@Policepigeon
The issue with ford running wet belts is not that they degrade and snap, but that they degrade and clog your oil pickup, which leads to oil starvation of the engine. The tiny little 1.0l ecoboost which are popular in the UK are particularly bad for this, only made worse by the fact that ford says the belt should only be changed every ten years, and oil changes every 2 years with special wet belt oil, when in reality they need to be done about half that, and some people even reccomend oil changes every 6 months for an econobox which is run by non mechanically minded people.
@FloorItDuh
This is like aircraft maintenance, when the manual starts the actual work with "gain access" and then lists several other references that lead you down more rabbit holes you know you're in for a bad time.
@tntanto
I read about a engineer who had worked for an appliance manufacturer. He said that his company insisted on engineering appliances with very limited lifespans, featuring major parts designed to fail, necessitating appliance replacement every few years. He said that after leaving that career, his conscience troubled him because he felt that by persisting in that industry, he had been to some degree party to the company’s immorality. I’m not sure that he had any reason to feel guilty of anything, but sometimes corporate engineering policies veer into the unethical (for example, Ford’s research on the cost of fixing the Pinto’s exploding gas tanks vs. the cost of paying out legal settlements for injury or death; Ford initially decided it would be cheaper to let people die than recall millions of Pintos, that is until the notorious “Pinto Memo” became public knowledge). Good video.
@iguanac6466
This is why I buy Toyota. Replacing fuel pump on my 2009 Corolla? 30 min job tops...no fuel tank drop. I just replaced my Tacoma's front brake pads. I didn't even have to take the caliper off (no re-torqueing the caliper, no brake line removal, no brake bleeding). After compressing the cylinders the pads just extracted out of the side of the caliper! Put the new pads in, put the clips back on, put the wheel back on. Easy-frickin'-peasy... My daughter's 2018 Ford Escape...you have to remove the windshield wipers completely and then the big plastic shield to replace the battery. My friend's dodge van? Battery is under the passenger seat. I know it's minimal, but lead-acid batteries are constantly being charged by the alternator and emit negligible amounts of hydrogen while charging, and, in this case, emits them right into the vehicle's cabin... Regarding your question about these mechanics sounding "whiney." These sound like mechanics complaining for the consumer...not because they have to do the job. There's no shortage of people who don't have the time or skills to work on their own vehicle without things being pointlessly stupid...so, I don't think mechanics need to worry about protecting their jobs from the DIYer.
@FlurinRyffel
I'm a retired (disabled) and failed mechanical engineer and also worked in heavy machinery maintenance (Volvo, CAT, Komatsu, etc) and I understand your pain. When your neck deep in mud trying to access a port and find out that you need some proprietary socket or some shit that you don't have and you're across the country from your workshop and brought a shit ton of equipment but didn't get that specific tool.... it's maddening. Luckily older, wiser mechanics always knew how to improvise.
@joshduriden519
It's not the engineers fault, it's corporate trying to maximize profits by making them design the vehicles to be faster and cheaper to manufacture and assemble, regardless of reparability later on. Because they expect you to buy/lease a new car every couple of years now.
@russelljacob7955
Oil bath belts. They 'work' in oil, but that oil has to be oil designed for the belt. The issue though isnt the belt breaking. It is the wear. It starts shedding belt material and that belt material clogs the oil pickup. No oil pressure or flow....
@JohnWick-mi4hy
As someone who works on people's homes, I appreciate it videos like this. I wanna see some vids like this about building/remodeling homes. Sandro and Angie are the best
@DeadSharingan13
All your hosts are amazing but Sandro and Angelina are just so perfect. The chemistry is is just chefs kiss.
@russiank9802
I saw the thumbnail and immediately remembered the pain of removing the dodge batteries behind the front driver wheel. Especially doing that in 100 degree heat because the car wouldn't jump start to move into the garage....
@battlewolf578
The worst part of E dipsticks, is most of them require the engine to be running, so you are not sure if the vehicle has enough oil, or too much oil, but you have to run the vehicle to check
@kcdesignconcepts5216
This is a very good Channel and keeps me very well grounded. Back in the 80s when I was in my teens I loved working on cars. I fully embraced the EFI takeover. Started working as an auto technician when I was 16 before I even had a driver's license. Work my way up into performance cars and modifying Grand Nationals and turbo coupes as well as Supercharged V8. Eventually I got more into the engineering side, researching and designing better alternatives. Eventually went to school and became A mechanical engineer. Now I am the chief engineer of Hyde Motorworks. I still go to shops every now and then and work as a technician. The newer cars are designed to fail. Not by the engineers. I personally know many engineers in the European market as well as American markets. Their hands are being tied by the bean counters. 99.9 percent of them would rather design something that will last forever. And most of the components they design, if made out of the right material, would last over 100 years. Unfortunately, that is not profitable. Car manufacturers do not make money off of reliability. They make money off of replaceability. Dealerships are the only ones that profit from repairs out of warranty. The manufacturer only profits from sales of new vehicles. I was born and raised a Ford fan and have grown to really appreciate BMWs. But I know that at the core, both companies are looking at the overall profit. No matter how good they look or how fast they are. It's all about how much money they can make. That's not a bad thing, it is reality. Every corporation is in business to make money on a product.
@Mr_Duck447
20:09 I'm a technician for land rovers and jaguars and a proper way to change the cabin filter of F-Pace and some other jags is actually under the cowl on the passenger side, pull part of the cowl up and you have instant access to the filter
@outersketcher
Ya know.. stuff like this, and John Deer deliberately making it impossible for customers to fix the machines they OWN. Is what keeps me resolute in refusing to buy a new car. Ive had my 95 jeep cherokee for over 25 years. Ive had to do some major work on it.. sure.. but the components are designed along a simpler plane. And I was able to do the work MYSELF.
@BornintheUSA-1984
I always appreciate how eloquent Angela explains how things should work.
@robertt9342
1:20 honestly if the mechanic can document the work required to access the chain, like they did in the video, the customer will likely redirect their anger towards the manufacturer.
@MeFreeBee
If timing chains are like bicycle chains then the stretching happens where the rollers and pins meet the plates. As they wear the hole gets slightly enlarged which increases the pitch of the chain. It doesn't require any metal parts to actually stretch.
@jpruhu7662
I love yt for the access to experts in their fields. I am too poor to afford a mechanic and so I learned diy car repair for regular issues with our family vehicle (radiators, alternators, valve cover gaskets). But I lack the intuition and time on with cars so everything is much slower for me (trying not to break things and then lose money invested on a professional mechanic). Subscribed!
@Alexx120493
15:45 isn't it like standard practice to pull the fuel pump fuse before doing any work on the fuel system? Or just disconnect the battery. Problem solved
@gregdeplace