rev up your engines, captain bill says Scotty why are
European car so bad in the US, in the UK most cars are either European or Japanese,
I Drive a 15 year old Renault, well it's
because they often sell different models in the United States, take Mercedes as an
example, for years they were more interested in selling
uber high-tech expensive luxury cars in the United States, where in Europe they
use them for taxi cabs and I saw an ice cream truck when I was in London
that was a Mercedes Benz, the same thing with Renault they tried selling higher end
cars and Citroen and they all ended up pulling out of the United
States a long time ago, you're getting run-of-the-mill everyday drivers in
Europe and the UK, and they seem to be more reliable, I've met a guy with the same
thing with a Renault when I was in London and he loved them,
he kept buying them and he liked the cars, but those
are more basic cars, they try to sell the luxury ones the United States
thinking Americans have all kinds of money, well and they want a car that
doesn't break, and the luxury cars they were sending over they had a tendency of
breaking down a lot and that's why they're gone they don't sell them here
anymore, Simon Wang says Scotty what's the worst
oil change you've ever done, okay it was years ago, I was changing oil
on a Triumph Spitfire sports car that a woman owned, and I checked the dipstick and
it didn't even read anything, and when I took the oil crankcase bolt out, a coffee
cup of oil that's about it, and when I took the filter housing off, the paper
inside was like cornflakes all mushy, of course it burned a lot of oil and then
the engine was rattling cuz the bearings were shot, she basically ruined the engine
and I said, well you know how often have you
changed the oil and the thing had like 50,000 miles on it and she's never change the oil,
she kept adding it as it burnt but but even then she didn't add it
often enough because there was only a cup left when I drained it out so,
Pinilla says Scotty I have a Saab 900 85, runs perfect but it stinks of petrol
when it stands and stops, no leaks can be found any ideas, does your car smell of
gasoline you can watch that, if you don't see any leaks, that means it's vapor
smell, vapor smells can be very hard to find, of course change the gas cap, the EVAP
system it's the anti pollution system has a
charcoal canister, and if you go near that and you smell it and
that's leaking, then replace the charcoal canister and the vapor vent, that's what
often leaks on those things as they age, they just get old and the old system
breaks and the valve sticks open, and then it's just vents it directly in the
atmosphere when it's supposed to hold it and reburn it in the engine so check
that first, drip City says, does anyone here know how to fix dashboard lights
that don't work, sometimes they work sometimes they don't I need help, ok the
dashboard lights are built into your entire dash module, so the first thing is
you say they're coming on and off what you want to do is pull the dash out, usually
just a few clips they pop out and then there's four screws the whole thing
comes out, you want to check the connector that connects it for the main
wires, that can get dirty or corroded, spray it with some spray electrical
cleaner put it back on, and also you got a dimmer switch right, well sometimes
those dimmer switches go bad, so what you might want to do is, turn the dimmer
switch a little bit one side or the other, and then if it stops dimming and
then brightening and then nothing at all, you know that that switch is breaking
down, and you can either just buy that switch, or if your cheapskate like me, you
can cut the two wires that go to the switch, and then just splice them
together and it'll have full power all the time, I've done that many times, new
edge Mustang says hey Scotty you got me into this 98 Lexus
is it worth it to find some old factory seats to replace
or get aftermarket, that thing is too old, it's 21 years old the seats are
gonna be worn, you go to a junkyard they're gonna be all beat-up, if you
really like them, do what my customers do, just find a place that reupholster seats
there's lots of guys that do it, they're not cheap but the good guy does a really
good job, if they're leather you have a leather guy do it, if it's fabric then have
a fabric guy do it, you can get it redone,
there are a lot of custom made seat covers that look excellent, I've used
many over the years, now for a excellent one that's custom-made for your car,
you're gonna pay at least 150 bucks per seat cover they're not cheap, those can
look excellent if you get the custom one that's made for your car, or see what the
redo charge is, there's only four bolts holding each in, it's not hard
taking it out giving somebody the seat Richard Bradley says Scotty I thought you
died, yes the rumors of my death have long been
around you know, hey I'm only 65 years old, my great grandfather conked out when
he was 95 and he only did that because he had pneumonia, if he didn't get pneumonia
he probably would have lasted even longer
you know, if you keep busy and keep your mind active who knows how long you're
gonna last, I see people dropping like flies around
me, they retire then a few years later they're dead, you got to keep yourself
going, do something you like doing, I love doing this I have fun helping people all
over the world out, I mean you can't beat what I'm doing, so I don't plan on dying
anytime soon, so if you never want to miss another one of my new car repair
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