1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Ron and Anian ban Car Doctor at at your at 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: your pet on a car doctor at her. It's a 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: new mouth, right, that's a new mouth. I'm taking what 4 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: they're given, cousin, I'm working for the Car Doctor. You 5 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 1: can see that. It's it's really going to become a 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,639 Speaker 1: technicians game going forward. If it isn't already, Welcome to 7 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: the radio home of ron and Anian the Car Doctor. 8 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: Since this is where car owners the world overturned to 9 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 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Um boy, wow, it's uh. 27 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: It was a week off last week, and I appreciated that. Um. Yes, 28 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: well I didn't because I had to fly you in 29 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: the Macy's parade because you ate so much. I was really, 30 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: I was really. I love Thanksgiving. Thanksgivings like my favorite. 31 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: You know it's I am thankful. I'm thankful that I 32 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: can take. So we want to get a turkey just 33 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: for you. Yeah, well it's you know, you are what 34 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: you eat. Um, you know so, but it is what 35 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: it is. You're looking especially radiant today, Mr Ray. Yes, 36 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: doing well, doing well, just you know, doing my thing. 37 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: And uh, it was nice to have the week off 38 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: her right, it was, it was, But I'm all charged 39 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: up and ready to go. We had a great week 40 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: at the shop. We had a two thousand and eight. 41 00:01:58,360 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be quick because we got a lot go 42 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: went on this hour, this hour, the next two hours. 43 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: I got Paul Eisenstein at the Detroit Bureau. Coming on 44 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: around the bottom of the hour. We're gonna talk to 45 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: Paul about the GM impending GM LAOS. I should say 46 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: it like that. Um, Paul is recognized as the authority 47 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: out there in the automotive world, and we're gonna talk 48 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: to him, but down around the bottom of the hour. 49 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: But we we we just the phones are already lit 50 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: up and backed up, so um, real quick. We had 51 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: a two thousand eight Jeep Grand Cherokee in the shop 52 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: this week. Just some food for thought about how are 53 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: we going to fix these cars? Right, here's an eleven 54 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: year old vehicle, and the problem with it was the 55 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: headlight leveling system didn't work. You gotta get bells and 56 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: whistles on cars, right, you've you've you've got to make 57 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: it more difficult. It's it's neat stuff. But when it breaks, 58 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: oh boy, it breaks. Uh. You know, my late father 59 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: always said, you know, you want a refrigerator that's white 60 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: cold and the light turns on when you when you 61 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 1: open the door, and you know what, he's been gone. Gosh, 62 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: he's been done since nine eight. I still think that's 63 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 1: true today. Right, you want it simple? This oh eight 64 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 1: Grand Cherokee came in and I had the optional h 65 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: I D High End Tensity headlights. So when you start 66 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: the car, the car is the ability to level the 67 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 1: headlights and trim them based on um angularity, how the 68 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: vehicles sitting in relation to the road, and and some 69 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: other factors. You can actually, you know, just headlight position. 70 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: It's great when it works. When it doesn't, yeah, not 71 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: so much. There's no real way to accurately diagnose this 72 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: cheap doesn't really give you a lot of options. They 73 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: want you to run some resistance tests, take apart connectors 74 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: and check resistance and so forth. But there's no printed 75 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: information on what a good sensor looks like, what a 76 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: bad sensor looks like in terms of either voltage or counts, 77 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: which is what the scan tool gave us. We can 78 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: surmise what voltage should be. It's a five volts signal, 79 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: it's a three wire sensor. It's a lot like a 80 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: throttle position sensor. But where should that voltage be sitting, 81 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: you know, just just sitting there when it's uh, you know, 82 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: in in the in the bay, it in in park, 83 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: just the engine running. Where should it be if the 84 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: vehicle was hanging in the air. Nobody knows. So it's 85 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: set a fault code for a right front or a 86 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: front I'm sorry, a front headlight level sensor circuit low. 87 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: So it's a circuit performance code, all right. So you've 88 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: got to go through some basics, common sense, and I 89 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: tell you this because maybe you're gonna have a problem 90 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: like this one day where there's no real documentation. Take 91 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: it apart in your head. How does it work. You've 92 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: got three wires, you've got a ground or we're calling 93 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: it return now in the new millennium to make people understand, 94 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: it's it's the voltage return back to the module or 95 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: the chassis. It's return. We've got a signal line and 96 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 1: we've got a five old feed. Do we have five 97 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: old beat at the sensor? Yes? Did we see signal 98 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: coming back? Yes, We just don't know what that signal is, 99 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: if it's correct or not, because we don't know what 100 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: the spec is. Nobody publishes it. We've got a ground. 101 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: We verified that using that that ground as the ground 102 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: or the return when we checked for five volts on 103 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: the feed line on the five vault reference line, how 104 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: do I know that that's a bad sensor? Well, as 105 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 1: luck would have it, the censor in the rear, there's one. 106 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: Of the rear, there's one on the front. The sensor 107 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: in the rear was exactly like the front. So what 108 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: do you do. If you're a good boy scout, you 109 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: get creative. I was able to fight my way through 110 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: the rust and bolts and and and so on and 111 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: so forth, and swapped the rear sensor for the front. 112 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: The low voltage signal followed the sensor. Of course, it 113 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: could be that I had a high voltage signal from 114 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: the rear sensor, and maybe I've got a bad rear 115 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: sensor and the code is incorrect because the logic the 116 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: computer's programmed with doesn't make any sense. I won't know 117 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: that till Monday, and I'll report back. But the bottom 118 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: line is, think about it. If you're working on a 119 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: two censor problem a three censor problem, can you move 120 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: things around once you verify the circuit works. The fact 121 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: that I got the same reading in the front that 122 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: I did from the rear once I moved the rear 123 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: sensor up front tells me that the circuit it's self, 124 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: the wiring is intact. One of the centers is bad, 125 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: we're gonna find out next week. Just some food for 126 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: thought as we kick go off this hour of the 127 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: Car Doctor. Right now, let's kick the garage doors open, 128 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: because boy, the list is bulging. Let's go and talk 129 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: to Walt in Delaware. Walt, how can I help you stir? 130 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: Welcome aboard? They greetings from the first town in the 131 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: first state. I have a two thousand ford excurgeon. It's 132 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: got the five point for Triton V eight in it, 133 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: about a hundred thirty two thousand miles. Just remember, remember 134 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,119 Speaker 1: this thing was a massive vehicle. It is like six 135 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: blocks longs Yes, I think it was the longest production vehicle. 136 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: And the thing way to gazillion pounds. So to help 137 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: lighten it up, they put an aluminum head on the 138 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: V eight well with some hundred two thousand miles on it. 139 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: This thing that's our My version decided to blow the 140 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: far plause. Now what I mean literally blow them off 141 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 1: the hand which which one is blow out? Walton? Let 142 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: me ask you this way. Did it blow out the 143 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: third one on the passenger side or the can went 144 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 1: on the driver's side? Both? Really? Yeah? Okay, I'm a 145 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: V six. Look at the fuel comm Yeah, it's exciting. Um, 146 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: so I wouldn't have him put the thread kits on there. 147 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: And the thing is just not been right since do 148 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: I ote a rock? Now, Well, it depends on how 149 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: well they repaired those threads. And it's you know, it's 150 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: an acquired skill when you say you took it somewhere? 151 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: Where did you take it? Who did it at? The 152 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: local guy down the street? Yeah? You know, it's how 153 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: straight is the plug? How deep is the plug? You know? 154 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: Threads are threads? If it if it threads in great? Um, 155 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: if it's if it's is it misfiring, walt or is 156 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: it just like low on power, very low on power 157 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: and it's not misfiring. It makes so much darn noise 158 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: it's hard to tell. What do you what do you mean? 159 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:02,239 Speaker 1: It makes so much darn noise? Uh, it doesn't sound 160 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: like a backfire, but it's it's just I guess it 161 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: would be a misfire. Yeah, so you know the question 162 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: because the check engine light on, Yeah, it's been on 163 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: the years. Yes, okay, is it flashing? No? All right? 164 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: So is this guy that you took it to, is 165 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: he your regular mechanic? Yes? All right? Um, can you 166 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: go back and talk to him and say, hey, here's 167 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: what happened. What do you think I took it back 168 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:32,719 Speaker 1: to him. They said at that time to put an 169 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: engine in it. I think you just sort of washed 170 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: his hands. And you know, I before we go that route, 171 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: we gotta get a second opinion. And I'm not gonna 172 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: say it's gonna be the dealer. I'm gonna say, you've 173 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: got to ask around. You know, here in North Jersey 174 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: there's only one or two guys that can properly do 175 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: that job to to to install the threads and get 176 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: him square and and make it so that it's you know, 177 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: it's it's a correct repair. Uh. The deal don't necessarily 178 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: always do it. Uh, The dealers usually send it out 179 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: to the machine shop. You know. The sad part is 180 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: it depends upon what he did or how he did it, 181 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: whether it can be redone and redone correctly. Yeah, that 182 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: was my next question, is right it may or may 183 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: not pay. Do you have an engine machine shop in 184 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: your neighborhood. Now we're we're at the beach and we 185 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: don't have too many machine shop. Yeah, you know, it's 186 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: it's almost that is a machine shop repair. That is 187 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: not something we wouldn't do it in house at the shop, 188 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: we would send it out. As a matter of fact, 189 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: one of the guys in in North Jersey they can 190 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: still do that job, is a personal friend of mine. 191 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: He worked at the machine shop that went out of 192 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: business five years ago. Because nobody rebuilds engines anymore. And 193 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: I maintained a close relationship with Jeff for variety of reasons. 194 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: But he's always handed it. Hey, Jeff, come up to 195 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: the shop, put the kid in um, and I've watched 196 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 1: him do it. It's it's fascinating to watch, but it 197 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 1: takes a very steady hand and a very exact eye. 198 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 1: If somebody hasn't done it a lot, then you know, 199 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: chances are things are bound to go long. Here's what 200 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: we can do. That's simple, though. See if you can 201 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: get your mechanic or another mechanic to at least scan 202 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: it for fault codes. If a misfire is being reported 203 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: on either of the two cylinders that were repaired, then 204 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: we've got to take a look as to why. If 205 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: you're telling me the engine is noisy, it almost sounds 206 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: like the spark plugs aren't seated properly. Like the thread 207 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: repair isn't done properly. So yeah, then it's got to 208 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: be redone. The question is it's not him, who's it 209 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: gonna be? And maybe you've got to ask him that question. Listen, 210 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: I've been coming to you for X number of years. 211 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: You know, our relationship is based on that when things 212 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:38,719 Speaker 1: are going good. But here's the moment when we've got 213 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: a problem. You're gonna help me work through this and 214 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: and help me get the truck resolved. I'm not blaming you, 215 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: I'm just asking for help. See how he handles See 216 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,599 Speaker 1: how he handles that. All right? Any mechanical with the 217 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 1: salt is going to respond to that and say, you 218 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: know what, let's get through this, let's make it work. Okaye, 219 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: all right, so let me know what happens, Walt, I'm curious. Well, 220 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: thank you. You're very welcome, sir. Take good care. Five 221 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: five five zero nine zero zero. We're on naming the 222 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: car doctor. Coming back right after this. What's more fun 223 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: than listening to Ron and Nay in the car doctor 224 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: and getting that car fixed? Right? Eight five five five 225 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: zero nine zero zero. Give Ron a call? Now back 226 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: to Ron. Hey, let's get over and talk to Matt 227 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: in Ohio. Two thousand Toyota camera in a water league problem. Matt, 228 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor, sir, how can I help? Oh? Hey, Ron, Hey, 229 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 1: here man? Good? What's going on? Two thousand Toyota camera? 230 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: And every time it rains, the passenger side just gets 231 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: absolutely soaking wet. Okay, sunroof, sunroof car? Yeah? Okay, Um, 232 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: anybody trying to fix this prior before? I don't know. 233 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: I've had it for about I don't know what. Okay, 234 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: does the sun roof? Does the unroof still work? Okay? Good? 235 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: Sunroofs are a calculated water league. I'll tell you what. 236 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: I will never order a car with a sunroof ever 237 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: again in my life, because the more I work on them, 238 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,439 Speaker 1: the more I think they're the stupidest thing we ever 239 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: put into a car. All Right, you know if if 240 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: you look at a sunroof, you know, and it kind 241 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: of got me a couple of years ago. I used 242 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: to think a sunroof was perfectly sealed up top. But 243 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: it's not. It's a calculated leak. They expected to leak water. 244 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: That's why in the corner of each or in the 245 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: each corner of the sunroof, there's a water drain, all right, 246 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: do this, open the sunroof and then you know, open 247 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: the doors, open the sunroof, and look with a flashlight 248 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: in each corner, each front corner. There's gonna be a 249 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 1: little there's gonna be a little drain hole, all right, 250 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: easy to do. Take a dixie cup of water, six 251 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: eight ounces of water and just pour it, you know, 252 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: carefully so you don't spill it in the interior, but 253 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: pour it in the corner of the of the of 254 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: the drain hole. It should go right down, it should 255 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: gurgle and out, and you'll see it come out down 256 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: on the ground, typically about an inch behind the front tire, 257 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: depending upon what side you're on. So do it on 258 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 1: the driver's side first, because that's the side that doesn't 259 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: have the water leak. All right. Then do the same 260 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: thing to the passenger side. See if the same amount 261 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: of water that came out of the driver's side comes 262 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: out on the passenger side. And I bet it doesn't, 263 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: which tells us that the passenger side drain is either clogged. 264 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: See if the water even drains down. If it's not, 265 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: it's slashing over the the sides of the sunroof. Damn. 266 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: You'll understand when you get it open and it's spilling 267 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: down and working its way down to the floor that 268 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: way or the drain is free. But there's a tube 269 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: in the A pillar. If you look at the side 270 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: of a car, the pillar by the windshields A. The 271 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: one in the middle of the doors is B. The 272 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: one in the back of c ABC, the A pillar 273 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: water drain. The tube is either clogged or it's come 274 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: apart or split, or it's falling out of the hole 275 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: at the very bottom at the cow at the base 276 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: of the windshield, and it's allowing water to come inside 277 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,439 Speaker 1: the cabin. All right, first thing you gotta go to, 278 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 1: you gotta look at the water drain for the sunroof 279 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: and verify that's working before you go anywhere else. All right, 280 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: do that for me and let me know what happens. 281 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: All right. Thanks, all right, Matt, You're very welcome. Give 282 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: me a call back when you know. Jeff and Lansing, Michigan. 283 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: How can I help you, sir, Well, my mother's and 284 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: Pella I used the Penn's oil Platinum, okay, but for 285 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: changing all the five courts of transmission oil, there's the 286 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: O'Reilly's and they also have the velveoline. It's all synthetic, 287 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: and I've seen STT so I'm wondering what you would use. 288 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: What I would use is well. Keep in mind, so 289 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: General Motors wrote a very specific tolerance for trans fluid, 290 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: going back as early as two thousand six. Two thousand seven, 291 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: they changed a lot of their They they back change 292 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: or they allowed for a changeover from decks three up 293 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: to deck six, which is their current version of a 294 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: full synthetic trans fluid. Uh. You know, I would compare 295 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: price point. But if all things were being equal and 296 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: I had the choice of the deck six, I would 297 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: just grab Deck six off the shelf. Uh. It's a 298 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: full synthetic, it's it's rated to meet the spec. It'll 299 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: be fine. Um. I think the reason the other trans 300 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: fluids are out there is it's a price point. I 301 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: don't know where they fall. Dollar was the most important 302 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: thing when you're considering a fluid, Jeff, whether it's trans 303 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: or oil or anything, is read the back of the bottle. 304 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: What standard? If you read the small print, they all 305 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: tell you meets and then they give you a spec 306 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: and standard they say this meets Manufacturer Spec A L 307 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: two or you know, um, uh, you know MS five 308 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: oh two for Volkswagen something like that. Uh, you know, 309 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: everything's written to a certain standard. My point becomes, don't 310 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: assume just because this is an approved trans fluid for 311 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: car number one, it's gonna be an approved transfluid for 312 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: car number two. Everything is written very very close for 313 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: a tolerance. Today. If my choice was whether it's O'Reilly 314 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: or Valvelene or Pen's Oil, I'm gonna look at price. 315 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna look at you know, do they have they 316 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: have the right amount that I need? All right? And 317 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: is it doesn't match the car? Okay, because let me 318 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: explain something, and I don't want to hur anybody's feelings. 319 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: But O'Reilly, valve Line and Pen's Oil likely don't make 320 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: their own oils and fluids anymore, all right, Um, they're 321 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: they're buying it from somebody. The majority of oils and 322 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: lubricants in the automotive market, whether it's OI manufacturer or otherwise, 323 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: I think more than are currently made by a company 324 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: called Warren Manufacturing. And it's just it's just like it 325 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: was years ago. We would spec out batteries and say, hey, 326 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: we want a battery made to this spec and there 327 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: was three battery manufacturers in the country like fifteen years ago. 328 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: Now I think there's two. Um, but you know one 329 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: battery manufacturers making interstate Dey'll go excide, you know, just 330 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 1: rattle off the list, so, you know, but the most 331 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: important thing is does it meet the manufacturer respect. If 332 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: it does, you want to buy name you feel better 333 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: buying Valvoline, or you feel better buying Pen's Oil. Great, 334 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: you know, but as long as it meets manufacturer spec 335 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,479 Speaker 1: that's what you're really after. But so it's all the 336 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,239 Speaker 1: same to you. Yeah, it's all the same to me. 337 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: All right, that's what Um, go ahead, I'm sorry. I 338 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: also mentioned that the dealership has been sending my mother offers. 339 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 1: They need use cars so badly that they'll they're willing 340 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: to take her and trade in for a brand new 341 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: car with no payments. Well really, well, I think they 342 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: also need to sell it or move new cars. But regardless, 343 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: Uh wow, interesting, Well listen, Jeff, just like I said, 344 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: just go look at um. Uh it's it's it's gonna 345 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: be dex It's gonna be dex Ron six, Dexo six. 346 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: Uh No, not Dexos, dex Ron. Dex Ron six Dexos 347 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: is related for the oil. So all right, kid, you're 348 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: very welcome. You take good care. Hey, coming up next, Boy, 349 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: wasn't it a shot with GM this week laying off 350 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: fifteen thousand workers next year and shutting five major plants. 351 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:23,880 Speaker 1: While we're going right to the front of the horse 352 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: to get some answers Paul Eisenstein, the Detroit Bureau dot com. 353 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: The Detroit Bureau is coming up next, and we're gonna 354 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 1: talk to Paul all about this. Stay tuned. I'm ron 355 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: ANINDI in the car doctor. Don't go away right, Hey, 356 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: welcome back. We're on a NATI in the car doctor. 357 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: Big news out of GM this week out of Detroit. 358 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: GM is laying off um uh, you know, fiftcent of 359 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: its workers and closing five plants here in North America. 360 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 1: And we thought we would go right to the front 361 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: of the horse and get some great answers that he 362 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: always gives us. Mr Eisenstein, No pressure here, Paul UM 363 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: dot com. How are you today, sir? It's good to 364 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: be with you. Um you know what what the heck 365 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,880 Speaker 1: is going on in the world the GM? Well, uh, 366 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 1: GM is right sizing. I guess you could call it 367 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: the plan calls for as many as five plants to 368 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: go away. Those include three assembly plants, two in the Midwest, 369 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: one in Canada, and to transmission and engine plants. So 370 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: that's a big news. But on top of that, they're 371 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 1: also planning to cut something like fift of their salaried workforce. 372 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: So this is a big, big, big cutback. I should stress. 373 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: Here's the thing. They use an interesting term when they 374 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 1: talk about what their plans are. They say that they 375 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: are unallocating the products that are going into those three 376 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 1: assembly plants. What that means is there's no product plants, 377 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 1: So by the end of next year, unless they make 378 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: a change, there will be nothing to build. Those plants 379 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: will close. However, that could mean that the plants can 380 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,919 Speaker 1: yet some other product and wind up staying open. And 381 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: I don't know if you caught the news, but the 382 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: fact is the u a W, the United Autoworkers Union, 383 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 1: will be negotiating with them sometime towards the latter part 384 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: of next year with a deadline and sometime I believe 385 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: it's about mid September. So I would be very very 386 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: surprised if that isn't the number one object, the number 387 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: one topic on the agenda at those contract talks, and 388 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 1: I would probably bet you that at least one of 389 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: those plants may find suddenly being allocated new product and 390 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: staying open. Now do you think that new products could 391 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,880 Speaker 1: be and this is my theory that after I did 392 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 1: some reading another research, you know, is this to create 393 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 1: the pushed or electric vehicles? Do you think? Yeah? If 394 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: you if you listened to Mary Barr, the CEO of 395 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: General Motors and some of their releases, they mentioned that 396 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: there are several things that work here. One excuse me. 397 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: One is the massive shift away from sedans and coops 398 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: to SUVs, cuvs and pickups. Uh. And the reality is 399 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: sedans like the six that they're getting rid of just 400 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 1: aren't selling. It just doesn't justify building anymore. But they 401 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: also mentioned electrification, and so I wouldn't be surprised if 402 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: they have some plans going. You may recall that almost 403 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: exactly a year ago, GM announced and they will have 404 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: at least two more all electric vehicles to excuse me, 405 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 1: to go into production in on top of the Chevy 406 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: Bolt EV. So could some of those products go into 407 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 1: one of those plants, that's a possibility. Could in suv 408 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: go into one of those plants, that's a possibility. There 409 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: is one thing I should know, however, there's another. There's 410 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: one product that many of us thought would be going away. 411 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: We knew that cuts were coming, and the one that 412 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: didn't get on the list was a Chevrolet Sonic as 413 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: a very small car that is not selling very well. 414 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 1: But it's built up in a plant north of Detroit 415 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: Lake Orient plant alongside the Chevrolet Bolt e V. Now 416 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: that plant is running way under capacity, but it's not 417 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 1: being shuttered. Why because we think at least one of 418 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:38,360 Speaker 1: the e v s, sorry, or possibly several of them 419 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: would go into that plant. So that probably is the 420 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 1: first plant to get some future e d s. But again, 421 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: I would be surprised if at least one of the 422 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 1: three assembly plants that they targeted winding a central figure 423 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: in the U A W contract talks and wind up 424 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: staying open. Do you think that you know, Mary Barr 425 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 1: was talking uh this week, um, just this morning. I 426 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: think I read it that she's gonna go in front 427 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: of Congress next week and talk to them about you know, 428 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: the layoffs and y. But she also references that they've 429 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: lost I think it was a billion dollars in in 430 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: UM revenue based on the steel tariffs that the President 431 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,719 Speaker 1: put in place. Do you really buy that the steel 432 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: tariffs is really affecting GM already to that magnitude. You know, 433 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: both Ford and General Motives have said that they have 434 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: taken about a billion dollar hit, or at least they're 435 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: booking a billion dollars in losses for the full year 436 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: as a result of the steel and aluminum tariffs. Let's 437 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: face it, that those tariffs don't work. Yes, we've heard 438 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 1: about some jobs being created at one particular steel plant, 439 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: but across the industry, whoever you talk to, whether it's 440 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 1: the Domestics, the Japanese, Koreans, or Europeans, all of whom 441 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: operate plants in North America and particularly in the United States, 442 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: they're all taking a bath on the steel and aluminum 443 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: they use. It's very expensive and it is costing jobs. 444 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 1: On top of that, another move that the President has 445 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 1: made is also costing a lot. I wrote a story 446 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: this week that noted that Volvo, which just opened up 447 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: a plant in Charleston, South Carolina, is now going to 448 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:31,160 Speaker 1: have to cut back on plans to increase production and 449 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: boost hiring at that plant because of the capacity of 450 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: that plant was supposed to go overseas, was supposed to 451 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,159 Speaker 1: be exported, and a lot of that was going to 452 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: go to China. Well, now with the China tariffs, the 453 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: trade war that the President has gotten us into, the 454 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,919 Speaker 1: Chinese are not buying American, American made cars, so Volvo 455 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:57,360 Speaker 1: has to cut back. We're also likely to see BMW, 456 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: which operates the plant and spark Burke, South Carolina, that 457 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: is now the single biggest exporter of American made cars. Well, 458 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: they have to cut back because they can't shift to 459 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: China from that plant products like the BMW X five 460 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: sport utility vehicle. And as a result, they are going 461 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 1: to probably not hire as much and some of that 462 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 1: production is going to be transferred to China. In fact, 463 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: that the tariffs the President has put in place will 464 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: likely wind up with a number of products that are 465 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 1: being built in the United States wind up being built 466 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 1: in China. It's backfiring very badly on the industry. That's um, 467 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 1: that's I'm sorry to hear that. Um wow, Hey, let's 468 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: leave that there, Paul, real quick before I let you go. 469 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 1: You're at the l A Auto Show this week. Yeah, 470 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: and what's going on out there? In three minutes or less. Well, 471 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: it's a it's a bigger show than many of us 472 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: expected going into it. You know, car shows in general 473 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: have been sort of uh slumping, a lot fewer previews 474 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 1: than they used to be, many manufacturers shifting to doing 475 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: things at standalone event, but a few big ones here. 476 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: The biggest SUV that ton Day has ever launched, the Palisade, 477 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: was debuted. Here. We saw an update to the Nissan Maximum. 478 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: We saw all sorts of interesting products, new Mazda with 479 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: a stunning new design language, and probably to me, the 480 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,679 Speaker 1: star of the show was the Audi e Tron GT. 481 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: It will become their third all electric vehicle when it 482 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: goes into production in twenty and I have to tell 483 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: you it's stunning. And if it was fun because I 484 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 1: got to see a sneak preview a couple of days 485 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: before the official UH media preefing at the show, and 486 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 1: Robert Downey Jr. The Iron Man, was there to help 487 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 1: unveil it. It was fun. By the way, this is 488 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 1: a This is a sports car, all electric, two fifty 489 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 1: mile range zero to sixty and just over three seconds 490 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 1: and probably one of the most beautiful designs I have 491 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: seen in quite some time. You know, with all the 492 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 1: suck of electric vehicles, Paul, real quick before I let 493 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: you go, and you know, it's all the talk about 494 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: electric vehicles, you've got to wonder what the impact will be. 495 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 1: And maybe this is a suggested article that I knew 496 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: you would do a great job researching and writing the 497 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: impact of electric vehicles on what on how it will 498 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: reduce the value or our interest in the Middle East 499 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,120 Speaker 1: without the need for that much oil. It's gonna be. Uh, 500 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a very interesting political future the next 501 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 1: fifth or sixty years, you can, yeah, exactly. In fact, 502 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,640 Speaker 1: some people already are suggesting that what's driving down prices 503 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,719 Speaker 1: of oil is not something that's being magically done at 504 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:40,679 Speaker 1: the White House, but lower demand already from improved fuel economy. Uh, 505 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: with all vehicles and particularly electrified vehicles that just simply 506 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: need less oil. Telling you the man with all the 507 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: answers here he is Paul Einenstein, the Detroit Bureau, the 508 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: Detroit Bureau dot Com. As always, so we're grateful to 509 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 1: have you, and though we look forward to more conversation. 510 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you. Thankful you take good 511 00:27:58,320 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: care of a good rest of the day. I'm running 512 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: any in the car Doctor. I'll be back right after this. Hey, 513 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: welcome back. We're on the of the Car Doctor again. 514 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 1: We want to thank Paul Eisen startup the Detroit Bureau, 515 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: the Detroit Bureau dot com. Just good solid information. He's 516 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: always there and he's right on the cutting edge. Let's 517 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 1: get over and talk to Miguel in Florida. Two thousand 518 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,680 Speaker 1: three subar rue and some drive train problems. Miguel, welcome 519 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 1: to the Car Doctor, sir. How can I help? Yes, Uh, well, 520 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: I have a two thousand three super route Baha, and 521 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: it's kind of almost three hundred. The problem was that, uh, 522 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: all of a sudden started losing power whenever it was 523 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 1: like in a slope. You know, it's an upo. The 524 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: car was running perfect. I went crazy. I'm I was. 525 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: I worked as a mechanic for most of my life. 526 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: So the first thing I did was I disconnected the 527 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: exhaust system. Think in that catalytic converter, because it's always 528 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: had a restricted A good place to start. Yes, I 529 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 1: disconnected it. At first it had a little power. Then 530 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: as soon as it get a little bit warmer, stop 531 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: you I mean not stopped. He never really did stop, 532 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: but he would lose power, lose power. You know. Next 533 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 1: thing I did, I took fuel filter out. I make 534 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: sure that it was clean. You know, it's no problem 535 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: with it, No no dirth, and it's you know, I 536 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: didn't put a gauge and fuel pumps. So I figured 537 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: this must be it because it felt like it was 538 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: you know, it had it wasn't getting any feel. So 539 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: I got a new fuel pump in it, same thing, 540 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 1: and he drove me crazy. Bet you're gonna buy it. 541 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 1: I bet you're gonna buy a fuel pressure gage now, 542 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 1: aren't you? Yes, I am the next track. We always 543 00:29:57,920 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: we always find a way to spend money on the 544 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: tool after the fact, fact, after the fact. So go ahead, 545 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 1: what got brother? Okay? But finally I think I finally 546 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 1: found the problem and I think I'm gonna try to 547 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: make a fix with it. It. I took apart the 548 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 1: front of the engine, you know, and I saw that 549 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: there the key to the sprocket for the timing belt 550 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: was broken. It was it was it was like moving, 551 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And so the sprocket and 552 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: also the harmonic balancer also was broken. Harmonic, Yes, it 553 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:46,720 Speaker 1: was finning and you know, so what I'm figuring to 554 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: do now, it's I bought a new key, a new 555 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:55,239 Speaker 1: uh sprocket, and I knew harmonic balances. I hope that 556 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: I don't have to change the crank. You see, I 557 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: want to put some JB Well there with the new key. 558 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: I see what happens. Um, you know, it's okay, you 559 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: can try it. It's not gonna you know, at this point, 560 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 1: you've got nothing to lose, because, yeah, the next step 561 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: would be to um to repair the crank or replace 562 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: the crank. So jb Well has done some remarkable things 563 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 1: and it might just work. Uh, you know, just just 564 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 1: be mindful, um, you know, just don't overdo it with 565 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 1: the jv uh you know, just just just just enough 566 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: and a little bit more and you should be okay. 567 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: I've seen it fix quite a few everything from Trumbody 568 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: told me that Ahead they used it and Ahead one 569 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: time that was leaking, and that he works for them, 570 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: you know, So I said, well, there's less heat in 571 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: that area, so it may it might work. It might 572 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 1: work at least I'll tell you what. It will probably 573 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,160 Speaker 1: work a short term, and I'm hoping it works a 574 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: long term. But at the very least it will probably 575 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: work short term and at least tell you if that 576 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 1: is the problem. Um, and then if it loosens up 577 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 1: and the problem comes back, then you've got to decide, 578 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 1: you know, do you want to just take it apart 579 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 1: and split it and put a crank in it? Or 580 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,479 Speaker 1: do you want to put another engine in it? And 581 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: you may be better off economically to put an engine 582 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: in it because of you know, three hundred thousand miles. 583 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 1: So um. Yeah, listen, good piece of detective work, Miguel 584 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: for working without tools. I commend you, and uh, let 585 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: us let us know what, let us know how it 586 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 1: works out. Would be curious to hear. If you feel 587 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 1: like it takes some pictures, well we'll put them up 588 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 1: on the Facebook. All right. You have a good rest 589 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:30,040 Speaker 1: of the afternoon, my friend. You're very welcome. Take good 590 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: care by by eight hundred five eight hundred eight five five. 591 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 1: I keep doing that. I'm changing my phone number eight 592 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: five five five zero zero zero, run Nating of the 593 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:55,520 Speaker 1: Car Doctor. I'll be back after this, I promise. Hey, 594 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: welcome back. Run Nating of the Car Doctor. E five 595 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 1: five five zero zero. The twenty were seven Car Doctor 596 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: toll free phone number eight fo call, I leave a 597 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,480 Speaker 1: message if we're not in and Tom Ray our executive producer, 598 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 1: chief cook, bottle washer, board operator and toilet scrubber, we'll 599 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: call you back and get you in the next live broadcast. 600 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: Perch up and bring up here and we can talk 601 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: about your car problem. I went out last night. I 602 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: was kidnapped last night. I have to tell the story 603 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: this way because I think we did something illegal, um 604 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: sort of kind of. Um, the boys kidnapped me last night. 605 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,719 Speaker 1: I won't say who and I won't say where, but 606 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,800 Speaker 1: we I was kidnapped last night and taking for a 607 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:37,160 Speaker 1: ride in a Dodge Challenger, the four door sedan, right, 608 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: that's the Challenger. I think a Challenger hellcat, Oh my god, 609 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,479 Speaker 1: I think that's the only three words you can use 610 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: to describe that car. Uh seven or seven horsepower with 611 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,640 Speaker 1: the red key. Um, just just unbelievable out of the factory, 612 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 1: what that car will do. We went out for cheeseburgers 613 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: and Guy's night and just gabbing, and um, I was 614 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 1: really bad. I had a double Wisconsin cheeseburger with fried 615 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 1: onions and and and bacon, and it was I mean, 616 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: off the wall and melted mozzarella friesing gravy. But the 617 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 1: ride home, we um, we sort of found this desolate 618 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 1: spot and it just kind of you know, what is it? 619 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:16,480 Speaker 1: You you can take the man out of the kid, 620 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: but you can't take the kid out of the man, right, uh, 621 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 1: you know? And we kind of lowered it down to 622 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,680 Speaker 1: a twenty miles an hour and then he kicked it. 623 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 1: I wasn't driving, I was I was kidnapped. I was 624 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 1: captured in this car. We went from twenty miles an 625 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,799 Speaker 1: hour to aft between there's an overpass where it's a 626 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,879 Speaker 1: it's a it's it's a it's a half mile over 627 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,560 Speaker 1: between the overpasses. We went from a twenty mile an 628 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 1: hour kick to fifteen and back down the fifty five 629 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: miles an hour in between the overpasses. I was just 630 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 1: like floored. I couldn't believe the acceleration. I haven't felt 631 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,319 Speaker 1: something like that well since I had blackout, but not 632 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: that I would know what that feels like, because I 633 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,480 Speaker 1: never go over forty miles an hour with that car. Um. 634 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: But I gotta tell you, I walked. I walked away 635 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 1: from it thinking the at if if performance cars were 636 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: the checkbook or dollar equivalent of what they were in 637 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,959 Speaker 1: the sixties. The muscle car revolution would be born again. Um. 638 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,759 Speaker 1: The only bad thing about this car was I was 639 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: informed that at full wide, open throttle, they've got documentation 640 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:22,319 Speaker 1: hell Cat Dodge will drain the gas tank in ten minutes. Um, 641 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:26,320 Speaker 1: so believe me. The way that thing pulled through second 642 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 1: and third gear, I believe it. I'm running Indian the 643 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,200 Speaker 1: car doctor. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. Let's see 644 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 1: you