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Customer Customer States Mechanic Fails Engine Transmission Gas Diesel off road race 4x4 street car daily driver scam dealership dealer technician how to

Okey-doke So here's what we're gonna do. Go and get this intake kind of set up here. and I'm going to pull this little gasket out because we got a new one. These are kind of reusable, but this one's uh, it's been here a while so we're gonna change it out with a new one.

We don't want this thing to develop a leak later and then we gotta do it all again. So gaskets on! Let's go ahead and set that down in there. And if you recall earlier, we had two studs and like four bolts or whatever. So let's go fetch the hardware.

Okay, now there's this little bracket that goes on. It's just going to provide some mounting points for other hardware and it also adds a bit of rigidity to, uh, this assembly right here. Oh, where's my studs? Let me find my studs. Be right back.


98 thoughts on “Towels forgotten in the intake manifold! will it run?”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kenneth Russell says:

    (ahem)…………"Sucked in"………..(ahem) 😜😜😜😜😜😜

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars kevin williams says:

    Did this on a Fiat many years ago Awaiting new gaskets for the weber carb, blocked the manifold with a piece of cotton cloth. Gaskets arrived refitted carb fired it up lots of miss/back firing cleared and ran ok while throwing bits of burning cloth out of the tailpipe!

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brian Piper says:

    Good one Ray! 😆

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ryu Lee says:

    Well good morning Ray 🌄 what's today's agenda LOL 🤣

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars silicon212 says:

    I remember this one. You trolled us with it.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tom Varano says:

    Ray.
    Not buying it that you forgot the towels.
    Even the good mechanics make mistakes but I am confident that you caught that one.
    Another possibility is that you did that on purpose to see the reaction of all the armchair experts that watch your channel.
    Keep the good content going.👍👍👍.
    REEEEEE!!!!!!!!

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars RJB says:

    So????? What happened? I think everyone cringed when you put that intake on.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars LunchBoxCan says:

    I noticed this in the video but assumed you realized later and fixed it but didn't mention it in the video, because at the end of the video you fired up the car and it was running fine. …. Way too early for April fools!

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Steve G says:

    Nothing too see here, just click bait…

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Andy says:

    Reeeeeee😂

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars allenbradeyshow says:

    Add STP for constipation relief.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dave Baker says:

    I wonder how many of us clicked on this thinking it was a new video ?

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Job38Four says:

    So what you saying, the the cat is plugged up…………..

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Patrick Buick - VE9ES says:

    I had a throttle stuck partly open on my Jeep. When I got pulled over and checked, a shop rag had somehow been sucked into the air intake, through the filter, down the crossover, and into the throttle body.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Todd Adams says:

    I know a man that left a shop towel in the lifter galley. It TOTALLY destroyed that engine. It wasn’t pretty AT ALL!

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Earl A. says:

    I thought he does a mistake in each video lately to have "comment generator" & boost the algorithm 😅

    Keeps the audience on their toes

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Billy Mcloughlin says:

    Did that once with a Durango while doing an oil cooler. It ran. But misfired like a mofo. As soon as I started it I remembered 🤣no valves hurt in the making of that screw up. Lmao

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brett Emerich says:

    Ray I like short too. I can’t believe you forgot the towels you set these people up to reee. Nice

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Daniel Dulu says:

    RE?

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars oldman says:

    what a waste of time.
    I guess if you are desperate for you tube pennies you got to do what you can so you can buy your coffees

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Keith Vaughan says:

    I wondered about that when I watched it mentally saying to myself..Nooooo! lol. Good fun with Ray.
    SALUTE

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Nomura says:

    The benefits of a short video. No ads.

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Robert Robey says:

    I posted a comment on the original video noting that he left the towels in. I didnt get a response back so I had to assume he took them out and did not show us.

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 57dent says:

    For those of you who think Ray actually left the towels in the ports, reread the title of this video!

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chad Huff says:

    When I saw this in the first video, I assumed there would be a 'gotcha' moment at the end or a follow-up video.

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Richard Hosaka says:

    Ray, trolling us…

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Steven Daugherty says:

    You have to go back a couple of videos and you'll see where he appeared to leave the blue towels in. But on that video as on this he must have caught it and removed them off camera because that car started up and ran just fine at the end of the video and had the towels been left in it would not have run. My guess this short clip is in response to all the flack he got about the previous video.

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John deSaavedra says:

    The towels were on the cowl at the end of the original video. Ray even announced the towels being collected. Kind of funny how he has certain viewers going along with the gag, while others fall for it.

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Squiggy G. says:

    Academy Award winning…Trolls taught him well😎

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars C∆tRPlrYelwC16 says:

    paper towels absorb oil for maximum lubrication. SCIENCE!

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dean goldfishhhification says:

    BEST old vid trolling ever…… 🙂

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Donald Mickunas says:

    Ray is bored again!!! 😂😂😂😂

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Me Z says:

    Why is everyone freaking out?!?! The towels are blue. That means they're good. It's okay if the engine eats them!!

    🙃

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars mark saunders says:

    Hi from uk ray 👋👍 you are NOT sucking me with this one "" NICE TRY "" 😂 and the towels where ""blue"" so we know they are good 👌 thanks for your time be safe and see you soon 👋

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars G Osborne says:

    Older Vid Rays Trolling lol He said in original vid Yes I did remove the towels lol Good one Ray You too good a mechanic for us to believe you actually did that Have a great day

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Roger Fleury says:

    193rd! Good Monday morning Ray and the wife unit! That goes double for the new employees! Roger in Pierre South Dakota.

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jason charlton says:

    Reeeeeeeee…… you can’t do that 😂

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Smith says:

    Ray's gone fishin'. Catch'em up Ray!

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars clbcl5 says:

    We all need a dose of roughage to keep us cleaned out.

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars jimfromstem says:

    fake fake fake.i'm taking a rainman break.

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Patrick Goodwin says:

    I remember this, but knew he would remove them.

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars MR WROLGUY says:

    Ray the TROLL 🤣

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mr. MAR says:

    that old video what is that 🙃

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dale Jones says:

    Stop trolling Ray we know you took the towel out

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars chris smith says:

    Blue rags in all the ports lol

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars imagseer says:

    Will it run? Only if you soaked the towels in brake cleaner 🙂

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars chris smith says:

    What about the blue rag in the head on the left side

  48. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars richard douchkov says:

    Ahhh, you didn't get me this time. better luck next time Ray. I saw through your scam. Nice try

  49. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars peter goemans says:

    Ray be trolling us

  50. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Duncan Cremin says:

    So many of us commented on this, in the original video. I wonder is this just to give everyone else a chance to catch up, before he fesses up…

  51. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mist Semy says:

    Damy it way too short, before i even blink one time the video stop😂

  52. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Peter Antonic says:

    Ray is polishing the valve stems.😂😂😂👍🇦🇺

  53. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mark M says:

    A trolling we will go, A trolling we will go, hey ho, the air won't flow, A trolling we will go. Ray, you gave it away when you had to look for the studs, never going to happen.

  54. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Manke says:

    Camera-Angle changed – so he trolled us.
    Very old video – i remember.
    Will never forget, how he used blue loctite on the bold for the oilpand and sent it with his ridget-gun – just, after he explained to us, some customers say<. "But at XXX the work is cheaper".
    Well done! I laughed the whole day!

  55. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dazzler23 says:

    Don’t go away cos part 2 is gonna be a great video!

  56. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Robert Hackenberg says:

    Don't worry they will just blow out the exhaust. 😂😂😂

  57. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars M rfixit says:

    As soon as I saw the vid was only 52 seconds long, I thought, ha ha, he's got me !

  58. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars UK stands with Ukraine says:

    nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  59. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Valkyrie's Ride says:

    Gotta be trolling us 😂

  60. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars D says:

    I assuming he’s being funny, but ive forgot to do things many times while wrenching on my own stuff, most recently i forgot to tighten the timing belt tensioner pulley when i did the timing belt on my Hyundai.. i remembered at 2am 😂

  61. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars RaveDave says:

    That's not airtight, you used the wrong welder! It's aluminiumumum

  62. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mark Taylor says:

    Lol i had some fun with this a while ago. If im being completely serious. It could potentially cause some issues if left inside the manifold. Its standard practice to clear all the error codes on the OBD device and making sure they don't come back or new ones don't pop up. The short run time at idle it would required to do this wouldn't be enough to cause any harm to the engine. I've made this mistake before along with hundreds of other technicians. When I did it, the shop towel got soked with gas and clang to the inside of the port. Perhaps if I had shoved the towel all the way down to the valves. The way you would if you were trying to clean them. They most definitely didn't tell me in school that its ok to forget shop towels down the intake. They did however tell me its important to check and re-check my work before handing off the keys.

  63. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeff says:

    I C You have pre-troll the trolls before they can troll you…. NICE 🙂

  64. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 2eagle86 says:

    Ray you ole shade tree mechanic!! 🫡

  65. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ivar Iversen says:

    An obvious plant by ray to trigger the Reeeeee's lol

  66. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Viperman200221 says:

    I did that on my grand caravan years ago. I had blue shop towels in the runners when my neighbor asked me a question so I set the intake down on the engine and walked over. Came back, bolted the intake down and started it. After I hit the gas it started misfiring bad. I had forgotten about the towels. Luckily the intake valves stopped the towels from going in the cylinders. I was able to get most of the towels out of the runners with one of those flexible 4 jaw pullers for dropped nuts and bolts. I couldn't get the last bit of towel out of one of the cylinders so I pulled the plug and started it. It blew out the spark plug hole in a few seconds. Luckily I didn't have to pull the lower intake manifold but I was ready to. luckily the van ran fine with no lasting effects!

  67. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jon Maudal says:

    Rug oh. I noticed that.

  68. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jon's world says:

    50 bucks saids he took them out when this clip ended and never put first bolt in

  69. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kevin Yancey says:

    I caught that in the original video and commented on it. He must have attempted to start it and back tracked to find his mistake. Fortunately, rags in the intake are less damaging than dropping a nut or bolt. I'm glad you at least published your mistake, but you could have published your "No starten ze car" part! 😅

  70. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars JZX TRD says:

    Just turn the engine over by hand and pull them out individually and each valve opens, don't ask me how i know. Silly mistakes when you're expected to be productive and a babysitter at the same time in two separate shops.

  71. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DoBe says:

    Well that just sucks…right i to the chamber. I hope he put some cleaner on it so it could wipe down that cylinder.

  72. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Noonehere says:

    Say it ain’t so….

  73. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Lo 1X says:

    Proving to the customer that it wasnt you like shaggy

  74. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars A Last says:

    Ray loves to troll!

  75. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars HAMMER says:

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  76. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars QuantumStellar says:

    those are "disappearing towels" made by david copperfield…..everyone knows this geeesh.

  77. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeff S says:

    Yes

  78. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kathleen Kelly-Simpson says:

    Most of us caught it in the original video Ray! We also saw the cut… We KNEW you were trolling us!!! 😆😆😆

  79. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Morey says:

    It never gets old. Lol😅
    Reee!

  80. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dave J says:

    Aye, he trolled us with this one when he first uploaded the full video.
    The power of editing 😂

  81. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Lamar Cooley says:

    Oh brother……..
    Where art thou !!!

  82. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Noland says:

    What tyhe hell is this????? 52 seconds of Nonsense!!!

  83. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars jcadult101 says:

    Resealing the valley plate on a sienna, I installed the lower intake and instantly wondered, "did I pull all the towels?" Grabbed the scope and looked in each port. No towels but a bit of blue fluff in one so I rigged a tube to run the vacuum into each port.

  84. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dix Dark says:

    You know, I would be impressed if you really forget to pull rags out at some point.

  85. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mick Ellis says:

    I once assembled a blown 565 CI BBC drag race engine with a rag left in the valley. The first run went OK with no problems, upon the startup in the pits before the second run it had no oil pressure. We pulled the filter and found all this fluff in the oil. We took it back to the workshop and pulled it down and there were bits of rag wrapped around everything including the cam, oil pump drive, crank, timing gears, oil pump gears. We cleaned as much out as we could and ran it in the workshop, dropped the oil again, the sump and filter and cleaned as much out as we could. New oil and filter, put it back together and ran it the next day in competition flawlessly. That motor ran for years after that incident and as far as I'm aware is still running today.

  86. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike P says:

    I did see that, but I know he's good, so really didn't happen. Keep us on our toes Ray. U Da Man…

  87. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars The Arrow says:

    We’re is the towels…🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

  88. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Out There Associates says:

    You no foolah me, You make ah the trick.

  89. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Steven Shands says:

    I’m in town from San Diego. Came by your shop, I really wanted a selfie with you but there is no “doorbell” 😢

  90. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars carbine15 says:

    April fools

  91. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Leslie Sapp says:

    I CALL TROL……Have you been dranking out of the fish bowl again…….lol

  92. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Reason says:

    Not ideal but is a mincer.

  93. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars chris mcdowell says:

    Here’s a stud 😂

  94. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Doc Zoidberg says:

    After market air cleaner, no problem.😅

  95. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars sparksalot4950 says:

    If you live in Florida, trolling is legal only in the ocean!

  96. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jacks Auto Repair says:

    This reminds of the co-worker who left red shop rags in the valley of a 4.3. I fished those out the distributor hole. But that wasn’t his biggest mistake. Not putting oil in a car before he left for lunch. It was a Taurus. He made it about a mile then called wanting some motor oil and said, don’t tell daddy!

  97. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Talen says:

    It’s the only way to clean O2 sensors.

  98. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars charles jaeger says:

    Without a comment from Ray on this, I'd have to say he made a mistake and own up to the viewers. Without that and seeing the videos on this repair, i would not recommend taking my vehicle there for repairs of service. Sure, everyone makes mistakes once in a while but the proper thing to do is tell the viewers the truth. Otherwise it makes him and his business look bad. Word spreads quit over social media. And for those who say he's just trolling us, you don't know that for sure. Still bad for business until he himself comments on what really happened. Just saying.

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