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Speaker 1: Ron Andanian. Every week just varies, and it just varies

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Speaker 1: with such an intensity that it drives me every week

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Speaker 1: because it's just such a it's such a rush at time,

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Speaker 1: The Car Doctor, the air on the driver's side seems

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Speaker 1: to becoming out harder and colder than the air the

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Speaker 1: baser side. Is there like a mixing valve? Stuck baby

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Speaker 1: in there? Earth? Is this split zone a c so

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Speaker 1: it's it's one, It's one, temple sides. Welcome to the

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Speaker 1: radio home of Ron and Aian the Car Doctor, since

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

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

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Speaker 1: you a busy signal, pick up the phone and call in.

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Speaker 1: The garage doors are open, but I am here to

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Speaker 1: take your calls at eight five, five six and now

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Speaker 1: are running. Hey. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Hey, let's do um.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to board. Thank you Ronning, any of the Car

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Speaker 1: Doctor here at zero. Let's get the formalities out of

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Speaker 1: the way. I want to talk a little bit about

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Speaker 1: repair shop etiquette as we kick off this weekend's edition.

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Speaker 1: To the Car Doctor and talk to you about well,

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Speaker 1: real life story, real life stuff that happened in the

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Speaker 1: shop this week, and it just continues to evolve. I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure, you know. I mean, I know we were

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Speaker 1: all kind of in lockdown for a couple of years,

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Speaker 1: and you know, we we we lost the ability to communicate.

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Speaker 1: But it seems that the ability to communicate has been

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Speaker 1: taken to an art form in some scenarios. I'm going

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Speaker 1: to read you a text print out that I have.

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Speaker 1: You know, we use texting in the shop, so if

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Speaker 1: you if you if your car is in the shop,

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Speaker 1: or if you want to come to the shop. A

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Speaker 1: lot of the times, I won't even pick up the

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Speaker 1: phone anymore. I'll just text because it gives you the

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Speaker 1: ability to sit and read. And I like texting in

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Speaker 1: this aspect. You know, it's you can sit and read

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Speaker 1: got a formal copy of it. There's no more guessing,

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Speaker 1: Hey did you say this? Did you say that? There

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Speaker 1: it is in black and white, it's in print, right.

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Speaker 1: So we had a new customer that wanted to come

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Speaker 1: call came at twelve thirty or so, and they were just,

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Speaker 1: you know, can we do this this afternoon? And I

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Speaker 1: said no, and I'm texting him and I said no,

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Speaker 1: you know, we have limited space right now. What's your

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Speaker 1: time frame and he said, well, anytime today and I

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Speaker 1: said no. I said, we're into the end of next week.

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Speaker 1: We're about a week out, week to ten days out

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Speaker 1: which would be Friday. So this individual wrote back tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: and you know, I was trying to be polite and

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Speaker 1: I was and I said, no, next week, next Friday.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure where that communication gets lost. This was

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Speaker 1: on Friday. Yep, next week on Friday is usually the

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Speaker 1: end of the week. I right, and I also explained

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Speaker 1: wrote back and I said fine, I said, but let

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Speaker 1: You know, the way I run the shop is and

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Speaker 1: I choose this. This is my choice, and I have

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Speaker 1: We don't do quick oil changes. We're not in there

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Speaker 1: And I think it becomes detrimental as the car ages

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Speaker 1: except they make the pipes out of stainless and the

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Speaker 1: guess what, either way, it's going to fall apart. It

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Speaker 1: And then when do you want to find that out

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Speaker 1: or you know, when you're warned ahead of time. That's

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Speaker 1: I explained to them that you know, a typical oil

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Speaker 1: I never heard back. I said, listen, if you're interested

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Speaker 1: the email, never heard a reply back. Just done. Why

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Speaker 1: that mistake, that same mistake. You know, an oil change,

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Speaker 1: but lately we're starting the cars in with oil change

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Speaker 1: It says service do. So it looks like it's two

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Speaker 1: You know, um, you ever, you ever, you know, you

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Speaker 1: Because you stay there, you don't try to change the situation.

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Speaker 1: You gotta change the situation. If you don't like the

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Speaker 1: how how good of an oil change can they be doing?

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Speaker 1: What else are they doing wrong? You know, I've had

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Speaker 1: You want to break it, go ahead, don't ask us to.

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Speaker 1: Why do I tell you this? Because I want you

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Speaker 1: need to understand that as the car ages, A regular

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Speaker 1: It's not just drive it until something falls off, unless

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Speaker 1: that's what you like, unless you want to be one

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Speaker 1: next week. You know, the automobile is just getting more

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Speaker 1: I was on all Data this week. I was doing

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Speaker 1: and you know, there's just there's just a lot of

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Speaker 1: to and they give you a bulleton number in six,

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Speaker 1: You can't tell me that the things that dad said,

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Speaker 1: With all due respect to Dad, the uncle, the mother,

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Speaker 1: can't tell me that that's applicable today. This is thirty

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Speaker 1: You've really got to be sure of what you're doing. Look,

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Speaker 1: it's your vehicle, maintain it the way you want, all right,

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Speaker 1: But something drives people to continue to look for another

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Speaker 1: Something makes you want to do that. It's either the

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Speaker 1: talk about oil and oil shelf life. Mike, Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the car doctor, sir. How can I help good afternoons? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: still had, but it's probably six seven years old. And

428
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,520
Speaker 1: the reason I bought it, it's because you know, they

429
00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,680
Speaker 1: changed the oil to this new f and and they

430
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,640
Speaker 1: took the zinc out. So I bought him the old

431
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:31,640
Speaker 1: row s J and so forth, because I have old

432
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:37,240
Speaker 1: John Dear tractors fifty sixty seventy years old. Also old

433
00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:42,440
Speaker 1: Mustangs and uh these are these these vehicles have flat

434
00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,800
Speaker 1: tapic camp chests and that requires the zinc. So I

435
00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,960
Speaker 1: just want to elaborate on that issue about old oil. Well,

436
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,040
Speaker 1: and you know, Mike, I understand where you're coming from. Listen.

437
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:55,840
Speaker 1: I don't I don't make the laws of physics. I

438
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,560
Speaker 1: just try to follow them all the oilologists as they

439
00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,560
Speaker 1: call themselves that I talked to tell me after X

440
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,000
Speaker 1: number of months, and I think it's somewhere between twenty

441
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,600
Speaker 1: four and thirty six months. They explained that the oil,

442
00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,480
Speaker 1: the ingredients in the oil will fall out of suspension,

443
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,840
Speaker 1: meaning they're not mixed correctly, and you know, you could

444
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,480
Speaker 1: use that oil, but it may not protect and do

445
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 1: the job that you wanted to do over a long haul.

446
00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,520
Speaker 1: Do people do it all the time and get away

447
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,879
Speaker 1: with it? Sure? I, you know, I just I just

448
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,840
Speaker 1: try to disseminate what I believe to be truths, you know,

449
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:30,720
Speaker 1: what I take it down to. And I suggested this

450
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,760
Speaker 1: to one oilologist and he kind of rolled his eyes

451
00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:34,520
Speaker 1: around and his said, I said, what if we took

452
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,000
Speaker 1: the oil down to the paint store and had to

453
00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,680
Speaker 1: mix the you know the way they shake the paint up. Um.

454
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:40,840
Speaker 1: He couldn't give me an answer as to whether or

455
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,000
Speaker 1: not that would actually work, because I said, well, what

456
00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,840
Speaker 1: if he just shook it really hard? But it's it's

457
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,919
Speaker 1: it's it's a chemical explanation of why that isn't necessarily

458
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:53,440
Speaker 1: accurate what you could try? All right? In the older Mustangs.

459
00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,280
Speaker 1: There's a company out there and there's others out there. Uh,

460
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,560
Speaker 1: there's a company out there called Driven Oil. Is it

461
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,440
Speaker 1: Driven Oil? It's been a while since I've thought about them.

462
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,000
Speaker 1: I use their stuff in the hot rod and h

463
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 1: is it HP driven oil? It's something like that, Mike.

464
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,160
Speaker 1: And they make zinc based product and they make oil

465
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:15,320
Speaker 1: for older vehicles that and you can buy it fresh.

466
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,920
Speaker 1: I buy a case of it every season. A matter

467
00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,720
Speaker 1: of fact, them do to buy it. This year I forgot, um, well,

468
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:24,480
Speaker 1: it does have the zinc in it. It's rated. It's

469
00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,880
Speaker 1: it's it's zinc rated oil. There is zinc in the oil.

470
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,120
Speaker 1: To my knowledge. The last time I looked, I haven't

471
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:32,760
Speaker 1: looked in two years because I've gotten lazy. Or you

472
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:40,600
Speaker 1: can use it correct, absolutely, absolutely, that's what oil. It

473
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 1: doesn't in time. If you use it a lot, it's

474
00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 1: a wearer problem, right. Absolutely. That's why they took the

475
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,639
Speaker 1: zinc off because everything in the last twenty years has

476
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,800
Speaker 1: been right and and the reason they went to that

477
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,120
Speaker 1: and part of the reason why they took the zinc out.

478
00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,119
Speaker 1: The big reason why they took the zinc out is

479
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,960
Speaker 1: because it has an adverse effect on catalytic converters as

480
00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,080
Speaker 1: the exhaust passes through, it'll it'll ruin the cats. And

481
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,000
Speaker 1: you know there's no cats on that older Mustang or

482
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:13,399
Speaker 1: that John Dear tractor. Again, where did I start the show? Right?

483
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,639
Speaker 1: I talked about a Nowdi with a radio that wouldn't

484
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,679
Speaker 1: allow the O B D two scan tool to communicate.

485
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,560
Speaker 1: Cars have gotten so specific and technical that you know

486
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:23,920
Speaker 1: there's just no cheap way to do it anymore. And

487
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,359
Speaker 1: there's just no shortcuts anymore. You've just got to be

488
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,840
Speaker 1: so exact. You were going to say something, Well, I

489
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,040
Speaker 1: was approximately a year ago. I called you on my

490
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:41,560
Speaker 1: two thousand and two should be silver, and uh, I

491
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 1: haven't driven it for a long time, and so I

492
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,920
Speaker 1: just asked you about if I need to change transmission

493
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,440
Speaker 1: towards your ure in and so forth and all that

494
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,440
Speaker 1: kind of thing. You thought it would be a good idea.

495
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,680
Speaker 1: So I did all that, and I it's got thirty

496
00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:00,480
Speaker 1: thous on it and I bought it and miles last year,

497
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:05,240
Speaker 1: so it's just just about on it. But anyway, I

498
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,000
Speaker 1: didn't do all that that you suggested. And again I

499
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,360
Speaker 1: don't drive it much of just my little baby about new,

500
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 1: and it's it's like new. Yet it's such a simple

501
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,000
Speaker 1: looking truck, or such a simple truck mechanically compared to

502
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,880
Speaker 1: the new stuff. Right, oh my god. Yes, and I've

503
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,320
Speaker 1: had you know, I drive it to a dealership, driving

504
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,920
Speaker 1: a run to a lot and they come run. Someone

505
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:27,920
Speaker 1: give you top dollar for it. We want you to

506
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:29,800
Speaker 1: get a new one, I said, I've rather had this

507
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,800
Speaker 1: whole one, right, yeah, yeah, I understand. I understand you

508
00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 1: know by by by the parts for it, though, brother,

509
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 1: you want to keep parts on the shelf because they're

510
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,240
Speaker 1: not making a lot of them anymore. A lot of

511
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,879
Speaker 1: things are going by the wayside. You probably you'll be

512
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 1: very much run for your time. You're very welcome, sir.

513
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,640
Speaker 1: You'd be well, Mike, and God bless all you out

514
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,640
Speaker 1: there in Iowa. You take good care of you. You're

515
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:53,640
Speaker 1: very welcome, sir, Thank you, sir. Five zero zero from

516
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,560
Speaker 1: the heart Land, from the heart I'm running any in

517
00:26:55,600 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 1: the car, doctor, I'll be back right after this. Welcome

518
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 1: back in the car, doctor zero zero. Let's go to

519
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,280
Speaker 1: Virginia and talk to Lorie. Lorie, welcome aboard. How can

520
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:22,959
Speaker 1: I help UM? I have an F one. It's um.

521
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,680
Speaker 1: The previous owner has taken really good care of it,

522
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 1: and I've had it for about a year. This month,

523
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:33,119
Speaker 1: I'm just starting to have some odd things go um manywire.

524
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,640
Speaker 1: I guess I could say it runs fine, but when

525
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,120
Speaker 1: it idols, it will die within a couple of minutes um,

526
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: whether the air conditions on or off. I'll do that.

527
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 1: And then occasionally I hear this really loud preaching right

528
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 1: after I started, and then that will go away. It's

529
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 1: it's hard to describe what that is. It's just a

530
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:57,159
Speaker 1: loud screech um like metal, maybe metal on metal, and

531
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:02,159
Speaker 1: that's coming like directly from the fans. Turnout, turn um,

532
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,399
Speaker 1: you know, in the last for a second. But the

533
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:10,360
Speaker 1: idol and the cutoff because everything sounds great while it's idling,

534
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,679
Speaker 1: and then it just did it. It dies out as

535
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:17,360
Speaker 1: it's out of gas. Um. I had some other quirky

536
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,840
Speaker 1: things happening, so I thought maybe it was time for

537
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,159
Speaker 1: a battery. The battery is about three years old, and

538
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:27,359
Speaker 1: there's crows and that keeps um you know, accumulating. So

539
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 1: I scrubbed it off occasionally, um until I bought the battery,

540
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 1: which I just did a few days ago, but I

541
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 1: have not installed yet. In the ideas, let's let's let's

542
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 1: let's let's start at the beginning. So, you know, a

543
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: great vehicle. What is what engine? Is this the five

544
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:51,480
Speaker 1: six or five four? Um, that's a good question. That's

545
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,200
Speaker 1: why I'm That's why I'm the guy sitting here. I'm

546
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 1: telling you. So let's talk generically the two wheel all right, Well,

547
00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: let's be taking care of well the eight eight cylinder. No, no, no,

548
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 1: I don't I don't think. I don't think it's to be.

549
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 1: It's pretty um simple, you know, it's I just don't know.

550
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,160
Speaker 1: I could look at the sticker on the door. Well, no,

551
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 1: let's not listen. Let's let's let me let me give

552
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 1: you some generic info and then we'll kind of work

553
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 1: it from there. Alright, chances arts it's probably a four

554
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: point two. Um. If it's not an eight, it's a four,

555
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: it's it's going to be a six. It's going to

556
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: be a v six. So let's talk about the screeching

557
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 1: and the stalling. All right, Um, the screeching, My first

558
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 1: question would be, has it happened lately when you've been

559
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,479
Speaker 1: using the air conditioning or it doesn't matter the air

560
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 1: conditioning is not on the stalls. I feel like it

561
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 1: has I feel like the air conditioning because my first

562
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 1: instincts quick cut it off, and I cut it off.

563
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 1: It'll just linger a little bit longer than the screeching stocks,

564
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,719
Speaker 1: all right, So you can't say exactly the right timing.

565
00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 1: Is the screeching and I'm talking, you know, Janet generically

566
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 1: here off the top of my head, is the screeching

567
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:06,480
Speaker 1: the sound of the a C compressor starting to lock

568
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 1: up or fail? Or is it a clutch problem? And

569
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 1: is the clutch problems the metal on metal squealing that

570
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 1: you're hearing. Well, The interesting thing about the a C

571
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,719
Speaker 1: is that was all installed after factory by the previous

572
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 1: owner who was an HB A C guy. And it's

573
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,719
Speaker 1: the a C would blow you out of here, right

574
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 1: coals air conditioning I've ever had. When you look at it,

575
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 1: you can tell it's all been put together by somebody

576
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 1: that does houses very different. So I have to get

577
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 1: out and turn a lever if I change him from

578
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: a CED to But so, what he's done is so

579
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 1: in of the words. What he's done is he's put

580
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 1: a valve under the hood that turns off water flow

581
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 1: to the heat or core because his belief system is

582
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,520
Speaker 1: to get the a C colder. He doesn't want any

583
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 1: hot water circulating through the core and he's shutting it off.

584
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 1: You turn a valve and you pull a lever or something, right,

585
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: So you may want to consider getting rid of that

586
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: because that's not necessary. What you're doing is you're hiding

587
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 1: a defect in the truck somewhere. My, my, my, You know,

588
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 1: I could I could extrapulate this out even further. If

589
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 1: the vehicle doesn't have good heat and that system wasn't installed.

590
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: Why doesn't it have good heat? Is the thermostat failing

591
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 1: or marginal? Is it got some sort of uh, engine

592
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 1: temperature problem? But let's let's stay on task. Okay. So

593
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 1: you know, water valves under the hood have no bearing

594
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 1: on the A C compressor clutch. If the clutch is

595
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,960
Speaker 1: starting to bind, it's gonna start to bind. Could that

596
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 1: be and I'm again I'm not asking you the question,

597
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: I'm just asking it generally. Could that be the when

598
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 1: the compressor is engaged. Could that be the squealing screeching?

599
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 1: Or could the compressor pop on at the wrong moment

600
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 1: and the engine can't compensate for it and that makes

601
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 1: it stall. So you know, my first thought is if

602
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: you were to electrically disconnect the a C compressor, so

603
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:10,280
Speaker 1: the compressor can't engage, all right, Or if you go

604
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 1: under the hood, there should be a black receiver dryer

605
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 1: or a black accumulator can over on the passenger side, alright,

606
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 1: with two big air air hoses coming out of it.

607
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 1: There'll be a switch on top. Alright. I believe I'm

608
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 1: trying to remember what looks like. If we could find

609
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: the low pressure cycling switch on this, unplug it. It's easier. Yeah,

610
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 1: it's easier to get to. It's easier to get to,

611
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 1: and um, it'll prevent the compressor from coming on. Hey, Laurie,

612
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: stay right where you are. Let me pull over. Take

613
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 1: a pause. When I come back, we'll finish up. I

614
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: don't want to rush this zero. I'll run nating the car. Doctor,

615
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 1: I will return. Welcome back, running into the car. Doctor, Laurie,

616
00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 1: you're there, yes, un well, here, let me here. Let

617
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 1: me say. Let me say it like this. You should

618
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,480
Speaker 1: have two pressure switches under the hood. One They're both

619
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,560
Speaker 1: going to be on the right side of the engine compartment.

620
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,440
Speaker 1: The cycling switches towards the rear. The pressure cut off

621
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 1: switch is just gonna be on the right side and

622
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 1: in one of the a C hose assemblies and the

623
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: wire colors are gonna be purple and a red yellow.

624
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 1: It's a two wire switch, all right, So you're looking

625
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 1: for a purple wire and a red yellow wire. The

626
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 1: other switch, which might be easier to find. I believe

627
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 1: it's going to be on top of the accumulator in

628
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 1: the right rear corner, is going to be the red

629
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,000
Speaker 1: yellow again, that's the other side of that red yellow wire,

630
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: and it's going to be a um uh black yellow

631
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,760
Speaker 1: wire coming off the other side. So either looking for

632
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: a yell a red yellow switched a C switch or

633
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 1: a purple red yellow a C switch unplugged. One of those,

634
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,560
Speaker 1: both of those, I don't care. That should disable the

635
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,720
Speaker 1: A C compressor all right. Now, see if the truck

636
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 1: can and used to stall. If the truck still continues

637
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 1: to stall but you're squealing, problem goes away. Now we've

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Speaker 1: got to think about do we have possibly a compressor

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Speaker 1: problem or do we have a belt? One belt drives

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Speaker 1: at all? Do we have a belt on that vehicle?

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to think if one belt drives it all

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Speaker 1: on a V six, do we have a belt that's

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Speaker 1: loose that needs to be either adjusted or do we

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Speaker 1: have a failing automatic belt tensioner. I don't remember what

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Speaker 1: shirt belts look like. So those are some of the possibilities,

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Speaker 1: all right. We could also have last thing on the stalling.

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Speaker 1: We could also just have a plain old dirty throttle body.

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Speaker 1: The throttle body housing needs to be cleaned. Um something

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Speaker 1: you can do yourself. Get down to your local Railly

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Speaker 1: Auto Parts story, get some Berryman throttle body cleaner and

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Speaker 1: you can just wipe out the throttle body housing. And

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Speaker 1: then while you're after you get done doing that, go

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Speaker 1: over to the battery that you're about to change. Change

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Speaker 1: your battery. By the way, if you need more information

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Speaker 1: about batteries, go to auto batteries dot com a great, great,

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Speaker 1: great web resource for battery advice and placement. But go

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Speaker 1: over replace your battery. When you disconnect the battery, just

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Speaker 1: leave the cables disconnected, give it five or ten minutes

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Speaker 1: and let it reset its memory. Put that new battery

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Speaker 1: and hook everything up and see what that does for you.

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Speaker 1: If you need more, I'm here, good luck, keep me posted.

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Speaker 1: I'm on a nating in the card doctor until the

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Speaker 1: next time. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you