Try it on a junky lawnmower that's barely running, first, if you have one. Take the air filter off and put it away from the mower, be ready with your water spray bottle, and start the engine with the mower on a flat surface. Leave it on for at least 2 to 3 minutes, then gently spray water down the air intake, being careful about the mower blades.
Couldn't find sea foam so he put in spray foam, that is f'n brilliant. Must have been the same guy or a close relative that tried to fix the oil leak with spray foam.
Thanks for sharing the vid.
Lol, ur probably not wrong!
😂 I'm thinking he married a close relative of his.🤔
Doubt memory foam would be of any use to him either.
My only guess for how he got urethane foam instead of Seafoam would be he went to Lowe's or Home Depot.
I am addicted to you fellows!!!
Thanks for the laughs 😃!!
Not as addicted as our whip-it customer.
Hmmm. “Loss of power”. What a mystery. 🧐😂
How do you manage to change your brake calipers and not notice half your car has rusted away ?
The calipers weren't rusted. Some people have the ability to really focus on just the job they are doing.
"I've got a sound coming from under my passenger seat."
"Did you look under the seat to see what's making the noise?"
"Nah, I'd rather pay a shop to do it."
Lol, that was me with the sway bar links just floating there 😂
You know why the customer didn’t say who did the install?? Cause it was ME!! lmao! 😂
Because it was a girl tech. I was embarrassed 😅. Took it right up street to a different shop and got them tightened up. Lol
Wowza that guy who put spray foam in his engine took dumbness to a level i thought was not possible 🤣
I knew it was possible. I guess I have more faith in people. Well, their ability to be stupid.
@@grumpyoldbugger 😂
There's regular stupid and there is "thinking spray foam is a good lubricant" stupid. And that's not even the worst part of it. This person not only thought that but they were so confident about it they risked destroying their car.
Had a girlfriend once who hardly ever serviced her Festiva, so I offered to do it for her. All filters, oil flush (found out the hard way not to do that on an engine with heaps of miles - story for another day) and injector clean later - felt like I'd strapped a turbo onto it. Keep your car well serviced, it will reward you 😁
Years ago I had a girlfriend who had a Ford station wagon with the 351 engine in it. I drove the car and it had no guts at all, so I asked her when she last had a tune up (the car not her, I knew when she was last tuned up, lol), I got the deer in the headlights look. I asked her when she last had the oil changed, again deer in the headlights look. So I changed her oil, oil filter, cap, rotor, spark plugs, air filter, fuel filter, cleaned the carb, set the timing, etc, etc. She thanked me with some really good Whoopi, then she promptly went out and got a speeding ticket, Lol!
1:02 Wow another "Lumberghini"!!!
This channel never ceases to amaze me. Good quality entertainment. 🤣👍
On a 1968 chevy 1/2 ton pickup, the driveshaft center bearing died. Since it was a yard truck, I made a new bearing in 2 halves out of hard maple, and even installed a drilled port with a grease fitting on it. Ran great, as long as you didn't go over 30 mph
2:43 I was POSITIVE the customer was going to say he covered the car like that to keep the aliens from reading his thoughts!!🤖
After viewing several of these videos, I doubt nothing would shock me any more. But after seeing the spray foam inside and out side the engine, I just hope they are not next too me on the road!
Well the one that put it in the engine isn't on the road at all. Kind of like Darwinism, killing their car so they are no longer a threat to everyone on the road.
Love the pumpkin at the end. Made my day.
That was awesome
As a long time home mechanic, I really enjoy your channel. I usually go with the manufacturer instructions and original parts in my projects supplemented by oem type obd equipment and still sometimes think I'm not doing good enough....
“usually”? you should ALWAYS follow manufacturer’s instructions
As a home mechanic, do you or do you not recommend holding the car's control arms together with zip ties?
Back in the old days, we used to wire a spare spark plug into the exhaust pipe, then while driving pull the choke part way out to enrich the unburnt fuel...flip the switch to fire the spark plug and send a burst of flame out the pipe. Cleared tailgaters away. Never thought of a pumpkin though.
To anyone out there who is a decent mechanic. Thank you for existing and keep up the good work. I cannot stand shoddy work from anyone.
That squirrel was on some steroids
All that Halloween candy
Squirrel-zilla
Rodent-roid-rage.
I live in Illinois we have some that get to over 1.5 pounds and they'll screw up a modern car. Trust me I know a 10 pound racoon did 5k in damage to a Kia optima.
The exhaust jack-o-lantern was a good finish. Thanks for another video!
Every video is like a Billy Mays infomercial: "But wait, there's more!"
Wow. I never knew spray foam insulation was such a cost effective and versatile alternative for auto repair. The Reynold's Wrap tin foil car so unique, it has got to become an art collector item.
It's them aliens and the gonvrnmet mind control.👽
I'm pretty sure that was duct tape
In all fairness, the engineer who designed the battery box for the Escape, should be forced to change those batteries all day
Ya what a dumb design lol.
@@JustRolledIn when my battery failed, the dealer quoted $30 to swap the battery. When I picked it up, he said never again for 30
@@robertheinkel6225 lol I believe that
It’s a carryover design from the Focus. The Focus has always had the battery there, and it made way more sense in that car. However, when they strapped a SUV body on the Focus and called it an Escape, the battery placement didn’t work so well anymore. It’s still better than putting it in the fender well or putting it under the (power) seat.
@@ouch1011 I loathe the mid 2000s dodge and Chryslers for their fender battery placements. Here let’s put them in a terrible place to reach if it breaks down, let’s put it in a spot that will likely get water, salt, sand and any other substance you might drive through on it. Yeah dodge engineers with design of the century on those lol
I do not like rolling coal, but the pumpkin on the exhaust belching smoke was funny.
I have been binging on these videos for the past week. Now I have learned when fixing your car:
1: Don't be cheap. Spend the extra $ so the cheap/faulty part doesn't break and cause more damage
2: If you don't know how to fix it, take it to a shop. Trust experts, don't make the problem worse doing it yourself.
I always feel better after watching these. It's true that a laugh a day keeps the doctor away! 😁
I have a 2015 ford escape, that battery is a pain to get to. Did it myself, but took off the cowl instead of trying to pull it out the front. Much better than what that customer did
The guy will the spray foam is probably a college professor 😂😂😂
As a person who has worked on his own vehicles for the last 50 years, I find these videos highly amusing.
I have to say, I'm getting addicted to these pretty badly!!!
Love the compass on the steering wheel
no matter what its right. if yr a retard
Spray foam in the engine? Talk about an EPIC fail! DUH, DUR, DOH!!! Missed it by that much! 🤣👍👍👍
Thanks for that!! I spit rice all over my computer once I seen the Jack-O-Lantern exhaust tip. That was funny!
"I hit a squirrel." Sure you did.
I've hit a deer before and it totaled my car, so no...I don't believe the squirrel story. lol
3:42 No way, I know the shop that owns that red willys! They're just down the road from me! Very small world, wow.
The pumpkin on the tailpipe. ...love it💪🏿✊🏿💪🏿✊🏿😂😂🤣🤣
You need to give that last vehicle a smog test.
To be fair, if that is aluminum tape, it could possibly act as a sacrificial anode and prevent the steel from rusting. Though I'm not sure if you'd get a good connection through the adhesive.
there’s also aluminum tape specifically made for auto body repair
Driver wears a tinfoil hat also.
Well the squirrel was sitting on a rock at the time.😂
Spray foam in the engine did it for me. Loved the pumpkin exhaust.
spray foam? some people just don't listen or ask questions anymore. Great video as always. and I saw it in less than 3 m after you put it up, lol
There's a remedy for that. They have to fix it. No help other than how to do it.
Especially when they have a computer in their pocket with access to answers to any question they could ask
@@kmilli0313 LOL right?
Awesome video. And to think some of these death traps could be right next to me or anyone driving. A friend I know in Germany, before they are licensed are required to take a course on driving and maintaining their cars. Car’s are inspected annually and if any item is not right. Fined and no driving until corrected.
Ah, but America is a free country.....
These vids always make me feel so much better about my own car maintenance..
Spray foam/Sea foam, same thing. Duct tape rust preventer, but that Jack O'Lantern exhaust tip is mint! I have to get one for my 2nd Gen Cummins!
The things customers do to save some money on their cars baffles me 😑 just take it to someone who knows what there doing!
Is it me or do most of these "issues" look like they could be related to "curb shots while drifting" ?. Lots of those shots of front end damage are the stuff you see on totaled cars!!
Great videos guys I get nothing but belly laughs from watching!!*****
The Jack O'Lantern at the end was nice.
3:07 that likley No2 and not Co2... the difference is that No2 prevents rust
And gets you super high....
@@OJsLeftGlove yeah right, i mean who dosent like driving while on the cusp of passing out with the wawas!!! that driver is a real jerk
Should be a test to own any piece of machinery
Just came across this channel. Its like endless train wrecks with these customers. I cant stop watching! 🤣🤣🤣
The pumpkin/jack-o-lantern at the end was fantastic!!!
Spray foam OMG
2:50 its not Co2, its NoS, someone drives this car while high....
I almost choked on my drink when you said "customer couldn't find Sea-Foam, so use spray foam instead". Priceless!
2:51 pretty sure those aren't CO2 cartridges, pretty sure those are NO (nitrous oxide) cartridges, they were doing whippets.
Came here to say that. Glad Someone else noticed too.
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed...
Known in Australia as 'nangs'
I must be from the dark ages. What do they do? Had some for a pellet rifle and a beer keg.
@@BigLisaFan same container different gas, it's laughing gas, also sold as propellant for whipped cream, also for increasing power in an engine but these are WAY too small for that, they use a MUCH bigger tank. I don't think I need to explain laughing gas...
Particularly the green and blue ones
Never Ceases too AMAZE me how STUPID these customers are
The pumpkin is Awesome 😂
The jack-o-lantern on the diesel truck at the end was funny lol
Someone had to explain to me why I kept finding CO2 cartridges around my neighborhood
Sir, those are perfectly legitimate whipped cream connaisseurs
Explain please. Been under a rock for too long.
higher up comment size it wad laughing gas to get a high. Repeating here.
@@BigLisaFan Nitrous oxide canisters . People inhale the contents of them to get high
If it's actually CO2, and not nitrous, as a lot of people assume, then it could be some kind of pellet gun powered by a compressed gas cylinder. You'd probably see thousands of plastic pellets (or maybe paintballs or something else) if that were the case, though.
@3:30 Finally something funny enough to laugh at! LOL!
That's not Co2 those are whip its.
Looks like both. Not too familiar with them 😅
Had to Google it. Didn't know the whip things are N2O. Cool!
@@JustRolledIn well whip its are nitrous oxide, you can figure out what they do with it........ KIDS DONT TRY THAT FOR ANY REASON.
@@mogwai76 you can freeze your heart or pass out causing death.
I use them to make whipped cream for hot chocolate. I could not imagine any better use of them. True end of my story.
Its Halloween and there is nothing more scary than those cars on the road. The only problem there are no treats.
Oh right household Spray foam is always a good stand in, when Sea Foam is unavailable🙄😳🤔
1:29- either that was a mighty big "squirrel", or the customer hit the "Squirrel" at about 100 MPH over the speed limit lmao
Man, there are some real Einsteins out there! Wow……….speechless………
2:40 foil change 🤣🤣🤣