1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: Ron An Aian. We looked at a car. You know, 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: the car was way overdue for toil change, and I'm 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: not sure why. I think, well, I know why the 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: husband's in trouble with the wife because Maggie kept telling Paul, 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: bringing in, bringing in, bringing in, and you know, he didn't. 6 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: And it finally came in about five and a half, 7 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: almost six months overdue, still half done. It takes a 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: TV what a car doctor. 9 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 2: You're like the system where they flushed the transmission, done 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: that loose and all the dirt and they put the 11 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 2: new back in and it just recirculates back into the transmission. 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, a transmission flush to me signifies or describes we're 13 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: doing something under pressure. 14 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 2: Welcome to the radio home of ron An Aian, the 15 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 2: Car Doctor. Since nineteen ninety one, this is where car 16 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 2: owners the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on 17 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 2: automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, 18 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: pick up the phone and call in the garage door. 19 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: There's her opening, but I am here to take your 20 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: call at eight five, five five hundred. 21 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 2: And now tea running. 22 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: Well, you know what, we're just so busy on the 23 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: phones I'm not even gonna waste time on doing anything else. 24 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: Let's go right to John and Oklahoma nine Honda Accord 25 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: and get this show going. John. Welcome to the car doctor, Sir. 26 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: How can I help? 27 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 3: Yes, sir, ron I want to say you're the man 28 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 3: I called you a couple months ago about the four 29 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 3: most tang with the rear end problem. I got checking 30 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,199 Speaker 3: apart and cut putting new bearings and new spider gears, 31 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,559 Speaker 3: and everything's running good. I appreciate that pous comfortable months ago. 32 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,199 Speaker 1: My pleasure, sir. How can I help you today? 33 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 3: Yes, sir? On the Honda I got a up my 34 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 3: son's Honda cord. It's a two thousand and nine to 35 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 3: two point four four cylinder and his compressor locked up. 36 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 3: It is one hundred percent locked up. I checked everything 37 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 3: and I can't turn it by hand. Have it apart. 38 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 3: I'm also going to be replacing the condenser, and I 39 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 3: bought the suction line and the pressure line as well. Okay, 40 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 3: My question is I'm having lots of problems finding out 41 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 3: how much oil it is a pre so compressor. But 42 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 3: lots of people are saying, hey, make sure you add 43 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 3: a ad extra oil to compensate for the loss in 44 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: the system. So I was cuos is that normally done? 45 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, listen, so you know, we'll we'll usually do. 46 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: You know, the industry used to think two ounces per component, 47 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: so two ounces compressor, two ounces condens or two ounces 48 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: of evaporator. But then you get six ounces in there 49 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: and you're over oiled, you know, And and listen, I'll 50 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: be honest with you. I've always been confused about how 51 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: much oil to add to an AC system because the 52 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: AC oil floats around in the system. What if it's 53 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: all collected in the evaporator, right, what if there's six 54 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: ounces of oil in the evaporator and you go two 55 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: and two and now you got ten you know, it's 56 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: it's it's kind of mind boggling to me, and nobody's 57 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: can ever none. Well yeah, okay, fine, yeah, And that's 58 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: probably the answer they're looking for. But what flush are 59 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: you using? And is it is it legal? As per 60 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: the EP are going to put volatile chemicals into the atmosphere. 61 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: See that's the other problem, all right, So you know, 62 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: we don't flush ac anymore as a professional, I don't 63 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: believe we're allowed to. What really goes on out in 64 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: the field. That's a different conversation. So what I would 65 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: do is, my first question is whose compressor did you buy? 66 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: What brand? Uc okay us Universal air Conditioning, good stuff? 67 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: All right, we've used them in the shop, you know. 68 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: I would talk to the supply house. I bet that 69 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: probably has a pre charge of oil in it, and 70 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna guess it's the right amount, likely around the 71 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: one one and a half ounce size, and I would 72 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: add announce. I would add announce to the condenser. I 73 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: don't think it's gonna hurt anything. And at that stage, 74 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: if you wanted to add three ounces all together between 75 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: the two components, I think you're fine. I don't think 76 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: you're going to have an issue. I don't see why 77 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: you would. I would be curious to see what is 78 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: on the liquid line, I'm sorry, the line coming out 79 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: of the condenser going to the evaporator, all right, which 80 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: will be the liquid line? 81 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 4: You know? 82 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: Do you see signs of debris if the compressor grenaded 83 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: and locked up, because usually it can't make its way 84 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 1: through the condenser, right, yes, I did. 85 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 3: It was kind of looked like a yellow snot the 86 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 3: dried ups. What looked like right on that on that 87 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 3: on that little ninety on that fitting. So I did 88 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 3: apply her to it and it air went through, but 89 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 3: it looked like it was a you know, it wasn't 90 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 3: freely slow. 91 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, listen, And I think it's the right thing on 92 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: a on a twelve year thirteen year old vehicle to 93 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: do a condenser and a compressor. I get that. I'm 94 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: just saying my experience generally is I've had compressors just 95 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: grenade nasty that you know, kaboom, and it looks like 96 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: a hand grenade went off, and you'll find I'll actually 97 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: find metal in the suction in the line leading from 98 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: compressor to condenser, all right, the discharge line. But I 99 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: won't find anything on the outbound of the condenser because 100 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: it just can't make its way through. The passages are 101 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: too small, all right. You know, you know you want 102 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,239 Speaker 1: to you want to find some kind of a flush, 103 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: see if there's something out there. I haven't flushed anything, John, 104 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say it's it's a good ten twelve years. 105 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: We just haven't had the need, all right. 106 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, you just use clean, clean dry air. 107 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, clean dry air. You want to push some clean 108 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: dry air through it. I don't even know, I gotta 109 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: be honest, we don't even do that much, all right, 110 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: you know, depending upon the severity of the grenade. If 111 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: we do a condenser and a compressor, and you want 112 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: to do the two lines, problem solved. You know, the 113 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: most important thing, obviously is to pull a vacuum and 114 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: pull it into a good vacuum state, boil off the 115 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: impurity and you know, let it sit, make sure you 116 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: got no leaks, and then charge it. And when you 117 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: charge it, use real one point thirty four, don't you know, 118 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: don't use any of the small cans with the sealers 119 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: in it, because I think they're a problem. You know, somebody, 120 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: if I get an if I get a car, I'll 121 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: say it like this. If I get a car from 122 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: somebody I don't know into the shop, I don't put 123 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 1: them on my good Mala air conditioning machine I've got. 124 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: I'm an older machine. Well, because I don't want to 125 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: ruin the machine I have. I have. I have concerns, 126 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: you know, I've got a I've got a machine that 127 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: I can Yeah, I just you know, I just if 128 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: there's if there's a ceiler in there, I don't want 129 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: to draw the seiler into the machine. So I'll use 130 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: my scrap machine, as I call it, and you know 131 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 1: it's the luck of the draw if I even want 132 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: to hook up to it. I have turned down jobs 133 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: just because I'm not going to take the chance I'm 134 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: ruining a machine. 135 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, they're they're not They're definitely not cheap. 136 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: No, they're not cheap. And let's you know, people are 137 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: people are kind of inconsiderate. They'll tell you whatever they 138 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: want to get you to do what they want. And 139 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: you know that's not how we play the game at 140 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: the shop. You know, we're just there to fix cars, 141 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: no drama, but that's what I would do. You'll be fine, 142 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: all right, sir. 143 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 3: Once again, I put your help. 144 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: Anytime, anytime, buddy, I'm here for you. Let's go over 145 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: to Chris and Illinois fifteen Chevy Silverado with a touchscreen problem. Chris, 146 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor, sir. How can I help? Hi? 147 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 4: Ron? Hey, thanks for taking my call. 148 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: You're welcome. 149 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:57,839 Speaker 3: Yeah. 150 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 4: So I got a twenty fifteen Shy heavy Duty with 151 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 4: the Duramax diesel in it, and it's the high Country, 152 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 4: got all the electronics on it, you know, one hundred 153 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 4: thousand dollars vehicle. Well it wasn't then. I think they 154 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 4: are now it is now. But yeah, the infotainment they 155 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 4: call it the infotainment center, you know, the touch screen 156 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 4: in the middle. 157 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 3: Of the dash. 158 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 4: It it has gone out and it is dead completely. 159 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 4: And the dealership I took it back in to get 160 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 4: it worked on. They said that the part is discontinued. 161 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 4: And I got a hold of GM and they basically 162 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 4: followed up at the dealership and then told me, yeah, 163 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 4: it's discontinued. Here's some websites to try. Wow, the dealership 164 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 4: did They did try, used lots and and uh uh, 165 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 4: salvage and all that, but so far nothing And this 166 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 4: has been They've been looking since the beginning of May 167 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 4: for this. So I don't know what to do. I 168 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 4: wonder you any suggestions or. 169 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: Well I always look on eBay just for giggles, all right, 170 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: just see what eBay has. And two other thoughts. There's 171 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: a company out there called module Masters. Have you tried them? 172 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: Have you heard of them? I have not heard of them, 173 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: all right, master. Module Masters actually used to be a 174 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: sponsor of this radio show a million years ago. Uh, 175 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: and I've used them a couple of times. And their 176 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: work has always been good. I don't know if they 177 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: can do that one I think, you know, I don't, 178 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: And I don't expect everybody to anybody to do able 179 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: to do everything. It's just it's just too involved today 180 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: to be able to say I can do everything. But 181 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: I would give Module Masters a call. I would just 182 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: google it online and you'll find them and you can 183 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: likely call them and say, hey, I've got this, can 184 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: you rebuild this and go through it? And then the 185 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: other thought that I have is there's a there's a well, 186 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: I'm going to say it like this, all right, Chris, 187 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: there's a local company by us in New Jersey called 188 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: Model Electronics. Now they've got a they've got a retail 189 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: location where they do car stereos and you know the usual, 190 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: you know, buzzcar tuner stuff and YadA YadA yah. But 191 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: then there's a wholesale division, big assembly factory that they 192 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: do all the dealer work. So if you were the 193 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: Chevy dealer in New Jersey, you likely send your clusters 194 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: out to Model Electronics to have them repaired, all right, 195 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,079 Speaker 1: and they do all the repair work. I don't know 196 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: what you've got out Illinois way, I don't know if 197 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 1: Model Electronics is a national company, if they've got a 198 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:31,439 Speaker 1: branch division you know there. But I'm a little confused 199 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 1: and maybe I'm wrong, but in this that you know, 200 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: a dealership doesn't repair that module. They either get a 201 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: new one or they send it out for repair. And 202 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: I would ask the dealer, okay, if you know, who 203 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: are you using to repair instrument clusters, modules, et cetera, 204 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: And you know, just just just to get that answer, 205 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,319 Speaker 1: because they don't do the repairs in house anymore. It's 206 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: kind of above everybody's pay grade nowadays, you know. 207 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 4: But I've say they told me that, you know, the 208 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 4: diagnosis was that it had a short in it. Okay, 209 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 4: it's pretty much out and they were just trying to 210 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 4: order a new So if there's the possibility of a repair, 211 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 4: it doesn't sound like they've even investigated. 212 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: That, right, Yeah. I So what who was it? 213 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 5: It was? 214 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: Tom? I have a customer with a at the time, 215 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: it was a sixteen Equinox and it had a center 216 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: cluster radio with I want to say, was it a touchscreen? 217 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 1: I believe it was a touch screen and it went 218 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: out and I didn't even call it GM. I just 219 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 1: took it over to Model Electronics and they had the 220 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,079 Speaker 1: ability to you know, run it through its paces and 221 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: you know, test everything. Yeah, Ron, this is bad. Okay, 222 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 1: we can referb it. You know, whether they took out 223 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: a board or ordered a board, because they'll use the housing. 224 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: I think the reason that part I'm just guessing here, 225 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: but I'm surmising from experience. I'm thinking. I'm thinking the 226 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: reason that that module is obsolete is because the internal 227 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: guts are repairable. You know, there's there's boards out there 228 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: in the hands of a wholesaler like here. I'll tell 229 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: you this real quick, write this down. Take a look 230 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: at GM bulletin. It's PI eleven twenty six G. I 231 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: know that bulletin off the top of my head, PI 232 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,199 Speaker 1: eleven twenty six G. And what that talks about is 233 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: it's a software update for your touchscreen, blank screen, touchscreen 234 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:26,319 Speaker 1: and opera, Blell, Bluetooth connection problems. That that software update 235 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: covers everything from twenty fourteen Buicks through Cadillac GMC, Sierra Silverado. 236 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: So it's common hardware with a different outside box. If 237 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:41,599 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, I I you know it 238 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: may it may be that your Silverado has a specific case. 239 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,439 Speaker 1: But the guts are all the same, is my understanding. 240 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 4: So if there's a cross reference page that shows what 241 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 4: would be compatible with this at least the guts, No, 242 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 4: in case I needed to go to salvage. 243 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: Not at my level, no, sir, that would see that 244 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 1: would be a question for somebody like a Model Electronics 245 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,239 Speaker 1: or there used to be a company called Eastern Electronics 246 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: that handle GM in this area. But there's somebody in 247 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: your neck of the woods that does the module refurbishment 248 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: for general motors, for Ford, Chrysler, et cetera. There has 249 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: to be all right, So let's let's attack it that way. Listen, 250 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:25,719 Speaker 1: if you think this is a problem, this is what 251 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: I'm always saying about. You know, newer vehicles, right, Imagine 252 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: EV's in five years. I gotta go here for a second. 253 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: Imagine an EV in five years. You think they're going 254 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: to have the hardware for these things in five years, 255 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: it's not going to happen. So's not going to happen, yep, 256 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: So let me know what happens, Chris. Good luck to you, Bib, 257 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: You're very welcome. Eight five five five six zero nine 258 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: nine zero zero running in in the car. Doctor, We're 259 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: back right after this, don't go away. 260 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 5: For the best in car advice, give Ron a call 261 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,559 Speaker 5: eight by five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 262 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: Now back to Ron. Hey, let's get over and talk 263 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 1: to Bill from Pennsylvania. Bill. Welcome to the car doctor, sir. 264 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:10,599 Speaker 1: What's going on? 265 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 6: Hey, Ron? 266 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 3: How you doing? 267 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: I'm doing good, sir? How were you good? 268 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 3: Good? 269 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,839 Speaker 6: I basically just called, uh, say thank you very much 270 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,599 Speaker 6: for those tickets to the races and the Poconos. My 271 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 6: wife and I that was our first time we've ever 272 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 6: been to an actual NASCAR race and we had a 273 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 6: great time. 274 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: Oh okay last week, sure, yeah, we were, you know, 275 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: And I was trying to figure out where everybody was 276 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: in relation to the rose because I was the next 277 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: row over three rows back. I think I was trying 278 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: to figure out where thirty three was because I saw 279 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: you guys over there, and I was going to come over. 280 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: But then, did you ever see so many people in 281 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: one place in all your life? Talk about a crowd? Right? 282 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 6: Oh, yeah, you're not kidding. Yeah, that was that was 283 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 6: that was something. 284 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was to see those cars coming off the 285 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: coming off that turn at one hundred and fifty miles 286 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: an hour and then running down the straightaway and then 287 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: they kept hitting the they kept hitting the other bank 288 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: at the other end. Did you notice how the cars 289 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 1: as they're coming off the turns. I was watching them. 290 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 1: You could see the struggle and trying to keep them 291 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: on the ground. They were the noses roll over the 292 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: place in the early part of the race until the 293 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: tires heated up that uh, you know, they were having 294 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 1: traction issues, and I think that's what was causing all 295 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: those accidents because what was there like four restarts, four 296 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: yellows in the first fifteen to twenty minutes. 297 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know. 298 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 4: We kind of got in late. 299 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: So yeah, did you get a chance to see the army? 300 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: You know, the army and the Navy were there. Did 301 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: you get a chance to see any of those displays? 302 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 4: We really didn't. Uh. 303 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 6: Probably we went by them, but we didn't stop and 304 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 6: really seeing too much. 305 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 3: Yeah. 306 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: I climbed into the helicopter. They wouldn't let me fly it, 307 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: but that's okay. 308 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, So that was that was that was it was 309 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 6: surely it was well worth a fire. God yeap. 310 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: Well, we listen, we were glad to do it, and 311 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: we're looking we're going to try and do stuff like 312 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: that again in the future. So Bill, I appreciate your 313 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: kindness and calling, and I'm glad you guys enjoyed it 314 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: and had a good time. 315 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 6: Absolutely, thank and again, thank you very much. 316 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: That was aw You're very welcome, sir. Well, we'll see 317 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: you again, all right, you be well, all right, you two, 318 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: thank you. Take good care. Let's talk real quick before 319 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: we go to the pause, a little bit about NGK. 320 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: I want to talk about NGK sparkplugs. NGK has got 321 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: something new for you guys out there. If you're looking 322 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: for it, you'll find it at n GK nt K 323 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: training dot com. That's n GK NTK training dot com. 324 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: It's a tech talk sheet, you know, like I've got 325 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: it in front of me. It talks about the basics 326 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: of for example, on Honda's why they set P zero 327 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: three thirty five and P zero three thirty nine crank 328 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: position sensor faults and intermittent crank position sensor faults. And 329 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: it's basic information. It talks, it talks how the sensor functions, 330 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: where the sensors are located, and it's the kind of 331 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: thing that both they professional and to do it yourself 332 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: or can use in certain applications. So kudos to NNGK. 333 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: They've put together a few of these tech talk sheets 334 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: as well as other things that you'll find at the 335 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: NGKNTK training dot com website. So I just want to 336 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: mention that that that's out there for you. They're making 337 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: good use of the internet like that. So that's number one. 338 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: Number two. Oh and Joe from Garfield, New Jersey, rights, Hey, Ron, 339 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: I heard you talking about your air conditioning machine and 340 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: how you won't hook up to it unless you know 341 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: the vehicle and know the car. I do the same thing. 342 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: Do you enjoy your Mala machine. I'm considering purchasing one. Joe, Yeah, 343 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: Joe's got to be a repair shop. I'm guessing here, Joe, Yes, 344 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: I enjoy my Mala machine. I think they make one 345 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: of the better machines on the market. There's a lot 346 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: of innovation. The thing I like most about it is 347 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: you know, they do software updates over the airwaves, so 348 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: if there's an issue, if there's a problem. One of 349 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: the things that I truly enjoy. For example, I've got 350 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: both versions. I've got their one thirty four machine and 351 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: their twelve thirty four YF machine for the newer refrigerant 352 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: my twelve thirty four WIF machine. The other day I 353 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: had a charge an eighteen Honda which had a bad condenser, 354 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: which is another story we can talk about. But you 355 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 1: can go into their database and tell it twenty eighteen 356 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: Honda cord for cylinder. It will go and find the 357 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: refrigering capacity and then take you right to the automatic 358 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: test sequence, automatically entering how much refrigerant to add. So 359 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: it does it off the database and if you're missing something, 360 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 1: if the database is out of date, they updated over 361 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 1: the airwaves, so it works very well. If you're interested, Joe, 362 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: you can get out to their website Service Solutions dot 363 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: Mala dot com and look up more about them as well, 364 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 1: because Mali Yeah, and I won't I won't connect. You know, 365 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: that's the problem with a lot of these little cans. 366 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: If they're sealant in that can. It's been proven time 367 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 1: and again that that cealant gets into an AC machine. 368 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: You know, It's it's kind of like eating the wrong 369 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: thing over a long period of time. You ingest enough junk, 370 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: it's going to affect your insides and it's going to 371 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: affect your air conditioning machine. And for what they cost 372 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 1: and for well, they are delicate to a degree, but 373 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: let's face it, they're not supposed to ingest junk. I 374 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: won't do it. I won't hook up. But you know 375 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: that's something I appreciate the email, Joe, and but yeah, 376 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 1: by all means, get out to Mala and take a look. 377 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 1: I'm running any in the car doctor. I'll be back 378 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:48,360 Speaker 1: right after this. Don't go away taking welcome back. I'm 379 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: running the car doctor here at eight five five five 380 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 1: six zero nine nine zero zero. Let's get over to 381 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: Dean in Kansas. Dean, how are you today? How can 382 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 1: I help? 383 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 3: Good? Thanks King my call. 384 00:18:58,840 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 1: Welcome sir. 385 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 3: I've got a a two thousand model F three fifty 386 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 3: seven three. 387 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 6: Liter diesel power stroke. 388 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 3: And pre stroke. Yeah, we're going to put a new 389 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 3: starter around about a year and a half ago along 390 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 3: thereabout so two weeks ago the day thing, uh, I 391 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 3: was pulling camper. We had just bought a heavy camper 392 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 3: and and he's not running hot. It's well low in 393 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 3: the normal range. But I pulled up and filled it 394 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 3: with fuel and it wouldn't start, okay, And there's a 395 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 3: little mechanic shop down the street. They come over and Oh, 396 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 3: we just put a jump back on it. Oh, that 397 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 3: wouldn't do nothing. It wouldn't even click it or nothing. 398 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: So when you say it wouldn't underneath it, when you 399 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: say it wouldn't starting, you mean it wouldn't crank. 400 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 3: Wouldn't crank, wouldn't do nothing. 401 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: Okay, got it. 402 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 3: And then he went underneath and jumped it with a 403 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 3: screw driver. I'm the starter and it's well, you're good 404 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 3: to go now. Well he didn't text it, but he 405 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 3: got me going so I can get moving. Hang on 406 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 3: a second, so I just shut it off right when 407 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 3: he was right there, and it started right back up, 408 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 3: no problem. Well about a week about a week ago, 409 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 3: it did the same thing. I was pulled on the 410 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 3: same camp or back to the spot, unhooked. Well back 411 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 3: in the spot, shut the truck off, unhooked. Everyone pulled 412 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,919 Speaker 3: the truck out, wouldn't start when the house come out 413 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 3: about to late two hours later, fired right out like 414 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 3: I had a cool off first or something. 415 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 1: Okay, but it doesn't because if you jump it and 416 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: apply power to the starter, at fires right up. Yeah. 417 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 3: Okay, somebody's telling me is uh, you know shade tree 418 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 3: mechanic type guys tell me, Well, it's probably a relay 419 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 3: in that fuse box. I had that half my dodge, 420 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 3: he says a lot, Yeah, I know. 421 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: It's always it's it's always what my uncle did. If 422 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 1: you got there's there's a starter relay on the fender, right. 423 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 3: Well, it's it's in that fuse pack, yeah, underneath the hood. 424 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: Right, So at that starter relay there should be it's 425 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 1: either I believe it's tan red. There's a tan red 426 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: wire at the starter relay on the fender. You should 427 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: have battery voltage there with the key in the crank position, 428 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: all right. If you've got that, then you should have 429 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: battery voltage on the red wire and battery voltage out 430 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,640 Speaker 1: on the yellow Is it yellow or is it yellow? 431 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 1: Light blue? Yellow? Yellow light blue to the starter mode. 432 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 3: I'm half colored blind, so anytime I work on wires, 433 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 3: get thee Yeah. 434 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: Well basically we should have let's let's let's treat this 435 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: as I mean, listen, you could go down to the 436 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: starter and just check there, because you've got you've got 437 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: a heavy cable, right, and then you've got a singular 438 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: skinny wire correct, right, you're yeah, we call it a 439 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: solnoid wire. But start wires good, I'll take that, all right, 440 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: you know, do we have power there? All right? But 441 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: I like to work. I'm kind of lazy. I get 442 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 1: tired of crawling under vehicle. So I'll go to the junction. 443 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,679 Speaker 1: The junction here is the relay. The relay is going 444 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: to have three wires. It's going to have a hot end, 445 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 1: a hot out, and a feed down to the solenoid. 446 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 3: All right. 447 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: And if all that checks out, and then I've got 448 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: power to the starter all right to engage it, then 449 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: I'm starting to think, is my battery cable okay? And 450 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: i'd voltage drop tests that just for basics, all right? 451 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 1: And is my ground? Okay? We never think about the grounds, 452 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 1: you know, we never we don't consider ground. 453 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 3: It look decent while while, but well what about the 454 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 3: other what about the other end? You know, starter the prank? Okay? 455 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 1: Right where it connects to the block. I had a 456 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: I had a fourteen sort of a different subject, but 457 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,640 Speaker 1: the same thing. I had a fourteen Silverado this week 458 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: that would go into a no crank condition and you'd 459 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: go to start and it was just stone dead, nothing, 460 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 1: no lights, nothing like, you know, like the battery was stolen. 461 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 1: And I went around, and I looked at it, and 462 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: I went through battery low, tested good, and everything was right, 463 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: And just on impulse, I wiggled this section of the 464 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: negative battery cable where it ran down and came close 465 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: to the firewall like there was something about the way 466 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: it was kinked, and all of a sudden, all my 467 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 1: lights came back and the truck ran. It had a 468 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 1: bad negative cable. So, you know, we never look at 469 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: the negative, you know, So would I would consider that 470 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 1: weird does it go? And how does it connect? And 471 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 1: on this fourteen Silverado, which has been a little bit 472 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: of an electrically possessed truck over the last couple of years, 473 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 1: the body ground because the cable splits. There's a ground 474 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: that went to the engine block, which was the heavy ground, 475 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: and then there was the body ground that went to 476 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 1: the body off the negative battery cable. While at the 477 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 1: factory they undercoated it so well and it crept underneath 478 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: that body ground portion and it made a very bad connection. 479 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: So I'm willing to bet I fixed more than a 480 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: few things with that cable this weekend this week, you know, 481 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: So always always look at the negative, all right, if 482 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: you yeah, you know, yeah, well if you find that, 483 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: let's go backwards. Let's say you don't have power going 484 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: down to the starter on that feed, all right, and 485 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 1: this problem is they're hot. I have seen cases where 486 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 1: the trans switch, you know, the is this a sticker 487 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: and automatic, Dean, you broke up? This is this truck 488 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: a sticker and automatic? It's okay. Just make sure that 489 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: that should have a clutch, that should have a safety 490 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: switch on the clutch, right you have to push. Yeah, 491 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: just make sure that you've got power on both sides 492 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: of that. Uh, that that's not causing a problem, because 493 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: if that clutch safety switch is bad, it won't crank either. 494 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: And nobody ever thinks of that. All right, yeah, yeah, 495 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 1: but that's how it that's how I would approach it. 496 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 1: It's it's basics. Man. If it cranks when you apply power, 497 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: you're missing you know, follow the electrons, you're missing voltage somewhere. Okay, 498 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: all right, so good luck to you, keep us posted. 499 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 1: You'd be well, Dean, Thank you, thank you, very welcome, sir. 500 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: My pleasure, my pleasure. Yeah, listen, I don't care how 501 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: complicated it is. It's let's let's break it down and 502 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,120 Speaker 1: make it simple. One of the things, you know, back 503 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: when I was teaching, well, I guess I am still 504 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 1: teaching in a sense, but I would I would break 505 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: it down. I just take the part out of the 506 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: car and say, okay, put it on the bench. How 507 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,360 Speaker 1: does it work? Can I make it work? 508 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 3: You know? 509 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: And it's just it's you know, power ground signal. What 510 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,360 Speaker 1: are we looking for? And you know that's all part 511 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 1: of it. So that's what that's that's the way you 512 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: approach cars. Let's let's make it work on the bench 513 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: and then we can make it work in the car 514 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: if we don't understand it. Eight five five five six 515 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero. The car Doctor's coming back 516 00:25:48,760 --> 00:26:03,359 Speaker 1: right after this. Let's welcome back. I'm running of the 517 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 1: car doctor. Let's say hello to Tom. Tom. I'm here 518 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: to rescue you. Tom. Listen, I'm not letting you out 519 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: of the house this week because you can't travel upstate. 520 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 1: Because I understand there's a you guys have a problem 521 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: in New York. What the heck is going on over there? 522 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: If it's not one thing, it's another. 523 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 5: We have a lot of problems in New York. 524 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 3: No. 525 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 5: I had a little argument with the deer. 526 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: Well, the deer was a problem. I was talking about 527 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,679 Speaker 1: the battery fire upstate New York with. 528 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 5: About about twenty miles east of Watertown, New York. There's 529 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 5: a solar farm that the batteries are on fire, and 530 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 5: I was watching that in the news the other morning. 531 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 5: And first of all, on the video, the fire is 532 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 5: burning blue green. It's not a normal orange fire, which 533 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 5: is weird. 534 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: Well, that's because the chemicals. But your governor says, listen, 535 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 1: you're a governor. The government said, there's no toxicity there, 536 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: and it may be bad for your health, it's not 537 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: necessarily bad for your health. 538 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, they said that at the smoldering pile at nine 539 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 5: to eleven two. But let's not get political, right, but yeah, yeah, no, no, no, 540 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 5: And it's like and they interviewed the local TV up 541 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:17,679 Speaker 5: here up there, interviewed the fire department, and the firemen 542 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,400 Speaker 5: are staying, all we can do is stand here and watch. 543 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 5: It's going to be it's going to be at least 544 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 5: seven days, possibly more until this thing's out, which has 545 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 5: to burn out. 546 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,959 Speaker 1: Now, are these these are lithium batteries that are on fire. Yeah, right, 547 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 1: So this is like a big pile of electric vehicles 548 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 1: all melting into one. 549 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 5: Yep, yep, yeah, but but but you know this is good, 550 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 5: it's good stuff. 551 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's what we want. I was and the reason 552 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 1: I was thinking of this is I was reading an 553 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 1: article that Research Cafe sent us this week by it 554 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: from Jelopnik out on the web about it's too hot 555 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,360 Speaker 1: for evs to work right, and they talk about how 556 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: an extreme heat which we're we're going through right now 557 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 1: here here in the States. A Seattle based EV battery 558 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: and range analytics company called Recurrent, the article starts out, 559 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: has tested thousands of vehicles in various weather conditions. It 560 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: found that many vehicles, many electric vehicles, experience a significant 561 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: decline in their range as temperatures rose. Some apparently suffered 562 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 1: a thirty one percent drop when temp's got about one 563 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: hundred degrees fahrenheit. That's less than ideal at cooler temperatures. 564 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 1: The outlet's report that the range loss wasn't as high. 565 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: There was an average of five percent reduction at ninety 566 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 1: degrees and two point eight percent at eighty So it's 567 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 1: definitely not linear. So it seems that the EV future, Well, 568 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 1: don't worry, Tom, technology is going to fix this. Because 569 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: everybody keeps telling me that I'm single handedly trying to 570 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: defeat the EV. But I should wait because technology is 571 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: going to solve all of this, of course. 572 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 5: Yeah, but you know we'll all be dead by the 573 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 5: time that happens. 574 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 3: Yeah. 575 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, this is going to be one 576 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: hundred years from now. So if that fire in New 577 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: York gets any bigger, there, we'll be dead a lot sooner. 578 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: Not to be doom in gloom. 579 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 5: Speaking of believing the government, you want to talk about 580 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 5: my my registration dilemma. 581 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: H yeah, that's an interesting story, but you have to watch. 582 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: We only have four minutes. Don't want to run over town. 583 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 5: Oh no, no, we won't take much time. In a nutshell, 584 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 5: my daughter has moved to Massachusetts and I hold the 585 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 5: loan on the car. This this was a graduation present 586 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 5: when she graduated ved school, and I said, okay, let's 587 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 5: do the right thing. Let's register in Massachusetts. 588 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 1: Oh no, can't do that. 589 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 5: I'm not a resident of Massachusetts. It's like, well, wait 590 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 5: a minute, you have you have a tax on the 591 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 5: car every year, so I'm trying to give you money 592 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 5: to use your roads. No, no, can't do that. Okay, 593 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 5: So I called in the orc. I said do you 594 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 5: have a reciprocal agreement for inspection? 595 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: No? 596 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 5: And I said, well why not, Well because it's not 597 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 5: a New York state inspection. And I said, really, they 598 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 5: inspect the same exact things you do, but it's not 599 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 5: a New York state inspection. So she's got to drive 600 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 5: four hours home next week to put the car up 601 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 5: on a lift for ten minutes. So it's like and 602 00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 5: but here's the kicker. Here's the kicker if if a 603 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 5: cop starts patrolling her apartment complex and sees the car 604 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 5: there too often, he's going to ticket to thing because 605 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 5: it's an out of state car and somebody has obviously 606 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 5: living there. But I can't I don't live there, and 607 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 5: I can't register the car in their state. 608 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: Hello, I wonder, so I wonder what if I wonder 609 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 1: what you know, do we have any policemen in the audience. 610 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 1: Could they write in and tell us what would they 611 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 1: do in that situation? What are the legalities there? Because 612 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 1: you know, this is one of those those catch twenty twos. 613 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 1: I think that it doesn't it doesn't make a whole 614 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: lot of sense. You know, it's and you know, let's 615 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,479 Speaker 1: expand this out, Tom, It's not just your daughter. How 616 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 1: many kids right graduate college they live out of state. 617 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: Maybe it's a New York to Massachusetts thing, maybe it's 618 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 1: a different state. How many So, how many extra vehicles 619 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 1: are we putting on the road burning gas while we're 620 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 1: trying to save the environment, unnecessarily to take long trips 621 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 1: home to get vehicles registered. It's it's it's kind of ludicrous. 622 00:30:59,640 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 3: You know. 623 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 5: Her car registration is due for renewal. It's like I 624 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 5: have to get but it has to get inspected before 625 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 5: it's renewed. And I said to the woman on the phone, 626 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 5: I said, so she was going to school in California, 627 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 5: she'd have to drive home five days and then drive home, 628 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 5: the drive back to school five days because you won't 629 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 5: register the thing because it's you know, because she can't 630 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 5: get it inspected. Right at the moment, they said yeah, 631 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 5: And I went, you people are you're idiots. You're all idiots. 632 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 1: Now you gotta well listen. Not picking on New York, Tom, 633 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: I'm not impressed by New York because the other thing 634 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 1: New York did this week, this is pick on New 635 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: York Day. I'm sorry, but the other thing New York 636 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,720 Speaker 1: did this this week. I read somewhere that the utility companies, 637 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,720 Speaker 1: because of the increased demand and in the rise of 638 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,960 Speaker 1: electric vehicles, they're raising your utility bill in New York 639 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: somewhere between sixteen and twenty percent over the course of 640 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: the next eighteen months. So you get read it's a 641 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: big surprise. 642 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:57,239 Speaker 5: But interestingly, with all the air conditioning time we've had 643 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 5: in the last month month and a half because of 644 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 5: the heat around here, my electric bill went down. 645 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: That makes no sense. 646 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 3: We'll figure. 647 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 1: By the way, speaking of utilities, before we go to 648 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: the pause, there was a note in the news this 649 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: week that eleven states have declared an electrical emergency asking 650 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: us to curtail and conserve because the grid can't handle 651 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: the demand placed on it now by all the air 652 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: conditioning use. So you tell me how in eight years 653 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 1: I got to go here. How in eight years we're 654 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: going to have increased ability to meet the demand of 655 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 1: all the evs that are going to allegedly be on 656 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: the road and able to be charged. It's magic, Yeah, 657 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,480 Speaker 1: it's going to be magic, all right, So let's pull 658 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 1: over and take the pause. I'm ronning any and the 659 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: car doctor, the elusive illustrious Tom Ray will both be 660 00:32:42,400 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 1: back right after this, don't go away. Sometimes welcome back 661 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,840 Speaker 1: by the way ron and aiding the car doctor. Sometimes 662 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,960 Speaker 1: auto repair is not straight and cut forward. It's not 663 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: as clear as you'd like to expect it to be. 664 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: We had an O eight Fusion in the shop this 665 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 1: week that came in. We haven't seen the car in 666 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 1: a while. It's a it's a quick loob car. It 667 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,040 Speaker 1: kind of wanders away. Actually it's a no loop car 668 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 1: because I found out its oil change was a year overdue, 669 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 1: and we set the owner down and explained to her 670 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 1: why that's a bad thing and why she should still 671 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,200 Speaker 1: change the oil on a regular basis, even though it's 672 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 1: you know, she only goes, well, it's an O eight 673 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 1: and she's got fifty four thousand miles on it, so 674 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,160 Speaker 1: understand why I say that. And it had two fault 675 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 1: codes and I check engine line on. I had a 676 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: P zero one to twenty eight engine temperature not coming 677 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,680 Speaker 1: up to regulate a speck. And it had a P 678 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: zero four to H three a problem in e GR 679 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:49,479 Speaker 1: valve circuit performance. You know, I didn't make the connection. 680 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 1: There is no connection. You know, sometimes cars just have 681 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: two dissimilar faults. It would be like you know, your 682 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:01,120 Speaker 1: right foot hurts and you've got an earache. They're just 683 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: connected by the fact that they're both attached to your body. 684 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 1: And that was about the only commonality, only common connection 685 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: that this vehicle had. Long story short, The P zero 686 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 1: one twenty eight was a bad thermistat. The thermostat was 687 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 1: leaking and it were cross leaking. It was kind of neat. 688 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,280 Speaker 1: I got a motorad piece to replace it because nothing works, 689 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: you know, motorat as oe nothing works as good as 690 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 1: a motorat in my opinion. But they make a very 691 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 1: nice thermostat, very nice thermostat in housing. And you could 692 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,759 Speaker 1: see the original thermostat. It had popped out of its 693 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: housing and it was sitting well, it wasn't sitting flush anymore, 694 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:35,920 Speaker 1: and it was leaking right around the stat So the 695 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,279 Speaker 1: motorad thermostat solved that. Of course, getting to it was 696 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,319 Speaker 1: another story. I had to take the power steering pump 697 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,759 Speaker 1: off and pull fluid out of the system in order 698 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,800 Speaker 1: to get to the thermostat, because if you were an engineer, 699 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:49,560 Speaker 1: why would you make it accessible. The EGR valve, however, 700 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 1: also not accessible all right. Had to pull the lower 701 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,800 Speaker 1: radiator hose off to get to the bolts through the 702 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 1: EGR valve. Had a problem in the yellow green wire 703 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 1: are going to pin number one that it shorted, took 704 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,319 Speaker 1: out the driver in the eger valve. Had to put 705 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: a valve and repair the wiring harness on it. No connection, 706 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 1: no commonality, but in the end, through two dissimilar faults, 707 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:15,279 Speaker 1: we were able to fix it and get it back 708 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,240 Speaker 1: on the road. So sometimes just you know, follow procedure 709 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 1: steps one through eight, whatever it is, and just that's 710 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,759 Speaker 1: what gets the job done. I'm running eighty in the 711 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 1: car doctor until the next time, reminding you good mechanics 712 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:27,960 Speaker 1: aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you