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| Supposed Camry transmission fluid leak | 23Relevance | 4 years ago | captainobvious | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hey all, I have a 2010 Toyota Camry i4 XLE with about 83,000 miles on it. A day ago I noticed a massive amount of smoke coming from the rear of the vehicle, so I pulled over. After pulling over I noticed smoke coming from the engine bay, and noticed liquid under the car. It looked black, and I thought it was oil. I let things stop smoking, and then got back on the road towards my dealer. I then noticed a trail of liquid coming from under the car on the right side (when looking at it from the back) very consistently, and only when the vehicle was on. I stoppe ... | |||||
| Unknown liquid dripping underneath | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | js110500 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| hello everyone, I own 2014 Honda CRV with 61K km on it. I just noticed that something clear liquid is dripping underneath my car. I am not sure what it is. It is dripping from a hose. (I want to attach a picture but don’t see a attach button) | |||||
| Whats this liquid dripping in my 2011 Renault Clio? | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | JimmySaab | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I have a Renault Clio 2011 with around 100k miles. Automatic. I saw some dripping today from the the left side subframe pillar. There is some heat shielding in the way, cant really feel what it is. The liquid doesnt smell of anything, could it be condensation water. If so, from what or where. | |||||
| Answer to: Green liquid coming out ofpassegener side top innner dash | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | Matthew_e | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I’m not a professional mechanic so make sure to fact check me. The green liquid is most likely coolant. Your heater core has coolant running through it, there could possibly be a leak somewhere within that system. I hope this helps you. | |||||
| Green liquid coming out ofpassegener side top innner dash | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | chris25555 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Greetings Scotty I have a 2013 nissan frontier pro4x with 93,000 miles automatic, and I just noticed that a green liquid which I believe to be coolant is dripping on my passenger side floor mat, I traced it as far as I could and it appears to come from the inner top part of the dash. Any idea as to what could be the cause and if it really is coolant and not a/c refrigerant?? Thanks! | |||||
| Air on Cooling System | 23Relevance | 5 years ago | miltonque | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... level inside the radiator when cool and I notice level is always down and the reservoir full… the liquid expands when hot but is not returning to the radiator when cold. The car is not overheating at all, never. 2 weeks ago I performed a general maintenance of the cooling system: Coolant flush and replace (Toyota pink 50/50) New thermostat from dealer (82C) New temperature sensor /switch from dealer New inlet and outlet radiator hoses and clamps New cap from dealer (108 kPa) Air bleeding Scangauge installation for real time temperature check ... | |||||
| Answer to: Recommended oil viscosity | 21Relevance | 1 year ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| My F-150's 3.7L V6 requires 5W-20 oil, so I put it it the truck. My Mustang has the same engine. I've never had issues with either engine, and sometimes I spiritedly drive the Mustang. The truck has gone 168k miles and it has had no problems. 0W oil is a measure of its cold start performance. It has the viscosity-equivalent of 0-weight oil. At operating temperature, it transitions into a 20-weight oil. With modern engines, you want oil to be pumped up to the top of the engine as quick as possible. I have a piston from a 2010 Dodge Journey that had a 3.6L Pentastar V6. I can easily squeeze in the piston rings. It took 5W-20 oil. My old Pontiac Catalina has very stiff piston rings; I put 10W-40 in there, and I've run 20W-50 as well. The owner's manual forbids putting anything lighter weight than 5W-30; the oil film will break down when it gets to the piston rings. My Catalina also doesn't have overdrive. When I'm on the highway, the engine turns rapidly; your truck has overdrive, if not several overdrive gears, which means your truck is going to be under considerably less load going down the highway than my Pontiac. There are probably more variables than that, but that's the jist of it. Bottom line is, engineers designed your truck, if you do what it says in your owner's manual, you most likely won't have any problems. | |||||
| Answer to: Do not like turbochargers. | 21Relevance | 1 year ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Those engineers for the most part are really doing the best they can, all things considered. EPA rules and regulations don't follow the laws of physics 99% of the time. Most lawmakers were attorneys before going into politics, not engineers. EcoBoost engines, and really all ultra-modern, run-of-the-mill turbocharged engines are a massive compromise in order to appease the lawmakers. Most have absolutely no clue about how internal combustion engines work. My 2017 Mustang V6 takes 5W-20 oil, my wife's 2017 EcoBoost takes only slightly heavier oil, 5W-30. Her Mustang is designed to only occasionally use the turbocharger. The engines are great on paper, if you drive conservatively. Most people don't drive conservatively when they know they have turbos in their cars. I have a piston from the 3.6L Pentastar V6, which takes the same oil as my wife's Mustang; I can easily squeeze in the piston rings with my hand. The EcoBoost Mustang isn't designed to constantly use its turbocharger. Most engineers know that in order to put a turbocharger on an engine properly, the piston rings need to be a lot stiffer than in my wife's Mustang's engine. Stiff piston rings require heavier, more viscous oil which decreases gas mileage when the turbo isn't kicking in. That wastes gas, because the turbo is only really meant to accelerate the car, and spool down once the car is going at the driver's desired speed. Once it's at the desired speed and the turbo dies down, increased fluid friction noticeably decreases gas mileage. They're not meant for applications like the WWII-era P-47 Thunderbolt or P-38 Lightning, where simply cruising kicks in the turbocharger, and the turbo doesn't stop until you idle the engine. Those engines had viscous oil, because their engines were intended from the start to pretty much always use forced induction. | |||||
| Why can I hear liquid under the hood of my Fusion | 20Relevance | 6 years ago | alonzoj14 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hey Scotty love your videos, so I just bought a 2018 Ford Fusion 1.5L Ecoboost with 38k miles for 14,000 from a dealership. Do you think this is a good deal? Also, recently when I start my car, about once a week I’ll hear liquid moving noises under the hood. What do you think this could be? Thanks. | |||||
| Tire Beads/Liquid | 20Relevance | 6 years ago | RichC | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Own a 2008 Manual Accord. One of the driveshafts bad. Added beads to the tires. Didn't fix, but made more comfortable. What about the balancing liquid? ESCO brands | |||||
| Easy faded headlights restoration procedure | 23Relevance | 5 years ago | DontKnowler | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... polished headlights start noticeably fading again in one year or so. And putting transparent protective coat on the freshly-polished headlights often resulted in this coat peeling off soon. If I remember correctly, in one of his videos Scotty suggested a good solution for the UV-related fading - to cover the plastic, after polishing, with some sort of UV-protective liquid. However this liquid (if I am not mistaken) only protects from UV and does not render any noticeable mechanical protection; neither does it allow to avoid the actual headlights polishing ... | |||||
| Answer to: OEM Oil & Filter any better | 21Relevance | 2 years ago | Oskool | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| According to independent oil filter testing. Toyota oil filters have some of the worst filtering performance. I'm not sure where Brand Ranks bought their Toyota oil filter from. If they bought it off Amazon there's a high probability it's a counterfeit part which would explain the oil filter's poor filtering performance. I like to buy premium oil filters. I'll spend an extra $5 on a premium oil filter that I change once a year. It seems silly not to. The latest oil filter I bought is the Purolator Boss. I might try out the Frame Ultra Synthetic oil filter next since it's available at Walmart and scored well in filtration testing. I also change the oil filter and motor oil every 5,000 miles or once a year, even though on the oil filter box it states the oil filter can go 20,000 miles. If I had a turbo charged vehicle I'd change them both at 3,000 miles due to turbo charged engines having high in-cylinder pressure which wears the piston rings out faster. The turbo charger spins at 20,000+ RPM which wears the motor oil out faster too. For my next oil change I'm switching to Valvoline Restore and Protect full synthetic. The motor oil appears to do a good job keeping the inside of engines clean. Which helps prevent piston rings from sticking. Recently I've learned about certain gas stations selling Top Tier fuel with detergent and fuel injector cleaning additives above the EPA minimum requirements. Toyota recommends running Top Tier fuel in their vehicles, as do other automotive manufacturers. It's important to note that Top Tier fuel is available in all octane levels, including Regular 87 octane. I've come to learn the fuel in a vehicle is just as important as the oil. If the fuel injectors become clogged, the fuel can't atomize and it won't burn. Which leads to what's called cylinder washdown. The unburnt fuel washes all the oil off the cylinder walls which causes the piston rings and cylinder walls to wear down. Once that happens blowby starts to occure, leading to a loss of power. Along with fuel and exhaust gases blowing by the piston rings and going into the oil pan and contaminating thr oil. Leads to accelerated engine wear. | |||||
| Answer to: THE COMBUSTION ENGINE REIMAGINED | 20Relevance | 3 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Please use the search. This has been discussed and posted about,and Scotty made videos. | |||||
| Answer to: 2000 Chevy Silverado 5.3 [ P0300] random misfire | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | jack62 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... "good" cylinders. See if the injector issue follows the coils. "Spark" isn't always "good enough spark". An HEI ignition spark tester forces the ignition coil to produce its maximum output. You need to know if it's doing that. You seem to be wondering if the computer has shutdown those 2 injectors because of severe misfires in those 2 cylinders (to prevent damage to the catalytic converter), or if the injectors themselves are damaged, or if the wiring harness, either from the Ignition battery+ to the injectors, or if the PCM injector drivers to those i ... | |||||
| Answer to: What’s the difference between 4 piston & 6 piston brake callipers? | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Brakes are pistons. So if you can imagine a hydraulic press, or an arm on an excavator... that's what squeezing the rotor and stopping your car. More pistons usually means more surface area, so more braking capacity. If you drive a small, light car, you will notice absolutely no difference unless you're doing time trials on a track. | |||||