Especially after something goes seriously sideways on them. Have actually said that statement in my professional career as well when the figurative dynamite went off without touching the detonator.
you should be able to take a very close look at the broken part of the tube and see the fresh break in the plastic and the dirty portion that was already cracked.
it was very likely not cracked, just hard and brittle, which is why it broke off suddenly. I have never seen any of them cracked, they always go from good to completely broken off. now, the tubing itself I have seen leaking, but that was usually after someone bent/kinked it and made it split or it got melted from heat. while I don't work on vehicles daily, I have seen many over the last 30+ years and of course broken plenty of the lines and fittings too! ford loved them in the 1990's.
When I started turning wrenches twenty years ago EVAP was the most aggravating issues I had to fix. Watching guys like you has taught me the way to understand, diagnose and properly repair these systems. It was all black magic then but now seems like light work. Thank you for doing what you do and keep up the great work.
Eric, ALL BS aside. Your automotive knowledge is truly topnotch. Your clientele is most fortunate to have someone like you to go to for auto fixes. Just stating the obvious.
It amazes me every time how you are equipped with the right tool to diagnose the problem. Also the way you keep your tools. Still in the box it was shipped in! Not sitting tangled up on a bench somewhere. You are the model for professionalism.
THIS ^^^ Think about the battery maintainer. It's leads are ALWAYS perfectly coiled. Yet he probably uses it several times a day. When he's done, it gets put away, "Not sitting tangled up on a bench somewhere."
Eric I love it! “Why did I switch? Cause Harbor Freight asked me if I wanted a free one” I love that you are so transparent about everything, along with all of your amazing automotive knowledge, you are def one of my all time favorite channels!
Eric and Ivan are my fonts of knowledge and my 'go to' channels. They just have great personalities and approaches and don't talk down to you. That's what keeps me coming back time and time again.
Heat gun is probably too hot? Boiling/boiled water usually works nice. Makes the pipe soft enough to insert the connector. Obviously there are different plastics out there, it might not work all the time.
A few days ago, I read a post of yours saying you were going through old videos and shorten them. May I please request that you rethink that and hopefully decide not too. Some watching your channel need to see where you are hooking things up and explaining the process as you do it, because we are just trying to help ourselves (nonprofessional). If you want to group into a playlist, that's great. Just give it a second thought for the little folks that are trying to take care of our own when possible. Your good at giving instructions and showing how to find the problem as well as fix it. Please don't cut that info out. Thanks.
Wow, this was a feature filled epic. First Eric breaks a car, 😄, then we have not one but two pieces of gear introduced to us. Enjoyable viewing as always, thanks for the videos.
Thanks to you I bought that same Dorman nylon line repair kit several years ago after watching one of your videos. It has saved my ass many times! Highly recommended. Great video.
Manometers are used in the gas industries and diesel engine diagnostics, HVAC, and anywhere very low pressures are used. In the service we had inches of water and inches of mercury using a u-tube for engine diagnostics but this was many years ago.
I got a 08 Silverado with a major evap leak code. Every once in a while, I'll get a tighten gas cap message on the dash. I've replaced the evap purge valves, a new gas cap and everyone of the lines and hoses have been checked in the system. Also replaced the gas as well as checking the tank where the fuel pump is for rust. Everything is all good. I have never put it on a smoke machine. Mr. O I do believe you helped narrow down my issue. I never thought one second to look at the filler neck. Thank You for this Video and several other Videos you have produced.
My 2010 (in my picture) had the pump rust out and countless vent valves go bad. My frame I don't expect to last into next winter being I'm in the rustbelt of Detroit.
Filler necks are a common problem in "the rust belt". I made a paint can smoker from videos on RU-vid and found the leak on my '04 Silverado. Use a LED flashlight.
I went and got a smoke machine from a friend of mine today and tested the system. It is, in fact, the filler neck is rusted out at the overflow elbow. Thanks for everyone's feedback. And Eric for making the video.
I got a '15 Silverado with a evap leak. Done did the gas cap first thing and patted myself on the back thinking I 'solved' the issue. 2 weeks later the code came back. So now I'm gonna pay for the smoke test cause I think you has shown me what the issue will be. Thanks for helping a non-mechanic to be able to know if they are being scammed or not.
I find it amazing that certain components just rust out , when in the good old days it would last the life of your vehicle. Okay, right five years, what was I thinking ! Have a good day.
After watching this video, I went into my garage and found my hose kit! Sitting on top shelf covered in dust? Has not been touched in years! Just my luck I will need it now that SMA started the trend! Happy Sunday
Jibroni your third person I have ever heard use this term my brother had a teacher that used this term for less then stellar students laughed like hell keep up the best repair channel I watch.
With all of the at home mechanics watching your Harbor Freight add you should be getting a commission on sales! $549 for a good smoke machine is a pretty good deal in my garage. Thanks for sharing the demonstration with us.
Watching from Tokyo. Great explanation of your diagnosis procedure for evap leaks and smoke machine operation. Congrats on HF complimenting you with that Icon. Maybe we will get to hear you say “Sponsored by HF” sometime in the future. Thanks for sharing.
Have same kit. Used it once for fuel line. Never used it since other than for a few fittings. That was around 20 years ago. Great kit for fuel lines back then. Great content EO.
Nice-- Magnahelic gauge -Used them for my entire air compressor career on Centrifugal Air compressors for the intake air side of the machine. And a similar gauge for differential pressures and vacuum. And one other called a Compound gauge that reads positive and negative pressures.
In my former career with the Navy, we called gauges that measure air or gas flow using differential pressures magnahelics (I think that might have been a name brand though) and the ones that provided pressure measurement readings in units of inches of water "manometers".
@@NukeChief722 From Google ---The Magnehelic® gage is the industry standard to measure fan and blower pressures, filter resistance, air velocity, furnace draft, pressure drop across orifice plates, liquid levels with bubbler systems and pressures in fluid amplifier or fluidic systems.
I just bought my very first smoke machine 3 days ago, Icon as well. Just a whiff under $600. Beats the hell out of spraying starter fluid everywhere to find a vacuum leak.
That's a Bartholomew quick disconnect developed at our shop in Michigan, we called it the duckbill. The internal clip was so light I controlled the orientation on the assembly line with small jets of air. it's a good design Don was a genius.
I love the way everything you use as far as your tools go back in the pot they were intended and go right back on the shelf so you can find them the next time. I've seen shops that the tools are scattered to hell and gone and they're always looking for something. Great job sir.
Hi Eric. Just want to say I have been a subscriber for awhile and enjoy your videos. You have an amazing knowledge and talent and great work ethic and honesty. We could use good shop like yours here in northern Canada. Cheers Steph
Those smoke machines are a great help. I bought one to diagnose if my catalytic converter had a leak near the oxygen sensor. It didn’t so I ended up replacing the catalytic converter with an after market unit. This solved my engine light issue. It been months and the money light has not come back on.
I’m glad to see someone else has the Dorman fuel line repair kit. FYI, use a heat gun on low heat when you begin to press the fitting into the nylon and heat the hose briefly and the feeding will slide right in and wrap around the fitting like it was heat shrunk around it. Great video!
Thanks for all the knowledge you impart. And yes, I would charge to repair the line. Actually pretty common to find fallen off on one or the other end on Chevy express vans. I thi k time, mileage and heat bake the line material.
I believe that the term is Manometer and HVAC used to use water column manometers for inches of water measurements in furnace systems. Great video and very interesting watching you do the emergency repairs on the fly. Thanks so much
I was changing the oil yesterday and always have to budge some hoses out of the way to get the cartridge out. SNAP!! Coolant dribbling everywhere. Never had that happen before!👍 old brittle plastic coolant line for who knows what.
Jeez Louise $2500 for a few feet of angle and some Mig wire!!! That is a good business model. $2500 and a few more years on the road or a new car most would hand over the money. I wonder if the shop goes out of a night and "supplements" the local authorities salting program? Cheers Eric E
If you only need to do that once at home and can't rent the tool, make the "die" part from a block of wood. Drill a hole a then split the block with a thin saw blade. Worked for me. Handy as a 2 pocket T- shirt!
Now you got me wanting a two pocket T-shirt. I believe I seen this Icon smoker in my Harbor Fraught e-mail for about 500 bux. They also now have a bi-directional scan tool for 899.00 called the T-8 and are supposedly coming out with a T-10 which actually makes the repairs while you sit back and enjoy your tea. Truthfully, I have no idea what it does over the T-8 as it is not out. Not even sure why I brought that up. Anyways, thanks for the vid, I look forward to every one, knowing I will learn something. Like two pocket Ts and MeMa logic.
Yeah looks like regular price is $550 for that smoke machine. Have been wanting to invest in one for years but not worth it in my case as a weekend warrior.
Few years ago I kept chasing small evap code on our Express 3500 6.0. Tried gas cap, checked lines, parts cannon with both valves,etc. Then used scan tool to actually DIAGNOSE. Issue with fuel pressure as Mr. O mentioned but I just couldn't find the source. Not affiliated in any way - I bought very reasonably priced smoke generator, Autoline Pro Evap. Within a few minutes found the leak, fitting right at the pump. No way to even look at the fitting without a camera. Dropped that tub of a tank, cracked fitting. New oem pump and done. I figured that was it as far as using the smoke gen, but I've used it quite a few times to verify integrity of various systems.
