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Speaker 1: Ronan, have you been driving your car? You know, listen,

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Speaker 1: you have to drive your car or your vehicle, your truck, whatever,

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Speaker 1: the mechanic told me a year ago when you're doing

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Speaker 1: an ore change that before you install the new filter,

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Speaker 1: you should do it with fresh oil. Are you gonna

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Speaker 1: hurt the engine by filling that filter with oil? Absolutely not.

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Speaker 1: It will just prime a little bit better. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the radio home of ron and Nanian the Car Doctor.

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Speaker 1: Since this is where car owners the world overturned to

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Speaker 1: for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics

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Speaker 1: giving you a busy signal, pick up the phone and

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Speaker 1: call in. The garage doors are open, but I am

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Speaker 1: here to take your calls at eight five five five,

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Speaker 1: and now he running. I bet we're gonna talk about well,

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Speaker 1: maybe we're gonna talk about your engine today. Maybe we're not.

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Speaker 1: But I actually I do want to talk about that.

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Speaker 1: But I'll tell you what. Let's kick the garage doors

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Speaker 1: open because the phones were already backed up. I want

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Speaker 1: the maintenance that you may need to do as we

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Speaker 1: I thought about this during the week that maybe it's

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Speaker 1: and talk to Micah, who wants to talk about all

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Speaker 1: What's going on? Well? I got a two thousand and

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Speaker 1: But it's five years old and it's a very low mileage.

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Speaker 1: It's only got thirty six thousand miles on it. And

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Speaker 1: one of the problems with all these um you know,

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Speaker 1: But I'm so low mileage that it doesn't work for me.

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Speaker 1: So at five years, what things do I really need

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Speaker 1: But what has to happen at five years? You know,

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Speaker 1: mikel time counts right, It's I always say that. I

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Speaker 1: welcome to the Car Doctor. How can I help? UM?

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Speaker 1: That's why I'm calling you. I know, I wanted to

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Speaker 1: next week? You know what's the what's what's the reason? Uh? So,

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Speaker 1: Were in any of the car doctor. We've got Barbie

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Speaker 1: to be done and nothing more. And that's just so important,

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Speaker 1: especially in these times. Um well, I think I'll just

426
00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,760
Speaker 1: stick with the one I have. Uh, the insurance company

427
00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,840
Speaker 1: recommended they give their certain ones, and I don't know

428
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:55,560
Speaker 1: any better. I just think I will I was gonna say,

429
00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,919
Speaker 1: and you know, take take your power. Right. You can

430
00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,760
Speaker 1: read the owner's manual. The Owner's manual show you where

431
00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:04,439
Speaker 1: fluids go and what fluids are. Obviously, I would encourage

432
00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,320
Speaker 1: you to keep listening to this show because I'm here

433
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,240
Speaker 1: for you, and you know, hopefully I answer some of

434
00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,840
Speaker 1: your questions during the course of each weekend and you're

435
00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,439
Speaker 1: always free to call us. And you know, YouTube has

436
00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,240
Speaker 1: got some wonderful information on it. I won't say it's

437
00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,760
Speaker 1: all good. Uh. You know, if somebody's a dope, guess

438
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,520
Speaker 1: what dope or not? Everybody gets to be on YouTube,

439
00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,800
Speaker 1: so um, you know you have to sort of look

440
00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,080
Speaker 1: and watch and and and and see what they're talking about. Uh.

441
00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:30,800
Speaker 1: You know, someday when I write the book, I'm gonna

442
00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:32,600
Speaker 1: tell the stories about all the things I hear other

443
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,399
Speaker 1: guys say. That makes me kind of huh. Um. You

444
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,199
Speaker 1: know the things that go on behind the scenes that

445
00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,439
Speaker 1: you guys don't see, and I I you know, it

446
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,840
Speaker 1: makes me want to That's another story for another day. Um,

447
00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,240
Speaker 1: but you know that's that's really where you're at. So

448
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 1: I think I think your takeaway here is maybe a belt,

449
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,639
Speaker 1: you know why they need to come up with a

450
00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 1: reason why stru Why struts? Is it a broken spring,

451
00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:59,720
Speaker 1: is it a broken is it a leaking strut that

452
00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,680
Speaker 1: they see physical oil? Or is this ride quality? Now

453
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,200
Speaker 1: you can test the ride, go up to the car. Uh,

454
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,000
Speaker 1: you know, if the car has been sitting outside and

455
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,479
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a proper temperature, you know, warmed up

456
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 1: temperature of the day. It's not ten degrees, it's degrees.

457
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,040
Speaker 1: Go up and push on the fender. Does the car bounce?

458
00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,720
Speaker 1: Does the car make noise? Does the car you know?

459
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,879
Speaker 1: And how does the car ride? If the car rides

460
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,760
Speaker 1: normal with the car will go over railroad tracks at

461
00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,639
Speaker 1: moderate speed without you know, bucking like a bronco. Chances

462
00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,720
Speaker 1: are the struts are okay, uh you know it's it's

463
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,400
Speaker 1: struts are an easy mark today and I think they're

464
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:43,680
Speaker 1: way over sold. I really do. Certain cars, yes, Honda Accords.

465
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,879
Speaker 1: I tend to see shops recommend them just based on

466
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,000
Speaker 1: time and it just you gotta give me a reason.

467
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:53,119
Speaker 1: You had a question, excellent, do you what do you

468
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,919
Speaker 1: think about either when it when is it time to

469
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,360
Speaker 1: go into a new car? I mean, like, when when

470
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,960
Speaker 1: do you make that decisions? Well, we'll we'll, we'll finish.

471
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,440
Speaker 1: From what somebody told me that sometimes these older cars

472
00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,720
Speaker 1: are really good. You should hang on to him. Well,

473
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,760
Speaker 1: sometimes an older car in the hands of the right

474
00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:18,320
Speaker 1: mechanic is a real great relationship. All right. He knows

475
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:22,520
Speaker 1: the car, he knows the technology. You know, you bring

476
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,919
Speaker 1: your car to a repair shop just because you have

477
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,240
Speaker 1: a new car doesn't mean that repair shop has the

478
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,000
Speaker 1: new tools to fix that car. They've got to make

479
00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 1: that business decision the way you make a business decision

480
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,640
Speaker 1: on whether or not to replace the car. Not everybody's

481
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Speaker 1: repair shop has the latest, most modern, up to date

482
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Speaker 1: scan tool. Not everybody's got that technology. And it takes

483
00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 1: time to build dollars in order to afford it to

484
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 1: go out and do it. So you know, the real

485
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:52,200
Speaker 1: question here is, um, you know what sort of maintenance

486
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,040
Speaker 1: has been done? All right? You know, has this car

487
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,240
Speaker 1: had regular fluid service as this car had regular maintenance?

488
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,240
Speaker 1: And then you know what possibly condition? What kind of

489
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,199
Speaker 1: shape is it possibly in? Now? Um? And this is

490
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:06,800
Speaker 1: where it leads me back to the first part of

491
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: my first question, which guy do you trust? Because if if,

492
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,760
Speaker 1: if you don't trust either one, it's a mute point.

493
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 1: You know, you can go to the doctor and he

494
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,560
Speaker 1: can tell you you need seven operations and maybe you

495
00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,560
Speaker 1: need three, maybe you need maybe you need eight and

496
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 1: he missed one. Um. You know the most important part

497
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,600
Speaker 1: of repairing a car is the guy working on it.

498
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,920
Speaker 1: It really is. And you know, it really comes back

499
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,000
Speaker 1: to that where do you get rid of this car?

500
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 1: It depends what Barbie can afford um, you know, it's

501
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,119
Speaker 1: it's on average, after a car is three years old,

502
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,800
Speaker 1: the average car costs a d fifty dollars a month

503
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:49,560
Speaker 1: to maintain. That's not every month, every year, it's an average,

504
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,840
Speaker 1: all right, over a seven to eight year period. All right,

505
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,000
Speaker 1: it's you know, and I always say cars are like marriages.

506
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,399
Speaker 1: There's good years and there's bad years. There's years you

507
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,800
Speaker 1: spend two grand and they're years you get away for

508
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,480
Speaker 1: five hundred bucks. There's years you want to go to

509
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 1: Hawaii together, and there's years like leave me alone. I'm

510
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,199
Speaker 1: not talking to you for the next three weeks. All Right,

511
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,800
Speaker 1: We've all been there. That's relationships, that's life. But you've

512
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,679
Speaker 1: you've got to balance things out. If you're not putting

513
00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:17,040
Speaker 1: a hundred fifty dollars a month away because you can't

514
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: afford to do that in terms of maintenance, then you're

515
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,080
Speaker 1: likely either not a candidate for a new car or

516
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,359
Speaker 1: your candidate for a new car with a fixed payment,

517
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,800
Speaker 1: fixed expense in every three years, you got to replace it.

518
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 1: You know, it's a it's a dollars and cents decision.

519
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 1: Chances are if this accord has had any kind of

520
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,439
Speaker 1: maintenance and and normal repair chances are this is a

521
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 1: good car. Look, I could convince you at your age,

522
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,680
Speaker 1: and I'm not picking on your age, darlin, I could

523
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,600
Speaker 1: convince you at your age to be in a new

524
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 1: car because you're out by yourself and and you know,

525
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,919
Speaker 1: God forbid, the car breaks down and you know you

526
00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,240
Speaker 1: need help. You need roadside Hopefully you've got triple A

527
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,719
Speaker 1: or some kind of roadside service. But the fact is

528
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 1: that new car get a flat two days after you

529
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,679
Speaker 1: buy it, and you're still stuck on the side of

530
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:08,160
Speaker 1: the road. A good, well maintained car in the hands

531
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 1: of a of a proper and an educated mechanic could

532
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 1: keep that car going another seven or eight years. I'm sure,

533
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 1: all right. It all depends on the from what when

534
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 1: I've had it. When I bought it, even though it

535
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,159
Speaker 1: was it was like new, I'm not kidding, was like

536
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 1: it was never out of the garage. I couldn't believe it.

537
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,040
Speaker 1: And and after I've gotten it, I've done all the

538
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:34,440
Speaker 1: like flushes and so it sounds like it I've done

539
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 1: it right. You've got to have a mechanic that you

540
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 1: can walk in, and I'll leave it here. You can

541
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,399
Speaker 1: have a mechanic that you gotta have a mechanic that

542
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,240
Speaker 1: you can walk in and say, listen, fred I want

543
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: you to work on this car like it was your mom's,

544
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: and I want you to take care of it like

545
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,479
Speaker 1: it was your mom's. And I'm expecting you, and I'm

546
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,160
Speaker 1: trusting you to tell me when it's time to get

547
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,160
Speaker 1: rid of it. And then I'll go buy another used car.

548
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 1: And this is key. I'll go buy another used car

549
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,520
Speaker 1: and bring it and let your work on that. But

550
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: I don't want to spend money unnecessarily. See how they

551
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 1: react to that. And when they hear that, they're not

552
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 1: losing you as a customer. They're just going to continue

553
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,919
Speaker 1: on the next thing that generally perks everybody's ears up.

554
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:08,760
Speaker 1: All right, but you gotta you gotta have a little

555
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,400
Speaker 1: psychology to this and let me know, you know, see

556
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 1: how that works for you. And can I just say,

557
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,160
Speaker 1: in closing, thank you for your husband's service. All right?

558
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: When America needs it, most guys like that step up

559
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 1: to the plate and that's what keeps this country great.

560
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:28,960
Speaker 1: All right, Barbie, Barbie, where Barbie go? I think? Um,

561
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,199
Speaker 1: I think Barbie dropped off. All right, guys, listen, let

562
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:32,480
Speaker 1: me pull over and take a pause. I'm run on

563
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 1: any of the Car Doctor. We'll be back right after this. Hey,

564
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: welcome back. We're in any of the Car Doctor. Just

565
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 1: real quick. My friend Ron Dollhouse by Wise Autoports here

566
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 1: in New jersey's checking and he's listening to the show

567
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,880
Speaker 1: today and he says, Ron, he said, you know, if

568
00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: you're looking for engines, he said, yeah, the engine shops

569
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,080
Speaker 1: are getting fewer and farther between. But engine Land than

570
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 1: Elizabeth and Machine Land machine Works, he says in his

571
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: email here, Um are both excellent sources UM down that way.

572
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: Engine Land and Machine World, both in Elizabeth from Ron.

573
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,720
Speaker 1: Um always good information from Ron and the whole the

574
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: whole crew down there at by Wise Auto Parts. So

575
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,120
Speaker 1: thanks Ron, I appreciate the input. Let's get over to

576
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 1: Frank in Minnesota. Chevy pickup and a little bit of

577
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,400
Speaker 1: a no crank condition. Frank, welcome to the Car Doctor, sir.

578
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 1: How can I help hi? Ron? Uh say, ninety nine

579
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: Chevy five point seven leader. Uh coming up on twenty

580
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 1: years I've been owning in July, and Uh'm gonna get

581
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 1: two miles here pretty quickly. Just broken in, brother, keep

582
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 1: going there you go? So I left it okay over

583
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 1: the last and this is a sometimes no start condition.

584
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,760
Speaker 1: Well five times over the last month, go out in

585
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 1: the morning and try and start at crank crank, crank, nothing.

586
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 1: Uh So, first thing I did was I pulled the

587
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 1: air duck system off and dump some squared some starting

588
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 1: fluid down, the U down the butterfly there. And I've

589
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: also tried gasoline itself and nothing, no fire at all.

590
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:06,800
Speaker 1: So I said, maybe I've got a spark issue. So

591
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 1: I checked spark, got good spark uh from groaning off

592
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 1: to the block at a nice, good strong spark. Maybe

593
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,320
Speaker 1: an insult uh. So I thought, well, maybe I got

594
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 1: a I initially thought I had a bad feel pump

595
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 1: and I still think I do. But um when I

596
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 1: escort it starting fluid down, and I thought, well, maybe

597
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,920
Speaker 1: I'd get a at least a start for one or

598
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 1: two seconds, but I got end up getting nothing. Eventually,

599
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,240
Speaker 1: maybe that day or maybe the next day, it will

600
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 1: start and then if I drive it around and you know,

601
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 1: it will continue starting. Um. So I said, well, both

602
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 1: Thursday and Friday of this week it did not start.

603
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: And I said, next time it happens, I'm gonna go,

604
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,719
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go check out a fuel pressure gauge tester

605
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 1: from O'Reilly, which I did this morning, brought it home

606
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,560
Speaker 1: and my reading says, you gotta have fifty p s

607
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 1: I in order for the engine to start and then

608
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 1: running pressure sixty six. And of course I bring the

609
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 1: gauge home and I work it on the trader and

610
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 1: I turned the key to the on position. I get nothing.

611
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 1: I said, well, I gotta I got a bad fuel pump.

612
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: Well do you have a bad fuel pump or do

613
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 1: you have a relayer rewiring issue? Let me I'll just

614
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 1: finish up quickly here, so on off, you know. And

615
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 1: then I said, well, I'll go to the start position.

616
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 1: The thing starts up, but the gauge is reading zero.

617
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: So oh, I got a bad gage. So I go

618
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 1: get another gauge. I bring it home, and I had

619
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 1: the gauge on the engine, and I showed O'Reilly and

620
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 1: they gave me a brand new one to check out.

621
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 1: And so I bring it home and I shut the

622
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 1: engine down and I go ke on and it jumps

623
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 1: up to p s I. But it goes down to

624
00:31:56,320 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 1: zero within five seconds. So I said, well, maybe I've

625
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 1: got a leaking fuel pressure regulator or an injector, or

626
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 1: maybe the check belve in the fuel pump is just

627
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: not working. Everything's draining back into the tank. So a

628
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,560
Speaker 1: couple of times kiof ki kiof, and sometimes it will

629
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 1: start that way. I got no black smoke coming out

630
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: of the tailpipe, and I don't have a rough idol

631
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,720
Speaker 1: or anything like that. So I said, well, I kind

632
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 1: of think now that it's not a regulator or injector.

633
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 1: I'm back to the fuel pump. Your opinion, sir, Okay,

634
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. Sit tight. Let me pull over,

635
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 1: take a pause, we'll come back and we'll talk about it.

636
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 1: I'm running any of the car doctor. We're back right

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Speaker 1: after this, the car doctor, we are back. Frank you're

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Speaker 1: still there. Let me uh, let me finish this up

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Speaker 1: for you. Frankie, there, baby, I have one other bullet item.

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Speaker 1: Running pressure on the gauge when the engine is running

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Speaker 1: is so that's low? All right? Yeah, we should see higher.

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Speaker 1: So this is what this is the way I would

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Speaker 1: approach this, alright, just because you've got some intermittence, you've

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Speaker 1: got some age, You've got some mileage here, all right.

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Speaker 1: And what I'm gonna suggest is my tried and true Um,

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Speaker 1: I agree. It sounds like you've got a bad fuel pump.

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Speaker 1: All right. It's not logical to me though, why you're

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Speaker 1: shooting starting fluid and it doesn't kick. All right. There's

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Speaker 1: no rule that says it's something that's older can have

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Speaker 1: more than one problem. I can't say it doesn't apply

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Speaker 1: that to new vehicles either. So you know, let's let's

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Speaker 1: attack fuel pressure first. One of the things I'd like

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Speaker 1: to see you do, if you're up for it, is

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Speaker 1: find the two leads going down to the fuel pump,

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Speaker 1: the power in the ground, put a side mark or

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Speaker 1: bulb socket across it, find a place to put it

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Speaker 1: in the truck, or stick it in the wheel well

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Speaker 1: of the vehicle all right, you know, in in case

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Speaker 1: it and tape just so the bulb shines out and

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Speaker 1: nothing else, so it's got some moisture protection. And when

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Speaker 1: the fuel pumps running, you'll see that light lit. You

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Speaker 1: want to take the ball out afterwards? Great? Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: when the truck goes into a no start condition, put

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Speaker 1: the bulban. If the bulb is lit and you've got

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Speaker 1: zero fuel pressure, yeah, then you've got a bad fuel pump. Alright,

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Speaker 1: you've got something bad from that point in the harness

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Speaker 1: down at the connection at the tank, et cetera. But

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Speaker 1: chances are it's a bad pump. It works every time,

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Speaker 1: and it's it's it's just clear cut, and it's it's

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Speaker 1: it's over with quickly, all right. Second thing, once we

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Speaker 1: established fuel pump, good or bad, wiring, good or bad,

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Speaker 1: block the return line. See where the pressure goes. If

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Speaker 1: the pressure goes up to seventy p s I or above,

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Speaker 1: uh stays the same, etcetera. If the pressure jumps up,

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Speaker 1: it sounds like you've got a bad pressure regulator, because

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Speaker 1: the regulator is in the intake. The pump is obviously

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Speaker 1: in the back. If the pressure is still low, then

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Speaker 1: it sounds like you've got a pump problem. But that'll

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Speaker 1: help break it in half. Get the too apart like that,

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Speaker 1: and that'll make it work. I'm run an any in

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Speaker 1: the car doctor until the next time. Good mechanics aren't

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Speaker 1: expensive bit priceless. She's stands to