Rev up your engines, zolton says scotty what do you think about
switching to thicker oil for older engines, high mileage,
that's ok on older engines, when I was a younger mechanic we did that all the time,
let's say somebody had an old chevy 350 v8 and it was burning a quart of oil every 300-400
miles, if you put a thicker oil it would burn less oil, those were simple engines they were
v8's they had pushrods they didn't have overhead cams, it's alright to do that,
you can't do that with real modern ones that have variable valve timing and cam phasers
and all that stuff, because you got to have the thinner oil for
all that stuff to work or it won't even work right, and you can wear the engines out early
by putting a really thick oil, but for the old engines we were always doing that, and
if you're talking about antiques like the ones that aren't even overhead valves that
have the valve in the block yeah everybody always puts thicker oil in those things,
scotty I got a 03 malibu with a loud noise in the front end, is that a bearing sound,
well you got to figure out if it is, and here's a pretty easy way of telling most of the time,
your driving down the road say going 40-50 and do it early morning Sunday or something
when there's nobody on the road, and you hear the noise and gradually drive to the left,
and if you gradually go to the left and the noise gets louder it's the left front wheel
bearing because your loading it then, now let's say it kind of gets less but then when
you steer to the right the noise gets louder then it's the right front bearing that's going
out, and if it's in the back you get a little bit of that same thing but for that you really
need 3 other people in your car, roll all the windows down and have them all stick their
heads out and if somebody says it's louder on the left rear then you know it's the left
rear, usually it is bearings that are making noise,
but by turning it going at a higher speed you can really tell, because let's say it's
a bearing going out on your water pump or your alternator, turning it won't effect the
noise, but turning it will effect the noise when it's a wheel bearing because then it
loads the wheel more to the side your turning to and it will make more noise,
Ruben says is paying $90,000 for a great condition 1969 dodge charger worth it, your getting
to a different level there, now if you want to get a 69 charger and pay
that kind of money you want a guy like me to check it out first, because it's got to
be all original, it's got to have all matching part numbers, can't have any frame damage,
it would still have to have the original paint job on it and look good too, because when
you're paying that kind of money it has to be a unique car, I've got a friend that's
got a 1957 Chevy Bel Air it's worth a fortune because it's still got the plastic cover for
the rear seats, now the paint is original, some of it's a little off but it's still original,
the chrome on the windows that go up and down on the top it's still there, and it's got
a little bit of corrosion on it but it's original and for that kind of money you got to have
everything original, if the engine has been changed or the transmission has been changed
it's not worth that because it's not original anymore,
now some guys when they swap them out and they keep all the original parts like the
original engine and transmission, hey then you could think about it because you still
got all the original stuff that could be put back in it if somebody wants to do that but
if you don't have all the original parts it's not worth that kind of money,
anthony says scotty huge fan, me and my wife have a 2016 vw beetle, we're thinking about
adding some lowering spring what's your opinion, now I'm not a fan of the later model beetles
they had all kinds of problems and they don't make them anymore, they stopped making them,
if you want to do it, do whatever you want, what the heck play around with it that's what
I say on that, you know it's virtually worthless car, they don't make it anymore so if you
try to sell it your not going to get anything for it, so if you want to play around with
it and lower it, go ahead and do whatever you want,
you know I mean if you want it as a toy, keep it as a toy and do whatever you want because
it's not like the car is ever going to worth any money, because they stopped making them
and when they stop making them the value of the car goes down, it was a mass produced
car, it wasn't like a car that they only make 800 of them and one day it will be worth $100,000,
that's never going to happen, so why not you want to play around with lowering it, just
have a pro do it, just don't you know guess with stuff, take it to a pro who does that
stuff all the time and they'll know which kits to put in it, how to set the front up
with the rear and how to align it correctly, because it will ride like crap when you lower
it, but it will handle a lot better and if you want better handling go right ahead and
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