Rev up your engines, edwin says scotty would you say that snap-on
tools are worth the price, no not really, a lot of times, you know everything is made
in different places, they were always decent tools but they were always overpriced too,
and with the internet now you can get tools much better prices just about anywhere,
you know their, it's just a deal that they travel to the mechanic's shops and so the
mechanics see it as an easy way to get tools they don't have to go anywhere and if they
do a lot of business with the guy they give him credit and of course there's an interest
on top of it and they make money off that too,
there's many other places you can get quality tools at a fraction of the price that snap
on charges for them, nascar 1998 says scotty what are your thoughts
on a 2007 ford fusion with a v6 180,000 miles, the fusion back then that's when ford owned
volvo and they had a lot of volvo technology a they ride nice, they run nice, their pretty
decent cars, now 180,000 miles is a 180,000 miles, it's a lot of mileage if you were thinking
about buying one, have it checked out by a mechanic first, because there's so many things
that can be hidden and with these fancy little scan tools we have, this may be a little scan
tool it's about $1,000 but it does a whole bunch of stuff and the mechanic says, hey
you know it's a decent car now, buy it but don't pay much, because the resale value of
that ford with that many miles being that old isn't that much,
your not going to pay much for the vehicle, and if it runs good and you don't pay much
you never know it can be a fun car, on the other hand I would not buy that car if you
think, I'm going to buy that and I'm going to put
20,000 miles a year on it, that would be foolish because then it's going to have problems and
you're going to be throwing a lot of money at it and it really wouldn't be worth throwing
that kind of money into it, rich owl says scotty I got a 2011 subaru forester,
there's a burning smell coming from the engine, can't see any smoke and the belt seems to
look good, 9 times out of 10 it's a leaking valve cover gaskets, when the valve cover
gaskets leak, then oil gets on the exhaust manifold and then you smell it, because it
gets on them, now a lot of times it won't even smoke, but the oil on the exhaust gets
hot and smelly and you can really see it so, what you want to do is, look at the valve
covers first and when you are looking for oil leaks, I got a video, finding and fixing
car oil leaks, it's a real easy thing, you get one of these uv leak dye kits for like
$25, you put the uv dye in the engine oil, run it around the block and then you put on
these funky yellow sunglasses the kit comes with and the uv light and when you see the
green dye leaking out you know what's leaking out, it will pinpoint any kind of leak in
any car, I'm always using them when I'm working on customers cars,
that one gamer says scotty I got a 302 v8 in my garage, I'm thinking about buying a
foxbody 4 cylinder and swapping it with a 5 liter should I go at it,
ok you know realize if you're going to swap it a lot of stuff has to be changed from a
4 cylinder to a v8, if you live in an area where to car is old enough and it doesn't
have emissions inspection, like here in Texas if it's more than 25 years old it doesn't
have to pass emission anymore, go right at it because it will be street legal, all it
has to do is pass the inspection for safety not for emissions,
so if that's the case, yeah a lot of guys will do that in Texas, but if you live in
a place like California where it's got to stick to emissions, it would be too much hassle
for you to make all the emissions for the v8 go for what the 4 cylinder has on it, I
mean it can be a real rats nest, like I say if you don't have to do the emissions test
go right ahead you could have some fun with it,
jones says hey scotty what are your thought on a 1985 pontiac fiero 2.5 iron duke with
a 5 speed manual, it has 80,000 miles, ok those are odd cars, some people love those
fieros, they like the way they look, their kind of an interesting wedge shape, and since
it's the 2.5 iron duke engine, it can last a long time, it's not a racing car,
you know they went to those iron dukes because before that they had those horrible aluminum
ones where the engines just ate the aluminum up and burnt oil like mad, but the iron duke
engines actually could last a long time, you know they were never all that popular
and they stopped making them, because they didn't have much horsepower, but it's a manual
transmission so at least you can get the most power out it that you can shifting it by hand,
and if you like the look of the car, just don't pay a lot of money if your buying one
because it will never be a true collectors item that's worth a bunch of money, it was
just an econo box car when it was made to make it look a little sporty, but if you like
it and it runs good, why not buy it, it can be a fun toy,
so if you never want to miss another one of my new car repair videos, remember to ring
that bell!