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Speaker 1: Ron Anian, we are changing the way we approach cars,

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Speaker 1: both in their design and the way we think about

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Speaker 1: the the car Doctor, are we going to drive at night?

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Speaker 1: It's basically an electric car. And then you have a

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Speaker 1: your solar calls on to so as your battery technology

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Speaker 1: continues to advance, you know you're gonna be seeing larger

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Speaker 1: and larger range out of the vehicle. Welcome to the

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Speaker 1: radio home of Ron and Nanian the Car Doctor. Since

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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: you a busy signal, pick up the phone and call

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Speaker 1: in the garage to orders are open, but I am

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Speaker 1: here to take your call at eight five five six

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Speaker 1: and now running. Hey, welcome, start your engines eight five

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Speaker 1: five five zero nine zero zero. The car Doctors here

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Speaker 1: cooking along brought any in the car Doctor, the one

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Speaker 1: and only Offen imitating never duplicated. As we sit here

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Speaker 1: to motorad across this great country of ours, I've noticed

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Speaker 1: that if you noticed that that there are a lot

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Speaker 1: of car doctor repair shops in the country. Now you

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Speaker 1: know we're doing this radio show twenty six years and

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Speaker 1: it was never the name of the shop, but it

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Speaker 1: just you know, you're the doctor, you're the car doctor.

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Speaker 1: That that's how the name kind of took thirty years ago.

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Speaker 1: And I've noticed now there's a bunch of car doctor

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Speaker 1: of a sudden you see, you know, the card doctor

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Speaker 1: I create that? I hate to make it sound yes, Tom,

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Speaker 1: they say it's the sincerest form of flattery. Well you know, Tom,

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Speaker 1: But I just I wonder, Um, there was a car

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Speaker 1: and I is not. Hey, um, and go away, go

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Speaker 1: not me. Um. But it's just it's interesting to see.

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Speaker 1: So But anyway, I am here. Um this hour fellas

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Speaker 1: this hour we're giving away the Wicks thirty nine. Ford

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Speaker 1: Tony has to stop playing with it, all right, it's

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Speaker 1: time to give it away to a listener. I don't

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Speaker 1: we're in agreement. So we're giving at Which thirty nine

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Speaker 1: for hot Rod this hour, um scale model of the

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Speaker 1: car that Henry Ford made famous. It is a period

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Speaker 1: period correct black paint, hup, custom cream red scallops and

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Speaker 1: just a real nice collectible piece and we're gonna be

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Speaker 1: giving that away this hour. We'll let the promo run

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Speaker 1: once more because these guys do a better job of

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Speaker 1: describing it than I do. Um. I will give them

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Speaker 1: as Wicks Filters, the sponsor of it, out at Wicks

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Speaker 1: filters dot com. And you know how much we love

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Speaker 1: Wicks Filters. We love Wicks Filters. Let's get back to

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Speaker 1: Walt from MAUI. We're kind of flying off the handle here,

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Speaker 1: or flying by the seat of our pants. Walter, you're

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Speaker 1: I'll make it happier. Ten years later, by two thousand five,

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Speaker 1: After that car is three four years old, all the

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Speaker 1: I take I'm taking the door panel off. I I

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Speaker 1: And you know that's you know, the car was talking

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Speaker 1: But you know that stuff happens so professional tech, because

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Speaker 1: And I think it's because I'm in a listen and

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Speaker 1: You're probably just as professional as the rest of us,

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Speaker 1: because you're as professional as me. Because I guarantee you

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Speaker 1: you would have fixed it just like I did. That's

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Speaker 1: what makes the professional. You know what, any idiot can

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Speaker 1: break something. Fixing that's a whole another story. Yes, sir,

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Speaker 1: that what happened? Well, well, it sounds like a conversation

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Speaker 1: a couple of adult beverages. Walter, I gotta go and

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Speaker 1: running late. Um, you replace your central control module when

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Speaker 1: Any of the car doctor rolling along this hour talking

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Speaker 1: Always fun to talk to. Walt. Walt's been a long

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Speaker 1: is I have an O four Explorer with the four

427
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,359
Speaker 1: six and then No. One one f one fifty with

428
00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,040
Speaker 1: the five four, And so I was into looking before

429
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,400
Speaker 1: I purchased one, to make sure that what I purchased

430
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:09,639
Speaker 1: is compatible, you know, to the older Um right, I

431
00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,880
Speaker 1: can say, I guess the old one sixteen and then

432
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:18,080
Speaker 1: the old four is thirteen years old. So so you've

433
00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:23,639
Speaker 1: got a sixteen and oh one and I've got and

434
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,320
Speaker 1: oh four and an oh one. Okay, Okay, got you.

435
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,640
Speaker 1: So why don't we before we do anything, why don't

436
00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,920
Speaker 1: we get up on eBay and and look and see

437
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,720
Speaker 1: what's available, come up with a price range thousand bucks

438
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,520
Speaker 1: five bucks, and see what a repair shop might be

439
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,959
Speaker 1: getting rid of. You know, maybe they've got a used

440
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:49,479
Speaker 1: Modus or a used OTC Genesis, or maybe you know,

441
00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,960
Speaker 1: something that doesn't necessarily fit their needs because the older

442
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,240
Speaker 1: population is dying off in terms of cars, and they're

443
00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,560
Speaker 1: trying to you know something new. I mean, listen, I'm

444
00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,320
Speaker 1: trying to clear out shelf space all the time at

445
00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,280
Speaker 1: the shop. Uh, you know, and it it becomes a

446
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,679
Speaker 1: case of uh um, you know. You find that that

447
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,440
Speaker 1: that older tool, you put it out on eBay, you

448
00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,840
Speaker 1: get rid of it and then pick up the newer

449
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 1: one and maybe that'll solve the problem for you. But

450
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,360
Speaker 1: first things first, you gotta find out what you know,

451
00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,840
Speaker 1: what your system is, and that's your first piece of homework.

452
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:22,920
Speaker 1: All right, sir, Well, thank you so much. I'll tell

453
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,560
Speaker 1: you what Larry, sit on the phone. Tom just gave

454
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,960
Speaker 1: me the thumbs up. Tom, would you go ahead? Yes, Larry,

455
00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,520
Speaker 1: we're gonna be sending out the thirty nine Ford from

456
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,119
Speaker 1: the folks at Wis to you. We figured you can

457
00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:32,560
Speaker 1: add that to your collection. This way, you can have

458
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,240
Speaker 1: four cars, but you can only drive on three of them. Um.

459
00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,879
Speaker 1: It's You're very welcome, sir. It's a one eighteen scale

460
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 1: thirty nine Ford coupe um, a very nice piece of

461
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,920
Speaker 1: very nice collectible from the folks at Wicks. Keep in mind,

462
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,359
Speaker 1: for seventy five years works is protecting engines and going

463
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:48,760
Speaker 1: forward and we want to thank them for that. We

464
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:50,360
Speaker 1: want to thank them for making this little hot road

465
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,920
Speaker 1: car available more information at wiks filters dot com. Larry,

466
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 1: you enjoy your car, Stay on the line and talk

467
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,159
Speaker 1: to Tom. Let's get over to Allen and Lacrosse, Wisconsin

468
00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,439
Speaker 1: GMC Canyon and the questions on a security system. Allen,

469
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,320
Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor. Sure, how can I help? Well? Great? Uh,

470
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:10,480
Speaker 1: I have a problem with the security system on my

471
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:18,960
Speaker 1: two thousand twelve Canyon. UH. Periodically will not start. The

472
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 1: vehicle will not start, and I'm glad to believe it's

473
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,399
Speaker 1: the security system. I went through and did a test

474
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,520
Speaker 1: on the security system, you know, manly opening the door

475
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 1: window up, arming the system with the remote, and then

476
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:39,600
Speaker 1: opening the door with opening the lock up first on

477
00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,600
Speaker 1: the inside and then opening the door. The horn sounds.

478
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 1: The vehicle will not start. But my problem is occasionally

479
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,360
Speaker 1: I will get in the vehicle after opening it up

480
00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:55,159
Speaker 1: with the remote, or the doors are not even locked.

481
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,000
Speaker 1: Uh was sitting in my driveway or you know, UH

482
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,479
Speaker 1: at the grocery store. You know, I just ran in

483
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,040
Speaker 1: for something, I didn't lock the vehicle, and I'll jump

484
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,960
Speaker 1: in the vehicle and it won't start. The horn does

485
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:13,760
Speaker 1: not go off like the security system engages, but the UM,

486
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,240
Speaker 1: the light on the instrument panel uh tells me that

487
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 1: the antisept system has been triggered. UM. And even with

488
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:29,879
Speaker 1: the factory key, UM, it doesn't start. Nobody had that

489
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 1: happened time after time, And it always happens when I'm

490
00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:34,879
Speaker 1: kind of in a curry, when I'm jumping in quick

491
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,240
Speaker 1: and I can't figure out why it's doing it any

492
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 1: any any um Uh troll codes? Anybody scanned this at all? Yes, yes,

493
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 1: there's been a scan, but there there's no codes that

494
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 1: came up. UM. And I've had it into three dealers

495
00:26:55,480 --> 00:27:00,760
Speaker 1: and uh, all three dealers. You know. Uh they brought

496
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 1: it down to a well at first because of what

497
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,440
Speaker 1: the vehicle used. Uh, it must be the battery. Well

498
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,399
Speaker 1: then you know, we putting new battery in, and the

499
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:14,080
Speaker 1: battery a good but they insisted putting new battery in

500
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 1: at the next dealer. Ship U. Then it was the

501
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 1: starter and you know, UM, no, no, no, no, no, no,

502
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:26,280
Speaker 1: no listen, um, the the next time it happens. What

503
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,919
Speaker 1: I'm what I'm looking for is I'm looking for a

504
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:32,320
Speaker 1: code B as in boy zero six eight seven, alright,

505
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 1: which is a fault in the body computer So that's

506
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,720
Speaker 1: my other question. When they scan there, so they're looking

507
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,120
Speaker 1: at what was the quote? Again, I'm betting there's gonna

508
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,639
Speaker 1: be a B as in Boy zero six eight seven,

509
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 1: which is a fault in the security system circuit, all right,

510
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 1: And I'm questioning when they did the code scan, did

511
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,400
Speaker 1: they look in the PCM, meaning the powertrain control module?

512
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,880
Speaker 1: Did they look just with O b D two as

513
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 1: far as the skin or the they do, You'll never

514
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 1: see it, absolutely never see it. All right, Um, the

515
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 1: best way, and I'm gonna I just want to revisit

516
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 1: this real quick. The difference between O b D two

517
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: and General Motors Software. All right. There there's two operating

518
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: systems in every car, just like there's two operating systems

519
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,479
Speaker 1: on your car. On your desktop computer, you might have

520
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:29,919
Speaker 1: Windows ten. That's your operating system. That's General Motors software,

521
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,600
Speaker 1: all right. But Norton anti virus or or you know,

522
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 1: a VG anti virus, that's O b D two, the

523
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,520
Speaker 1: anti virus or the the The O b D two

524
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: is watching the manufacturer software to tell us when something

525
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 1: is out of compliance with emissions, if the emissions are

526
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 1: too high, all right. That's what the federal law states.

527
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: When federal emissions exceed one and a half times the

528
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,280
Speaker 1: legal limit. Long story short, if the car doesn't start,

529
00:28:58,400 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 1: are the emission is going to exceed one and I

530
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 1: have times the legal limit? No, right, because he's not

531
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 1: putting out anything, so they don't need to have any

532
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 1: information in O B D two. Hey, Alan's car didn't start.

533
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 1: That information is going to be under manufacturer specific that's

534
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 1: gonna be in the bc M. All right. It's it's

535
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 1: coming down to, you know, and the older we get.

536
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:23,720
Speaker 1: We're supposed to go to the doctor and get a

537
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 1: physical once a year. Right, it's coming down to where

538
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 1: once a year every car needs a full system scan

539
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:35,720
Speaker 1: on the manufacturer software side to look at everything. I'm

540
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 1: willing to bet there's gonna be a be as in

541
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 1: Boy zero six eight seven in this car that tells

542
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: me that somewhere along the way the theft, the current

543
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 1: module didn't agree and didn't send proper signal to the PCM,

544
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 1: the powertrain control module. If you can catch this in

545
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: the act using using a proper scan tool, you want

546
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,920
Speaker 1: to look at a pit a piece of information that

547
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:05,400
Speaker 1: called crank request all right, In other words, did the

548
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:10,600
Speaker 1: PCM request yes or no? Crank. If it says no, UM,

549
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 1: then chances are doing a logic reset, disconnecting the battery

550
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,880
Speaker 1: and things like that may help the situation temporarily, but

551
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: if it happens on a continuous basis, there may be

552
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: a problem with the THEMP to turn control module itself. UM.

553
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,600
Speaker 1: Last piece of information, make sure this vehicle is flashed

554
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 1: to the latest software meeting. All the operating modules have

555
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 1: the latest software as per the manufacturer, just to eliminate

556
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,720
Speaker 1: the possibility of a software glitch causing this as well.

557
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 1: All right, sir, okay, yes, and yes, would that have

558
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 1: anything to do with the door locked, uh malfunctioning? Very well, yes,

559
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, all this is all this is tied

560
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 1: together through the security system. Absolutely, okay, because I've had

561
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,600
Speaker 1: a problem with the door locks, let's let's take let's

562
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 1: take right, well, let's take them one step at a

563
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,280
Speaker 1: time before we know if the theft, if the theft

564
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 1: module has a fault and that's what's locking the vehicle,

565
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: then yeah, that will that will do it for you.

566
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 1: But let's one step at a time. Let's get a

567
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,120
Speaker 1: system scan all the modules and then give me a

568
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 1: call back next week if you find something. Eight five

569
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 1: zero nine zero zero, Ron Nating the car Doctor will

570
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 1: be back right after this. Hey, welcome back. Run name

571
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 1: the card doctorates five five zero nine nine zero zero.

572
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 1: By the way, that is the car doctor seven phone number.

573
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: I should point that out and make you aware that

574
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: that phone number if you call eight five five five

575
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 1: zero nine zero zero. Tom Ray, our executive producer, are

576
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: illustrious executive producer who, by the way, appreciates lunch each

577
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: and every day and never complains about the sandwich that

578
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: I give him. It's very refreshing. And we'll actually call

579
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: you back and get you in lineup in queue for

580
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:57,360
Speaker 1: next week's live broadcast. Yes, Tom, you may kiss the

581
00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 1: ring after the show. Well, I appreciate it, sir. It's

582
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 1: them you do a heck of a job each and

583
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: every week. By the way, last week when you swept up,

584
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 1: you missed the spot. Um. So anyway, that's what ZO

585
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: nine zero zero is all about. Um real quick. So

586
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 1: you know, over the years, this radio show has been

587
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 1: accused of being too technical and two over the top

588
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,440
Speaker 1: and too difficult to understand at times. And I get that,

589
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 1: all right, that's what ought to repair is So I

590
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: am going to gently try to start talking about the

591
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,959
Speaker 1: next topic and see if we can generate some interest

592
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 1: and maybe some basic level And I'll try and keep

593
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 1: this simple. I want to talk about volumetric efficiency. Volumetric

594
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 1: efficiency is a measurement of Here, let me see if

595
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 1: I can give an example. Tony pick up the mic,

596
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 1: all right, Tony breathe in, okay, if we can measure

597
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 1: how much air. And Tony is a big guy. If

598
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,800
Speaker 1: we could measure how much air Tony could draw in,

599
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 1: we would be during his volumetric efficiency. All right. The

600
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: fact that he's a big, barry white looking guy, it's

601
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: you know, that's okay too, because he's kind of cute.

602
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 1: So the purpose of volumetric efficiency testing is to determine

603
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: is the fault that the vehicle is having? Is it mechanical?

604
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 1: Is it fuel related? Is it ignition? Where's the problem?

605
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 1: A couple of things that you're gonna look at with

606
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,360
Speaker 1: your scantl I'm gonna post this formula up on Facebook.

607
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 1: I've got to get permission from the folks over at Bosch,

608
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 1: and I know they'll give it to me, So I'm

609
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,720
Speaker 1: gonna stick my neck out and say we'll put this

610
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 1: up on Facebook. Basically, we need to look at mass

611
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: airflow in grahams per second. We want to look at

612
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 1: intake air attempt. We want to look at our PM

613
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 1: all right, and we want to have the ability to

614
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,120
Speaker 1: make sure we want to make sure the engines at

615
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 1: operating speed. We've got to find an area to do

616
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: a road test. And basically you're going to go and

617
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: do a wide open throttle road test, deserted road, somewhere

618
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: on the side, someplace you know, not near anybody, and

619
00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 1: you're gonna actually measure where you're calculated load goes. In

620
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 1: terms of volumetric efficiency, you should see seventy five to

621
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 1: seventy five is low. Some of the testing I've been

622
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,680
Speaker 1: doing of late gives me most a good engine known

623
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:14,960
Speaker 1: good eight five. Once in a while you get on. UM.

624
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 1: We had a vehicle the other day with a restricted

625
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,279
Speaker 1: exhaust that led us to some very interesting results. Let's

626
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 1: pull over and take a pause. Eight zero zero will

627
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: be back right after this. Hey, welcome back on any

628
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,759
Speaker 1: of the Carnocult's real quicket into it. Let's go over

629
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,960
Speaker 1: to Clydesdale in Michigan, UM and see what's going on.

630
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: I got about forty five second Clyde what's going on?

631
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: I got ready, Yeah, I'm ready, sir, Yeah, I got

632
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 1: a time. It's uh Cambridge the time, and the time

633
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 1: is Procket that don't have a mob on the time

634
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 1: of those pockets? Well once to the client shaf um.

635
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:55,840
Speaker 1: Yeah it does. If you look on the outer face

636
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: of the crank, it's a real fine mark. It's almost

637
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 1: like a hacks All blade mark, all right, like it's

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Speaker 1: it's it's not easy to see a real thin mark.

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Speaker 1: Look for the key way and look at about the

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Speaker 1: one thirty marker. I'm sorry, the two o'clock mark. Opposite

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Speaker 1: the key way. There'll be a real tiny slot there,

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Speaker 1: a little bit bigger than the other, but it's there,

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Speaker 1: clean away the dirt, and I'm sure you'll see it.

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Speaker 1: That's all I got time for. I'm run. Any of

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Speaker 1: the car doctor mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See