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<\/p>\nAN experienced mechanic has revealed an easy fix which costs just a few pounds but will save you some serious money.<\/p>\n
Scotty Kilmer has built up a huge online following of 5.9million people over the years thanks to him sharing his hacks and top tips to save motorists some big money on repair bills and car maintenance.<\/p>\n
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In a recent clip posted to his YouTube page, he showed a simple hack of what to do if you find your car has an oil leak.<\/p>\n
Scotty said: \u201cI\u2019m going to show you how to figure out what\u2019s wrong and fix it and I\u2019m going to talk about the car itself.<\/p>\n
Standing in front of a white car, Scotty added: \u201cThis guy\u2019s just bought this Nissan Sentra for $1,800, now everybody knows I\u2019m not a Nissan fan but it still runs pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a 1994 and back in the day Nissan made some juicy vehicles, right\u2026 and this is a pretty good vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The clip then cuts to Scotty taking a look under the hood, saying: \u201cThis is an old-style four-cylinder engine and actually, they\u2019re really good engines.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not a bad car, even though it\u2019s got 160,300 miles on the clock. We\u2019re talking about a 30 year old car.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem is, it\u2019s leaking engine oil.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scotty explained the owner had changed the oil but it was leaking all over the place.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n He added: \u201cSo we\u2019re going to find exactly where it\u2019s leaking from.\u201d<\/p>\n The mechanic\u2019s top tip to save time and money was to use a bottle leak-detecting dye.<\/p>\n He said it was a one-shot thing and poured the contents of the small bottle in with the engine oil.<\/p>\n Scotty advised to keep the engine running and drive around the block for 10 to 15 minutes.<\/p>\n He explained he used UV leak dye because: \u201cIt\u2019s the easiest, simplest, quickest thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019re going to try to go by sight alone, you\u2019re going to have to clean everything off, then see what parts get greasy.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t have to do any of that, you put the leak dye in, it glows when you put a UV light on it, so it will show where the leak is coming from and you don\u2019t have to clean anything up.\u201d<\/p>\n Scotty then jacks the car up so he can take a look at the car from underneath and hopefully find out where the leak is coming from.<\/p>\n Once underneath the car, he starts using a pocket UV light to try to find where the leak is.<\/p>\n He then takes off the front wheel on the passenger side and then removes the fan belt.<\/p>\n After that he starts looking at the alternator where he discovers a problem with a sealant.<\/p>\n Having put the car back together, he wanted to make sure that was the cause of the problem and so got the car running again and the problem was fixed.<\/p>\n \u201cSo what did we learn? Well, an old \u201994 Nissan Sentra can still be an excellent work car. He only paid $1,800. It runs good \u2013 and now it\u2019s not leaking oil.\u201d<\/p>\n The clip has been viewed around 106,000 times in less than a week.<\/p>\n One commentator wrote: \u201cScotty makes it look so easy, but I tell you what he worked on is a giant pain in the butt!\u201d<\/p>\n Another said: \u201cHad no idea you could swap that without tearing the engine down. Very cool!\u201d<\/p>\n While a third added: \u201cThese type videos, where Scotty shows how to do the work, are my favourites.<\/p>\n \u201cThe info vids are great, but I like to do the work myself and these vids are excellent as teaching tools!!\u201d<\/p>\n Elsewhere, another mechanic has revealed why your car warning lights could be acting crazy for no obvious reason.<\/p>\n An MOT mechanic has explained why getting a dodgy test can be so dangerous.<\/p>\n Another car mechanic has shown the signs you need to be aware of that could mean your vehicle urgently needs repairing.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/crop-23994974.jpg\")
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