Best $22 tool I have bought

[Bihili]

My buddy had stop driving his 55 because the oil pressure kept dropping to zero upon acceleration. It has 40lbs at idle.
I bought this $22 endoscope inspection camera, drained his oil, plugged in the camera in my smart phone and found his oil pickup tube was laying on the bottom of pan. Probably just saved his engine.

https://www.amazon.com/Depstech-Semi-rigid-Inspection-Megapixels-Waterproof/dp/B06WRNGYXY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1521497599&sr=8-3&keywords=depstech+endoscope

[chevynut]

I think those scopes are pretty cool and could come in really handy. But a "real" car guy would have just dropped the pan and left the phone scope to the millenials.

[chasracer]

Nice catch Bill!

[races14]

I also bought one of those scopes to find a leak in my pool plumbing. I found the leak right under the skimmer. Only had to cut
one hole in the concrete deck to fix it. Time and money saver!!!
Allen

[55 Tony]

I have one also. Can't say I've ever really had a great use for it, but I did look at the top of my pistons with it. I don't know if I can hook it to a phone, I leave an old laptop in the garage with the scope.

[busterwivell]

WOW! I gotta get me one of them!

[55chevysedanX4]

I hope he bought it for you being as though you just saved him thousands.

[carls 56 (RIP 11/24/2021)]

WOW! I gotta get me one of them!

X2!

[Troy]

I ordered mine just now!!!

[chevynut]

Be aware of this limitation before you buy one:

"Not support Android 7.0+,iPhone IOS systems, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Motorola, LG, Galaxy S8, Google Pixel, Huawei Smartphone"

"Compatible with USB powered device, computer and laptop(Windows XP/7/8/10, MacBook OS), and comes with free USB to Micro USB adapter for using on OTG Andorid device(How to Check OTG? Download free app "USB OTG Checker") and UVC compatible Android smartphone(Android 4.4 above system), for example, Samsung Galaxy S2,S3,S4 etc. For Android phone, please download"CameraFi"or "Depstech Camera" APP from Google Play. "

[WagonCrazy]

Good eye on that little detail Laszlo. I saw that too and held off ordering one. It would be awesome if it worked with an iPhone 5 and 6....

[chevynut]

Looks to me like the issue with iphones is the connector, since they're microUSB. However, they do have a bunch of wireless ones that work with iOS. I'm assuming the wireless interface addresses the iphone connector issue.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st_price-asc-rank?keywords=endoscopes+for+iphone&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aendoscopes+for+iphone&qid=1521687946&sort=price-asc-rank

Some of these are even cheaper than $22. There's also a lot of them on eBay.