9 Things Youll REGRET Not Doing to Your Car
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Date: 2020-03-11
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Clay
Brake fluid alone has water in the mix. Changing it per manufacturer recommended miles actually matters. The R&D from the manufacturer test this. The owners manual tells you how to maintain your vehicle. The transmission fluid, if you buy a used vehicle and no known history for Trans fluid changes. If you check it and its yellow and has a burn smell. Do not change it. Your automatic transmission uses pump pressure to engage clutch packs so you move and shift. If you flush out that bad fluid and add new. Your car will probably not move because of the clutch friction material that was floating in the fluid will be gone. If your not comfortable take a sample and send to a test facility near you. They will tell you whats in it Donut you missed that very important tip. If you want a easy way to get more MPG Go with a hotter plug and coil or wire depending on your engine. I am a level 3 Diesel Mechanic. Hit me with questions people gas and diesel is my life. I dont mean to sound like Im bashing but in my years of experience in this field I cant help my self but to add in a experience.
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Brake fluid alone has water in the mix. Changing it per manufacturer recommended miles actually matters. The R&D from the manufacturer test this. The owners manual tells you how to maintain your vehicle. The transmission fluid, if you buy a used vehicle and no known history for Trans fluid changes. If you check it and its yellow and has a burn smell. Do not change it. Your automatic transmission uses pump pressure to engage clutch packs so you move and shift. If you flush out that bad fluid and add new. Your car will probably not move because of the clutch friction material that was floating in the fluid will be gone. If your not comfortable take a sample and send to a test facility near you. They will tell you whats in it Donut you missed that very important tip. If you want a easy way to get more MPG Go with a hotter plug and coil or wire depending on your engine. I am a level 3 Diesel Mechanic. Hit me with questions people gas and diesel is my life. I dont mean to sound like Im bashing but in my years of experience in this field I cant help my self but to add in a experience.
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aaronredbaron
Don't jack your Miata up on the pinch welds like that those indents on the pinch welds indicate where the jack points are, but they are just inside that pitch weld, the jack stands should be just inside where shown in this video. Those pinch welds will eventually bend and fold over if you keep jacking on them. note how the OEM jack for the spare tire actually straddles the pinch weld and sits on both sides, but the load is not on the tip of the pinch weld
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Don't jack your Miata up on the pinch welds like that those indents on the pinch welds indicate where the jack points are, but they are just inside that pitch weld, the jack stands should be just inside where shown in this video. Those pinch welds will eventually bend and fold over if you keep jacking on them. note how the OEM jack for the spare tire actually straddles the pinch weld and sits on both sides, but the load is not on the tip of the pinch weld
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Technomen
Hey just wanted to jump in here and mention that you shouldnt put the oil drain plug back in before replacing the oil filter on a lot of cars. When dealing with cars that have an internal oil filter (no casing attached to it, it is built in to the engine directly for example with bmws) you should slowly crack that open first and wait for a minute before taking out the old filter, putting the new one and placing the drain plug in the pan again.
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Hey just wanted to jump in here and mention that you shouldnt put the oil drain plug back in before replacing the oil filter on a lot of cars. When dealing with cars that have an internal oil filter (no casing attached to it, it is built in to the engine directly for example with bmws) you should slowly crack that open first and wait for a minute before taking out the old filter, putting the new one and placing the drain plug in the pan again.
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Brody
One thing to make note of is that you should always know what you're doing if changing to a different type of spark plug. Going from copper to platinum or vice versa will affect your engine's timing, and unless the ECU has been adjusted for this, albeit minute change, your car may run worse even on more expensive plugs. So for the average diyer, if the car came with coppers put coppers in, if it came with iridium then put those in, etc.
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One thing to make note of is that you should always know what you're doing if changing to a different type of spark plug. Going from copper to platinum or vice versa will affect your engine's timing, and unless the ECU has been adjusted for this, albeit minute change, your car may run worse even on more expensive plugs. So for the average diyer, if the car came with coppers put coppers in, if it came with iridium then put those in, etc.
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Jared
Only thing I would add to the oil change is to check the old filter for the gasket. If you don't see it, then it's stuck to the engine and needs to be peeled off. Don't usually have that problem but I bought a 94 F250 recently and had this happen. I put the new filter on without checking and when I went to run it, all my brand new Amsoil bypassed the filter and ended up on the ground. Fun times.
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Only thing I would add to the oil change is to check the old filter for the gasket. If you don't see it, then it's stuck to the engine and needs to be peeled off. Don't usually have that problem but I bought a 94 F250 recently and had this happen. I put the new filter on without checking and when I went to run it, all my brand new Amsoil bypassed the filter and ended up on the ground. Fun times.
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Chris
One thing they didn't mention about bleeding brakes is the fact that you need to start with the caliper that is the furthest away from your brake master cylinder and then work your way closer to the master. On most left hand drive cars the farthest caliper will be the rear passenger side. Next you would do the rear driver side, then the front passenger side, and finally the front driver side.
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One thing they didn't mention about bleeding brakes is the fact that you need to start with the caliper that is the furthest away from your brake master cylinder and then work your way closer to the master. On most left hand drive cars the farthest caliper will be the rear passenger side. Next you would do the rear driver side, then the front passenger side, and finally the front driver side.
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Brandon
Love this video. I'm not at all a car guy, and will never have a project car, but as a Millennial who just bought his first nice-ish car this is exactly the kind of video I'd look for before trying to do my regular maintenance. Hey. Maybe you guys can do a quick garage tour? Like. The 20 tools you actually need to work on your cars could be a video in the future. Just a thought.
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Love this video. I'm not at all a car guy, and will never have a project car, but as a Millennial who just bought his first nice-ish car this is exactly the kind of video I'd look for before trying to do my regular maintenance. Hey. Maybe you guys can do a quick garage tour? Like. The 20 tools you actually need to work on your cars could be a video in the future. Just a thought.
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John
2 things. All the hoses should be changed and coolant. Interval depends on your car. I also change the thermostat as a precaution cuz when it fails, car goes kaboom Oops. 3 rd thing of 2 is vacuum lines. I switch them out on older cars like more than 10 years old since when one of them fails, you get to play wack a mole to find which one is the culprit
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2 things. All the hoses should be changed and coolant. Interval depends on your car. I also change the thermostat as a precaution cuz when it fails, car goes kaboom Oops. 3 rd thing of 2 is vacuum lines. I switch them out on older cars like more than 10 years old since when one of them fails, you get to play wack a mole to find which one is the culprit
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SparkPlug
Just an extra piece of advice I've never heard anywhere else, make sure every now and then you check your fluid lines, mainly coolant. I was driving and a very small (almost unnoticeable) coolant line burst while I was driving. I lost power steering, and power brakes from one tiny line spewing coolant everywhere
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Just an extra piece of advice I've never heard anywhere else, make sure every now and then you check your fluid lines, mainly coolant. I was driving and a very small (almost unnoticeable) coolant line burst while I was driving. I lost power steering, and power brakes from one tiny line spewing coolant everywhere
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