@@VetteDaily I recent put my car for sale on Facebook marketplace and a friend messaged me that my plate number could be seen. I said when I dive down the road it can be seen, whats the difference?
My grandma bought a Corolla brand new when I was a kid, drove around in it for about 10 years and never once opened the hood or had it serviced. When it was finally done, there was a layer of dust caked around the engine like a cocoon and the car was about 1.5qt low. Still ran! Changed it and it ran for many years after that. No idea how many miles it went on the factory oil but it never faltered.
That’s why Honda / Toyota are such good cars for the money. I just wish I had got a Honda or Toyota instead of a Hyundai the 💩 the bed at 120k miles due to a faulty cat converter… now I’m out paying 15 hundo to have the car repaired
I drive a 22 year old 2000 toyota camry CE. The thing is still kicking. I've just changed the timing belt and evap canister. Parts are cheap and though it may not be the fastest thing in 4 wheels, it gets me around comfortably. I change the oil every 6 months or 4000 miles whichever one is sooner. All I know, is that I don't see too many other cars it's age running around my area. :)
@@jasunsmith9136 An that right there is exactly why i change it myself or buy mobile 1 oil and filter an get my shop to do it which i am right there with them when they do change it so i know what is going in my car.
@@retiredsnowbunnyhunterx5106 Sucks we can't rely on people to do the jobs we pay them to do. I carved a date on the oil filters of several cars of friends and family who had me change their oil. I wanted to see how bad this is. Everyone had the same filter after an oil change. One friend had his oil change 5 times before I finally got around to checking the filter only to see it was the same on. Oil change is a loss leader for some places, but it aint right to scam people.
I bought a 2005 Forester new and gave it to my daughter at about 85k miles. She had the oil/filter changed at a Subaru dealer. I got the car back, did an oil/filter change, and the filter had been installed (at the dealer) so tightly I had to jab a screwdriver through it and it took all my strength to remove ii, using the long screwdriver for leverage. Utterly crazy!
The first time I changed the oil filters on my mate's Sterling lt9500 I had to poke holes through them get my largest screwdriver and hammer it through then take the coolant filter and bracket off, remove the driver side wheel and put a 4foot cheater pipe to take it off. Not sure how it happens sometimes, maybe pulling vacuum in the crankcase somehow? He and his farmer dad had supposedly changed the oil after buying it but surely they couldn't have tightened it that much by themselves.
They self tighten, especially if you over tighten them when they are installed. Most spin on filters have printed on them “tighten 3/4 turn (amount varies on different filters) after gasket contacts base. Especially bad if no oil is put on the gasket when filter is installed.
Judging by the massive ass dent on the front I'd assume this person probably didn't have to pay for the car themselves based on how poorly maintained it is.
Well, my sister bought a brand new Chevy once. Within a week she already fucked up the rear end backing up in an alley, and 2 years later the timing belt broke due to neglect, screwing up the engine. Fuel pump died due to running the car with an eternal low fuel alert. Some people just don't care.
you dont know many subaru owners do you? Subaru owners like the 'set it and forget it' approach. They were probably reaching for a bag of nuts and rolled into a 15 year old prius. they both got out. shrugged it off and kept going. Cars dont matter when you're a Subaru person. Oil change? Its probably posted on a sticky note somewhere in their house but its just so easy to forget when you're a Subaru person. Get a new subaru every 10 years because at 180,000km and zero maintenance they just 'wear out'. Ive seen it with my own eyes lol.
Your comment is absolutely true. The general public would be astonished by the atrocities dealers, auto body tech and mechanics do to cars and people have no idea. “Reputable” dealerships are included. The best way to know you aren’t getting screwed over is to either know what to look for, or take a trusted mechanic with you to look over vehicle. Read up on what your getting done. Become knowledgeable. And always get second opinions. It’s actually so sad how true your comment is.
Yes they will tell that . I trading in old car and it was a piece of jump I think they give me $150 for it the person called and asked me about the truck and what kind of condition was it in the salesman told him that it was one owner well maintained by me I didn't maintain it when I had it but it was a piece of junk I told a man if I was him I would not buy the truck and go somewhere else because that dealer was lying to me
I once serviced a Mazda van with 106,000 miles on it, which the owner said had never been serviced since it was new. I knew the owner, and believed this, especially when I saw the condition of the spark plugs. It survived at least another couple of years, until he sold it on.
Funny you say that, but windows defender is more than enough for 99% of users on the internet. It's actually quite good and as long as you don't look for shady snuff videos or some weird porn you're good with only having it.
Hey, I am independent female who drove 236k miles on a Toyota. By the time; I got ripped off at my 50k mile oil change it was time for me to pick up wrench and DIY. Six years later; I became Toyota technician.
In 2010 I bought a 2007 Hyundai Santa fe I changed the oil myself every 3 to 4 months. Its now November 2023 and the "Old Girl " still runs great with 338,000 kilometers on the clock
The license plate has reflective additives in the paint that would have messed with the automatic white balance. He covered it up so you could see they are a frenchie from Quebec.
My son's friend works at a Ford dealership. Recently a customer walked away from a deal because they, "Didn't want a vehicle that needed the oil changed...." They walk among us.
@@mauriciogarcia638 It's not like they went for a Mach-E. They just walked out. Like their last car was ICE (which they likely just kept long enough not to do any maintenance) and they had no idea that oil changes were a necessary part of ownership.
Kind of cool how you can see the Japanese innovation. the oil filter has a lip around it so when you take it off to change it, the oil inside it doesn't spill down onto the engine.
I worked as a field service engineer for a Massey Ferguson tractor dealership for 14 years from 1965 . About 1975 I was on site fitting a new clutch to a Massey tractor we were just about finishing when the farmer came up to me and asked could we do an oil change on one of his other tractors so I said yes no problem. The tractor was a TEA20 grey furgy from about 1950 so about 25 years old. I told my apprentice to drop the oil and change the filter, he dropped the oil and then he came up to me and said he couldnt get the oil filter out of the canister it was the paper element type in a can. After fifteen mins he still hadnt got the filter out of the can so I said give it here your useless, it took me ages to get the filter out I had to break it out in small pieces that looked more like coal it was absolutely solid it hadnt been a filter for a very long time eventually I got to the bottom of the filter with a hammer and a screwdriver. I asked the farmer when was the filter last changed he said it had never been changed in 25 years.
When I was working at a tire shop attached to a big-name department store, we weren't allowed to do anything but tire related stuff. A woman comes in with a new Chevy equinox and tells us that her car "ran out of oil" and asked us to put some in. We told her if the maintenance minder on the dash board is giving you a percentage of the oil life, that doesn't mean it ran out, and to take it to a mechanic because we weren't allowed to help her. We watched as she went inside, bought a 5 quart jug of the cheapest stuff she could find and pour it all in in the parking lot without draining the old oil. We were telling her the entire time to take it to a mechanic and not add more oil, but she insisted that she could "save some money and not be ripped off" by doing this. 2 weeks later, our local mechanic shop that we sent customers like her to said they drained 9 quarts of oil and a bunch of large sparkly flakes out of am equinox and that the customer insisted we told her to put it in. You seriously can't fix stupid
Well, I blame dealers at this point. I took my chevy spark to dealer for oil change and they gave me an estimate for $1500 maintenance which includes coil replacement, check something something, rotate tires, wheel balance, Oh also replace wiper blades for $75. It was 12000 miles on this car none of them needed other than oil change. This is rip off and I understand why they don't want to go to dealer. Most of people say ok for this estimate and realized later it's too late. 🙂 They charge $100-$120 for oil change and basic multi-point inspection. This is crazy.
@Lassi Kinnunen it's under warranty but these are consumable parts and service so these are additional. I am sorry that was 15k which was 3rd time I visited the dealership first 2 oil changes covered by Chevy.
@@emredikici that's why you *lease* a Toyota instead, if you drive 12k miles or less per year... During the first 2 years of your lease, all maintenance is free & Toyota is better than Chevy any day of the week.
To be fair it’s not like he went out and dropped 60k on his daughter. She was probably leaving for college he wanted to get her something that would be reliable (if you change the oil). If he saved 1k a year since she was born he’d have enough for a new Subaru.
@@Jared798 Nobody bought me a car when I went off to college. I had to work and buy my own car for $900. But then I'm a male, so I don't get the female privilege.
@@Jared798 .... To hell with that. I'd rather buy myself a car with that money, and she'll have to save up and get her own. Maybe then she'll have some pride in it. 😂
When I bought my VW Golf beater it also had 36000km old oil in it and the valves were ticking, lifters probably. Flushed it with new oil + some diesel, drained and new oil again + filter. Now it runs super smooth
Yes- the factory tightens them very tight-My Impreza was like that - I changed the oil and filter after 2,200 KM- then at 6000 KM I will let the dealer do the service then 6 mths later I will change oil and filter at home.
For some people, choosing the right hair and fingernail color is more important than maintaining a $30,000 investment, and when the car dies, they'll say it was a crappy car and vow to never buy another one.
Come on everyone, who would expect their oil to be low after only a couple years? I paid $800 to change my exhaust bearing on a new car, to this day I don't understand why it would've failed so quickly. They topped off the reverse light fluid as well even though I'd never had a problem. The linear polarity reversing heated seat modulator that is apparently bad needs replaced as well but I couldn't afford it at the time but they said I might get lucky and it won't need done until next month so I'll be using my tax return to take care of that. The crappy thing is the mechanic said these are all normal wear parts so my warranty doesn't cover any of them and that ads an extra 10% to the bill because he has to fill out extra paperwork notifying them it's not their fault. New cars aren't what they used to be.
I changed the oil on a junk lawn mower with a “seized” engine. The oil came out like molasses...I took a video twirling it with a screwdriver as it came out. I added new oil and couldn’t believe it started on the first pull. Change the oil two times afterward and it ran great.
Have a compression test done to check for piston ring wear (if practical) This is the best way to tell how well engine has been maintained. Insufficient oil changes will lead to rapid ring wear. If car fails dry/wet compression test, walk away.
I'd be pretty confident that it is not far from toast. With oil that black with carbon it is likely that this Subaru's horizontal cylinders will be worn oval as many Subaru motors do. I'd bet that it already is 20% down on compression. The way the oil bubbles when it is draining shows that the antifoam component has stopped working so the oil has very much lost a lot of its function.
@@alextran8188 Lucky yes, in that it still was running. But if she has never changed the oil and it only drained that small amount, the inside of the engine is where you'll find the rest. sludge on every surface. Guaranteed. it is what oil does when it goes this long without a change. the lighter compounds evaporate. the additives break down. the heat cycles within the engine basically turn the engine into a refracting tower which slowly splits oil into its components. The oil also gets polluted by unburnt fuel which makes it past the rings (yes, even in new engines. just less so), carbon and this degrades the oil further. that oil is probably 10% as effective compared to new as a lubricant. Oil in this condition is the worst thing for all the gaskets and seals, so it will be a leaky motor in time. I think this engine will be toast pretty soon. 10-30 thousand km (6-18 thousand miles). it will blow oil at initially, then lose compression and power. soon after it will either foul the plugs too much to start or a big-end bearing will hit its wear limit and it will throw a conrod. you're also right she's "lucky" that this is a near new late model. if you didn't change the oil for that long in a car with 100k on the clock, you probably wouldn't need to change the oil at this point because it would be far far worse. especially a Subaru engine.
And the engine warranty won’t cover it when it breaks down. When the mechanic at the dealership opens it up and finds all that black sludge inside it will automatically void the warranty and a huge repair bill will be handed to her. If I was her dad I would advise her to trade it and get a new one. And to strongly advise her to change the oil on the next one she gets. Don’t even know how some people don’t understand cars need maintenance.
Much easier than my f150. They put some type of oil catcher under the filter. Made it a real bitch getting the filter off. Also the bolts were rusted on so couldn't just unbolt it . Before I started the second oil change I took a saws all n cut it off. MUCH EASIER !!!!
Pretty much all Subaru's are like that and then some Hyundai's. There are others but can't remember. 2020 Diesel chevy impala and Austin Mini's are the absolute worst
@@pfc6329 fuck that man. My job is to change oil and whenever I'm working bottom side on one of those I need someone to help me because I'm too short for those fuckers
I work at a Subaru dealership, I’ve seen multiple people go 30,000 miles before an oil change it’s crazy, and the black factory Subaru filters are always extremely tight in the first place. Also if it’s a new car and it’s got a blue filter with a white paint mark that’s also a factory filter
But have you seen actual problems from these long oil change intervals. like blown engines? In Europe some cars are spec'ed for 2year/50.000km between oil changes if they are diesel. Big trucks (that will do more than 1.000.000km in their life) are spec'ed usually for 100.000km oil changes.
@@paouvous oh yeah those cars had tons of metal we caught on magnets. The 50,000 mile car it killed all the small oil passages and oil sensors had to get a new engine
he didnt try to cover it up :) the camera has a flash on it - the license plate is reflective. he wanted to show it was from Quebec so he put his hand there so the reflection from the plate wouldnt blow out the image.
My Megane diesel has 18,000 mile intervals. It's 14 years old and has done 150,000 miles. It runs perfectly giving around 60 mpg and never burns a drop of oil. Modern engines running fully synthetic oils do not need 1940s dino oil intervals. 25,000 mioes is a bit far though.
Lol yup I love the ads that say "never had a problem with the car in 100k miles". That basically means "I drove this, put gas in it and never serviced 1 component"
Not really that big of a deal, you're already going to have to be under the car to drain the oil so not really saving time by having it in the engine bay
@@Striker50_ true but most people who change their own oil don’t have a lift where they can jack up a car and get underneath it easily they’ll most likely use a jack which only raises the car about 2-3 feet so you’ll have to lay down to remove the filter which is a pain. I think it is a great idea having the oil filter up on top.
@@RKSAINT I personally use ramps as many others do, on a crossover or suv you'll have a ton of access space. I prefer to have more space in my engine bay for when I do need to have maintenance done
Alot of people.... After being in the repair/service industry for better part of a decade nothing will surprise you with what people do and negligence and laziness that follows. Its a throw away and buy and replace society
@David DDM not really just crack the filter before you lift it. Drain oil and the oil in the filter will drain back. No clean up. When you don't crack the filter on these and drain the oil and crack it after the drain back will release then you have a mess like in this video.
yoyo 19 i agree with you, i’d rather have it upside down or even horizontal than straight up like that. I can fill my filter up with new oil before screwing it on and the “dry” part of the first start up is almost non-existent. It builds pressure for about 1-2 seconds MAX. The vast majority of engine damage is 20 seconds after ANY startup. Just makes more sense to me...
@@MeDicen_Rocha well they exist my friend and plenty of manufacturers do vehicles with such service intervals, I work at multi marque main dealers, Ford kia mazda seat in one group lots of our new vehicles are 2 year or 18/20,000m service intervals pet/diesel, some commercial vehicles are higher. Vag group do the same vw's long life service 24 month or 19,000 miles.
I remember when my aunt told my uncle once that all she ever did was put Gas in the car , when my uncle checked the oil that dipstick was bone dry 😬 I called that Camry the terminator because it survived my aunt (200,000 miles+)
When manufactures built things to last even if you drove it hard and ignored service. This car only got away because of the longer service life of synthetic oil.
Most likely the bypass valve has been tripped and the oil is not being filtered. Better to have the oil circulate unfiltered than no oil circulate at all.
With it being the original oil from factory it wouldn’t be worth looking in the filter IMO. You’re going to have stuff from break in hiding everything you’re looking for. It would be the next oil change, hopefully sooner than the standard scheduled one I would go looking in it.
Non turbo Subarus are pretty tough, if it had that much oil still, its for sure good. In my 13 years experience with Subaru all Subarus burn oil, some more than others. I used to drive up the infamous parleys canyon 5 days a week with mine. And later I used it to tow my motorcycles cross country.
My mom is the only one I know that ever took care of a car. The family charger growing up was always taken care of and had royal purple sae 5w-20 synthetic and was never eaten in. Now most other females their cars maintenence history is a horror story
I met a girl that never changed her oil. She didn't know you had to. She thought the reason you changed your oil was if you were a racer or high performance and wanted more power.
@@robertbennett2796 I'm willing to bet it's just due to how long that filter has been attached. All of the heat/cool cycles from the engine running and stopping can tighten or loosen things.
This is why I love high mileage vehicles. High mileage vehicles don’t become high mileage vehicles because they haven’t been cared for.....Id rather buy a 200k mile car with a great service history over some 100k mile mistreated piece of crap.
Yup. I just bought a 2003 Lexus with 200k, and meticulous dealer maintenance records on the Lexus website. It seriously is like new. Paid $3400 for it.
Your logic makes no sense. At 200k miles that vehicle is about on its last leg and falling apart. Hell even at 100k they aren't gonna be in that good of shape. But hey good luck to you lol
I’ve personally known some people who think getting oil changes are scams. And when their car dies in the middle of an intersection, they curse the manufacturer for making a crappy car.
@@leslielucci3182 I own 2013 and 2015 Legacys. They both have been oil burners from the outset. I change their oil religiously at 3000 miles and they are always at least a 1/2 qt low
@@leanybrian Wow. Didn’t they fix that in newer models like 2019+? My 2009 outback just started a slight leak and we previously had a 99 Forster we got used with 99K miles that always burned oil and head gasket went at just under 150K
@Richard Ren you probably are, and here's a lesson: make sure you got enough insurance, otherwise she may sue. Even if they sound like the nicest people they'll still sue.
I put 110k miles on my old 2016 mustang GT and probably only changed the oil 3-4 times max, I would just keep it topped off because I was putting in about 6k miles a month, I didn’t have time to change the oil monthly, long story short that car ran like a champ and I would drive everywhere full throttle 🤣 traded it in and got more than it was worth thanks to Covid mark ups haha
My grandma freaks out when she goes 100 miles over her oil change interval, and great gramps will gladly delay a trip or appointment to change his oil, he's 92 and doesn't trust a shop to do it, his '93 Taurus has 153K miles, every 3K miles or 12 months he changes the oil and adds Motorkote, every 3 oil changes he changes the tranny fluid and adds stop slip, and every 5 years he does a coolant flush and replaces the brake fluid, without fail, and on every car he's owned, needless to say that old Escort still runs like a champ
I change oil twice a year on my fleet of vehicles. On my main service van that works out to 20 to 30k between every change. It was in service until last year and had 600k on it when I sold it. It would use about 1 quart per 30k. BTW I use 5w30 conventional in winter and 10w30 conventional in summer. The van with 600k was a GMC with a 4.8
To do this oil change right, once that old oil is drained, put the plug back in, and add 3-4 quarts of some cheap oil, run it a few minutes, then drain it again. That will get most of the remainder of the old oil out. THEN fill with fresh synthetic and a new filter.
@@left4worldsins No. Not at all. As long as there IS oil in the motor its fine. Conventional oil can be used in ‘full synthetic cars’. My brothers 2019 Nissan maxima has used conventional oil through its entire 50,000 mile life… No damage or issue at all All you have to do is change the oil more frequent. About 4-5k miles between every change instead of the 7-10k using synthetic.
Idk whats funnier: -Attempt to hide the plate -Using black gloves to show how black the oil is -not knowing the year of the car -the fact this car has been taken to America from Canada just for an oil change, and is being sent back 🦦
The sad thing is I have an Aunt like this who likely wouldn't even go in for the free changes...cars go to her to die. She pulled up once in a 300D she had and said it was a quart low on oil. I told her we didn't have any diesel engine oil but she insisted I just dump in a random quart my Dad had in the garage.
@@tundras4ever552 Yup. I do a lot of short trips so as soon as it's past a medium brown color on the dipstick she's getting a change, usually about every 6 months (and way under the change interval mileage). Cheap insurance to keep it running like new.
I have a 2019 wrx and I got absolutely no deals for oil or maintenance 😟. Have 7k and already did 2 oil changes. Can't believe she went over 20k without an oil change! These motors need them BAD!
I got a ride from a young female friend of mine a number of years back. While driving I glanced at the dashboard and noticed a red flashing oil indicator light. I pointed it out and commented on it. She said oh I know it always happens, it lets me know when it’s almost time to add some oil. When it stays on I add some. I said that’s a low or no oil pressure warning and your engine could blow. Some people I tell ya. 😂😂😂
I remember seeing a Mustang that had overheated and I asked the owner when was the last time she changed the coolant and oil. She had no idea what I was talking about.
Great location but mounting it open-end down means there's a good chance the oil drains out of it every time the engine is off. Better to have it mounted open-end up to keep the filter full of oil.
Audi ... Subaru ... both will burn oil or self destruct after 100K ... edit - there are some that run very well and owners love them but the fact remains too many have unacceptable issues. LET THE BUYER BEWARE
Most new design have the oil filter this way and dealership directive is to suction the oil from the dip tube rather then drain. Less time, parts and mess for a routine oil change. But its not great for the engine, oil can back drain if the car is not used frequently and not draining from the bottom accumulates sediments that could turn into sludge at the bottom of the pan.
I know two women that when they turned 16 and got their first cars they got stranded on the road because they didn’t realize you had to put gas in the car, so this doesn’t surprise me.
That's not sexist at all lmao. My mom is the best driver I know, end of. Your egos are just too fragile to accept that men are equally as bad when performing regular maintenance on cars at times.
What's the news? Changed regularly every 37000 miles/ 2 years (according to OEM spec) on my old car, no issues whatsoever. Sold it with 285000km running like new
That’s only 2.2 times more than recommended in the manual (10,000). It shouldn’t look that bad. Mobile makes a synthetic oil they call “25,000 mile” so it’s certainly doable (except they also impose a 1-year limit).
@@electrictroy2010 that estimate is based on perfect driving not many cold starts and only long trips, this is a grocery getter turn on drive 2 miles go to the store and drive back
@@electrictroy2010 high dollar synthetic oil means nothing if you use a cheap paper filter like fram. Still need to change after 3k. However, if you use a high quality expensive filter that is made for synthetic and long life, then yes. 10k is possible
Exactly. Same reason why I don’t let people other than family borrow anything. If people don’t take care of their own things imagine how much they’d take care of things they don’t pay for.
Funny enough, I’ve run a Camry without oil until it seized, and put new oil in it, hooked up the starter to a higher power battery, and got it started right back up. I didn’t hear anything out of the ordinary, and the spark plugs don’t have any burnt oil built up on them, so the piston rings seem fine. How can the Camry run without oil and be fine? I don’t know, but it’s a tank of an engine.
This is why I hate the Camry. Because there’s no consequences when you don’t take care of it. It’s the perfect car and I hate the perfect car. Whenever a little thing breaks, like a button on the stereo, the driver doesn’t care but it will really piss off their passengers.
We have a diesel Landcruiser, a diesel Hilux and a 1994 Camry. 3 of the nest cars Toyota made. The diesels get new oil and filters every 5000km the Camry every 10000km.
Friend of mine had a early 90s camry the last owner overheated and it blew the head gasket, every time he refueled it it he would fill the coolant with water from the servo at the same time, lasted years that way with zero consequences. Finally the clutch went (cheap clutch broke apart, would not disengage) and we scrapped it after another few months of flat shifting. Tore the engine and transmission down - absolute perfect after 250k and abuse, bearings like new, crosshatching was perfect. Utterly amazing.
