Customer States & Mechanical Fails [The Best of 2023]
Customer States & Mechanical Fails
This is a compilation of the best customer states and Mechanic Fails clips from 2023!
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These videos are intended to be both educational and entertaining.
WARNING: This video is only for entertainment purposes. If you rely on the information portrayed in this video, you assume responsibility for the results. Have fun, but always think ahead, and remember that every project you try is at YOUR OWN RISK.
The engine working while being installed😬. It brings the expression “IT RAN WHEN INSTALLED” to a whole new level😮 How can you dispute that?!😑
Customer: Make sure the engine is running before you install it. The tehnician:
I'm STILL wondering how in the hell they got it running, then kept it running for the install. On top of that, I gotta wonder how they kept all their fingers and body parts. If I didn't see it running, I'd call someone a lying sack of shit if they said it could be done, but welcome to the end of 2023, where someone made it happen, AND they video taped their idiocy. Makes me worry about next year, cause they ain't getting smarter, that's for sure.
@@justincooper5189Idiocracy in real life, not the movie.
@@justincooper5189and all the visible fumes
This is an old Mercedes Benz engine. When everything else is already broken, but the engine runs.
"How many RPMs it should be when it is idle? " "Zero because it is not going anywhere..." The lady has a point.
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but bro you heard him "you gotta have RPMS "LMAO
That's like having no heartbeat because you sleep.
you KNOW that is an argument You do NOT want to have with her.
That one hurt but the one at 15:36 hurt my soul to its very core, honestly would piss me off so much if someone did that to me. If they did that and made me go through the whole engine bay just to find nothing anywhere and then tell me Id honestly cut them off. If they did it and told me after I was like aw crap and then looked for like a minute or two then I’d be fine but he lowered the lift down which takes a minute and was looking all over the place, she literally didn’t care about something he poured hours of hard work in
The "battery has to be jumped" and the scooter, perfection!
Was I hallucinating, or was dude trying to jump a battery with a volt-meter?
@@charlieschuder9976It looks like he has a volt meter sitting there when he said 'my charger'.
The last ''guy'' has more potential than the kid with the filter wrench!
Are you telling me that leverage principle doesn't work like that and I don't have to fk up my wrists every time I change my filter? damn.
Actually doing better than the first guy , First guy - Something missing / Last Guy - Put this in there . WIN I know who I want working on my car.
I dunno, someone monkeyed with it.
🤣@@user-bq4un2zx1s 🤣
The bracelets and marvel tattoos says it all
0:55 rabbit forgot traction control
Drag slicks on a dirt track.
The ol' cartoon 'feets don't fail me now!' bit 🤣
@@NeSeeger LMAO
That rebar cage is actually not a bad idea. Kudos to that guy coming up with his own solution. Just a shame the dude needed his transmission worked on
Good welding job, but it's not effective. An angle grinder can get through rebar almost as fast as the exhaust pipe.
@@TelogorYes, but would they cut through enough rebar or find another vehicle?
@@Telogor Rubbish
@@TelogorAlso... hopefully the sound of them doing this would attract someone BEFORE they could accomplish their mission...
Yeah except it was done to a dodge frame and not one coat of paint on those welds, it’ll fall off on its own in a year 🤣
Remember folks, put oil in your engine or you will have engine in your oil.
The guys at 10:55 - "These old diesel Benzes will run forever! No, seriously, how do you get it to shut off? We've tried everything..."
I worked as a brake mechanic back in the early 80's, I thought I had seen some wild stuff coming into our shop but holy smokes. Used to scare the crap out of me to know that there were so many cars out on the road, running with no brakes... and then I see this crazy shit. damn!
Some how they make it to the shop ???
Makes me grateful we have mandatory (technical) vehicle control in a garage at least every 2nd year, though a hazzle and expensive, it sure beats having wrecks driving around on the roads.
Yeah people seemed to have a bit more common sense in the 80s and 90s. Although, we have a lot more available to us today so maybe they're the same.
I like the last one at the end where they let the customer help out with that tap. 😂
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Customer? I thought he was the apprentice 😂
That's what a grease monkey looks like.
Monkey see. Monkey do.
Highly Trained Monkeys are working on your problem. 🙈🙉🙊
The last clip shows that garage has the finest talent employed in their shop!
the garage must be paying peanuts.... 😂
Must have been from the Gas Monkey Garage.
Top notch grease monkey at work.
Installing an engine while it's running is like open heart surgery 🤣
That's what Dr. Red Duke [famous doc from Houston] said when asked why heart docs make SO much more money than mechanics saying the engine had to be running during the process. I guess some mechanics took that challenge LOL
Well, nothing is worse than finding out AFTER you get the engine installed that it won’t start.
LOVE the brilliant examples of why it's necessary in my country to either complete a five year apprenticeship or pass a trade test to become a qualified mechanic 😄
Or, how about to operate a car on the roadway?
you can become a doctor in five years. If you are slow - a really good nurse. All better paid and cleaner jobs than a mechanic., Then again, they do require more IQ.
@@Ludak021 incorrect
@@Ludak021 you can become a doctor in -five- 9-16 years
True. 4 years undergrad, 40 years med school, and 4 years doing residency. It's a grind.@@ScrewFlanders
That Rebar undercarriage mess is insane
Look on the bright side, though: at least nobody'll be able to steal the car since the transmission doesn't work!
It probably adds a lot for stability though!
It would have been nice touch to have some concrete with all that rebar.😂
Someone put a lot of time and effort into that. And I'm sure it will help stop cat thieves. Unfortunate that it also stops mechanics.
Think about how much weight it added to the car. Like the other car with the cement or whatever all over the undercarriage.
The Brake Cleen and rabbit ones got me laughing first
If the old guy starts video taping you on his phone with a smile on his face.. maybe stop and check what you’re doing.
That cat in a coil spring was pretty epic 😂
I wonder if you could put a bunch of rotational torque on that before welding it just to fk up anyone stealing it with a cut off wheel...
@@ryanjohnson3615 Yikes 🤣
@@ryanjohnson3615I wonder if the spring will fly when the cat is cut. Should at least weld some spikes or projectile to it.
Yeah, that was one of the ones where I just thought it was a pretty good idea. Those things are tough enough to make it not worth it for thieves.
6:33 had this happening to myself while tightening the headbolts! Had around 80% done when the torx bit for the headbolts fell into the plughole. After thinking how to get the new headgasket saved i've gone fishing with a magnet and was successful! But the moment it happened was short of a heart attack.
Yes, funny, but just get a magnet...
I had a brand new rebuild ran without oil for 2 minutes. OOOPS. Put in oil , changed 2x and ran down 10lbs of oil pressure. STP fixed it. Sold it
@@fladave99 That's fucked.
He already has the scope to see where it is. A magnet would do the trick.
@@Cheepchipsableyeah I'm a bit confused on his reaction? By the way he reacted you'd think he was installing the last plug with it running.
0:33 That trunk slammed so hard that it knock off the license censor right off. 🤣
I use Premiere Pro to edit the videos, and it has a feature that tracks objects. The truck moved so fast that the censored frame couldn't keep up the pace. 🤣I noticed that after I uploaded the video. 😄😄
If you weren't planning on having a dead body in the trunk, you may just have one in it after you open it.
I guess now we'll see the consequences of not censoring it at all 🤷🏻♂️
0:32 The trunk was so fast even the Censorbar flew off!
Haha! I noticed that!
4:08 ENGINE DABLOONS!!! OIL TREASURE!!
my favourites aren't the customers, it's the apprentice mechanics being stupid
"Volkswagen takes TWELVE quarts of oil?" he asks. LOL. No, buddy, she takes FOUR. On the bright side of things, he didn't underfill it.
That mechanic at 20:10 has a good eye.
That's WHY it's a requirement for mechanics to complete an apprenticeship.
for real, i love seeing a learning moment in action. everyone's had them lol
1:45 i love how the guy in the background pauses for a sec, thinks to himself, then shrugs and lets the hazing continue
If you haven't grabbed an oil filter the wrong way with a filter wrench, you haven't changed enough oil. 🤣😂
the first time i changed my own oil, it was on a car i had just bought (used) and the previous owner had seriously overtightened it. i didn’t put the oil filter wrench close enough to the base so the jaws went completely through (i was using all the strength i could muster bc i thought it wasn’t loosening bc of being overtightened, not realizing i didn’t grab the right area). by the time i realized i seriously fucked up, the oil filter was way too fucked up for me to be comfortable driving it to a shop. i ended up having to use welding gloves & take it off by hand. 0/10
I've had to loosen some oil filters like that before. I wish car designers would put a bit more thought in where to put the oil filters some times.
Some of the cat protections are kind of awesome.
Theresa company that make them to-fit vehicles.
I was thinking that coil spring was a good idea until I realized it was welded to the body and the exhaust.
So the one with the filter pliers, you can use them like that, but only when you can’t use them the proper way, specifically on older Tacomas
He a little confused but he got the spirit
I think the point was he didn't understand leverage. While funny for a moment, I really hope guys like that get some guidance as to what they are doing wrong and why.
"we've been trying to contact you due to your cars extended warranty" got me dead
Those dogs' faces at 13:00 are priceless. Even they are looking at him like, "Stop being so cheap, bro. I live for car rides but i want out of this death trap"
And the passenger's slide eyeing: "Uh, should I be concerned? Should I maybe... put my seatbelt on?"
6:30 apparently this guy hasn’t heard of a magnet
that will be very hard with a magnet but absolutely worth trying . the problem is trying to grab it by the end when it is lying flat. maybe first some coat hanger wire to stand it up.
Yes magnet for something metal IN A ALL METAL ENVIRONMENT
Double hubcap guy is a freaking genius. I'll bet 1000 bucks it cause be let's his wife drive it mainly and doesn't want his actual hubcaps destroyed when he has to drive it. Though they weren't messed up....I bet he's not taking the chance.
Actually it's a factory feature. It's not a double wheel cover, it's a protective cover that just happens to match the wheel. I've seen this same feature on dodge chargers, I guess to protect the wheels from the inevitable curb rash.
They're called wheel skins. They fit perfectly over the factory wheel to protect from curb rash.
It's not inevitable @@thomasmiddlebrooke1012
I would still get them if I was letting my wife drive, she's really bad at parking.
Why do you think he’s a genius, do you think he invented them or made them himself or something? It’s literally a factory future you doofus, you probably get amazed at jingling keys
7:35 Hate to say it but those headlights actually look better than some actual oem ones! I bet they light up the road well too.
well, they are actual OEM lights from a 2008 silverado
As Moog once said, "Does that fit my Honda?"
I'll be the first to admit. Im not very good at keeping up with the maintenance on my vehicles. But im also not ignorant. I know what I can ignore, what I have to keep an eye on, and what needs addressed immediately. Unfortunately there are too many people driving all around me every day who don't understand this. Some are driving death traps ready to kill themselves and others around them. Some are going to have a very high repair bill soon. And others will be sending their vehicles to the scrap yard soon.
Never fails to have a mechanic friend!
ya, I'm surprised that there aren't more people killed in traffic in the US, if you look at the state of those cars. Where i live, our cars have to be checked from A to Z every 2 years, if there is the slightest thing wrong with stearing, suspension, brakes, lights, co2 or rust issues, the car will fail. Thank god im a certified self taught home mechanic, lol
I forgot to put the plug-in after draining the oil once, but it didn’t take me that long to notice. Either way I didn’t have enough oil and had to wait for someone to go to the store for me.
I made the terrible mistake of cross threading the drain plug on my mom's Toyota Rav4. Had to get a new oil pan...😑
I was installing a brand-new ZZ454 in a '54 Chevy 3400 once...we were getting it ready to crank and I had to dump the break-in oil out and replace it with regular oil. Everything's going fine: I drain the oil into the pan, dump it into a 5-gallon can, and go back to work. We'd just gotten the freshly-painted front clip bolted on, so I was laser focused on getting the new oil into the valve cover. Finished the first bottle when I stepped down from my work stool only to find... ...5.1 quarts of premium Valvoline on the floor. Took me about 4 hours to clean up!
12:55 The poor dogs are like, "Are you going to get this POS fixed jackass?"
what kind of problem even causes that? Struts? worn out tires?
@JPOFett It is called death wobble, found most often in Ford and Jeep four wheel drives. Most often caused by worn out side to side shock between front tires.
That trunk lid is awesome!
15:15 when atomic green is LIFE
@13:56 I bet the frame has no rust at all. Quality rust proofing.
What is all that gunk on the undercarriage? He said it was from a steel mill but looked more like concrete.
The quality of mechanics nowadays is unbelievable. No wonder it costs so much to get your car fixed, they have to do it twice
Utah is making an effort to make it so it’s easier to pass mechanics programs and it’s completely stupid, we have enough bad technicians as is
LoL the statement the battery has to be jumped had me rolling.
The like bar glowing up when this video said “be sure to smash the like button” was pretty cool, didn’t know KZhead did that
I transposed two numbers on an oil filter once when in a rush, (it's always when in a rush...) and as it turned out these filters were very similar, though slightly different which I put down to being a different brand. Felt a bit odd going on so I got someone else to check and it all seemed fine. Motor idles for a while and we do a few other small things. As the vehicle is being reversed out for delivery, and the engine revs, I see a smallish puddle under the car and a heavy stream of oil trailing behind it. I manage to catch the drivers attention and we later discover the oil filter popped of under higher than idle pressure due to being a slightly different thread. 🤦 Luckily no damage done except a huge mess of about 8 litres of oil and we happened to have the correct filter available.
I lost it when the battery had to be jumped😂😂😂😂
The old springs over the catalytic convertor is actually kind of genius...
Thank you for all the good times and joy you given me. When I need a good laugh I find one of your videos and think look at these idiots and I feel better. Keep up the good work.
17:07 had this happen to me on my 06 Magnum RT. That was 50$ dollar lesson. No damage I shut it off as soon I saw the puddle.
6:16 oil pressure *vroom look it works *vroom again nevermind 😂😂
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@@Carhax :) I love these videos lol
people never cease to amaze me!
mechanics need to make buddys with doctors more ...i have a hole set of medical clamps and graspers that can do amazing work to pull out stuff from hard to get spots
I discovered this from building model kits. A vast array of tools from various medical professions have been adapted in that and other hobbies.
5:55 i think someone is tired of getting their wheels stolen 😂😂
@1:30 I work in swimming pool service and those tools work perfectly on various PVC unions! When torque is applied in the right way, of course😉
Great tip! I'll forward this message to the guy in the video. 😄
Mostly to loosen- don't usually want to torque down PVC unions with tools.
That blue mustang made me literally yell out EUUUUOOOOOO That dude with the red car just ordered the wrong headlights and said send it haha
Happy New Years
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i can't believe these guys knocked a hole in the wall to get the axle out.
Common solution. Time is money
@@The_Ballo spoken like a true hack
Why and how is that engine running when they are putting it in the car?
Happy New Year , Carhax!
Happy new year!🎊
Batterie has to be jumped got me actin a fool...😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao omg this had me going. My dad and I absolutely LOVE ur video's. I can't wait for what the new year brings hahahaha. My father taught me how to work on cars when I was 4yrs old. It's hard to date a guy when u can show him up on fixing them lol. Thank u so much for these Dimond video's ❤❤❤❤
I'm so glad you guys liked it! Happy New Year! 🎆🎊
15:07 wow oil thats matches the color of the oilpan
There are two videos: the first one is with the red block, and red ‘oil’ came out of it. The second one is the one with the green oil pan with green oil coming out the drain 🔌 🤣
I think the red car with the headlights was going for a Mr. Krabbs theme. It’s just unfinished. 😂
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@ 10:23 i tought that George Clooney is repairing breaks now a days :D
19:17 lmao, i don't know why the wipers going mach 300 was so funny to me
sounds like a helicopter
0:38 - that actually happened to me once :D Sprayed way too much brake clean down in the pit and felt pretty woozy :D
19:20 These wipers getting the raindrops before they hit the windscreen 😅
Those air bags fûckin almost killed me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the expletive! I'll bet you talk just like you type! you should have added a Bruh!
Maybe a dumb question, but why would you try to lower a running motor into the car to be mounted? Wouldn't it be safer if you didn't have to worry about any fingers or loose bits and bobs ending up in the spinny bits? Looking at the clip at 10:55
Just a gag.
sometimes it works by itself but stops working after you install it and tight all the nuts and bolts LOL
just the fine art of soviet engineering
2:20 When "GoFast, TurnLeft" drivers get sick of the game and finally retire.
1:23 🤣😂 That opossum had the same look we all get when we hear that!
This the greatest vid you posted yet, Carhax! BTW that custom BMW automatic trunk lid @ 0:30 was beauty, and such brilliant engineering too, do you suppose that feature comes standard or is it optional equipment?
4:26 I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@ 8:58 That's got to be a Michigan road. Thanks Gretchen!
I left Michigan around 22 years ago- the roads were like the lunar surface, then, especially in and around Detroit.
The very last video of the mechanic in Detroit turning the bolt was pretty funny. Thanks guys, always funny. !!!!
That's some impressive 90° angle work on that Toyota Chrysler Nissans exhaust! Also, I kinda like that double gas pedal for the brake riders in my area.
5:29 Imagine Trying to Drive the Car Like this On the Highway.
17:23 happened to me once... The oil filter plastic carter was completely stuck because the "extra" o-ring moved in a wrong way it won't move at all and I rounded the hex socket (again, made out of plastic). I had to break the thing and use a file to remove the screw-in part out of the engine oil carter...
That jeep with the 20 security lugs guy at the parts counter, or at the sales desk convinced that guy he needed one set for each wheel
Starting the car by unlocking the door is priceless, I've only opened and closed windows that way
0:33 😂🙈 1:13 Nice Hot Cold for Window 🤦♀💀 2:39 🙈💀 5:25 🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤦♀🙈 5:29 Steering wheel slip ring spring for button is broken😂🤦♀ 6:14 CRAZY💀🤦♀He could have killed others 7:00 steel reinforcement😂🤦♀ give stupoid People 7:58 😂🤷♀🤦♀ Rim protection 8:28 Mh 🤤Nutella 9:02 God damn it 💀🤦♀ haha wow funny you Stupdi?! 12:49 The steering wheel must be shaking🙄🤷♀🤦♀ 16:03 How much? YES! 16:34 haha too funny 🙄💀🤦♀ 17:52 Zünschloss Schrott 😂 18:03 OK. 🙈 18:13 Burn Baby BURN!!!!💀
And the 'Best Captions' award goes to... @MasterChief.117🎉
20:08 - and some people say monkeys aren't smart ... i bet this one beats them in IQ.
Priceless!!!
My Christmas wish is that 02-09 Chevy truck owners knew that their dashboard indicators are wonky because the $30-40 worth of stepper motors on the cluster board are in need of replacement. Takes less than an hour to replace them and can be done with simple, affordable, and easy to use tools.
Okay come on now that was just ridiculous a real grease monkey?😂😂😂
He's really good with a monkey wrench.
My guy, get the magnet tool and fish out the socket. Not really that hard.
The coil spring around the cat converter was genius!
The rabbit had no traction lmfao 🤣 he was spinning
Why the heck do they install an engine while it is running?`dafuq?
The customer needed it that afternoon i guess.
@Carhax: Please stop handing out "hearts" to comments from p*rn spam bots… 🤦♂
I used have a 1996 cutlass supreme. I pulled to the side of the road to let an ambulance go by. No one knows how, but a branch managed to pierce my water pump. It amazed my mechanic, easy to fix tough
Some of the best I’ve seen all year
TOYOTA
8:08 well cars……pee now
Cracks me up seeing that kid with the oil filter 🔧 I wonder if he's figured it out yet 😂
That lug but really got me trippy LOL
Thank you 👍
6:35 This is why you stuff rags in the spark plug holes if they will be out for any length of time. Remember the 6 Ps - Prior planning prevents piss poor performance.
Being a mechanic in the US seems like a fun time
That glove box hack was genius! I'll keep that one in the back pocket
Awesome thanks guys
The air bags in the coils 😂😂
It takes floor quarts buddy. I've so had my moments too hahaha!
Great compilation, subbed