There's nothing like logical thinking, good research, and well over 40 years of experience! You are about as important in today's world, as having a great doctor, and a great lawyer! We all need knowledgeable Auto Technicians, to keep us moving, SAFELY! Thanks, KENNY! 👏👏👏

Sounds like this 1961 ford van/pickup clunker l bought for $200 bucks from my county roads dept. In the late 60's. It looked like crap, sounded like crap ' but that old clunker was able to take me everywhere l needed to go. Oh yeah ' the good old day's of growing up as a teenager 😎👍🇺🇲

@Roadking556

9 күн бұрын

Them days are long gone

I had a Ranger that ran great but after the engine was warm it wouldn't idle and stalled at every stop. Replaced many parts ( loaded the parts cannon), finally discovered that the steel EGR tube was cracked under the insulation creating a huge vacuum leak.

@paulpetty3331

Жыл бұрын

I had a 90 something one,,used OBD1 could not tell what flashes were. Counted and counted.nothing matched and books.threw a lot of sensers at.parted it out.

@THUGGINDAILYGAMING

Жыл бұрын

My 89 Ford 2.3 mustang does this

@4sl648

Жыл бұрын

Murder Hornets

Reminded me of living down in Hot Springs, AR. If there was an opening, the dirt dauber wasps would make a nest. Great find!

I suggest to turn the mirror option off in your camera settings. That way all the writing will not show backwards

I would recommend changing the fuel filter as well. Judging by the bad gas it wouldn't be a bad idea.

@josephfuller6229

Жыл бұрын

Changing fuel filter is usually the first thing I do to a vehicle that I don't know the history of

@Monacomaverick

Жыл бұрын

I'd change the oil, too.

@StopTeoriomSpiskowym

Жыл бұрын

and clean whole fuel system with injectors

@commonsenseisdeadin2024

11 ай бұрын

First I agree that it's not a bad idea to do however rarely is it ever the fuel filter these days. When cars were carbureted they ran average fuel pressure of 7PSI. Take a air hose and regulate it to 7psi and it's easy to stop the flow with your finger..... Now days average is 40psi.... Now do the same.

@DinDooIt

8 ай бұрын

@@commonsenseisdeadin2024 Yeah, a lot of vehicles don't even have a fuel filter accessible, most cases it's on the pump in the tank and it's just a screen.

The best discovery to date! Dirt dobbers are a thing in Texas too. 👍

I hope you took a still picture of that blockage to put on your shop wall and another one to give to the owner. That was unbelievable! Dirt daubers are notorious for finding every opening everywhere. I learned about them when I lived down south in Arkansas. Great story for you and Mo... lol.

I guess you could say you worked the bugs out...

My first guess after finding you had no back pressure was that there was an air intake problem. At the time you hadn't mentioned that the vehicle was sitting for 3 years.

@mzaccagnini7179

29 күн бұрын

That could be part of the problem!

Hi Moe …! This is one for the record books .. I like the test road …my girlfriends Ford had a fresh air door stuck on heat in the air cleaner box … and was running hot air .. it would stumble and spit … I’m impressed you went through all the various possibilities to find the problem

The spiral pasta out of the exhaust story is always funny!!!

Mice probably was the culprit of the pasta. Years ago after storing my motorcycle for the winter I started it in the spring and it sounded constricted and powerless. Good thing my garage door was open because when I cranked it up Dog Food flew 100 feet down the driveway. Damn Mice.

@dwartfarquart9590

4 сағат бұрын

Vintage bikes are my thing. Dog food is the 2nd most common Spring problem in Michigan. Mouse nest in the airbox is first.

Very clever mechanic,honest and straightforward,wished I used his shop.

Another great video. Wow mud dobbers in the engine. That's another crazy find. Great job !

So just like the first giant tube computer that had a moth short out a contact, "its got a bug in it"!

Nice seeing you fellows enjoying a laugh

great video and diagnosis. sometimes it's the simplest things. great alternative options to checking and testing. good job I liked and subscribed

I like your videos. Informative with no BS.

One of the most ' hair pulling ' exotic troubleshooting times I had was I put a new engine in sister's car , hooked everything up, and it would start but only do very slow idle. Any more throttle and it would just quit. I finally came to realization the previous motor blew a lot of oil which plugged converter with crud, then it sat a few months and crud turned to cement. I disconnected exhaust and it ran like hell. Catalytic converters were still rather young in my world so I didn't think of it. Another head scratcher was a 100hp engine running about 10 - 20 hp and absolutely no codes. I checked everything, fuel pressure, air sensors, exhaust, everything. It turned out the engine went backward a couple turns which made the cam belt jump over three teeth. The cam was like three teeth advanced and car did not have cam position sensor. I think if it went one more it would have been damaging. It really messes with your head when it runs so bad but doesn't say a single thing in codes.

@timin770

8 ай бұрын

All this emissions crap is going to be the death of the ICE. But that's what the enviro-nazis want

Love your video content. The stuff that you come up with is amazing. Keep it coming.

I love you channel, very concise no longer then they have to be videos that are full on information. I am a retired tech of almost 50 years, and I even learn something sometimes. When I suspect a plugged exhaust, along with an exhaust pressure test I always hook up a vacuum gauge, WOT and still having 20" on vacuum would have had me checking the air cleaner and ducting.

@mkuehn5450

Жыл бұрын

while i own a back pressure gauge, reading vacuum is a lost art, 2k rpms should be equal or greater than idle vac for cat health. but i'll admit i'll use the map sensor numbers more often now if it has one. appreciate the wot significance.

@ChrisTheBmxGuy

Жыл бұрын

Yep I was thinking the whole time put a vacuum gauge on it or read map data. Then again everything I own is made before 1990

Always enjoy watching your videos. You are so thorough with your work, carefully diagnosing the symptoms and problems before blindly jumping in and fixing any possible issues. Refreshing to know that there are still qualified and caring auto technicians out there! Thanx and keep ‘em coming!! 👏😎👍🏼

@bartsarton2212

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about?! He blindly jumped in concluding the exhaust system was plugged, then he blindly concluded the fuel was contaminated, then he blindly concluded there was something wrong under the valve cover that caused the oil smoke out the tailpipe. Moe only stumbled across the clogged intake when he went to take it off before the valve cover work. Absolutely no careful diagnosis on this one!

Good troubleshooting, fuel, spark ,compression and oh yea air is always helpful, knuckle busters are an elite group!!!

Great story told.

Heard about an old model T that nobody could get running. Finally someone figured out that the exhaust system was full of water. They drive cars on the ice in the winter around here. It must have broke through.

WOW! Good find. I have never seen such a thing either. Thanks for sharing this..

I once found mice had been nesting above the air filter, but your find tops mine! Great job.

Wow! That is wild. I did a rebuild of an old Jeep YJ and found approx 6 "dirt-dobbers" nest under the dashboard and on the engine block and pulleys. Nothing as amazing as your Ford.

When we think we seen it all. Nice work Kenny.

Interesting, thanks for sharing!

Wow. Nice find.

In 2022, for 1st time in my life I went ahead & bought a 16 years old car. Was allowed to use it for 3 months before buying it. Transfer over from my Honda the dashboard mounted OBD2 and record by handphone all the displayed parameters. idling RPM va MAF vs MAP vs throttle valve position vs ignition timing vs O2 sensor reading vs few other parameters. On the highway set for 60mph and leave it on auto cruise and repeat recording by handphone. Before you intend to get a specific model of car you should try to loan a good condition & well maintained same model car. Use a dashboard mounted OBD2 and do a recording while the owner drive it. Use the parameters as your base line. If you have a 2 litre car MAF should be around 5.5g/second if air manifold intake pressure is -7.35psi or 1/2 atmospheric air pressure and rpm at 750. All these few parameters are inter related. Change one of these values then the others also change.

Interesting issue that caused the problem. Great diagnostic and mechanic skills.

Great video!

Well done this is the best example of diagnosis rather than assume.

@bartsarton2212

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about?! Kenny started off assuming the exhaust system was plugged, then he assumed the fuel was contaminated, and then he assumed something was wrong under the valve cover and Moe stumbled across the clogged air intake system while they were going to take the valve cover off to investigate the oil smoke out the tail pipe. There wasn't one ounce of diagnosis on this one!

That reminded of an old Lincoln with the same symptoms. Kept resetting a hard MAF code. On my 2nd replacement MAF , I broked out my favorite signal generator. Even with the proper signal the car had no power. Eventually I discovered an oil rag stuffed in the air intake tube behind the headlights.

Thanks.

Hi Kenny, thanks for the great video ❤

@WrenchingWithKenny

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching the channel & commenting 🔧

Always great info and thanks so much. I’m working on a focus that sounds like it bogging but runs ok. Probably bad gas. 😇

Good one 😮

WOW! The things that make you go, WTF? EXCELLENT!

Good to meet Moe. Hi Moe!

@WrenchingWithKenny

2 жыл бұрын

Moe says hi !!

That's awesome 😎

I love moe's reaction, I laughed too

Years ago an old mechanic showed me a muffler which he cut open, with a little plate broke off inside and now and again it would flap up and stall the car. After some time it would fall back down and you could start the car up and drive it like normal until it happened again. It's funny he was born his hair out and he was sitting there and he heard the little ding of the metal falling. Years later a friend of mine board a car cheap I was doing the same thing and it was driving him insane and I told him about the muffler. Him and a friend banged all the exhaust system with a hammer and said the exhaust system is fine. I ended up buying the car very cheap off him changing the muffler and reselling it for a good price. Some people think they know more than they do. Cheers Graham

@johncarter446

Ай бұрын

Same situation in a plumbing scenario. Had a toilet in 3rd floor, century old home, that would periodically overflow/flood. This was a rental unit so we had poor control/information. Had toilet off a couple of times. Could see nothing in elbow or 4 foot horizontal run of cast iron, figured it must be a piece of rust in vertical stack but it reasoned that it should have cleared by itself. Luckily, I was positioned over the floor flange with a mirror in the elbow when a gust of wind across the roof vent pulled some air through the horizontal pipe. This caused a plastic lid stuck in the pipe to swing 90 degrees and effectively block the flow of -ahh - water. That damned butterfly / plastic lid was invisible to me until that gust of wind caused it to swing. No further floods

Had mice fill up the mufler on a 74 crew cab with wheat. It idled but touch the gas and it would die. Started it up and got out and noticed steam coming out of exhaust , cut pipe, perfect

That was funny when you found that ! I can imagine what might be in the one I just got it ( 95 splash 3.0 manual,has low power as well

Wow! That car most have been parked for over a year to allow mud dauber wasps to build their hive in the intake. Does the car still has its engine dust/air filter? That should be their only passage to that intake. Great video👍🏻

I have a friend whose an independent mechanic when he starts telling me some automotive horror stories I check your videos so I can understand what he's talking about

Glad you found the problem .I never seen anything like that.👏👍

good video. ive never seen such with vehicle.

I'm second owner of a 2009 f 150, it run really good for a long time. Then 1 day it fell on it's face, I didn't know it at the time but the air intake horn was missing from the fender liner. A piece of noise deadening Styrofoam from the inside of the fender slid out and plugged the airbox intake. Had a heck of a time figuring that out.

@WrenchingWithKenny

Жыл бұрын

Wow! That's interesting. I haven't heard of that one. I'm glad you figured it out. Thanks for sharing. Keep wrenching 🔧

I have seen them make a nest on top of a piston. I had a 4 cyclinder motorcycle that I thought had dropped a valve. I pulled the head off, and they had made a nest on the piston in the intake valve relief. I was shocked to see dirt, dead spiders, and eggs on top of the piston when I pulled the head off.

I had a similar situation with a Honda, lady went on vacation for 3 weeks and came home to her car without any power. When I pulled the air cleaner lid off it was like some had poured a 5 pound bag of bird seed around the air filer and leveled it off. It was crammed full. Shop vac and a new filter and she was on her way. Mice had a heyday for a couple of weeks

Nice story about the pasta that was hilarious I never heard nothing like that before

I replaced a motor in my F150 4.9L and it would start but ran like the full choke was on and it was way too rich. I spent 6 months off and on trying to figure it out with no success. I finally went through all the vacuum tubes and finally found where mud daubers had plugged the line to the MAP sensor. I ran a wire through snd a bunch of mud and a larvae came out. After that the truck ran fine. It was in the shop the whole time and I had no ideas the bugs could even get in there. Now it is something I always check right away.

I drove my 99 Ford Ranger with 320k from SE Massachusetts to Kanab UTAH IN 40 hours, 2700 miles. And it skipped the whole way because of bad spark plug wires. When I finally made it to Kanab I replaced the wires and it ran like a Rolex. Drove it back home to Massachusetts and 3 months later I drove back but this trip took 49 hours and made it back to Massachusetts, the 4.0 Is bulletproof.

Amazing.

First time I've ever seen someone say goodbye during the middle of the video..lol

Lol Crazy! And it still ran.

I always check intake first when lack of power, the number of times I have seen squirrels/mice pack things into aircleaners/etc. is way higher than the number of times it was obstructed exhaust/other. I also check it first whenever it's {stalls at lights}.

DANG! Something I haven't ran across yet. Interesting 😎🤘🤘🤘

Thank s

What do expect it's a Ford Ranger lol love your videos very informative TY.

Is it weird that I recognize the area you did the test drive? Been in central PA for over a decade

I was a mechanic at a motorcycle dealership back in the 80s. I ran into many plugged exhausts, mostly from animals building nests. I had an old BSA in my stall with running issues. I had it running and then all of a sudden it gave a mighty cough and a rolled up bag of pot launched itself out of the left side muffler. A couple of coworkers disposed of the contraband and it worked fine there after.

Good info. I had a strange loss of power at higher rpm on a Jeep wrangler 3.6L. After checking everything I looked up and saw the hood liner felt had torn loose and was getting sucked over the air intake only at higher rpm. 10 seconds with a razor knife fixed it.

That is frickin crazy! Wow! Never seen that shit before

that’s crazy im having the same problem on mine right now i just took out the tank and cleaned it next going to replace fuel pump and might be checking inside the engine for anything . thanks

So they must have had the intake hose off for that to happen. Unless they didn’t have a filter in the box.

@michaelszczys8316

Жыл бұрын

Nothing like having BUGS carry a ton of dirt right into your motor.

@briteidea08

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelszczys8316 My aunt had something similar in her car. She had been in the hospital. I went to the house to check on things. Car was looking pretty sad. So I took it for a ride. Before doing so. I checked everything. There were mud dauber nests all over and under car. Gas cap door and in the air intake before the filter. Few others under the hood as well.

Wonky clutch hahaha😂 feels fine now lol you’re are cool bro

LoL love this video man I bet the maf ( if equipped) was dirty

Having been in professional pest management for 40 years plus wrenching on my own vehicles, I've seen this before. The insect is attracted to fuel vapors/fumes including propane gas on trailer and motorhome water and space heaters as well. This doesn't surprise me at all once you said the truck hadn't been driven in about 3 years. People should know to drive their vehicles at least once every other week, if not every week to avoid issues like this. Rodents like to get up into the engine compartment to make nests and they chew up wiring and rubber/plastic hoses too. I once found a snake under my hood.

This video got me to subscribe to your channel. Thanks !! ;)

man, that shoulda been the first thing looked for. if it sits, critters move in. but Mud Daubers in the intake? really IS one for the books :P had that happen with a minivan. opened the glovebox for the first time and wondered why there was a second door visible. turned out the thing had interior air filters. I pull em out, and there's a big ol mouse nest sitting on top of em :P

Really surprised this didn’t throw an rich code or mass airflow. Good find, that’s one for the WTF books 😂

I could tell it was really "bugging" you. (ok, now that I got that out of my system, like the mud dobbers) 😉 Where do you dispose of the bad gas?

In Florida and Texas, those pesky Mud Daubers create so much havoc when they are looking to build a nest. We are always going around the house checking for new nests! never seen one in the intake manifold though!

i wonder how much dirt was sucked into the engine from this dirt dobber nest. I think this is rare ,I have never seen this before ,Good job guys.

we had a chevy pickup that did a lot of town driving. in the winter the exhaust froze up. crank no start until it sat in the shop overnight. big puddle of water under it next morning

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But the tricks of 4-stroke combustion are older than we are, so maybe what we learned years ago will still work today, and more days in the future.

Those "Dirt Dobbers" can get into an do some pretty amazing things !!!

WOW, that is one crazy video. Two questions: how did they get the pasta noodles all the way back to the muffler, and what do you do with the old gas? Thanks and keep up the great work.

@briteidea08

Жыл бұрын

The noodles in the muffler is an easy one. If the muffler is under the rear bumper. Just use a broom handle to push them inside. Old gas can be mixed with new gas. Used in lawn mowers or small engines.

@mikedickman6369

Жыл бұрын

@@briteidea08 ok thanks

@Master-di4di

Жыл бұрын

@@briteidea08 When you go Touring. If you run out of food, you always got Pasta? Lol.

@offlineinsanity

8 ай бұрын

Drive by an Italian restaurant and get sued. All the customers smell burnt pasta 😂

I'm glad to see a ranger video. I have a 99 with all kinds of issues, from the clutch to the brakes. On hell of a mess.

The old cavaliers had these issue it ended up needing the coils that were mounted to the cover over the top of motor that went right to the plugs sticking out top of motor

Never overlook basics . I picked up a lawnmower at the curb. The air filter was completely filthy and blocked . A new filter and it ran . I guess a NEW lawnmower costs LESS than air filter ! LOL ! 😄

I'm a tech, that's not part of diagnostics 101, nice feeling to find and fix problems

The mileage on the truck is 122597 MIles and it's a 2001 GMC Sierra SLE extended cab short bed 2-wheel drive 5.3 l V8 to 285 horsepower stock. But I'm cranking 387 with upgrades I just put a lot of money into this truck Kenny so I'm just curious is this going to kill my rear differential quicker with this gray fluid in there or no?

Really want you said it's been setting for 3 years the first thing I thought was a rat nest in the breather box. Anytime I pick up a vehicle's been setting for several years that's the first thing I do is pull the intake apart looking for Critters. That's before I ever tried to start it

I had an oil bath air filter clog up. Acted just like that Ranger. I found a spark plug full of soot.

I stay in Oman. I am writing for an issue I'm experiencing in my Toyota Corolla 2008. About six months ago, after changing Spark Plugs, my car started showing Check Engine light while trying to accelerate. Basically when I drive in the highway at 120 kph and reduce speed to 80 kph for traffic and again try to accelerate (as I have cars behind me), then acceleration become hard/slow and Check Engine light comes after a small jerk (but not always). After Check Engine light, speed reaches 120+ again and car runs smoothly without any issue. And the light goes autometically after 1 or 2 days (or I have to reset in scanner). The car was scanned in locak workshop where Cylinder C and D showed faulty. I changed both the Ignition coils two / three times and the spark plugs also but still the problem is there. My car ran 370000 km and there is no issue in starting the car as well. I would be grateful you could advise me something regarding the issue though it is difficult for you advise without checking the car physically. Please let me know if you need any more information. Thank you.

I hate to laugh about the issue, but that was hilarious

Must have been sitting for a while for that to happen that much. I remember sometimes coming back to machinery over a weekend and find wasps trying to build nests in the ac drain tube.

@WrenchingWithKenny

Ай бұрын

The were mud dobbers. Now that we have been here for a while I realize those little buggers are everywhere. Thanks for commenting & watching the channel. Keep wrenching 🔧

the pasta noodles in muffler sounds like the work of a mouse.

Is the mud dauber oem or after market part? I’m having trouble finding the part online

DANG! And it still ran! Is it for sale? 😀

And the Ford Danger lives another day ☺️😂

Hi Mo

Pasta, eh? As a young kid, we put several hundred garden snails in the tail pipe of a neighbor's '56 T-Bird parked in the street. Needless to say, it left a heck of mess on the car behind it when it started.

@WrenchingWithKenny

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 that's priceless

@jimmyfleetwood1118

Жыл бұрын

@@WrenchingWithKenny The things children do! Like your vids. Cheers!