Buick P0301,P0300 Diagnosis with Surprise Help From A Viewer!

[@MantasJatautas]

Respect, Matt. Having a heart is no less important than having brains.

[@SlyDellian]

You have a good heart, Matt. Keep it up.

[@SchrodingersBox]

Thank you, I will

[@montuam]

Nice video, I used to watch a Guy who says “rev it up Your Engine It’s time for Sxxxx …” but since he Start to be a commercial channel and don’t make sense couple of his comments I unfollowed him, and luckily found your channel. I remember to facing with a Rough Idle and I watched one of your videos and find the problem that I was digging for about 1 or 2 hours. Thanks for your help! Dan, Boston-MA

[@SchrodingersBox]

I hate that guy lol. the ultimate parts changer.

[@martymurphy9627]

Thank you for helping these people, Matt.

[@brianhayes7618]

Matt that is a awesome thing you did for that family you are a blessing

[@markchidester6239]

If half of the people on this planet were as good of a person as Matt, there wouldn't be any problems to worry about. Thanks Matt!

[@SchrodingersBox]

what about the other half of the people though lol

[@jimwhite5964]

Really admire you, Matt, for your kindness and generosity towards others who are in need! Thanks for making it a better world.

[@SchrodingersBox]

I appreciate that!

[@alanjackson4397]

You are a great blessing to that lady

[@ThunderbirdRocket]

Thanks for the excellent auto repair lesson and very important lesson about caring for others .

[@williamburdon6993]

May the Lord bless you and your family, helping each other is the key to our future. Too many people have forgotten what it is like to do without.

[@josephfaro9013]

God bless you Matt.. I help out and give back as well...greatest reward.

[@labradormcgraw]

What a heart-warming video. It's so comforting knowing that, even with all the crap going on everywhere, there are still people like Matt in the world. (And now stylist Vicky has sorted out his hair issue, it seems the channel is going from strength to strength.) Enjoy your new toy! 😃

[@SchrodingersBox]

Thanks Andy!! makes me appreciate my friends like you!!

[@labradormcgraw]

@@SchrodingersBox You're most welcome, Matt. Just keep on being you. 👌

[@jeffreywilsonrubikscubeonb2428]

Love seeing a new SB video. Only a few mins in..but looking forward to the rest Matt 😎

[@montehyler]

Great job, Matt! You are one of the good guys for sure!

[@deepsquat600]

PS Matt I made that comment before watching it to all the way to the end that was really big of you to do all that work for free including the parts I've done a few similar things in the last 2 years where people have been out of work but I've made $30,000 each of the last two years more than I've ever made so I passed on some of the kindness as well keep up the good work Buddy

[@dannzx]

what a great watch thankyou 👍

[@Ted_E_Bear]

Thanks for all you do !

[@SchrodingersBox]

My pleasure!

[@momos6167]

Matt is great mechanic all the respect

[@Graham_Wideman]

Matt -- you've probably figured it out by now, but when you use a sensor that provides some voltage per physical variable (like 1 Volt per 100 Amp current clamp), in Picoscope you can configure the "probe type" for that exact scaling, and the Picoscope will then label the axes accordingly (in amps in this example) and use the appropriate range. It has a built-in list of probe types, and if yours is not on the list, you can create a custom one. Obviously it's not really doing anything cleverer than just scaling the voltage input, which you can do mentally. But it just makes the scope screen a little clearer.

[@SchrodingersBox]

yes I did see that- I edited out though because it took me so long to figure out and it made the video too choppy when I tried to show it. but even then I still struggled with the trigger. now that I understand how to do the manual trigger I will use the probe menu for sure!

[@jjtoms3341]

Good things happen to good people

[@pmgear]

35:00 "it is always magic until it is science" Not sure if Matt came up with that but it is the epic truth 39:12 "it is nothing SHORT of a miracle that...." love it, if engineering stand up comedy was a thing, Matt would own it. Great job, inspiring!

[@donho9670]

That's you Matt....nice job.

[@dalemeyers4175]

Good presentation. On those 3100 type GM V6 engines, proper ignition wire routing is crucial, especially on the right or rear bank. The rear ones are very close to the hot EGR valve and they are hard to get to. Obviously in this case leaving number 2 out of the factory protective loom is what caused this one to fail. The factory puts that stuff in there for a reason.

[@jaredl2239]

Thank you for showing us the new toy... ehm... I mean "tool". Love your stuff and glad I subscribe to your paid channel. The content is worth way more than what you charge.

[@SchrodingersBox]

Thank you so much!!! Appreciate your support!!

[@MH-wg6bz]

Years ago I was chasing a radio ignition noise and was not having any luck until I thought about looking at the ignition wiring on a really dark night with the engine running. The problem became obvious. You could see the high voltage leaks easily.

[@brianlarson5474]

Good going!

[@bartscave]

The ground clip on the capacitive pickup is there only to protect your pico scope in cases like that. Where you accidentally hook up on a secondary wire with a leak. So glad that wire didn’t send 60K volts through your equipment!

[@arthurlull8681]

You are a pro around the clock "360">×100

[@deepsquat600]

I'm going to have to say that I spotted that right off the bat because of the way the spark plug wire was routed and you had two bad ends I just figured it was that replacement wire became a bad wire though I still would have checked the spark plug like you did cuz that was my other thought process other than that I can tell you're going to love the picoscope

[@JR-bj3uf]

My dad was a mechanical engineer. He said "the factory never includes things that if eliminated would save money." There is a reason why all the ignition wire are run through insulators and conduit. They didn't put that stuff in there to tidy up the engine bay.

[@ChristmasCrustacean1]

42:14 man I can watch Matt change ball joints and cv axles all day

[@zoidberg444]

Nice job Matt. i think that might have thrown me a little, that break in the lead was a sneaky one. Nice Picoscope. It's certainly nicer than my Hantek but I don't use a scope enough or have enough skill at diagnostics to justify getting one.

[@rightconditions2010]

You are an example man.

[@gunnar1911]

I chased a misfire for days once after replacing plugs. One of the six plugs was a crib death, just wouldn't work. Damn near tore the top end off before finding it by swapping it to a different cylinder, haha.

[@jeffreywilsonrubikscubeonb2428]

Kevin Jensen crib death ...lol 😎😂

[@jum5238]

I had a misfire happen, and it was driving me nuts. I had put a new distributor, new wires and plugs, distributor cap... I put it away in storage, and two years later came back to it, and had misfiring in two cylinders. Was about to buy a new distributor cap, and saw someone give a bad review on the cap I had previously purchased with the EXACT same problem as mine. He recommended a OEM cap, and I bought it, and Voila! Problem solved! Internal manufacturing defect with a cheap cap.

[@paulwright4765]

Another great video! If you tested the wire before the cracks would it have looked as if you had a spark on the pico?

[@SchrodingersBox]

I expect we would have just seen a fairly flat line that had a minimal voltage jump- nothing like a spark pattern. Because the wire was grounded out, you won’t have a voltage spike like you do when it has to jump a plug gap. it would probably have looked like a low voltage square wave I imagine.

[@Graham_Wideman]

I'm sure Matt would have seen a very exciting waveform if the spark jumped right into his laptop!

[@billyr9840]

Nice ! You the man Matt ! Nice of you to help them people out. Also that was nice of Robert to give you the Pico. You looked and sounded like a kid on Christmas morning. Lol ! Edit : Matt after watching the whole video, that would of sucked if you had to tell Robert thanks for the Pico that I just fried ! LOL ! Man, that was awesome how you made that woman's day. You right about how it never gets tiring of helping people that are in a bad way.

[@SchrodingersBox]

Thanks Billy. always great hearing from you!!

[@georgebonney90]

Thank u sir for the great content, God Bless 👍

[@SchrodingersBox]

always a pleasure

[@Pablo_Automotive]

Great video again Matt Enjoy a lot with your new pico toy jejje

[@SchrodingersBox]

Thanks! Will do! viva Spain!!

[@rightconditions2010]

I got excited when you use the ratchet. Lol

[@carlm2590]

Good on ya. Subscribed.

[@alexanderstefanxandraswedi5835]

Good

[@lawrencewheeler8868]

Like the old Sun machine!

[@SchrodingersBox]

ROTFLMAO!!!! yes very similar hahaha

[@lawrencewheeler8868]

@@SchrodingersBox almost bought one of those back in the day! Points, distributors, carbs then. Lol

[@ep2653]

What about those 0 fuel trims? You should investigate more. 😄😄 Jk Good work 👍🏼👍🏼

[@SchrodingersBox]

Hahahaha. I just about died when I saw that

[@joeblow6786]

Be damaged goods but you don't have to do any damage if you don't want to.

[@JayMel761]

This only fits an Awesome! :)

[@williamburdon6993]

Country boys would have turned off the lights and stuck their head under the hood and moved the wires around, I know because I gave a car away one time that backfired ,woulodn't start , quit all the time , That night , the guy I gave it drove by with it purring , spark plug wire was shorting , the worst thing was , I had just paid 80 dollars in the 70s to a tune up place , of course they did not replace wires!

[@fredflintstone4715]

Before you took off the wire, I was expecting you to do the easy thing and just turn the lights off in the garage and look for 'leakage'.

[@SchrodingersBox]

as you can see from the scope data,I would not have seen that because there was no arc until after I moved the wire from the frame.

[@chrismay9319]

Makes me want to buy a pico scope.

[@SchrodingersBox]

yes it is a bit addictive -and contagious lol

[@Lambros_Stefaneas]

c5diag,well done, and many thanks for that great gift you did.your gift, is going to help us all the rest to learn more......I think for c5diag, is very fair if he won't pay again on the pay channel 🤣🤭🤭 I am hoping, one day, I will have a same gift (pico scope) from my wife. I am sick of this useless gifts that she gives me all the time 😂🤣😂.I don't want any other gifts, only one pico scope......

[@SchrodingersBox]

Good luck! Yes that would be a great gift indeed!!! I will probably do a picoscope overview at some point. I hope you get one for Christmas!!

[@Lambros_Stefaneas]

@C5 Diag Happy new year to you too.

[@joeblow6786]

I thought "Pico" was someone working for you in this one... The way you were talking to him it sounded like Pico was some mechanical sage who was tutoring you...

[@SchrodingersBox]

Hahahaha. Sounds like an undocumented employee lol.

[@joeblow6786]

Now Matt... We don't belittle the hired help... Even if they're here on Bidenomics. Don't make Pico angry. You won't like him when he's angry. He'll have to call in hose A and hose b.

[@reesedavis2051]

My car is reading multiple codes but P0300 is one then the other one is p0336 and idea on how to fix it ?

[@SchrodingersBox]

Sounds like an easy fix. What data do you have?

[@PhillyDee215]

I want that PICO scope so bad😎

[@SchrodingersBox]

Hahaha I know right!! I have wanted one for what- 6 years now??

[@PhillyDee215]

@@SchrodingersBox 🤣

[@mejesse809]

r u a cat lover? what was the problem with ur hair? where have u been?

[@jeffreywilsonrubikscubeonb2428]

Boom! 😎

[@SchrodingersBox]

you’ll like this one!!

[@shozdott]

only 200k subs ? what gives ... must be quality > quantity :)

[@SchrodingersBox]

EXACTLY!!!!! it’s intentional. I could fill the channel with basic brake jobs and bolt turning and get a much larger audience but I prefer to stick with high level stuff. smaller audience but better crowd.

[@johnmwangi6291]

Wow... Pico scope...🤸🤸🤸

[@SchrodingersBox]

Hahahha. surprise!!!!

[@jum5238]

I've wanted one of those for YEARS! Couldn't justify it though, and figured I'd use some of the same inexpensive methods and logic you use. But yeah, 1st degree was in repairing digital electronics 2.5 decades ago, and always wanted a scope since then. My wife would have my hide if I bought a toy like that for as much as it costs... They are a wonderful tool though, aren't they?

[@SchrodingersBox]

Yes if you have been here a while you know that when I was considering scopes a few years ago, I was strongly favoring the pico but I found an unbeatable deal on a Vantage Pro and have been happy ever since but even then I still longed for the picoscope a bit. but agreed - I couldn’t justify the expense. I imagine one day I will just suck it up and get a 4 channel pico and when I do I’ll keep you in mind for this one!

[@grenvillephillips6998]

Can anyone identify which model Dell Latitude Matt is using, for me?

[@SchrodingersBox]

oh man it’s a old lol. I am sure it’s a 4770E.

[@grenvillephillips6998]

@@SchrodingersBox Thanks, the Latitude range are very useful and versatile.

[@thecolliman7674]

Respect Matt but you should have suspected ignition lead 2 because it was crossing over metal and hot surface. Spotted that straight off the bat bad workmanship.

[@SchrodingersBox]

easy to see that after the video shows what the problem was lol. why would I first suspect #2 when the code is a P0301???

[@joeblow6786]

Pico the magic 8 ball

[@rightconditions2010]

ScannerDanner doesnt deserve it 🤣

[@normal_media]

its arcing its ass off to the valve cover. look at the engine with the lights off for christ sakes

[@SchrodingersBox]

ummm look at the IGNITION CURVE for Christ sakes. it was not arcing until I moved it. come on man. look at the DATA. Just sad. it wasn’t even touching the valve cover anyway SMH.

[@TheWalterHWhite]

What kind of scientist are you full time ie employment? You're a chemist no?

[@SchrodingersBox]

a molecular biologist by training . I am now a hematology/infectious disease specialist for a medical products company. You are a chemist lol.

[@bartsarton2212]

@@SchrodingersBox I'm a chemist, and love this diagnostic stuff!

[@jum5238]

@@bartsarton2212 I'm good at diagnostic stuff... but chemistry whooped my butt twice in college. I'm not big on memorization, but wanting to know WHY, and was told on the 2nd course, THIS IS NOT A WHY COURSE! You have to memorize! Gah! I seriously admire some of the crazy chemistry used on youtube! Wish I understood it!

[@SchrodingersBox]

I found general chemistry and quantitative analysis to be entirely math- I don’t recall much memorization- it was entirely math. what kicked my ass was Organic Chemistry. I’ll admit- it’s the only course I had to drop and retake. I expected it to be math like general chem and QA but it’s a whole entirely different thing and by the time I figured it out it was too late lol.

[@TheWalterHWhite]

@@SchrodingersBox wow! I'm a CCRN for a hospital. About to start med school. I was wondering cause you've discussed medical stuff in the past.

[@HouseCallAutoRepair]

Belts are at the front of the engine. Cylinder one is the closest. Cylinder 2 is opposite side of 1 unless it's ford, which puts them in series.