Thanks for another video. I'm just a tradesman with no money trying to keep my Toyota going. I know it must be frustrating giving away such good info.... and youtube jerks you around so much. But imagine how many people you are really helping. have a great weekend
I have been changing my own oil and filter (as well as brakes, exhaust, heat shields, radiators, plugs, water pumps, brake lines, brake and transmission fluid flushes, timing chain or belts and more) on every car I have ever owned since the age of 17 when I actually got my first car in my own name. I am 64 now. Never, ever take your vehicle to any of these hack oil change shops. Do it yourself. You learn something, save some money, feel better about yourself and you can sleep better knowing it was done correctly.
I've never, and will never, patronize any quick oil change shop. I'm sure that there are many stories of all sorts of negligence from one of these types of shops that are similar to the one just shown.
I used to know a guy, he said he went to Walmart for oil changes, I started laughing. He said, "What's so funny?" I told him to search "Walmart oil change" on youtube.
I bought that Toyota oil funnel you use after seeing it on one of your videos a few years back. It fits my Rav4 perfectly. Quick oil change businesses are the worst.
Some of those quick change places have a metal dispenser that looks like a fuel nozzle that has a gauge on top. They set the dial to however many quarts and then just pull the trigger to fill the engine.. The tip is metal and they likely just jammed that into the opening.
FYI During the years the Vibe and the Prizm were made at the joint GM Toyota venture, they were GM's most reliable cars. Also the Buick Regal, built in a plant that GM built using Toyota's manufacturing methods.
Excellent job and tip. I found two condiment containers (one from BBQ Sauce, the other from Honey) that have the same threads as the coolant fill cap and the oil fill cap on my RAV4. After cleaning them out, I cut off the bottoms off and made them into funnels that will screw in perfectly. I use them when filling those fluids.
I took my mother in laws mitsubishi to Jiffy lube about 20 years ago and I remember they filled the cars oil with nozzles kind of like at a gas station. Maybe he/she stuffed that down instead of a funnel.
And when you get used to that you will find changing your own transmission fluid, brake fluid, and coolant yourself very easy. Filters... (And keep that MAF sensor clean too!). As much as possible do not let anyone touch your car. Hell I wont even valet. Sorry you cant have my keys.
It might be caused by the pneumatic oil dispenser, the nozzle is thin and metal, the body of the dispenser is heavy. Nozzle probably got stuck inside and "tech" pulled it out causing the bend.
I saw this before in many types of dispensers. The common one is like a gas station air hose on a reel, pumping from the drum and the end has a gauge to tell how many quarts dispensed
Valvoline Instant Oil Change has had a few miscues over the years with my vehicles. i.e losing engine cover bolts. But so has the Hyundai dealership. i.e Not tightening lug nuts and my front wheels almost falling off. Shops like Peter's where there is some personal accountability probably best.
Horrible - that someone would push something into the oil filler hole to try to get the oil to flow faster ! Should not be done to a Pontiac Vibe - basically family to a Toyota Corolla ! Based on your recommendation, I also bought the funnel. It fits my 2000 Camry; but the design on my 2005 Sienna is different. To be honest, I always wonder what that metal restriction is inside the filler; I did not know it is just a thin piece of metal. It would have been very easy for me to bend the metal without knowing - even though I am a careful DIYer owner. So, I would not be too hard on the oil change place that made the mistake.
Pontiac Wibe wehicle. I love it! As citizens, it’s our OBLIGATION to vote and preferably for a candidate and party that wants America to be great for everyone like it used to be.
Strange most oil change places use a pump with standard cheapo oil which there is dial on it that you can set for how many litres or quarts you set that and then just squeeze the trigger its stops and the amount set but the wand on the end of those pumps are metal, so I have a feeling that the person just rammed the metal wand into the oil filler and set the pump pumped in the oil and was done. Myself if I was a customer and I started the engine I would have notice right away the noise and before i would have left not even drove my car and spoken with the manager about it but that said I never go to such places . I have seen sometimes these people working ther put the wrong oil filters on cars sure it screws on, but they top out and oil leaks or they over tighten the filter and it leaks or the next person has issues taking it off during the next oil change
@@slalomking In those days there were two Corolla assembly plants in North America. The NUMMI plant in Fremont made Corolla sedans, Vibes and Tacomas. We have a Vibe and Tacoma from that factory. The Cambridge plant made Corollas and the Matrix. Today there is one Corolla plant in Mississippi. The former NUMMI plant has fallen under the control of the evil Tesla empire. Plants in Cambridge make RAV4s, the Lexus NX and RX.
Uh, isn't the oil fill problem a potentially "reoccurring" problem? I think I might have considered cutting the corner of the metal plate off so the problem would never have reoccured.
Hey, this happens to me in my 2013 Accord 4Cyl with the Earthdreams after I change my oil. My VTC actuator is bad, will the rattle after a drain and fill go away with a new unit, actuator and timing chain kit? I like to do my oil changes as it saves me money and risk of having it done improperly such as just having a drain and no oil added
You have to be choosy about what oil change place you go to just like what mechanic you go to. As to your second point, to vote for her, you’d have to have dementia 😂
Could one argue that it is a bit of a design flaw on the part of Toyota? I don’t want to sound like a heretic, but maybe this is a lesson for Toyota as well as crap “grease monkeys”? Just a thought.
It really doesn't matter. If you are using the dmv link to lookup someone you are stalking, they will have a record. plus we usually won't get to see the owner so nobody will be wanting to go to their house. People want to look up the specs on the vehicles/apps out there allow you to see engine type, odometer, etc. He won't always remember to tell every detail so this helps him for the toyota curious
Thanks for another video. I'm just a tradesman with no money trying to keep my Toyota going. I know it must be frustrating giving away such good info.... and youtube jerks you around so much. But imagine how many people you are really helping. have a great weekend
I have been changing my own oil and filter (as well as brakes, exhaust, heat shields, radiators, plugs, water pumps, brake lines, brake and transmission fluid flushes, timing chain or belts and more) on every car I have ever owned since the age of 17 when I actually got my first car in my own name. I am 64 now. Never, ever take your vehicle to any of these hack oil change shops. Do it yourself. You learn something, save some money, feel better about yourself and you can sleep better knowing it was done correctly.
@@michaelt1349 Not to mention the sense of empowerment of doing it yourself.
One more reason that reinforces my decision to always change my own oil. Thanks for posting this.
Literally had a shop do this exact thing on my Honda CRV yesterday . The coincidence of this video lol
Great video, Peter. The level of incompetence out there is insane. I wish you were my mechanic for my Tundra and Camry. Cheers my friend.🇨🇦🇺🇸👍
I've never, and will never, patronize any quick oil change shop. I'm sure that there are many stories of all sorts of negligence from one of these types of shops that are similar to the one just shown.
Yeah, because mechanics never do anything bad to engines. You can completely trust them unlike change places lol
Same lesson, different day. Don't go to places like Oil Stop.
I used to know a guy, he said he went to Walmart for oil changes, I started laughing. He said, "What's so funny?" I told him to search "Walmart oil change" on youtube.
Or the dealer. When the guy got fired from spiffy lube only place he could get a job chang
Inv oil was the dealer😂.
I bought that Toyota oil funnel you use after seeing it on one of your videos a few years back. It fits my Rav4 perfectly. Quick oil change businesses are the worst.
Where did you purchase it?
A fantastic video, Peter! 👍
Some of those quick change places have a metal dispenser that looks like a fuel nozzle that has a gauge on top. They set the dial to however many quarts and then just pull the trigger to fill the engine.. The tip is metal and they likely just jammed that into the opening.
Thank you for showing us about those Toyota funnels. I've bought one for my wifey and My Toyota Corollas.
FYI During the years the Vibe and the Prizm were made at the joint GM Toyota venture, they were GM's most reliable cars. Also the Buick Regal, built in a plant that GM built using Toyota's manufacturing methods.
Peter, from my perspective, your're an awesome person. Keep up the amazing work.
Excellent job and tip. I found two condiment containers (one from BBQ Sauce, the other from Honey) that have the same threads as the coolant fill cap and the oil fill cap on my RAV4. After cleaning them out, I cut off the bottoms off and made them into funnels that will screw in perfectly. I use them when filling those fluids.
Thanks for the info Peter.
Hey Peter. I use a 1qt. mobil 1 container with the bottom cut off. It screws right into the oil fill. Car is a 2006 Matrix 4WD with 225,000 miles.
Interesting. Your oil in is that small? Smart!
@@stuckinmygarage6220 Mobil 1 and others have a larger diameter spout the perfect size.
@@charlespratt8663 Thank you, Charles. I never realized. Good weekend.👍
Same here! - this has been my little trick for years when I realised that the oil container threads match the engine!!👍
Yes I know of this hack too. Was coming to comment it but gave yours a thumbs up in place since you got here first.
I took my mother in laws mitsubishi to Jiffy lube about 20 years ago and I remember they filled the cars oil with nozzles kind of like at a gas station. Maybe he/she stuffed that down instead of a funnel.
Thank you Peter. Much appreciated.
I do my own oil changes now. I feel like it’s not a matter of if those quick lube places will mess something up, but when.
Thankyou Peter once again.
Peter, thanks for the great information. And I’d also like to thank you for giving me an excuse to buy another tool.
My daughter's Toyota Yaris is a Mazda. 😂
My daughter's 2014 Mazda 2 is a Ford fiesta i think
@@toycoma98
We have no idea what we are buying anymore 🤣
Non Toyota viewr....Just enjoy how simplistically you perform the tasks...
Change oil YOURSELF!!!!
its so easy its ridiculous and no one touches your car.
And you know you did it correctly 👌🏽
And when you get used to that you will find changing your own transmission fluid, brake fluid, and coolant yourself very easy. Filters...
(And keep that MAF sensor clean too!).
As much as possible do not let anyone touch your car.
Hell I wont even valet. Sorry you cant have my keys.
It might be caused by the pneumatic oil dispenser, the nozzle is thin and metal, the body of the dispenser is heavy. Nozzle probably got stuck inside and "tech" pulled it out causing the bend.
I saw this before in many types of dispensers. The common one is like a gas station air hose on a reel, pumping from the drum and the end has a gauge to tell how many quarts dispensed
If it was pulled then the metal would be bent the other way, and we would have never gotten this video.
Love the vibe! More vibe videos please 🙏 😅
Valvoline Instant Oil Change has had a few miscues over the years with my vehicles. i.e losing engine cover bolts. But so has the Hyundai dealership. i.e Not tightening lug nuts and my front wheels almost falling off. Shops like Peter's where there is some personal accountability probably best.
Those quick oil change shops are the types of places where they top off your washer fluid with coolant.
...and your coolant with washer fluid.
he can do a horror movie with that voice ha ha
Beside fine greasemonkeyship, another great engineering design.
Peter, I'm sure Kamala watches your channels religiously.
Very educational and entertaining, Peter. What is the purpose of the sheet meta, keep the splashing of oil back to the cams??
There was a TSB for this 'issue'. My 06 Matrix has the same (worse when bought) The narrow lube gun nozzle really reeks havoc here.
I get at least three a day of the political messages. Mostly addressed to Alyson-previous cell number owner? Thanks a lot, Alyson!
reply STOP and they should comply if it comes from a short code and not a full number
Only for text messages, never do this for email
Horrible - that someone would push something into the oil filler hole to try to get the oil to flow faster ! Should not be done to a Pontiac Vibe - basically family to a Toyota Corolla ! Based on your recommendation, I also bought the funnel. It fits my 2000 Camry; but the design on my 2005 Sienna is different. To be honest, I always wonder what that metal restriction is inside the filler; I did not know it is just a thin piece of metal. It would have been very easy for me to bend the metal without knowing - even though I am a careful DIYer owner. So, I would not be too hard on the oil change place that made the mistake.
Well, that's a new one for sure. Another reason why I do my own maintenance!
Why he's a nice fella
Pontiac Wibe wehicle. I love it!
As citizens, it’s our OBLIGATION to vote and preferably for a candidate and party that wants America to be great for everyone like it used to be.
Think they were using a preset mass oil gun system. Probably not funnel related. Negligent regardless. 🤔
Strange most oil change places use a pump with standard cheapo oil which there is dial on it that you can set for how many litres or quarts you set that and then just squeeze the trigger its stops and the amount set but the wand on the end of those pumps are metal, so I have a feeling that the person just rammed the metal wand into the oil filler and set the pump pumped in the oil and was done. Myself if I was a customer and I started the engine I would have notice right away the noise and before i would have left not even drove my car and spoken with the manager about it but that said I never go to such places . I have seen sometimes these people working ther put the wrong oil filters on cars sure it screws on, but they top out and oil leaks or they over tighten the filter and it leaks or the next person has issues taking it off during the next oil change
Pontiac Vibe was assembled in same California plant as Toyota Matrix
It’s a rebadged Matrix
Every Vibe was made in Fremont, California, USA and every Matrix was made in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
@@rightlanehog3151 for real? I thought both were made in Fremont
@@slalomking In those days there were two Corolla assembly plants in North America. The NUMMI plant in Fremont made Corolla sedans, Vibes and Tacomas. We have a Vibe and Tacoma from that factory. The Cambridge plant made Corollas and the Matrix. Today there is one Corolla plant in Mississippi. The former NUMMI plant has fallen under the control of the evil Tesla empire. Plants in Cambridge make RAV4s, the Lexus NX and RX.
@@rightlanehog3151 ok, thanks for the info.
Peter please set an email so we can contact you, I will love to take my tundra to your shop and do all the maintenance it needs, thank you
I NEVER TAKE MY car to a lube place that utilizes KIDS employees 😅
That's why I do my own thing on everything I do
Toyota voltz in asia, jdm & african market
exellent as always
Uh, isn't the oil fill problem a potentially "reoccurring" problem? I think I might have considered cutting the corner of the metal plate off so the problem would never have reoccured.
Hey, this happens to me in my 2013 Accord 4Cyl with the Earthdreams after I change my oil. My VTC actuator is bad, will the rattle after a drain and fill go away with a new unit, actuator and timing chain kit? I like to do my oil changes as it saves me money and risk of having it done improperly such as just having a drain and no oil added
Don't go to franchise oil change places. And...don't vote for Kamala.
You have to be choosy about what oil change place you go to just like what mechanic you go to. As to your second point, to vote for her, you’d have to have dementia 😂
@@calvinwalker4654Even better/if physically able have little mechanical aptitude…just do your own routine service and minor repair.
Never go to the Stealership!
Avoid this problem and learn to change your own oil. Also save a lot of money.
It's about the only voice you got
Hoot mon
Numi motors!
NUMMI
Oh snap! What a mess.
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I need that screw in funnel.
Works great, drains fast
I would like to order a funnel like yours, where do I look?
Ditto.
I found it. Just search for a Toyota Oil funnel. Amazon has it.
@@bblod4896I don't think it will work for Tacos as there is a slight angle
@@richardramon2175
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Mine is 2007. Easy access. Perhaps the new one's?
@@bblod4896 probably. I have a 1st gen Toyota Tacoma prerunner and there is a slight 45degree angle
@@bblod4896 I think I found one on Amazon that might work and just waiting for the seller to answer my question
Peter, would you recommend someone take a dremmel tool and cut the damaged corner?
You could, but only before reinstalling the valve cover.
Just bend it back into shape like he did in the video
Good grief 😮
NUMI!
NUMMI!!
@@rightlanehog3151 Did I leave an M out? be well sir!
@@martinmoffitt4702 New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated. We have a 2005 Vibe and 2010 Tacoma built by the fine folks at NUMMI. 😉
I want one for my funnel collection
Works great, drains fast
@@kendog53where do you find one? Dealer?
Sorry, but why the hell would you leave your country to live in California. Hella good video!
Because he wants to live the American Dream !!!
Actually he ended up in CA, he actually had some places in between, but one main thing is the camping access. Good weather temps is a bonus.
Where do I get that funnel at Peter? I need one!
Amazon, Toyota oil funnel
Well not really involved in politics either but you got to pick one maybe if the worst of the two or three
Could one argue that it is a bit of a design flaw on the part of Toyota? I don’t want to sound like a heretic, but maybe this is a lesson for Toyota as well as crap “grease monkeys”? Just a thought.
A design setup to let a grease monkey 🐒 fail.
@4:42 😂
Today everything something to do with politics
should be censoring license plates
It really doesn't matter. If you are using the dmv link to lookup someone you are stalking, they will have a record. plus we usually won't get to see the owner so nobody will be wanting to go to their house.
People want to look up the specs on the vehicles/apps out there allow you to see engine type, odometer, etc. He won't always remember to tell every detail so this helps him for the toyota curious
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