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Speaker 1: my phone, Ron Anian, there was a moment that defined

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Speaker 1: to know how to warp drive us supposed to work. Yes,

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Speaker 1: this is where car owners the world overturned to for

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Speaker 1: their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving

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Speaker 1: The garage doors are open, but I am here to

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Speaker 1: I think that's the same place, isn't it. Morey wants

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Speaker 1: More You can't say that about a car, Listen, I

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Speaker 1: like this. The early CVT s across the board really

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Speaker 1: to me the way I listened to it. But normal

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Speaker 1: If it doesn't, it's it's a bad actual WAT or solenoid.

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Speaker 1: And I've got ben valved well, yeah, that you'll know

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Speaker 1: Does it start now? Yes, it does start, and but

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Speaker 1: because it's the noise it's making. Right, Okay, send me

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Speaker 1: over to Sam in Florida thirteen Silverado with a vibration. Sam,

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Speaker 1: It sounds like something insulation, rubber mount. Look at the rack,

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Speaker 1: to Frank in New Mexico eight nine Niecean Center. Frank,

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Speaker 1: I found it. I found it was really worn and deteriorated.

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Speaker 1: I don't think so, not yet, Frank. Always a pleasure, sir, Hey,

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Speaker 1: I love the show. I learned something all the time

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Speaker 1: Let's get over, Steven. Let's go over Steven. New Hampshire. Oh,

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Speaker 1: Fort Tahosi seventy one, Steve, how can I help today?

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Speaker 1: So you're out the car doctor? What's going on? Yes, sir, excellent?

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Speaker 1: Oh four Chevy taho is seventy one? Recently? How to

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Speaker 1: Because one lousy exhaust man full bolt. I guess this

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Speaker 1: Now in New Jersey, it would have to be an

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Speaker 1: Uh you know, yeah, it's it's it's I've actually asked

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Speaker 1: four in it all is a month, So I'm shooting

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00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,480
Speaker 1: for a million miles on us. They pulled it in

423
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,880
Speaker 1: so it was two on it, and they really went

424
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:13,440
Speaker 1: through it with a fine to comb Um. If that, brother,

425
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 1: if that's the only thing they found, shame on them.

426
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,480
Speaker 1: But ask him, can you can you? Can you show

427
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:22,199
Speaker 1: that to me in writing? It's not hard right now,

428
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:23,760
Speaker 1: Let me give you the good Let me give you

429
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 1: the good news. And if I can remember the name

430
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,119
Speaker 1: of the company to be even better. But there is

431
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,440
Speaker 1: a there's a company out there, I want to say,

432
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:35,640
Speaker 1: in Pennsylvania or Ohio that is making and it's not

433
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,080
Speaker 1: I always think of them as the quick cheap tool. Um,

434
00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: there's another one not not K line or um oh

435
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,960
Speaker 1: god it okay pal? Yeah? Uh is it k pal

436
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: with the exhaust manifold guide that that bolts up to

437
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,440
Speaker 1: the head and you can drill out all the studs. Yes,

438
00:25:55,560 --> 00:26:01,120
Speaker 1: this uh, this is a bracket of exhaust manifold bracket.

439
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,360
Speaker 1: I actually bought a set. I've already installed. Uh, I'm

440
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,760
Speaker 1: planning to install them. The one by the firewall on

441
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,640
Speaker 1: the driver's side is going to be a real uh

442
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 1: you know what. But the other one that's gonna go

443
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 1: in by the oil dipstick, plan on removing the dipstick

444
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,480
Speaker 1: and installing it because the dipsticks in the way. So

445
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,119
Speaker 1: I just threw it up a replacement dipstick because I

446
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,520
Speaker 1: planned on probably butchering it between getting it out and

447
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 1: get it in. Yeah. Well this this is a guy.

448
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:27,959
Speaker 1: This is a fixture that bolts to the head so

449
00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 1: you can accurately drill the bolts out. Yes, all right,

450
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 1: And I saw it. I went, wow, somebody got smart.

451
00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:40,680
Speaker 1: This is probably a five tool set, but I thought

452
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,399
Speaker 1: it was well worth the effort. I actually considered buying

453
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,720
Speaker 1: it for the shop because we you know, just I

454
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,960
Speaker 1: just like tools. But uh, you know, um, I thought

455
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,920
Speaker 1: it was very well designed and um, you know, very

456
00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,440
Speaker 1: well made. But I would, I would definitely attempt I

457
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,720
Speaker 1: wouldn't attempt it without that jig because I think they're

458
00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 1: asking for trouble. But I would. I would do that.

459
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:04,920
Speaker 1: Would google search ls motor l S, exhaust, Manifold exhaust,

460
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:09,119
Speaker 1: Manifold bolt jig or bolt drilling or bolt removal, and

461
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 1: I bet you the company will come up. They have

462
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,400
Speaker 1: a bunch of really great YouTube videos and things like that.

463
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,920
Speaker 1: But I would. I would go back to your mechanic

464
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 1: and ask him, can you show me this in writing?

465
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:24,640
Speaker 1: Where's the statute? Yeah? You know, because because New Hampshire

466
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,239
Speaker 1: would have to say, hey, you know, go under the

467
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:31,040
Speaker 1: hood and look, all right, I could see rusted body

468
00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,880
Speaker 1: parts In New Jersey it used to be rusted body panels,

469
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,880
Speaker 1: fenders hanging off, things like that light's falling out. Yeah,

470
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 1: I get that, but I don't know. I want to

471
00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 1: know where it says he's allowed to go look at

472
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:46,480
Speaker 1: exhaust bolts or where that saying I've never I've never

473
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 1: heard of that. I'd like to see that's that's that's

474
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:54,120
Speaker 1: got to be in writing somewhere. Yeah, and by the way,

475
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 1: this particular mechanic, uh, where I took to getting respected,

476
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:03,919
Speaker 1: got voted sc Service Excellent Mechanic of the Year for

477
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 1: New Hampshire of the you know, the eastern seaboard. He

478
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 1: I guess this particular it's a large shoh. I don't

479
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 1: want to say the name of the place, but they, um,

480
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 1: it's a large repair facility. Again, I don't can't do

481
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 1: my own inspections, but this guy goes out of his way.

482
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,119
Speaker 1: If something, uh, you know, a side market, you're gonna fail.

483
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 1: But I get that. I get a side marker. I really,

484
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: I really do, Steve. And I'm not beating them up.

485
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, just show me the statute. You know,

486
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 1: I want to how are we entered. You know one

487
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,040
Speaker 1: thing I've learned about inspection. I've been a state inspector

488
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 1: for many years. There's no interpretation, all right. I actually

489
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,120
Speaker 1: got in trouble. I'll tell you the story real quick,

490
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 1: and then I'm gonna go. I actually got in trouble

491
00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 1: got ten twelve years ago with the State of New

492
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 1: Jersey because the statute said you were supposed to fail

493
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,360
Speaker 1: the car for an oil leak, and I refused to

494
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,400
Speaker 1: do it because it didn't tell me what constituted an

495
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:02,480
Speaker 1: oil leak and imposed the question. I actually got called

496
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 1: by Trenton and they said, you know you're not feeling

497
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,280
Speaker 1: We heard you talking about it on radio about oil leaves.

498
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 1: I said, yeah, what's the statue? Three drops on the ground,

499
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 1: a court on the ground. When you tell me how,

500
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 1: I want a clear parameter definition of failure, I'm still waiting.

501
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,600
Speaker 1: It's twelve years. Let me know how that works out

502
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 1: for you, So call me back. Tell me what happens.

503
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: I want to see it in writing. You gotta. I

504
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: will have a safe I'll be safe. A good weekend,

505
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 1: you too. I'll take good care Steve, you take good

506
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 1: care by by. Well, come on, now, you know what

507
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,239
Speaker 1: I want to know. The cars broke. Show me how

508
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 1: the cars broke. The car failed. Tell me why the

509
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: car failed. I want to see it in writing, not

510
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: a bunch of legal mumbo jumbo zero. I'll be back

511
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: right after this. Welcome back, doctor. Let's go over to

512
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:55,720
Speaker 1: Long Island, New York and talk to Helen. Helen, you're

513
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 1: ound with the car, doctor, How can I help? Hi? Hi?

514
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 1: I seven and seven Honda Civic e X and manual

515
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 1: transmission fairly new clutch UM. But even before it was

516
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: a new clutch, when I stopped at a light, depending

517
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:19,440
Speaker 1: on where I placed my foot, the clutch pedal won't

518
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 1: go down, So I can change gear. UM. And when

519
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:29,680
Speaker 1: I first bought this be League or model year Civic UM,

520
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 1: I did Google problems and it did somebody did say

521
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 1: that they were having the same problem. I was wondering

522
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 1: if you had ever seen this problem. I can I

523
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 1: can go, but it depends on the placement of my

524
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,920
Speaker 1: foot on the clutch pedal, So it's sort of like

525
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 1: you put it at the wrong spot. The angle is

526
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 1: loading the pedal in the wrong direction and it won't

527
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,960
Speaker 1: go down easily. Yeah, that sounds like it. Yes, Okay,

528
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 1: does it? Does it pop? Does it click? Does it

529
00:30:55,960 --> 00:31:01,520
Speaker 1: make noise? Sometimes? Never? Never? I just moved up like

530
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 1: this time. No no, no, no no. Take a look

531
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: at you got a pencil and paper, Helen. Take a

532
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 1: look at Honda bulletin eleven dash double O five. They've

533
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 1: had a couple of variations of that. It might be

534
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 1: an A or B. The last one I saw it

535
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:20,560
Speaker 1: was January, and they talk about the clutch pedal might

536
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,200
Speaker 1: stick at might click, it might pop, it might squeak

537
00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: sort of what you're describing to me. They had issues

538
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 1: with the clutch master cylinder. The distance between the push

539
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: rod and the master as it's mounted in the vehicle

540
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 1: was insufficient, and they've redesigned the clutch master, and that

541
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 1: might be applicable to year car. The bulletin lays out

542
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:42,560
Speaker 1: in detail by then by chassis number. How to tell

543
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: if your vehicle is applicable to that bulletin, and you

544
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 1: may want to consider having your mechanic look for that

545
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 1: and possibly changing that clutch master. You know, it's really

546
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,680
Speaker 1: a simple hydraulic circuit. There's a cylinder down on the

547
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 1: clutch or on the transmission that pushes in on the

548
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 1: clutch fork, and there's a master cylinder up top like

549
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,280
Speaker 1: a breakmaster cylinder. After that. If the clutch won't physically move,

550
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 1: as long as it has good hydraulic pressure and the

551
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 1: hydraulic portion is functioning correct, you're into the clutch itself.

552
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 1: Was the problem like this prior to the clutch being replaced, Yes,

553
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: So I've got to think it's not related to what

554
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: they did. I would look at this bulletin and just

555
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: be certain before you spent any money unnecessarily and it

556
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 1: might make your life a whole lot easier. Okay, alright,

557
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:30,040
Speaker 1: that's Honda five, Yes, ma'am Honda, it's it's a Honda

558
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 1: bulletin data. January was the last one I saw, and

559
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 1: it's eleven dash double oh five. All right, thank you

560
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: so much, Thank you always for your information. You're very welcome.

561
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 1: You take good care. Zero the car dockers coming back

562
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 1: right after this. What this car is automatic? It's systematic,

563
00:32:53,520 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 1: it's hard, dramatic. What's breeze lightning? Welcome back of the

564
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:05,960
Speaker 1: car doctor. No more phone calls. Let me close out

565
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: this hour. It's been a fast two hours this week,

566
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 1: and the time just seems to fly by. Tom. Maybe

567
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 1: it's time for a four hour show. A couple of things.

568
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:14,719
Speaker 1: I want to talk real fast, because we had some

569
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,080
Speaker 1: calls today on older cars. We had an older car

570
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 1: in the shop this week at two thousand Nissan Maxima

571
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 1: that was setting up zero one thirty eight downstream O

572
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 1: two bank one censor fault V six car and it

573
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: needed to know too, and I was able to locate

574
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: a denso which is the equivalent or OI equivalent sensor

575
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: for that vehicle, and it fixed the car. That's not

576
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: the point. I did lay out some options for the customer,

577
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,400
Speaker 1: and I just want to go over and real quick

578
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 1: here when you're dealing with something of that agent vintage,

579
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 1: all right, and Nissan sent tend to do this, So

580
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 1: maybe it's a characteristic of Nissan as well. You know.

581
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 1: I cautioned him that changing that downstream oh too can

582
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 1: in a very short period of time produced some other symptoms,

583
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 1: one of which could be a catalytic converter failure. I've

584
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 1: had a few nie ons and my theory is the

585
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:06,479
Speaker 1: cats deteriorate. The O two is deteriorate, the light comes on,

586
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 1: they get left on, driven but ignored, and then finally

587
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 1: we diagnose the O two issue. And now we come

588
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,880
Speaker 1: back a couple of weeks later with a possible CAT failure,

589
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,919
Speaker 1: will get a P zero CAT fault code. And it's

590
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 1: showing me that you know, the car is old, it's

591
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,879
Speaker 1: twenty years old. It needed to know too, it can

592
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: be tested for CAT. And I guess the point becomes,

593
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 1: don't rule out on older cars that like newer cars,

594
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 1: it's just gonna have one problem. You know, there's no

595
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 1: rule that says one problem one and done. All right.

596
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 1: Things aren't done until the computer is happy and the

597
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 1: vehicle has been driven, and proper parts and and so forth.

598
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 1: So I just want to highlight that. The other thing

599
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,279
Speaker 1: I want to mention is a lot of you have

600
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:49,880
Speaker 1: called it and said to me, hey, ron, I hear

601
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:53,120
Speaker 1: you're talking about k seal and fixing head gaskets and

602
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,120
Speaker 1: some of the other things that it does. What's the

603
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: head gasket? I realize sometimes I get in. I'll take

604
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 1: you in over your head. Go out the k seal

605
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: dot com. They've got a web page there all right.

606
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 1: If you look up at the top under problem solver,

607
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: and it will show you a head gasket and some

608
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,360
Speaker 1: of the other components that case heal can fix. And

609
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 1: they've got some really great pictures and videos of head gaskets,

610
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:19,360
Speaker 1: what they do, how they work, more importantly, how they fail,

611
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 1: and why k seal is the alternative and is the

612
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 1: choice for repairing the vehicle, and why having that bottle

613
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 1: of case, like we tell you here on the show,

614
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 1: is just such a smart move and such an absolute,

615
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 1: you know, absolute necessary, vital u vital step towards ensuring

616
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,840
Speaker 1: that you're on the road and that you're getting home safe.

617
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:39,879
Speaker 1: So get out the case seal dot com and you'll

618
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:41,840
Speaker 1: see it there. I want to thank Tom Ray for

619
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: his again another week of exquisite work. Tom's the man.

620
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,200
Speaker 1: He's always there for me when I need him the most.

621
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 1: Um He's the guy. And I want to thank you

622
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 1: for tuning in and listening because I really enjoyed being

623
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 1: here for each and every one of you. I'm ring

624
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: any in the car doctor this time every time for

625
00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 1: a good time, reminding you good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless.

626
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 1: Sea