If Your Car is OVERHEATING, STOP Driving!
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- Опубликовано: 24 мар 2024
- Hey Good People,
Another Day, Another Pentastar in the shop. Today's patient is a 2014 Dodge Durango. The vehicle came in for an overheating problem. Watch me as I perform my diagnostic procedures. I need to determine the cause of failure and also know if the head gaskets are blown before the customer gets the work done. I wouldn't want them to spend unnecessary money.
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So the waterpump leaked and they kept driving it on low coolant and it overheated. So manufacturers don't put coolant level sensors in their vehicles but instead put a windshield washer sensor!? Alex, make it make sense!
0:30 block test is always your 1st test, when there is a possibility of it overheating
You know me!
Yes I do, pentastar daddy
People just don't understand how quickly you can hurt an engine. Driving it hot.
Congratulations on 50k !!!!!!
I love seeing an honest mechanic!
U rock sir!!!
The Mopar goat strikes again 😅
The disrespect to Uncle Tony’s Garage is crazy
I gotta say that waterpump is easy to get too unlike a lot of fwd vehicles
Good work Alex, when you run any engine hot, it will cause damage. These days with all aluminum heads, blocks, not to mention all the plastic parts, they can't take the heat. If your car runs hot, pull it over and call the tow truck, don't keep going. The old engines could take a little bit more, but running them hot will ruin them too. Oh, and Alex, being the Doctor, that is not a fan in the water pump, it's an impeller. Just had to pick on ya. Good video
😂 you know my country self can’t talk right lol I was trying to say Fin not fan lol but you are correct lol.
I love the long form content. Maybe I'll finally learn how to work on cars that aren't 20 years old.
I’m interested in overheating issues in Durangos. Since my dealership has issues in diagnosing this problem 😂
It's because you have a dodge
They don't have issues diagnosing the problems they just lie and want people to buy new engines and transmissions for minor issues
I think you need to change dealer if that can't diagnose a simple headgasket failure
You need a new mechanic
@@threecpete1since you’re on RUclips go look up 2022 Toyota Tacom blown engine and watch the dozens of videos. Bad timing, bad trans, etc
With those rims and that graphic you know it’s well maintained
For sure!!!!!
I am so thankful for your videos showing us more than others one
I really wish ya'll were in Oregon. You're the best honest mechanic I've ever seen. Love the videos I've learned a lot from them!
Makes it look so easy.
Finally, home from work and time for Alex the car doctor. 🚗 and
Awesome! What do you do for work?
God blessed u and ur family brotha I thank The Lord for giving u the Wisdom and having a humble heart for the PpL. May the Lord keep blessing u with more knowledge and remember God Loves you man
love this channel!!!!!
So informative, I can related to the way u talk as I'm not good with words but a master with my hands and how mechanic works. Hello from NYC!
Good job
Great work…👍👍
You guys rocks....congrats on the 50k🎉🎉🎉. Thank you for your honesty and help....you deserve another 50k.
Thanks so much!!
Keep being a great person, Alex. Honesty, character, cannot be bought . ✌️
I appreciate that!
I appreciate the teamwork!
Couldn’t do it without my Queen she helps me so much.
Another great video from you guys from way up here brother in white mountains of nh
You are the Real Dr...I love your honesty..I will be there to have you take care of your favorites srt8..Bad child 06
Very helpful video . Thanks and congrats on 50K subscribers !!
As always, great video fam. It's unfortunate about the head gasket though, I honestly feel bad for the customer.
It looks like Fiat/Stellantis/Chrysler’s engineers wanted to make sure mechanics used all of the socket sizes in your tool box!
😂 I know right!
🎉 Good job Alex, I can really use a jump box! 😊
another good vid mr&mrs car doctor
Thank you Steve!
Great video Alex & wife.
Thanks you 👍
Man they must of driven it way more then just once cuz ain’t no way you getting a blown headgasket right away that fast
Thats why I always do a block test because they’ll tell me they didn’t drive it 😩
yes Alex guys like you and me will pick up on a problem before big damage is caused, most people will just drive it until it stops, I was driving my wifes car last week smelled hot brakes getting out checked all the rotors with my lazer thermometer, right rear rotor 160, lr 650, but all I had to replace was the caliper, brakes were new, if she was driving it would have been rotors and pads too
I love you man I’m hoping to open my own shop in a couple years
You can do it!!!!!!!!! 👨🏽🔧
bizzy bone a mechanic now? dope
🎤 it’s the thuggish ruggish bone 🎶 my favorite rap group of all time! 😎
hey bro I've done my share of water pumps and believe me sometimes they r a pain but glad it not a head job lol but good wrk
Congratulations on 50K!
Got like #100! How cool is that??!!
Gen 3 pennastar 3.6 has updated rockers and appears to fixed the problem we shall see . The gen 3 in wranglers 2022and up have a new oil cooler which instead of having the standard two oil sensors one for temp and one for pressure they combine it into one sensor one plug the one hole on the new coolers . And as all 2018 and up the coolers coming from mopar have the 22.3mm oil inlet tube o ring as the old one is 23mm
I hope they have. If they did, it’ll be a solid engine.
@@AlexTheCarDoctor it’s a great engine I’ve still got a gen 1 original 🤞2013
That just tells you how its important to maintenance your vehicle. Some people just neglect there vehicle
@@rmacuil5 yup 👍🏻
Good giveaway! 👌🏽all supporters going to be on that 💯🤣🖐🏽
Great content 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Appreciate that
Hey Alex, you can suck clean air trough the block test fluid to turn it back purple so it can be reused. Good video!
Whoa for real? Thanks bro!
Yes I agree, start with a combustion leak tester. A lot of times I do see those Pentastar engines with cracked heads. I had a feeling that was going to be the case with this Durango. Since it tested positive, I guess it's time to let the customer know right away and chances are they won't have you go any further. Or maybe they will. I guess we'll just wait and see.
Yeah I think he’s gonna sit this one down and have his wife drive his truck for a while.
I don't blame him. It's not worth fixing. @@AlexTheCarDoctor
The challengers and chargers don't get the new pentastar upgrades with the EGR cooler etc. for some reason.
😳 for real???? I wonder what’s up with that???
The mopar king back at it again. Is there a reason why so many people bring their mopar vehicles to you? Is it just because they break a lot that we see them in all the videos?
I think it’s the videos! 🤔 but they break or are often neglected really.
The smiling Dr!
Can I have the jump box?!
Got a question . What could be the cause of your AC going out in your car ? My dad has a mitsubishi eclipse gt v6 I think 2008-2010
congrats on 50kk
I had to change the filter housing my town and county van because it started leaking coolant all plastic and replaced it with an aluminum one
Perfect… you shouldn’t have anymore problems out of that thing!
@@AlexTheCarDoctor 👍
How much would it cost for you to swap a 3.6 engine. Just the indtall if you already have the engine?
Block test
I'm shocked you don't have a machine to do the pressure for you considering how many engines I've seen you test.
I know……. I’m cheap 😩 I don’t like spending money 👀
@@AlexTheCarDoctor I get it. I'm a DIYer and don't want to pay for more tools than I absolutely need. Can't even bring myself to buy a Quickjak system even though it would make repairs so much easier.
Blue is Good
Yellow replace the Fellow👍🏼
Yep, what she said. She’s always rhyming. I guess that’s how she remembers stuff.
Did you get nasal flush from Walmart Alex they help a lot
Is it made by Neil Med? I looked for some over the weekend but couldn’t figure out what to buy 😕
No stellantis fiat HAS NOT fixed the lash adjuster(lifter), roller rocker issues on the pentastar just less common as they redesigned the lifter to be dual stage since the new gen pentastar has VVL. I’ve done my fair share of lifters and rockers as a cdjr tech😅.
Blown gasket test
? What type of drill gun u using on them 🚘 bolts
What does it means when I start my car and the resivior box starts bubble ing
warped head or block, pulled head bolt threads, because head gasket is steel and will not blow.
2016 Chrysler 200 Limited with the dreaded 3.6 here….I have oil in my coolant reservoir which caused a really thick milky substance but there is no coolant in the oil. It did run hot and I immediately pulled over and had it towed home. Should I just remove the reservoir to clean it and also drain the rest of the coolant and oil and replace the oil cooler? Or should I clean the reservoir/drain coolant and refill and do the block test to make sure it’s not a head issue? The oil cooler, to my knowledge as I have only had the car a year, has never been replaced. Thanks in advance!
Trying to get a quote on lower control arm replacement on 2012 nissan maxima what is a fair price?
Check head gasket
Did you not watch the video.... The combustion test confirmed a bad head gasket
Probably caused by a bad water pump
What if you took it to a shop and they change thermostat but truck goes to half way mark fans come on and it sit at half way for no more then 5 mins then goes to normal operation temp would that be a head
How much to replace a head gasket. Also where are you guys located
Liquid test
My B3000 blew it's radiator when I was at a AutoZone so I immediately brought one. Drove it to my cousin's house which is about 20 minutes away. But what I did was pull over right before the coolant gauge went into the red side, truck was fine afterwards.
No, unfortunately Fiat Chrysler didn’t offer the 2nd generation Pentastar that had the upgrade to the valve train for the Charger lineup. If you research the Pentastar engine on Wikipedia, you’ll see that all the way up until 2023, nearly ALL Dodge vehicles carried the 1st generation Pentastar, which were notoriously famous for lifter and cam failure. There appears to be a class action lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler regarding the crappy valve train design for this 1st gen Pentastar. Just to confirm this, I own a 2019 Grand Caravan GT and the Pentastar under the hood DOES NOT have the cooled EGR system, which was part of the Pentastar upgrade. So, sadly, Alex, your customer’s Charger has the problematic version of the 3.6. Hope this was helpful. Maybe one day soon when I get up to Georgia, I’ll have you take a look at my van just to make sure everything is on point.
Thanks for the information I didn’t know that. That sounds good
@@AlexTheCarDoctoralso, you may not be aware, so this may be beneficial to you in properly informing your customers, Dodge did make a better version of the lifters for these Pentastar engines. I can’t recall the part number, but it does supersede the original. I believe the newer Pentastar engines (I would guess after 2018, but I’m not positive) may have been manufactured with the revised lifters so lifter issues with 2019 and newer Pentastars seem to be less frequent. My Pentastar has almost 160,000 on it and these miles were accumulated rather quickly, but with proper maintenance and regular oil changes, I really haven’t been given any bad report on the engine. Hope this information will be useful to you, if nothing more than educating the customer at the time of repairs. Good luck, Pentastar Daddy, be blessed.
4:26 ikr we gotta come up with a rhyme like kinda like the snake red on yellow is a dead fellow something to that effect but pertaining to the blonde hair guest
My wife is always somewhere free styling lol she keeps me laughing.
I meant blown head gasket not blonde hair spell check dosnt work
You start with the cheapest part to replace if you're a Diy'er... If that doesn't work take it to professionals... Only reason I'm saying this is because I'm a Diy'er and replaced my thermostat with a 180° degree and haven't any issues since and I'm 236,000+ with a tuned 3.6 engine and trans still running stong
Yeah! I agree. And that’s exactly what her husband did lol sometimes it really be the simple stuff!
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Hi family.
Hello 👋
Comment for the algorithm 💯
no fix yet, still eating up intake cam on gen 3.
Daaannnng! I was hoping otherwise…
U gonna put the gasket blow tester on radiator
💯 correct mam!
Maybe it’s me but I had bad luck with Chrysler Dodge Jeep
IDK, but I have COOKED HEADS for minutes and no head gasket issues 2002 and 2005 Q45 and 2002 I35) On the highway with a blown coolant hose and throwing it in neutral and shut it off doing 80 to let it roll and cooldown so I can start it back and run it back hot which takes like 30 seconds. I get a new hose and swap it out on the spot and never no issues. Had my I35 get so hot it shot out the oil pan drain bolt doing 70mph on the highway and it had no coolant either. Friend came with a new drain bolt, coolant and oil and the thing ran fine around 150K. Maybe I am just lucky 😂😂😂
Yeah some cars are definitely more sensitive to these things than others. Man those older Infinitis and Nissan were tanks back in the day!
Do modern cars shut down when the temperature gauge starts climbing to in the red H (hot)? You would think so but maybe not car manufacturers maybe want you to burn and destroy your engine
Some do, some don’t.
3:25 as Eric i would say theres your problem lady
Allergy and sinus season ain’t no joke
Man I’m struggling!
That Durango been waiting all day to use the bathroom
😂😂😂😂😂😂
To check if the headgas is blown congratulations
If needle goes to H on gauge its overheating on this vehicle
Can you drive two miles on h
I do not recommend
Crazy modern internal combustion engines made from... plastic.... WTF?
You seem like a nice guy.What is up with the Dodge crap?Jeez.
send me a jump box
The next 50k will come quickly
Chrysler scores the best in
Least Reliable
Well she’s a boss lady . She must have a lot of money to spare .
Dodge vehicle never last more than 8 or 9 years. They either rust out, knock, or blow the engine, but mainly they rust out
If I could give this video 100 likes I would!!! 😊
Dont tell me what to do!!!!
I won’t. You got the right to drive it to the wheels fall off!
RUclips censorship is real
How do you mean?
a head gasket is still waaaaay cheaper than a new car. if the rest of the car is good and it looks like it, the repair would be worth it. if a person can do the work themselves and only have to pay for parts, even better yet. i replace the front suspension on my wifes 2012 ford escape last year and this past winter did the oil pan, timing cover, intake and valve cover gaskets in one shot. i couldnt imagine what a shop would charge for that but she loves her car and its in great shape so it was worth the time and parts for me.
you know what they say...happy wife..happy life!!!!
the other nice thing about doing your own work is if you see something on the way in that looks suspect, change it on the way out. one less thing later on down the road.
I agree! She really loves that car, I don’t think they’re gonna get rid of it.
Pentastar papi 😂😂😂😂
RE-EMPHASIZE why do the ladies always got to pick the car with all the problems. my wife is a prime example. 2004 ford explorer when we met, chrysler pacifica next, dodge journey, and now a Nissan Murano 2013 with a cvt transmission. Pray for me yall lol
😂😂😂 I feel your pain brother! I’ll be praying for ya!
@@AlexTheCarDoctor Much Appreciated 🤣
Women pick cars on looks
Block test
Block test
Yep 💯