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John? 18 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 2: How can I help? 19 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 3: Now? 20 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 4: The abs the power steering and Stabela track lights come 21 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 4: on on the dash and I have no power steering 22 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 4: and I took it to first I just put a 23 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 4: fixed finder on it, and it's said that it needed 24 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 4: an electronic control unit hardware, and I took it to 25 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 4: a Cadillac dealer and they confirmed that, but they said 26 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 4: that the manufacturer itself no longer makes a replacement part 27 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 4: for it. And so I looked on the internet and 28 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 4: I found an ac Delco part, but Caillac said they 29 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 4: would install it, but they wouldn't guarantee that it would 30 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 4: talk to the rest all electronics on the car. 31 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 2: Okay, your question to me, well. 32 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 5: Should I risk the money we're talking with the part 33 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 5: about twelve hundred and fifty bucks to see if that 34 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 5: takes care of the trouble or is it time to 35 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 5: just get rid of the car? 36 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 2: How many miles are on the card? 37 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 4: John, one hundred and twenty thousand. 38 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 2: So you know, the easy way out of this conversation 39 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 2: is we play what if? Right, if you've listened to 40 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 2: me long enough, you know I'm going to ask you 41 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 2: what if the next thing fails? 42 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 3: Right? 43 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 2: You know, if we spend the twelve fifteen two thousand 44 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 2: dollars on this car and the transmission were to fail, 45 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 2: trans in that car is probably every bit of five 46 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 2: six grand. As I guess you know, what would you do? 47 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 2: Would you replace the car or would you replace the 48 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 2: trans I always like to look at major component failure. 49 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 2: It's yeah, you know, it's a sixteen. I think the 50 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 2: painful part of this conversation is it's a sixteen, right, Gee, 51 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 2: it's only eight years old. Nine years old doesn't seem 52 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 2: very long, right, right, But the price of components start 53 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 2: to add up quickly. Let's let's let's let's go back 54 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 2: to the beginning. Can you afford a new Cadillac? John? 55 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 6: No? 56 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 2: Okay, can you afford to? Can you afford a two 57 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 2: year old one? 58 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 4: Probably? 59 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 6: Right? You know. 60 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 2: It's it's technology, in my opinion, is changing the way 61 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 2: we look at cars in their longevity. It just is, Yeah, 62 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 2: we start to get the things. You know, y're of 63 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 2: my generation, I ventured. I guess, all right, yeah, maybe 64 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: you're a little older. Yeah, you're a little older than me, right, 65 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 2: but you're of the generation the cars lasted fifteen years 66 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 2: and they just they do. But it comes at a price, right, Yeah. 67 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 2: I've also I've also come to the conclusion certain cars, Ah, 68 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 2: you know, yeah, maybe it is time to move on. 69 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 2: Life's too short. What we what do we want? To 70 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 2: put up with, right, you know. I also I also 71 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 2: always think about I had had this conversation with a 72 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 2: customer just this week where the daughter came in from Philadelphia. 73 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 2: It was a thirteen Honda CRV with one hundred and 74 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 2: thirty thousand miles on it. It was like it was 75 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 2: if it was a horse, it would have been rode hard, 76 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 2: put away wet, as the cowboys like to say. And 77 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 2: it just wasn't properly cared for it. At what point, 78 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 2: you know, where, where when? And how young lady on 79 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 2: the road all hours of the day and night. You know, 80 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 2: there's there's got to be a question of reliability and survivability. 81 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 2: And you know, and you know, you're you're an older gentleman. 82 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 2: You're out in your Cadillac, if you're out late at 83 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 2: night coming home from an event or something, if there's 84 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 2: some sort of electrical issue or some sort of a problem, 85 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 2: do you want to deal with that? You know? I think, 86 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 2: you know, I'd be willing to bet the Catillac if 87 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 2: Delco says, if it's a real Delco piece, good quality apart, 88 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 2: and it's correct for the application, I would venture to 89 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,799 Speaker 2: guess that it will work in the vehicle So it's 90 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 2: the question in the back of my mind isn't whether 91 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 2: or not the part will work. If Delco says this 92 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 2: is the replacement piece and it's a true Delco re 93 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 2: manufactured component, and you could verify that talking to Delco, yes, 94 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 2: I would say it's going to work. The question is 95 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 2: do you want it to? 96 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 6: Is it? 97 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 2: Is it as it reached the point where for your 98 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 2: safety and your enjoyment, you know, is it time to 99 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 2: go look at you know, a three year old certified 100 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 2: pre owned something that's going to have newer parts available 101 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 2: when you get five or six years out of that one. 102 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 2: By then you'll be eighty We'll go on to one 103 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 2: more car. You call me back because I'll probably still 104 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 2: be here working, and when you're eighty five, I'll talk 105 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 2: you into a yellow Corvette. 106 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 5: All right, all right, thanks, Ron. 107 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 2: You're very welcome. John, you will Yeah, I think I 108 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 2: think technology jeez. You know the theme of this week's 109 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 2: show is technology. 110 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 6: Right. 111 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 2: Technology is just beating us up to the point that 112 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 2: can we keep up with it? You know, I we can, 113 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 2: but at what kind of a price. Let's go to 114 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 2: Paul in Virginia real quick, Paul Virginia, some observations and comments. 115 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 2: Always a pleasure, sir. How can I help? 116 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 7: Yes, Hi, Ron, I've noticed this for years and I 117 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 7: thought it'd be helpful people to understand them when when 118 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 7: you're maneuvering in a parking lot, if you're turning the 119 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 7: steering wheel, the vehicle really needs to be in motion. 120 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 8: If only one mile an hour or half a mile 121 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 8: an hour makes a huge difference. Is putting a lot 122 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 8: of strain on the power steering pump, the hoses, the 123 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 8: tie rod, ends, the tires, all of that, and it's 124 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 8: going to end up costing you money parking lots. 125 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what, Paul, it's a it's a it's 126 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 2: a timely conversation. I think parking lots are some of 127 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 2: the most dangerous places on the road, so to speak. 128 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 2: I think an awful lot of things go on in 129 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 2: parking lots, and you're absolutely right. You watch people in 130 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 2: parking lots and the way they maneuver, the way they 131 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 2: drive through open parking spaces and across lanes as if 132 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:56,679 Speaker 2: they're a street. It behooves me some of the things 133 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 2: I've seen. I had an incident just the other night 134 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 2: and I'm still running it over in my head if 135 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 2: I was right or wrong. I was backing out of 136 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 2: a parking space. I saw the fellow come out of 137 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 2: the pizza store. He was carrying his two pizzas. I 138 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 2: would swear. He disappeared two cars before where I was parked. 139 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 2: He made a right and went between those two cars, 140 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 2: and he ended up right next to the suburban. He 141 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 2: was in a blind spot where I couldn't see him. 142 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: And you know, we had the New Jersey exchange. Uh. 143 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 2: He looked at me. I looked at him. He gave 144 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 2: me the scowl, and I smiled and I let him 145 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 2: go then. But you know, you you there's there's a 146 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 2: there's there's a lot going on in parking lots. You 147 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 2: are absolutely correct. And sometimes it's hard though. Sometimes parking 148 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 2: lots are built so tight and packed together so well 149 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 2: that you just can't you can't be moving and turn 150 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 2: the wheel at the same time. But I get your 151 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 2: point absolutely well. Uh, well taken and well understood, sir. 152 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 8: All right, all right, yeah, and people should also back 153 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 8: to the parking spot that way you pull out and 154 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 8: you don't have a little kid just take off running 155 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 8: right behind you. 156 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what, I agree with that one. Hundred percent. 157 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 2: I like backing into a parking spot. I can't always 158 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 2: do it, but I like backing into a parking spot, 159 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 2: especially if I'm getting there in daylight and I have 160 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 2: to leave from where I'm parking at night in the dark, 161 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:26,319 Speaker 2: because this way I can see, you know, I can 162 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 2: see what's in front of me, you know. But we 163 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 2: always have to be aware in parking lots. There's a 164 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 2: lot of hidden danger in parking lots. And it seems 165 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 2: like people aren't driving as well as they once did. 166 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 2: And I can blame that on a lot of things. 167 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 2: But in any event, points well, taking Paul, I appreciate 168 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 2: your comments, sir, you'd like it. You'll be well, yes, sir, 169 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 2: be well eight five five five six zero nine nine 170 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 2: zero zero running any of the car Doctor. We're back 171 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 2: right after this. Let's go right to the phone. Let's 172 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 2: go to Tim in Pennsylvania sixteen Toyota Ta coma. Tim, 173 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 2: Welcome to the car Doctor. How can I help Tim? 174 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 2: Tim going once? Tim going twice? Is Tim gone? Maybe 175 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 2: Tim's gone? 176 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 6: Tim? 177 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 3: I'm here there you go, I'm here, yep. 178 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 2: So the technology, the technology gremlins are at it. 179 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 6: See. 180 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 2: Technology is the theme of this week's show. I'm telling 181 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,719 Speaker 2: you it's going to be our undoing. So how can 182 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:22,079 Speaker 2: I help you? 183 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 6: Sir? 184 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 3: Well, I'm a retired technology guys. 185 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,319 Speaker 6: So who you get it? 186 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 2: You get it? What's going on? 187 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 3: Okay? Twenty sixteen Tacoma changing the coolant, and my mechanic 188 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 3: has recommended that I switched from the pink to the 189 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 3: green coolant. 190 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 2: Why. 191 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 3: He says it's less corrosive on on plastic parts that 192 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 3: might be located within the you know, the coolant chain. 193 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 3: I was just curious as to your thoughts. I was 194 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:57,559 Speaker 3: thinking I'd like to stick with recommendations. 195 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 2: I'm with you, brothers. Oh, I'll tell you what I think. 196 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 2: Coolants are one of the most underdiscussed, underrated fluids in 197 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 2: a vehicle. You caught me at a great time, Tim, 198 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 2: because I'm on this kick where lately I've been reading 199 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 2: what manufacturers. Each manufacturer calls for a different type of 200 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 2: water to go in their coolant. So, for example, if 201 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 2: you buy straight Dex cool for a GM product, GM 202 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 2: says you can use tap water to mix that water 203 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 2: that coolant. You know, to do the fifty to fifty mix. 204 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 2: If you buy Chrysler coolant for your jeep, jeep wants 205 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 2: distilled water. I'm still having a problem where am I 206 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 2: going to find distilled water? But you get my point. 207 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 2: It seems that every manufacturer wants a different level, quality 208 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 2: or type of water to mix with that specific coolant. 209 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 2: Crazy right, Yes. And the specificity of and I like 210 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 2: that word it rolls off the tongue so well, specificity 211 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 2: of fluids. It's there for a reason. I don't always 212 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 2: understand what the engineer is thinking. I will admit that, 213 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 2: but I know that they don't create these things just 214 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 2: on a whim. Certain things I think they do, but 215 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 2: that's a that's just a theory. That's part of being 216 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 2: a mechanic for fifty something years. But when it comes 217 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 2: to fluids, the short winded answer is I would stay 218 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 2: with the Toyota Long life, you know, pink, because it's 219 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 2: got to be a phosphate based organic fluid or poat 220 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 2: as they call it. If you want to do some reading, 221 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 2: go out to the Peak website Peak Coolant OWI dot com, 222 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 2: OWI dot com and start looking at the different types 223 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 2: of coolant they've got. And part of my research now 224 00:12:54,520 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 2: in how different manufacturers are requiring different water filled tap 225 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:06,559 Speaker 2: so on is making me think that from this point forward, 226 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 2: I think using a Peak fifty to fifty pre mixed 227 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 2: coolant is absolutely the way to go, because you know, 228 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 2: if Peak did it, they're the standard. In my mind, 229 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 2: If Peak did it, then you know it's done right 230 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 2: and it's got the correct chemical balance. When you're a mechanic, 231 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 2: when your mechanic's going to do the exchange just out 232 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 2: of curiosity, does he say he's going to use a 233 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 2: machine or he's just going to drain the radiator. 234 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 3: He's just going to drain the radiator. 235 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 2: Okay, that's the second mistake, all right. If you just 236 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 2: drain the radiator, you only get out about a third 237 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 2: of the coolant out of any car. You have to 238 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 2: do a coolant exchange. Okay, draining a radiator, and let's 239 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 2: just talk on that for a second, if we can. 240 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 2: Draining a radiator is the most inefficient way of servicing 241 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 2: a cooling. So I like to think of it as 242 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 2: theft by deception. You have to do a fluid exchange, 243 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 2: have to because you're getting all the coolant that's in 244 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 2: the block and the crevices in the back cylinders of 245 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 2: a V six or a V eight. You're getting the 246 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 2: heater core exchanged. You're getting the rear not so much 247 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 2: in a the coma, but you know in a lot 248 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 2: of vehicles today there's a rear heating and AC unit. 249 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 2: How is draining the radiator going to get the coolant 250 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 2: out of the heater core in the back of the vehicle. 251 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 3: Right, that's a good point. Yeah, I just relying on 252 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 3: gravity at that. 253 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 2: Point, right, And it doesn't because I'll tell you what 254 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 2: you know. You can tell him try the experiment, drain 255 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 2: the pink out and start the truck up, or put 256 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 2: his green in start the truck up. But I guarantee 257 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 2: you that green is going to be discolored within a 258 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 2: matter of minutes because the rest of the pink that's 259 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 2: in the in the block itself is going to unless 260 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 2: he's pulling side plugs out of the block, which is 261 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 2: another inefficient way of doing it, since you can't get 262 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 2: to anything from underneath anymore. It's so difficult. You absolutely 263 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 2: need to use a coolant exchange process and not to 264 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 2: take anything away from your mechanic. While you're out on 265 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 2: the web. You're a technology guy and you're out at 266 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 2: ow I dot com. Go to bgfind ashop dot com. 267 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 2: And find a shop that's got a coolant exchange machine 268 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 2: and have the process done that way. That's the correct 269 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 2: way to do any sort of fluid exchange, definitely with 270 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 2: a coolant right A G I, BG, BG, find a shop. 271 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 3: Dot com BG, find a shop. 272 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 2: Okay, yes, sir, all right? And you know BG has 273 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 2: some very excellent proprietary sources and resources and procedures and 274 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 2: the correct machines to do fluid exchanges on vehicles, and 275 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 2: you'll find it to be a very worthwhile endeavor. I'm 276 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 2: not going to say your mechanic is too old school 277 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 2: for me, but he's too old school for me, all right. 278 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 2: And he's got to get some education, and he's got 279 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 2: to start to look at the processes that he's doing. 280 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 2: I talked to shop owners on a weekly basis, and 281 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 2: the one line I always love is, you know, I've 282 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 2: been doing it this way since my father taught me. 283 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 2: And the guy's sixty five years old, and I have 284 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 2: to turn and say, but your father's either retired or 285 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 2: passed on. Don't you think technology has changed a little 286 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 2: bit in that timeframe? You know, we can't do Somebody 287 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 2: asked me the other day, Ron, do you run the 288 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 2: shop the same today as you did five years ago. 289 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 2: And I had to stop and think for a minute. 290 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 2: You know what, Tim, I don't think I run the 291 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 2: shop the same way today as I did two years ago, 292 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 2: the procedures and processes, because it's caused me to change, 293 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 2: and it's just part of the business. It's evolving and 294 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 2: expanding at a much faster rate than we all like 295 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 2: to admit or sometimes even think about. 296 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 3: So all right, all right, appreciate it. 297 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 2: You're very welcome. Stay with the pink. You're thinking right, 298 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 2: and you'll be just fine. Yes, sir, appreciate the call. Tim, 299 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Technology is just boy, it's just 300 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 2: it's it's evolving. I've got a good one for you. 301 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 2: I heard this the other day. We were talking. Not 302 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 2: all oils are the same, and I don't have proof 303 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 2: of this yet, but the example, and I'll mention the brand. 304 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 2: And I don't know this to be one hundred percent true. 305 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 2: I haven't finished my research Mobile one zero twenty just 306 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 2: because Mobile one, I think is a good oil, but 307 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 2: not all Mobile one zero twenty is rated for every 308 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 2: vehicle that takes that zero twenty. It's got to meet 309 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 2: that specificity for that vehicle. Are we pouring the correct oil? 310 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 2: A lot to be thought about. I'm not an any 311 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:41,719 Speaker 2: of the Car Doctor. I'll be back right after this. 312 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:48,880 Speaker 2: Don't go away. Let us go to Nevada and talk 313 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 2: to Robert Nelko. Robert, welcome to the Car Doctor. Eight 314 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 2: five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. How 315 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 2: can I help? 316 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 9: And I just gotta tell you, I go out of 317 00:17:58,240 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 9: my way to listen to your show. 318 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 3: Uh. 319 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 9: And I don't do that with many things, but it's 320 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 9: it's one of the those things my week. 321 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 2: I didn't know we had my family members on today. 322 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Robert. I appreciate that. So what's 323 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 2: going on? Brother? 324 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:15,919 Speaker 9: I got a twenty ten f one fifty. It's got 325 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 9: about one hundred and sixty thousand miles on it, and 326 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 9: I'd got it from a buddy about six months. 327 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 2: Ago, just broken in and. 328 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 9: Well ten thousand miles ago. He had a new motor. 329 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:26,399 Speaker 6: Put in it. 330 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 3: Right. 331 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 2: What engines in this? 332 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 9: Uh crap? 333 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,959 Speaker 3: It's the big one five yes, sir, okay. 334 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 9: And he told me when I got it from and 335 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,959 Speaker 9: I got a good deal. I helped him fix up 336 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 9: the place and he sold his house and I got 337 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 9: a real good deal. On it from him, but he 338 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 9: said at times it'll lose power just now, and then 339 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 9: he says it hardly ever happens, and he's had it 340 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 9: in the shop a few times and he couldn't. They 341 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 9: never figured it out. And about two weeks ago it 342 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 9: happened on me getting on the freeway and then the 343 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 9: engine light had come on and it kicked out. It 344 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 9: said three codes, but one of them it gave me twice, 345 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 9: which was P zero one four one What. 346 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 6: Were they were? Heat? 347 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 2: What was the other one? Do you remember? 348 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:17,439 Speaker 3: It's it said seventy e eight engine seventy nine A flash, 349 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 3: t okay, so. 350 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 2: And then it momentarily it happened, and then it momentarily disappeared. 351 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 9: Well, the next time I started it, I I was 352 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,919 Speaker 9: just going two miles on the freeway and I couldn't 353 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 9: stop or set it off or do it. I mean, 354 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 9: I just didn't. I just and once it got going 355 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 9: it was probably from twenty to thirty thirty five miles 356 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 9: an hour. It just really was having problems there for 357 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 9: a minute. And it doesn't seem like in between check 358 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 9: and transmission or I don't like it. I'm I'm not sure. 359 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:48,439 Speaker 6: You know. 360 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 9: A couple of places to think or look, but how 361 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 9: it happened and how he said, and it just every 362 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,400 Speaker 9: now and then once or twice a year. 363 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 2: Okay, so yeah, walk in your ankle's hurt all the time, right, Yeah, 364 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 2: it's the age or your negoes out and you go 365 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 2: to the doctor and he tells you, well, it could 366 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 2: be this, and it could be that you need to 367 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 2: lose some weight, you need to slow down, you need 368 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 2: to get more sleep, and he's kind of going through 369 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 2: the list of possible fixes, but he's also trying to 370 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 2: figure out what's good, so we can figure out what's bad, right, right, 371 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 2: And that's what you sort of have to do with 372 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,199 Speaker 2: a problem like this. So we can look at the 373 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 2: fault codes. But if you live by the code, you're 374 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 2: going to die by the code. So you know, let's 375 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 2: start to look at some of the other information. And 376 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 2: for this we need an intelligent mechanic and somebody that 377 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 2: understands freeze frame in mode six, freeze frame is the 378 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 2: video snapshot capture of an approximation of what was happening 379 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 2: on that vehicle the moment before your ankle started to hurt. 380 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:05,640 Speaker 2: All right, right, it's it's going to show some critical sensors. 381 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 2: It's going to show a variety of different things they 382 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 2: can look at. It might point them in a direction 383 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 2: if they apply critical thinking. Mode six is the test 384 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:24,479 Speaker 2: language that your body uses to determine uh oh, Roberts 385 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 2: ankle's about to give out because the cartilage on the 386 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,159 Speaker 2: right side is warned and he's going to send an 387 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 2: electrical pulse pulse shock to the brain. The brain's going 388 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 2: to say, buckle right. Mode six is that physical testing language. 389 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 2: It's in hexadecimal format. Makes all the old computer programmer 390 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 2: guys excited. But it's a little difficult to read. You 391 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 2: need a good scan tool. But there are some clues there. 392 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 2: There are typically clues there where I want to go, 393 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 2: all right, if I can get this to happen again, 394 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 2: I'd love to see, for example, where was fuel trim? 395 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 2: Did this cargo? Did this cargo stink and lean? Did 396 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 2: it just sort of fall on its face? Where? Where? 397 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 2: And and and for that matter, if I if I'm 398 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 2: diagnosing this car in the bay, I'm going out for 399 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 2: a ride, I want to do a volumetric efficiency test. 400 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 2: How well does this car breathe when it's running right? 401 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 2: I want to know what was the barometric pressure the 402 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 2: day the car had that problem, and what was engine 403 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 2: vacuum at that moment, which I will probably find engine 404 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 2: vacuum readings in the freeze frame data, which is why 405 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 2: I sent you there right. 406 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 6: Right, all right? 407 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 9: No, I got that wrote down there. 408 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 6: Now. 409 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 2: And there's one last piece to this puzzle, all right, 410 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 2: that generation truck, the battery junction box under the hood. 411 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 2: I want you to go to a few seventy six, 412 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 2: few seventy six. I want you to make sure that 413 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 2: fuse is good, which it probably is because this is 414 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 2: an intermittent fault. But I want you to find few 415 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 2: seventy six and physically pull it out of the block 416 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 2: and look at the spade terminals. Do they look burnt? 417 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 2: Are they recessed? Does it look like somebody squeeze them 418 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 2: real tight between their thumb and forefinger and they made 419 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 2: like a little dent in the fuse And it's dark. 420 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:21,479 Speaker 2: That darkness is because that fuse holder in the junction box, 421 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 2: the fingers are loose. You ever look at how it 422 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 2: you've taken fuses out right, and you know, yeah, they're 423 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 2: they're they're held they're held like between your thumb and 424 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 2: forefinger real tight that battery. That battery junction box is 425 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 2: a known problem child where the fuses loosen up. How 426 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 2: critically you think it would be for a fuse to 427 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 2: have a good, clean, solid contact with the circuit. It's 428 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 2: trying to power right right and then dirt what you have? 429 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 2: Dirt and dirt roads in Nevada? Really? Yeah, my god, 430 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 2: gee whiz, that's you. Guys are kind of different. But 431 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 2: you know, you start to look at fuses and you 432 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 2: can look at the rest of them and just take 433 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 2: the fuses out one at a time. Don't take them, 434 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,119 Speaker 2: you know, I told somebody to do. I'll never forget this, Robert. 435 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 2: I still think about this guy. I told him, I said, 436 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,640 Speaker 2: look at the fuses. He called me the next week 437 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 2: he says, I got this pile of fuses on my toolbox. 438 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 2: Now what do I do? No, one at a time, brother, 439 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 2: and then put it back in. It's either good or 440 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 2: it's not. 441 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 6: So. 442 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 2: Now if the fuses are good, get a wiring diagram. 443 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 2: There's a green wire that powers that fuse. It actually 444 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 2: feeds power to all of the oxygen sensors. Make sure 445 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 2: do a loaded voltage drop test on that green wire 446 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 2: that feeds that section of the fuse box. That wire 447 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 2: has been known to have internal problems because of the 448 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 2: way it's routed. That green wire could be a problem 449 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 2: child as well, because if it loses if it loses 450 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 2: its voltage, it will create and create running issues just 451 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 2: like you're describing. So pay attention to that junction block. 452 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 2: Look at freeze frame, look at mote six fuses one 453 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 2: of the time. 454 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 9: All right, Nope, I appreciate it. And it was a 455 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 9: pews Yeah, a couple of months ago. It was a 456 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 9: little fuse because it all of a sudden, it just 457 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 9: didn't start, and it was a ninety cent little fuse 458 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 9: for the fuel pump and some other stuff. 459 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 2: Under the hood, battery junction box under the hood. 460 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 6: Yeah. 461 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 2: You know, it's almost like I know what I'm doing. 462 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 9: I need to go through all the infuses. Yeah, I 463 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,120 Speaker 9: appreciate it. Thanks for your time. 464 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 2: You're very welcome, Robert. You'd be well, well, you can't 465 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 2: make that up, huh. I love those moments, you know. 466 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 2: I just I don't know what I want to be 467 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 2: when I grow up. I think I'll be a mechanic 468 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 2: eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 469 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 2: Why wouldn't I I'll be back right after this, don't 470 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 2: go anywhere. Let's go to Jerry and Delaware. Jerry, you're 471 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 2: on with the car doctor. How can I help? 472 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 3: Hey? 473 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 6: How you doing today? 474 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 3: Sure? 475 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 2: What's going on? 476 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 6: I have a two thousand and six Stormacks diesel. Okay, 477 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 6: first problem I have with it is that I had 478 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 6: a code go off for the mass mass air sensor 479 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 6: and then I fixed that. I got one online, put 480 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 6: it in there, took it right off. Three months later, 481 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 6: four months later it's back. 482 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,920 Speaker 2: Okay, what makes you think your new part isn't any good? 483 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 6: Well, I mean that's the thought I have. But yeah, 484 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,400 Speaker 6: so it wasn't that expensive, right? 485 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 2: Is it? Is? 486 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 3: It? 487 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 2: Is it the exact same fault code? 488 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 6: I didn't I check. I forget, I forget, I forget 489 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,880 Speaker 6: it's the same fault code. And then they just said 490 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 6: mass Air. 491 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, what scantooler? You know it's listen. You can't 492 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 2: look at scan tool terminology. What scan tool are you using? 493 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 2: For example, let me start the conversation. 494 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 6: Here, I forget cheap. Yeah, it's a cheap. 495 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 2: Right, So you can't look at scan tool terminology and 496 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 2: assume every scan to lit software writer has correct language. 497 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 2: Take the code? 498 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 6: Look, I did right? 499 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 2: And what was the actual code? 500 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 6: I don't remember at this time. Was it was it was? It? 501 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 2: Was it the same code last time as it is 502 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:18,919 Speaker 2: this time? 503 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 6: I believe it is, okay, and I don't know what 504 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 6: what what would be the difference? 505 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 2: Well, there's more than there's there's more than one fault 506 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 2: code for a mass airflow sensor failure. 507 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 6: Is my point. Okay, that's what I want to know. 508 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's there's you know, there's Believe me, they test 509 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 2: things fourteen different ways nowadays. So to make a long 510 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 2: story short, you know, I would say, let's do some 511 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 2: basic testing on that mass airflow. But if it was 512 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 2: cheap enough, perhaps we want to start with something from 513 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 2: a good quality source. Or let's diagnose that fault. All right. 514 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,159 Speaker 2: I'm not saying your sensor didn't fix it, but is 515 00:27:54,200 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 2: your sensor still working? Parts online Amazon? You know, it's 516 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 2: kind of like walking past the ice cream shop at 517 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 2: eight o'clock at night, going, yeah, just one cone. It's 518 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 2: a heck of a temptation, but it gives you a 519 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 2: belly ache later on. Second are second point, second question. 520 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 6: Second question. I put new calibers, new brakes, everything on there, 521 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,959 Speaker 6: and I have the same problem since I bought the vehicle. 522 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 6: When I stopped the vehicle, it always pulled for the 523 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 6: left just a hair, and I put the new calibers, 524 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 6: do everything on there, and it still does the same thing. 525 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 2: Pads, roders, calipers, hoses, hoses, no, and on. How many 526 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 2: miles around the truck? Two hundred thousand eight, yeah, two 527 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 2: hundred thousand. So I'm gonna make you go buy another tool, 528 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 2: all right, Okay, I want you to go buy a 529 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 2: temp gun, an infrared temp gun. And you'll like this. 530 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 2: What do you do for a living? 531 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 6: Are you? 532 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 2: Are you in construction or something? 533 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 6: It used to be a truck driver, dow, I'm just retired. 534 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 2: Okay, I would tell you to go buy an infrared 535 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 2: temp gun. Take the vehicle out for a rod all right. 536 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 2: Can you see the brake roaders through the wheels? 537 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 6: Yeah? Pretty much? 538 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 8: All right? 539 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 2: You know, I would find a spot and I would 540 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 2: start measuring temperature. If you want to see that, If 541 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 2: you want to see the difference, go take it for 542 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 2: a normal ride, normal application. Start reading temperature. All right. 543 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 2: Do we have one breake rotor that's hotter than the rest? 544 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 2: For that matter, do we have one brake rotor that's 545 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 2: cooler than the rest I got you, all right. And 546 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,959 Speaker 2: if we've got if the right front is cooler than 547 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 2: the left front, that tells me it's not getting full 548 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 2: clamping force. And perhaps perhaps I've got a restriction in 549 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 2: a break hose. 550 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 6: That's okay, that sounds pretty good, all right? 551 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 2: I like that, Yeah, it's it's that's a real strong possibility, 552 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 2: real quick at. 553 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 6: Okay, one other thing off. I can't throw another one 554 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 6: at you, real quick, go ahead. My wife had a 555 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 6: two thousand and nine Ford Escape six cylinder she had 556 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 6: to back to unswer replaced, not made somebody else, right, 557 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 6: and they replaced it, and it keeps on going on 558 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 6: and off, on and off. 559 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 2: Okay, So we'll get We won't ham, we won't hammer 560 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 2: the conversation with quality of part. You already know how 561 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 2: I feel about that. 562 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 6: Right. 563 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 2: If we're getting the same repetitive fault code and it 564 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 2: is a performance fault not related to wiring or heater circuit, 565 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 2: all right, here we are again, right, there's more than 566 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 2: there's more than one way or one fault code for 567 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 2: for a component. There's probably eight different fault codes for 568 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 2: two sensors on average. Okay, on an on an older 569 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 2: vehicle like that, I'm going to start to look for 570 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 2: bulletins and I'm going to start to look for an 571 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,959 Speaker 2: exhaust leak. Does that vehicle have any sort of an 572 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 2: exhaust leak ahead of that downstream two censor? 573 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 6: Okay? Just to give you a little lead up of 574 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 6: what happened. 575 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 2: Well, i'll tell you what. T Let me pull over, 576 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 2: take a pause. I don't want to cut you short. 577 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 2: Let me pull over, take a pause. I'll finish with 578 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 2: you up on the other side of the of the break. Jerry, 579 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 2: I'm running ady in the car. Doctor. I'll be back 580 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:00,959 Speaker 2: right after this. 581 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 3: Jerry. 582 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 2: Are you still there, sir? Can I just real quick? 583 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 2: I want to revisit your miss airflow question comments issues. 584 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 2: Was it a P zero one on one? 585 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 6: I think it was. 586 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 2: Okay, so P zero one on one. It shows it 587 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 2: sets because there is incorrect airflow detected across the sensor. 588 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 2: If you have a scan tool that shows data stream, 589 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 2: and I don't know if the one hundred dollars scan 590 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 2: tool will you should you should be able to see 591 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 2: grahams per second. You could expect anywhere from forty to 592 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 2: fifty grams per second of airflow at idle on a 593 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 2: warm engine on a Duramax. So you may want to 594 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 2: you may want to go look and see what that 595 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 2: number is. The other thing that I'll mention real quick 596 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 2: is sometimes that code will set because deducting the air 597 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 2: ducts leading up to it, you know, after it, for 598 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 2: the lead going to the turbo become loose and old 599 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 2: and porous and leak, and you need to find a 600 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,880 Speaker 2: shop that has a smoke machine. And here's another example 601 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 2: of using a smoke machine that has something like a 602 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,640 Speaker 2: speed smoke from redline detection that will actually put the 603 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 2: system under higher pressure and make sure that the ducks 604 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 2: don't have leaks going through and up to the turbo itself. 605 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 2: So your last question comment. 606 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 6: I'll ask question that back two cents of my wife 607 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 6: had done. The lead up to that was the guy 608 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 6: was supposed to fix my oil leak, put a new 609 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 6: deskt in there, and then of course you have to 610 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,240 Speaker 6: take a part of exhaust to do that, right, I 611 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 6: didn't have I did not have a cove for that 612 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 6: back two cents or before he'd done that. 613 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, it makes kind of makes that exhaust leak idea 614 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 2: the possibility, right right. 615 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 6: That's why I wanted to tell you about that. 616 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean what I what I would physically do. 617 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 2: I have a real high tech piece of diagnostic equipment 618 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 2: to check for exhaust leaks. It's an eighteen dollars mechanic 619 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 2: stethoscope that I will put I'll put it up in 620 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 2: the air and I'll just sit underneath the vehicle and 621 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 2: I will start it. I'll bring the vehicle in the 622 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 2: night before, set it up on the lift. In the morning, 623 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 2: I'll put it up in the air. I'll put Danny 624 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 2: in the car, start it, and I will take the 625 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 2: stethoscope and I will just start to listen before things expand, 626 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,720 Speaker 2: and just just I'm looking. I'm looking for It should 627 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 2: be stone, whisper quiet the entire length down the line. 628 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 2: So sometimes the simplest tests are the best. Jerry, I 629 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,480 Speaker 2: appreciate the interaction. I appreciate you taking the time today. 630 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 2: Good luck with your durhamax. If you need more, you 631 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 2: know where to find me. Wow. A busy week, really 632 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 2: a good time to be here. I was happy to 633 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 2: do it all for you. I hope you all got 634 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 2: something out of it. I'm running andy in the car doctor, 635 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 2: happy to be here and proud to serve till the 636 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 2: next time. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you, baby,