Here's Why This Type of Engine Oil Can Destroy Your Car

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rev up your engines, furnan Martinez and he says Scotty can you mix different oil brands if it's the same time, for example 5w30, can I mix them as long as their the same type but different brands, well you can because you're not changing the viscosity or anything, I wouldn't make a point of doing that all the time, because each manufacturer generally have different additives to the oil, it's better not to gamble with wondering which additives are in the oil that's in your car, it's better to kind of leave them to be exactly the same, now of course here even I am guessing, they don't tell you what's in them, that's their trade secrets you know, so you never really know what's in the oil their not telling you everything, and they say well that's a trade secret what's in it I remember one time years ago a friend of mine was a chemical engineer and he was showing me some of the patents for some of the different oils and boy he read them to me and it made no sense at all, I mean they had such a weird language that you couldn't understand what they put in the thing so your never actually going to know but it's not a good idea to make a point of mixing them all the time, I mean yeah sure you're a quart low on oil and you're at a store or you're at a gas station, yeah you can use the same as long as it's the same viscosity you can use another one, but it's better to always stick to the same oil just because nobody really knows what additives are in the different ones and they won't tell you, mad lever 25 says Scotty what do you think of Ford's coyote 5 liter double overhead cam v8 engine is it reliable and the f-series trucks and Mustang, oh yeah you know the 5 liter that's a good engine, yeah some people have beefs here and there because you understand you get double overhead cam v8 5 liter and you put in the Mustang, guys generally beat the heck out of them, they're getting that big engine because they want to drive like maniacs, and if you drive like enough maniac you can break anything if you really drive it fast enough you know I'll give you an example from the motorcycle world, I used to have a Suzuki 750 and it was a screaming motorcycle, I never had a problem with the engine or anything in it at all, it was a unbelievable motorcycle, but I know people that blew the engines up, now I mean I was maybe driving at tops 130 140 miles an hour, some guys out there were driving it as fast as they could go 180 or something, yeah you just keep it as fast as it goes for as long as you can eventually something will blow up, there's no arguing that, those are good engines and the Coyotes they're really good engines, but like anything else, if you beat the heck out of it eventually something's gonna break if you take care of them and maintain it, you can generally get many years of life out of those things, Jason Kenney says hey I just bought a used 2006 Toyota Avalon with 79,000 miles, underneath around the CV axle there's grease, what should I do, all cars that are front-wheel drive now they got to half shafts the CV shafts, one on the left and one on the right side, and when there's grease around them, that means that the rubber boot has broken somehow it's cracked and the grease is coming out, in the olden days we mechanics used to get them and we take them apart, and if they made any noise and they were worn, then we'd have to replace the CV joint itself and put it back on an axle which was a pain in the butt, but these days with aftermarket parts available they're really reasonably priced, we just replace all the axle assembly because then you get new joints and a new rubber boots everything's new, and on that thing a 2006 toyota, last time I bought one cost me like 75 bucks for the whole new unit, so we just replace the whole thing, now if it doesn't make any noise yet, you can drive it a while that way, but once it starts to make a noise clanking and stuff then you got to replace the whole thing, so if you plan on keeping a long time just replace the whole thing now, Jorge Santos he says Scotty what do you think of a Buick LeSabre 2003 with 70,000 miles, it's in great shape they want 3,400 I think I can get them down to three grand, I'm not a GM fan but hey, there were okay cars it's got the v6 engine in it, if you can get it for three grand with 70,000 miles it's not that much mileage, it could be a good car to knock around in, what the heck I mean for that kind of money these days you're not gonna get all that much, you know if you're gonna pay 3 grand and you're looking at a Toyota or something you're gonna have to get one that's really old with high mileage and stuff, that's not that bad a deal for that kind of money, have it checked out by mechanic anyway because you can't trust anybody, have him put his little scan tool and I mean the scan tools that we mechanics have had, hey they can't hide anything, we put it in and we got reams of data to analyze, and the fancy tools like the one I have it's color coded, so it's green yellow red, meaning Green is good, yellow as marginal, Red is bad, so we look through everything fast for the colors, and we look at the yellow and red if any exist and check what shape the car is in, so you're not gonna get ripped once a mechanic check it out,and it could be a good car, so if you never want to miss another one of my new car repair videos, remember to ring that Bell!
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Channel: Scotty Kilmer
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Keywords: car, car advice, car diy, car engine, car engine oil, car repair, cars, changing engine oil, comparing engine oils, different engine oils, diy, engine, engine oil, engine oil brand comparison, engine oil brands, engine oil explained, engine oil myths, engine oil test, how to check engine oil, motor, motor oil, oil, oil change, oil change scams, repair, scotty kilmer, the truth, the truth about engine oil, truth, what's in engine oil, here's why, destroy car, destroy
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Length: 5min 12sec (312 seconds)
Published: Fri Mar 08 2019
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