How do I learn about Different car parts

[BDMD]

So I k ow about general engine stuff tranny breaks what not but how do I u derstand this more to fully learn about it and I’m already into cars but actual material or something to learn from would be nice I’m also a freshman in high school so yeah 

[RejZoR]

Watch this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/user/EngineeringExplained

 

He talks about cars a lot Usually explaining basics, but often going into great depth of inner works of cars or technologies used in cars, often backed by math and shit.

[Guest]

Own a Subaru, you’ll get to know your car pretty quick.

[zassou]

there's a game call car mechanic simulator [year], and it's a puzzle game disguise as a car repairing game. it probably wont teach you how to fix a car but it does do a great job of explaining different components.

[Atmos]

1 hour ago, floofer said:

Own a Subaru, you’ll get to know your car pretty quick.

with the time it takes a forester to accelerate to highway speeds you could probably read the entire owners manual, great multitasking possibilities.

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, Atmos said:

with the time it takes a forester to accelerate to highway speeds you could probably read the entire owners manual, great multitasking possibilities.

They’re ok little cars. 

[RejZoR]

2 hours ago, floofer said:

Own a Subaru, you’ll get to know your car pretty quick.

Own an Alfa or Fiat if you want to learn it 10x faster

[Guest]

56 minutes ago, RejZoR said:

Own an Alfa or Fiat if you want to learn it 10x faster

If you’re looking on how to replace piston rings, a subie will set you right no end lol.

 

Alfas are really lovely cars though, great to look at.

[RejZoR]

12 minutes ago, floofer said:

If you’re looking on how to replace piston rings, a subie will set you right no end lol.

 

Alfas are really lovely cars though, great to look at.

We've done plenty of that, usually looking at people with them on the side of the roads XD

[3 Lions]

I'm actually studying a level 2 motor vehicle maintenance course at college, if you have any questions please ask me as I can probably help you. 

[SenKa]

Used to work in a mechanics shop, and am a back yard mechanic to this day.

 

Between me and LTTFanFromDarlo we prolly have you covered. The one thing I don't know how to do is rebuilt a transmission. Anything else? Ye.

[Monkey Dust]

8 hours ago, RejZoR said:

Own an Alfa or Fiat if you want to learn it 10x faster

When I owned an Alfa it definitely advanced my home mechanic skills, I still really miss that car though. 

[3 Lions]

1 hour ago, Mr. horse said:

By a old cheap car and shop manual and fix it up

The best thing about fixing a car yourself is that you spend your whole life getting things wrong

[3 Lions]

30 minutes ago, Mr. horse said:

Not quite sure I understand.

The brain sometimes doesn't function properly and you end up doing something completely wrong.  

[Radium_Angel]

Owned many Alfas (Spyder, GTV, Alfetta, 164) among other things and was never let down by them. Probably because they were last model years, when Alfa had sorted out all the issues and gotten bored with that model...

[BDMD]

7 hours ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

I'm actually studying a level 2 motor vehicle maintenance course at college, if you have any questions please ask me as I can probably help you. 

Thanks 

[Curious Pineapple]

12 hours ago, RejZoR said:

Own an Alfa or Fiat if you want to learn it 10x faster

In the 6 months of driving my Alfa 156 (before insurance cost was getting stupid) I only had to replace the rear suspension and a tyre. Suspension issue was common and preventable if looked after and the tyre was due to drivng over what was probably the hinge from a dropside van. I did the timing belt as I had no recent history for it and blew the airbag control unit with my own stupidity. Apart from needing the airbags sorting, ABS sensors connecting back up, some suspension bushes and potantially a small patch of welding (where I pushed a screw right through the sill) it should be fine to go back on the road next month.

[SenKa]

7 hours ago, Mr. horse said:

By a old cheap car and shop manual and fix it up. That is how I learned. There are many good fun cheap cars that are also simple to work on that one can buy for peanuts.

Like 3rd gen camaros. foxbodys, pontiac fiero, older civic's, ford escort, older mazda 3s.The first 3 in that list have gobs of info and parts available for them.

Can attest to 3rd gen camaros. They are dead simple.

 

My first car was one. Brain dead simple to work on, very reliable.

 

Tbh, I would suggest an old truck. Up until ~2000 they were built for the sole purpose of being simple vehicles that won't break. They are the most simple things out there to work on, and old broken trucks (Especially RAM 1500, F150, and Silverado 1500) are very abundant on every used car site for next to nothing.

[Guest]

7 hours ago, SenpaiKaplan said:

Can attest to 3rd gen camaros. They are dead simple.

 

My first car was one. Brain dead simple to work on, very reliable.

 

Tbh, I would suggest an old truck. Up until ~2000 they were built for the sole purpose of being simple vehicles that won't break. They are the most simple things out there to work on, and old broken trucks (Especially RAM 1500, F150, and Silverado 1500) are very abundant on every used car site for next to nothing.

Wish trucks here were priced that well, but everyone wants one, especially a Hilux 

[DimasRMDO]

On 5/7/2019 at 3:38 PM, floofer said:

Own a Subaru, you’ll get to know your car pretty quick.

Own any rotary powered car.

Coming from a guy who's blown an engine once >_<

On 5/7/2019 at 4:35 PM, zassou said:

there's a game call car mechanic simulator [year], and it's a puzzle game disguise as a car repairing game. it probably wont teach you how to fix a car but it does do a great job of explaining different components.

My summer car is also a great game for this

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Watch videos on YouTube, as @RejZoR said, Engineering Explained is a good start. https://www.youtube.com/user/LearnEngineeringTeam (Learn Engineering) is another channel that is less intense than Engineering Explained.

 

Read books primarily on how to fix your cars, often they will provide an explanation why parts can break, etc.

[BigRom]

1 hour ago, DimasRMDO said:

Own any rotary powered car.

I think one might go broke from having to purchase engine oil just to run the damn thing

[XR6]

Read some books related to cars/car parts, e.g. Haynes manuals, Owners manuals.

[DimasRMDO]

32 minutes ago, BigRom said:

I think one might go broke from having to purchase engine oil just to run the damn thing

The oil consumption isn't actually that bad unless you keep on banging the redline.

I rerouted my oil line to another reservoir filled with 2 stroke oil and I switched to synthetic oil completely, so the engine burns 2T oil. It's burning pretty slowly as well, only if I drive the car slowly

[BigRom]

46 minutes ago, DimasRMDO said:

only if I drive the car slowly

If I have an RX8, driving slowly is not exactly high-up on the list of things I would do with it

[SenKa]

8 hours ago, floofer said:

Wish trucks here were priced that well, but everyone wants one, especially a Hilux 

In the states theyre dime a dozen. Occasionally I even run across free trucks on Craigslist (though these are often too far gone)

 

We also don't have the Hilux anymore. That quit in the 80's or 90's