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Speaker 1: luck to you, very good, UM, thank you for the call. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's um. You know the reason he sees the blue

429
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 1: smoke is because when you first start the car, the

430
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 1: catalytic converter isn't lit off. And once the cat builds

431
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,720
Speaker 1: up some heat and lights off, it can then put

432
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,200
Speaker 1: the oil as it passes through through a chemical change

433
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,040
Speaker 1: and oxidize it down and and and do the internal

434
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 1: burn off and contain it within and reduce the amount

435
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,479
Speaker 1: of smoke that comes out the pipe. So you know,

436
00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 1: to repair that, you're repairing something that's broken. Um. You know,

437
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,280
Speaker 1: it's it's not that simple of a question with a

438
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,600
Speaker 1: very simple answer. So speaking of answers, and let's see

439
00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,400
Speaker 1: if we can give make this a simple one. Let's

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00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,639
Speaker 1: go over and talk to Charles from Alpine, New Jersey

441
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Speaker 1: with some questions about battery. Said Charles, you're at the cart.

442
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,520
Speaker 1: It's a very simple question, and I'm sure you're gonna

443
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Speaker 1: be able to handle it. Incidentally, you gave us a

444
00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,119
Speaker 1: good steer in the wrong in the right direction, I

445
00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:55,400
Speaker 1: should say some years ago. Anyway, about three years ago,

446
00:24:55,480 --> 00:25:00,399
Speaker 1: I purchased ten um garden tractor size batter least they

447
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 1: were empty, they never had acid in them, and uh

448
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 1: so I just developed the need for them. They so

449
00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,359
Speaker 1: I put the acid in one of them and charged

450
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,720
Speaker 1: it went up. I took it up to let's say,

451
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Speaker 1: thirteen volts, and it held the charge for um pretty

452
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,639
Speaker 1: much the better part of two weeks. Uh But I

453
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,440
Speaker 1: felt that it just wasn't giving me enough for my use,

454
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,760
Speaker 1: and I wondered. I put battery acid in it that

455
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Speaker 1: I bought also about ten years ago, and I wondered

456
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:36,040
Speaker 1: if battery sid has a shelf life that makes it

457
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Speaker 1: a little bit deteriorated and not give me the life

458
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Speaker 1: that I'm looking for. Yes, battery SID does have a

459
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Speaker 1: shelf life. Um. You know, if if you had said

460
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Speaker 1: to me that the batterys it was like the batteries

461
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,360
Speaker 1: two years old, I would tell you you're fine. You'll

462
00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,639
Speaker 1: typically see three to five years out of acid, because

463
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 1: after that then the electrolites start to separate and and

464
00:25:55,960 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 1: fall out of um uh, their togetherness, you know, the

465
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,920
Speaker 1: longer they're married, there together just kind of falls apart.

466
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,399
Speaker 1: I guess is maybe a safe way to put it. So,

467
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 1: you know, the best thing you could try is as

468
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Speaker 1: a science experiment. I don't know the exact number. I'm

469
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 1: not a chemist as to when acid falls apart, but

470
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,040
Speaker 1: I do remember from my days in the Yodo parts

471
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Speaker 1: store and he ascid that was older than four years

472
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 1: and this goes back thirty years ago. Thirty or five

473
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 1: years ago. Um, you know, would be sent back to

474
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Speaker 1: the manufacturer for disposal. So I've always kept in the

475
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,680
Speaker 1: back of my head three to five years as battery

476
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,280
Speaker 1: SID shelf life. You could just go out and purchase

477
00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,480
Speaker 1: some fresh acid, put it in the battery. If the

478
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 1: battery has never had liquid in it, then theoretically it's

479
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,240
Speaker 1: you know, it's had some shelf deterioration, but it's not

480
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,639
Speaker 1: anything inside and the battery should work just fine as

481
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 1: the day it was manufactured. It just needs fresh acid.

482
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 1: Does that make sense. I talked to a number of people,

483
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 1: including people that make batteries, and no, that'll last forever.

484
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,879
Speaker 1: Don't worry about it. And I disagree. I everything has

485
00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,320
Speaker 1: a shelf life, you know, even all chemicals, even motor royal.

486
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,919
Speaker 1: People call all the time, and you know the problem

487
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 1: with motor oil sitting on a shelf is number one,

488
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,000
Speaker 1: the chemicals fall out of suspension. And number two, you

489
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,240
Speaker 1: know you have motorail on the shelf from five years ago.

490
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,359
Speaker 1: It's a different A P I and S A E

491
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: rating and it doesn't necessarily meet the newer vehicle, you know.

492
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,679
Speaker 1: So a lot of these things can't be can't be

493
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,399
Speaker 1: stockpiled like that. Um so, but you know, try some

494
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 1: fresh acid with the older battery and I'm willing to

495
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,560
Speaker 1: bet that you'll come out okay. All right, Charles, sounds good.

496
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,359
Speaker 1: Thank you very much, appreciate, You're very welcome. You're very welcome, sir.

497
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,800
Speaker 1: You take good care. Five zero nine zero. The car

498
00:27:34,800 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 1: doctor is coming back right after this welcome back. Why

499
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:04,400
Speaker 1: don't you need in the Car doctor A five five

500
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: five zero nine nine zero zero call? Now get in.

501
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,359
Speaker 1: Let's talk about your car and it's problem. Keep in

502
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 1: mind you're looking for more information car Doctor show dot

503
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 1: com and you'll find a list of affiliates there via

504
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,719
Speaker 1: the link at tune in dot com. Let's go over

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Speaker 1: and talk to Scott Everett, Pennsylvania, niting on Jeep Cherokee

506
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,360
Speaker 1: and some questions. Scott, Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir.

507
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,399
Speaker 1: How can I help? And it's a true pleasure to

508
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:26,919
Speaker 1: talk to you? Thank you, sir? What can I do

509
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,480
Speaker 1: for you? All right? Um? I've currently or recently purchased

510
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 1: the Jeep Cherokee sport Okay, plain old Cherokee. Um. It

511
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,280
Speaker 1: has a couple of issues that go along with it,

512
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 1: but it's got a really good job. Some rust I

513
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:45,240
Speaker 1: have the opportunity to purchase. It's a seven Jeep Cherokee.

514
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,440
Speaker 1: But various people have told me that there's differences between

515
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:53,959
Speaker 1: the drive train and other small differences that would make

516
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 1: it difficult to do to swap to make one Jeep

517
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 1: out of the two of them. What are you looking

518
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,560
Speaker 1: to swap? Like? What missing from one? Are the engines

519
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 1: the same, Scott, Just how similar or dissimilar vehicles other

520
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 1: than model here? Are they pretty similar? Both of them

521
00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 1: are four oh in line six cylinders. Both of them

522
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 1: were four wheel drive. The one has a blown up motor.

523
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:20,160
Speaker 1: It's beyond repair. It actually as a cracked block. Drive

524
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 1: line in the is excellent, low mileage, starts on the

525
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,760
Speaker 1: first try. It doesn't burn any oil, no noises, taps,

526
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,959
Speaker 1: knocks or anything else. Okay, what do you look at?

527
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 1: What are you looking at the swamp? I was gonna say,

528
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 1: what are you looking to swamp? I'm looking to swap

529
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: the engine, the four wheel drives, and probably the transfer

530
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:48,160
Speaker 1: case out of the into plus various interior parks, which

531
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 1: I'm not really concerned about. I was just worried. I

532
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 1: was told that the oil, pick up and various cross

533
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 1: members were different between the couple of years. What I

534
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 1: would do is I would take the vent from both

535
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: vehicles and and and it's difficult. You know. Back in

536
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,479
Speaker 1: the day when dirt was invented and I was a youngster,

537
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 1: we would do engine swaps and it was fairly simple.

538
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 1: Everything fit everything. But now now things can change. Six

539
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:20,560
Speaker 1: weeks apart, six months apart or six years apart. So

540
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: what I would do in this case, since you've got

541
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,200
Speaker 1: the you can get the ven from the nineties seven,

542
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 1: I would take the vent off the seven, take the

543
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 1: vent from down to the local Chrysler store, and I

544
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 1: would reference oil pan, oil pump, pick up and start

545
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,960
Speaker 1: going through the list of individual censors. Do they match,

546
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: are they the same? And if they're different, what's different

547
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 1: about them? At least then you've got you'll have an

548
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:47,440
Speaker 1: exact science or an exact way to determine does this

549
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 1: have a chance. As as far as the transfer cases

550
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 1: and the transmission, I think that's gonna be best there.

551
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: If you get down to your local salvage yard, they'll

552
00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 1: have an interchange guide and they'll tell you if they

553
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,360
Speaker 1: were selling it to you, what they would sell you,

554
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 1: what works and what doesn't. Or you can go look online.

555
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 1: There's there's a couple of websites online. If you wanted

556
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,960
Speaker 1: to type in um oh, type in nineties seven Jeep

557
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 1: Cherokee used transfer case and you'll get a list of

558
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 1: a hundred websites that are selling used parts online. Salvage yards.

559
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 1: They'll give you an interchange guide there. You can type

560
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 1: in a ninety nine jeep or a ninety seven jeep

561
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,440
Speaker 1: and see if both both parts come up the same

562
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: for two different vehicles, and attack it like that. I

563
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 1: can't buy all the various parts as to be not

564
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: at all. And I think what you're trying to do

565
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: will work. I I think it might take a little tweaking.

566
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,719
Speaker 1: But the four oh, the basic four leader engine I

567
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,040
Speaker 1: don't believe changed that much. Some of the bolt on components.

568
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,600
Speaker 1: And I would also be considerned about is the flywheel

569
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 1: from one versus the other the same? And is the

570
00:31:56,560 --> 00:32:00,080
Speaker 1: harmonic balance are the same? Beyond that? And the and

571
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: I say that as engine balance and and the crank sensor, um,

572
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 1: but beyond beyond that, Scott, I think it's the same, puppy,

573
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 1: And I think, yeah, I kind of think with a

574
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: little bit of tweaking, UM, I think that's gonna I

575
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: think that's gonna work. So try that if you need

576
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 1: me during the week, the clock is gonna take me.

577
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,959
Speaker 1: If you need me during the week, Ron at Car

578
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 1: Doctor Show dot com, and I'll be glad to assist

579
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 1: you any which way I can. Thanks for the call, Scott,

580
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,480
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Eight zero The Car Doctor is coming

581
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:56,920
Speaker 1: back right after this. Welcome back boy. You know what

582
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,600
Speaker 1: my photos about this past hour like this where this

583
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 1: hour ago. Let's look real quick, let's go over and

584
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 1: grab one more. Call Austin Harworth, New Jersey, Grand Austin,

585
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 1: you're out with a car, doctor, How can I help?

586
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:15,440
Speaker 1: High one Mercury Grand Marquis eighty three thousand miles and incommittent.

587
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,600
Speaker 1: Electrical problem started about a month ago. Was in a

588
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: garage in Manhattan for about eight hours, parked, came back

589
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:29,400
Speaker 1: completely dead. Managed to get it jump started, uh, putting

590
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 1: the battery and at that point it was fine. For

591
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:38,640
Speaker 1: about two weeks, same thing happened, same garage, got it

592
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,600
Speaker 1: to my mechanics, who said that was a problem with

593
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 1: the alternator. Place the alternator last time ten minutes in

594
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 1: a parking lot. Um, same deal. I come back that

595
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:55,160
Speaker 1: would have been running fign completely dead and at this

596
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 1: point became the key and there isn't even uh it's

597
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 1: it's it's it's got a really harsh battery train. Right. So, um,

598
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 1: just a couple of things, just some things to remember

599
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 1: because the clock will grab me. Is it blowing any fuses?

600
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 1: Fuse thirteen, fuse four? So fuses are all good, all right.

601
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,280
Speaker 1: The two most common points of battery drain. Three. Actually

602
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 1: there's three common areas. They have issues around the steering

603
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:26,840
Speaker 1: column where they're where they're creating issues, and also the

604
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:30,840
Speaker 1: lighting control module on these cars are known. Some of

605
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 1: these were under recall from Ford and you may have

606
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 1: gotten a letter. You should probably take the vent, go

607
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,360
Speaker 1: down to the local Ford store and ask them to

608
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: run the vent. Are there any open recoils on that vehicle?

609
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:42,960
Speaker 1: Because if they come back and say, yeah, this car

610
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 1: is equipped, if it's equipped with a lighting control module,

611
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 1: that is the first step of the first thing I

612
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,399
Speaker 1: would go looking for. Um, that's number one. Number two,

613
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 1: Number three, does this car have keyless entry? Yeah, the buttons,

614
00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 1: it has the keyless entry pads. Um, you'll you'll be

615
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:02,240
Speaker 1: a man. As it will create enough of a drain.

616
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 1: What happens is they get older and the moisture gets

617
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 1: inside and shorts out across the contact and you won't

618
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,080
Speaker 1: see it, and it keeps the security monitor alive. It

619
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 1: thinks somebody keeps trying to get into the car, and

620
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 1: it will drain the battery down. So those are a

621
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 1: known problem. So those three areas need to be looked at,

622
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: and obviously you know the old standby, put an hammeter

623
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:28,080
Speaker 1: in series and start to pull fuses one by one,

624
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 1: where's the drain? Where's the drain? Go away? And then

625
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: at least you know what circuit you're attacking. UM. I

626
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,279
Speaker 1: would go back to your mechanic and kind of ask

627
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: him why we go for an alternator or was it

628
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,799
Speaker 1: not charging? But um, you know, diagnosis has to be

629
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: performed before we start changing any more parts. Boston, Good

630
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 1: luck to you. I'm here. If you meet me, I'm

631
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,399
Speaker 1: running any in the car doctor. See you next week,

632
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 1: New York. Remember the mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you,

633
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Speaker 1: seven doll