rev up your engines, Bruce P says, what do you think about
seafoam does it make an engine last longer, okay I'm not a Seafoam fan I
made a video about, it I'll tell you what I think of seafoam, okay seafoam it's
called seafoam for a reason, because a long time ago like in the 1940s or
whatever, they used it in outboard motor engines that were two-stroke, they had
two strokes, you had to mix the oil with the gas, and the seafoam help clean the
carbon out of the engine, those engines have a tendency of carboning up because
you're mixing the oil and gas, and the oil that burns is gonna create carbon on
the Rings and valves and stuff, so that was very good for that, we drive
four-stroke water-cooled engines in cars today, and that cleaner is not made
for them, any cleaner that you're gonna use, you really want the nitrogen based
cleaners in them, and from what I've read the seafoam does not use those nitrogen
based cleaners, I know that Chevron Techron does, all the big ones that I know of
contain it, they won't tell you what percentage it is, but they contain it, from
what I've read and the research I've done, the
seafoam doesn't contain any of that, it's an expensive additive to put in, and
that's probably why the other manufacturers don't tell you originally
Chevron Techron told you how much of the nitrogen based cleaner was in it, but
they don't tell you anymore so who knows how much is in there, but to my knowledge
the seafoam doesn't have any in it and I don't like it, car asks Scotty should I
use a single electrode spark plug or a multi electric spark plug in my
Volkswagen Golf Mark 5, here's the thing about spark plugs you gotta understand, they
fire a spark, it makes an electric spark that ignites the gasoline, a spark will
always move from one part where the power is to the ground top, to wherever
the closest and most electrically conductive part is, so you got one
electrode that goes, if you got four it isn't gonna fire all
four, it's only gonna fire the one that's the closest that has the least
electrical resistance, so it really doesn't make any difference you know, that's
just the gimmick that they used to put in cars and most of them they don't even use
that stuff anymore
I think they finally realized it was absurd to do it because the electricity
is always gonna jump to the closest one that has the least electrical resistance
that's just how electricity works, you can't change the laws of physics, angel
says Scotty I'm thinking about buying a 91 Jeep Wrangler for 3500 bucks
and it's a straight cylinder with a manual transmission, is it a good buy
okay everybody knows that I hate chrysler products, but that's a 91 jeep
with a straight six and a standard transmission, those were rock-solid
engines and transmissions, i'd buy it if you like that vehicle buy it, you know of
course check and have a mechanic look at it if at all possible to
see if the steel frame is bent, if it's been wrecked or
flooded and stuff, but if it's in decent shape and it's got a manual transmission,
hey those thing can run a really long time
though straight sixes were very good engine, maaco says Scotty what can you
say about Toyota and Honda smaller engines, like 1.4 or 1.6 in terms of
reliability thanks, well they're very reliable engines, Honda's always make
great engines and so has Toyota, now I know as
time goes on, they're gonna end up putting gasoline direct injection and
turbochargers on all of them, and even known for their reliability, they will
wear out faster that's just common sense that's gonna happen, but if you're
talking about the older ones that are just normally aspirated, oh they can last
forever, I mean especially the 1.6 they're good strong engines,
I've had many 1.6 Toyota engines myself and they're just pretty much
indestructible, you can't destroy them they just keep running and running and running,
079 says Scotty what are some good inexpensive
cars that are good for disabled people, minivans are more expense and require
installation of ramps and drive the price even higher, I have a customer who loves
his Toyota Camry who's disabled, it's got giant
trunks in them and they sold millions of them you can use ones that are old still in
pretty good shape, or if you can get a Sienna van, they've made those for years and
years, I had a customer last year sold his Sienna van, it only had like 90,000 miles
which is nothing for them and he only got like a couple grand that's all he
wanted, it had a few dings and stuff on it and that was a great car, he sold it to a
Hispanic guy here that does lawn care he fits all
his equipment and he loves it, Steve bro says Scotty what's your opinion on Chinese
made cars, Chinese used to make really crappy cars
but they're making them better and better
because their factories are the most modern ones in the world their new, robots
are making them, from what I read the biggest problem they have is they have
to pay their workers a ton of money, because most of their workers have to be
qualified engineers who can maintain and reprogram the robots as they break down
and as they need their periodic inspection, so they're whining that their
labor costs are too high, because the robots do most of the work and the guys
that fix they have to know what they're doing,
they don't sell them here yet in the United States, but I suppose one
day they will like everything else, so if you never want to miss another one of my
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