Mechanical Problems Compilation [Part 22] 10 Minutes Mechanical Fails and more

[@Carhax]

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[@ptrd4111]

The 10mm socket has its own special place on the shelf. The amount of times I have lost that little bastard is unreal.

[@AdamBeaudryMasterProton]

We have a saying when something goes missing: "It grew legs."

[@Myerp117]

whenever i find one on the ground i keep it for sparesies

[@pettsonochfindusdvd4787]

​@@AdamBeaudryMasterProton are you Swedish? we have that saying too

[@AdamBeaudryMasterProton]

@@pettsonochfindusdvd4787 Nope. I'm American.

[@pettsonochfindusdvd4787]

@@AdamBeaudryMasterProton ok we say den har väl fått ben å gått sin väg

[@JohnH0130]

5:50 This guy has just accidentally invented an ingenious vehicle anti-theft system. Now he just needs to figure out which switch is hooked up to the ignition..... That would be cool, to be able to randomly reprogram all your car's control switches, like you can set up custom keybinds in a video game.

[@volvo09]

There were old security syatems that did just that... Had to flash the brigjts or turn on the turn signal before the car would start. I remember owners leaving notes, or having to guess the sequence when they didn't and the car wouldn't start yet it was just in for an oil change.

[@zacharyarchbold4097]

@@volvo09 like the Switch’s needed to start the War Rig in Mad Max Fury Road

[@Patrick.Weightman]

If you have a 4x4, what's really effective is putting the transfer case in neutral and taking the knob with you. That's what I do when I wanna leave my car running.

[@SpaceMissile]

doubles as anti-theft because they'd just be like "yeah, nah" and steal something else instead. 🧠

[@MoonPawsz]

my old 96 chevy has 3 switches in the overhead console. one for making ppl question their own existence, one to start the truck, and the third is to activate the windows because battery drain exists, due to windows not deactivating cx

[@captainevenslower4400]

0:16 these two girls just discovered electric polarity. Good for them

[@acecabron1298]

And both girls share an IQ of a toast!

[@vanish5494]

@@acecabron1298 i'd say that toast has more iq than them

[@TimDaCorgi]

@@vanish5494 My 3 cats have a combined iq higher than these two

[@rantanplan1911]

The "I'm out of water" really was the cherry on top

[@joelikespotatoes8321]

Stupidity is alarming

[@rick_fortune]

Ok I just officially lost it at the light strip under the car. That is utter brilliance. :)

[@Chris-yy7qc]

I liked the staples in the gas tank

[@stevie-ray2020]

@@Chris-yy7qc I came to see if anyone else had said that!

[@pxp236]

the girls jump starting the car makes me speechless

[@Thedodogos]

It's a great example of laziness. It's a Google search away.

[@pussinboots1145]

Two new ECUs please

[@zBrainlezz]

I was about to make some sort of comment about that... like, girl, you just fried the entire car

[@bleachfanbk]

It's like stop filming and unhook the jump cables

[@SophiaF3499]

I just wanna know what they messed up so badly... Attaching jumpercables is easy so i just can't help but wonder how they share the same braincell

[@blessedjuggernaut]

The Excursion stalling out could be because the inertia switch. It's supposed to cut fuel upon impact. Slamming doors or trunk lids can definitely do it.

[@bryanekers3472]

Interesting. I thought maybe the door-closed sensor was causing an intermittent short that was somehow affecting the ignition system.

[@willpryor6989]

My truck does the same… no clue

[@notablynova]

Ford's were notorious for that issue in the 90s, I couldn't tell you how many Escorts and Tempos I saved from needing tows by simply opening the trunk and pulling the reset. 4 out of 5 times it was right after crossing railroad tracks

[@Doug791]

@@notablynova oh my lord , those f**kin , b**tard , twatting reset switches in Escort boots(UK). I reckon I reset at least 10million of those bloody things.😂

[@313m3n707]

damn i was gonna say this lol

[@Random_4400]

0:21 probably didn't know a thing about jump starting and shorted the batteries

[@adamfarkasbdp]

Wow, who would have guessed?

[@Daerc_]

Who doesnt know about pos and neg terminals of a battery?

[@Inferiis]

@@Daerc_ seems like the ladies in the video didn't

[@majstealth]

@Jack Snow and all cables the last 10 years came with hard-attached-how-to´s

[@joshrandall3632]

It's red to black ? and black to red right?

[@hariranormal5584]

2:51 auto engine stop when you leave, fuel saving feature. Ford. Go further

[@williamsotelo6757]

😂😂😂🤣

[@DiamondKrafterYt]

6:28 proceeds to open cap 6:30 THROWING A FLASHBANG

[@DailyDotaTV]

4:20 that folks happends once your diesel engine has a problem with the turbo. It pumps oil due to leak into the combustion chamber and burns it. It will rev to the max and kill itself due to heat. The only chance to save your car (in case it's a manual car) is to put it into a high gear while standing and drop the clutch. That will stall the engine. If you cannot do that, run! It WILL burn down. If you're lucky the engine will lock up, but don't rely on it.

[@carlosorozco5576]

You could also try to jam the air intake to choke the engine.

[@lucyxchan6808]

@@carlosorozco5576 that's how my dad saved a diesel locomotive(should have been an V100 model)... not really funny when 1,5 Tonns of metal try to escape their frame...my dad said, he nearly shat himself, because the train didn't want to stop...

[@skylarkeighley2369]

@@carlosorozco5576 some trucks (especially military vehicles) have a mechanism that shuts off the intake somewhere. I've also heard of some people hooking up exhaust brakes to the same trigger in hopes of choking and over compressing the engine

[@THOMASS_P]

The zero emissions ending needs to be seen by the city folks

[@1mawesomel1kethat]

It's the reason I hate when people think electric vehicles are better

[@THOMASS_P]

@@1mawesomel1kethat "better" is an opinion at that. I prefer hearing the engine rev I drive a manual. I enjoy it the most. Tesla are faster blahblahblah I could litterally care less how those zoomers go

[@1mawesomel1kethat]

@@THOMASS_P very true, some mention 0-60 time and the only thing that I say about that is, it's only one part of what makes a car, it isn't everything

[@THOMASS_P]

@@1mawesomel1kethat amen keeping doing as ya like

[@Ariaofeffect]

as someone who works on similar equipment, that only lasting 2 hours is not normal, something has to be wrong with the battery at that point. if it works properly it IS cleaner than gas powered and gas generators ain't the only way to generate that power. I hate how the one in a thousand cases where some idiot doesn't take care of the electric vehicle/equipment and has to charge it through gas generator once in a while, which usually still is less emission, gets strawmanned against it as if it's a constant occurrence... don't get me wrong I prefer gas too, but strawmanning this is like strawmanning the guy with the smoke in the parking lot against all gas cars, use some proper arguments instead of strawmen..

[@FerroequinologistofColorado]

With the scene at 0:54 my dad had a 2006 Toyota Tundra that had that issue. It scared the ever loving daylight out of me the first time he pulled out the key while cruising down I-25

[@johnconway4466]

I mean being on I-25 is scary enough in and of itself. Especially near Denver

[@FerroequinologistofColorado]

@@johnconway4466 oh yeah. Was just up there this morning and it was crazy enough

[@shushu8811]

Quality over quantity! Your channel is dope !

[@SmallKittyPaw]

Runaway golf was fun especially guy that was like "f... it just die"

[@GotrekGurninsson]

My friends Jetta did that when he blew the turbo it just kept running on the engine oil so he shove his shirt down the air intake to kill it. But the damage was done long before no sense wasting a good shirt on a VW

[@Freeman4815]

@@GotrekGurninsson Just change gear to highest number and try to drive

[@beernutsonline]

@@Freeman4815 Most probably an automatic, or else 5th gear and clutch out would've stopped it. Therefore automatic sucks.. :P

[@matejkadlec2110]

Either drop high gear and stall it or you can manually push the shutoff valve, right next to the EGR. It normally closes when you switch the engine off to make it more "smooth".

[@Madman._.]

@@matejkadlec2110 I know it's an old comment, but... I don't think sticking your hand in the engine bay is a good idea, when you may see a flying piston any second

[@qx4n9e1xp]

The one with the shoddy underglow led lights & wire had me cringing that they almost stapled it to the orange high-voltage cable.

[@lolatmyage]

Looked to me that among other things they stapled it to the gas tank...

[@platty9237]

Yeah, during the re-watch I noticed the staples. Omg

[@ckmNtA]

7:05 - This made me laugh, glad I'm not the only one this happens to

[@antongolovko1149]

9:11, Our town is getting a Tesla Charging Station, and guess where it's getting that power from? Yep, the diesel generator standing right next to it, good job Tesla!

[@svetoslavganchev7633]

Smart, isn't it? In Danmark now the petrol for cars is with price 2,15$ fo 1 litre...gallon may be is 8$.... ALL that are taxes... CO² emissions... and all that is just like this with the diesel generator to recharge electric cars... I MEAN THOSE THINGS ARE GOOD, BUT FOR SOMEONE ELSE... Insane...

[@XantheFIN]

Plus people making DOUBLE carbon foot print with buying an EV due that battery manufacturing and mostly they will not use that car double life time than previous car anyway (maybe even a half due battery dying = car is trash already) so they making multiple times harm in manufacturing process alone easy for environment they so care. Great job people!

[@spinnanz]

@@XantheFIN Compared to a Toyota Corolla, the carbon footprint of a Tesla with the 54kwh battery does have a bigger footprint but after 13,500 miles driven (of both cars) it's carbon is the same as the Corolla. From then on its better for the enviroment to have have the tesla.

[@spinnanz]

@@XantheFIN it's not double the carbon footprint.... Stop making up shit.

[@1mawesomel1kethat]

The idea of electric vehicles are so stupid, there's a reason they quit making them back in the 80s

[@EinfachNurNiko]

It's just a zero emissions mini Digger that need an generator to run 8 hours to recharge it, Tha reminds me of the charging station at Mallorca... There you can charge your car with a generator too, buts that generator has a engine from a ship that only needs 42 lites per hour 😁

[@jayjaynella4539]

Back in the 70s I had a Studebaker that you could start, remove the key, lock the door, and go inside while the car warmed up in subzero weather. Then come back out, unlock the door, and put the key in its place and drive off nice and warm.

[@XvlerLorenzo]

More of a reason to own an older car I guess

[@cheap_car_stories]

actually i owned a 99 chevy s10 for few months and i found out about that feature, when the key just fell out of the lock while driving over a pothole. neat feature indeed

[@joshrandall3632]

My '92 Sable had that feature. I thought it was great. I know I sound lame sayjng this, but I miss that car.

[@ActionHeinz]

3:06 Well, guess what happens when you take 500lbs of engine out of the front... Maybe you should consider this when placing the lift arms next to each other instead of spreading them out.

[@roshi98]

@7:10 is pretty much my life every time I put tools away in the garage...LOL

[@JohnH0130]

3:08 "I don't understand, it was balanced when we put it on the lift, and all we did was remove the engine....."

[@alphaghost5909]

Sorry but the engine is in the back ?

[@mutated__donkey5840]

@@alphaghost5909 not in a C7....

[@JohnH0130]

@@alphaghost5909 OK, well, even worse then as you can clearly see as the car flips up that apparently the entire front end of the vehicle has been gutted, leaving not much more than the weight of the front end body panels to counterbalance the weight of the rear mounted engine.

[@KevAlberta]

@@JohnH0130 there is no rear engine in that vehicle bro

[@KevAlberta]

@@mutated__donkey5840 it’s a c6

[@TutorialPanda]

@9:45 was that an outside porta pooper?! That's amazing

[@layneschristmascollection8389]

4:14 you can see the pain in that guys eyes watching his car die

[@Freezinggreece2]

The stupidest thing I've done was play with the radiator overflow. I learnt that day

[@willmorrow375]

Just found the channel- brilliant absolutely brilliant!

[@ColdFuse96]

I like how it says "Zero Emiss Ons". That way the company can dodge any complaints when people realize it's does produce emissions.

[@dani1i1i1i1]

You can run it in a building without shutting down operations. Pretty useless for outdoor work.

[@ericdraper4023]

Those girls give off Ralph Wiggum vibes. I just hope they learned about electrical polarity from this.

[@mehmett.bakkal8257]

4:22 the way he gave up 😭😭

[@ulukai_555]

I had a similar problem on a customer's car years ago. That was on BMW diesel engines. Oil from the axle of the turbocompressor used to leak on the admission. The engine is then, fueled with the engine oil. You can't do anything to stop the engine. This is quite a shitty situation.

[@MrWolfSnack]

@@ulukai_555 It's called a runaway. It happens on any diesel engines that are not properly maintained and cared for. Anything that has a diesel engine from a tugboat to a freight train to a UPS truck to a forklift, or even in this case a VW Golf can be a victim of it. What happens is when your engine seals go bad the oil starts leaking into the turbo or the airbox and the engine just starts sucking oil into the block and it basically turbocharges it and it will be running off oil and get faster and faster and faster until the engine throws a rod and explodes violently. There was one case it happened to a semi where the entire engine block exploded into smithereens and it threw chunks of the engine block into peoples houses. Turning the engine off will not stop it either. You can stop a runaway diesel by suffocating the engine with a large rag or cloth (risky of total hand amputation or serious burns), or having a fire extinguisher and blasting the extinguisher into the turbo or airbox and it will smother it and gum up the pistons until they can't move. Yes you will have retardant and other crap in your engine and it will need to be cleaned out completely and reassembled again but you will save it from needing a complete rebuild and replacement like a hole in the block. If you're going to own a diesel you need to check your seals often and you need to be well aware of runaway situations. If he would have ran and grabbed the gas station's emergency extinguisher this would have been solved in less than a minute.

[@specialopsdave]

The first clip is what happens when you do positive to negative instead of positive to positive

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

Yeah, well I'm positive those geniuses have a negative I.Q.

[@YegaSRT]

0:33 those cables are WAYYYY too thin to carry that kind of power. They look like speaker cables rather than power cables.

[@JDara1]

they hooked wrong terminals

[@Random_4400]

they probably had no clue what they were doing and shorted the crap out of the batteries hundreds of amps ran through those puny cables and they got so hot that the insulation melted

[@g_webb21]

Meanwhile the filmer "what is goiiin OOOEEEEEEEENNNNNN"

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

They're perfectly fine cables for that power Just two idiots who don't know how to connect two batteries together

[@orppranator5230]

You should try cutting one of those cables. Most of the thickness is the insulation.

[@andye5724]

04:29 impressive smoke screen... Batman would be proud.

[@ol_smokey9370]

Or Dr. Krieger...SMOKEBOMB!

[@Loudkona]

Well that tdi is blown up

[@nimeton539]

One reason not to by diesel

[@techgamer1597]

Das Auto

[@theliberaldestroyer3796]

@@nimeton539 thats what happens when you run a busted Turbocharger. Engine replaces air with its own oil. Preceeding to force the engine into full throttle that cannot be stopped unless you destroy the fuel filter or pump take fuel out of the equation

[@mysock351C]

7:10 Thats a feeling only a car guy can really relate to.

[@inflameslp311]

8:38 just casually troubleshooting a pine cone with gun shots in the background.

[@jenilpatel5761]

0:34 she is like- wut is goiiing uhhhhhhn

[@milkman2705]

it's not hard to teach them the right way

[@jenilpatel5761]

@@milkman2705 but the fact that she moaaaans without any reason gets me!

[@Robbie-mw5uu]

if only vehicles came with a manual ... if only

[@otakubancho6655]

Seeing other people's pain,somehow makes me happy!😳😳😳

[@TamamoF0X]

4:01 dudes car is leaking all of his blinker fluid.

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

I love the complete absurdity of the last clip. That's just hilarious.

[@Chris-yy7qc]

Thats reality. All those eco fanatics have to wake up. Its not possible to have everything fully electric (that has an engine today). But I guess they also believe something can be zero emissions, lol. Nothing is zero emissions (except black holes).

[@suzysuzuki8865]

The Maserati one had me laughing😂

[@yah5o]

2:20 - the Ford problem could be some crash sensor gone bad in the door or in the door lock

[@memeAlexcheramie]

4:14 Meanwhile in the VW emissions factory: “That’s another pass!”

[@Beregorn88]

"You may kiss the valve" 🤣🤣

[@josiahsalters]

Me watching these with no mechanical knowledge: “I bet it’s not supposed to do that😎”

[@SyntheticParanoia]

Hmm... melting jumper cables... 🎶 *Shake hands with Danger* 🎶

[@zackadamec9332]

Ole girl in the beginning about to pay for two ecu's 😂 painful to watch

[@avampiresdestiny6101]

That light strip had me oh god 😂😂

[@dobbsconnor156]

You may kiss the valve!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@Carhax]

😂😂😂😂

[@antoniobeltranthesumosnipe8634]

Nice form collecting that exhaust sample.

[@24valley14]

I love these videos especially after smoking a blunt can’t get enough

[@carlosviana5205]

2:07 dude was just taking his buggy for a quick dance, how romantic

[@JohnH0130]

Congrats to that last guy. he has just discovered that the battery powered vehicles we will all be driving in a few years are in fact nothing more than coal-powered cars.

[@xx_peace_xx5300]

I agree😂😂😂

[@svpracer98]

Its not actually wrong though depending on where you live and how your grid is powered.

[@its_jjk]

Naaa

[@szalaigabor1714]

*Than partially coal powered much more efficient cars.

[@l33tnobody1337]

I mean you can fix that by producing electricity out of renewable energy. What I find really aggrevating is, that someone seriously thought 2 hours runtime for an excavator is acceptable. That is just absolute trash.

[@menarenotwomen]

3:19 this dude said “the power INVESTED in me” 😂😂 solid IQ of 10

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

Ahhh the exhaust sample, a classic new guy task.

[@balenaluba4215]

0:24 Oh no! Our cable! ... It's brokenn!

[@THE_UBER_AUTISTIC]

8:25 bros got the magic hammer

[@rudolf2000]

4:35 Diesel Runaway...

[@ComeonmenID10T]

gotta love those "Zero Emissions" !!

[@angrychihuahua7923]

6:31 good reason to go to a touchless car wash. I'm thinking kids were playing with the buttons or the sensor that opens the truck when you put your foot under the bumper was triggered.

[@nos1000100]

That's a big pet peeve of mine when fleet trucks come in for an oil change and you have to chisel off layers or dirt and concrete to get to the oil filter and drain plug then complain you're taking too long. Oh and now your shop looks like the bottom of a charcoal grill

[@volvo09]

Some good ones here!

[@Howling_bear]

6:15 Never remove the radiator cap when the engine is hot. The water inside is between 250 to 300 degrees celcius.

[@pleasesteponmepaulsimon5689]

Yep, definitely disfigured lmao

[@sbong1203]

come again? 250-300 celcius??

[@blackbirdsr71]

No it is not. Stop talking shit.

[@TR33ZY_CRTM]

@@blackbirdsr71 Caught the clown in 4K

[@intraxx88]

Last one made me cry laughing. "Zero Emissions my a..."

[@ElBantosClips]

Why do people think that opening the radiator cap when the car is hot is always a good idea?

[@owenblaise1680]

2:40 thats my life with my f-150 fords have so many fucking electrical problems

[@rodrigonascimento8431]

Omg that start makes me feeling smart

[@jasonhooey5677]

That diesel vw running away!!!!!!buddy slams the hood, walks away. All i can see is there "das auto" advertisement lmao

[@steve-o4153]

THE WINDOW KEY START WAS KINDA COOL

[@JunkTardis]

@4:30 gotta love a diesel runaway. Rag or tshirt in the air intake should stop it

[@FixofNicksMix]

I think Volkswagens of that time used screws to open the airbox instead of easy open clamps

[@nathan7627]

the corvette falling off the lift killed my heart bro, why u do her like that ;-;

[@tbonesmalling8866]

at 3:06 till this day is said hes is still looking for a job lol

[@RadioWerwolf]

Last one was a bummer 😄😄😄

[@ryno488]

Clip at the end of the video is what most politicians and people fail to see. Scary times are ahead.

[@svpracer98]

They fail to see it because their bullet proof argument (save the planet) is just another suckeres deal.

[@ryno488]

@@svpracer98 Yep. Allocate the money.. steal, steal, steal. Repeat.

[@TheSultan1470]

Bullshit.

[@MrHadAzevedo]

Not really ''fail to see''. They see it and they know it's a disaster, but the people controlling them (billionaries and ''clean energy lobby) need to take the money they've invested in lithium back. And obviously, the NWO and the need to make private transportation expensive (impossible!) to the middle class, etc etc.

[@theballintruth3369]

0:56 bro said “ROCK ROCK!” 😂😂

[@mysock351C]

0:36 "Liek, red goes wit black, right?" Hooks up cables. Next up: New alternator, new PCM, new BCM, new........

[@szymon6207]

Watch this water temp into overheating !

[@maggotation85]

Definitely entire electrical system....lmao She did not even unhook it straight away....

[@yaboiglob7209]

4:01 looks like a blinker fluid leak

[@aku2dimensional]

I honestly feel bad for the guy with the runaway Golf diesel, it's probably his only car and couldn't even afford the insurance on that tugboat.

[@arionairmtb]

yea, would suck.

[@patgal8018]

Everyone needs a friend like that who isnted of helping will stop and record your misery

[@BLAKHARTFILM]

The opening clip. I wasn't expecting that.

[@LordSandwichII]

"I now pronounce you piston and valve!" 💀

[@johnthegreek1980]

Several reasons why I do my own car maintenance.

[@everadept]

7:10 This is the noise I make according to my family when i get up and shave in the mornings.

[@dieselteen0770]

0:17 This is why you should never connect the positive to negative and negative to positive

[@MrPenobe]

3:50 the guy unbolting that subframe learned a lesson that day. Or did he?

[@aimlessparasite1289]

The final destination noise maker got me.

[@billynomates920]

some absolute pearlers today, carhax! wonder what the lad who has dropped his engine out of his truck (literally) at the rent-a-wrench place gonna do? :-)

[@volvo09]

Brutal! I hope they were just scrapping the truck, but i doubt it!

[@kgranger]

Dude at 3:06 was like "It's lunch time anyways!" 🤣🤣

[@nitram3886]

3:30 brutal 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheHighwayman7989]

"OH NOOO!!!.....OUR CABLES......THEYRE MELTING!!!!...."

[@hunterneitzel3012]

They connected them the wrong way

[@TheHighwayman7989]

@@hunterneitzel3012 yes, never a good idea. Bet they're gonna have to replace all their electrical stuff

[@fortunatemoon]

6:15 E46 owners know 😂

[@chicagorc3967]

that hitch has left the chat ! lol

[@brianpinkey676]

4:06 you: I paid $80k. me: well that's your problem.

[@malice6081]

As in, he bought it new.

[@brianpinkey676]

@@malice6081 I said what I said.

[@darkshadowsx5949]

1:49 that dude looks like hes having a blast with that go kart. driving it like that takes skill.

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

5:54 im not even mad, just impressed

[@w210black]

That makibu is toast

[@tom940]

The ford losing power reminds me of two other fords one an F250 the other an F350. F250 the radio didnt come on half the time and the windows didnt work while it was off but there was a specific spot on the dash you could strike once and it would start working again. At some point i was in my friends f350 while he was plowing and was telling him about the f250 and, at speed, i slap the dash right where i do on the f250....the f350 stalls out. 250 was a 5.4, 350 was a 7.3

[@sign_verken]

Thats why electric cars have no use, where are they charged from, usually a generator

[@thatboyhew9300]

4:14 = Turbo running away... shove something into the turbo/intake to stop burning the fuel or let it blow up....? either way i reckon.

[@leaovirado6980]

That's cool, man

[@tomrogers4667]

I knew a dude who was so high he did that shit with the cables