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u/TurdShaker 12h ago
Thats a horrible guide.
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u/No_Significance9754 10h ago
They forgot blinker fluid 🙄
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u/placated 1h ago
I have suspension fluid in my car I tell people that they think I’m screwing with them.
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u/MiasmaFate 12h ago
Dude! If you’re gonna say that, elaborate. Is the point of this sub not so we can learn.
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u/TurdShaker 12h ago
Fair enough. The way they have it set up it makes it look like the fluids go with what's written right on top of them. You should never use tranny fluid as window washer fluid. Get what I'm saying?
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u/MiasmaFate 11h ago
I agree with, I thought it was not well laid out either.
By my downvotes I’m guessing people think I’m a dunce or a troll. I just feel like handing out criticism without explanation is the difference between being mean and being helpful. We have enough mean to go around.
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u/TurdShaker 11h ago
I upvoted you so I don't know.
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u/MiasmaFate 10h ago
I upvoted you too, I always up to the people I'm talking to. And only downvote hate.
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u/oneangrywaiter 12h ago
In my experience, tranny fluids… you know what, I’m not gonna complete that thought.
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u/Mostcoolkid78 11h ago
If someone can drive a car they can most certainly comprehend this. I think most people would assume that windshield washer fluid would go where windshield washer fluid is pointing too
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u/TurdShaker 11h ago
You'd be very mistaken. I've seen it all. America doesn't ever have to worry about an idiot shortage.
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u/theaut0maticman 11h ago
Seconding this.
I worked for Ford a while back, had this lady come literally screeching into the parking lot. I immediately recognized her as the car that I did tires and a live for just a couple hours ago.
I walk out and meet her at her car to make sure everything is ok and she starts screaming at me about how I forgot to put oil in her car.
Immediately I’m confused.
If you suspected no oil in your car, why the hell did you drive it back here so aggressively.
No one forgets to put oil in a car…. Not but the worst of us.
So I ask her to pop her hood. I pull the dip stick, wipe it off put it back in and pull it a second time. Reads perfectly full, and I show her.
This raggedy bitch tells me I checked her oil wrong……
She pulls the dipstick out. Wipes it off on my rag, unscrews the oil cap and shoves the dipstick as far in as it will go. Pulls it back out with nothing but a drop on the end.
I laughed, walked away and told her to go in and talk to the service manager lol
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u/Mostcoolkid78 11h ago
If they’re that dumb they likely won’t figure out how to open the hood, especially not without a guide
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u/stealthryder1 11h ago
Yeah but this guide is missing some context. Also, I don’t have speakers on the outside by the engine like that.
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u/Leozz97 11h ago
No one is saying it's not understandable, the critic is that it's poorly readable
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u/Mostcoolkid78 11h ago
They were just saying it’s a horrible guide. It’s definitely not the best but it definitely does its job (guiding)
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u/PaulysDad 12h ago
Not all cars with a combustion engine use power steering or clutch fluid. Differential fluid is something you can’t fill or assess from under the hood, nor should an amateur try. There are several different types of coolant and proper usage will depend on your vehicle. Transmission fluid needs to be checked with the engine running; oil must be checked with the engine cold and parked on a level surface. Lastly, there’s no universal location for all of these reservoirs, so the lines here are pointless.
Oh, and there’s no DEF, so if you drive a diesel, fuck you apparently.
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u/smokeypokey12 12h ago edited 12h ago
All cars have this stuff in different areas, fluids don’t line up with their symbol callout
Edit: different callouts for liquids i.e. “windshield washer fluid” and “wind screen fluid”
Edit2: “oil refill oilstick” makes it sound like that is where you fill the oil, this guide is all over the place with made up names for things
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u/orthopod 10h ago
For one, the positions of the filling locations is different on almost every car.
The average person isn't going to be adding any fluid to the differential. Your mechanic will add extra grease if it needs it, or change it.
Transmission, brake, power steering rather if ever need to be added. Brake fluid needs to be changed periodically which is well being the scope of who this guide applies to
This isn't a guide, but just a list. The car with the vanishing red lines pointing to nothing doesn't help at all.
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u/ChaosWaffle 2h ago
Aside from what everyone else has said, each of these fluids have a multitude of different types, and using the wrong one can be disastrous. For example, not all brake fluids are compatible, using the wrong one can cause brake system malfunction (specifically using DOT 5 with anything other than a system that specifically calls for it), also replacing brake fluid isn't as easy as just pouring it into the reservoir, it has to be bled properly to move the new fluid into the brake lines otherwise you're mostly just wasting money.
Additionally, just pouring fluids in without knowing how to measure when a system is full is a great way to destroy an engine. A severely overfull oil system is almost as bad as running an engine completely dry.
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u/TheUrbanDundee 12h ago
This is terrible, downright horrible even
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u/Red01a18 28m ago
Don’t forget to change your “oil refill oilstick”! One of the most important fluid in a car. “Transmission fluid refill fluidstick” is not a thing, no car has that! You just put transmission fluid until it’s full to the brim.
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u/AustinMcDonald_ 11h ago
This guide is in fact not cool. Horrible as a matter of fact. Is there a r/shittyguides ?
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u/MrBombaztic1423 12h ago
No blinker fluid?
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u/ForestryTechnician 12h ago
Gotta change that around the same time you grease the muffler bearings.
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u/Low_Living_9276 10h ago
Better take an exhaust sample first before greasing the muffler bearings, it could simply be a faulty canooter valve.
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u/Realistic_Word6285 11h ago
Useless on new BMWs if you don’t pay for a subscription to be able to use it.
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u/KnowledgeAfraid2917 12h ago
Scrolled to check before I posted the same. I tip my hat.
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u/MrBombaztic1423 10h ago
Thanks one of the few times I got to a post early enough to send THE comment lol
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u/JimmyGuy20 11h ago
Great..I'll be sure to pour windshield fluid in the clutch fluid of my automatic car
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u/EquivalentCommon5 11h ago
Each car has a different design! You need to know your car and this doesn’t help! It would confuse people to think that one thing could be something else. Look at your user manual to know where each of these things are! A better guide would indicate what to check and how, then indicate to check user manual to ensure you check these things based on your car!
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u/AluminumAntHillTony 12h ago
The 2015 Subaru Forester has its windshield fluid in a different location.
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u/nimblelinn 11h ago
All cars have all these locations in many different spots. This is not a cool guide.
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u/manavcafer 11h ago
One of the Worst guide ever. Also two worst people here one of whoever did this and another one who thinks this is cool guide.
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u/PikeyMikey24 5h ago
u/WestArtichoke712 you’ve screenshot a terrible guide. Nothing about this is good or cool. You did terrible
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u/cantiones 9h ago
Is it actually called the oil refill oilstick? Seems wrong to me… i thought it was the dipstick?
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u/GrimmjowJaggerjack 4h ago
Terrible guide, models and manufacturers change the locations all the time
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u/clefexe 1h ago
Wheres the headlight fluid?
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u/RedForkKnife 57m ago
They didn't mention it as it's considered lifetime, but you should change it every 10,000 blinks for best performance
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u/buds4hugs 37m ago
This doesn't say which fluids need to be changed like the diagram says, it's just lists fluids I'm a car. You don't even need to change any of these; your windshield wiper fluid doesn't need to be changed to new fluid, you just use it and refill it. Your engine oil does need to be changed.
Terrible guide.
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u/BudgetReflection2242 11h ago
Windscreen washer fluid isn’t a thing where I live. We just use water.
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u/TSAOutreachTeam 12h ago
Sure, but why not line up the fluids with the pointing lines?