1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Ron and Anian. Monitors are self tests. So you know, 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: think about it like this. When you get up in 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: the morning, you go through your process. You you brush 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: your teeth, you take a shower and so on. That's 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: your self test every day under the Car Doctor. The 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: one morning you forget to put the cap back on 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: toothpaste tube and you're supposed to. You completed the task, 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: but you failed the test, and that's just what a 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: monitor does. Welcome to the radio home of Ron and 10 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 1: Anian the Car Doctor, since this is where car owners 11 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 12 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 1: the phone and call in the garage to orders are open, 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: but I am here to take your calls at eight 15 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: five and now he running. Hey, welcome the car Doctor. 16 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: Come on and have a seat. Let's talk about your 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: car and it's problem. You're at eight five five five 18 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero. Let me do that again. 19 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: Eight five five five six zero nine zero zero. 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Let's kick the garage doors open 74 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: because the line is all of a sudden growing out 75 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: the door. Let's go and talk to Paul Stanton, Virginia 76 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: eight seven, Bronco too, and some questions about an ignition switch. Paul, 77 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir. How can I help? Yeah? 78 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: How are you doing? Good? Sir? What's going on? Okay? Well? Uh, well, 79 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: I do have a question about the mission locks. But 80 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: first of all, uh, I don't know if you've got 81 00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: the message on the on dwell and points. Uh if 82 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: you if you need to increase the dwells, you actually 83 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: uh decrease the gap because the amount of time that 84 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: between rotation. Yep, ye so said two. And problem. For 85 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: about a year now, I've noticed you could actually turne 86 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: the mission lock without key to the access position and 87 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 1: operate the radio and the windows, and that was convenience. 88 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: You know you want the key. Um, but one of 89 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: if that's maybe not a good idea to leave it 90 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: like that because, um, you know, even though you can't 91 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: start the call without the key, it only goes accessory position. Um. 92 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,559 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe there's some reason why my brother, my brother 93 00:04:54,760 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 1: weren't suggested that what might happen is that the come 94 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: back and uh keep on given power to the starter, 95 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: and that could be a problem. Yeah, you know, if 96 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: if this was something where parts weren't available, Paul, you know, 97 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: if it was something really or if the column had 98 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: an issue, and then if the column had an issue, 99 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: I tell you to just get a column. There's easy 100 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: enough to find one in a salvage yard and swap 101 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: it out. You know, I get it that it's convenient. 102 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: You know, no lock, no no key needed to move 103 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,039 Speaker 1: the lock into accessory. I think your brother in law 104 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: makes a valid point. You know, something that works improperly, 105 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: but it's a convenience thing somehow that always comes around 106 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 1: to bite you. And you know, when you least expected, 107 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: it's gonna end up costing you a starter and the 108 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: labor and the aggravation, and you know it's we've talked 109 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: about this truck before. I think this is the one 110 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: that had the rear end issues. Yeah, and I wound 111 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: up having one from a from a Junkyard put in 112 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: it because he's gonna cost incredible line of money to replace. 113 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: That's right. We talked about this like a year ago. 114 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: I remember that we talked about this like a year ago. 115 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: And you know, my my point is that you like 116 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: this truck, and you're gonna drive this truck. And I 117 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: think the more pieces you can gather for this truck 118 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: to keep it whole and intact, the better off you 119 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: are and the better you'll feel about it. So you know, 120 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: if if it's a matter of you know, being able 121 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: to flick it back to accessory to turn on the radio, 122 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: carry the key with your stick one in the ash 123 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: tray if you don't want to, but you know I 124 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: would fix it. I would fix it for the sole 125 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: reason I would get parts where you can still get parts. 126 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: And I always, I always think about that. You know, 127 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: my my little shop trucks a nineties seven Ranger. And 128 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: you know I've been looking for a steering wheel. Couldn't 129 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: find one within reason. Some of the stuff on eBay, 130 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: people are just crazy two hundred fifty dollars for a 131 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: steering wheel. So I ordered right right, and the and 132 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: the airbag makes it more complicated because evidently it's it's 133 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: particular only through rangers like seven and eight. We're particular. 134 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: The air bag was different than an explorer those years. 135 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: So I ended up finding a solution from a company 136 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: called wheel Skins, and I ordered a wheel skin for it, 137 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: and we're gonna just put our own leather covering on it. 138 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: And I always say, if I can take the body 139 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: off the frame of a fifty five Chevy and make 140 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: that work, I'm sure I could re stitch a steering wheel. 141 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: But my point is, you know what, gathered parts while 142 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: you can, because once they stopped making parts, if you 143 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: still want to fix it, across you a whole lot 144 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: more to do, and it's that much more difficult. And 145 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: while they right, well, and that's listen, that's the other problem. 146 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: You know what you may want to do is there's 147 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: a place in upstate New York. I'm trying to think 148 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: steering columns Galore, I believe is the name. If you 149 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: google search steering columns Galore, they are up in They're 150 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: about seventy five miles north of New York City. I 151 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: can't recall the town, but I've used them over the years. 152 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: They make a good product in in the in the 153 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: in the times that I've used. Then we had one 154 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: problem on on a steering column. They were very good 155 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: about it. They sent me another one right away, and 156 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: they actually took the one that they had sent me 157 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: apart and told me, here's what went wrong. We've corrected 158 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: it so it doesn't happen again. So, you know, responsibility 159 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: like that you just can't find in this day and age. 160 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: But it may be cheaper for you if you have 161 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: a column problem to replace the column if it's still 162 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: available for an eight seven, I would think it is 163 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: um because the other issue is if you if you 164 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 1: get a salvage yard column for an eight seven, it's 165 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: you know, almost forty thirty five years old, right, Uh, 166 00:08:54,000 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: you know that's that's an issue too. Yeah, but it's 167 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: probably the signition locked itself. I replaced one some years 168 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: ago on the crowned nick and it's a it's a 169 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: it's an easy job. Actually, yeah, it's not bad. It's 170 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: not hard to do, not hard to do at all. 171 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: Just sometimes the column the housing itself is worn, but 172 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: you won't know until you take something apart. So take 173 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 1: it apart. Let's see what it is. Let's fix it, 174 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: because you know what, you're a car guy, and I 175 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: know that from talking to you a few times we 176 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 1: have over the years, and car guys like everything to work, work, work, 177 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: like a watch as uh as the car doctor says, 178 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: all right, sir, yeah, I'll cover them and then off 179 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: the engine. That's amazing. Digital fuel injectors, original fuel pump. Yeah, 180 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: that's amazing, you know, and I shouldn't say. I guess 181 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: it's not that amazing, you know what I think about. 182 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: I don't want to drink myself. But not good. The 183 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: Rangers got two hundred nine thousand miles hundred two hundred 184 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: and ten. They had the valve covers off it either, 185 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: so but uh, you know what, Yeah, yeah, they just 186 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: run forever as long as you take care of them. Paul, 187 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: I gotta go. The clock is gonna grab me. I 188 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: appreciate the call, sir. Good luck to you. If you 189 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: have any other questions eight five five six zero zero zero, 190 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: you know where to find me. I'm running nay in 191 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 1: the car doctor. I'll be back right after this that. Hey, 192 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: welcome back the Car Doctor. Speaking of dead Man's Curve, 193 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: we looks like we're gonna be going back there Labor 194 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: Day weekend, and I know we're at the beginning of 195 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 1: the summer, but rumor has it and I confirmed that 196 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,839 Speaker 1: I had breakfast with one of the guys from dead 197 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 1: Man's Curve this past week, and looks like we're gonna 198 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: be going back. They're gonna be sitting up in a 199 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: tent and uh, we're doing a broadcast Labor Day weekend, 200 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: so we're kind of looking forward to that. Although let's 201 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: get through May one and enjoy that. Let's enjoy this. 202 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: Let's gonna talk to Jan from just in Minnesota with 203 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: a two thousand three caravan and some issues with how 204 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: it operates. Jan, Welcome to the Car Doctor. How can 205 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:17,079 Speaker 1: I help? Yeah? Hi, their name is Yeah. I'm sorry, 206 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: that's okay. How can I okay? Can you hear me? Yes? 207 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: I can Okay. I have two thousand three ditch caravan. 208 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 1: It has two hundred and twelve thousand miles on it, 209 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: and I always good too care of it, very good 210 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: care of it. Well, right now, I've been having a 211 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: problem that when I come to a stop sign or 212 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: stop plight, my engine dies. It's like I'm not getting 213 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: any guess. So I brought that to my mechanic and 214 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: I added the phone and a little bit higher acting, 215 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: hoping to clean the engine out. Well, that didn't work, 216 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: so then he change a fuel filter. Well a couple 217 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: of days later, I'm driving and I'm going sixty seventy 218 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 1: all of us sat. Then I'm starting to lose power 219 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: no matter how much I stepped on. I guess it 220 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: just didn't go anywhere. What could be causing all of this? 221 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: To check all the electronics, everything was fine, all right. 222 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 1: Well here, let's back up. So when you sit there 223 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: and turn the key on and not start the engine, 224 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,839 Speaker 1: does the check engine light come on? No? Nothing, no 225 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: lights coming back up. No. Listen to what I said. 226 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: When you when you turn the key to the on 227 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: position but not start the engine, do you see a 228 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:44,599 Speaker 1: check engine light? I just want to know if the 229 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: bulb is working right? No? If if if? If you 230 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: have if you have no check engine light at key on, 231 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: engine off, the bulb is burned out, so then so 232 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 1: be sure of that. You may not have noticed it. 233 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: It's not something everybody looks at, but that's a real 234 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: simple test you can always do in this case. And 235 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: the reason I say start there is because before any 236 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: parts get changed, I want to look at the onboard computer. 237 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: In this case, because it's an O three and I 238 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: can look at that a stream, I can look at 239 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: information while I'm driving. I want to do that, and 240 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: I want to see what sort of fault codes does 241 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: the vehicle have. Now, what I'm thinking is that if 242 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: it truly let's forget the check engine like part of 243 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: this question for a minute. What I'm curious is where 244 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: is fuel trim. Fuel trim, in in simple terms, shows 245 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: a balanced air fuel mixture. If an engine needs one 246 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 1: part air to fourteen I'm sorry, one part fuel to 247 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: fourteen parts air. Fuel trim will show whether it's even 248 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: whether it's actually at that or if it's more air 249 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: more fuel, what is it calling for? And that's that's 250 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: my first request, because what you're describing to me is 251 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 1: one of three things, typically a fuel pressure volume issue, 252 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 1: although that wouldn't make it stall at idle. A map 253 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: sensor or a map sensor is a sensor on the 254 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: engine that reports how much load the engine is under. 255 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: So the onboard computer can help deliver proper fuel to 256 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: the engine via the injectors, or three a restricted exhaust 257 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: system i e. A clogged catalytic converter, the middle one. 258 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: The middle one the map sensor is the most likely 259 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: of the three. It would give you all three of 260 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: It would give you all of your symptoms. While a 261 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: restricted cat wouldn't necessarily make it stall at idle. It 262 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: would make it stall it idle, but it wouldn't Also, 263 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: if it was that bad, generally it wouldn't let the 264 00:14:54,880 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: vehicle accelerate to sixty. It would struggle. It would makes 265 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: sense to it would struggle to get the thirty and 266 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: forty uh. If if it is a map sensor related fault, 267 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: what you typically will see and this is why, this 268 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: is why I asked about the check engine light is 269 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: is you will develop a trouble code P zero, which 270 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: is a rich running condition map sensor circuit. So one 271 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: of the simple things he can try if he does 272 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: have that is tell him the unplug the map sensor 273 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: the electrical connector and if the engine runs better or 274 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: if it runs good, then we know we're on the 275 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: right track because without the map sensor there, the engine 276 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: will if it's running, you on plug at the engine 277 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: will stall, set a fault code, turn the key off, 278 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: count to five, start the car back up. The engine 279 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: will go into a default and start substituting its own 280 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: values to get the vehicle to run. And then I'm 281 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: gonna and then I'm gonna tell him to go through 282 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: some specific voltage tests. You know, we want to see 283 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: five volts on the pink yellow. We want to see 284 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: where it's at five old go when we look at 285 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: it on data stream and things like that. But okay, 286 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: I see, I brought the vehicle now to my local 287 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: Chrysler dealer. Okay, and I know these guys. They are 288 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: good and honest. That's in him in Minnesota, and so 289 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: I brought the car over this why I am going 290 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: to go with that Monday, because you know, they didn't 291 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: get too ideals. So that's why I just found your 292 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: program over here not too long ago in northern Minnesota. 293 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: So I love to listen to you. Oh, thank you 294 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: very much, John, I appreciate that. And that's why so 295 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: I literally appreciate and because of what I'm hoping is 296 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: to make to three hundred thousand miles with that ven 297 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: and and then we'll talk about making it the four 298 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: right and why I I believe in you? Why not, sir? Listen, 299 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. John. Stay on the line, Harry, 300 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: get John's information and let's send you on a car 301 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: dr T shirt. Welcome to the nation properly, and we appreciate. 302 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,360 Speaker 1: We appreciate those comments. You know, we really do. I'm 303 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: always glad to welcome somebody aboard. Let's do a quick 304 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: piece of email. This comes to us from Robert Burman. Robin, 305 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: I want your opinion on SRNTO four cylinder or wheel drive. 306 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: With the four cylinder engine provide enough reserve power and 307 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: an emergency on the highway, I would not be doing 308 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: any toeing of an excellent radio program. I wish my 309 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,479 Speaker 1: local station had your show on every day instead of 310 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: once per week. I listened on nine ad w C 311 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: A P. Lowell, Mass Robert Kia. Kia is where Hyundai 312 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 1: used to be. And I'm sorry to say it like that. 313 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 1: I don't mean to insult anybody, but that's just how 314 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: I think of it. Um Key is a good car, 315 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 1: and you know, if you asked me four or five 316 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: years ago, I wouldn't be telling you that. But I 317 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: think the keys are decent thousand mile vehicles toss them away, 318 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: and I'm sure there's a bunch of people out there 319 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 1: running around with them going longer. I haven't seen that yet. Uh, 320 00:17:55,200 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 1: you know, I see them as a reasonably inexpensive resource. Um, 321 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: it is what it is. It's a cheap car. Hunday 322 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: used to be like that, and then Hunday got better, 323 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 1: and now they've kind of Hunday's actually encroaching Toyota and 324 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: Honda in a lot of ways and scaring those people, 325 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: making them look over their shoulders. But um, I wouldn't 326 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,439 Speaker 1: be afraid of a Kia in terms of, you know, 327 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: knowing what it is. And I think the end way 328 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 1: you can answer that question is would have enough in 329 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: reserve power? My definition of reserve power and your definition 330 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: of reserve power are probably two different things. So what 331 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: I would tell you to do is take it out 332 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: for a road test and and always keep in mind, 333 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: you know, I've got to I've got a two road 334 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 1: test visit rule. Whenever I wrote test the car, road 335 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 1: test the car at night, road test the car during 336 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: the day. Because cars take on too, they take on 337 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: different personalities night and day. You know, not just how 338 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: much power they have, but not that the power changes, 339 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: but the ability to maneuver, and the mobility and and 340 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: the you know, the ease of vision and how you 341 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: can see and how the dashboard looks at night, and 342 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: everything changes. So take it for a You tell me 343 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 1: if you think it's got enough reserve pal and you 344 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,400 Speaker 1: make that decision from there. Robert, I appreciate the question. 345 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,479 Speaker 1: I'm on anating of the car Doctor. I'm back right 346 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back when I meaning the car doctor. 347 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 1: The phone number is eight five five five six zero 348 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: nine nine zero zero. Again, the phone number is eight 349 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 1: five five five six zero nine zero zero. If you 350 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: are looking to get a car problem solved, give the 351 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: car Doctor a call. If we're not here, we are 352 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,919 Speaker 1: live Saturday afternoons to to four pm Eastern Time, originating 353 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: out of New York City. You can call eight zero 354 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: nine nine zero zero. We're not here, leave a message 355 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 1: fast Harry or executive producer. We've got a messaging service 356 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: set up for you. And um, you can leave a 357 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: message fast Harry. We'll call you back and get you 358 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: up here in que the next time around. So UM 359 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: we'll go from there. Let's get back to the phone 360 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,679 Speaker 1: that come and talk to Dennis Rockville, Maryland with an 361 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: O four Wrangler and some questions about oxygen sensors. Dennis, 362 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor, sir. How can I help? Hey, Ron, 363 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: thanks for lots for taking my call. I just want 364 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: to say that I have to learn a lot of 365 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: posting to you. Um, I am on the Pennsylvania Turnpike 366 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 1: right now. Uh so if the and there's some dead 367 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: thoughts on here, So I just want to say, if 368 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 1: the call drops somehow, if you guys could call me back, 369 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,400 Speaker 1: that would be great. Sure, go ahead, and I hope 370 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: you're doing this hands free. You are right, Oh absolutely, 371 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 1: I've got any piece then I that's I never drive 372 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: holding the phone up to my ear. Okay, Well, my 373 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: question is basically about an O two censor and how 374 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 1: it relates to gas mileage and how it relates to 375 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 1: emissions and eventually catalytic converter. So on my oh four, 376 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: Uh it is a four leader. I bought it used. 377 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,679 Speaker 1: It's got a hundred fifty eight thousand I got it. 378 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: I got it for a pretty good price. So I 379 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: realized that, you know, with the car of that which 380 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: I might have to put, you know, a thousand dollars 381 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 1: or even more in it to get it up to 382 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: uh that's how I wanted to be. But anyway, so 383 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: I was driving on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and uh, the 384 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: f after I'd only had it for about a week, 385 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: and the check engine light came on and my initial 386 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: reaction you can imagine, oh, craft, um, there's something seriously wrong. Well, 387 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 1: I vanished. I went to Auto Zone or at Advance Auto. 388 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: They did a uh, they read the code, and they 389 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: told me it was the O two censor, that it 390 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: was enough I remember correctly. It was. Therefore, in this 391 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 1: vehicle it was thanked to censor too. So that probably 392 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: means something to you. That doesn't mean all that much 393 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: to me. But zero Dennis zero, I'm sorry, excuse me? 394 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: Was the fall code P zero one five nine, you know, 395 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I can't tell you know, I don't remember. Anyway, 396 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: it was it was the O two censor. I went 397 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: to a new garage that I'm trying out, a sort 398 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: of a bomb and pop type garage rather than a dealership. 399 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: But they confirmed that it was that sensor. They replaced 400 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 1: the sensor, and in the meantime they found out that 401 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,919 Speaker 1: somebody had put a spacer in between the censor and 402 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: uh the exhaust type of the manifold or wherever it 403 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: iss ates to. So my question is why did they 404 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: put that spacer there? And what is the purpose of spacer? 405 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: Great question, the spacer is there. Well, let's talk a 406 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,640 Speaker 1: little bit about catalytic converters. A catalytic A catalytic converter 407 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: is designed. It does just what its name implies. It 408 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 1: is a heat generated change of state for incoming gases 409 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: to create non pollutant outgoing gases, all right. And one 410 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,360 Speaker 1: of the things that a catalytic converter doduced down harmful emissions, 411 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 1: just like you know the info the hype says it's true. 412 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: So in order for the onboard computer to know how 413 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: well the catalytic converter is doing, there's an oxygen In 414 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: simple language, there's an oxygen sensor in front, there's an 415 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: oxygen sensor in the back. They look at what comes in, 416 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: they look at what comes out. They can make a 417 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: determination is it is it doing its job? All right? Now, 418 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,719 Speaker 1: when a catalytic converter gets worn out, a catalytic converter, 419 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: by definition and design, stores oxygen. An oxygen sensor if 420 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 1: it is not seeing a high concentration of oxygen will 421 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: produce a high voltage signal. All right, So if, for example, 422 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 1: if the front O two is cycling high low high 423 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: low high low low voltage high voltage, low voltage, high 424 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: low high voltage properly, the onboard computer looks at that, 425 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 1: and faster than I'm saying this conversation, much faster than 426 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:02,120 Speaker 1: I'm saying this conversation, adjust fuel trim by allowing more 427 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: fuel or less fuel to flow through the injectors. That's 428 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 1: the basics of feedback fuel control. The catalytic converter takes 429 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 1: that exhaust that the front O two has helped generate 430 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: by controlling injector pulse with or how long it's turned 431 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 1: on for, all right, the duration of and it sends 432 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: exhaust out the tail pipe that post cat that after 433 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: the catalytic converter O two sensor is sitting there, going 434 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: do to do, to do, to do, and it's looking 435 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: at oxygen content. If the catalytic converter is doing its 436 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:39,120 Speaker 1: job and storing oxygen molecules so that it can help 437 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 1: make the combustion or I'm sorry, the catalytic change over 438 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: to reduce the harmful pollutants into non harmful pollutants. Lack 439 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 1: of oxygen in the outgoing exhaust produces a high voltage signal, right, 440 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 1: and we always remember low is lean. Okay, Rich is high, 441 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: but low lean the two l So if it's if 442 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: it's low, it's lean, and it's a lot of oxygen. 443 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: All right, So we're always looking at a high voltage 444 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 1: signal out of the rear row two. In simplest terms, 445 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,479 Speaker 1: if the front O two is switching high low and 446 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,959 Speaker 1: the rear rod two is switching high low, what does 447 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: that mean the catalytic converter is doing You tell me, 448 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 1: I guess it's doing its job. Well, it's not working. 449 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: Remember remember what I said. A catalytic converter stores oxygen. 450 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: If there's no oxygen, or if there's a minimal amount 451 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: of oxygen coming out the tail pipe, that rear ro 452 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: two is gonna be reading high. That means the cat's 453 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 1: doing its job. Okay, And this is a really neat test. 454 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:43,959 Speaker 1: If you ever want to watch it, hook it up 455 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 1: on a scan tool, bring up both O twos or 456 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: all four oh two is whatever, and and create a 457 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: vacuum leak. Watch that front O two. I mean, it 458 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 1: drops like whoosh. All right, it drops like a stone, 459 00:25:56,200 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 1: it goes dead lean and the postcat O two typically 460 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: will also all right, here's here's my point. Here's the 461 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: long here's the reason for the long winded explanation. And 462 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: I realized, but some of this stuff isn't simple. They 463 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: put a space or in because they they had a 464 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 1: P zero four twenty or in this case bank to 465 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 1: a P zero four thirty fold code. All right, and 466 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 1: putting the space or in takes the O two cents 467 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: or out of the exhaust stream and and and weakens 468 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: its ability to switch high low. They're masking a problem. 469 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: That's what I saw it from my research on the end, 470 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: and that they're they're masking a problem. They're also violating 471 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: federal emissions law. And they're pulling a fast one on you, 472 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: the vehicle buyer, because you know, they're telling you, hey, 473 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: there's nothing wrong, and it's it's rigged. Yeah yeah, so 474 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: I guess not to cut you off or anything. But 475 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: my question is, could this indicates that the catalytic converter 476 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: is bad? Yes? Absolutely, Okay, that's what I was trained 477 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: over right, absolutely, Now, if I were to take that 478 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 1: space or out I would get a false code. Probably 479 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 1: now the fox, I'll tell me that the cat is bad. Well, 480 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: what the fault code is gonna do? All right, Let's 481 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: let's assume it's a P zero four thirty, all right, So, 482 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,239 Speaker 1: and you know four thirty is a fault code as 483 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: a bad cat on bank too. A four twenty is 484 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: a bad cat on bank one. So it's got a 485 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 1: fourth thirty. That means that the bank to catalytic converter 486 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 1: doesn't have the ability to store oxygen like it once did. 487 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:43,199 Speaker 1: This the layman's explanation is the catalytic converter efficiency, the 488 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: ability to convert harmful pollutants into non pollutants is weakened, 489 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: all right. They look they looked for by the numbers. 490 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 1: They look for a seventy percent difference from into out. 491 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: So that at being said, a catalytic converter is a 492 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 1: dumb animal. It really is. You can shove everything down 493 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 1: its throat. It's gonna try to swallow everything until it 494 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: burns itself out or drives a hundred fifty thousand miles, 495 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 1: which is average life cycle. And the reason I the 496 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 1: reason I say that is that you can get a 497 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 1: P for twenty or four thirty cat efficiency code, and 498 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: everybody says, oh, it's a CAT But is it or 499 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,400 Speaker 1: isn't it? It may not be. Certain things can affect 500 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:32,120 Speaker 1: CAT efficiency. A catalytic converter has to be hot. If 501 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 1: the engine thermostat is not proper, and a thermostat that's 502 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 1: off by twelve degrees to the wrong lowering engine temperature 503 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: will affect CAT efficiency. Okay, an engine and an engine 504 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: that burns oil coding the inside of the catalytic converter 505 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: and preventing it from absorbing oxygen will create a problem. 506 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: So there's a bunch of things to look at. It's okay. Now. 507 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: Another that I have is with this fact that the 508 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: space or is in there. Would that caused the mixture 509 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: to be too rich or too lean? Or is that 510 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: not even question? Well, it really depends on exactly which 511 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: fault code occurred. That's why I wanted to know if 512 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 1: it was. If it was an old to activity fault, yes, 513 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: that space or could create it. If it was an 514 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: OD two heat or fault, no, it could not. It 515 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: has no bearing on that. Okay, Well, I'm I'm checking. 516 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna check the gas mile as you know, on 517 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: the scour leader, Uh engine of Chrysler. I mean it 518 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: does not get the greatest gas mileage typically, right, I'm 519 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: going to check the gas mileage and uh, you know, 520 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: I think I might go back to my garage and 521 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 1: say fake the space or out and let's see what happens. Um, 522 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: and you know if I have to get a new 523 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: catalytic converter or I guess there are two of them 524 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 1: on this vehicle. Yeah, and and that's and that before 525 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 1: I let you go, Dennis, let me point that out. 526 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: Just because one fails, Let's say the one fails, you know, 527 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: the other one might be borderline. So there's ways, there's 528 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: ways to determine that. So at this age and mileage, 529 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 1: changing them in pairs with four fresh show twos is 530 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: probably the best way to go. So you man, I 531 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: should change, but if if necessary, change both converters and 532 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: the four centers, right, and the and the two catalytic 533 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: converters are going to be part of the exhaust manifold assembly, 534 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 1: if I remember, right on an O four and the 535 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: price is probably gonna break your thousand dollar wish. Oh 536 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,040 Speaker 1: so just I planned to keep this big drive it 537 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 1: till the drops, so I don't mind twitting a thousand 538 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: bucks into you're gonna You're gonna find it. It may 539 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: exceed that, but go back to your garage. Let's pull 540 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: the space or out. Let's start from there and then 541 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: we can talk. All right, Okay, you're very welcome. Then 542 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: it's good luck to you and thanks for being part 543 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: of the Card Doctor nation. I'm Ron an ad in 544 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: the Card Doctor. We are back with our Facebook winner 545 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 1: coming up right after this. I got an attitude. I'm 546 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: running any in the car doctor, and I'm here to 547 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 1: fix your card nine nine zero zero. Let's quick to 548 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 1: do our Facebook post, Anthony, Yes, sir, how are you today? 549 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 1: Finding yourself? I would you like to do my Facebook? 550 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: Read out my pleasure? Go ahead? What do you got? Okay? 551 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 1: His name is David Goudis right, he says, Ron. Can 552 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: you mix synthetic oils of the same weight? Can you 553 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: do an oil change with something like penzo oil pure 554 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: plus oh on zero W twenty And if you're down 555 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: a half a quarter or one court, can you top 556 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: it off with the same of a brand of the 557 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: same weight. Could you even top it off with another weight? 558 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:11,240 Speaker 1: Or or is it mixing of these things? Totally taboo? David. 559 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: Great question, and let's answer it like this. Do you 560 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: ever bake a cake and you know you can use 561 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,959 Speaker 1: you know, eggs from Pete and Jerry, and you can 562 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: use eggs from Great A and there's still eggs, eggs 563 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 1: or eggs, but the cake batter won't be affected. But 564 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 1: if you don't put in the right amount of eggs, 565 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 1: or if you put in an impure ingredient, it can't 566 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: affect how that cake batter comes out. Oil is similar 567 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: but different, all right. You can mix brands, you can 568 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: mix weights, you can mix viscosities as as you're asking, 569 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. Viscosity, same thing. The problem is the 570 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,400 Speaker 1: purity of the blend. And by putting in and mixing 571 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 1: viscosity is just to top up your weakening the viscosity 572 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,120 Speaker 1: that's in there, not by a lot, but you are 573 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 1: weakening it to a degree. So the best bet is 574 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: just keep an extra bottle of whatever it is you're 575 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 1: looking for around the house. If you're using a penz 576 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 1: oil pure plus zero twenty, if your vehicle takes five 577 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,040 Speaker 1: by six, if your vehicle take six by seven, and 578 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,720 Speaker 1: you won't have a problem. Oil can stay on a 579 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: shelf anywhere from eighteen to twenty four months without having 580 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 1: an issue after that. The industry belief is and the 581 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:29,200 Speaker 1: acceptances that the oil particles, the the combination of material, 582 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 1: the ingredients in the oil can fall out of suspension 583 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 1: and not be as well mixed and be able to 584 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: do as efficient job as it possibly can. So to 585 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 1: answer this, you can mix and match. Do I like it? 586 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 1: Absolutely not, And it's to your advantage, especially in today's 587 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,120 Speaker 1: engines when you're looking at how they're on cutting edge 588 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: to use a similar oil. So you know your Penz 589 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: Oil Pure plus, your example Pennz Oil Pure plus zero 590 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,840 Speaker 1: W twenty, just buy an extra bottle of it and 591 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 1: you'll be just fine. If you want to read more 592 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 1: about Pen's oil in the oils in the synthetics, get 593 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,640 Speaker 1: out to Pennz Oil Synthetics dot com and you'll be 594 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: just fine. Let's pull over and take a quick pause. 595 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 1: When we return, we'll take our last call of the hour. 596 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 1: Will be John from Lake George, New York. Everybody stayed right, 597 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:30,840 Speaker 1: we are, I'm back right after this the street, the 598 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,239 Speaker 1: sucking back nat of the car. Doctor head real quick 599 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: when me point out the folks at Wicks are at 600 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,480 Speaker 1: it again Wicks is sponsoring the s H Rally Cross 601 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: DPR Series. Uh, We're gonna become the primary sponsor for 602 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:50,800 Speaker 1: three races during Red Bull Global Rally Crows Supercar Championship Series. 603 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 1: The number seven s H Racing Ford Fiesta driven by 604 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 1: Jeff Ward will sport Wicks signage in Daytona on June nine, 605 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,000 Speaker 1: Seattle on September sev and during the final weekend of 606 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 1: the season in Los Angeles. We want to say thank 607 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 1: you to the folks at Wicks Filters for all they 608 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 1: do right here to support us and for all they 609 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 1: do to support motor sports and the racing scene. We 610 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 1: know everybody enjoys it and that we want to give 611 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 1: credit to where it's de Wicks Filters dot Com. Let's 612 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,319 Speaker 1: get over to John like George, New York. Some questions 613 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,400 Speaker 1: about buying a new truck. John, Welcome to the car Doctor, Sir, 614 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 1: How can I help? Hey, Aron, I'm looking to buy 615 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:28,319 Speaker 1: a late model Ford maybe and um, I'm worried about 616 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 1: the engine? All right? What's um? What are you gonna 617 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:34,759 Speaker 1: buy the F one two? What? Okay? And I know 618 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:38,239 Speaker 1: there's three options or four options that year, and of 619 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:44,000 Speaker 1: course I'm nervous about the turbo um Eco Eco boost. Right, 620 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,439 Speaker 1: So you know there's there's an old expression, John, there's 621 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 1: no substitute for cubic inches. And you know, whether it's 622 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:52,839 Speaker 1: the five oh or the six too, it's the same 623 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 1: basic engine family, timing components, variable cam shaft timing. You know, 624 00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:00,719 Speaker 1: it's all it's all pretty much the same. And you know, 625 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 1: if it were me, it's a pickup truck. I'm a 626 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,560 Speaker 1: fan of V eight power. I just damn all right, 627 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:10,760 Speaker 1: I don't you know, fuel economy notwithstanding, and the concern 628 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:14,399 Speaker 1: for that, I think a V eight powered pickup truck 629 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,239 Speaker 1: makes more sense if you're gonna do any hauling, you're 630 00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 1: gonna be taking a boat in and out of the water. Yeah, 631 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,879 Speaker 1: I think it's I think it's V eight power time. 632 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 1: And I wish there's a couple of a couple of right, 633 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 1: And you know, the how can I say this, The 634 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 1: less complicated, the less hard the engine works, the easier 635 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:39,359 Speaker 1: your wallet will like it, uh in the long run. Um, 636 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,360 Speaker 1: So my vote would be take the five oh or 637 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:46,200 Speaker 1: the six two and work it from there. And um 638 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 1: just know that, Yeah, what you trade off in fuel economy, 639 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:50,880 Speaker 1: now you're gonna be making back and repairs that you 640 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 1: don't have to. Thanks John, appreciate the call. I'm on 641 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,760 Speaker 1: any of the car doctor mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. 642 00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:05,040 Speaker 1: See you, shestost Dow