1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: I want mens knows that inside up under pressure. Ronanian, Hey, 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 1: it looks like we put wheels on the garage and 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: drake it down here to Virginia or at their Virginia 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: Beach Coastal Loto show the kind of playing. Oh it's 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: a big, pretty white plaine with red stripes and curtains 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: in the window and wheels and it looks like a 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: big tail and all that. Car Doctor, that's what cars are. 8 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: It's that human connection to something mechanical. Welcome to the 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: radio home of Roninanian, the Car Doctor, since this is 10 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: where car owners the world overturned to for their definitive 11 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a 12 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: busy signal, pick up the phone and call in the 13 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: garage doors are open, but I am here to take 14 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: your calls at eight five five six. And now, don't 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: got no brains in running. You know that scene in 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: Happening Costs Fellow hold that ghost for Costa was running 17 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: around the haunted house and he finally burst into the room. 18 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: He stuck and and real people, real people either that 19 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: or or Frankenstein. Haven't I gonsa tell me Frankenstein, that's 20 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: how I feel today because it's like I'm home real people. 21 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: You know, it's it's it's it was just a crazy 22 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: weekend last weekend. And if if you missed it, we're 23 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: gonna talk about it today. Ronda eating in the car 24 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: doctor at your service. By the way, we were at 25 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: the Coastal Virginia Auto Show, and um, the auto show 26 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: is great. The the experience that people are wonderful down there. 27 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: I can't say enough nice things. And I will tell 28 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: you all about it in the next two hours. But 29 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: you know the experience at the airport that before we 30 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: before we open the garage doors, it's it's what are 31 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: the odds? Right? And I got up. I was at 32 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: the airport at ten o'clock for a one thirty flight. 33 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: And tradition, as always in every time I travel, UM, 34 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: I'm always the guy wearing the r A Automotive T shirt. 35 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: Okay always, I'm always ready to go back to work. 36 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: It's just something I've done for the past forty years. 37 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: And I guess it's a symbolic flip in my mind 38 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: that you know what you're away, it's time to go home, 39 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: get ready to go to work. Boom right, I walk 40 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: in blue jeans Arina d a T shirt. You know 41 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: my switch. I'm ready to go. Let's go to work. 42 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: But you know, I gotta go to the airport. Ten 43 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: o'clock one thirty flight. I'm waiting and I'm waiting and 44 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: I'm waiting, and quarter to one the announcement that they 45 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: were going to board a quarter to one, but now 46 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: there is going to be a delay because of air 47 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: traffic over Newark, New Jersey. Okay, I get that. We 48 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: want to be safe. It's got to be safe. And 49 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: I still think it has something to do with the 50 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: weather because of the winds. Okay, I get that. And 51 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: about forty five minutes later, the announcement comes out that 52 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,839 Speaker 1: the flight is going to be delayed again because one 53 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: of the tires is losing air. Come on, really, you know. 54 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: And and I kind of walked up to because I, 55 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: as you can, you know, I started have an outgoing personality, 56 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: and I have been talking with the crew that was 57 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: waiting to board the plane and and I listen, I 58 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: kind of gave it the flip of the shirt and 59 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: I said, look at my shirt. You look, I'm a mechanic. 60 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: I want to go out there put air in the 61 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: tire like you know, I put a little spit on 62 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 1: the valve. I'll see if the stems leak, and you know, like, 63 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: come on, let's go, let's get the plane up. You know, 64 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: it's the longer we're waiting here, the flatter it's gonna get. 65 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: They didn't like that idea, so we waited another forty 66 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: five minutes and they announced that the planes be the 67 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: flights being canceled till six pm the next day. Are 68 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: you ready for this? You think the car industry has 69 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: problems because United Air Express doesn't have a spare tire 70 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: at Norfolk Airport and they have to fly one in 71 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: from Richmond and they have to fly in the maintenance 72 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: crew to fix it because it's Sunday. Really like you know, 73 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: I mean there was there was better than four, maybe 74 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: six of these United Air Express jets down there at Norfolk. 75 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: And I'm thinking, this is right next to Norfolk Air 76 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: Force Base. This is like a naval base. This is 77 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: the this is the best we got. We don't have 78 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: a do we have any spare parts for the plane 79 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: at all? What are the things low on washer fluid? 80 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: We can't you know what, The plane doesn't fly like 81 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: this is crazy, So it would take two hours to 82 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: bring the spare tire down from Richmond with the maintenance 83 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: crew to fix it, and by then the aircrew with 84 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: time out so they can't sold everybody's flight. All right, 85 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: you know, somewhere along the way, I got smart. I 86 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: heard the flight was canceled for that reason. Everybody on 87 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: the flight went towards the counter to argue. I grabbed 88 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: my bag and I ran, all right, this is this 89 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: is a tip from the car doctor. Just run. You're 90 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: never gonna win this argument. Get to the rental car counter. 91 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: I got to the rental car counter. I went through 92 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 1: all five car rental agencies. That's how many they had 93 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: there in Norfolk. That was it. And nobody had a 94 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: car except for Avis. And I want to thank the 95 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: lady at Avis. She had no clue who I was. 96 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: I gotta get home, lady, I gotta be in New 97 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: York on Monday. All right, UM, I have one car 98 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: for you, sir. It's an SUV. I'll take it. Do 99 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: you want to know how much I don't care? All right, 100 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: here's my credit card, get me out of here. She 101 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: gave me forty dollars off as at discount because she knew, 102 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: you know, the plane had been canceled and very nice. 103 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: I can't say enough nice things about Avis in the 104 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: way they handle it. The first five, the first four agencies, Um, Enterprise, Hurts, 105 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: and budget is what I remember. I can't remember the 106 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: fourth one. They just were very nope, we have many cars. Remember, 107 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: I wasn't impressed. I wasn't impressed at all. But it's 108 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: just it's nice to be home. It really is nice 109 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: to be here talking to each and every one of you, 110 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: and uh, the experience in Virginia, it was great. And 111 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about this hour that it was such 112 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: a regional phenomena. Here we are again right ought to 113 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 1: repair as a national trend with regional regional results, and 114 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: the culture is regional. There wasn't I think there was 115 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: one thirty two Ford in the building. I didn't seem 116 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: more than that. A thirty two for five window coop. 117 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: That was it. In in the New York North Jersey area, 118 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,559 Speaker 1: there's tons of thirty two Fords at every car show. 119 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: But what was down there was some of the most 120 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: down to earth, honest and dirty, real drivers. There were 121 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: a couple of sixty that they were drivers. They were 122 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: just everyday cars like it was old over again and 123 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: here's the used car in the family, that kind of thing. Um, 124 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: there was a Dusenberg there, which I realized isn't an 125 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: everyday car for some people. But the Dusenberg was like 126 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: a piece of jewelry. It was stunning. It just you 127 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: just walked by it, and even if you didn't know 128 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: what it was, you had to go wow. It was 129 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: just a wow moment. And it had been a long 130 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: time since I had seen a Duisenberg, and so it's 131 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: probably the first time I ever saw one that close 132 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: and that nice it was. It was a real sharp car. 133 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: But um, just just great stuff, really great stuff. Um. 134 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: I've got to tell you the the drive over the 135 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: Chesapeake Bay Bridge was as frightening as I remember it, 136 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 1: and um, we'll talk about that to this hour. But 137 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: right now, let me let me kick the garage stores open. 138 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: Let's go over to Ryan and Maine, and let's get 139 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: the phones going. Ryan, you're with the car doctor. How 140 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: can I help? Sir? Hey? Ron, how's it going good, sir? 141 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: What's cooking? Well? Uh? Bitterally, I know more about gunsmithing 142 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: and guitars when I do about cars, But I have 143 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 1: a two thousand six Toyota camra Um standard transmission and 144 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: last night this just started. I haven't had a chance 145 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: to get it on the censor or anything on a 146 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: reader there, and UH started the car, no problems prior 147 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: to this. All of a sudden I heard when I 148 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: started it, I heard this whining noise which went away 149 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: after five to ten seconds. And my battery light was 150 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: on on the dashboard, which which night? Which four cylinder um? 151 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: Everything I have read online has said this points to 152 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: a failing alternator. Possibly Yeah, Um, I've never actually encountered 153 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: any of this. I don't know. I had a friend 154 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: who said it might be the belt on it. Maybe 155 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: the belt is slipping and that's the reason it went 156 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: away after a few few seconds. Maybe the belt heat 157 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: it up or something. But or the belt or the 158 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: belt slipping, and now the belt is now the belt 159 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: is spitting the alternator correctly and it's it's caught up. 160 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: So what can I do for you? Are you looking 161 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: for some diagnostic tips? Well, yeah, diagnostic tips, and and 162 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: you know what would cause that? Do you think that 163 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: would cause the battery light to come on? And then 164 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: obviously the battery lights are gonna go off until you 165 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: clear the system right, Well, the battery light will come on. 166 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: The battery light will come on, um when the charging 167 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: system voltage falls below a specific limit. So let's let's 168 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: let's start at the beginning. Does it has it? Has 169 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: it only done it once? Or does it do it 170 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: now on a continuous basis that the light is on? 171 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: Or was that a one time event very first time? 172 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: If anything's happened with this guy? Okay, so what did 173 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: you started today to do the same thing today? Or 174 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: you haven't driven it yet? Started it today a couple 175 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: of times, turned it off? He started it, Um, did 176 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: not hear the noise anymore, but the battery light still on? Okay, 177 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: So do you have a voltmeter? All right? Um? Do 178 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: you have any kind of tools? What kind of tools 179 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:58,719 Speaker 1: do you have? Yeah, just basic woodworking tools. So you've 180 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: got to get it to a shop. Somebody gotta somebody's 181 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 1: gotta test the charging system. It's it's probably a charging 182 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: system issue or the charging system voltage isn't right. So 183 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: right now you're running off the battery all right, So 184 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: you really shouldn't drive the car further than taking into 185 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: a repair shop as soon as possible, because you're you're 186 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: kind of like the Starship Enterprise when the warp drive 187 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: goes out. You're now running on impulse power, all right, 188 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: and we all know what happens when the impulse power 189 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: was gone, Scott, he was in trouble, and so will 190 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: you be all right? So they're going to have to 191 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: do a charging system test. What's charging voltage? It's it's 192 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: more than likely battery voltage or less at this point, 193 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,119 Speaker 1: and then they should be able to do some pinpoint 194 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 1: tests to see and it's it's pretty cut and dry. 195 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: There should be a three or four wire alternator, not 196 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: counting the heavy battery lug wire that comes up to 197 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: the back post. They should see battery voltage at that 198 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: heavy lug and then the remaining three or four wires. 199 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: It's simple key on, engine off, key off tests to 200 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: make sure there's voltage there at the proper time, and 201 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: then at that stage and they it becomes an alternator. Now, 202 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: the fact that the belt is I'm sorry, the battery 203 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: light is still on. There's no more squeal. Correct? Correct? Okay, 204 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: The fact that there's no more squeal tells me that 205 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 1: if the belt was still slipping, it would still be squealing, right, 206 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: I mean, think about it. It's logical not to say 207 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 1: when they look at this, or when you look at this, 208 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: look at the belt. Is the belt scorched, burnt, cracked, failing? 209 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: Does it look like it's beat up? Because perhaps the 210 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: alternators binding internally and that's what made the belt squeal 211 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,199 Speaker 1: in the first place, as as as the alternators started 212 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 1: to jam up. Well, I was looking at the belt 213 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: today on the end of the daylight, and I guess 214 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: on the tracks that run on the inside side of 215 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 1: the belt cracks and stuff. Yeah, so it's time for 216 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: a belt too. And uh, the other question I have 217 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: is the cars got I've never really replaced anything on 218 00:10:55,120 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: the engine area, and it's got almost a hundred and alternators. 219 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: I'm looking, I'm seeing anywhere from two to three fifty 220 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: dollars and I'm looking to get rid of the car march. 221 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: So do you think that's something I should still replace 222 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: it and put the money into it, or potentially just 223 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: look at keeping it grounded because I do have another 224 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: vehicle I could drive. Could I potentially just keep it 225 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: grounded until I'm ready to get rid of it, or 226 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: is that something I should really invest it? I I 227 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 1: think that you know it's where are We were in 228 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: November December, right, you're thinking you're gonna get rid of 229 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: it in five months? Yeah, and it's still it does 230 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: need some other things. That needs rear shock struts, all 231 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: that stuff. So I wanted to get it back to 232 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,559 Speaker 1: proper running order. And it's it's getting the Toyota countries, 233 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 1: as you call it, the exhaust. Yeah, you know, brother, 234 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: I think that to let that car sit five months 235 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: will probably be the death of it. It's you know, 236 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: you let a house sit empty, let a car sit 237 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: still for a long period of time. Weird things happen, 238 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: and I think you're better off buying a better quality alternator, 239 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: something that's got you know, a year warranty, a two 240 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: year warranty. I think it then becomes a selling feature. 241 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 1: At least it shows people you took care of the car. 242 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: If it's like typical Toyotas of that generation, it's only 243 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: got a hundred and fifty thousand miles on it, it's 244 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: got some time. The other thing to think about is, 245 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: you know, letting it sit. The fact that it's a 246 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: four cylinder. The Toyotas of that generation, the four cylinders 247 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: especially had a very low tension ring on it piston ring. 248 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,319 Speaker 1: You let it sit, it's gonna varnish up. You'll go 249 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: to start it and all of a sudden will start 250 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: to smoke and use oil. You're better off driving it 251 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: on a regular basis until you're ready to get rid 252 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: of it, because, like I said, letting it sit could 253 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: be a problem. You know, you can compare parts prices 254 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: very well. Get out to rileyoto dot com. Um, even 255 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 1: if you don't have an Oriileyota Parts near you, you 256 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: can get out to orileyoto dot com. You look at 257 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: all you can look at all the national pricing, see 258 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: if they carry dense or look at some of the 259 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: other lines that they carry, and you can actually talk 260 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: to them and find out what the warranties are. This 261 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: right when you sell it, somebody's got a warranty from 262 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: a national parts supply and uh, you know they're in 263 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: good shape that way, and it becomes a selling feature 264 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: of the car. How uncommon were those manual transmission cambras 265 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 1: because I've never seen one. Uh my wife at the 266 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: two thousand nine and I've never seen them. Very uncommon, 267 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: very uncommon. Well, nobody knows how to drive a stick, No, yeah, nobody, 268 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: And nobody drives stick anymore, so it becomes a it 269 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: becomes a very very very uncommon vehicle. But um, yeah, 270 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: that you know what, Ryan, keep it driving. You can 271 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: turn it into a race car next spring. Get you 272 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: could hit the junior derby track. But um, however you 273 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 1: want to do it, Ryan, I appreciate the call, and 274 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: you have yourself a good a good Thanksgiving. I'm running 275 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: any in the car Doctor will be back right after 276 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: this for the best in car advice. Give Ron a 277 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: call eight by five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 278 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 1: Now back to Ron. Let's go to Dave in Philadelphia. 279 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: I'll even Toyota see him Ani Van David. Welcome to 280 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 1: the Car Doctor, sir, how can I help? Oh? Thank 281 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: you very much. My US friend Bob from New York 282 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,079 Speaker 1: takes my car to you and he suggested I give 283 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: you a call with this question. Uh. Yeah, two thousand 284 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: eleven minivan purchased new front wheel drive, currently hundred forty 285 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: thousand miles. I expect to get two k out of it. 286 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: I'm being told by too that the world standard a 287 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: TS fluid. That's the lifetime of the car. Uh and 288 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: you know, bakes ponder what do they mean? By lifetime, well, 289 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: I think they mean until you get ready to go 290 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: buy a new car, because when you when the transmission breaks. 291 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: You know, I had this conversation just two days ago 292 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: with someone. They were asking me about changing trans fluid 293 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: on a Honda, and you know, same answer. Honda's telling 294 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: everybody it's lifetime or it never needs to be changed, 295 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: and so on. My first question is, yeah, then march 296 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: back into the dealership and just look to see that 297 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: they have do they have a guy that's doing transs 298 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: and do they still have their transmission rebuilding tools? Because 299 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: when the manufacturers tell the dealers to throw away the 300 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: transmission rebuilding tools, that's when I know it's okay not 301 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: to change transfluent it And and I realized that's a 302 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: radical statement, but it's the truth. Right, If the if 303 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: the trans is supposed to last the lifetime of the car, 304 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: if the well, the fluid supposed to last the lifetime 305 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: of the car, then why does the trans break? What 306 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: else goes wrong with it? Something wears out and something 307 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: has to wear out either because mechanically it's wrong or 308 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: the fluid is bad. You know, this mindset about stuff 309 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: less forever is ridiculous it's it's it's it's the marketing 310 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 1: tool of of of of somebody trying to get you 311 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: to buy something based on you know, it'll last forever, 312 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: it'll never break. Oh it broke, Hey buy another one, 313 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: you know. And I absolutely agree with you. And I 314 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: talked to guys and their road to do it, uh 315 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: and I screezed their world standards and they finally said, yeah, 316 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: we'll do it between three And I'm thinking, really, I mean, 317 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: I'm happy to pay that money now then avoided transmission 318 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: or a new car later. I don't think that's big, 319 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: big money. No, it isn't. It isn't. I you know, 320 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: Toyota WUS fluid are right now. You know, again, regional issues. 321 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: I always I always think about this. It's it's regional 322 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: conversations about auto repair in in North Jersey, all right. 323 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: In the New York metro area. The standards seems to 324 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: be when I talk to people that the dealers will 325 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: change WUS Automatic trans fluid for Toyotas at the hundred 326 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: thousand mile mark. That's when they expect to do it. 327 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: Some dealers are doing it in the fifty to sixty mark. 328 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: We do it in the fifty to sixty mark. We 329 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: believe that WS is good. Fifty to sixty will do it, 330 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: will do a drain and fill. Sometimes we drop the 331 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: pan at customer requests. Sometimes, you know, based on access 332 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: of it, you know, how much work is it to 333 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: get to it, to get it out or is it overkill? 334 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: Is my point? Um? You know, so you know if 335 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: you do it, every fifty to sixty, every fifty thousand 336 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: is a good number. I think you're in the game. 337 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: I really do uh A hundred and forty that fluids 338 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: that First of all, if it's not low on fluid, 339 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: the fluid's got to be black by now. And the 340 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: problem will be the concern will be that, you know, 341 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: trans fluid has is a very detergent, very high scrubbing 342 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: action fluid. There's a lot of varnish build up and 343 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: a lot of sediment build up in that trans Now 344 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 1: we're gonna put some really clean fluid in there that's 345 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: gonna have scrubbing capability and it's gonna wash the varnish 346 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: in the sediment and swirl it around. How does an 347 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: automatic transmission work? Hydraulic pressure? And we're gonna start. We're 348 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: gonna start the clog ports and create issues. Uh, you know, 349 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: when do you want to have the problem? I would 350 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: change it now because I'm looking for the problem now. 351 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: If I have it now, I'm prepared for it, rather 352 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,959 Speaker 1: than you know, at the mile mark. You know, I'm 353 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: on the way to Grandma's house with Christmas presents in 354 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: the family and the trans brakes. Are you thinking though? 355 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: I've heard arguments saying that the transmission fluid, you replace 356 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: it and you get gunkn sediment that's suddenly being released 357 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,199 Speaker 1: by the new fluid. Well more problems, and that's what 358 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: I'm talking about. But at this point, not changing it 359 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 1: is going to become a bigger problem. So I think 360 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 1: it's time to roll the dice, change it and absolutely 361 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: hope for the best. And while you're in there changing 362 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: trans fluid, think about if it isn't all wheel drive, 363 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: think about the rear dif fluid, make sure you've got 364 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: the right drain plug gaskets for that, and take a 365 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 1: look and think about break fluid and corns as well. 366 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: I appreciate the call, David, call if you have any 367 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: more questions. I'm not needing of the car doctor. We're 368 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: back right after this second quarterback. We don't Needing, the 369 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: car Doctor, the the uh. I gotta tell you the 370 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:43,120 Speaker 1: the absolute best UM car in the show last week 371 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: had to be the SEVN D S S F fifty 372 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 1: four Monty Carlo. That um was really you know why 373 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: that thing was so sharp? It just it was it 374 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: looked it looked like a giant model. Um, but just 375 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: it was. It was something that I you know, wow, unbelievable. Um. 376 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: But just a good time down there at the Virginia 377 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: Beach Auto Show. It was, um, you know some of 378 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: the sites, Um, the Hooters girls, the I think they 379 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: were the Lizard Lick girls walking around. There was one 380 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: girl walking around on stilts, which was quite a sight 381 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: to say. Um, you know, just some of the neat things. 382 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: A lot of military trucks out in the lobby was 383 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 1: really crazy. We went to Waterman's afterwards for lunch and 384 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: I have to do a special shout out to someone 385 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,719 Speaker 1: that we made a fan um for Tony our our 386 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: our server down there. Um we got to talking about 387 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 1: cars and we answered a couple of car questions with 388 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 1: Tony and um uh somehow we got on and stuff 389 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: at the radio. Josh Lange from Talk Media Network was 390 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 1: with me and um Kathy um his his his girlfriend 391 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 1: and we were talking and um uh answered a couple 392 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: of questions and we explained to Tony what we were 393 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: there for, and he kind of like he just wasn't 394 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 1: quite sure. So I said to him, this next week 395 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: I do a shout out so Tony, UM, I have 396 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: to tell you, the clamor per sandwich was excellent. It 397 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: was really the best, uh, one of the best clam 398 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: of sandwiches I've ever had. I love the restaurant. Um, 399 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: I'll be back sometime when the wind isn't blowing us 400 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: hard because they have hurricane proof windows in the restaurant 401 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: at Waterman's. Because you're right on the beach. Everything is 402 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: right on the beach in Virginia Beach if you're eating, 403 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: you know, on the strip there. It's crazy. But Waterman's 404 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: was definitely the place to go. And then when we 405 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: come back next year, if there is the next year, 406 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,199 Speaker 1: we will we will stop back at Waterman's and as 407 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: you all shouldn't have another great luncheon's Um, you know, 408 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: it's definitely worth the trip. Let's get over and talk 409 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: to Gus in Miami on the c r V and 410 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: a heat issue. Gus you're in Miami. Why do you 411 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: need heat once or twice a year? We need heat, 412 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: not not really heat, we once once or twice a year. Brother, 413 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 1: my heart's breaking, all right? Uh, come to come to 414 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 1: New Jersey, all right? You know the land of the 415 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: Land of you know, like everybody around here is just 416 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: hoping for June. It's like we can skip over the 417 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 1: next six months. We're like, yeah, is it June one? 418 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 1: So how can I help your brother? What's going on? Yeah? 419 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 1: So Ron, I got my old lady in a c 420 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: r V and I got no no, no dep no heat. 421 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: So I got no defrost. We don't can use the heat, 422 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: but I have no defrost. I got the air going 423 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,199 Speaker 1: through it. You know, I've listened to your showing. If 424 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 1: I'm I'm taking check the inlet outlet holds of the 425 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 1: heater matrix, right thermostat, and I just want to, you know, 426 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: run me down the order of how you might that. 427 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 1: So my first question is is there a check engine 428 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 1: light on? There's not, okay, And the reason I asked 429 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: that is because A twenty is smart enough if there was, 430 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: if there was an issue with the thermostat, you would 431 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: likely see a P zero one twenty eight or fold 432 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: code for a cooling tempt not up to speed. So 433 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: obviously I still want to look at it on a 434 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: scan tool. What is the computer seeing? But chances are 435 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 1: you're okay temperature wise, if you bring the engine up 436 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: the full heat or full temperature. Let's we'll stay with that. 437 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: If you're bringing up the full temperature, lift the hood 438 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: and you know, carefully wrap your hand around the upper 439 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: radiator hose. Is it warm to the point of being 440 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: almost painful to the touch? I wouldn't say painful to 441 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: the So if if it's, if you put your hand 442 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: on the upper radiator hose and then feel the two 443 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: heater hoses, one of the two heater hoses should match 444 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 1: what you're feeling, all right, So you know, if this 445 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: is lukewarm, that should be lukewarm, and the other host 446 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: should be cold or coming out all right? Right, you 447 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: should be the same temperature as with within reason, right, 448 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: So is this cold air? Cool air? Lukewarm air? What 449 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 1: is it? You know? I haven't played gotten in the car, 450 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: and you know, since my wife's been complaining about this lately, 451 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: so but I briefly went in today and I would 452 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:56,679 Speaker 1: say it was you know, I let it get up 453 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: to temperature, I would say, was you know outside and 454 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: fair wherever it is outs. So so what do you 455 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 1: do for a living? Goes mechanical engineering. So let's go 456 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 1: down to the Oto parts story. Do you have an 457 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 1: Orialyoto parts near your Run down to the local Oraillyoto 458 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: Parts and get yourself a dash thermometer. You know, look 459 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: looks like that. Don't don't take the Turkey based her thermometer. 460 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: She's gonna need it thursdayy al right, get get down 461 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: to Rileyoto Parts and get yourself us. Tell him you 462 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: want an air conditioning duct thermometer. Stick it and stick 463 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: it in the vent duct, okay, and you set the 464 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 1: vent to set the airflow to vent and then turn 465 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: the heat up full. Take the car for a rod. Alright. 466 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: The average car at duct temperature should produce somewhere around 467 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 1: a hundred and forty to a hundred and sixty degrees 468 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 1: of heat. And while that sounds extreme, what you have 469 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: to realize is that you know your your skin is 470 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: your biggest organ and what's gonna happen is that hot 471 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: air coming out of the duct by the time it 472 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: reaches your skin is gonna lose roughly thirty to fifty 473 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 1: degrees of temperature before it touches your skin, so that 474 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: your body's perception to be warm needs that extreme difference. 475 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 1: All right, So right, you should see between a hundred 476 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: and forty and a hundred and sixty degrees of heat. 477 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: If you're getting a hundred degrees of heat, which it 478 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,679 Speaker 1: sounds like about what you're gonna be getting, all right, 479 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: we've got to just verify either by scan tool or 480 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: an infrared heat gun. Gotta go buy more tools, more tools, 481 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: more toys. All right. Okay, where's where's the upper radiator host? 482 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: All right? If if, if, if we're not getting better 483 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: than a hundred and fifty degrees of engine heat, which 484 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: it sounds like maybe you've got by the time it 485 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 1: gets the duck works this way through the heater core 486 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: comes out through the air duct. You're you're you're down to. 487 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,439 Speaker 1: So let's find out what the numbers are. That's my point, 488 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: all right. So once we solve the problem of whether 489 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: or not we've got heat at the engine or enough 490 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: of a thermostat and coolant in the radiator, the basic 491 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: obvious stuff, what are the other things that go wrong 492 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: with Honda's We want to take a look at you know, 493 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 1: there should be a water valve in line with that 494 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: heat with those heater hoses. Yeah, and and yep, and 495 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,439 Speaker 1: if there is, see if it's cable operated. Some of 496 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: these were cable operated. And I've learned from experience that 497 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: you have to have somebody turned the heat dial or 498 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: the slide from from cold to hot and back and 499 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: watch the cable. We had one years ago that drove 500 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: everybody nuts. We got it in the shop and we 501 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 1: we went through our usual drill, and it turned out 502 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: that as we watched it, I still concede in my 503 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: mind's eye. As Chris moved the level, I'm watching the 504 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: cable and the center part of the cable stayed put. 505 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,360 Speaker 1: But the sheath that was around the cable in the 506 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: clip was moving back and forth. In other words, it 507 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: wasn't holding it properly, and the lever was actually moving 508 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: the sheathing rather than moving the center part of the 509 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: cab able to slide the valve open or clothes for heat. 510 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:08,400 Speaker 1: Got you got this one. So I actually looked at 511 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 1: the the heater hoses kind of going through the right. 512 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 1: I didn't really see any tug of what I might 513 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: consider because like, obviously, if we had a valve diverter 514 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 1: valve or whatever they're saying that would be, that would 515 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,479 Speaker 1: be obviously ducted into some sort of typing, so so 516 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 1: it may not have it. So at that point, if 517 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: we don't have a valve, and we're still and we're 518 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 1: getting hot on one side and cooler on the other 519 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: but not real scalding heat, here's that thermometer. Here's that 520 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 1: need for the thermometer again. Okay, we've got to set 521 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 1: ourselves up with all right, you've got to get out 522 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 1: when you're when you're down at rally Oto parts, you 523 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: want to get yourself a white bucket, a decent sized 524 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 1: white bucket, some lengths of heat or hose, and then 525 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,119 Speaker 1: stop by your local hardware store for Rileyotoparts doesn't have it. 526 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: You want to make up some hose ends for the 527 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: garden hose. Okay, you're making you're making up your own 528 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 1: flush kit, all right, don't don't don't cut the factory hoses. 529 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 1: They're they're they're too hard and too expensive to replace. 530 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: Don't put a flushing tea and just make your own. 531 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 1: Where you're gonna take one length of heater hose, dump 532 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: it in the white bucket. Take the other length of 533 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: heater hose with the water um a dept for the 534 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: garden hose adapter on the end of it, hook it 535 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: up to the garden hose, and don't run a lot 536 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: of water pressure through it. Okay, what I've done is 537 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: when you're down there, get like a brass shut off 538 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: that you can limit and restrict flow. Turn the water 539 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 1: on gently and you'll dump one end into the bucket 540 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,199 Speaker 1: and then give it a minute. Flip the hoses around, 541 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: reverse the process, dump the other end in the bucket. 542 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: Look to see if any crud comes out of the core. 543 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: Now you want to go. You want to go easy, 544 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 1: because if you go too hard and the core is weakened, 545 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: you could possibly pop a leak on the core and 546 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: have to put a heater core in it. But at 547 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 1: that point, if it's that bad, you're gonna end up 548 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: having to put a cord in any way, better to 549 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: find out now rather than later. If you get my bypack. 550 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,479 Speaker 1: But at that point in the deal with the two 551 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: days I need right, well, at at that point it's 552 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: gonna be holding hold a match on the inside of 553 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 1: the windshield to deferroust yourself you know that those two 554 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: days a year give your wife a real, a real 555 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 1: strong flashlight. Um, either that or I can. I can 556 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: tell you what's gonna happen. You're gonna be driving her 557 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,919 Speaker 1: car and she'll really be enjoying yours. So I know 558 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 1: how that works. All right, guys, do those things. Let 559 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: me move along and um we'll we'll talk again. If 560 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 1: you need me, you know where to find me. And 561 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: I appreciate you listening to us down there in Miami Way. 562 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:30,959 Speaker 1: I'm running anating the car doctor. We are back right 563 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: after this. Blcome back n any of the car doctor. 564 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: Little movie review, well, big movie review. Last weekend after 565 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: the Virginia Beach uh Coastal loto Show, the Coastal Virginia Beach, 566 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: the Virginia Beach Coastal Auto Show. I'll get that right, 567 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 1: c v A Coastal Virginia Auto Show. That's what it was. 568 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: I'll get it right for next year, folks, promise, UM, 569 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: I have to go back next year. The you know, 570 00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: it was such a it was such a down to 571 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: earth experience, in such a regional experience as too. You 572 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: could see how forty years ago what people were buying, 573 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: what the car tastes were and what became the hand 574 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 1: me down car, right, it was. It was a lot 575 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: you know, there were there weren't a lot of and 576 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 1: I noticed this for some reason. There weren't a lot 577 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: of Chrysler's there weren't. You know, it's whether it's a fluence, 578 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: whether it's it's more blue collar, um, a blue collar 579 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: neighborhood type of thing. But you didn't see like Chrysler Imperials. 580 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: You didn't see a lot of Mopars, a lot of 581 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: Plymouth I didn't see at the show. There was a 582 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: lot of Chevrolet, a ton of Ford. Okay, uh, you 583 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 1: know NASCAR was down there. There's no NASCAR that comes 584 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 1: to shows up here. Lee Petty's, Richard Petty's father's. I 585 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: think it was a I'm gonna get this wrong and 586 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: I apologize. I thought it was a Hudson Um. Lee Petty's. 587 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: Hudson was there from the fifties, you know, very early 588 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: NASCAR memorabilia. You could see the the the influence that 589 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,120 Speaker 1: cars have in that part of the country. And like 590 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: I always say, it's a regional experience. Everything is is 591 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 1: very different. So I was not disappointed for that. I 592 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 1: also wasn't disappointed. Saturday night, Um, myself and some of 593 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 1: the people we were with, we went out to see 594 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: Ford versus Ferrari and I can only sum it up 595 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: in three words, Oh my god. All right, I never 596 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 1: met Carol Shelby. I have his autograph actually, because you 597 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 1: know Shelby. Jimmy, my friend Jimmy, who owns a real Shelby, 598 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: got me his autograph. He went on, um, a cruise 599 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 1: with Carol. It was like cruise with Carol Shelby and 600 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: Jimmy and a bunch of other Shelby owners went out 601 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 1: though more than a few years ago. Carol's gone a 602 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 1: while now, and um, Jimmy, you know, got me his 603 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:52,240 Speaker 1: autograph very very thoughtfully. And Jimmy always told me, he says, 604 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 1: he's just such a down to earth, no nonsense, get 605 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 1: it done kind of guy. He was a chicken rancher 606 00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: from Texas that turned to racing, that had us stop 607 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 1: racing in the late fifties because he was having eyesight 608 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: issues right, and then heart conditions, and he always he 609 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 1: took pills the rest of his life. And that's evidence 610 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: throughout the movie. You know you could see, uh, you know, 611 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 1: Matt Damon nailed it. To the point that you he 612 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: acted that he was so annoyed having to take these 613 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: hard pills. And that's the way Carol Shelby was. He 614 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 1: was like, you know, I can't say the word here 615 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: on radio, but it was darn pills, right. It just 616 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: it just drove him crazy. You know. It's just like, 617 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: I just don't want to do this. But the scene 618 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: where Carol Shelby is trying to convince Henry Ford the 619 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 1: Second on who should drive the car, and I won't 620 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: give it away too much if you haven't seen it. 621 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 1: I don't want to be the spoiler. But when he 622 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 1: says to Henry Ford the Second, once you come down 623 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 1: here and I'll show you all what nine million dollars 624 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 1: can buy. I almost fell out of the chair. Nine 625 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: million dollars in nineteen sixty five is just a staggering 626 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 1: amount of money. And we've all seen the clip on 627 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 1: TV where Carol Shelby takes some Reford around the airport 628 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 1: runaway because Shelby America was based in an airplane hangar. 629 00:31:57,760 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: So you know how fast does the car go? Well, 630 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: well to the runway and I'll show you all, right. Um, 631 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: he had Henry Ford crying. He was the guy was 632 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: in tears, and it's just it was just a pure 633 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: race car from that perspective. But it's just a good, 634 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 1: solid movie. A little slow in the beginning as they 635 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: build it, but you could see they were building something 636 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,920 Speaker 1: no pun intended as they were building the car. That 637 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: It really is a must see movie, whether you're a 638 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: car person or not. And you know, it's just a 639 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 1: tale of American ingenuity is probably the best way to 640 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: describe it. Back when you know, we really thought and 641 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 1: and you know, there were there were calculated reasoning on 642 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: how we approached things, and it wasn't you know, nobody 643 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,120 Speaker 1: was pushing buttons, nobody was on their cell phone, nobody 644 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 1: was facebooking, nobody was youtubing. They were working. They were 645 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: taking things apart and um just to a degree, throwing 646 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 1: money away to make this nine million dollar car work. 647 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: It was absolutely crazy. But you know, by definitely at 648 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,080 Speaker 1: all means you get yourself a big, big tup of 649 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: popcorn and put a lot of butter on it, because 650 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: you're not gonna want to leave and get up at 651 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 1: any moment in that movie. It's a no break movie, 652 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 1: so definitely worth seeing. Ford Versus Ferrari eight five zero 653 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,120 Speaker 1: nine zero zero run any of the car doctor right 654 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: your service when we return right after this, Welcome back 655 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 1: on the car doctor. Let's do a real fact sure 656 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: track repair. This comes to us courtesy of Mitchell One. Recently, 657 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 1: a Ranger came into a repair shop with a check 658 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 1: engine light on. That was the complaint. When they scan 659 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 1: it for codes that at a P zero one seven 660 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,480 Speaker 1: one and a P zero one seven four lean fuel 661 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: conditions both banks. A lean fuel condition is defined as 662 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 1: every vehicle has a base fuel trim to work from. 663 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: If it adds more than a certain percentage to that 664 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: vehicle means it means that the vehicle is off it's 665 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: based fuel trim, or that it's running lean it's having 666 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,719 Speaker 1: to add extra fuel. The computer is calculating based on 667 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 1: air volume or based on a two centsor activity, that 668 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 1: that vehicle is leaning it has to add more few 669 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 1: to it trying to bring it into emissions compliance. They 670 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 1: went through several diagnostic steps including everything from fuel filter 671 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: check and replacements of fuel pressure and also looking for 672 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 1: vacuum leaks, and when none were found, it was noticed 673 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:16,360 Speaker 1: that the vehicle had an extremely large oil leak. The 674 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: oil leak was then diagnosed just on the chance that, gee, 675 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:22,240 Speaker 1: what if the oil is leaking and there's possible extra 676 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: air being added to the system from that. Well, the 677 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,040 Speaker 1: fact became that prior to the oil leak being fixed, 678 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:28,880 Speaker 1: they pulled the PCV valve out and they saw a 679 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: fuel trims start to change. How could that be? Turns 680 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: out that the rear main seal on the engine was leaking. 681 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,680 Speaker 1: That's right. The oil leak was that big. The vehicle 682 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: had been driven long enough that the oil leak at 683 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 1: the rear main seal got to be large enough that 684 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,799 Speaker 1: it was allowing extra air to be drawn in past it, 685 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: and it was actually skewing the fuel trim numbers and 686 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: causing a lean fuel condition. They replaced the rear main seal, 687 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,399 Speaker 1: cleaned up the engine to put it back together, and 688 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,880 Speaker 1: clear codes drove it. Fuel trims came back to normal, 689 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,399 Speaker 1: and lo and behold, everything was as it's supposed to be. 690 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,360 Speaker 1: Sometimes you gotta pay attention to all the details. Information 691 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 1: like this and more repairs at mitchell one dot com. 692 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 1: I'm notini in the car doctor. I'm reminding each and 693 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,320 Speaker 1: every one of you. Good mechanics aren't expensive, They're priceless. 694 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:13,800 Speaker 1: See you