Just dropped my car off at the garage and managed to drop the word carburettor into conversation with the mechanic so he knows to take me seriously and he told me my car doesn’t have a carburettor
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If it makes you feel any better, a few years ago my dad, who has been working on cars for over fifty years, went on a long tangent about something I should be concerned about with my car, only for me to discover that my car doesn't have that part.
I asked a mechanic about when my car was due a timing belt change. The car I had at the time had a chain so not a thing. I have a mechanical engineering degree. FYI most new cars haven’t had carburettors since the mid 90s.
Depends on the car. If it has fuel injection it still has an air carburetor. My Harley has a carburetor, my 72 firebird Formula had dual guads and a 455 with 4 speed
A friend did a similar face palm when demanding they refill his AC.
He is Australian & assumes all cars have AC.
His does not.
It's so old I am surprised it has an engine not a horse!
Changed the oil on my MIL 2011 vehicle and although she always took it in to Jiffy Lube for oil changes it was obvious that the oil filter was never replaced
The filter was rusted in place
Took a 2 foot wrench with a 4 foot breaker bar to break it off
It's important to remember that a prerequisite for being any kind of Car Guy/Gal in 2025, moreso than it ever was in the past, is that you have to be just the hugest nerd these days
I work in IT; we can smell our own, and those folk are neeeeerrrrrrrrrrddddssss
I can actually service and sometimes fix outboard engines so with cars I sound like I know a bit more which I don't... which means I am even brutally slayed by the mechanic when the time comes.
Just when I was getting used to doing things with cars I go and get an EV and realize I have zero clue how to fix anything in it if something comes up. Even the tires are those run flat tires and I can't even get them patched so I have to just replace them when they inevitably get a nail in them.
I can rebuild a carburetor. I know my car is fuel injected. Then we talk about the weird-ass engines that Chevy had tried out trying to get rid of the carburetor. When I tell them I bet I can still break down a tire if they let me over to the machine that's when they know better than to fuck with me
Fuel injection, my friend, as any petrol head knows (although they won't know what it does but it sounds more impressive). Well done for sharing this, it is why we follow you!
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https://www.asfaautocare.com.au/blog/difference-between-fuel-injection-and-carburetor/
He is Australian & assumes all cars have AC.
His does not.
It's so old I am surprised it has an engine not a horse!
But to be fair my car doesn’t have an ENGINE or TRANSMISSION but it does have 4 separate digital networks
The filter was rusted in place
Took a 2 foot wrench with a 4 foot breaker bar to break it off
I work in IT; we can smell our own, and those folk are neeeeerrrrrrrrrrddddssss
Treat them as you would an IT Tech
But EVs have none of these, just a warning.
(also paging @hutsutgirl.bsky.social)
https://youtu.be/DDYpr99FgEk
*reminds me of*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw6H1mI_nRM