3 Things You Should Never Do to Your Car's Engine

3 Things You Should Never Do to Your Car's Engine, DIY life hack and car repair with Scotty Kilmer. Car life hacks. How to save thousands of dollars by not having to go to an auto mechanic for car engine repairs. How to fix cars. Expensive car engine repairs. Car hacks that will save you thousands in car engine repairs. 5 minute life hacks to make your engine run as long as possible. How to tell if your engine has a problem. Car engine maintenance tips. Car advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 56 years.

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[shark]

When I was stationed in Guam, a friend of mine went somewhere for two weeks. He let me drive his Toyota, I forget which model. When he got back, I gave him his key and didn't hear from him for about three days. When I saw him, he said, "What did you do to my car? It runs so much better!" I said I just drove it normally. I reved it when driving it. He did tell me that he bought it from an old granny. He said it didn't have much power until I drove it for two weeks. LOL

[victorfranca]

Scotty speaks Italian with his hands, while speaking english with his mouth. Multi tasking

[bigedslobotomy]

My mom got pulled over in the 70s when she was speeding, and she told the officer that she was “blowing the carbon out of the engine.” He let her go. (We were in a huge ‘68 Ford station wagon, so we obviously were not hot-rodders).

[jozsefmolnar]

Back in the 70s, I used to blow the carbon out once a week. Real late on a Friday night, nobody on the highway takes a blast for a mile or so. Blew the carbon out. The car ran great for the weekend...

[christhomas]

My daughter’s 2007 MINI was running really bad last December engine light on. My mechanic determined valve cleaning. He soda blasted valves. He said they were horribly dirty. Long story short here.
Car runs great now.

[TeijoKhanfan]

Looks like some old school Scotty back in Houston! 👍👍

[bettersteps]

I've continued to use various(quality) engine/fuel cleaners in my 2013 manual VW GTI since I've purchased it new. At minimum, I use one quality engine/fuel cleaner in every 4th tank of quality gas. Sometimes (often) more than that. It has 119k miles and still runs like new. Best car I have ever owned. Every mile is a fun mile. I still love it!

[DustinKeating-ykvq]

The new Valvoline restore and protect is supposed to bring your pistons clean like new after a few oil changes using thete new oil

[silvertrain]

In '73, I had a'68 Chevy Caprice with a 327 Holley 4 bbl. Ended up traded the Holley for a two barrel. After lifting the intake n carb, the mechanic literally had to stop and get his brother to witness all the sludge between the push rods. Mixing that damn HD and non HD. Good times

[hifiman]

I've been using Royal Purple for years. It works like a slow flush. So change your oil filter every 3-5k miles.

[eycchu]

A clean engine compartment can facilitate any service you need to do in there. It's always nicer to not have to work with dirt and grime all over your work area.

[DRNE_BEE]

75 bucks, showing 75 deer bucks 😂 killed me 😂😂😂 love your visual puns Scotty 🥳🤭 not to mention the knowledge you share 💪🏼

[garynoss]

Scotty, what about ATS fuel and oil system cleaners? You used to recommend those.

[thomashunter]

If there is carbon build up inside the flux capacitor, you may not be able to time travel. So it is important to clean the carbon build-up.

[treeandaturd]

i just wipe the under the hood area with a damp shop rag. works pretty good.

[myfavorites]

I agree 100% change oil , i used to wash my engine but i stopped scotty has a point

[rickgarcia]

I don't do it often but I do spray my 2 2005 Corolla engine compartments occasionally. It is a pressure sprayer but I hold it high in the air. I do not use the soap selection and I only use the rinse... I might spray a little degreaser down where you see the oil filter but I change my own oil and I usually leave that area clean anyway. I live in Nevada so it is mostly dust under the hood. I am of the belief that a dusty dirty engine and mean dust and dirty will be headed right into the breather intake making your air filter dirtier sooner.. I have never had my cars not start after a rinse of the engine compartment...

[thomasmusso]

The engine compartments of my motor vehicles .. you could eat your lunch off them. Less dirt to get in somewhere. Cleaned by hand.
Regular servicing .. oils, filters, etc, kept the innards clean.
I never had problems with 'carbonising'. A regular 'Italian Job' apparently took care of that.
Also, on the older models .. so easy to work on, the occasional 'decoke' was a weekend job.

[stlstinger]

I completely cleaned the carbon out of a 2005 Honda V-6 and it ran great afterwards! The EGR valve (and the channels to/from it) were particularly loaded up with carbon. It was a bear to clean the entire intake system manually, but very much worth it!