1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Ron Ananian, don't be that person that says that it's 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: not gonna happen to me. All right, It's just not 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: gonna happen because, you know what, accidents don't have a 4 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: schedule time of when they're gonna happen. Hence that's why 5 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: they're called. You're ready for this accidents, that car doctor. 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 1: Nothing solves bed driving than having to pay the price 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: at a repair facility depending upon what broke. Welcome to 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: the radio home of Ron and Nanian the Car Doctor, 9 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: since this is where car owners the world overturned to 10 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics 11 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: giving you a busy signal, pick up the phone and 12 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: call in. The garage doors are open, but I am 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: here to take your calls. At eight five and now 14 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: he running, Hey Tom, are you there? Tom? Testing one 15 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: to three? I bet you Tom's not there, Yes, I 16 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: am here, he is. Hey Tom, I meant that tell 17 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: you something. You know what I got for you this week? 18 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: Uh no, but you can put this. You gotta put 19 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: this in the prize closet. Um. I keep meaning to 20 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 1: do this. Let's do this on air. So okay, I've 21 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: got you know, the holidays are coming, let's give this away. 22 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: I don't know when we'll give this away, you decide. 23 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: I've got the complete book of Corvette, all right, um 24 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: fella reached out to me. Somebody just wrote it. Let 25 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: me see if I can find the specs here. Mike Mueller. 26 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: Mike Muller has been an automotive photojournalist. He's a lifetime 27 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: car enthusiast. Mike's written and photographed more than thirty automotive 28 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: and truck history books and contributor photographies, but at least 29 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: that many more. Um goes on and on and on 30 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: and on. I got this from Steve Roth from the 31 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: Quarto Group, and uh, Steve asked me what I like 32 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: to review the book. I reviewed the book, Tom. It's 33 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: absolutely stunning with the Corvette has grown from it, really, 34 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: it really has. This is oh gosh, it's it's almost 35 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: a little over three pages, color pictures back to the 36 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: glory days of the sixties. You know, the big corvettes, 37 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: the tripower corvettes, all the little you know stories contained within. 38 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: So I think we've got to make arrangements to give 39 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: this away for the holidays in the next couple of weeks. 40 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: But don't tell anybody what we just did for the 41 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: car enthusiast in your life. Yeah, I think we just 42 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: did tom Like I opened up nineteen fifty four, They've got, 43 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: you know, I mean some of the really neatest rarest Corvettes, 44 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: the six cylinder with with with twin carburetors on it, 45 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: and and pictures of the assembly line, and the fifty 46 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: nine prototype car. I mean, this guy went all out 47 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: the complete book of Corvette. It's hardcover. It's going to 48 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: be in the bookstores now as I understand it. And 49 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: um uh, let's let's let's plan to give it away 50 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: in the next couple of weeks. We should do it 51 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: by the end of November so that it's in somebody's 52 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: hands for Christmas. So it's under the tree, right, Let's 53 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 1: wait until right after Thanksgiving. Okay, let's give it away 54 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: the show after Thanksgiving. How's that so? Well, we'll do that. 55 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: We'll make it. We'll make it Black Saturday, where you 56 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: get the best deals of the car. Doctor. Um, we're 57 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: gonna give it to you for free. It's a little 58 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: it's a little page warners. I have kind of glanced 59 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: through it a little bit, but I keep meaning to 60 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: do this. I've had a sitting on my desk here 61 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: in the studio for I don't know two months. Um, 62 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: I'm guilty. Yeah, I'm sorry, tom So, I'm sorry. But 63 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: let's let's let's do that. Okay, um okay. And I 64 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: wanted to do that. I mean to do that for 65 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 1: the last three weeks, and I keep We've had so 66 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: much going on in the world. Um, so let's let's 67 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: do that. We'll do a car doctor giveaway the end 68 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: of November. Um, like that. What do you got for 69 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: me today? Oh? I see Mary up in masses there, 70 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: Toyota camera with a training question. Yes, let's go. Let's 71 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: go to Mary. Mary. Welcome, you're out with the car doctor. 72 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: How can I help? Hi? Ron, First, I want to 73 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: thank you so much because your advice. I called in 74 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: think of about three or four weeks ago, and you 75 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: gave me the same advice my mechanic pretty much did. 76 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: And he top of the line. Um, I have a 77 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: Toyota camera and das a brand new sauce and breaks 78 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: and tires and everything. But when I took it in 79 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: he didn't even do the diagnosis. He said to me, 80 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: I do the diagnosis. Pass about three hundred bucks, he said, 81 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: But I can tell you right now. It's inside of 82 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: your trani, he said. And I'm not gonna put any 83 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: you know, second rate one an. You know i'd have 84 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: to put a new one in. It's gonna cost you 85 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: three grand, and I don't want you to do that, okay, 86 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 1: And I said, I can't like all this car. You 87 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: don't understand. He said, I'm not going to do it. 88 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I just can't time for you to let go. 89 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: And I went home and cry for two days. And 90 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: then I called another friend to the mechanic so I've 91 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: never really gone to, and he said, oh, I can 92 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: put in a reconditioned one for you for four fifty 93 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: and labor is going to be like six hundred thirty 94 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:50,919 Speaker 1: four or something. Anyway, that turned out to be eleven 95 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: hundred dollars, which I just so happened to win eleven dollars. Anyway, 96 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,679 Speaker 1: that's the universe talking to from the other side, saying 97 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: fix the car. I do, and I think it was God. 98 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: But anyways, I got it fixed. It runs incredible, it's 99 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: so nice. But I didn't notice that my nephew did 100 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: the steering wheel where it says Camra. When you drive straight, 101 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: you have to have it like it's like a beat off, like, um, 102 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: it's not exactly horizontal, but it's tilted that way. Like 103 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 1: instead of twelve o'clock, it would be, uh, you know, 104 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: one o'clock. Okay, so it's off an hour. We always, 105 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 1: we always refer to steering wheel position, Mary, like the 106 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: face of a clock. We'll accept it, will accept, we'll 107 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: accept it. Well, you did it right. See, I'm gonna 108 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: make a mechanic out of you. Yet. You know you 109 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: can start Monday? Reported eight. Yeah, you can start Monday, 110 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: reported eight. Um, you know, but we always you know, 111 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,799 Speaker 1: we'll accept a couple of minutes, but we won't accept 112 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: an hour. An hour is the point where the vehicle 113 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: needs an alignment, all right, you know they they well 114 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: they likely go ahead, go ahead. I'm already interrupt you. 115 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: I just wanted to tell you I did the alignment test. 116 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: I drove it and it stays straight side of the other. 117 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: Well no, um, First of all, the alignment test of 118 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: does the car goes straight as far as doesn't need 119 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: an alignment as a myth, all right, unless the alignment 120 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: is out severely. Most I can show you I can 121 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: show you a half a dozen cars a week that 122 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: don't drift, pull, wander, steer dead straight, and they're out 123 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: of line. They've got a toe issue, they've got a 124 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: canbra issue. So that's not a valid test. Now, I'm 125 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: not saying a car out of alignment can't have a 126 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: drift or a pull. It's just that it will be 127 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: so severely out of alignment that it's just that noticeable. 128 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: All right. But if the if the steering wheel is 129 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 1: off an hour, likely what had happened was they had 130 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: to pull the cross the cradle to get the trans out, 131 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: and the steering rack came down with it, and when 132 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: it it had shifted a little bit and a little 133 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: bit of a shift, you know, change the steering wheels position. 134 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: So you know, it's just time for a simple alignment, 135 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: which really should have been part of the job. But 136 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: he probably quoted you a good cheap price. Um, some 137 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: guys that work cheaper than other's. And then you get 138 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: to go back a second time, not beating them up, 139 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: just saying, you know, the whole job should include an 140 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: alignment quote, and you know it's gonna need an alignment, 141 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: whether he does it or somebody else does it. But 142 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: an alignment will straighten that out. Yeah, because it was 143 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: in perfect alignment before. I never had a problem with it, 144 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: and it happened after it kept fit right. That's why 145 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: I wondered if it had anything to do to it, 146 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: you know, the training being fick. Yeah, it absolutely did, 147 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: because they had to pull the cradle. Is the foundation 148 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: for the front of the vehicle. Imagine somebody lifted up 149 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: your house, slid the foundation out, and then slid a 150 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: new foundation in. It's not gonna be It's not gonna 151 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: be exactly, Okay. Yeah, absolutely, it's out of a line. 152 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: It's it's it's out of line. I can't I can't 153 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: tell you how much. I can just tell you it's 154 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: out of alignment. All right. Until that's grew up. Anything else, 155 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: I keep driving it. Well, it's it could affect tireware. 156 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: It could affect tireware entire life. Then I'll give them 157 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: about tomorrow. Um, think of it. Think of it. Think 158 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: of it like this. Okay, if if you if you 159 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: wore if you wore thick socks with your shoes every day, 160 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: all right, then one day you change your socks and 161 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 1: you went to a real thin dress. Sock is your 162 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: foot gonna kinda It'll still go straight, but it'll it'll 163 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: be a little bit sloppy and it won't exactly point 164 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: as straight as it did with the You don't have 165 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: this ferm o right, you don't have the ability to 166 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: locate it, you know, exactly where you would with the 167 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: thick sock. It changes your perception of straight, so to speak. 168 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: So they had to drop the cradle, lower the cradle 169 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: which is the foundation which encased the transmission in the 170 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: in the engine, and then lower the transmission out of 171 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:10,839 Speaker 1: the car. They had to support the engine up top 172 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: with an engine bar or paul jack, and then lower 173 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 1: the trans down once the cradle was out. When they 174 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: put it back up, that cradle which has the steering 175 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: rack bolted to it. Yeah, you know, there's a little 176 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: bit of sloping between the bolts and the halls and 177 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: it's not exactly wheels off a little bit easy fix. 178 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: Just needs an alignment, that's all it is. Yeah, all right, 179 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: Well you've been right before and I'll report port to 180 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: work at eight o'clock. I might need a little more 181 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: training now because it into alignment. Well that's okay, listen, 182 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: you spend if you can spend a week with the 183 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,719 Speaker 1: Car Doctor. What happens is you come down to eight, 184 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: you have to stay till five. We'll teach you how 185 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: to fix cars all week long. Drink really harsh coffee. Okay, 186 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: we usually eat it. We usually eat a good lunch. 187 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: But on Friday, we expect you to be able to 188 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 1: change your own oil. And you get a T shirt 189 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: that says I survived the week with the Car Doctor 190 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: Car Doctor boot Camp. Um I was, actually, I was, 191 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: actually I was. Actually I keep I keep toying with 192 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: that idea of doing that, but I just I don't know. 193 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: I just where would I get the T shirts? And 194 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: then Tom would want a T shirt because he survived 195 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 1: with me for the past twenty five years. You know, 196 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: I've survived twenty five years with Ron and Ninian. So anyway, 197 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: you do that, Mary, and you call me back next 198 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,439 Speaker 1: week if you need more. All right, thank you so much. 199 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: You're very welcome, sweetheart. You be well and have a 200 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 1: good rest of the weekend. Eight five five five six 201 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 1: zero nine zero zero. I don't think I've given the 202 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: phone number out this week. Eight five five five six 203 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero. The car Doctor is coming 204 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: back right after this. I number writing on the wall, 205 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: so you don't forget to call for car advice. Done 206 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: right eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 207 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: Now back to Rod and welcome back. By the way, 208 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: I should point out that we started recently and we've 209 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: been there a couple of weeks now, w I z 210 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 1: R upin S connected E Johnston, Johnstown in New York, 211 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: S connected E Johnstown. I said that right, w R 212 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: double w R I z R. Let me try that again. Hey, 213 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: welcome to board, w I z R up there and 214 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: S connected Johnstown, New York. Um, how do I do? Tom? 215 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: I got that right? Sound is always important adjusted, So 216 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 1: I just I think it's got a little bit of 217 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: a drift to the left. Um, you know, a little 218 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: bit too much toe. It's kind of yeah, go ahead, 219 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: I want more than a T shirt. Listen. Think of 220 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: it like this. Um, you've been around me so long 221 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: that you've now earned permanent status. As a matter of fact, 222 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: when we when we pass on, well that's just it. 223 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: When we pass on to the great beyond. They say 224 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: that when you get to eternity, you hang out with 225 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,599 Speaker 1: the people that you've been with the most. Please, so 226 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,679 Speaker 1: you and I will beat together forever. You know what. 227 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: I'm glad. I like warm places. I gotta go. Let 228 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: me go talk to K in Connecticut and uh, let's 229 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: see what's going on here. Okay, welcome to the car doctor. 230 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 1: How can I help? Okay? Okay? Going once old smobile 231 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: intrigue and I had an oil change done on the 232 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: of the October, drove to Boston on the fifth, came 233 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: back on the probably about, and the following day when 234 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 1: I went out to use the car, there were three 235 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: lights on the dashboard that don't seem to go away 236 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: service engine soon track off an anti lock and when 237 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 1: the first came on, I pressed the anti lock button 238 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: that's on the console between the two front seats, and 239 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: it made no difference and nothing happened. So I took 240 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:04,439 Speaker 1: it into the garage. They have put three different code 241 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 1: readers on Tourist and claim that it will not give 242 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: any code number out. The last time I was there 243 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 1: was yesterday. They found and I had found a leak 244 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: on the my garage floor. So I took a picture 245 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: of it and took it into them, and uh, they 246 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: found a slight leak in the air conditional compressor and 247 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: they said oil was all over a lot of things, 248 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: so they cleaned it up. Now, I had checked the 249 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: oil the day before and was flying on the top 250 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: under the hood, so I don't know where the spattering 251 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 1: was relative to what they're referring to. They cannot shut 252 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: off those lights, and it makes me nervous. I've something wrong. 253 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: It was. There's absolutely something wrong would make me nervous. 254 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: I'm a little concerned about where did the oil come from. 255 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to point fingers, but let me let 256 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: me talk about this in some kind of logical sequence. 257 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: If a shop gets a vehicle in for an oil 258 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: change and they change the oil, and that vehicle has 259 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: an oil leak and they don't mention it. Now the 260 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: quandary starts. Was the oil leak there before the oil change, 261 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: did the oil leak start right after the oil change 262 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: as a result of something they did, or is the 263 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: oil leak totally unrelated to anything that's going on. It 264 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: just happens to develop an oil leak coincidentally. You know it, 265 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: it's it doesn't It's not good business. There's just no 266 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: other way to say it. So let's go on the assumption. 267 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: These are your regular guys. Okay, these are purchased it. Okay, 268 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: so you know, let's assume that this is a newer 269 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: oil leak, or maybe they were just a little sloppy 270 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: with the last oil change and they cleaned it up 271 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: and um, you know there it's it's not an issue, 272 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: but it is something to watch when you when you 273 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: get a check engine light like this. And my suspicion 274 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: is the check engine lighter, the service engine light is 275 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: triggering the other two all right, because the strategy that 276 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 1: General Motors, like a lot of the manufacturers had in 277 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: the early two thousand's like now, is check engine light 278 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: comes on, they will limit traction control and anti lock 279 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: braak operation because the vehicle, in the engineer's mind is 280 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: not running at peak performance. It's got a fault. That's 281 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: why the service engine light is on. So my focus 282 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: would be extract codes regarding the engine controller. What fault 283 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: codes are there? Now you're telling me they don't find anything. 284 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: They have used three different readers, they told me, and 285 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: cannot get a code reading. Can they can they get communication? 286 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: They can't even chut the lights off? Okay, so well 287 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: here's my question, all right, can they get communication? Plugging 288 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: in a scan tool, plugging in listen, this is the 289 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: easiest thing in the world. It really is. Yeah, this 290 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 1: is this is sort of mindless, all right, And it 291 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: doesn't have to be a very fancy scan tool. Their 292 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: scan tools out there under a hundred dollars that would 293 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: communicate with this car all day long. So when I 294 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: plug in a car for any time, somebody says to me, Hey, 295 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: we plugged in and we got no we got no codes. 296 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: My question is did it even communicate? Did it go 297 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: through its menu, did it recognize the protocol or the 298 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: communication status? Did it actually talk to the vehicle computer 299 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: or would it not talk? And the reason I'm saying 300 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: that is I'm curious does this Does this vehicle have 301 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: a straight communication fault? Look, I've seen things as crazy 302 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: as a cigarette lighter fuse, which generally powers the plug 303 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: that the scan tool communicates on. If if that fuse blows, 304 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: the cigarette lighter no longer works. And now you you 305 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: could turn on check engine lights and not be able 306 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: to communicate. You won't be able to extract codes. How 307 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 1: would I know? Well, I I assumed that since they 308 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: tried three different needs h scares, that they must have 309 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: not been able to communicate initially, Right, that's what I'm thinking. 310 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: Do this, Let's do Let's do this. What I asked 311 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: him yesterday is I said, what could it be if 312 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: it's not giving us any codes? And you said it 313 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: could be the computer could be I thought maybe it 314 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: was just the census, but it but it. But it 315 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: has to be able to communicate. So so do this. 316 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: Let's do this. Here's the question I want it. I 317 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: want you to ask him. Okay, can you get data stream? 318 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: All right? Data stream is the individual specific sensor values. 319 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: Forget getting codes. Can you get data stream or better yet? 320 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,479 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. K sit tight, let me let 321 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: me drink into the next break. I'll keep you for 322 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: a minute. And but I just want to finish this. 323 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: I don't want this to run away. I want to 324 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 1: make sure you get some good information here because we 325 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: can fix this. I'm running any in the car. Doctor 326 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: will be back right after this. Don't go away. Welcome 327 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: back of the car, doctor. K you're still there in 328 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: Connecticut here, okay, So here's here's what I want to do. 329 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: All right, UM, think of it like this. You ever 330 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: go to the doctor and you know he starts to 331 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: run tests on you, looking for specific test results and 332 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 1: he can't get those results to make any sense, or 333 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: he can't get any test results. What what does he do? 334 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 1: He starts looking at the rest of you. Does does 335 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: the rest of you make sense? All right? So you 336 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 1: know your mechanic needs to look at the rest of 337 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: the car. Does the rest of the car makes sense? 338 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: The fact that they can't retrieve codes. Are they saying 339 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,199 Speaker 1: they can't get codes? That it actually you know the 340 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: menu comes up and says no codes found, or is 341 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:35,479 Speaker 1: it saying no communication? Uhh, very big difference. Okay, So right, 342 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 1: the scanners either gonna say no codes. You know, when 343 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: you go into the average scan tool, there's menu choices, 344 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: all right, it's gonna say code retrieval or codes, data stream, 345 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 1: special functions and so on. So this isn't plug in 346 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: if it doesn't communicate. If I don't get to the menu, 347 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: if I don't get to pick a car, well wait 348 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 1: a minute, I've got no communication. It's like the doctor 349 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: put the a blood pressure banned around your wrist and 350 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: the dial never goes up. What You're dead, You've got 351 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: to have blood pressure. I'm pumping away. I can see 352 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: I'm talking to you. Right, It doesn't make any sense. 353 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: So I want to do this. I want them to go, look, 354 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: can they get data stream out of the car. Data 355 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: stream are the vital numbers heart rate, blood pressure, fuel trim, vacuum, 356 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: mass airflow sensor, calculated load, the numbers that to you 357 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,959 Speaker 1: would be very confusing, but to them, it's it's what 358 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: they live on. All right, all right? Ask them can 359 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,719 Speaker 1: they do they have the ability? Here's the question. Do 360 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: they have the ability to do a no code diagnosis? 361 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: Thirty years ago? All right, and I was fixing cars. Then, 362 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: we didn't have codes. Cars came in all the time, 363 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: the car did this, this and this. We didn't plug 364 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: scan tools in and get codes. We we diagnosed without tools. 365 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,160 Speaker 1: We used our minds. We we did other we used 366 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: other tests equip. So you've got a car here with 367 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 1: a service engine light on and other lights diagnosed. You know, okay, 368 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: so it doesn't have any codes. Now if the car 369 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: legitimately doesn't have fault codes in it, all right, that's 370 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: a different conversation. I wanted to go look at data 371 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 1: stream and then I want them to put a fault 372 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 1: in the car. Tell them to unplug something unplugged. The 373 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: mass airflow sensor unplugged, the cool intempt sensor unplugged the 374 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 1: cool intempt sensor. That's a great one. Okay, they can 375 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 1: do it with the key on, engine off sitting there 376 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: in the bay. If that car is getting data stream correctly, 377 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: they should see cool intemp pin at the bottom end 378 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: of the scale, probably thirty nine degrees below zero, and 379 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: it should set a fault code. And if it doesn't 380 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 1: and they can't communicate, tell them, I don't think they 381 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: have power at the A L D L at the 382 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: diagnostic connector they're plugging into, and they've got to go 383 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: look for why they don't have power, and I bet 384 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: the fuse is blown. Do those things call me back? 385 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: If they want more of this information, they can find it. 386 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: They can take the podcast, which will be available sometime tomorrow. 387 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: Just tell him the Google search rounding any in the car. Doctor, 388 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: you're in the second hour down around the bottom. Uh. 389 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: You started a quarter past and you're continuing through the 390 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 1: halfway mark. So do those things can? I gotta move on. 391 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: I got a lot of calls, but you can fix 392 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: this car. We can fix this car. This isn't insurmountable. 393 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: Let's go over to Tommy in l A. Oh, fight 394 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: fort free Star and some questions about the cruise control, 395 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 1: et cetera. Tommy, welcome to the car doctor. How can 396 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: I help? Hey? How you doing? Card doctor? Uh? This 397 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 1: is my sister way. And I was closing down the highway, 398 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,640 Speaker 1: had cruise control set on seventy and all of a sudden, 399 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: my tech maxed out and my car started losing power. 400 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 1: I had no death lights come on, no engine light transmissing, 401 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: like nothing came on the desk, and uh I took 402 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: it off a cruise control and I pressed on the accelerated. 403 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,439 Speaker 1: The tech climbed real quick, but the car was steady 404 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: losing power, and uh so I pulled over, turned it off, 405 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: cranked it back of it fired right up. Nothing no 406 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,719 Speaker 1: lights on the dash. It will go and drive reverse. 407 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: It moves, but it don't have power. Most I can 408 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 1: get up too is maybe and you kind of you 409 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 1: kind of limped it home. Uh well, I had to 410 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: get a record truck. I was on the interstate and 411 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: as anybody anybody look at it yet Tommy, no, sir, 412 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: I've been trying to figure it out myself. Well what 413 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: I put up? Go ahead? I put a scant the 414 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,679 Speaker 1: blue driver on it, and it said, no codes found, 415 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 1: and uh I looked at freeze frame data and on 416 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 1: there it said that uh uh piece five sixty three's 417 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: would triggered the freeze frame and it said that, but 418 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,880 Speaker 1: I don't know. But it hasn't. It hasn't set as 419 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: a hard fault. No, sir, Okay. Does the car run now? 420 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,640 Speaker 1: Does it run normal? Now? Oh? Yeah? It clanks up 421 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: and I have a flood. Um. Like I said, I 422 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: could put it in any gear. It moves. It just 423 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: don't have the power. And uh the fact that I 424 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,880 Speaker 1: get maybe forty forty five, but it takes a little 425 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: bit to get up there. All right. So what I'm 426 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: thinking is, I'm thinking, you've got restricted exhaust. Do you 427 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: have a vacuum gauge? So I don't okay, Um, I'd 428 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: like to see you know. It sounds like the engines 429 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: having a hard time breathing, all right, And I'm thinking, 430 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,880 Speaker 1: I'm thinking you've got an exhaust restriction. Does your scan 431 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: tool read data stream? Yeah? Some of it? Okay. Can 432 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 1: you get fuel trim? Okay, go look at fuel trim. 433 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: Go look at short and long term fuel trim. All right, 434 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 1: it should be we should see zero plus or minus 435 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 1: ten long and short term fuel trim, and I bet 436 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 1: it's I bet it's extremely negative, all right. I don't 437 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 1: remember exactly which one it was. I was looking at 438 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,199 Speaker 1: that one almost like ah. I think it was a 439 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: long term maybe, if I'm not mistaken, was like that 440 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 1: four right? And term was I'm thinking maybe something? Okay, 441 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 1: was it negative or positive? I think the was negative 442 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 1: and the long was positive. Right, It's it's fighting each other, 443 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: all right, Okay, So do this Tommy inhale? Can you inhale? 444 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: Go you breathe good, right, and you can exhale? Right, 445 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: you can do that. The car is having a problem. 446 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: The car is having a problem breathing all right. And 447 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,479 Speaker 1: I bet if you take a look. I bet if 448 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: you take a look at the catalytic converters on one 449 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: bank or the other, I bet one of them is overheated. 450 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: I bet it's turned the pipe blue or bluish from heat. 451 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: I bet you, I bet you the cat has melted down. 452 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: What you could consider doing, Go buy a vacuum gauge. 453 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: They're cheap enough. Manifold vacuum anal should be eighteen inches 454 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,199 Speaker 1: sixteen to eighteen inches. I bet by the time you 455 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: get this car going and moving. I bet Manifold vacuum 456 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,360 Speaker 1: has dropped almost to the point of pressure. I bet 457 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 1: you're producing pressure out of the motor, which means the 458 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: exhaust is restricted. Now you've got to figure out which 459 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: half that fuel trim. That fuel trim being negative and 460 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: positive is the indicator the engine is confused on what's 461 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 1: going on. Now, if you can get to them, and 462 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,239 Speaker 1: I'm not saying they're easy to get to pulling the 463 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 1: O two centers out to put a little exhaust bypass 464 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: in there. Obviously, obviously it's gonna set fuel trim faults, 465 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: and it's gonna set oh two centsor faults. But if 466 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:43,919 Speaker 1: you can get the O two's out, open it up 467 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 1: so a breeze a little bit, if the engine runs 468 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: a little bit better, and if it's in a safe 469 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: spot that you're not gonna hurt anything blowing hot exhaust 470 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 1: on it, that that may help you in your diagnosis. 471 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 1: In the shop, we would be using a vacuum gauge. 472 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: We would consider lowering the exhaust to make enough of 473 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 1: a BIPA has to give it a whole of place 474 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: to get out, all right, And we would also look 475 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 1: at calculated load. If you have calculated load on your 476 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: on your data stream. UM, we would look at calculated 477 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,159 Speaker 1: load value to see whether or not it meets SPECK 478 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:15,959 Speaker 1: and I bet it's gonna be low. I bet it's 479 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,679 Speaker 1: gonna be down under eight percentile, which tells me this 480 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 1: engine is having a hard time breathing. Do those things 481 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 1: take a shot, Call me back and we can talk 482 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: some more, Tommy. But that's where I'm gonna send you 483 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: this week. N zero The Car Doctor is coming back 484 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: right after this. Welcome back on on any of the 485 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: Car Doctor real quick. For Tommy and Louisiana. I should 486 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: point out that that P zero five sixty three that 487 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 1: you got, tom that's just that's an indication of system 488 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 1: voltage high. It doesn't match your symptoms from the way 489 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 1: you're describing it. But I just want to address the 490 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,120 Speaker 1: fact that sets in the transmission when the trans control 491 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: module sees a high voltage. It doesn't make sense that 492 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 1: you're describing low power that the vehicle won't accelerate. But 493 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 1: I would just check arging system output voltage on that 494 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,679 Speaker 1: vehicle and just make sure that that's okay, that you 495 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: don't have two problems or one problem masking another and 496 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 1: giving you those kind of conditions. So just do a 497 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 1: basic alternator check. Remember when you're diagnosing, sometimes knowing what's good, 498 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 1: we'll always tell you what's bad. So you want to 499 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: go look at everything as much as you can with 500 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: the tool and you have available to you. And we 501 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: assume you're listening to us down there on kpe L 502 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 1: FM down there in Lafayette, Louisiana. We we were. That's right, 503 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,159 Speaker 1: that's basically what that was, um, you know, as an 504 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,959 Speaker 1: exhaust restriction. Tom. That's us, plain and simple as that. 505 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 1: But I just want to cover that with him, all right, 506 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: give me the next our next victim, let's go over 507 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: to Bob. I think that's Oklahoma for Dodge Grand Caravan. Bob. 508 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor, sir, how can I help? Well, 509 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: thank you so much, appreciate your help. You're welcome. So 510 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: I've got no for I've got no for Grand Caravan 511 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: on it wait for it just broken in, brother, Keep 512 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: keep going and it runs great. But it's got it's 513 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: got some kind of cool leak. It has had it 514 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: for a while. Usually it's like two quarts a year, 515 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: but it's accelerated quite a bit. And I'm trying to 516 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 1: figure out how to fix it. Um, I went to 517 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: Riley's about the the pressure tester, and I can tell 518 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: I'm leaking around the intake manifold. I have no idea 519 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 1: how to figure out whether I'm weaking anywhere else. So, 520 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: you know, I kind of have two questions. I'm one 521 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: is is there a way to tell that I'm weaking 522 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,479 Speaker 1: somewhere else? Because the one around the intake manifold is obvious. 523 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: I can hear it and I can see it bubbling, right, 524 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 1: So that's question number one. Question number two is would 525 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: would this be something that case could potentially cure? Because 526 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: I've heard you talk about it a lot. Yeah, this 527 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: sounds like this sounds like it was made for k seal. 528 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: It's it's a sixteen year old vehicle with almost three 529 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 1: hundred thousand miles on it. And you know what would 530 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 1: you do? Do you pull the motor out and reseal 531 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 1: the whole motor. It's probably not cost justifiable and it's 532 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: not necessary, not really. You know, I would definitely try 533 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: the under twenty dollar bottle of Caseal in this, and 534 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say that, and when in all the cases 535 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: we've ever used it, it it, we've always gotten good results 536 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 1: where it works. Now to answer the second part of 537 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: the question, you know, how do you know if it's 538 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 1: leaking somewhere else to a degree you don't care? Case 539 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 1: will fix it. Um. You know, the only thing Casel 540 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: won't fixes is obviously a rotating leak, a water pump 541 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: leak where you've got a shaft against the seal, and 542 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: you know that's that's a whole separate issue. CASE is 543 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 1: not designed for that. But CP intake gasket corners, that 544 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: cphead gasket, that cool and gasket that's a flat crushed 545 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 1: gasket like in so many applications. Yeah, that's what Casel 546 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: was born in bread for. That's the idea behind UM. 547 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: And again, if it didn't work, and I'm gonna say 548 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: if because I haven't seen case'll not work yet and 549 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: we've viewed using it long time. UM, we've seen it 550 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,479 Speaker 1: last you know, it's basically we consider it a permanent 551 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: repair and it's cost justifiable in a lot of cases, 552 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: especially this one. UM. You know, it's what have you 553 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: lost less than twenty bucks? Then at least you know 554 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: where you have to go. Um, Now if you want, 555 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 1: you know, how do you find out if it has 556 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 1: any other leaks. Are you familiar with fluorescent dye using 557 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 1: fluorescent dye and systems, Yes, I've I've heard you talk 558 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: about it and in other places. Yeah, you can. You 559 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: can add a fluorescent dye to it and get a 560 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: black light and it gives you a reason to go 561 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: out and buy more tools. And uh, you know, look 562 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: look to see where the coolant is coming from. You can, uh, 563 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 1: you know, it will, it will show up in the 564 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: idea there is if you operate the vehicle with this 565 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: coolant leak and you know, then park it and get 566 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: it up in the aarro, get it to the point 567 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: where you can look at it with all the lights off. 568 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: You'll see stains from wherever the coolant is. Wherever there's 569 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: wherever there's dye, there's coolant at that point. So are 570 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 1: you sure this is all coolant and not coolant in 571 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 1: something else. Well, I'm not seeing any other evidence of 572 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: oil leaks. I had normally a few years ago and 573 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: got it fixed, and my oil level doesn't change. So 574 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,720 Speaker 1: it's the only fluid I can think of the ges 575 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 1: through that intersection between the head and then take manifold. 576 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: Then I say, I say, get back to Oraillyota Parts 577 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 1: and let's try bottle the case. Follow the directions. It's 578 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: simple and easy to use. I've seen k seal fixed 579 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: leaks that are much much harder than this. And if 580 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 1: it doesn't fix it, then I'm going to tell you 581 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: the engine has to come apart because there's there's there's 582 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: too big a gap there. It's a gap beyond the 583 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: speck of what case Seal can manage it. And that's 584 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: that's a pretty that's a pretty big gap brother. Um. 585 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 1: You know, like I said, I've seen case'll do some 586 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 1: really amazing things. I've seen it fixed crack blocks and 587 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,960 Speaker 1: those engines are still running today, you know, five and 588 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 1: six years later. Yeah, So it's it's it's pretty amazing stuff. 589 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: The technology behind it, you know, when we talk about 590 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 1: the ceramic technology and the way it came to be, 591 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 1: it's it's really amazing what they've designed and what they've 592 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: created and how it does not interact and create clogs 593 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 1: and other other restrictions like other sealers. And that's what 594 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 1: I like about k seal. It works and it doesn't 595 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 1: hurt anything. So get out to Oraileyoto Parts. You can 596 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: find them online oriley oto dot com. You can also 597 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: find it if you go out to and look at 598 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: uh UM, look at k CL dot com. You can 599 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 1: find it there. But between those two you'll get enough information. 600 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: I say, put a bottle of k cal in it. 601 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 1: I appreciate the call, Bob, good luck to you. I'm 602 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 1: running anating in the Car Doctor. We are back right 603 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 1: after this. Hey, welcome back. We're on any of the 604 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 1: car Doctor. Let's finish it out here. Because there was 605 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: an underlying theme I could see in this week's show 606 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 1: that you know, the car did this, or the car 607 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: has no fault, or the car doesn't display codes even 608 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 1: though the check engine lights on. Those are a couple 609 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: of calls and a couple of themes today. Think outside 610 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: the box. The car is broken, the car doesn't display codes. 611 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: How would you diagnose a car with no codes. You've 612 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: got to go look at vital signs. You've got to 613 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: go look at fuel trim. You've got to get you know, 614 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,640 Speaker 1: you've got to get very mechanical per se and go 615 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: look at manifold vacuum and look at back pressure in 616 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 1: the system, and look at some of the things that 617 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,040 Speaker 1: the computer is looking at. But do it manually use 618 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 1: that thing between your ears that God gave you and 619 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 1: use it to think. Don't be afraid to test something. 620 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 1: All testing does is tell you that's not broke. Move 621 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,440 Speaker 1: on to the next part. I've said this before. If 622 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 1: you ever come to the shop, you'll see there's there's 623 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,000 Speaker 1: peg boards up with all the diagnostic tools that we 624 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,600 Speaker 1: use from time to time, and they're not there because, 625 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 1: to tell you the truth, it's harder on the tools. 626 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 1: They get dust and we have to take them down 627 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 1: and clean them every once in a while. But there's 628 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 1: a specific couple of boards that are set up such 629 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,359 Speaker 1: that you can look at it and go that I 630 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,520 Speaker 1: test that, that I look at timing, that I look 631 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 1: at fuel trim, that I check fuel pressure, that I 632 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 1: look at manifold vacuum. You can go through the list 633 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: and see what individual components you tested or not tested. 634 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: It triggers you. I've now kind of advanced that we 635 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 1: actually have a tall the sheet that I kind of 636 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: go through and do a checklist, Doug. But that's what 637 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: it is to be a mechanic today. You know, being 638 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 1: a mechanical mechanic in an electronic age, you've got to 639 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 1: be good at both. You've got to be able to 640 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,680 Speaker 1: test things mechanically. You've got to be able to test 641 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,720 Speaker 1: things and keep up electronically, and when one doesn't work, 642 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,760 Speaker 1: resort to the other. That's what makes you a good mechanic. 643 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: That's what makes you a good diagnostician. Until the next time, 644 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:25,759 Speaker 1: I'm not a ANI in the car doctor, reminding each 645 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 1: and every one of you this time till the next time, 646 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: for a great time. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. 647 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:42,439 Speaker 1: Let see you keep down