For the interest of people who may not know, the Chevy Volt is based on the Opel/Vauxhall Astra platform from the UK. This has always been a top European small car, that has a 30 year history. The Astra has been pounding UK motorways, and German autobahns for decades and is very well sorted and respected. GM took this car and adapted the bodywork to fit batteries, then changed the powertrain for hybrid duty. GM's Volt project brought together the best engineers in the company from Opel, Vauxhall, and GM HQ to work together. The Volt was the retirement swan song of Bob Lutz, who poured his soul into it. Due to its lineage in the Astra and the top engineers who worked on it, the Volt is a top quality product, as its field performance has demonstrated. It was a mistake for GM to end it, and will be compelled to bring it back in the future.
one of the Volt forums advises (on Gen I but particularly Gen II cars) ... whenever you run the engine in HOLD mode - make sure you run for at least 6 miles each time to make sure it warms up all the way (esp. in winter). You sacrifice some overall efficiency and fuel economy to keep the ICE engine intake and oil healthy. I have 95k miles on my 2013 Gen I ... still charges to 10.4 kWh and goes over 42 miles on a charge in ideal conditions. I run it on the ICE at least once a week for at 6 miles+. That technique seems to work good for Gen I port injected 1.4's.
ya, probably more of an issue on the gen2 volts since they are direct injected and more prone to carbon fowling. I do the same with my gen1, especially since gen1's are prone to cracking of the egr valve cover diaphragm which is one more path for air/moisture to get into the oil, even if the engine isnt being used, the oil is usually getting degraded every day because of this extremely common design flaw. this is the same with all the eco tech 1.4's like i think the chevy cruze has the same. I change my oil once a year regardless of what the oil life thing says because of this issue and try to heat cycle it. getting 50-55 miles of range on my 2013 with 130k on the odom lol
that cleaning solution in the resonator box will make mis fire happens as it evaporates when standing and warm. thus having a bad o2 to chemical ratio.
I've had Prius3, Auris and Lexus ct200h. All 3 had similar mediocre accessability for the sparkplugs. So the Volt is not any different in that. But the great advantage: oldskool port injection. So the intake + valves stay CLEAN.
I just bought a chevy volt premier 2017, but it has 300k km on it. Runs smooth. The battery is taking a long time to charge. It's my first experience of a hybrid car. I did notice the same grinding kind of sound coming from the engine. I got scared, but in your video, you said that yours has only around 60k miles and your engine has the same kind of grinding noise, so I guess it's normal. What do you say. Or if anyone would like to suggest anything! I really appreciate and liked your video, though.
I had two different plug in hybrids. Once a week I would drive to work on just the ICE to make sure it was getting up to temp, and burning old fuel, as I only needed to get gas about once a month. Can’t ignore simple maintenance like that one PHEV’s.
The Volt will actually switch to hold mode on its own if the owner/operator drives it exclusively in EV mode. This is to prevent the gas in the fuel system from going bad. The car is smart enough to make sure that the gas can’t go stale and gum up the fuel lines and injectors.
Sir, I admire your patience. Back in the day we would have called the repair on this a "rad cap lift and replace". That's when you lift the radiator cap, and replace everything underneath it. Well done ~ Chuck
I really like the Chevy Volt, but a friend of mine had the contactor go bad on his 2017 Volt. The dealer ordered the part but it took three months for it to arrive. They didn't keep the battery charged while waiting for the part, and now it needs a new battery. It has been seven months, fortunately it is all covered under warranty. Good video 👍.
i keep heating more and more dumb stories about dealerships. 1. the part likely didnt take that long, they just have bad workflow practices and prioritized other more profitable jobs over your friend. guessing the only person who knew how to work on the car was busy or on vacation. 2. they easily could have plugged the car in once per month, or even just turned it on and put it in mountain mode. most chevy dealerships have chargers for this reason now. 3. they likely didnt even need to replace the battery. there are several ways to force the battery to charge which few know about, like using a 240v DC power supply and running it in through an evse and basically jump starting the high voltage battery. im terrified of dealerships man. its not even about the money, its the incompetence. if you find a regular mechanic who would work on a volt, that would be way better than some "ev certified" technician reading a service manual and misunderstanding TSBs
Amazing video, it's a real shame that it takes that much effort to get a car running again that was just going through normal use (not abuse). I have a Gen1 2015 Volt, glad it's port-injected. Not many home mechanics have a walnut blaster to go through all of that effort every few years. I guess it shows DI still has problems, unfortunately. My hat's off to you for taking that job on! You did a great job!
If you change the oil at 50% indicator, use quality gasoline, and avoid short trips with the ICE where the engine does not come into temp, then you should be ok. Running my 2nd gen at 138k without any issues.
I recently almost bought a Volt because you seemed to love yours so much. I drove from St. Louis to Cincinnati because the dealer had the blue one I wanted with only 40k miles. I made it about 150 miles to somewhere in Indiana and the car decided it wasn’t going anymore. Had it towed back to the dealership and got a loaner to get back home. They said it was a wrong size fuse and replaced the fuse. When they were driving it to St. Louis to deliver it to me after “fixing” it, it broke down on them. I decided to switch to a new vehicle so that I could have a car I could rely on. A shame, the Volt was not only a pretty car int the right color, with low miles, that got excellent mpg; it was also very comfortable. The comfort came in handy when waiting 3 hours for the tow truck in the middle of the night.
Glad to see this car back on the channel. Not glad its having issues. I bought a volt because of you. Had it for a year without any issues at 98k miles. Hopefully this job isnt in my near future
There is a mode you can get in the steering wheel to kick the motor on, or open the hood while the car is on in battery mode and the engine will start.
I have a Mazda 626 V6 and I did the front spark plugs. didn't know that trick so I paid someone like 10 bucks. felt dumb when I saw the rubber hose he used to take out the spark plugs
in terms of the spark plugs being down the coil tubes, I just use a piece of rubber hose, it gently squeezes onto the porcelain of the plug, and it works for both removal (after the socket has loosened them off) and putting them back in.
I live in California never had a problem with emissions. We will see on the blown 2016 Camaro tho in September but it has a CARB number.the other vehicles are stock. And a bit of fuel hose helps to start the plug.
I always thought the Volt was a better car than the Prius, and it looks nicer (except the new one) The Hybrid brand new jeep sister rented while her low mileage 08 PT Cruiser mom left her was getting fixed from a minor rear ender was really nice. The jeep had 9 miles on it and the battery never got charged up because she drives 10 minutes to work. She finally hooked up the charger and it ran the battery dead in a day but it was leaving on the battery in the morning. It also would run the engine because it was programmed to run it if it didn't get warm enough to boil out the condensation from the engine. Actually kinda quick when the battery and engine was up snuff. Liked it but will never be able to to afford it. Hope all the work fixes it, watching now.
My car is a pain to work on also. You have to take the engine apart just to change the waterpump. The thermostat housing is buried at the bottom of the engine. The alternator is also at the bottom. Plus, there are many more bad locations. My mechanic quit. He said he didn't want to work on it anymore.
@@trr5291 Who knew Volvo studied off of a piss poor example of Dodge engineering. No offense, just saying, since nothing was in a place you'd expect it to be when I helped on a Volvo/Land Rover LR2 project once.
@@trr5291 To replace radiator, basically all of the front end was disassembled. Alternator was visible but buried and attached to a gear reduction drive assembly driven by a shaft and belt system. Throttle body 6 inches up from the bottom of the engine. Odd stuff
Have you seen old photos of LA smog in the 40's 50's & up till 1967 when CARB was created and in the 70's when the EPA started regulating? It was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
14:49 Most of that pile would have been put in the garbage. I had an Audi with the rear timing chain. Even though the engine came forward to remove it, I still had a mountain of other parts to remove to get it loose. If it didn't need it I threw it away. I swear they do that on purpose. Corporate finds the cheapest easiest maintenance items on a car and engineers ways to make them expensive.
I've a 2017 Volt with 97000 miles and it just had its first CEL on my last 1000 mile trip. Dealership said the code related to the hi pressure fuel pump but the code was no longer active. The CEL extinguished after my 3rd fuel stop after the event. It's been fine ever since. Seeing your video makes me wonder if a should poke a scope down the intake and see what the ports look like. Thanks for that lol.
I remember when Chiltons changed from Shop manuals to Repair manuals. Everything from headlights to oil changes started with puting the car in service mode. Which was just removing the entire front of the car. Step two was usually, remove the engine.
JR you may want to check the EGR valve and clean it. A lot of the rough idle issues with these cars are EGR related. At 50k-ish miles though it would be surprising. My 2016 needed a new EGR valve at 100k but it runs like new now. 3 month wait to get it from GM though =(. Oh and hope you never need front struts. They don't exist.
We have a 2013 and a 2019 Volt. Neither one has ever had this problem. We don't use the engines very often though .. To the point where the car makes itself do "engine maintenance" runs.
We use to own a 2012 Volt, we bought from my stepson. It ran great and we took a lot of trips in it. But when things went bad they went really bad. We traded the car off.
This is a good car. I had one for 95,000 miles with only one small warranty repair in the 3rd year of ownership. The thing is, plug in hybrids can not be ignored. They have to be driven, and more specifically, the ICE has to be exercised, similar to a generator. I made sure to drive it about 10 miles a week on just gas to warm it up and use the old fuel. RJ just kinda fumbled the maintenance thing I think. He’s super resourceful, so I’m sure it will be sorted out.
@@jamesmedina2062 yup. Had mine replaced around New Years. I’ll never be 100% again, but the pain is gone. Was worth going g through the procedure for sure.
@@Bum_Hip Oh man I feel ya. Its really wild that I loved movement and enjoyed something akin to perpetual motion...never tiring. Good genes in my muscles but crap in my joints due to thyroid disease and environmental factors such as not hydrating, overdoing things, and having CT scans run in a 3rd world country's hospital. My friend said he was running. Not sure how that will go. There is no sensation of cushion I take it but at older age there is little articular cartilage cushion anyways??? I am glad your pain is lessened. We got to take what we can get right? I limit movement to swim and road biking. Cheers mate
Yikes - before doing all that work to see inside of the intake system - why not try some CRC GDI Valve cleaner through the intake system first? At only 50K miles, I can almost guarantee if the engine has trouble running when it's cold (not just hot) - it's probably not carbon build-up at this point?
How you are blessed w/ parents who've taught you so much "patience".. How "YOU" are blessed , with so much patience. It's so very easy to see, that the designers at GM > do NOT want people to work on they're own vehicles
thats what i have been told by the chevy dealer on my 2018, drive it on gas like once or so a week for a long enough drive that the engine fully warms and burns stuff off
Hi JR! Do you have any spray on products that you can recommend for valve cleaning, before going walnut blasting? My Miata doesn't have the smoothest idle (especially evident when AC is kicking on/off) so i'd like to attack the valves first.
That engine must get incredibly heat soaked with those cats up front and air intake at the back. They should have rotated it 180 degrees and put the air intake at the front.
cat only works some of the time and the shielding is likely there mainly to keep the cats hot because when they are cold they don't work but I agree it seems anachronistic to expel exhaust in front. Long term the air keeps the hot side of engine from cooking though.
I'd say this video is evidence that the Volt is not better designed than a Model 3 ;) Only "real" big issue with modern Teslas is that their supplier of suspension components (uniball joints mostly) uses grease that absorbs moisture. That will wear out the rear joints and the front lower control arms prematurely. Replace with good aftermarket and you are fine. But it generates revenue, I guess.
JR is correct, they were all sold in California. And GM only made about 85k of the gen 2's total. I have a 2016 and it spent its whole life in Cali/Arizona
@@WatchJRGo interesting! Was sure that “Voltec” is the entire powertrain, battery, electric and gas motors. The engine cover has VOLTEC plastered on top haha. I’ve never had any motor issues thankfully, just the shift to park sensor and BECM as usual.
@@WatchJRGo LOL yeah they will cover that. They covered mine for free with 65k miles. The BECM part is like $2700 have them fix that too. My dealer just did them both at the same time
So, walnuts vs BG...didn't you do a BG treatment for a DI car a while ago? I thought you had good luck with it? Is there a weekly/monthly additive to use for DI vehicles? None of mine are DI, but im sure they will be in the future.
intresting video... it is designed to force the engine to run every 6 weeks for about 10 minutes to burn fuel and exercise all the internals.... if it was abandoned for a year.... NO SHIT it sludged. my 2017s have 135k and 145k and have been flawless.... why re-use the old spark plugs?
I do not know if this is the right person but we have a couple of pictures in a frame of the green dragon that the owner said they were wanting back a couple years ago but never contacted us again. I just wanted to let them know it's still here.
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For the interest of people who may not know, the Chevy Volt is based on the Opel/Vauxhall Astra platform from the UK. This has always been a top European small car, that has a 30 year history. The Astra has been pounding UK motorways, and German autobahns for decades and is very well sorted and respected. GM took this car and adapted the bodywork to fit batteries, then changed the powertrain for hybrid duty. GM's Volt project brought together the best engineers in the company from Opel, Vauxhall, and GM HQ to work together. The Volt was the retirement swan song of Bob Lutz, who poured his soul into it. Due to its lineage in the Astra and the top engineers who worked on it, the Volt is a top quality product, as its field performance has demonstrated. It was a mistake for GM to end it, and will be compelled to bring it back in the future.
It's crazy to think of all the cars Bob Lutz worked on, he's stated publicly that the Volt is his favorite.
"We have to get this thing running again so I can ignore it again for a year".
Someone else was driving it for that year 🍻
Are you sure? My brother say it look like nobody touch it@@WatchJRGo
@@WatchJRGodoing turo without all the hassle 😂
one of the Volt forums advises (on Gen I but particularly Gen II cars) ... whenever you run the engine in HOLD mode - make sure you run for at least 6 miles each time to make sure it warms up all the way (esp. in winter). You sacrifice some overall efficiency and fuel economy to keep the ICE engine intake and oil healthy. I have 95k miles on my 2013 Gen I ... still charges to 10.4 kWh and goes over 42 miles on a charge in ideal conditions. I run it on the ICE at least once a week for at 6 miles+. That technique seems to work good for Gen I port injected 1.4's.
ya, probably more of an issue on the gen2 volts since they are direct injected and more prone to carbon fowling. I do the same with my gen1, especially since gen1's are prone to cracking of the egr valve cover diaphragm which is one more path for air/moisture to get into the oil, even if the engine isnt being used, the oil is usually getting degraded every day because of this extremely common design flaw. this is the same with all the eco tech 1.4's like i think the chevy cruze has the same. I change my oil once a year regardless of what the oil life thing says because of this issue and try to heat cycle it. getting 50-55 miles of range on my 2013 with 130k on the odom lol
Our 2013 is also doing great. Our 2019 as well.
that cleaning solution in the resonator box will make mis fire happens as it evaporates when standing and warm. thus having a bad o2 to chemical ratio.
I've had Prius3, Auris and Lexus ct200h. All 3 had similar mediocre accessability for the sparkplugs. So the Volt is not any different in that. But the great advantage: oldskool port injection. So the intake + valves stay CLEAN.
all 3 port-injected? sounds smart to me. Why do others insist on DI?
I'm so glad I bought a Gen 1 ( 2015). Naturally Aspirated port injected engine. 169,000 miles. No issues yet.
I just bought a chevy volt premier 2017, but it has 300k km on it. Runs smooth. The battery is taking a long time to charge. It's my first experience of a hybrid car. I did notice the same grinding kind of sound coming from the engine. I got scared, but in your video, you said that yours has only around 60k miles and your engine has the same kind of grinding noise, so I guess it's normal. What do you say. Or if anyone would like to suggest anything! I really appreciate and liked your video, though.
As a Volt owner, I have been looking forward to this video for a while. Thanks John Ross!
Christmas came early 🎄
i bought my volt because of him lol
@@tedmehlenbacher5673 I bought mine because of Matt Farrah
I had two different plug in hybrids. Once a week I would drive to work on just the ICE to make sure it was getting up to temp, and burning old fuel, as I only needed to get gas about once a month. Can’t ignore simple maintenance like that one PHEV’s.
The Volt will actually switch to hold mode on its own if the owner/operator drives it exclusively in EV mode. This is to prevent the gas in the fuel system from going bad.
The car is smart enough to make sure that the gas can’t go stale and gum up the fuel lines and injectors.
Sir, I admire your patience. Back in the day we would have called the repair on this a "rad cap lift and replace". That's when you lift the radiator cap, and replace everything underneath it. Well done ~ Chuck
I really like the Chevy Volt, but a friend of mine had the contactor go bad on his 2017 Volt. The dealer ordered the part but it took three months for it to arrive. They didn't keep the battery charged while waiting for the part, and now it needs a new battery. It has been seven months, fortunately it is all covered under warranty. Good video 👍.
Imagine the hit they took on that. Sure the warranty covered it, but someone had to pay for all of that.
i keep heating more and more dumb stories about dealerships.
1. the part likely didnt take that long, they just have bad workflow practices and prioritized other more profitable jobs over your friend. guessing the only person who knew how to work on the car was busy or on vacation.
2. they easily could have plugged the car in once per month, or even just turned it on and put it in mountain mode. most chevy dealerships have chargers for this reason now.
3. they likely didnt even need to replace the battery. there are several ways to force the battery to charge which few know about, like using a 240v DC power supply and running it in through an evse and basically jump starting the high voltage battery.
im terrified of dealerships man. its not even about the money, its the incompetence. if you find a regular mechanic who would work on a volt, that would be way better than some "ev certified" technician reading a service manual and misunderstanding TSBs
Amazing video, it's a real shame that it takes that much effort to get a car running again that was just going through normal use (not abuse). I have a Gen1 2015 Volt, glad it's port-injected. Not many home mechanics have a walnut blaster to go through all of that effort every few years. I guess it shows DI still has problems, unfortunately. My hat's off to you for taking that job on! You did a great job!
If you change the oil at 50% indicator, use quality gasoline, and avoid short trips with the ICE where the engine does not come into temp, then you should be ok. Running my 2nd gen at 138k without any issues.
Painters tape on the windshield to mark where the Wipers were seated helps with installing it back on.
Usually there’s a mark in the glass 🍻
I recently almost bought a Volt because you seemed to love yours so much. I drove from St. Louis to Cincinnati because the dealer had the blue one I wanted with only 40k miles. I made it about 150 miles to somewhere in Indiana and the car decided it wasn’t going anymore. Had it towed back to the dealership and got a loaner to get back home. They said it was a wrong size fuse and replaced the fuse. When they were driving it to St. Louis to deliver it to me after “fixing” it, it broke down on them. I decided to switch to a new vehicle so that I could have a car I could rely on. A shame, the Volt was not only a pretty car int the right color, with low miles, that got excellent mpg; it was also very comfortable. The comfort came in handy when waiting 3 hours for the tow truck in the middle of the night.
What happened?!
Glad to see this car back on the channel. Not glad its having issues. I bought a volt because of you. Had it for a year without any issues at 98k miles. Hopefully this job isnt in my near future
Misfire maintence is normal ideally you should get a tune up when you get new tires or in a one years time. A year and a half at most!
lol...that music is so awesome. I keep thinking I'm going to look up and see Schneider working on Ms. Romano's sink and getting sprayed with water.
There is a mode you can get in the steering wheel to kick the motor on, or open the hood while the car is on in battery mode and the engine will start.
Rubber hose to put the spark plugs back in....
I have a Mazda 626 V6 and I did the front spark plugs. didn't know that trick so I paid someone like 10 bucks. felt dumb when I saw the rubber hose he used to take out the spark plugs
in terms of the spark plugs being down the coil tubes, I just use a piece of rubber hose, it gently squeezes onto the porcelain of the plug, and it works for both removal (after the socket has loosened them off) and putting them back in.
I live in California never had a problem with emissions. We will see on the blown 2016 Camaro tho in September but it has a CARB number.the other vehicles are stock. And a bit of fuel hose helps to start the plug.
Favourite channel well edited well filmed great content
I find it amazing that they would have a di fuel system for a hybrid
Efficiency first.
I'm sure it had to do with exhaust pipe emissions more then reliability
dumb idea in my opinion. port warms up faster and stays cleaner. Plus the emissions are way cleaner in particulates.
I always thought the Volt was a better car than the Prius, and it looks nicer (except the new one) The Hybrid brand new jeep sister rented while her low mileage 08 PT Cruiser mom left her was getting fixed from a minor rear ender was really nice. The jeep had 9 miles on it and the battery never got charged up because she drives 10 minutes to work. She finally hooked up the charger and it ran the battery dead in a day but it was leaving on the battery in the morning. It also would run the engine because it was programmed to run it if it didn't get warm enough to boil out the condensation from the engine. Actually kinda quick when the battery and engine was up snuff. Liked it but will never be able to to afford it.
Hope all the work fixes it, watching now.
My car is a pain to work on also. You have to take the engine apart just to change the waterpump. The thermostat housing is buried at the bottom of the engine. The alternator is also at the bottom. Plus, there are many more bad locations. My mechanic quit. He said he didn't want to work on it anymore.
Volvo?
@@CheezeCracker Dodge.
@@CheezeCracker It's a Dodge. It has 279,000 miles.
@@trr5291 Who knew Volvo studied off of a piss poor example of Dodge engineering. No offense, just saying, since nothing was in a place you'd expect it to be when I helped on a Volvo/Land Rover LR2 project once.
@@trr5291 To replace radiator, basically all of the front end was disassembled. Alternator was visible but buried and attached to a gear reduction drive assembly driven by a shaft and belt system. Throttle body 6 inches up from the bottom of the engine. Odd stuff
Have you seen old photos of LA smog in the 40's 50's & up till 1967 when CARB was created and in the 70's when the EPA started regulating? It was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
Lived in Hawthorne in the early 70s, got used to vibrant green sunsets and hazy brown sunrises!
Just look at the intro to the 1988 World Series: ruclips.net/video/dnUARxFtCyQ/видео.htmlsi=SJAeQ0mur0Xm2iHF
The smog is super thick!
Exactly. People can hare on California, but the people living there created the CARB rules because pollution was so bad
@@ciello___8307🐇or🤬?
Did you know 90's ulev vehicles in CA actually clean the air?
Nice work John.👍
14:49 Most of that pile would have been put in the garbage. I had an Audi with the rear timing chain. Even though the engine came forward to remove it, I still had a mountain of other parts to remove to get it loose. If it didn't need it I threw it away. I swear they do that on purpose. Corporate finds the cheapest easiest maintenance items on a car and engineers ways to make them expensive.
You can pop the hood with the car "running", and the engine will start. Also agree on the Volt being one of the best dailies available.
Another thought is to add a cleaning port to “DI “ engines on the intake after the sensors.
My gosh I love your videos but you nag a lot in this one keep up the great work I love watching them
Agree, the whining doesn’t make anyone look good… not the “get ‘er done” attitude I’ve come to expect from JR and his dad.
You can also put the spark plug at the end of a piece of tubing or hose to start them into the threads.
I've a 2017 Volt with 97000 miles and it just had its first CEL on my last 1000 mile trip. Dealership said the code related to the hi pressure fuel pump but the code was no longer active. The CEL extinguished after my 3rd fuel stop after the event. It's been fine ever since. Seeing your video makes me wonder if a should poke a scope down the intake and see what the ports look like. Thanks for that lol.
There was a 2016 volt, it was only sold in carb states and was a gen2 volt
The first step in any repair on a modern vehicle: Remove Engine😅
I remember when Chiltons changed from Shop manuals to Repair manuals. Everything from headlights to oil changes started with puting the car in service mode. Which was just removing the entire front of the car. Step two was usually, remove the engine.
JR you may want to check the EGR valve and clean it. A lot of the rough idle issues with these cars are EGR related. At 50k-ish miles though it would be surprising. My 2016 needed a new EGR valve at 100k but it runs like new now. 3 month wait to get it from GM though =(. Oh and hope you never need front struts. They don't exist.
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Clean the EGR valve and cooler.
You will run into issues with them sooner or later.
will probably have to throw out the egr and get a new one later mines just unplugged
I was just thinking about this car, and wondering if you still had it!
I'll bet it would cost a couple Gs to get that done at a dealership
I had it done a couple years ago on a 2016. I think it was $700 then or so in TX.
$0 actually, his car is still under warranty lmao
Did you skip Engine Maintenance Mode too many times or could this happen regardless?
We have a 2013 and a 2019 Volt. Neither one has ever had this problem. We don't use the engines very often though .. To the point where the car makes itself do "engine maintenance" runs.
JR, you are truly incredible.
We use to own a 2012 Volt, we bought from my stepson. It ran great and we took a lot of trips in it.
But when things went bad they went really bad.
We traded the car off.
Thanks for the videos, did you ever replaced the driver door lock actuator, do you need to remove window assembly and or door lock. thanks Ray
I think we need a serious stereo install in the Volt. Or the truck
I swear Chevy either hits or misses there’s no in between
This is a good car. I had one for 95,000 miles with only one small warranty repair in the 3rd year of ownership. The thing is, plug in hybrids can not be ignored. They have to be driven, and more specifically, the ICE has to be exercised, similar to a generator. I made sure to drive it about 10 miles a week on just gas to warm it up and use the old fuel. RJ just kinda fumbled the maintenance thing I think. He’s super resourceful, so I’m sure it will be sorted out.
@@Bum_HipU got a bum hip too? Gonna get overhaul soon? Two friends got theirs.
@@jamesmedina2062 yup. Had mine replaced around New Years. I’ll never be 100% again, but the pain is gone. Was worth going g through the procedure for sure.
@@Bum_Hip Oh man I feel ya. Its really wild that I loved movement and enjoyed something akin to perpetual motion...never tiring. Good genes in my muscles but crap in my joints due to thyroid disease and environmental factors such as not hydrating, overdoing things, and having CT scans run in a 3rd world country's hospital. My friend said he was running. Not sure how that will go. There is no sensation of cushion I take it but at older age there is little articular cartilage cushion anyways??? I am glad your pain is lessened. We got to take what we can get right? I limit movement to swim and road biking. Cheers mate
The Volt is definitely a hit. It's the best car I've ever owned. It just has its issues
Best part of this video today was the music. FUNKEEEY!!!!
Yikes - before doing all that work to see inside of the intake system - why not try some CRC GDI Valve cleaner through the intake system first? At only 50K miles, I can almost guarantee if the engine has trouble running when it's cold (not just hot) - it's probably not carbon build-up at this point?
JR, did you get the new garage doors installed on the house yet?
They’ll be here Tuesday 💯
@@WatchJRGo very excited for that video can't wait 👀
Love my Premier with Comma..
the squirrels are gonna be thrilled 🤣
Everyone suddenly forgot about this model
I wish they didn't
the volt is not a plug in hybrid, it runs on electric first, then runs the engine, to generate electricity for the electric motor
Popping the plug into a piece of tubing works better than a magnet to start a plug. Pop it on and twist the tubing.
I’ve always started my plugs with a magnet. It just turned to a habit as a precaution despite having a spark plug socket.
stick piece tape in socket to hoid the plug, then remove tape tp put socket back in holder.
How you are blessed w/ parents who've taught you so much "patience".. How "YOU" are blessed , with so much patience. It's so very easy to see, that the designers at GM > do NOT want people to work on they're own vehicles
Patience is not taught
Lucky you that the battery didn't bricked itself completely and still takes some charge after this whole time with low charge and no running
It never sits dead, and it was being daily driven by someone else for that year I didn’t drive it 🍻
Any tips for how to potentially avoid this? Drive it on ICE every few weeks during the commute, just to make sure it all runs?
thats what i have been told by the chevy dealer on my 2018, drive it on gas like once or so a week for a long enough drive that the engine fully warms and burns stuff off
A new little tree sent walnut aroma lol...
1:33…. That’s the fault of the owner not knowing how cars work…
You can hit the pedal in service-run to get some rpms up.
Use a piece of vacuum hose to put on end of spark plug and lower in and screw in then pull the hose off and tighten
I found this video very electrifying! 🤣
Gen 2 had huge issues with the becm. My gen 1 is great
Went from home garage to shop without any pause
The best part is they were shot a month apart because I was waiting on BG to do this... but I randomly wore the same shirt 👕
Rough idle on these things is usually a low 12 volt battery
Harbor freight Quin has a full set of spark plug sockets and extension with magnets and extra deeps
Also swivel extension sockets
Hi JR!
Do you have any spray on products that you can recommend for valve cleaning, before going walnut blasting?
My Miata doesn't have the smoothest idle (especially evident when AC is kicking on/off) so i'd like to attack the valves first.
lucas fuel system, rxp gas kicker and maxboost
@@bikeman1x11 i should mention i have GDI
@@hojnikb add a cleaner to tank every month or so or on long drives- i have gdi oon kias and no issues for 8 years on one and 10 years on other
Use a length of fuel hose to start the spark plugs
Question: Did the Volt revolt?
Thank you for showing me why I won’t buy a gen 2 good lord man this was wild!
I didn't know about this problem until I saw this video. So I'm happy I bought a Gen1.
That engine must get incredibly heat soaked with those cats up front and air intake at the back. They should have rotated it 180 degrees and put the air intake at the front.
cat only works some of the time and the shielding is likely there mainly to keep the cats hot because when they are cold they don't work but I agree it seems anachronistic to expel exhaust in front. Long term the air keeps the hot side of engine from cooking though.
Well I’m wondering why the change to 1970s sitcom music for the montages? Still one of my favorite channels though.
No matter what I pick people hate on it… I would only use rap and trap beats if I could
@@WatchJRGo DO IT! F**** the haters :D
@@WatchJRGo Excessively loud EDM. Jet engine volume.
You can never please everyone, so play what you like lol
Volt Gens:
G1: 11-15
G2: 16-19
and for fun ELR:
G1: 14 & 16
Had a similar issue with my 17
I noticed the Taco Bell shirt they should have sponsored you!!!😅😅😅
Pop the hood engine will start, that’s how we ran emissions tests on them
It has California emission standards; that explains why it won't work.
Wish it stick to the other 49, at least they made more sense
Depending on what state you live in, the california emissions give the car an extra 5 yeara/50k miles of warranty
Go look at photos of the poor air quality in California during the 70's and 80's
They really did dirty the access to the chucks on both gens tho 🙄😡
I'd say this video is evidence that the Volt is not better designed than a Model 3 ;) Only "real" big issue with modern Teslas is that their supplier of suspension components (uniball joints mostly) uses grease that absorbs moisture. That will wear out the rear joints and the front lower control arms prematurely. Replace with good aftermarket and you are fine. But it generates revenue, I guess.
Halfway through the video and I'm hoping it just wasn't a case of bad gas like the Equinox lol
If you took the car to a dealership how much would this repair cost??
Did you have to replace the intake gasket?
I'm surprised you didn't throw Randy (AAR) an offer for his Cadillac ELR.
Good Morning John Russ
Can you close off the EGR system?
My brother has one of these and he has to replace the fuel injectors every few months because they keep going out.
What is "get maintenanced" ?
Just open the hood and the engine will start. Full battery or not.
The Walnut Blaster - have you thought of using CO2 ICE??
I have never seen these Gen 2 Volts in New Hampshire. I wonder why?
JR is correct, they were all sold in California. And GM only made about 85k of the gen 2's total. I have a 2016 and it spent its whole life in Cali/Arizona
How many miles on the clock? Perhaps you blew by 100k already, haha. The 10 year 100k warranty on my 18 Volt is just icing on the cake.
Just saw the dash, 57k miles... do it for the content I guess, but I would have just taken her in to the dealer hahah
I don't think the warranty covers the engine, that 10 year is Voltec only... I've had a few of these, I know what it covers pretty well 🤔
@@WatchJRGo interesting! Was sure that “Voltec” is the entire powertrain, battery, electric and gas motors. The engine cover has VOLTEC plastered on top haha. I’ve never had any motor issues thankfully, just the shift to park sensor and BECM as usual.
@@HoffmansHoopties mine is doing the shift to park nonsense right now lol
@@WatchJRGo LOL yeah they will cover that. They covered mine for free with 65k miles. The BECM part is like $2700 have them fix that too. My dealer just did them both at the same time
with di engines you have to run a fuel stem cleaner through every so oftem
So, walnuts vs BG...didn't you do a BG treatment for a DI car a while ago? I thought you had good luck with it? Is there a weekly/monthly additive to use for DI vehicles? None of mine are DI, but im sure they will be in the future.
just add a fuel system cleaner once per month or on long drives- never needed valves cleaned on hyundai/kia gdi doing that- even after 5-10 years
Walnuts for the win 😄
intresting video... it is designed to force the engine to run every 6 weeks for about 10 minutes to burn fuel and exercise all the internals.... if it was abandoned for a year.... NO SHIT it sludged. my 2017s have 135k and 145k and have been flawless.... why re-use the old spark plugs?
I do not know if this is the right person but we have a couple of pictures in a frame of the green dragon that the owner said they were wanting back a couple years ago but never contacted us again. I just wanted to let them know it's still here.
If you have to take the fender liner out to work on the car, it is NOT a real car!
They make a 14mm spark plug socket.
Love the Taco Bell shirt!!! Gotta rep your go to fave!