Welp, finally got that new video done

[dysfun@social.treehouse.systems]

@TechConnectify engine in a dishwasher is absolute peak TC

[baardhaveland@snabelen.no]

@TechConnectify

I decided to just stop buying cars with those lamps many years ago!

Never looked back! 🥰

(Also... driving by gas stations is entertaining af these days!)

[glutto@mastodon.social]

@bjn @TechConnectify

That snapped my attention pretty quick.

[foxhkron@cybre.club]

@TechConnectify@mas.to suck, squeeze, bang, blow ​​

[hellomiakoda@pdx.social]

@TechConnectify I enjoyed this one, even though none of the info in it was new to me. Except "flexplate". That was new to me. I hope you explain how TF a torque converter works and what converting torque even means.

[hellomiakoda@pdx.social]

@TechConnectify To your audience - not knowing what the "idiot lights" mean, what they should and shouldn't be doing, and what your fluids SHOULD look and smell like, is a great way to spend more money on car repairs and possibly die.

[hellomiakoda@pdx.social]

@TechConnectify "Die? Surely that's exaggeration!", some might exclaim.

Your brakes use fluid. Your brake fluid is one of a few things standing between you and uncontrolled abrupt stopping, which can be fatal.

[hellomiakoda@pdx.social]

Remember - there is no such thing as being unable to stop. You will stop. It's a matter of stopping when you want at a controlled rate, or unscheduledly stopping abruptly and having your various mushy bits slam against your rigid mineral bits.

[pawv@tech.lgbt]

@TechConnectify you rule

[empathicqubit@mastodon.de]

@TechConnectify Nissan-Versa

[chrisp@cyberplace.social]

@TechConnectify If you see the oil light come on and it is because the pump *just* failed then you might be ok. If the oil light came on just now because the oil has been burned/leaking cmslowlg over the 3 months and it is just now at the point when it is warning you, then if could be too late, your engine could have been destroying itself due to lack of oil for weeks. Ask me how I know.

[bertdriehuis@infosec.exchange]

@TechConnectify great to see a new video from you!

For some use cases, such as personal aviation, ye olde 4-stroke engine is not very likely to be replaced by electrics any day soon (unless someone invents a really lightweight extension cord). For these, synthetic fuels would probably be the most environmentally friendly solution.

Have you ever seen any research into turning excess solar power into e-fuels? The hard part is probably not the chemical or the physics part, but making the process economically viable with just excess electricity. That said, it might just be the stuff to fill a gap in the transition.

The good news is someone just made oil a lot more expensive so more people may realize that cheap fossil fuels are not a given.

[cleoqc@cosocial.ca]

@TechConnectify
Amusing. That light turned on just this afternoon.

[peetz0r@hsnl.social]

@TechConnectify Thanks for publishing this exactly when I finally started my driving lessons. It was actually very useful

[yacha@furry.engineer]

@bclindner @TechConnectify in this video, did he mention the refrigerator cycle at least once?

I definitely should play a drinking game with friends, and drink every time he says anything about the cycle.

[lkundrak@metalhead.club]

@bclindner @TechConnectify sigh. binged on this gentleman's car videos and i never even had a car or a driving license...

[kboyd@phpc.social]

@faoluin @TechConnectify I always liked the "Alyssa Murano" joke...

[centretowner@urbanists.social]

@VANTABlack2000 @TechConnectify enging in a dishwa— what? oh now I have to watch it!

[centretowner@urbanists.social]

@DarioZanette @TechConnectify hah, I'd love to see him take apart a 14- speed internal shifter hub!

[beeoproblem@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@hellomiakoda @TechConnectify on a similar note, someone had their transmission and/or engine grenade due to neglect causing them to violently stop at highway speed in front of my parents. Everyone was ok but both cars were totaled.