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Look at that.
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Look at that.
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We are back in the 2025 Kia Soul with
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12,985
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miles. This is the one that needs an
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engine. It's a 2025 and the dealer will
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not warranty it. But why?
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Because they let it idle non-stop. This
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thing's a year old. They let this thing
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idle nonstop
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for a year. Probably ran it out of oil
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several times and now it's full of
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sludge. But it needs an engine. A lot of
Why flushing won't fix the sludge
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people said to me, "Oh, why don't you
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just flush it out?" Flushing it is not
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going to fix anything. Flushing it is
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not going to do anything. I was curious
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to see if I could find anything with
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idle time or engine runtime. There's
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nothing in this vehicle that gives you
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that. I even have the scanner hooked up
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right now. And I was here. I looked
Checking the scanner for engine runtime data
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through everything. engine,
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transmission, analog brakes, airbag, the
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occupant detection system, you know, oil
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change resets, the tire and wheel
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services, front radar, everything I
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could think of to look at. The BCM, the
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AC, the cluster, the heads-up display. I
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looked at everything I could think to
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look at and nothing gives me engine
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runtime.
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So, I was hoping to see something, but I
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it's just not there. Just disconnecting
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the scanner. So, I I want to take the
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valve cover off is what I want to do.
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So, I want to look and see what's going
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on there. But, like I said, a lot of
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people commented saying, "Why don't you
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just flush the engine and see what
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happens?" Well, because there's a reason
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for that because the damage is already
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done. The damage is to a point where it
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won't help anything. Now, had this thing
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had a sludge build up and maybe was
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burning a little oil, but it wasn't
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knocking, wasn't setting any codes for
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timing chain errors and stuff like that,
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um, I would consider it. I would
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consider it. I would at least try it,
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but this thing's already gone, so
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there's no point in doing that. Let me
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start this up. Let me revisit the
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situation in case you missed it. I'll
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tag the other video here, too, just so
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you could see it. It should show up
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there. Um, but let's start this. Okay,
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so
Starting the engine to hear the damage
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the engine's making so much noise, but
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let's go underneath the hood.
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And there you see.
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Woohoo.
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There's a lot of smoke out the tail, but
Removing the valve cover: getting started
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I I try not to get the name of the
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company on camera here.
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You hear how bad that thing sounds?
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I mean, it is just flattery chattering.
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Also sounds like this thing's got a
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broken motor mount.
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Yeah, something's hitting. But you hear
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how chattery it is.
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Yeah,
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I'm going to see if I can't pop that
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valve cover off. At least this way we
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can get a better look inside.
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All right, so we're going to quickly
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just take off this valve cover.
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Uh, I have to get some more tools. I'm
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going to film everything and then edit
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it accordingly.
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Now you got to take the dipst stick out.
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And um I just had it running. So you see
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it's all the way up the stick. Got to
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take the dipstick out. You don't have to
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take the spark plugs out, but you do
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have to take the coils off.
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Some coils have the bolts captured so
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they don't fall out. This one is not
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that design.
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Yellow, come on out of there.
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Jeez.
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Wow, these things are really stuck on
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those plugs. You hear them popping
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[snorts]
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these type of connectors here. You push
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down on You push them in. Push down on
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the white clip and it should come out.
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Or maybe not. Oh, this has got a double.
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Okay, it's got one on each side.
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That's how you get it off.
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[snorts]
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Okay, so far relatively simple.
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I'm going to need a pair of pliers for
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that.
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There's no reason to pull the uh
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cam sensors out.
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[clears throat]
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Oops.
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[snorts]
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I tell you, I've had this Milwaukee for
Best tool shoutout (Milwaukee)
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I don't know, six or seven six or seven
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years and uh I can honestly say it's one
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of the best tools I've ever bought,
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purchased, bought, and whatever you want
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to say.
Removing hoses, wires, and connectors
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All right, let me go get a pair of
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pliers so I can get this hose off. Let
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me get something so I can unhook this
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wire
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and pull this connector off of here.
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So, I don't want to break anything. So,
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let me do that. I'll be right back.
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Okay. So, now for this where this wire
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loom goes in here. Let me see if I can
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give you a little better shot here.
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Uh,
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see how that goes into that little piece
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there? There's two tabs that need to be
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released
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inside there.
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Just like that. See that? So, you're
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just pushing in on those little tabs.
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Uh, okay. Let's back you back up,
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maybe.
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All right.
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[snorts]
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Okay.
Final bolts and the moment of truth
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So, now a moment of truth.
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I think I got
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all the bolts out.
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All right.
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Look at that.
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Look at that.
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[laughter]
Revealing the sludge inside the engine
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That's incredible.
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That is absolutely incredible.
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Look at the sludge.
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I'm trying to turn my light on. Oh my
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gosh.
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Look at the sludge.
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This thing's got 12,000 miles. Look at
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the sludge. That's from running it out
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of oil.
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That's amazing.
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Absolutely amazing.
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Look at the globs.
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I've seen Jell-O not as thick as this.
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Wow.
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Wow. That is
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just truly
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truly amazing.
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That's a gasket. So is that.
Why this happens: idling and low oil damage
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Wow.
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Ha. Have you ever seen one this bad?
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But yeah, in case you're wondering.
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Yeah, flushing this is not gonna fix it.
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Um I blown away. Blown away. This is um
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yeah, blown away. That's all I could
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say.
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But you know, I so many different
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comments on this and people were saying,
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"Oh, you know, as soon as you said Kia,
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I knew what it was." Well, these things
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are not designed, none of the cars today
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are designed to just sit there and idle.
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These have low tension rings. They're
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notorious for using oil in the first
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place, but I mean, that doesn't matter.
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That shouldn't create this. But what
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happens is you run it really low on oil
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to the point of it starving itself for
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oil.
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That oil is what creates this sludge,
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that really low oil, because it gets all
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the contaminants that are inside the
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engine that are getting blown past the
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rings, get into the oil, and then you
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wind up with this mess. So yeah, I I'm
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sorry. As far as I'm concerned, this is
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all on the customer. This has nothing to
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do with the manufacturer. This can
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happen to any vehicle. Matter of fact,
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I'm sorry I don't remember your name. I
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actually saved your screenshot of your
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comment. Works at a Subaru dealer. They
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have a Subaru. Same type of thing.
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Security vehicle. They've put in three
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engines in 16,000 mi, I think he said.
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And they finally said to him, they did
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it under warranty. They finally said to
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him, "Look, this is it. We're not doing
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it. You have to change the oil every
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1,000 mi. We have to see receipts or we
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have to do it here every 1,000 mi or we
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are never going to warranty this thing
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again. So, you know, could you say that
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it's a fault inside this particular
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engine? Possibly. Anything's a
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possibility. I don't think so. I'm
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pretty darn confident it's exactly what
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I think it is. Ran it low on oil, kept
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running it low on oil, did it multiple
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multiple multiple multiple times, and
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never changed the oil. Then you wind up
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with this disaster.
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Yeah. So, let's look once again.
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You got to remember something, too. The
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engine breathes through the valve cover.
Wrap-up and outro
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That's what those hoses are for. You
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know, those are breathers through the
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valve cover.
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Imagine if you are really congested and
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you can't breathe through your nose.
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That's what this is. That's what this
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is.
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You know, the intake and exhaust cams
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have to read off of or cam sensors have
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to read off of that slop, too. Wow. Just
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absolutely amazing.
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All right. Well, now you know exactly
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why this thing needs an engine.
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Well, now you got to see it firsthand.
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So, all right. I hope you got something
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out of that. If you did, hit that like
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All right, guys. Have a great day. Keep
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wrenching. I actually got to put this
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back together because while they
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approved the engine, they have to give
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us a deposit to do the engine, and they
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haven't come through yet. So, I'm going
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to put it back together cuz you never
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know. the deal could fall through. It's
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possible. So, anyway, that's it. Have a
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great day. Keep wrenching.