Customer States: Great Car! 😕Mechanic Condemns…needs major overhaul!

Honestly if shops started encouraging their mechanics to video themselves that would be a huge selling point.

Always be polite to the machines. The uprising could happen at any time.

You do know Ford Owned part of Mazda for a very very long time. They shared tech. And it was a Great Relationship.. Next go look up the TSB for this.. They have one for the Faulty Oil Sender... Next time save us all some time and go to the TSB's First. !. And keep making Vids! You rock.

Hey Ray I would like to tell you that I've been a mechanic for 60 years my friend doing exactly what you do for a living and I quit still when the cars were new I I quit in 04 and I want to tell you something I think you're a damn fine mechanic in fact I watch you too much I've been watching you for months you can work on my car any day my friend I'm serious and I would hire you I retired like I said several years ago and I still work on my own car and I still have my tools from when I did it for 60 years and I want to tell you something my friend you tell your fans out there that I say I see what a good mechanic you are in fact sometimes I wonder is he going to yes he does and I'm proud of you young man I'm 76 years old thank you so much for showing me they're still good caring mechanics out there God bless you young man take care. William Eckert

The water pump died because it was running dry after the hose burst and smoked itself. The massive oil leak is from gasket shitting itself after the overheating condition...pretty common for oil leaks after overheating. It may not just be a head gasket, one of the heads could easily be warped and need decking. The reality is whoever did the coolant lines probably won't accept responsibility and it's very hard to win a civil suit against them. One oversight on a $1 hose clamp totalled out this vehicle.

Previous shop either misdiagnosed the cooling system issue (new radiator) or botched the repair. Loose hose clamp-loss of coolant, air locked cooling system-needs bleeding/burping, bad water pump? Any one of those could cause this engine to overheat and blow the head gasket. Time to go back and insist they make things right, if no satisfaction then threaten a lawsuit. Even a small settlement will help replace this car.

This is the first video I’ve watched from this channel and I’m impressed with this mechanic. I like the way he vocalizes while he works, and I don’t think that’s just for the camera. He treats the car he’s working like it’s a living thing. Even though it’s low end old little car, he gives it respect. Now I think I’ll watch some others.

I was a shade tree mechanic from way back in High School when hardly any students had a car. If you had a car, you were a ‘king’. I had a ‘57 Chevrolet that required a LOT of work during the week to get it ready for “Date Night-Party Night”. I would look at the engines of today’s cars and was clueless. BUT NO MORE thanks to this channel and Ray’s expertise which has already saved me over $500 that the ‘shop’ wanted to change the plugs on my 2007 Corolla. I have learned a potload about cars because of Ray. And learning new things at 74 y.o. Is awesome!

I limped into my brother's house with a failing transmission on my less than 2 year old 2000 Accord, 350 miles from home. Honda agreed to replace the transmission under warranty, though the car was above the mileage limit. I drove back home in my brother's vintage Mercury Sable while I worked on getting my Accord fixed at the dealer in Raleigh. A month later it was ready and I drove it back to my brother's house before heading home. My brother was following me and just as I pulled into the driveway, transmission fluid was gushing out. Hose clamps to the transmission cooler lines had not been reinstalled properly. I could have fixed the problem myself with a pair of pliers and a couple quarts of transmission fluid, but we had the car towed back to the dealer so they could verify their screw up. A few months later I found a large bolt in my driveway that looked like it came from my car. Sure enough, it was a bolt from the bell housing to the engine.😠

Reminds me of an old story from my mechanic days. We just closed and I see this car driving towards the shop misfiring bad and smoke pouring out from the engine bay. Open the hood and it's like a mushroom cloud, when the steam clears I see a melted coolant overflow container and a burnt to a crisp upper radiator hose. No compression in the middle two cylinders of the Mitsubishi four banger. The head was warped so bad when sitting on a flat surface the middle had about 1/8" gap. But the best part of the story is how this happened. The guys daughter was driving and the coolant temp light came on. She did what her father taught her to do and pulled over and turned it off. She called her dad and by the time he got there it had cooled down and was running ok. So he gave her his car and decided to drive the daughter's car to the shop a few miles away. About half way the temp light comes on and not following his own advice continues on because it's not that much farther. About two blocks away it started misfiring then smoking and still he continued on because he's almost there, can't be too bad..... That was the most expensive repair bill in all my time working as a mechanic.

I wish my speed shop would record all of their work for me like this. These are great videos. I would honestly pay double labor in order to get a video of all of the work at the end of it!

What excellent filming of even the almost inaccessible areas,the explanation too is excellent giving both the probable faults and a suggestioin of the error/failure. This would be a great training video of HOW a diagnosis is made. Excellent production.

I've got my late father's 1996 4 cylinder Camry. 250,000 kilometres (155,000 miles) and it still drives beautifully and I use it as my daily driver. I still use Dad's mechanic as he knows the car. The value of the car is $200. So what - I have heating, air conditioning, cruise control and a car that never misses a tick in engine or trans.

Gotta love how coolant comes in every color of the rainbow now. It's so festive!

I hate when some mechanic take advantage of customers and just throw parts at a problem. It takes a real tech to diagnose the problem and fix it correctly. Thank you Ray for going the profession some hope

One thing I taught my wife - A RED LIGHT on dash ALWAYS means STOP DRIVING ASAP. Oil, brakes, alternator etc. Obviously, even if the hose failed, the owner did not care enough to stop driving it before it became permanent damaged.

Damn you Ray! You got me saying “click” every time I tighten something. Now I’m going to have myself calibrated.

What is it so hard to find a good honest mechanic like Ray?

It could be determined that leaving that hose off would have damaged that motor and there could be a claim in court that leaves the liability on the dealership, of course the dealership could deny that they left the hose off but there is very good evidence that that is not true, as they did leave the hose off. The bottom line is obviously the person that owns the car doesn't have the money to fix the negligence of a dealership mechanic, this is your typical dealership nonsense that puts a hard-working customer with no way out.

Have you thought of letting your customers know about your youtube channel? This way they can see that you, unlike many other mechanics, are legit, honest and truthful. Just a thought.