1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: Ron Andanian, Hey, your car ran out of oil. Usually 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,039 Speaker 1: someone would go, oh my god, it was just crickets, 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: like he knew, he expected it, like he's he's seen 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: this before. I gotta be let Jack, I got a 5 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: broken down calm. I can make it that broken down 6 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: the car Doctor. What roadeforce balancing does is it looks 7 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: at that elliptical balance or that elliptical circle and it 8 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: matches the weight to counter rack for that high and 9 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: low spot of the room and attire. Welcome to the 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: radio home of Ron and the Car Doctor. Since this 11 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: is where car owners the world overturned to for their 12 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you 13 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: a busy signal, pick up the phone and call in 14 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: the garage to orders are open, but I am here 15 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: to take your calls at eight five five five six 16 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: hundred and now running. Hey, it's time to start your engines. 17 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: A long and welcome Ron in any of the car 18 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: Doctor here at five five five zero nine zero the 19 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: Car Doctor phone number. As we sit down and talk 20 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: about your automobile and its problems. Whatever you've got going on. 21 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: Fender to fender and door to door. There's a lot 22 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,559 Speaker 1: going on this hour. There's more information about this radio 23 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: show at Car Doctor show dot com. And without any 24 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: further Ado, let's see what Tom was doing to the phones. 25 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: We've got um is that right? We've got Steve on 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 1: one from Texas. Let's go over to Steve from Texas 27 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 1: with an eighty five Chevy Silverado. Steve. Welcome to the 28 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: Car Doctor, sir. How can I help? Hey? So I 29 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: called you back in January February. I bought the Silverado 30 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: when my wife went on vacation. Oh I remember there 31 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: in oil. Let me ask you how's how how is 32 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: the missus? I mean you're still married? Right, she's not 33 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: mad at you or anything? Right? No, you know what, 34 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: I put it up for sale and I didn't tell 35 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: her right, And she came home and there was a 36 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: guy looked and at it and she Uh. I went 37 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: back inside the house and like, hey, does this guy's 38 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: offer me? And she goes to me. She's like did 39 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: we have a conversation about putting it up for sale? Uh? 40 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: I'm like what? So she likes it now, she thinks 41 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: it's cute. Well, you know, listen, happy wife, happy life. Brother. Hey, Hey, 42 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: well you know we ended up buying her Mercedes. Uh 43 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: three weeks ago. Very happy wife, very happy life. Uh 44 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,399 Speaker 1: you know, and that brings to god gating another happy call. 45 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: Or on the Car Doctor radio show of domestic blissess. 46 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: You see all the problems the car Doctor can solve. 47 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: So I'm fortunate my wife never listens. She's not in 48 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: the studio today. Is my wife never listens to the show. 49 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,839 Speaker 1: So it's um, I can do anything I want that's 50 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: not her, is it? Um? Good? Good? Steve, what's your 51 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: question about the Silverado? Okay? So? Uh? Two weeks ago, 52 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: I put on new shackles and uh control or all 53 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: the bushings and sway bar bushings. So I decided I 54 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: was going to change the oil. I put in some 55 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: sea foam in the crank case, pulled it outside, let 56 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: it run for five minutes. Next thing you know, I'm overheating. 57 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: I mean to a point of where it was. It 58 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 1: was coming out bad, so I let it cool down. Now, 59 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: the guy before me put electric fans on, never had issues. 60 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: I know there's no coincidence. But when I finally figured 61 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 1: it out, I lost my headlights, I lost my horn, 62 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: and I lost my electric fans and I went through 63 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: the wiring, and I end up finding a small box, 64 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: a power box that he installed behind the battery inside 65 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: the fender and it was melted. Now he ran the 66 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: wire from the alternator to this box, which ran three 67 00:03:55,080 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: separate fuses to those three items, and I'm trying to 68 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: figure out. So I kind of got another box from O'Reilly's. 69 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: It was literally the same thing. And he goes to me, 70 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: goes attach it to the battery and you know, you're 71 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: good to go. And I'm like, well, what do I 72 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: do with the power wire that comes out of the 73 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: back of the alternator. Well, it's it's six and one 74 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: half a dozen to the other because you're still gonna 75 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: be tied to the power source the alternator through the battery. 76 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: The battery just is going to act as a reservoir. 77 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: It's going to be a little bit more of a cushion. 78 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I'd probably run it right to the battery, 79 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: but i'd go back and hook up what you're what 80 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: you're hooking up? And um, now your wife's not listening, 81 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: is she? No? She don't, she don't, she don't podcast? Okay, 82 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 1: So I would I would go I would go back 83 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: to a rally Auto Parts and see if they have 84 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: a climp, which I'm sure they do, buy a clamp 85 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: on ant meter. You gotta clamp on antmeter. No. Oh, 86 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: and and what you need to do is you need 87 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: to see what kind of currents being pulled out on 88 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: that on that lead wire coming out of the alternator, 89 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: so you can see how much electrical load that's because 90 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 1: now the next thing might you might have to do is, 91 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: you know, because of these fans and everything else that's 92 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: running on this truck, there's a chance you may have 93 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: to upgrade the alternator. Bigger is better and you know, 94 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: more power. You know what I had? I had replaced 95 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: the alternator a month and a half ago. Okay, but 96 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: what but what what size? Was it a direct replacement? 97 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: What size was the original alterna? No, the it was 98 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: this truck was originally a six cylinder, and you know 99 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:41,119 Speaker 1: some guy dropped in a three fifty? Okay, so what 100 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: what amperage? What amperage alternator is in there? You must know? Okay, 101 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: do they make a ninety I think they made a 102 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: ninety eight five. I think there was a way to 103 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: get something bigger. Well, I'll have to look into that, 104 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: you know, and I'll tell you I'll tell you. I'll 105 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: tell you what I would look at if if you 106 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: want to start talking about you know, you kind of 107 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: got a little bit of a hot rod. Your wife's 108 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: really not listening right now. She's out in the Mercedes 109 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: with your conditioning on. She don't care, so you don't care. 110 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: So you did the right thing. Brother. I'm telling you, 111 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 1: you know what, but I think you need another vehicle. 112 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: I mean Mercedes against an eighty five suburban. I think 113 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: you need like the eighty five suburban and maybe like 114 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: an old Ford or a Chevy or something. I mean, 115 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: let's let's let's wait, let's weigh the value here. Well, 116 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: you know when I when I'm when I left Chicago, 117 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: I had to sell my thirty nine Chevy. Well there 118 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: you go. Yeah, I must staying front suspension, you know. 119 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: I mean, you gotta tell her. Look, it's not another woman. 120 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: This is your competition. I just want a car to 121 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: right around and um see what she says, just bring 122 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: it home. Well she gave me her jeep. Well but 123 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: that's you know, that's like kind of you get that 124 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: hand me down shirt from your brother after we threw 125 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: up on it when you were five years old. Who cares. Uh, 126 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: you know, there's no there's no excitement there. Um, why 127 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,559 Speaker 1: did you do this? Why didn't you send her away 128 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: for a week on vacation with her girlfriend. Let her 129 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: go down line on the beach, and when she was home, 130 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: there'll be another car in the driveway. She'll be so 131 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: happy she won't care. You know what. That's a good idea, 132 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 1: I'm telling you. And I drove around. Yeah, I drove 133 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: around yesterday all day picking up old wood so he 134 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: and the girls can do crafts. And I'm telling you, you 135 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: you you sent her away. She'll come back and she'll 136 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: be like, what the heck is this? You know, honey? 137 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: I woke up in the middle of them here's the story. 138 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: You're ready for the story? All right, I'm ready. I 139 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: woke up in the middle of the night and this 140 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: something was calling me, and I started driving around. Where 141 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: where do you live in Texas? You're in I'm area? Okay, 142 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: so you're you know, we're driving around Dallas and Fort 143 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: Worth and here look look at this car. This car. 144 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: You know, I had a car like this before I 145 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: met you. This is like reliving my youth and now 146 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: I have the best of both worlds. I have the 147 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: best car I ever had, and I have the best 148 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: girl I ever had. Perfect, we're done, She'll probably tell you. 149 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: She'll probably tell you send me to Hawaiian next Hey, 150 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: that's a possibility there, you know, in a time share 151 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: down at Atlantis. Well, then you know you just add 152 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: to the garage. Um, you got enough land. I'm sure 153 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: you could add another spot to the garage, right, I 154 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: got an acre? Were contemplating the garage? Yeah, well you 155 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: know it's it's you know we're gonna build the garage 156 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: around the cars. You gotta tell her Listen, I know 157 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: we're looking for the garage in the pool. Do you 158 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: have a pool? Yep? Well do you want a bigger pool? No? 159 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: Because on on my back pool, I've got a nineteen 160 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: forty seven nash Metropolitan. Oh bad, No, I turned it 161 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: into a bar. I like this guy. I know where 162 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: we're going on remote next year. Uh Um. Do you 163 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: have a sauna? Uh no, it's like a hundred two 164 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: down here today? You probably don't need that. You got 165 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: a hot tub. So you gotta find something she wants 166 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: and then it just has to magically appear every time 167 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: and every time she go is away in vacation you 168 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 1: gotta go buy another car. Hey, you know what, You've 169 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: got a good idea, right, I'm telling you there's been 170 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: some very good moments in my life watching Netflix in 171 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: the air conditioning, with the with the lights out, eating chips. 172 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: I have a lot of deep thought on this subject. 173 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: So it's yeah, but that's what I would do. But 174 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: listen before I before I let you go, brother, look 175 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: at power Master power master dot com. Very very good 176 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: line of alternators and starters. And that's where I was 177 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: going with this conversation. UM. The gentleman that owns that, 178 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: I believe his name is John. I can't think of 179 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: his last name, A real gentleman. I haven't talked to 180 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: him probably seven eight years. He won't remember me from boo. 181 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: But he helps solve a problem on the hot rod. 182 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: When I first put the starter together in the hot rod, 183 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: nobody else can answer the question they had. The answers 184 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: I've been running. I've been running power Master Rotating Electrical 185 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: ever since. UM. I look at their website. If you 186 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: go to power master dot com, you're gonna go insane 187 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: by all the choices of alternators chrome not chrome, this 188 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: size that size one wire to wire. They'll do everything 189 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: you wanted to do, and it's good quality stuff and 190 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: I would probably do that. Get yourself an AMP gage 191 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: from orilly Oto parts alright, or look online at orillyoto 192 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: dot com. You want to look at the the power 193 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 1: requirement of the fans, how much current they're drawing, and 194 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: then watch the fuses that are protecting it, the fuses 195 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: that are protecting it. If it's if if the fans 196 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: are pulling ten amps, you need a thirty am fuse 197 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: or at least a twenty five but likely a thirty 198 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: am fuse in that circuit. Yea, So there wasn't there was, 199 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: There was a right and then you've got to find out. 200 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: Then you've got to find out what gauge wire is. 201 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: There is the gauge wire rated four the size of 202 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: the fuse. So you've got a little bit of work 203 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: to do. Don't assume the last guy knew what he 204 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: was doing, because if he did, he would still loan it. 205 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: And he went to gotten frustrated with why he couldn't 206 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: fix it. Oh no, no, when the guy when when 207 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: I went to go change the the shackles, I got 208 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: like thicker shackles for the front springs. I knew this guy. 209 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: The one bolt that you kind of like hitting up 210 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: in the frame was all threat, so he actually had 211 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: a piece of all threat holding a. Yeah, he's dangerous. 212 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: So yeah, he probably doesn't have an understanding wife like yours, 213 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: and you can tell her that, you know, honey, the 214 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: guy that I put this truck from, I was putting 215 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: the leaf spring shackle in and he had a bad 216 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: bolt in there, and that's because he was two hand 217 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: pecked and bothered. I really appreciate the way you let 218 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: me do my hobby. By the way, here's two tickets. 219 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: I'll see and i'll see when you get back from 220 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: Bermuda next week and you go car shopping this week. 221 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: Problem solved, all right. You're welcome, very You're very welcome. 222 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you soon. Ronaninny in The Car Doctor 223 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,719 Speaker 1: a k a. The Marriage Counselor will return right after this. 224 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: You need advice on how to maintaining that classic g 225 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: t O ron is the guy zero Hey. Just a reminder, 226 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: this portion of The Car Doctor is brought to you 227 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: by the folks at Board Forward Parts dot com. 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Well that should be generating a fault code, 247 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 1: is it? Okay? And the fault code is what accelerated 248 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: pedal position? You don't know? Okay? This is a drive 249 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 1: by wire vehicle? Correct? Uh? Um? Is there a throttle 250 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: cable on this truck. Now I don't know, okay, so 251 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: you know, rather than you know, we could go on 252 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: for the remaining forty five minutes today talking about what 253 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: reduced engine power means. Basically, the onboard computer is seeing 254 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: a fault in one of its control systems, so it's 255 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: limiting power operation. Alright, I'm sorry, it's it's limiting the 256 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: vehicle's ability to accelerate the full power. My guess is 257 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: I can only go my My guess is this vehicle 258 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: is drive by wire, meaning there's no mechanical throttle linkage 259 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: there is. There are two redundant sensors at the pedal 260 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: assembly inside the vehicle, hence it's not a gas pedal, 261 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 1: it is an accelerator pedal, So the accelerator pedal position sensors, 262 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: there's two there, and then there's two on the throttle body, 263 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: which is the piece out under the hood. They change 264 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: in voltage value from zero to five vaults and two 265 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: and a half vaults down and same thing out under 266 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: the hood. They look for correct correlation to decide when 267 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: you move your foot to quarter throttle, the pedal moves 268 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: or the throttle plate moves, the quarter throttle and so on. 269 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: When it sees something out of sync, it then puts 270 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: the vehicle into reduced engine power so that we don't 271 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: have the possibility of what else, a runaway engine. They're 272 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: they're they're emitting, they're limiting engine operation, just like drive 273 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: drive by wire has been around for years and years 274 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: and years and airplanes, which is kind of scary when 275 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: you think about it. But um, you know, there's no 276 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: direct mechanical linkage to to the to the rudders and 277 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: the flaps and all that anymore than there hasn't been 278 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: for a very long time. Um again, shut shut the 279 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: motor off, and then then wait for a little bit 280 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: and it's fine, fine, right, And part of the problem 281 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: this generation oh one, two oh three, Um, somebody will 282 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: end up trying the tach module, which is the the 283 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: throttle actually to control module on the left side of 284 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: the engine compartment, the pedal position sensors the throttle body. 285 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: It still won't be fixed. And if that's the case, 286 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: and they you know, they choose to use a part 287 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: shotgun instead of diagnosing it. If they get to this 288 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: point and they're frustrated, tell them it's very likely if 289 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: they get to that point the wiring harness leading to 290 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: the throttle body out under the hood, and it's a 291 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: matter of gently manipulating the harness, wiggling it. Yeah, oh 292 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 1: my god, been there, been there, done that. No, you 293 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: won't like that. I'll condemn it. You watch so to 294 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: you another question real quick, all right, but you're going 295 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: to you're going three for a nickel today? Real quick. 296 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: On the box, there's a little gauge. How can you 297 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: there's a green and red thing on it. How do 298 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: you read that? Well, when the when the plungers in 299 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: the green, the air filter is good. When the plungers 300 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: in the red, it's time to change the air filter 301 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: because it's so restricted. It's actually pulling down on that 302 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 1: diaphragm and it's pulling it into the no flow no 303 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: flow area. Now that wouldn't have nothing to do with 304 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: the reduced engine power. Well where is it is it 305 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: in the red? Well, once you take the air filter 306 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: out and see if it makes a difference, it probably won't. 307 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: I can't. I can't say that I've ever seen reduced 308 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: engine power be affected by an air filter. All right, 309 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: but you know air filters are important. I'll tell you 310 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: what I'll give you a little homework to do. Get 311 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: out to get out Wicks filter you have you have 312 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: the internet down there in Delaware, right, I mean it's 313 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: all you know, the whole nine year Yeah, sometimes I understand. 314 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: Listen to the shop. Well you know when we first 315 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: moved into the shop and we you flushed the toilet, 316 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: the lights would go out. Um, get out to Wicks, 317 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: Get out to Wicks filters dot com. And which I've 318 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: got to give the folks at Wiks. I don't give 319 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: them enough credit for all the good filters they produced, 320 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: but they've got a library of re search about air 321 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 1: filtration and oil filtration. But we're talking air here, Um, 322 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 1: air filtration and the house and the wise and the 323 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 1: way filters are designed. Works Filters dot Com and it'll 324 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: give you all the reading material you can imagine and 325 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: keep you happy for for for weeks to come. So UM, 326 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: do that and uh we'll kind of go from there. 327 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: Good luck to your brother. Um, I'm exhausted. What do 328 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 1: you want to talk about now, Mikey? Mikey, I see 329 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 1: what is that you got over there? You got what 330 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: Santa Claus? Come, you got what? What? What do you 331 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: got there? Mike? He's got his r a automotive T shirt. 332 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: I got to shirts. What do you think maybe we 333 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 1: should put this out to the listenership. You know, we're 334 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: we're thinking about because I got a lot of requests 335 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 1: for T shirts, right, and you know people are willing 336 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 1: to pay for him, and we're trying to like, what 337 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,239 Speaker 1: do we want to develop should we? I wonder if 338 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: we should try to sell our automotive T shirts. I 339 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 1: wonder if anybody would buy them, And I will leave 340 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 1: that out there. Let's see if we get any request 341 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: for that. I always think about Beverly Hills Cup, right, 342 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: Eddie Murphy and the Mumford Physical Education T shirt and 343 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: um you know that was Mumford High School in Detroit, 344 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: and he wore Mumth High School and Beverly Hills cop 345 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,880 Speaker 1: and they sold enough T shirts to fund the football program. 346 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: I think the following year. It was the craziest thing. 347 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: So it was it was a big deal. As a 348 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: matter of fact, you can still buy Mumford Physical Education 349 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: T shirts to this day. So I don't know if 350 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: anybody wanting our automotive T shirt. And we'll start selling 351 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: those on anyday I'm running any in the car. Doctor 352 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: We're coming back right after this. Don't go away. She's 353 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: really find my phone. Hey, welcome back running any of 354 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,120 Speaker 1: the car doctor, Mikey, I'm kind of jealous. Lucy's out 355 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: there with you now, Lucy the radio dog. She's tired, 356 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,959 Speaker 1: you know, she's you know, she's eight now. It's so 357 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: funny when she's home, right, we'd run her around the backyard. 358 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 1: You could give that dog a ball. She would run 359 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 1: all day, all day long. The other day I had 360 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,040 Speaker 1: her out. It was like through the ball set and 361 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 1: times she brought me the ball. She said, I'm about. 362 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: I felt up, my feet fell asleep. Was like, I'm 363 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 1: about I'm going oh yeah, yeah, yea yeah port dog. 364 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: So she's getting all just like the rest of us. 365 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 1: Let's go and talk to Chris in New York. Oh 366 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,959 Speaker 1: eight Range Rover. Hey, Chris, welcome to the Car Doctor, Sir. 367 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:17,120 Speaker 1: How can I hell? How you knowing? Um? I've got 368 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:20,360 Speaker 1: a two thousand and eight Range Rover. It's an HFC 369 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: so that's the four point four V eight four point 370 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 1: four eight correct, um about sixty percent at the time. 371 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: The car is in perfect shape and it runs great 372 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: and we love it. But it's about sixty percent of 373 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: times when we started, it's racing at like two or 374 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: three thousand rt ms about thirty seconds, and then very 375 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: slowly over like a ten second period, it comes down 376 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: to a normal idol and the other forty percent of 377 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: the time you started and it just you know, idols 378 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: perfectly normally. Um. I had the the throttle body cleaned 379 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 1: out because that's what one of the dealerships had it 380 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 1: in for something else, and they said, your throttle body 381 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: needs cleaned and that could be why it's racing. And 382 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: it didn't seem to help. So I'm wondering what else 383 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: I could take a look at. Is it repeatable, is 384 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: it can you duplicate it while a mechanic has it? 385 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: Or is it just a very random thing. It's pretty random, 386 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,439 Speaker 1: but my mechanic has seen it and uh, which is 387 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: why he said, you clean out the throttle body. That 388 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 1: should fix it. But it didn't. This has been going 389 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: on for a couple of years and I finally said, 390 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: you know, I gotta fix it because it just you know, 391 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 1: does the throttle does the idle speed come down by itself, Chris? 392 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 1: Or does it does do you have to tap the 393 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,719 Speaker 1: pedal or you know, do something to make it stop. 394 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: If I wait twenty or thirty seconds, it will come 395 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: down itself. And it comes down very slowly over over 396 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: about a ten second period. And obviously there's no obviously 397 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: no check engine light on, no, no faults being displayed 398 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: on the dash, no, no codes, no, you know, and 399 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,439 Speaker 1: not to pick on range rover, but this is you know, 400 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 1: some of their electronics or flaky like this. I can 401 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: tell you what some of the common things are, and 402 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 1: I can tell you how I would try to eliminate 403 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: some of these things. Um, number one, take a look 404 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: at or ask your mechanic to take a look at, 405 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: you know, how's the e g R valve look the 406 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 1: As stupid as this sounds, and I've I've I've experienced 407 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 1: this once and I've heard about it multiple times, that 408 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: the e g R valve builds up carbon under the 409 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: pintel under the seat and it will actually cause it 410 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: to stick up and the engine starts to draw a 411 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: metered air at the wrong time and it causes a 412 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 1: high idol. Okay, so you know on a higher mileage, 413 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: how many miles are on this it's not the worst, 414 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: but it's not the youngest thing on the block either, 415 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: all right, Um, also, and this is the hard one. 416 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: It's it's it's hard to find. But there are issues 417 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: with intermittent mass air for those sensors seven eights and 418 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: nines range rovers HC and you'll never you know, you'll 419 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 1: never You'll never see it because part of the problem 420 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 1: is I believe the operating strategy and your mechanic could 421 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: try testing this. Unplug the mass airflow sensor, start the 422 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 1: car up, does the idol go high? If the idol 423 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 1: goes high, then it has the operating Then it has 424 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: the operating strategy that if it's seas an incorrect or 425 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 1: improper mass airflow sensor signal, it puts the vehicle into 426 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 1: a default high idol, allowing it time to sort things 427 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: out and run on its own in order to get 428 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: the vehicle home. Thinking that you're you're out somewhere that 429 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: they don't want you to be disabled on the side 430 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: of the road. And if if if I'm plugging that 431 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 1: does then at least he's got something to monitor. Maybe 432 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 1: he's got to drive it for a while, watch the 433 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: mass airflow sensor, look at graham count, look for a 434 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: possible crack in the intake boot and just to see 435 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: is that a potential problem. Three just for giggles, let's 436 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,199 Speaker 1: look at fuel trim. Let's look at the basics. You 437 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,679 Speaker 1: know you gotta do you get a physical once a year, Chris, 438 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:07,479 Speaker 1: I should, but know well, but so you know, I mean, 439 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 1: should I talk to your wife and get her to 440 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 1: get you to do that? No, I can't. I that 441 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: was the first call this hour. I can't do another 442 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 1: one of those. Um you know, baseline the vehicle, when 443 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: the vehicles running well, and you know it's simple enough 444 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 1: to do. I'm sure he's got more than one scan 445 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: tol him that that will do a print, you know, uh, plug, 446 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: print and play and let's see what are the what 447 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: are the vitals and if six months from NAP, if 448 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,360 Speaker 1: the vitals haven't changed. But the problems happen three times, 449 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: we know it's not the aging process. We know that 450 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: we know that something mechanical or electronic is creating this 451 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: last Let's just go over all the grounds on the vehicle, 452 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 1: battery ground, any any chassis grounds that might exist, anything 453 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 1: that the PCM is looking for, a proper ground, any 454 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: loss of ground, and I you know I could I 455 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: could send him down the road of checking the wiring 456 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 1: harness report connection, connectivity, wiggle the harness, does anything make 457 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: the idle speed? Do that again? Is it? Is it repeatable? 458 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 1: That way? What I'm trying to do is get down 459 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 1: to the point of we've looked at the obvious, We've 460 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: we we we've eliminated the potential problems. Could we have 461 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: a processor that's confused? I can't say. I've seen it 462 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 1: on range Rover, I've seen in other products. And the 463 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 1: only way you get to that conclusion is you've got 464 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: to eliminate all the potential things that you're not thinking about. 465 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: You know, don't wait for the car to show you 466 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: the problem. Sometimes you gotta go digging for it. If 467 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: that makes sense to you. Sure, all right, is it 468 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: something that's really bad? I mean it should we definitely, 469 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: you know, troubleshoot this and try to fix it because 470 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 1: it's you know, I know, it's not good running a 471 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 1: three pens when you started so well, My question would be, 472 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: if the next time it happens, if you shut it 473 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: off right away, count to five and restarted, is the 474 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: idle normal? No, it continues to do it. So it's 475 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: a time or thing. And it's exactly thirty seconds, not 476 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: exactly and it's not sometimes a little longer than other times. 477 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,479 Speaker 1: Sometimes it's going ten seconds, but sometimes it's thirty seconds 478 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: to a minute. Okay, see, I'm surprised it's not setting 479 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: a fault. And you know, like the call I had 480 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,440 Speaker 1: before where we had conversation about accelerator pedal position sensors 481 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 1: and accelerator pedals. Uh, you know, it's all drive by 482 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: wire and you know what what input is it not seeing? 483 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: What what sensor is it not seeing correctly? Computer is 484 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: reacting to something. Now we've got to figure out what 485 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: it's reacting to, right and maybe maybe maybe this will 486 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: help you. Sometimes if I taped the pedal, it doesn't 487 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 1: go down either. It's just you know, revelute higher and 488 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 1: comes back to where it was. Yeah, I in right now, right, 489 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: Well it's going down because of the load. All right. 490 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 1: I wouldn't I wouldn't put too much stock in that, 491 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,120 Speaker 1: but I would. I'll tell you what, I sure would 492 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: love to see a scan tool on that and look 493 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: at UM accelerator and rattle position sensors when this faults occurring? UM. 494 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: And then last, does your mechanic have a scan tool? 495 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,199 Speaker 1: I wonder that does mode six? Do you know what 496 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: mode six is no okay, um, people have heard me 497 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: tell this tale a lot of times. I'll tell it again. 498 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: Do you ever get sick on Wednesday? You must you 499 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 1: don't go to the doctor, right right, So, but when 500 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: did you start to feel bad? You felt bad on Monday? 501 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: You were you were either hungover from the Giants or 502 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: Jets game, or you were just really legitimately sick, which 503 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: you might be more after this season anyway. But you 504 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: know by Wednesday you really didn't feel good and you 505 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: were full blown sick. Well, that that's your body's mode six. 506 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 1: That's your body. On Monday, it checked how did you 507 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 1: feel all right? How's your temperature, how's your throat? Has 508 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: your eyes? Has your nose? That's your indicators of fault 509 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: and failure. By Wednesday it was full blown. Your check 510 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 1: engine light came on car does the same thing within 511 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 1: every car manufactured since as since two thousand. Early stuff 512 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: didn't really record it that well, there's mode six. He 513 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: could go in with his scan tool, look at mode 514 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 1: six data and look and see what's a borderline failure 515 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: possibly related to idle speed control before the failure occurs. 516 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 1: It makes sense, Okay, google the word mode six when 517 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: we get off the air and start reading about what 518 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: Mode six can do, and maybe that'll give him a direction. 519 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: All right, sir, all right, listen and go get a 520 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: physical alright. I want you around a long time. All right, brother, 521 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: you take good care. Zero. The Car Doctor is coming 522 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:49,639 Speaker 1: back right after this. 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Hello? 546 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: Ro Um, Well, I've got it's my dad's oh one GMC, 547 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: and it's uh got a fuel line leaking um on 548 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: the left frame reel forward of the gas tank right 549 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 1: where it you know, it's got a little plastic uh 550 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: trackets there with where the lines set into uh she 551 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 1: croated line created in one of those and um and 552 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: then it goes into that flexible coupling that then goes 553 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: over the top of the transmission. Yeah, that's that's up 554 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: a ways forward at ways. But this is just um. 555 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: You come away from the tank you got and you 556 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: got the radius going forward along that rail. It's just 557 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: forward maybe foot or soul foot and a half forward 558 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:48,480 Speaker 1: of that. Um, and is there is there this? Let 559 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: me preface this. This is this is pretty much a 560 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: farm truck. Um. This is not something he's going thirty 561 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 1: miles here, forty miles here with. It's just pretty much 562 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: bopping around a small farm, telling and around the farm. Um. 563 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: Is there any kind of six I can do to 564 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: this thing? I'm just what I'm wondering about with the 565 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 1: pressures involved. Okay, do this. I believe it's Dorman. Um. 566 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: The website is not Dormant Products dot com but Google 567 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 1: Dormant Or do you have a Do you have a 568 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: local orailly Oto Parts? Okay, go down to orilly Oto Parts. 569 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: Tell them you want to see the Dorman fuel line 570 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: repair kits. So you know how you know how some 571 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: of those have, um, the black nila yelling. You have 572 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 1: that black nylon with the quick disconnect coupling. Okay, So 573 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,479 Speaker 1: what Dorman's made, they actually make a whole kid. I 574 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: have the kid. I I actually had a customer with 575 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: an eighty eight Lincoln town Car that I he brought 576 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: at the fuel line and I actually ran that plastic 577 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 1: nylon holes the length of the frame rail in larger spots, 578 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 1: and metal and the rest of it, and you were 579 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,040 Speaker 1: able to make up fittings. They give you brass and 580 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: so you can make a brass quick disconnect then with 581 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: a steel tube and so on and so forth. So 582 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: it's it's it's yeah, it works. Um, you could probably 583 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: look it up online, I'm guessing at O'Reilly oto dot com. 584 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: But if you've got a local supply house, get out 585 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,840 Speaker 1: to your local Orailey Oto parts and do it from there, 586 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: and you know that'll have the correct rating for pressure 587 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 1: because it will have the same quick disconnect and the 588 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: same coupling effect and and at least that will be safe. Um. 589 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: You know, if you wanted, okay, if you wanted to 590 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 1: run that nylon line over the top of the trans 591 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: if this is just a farm truck, I would just 592 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 1: be concerned about how close to exhaust under chassis temperature, 593 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: that kind of thing. So you know, the nylon stuff 594 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: is good, but I don't think it takes the abuse 595 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: in the beating, which is why GM and a lot 596 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: of the other car companies don't do it right from 597 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,800 Speaker 1: the get go. So you know, do that and that 598 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: will work. Um you ever you ever put together um, 599 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: you know, like the bronze coupling, the brass coupling with 600 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 1: the two ferrel's in a steel line to join. Yeah, 601 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,000 Speaker 1: it's this a idea, but it'll have a bronze a 602 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 1: brass ferrell on one end and a quick coupling on 603 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: the other to join together to make a barbed fitting 604 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 1: for the nylon tube. Push it on and then connect 605 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 1: it to the other side with a metal tube in between. Okay, 606 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: you know what I mean when I say Chinese handcuffs. 607 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: You know the Chinese finger that you know you pull 608 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: it so you you would put the two you put 609 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 1: a metal two between the two couplings like Chinese, like 610 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: Chinese handcuffs, and it'll work alright, right right see just 611 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: real quick, yeah, real quick, quick. Second. Um, you and 612 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: I spoke last year and again I just want to 613 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: repeat casell I thank you last year for turning me 614 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: onto it. It fixed the problem in my ninety a 615 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: Cadillac north Star I had still working and while I 616 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 1: sold it, the guys still driving it and the things 617 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: running great. Um, just absolutely outstanding. And yeah it's and 618 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: I's just tell you two weeks ago you're channeling me. 619 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: I was listening, but I wasn't able to call. I 620 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 1: wanted to call, I had intended to, but I was 621 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 1: in a situation where I couldn't. You brought up doors 622 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 1: locking by themselves, and um you started talking about I'm like, 623 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:16,800 Speaker 1: I'm out of the blue, and I've been a fan 624 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: of years, for years, I've never heard you talk about 625 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:22,640 Speaker 1: this in here. I just had a situation where I've 626 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 1: seen that happen with GM vehicles I've had, and it happens. 627 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, Brian, it happens at the worst 628 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 1: possible time, when you least expected. Man, I appreciate the thoughts. 629 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 1: I gotta go. I'm up against the clock, but as 630 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: always I appreciate you. I'm running any of the Car Doctor. 631 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 1: We're back right after this. Welcome back, aren't any of 632 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,960 Speaker 1: the Car Doctor? Real quick? You've been asking about this ethanol, 633 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 1: the problems with ethanol and gasolene. Get out the gold 634 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: Eagle dot com. I've been doing a bunch of reading 635 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 1: out there. The folks at Stable have come up with 636 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 1: three or sixty degree protection for ethanol treatment of gasoline. 637 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 1: Get out the gold Eagle dot com read more about it. 638 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,479 Speaker 1: Because it's very interesting about how fuels are changing and 639 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: how stable three sixty can help. So let's get over 640 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 1: today Avid in Iowa and talk to him real quick, David, 641 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 1: real quick, brother, what you got gonna be any better? Um, 642 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:13,759 Speaker 1: there's gonna be no issues. I think Volkswagen is gonna 643 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: continue to make parts. It's a question of, you know, 644 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: sorting it out. One of my one of my problems 645 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,840 Speaker 1: with Volkswagen UM when it comes to sorting out parts 646 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 1: and things of that nature, is just identifying it. I 647 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: can't tell you how many times I'll be talking to 648 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 1: the dealer the parts guys will be looking online. There 649 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:38,879 Speaker 1: their diagrams, their pictures, their information. Really requires research. It's 650 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 1: like repairing the car. Um And part of the frustration 651 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 1: with working on Volkswagen is trying to find the parts. First, 652 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 1: you gotta figure out what's wrong with it, which is 653 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,319 Speaker 1: like any other car. But then once you do that, 654 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: then it's finding the right parts for it. I don't 655 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: think because of the end of the Beatle, you're gonna 656 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: see a demise in the availability of parts. Not that 657 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,400 Speaker 1: would be a bad thing, but I think you're gonna 658 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,359 Speaker 1: just end up seeing less of it because I think 659 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 1: people are gonna move on to newer designs and different 660 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,759 Speaker 1: vehicles that meet current demand. They got rid of the 661 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,360 Speaker 1: car because not a lot of people wanted her. The 662 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,960 Speaker 1: demand was down. Once demand goes down, parts will two 663 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,840 Speaker 1: in some sort of sequential manner. I appreciate the Carl David. 664 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,680 Speaker 1: As always, I'm roninating in the car doctor, reminding you 665 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,759 Speaker 1: good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you.