HeyAnthonyAz Image Gallery
I see so many worn and failed parts every month it is amazing. This gallery is a small sample of my favorite worn and faulty parts. Every part has a story to tell. View at your own risk.
Radiator caps and thermostats should be replaced at major service intervals, or when a new water pump or radiator is installed. The rubber part of the cap and thermostat is cracked and can not seal correctly any longer. A leaking cap can lead to coolant loss and engine over heating. A bad thermostat can cause an engine to not warm up to a normal operating temp or over heat.
Plastic parts don’t last as long as a metal part do, but to make a car lighter. More and more parts for the engine and cooling system are made from plastics. The cooling housing in the images is on a 5-year-old Nissan. It failed from heat stress. I replace many of this style of part on Nissan’s.
Worn battery cable end, with makeshift foil repair. MacGyver would give two thumbs up for a repair like this, but the win is short lived. It will fail again…
The spark plug on the left has a carbon tracking mark on the side of the insulator. The common reason this happens is related to the spark plug gap being worn. The gap becomes wider due to electrode wear, the wear causes higher resistance. The ignition system can produce 35,000 volts of spark energy. If the spark plug is worn out, the 35,000 volts will take an easy path to ground around the worn spark plug, through the side of the spark plug boot.
The 1989 Bentley Turbo R, a Wow car in any condition. I just wish the rest of the car looked as good as the hood emblem.
Worn tires happen, this was one of three tires showing belt cord. Tires have many layers of rubber , belts of steel and nylon belts. When the outer rubber is worn exposing the cord, replacement is needed right away. A condition like this is just asking for a break down.
Ford PCV hose failure. This is from a Ford Escort. The client was in a panic about the car not running right and she needed to get to work. Yes, we can fix it. A quick inspection turned up this failed hose. A simple fix for under $80.00. It’s all good under the hood!
VW new Beetle, this is the inside of the central locking module. The smoked electrical part in the center was caused by the client hooking up the battery backwards, oops!
Engine code P0128, a common code for an engine not maintaining 170 degrees. This thermostat is from a Dodge, but many thermostats use a rubber ring to seal the body from the moving disc. When the rubber ring goes bad, coolant will by-pass and the engine can’t stay hot enough to support clean emissions at the tail pipe. The check engine light will turn on to let the driver know it’s time to get the car in for repair.
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