Rev up your engines,
uhh says any opinions on saturn cars in general,
gm branded off and said, oh we're going to
brand off and make another kind of car called
saturn, they started making little cars with
4 cylinder engines and they were ok car, they
weren't great cars, but they were cheaper
cars and you know they kind of ran ok, but
it was gm so as time went on they started
making them cheaper and cheaper, now the customers
of mine that had manual transmission and 4
cylinder engines they loved them, the ones
with automatics, not so much, cuz when they
went out and they went out all the time, even
back then it was like $3,500 and up to rebuild
them, cuz they were all electronic computer
controlled transmissions, very very difficult
to rebuild, so they had that issue, then they
started putting bigger engines in, they put
honda v6 engines in them, and those were good
engines, but then honda said, you got to put
the honda coolant not your stupid dex cool
coolant and gm said, it's our production line
we're putting dex cool in, so then honda said,
then we're not going to sell you our v6 engine
anymore, so then saturn started making their
own gm v6 engines and they were piles of junk,
and that led to the end of saturn really,
they were so junky the engines kept blowing
and people didn't want to buy them anymore,
so if you're going to buy a used one, get
a 4 cylinder one, they can be ok, and you
can get them dirt cheap, luke says are 3rd
generation firebirds a good project car for
beginners, any tips thanks, I'd go a little
bit earlier on the firebirds myself, those
were kind of cheaply made, I personally would
not be a big fan of the 3rd generation ones,
now if you like them, I mean you can go right
ahead, their simpler than the modern ones
that's for sure, gm electronics have gotten
worse over time and more computerized, I'd
go for the earlier generations if you want
to do a firebird, I wouldn't go for the later
ones, they had a lot of problems with them,
that generation,
hands boy says my 08 dodge durango had an
engine failure, I fixed it for $8,000 and
ever since my car has a smoking engine every
time I start, what do you think it is, well
you paid $8,000 and they didn't fix your engine
right, you have you engine rebuilt for $8,000
they should have rebuilt everything, rings,
bearings, cams, crank, pistons, everything,
they did a bad job if it's smoking that means
they didn't rebuild it right, for that kind
of money you should of just got an engine,
buy another engine, for $8,000 you should
of bought a new one, a new engine, not even
remanufactured, a brand new one for that kind
of money, you got taken if it's smoking, go
back to whoever did it and see if you can
get your money back if their not going to
make it so it doesn't smoke, they just did
a bad job, and I see that all the time, that's
why I warn people about when they got older
vehicle and the engine goes out, if they can
get a new one in or a remanufactured one,
go ahead if you want to spend that kind of
money, but guys that just put engine in these
days, a lot of times they go to a junkyard
and just throw some used unit in, it's not
worth while doing it on most vehicles anymore,
it really isn't,
sarah says scotty I got a 69 ford falcon futura,
oh that's cool, it hasn't been started in
over 26 years, what should I do to get it
running, the car was made in Chile wow, watch
my video, getting an old car running that
hasn't started for years, and that will give
you all the tips, basically you want to take
all the spark plugs out, squirt some oil in
them, then put a new battery in and first
just crank it over with the spark plugs out
to see if the engine spins, then if it spins
great, put the spark plugs back in, spray
a little starting fluid and make sure all
the oil and fluid like the radiator are full,
and then see if you can get the thing running,
but watch the video it gives you a whole bunch
of tips,
urn says scotty my 03 4.6 v8 f150 is leaking
power steering fluid, how do I know if it's
the pump or just the hose, power steering
fluid those pumps can put up like 1,600 psi
pressure, that's a lot of pressure, generally
if it's a hose look at the hose with a bright
old flashlight, you know I mean I got a lot
of good bright flashlights, just shin it in
there and have somebody turn the wheel and
look at the hose and if you see it's squirting
out of the hose you know the hose is leaking,
if it's the pump you'll see it leaking on
the shaft of the pump and going down, and
you want to pray it's not the rack, because
if it's the rack they generally leak at each
end, if you squeeze those rubber boots and
fluid leaks out, that means the rack is leaking
and it costs a fortune to put a rack on, those
are very expensive to do,
ozzy says can a clogged radiator or heater
core cause pressure build up in the engine,
well yes of course it can, any kind of clogs
it's gonna stop there and then the engine
is building up heat and instead of sending
that hot water into the radiator it's blocked,
so it will build up pressure, here in Texas
we don't really need heat all that often,
at least in South Texas, what we do is, if
a heater core let's say breaks down, we will
bypass it, but when you do want to bypass
it, you have to get a heater bypass hose kit
and you cut the two hoses going into the firewall
and you splice them together with the kit,
cuz most engines today, if you just plug those
hoses, that water has to go through the head
too, so you want to keep it circulating, and
if the heater core itself is clogged, yeah
that will clog some of that and you can have
overheating problems,
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