STOP Destroying Your Car Engine! (With These Tips)

I see all my friends and family make these mistakes. They are ruining their cars and they are ruining their engines. They're getting lower reliability on their cars and especially on their luxury cars, and they don't know why. So today, I'm sharing 6 tips and tricks for car maintenance that are easy and will keep your car running smoother for longer.

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[bghoody]

Those start/stop features are a joke - any benefits gained, either with better fuel economy or less emissions, are completely cancelled out by wear and tear on the engine. But I'm sure the manufacturers don't mind making a bit of extra cash.

[cristiancristi]

I recently changed my car's battery and by mistake I bought a wrong one that doesn't support start/ stop function. So I kept disabling the start/ stop by default. Now I found out how lucky I was choosing that wrong battery.... 😁

[TheStp]

Only one thing out of all of what you said that i would like to touch on. Ive worked in the gas industry my entire life so take this as you wish. Stabilizer is a complete waste of money IF you are using it because of ethanol in gas. It does absolutely nothing to help with it, it a long technical explanation but the short version is stabilizer can’t stop the ethanol from absorbing humidity over time.

[PreparationdobleH]

Excelente video, mi wife’s 2022 NX 350 came with the feature. I told her to deactivated as soon as she starts the vehicle. In the other hand my 2022 IS 350 F came without it and I’m great full for that.

[Ogtonyg]

I hit the button to turn off start/stop in my car without even thinking about it. Becomes second nature after a while. Or sport mode turns it off anyway.

[leslienaomii]

Thank you for this informative video. I’m getting my first car this week, and I want to make sure I take very good care of it especially since it is brand new!

[sunilayya]

Great information. One bad habit i often see is that many drivers use high revs before the engine has fully warmed up. Impatience is an early killer of engines and transmissions.

[panagiwtisleousis]

I totally agree to the last tip.I think that causes more problems to the engine.thank you for the tips

[mdk]

Always take good care of your vehicle every single time, especially the engine and the transmission. Thank you very much.

[zokotfw]

I have coded out the start / stop feature on my BMW F30 N20 to save the added strain it puts on the timing chain at every start up. Long live the timing chain. Thanks for the great videos 👍

[faradaycool]

Stop/start default is really really irritating, and what is as irritating is forgetting to switch off the default

[magellanmax]

The start stop feature is one of the most annoying things ever installed on a car. The other annoying things is when people put the wrong fuel in the tank to save money. I once bought an off lease Audi and had the fuel in the tank checked and found that it was regular gas. I'm not sure if it was the dealer that did that or the guy that leased it before me. I've see drivers at the gas station put regular gas in a Benz and I would say to them, "It requires premium gas" only for them to say, "eh, it's a lease car". Drives me insane.

[davidleslie]

Very good and informative video for mechanically inclined drivers for the most part, I'm with you all the way up to the last segment or tip. You had mentioned that the vehicles with the start and stop system could be detrimental to your car starter and several minutes of the engine oil falling back down to the crank case which, yes it would normally. However today's modern vehicles that employ a start and stop ECO mode system actually utilize a two starter system. It utilizes a standard starter motor, as well as a high torque starter motor that almost has nearly the same responsiveness when compared to electric car. In other words, there is almost 0 lag from the time when you depress the gas pedal to when the vehicle is moving. Now if you have a hybrid vehicle that employees a start stop system such as Toyota? When the motor stops at a traffic light or when it's in hybrid battery mode. The electric engine oil pump ensures & maintain circulation of the engine oil throughout the vital internal components which also maintains the necessary oil pressure to prevent metal on metal unnecessary premature engine wear and tear. This is where the 100% synthetic engine oil is extremely important. What the average person doesn't know is that when they take your vehicle to a dealership for an oil change then is that the engine oil special usually is the incorrect grade and or only conventional oil when only a synthetic oil can be used like most Japanese engines that are extremely fuel efficient have the lowest viscosity index rating of 0w-16 engine oil which can only be synthetically man made rather than the conventional lowest grade 5w-20 I believe. 0w16 SYNTHETIC MOTOR OIL HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE YEAR 2000. YET THE BIG 3 are only now realizing the benefits in fuel efficiency due to its superior flow rate at sub zero temperatures.

[sam]

Nice video! One more thing, if you have a hybrid and you start out in el mode, then you do an acceleration the cold gas engine goes directly in to max power. Not good! So a good practice is to idle the gas engine a little before start...

[kevinf.]

Wow the last tip really comforts me cuz I was frustrated why Lexus doesn't have this start/stop function in my ES and IS, but all the German cars have it, now it all makes sense for the reliability haha

[ericdurand]

Excellent advices, especially for the auto stop-start which most of people think it is a great thing but it is not. In some countries they start to fine you if your car is not stopped at traffic lights 😵

[ericwanyonyi]

I bought a used 2005 TL from a dealer and when driving home on the highway the engine sounded like 4 cylinder. I realized later that someone had used 87 regular. When I reverted back to BJ's 93 octane there was an improvement. But what surprised me most is when I started using top tier gasoline the engine became even more quieter.

[Officialdemor_]

Very informative video! I just turned off my Auto stop/start. I’ve always found it annoying anyway 😂👏🏾

[nkgudih]

God-given tips, and thank you. Another tip especially to diesel manuals: Low speed-high gear-full throttle scenario is guaranteed to kill your car. Beautiful car & house

[MarkSmith-jspu]

My 2012 Acadia lit up like a Christmas tree a few yrs back, the Red Check light really got my attention. Lucky to have been able to safely park and turn it off within seconds. 50, 000 miles with a new water pump now. 160, 000 miles original brake pads, 2nd set of struts and shocks, doesn’t burn a drop. Babied it since new. In the back of my mind I worry about the timing chain and the tranny. It’s on its 4th trans fluid change.