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Speaker 1: the car doctor, Sir, How can I help hi? Ron? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at a used post six four to escape. Um,

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Speaker 1: How are you today? Fred? And at your service? Thanks

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Speaker 1: fluid logic. Am I gonna put And I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: My point is it's got to be a balance, right,

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Speaker 1: daniel Son, balance, Daniel Son, balance, right, you've got to

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Speaker 1: we like to say, peanut relief. So all right, Fred, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: thank you very much taking my car. You're very welcome. Sure,

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Speaker 1: thanks for being part of the car doctor family. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what it's. You can over fluid a vehicle.

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Speaker 1: talk to Marcus in California. Marcus, welcome to the Car Doctor, Sir,

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Speaker 1: Let's let's UM, let's pull. Let's get started with Jason. Jason,

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Speaker 1: Ron So, I have a twenty eight teen Nissan Titan

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Speaker 1: In some cases they're changing the block. So it depends

426
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Speaker 1: on the severity. One one thought or note of caution

427
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,960
Speaker 1: is nothing against your guy. I do this exact same

428
00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,359
Speaker 1: thing newer vehicles, newer engines. I try to put an

429
00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,439
Speaker 1: AWE filter on the vehicle if I think I have

430
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:55,400
Speaker 1: the potential for a conversation at at dealer or manufacturer level,

431
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,760
Speaker 1: because it ends the conversation with a non OWE filter.

432
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,840
Speaker 1: Did this I can't say I've seen every dealer do it.

433
00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,800
Speaker 1: I've seen I've seen some of them trying to do. Yeah, yeah,

434
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:11,200
Speaker 1: I do insist one parts which he respects. Um, let

435
00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,120
Speaker 1: me ask you this, he suggested, now he said, it's

436
00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,000
Speaker 1: uh ten twenty. He said, maybe go go up to

437
00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:21,359
Speaker 1: a ten thirty oil that matter. No, he's it's probably

438
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,200
Speaker 1: a five. To go to a five thirty. No, I

439
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 1: would stay with inspect Yeah. Changing changing viscosity now is

440
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,320
Speaker 1: so critical. Um, and it will actually affect and create

441
00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,800
Speaker 1: more problems I've I've seen issues with engines, variable valve

442
00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:38,600
Speaker 1: timing actuators. Changing viscosity actually affects cam timing and creates

443
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,000
Speaker 1: a check engine light. So, you know, everybody that wants

444
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,720
Speaker 1: a while, You know, my sixty two Chevy used ten

445
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:48,400
Speaker 1: W thirty. Guess what, it's not sixty two anymore. It's

446
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,679
Speaker 1: a it's a very it's a very different world. So

447
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,760
Speaker 1: you may want to not even have your mechanic to

448
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,960
Speaker 1: the mechanical oil pressure test. At least let the dealer

449
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000
Speaker 1: look at it, get it, get an OI filter on

450
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,600
Speaker 1: it if it doesn't have, and then uh, you know,

451
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,960
Speaker 1: you'll get an answer straight from them. At least it's

452
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,760
Speaker 1: documented and and on call. Because to the point if

453
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,879
Speaker 1: your mechanic diagnoses it, and he says, yeah, it is

454
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,160
Speaker 1: low oil pressure the trucks under the trucks under base

455
00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,200
Speaker 1: warranty five fifty or five sixty. And if you've got

456
00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,040
Speaker 1: extended it's probably good for longer period of time, a

457
00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:21,280
Speaker 1: hundred thousand miles. So why even let him look at it?

458
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,119
Speaker 1: Why spend spend the money. It's yeah, it's it's it's

459
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 1: a hundred thousands the bottom line. Get it into them. Um, yeah,

460
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,200
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to do a cold star and then

461
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,840
Speaker 1: get it in that sweet spot. Try to hear it.

462
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,240
Speaker 1: And you know he did say the same thing, get

463
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,280
Speaker 1: it and get it documented. Okay, you're on the right track.

464
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,040
Speaker 1: Sounds like you got a good guy. Stick with him.

465
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,360
Speaker 1: You're very welcome, Greg. You take good care. Yeah, I'll

466
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:48,440
Speaker 1: tell you what it's technology changes every day. Here. You

467
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,840
Speaker 1: want to see technology change. Wait, okay, it changed you

468
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,160
Speaker 1: see just that fast and and and that's the business

469
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,840
Speaker 1: of automobiles. That's how quick it goes. By five zero zero,

470
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:07,360
Speaker 1: Ron nating the car doctor. I'll be back right after this. Hey,

471
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,720
Speaker 1: Ron dating a car doctor, Herry five nine zero. Let's

472
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 1: get over to Scott in Maine. Scott, welcome to the

473
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:17,639
Speaker 1: car doctor Hey Ron Scott up in what's past vane

474
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 1: listening the crime. I have an O seven Ford Escape Hybrid.

475
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,879
Speaker 1: I understand that has the previous drive system in it.

476
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:29,800
Speaker 1: It's a front wheel drive or cylinder's got about original

477
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: miles on it. Car runs great, absolutely no problems, but

478
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,879
Speaker 1: we intermittently will get a service engine light or a

479
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 1: service assumed light that comes on the following a little

480
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:47,120
Speaker 1: wrench on the daskboard engine light. Yeah, well wait ant

481
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,440
Speaker 1: now is it? So if you turn the key on

482
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 1: with the engine off, do you have look at your

483
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,920
Speaker 1: dashboard lights? Do you have a separate service engine light

484
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:02,639
Speaker 1: and the wrench light? Now, the wrench light is something

485
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,640
Speaker 1: that comes on later when we start the car. There's

486
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,200
Speaker 1: not an you know, just turn right when you turn.

487
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,199
Speaker 1: When you when you turn the key on, you have

488
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 1: a separate service engine light. Correct, not not engine running

489
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 1: just you know, bulb check. I want to I want

490
00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,880
Speaker 1: to do this in bulb check. Right. So, so you're

491
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:26,400
Speaker 1: driving along and you get the wrench light to come on. Correct,

492
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,560
Speaker 1: and they scanned it for codes and there's no faults.

493
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,960
Speaker 1: Now all they say is it just means you gotta

494
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:37,000
Speaker 1: get your engine service. But we can't figure out what

495
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000
Speaker 1: that means. I mean, we've ben gone as far as

496
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,440
Speaker 1: to make sure that all air filter in the back

497
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 1: where the fan pools the battery. We've been heard that

498
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,960
Speaker 1: that make trigger the light. The fan runs fine. We

499
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,440
Speaker 1: put a brand new filter in. We've looked at everything

500
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:55,000
Speaker 1: from temperature to driving time. After we start the car,

501
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 1: sometimes it will come on, other times it doesn't. For

502
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 1: a while it's came on, we would stop the car,

503
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,639
Speaker 1: turn the key off, turn it back on, and the

504
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,640
Speaker 1: light you know, would go out, but very peculiar. Other

505
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,960
Speaker 1: times we'll start the car and within twenty seconds to

506
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,120
Speaker 1: light will come on. So it's it's not a temperature

507
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,680
Speaker 1: is sensitive thing that we can determine. We just can't

508
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: figure out what might be the clause of that. We

509
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,880
Speaker 1: did replace a door switch these cars. I guess we're

510
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,359
Speaker 1: notorious from Ford of getting moisture and the car would

511
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 1: think that the passenger door front driver's door was open

512
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:36,800
Speaker 1: and it would know to that. Or if we put

513
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 1: the alarm on and walked away from the car and

514
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:42,919
Speaker 1: it was damp out her with dampness, uh, the alarm

515
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,560
Speaker 1: would go off in the car. But we had the

516
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 1: doors which replaced and that's been fine, But you didn't

517
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 1: know if he had ever heard anything like this or

518
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,200
Speaker 1: be able to chase down. Yeah, I have. When when

519
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 1: when they scanned this? Gut? Who's they repair shop? Dealer

520
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 1: to repair shop. Okay, you haven't gotten it into the

521
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,199
Speaker 1: dealer yet. Okay, when the when the repair shops scanned it?

522
00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 1: Did they just did they? I'm gonna say some terms.

523
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,600
Speaker 1: Did they use O B D two diagnostics? Did they

524
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,120
Speaker 1: scan all the vehicle modules? Do you know what they did?

525
00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 1: Good questions? I don't and that will be something i'll

526
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:24,159
Speaker 1: and again, great, great question to ask my either service

527
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,199
Speaker 1: fan or you take it to the Ford dealers. They

528
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,160
Speaker 1: can look a little bit deeper into the code. Here's

529
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 1: the difference. Okay, you've got a computer in the house,

530
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,080
Speaker 1: probably got more than one. All right. Windows is the

531
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 1: operating system, all right. You get the Windows Blue screen

532
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 1: of death and it puts up a hexadecimal code number

533
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: that you have to go Google and say, oh my god,

534
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,880
Speaker 1: what's wrong with my computer? That's manufacturer specific, all right,

535
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,680
Speaker 1: So that would be the equivalent of Ford. All right,

536
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,480
Speaker 1: so you're looking on the forward side of information. There's

537
00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: also O B D two O B D two is

538
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 1: a mission levels mandate. At mission levels and requirements mandated

539
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: by the federal government, O b D two would be

540
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 1: if you had Norton or a v G or McAfee

541
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: UM anti virus software on the computer, it's monitoring or

542
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:16,240
Speaker 1: watching manufacturer software to see what it's doing. There are

543
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 1: cases where o b D two won't pick up a

544
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: fault that the manufacturer will because it's maybe it's not

545
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: a direct violation of emissions, or if not enough of

546
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: a violation, it hasn't approached a certain level. There's a

547
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 1: there's a hundred different scenarios. So you know, when I'm

548
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 1: dealing with and it's becoming more and more where I

549
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: don't do this, but you know it's when I'm dealing

550
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 1: with a hardcore service engine light failure. I'll do a

551
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 1: quick scan o b D two, but that vehicle doesn't

552
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 1: leave the shop till I do a complete module scan

553
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 1: of every module in that vehicle. And you know, some

554
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: vehicles have seventeen computers, some vehicles have a hundred and seventeen.

555
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 1: So you know, the value is there and the reasoning

556
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 1: is there. It pays to do a complete vehicle scan.

557
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 1: That being said, all right, this wrench light. I've run

558
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 1: across this as a scenario where it can be anything

559
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 1: from a throttle body issue all right, to a problem

560
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:17,160
Speaker 1: in the body computer. The body computer will pick up

561
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: and sometimes I've seen it turn on a wrench light

562
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: for a blend or actuator. I that's why I come

563
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 1: back to what did they scan? You know, it's if

564
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,960
Speaker 1: they only did O B D two, well that's that's

565
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 1: not enough. It's it's we've got to go all the way.

566
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,480
Speaker 1: And and the confusing part is for both consumer and

567
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: technician alike, we use the same diagnostic plug to both

568
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,920
Speaker 1: types of scans, so you know, it's it's it's not

569
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,640
Speaker 1: that the guy can say, well, I used the plug

570
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,800
Speaker 1: on the left and it got nothing. Let me try

571
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 1: to plug on the right. Everybody makes the fatal error

572
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: saying well that's the only thing to plug into in

573
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 1: the car and there's nothing there. You know, it'll kind

574
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:56,240
Speaker 1: of make you batty if you're not careful. UM So

575
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,160
Speaker 1: I would. I would start with a scan of all

576
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,520
Speaker 1: the modules. Pay attention, there's a fault in there somewhere.

577
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 1: If there's not, um I, if you call me back,

578
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 1: I will find more information. But I believe the wrench

579
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 1: light on. That can also lead to a or point

580
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 1: towards a a intermittent defective throttle body if it's the

581
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 1: system I'm thinking of, So just just be aware, all right, kiddo, fantastically,

582
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 1: Thank you, You're very welcome. You have a good rest

583
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 1: of the day. Let's pull over and take a pause

584
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 1: and we'll return right after this. Welcome back, right on

585
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 1: any of the car, Doctor Tim in Michigan, Tim, how

586
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 1: can I help? Yes, sir, Yes, I've told you before,

587
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 1: but I want to eat a quick so I know

588
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: what you're gonna say. Yeah, Tim, I'm sorry, babe, we

589
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 1: we we lost you. You know the call is just

590
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,720
Speaker 1: two cock got I know it's an O seven impalete

591
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: transmission issues. If you're still listening, Um, the the answers

592
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 1: are kind of simple. All right, UM, I'll answer this

593
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 1: generic as best I can. Before you go and replace

594
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: a transmission in a twelve year old, thirteen year old vehicle,

595
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 1: what kind of shapes the rest of the car? And

596
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: all right? You know I always play the what if

597
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,160
Speaker 1: game with somebody. You know, what if you put a

598
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 1: transmission in it and tomorrow it has head gasket failures

599
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,400
Speaker 1: which are not uncommon on that oh seven Impala And

600
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 1: you know what if you always got to play what if? Now?

601
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,480
Speaker 1: If the answer is you repair it and put it

602
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 1: trans in it? UM, do I think you need a

603
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 1: trans I'm sorry we didn't get to that part of

604
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 1: the call that the tips would be check engine light on,

605
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:38,360
Speaker 1: UM erratic in terms of operation uh, you know, UM leaks,

606
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: you know, fluid leaks and things like that. My concerns

607
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: become if you've got a transmission that's not shifting properly

608
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,239
Speaker 1: and the lights not on, the next question becomes, you know,

609
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 1: how how how much do I drive it? How well

610
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 1: do I drive it? Can I drive it? And you know,

611
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 1: the concern there is if you have to take something apart,

612
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 1: if you have to pull the trans to repair this, UM,

613
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 1: you're gonna overhaul it. It's it's thirteen years old, seals

614
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 1: are dry, seals are getting hard, things are starting to UM,

615
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 1: you know, get comed up. It doesn't pay. If this

616
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: is a problem with the trans that can be diagnosed

617
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: to something where the trans is repaired in vehicle, and

618
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: it's you know, a thousand bucks or less. Thousand bucks

619
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,240
Speaker 1: is probably high thousand bucks or more. I probably put

620
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,480
Speaker 1: it trans in it. If it's a six seven repair,

621
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 1: I'd probably fix it in the car. After that, I

622
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 1: put it trans in it and keep it. UM. You know,

623
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 1: remember this, a transmission, like an engine, is a major

624
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 1: component part of the vehicle, and you know, if you

625
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 1: change it now, you've just got the periphery to worry about.

626
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,960
Speaker 1: Brake shocks, tires, brake lines, fuel lines, cooling system, the

627
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 1: other components that go bad. Sometimes an older vehicle is

628
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 1: not something to hang onto simply because of parts availability.

629
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 1: If this was a Chrysler and it was an O seven,

630
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 1: I'd have a real concern because I know Chrysler has

631
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: cut way back on parts. GM. You know they sold

632
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: an awful lot of Chevy and pals Um. There's a

633
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,600
Speaker 1: lot of them out there, and if you need replacement stuff,

634
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,360
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a whole lot easier to find. So

635
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 1: my vote is UM, and I'm sorry I can't answer

636
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 1: this better is get it diagnosed, all right? UM. Part

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Speaker 1: of my answer, whatever you had asked me, would be,

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Speaker 1: you know, if it's operating erratically, always check for software updates.

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Speaker 1: Always check for hard part updates, meaning has the manufacturer

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Speaker 1: I know GM on that trans has updated a bunch

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Speaker 1: of hard parts that they've had issues with. Do some

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Speaker 1: hard part update replacement. Um. You know they've had some

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Speaker 1: pressure control solnoid issues. They've had a slew of things

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Speaker 1: go wrong with that trans since its inception and releasing No. Seven. Um,

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Speaker 1: but by all means, uh, you know, cars are sometimes

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Speaker 1: cheaper to keep. It's cheaper to keep her. Um. The

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Speaker 1: same can be said for wives too, but that's a

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Speaker 1: different show. I don't want to go over so Tim,

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Speaker 1: I hope, I hope generically I somehow helped you. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, just the basic things to look for, like

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Speaker 1: you look for in any type of any type of repair.

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Speaker 1: So cry close back next week. You can need more

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Speaker 1: information on a good clear phone. Hey where did the

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Speaker 1: two hours go today? Um? Just kind of flew by.

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Speaker 1: Let's do a third hour. No we can't today, there's

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Speaker 1: no time until the next time. I'm on an AD

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Speaker 1: in the car. Doctor. The mechanics aren't expensive, they're placeless.