Hilarious Stupid Funny Tricks/Works By Mechanic Ustaads

[Xulfiqar]

This one is not mechanic but customer here in houston, I checked fheir old Chevy van and it had a dry radiator and tank too,

I start filing and owner says please dont add too much, it leaks from engine so we keep it low

A gallon low

Btw they also asked why their thing overheats when both acs are running at full power

No words man!

[ahmedstudio]

Now this is what we're talking about here
Quite a "mechanic ustad" story by @doc.tarzan

Toyota corona Mark 2 1973 conversion/ modification/ upgrade

In one of my cars in which i had swapped a 2jz (as usual) custom mounts were made for the engine, car didn't vibrate on test drive i thought it was a job well done. One day (eventually that day comes in all of our lives) i had to change engine oil and filter.The car was still at the workshop but to my surprise the oil did not get change in a couple of days.The mechanic tells me we have a problem!! The mounts were made in such a way the it was impossible to remove the oil filter ... like absolutely jammed in front of the oil filter ... Beat that

[nooire731]

SIr, I deliberately used

I

instead of We to generalize it without hurting anyone feelings.
Alhamdullilah can do little chores DIY. Pardon me for not selecting the right words.

[nooire731]

Sir, immediately export him to Pakistan,he will be perfectly fit here

[joshuaelijah05]

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[Xulfiqar]

In his defense his vehicle holds close to 28 litres coolant and its an old 5.7 chevy v8

Meaning engine doesnt give a damn about small stuff like low coolant or overheating

[joshuaelijah05]

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[ahmedstudio]

He has enough credentials to be a qualified Mechanic Ustaad.

[ahmedstudio]

Yeah man these posts originated after spending time, money and energy due to mechanic ustaads' 'tricks' ruining our machines. However once one went through those bad experiences, there as lot of learning.

[omersiddiqui5482]

Rinse and repeat and you have collections upon collections of moronic examples, forget cars, Pakistan still doesnt have elecric plug standardization code, or wiring grouding or even basic plumbing codes,

The electric wiring fiasco was about to happen at our own home recently! Renovations are in continuation, all wiring needs to be sorted out then, the contractor and the electrician he brought did the whole damn wiring but there was still a little earthing in the neutral! My father who is an electrical engineer him self asked if he had grounded the wire to which he replied " woh to hum kabhi karte he nahi" the next minute he was kicked out the house!

Also, if you read i had to change the gear cable of my lancer 88, when it got damaged i called in a general mechanic since my usual wasnt available! the idiot didnt knew that the damn cable was bolted to the firewall and kept pulling down the cable to get it out!

[Xulfiqar]

the idiot didnt knew that the damn cable was bolted to the firewall and kept pulling down the cable to get it out!

he didnt even bother to "LOOK"? its almost common sense to inspect the whole assembly that is going to be removed.

[omersiddiqui5482]

Hence Kicked ! Just as i arrived inspecting what he was doing!

[zarakdurrani606]

Fart sniffing EV owners are pretty dumb. Just goes to prove that you can't fix stupid.

[saqibhassan95]

Seems like the guy was someone from this thread

[nfssaad]

grounding a neutral wire???

[omersiddiqui5482]

Sir I am talking about earthing...

[an_average_car_user]

I have a story to share as well, and its a common one, engine oil. It was in 2017.

Prius Gen 3. I took for the first oil change after checking the color on dipstick. Its my fault that I did not know the correct oil grade for the car. I went to a car wash/service station near home in Lahore, and saw bottles of 10w40 and 20w50 oils. Then I realized ke oil grade bhi kuch hota hai, the guy came to me and said 10w40 dale ga fully synthetic. By that time the other person had drained the oil from the car.

I quickly checked on my phone about oil grades and ones suitable for Prius gen 3, and my search took me to prius chat, and the conclusion was it needs 0W20. I told the guy and showed him the manual pdf, and the reply was the common this is not for the heat of Pakistan. The car couldn't be moved so I called a trusted mechanic who told me not to get oil from random shops and then I called my brother to get 0w20, and get 5w20 if not available. The manual says to use 0w20 in every climate/temperature etc etc, and use 5w20 if 0w20 is not available.

There was also that second voice in my head constantly saying "yar kuch ho na jaye, 0w20 is very thin etc etc."

By the time my brother reached I got a long lecture on garmi of Pakistan and thick oil and he showed me receipts of other customers using 10W40 in Prius. I am not able to believe that many countries have higher temperatures than Lahore, and many parts of USA are very hot too, yet same oil is recommended, but why we always get the climate argument garmi bohot hai etc.

Used 5w20 in Prius for 2 years because 0w20 was not easily available and also because of the other voice in my head, the fear of something going wrong. Switched to 0w20 since last winter, and so far, some 42000kms and 3.5 years later nothing wrong with the car, no oil reduction or leakage. I switched the oil to 0w20 for the first time in winter despite knowing that the car heats up to an operating temperature which is higher than any summer/winter temperature, so changing it when weather is cold makes no difference but that second voice ...... kuch ho na jaye sometimes overcomes the common sense.

And, on tires (Cultus), the plate on the door says 35psi, the tires have 36psi written on them, but whenever I ask to fill to that pressure, I get the "yahan bohot garmi hai" reply despite the plate being in both English and Urdu, clearly meant for Pakistan.

[UAHMAD]

The other day I went to a renowned workshop of the city to get my vehicle's exhaust system checked. The workshop owner and his mechanic declared the exhaust system working perfectly fine without any leaks, but pointed towards another noise coming from the engine bay.

I was pleasantly surprised to see them using the mechanics' stethoscope to find the source of that abnormal sound. After discussions with each other they disclosed that it was coming from the fuel injector pump. When I inquired further the workshop owner told that most probably it was indicating a faulty head rotor/plunger. It brought chills down my spine because replacement of rotor head costs around 20 thousand rupees.

I asked the owner from where to get the fuel injector pump checked. He referred me to a diesel laboratory located at least 25 km from that workshop. I requested him to suggest a nearby laboratory. His golden words were:

'Sir, I am always more concerned with the quality of work rather than the distance.'

I was really impressed. I left his workshop with a bundle of thanks. But I went to the nearest diesel laboratory (contrary to his recommendations) and get the pump checked. The mechanic ustaad was really annoyed. Without taking out the pump he showed me two pipes hitting each other close to the pump (due to absence of a clip) was the actual source of that abnormal sound. He asked his junior to separate the pipes with a clip, and that sound was gone.

[an_average_car_user]

Offtopic but is there a youtube channel/thread/course that teaches to do the necessary maintenance at home, and what can be accomplished by simple tools and without specialized training and at home.

I know it can be googled but I am looking for something with a good structure, and something that builds enough understanding to do self-diagnosis of problems, or have an idea of where to start. Or if needed, better supervise the work done by mechanics?

[joshuaelijah05]

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