1 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: Ron an Aian. She said, you know, I really don't 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: want to spend any money on it. It's an older 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: car now and I'm just going to ride it Instagram 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: and I said, that's okay, you can do that, but 5 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: understand when the timing belt breaks, it's instantaneous and you're 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: on the side of the highway or the side of 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 1: the road. 8 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 2: The car Doctor for web. 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 3: Before it does knock up on an uphill, it's only 10 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 3: at lowe downhill or I'm. 11 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: Gonna think, I mean, the first place I'm going to 12 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: go is it low on fluid. 13 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 2: Welcome to the rating on an Aian the car Doctor. 14 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 2: So it's nineteen ninety one. This is where car owners 15 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 2: the world go returned to for their definitive opinion on 16 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, 17 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 2: pick up the phone and call in. The garage doors. 18 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: Are opening, but I am here to take your call 19 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: at eight five five five six ninety nine hundred and 20 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: now he. 21 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: Running. 22 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,639 Speaker 1: You know, I want to talk about in order repair, 23 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: how you get what you give. It's a lot like life, right, 24 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: there's a lot of things about life there the similar 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 1: to order repairs. It is like a box of chocolates. 26 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: As Forrest Gump once said, you know, you never know 27 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: what you're going to get. And I think that's fair. 28 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: I think that's a fair statement. I think that's a 29 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: true statement. But I often think, well, let me take 30 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: you to the counter this week, all right, you know 31 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 1: some of these some of these stories are just I mean, 32 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: they're real. This is what this is what happens at 33 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: the counter during the course of the week. A new 34 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: customer came in this week to the shop and he 35 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: was driving an older Volvo at two thousand and eight 36 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: Volvo sixty series. I think it was something along those lines. 37 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: But it's old, it's fifteen years old, and it was 38 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: you know, listen, you come into my shop as a 39 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: as a first time customer. We're gonna look at the 40 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: We're gonna look at the car. We're gonna look the 41 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: whole car over. I mean, that's just policy, and I 42 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: think it's I think it's a good mandatory rule to have. 43 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: You haven't seen the car before, you don't know the 44 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: condition of the vehicle, and somebody's asking you for an 45 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,519 Speaker 1: oil change, which this individual was, and then you get 46 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: up with you know what, what are you missing? What 47 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: else is there? What are you responsible that you have 48 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: to look over? You have you have to put your 49 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,399 Speaker 1: name on the car because people are under the impression 50 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: an oil change is a lookover, and to a large 51 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: degree it is. But it's not something in depth. It's 52 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: not something that affords a lot of time because time dictates, 53 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: you know, money being spent dictates time being spent being 54 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: what's allowed. What can we do in that time frame 55 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: of working on the vehicle looking at the vehicle. So 56 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: we have a separate checklist. We you know, first time checklist. 57 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: It's the vehicle comes in, it's one hundred and fifty bucks. 58 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: We go through a drill. We we know what we're 59 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: going to look at, you know, stick out your tongue 60 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: and say, ah, and let's see what kind of shaped 61 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: his vehicles. And then at least when the person leaves 62 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 1: the counter, when they leave the shop, you can say, hey, 63 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: it's a good car, it's bad carts of this, and 64 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: that you've had the time to allow yourself to be 65 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 1: fair to yourself and then consequently being fair to the customer. 66 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: Here's your vehicle, Here's what kind of shape it's in, 67 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: because that's that's what this gentleman was looking for and 68 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: I thought it was a good conversation, and initially it was. 69 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: We we got off on the right foot. We had 70 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: a you know, momentary exchange back and forth talking about 71 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: what he wanted to do with the car and what 72 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: I wanted to do with the car, and what you know, 73 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: some of my rules are because I required this and 74 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: this to be done first timers, and it baselines the car, 75 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: and it's just it's just critical, especially on a car 76 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: you know you've never seen it before, a car that 77 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: came from out of state, or and here's the catch, 78 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: he said, I have to tell you it has a 79 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: salvage title. Oh boy, salvage title in New Jersey, like 80 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: a lot of states, means that somewhere along the way, 81 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: the vehicle was in an accident and it was declared 82 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: a total loss by the insurance company. It could be 83 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: for substantial frame or body damage. It could be because 84 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: it was just deemed too expensive to repair. It could 85 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: be for a lot of reasons. But a salvage title 86 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: car makes you want to really look a lot harder 87 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: than you normally might, because you're looking for what made 88 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: it be declared salvage and was it a safe repair 89 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: because by very definition of what salvage title is, the 90 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:37,119 Speaker 1: vehicle is defying the rules. It's a vehicle salvage title 91 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: means that the vehicle should not be repaired or cannot 92 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: be repaired by the insurance company. They've deemed it unsafe 93 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: or impractical. And if you do choose to repair it, 94 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: the vehicle now needs to be inspected by the Motor 95 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: Vehicle Commission to determine was the vehicle repaired safely. But 96 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: the loophole with this car was this Volvo had Missouri 97 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: license plates on it. I don't know what the salvage 98 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: title rules are in Missouri, nor do I know where 99 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: this car came from what was done to it. So 100 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: I've got a charge for time. I've got to put 101 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 1: some time into this car. Otherwise I'm not going to 102 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 1: be comfortable. And if I'm not comfortable, we're not working 103 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: on the car. So he agreed. He was happy. Everything 104 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: was great. He dropped the car off the next day, 105 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: but his wife came in. And this isn't about the wife. 106 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: This is about you know, his partner came in and 107 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: she wasn't happy. She wasn't happy for a lot of reasons. 108 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 1: She wasn't happy because we were going to have the 109 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: car all day. She wasn't happy because we couldn't give 110 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: her a definitive cost because we couldn't We couldn't tell 111 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: her oft. But we hadn't looked at the car. And 112 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: I pointed out to her. I said, but you have 113 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: to understand, this vehicle has a salvage title. And she 114 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: said how do you know that? And I said, well, 115 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: your husband told me this. She then turned to him, Boy, 116 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: you never should have told him that. And why would 117 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 1: you tell him that the car has a salvage title, 118 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: And why would you tell him all these problems with 119 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: the car that just gives him more to look at. Yeah, 120 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: I don't know what to do with that. I just 121 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: I bit my tongue for a second. Then I opened 122 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: up and I said, listen, my job is to keep 123 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: you safe. My job is to make sure that that 124 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: vehicle is doing what it's supposed to do under all conditions. 125 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: And if it's got a salvage title, why wouldn't you 126 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: tell the guy that's attending to it. That's like going 127 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: to the doctor and not mentioning that you had three 128 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: heart attacks two weeks prior and they're in there trying 129 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: to give you a stress test to see what sort 130 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: of physical condition you're in. Isn't that setting yourself up 131 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: to fail, isn't it? So don't you get what you give? 132 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: I think in any relationship, automotive, personal business, whatever you're 133 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: working on, whatever you're dealing with, I think we need 134 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: to have some honesty and transparency. I think that's how 135 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: the best deals get made. And I think to walk 136 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: in and I told you this, I said, to walk 137 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: into a repair shop you've never been into before and 138 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: have judgments about what we're going to do without even 139 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 1: listening to or knowing what it is that we are 140 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: going to do. I think that's a dangerous thing to do. 141 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: I think that sets the stage for failure on a 142 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: lot of fronts and a lot of parts. For you, 143 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: the customer, for me, the shop for me, the technician, 144 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: any technician, any mechanic that's in my opinion, and my 145 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: opinion is the one that counts. Because it's my show. 146 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: Your opinion counts too, So speak up if you've got 147 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: a comment about this any way, shape or form, But 148 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: for the sake of this hour and the next, my 149 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: opinion counts. I think the mechanic should know everything that 150 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: you know about that vehicle good, better and different. I 151 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: think you should be prepared on a first time visit 152 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: for that mechanic to look the vehicle over. Now, I've 153 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: got to tell you, I look the vehicle over. It's 154 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: not a bad car. It really isn't. But Doug, the 155 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: owner told me, he said, you know, I feel so 156 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: much better knowing that you looked at it. And he 157 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: asked me, he said, why do you think it was totaled? 158 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: Why do you think it was a salvage title situation? 159 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: And I said, because it looks like it looks like 160 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: the car got hit in the back and it was nosed, 161 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: meaning somebody slid under the back bumper, pushed into the 162 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: muffler and crushed everything. From that point on, I can 163 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: only imagine what the other vehicle looked like. The muffler 164 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,679 Speaker 1: had physically been snapped off at the headpipe, and somebody 165 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: did a great job of welding it, did a very 166 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 1: nice job of welding it all back together, and they 167 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: tore up the belly pan a little bit that had 168 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: been repaired. The bumper cover was replaced. There was a 169 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: bunch of work there. I don't. I didn't see enough 170 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: that made me think, hey, this is a total vehicle. 171 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: But I don't know what the numbers were. I don't 172 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: know how much of the repair was made. I will 173 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: say this nothing effected upper sheet metal, the deck lid, 174 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,119 Speaker 1: the two quarter panels still had the vintag. The vintag 175 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: is then you can always use this if you're out 176 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: looking at used cars. Many cars in the last twenty 177 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: years have a vintag. They will have a little white 178 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: sticker that has the vehicle serial number on it, and 179 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 1: that shows that it's an original piece of sheet metal. 180 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 1: And you can generally find them up on the hood, 181 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: on the inner fenders, and then you'll open the trunk, 182 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: it'll be on the trunk lip somewhere, and then it'll 183 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: also be on the inner fenders somewhere. So that's a 184 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: great way to know, Hey, was this vehicle. How bad 185 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: of an accident? Was it ever in or was it 186 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: in one? In this case, they were all there, so 187 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: all the damage was underneath. And I told them, I said, Doug, 188 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 1: this isn't the kind of car you want to spend 189 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: a lot of money on. This is the kind of 190 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 1: car you do your maintenance. You do your oil changes, 191 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: you do your fluids. You know you're going to be 192 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:44,239 Speaker 1: faced with some ignition maintenance, some fuel system cleaning requirements. 193 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: It's got ninety thousand miles on it. Somewhere between now 194 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: when one hundred and twenty, you're going to be doing 195 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: plugs and ignition maintenance and fuel system cleaning and throttle 196 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: body and all the regular things that I would normally, 197 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: in common sense, would tell somebody to do as part 198 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: of vehicle repair and vehicle care. But it's not a 199 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: bad car. I would drive that car across country myself, 200 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: and that's really important because you're trying to create confidence 201 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: and somebody can drive the vehicle. And he appreciated it. 202 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: It was interesting he didn't bring his wife back the 203 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: second time they pick up the car. I thought that 204 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: was so I would have loved to have been a fly. 205 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 1: Well not really. I just I don't know why you're 206 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,319 Speaker 1: afraid to tell the mechanic what you know about the vehicle. 207 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: I haven't figured that one out yet. I really think 208 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: the best example I can give it's like it's like 209 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: going to the doctor and not telling him everything you're 210 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: feeling and letting the doctor figure it out. But you 211 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: don't do that, do you? You tell him everything you 212 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 1: won't tell the mechanic doesn't make sense to me? Eight 213 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. If 214 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 1: it makes sense to you, call me. Let's talk about it. 215 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 216 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: Ron at Cardoctorshow dot com is the email. Check out 217 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,439 Speaker 1: the car doctor Facebook page, and I should point doubt 218 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: that Father's Day is coming. Those hats and t shirts 219 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: are flying off the shelves at the Car Doctor's story. 220 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: Get the cardoctorshow dot com to find it. So let's 221 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 1: pull over to take a pause. We'll be back right 222 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: after this. 223 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,959 Speaker 4: What's more fun than listening to Ron and any and 224 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 4: the car doctor and getting that car fixed? 225 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 3: Right A? 226 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 4: Five to five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 227 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 4: Give Ron a call. Now back to Ron, Let's go 228 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 4: over and. 229 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: Talk to Jim and Florida fourteen Cadillac Escalade. Jim. Welcome 230 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 1: to the Car Doctor, sir, How can I help? 231 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, thank you, Ron, I appreciate taking my call. 232 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 1: Welcome. 233 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,439 Speaker 5: Listen. One of the things that drives me crazy is 234 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 5: oil leaks. I hadn't leaked underneath. I thought it was 235 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 5: my rear engine seal. I got that fixed, discovered it wasn't. 236 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 5: It's actually the oil cooling unit. So I changed the 237 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 5: gasket on that. I put a genuine GM gasket in, 238 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 5: and it is still leaking on one bolt, and I 239 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 5: got it as tight as I can. Just trying to 240 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 5: figure out what the best thing to do for that 241 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 5: would be put teflon tape on the bolt or I 242 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 5: have no idea how to fix that. 243 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: This is the oil adapter housing at the block itself, 244 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: at the engine block itself, where the oil filter used 245 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: to traditionally. 246 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 5: Go correctly correct, yes, okay, And. 247 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,079 Speaker 1: One of those bolts is leaking. So there's a and 248 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: you've got to gasket in place. 249 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 5: Where I put a brand new GM gasket in and 250 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,479 Speaker 5: I thought that would fix it. But it's still leaking. 251 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 5: Not a lot, just enough that I get one drop 252 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 5: on my driveway every every night. 253 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: You know, listen, a dab of Teflon's not gonna hurt. 254 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: I've never had to do that, so I'm wondering why 255 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: I'm wondering. You know, I can't see the block being 256 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 1: out of square. You can pull it down again and 257 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 1: get a straight edge, get a short straightedge and just 258 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: run it across the top, or just just look at 259 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: the surface of the block as it's matched up somehow. 260 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: Is there some porosity in the block? Heaven forbid? But 261 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: you know, is it possible? Could the housing itself have bellied? 262 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: You know? 263 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,959 Speaker 5: Could What what I did was I just let it 264 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 5: run for I cleaned everything up perfectly, and then I 265 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,559 Speaker 5: let it run for half an hour, turned the engine off, 266 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 5: and it was only leaking in that one spot. Everything 267 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 5: else was perfectly. 268 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: Cleaned, right. No, I'm saying, but you know, if that's 269 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: if if the surface of the oil cooler that let's 270 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: call it the aluminum puck isn't isn't flat and square 271 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: in that in all surface areas, is it allowing a 272 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: cross leak out of the oil? Right? And it's it's 273 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 1: it's allowing a cross leak to get to the bolt 274 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: threads to cause that little bit of a seep or drip. Listen, 275 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: it's it's not going to hurt anything to put a 276 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 1: dam of teflon up there, all right. 277 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 5: Second, the other thing I thought about was putting some gasket, 278 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 5: taking the gasket off, cleaning it really good, and put 279 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 5: some gasket sealer on both sides of the gasket and 280 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 5: put it all back together. 281 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,079 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's honestly, that's gonna make a sloppy mess. And 282 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: if any of it breaks off and goes to the 283 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: wrong place, that's that's going to create an issue. GM 284 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: like a lot of the manufacturers went to steal shim 285 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: and that elast elast dometer. I used to be able 286 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: to say that word, the rubber seal on the hard 287 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: shim gasket. You know, they they they they went to 288 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: that specific design for a reason. Now you bought your 289 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: seal gasket. I know you said you bought a GM piece. 290 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: You bought it from a GM dealer or you bought 291 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: it online? 292 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, from a Cadillac dealer. I originally had put an 293 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 5: offline one in, but it leaked worse, and then I 294 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 5: put the GM in. Then it was much better. 295 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: Okay, and you and you you get the one from 296 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: the GM dealer. Came in a GM baggie and it 297 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: looked it looked real. Okay, you know I have seen it. 298 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not disparaging the dealers because I I 299 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: think they're up against it too. But I have seen 300 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: some problems in the last year where purchasing from a 301 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: dealer may not guarantee you a real GM piece because 302 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: they don't know. Sometimes they're buying from an outside source. 303 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: So some of the things they get are you know. 304 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: I know, for example, there's a large GM Delco warehouse 305 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: in New Jersey that independence and dealers can all buy from, 306 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: and they source, you know, from different places. A lot 307 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: of it's GM Delco, et cetera. I don't know exactly 308 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: how the distribution works, but they've had conversation with me 309 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: where they've gotten caught on certain things where they think 310 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: they're buying a GM piece and it's not so counterfeit 311 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: parts is an issue, it really is. But I would 312 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: I would take a hard look at that that aluminum 313 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: cover and see is it concave that's the word I'm 314 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: looking for. Is a concave at all? 315 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 5: If that's, then you'd recommend just replacing both lines the 316 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 5: whole piece in there. 317 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: Well, I don't see how the lines if it's coming 318 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: out of the bolt housing, I'm not sure unless it's 319 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: is it's sneaking out of the line through that that's 320 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: that that that flat shim gasket that the line seals 321 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: against the puck with or the housing with. 322 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, right there, And I thought it's the worst 323 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 5: case scenario, I just buy a whole new unit to 324 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 5: put in uh, you know, a few bolts and new 325 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 5: housing and yeah, and. 326 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: Then in that case, like I said, I would just 327 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: I would just double check the the the deck of 328 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: the block itself, you know, think of it. Think of 329 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: it like if you were doing a head gasket, if 330 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: you've ever done a head gasket on an engine, we 331 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: always check the deck for square. And in this case, 332 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: the fact that I've got a problem, something's making a leak, 333 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: I just I just want to verify. I don't want 334 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: to assume higher mileage escalate, Jim, not that it's gonna 335 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: matter a whole lot. Yeah, it's not terrible, it's not 336 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: a whole lot of miles. So I would just I 337 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: would just be cautious. And and you see this drip 338 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: appear on a regular basis, right, It's not that it 339 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: happens once and then stuff. It can't be residue, it 340 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: can't be left over. 341 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 5: No, it's it's every night. 342 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 2: I'm coming cardboard, right. You know. 343 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 1: The other thing you could try is if you're having 344 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: a problem, you seem to like working on your own vehicle, 345 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: Why don't we Why don't we add a fluorescent die 346 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: to it and maybe it'll show us something where it's 347 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: actually coming from. With a black light and glasses. 348 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 5: Yeah, I did that, and that's exactly where it came from. 349 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, then you're on the right path, my friend. 350 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 1: That's exactly how I would do it. All right, Appreciate 351 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: you very well. You're very welcome, sir. Anytime. It's a pleasure. 352 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: So diagnosing oil leaks can be such a challenge, and 353 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: you've got to do it step by step. Diagnosing anything 354 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 1: could be such a challenge. When we come back, maybe 355 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,959 Speaker 1: in the second half, I'll tell you about this twenty 356 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: ten Ford fusion this week that would lose the brake 357 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 1: pedal on hard right turns and then there's no parts 358 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: available for it. But I can't duplicate the problem. So 359 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: where do you be a gain? Why there's a story there, 360 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: trust me, and we're working on it. It's it's still 361 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: on the drawing board, in progress, as we like to say. Anyway, 362 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero 363 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: ron A Indi and the car doctor. I'll be back 364 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: right after this. 365 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 6: Don't go away, just take it. 366 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,360 Speaker 1: Let's see, let's beak out of the driver's seat. Let's 367 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: get going and move forward. Let's go over to Let's 368 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: go to Mike in Pennsylvania. Mike, Welcome to the Card Doctor. 369 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 7: Sir. 370 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: How can I help. 371 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 5: Hi? 372 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 7: I have a Dodge Pro Master with one of those 373 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 7: touch screens, okay, and I know in one previous caller 374 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 7: they were talking about it. When you use those touch screens, 375 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 7: I find them a lot better to operate with, like 376 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 7: a stylus pen, to have a stylist pen in the 377 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 7: truck when I use it. It's two different models, the 378 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 7: ones of Dodge and the other one you were talking 379 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 7: about was a Honda. 380 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: Right well, and the Honda, but the Honda had a 381 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: mechanical difficulty. It had something wrong with it. It was physically broken. 382 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:24,360 Speaker 1: I don't know if I don't know if you caught 383 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: that at the beginning of that conversation I was having 384 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: with the Gentleman. But that one that was last week's show, 385 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: that one, that one would just lock up and no 386 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: matter what you did, no matter how you tap the screen, 387 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 1: it would intermittently go into it just it would just freeze. 388 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: So you know that was different than what you're talking about. 389 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: You use a stylist, do you like it does it work? 390 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: Do you find it difficult trying to find the stylust 391 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,719 Speaker 1: while you're driving or where do you keep it? 392 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 7: It's easy enough to keep right there next to the radio, 393 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 7: you know, right, so, because it's got like a little clip, 394 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 7: and all I do is it's just like keeping a 395 00:19:58,440 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 7: pen next to your you. 396 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: Know, kind of makes sense. Yeah, that makes sense. 397 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 7: And I do find, you know, especially in the winter time, 398 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 7: when the screens are cold, or if my hands are cold, 399 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 7: it ain't gonna work because you know, touch screen is 400 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 7: based off of wet like a heat sensor, right, it's. 401 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: It's the it's the thermal imprint of your finger. Listen, 402 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: and a lot of it. I find that, especially in 403 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: the winter time. But as a mechanic with and I 404 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: wear gloves, I even still tend to beat up my 405 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: fingertips that it's difficult for me to use a touch 406 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 1: screen in general. The State of New Jersey has us 407 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: sign in to do state inspection, if you can believe this, 408 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,959 Speaker 1: using a fingerprint scan. So you know, here we go, 409 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: We're trying to sign in using a fingerprint scan, and 410 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: we find that it doesn't even recognize my finger It 411 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: won't My fingers are cold, forget it. I have to 412 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: I hate to say this, but I have to sort 413 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,719 Speaker 1: of suck on my thumb to warm it up and 414 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: then get it wet and moist and then the hit 415 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: the thumb print and then it works. 416 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 7: So yeah, No, my objective is keep my gloves on 417 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 7: while I do my controls, right, That makes sense on 418 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 7: you know, my fingers with arthritis. I want to have 419 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 7: those gloves on. It's much more comfortable for me to 420 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 7: hold my steering wheel while I'm driving. 421 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 1: Gloves heated, no heated steering wheel and that pro master. 422 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,199 Speaker 7: Well, that's I believe it. That's not a feature for 423 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 7: the working class. Yeah, it's not a feature. 424 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:18,919 Speaker 2: I will tell you this. 425 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 7: With those dodges. Now, when I'm on, when I'm when 426 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 7: I'm accelerating, it seems like what's being activated is that 427 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 7: ABS system or or is it the the slipping system 428 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,360 Speaker 7: because you can feel the tension that's one of those tires. 429 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 7: It's almost like someone wants to put the brakes on it. 430 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 7: I'm accelerating, but yet I feel this. It's not it 431 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 7: only happens once in a while. It's like it's activating 432 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 7: that slippery road feature, almost like the ABS. You can 433 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 7: feel like this pulsating thing and then it goes away. 434 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 7: You know, it's only for like maybe a second or two, 435 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 7: and you're like, golly, it felt like somebody who was 436 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 7: gonna put the handbrake on while I was. 437 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: This is while you're driving mic just out of the blue. 438 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 7: It is. It is just out of the blue. And 439 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 7: it's usually when I'm using the accelerator to you know, 440 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 7: to to catch up the speed. 441 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 1: You know, tires, tires are all equal tread. 442 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 7: Yeah, you know they I mean we keep a good 443 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 7: yeah on the tread. 444 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: Yeah. Why don't you do this if you look at 445 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: the side, Well, next time it's up in the air 446 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 1: for service, why don't you check the date code on 447 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: the tires and see if they're all the same date code, 448 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: just out of curiosity and make sure they're all the 449 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 1: same size. You would think that if you would think 450 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: that if it was tire related, it would do it 451 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: on a more consistent basis. But what you're describing to 452 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: me as an intermittent random abs event or traction control 453 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: loss of traction control event. Do you see dashlights starting 454 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: to blink and flash when this happens. No, which makes 455 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: it even stranger. 456 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 7: No, right, No, does it only just started after twenty 457 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 7: thousand miles? It's got twenty six thousand? 458 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: Does does the engine speed flare up almost like the 459 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: trans was in neutral? 460 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 7: No, it just feels like it feels like somebody else 461 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 7: is hitting the brake, but only for a second and 462 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 7: only a light touch, you know, but you can definitely 463 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 7: feel it. It makes the steering wheel kind of you know, 464 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 7: it makes me think I have to react with the 465 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 7: steering wheel. 466 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 1: And what years this vehicle? 467 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,679 Speaker 7: Twenty twenty four, twenty five? It's a twenty five model. 468 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: Okay, there may be. I would keep track of it, 469 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: and I would make the dealer aware of it. Have 470 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: you talked to the dealer at all? 471 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 5: And no? 472 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: Okay, I would. I would make them aware of it 473 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 1: because things like that they start out as as minor 474 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 1: and then as time progresses, all of a sudden they 475 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: become a recall and a software update. Yeah, false false abs, 476 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: false traction control activation. I know of nothing at this moment, 477 00:23:58,240 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 1: but you know. 478 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 7: They are good things to look into. 479 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I would. I would just just mention it 480 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 1: because it's got twenty six thousand miles on it. Your 481 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: base warranty is probably three thirty six. So if you 482 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: don't have an extended warranty in ten thousand miles, you're 483 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 1: going to be out of luck. 484 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 7: As you happen to know about the oil change, do 485 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 7: you happen to know when the oil is dirty? Is 486 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 7: there a sensor that tells me the oil is dirty? 487 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 7: Because when I take it for an oil change, nobody 488 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 7: knows how to reset the oil change. Apparently I'm asking them, 489 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 7: but they don't seem to know how to reset the 490 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 7: oil change one hundred percent clean oil. But I'm thinking, well, 491 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 7: maybe it's automatic, maybe that the engine knows when there's 492 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 7: new oil. 493 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 1: No, it does not. You have to reset it. It's 494 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 1: either going to be turned the keyon, engine off, three 495 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,959 Speaker 1: pumps to the floor in rapid succession, or it's going 496 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,360 Speaker 1: to be through the This has a This has a 497 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,479 Speaker 1: touchscreen in the center of the desk. Myths what we 498 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,639 Speaker 1: were talking about when we first started this conversation. Right, 499 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 1: this has a touchscreen in the center of the dash. 500 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 7: Yes, with the van functions right. 501 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,399 Speaker 1: So they're either that or it will be there either. 502 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: Look under settings, there'll either be a settings or vehicle 503 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: or maintenance tab. I've given up trying to remember all 504 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 1: of them because they're all so different. But I will 505 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: generally find it there on a Chrysler and if if 506 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 1: that doesn't work, then three pumps. But you should be 507 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: able to or you're going to rotate it around in 508 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 1: front of you in the It's either on the cluster 509 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: in the center or in the driver information center directly 510 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: in front of you while you're driving through the steering wheel, 511 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: one of those one of those controls. Does your steering 512 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 1: wheel have the buttons on the left and right spoke yes, 513 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: with with the up and down arrows. Yes, Then you're 514 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: going to have information reset in that center right in 515 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: front of you in the driver information center. 516 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:57,199 Speaker 7: It's right direct, yes, yeah, one of those will do 517 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 7: it all right, kiddo. Thank you for your help. 518 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: Very welcome. Mike enjoyed the call. Eight five five five 519 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: six zero nine nine zero zero Running in the car Doctor, 520 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: We're back right after. This website is cardoctorshow dot com, 521 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: by the way, if you want to get out there 522 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: for more information about us. As well as our YouTube 523 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: channel posted a bunch of great videos. We shot a 524 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: really great video in the shop this week about a 525 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen day with rear abs problems. And when you 526 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:38,959 Speaker 1: see the video, you're not going to believe what actually 527 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 1: caused it. So that's something to look forward to. That'll 528 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 1: be up there in the next two weeks. Let's get 529 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: over to the phones as they continue. Jeff in New Jersey. 530 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: Oh nine Ford focus, Jeff, you're on at eight five 531 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: five five six zero nine nine zero zero. How can 532 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: I help hi? 533 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 3: Ron, Yes, have a typical New Jersey problem. Okay, a 534 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,919 Speaker 3: lot of salt, a lot of brown on the Rhodes. 535 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 3: And this week I was driving and all of a sudden, 536 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 3: I heard a noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. 537 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 3: So I checked it out, and I found out that 538 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 3: the one of the rear swaybar links actually broke. You know, 539 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 3: things corrode pretty well here. 540 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,920 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, oh yeah, it's uh we see one snowflake, 541 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 1: four tons of calcium chloride hits the bricks right away. 542 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: It just it's talk about overkill. So so, yeah, you 543 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: broke a link. Now, now where does it stand? 544 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 3: Okay, you know, broke breaking a link A pretty simple replacement. 545 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,439 Speaker 3: I got the links. So I was going to do 546 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 3: the job yesterday and I jacked the car up, and 547 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 3: you know, I got the one link on the one 548 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 3: side out, no problem. And then I looked on the 549 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,719 Speaker 3: other side and I looked at the lower control arm 550 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 3: in the rear, the rear lower control arm, and I 551 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 3: noticed it was substantially cracked, which obviously is going to 552 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 3: be a big safety issue. So I kind of stopped 553 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 3: the job at that point and said, okay, now now 554 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 3: we're we've dug in a little bit deeper now, and 555 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:01,120 Speaker 3: I definitely want to replace the you know, the lower 556 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 3: control the rear lower control arms. Right, obviously these rear 557 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 3: sway bar links. But also I was under there and 558 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,400 Speaker 3: this is where I realized that the rear suspension of vehicles. 559 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 3: You know, I'm fairly handy, but I really just kind 560 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 3: of like, you don't hear much going on back there. 561 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 3: The tires, you know, wear pretty evenly, and I think 562 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 3: that this is probably an overlooked component on a lot 563 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,119 Speaker 3: of vehicles, the rear suspension. 564 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 1: I would agree. I think that's and to my point, 565 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if you caught the show at the 566 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: top of the hour, but I was talking about a 567 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 1: new customer that came into the shop, and it's policy, 568 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 1: we get a new car, new customer, we're looking it 569 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: over for the first time we do a formal checklist, 570 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 1: because we look at the front suspension, we look at 571 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: the back suspension, we look at all the little things 572 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 1: that we tend not to look at because everybody out 573 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: of sight, out of mind. So how rusty is the 574 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: back of that car that you're driving, Jeff, How rusty 575 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 1: are those control arms? 576 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 3: That's where I'm going. Absolutely, So I looked at the 577 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 3: subframe is pretty crusty. But I poked around and I 578 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 3: hit it with a hammer. It sounds okay. The rear 579 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 3: control arms, literally, especially the one on the on the 580 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 3: driver's side, is so bad that it's cracked and there's 581 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,959 Speaker 3: a little actually a little hole through it. So I 582 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 3: feel it's probably at this point unsafe to drive with, 583 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 3: you know. So I'm not going to drive the vehicle 584 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 3: obviously for now, but I'm going to replace them in pairs. 585 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 2: You know. 586 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 3: It's a fairly again, a fairly straightforward job. I know, 587 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 3: I have to be careful with unloading the spring, you know, 588 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 3: when I use a jack to unload the spring, get hurt. Yes, 589 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 3: I'm comfortable with that part, but I did notice, you know, 590 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 3: I didn't realize that there's actually a rear upper control arm, 591 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 3: and there's also a rear link. I think you honestly 592 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 3: parts of the rear suspension I didn't know existed in 593 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 3: my car. And also there's a very fossilized and rotted 594 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 3: alignment bolt that holds the lower control arm to the subframe, 595 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 3: and that that bolt is totally shot. 596 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: So is your question to me, d do the uppers? 597 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: How far do you go? 598 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 3: That's where I'm going. Ron. I know I'm going to 599 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 3: have to replace the alignment bolt. It's a It's a 600 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 3: very large bolt that holds that lower control arm to 601 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 3: the ub Dorman makes that product, and you know I've 602 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 3: listened to your show long enough and know dormant. So 603 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 3: I went right and got that from Dorman. I got 604 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 3: the lower control arm. I'm going to order from Dorman. 605 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 3: They make a quality replacement. But exactly as you're saying, 606 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,479 Speaker 3: how far do I go? I'm going to have it apart. 607 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 3: But I don't have any other strange tire wear from 608 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 3: the rear. I don't hear any other noises, you know, 609 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 3: prior to this week? How far do I take this job? 610 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 1: As far as you need to and as far as 611 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: you're comfortable. If you're asking me, what would I do 612 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: if if the upper control arms are as rusty and 613 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 1: crunchy as the lowers, it's all it's all going, brother, 614 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: because only I only want to do this once. You know, 615 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: in the shop we look at cost of labor. We 616 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 1: take something apart if it's an extra fifteen minutes a 617 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: half hour to get to the upper because now everything's 618 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: apart and out of being under load, now's the time 619 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 1: to do it. It's the price of the part and 620 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 1: a little bit of labor. You know, we're going to 621 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: scrub that subframe or that that rear suspension frame as 622 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 1: clean as we could, and we're going to paint it up, 623 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: and then we're going to change whatever's rusty. You can 624 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: bang on it with a hammer all you want. But 625 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 1: the other thing you're going to think about is if 626 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: the control arm is rusty, what kind of shape are 627 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 1: the rubber pushing's in and how deteriorated are those and 628 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: if they're beat up and rotted, when does that become 629 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: a problem. How many times do you want to revisit this? 630 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: Number one, there's a safety factor, but there's also a 631 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: convenience factor, right, I take it this is your everyday transportation. 632 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 3: Yes, it is. 633 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: So you know, you want the vehicle to be down once, 634 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: not four times. So I have I have no problem 635 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 1: changing whatever control arms are rusted out or on the 636 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 1: verge of being rusted out. It's it's like changing you 637 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: ever do a timing belt on a vehicle? 638 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 3: Yes? 639 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 5: I have? 640 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: And why do you change the water pump even if 641 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 1: it's not leaking? 642 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, you see a little while, but prevented a maintenance 643 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 3: pretty much. You know if it has you know, high mileage, 644 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 3: you know you're in there. Why doing something right? 645 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 1: Proximity of repair is the way I teach it. Proximity 646 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: of repair if you can put your hand on it 647 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 1: and it's there and it's a couple of bolts and 648 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: it's out price of the part, and then you sleep 649 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 1: better and you know you have more confidence in the 650 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: vehicle and you're not hindered. Six months, seven months from now, 651 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,320 Speaker 1: eight months from now. And let's face it, this is 652 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: New Jersey. It's it's warm out, it's okay to work 653 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: on the car. Six seven, eight months now from now, 654 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna it's gonna be January. We're gonna get that 655 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 1: stuff called snow again maybe, And and you know it's 656 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 1: no fun. I don't care if you've got heat in 657 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: your garage. It's still no fun laying on the ground 658 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 1: trying to do this, or if you're doing it outside, 659 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 1: even worse. So this is a summertime repair. It's a 660 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: good time to do. 661 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 3: It, all right, Ketto all right, thank you, Ron. 662 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: You're very welcome. You're welcome, sir. You'd be well eight 663 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. The 664 00:32:47,840 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: car doctor's coming back right after this, so you see, 665 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 1: not all repairs are clear cut. We took in a 666 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: twenty ten Ford fusion this week and full transparency. It's 667 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,200 Speaker 1: Tom's wife's car, and Tom still loves his wife. So 668 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: I've decided we're going to fix it because it's breaks. 669 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: We don't want to see anything bad happen to her 670 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: or him. If something happens to her before that, she'll 671 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,360 Speaker 1: take him out. So the fact that we're going to 672 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 1: continue to do the radio show, well, you get it. 673 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 1: So we're going to fix the brakes. But I can't 674 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:32,600 Speaker 1: duplicate the problem. Sue says that on hard right turns 675 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: into work, she does a one tot eighty around a 676 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:39,719 Speaker 1: dumpster and the brake pedal always goes to the floor. Now, 677 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 1: I've got Tom on assignment this weekend. Tom's job this 678 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: weekend is to go drive the car and duplicate the 679 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 1: condition so he can have the experience, because we couldn't 680 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 1: duplicate it. But the bigger problem, and Tom learned this 681 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 1: this week firsthand, is that there aren't a lot of 682 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: parts available for a fifteen year old Ford anymore. We 683 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: found one day master cylinder because we've got some reasons 684 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 1: to suspect that we're going to start there, but we 685 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 1: couldn't find a reservoir. Now, the stupidity of all this is, 686 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:13,440 Speaker 1: if you're changing the hydraulic portion of the breakmaster cylinder, 687 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 1: wouldn't you want a clean reservoir to put fresh, clean 688 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:18,879 Speaker 1: fluid in rather than use the old one. As good 689 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,920 Speaker 1: as you scrub it, you're just never going to get 690 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,959 Speaker 1: it as clean as a new one could be. And 691 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:26,719 Speaker 1: for the price of things, why don't you just want 692 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: to start with a fresh reservoir? 693 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 7: Uh huh. 694 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,920 Speaker 1: There's a problem in this country with getting parts. We 695 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 1: don't make break master cylinders anymore, we don't make reservoirs anymore. 696 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: It's very strange, but we're turning cars. We're taking a 697 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,400 Speaker 1: few critical pieces and We're turning cars into useless piles 698 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,880 Speaker 1: of junk without it, So more to come. We're going 699 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,560 Speaker 1: to fix Tom's car next week. We'll let you know 700 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,919 Speaker 1: what the outcome is. Till then, I'm on an indy 701 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,000 Speaker 1: in the car doctor, reminding each and every one of you. 702 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,760 Speaker 1: Good mechanics aren't expensive, They're priceless. 703 00:34:52,760 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 6: See you, Bok setting down on the bed