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Speaker 1: not gonna happen. Welcome to the radio home of Ron

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Speaker 1: and Nanian the Car Doctor, since this is where car

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Speaker 1: automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal,

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Speaker 1: at eight five and now running well, we get to

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Speaker 1: car doctor. How can I help? Sir? Yes, sir, yes, sir, Well,

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Speaker 1: We do more patchwork that the conversation you're having with

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Speaker 1: So you take the tire apart from the inside, you

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Speaker 1: And and those are structurally a much better way of

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean, it's self valcanizing, self healing. It's amazing. Uh.

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Speaker 1: But you're you're you know it's it's tires are just

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Speaker 1: ready to start? Now? Can I go? Baby? Now? Say now, now, now, good, good,

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Speaker 1: That's what I wanted to I can roll go away,

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Speaker 1: All right, so, my guy Tech, my guy Frank is

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Speaker 1: What's going on in Vegas today? Run on any and

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Speaker 1: Great to talk to you again. It's just a little

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Speaker 1: I don't have any problem. Let's let's do this, all right.

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Speaker 1: rear in the rear diff If we can prove it's

425
00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:03,359
Speaker 1: not a noise in DIF or bearing that, my next

426
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:08,080
Speaker 1: question is does it increase in sound or intensity the

427
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:14,359
Speaker 1: faster you go? Uh? You know that? See I usually

428
00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:18,560
Speaker 1: just pull away and in my neighborhood, I'm driving fairly slow,

429
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,399
Speaker 1: so by the time I get up to speed anywhere,

430
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:26,560
Speaker 1: it goes away, right, you know. But if it's there,

431
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:30,760
Speaker 1: so let's say your neighborhoods right, if you got it

432
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,440
Speaker 1: up there, if you got it up to thirty five

433
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,960
Speaker 1: or forty, does it get louder as you accelerate? Does

434
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:40,520
Speaker 1: it increase with road speed? Well that I don't know,

435
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 1: because I always started in my garage and I pull out,

436
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,440
Speaker 1: I got nowhere to go fast quick. You know you

437
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,320
Speaker 1: didn't put you didn't put new tires on it six

438
00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:53,720
Speaker 1: months ago, did you? No? No? No. And the fact

439
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,880
Speaker 1: that it gets louder with people in the car, so

440
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,520
Speaker 1: I guess with a little bit of weight, and it's

441
00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:03,399
Speaker 1: a hall metal sound that and it goes away so quick.

442
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 1: And if I had somebody put it up on the rack,

443
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,800
Speaker 1: I don't know if that you mean and check it

444
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,399
Speaker 1: when the when the rear wheels are spinning. Yeah. In

445
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,320
Speaker 1: other words, let somebody drive it on the rack. Let's

446
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,800
Speaker 1: do let's do thirty miles with it cold. Do we

447
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:20,320
Speaker 1: hear any noise out of the bearing? All right? Or? Or?

448
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,120
Speaker 1: Or or do we have do we have the beginning

449
00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,840
Speaker 1: of you know, I believe there's is there a center

450
00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,919
Speaker 1: bearing on an O eight um? You know? Do we

451
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,480
Speaker 1: have drive shift noise? Do we have a hu joint coming? Do?

452
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,080
Speaker 1: And it's and that would make sense associated with your

453
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:40,320
Speaker 1: You put people in the car and the noise gets louder. Yeah,

454
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,640
Speaker 1: do you hear make kind of a hollow metal sound?

455
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 1: Right do you hear do you hear the noise with

456
00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:50,400
Speaker 1: people in the car longer, like it's more of a strain. Yes, yes,

457
00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,639
Speaker 1: the noise would last a little longer and it seems

458
00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:59,720
Speaker 1: a little more pronounced, right, so you know you're straining something.

459
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 1: If that were a loose shock or a shock, we

460
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,679
Speaker 1: used to call it drumming, where the shock would make noise,

461
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,920
Speaker 1: you know, usually it would it would get less with

462
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000
Speaker 1: weight because you've compressed it and put it in a

463
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 1: different position than when it's normally writing it. Not that

464
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 1: it couldn't be, but not as common I would be.

465
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,320
Speaker 1: I would be focusing more on drive shaft. Um, I'm

466
00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,240
Speaker 1: assuming this is an all wheel drive, this has a

467
00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:30,720
Speaker 1: real differential. Yeah, yeah, I would be focusing more on

468
00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:36,000
Speaker 1: drive shaft, you joints, dif itself, wheel bearings, and then

469
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,000
Speaker 1: work my way, you know, out from there. If we

470
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,040
Speaker 1: can eliminate a few things that will cut down the

471
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:44,800
Speaker 1: field quite a bit with the wheel bearings, with that

472
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 1: noise go away at when it gets hotter. Not likely,

473
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:51,840
Speaker 1: but I don't want to. I don't want to play well,

474
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,240
Speaker 1: it shouldn't be this and it shouldn't be that, you know,

475
00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,960
Speaker 1: because that's dangerous. That's why I say tell me what's good,

476
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:02,320
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what's bad. If you can listen, go ahead,

477
00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,680
Speaker 1: go ahead, go ahead, No, you go ahead. Well, at

478
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 1: first I started thinking about is it something that when

479
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 1: it gets hotter, it goes like it wouldn't be catalytic

480
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,360
Speaker 1: converter or muffler, any kind of thing like that. Sure

481
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,520
Speaker 1: it could be you know what, you know what, Mark,

482
00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,360
Speaker 1: And don't take this the wrong way because I love you.

483
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:22,000
Speaker 1: You're here with me ten years. Don't go into analysis paralysis,

484
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,320
Speaker 1: all right, don't go into don't go into wood. It

485
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,679
Speaker 1: could have should make a list. My dad told me

486
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:32,000
Speaker 1: that years ago. Right, you know it's it's make a list.

487
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,280
Speaker 1: And I do this in the shop. Brother. You know,

488
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,080
Speaker 1: if if you ever came to the shop, you'd see

489
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,560
Speaker 1: I've got peg boards of tools hanging on the walls,

490
00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,000
Speaker 1: and people like do you use all those? Some? We use,

491
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 1: some we don't. Why are they still up there? Because

492
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,600
Speaker 1: I can look at that board and go did I

493
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,240
Speaker 1: do this? Did I do this? Did I do this?

494
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,200
Speaker 1: Did I do this? It's it's a visual stimulator for me,

495
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,000
Speaker 1: and I will do it on every job. Not every job,

496
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 1: but the jobs, you know, you have to sit and

497
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,840
Speaker 1: think about a little bit. Don't go into analysis paralysis.

498
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,119
Speaker 1: Make a list of what you think it could be,

499
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,160
Speaker 1: and then start to think of how could you test

500
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,920
Speaker 1: that individual component. First thing that comes to mind from

501
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:09,120
Speaker 1: me with you is can we check rear wheel bearings

502
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,159
Speaker 1: and differential? Sure? Ken? All right? If it's their cold,

503
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,919
Speaker 1: um and that eliminates that, and then we'll move on

504
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:20,919
Speaker 1: to the next thing. So all right, you do that,

505
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 1: you call me back, brother, you let me know what happens,

506
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,440
Speaker 1: so and we'll kind of go from there. Enjoy the day.

507
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,400
Speaker 1: I'm running. Any of the Car Doctor, We're back right

508
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back run any of the Car Doctor. Here,

509
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:45,840
Speaker 1: let's go over to Let's go to Mike in Michigan

510
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 1: six Chevy Silverado. Mike, Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir.

511
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:53,000
Speaker 1: How can I help? Yes, sir, Um, I currently have

512
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 1: aftermarket rims on it that are lux centric. They're the

513
00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,119
Speaker 1: same size as the fact three rims, and I'd just

514
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 1: like to know do aftermarket rims do they perform just

515
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 1: as well as the factory rims? I think so it

516
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 1: depends on you know, what do we perform in terms

517
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 1: of what what do you what do you are you

518
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 1: chasing a problem here, Mike? Are you concerned about longevity durability? Uh?

519
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 1: Will come in apart? What do you all that? All

520
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 1: of that because I've heard that, um now, I've read

521
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 1: where the luxe centering rims are no different from hub Centric.

522
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,120
Speaker 1: But there are these places that re manufacture or they

523
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 1: recondition factory rims that say that aftermarket rims aren't as

524
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:41,520
Speaker 1: durable or and they don't match the factory spects as

525
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: the original. I think it depends on the company, all right,

526
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 1: you know, And I don't want to just say, you know,

527
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 1: if if the rooms from China, it's no good. There's

528
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff we get from China that is good.

529
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,600
Speaker 1: There's a lot of stuff. And listen, the manufacturers build

530
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,239
Speaker 1: in China, but they build to their spec all right,

531
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 1: if you get what I'm saying. I can't tell you

532
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,160
Speaker 1: how many times I opened up a set of Ford

533
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 1: brake pads made in China, you know. But it's Ford

534
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 1: Motor Company. It's right from Ford. It's it's just they're

535
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,680
Speaker 1: built to a different standard. So I think the concern

536
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,120
Speaker 1: has to come back to, you know, what was originally

537
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 1: on the truck. Hub Centric or luck centric And then

538
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: you know, how good is the company that made whatever

539
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,040
Speaker 1: the replacement wheel is. You know, just because it's oe

540
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: original equipment doesn't mean it's better. All right. I've had

541
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 1: more than a few trucks, my oh eight and let

542
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:35,320
Speaker 1: me think my nineteen, my nineteen Silverado five thousand miles

543
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: plow truck, right, and I didn't plow a lot with it.

544
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 1: I plowed the shop. I plowed the house. You know,

545
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 1: the the the occasional standard persons trying to take out

546
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 1: their driveway. I felt sorry for you know, the damns

547
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,680
Speaker 1: want distress, that kind of thing. You gotta rescue everybody. Um,

548
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 1: the truck was two and a half years old. The

549
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 1: rims are starting to rust on the inside lip, you know,

550
00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: so and those are just steel, gray painted rims. You know.

551
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,320
Speaker 1: It's like I I thought to myself, Jesus, I would

552
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: have hoped they would have held up better than that.

553
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:08,320
Speaker 1: But you know it's so, you know, factory doesn't mean great. Um.

554
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 1: You know there's a standard there though. So you know,

555
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,280
Speaker 1: would I buy something on Amazon and expect it to

556
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 1: work as well? It depends on the company. I don't

557
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 1: know if I'd buy rims on Amazon because I want

558
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 1: somebody to go back and talk to. And that's the

559
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,760
Speaker 1: key I think when it comes when I'm buying an

560
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 1: aftermarket part, whether it's whether it's a set of wheels

561
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 1: or a mass airflow sensor or a set of breaks,

562
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 1: I want somebody to go talk to because when there's

563
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,480
Speaker 1: a problem, I know somebody's got to have my back.

564
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 1: I mean, that's just my way of thinking. You know,

565
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,920
Speaker 1: everybody's you know, there's a there's a million places to

566
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,320
Speaker 1: get hamburgers in America. You know, some people think fast foods.

567
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:45,840
Speaker 1: It's some people want to go to the diner. Some

568
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,040
Speaker 1: people go to the steakhouse. I just you know, that's

569
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:52,560
Speaker 1: the way it is. Um, you know, it's it's it's

570
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 1: also got to be that. Are the wheels rated for

571
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 1: the weight of the vehicle? You know, Um, I can't

572
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 1: say it any other way. Fifty plus years of doing cars,

573
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 1: I've learned that there's just no substitution when it comes

574
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 1: to cost. If it's cheaper, if it looks too good

575
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 1: to be true, it probably is. So I'm very cautious, Uh,

576
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 1: you know, I don't want to be the guinea pig

577
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 1: and be the first guy to find out that that's

578
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 1: the wheel that's gonna fold. Uh. You know. So as

579
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:24,480
Speaker 1: far as the companies that are reconditioning wheels, do you

580
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 1: have a body shop that you talked to it's not

581
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: a body shop, it's a it's placed in No, no nobody.

582
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: Do you have a Do you have a body shop

583
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 1: that you know? Somebody that you know that you count

584
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 1: down and ask him who reconditions his wheels? Body shop

585
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: guys are interesting, you know they when it comes to

586
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,400
Speaker 1: something like this, because the body shop guys, you know,

587
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,720
Speaker 1: they'll put out I mean, think about the number of

588
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: cars that get into an accident. Think about the price

589
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: of wheels on some of these highline cars today. They're

590
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 1: not they're not replacing them with now, they're sending them

591
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 1: out for reconditioning. And they'll know what companies work, and

592
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,000
Speaker 1: they'll know what companies don't work because they've had the

593
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 1: most exposure to it. It's either that or you're gonna

594
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 1: do your homework in the forums and see who's talking

595
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: about what and whose company's got the best record, and

596
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 1: you know, and and the company that's up in Troy,

597
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: have you have you talked to them? Have you seen

598
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 1: their work? Do you read their reviews. Do you get

599
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: a warm fuzzy from them? Or you're scratching your head,

600
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 1: which I'm guessing your r because you're here right now.

601
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 1: You just read their their website and that's about it, right,

602
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 1: And you know anybody can write a website, right, you

603
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 1: know it's so listen, if you listen to my website,

604
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:36,479
Speaker 1: it says I'm a genius, doesn't mean anything. Um. You know,

605
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 1: I got everybody fooled so far. Um. But you know

606
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 1: it's it's just be cautious. I'm not saying they're worse.

607
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: And then again, you know, there's a lot of companies

608
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,560
Speaker 1: out there wheel manufacturers, they have to market parts manufacturers,

609
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 1: not so many as there was before, but they were

610
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 1: they were trend setters, they were trailblazers. Uh. You know

611
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 1: when I went to get wheels for the hot rod

612
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 1: for my fifty five Chevy, I went right to Hallebrand.

613
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 1: How this is before Hallebrand got brought by Holly Um.

614
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,239
Speaker 1: And I actually spoke to I can't think they were

615
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:07,880
Speaker 1: I think they were in St. Louis and I actually

616
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 1: spoke to the head of the company. So um. But anyway,

617
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 1: do that go talk to who you gotta talk to

618
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 1: do your homework and you'll be fine. I appreciate the call, Mike.

619
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 1: I'm running any in the car doctor. We'll be back

620
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: right after this. Welcome back, running in the car doctor.

621
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: You know we're talking about parts of sour. We're talking

622
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,200
Speaker 1: about after market party. There is a parts issue, and

623
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,240
Speaker 1: you've got to be really picky. Listen, you can't get

624
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: some parts for production cars. We had to. Here's the

625
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 1: Volvo story. We had an O eight Volvo in the

626
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 1: shop this week that made this high pitched shrill sound

627
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,320
Speaker 1: after about twenty minutes of driving and it was just

628
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,160
Speaker 1: all the time, like it would drive you out of

629
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 1: the car. Customer brought it in, we got it to

630
00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,760
Speaker 1: make the noise, and we're looking at it and I

631
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,400
Speaker 1: don't know what possessed me. And I said, you know,

632
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: i've heard this sound before, and it kind of reminded

633
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: me of when I was at summer camp and I

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Speaker 1: put that blade of grasp between my tooth thumbs and I,

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Speaker 1: you know, tried to make a whistle like all the

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Speaker 1: other kids all the way. Made a lot of spit

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Speaker 1: at first, but I finally got out the whistle, but

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Speaker 1: it kind of made that high pitch sound. I tried

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Speaker 1: to take the oil fill cap off. I said, it

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Speaker 1: just sounds like like a stuck PCV valve. Although this

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Speaker 1: doesn't have a PCV, it has an oil trap. I

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Speaker 1: couldn't get the oil fill cap off. I actually had

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Speaker 1: to take a pair of players with the engine running,

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Speaker 1: take the oil fill cap off and pop it off.

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Speaker 1: And you heard as the suction released because it had

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Speaker 1: such internal vacuum. It was just so much going on.

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Speaker 1: And it turns out the oil trap and the valve

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Speaker 1: cover or the PCV the cranks vent system is bad.

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Speaker 1: Talked to Volvo Parts on back order, can find one.

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Speaker 1: Thank god for Dormant. Dormant Auto Parts, right, Dorman had

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Speaker 1: a valve cover in stock oil trap complete. Put it

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Speaker 1: on cars fixed down the road. We need companies like Dormant.

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Speaker 1: Thank god they're one of our partners. We appreciate them

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Speaker 1: and thanks for their innovation because they're helping to keep

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Speaker 1: America rolling and al and forward into the future. Until

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Speaker 1: the next time I'm rounding any in the car doctor

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Speaker 1: reminding you good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. Let's see

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