1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,079 Speaker 1: Ron An aim, are you paying enough for order repair? 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: I challenge you to ask that question because it shouldn't 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: be how much, it should be how right you get it? 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 2: Get it. 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: The car Doctor. 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 3: I want to be able to ask the right question 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 3: because I also have another pre at the regular you know, 8 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 3: on not direct conduction. 9 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: And I want to ask the right questions about fuel 10 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: system cleaning, perfectional fuel system cleaning. 11 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 4: That I'm a mechanic. 12 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: Let's talk port fuel first. 13 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 2: Welcome to the radio home of ron Ananium, the Car Doctor. 14 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: Since nineteen ninety one. 15 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: This is where car owners the world overturned to for 16 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 2: their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving 17 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 2: you a busy signal, pick up the phone and call in. 18 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: The garage doors are open, but I am here to 19 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: take your call at eighty five five five six, ninety 20 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: nine hundred and now he. 21 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 2: Running. 22 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: Hey, Hey. We want to welcome right off the bat 23 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: in ninety four point three the talker w t R 24 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: w FM in Wilkes Barre Scranton, the Wilkes bar Scranton 25 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: area of northeast Pennsylvania. We want to welcome them to 26 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: the ever growing Car Doctor family of affiliates. 27 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:18,199 Speaker 5: Where where you know wilkes Bury welkes No, it says 28 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 5: here the note says wilkes Barre. Well, it's pronounced wilkes Bury. 29 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: Is it wilkes Bury? See now, programming is playing a 30 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,960 Speaker 1: trick on me because they specifically told me to say 31 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: it wilkes bar bear bar Barry. 32 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 5: Interesting, I'd like because people I know have always pronounced 33 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 5: it wilkes Bury. 34 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: I wonder if they're playing a practical joke on me. 35 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: Believe it or not, there's people out there that don't 36 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: like me. It's possible. Yeah, I believe that. I believe that. 37 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: So well, wherever you are in the Scranton area of 38 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: north northeast Pennsylvania, we want to welcome w tr W 39 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: FM ninety four point three the talker, and we're glad 40 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: to have you guys here. Whatever you want to be called, 41 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: will be glad to call you it. Just give us 42 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: a call it a five five, five six zero nine 43 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: nine zero zero. We're to answer you and everybody else's 44 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: car repair question and so whatever you got going on. 45 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: And I mentioned that, we also want to mention this 46 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: hour another copy of NASCAR seventy five years This one 47 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: of the car doctor's personal copy it. I haven't even 48 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: taken it out of the rapper yet. I saw the 49 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: press release and I was able to snag a couple 50 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: of copies of this, and I want to give him 51 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: away here on here for Father's Day next weekend. We 52 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: can get it out on Monday. We'll get research Kathy 53 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: right on that. She hasn't much else to do anyway, 54 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: so we'll give her something to do and keeps her 55 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: out of her hair, out of the shop. We'll get 56 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: that out to you. Give us a call this hour. 57 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: Somebody's going to walk Away with NASCAR seventy five years 58 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: comes to us from Motorbooks Quarto dot Com. It's a 59 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: great color pictures Nascar wal to wall and cover to 60 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: cover the history of NASCAR for the past seventy five years. 61 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: So that's what's there. I want to talk about this 62 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: one email I got if I can find it now 63 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: on the pile of papers that I have here on 64 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: my desk. Here it is comes to us from John 65 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 1: and let's see KMA Radio and Shenandoah, Iowa have been 66 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 1: on there forever. I've got a great Shenandoah, Iowa story too. 67 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: I'll have to remember to tell you that I got 68 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen Jeep grand Cherokey which I bought used in 69 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. It's got one hundred and twenty one thousand 70 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: miles on it. This week the oil cooler failed. The 71 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: oil was found in the radiator. A trusted Gmjeep mechanic 72 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: is confident only the entire cooling system was damaged and 73 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: needs to be replaced. He is confident it's not a 74 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: head gasket failure. How does he know that? I get confidence, 75 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 1: But I like when I see he's confident because he 76 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: tested all right? Is replacing the entire cooling system worth 77 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: paying for? I do wonder if there was damage done 78 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: to the engine that may not be known. Fair questions, John, 79 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: So you know one of the things you could do 80 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: is you're gonna have to repair the oil cooler. Now, 81 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: I believe we're talking about the engine. Oil cooler that 82 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: is located down under the intake sits between the cylinder heads. 83 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: It's part of the oil filter housing. That's the place 84 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: where cool it would be. They are a common failure. 85 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: You're probably also getting some excess what looks like an 86 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: oil leak down the back of the engine. What's running, 87 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: it's actually running out of and collecting in a pool 88 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: between the heads, and then it runs out the back 89 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: of the engine. It looks like a remained seal leak. 90 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: And it's not not the worst repair in the world. 91 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: That oil cooler housing was made out of plastic, by 92 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: the way, and you know it was very problematic on 93 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: a lot of the vehicles. Your Jeep gmjeep mechanic may 94 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: be right. It would be nice if we could do 95 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: a combustion test. Maybe just check for a leaking head 96 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: gas get put a five gas probe in the radiator, 97 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: lower the coolant level, go through the test process, and 98 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 1: you know if we sniff there, do we see signs 99 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: of coolant anywhere else? But yeah, I mean to do 100 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: an oil cooler like that and then flush the system 101 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: with some clean water and refill it with good coolant. 102 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: You know, I think that's Yeah, I think it's worth 103 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: paying for it because you're not going to find that 104 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: vehicle cheaper than the cost of that repair. And I 105 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: should point this out too. If you are going to 106 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: replace this engine oil cooler, go visit Dormanproducts dot com. 107 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: Dorman has, as they usually do, come up with a 108 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: better mouse trap. They've re engineered that oil filter housing. 109 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: It is now made out of aluminum, and it's a 110 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 1: beautiful piece. It's a work of art. It's like a 111 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: piece of jewelry. You want to use it as a 112 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 1: paperweight on your desk until you actually put it on 113 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: the vehicle because it's kind of fun to look at it. 114 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: So it's so interesting. But they've actually made that plastic 115 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: housing out of aluminum. Gee, what a great idea. Let's 116 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 1: make it so it lasts and you can find it 117 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: online at Dormanproducts dot com or any of your local 118 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 1: otaparts stores. But yeah, I would say, John, it's absolutely 119 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: worth doing. And when you are done, okay, And I'll 120 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: answer the question this way, did you do any of 121 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: damage to the engine. There's always that possibility. It really 122 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: depends on how fast you caught this and how well 123 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 1: you kept up on oil changes in the short three 124 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: years that you've had this vehicle, and how that person 125 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: treated that vehicle prior. You know what I always tell 126 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: you guys, right, cars are like little kids. When kids 127 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: are young, they can tumble, they can fall down the stairs, 128 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: they can bang their head. They always recover. And then 129 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: as we get older, as they get older and become us, 130 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: and as we get older and we bang our head, 131 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: it takes us a little bit longer. Cars are the 132 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: same way. If you've medicated properly and done your oil 133 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: changes on a regular basis, and done all your other maintenance, 134 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: the car will stand a little bit of abuse as 135 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: it gets older. But if you haven't, if you've been 136 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: smoking since the age of sixteen, I mean, you know, 137 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: your four hundred pounds overweight, and you drink excessively and 138 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: you don't get any sleep, and any other things you 139 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: can possibly do to ruin yourself and your health, the 140 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: car is not going to survive. So it kind of 141 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: depends on that. But what you can do the long 142 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: story short, I'm trying to make the point here is John, 143 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 1: if everybody else, once you do the cooling system repair, 144 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: replace the oil cooler, all right, you can then go 145 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: and get an oil analysis second time this weekend I'm 146 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: talking about this. Go get an oil analysis done. And 147 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 1: there's places online. I think Blackstone is one of them, Blackstone, Keystone, 148 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: something like that. Uh, just you know, get an oil 149 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: analysis done and they'll tell you what sort of residue 150 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: is in the engine and monitor things and give you 151 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: some idea on how things are progressing. So that's probably 152 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:45,919 Speaker 1: the cheapest solution because the other side of it is, 153 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: assume it's a head gasket. Then you're into an engine. 154 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: And I should point out too that that you are right. 155 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: I don't want to I don't want to hit this 156 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: too hard. I don't want to miss it either, but 157 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: you are right in the sweet spot of if you 158 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: are going to have a head gasket failure, that's the vehicle, 159 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 1: that's the engine, that's the mileage. So you know, is 160 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 1: this the beginning of some long, expensive repairs. I would 161 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: feel better doing some more testing and then make a 162 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: calculated decision based on cost and working your problem from there. 163 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: So I hope that answered it for you. If you 164 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: need any more, John, you know where to find me. 165 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: I'm an a five to five five six zero nine 166 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: nine zero zero. I'll be here all day. If not, 167 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: I'll be here next week, and I'll be here the 168 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: week after. So but that's what the car doctor does. 169 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: Should we go to the phones or should we take 170 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: an early break. Let's go to the phones real quick. 171 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: We go to Nick in Virginia, Tom and see what's 172 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: going on there. Nick, Virginia no is this Georgian Virginia. 173 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: Where Tom send me? Who do I have? I have? Nick? 174 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: I bet Nick? Hello? Oh yes, sir, yes, sir, oh, 175 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: I knew you had to be there. Tom hit the button. 176 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: He's never wrong. So how can I help you? 177 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 3: Sir? 178 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 6: Quick question? Yeah, I've got a thirteen Honda Accord EXL 179 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 6: all right, only we have eighty seven thousand dollars on 180 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 6: it car just broken in. Yes, sir, I took it 181 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 6: to the Haunted dealer here r Ginna Beach today and 182 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 6: got an oil change. Anyway they suggested. I want to 183 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 6: read what they suggested have done? Sure, it said, replacing 184 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 6: timing cover O rings, VT gasket, oil control valve O 185 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 6: ring front crank seal VTC strainer gasket, valve cover gasket, 186 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 6: Honda bound front cover is starting to seep oil around edges. 187 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 6: I don't see any oil on the on the garage floor. 188 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 6: I mean, it's not burning any oil that I know of. 189 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 6: So I just wanted to get your opinion. 190 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: Three thousand dollars worth of repairs. 191 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 6: Well they quoted me a thousand, okay. 192 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: So my question is, yeah, you know, are we seeing? 193 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: Are we sweating? Are we seeping? Are we leaking? Are 194 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: we dripping? What are we doing? You know who does 195 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: the normal maintenance on the car? Nick the dealer, the dealer. 196 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 1: So these are your guys, yes, you know, these are 197 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 1: your guys. Do you have enough of a relationship with 198 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: him that you can say, Hey, you know, I'm just 199 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: a little taken aback at one thousand dollars worth of 200 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: repairs on something that I've done maintenance too. It's I 201 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: get it, it's ten years old. You know, how severe? 202 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,079 Speaker 1: How serious is this? And you know, see what kind 203 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: of reaction you know, and I know it's against all 204 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 1: the rules, but there's something to be said about putting 205 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: a car up in the air, bringing customer in by 206 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 1: the hand and pointing and going look, you know, that's 207 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: worth a thousand words. You know. They find ways to 208 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: get us into the operating room when families are having surgery. 209 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: They find ways to let us do all sorts of things. 210 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 1: In this world now with Zoom and all these other 211 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: opticles and cameras, there's more than a few ways to 212 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: get you into that shop and see what's actually going 213 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: on with the vehicle. Is it worth doing? Yeah? Absolutely, 214 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: because it's only going to get worse. And you know, 215 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: it's some of those components that talking about replacing our 216 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: known failures. I think what they're I think what they're 217 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: doing is and I bet you the answer you would 218 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: get is if you ask them, is it all bad? 219 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: I think they're going to tell you no, you know, 220 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: half of it's bad. But since we're in there and 221 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: it's proximity of repair, which is always a great word, 222 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: proximity of repair, let's just do it all now and 223 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: get it over with. 224 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:21,319 Speaker 3: You know. 225 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: My other question would be, you've on this Carson's. 226 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 6: New No, sir, second huner? 227 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 1: Okay? At what miles did you buy it? 228 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 6: I bought it in sixteen, only had about fourteen thousand miles. 229 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: All right, so that's that's new to me. You know, 230 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: have you done your thirty thousand mile service, your sixty 231 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: thousand mile service, and are you ready to do the 232 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: upcoming ninety thousand mile service? 233 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 4: Right? 234 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 3: I have? 235 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 1: Okay? Then I would go back. If it's leaking, get 236 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: you know, get them to show it to you, fix it, 237 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: and while they have it, let's do the ninety k 238 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: now and get it over with, right, got it? If 239 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: you know, if these if these are your guys, they're 240 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: your guys. Right, it's it's you're not gonna You're not 241 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: gonna change horses mid stream. Uh, you know you're not 242 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: going to go to another heart surgeon because if your 243 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: guy tells you you need heart surgery, and you know 244 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: you've got proof you can see the oil leaks, you're 245 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: going for surgery. 246 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 6: Brother, Right, good point? 247 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 1: Okay, okay, all right? 248 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 6: I mean, could I wait till I get to a 249 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 6: hundred k? 250 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: I don't know? You know, it's your heart vowels leaking, 251 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:22,959 Speaker 1: and you're getting kind of faint and you sweat a 252 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: little bit, and you get to clammy, could you go 253 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 1: to one hundred k? You could? But at what point 254 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: does the leak become worse and you fall over and 255 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: the car does? 256 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 3: Right? Okay, you know, good point. 257 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: If it's a matter of money, is this a matter 258 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: of money, Nick, then then don't then don't fool around, 259 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 1: because here's here's you want me to convince you to 260 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: fix this car? Sure, go price a. 261 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 6: New one, right, good, very good point. 262 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: Go go price a new one, all right? And you're 263 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: going to look at that and I want you one hand. 264 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: I want you to I want you to take two 265 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: pieces of cardboard, put one in each hand thousand dollars 266 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 1: on that piece of cardboard forty thousand dollars and the 267 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: other piece of cardboard and stand there in front of 268 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: your house and go thousand dollars forty thousand dollars. Do 269 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,439 Speaker 1: that a couple of times. Your family's going to look 270 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: at you like, Nick, what are you doing? 271 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 6: Got them? 272 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 3: So? 273 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: Got it all right, kiddo? 274 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 6: All right, thank you, Ron, You're. 275 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: Very welcome, sir. Good luck, and I hope it all 276 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 1: works out for you. A five five five six zero 277 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: nine nine zero zero. The car Doctor's coming back right 278 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: after this. 279 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 5: Whether it's a little red Corvette or you go, you've 280 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 5: come to the right place to get that car fixed. 281 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 5: Ron and Andy and the car Doctor eight five five 282 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 5: five six zero nine nine zero zero. 283 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 1: Now back to Ron. Let's go over to Georgia and 284 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: Virginia seventeen Cadillac wants to talk about maintenance. George. Welcome 285 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 1: to the car Doctor, sir. How can I help? 286 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 3: Hey? Thanks? Ron? Yeah, I'm just I'm retired now and 287 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 3: just I like to think on cars. But this thing 288 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 3: is like the space Age and that eight speed automatic transmission. 289 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 3: I was wondering it's got about sixty eight thousand should 290 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 3: I have the deal of flush it? Good thing is. 291 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 1: That I'm sorry flush What I missed that transmission? I 292 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: don't know about flushing and I like I like the 293 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: word drain and fill. I thought I heard you say transmission. 294 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: I like draining fil Well, they're going to do an exchange. 295 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: Let's let's let's let's establish our relationship. When we talk 296 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: about flushing. We're talking about something with pressure. I like 297 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: to do exchanges. Exchanges are non volatile or they're not 298 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: you know, force full, they're not demanding, you know, it's 299 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: it's it's something where we're going to put a court 300 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: in and take a court out. If the dealer has 301 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: an exchange machine, sure, now that's gonna have that. Should 302 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: have GM DEX six in it. Which they're going to 303 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: rate for I don't know. It depends on whose story 304 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: or which side of the marketing brochure you want to believe. 305 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: It's either rated for one hundred thousand miles or the 306 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: life of the transmission, or until the transmission falls out, 307 00:13:57,920 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 1: at which point you need to put into transmission or 308 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: re vehicle underneath. So you know, my bigger question would 309 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: be at sixty eight thousand miles, what else have you 310 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: done or not done to this vehicle besides oil changes? 311 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 3: Yeah? So I've only owned it about a year and 312 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 3: a half. 313 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: And how many miles did you have on it when 314 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:17,959 Speaker 1: it when it when you bought it? 315 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 3: I mean it's like sixty three okay, a whole lot 316 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 3: of it. 317 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: Did you buy it from the dealer that you're servicing 318 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: it with? 319 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 3: Yes? 320 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: Okay, So you know, do they have service history? Was 321 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: it a was it a local car that was traded 322 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: into them that they serviced, or is it something they 323 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: picked up it at the auction and then you know, 324 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: put it on their lot to sell, which is perfectly fine. 325 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: It's they need cars now, let's face it, there's not 326 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: a lot of cars out there. But you know, do 327 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: they have service history on it? 328 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 3: And you know they did shown me the car max 329 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 3: right report where the all changes were done very good, okay, 330 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 3: and we found out it was a rentald and their 331 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 3: car looked very clean, so, you know, and the wife 332 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 3: wanted it, so that was it. 333 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I understand that if mamma ain't happy, nobody's happy, 334 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: happy wife, happy life. 335 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 3: You know it. 336 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: It's sometimes the rental cars are the greatest thing in 337 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: the world, all right, I will I will give you 338 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: know the most that most of the name brand car 339 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: rental companies do follow really good maintenance. Sometimes they go 340 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: a little long on oil changes, in my opinion, but 341 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: that's a conversation. They're trying to manage a fleet and 342 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: I'm trying to make it go at half a million miles. 343 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: So that's that's where the our argument comes in, you know, 344 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: ideology versus economics. Uh, you know, how often did they do? 345 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: The oil changes? Every five thousand? Good and we've got 346 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: a good foundation of oil changes, but what else has 347 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: been done. I don't believe all of manufacturing maintenance recommendations 348 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: across the board. You bring me anybody, I don't care 349 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: who you talk to, I don't believe any of them 350 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: really follow eight procedure per se, because to some degree 351 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: it's marketing. You know, Americans have a habit, you know, 352 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: and I guess we're getting out of it now in 353 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: the last ten years. But Americans have a habit where, 354 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: you know, one hundred thousand miles throw the car away. 355 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: But that's not true anymore. We're hanging on the cars longer. 356 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: You know, we see cars one hundred and fifty two 357 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: hundred thousand miles. We have people come in and talk 358 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: to us about doing engine work at one hundred and 359 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: fifty where you know it used to be at seventy 360 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: five thousand miles. They were throwing the car away for that. 361 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 1: So you know, I'm trying to express that. I look 362 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: at some of these maintenance things from manufacturers and they'll say, 363 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: for the first ten years, you don't need to service coolant, 364 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: but then after you do service coolant, after the first 365 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: ten years, you need to service it every five You know, 366 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't get the engineering or the thought 367 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: process behind that. My point becomes at sixty thousand miles, 368 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: I don't want to just talk about flushing the trans 369 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: or exchanging the trends or servicing the trans. I want 370 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: to do a physical check list. I want you. I 371 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: want them to do a stick out your tongue and 372 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: say ah. I want them to look at brakes, suspension. 373 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: I want them to look at all the fluids. If 374 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: it's wet, I want all the fluids changed. The car 375 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: is six going on seven years old. How old is 376 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: the battery? If the battery's original, I want it out 377 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: of there, regardless of whether it tests good or not. 378 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 1: It's six going on seven years old and your wife's 379 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 1: driving it, and it sits a lot, right, you don't 380 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: want to get that phone call it at you know, 381 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 1: ten o'clock at night. She went out, you know, to 382 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: the movies with the girls, and all of a sudden, 383 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: the car doesn't start. You don't need that, you know, 384 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: I want a checklist and then I want to talk. 385 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 1: I'm probably going to do a fuel system cleaning, not 386 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: just adding a tank additive, but I'm going to be 387 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: doing a you know, a formal hookup a device to 388 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: a fuel rail or fog the intake manifold and clean 389 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: clean the fuel system, clean the intake, clean the injectors. 390 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: I'm a tank additive. I'm going to change fluids airin 391 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: cabin filters, and when I do airon cabin filters, if 392 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: there's a corns, debris, twigs, pine needles, pine cones, and 393 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: anything else that's in there, I'm gonna make sure the 394 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: shop vacuums it out and cleans it out. That's just 395 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: a pet peeve of mind. They'll do a cabin filter 396 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: and they'll leave all that debris at the base of 397 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: the cowl of the windshield, and I'm like don't they 398 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: realize they're contaminating the filter? Like that doesn't make any sense, 399 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: you know. Retake right right, So I'll tell you what state. 400 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 1: Stay stay right, Stay right where you are, George. Let 401 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: me pull over and take this part. When we come back, 402 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: we'll talk a bit more. I'm running aiding in. The 403 00:18:28,400 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: car doctor will return right after this. Welcome back, Harne 404 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: the car doctor. Let's go back to Georgia and Virginia. George, 405 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 1: you're still there, sir. Yes, you had one question about 406 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 1: maintenance as we were closing out that last segment. 407 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,880 Speaker 3: Uh, yeah, well it was I saw online this guy 408 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 3: was clean and spraying in the manifold for those intake valves. 409 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 3: And how often you should do that or should I 410 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 3: just have the dealer do it? 411 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 1: Well? What was he using? Was he using an aerosol can? 412 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 3: Yes? And it was made for doing that job, Bob, 413 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 3: believe you know. 414 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 1: It depends on what product he was using. I like, 415 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 1: So let's talk about fuel injection cleaning. Okay, if that's 416 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 1: where we're going with this. I like the stuff from Berryman, 417 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: all right. You know, and I've said this before Berryman. 418 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,959 Speaker 1: We've been using Berryman a long time before they were 419 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: a sponsor. Actually, I think our using of it made 420 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: them a sponsor because they realized they can, you know, 421 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: jump on this and and it makes sense. It's like, 422 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,360 Speaker 1: you know, it's like a good marriage. Berryman's way site 423 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 1: Berman Products dot Com shows you the process. It shows 424 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: you what the cleaning materials do. I always cite the 425 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: video that shows the styrofoam cup being melted by Berryman Cleaner, 426 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: where the other cleaners on the market don't do it. 427 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 1: You're always buying the technology of a fuel system cleaner. 428 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: People say to me all the time, Ron, you know, 429 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 1: how does how do you like Berryman so much? Because 430 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: they stay on the cutting edge. They're always right there 431 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 1: with the next round of of of you know, developmental 432 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 1: engineering as far as you know what works and what doesn't. 433 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: And they're staying up on top of their fuel system cleanings. 434 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: They have a process where you will fog the intake 435 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: through a vacuum port. They actually have a kit that 436 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,479 Speaker 1: has tank additive if I remember right, tank additive, uh, 437 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: intake fogging, and I think also an oil additive an 438 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: oil cleaner. And it just makes it all simple, one 439 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 1: step stuff that Yeah, you the you, the owner, uh, 440 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: you the vehicle owner can do. It's a four step 441 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: process actually. 442 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:54,360 Speaker 3: If I remember right now, Okay, yeah. 443 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 1: We use something different in the shop from Berryman, but 444 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 1: it's the same idea. So, you know, I like that 445 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: because it's known to work. I try to stay away from, 446 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: you know, the I don't want to say wives tales, 447 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: but the stuff of unknown origin. 448 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 3: You know. 449 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: One of the greatest things about the Internet is it's 450 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: the magic box. It has all the answers. And one 451 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: of the worst things about the Internet is it's a 452 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 1: magic box. It has all the answers. You know, So 453 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: I want to I want I want to make sure 454 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 1: of what I'm looking at and that it's real and 455 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: rational and it makes sense to me. So I don't 456 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 1: be wary of that question. Sure what. 457 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 3: Okay, I've gotten old Chris Kraft boat and it's got 458 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 3: two big Chrysler engines in it gas and I was wondering, 459 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 3: what is your thoughts on through the winter months four 460 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,679 Speaker 3: months that say if not start in it, is it 461 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 3: best to leave them set? Or should you start them? 462 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 3: Maybe a couple of weeks. 463 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,880 Speaker 1: I believe all my friends that have boats. Now I'm 464 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: not a sailor. Good Lord, get me out on the water. 465 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: That's a whole other set of problems. But all my 466 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: friends that have boats wrap their boats up, drain all 467 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 1: their fluids, seal them up, and they sit all winter 468 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: long and they don't have problems. They go through winterization. 469 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 1: You've got to go through a winterization process. But I 470 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 1: think that the way they're doing it, because I don't 471 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: like the idea of running the engines. How would you 472 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: do that right? You've got to run water through them. 473 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: You'd have to set up to, you know, cool the 474 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: engine properly. It's a big it's a big task. I 475 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: think winterizing a boat is part of normal maintenance list. 476 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 1: Somebody out there has got a better idea. Like I said, 477 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: I'm not a sailor, so it's not something I've got 478 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: first hand experience with. I can just tell you observationally 479 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: what I've seen. Stand in the line, George, Tom's going 480 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: to be sending you out a copy of NASCAR the 481 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: first seventy five years. He gave me the high sign. 482 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: We want to get your name and address. We'll send 483 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: that out to you this week, and we hope you 484 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: enjoy it. It's full of color pictures and it tells 485 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 1: the story of NASCAR and the racers and everything that 486 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,959 Speaker 1: made NASCAR what it is today. All right, So, and 487 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 1: I appreciate the call. I enjoyed talking to you. Let's 488 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: get over to John from Africa. I got to say 489 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: this is We've gotten them from England earlier, the Middle East. 490 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: First one from Africa. John. You're right up there, brother? 491 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: How can I help you today? Welcome to the car doctor. 492 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 3: Hey? 493 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 4: How are you doing wrong? 494 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 1: Oh? Good? What's going on? 495 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 3: Yeah? 496 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 4: I got a land Drover TBCI Pumer two point four diesel? Okay, 497 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 4: and I want to do the slit cylinder on this baby, 498 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 4: but it's hidden behind the trny like you got to 499 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 4: pull the jailbox right just about right. 500 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: Everything it's it's it's it's it's integral with the trends, right. 501 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: You got to pull the trends out to get to it. 502 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 1: It's part of the release baring assembly. 503 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, what advice do you give me? Walking with limited 504 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 4: tools here? And two? Where can I get a procedure 505 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 4: or a mana to do this job? Because I'm doing. 506 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 3: It next week? 507 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: You know the procedures the hard part. Okay. We have 508 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:57,439 Speaker 1: very limited information even in the shop on that particular model, 509 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 1: and I think it's because they were sold in such 510 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: loan numbers. I don't think there's you know, I don't 511 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: think the aftermarket has risen to the demand. If I'm 512 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 1: not mistaken, I think that model sold less than thirty 513 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: thousand vehicles worldwide, even though I know there's you see 514 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 1: them all over the place. You would think there's more 515 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 1: of them than there is. But I think the numbers 516 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:20,439 Speaker 1: around twenty five or thirty thousand. So finding procedure is 517 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 1: a tough one. What I would tell you to do 518 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: is log onto the land Rover website. I haven't done 519 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: this with land Rover, but I imagine they've got a 520 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: website like everybody else as far as service information, and 521 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 1: you know, pay for it, buy the subscription and you 522 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: know whatever it is, twenty five, thirty fifty bucks whatever. 523 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: The other option you have is I don't know how 524 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: well they would cover it. But go to all Data. 525 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: Go to All Data DIY dot com. I believe is 526 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,640 Speaker 1: the website, and if not, at the very least there'll 527 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: be a point of contact and email, a phone number 528 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: where you can call up and say, hey, here's the 529 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 1: procedure I'm looking for. If I if I sign on 530 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 1: for your subscription. If I don't find it on your website, 531 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: can you send it to me from your library because 532 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: All Data does maintain a digital library of you know, 533 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: real world service information that they will email the client, 534 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: the customer as far as the procedure is concerned. 535 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 4: So all that it doesn't have it. They only have 536 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 4: the American version. 537 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, that's and I was afraid of that. 538 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 3: Have you? 539 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: Have you asked them though? 540 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 3: Yeah? 541 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 4: I did call them up, but they transferred me to 542 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 4: a belief Orthologic or because I think they. 543 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 1: Do the right Autologic is the European version. And what 544 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: did Autologic have to say? 545 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 4: I think you've got to pay for some ridiculous subscription 546 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 4: or something like that. 547 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Unfortunately, I just I don't have a better 548 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: answer for you, John, if I if I, if I 549 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: had the information, I'd be glad to send it to you. 550 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 1: But like I said, it's in such limited it's such 551 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: a low volume, limited number vehicle. We we don't see 552 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: those as far as you doing the job yourself. A 553 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,439 Speaker 1: trans as a trans nuts and bolton out out the 554 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: door it comes. What are you going to use for 555 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: a trans jack? Because you can't lift that by yourself 556 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:05,439 Speaker 1: it's way too heavy. 557 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm gonna use some human bodies, about two of them, yes, unfortunately. 558 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: So you know what, you know, what makes a great 559 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 1: you know what makes a great support. And I'm trying 560 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: to remember how heavy that trans is. But if you 561 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: can find a metal shopping cart. Don't ask me how 562 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: I know this, it comes from my sordid youth. But 563 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 1: if you can find a metal shopping cart and cut 564 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: the top half off and get the get the vehicle 565 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: up high enough and attach a piece of plywood to 566 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: the four stanchions. You know, there was like four corners 567 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: to a good old school metal shopping cart and then 568 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,479 Speaker 1: a pile a piece of plywood to it. That becomes 569 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: the workbench transjack engine hoist device. Well it does, I mean, 570 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: come on, listen, we all did it. That's you know, 571 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: I did it. Mom's driveway that way for years. I 572 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: don't know where the shopping cart came from. It just 573 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 1: sort of appeared there one day, and uh, you know 574 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: it's I just don't want to see anybody get hurt, 575 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: you know, So that's that's that's yeah, you know, if 576 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 1: if maybe that helps you so, and of course I'm 577 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: sure you've done it. Sounds like you're doing your due diligence. 578 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: You know, looking at YouTube doesn't hurt either to see 579 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: what everybody else has out there for a shortcut. But 580 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 1: finding the procedure is going to be the problem for you. 581 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: You know, can you can you email me the then 582 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 1: if I give you my email Ron at cardoctorshow dot com. 583 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 1: All right, I am, I can reach out on Monday. 584 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: There's one guy I know that's a land rover specialist, 585 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 1: per se. Maybe he'll have some answers. I think he 586 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 1: came from, you know, an American land rover dealer. He 587 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: might have access to the information. He might not, uh, 588 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 1: you know, but I'm willing to I'm willing to take 589 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,399 Speaker 1: the step and see if I get anything from him, 590 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: And if I do, I'll be glad to send it 591 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,400 Speaker 1: back your way if that helps you at all. All right, sir, 592 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 1: so very welcome. You'll be safe, Take good care, all right, bo, 593 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: Thank you? Bye bye. Isn't that kind of neat? Look Tom, 594 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 1: now we're international the International car Doctor. Way to go. 595 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pull over. Take a pause. Eight five five 596 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: five six zero nine nine zero zero. The card Doctor's 597 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: coming back right after this. Welcome back. We're running the 598 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: car doctor at eighty five five five six zero nine 599 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 1: nine zero zero and keeping my net numbers I always 600 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: tell you is twenty four to seven. You can call 601 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: that number anytime, day or night. Eight five five five 602 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: six zero ninety nine. I'm sorry eight five five five 603 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: six zero nine nine zero zero. And I want to 604 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: see if Tom was paying attention. He smiles, so at 605 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: least I know he's awake over there, and you can 606 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 1: call that number. Leave a message. If we're not on 607 00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: the air, we're on the year Saturday afternoons two to 608 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: four pm East Coast time, and you know we'll be 609 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: here to answer your car questions. If you want to 610 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: get in the queue and talk to me, and I 611 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: would love to talk to you, leave a message Tom. 612 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: We'll hook you up and we can we can chat 613 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 1: and you know, listen, I've just got to comment. A 614 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 1: lot of you're like, oh, I don't want to go 615 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 1: on the air. I'm afraid. Believe me, I've been on 616 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: the air for thirty something years and there's nothing to 617 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: be afraid of. It's just it's just easy. It's just 618 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 1: you and I talk and there's nobody listening, you know, 619 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: which that's a whole nother story, so just just be 620 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 1: mildly aware. I want to talk a little bit about maintenance. 621 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 1: We've got a lot of calls this week, and I 622 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: noticed that it's picking up a lot of you have 623 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: questions about maintenance and what to do, and when to 624 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: do it and why to do it. We had a 625 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: two thousand and nine Honda CRV in the shop this 626 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: week with two hundred and two thousand miles on it, 627 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: trying to catch up to Tom and his escape. And 628 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: Tom's escape, by the way, has three hundred and sixty 629 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: five thousand miles on it. Now, I think how many 630 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: miles are on that car? Now, Tom, what has it got? 631 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: Three hundred and fifty five? Three to fifty five? Okay, 632 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: so Tom's gonna go for half a million, and they're 633 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 1: gonna sell it back to Ford so they can figure 634 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: out what they did wrong. And this way they don't 635 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: last that long, you know, So they make everybody buy 636 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: new cars at one hundred thousand. But we had this 637 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: nine Honda CroV with two hundred thousand miles on it, 638 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: and you know, I want to do maintenance. I want 639 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: an oil change, and I want to do whatever the 640 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,720 Speaker 1: car needs and it was a regular customer and we've 641 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: seen it though they they're starting to They've put it 642 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: in the hands of their younger son, so he's starting 643 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: to drive it more places. And not that he's a kid, 644 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: but he's his job is long distance and he's putting 645 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: a lot of miles on this car. I mean, in 646 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,880 Speaker 1: I think five months, he put fifteen thousand miles on 647 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: this car. He went six thousand miles past the oil 648 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: change due point. It was crazy and the oil came 649 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: out terrible. It was like mud. But that isn't the point. 650 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: The point is, you know, what do you do at 651 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: two hundred thousand miles? We did a checklist, you know, 652 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 1: some sort of inspection and buy a mechanic, all right, 653 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 1: a seasonal checklist, we call it. Every shop calls it 654 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: something different. But you know you need to do a 655 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 1: stick out your tongue and say, ah, if you don't 656 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: know where the maintenance is, if you don't know what's 657 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: been done, it can't be well. I think, well it 658 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: should be. Well, it feels like it's got to be. 659 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: I looked, I tested, I diagnosed right. I even went 660 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: so far as even though it's a vehicle we've seen 661 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 1: on a semi regular basis two thousand and nine. It's, 662 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:29,120 Speaker 1: you know, fourteen years old. I ran the VIN through NHTSA, 663 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 1: NITSA dot gov, you know, looking for any recalls. I 664 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: skim bulletins. I always try to skim bulletins. I don't know, 665 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: we see everything, but I try to skim bulletins. It's 666 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: that's a story for another day. I think they're writing 667 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 1: bulletins making it harder for us to you know, catch 668 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: what we want to see. But you know, the point 669 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 1: becomes that maintenance is a state of mind and common sense. 670 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: You know, at two hundred thousand miles, what did that 671 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: vehicle need? It had been thirty five thousand miles since 672 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: it had Aaron cabin filters, it had been forty thousand 673 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,360 Speaker 1: miles since it had fuel system cleaning. It had been 674 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 1: forty thousand miles since the trans was serviced on a Honda. 675 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: We'd like to do it in that thirty thousand mile mark, 676 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 1: that sweet spot, because here he is at two hundred 677 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,479 Speaker 1: thousand miles in knock Wood. The trends is still working. 678 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 1: You know, we did the rear dift fluid which had 679 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 1: thirty thousand miles on it. You know, it's it's it 680 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 1: becomes a question of if it's wet, change it. You know, 681 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: how long has it been in there? And if you're 682 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 1: even if you're doing it a little bit early, you know, 683 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 1: does it pay in the long run, because, as I 684 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: pointed out to I think it was Nick from Virginia today, 685 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,200 Speaker 1: you know, the price of repair, the price of a 686 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: new vehicle. You got to weigh it out and then 687 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: you're gonna have the conversation. I still don't think there's 688 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 1: a lot of cars out there, so taking care of 689 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 1: what you have will pay dividends in the long run. 690 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: And it's available, you own it, you know the history. 691 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 1: So just some thoughts on maintenance. A checklist to stick 692 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 1: out your tongue every once in a while is not 693 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 1: the worst idea. It's just like going to the doctor. Tom, 694 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 1: turn your head and cough eight five five five six 695 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,800 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero, run any of the car doctor. 696 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: I'll be back right after this, Welcome back the car. 697 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 1: I'd like to be there when John and his guys 698 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,720 Speaker 1: take that land Rover transmission out right, and I could 699 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 1: see it, you know, and the and the the shopping 700 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: cart thing would work if they get a thick enough 701 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 1: piece of plywood and a heavy enough duty piece of 702 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: cardboard I mean shopping cart base. But you know a 703 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 1: dollie would help too, Just a furniture moving dolly that 704 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 1: you could prop and put up some two by four right, 705 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 1: raise it up a little bit and build your own, 706 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: you know, work bench type of a thing. That the 707 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,239 Speaker 1: trick will be getting the vehicle up high enough so 708 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 1: to you know, get a work dollary. They'll support the weight. 709 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 1: And I believe that's a heavy transmit. It's a fairly 710 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: heavy trans but you know, put some two by fours there, 711 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: cut them down and put a piece of plywood over 712 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: it and reinforce it. And then you just want to 713 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: be able to slide the transmission out. And then what 714 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,479 Speaker 1: I would do is, you know, if you raise the 715 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: engine off the oilpen, just raise it up a little bit, 716 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: slide the dolly underneath and lower the engine down so 717 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,319 Speaker 1: it'll just make contact with it and you can kind 718 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 1: of wiggle it back off. Because the trick there is 719 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,800 Speaker 1: going to be not getting it off. It's going to 720 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,480 Speaker 1: be getting it back on because you've got to be 721 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:19,359 Speaker 1: able to lift it up. And you know, CrossFit, we're 722 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 1: gonna need some strength there to get that to get 723 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:23,560 Speaker 1: that up in the air. So just be aware. But John, 724 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,280 Speaker 1: if you send me that email ron at cardoctorshow dot com, 725 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 1: I'll do my best. I've ever got a couple of 726 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: names in my head people I'm going to reach out 727 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,920 Speaker 1: to in the industry beyond the local guide to see 728 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: if I can get you that information. Hey. A recent 729 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:38,160 Speaker 1: article from Green Car Reports and asks why aren't electric 730 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,120 Speaker 1: vehicles staying in the US fleet as long as gaslean models? 731 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 1: A new study suggests. The article states evs aren't staying 732 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:45,960 Speaker 1: in the US vehicle fleet as long as gas lian 733 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 1: cars and trucks, which is a problem for reducing real 734 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,520 Speaker 1: world fleet emissions. The average age of light duty vehicles 735 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 1: in the US has hit a record high. Tom, you 736 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: want to take a guess at how old the average 737 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:00,520 Speaker 1: US vehicle is now in years? What do you think? 738 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 1: I'm going to say eleven twelve and a half. So 739 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,279 Speaker 1: the average age of the US fleet has now hit 740 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 1: twelve and a half years, according to S and P 741 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: Global Mobility. But the average age of evs in the 742 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,200 Speaker 1: vehicle fleet is just three point six years, down from 743 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 1: three point seven. Small change, but still it's a change. 744 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,279 Speaker 1: That's the result of the more recent ramp up of 745 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,400 Speaker 1: EV sales, meaning they're selling more, so people are buying 746 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: more turning in the old ones. And you know, but 747 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,960 Speaker 1: it still creates a barrier because people aren't buying the 748 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 1: used dvs because why the price is still relatively high. 749 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 1: And it's that balance of a used vehicle versus a 750 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 1: new used vehicle or a used gas vehicle. It's still 751 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,320 Speaker 1: not working out. The numbers don't make sense, the economics 752 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:43,040 Speaker 1: aren't there. So just an interesting note until the next 753 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 1: time I'm ron an any in the car doctor reminding 754 00:35:45,040 --> 00:36:01,560 Speaker 1: you good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you chickens.