Engine is Eating it's FILTER! 

One thing Ray has taught me is how unbelievable it is that a regular car can take me to work and back without a failure like three years in a row. A thousand round trips. So many things could go wrong but they don't. Modern cars are a miracle.

When you called out that Dad as doing a good job, it made me tear up. Ray, you and I are very similar in our ideals and humor. Thanks man you are awesome.

Amen on Dads doing a great job. Best and most important job I ever had.

"World needs more of you". Good Job Dad... YIP the Internet needs more comments like this too! Thank you for point that out!

Its nice to see an honest Mechanic at work. Live in the UK and my mechanic is the same as you. Honest. Carry on with the great content i like to see it.

Thank you !! Everyone always praise woman for their hard work as mothers. When us fathers deserve just as much praise. Praise to all the parents who do their best !!

So today I just replaced both cats on my subaru impreza. Did this up on jack stands in my dirt driveway in 36 degree wet weather up here in upstate NY. Needless to say it took way longer than a job like it should have due to the conditions. I would just like to say that because of your videos, and the attitude you have and your sense of humor, I had a completely different attitude when I dropped a wrench or something wasn't going right. There were many times I found myself joking about the rusted bolts that weren't cooperating or saying "gravity" to myself instead of cursing and hating my life during said repair. Thank you for your videos! They have had more of an impact on me than I realized. LOL

Lol I love the humor, my day wouldn’t be complete without it. I’ve learned so much more depth on top of what I was taught. You are so right about Fathers most important parent of all, and I’m a Mom.

Even when Ray says I know you can't see. He still gets the best shots. Excellent job on the videos sir!

4:24 You can hear the excitement in Ray's voice when he scrolls by a picture that basically says: "Then, use TONS of brake cleaner" 😆 😀

That "IV" bag reminds me of the old "Gumout" kit from the 1950's! It was great for cleaning carbs & the intake system on the car. Plus, it filled the shop with that great smell of Gumout!

Thank you for all this entertaining in 2021.

Capable AND honest. Too rare these days. Nice work, Ray.

Good Craftsmanship ! Documets the diagnostic process , disassembly , reassembly , and proof testing , for the customer and employer !

I really enjoy how you explain everything you do to the car, I wish more mechanics were like you!

_Shift control storage accumulator._ I love it! Didn't even realize my Cherokee had one of those.

God bless fathers. Thank you for pointing out that dads get a bad wrap %90 of the time. We need to change that trend. Subscribed. Thank you for the wonderful videos 🙂

I finally figured out why I like these videos so much. They are like the original Wheeler Dealers with Edd China, but more detailed and stripped of the stuff added for entertainment value. Plus, I learn stuff.

You are a fantastic mechanic! I would love to spend a week with you at the shop, I am sure I could learn a lot. I am 66 and have worked on my own vehicles since my early 20’s. RU-vid has made it a lot easier to troubleshoot and repair. Wish it had been around 40 years ago! Lol, I could have been an awesome mechanics too. The filter was epic!

My throttle body got stuck closed yesterday and I took it to a local shop. I watched your video before they called me to say what was wrong (after I'd googled my trouble codes) and I said "yep, that's what Ray did, let's fix it". Thanks, man.

Probably worth mentioning that some cars require disconnecting the battery prior to playing with the intake butterfly.

Nice to see a tech actually care about making it right and making sure it's right. Ray, there aren't many like you, who go out of their way to make sure that the repair is complete. There are no "half ass" repair jobs with you, it's not in your vocabulary👍🤘

Never had a job more satisfying than being a Dad.

It's about time you took a coffee break !!!!!!!!!!! Good for you.

Great call on not just tossing a new throttle body at it and saving the customer a buck or three:-) As for that Nissan...I've never heard of a car eating its air filter...yikes!! I wonder if any got body camera or eyeball viewing range...I hope not. Keep the great videos coming Ray...its always great seeing a dad putting their kids on the school bus...kudos to him!!

I'm sitting here binging on Rainman Ray Repairs videos. Broke my leg and haven't been able to hobble too far, plus here in Virginia, it is clear and not raining, but won't get much higher than 32 degrees today. So binge watching these videos is pretty much what I expect to be doing for more days. I have a truck awaiting repairs after it rear ended another car, but I won't be doing anything on it for awhile. But watching these videos kind of makes it okay.

Mad respect for your work ethic along with your honesty. No way anybody (99.9%) takes the time to physically clean that out. Happy New Year to you and yours Ray

I have a 2006 Sonata V6 model... been a damn good car . bought it with 3,000 miles on it.

Dad's DON"T get enough credit - and you're a good one Ray. just cuz you can see the part doesn't mean you can get to it.

A good toothbrush is the perfect tool for cleaning carbon out of throttle bodies. I have one in my toolbox that I have used many, many times for just this purpose. Learned this trick years ago when the early V6's & V8's went from carburetors over to fuel injection w/throttle bodies and they would get to where they did not want to idle properly. A toothbrush with a little WD40 on it would clean them right up and solve the idle problem.

Man, you are awesome. I wish I had access to a mechanic 1/2 as good as you, where I live. You are so conscientious about what you do. Recently a local mechanic changed out the bearing on the front of our FX35 and [poof] the ABS sensor failed. For about $200 they'd squeeze it in 3 days later for a replacement. $600 into the bearing and $200 for a sensor ... i'm feeling like a cow being milked. I tend to think they didn't remove the sensor then broke it removing the hub, but won't of course say that. Just know, many people watching know you are awesome.

Last week on my 5 month paternity leave. Me and my son have been watching your vids everyday after breakfast (Sweden time).

Carburetor Cleaner and an old toothbrush works wonders for those butterflies. BEWARE: Some cars have a idle relearn if you mess with the butterfly if the Battery is connected. For the DIY, Seafoam has a spray with a long straw to do exactly the same intake cleaning.

I keep those 'old' toothbrushes for those hard to reach 'corners' that need to be cleaned AND b.t.w. it's "its". I love work, I can watch it for hours..............keep up the good work.

That was my fix on my 2003 Trailblazer, had very little buildup, looked 'normal' to me. I cleaned it figuring it would fix nothing, fixed my trouble code and ran smooth. I was shocked that it doesn't take much. I soaked it in Seafoam, then used a old cotton sock on my hand and Seafoam to finish the job as the trailblazer DOES have the coating. Removing the coating will cause you to buy a new one. Happened at around 120k. 45k and 8 years or so later, never had the issue again.

Map sensor and evap leak together can also be purge solenoid valve stuck open ray..i had a 13 passat 2.5 with a surprisingly similar engine that had a wonky map reading so i change it. It then improved half of it. Then diagnosed the purge solenoid and it was the other half.

On the second vehicle.... I LOL'd when I saw the torn up air filter. I've seen that a couple times in the past because I know someone who never changed their air filter from the day they got the car, the original filter was ripped apart and sucked into the chamber just like that. He asked me how that can happen, I told them several things can cause that but first and foremost, you need to at the very least look at it when you change the oil, it's called maintenance. Secondly it was the factory filter and they don't always use the best quality filters with the understanding it will be changed at least once within 10,ooo miles, or whatever is recommended in the owners manual (Which he never read). Once it was removed and vacated from the chamber, the car, ran obviously much better. The second person who had that was my dad (84 years old), had no idea how to maintain a vehicle engine and never changed an air filter, but that's another story. "Click"

Florida looks gorgeous. Definitely a strong second choice behind Texas as a place I’d rather live

Learned a valuable lesson today on throttle valve body cleaning. Thanks for you excellent videos

Thanks for reminding me to make some coffee ☕️

Profit shouldn’t be the reason something gets replaced. Im sure your bosses don’t agree though. I’m glad to see you not go in that direction! If I lived in your area, you would definitely have me as a loyal customer and friend. Have watched long enough to see your values and your integrity is what I want in a Mechanic. Great Job! Roger in Pierre South Dakota

Ray Thank You for saying that about , "Dads" . You are the Best!

A Dad a day keeps the "Karens" Away

I must say that I appreciate you appreciating your tools, sir!

This I the most interesting car repair channel on RU-vid

Discovered this channel about 4 days ago, seen enough to know every episode deserves preemptive tappy-tap on that 👍 button

Always AWESOME info and so happy to watch a truly honest mechanic at work...thanks Ray Also from a fellow Floridian...Just wish you were near me...I don't think you are. LOVE this channel.

I'm telling ya, that coffee scene had me riveted!

Did you check for correct position of the oil filler cap?

Thanks for the content Ray. This is honestly some of the best content to listen to while eating breakfast before school. Or while doing homework.

Ray, Love All Your VLogs. They're very informative and bring back a lot of old memories. My wife went to a Lube place once (just to git it done), and when she got home she said the "gas pedal" felt slow to respond... I LMAO when I opened the airbox and found the airfilter still in it's clear packaging... Just dumb luck none of it was ingested into the intake.

Thorough job. Thank you for helping to put confidence back for service tech's

I thought it was a rear seat belt reverse alternating switch relay bulb.. I was way off.. good job Ray!

I had a similar problem with a Volvo V70 I was at the main dealer and was buying a few spares that were required and I mentioned to spares sales guy that I had a problem with the car stalling at junctions. A Volvo mechanic was just passing and said have you tried cleaning the throttle body with some solvent. I hadn't but I went to a go faster shop and got some and it worked. That guy saved me a lot of money.

I had a piece of oil filter material enter in the oil channels to one of the cams of an engine and block it. Engine seized and full rebuild. Be careful when selecting oil filters.

Really wish there were more mechanics like you Ray. Never change you.

Another darn good video. I particularly enjoyed the "Coffee Cam".

Video's are great That coffee death on a stick !

CRC makes a great Throttle body cleaner specifically made for this job.

Thanks Ray.I know someone who has this issue with their truck. I will let them watch this video.

your a honest and thorough mechanic I enjoy your videos I wish there were more like you! also did the cleaner you put through the mist have a effect on the wax type finish of the throttle body similar to cleaners like brake cleaner ?

They make these cars far to complicated for their own good ! I'm writing this on 28 /12/2010 . So wishing you and yours a very happy and healthy new year !

Seeing the tassel hanging from the rear view mirror tells me a young driver. Since the hyundai is equipped with a manual shift gate, I suggest young person forgot they had it in manual and left it in second gear, thereby making the throttle "stick" wide open and not being able to exceed 40 mph. Guess how I know.

About 5 years ago I bought a one owner well maintained 02 Blazer with the v6. The engine is quiter than our 14 Silverado and our 18 Equinox. Thanks for being an honest mechanic.

Most likely cleaning the intake caused the Map sensor failure. A lot of cleaners are not Map sensor safe. It is important to use a Map sensor safe cleaner. Fuel additives do not need to be Map sensor safe. Since they wouldn't make contact with the Map sensor. Under normal use. They would go through the fuel injection. The fuel injection is after the Map sensor. God bless

GOOD man and an honest mechanic!

I think you would be a great teacher. Especially ethics.

I used to work for both hyundai and kia and the P0106 is getting set because over time the car learned what the map sensor reads with the throttle body all gummed up with carbon which is different then when clean. You can fix it by just resetting the adaptive values.

I was always advised that when you do a air intake cleaner, to disconnect the MAF Sensor or spray the cleaner beyond the MAF Sensor. Otherwise you run the risk of damaging said sensor and having to replace it in the end. like you did. Also, any update on that one Escape with the coolant gone missing?

I enjoy watching you you are pretty good at what you do I learn alot from watching you.

Waking up 4am to hit the gym and this guy delayed me with a new video. lol. Awesome vid as usual! Gotta go hit the gym now. Circle back Psaki style.

Two sugars! what a mad man! Also I know a lot of people already say it but a lot of us appricate the fact that you record yourself doing your work means a lot to folk that like to say "you didn't do anything blah blah blah" when the problem they self diagnosed didn't get fixed with the parts you put on lol Sides always cool to see the tear down and rebuild of other's car's make me wish i had gotten into Mechanic work back when I was a idiot fresh out of school lol.

*I can remember when a car w/180,000-miles on it and still driven would be on a local news feature!* ( *When I was a kid 50K-miles was considered 'a lot' and 75K-miles was 'worn out' and 'ready for the scrappers'* )

Another saved day. 🙏 Happy New Year.

it is vary likely that your clean out pushed the map sensor over the edge

Boy you have all the fun working through the holidays in 80 degree weather --at Christmas! Working in weather so humid that lizards faint and fall out of trees, no wait they do that when they get too cold I think! Anyway, it's been 75 degrees here in NE Alabama where Spring has returned along with bugs, flies, etc. Next is snow Monday they say, Happy New Year!

What happened with the other car that was eating its air filter? Brilliant work Ray thanks for your uploads have a great day 👍

Great video, thanks. Nice coffee cam there :)

that engine air filter musty have tasted good, that engine went in for seconds and was ready for thirds!

I have just recently found your site and have impressed with your work ethics .

The way we teach new guys is: On the first day we send said person to parts store for some RX7 cam shafts. After that they pay attention when spoken to.

@16:16 Never had a problem with adding fluids into the intake system in the older vehicles, in fact, that was exactly how we would clean out the carbon deposits in the cylinders. We would introduce either water and or ATF while the engine continued to run. ATF was the best, because you could see the smoke screen for miles. LOL

If you ran that solution through the TB the map sensor is after the TB so the map would be saturated in solution this would destroy the Map...

"No wake zone", how do you know???🤣🤣🤣 You started it!😁 Thought you were gonna have COFFEE, not caramel colored sugar water😮... I don't have mechanic skills for comment. So I stick to the silliness. Your commentary is so engaging you keep this UN-mechanic intrigued. Thanks, Ray.👍 By the way, Have a NICE DAY

I guessed you also know / watch AVE, because of "cooch" or "cooching" in other videos. Keep up the great work Ray, I love watching your videos and it's nice to see that honest mechanics still live and are as annoyed by scammers as the average consumer!

Beautiful Florida Sunshine!

6:22, TB is a finger eater. I would not be sticking my finger in there with the TB connector connected.

Engine said “screw this air, lemme eat that fluffy thing”

Just as a reminder, after running a whole bottle of cleaner through any engine, you might want to change the oil

T Body service. I use the brushes that came with the decarbon kits, still probably available. They look like big pipe cleaners and cleaner chemicals don’t melt the bristles.

In my 2010 milan which I do not have any more, I was driving one day, and I was on the gas pretty good, when all of a sudden the power died, and the engine had no power. I pulled off the road, and it stalled. I waited a moment and then tried to start it. It started fine. Gave it a little gas. it was okay. Gave it more gas and boom, no power. Had triple A tow it back to my home, which was only 10 minutes away. Next day I go out and pull the air box off, because to me it was like the engine was starving for air. and in the bottom of the air box was a rubber cap, that goes on the back of the head light housing. !?... The engine literally sucked the cap off of the back of the head light some how, or maybe it was loose and fell off, I don't know, but it got sucked in and plugged the hole inside the air box suffocating the engine. When I shut the car off, the cap would fall. Then not block the intake hole. But when it sucked hard, it pulled it right up and blocked the hole. It was interesting none the less.

Good job the rubber bushing around the connector was folded.

It's absolutely wild how fast the Hyundai/Kia GDI engines build up carbon gunk

Yup, had to tear down my throttle body and clean all the carbon out, crap causing misfire, burning rich, threw a P0300 code clean the MAF, the IAC valve along with changing out the TPS. hell with it I did them all since I was working in that area. now she runs like a champ.

Had service directors forcing chemical up-sells on us for years, and have seen those fuel injection carbon cleaning mist systems kill many MAP/MAF sensors. With direct injection carbon build up (coking) is worse than ever, so really a catch 22. You have to clean the build up, but run the risk of damaging some components by doing so, particularly the hot wire on the MAF. Our guys were instructed to run it into the rail/throttle body, and never onto the MAF, by the chemical company trainers, for that reason. Happy wrenching!

Congratulations you have won a Happy New Year!

About that eaten air filter, every filter that I have installed in the past 25 years on my Honda has had a metal screen across the outflow side. Now I know why. Too bad you didn't mention a brand name for that POS toilet paper filter. The pleat count of the thin paper was so low that a metal screen could not have saved it.

For those who don't know, Hydro locking a cylinder happens a lot in top fuel dragsters. Why? in most cars (including most race cars) the fuel is atomized before compression. It's in a gas state and can be compressed. nitromethane (the fuel used in top fuelers) is pumped in by injector but always wants to go back to a liquid far more than other fuels. (it's far more complicated than that, nitromethane does a lot of things in the cylinder, one of those is it acts like diesel fuel. It can and does go off with heat and compression which is why top fuel dragster plugs stop working about half way into the run. They are basically burned off on the electrode by the time you half way down the track, at that point it's compression and heat that is keeping the engine running and yes it can and will hydro lock at that point) If you want to see what that damage looks like, i'm sure their are youtube vids on it. It's violent and nasty. Liquids will NOT compress and something has to give. Usually it's a rod. That means a hole in the block..... God i miss racing!

How do you know?

Great video on start and stop!😂 Good job!