Stop Destroying Your Car Engine! (Don't Make These Mistakes)

Don't make these mistakes or you will destroy your car's engine, and fast. These are some of the easiest and some of the worst mistakes to make with maintenance and with car ownership. You have to watch out, or these top 5 mistakes car owners make will catch you and steal your money, either through lowered car reliability or higher car depreciation!

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[nenadovmail]

That's basically it. All in one guide for pros and noobs. Totally agree on the oil interval change, spot on. We got here a guy ages ago made the news lines and newspapers hitting a 1 million kilometers on an old Zastava 750 and once they asked him how did he do it, that's not possible?! He said he loves his car a lot, dedicated lot of hours in regular maintenance and oil change every 1000 kilometers! That says it all.

[Timskees]

At this point I just need a reliable car that will help me get from A to B. These Luxury cars just seem like a waste of money and a headache

[Epcure]

2 leaks you don't want to be panicking about:

1. Tail pipe leaking water (water is natural by-product of combustion and dripping water is normal)
2. Water from the air conditioning unit (water condenses there and creates small puddle of water after normal driving; nothing to worry about)

Just so you don't worry and potentially get played by a not-so-scrupulous mechanic. Pick a garage that has a lot of customers, because they're more likely dealing with enough real problems; or very good reputation to build on.

[Dansk]

These are all great information. Especially the cold starts and ignoring check engine lights

[peterhumphrys]

I drive old beaters, and always use premium ethanol free gasoline on the grounds that if ethanol gums up the carborator on my snow thrower, chain saws, and lawn mowers, than I don't want to run even my old clunkers on ethanoled gasoline, though when filling the jerry cans I always fill the vehicle first so as to clear any ethanol lower octane gasoline left in the pump hoses from the previous customer, it seems best practice to me to always use the best fuel and oil that you can for your engines.

[dalefrolander]

Makes me wonder what the start- stop system is doing to the turbo when the engine shuts of at every stop light.

[sunilayya]

Time factor is also important for proper oil change intervals. 6 months for mostly city driven vehicles is recommended by many makes.

[michaelarchangel]

A good tip for people changing their own oil is to use a ring cut from gasket paper, as well as a new oil sump drain bolt washer, so that if the sump is accidentally overfilled, some oil can slowly be allowed to drain out again by slightly slackening off the bolt, then retightening without the risk of constant dripping from the previously tightened crush washer.

[rayaany.]

At 10:00 you discuss idling for turbo. But I thought modern engines will cool down a hot turbo even after shut off?

[donnelson]

Great Info. Appreciate Ur Experience & Knowledge About These High Tech Cars ! I Always Share Ur Videos With My Large Family. 😎👌

[manuelgaetan]

It is a crying shame lots of car owners refuse to follow the Manufacture' Suggested Routine Maintenance.

[MEN]

Do you life in Alaska or something? Always freezing and snow.

[willarundell]

Add a turbo timer which will keep the turbo running after the engine is turned off until the desired turbo temperature is reached

[mdk]

Always take care of your vehicle properly, especially the engine.

[TheLifetraveler]

With the old fashioned car I changed oil every 3, 000 mi. With these new fashion cars a Mazda 6 in the hood and a Hyundai sonata I changed oil every 4, 000 mi

[tonywhite]

Mark some car makers when they do a injection service they put fuel additive in the tank

[laurat]

Owner's Manual is everything. 9:51 And "Foreplay is key..."😂

[greymark]

The irony that luxury cars use cheaper components than cheaper mid range cars.

[DavidWeinberg-cmxd]

I'd recommend 5K -7K max on turbo charged vehicles? 10K -15 is asking for serious engine wear. Remember, brand new engine's actually use oil at first, nobody seems to realize this fact? The most critical oil change is when an engine is brand new. I always change the oil on my new vehicles at between 500 and 700 miles? It gets all the break-in metal out of your engine after initial break-in? When have you heard this out of anyone's mouth, in the last 20 years? My engine's look brand new inside them at 60K? No sludge ever? If you go to 10K or 15K oil change intervals, you will drastically lessen the life of your engine, just like the dealership wants?

[BigBoss-tklh]

As for the first point you mentioned there is lot of people if not 99% dont know that antifreez must be changed at a certain time, , i always hear them saying if antifreez in not low then no need to change and when it is low they add tap water, , , 🤦‍♂️