1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: Ronanian, we're not ready for all electric car future now 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: or by, and yet we're barreling along to do this 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: to the Ludium Q thirty six exclusive space and has 4 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: a dip ram on the bottom of that modulator. And 5 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: I don't know if that can get old and bridled 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: in Cometown. That's just not dealing well it can, especially 7 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: now we're what are we seven or twenty five years old? 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: Welcome to the radio home of Ron and Nanian the 9 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 1: Car Doctor. Since this is where car owners the world 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If 11 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up the 12 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: phone and call in the garage to orders are open, 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: but I am here to take your calls at eight 14 00:00:48,560 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: five five five six, And now toy he is running. 15 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: Oh trust me, baby, I'm real and I'm ready to go. 16 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: This week? You know where do I start? And somebody, 17 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: well somebody someone always says to me, what are you 18 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: talking about this week? I don't know? What are you 19 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: talking about this week? I don't know. I can get 20 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: down to five minutes before the show and the answer 21 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: is still I don't know. And the reason is because 22 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: I don't know which one of the fifteen topics to 23 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: talk about that I want to talk about. Because this 24 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: is National Radio Week, I'm gonna do a segue, so 25 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: I'll start out this way. Let's see how I do. 26 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: My wife's Explorer came back from the local Ford dealer 27 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:46,919 Speaker 1: this week, and maybe it's fixed. Finally, fifteen months later 28 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: of dogged determination and trying, they finally came to a solution. 29 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: And if it is fixed, it wasn't all the Accessory 30 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: Protocol Interface or a PIM modules that they changed. It 31 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: wasn't all the previous software updates that they did that 32 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: Ford wrote specifically for hers and other vehicles like hers, 33 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: because as I understand it, there were more than a 34 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: few of these generation Explorers going through this where the radio, 35 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: heat or climate control would all lock up at various times. 36 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: The cure was complete the leastion of the software on 37 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: the vehicle for this particular system, and a fresh install 38 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: took him almost a year and a half. A year 39 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:35,119 Speaker 1: and I had fifteen months. Now, you say to yourself, 40 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: and you know what, I don't blame the dealer. The 41 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: dealer was doing the best they could with what the 42 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: information they had to work with. We all know dealers 43 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: don't have all the answers. It has to come from 44 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: a source. It has to come from the head of 45 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: the horse, in this case, Ford Motor Company. Why didn't Ford? 46 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: Why wasn't Ford? Why couldn't Ford be better prepared? I'm 47 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: not picking on Ford here, I guess I am, but 48 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: I'm not. You'll understand why in a minute. Did you 49 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: see the news this week about General Motors and the 50 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: Chevy Bolt. This is the segue part that General Motors 51 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: is recalling all Chevy Bolts because of fire risk, you know, 52 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: repairing cars, defects in cars, fire issues in cars, software 53 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: problems in cars. Is a matter of corporate culture. It 54 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: comes from the top. And you, you know, you, you, 55 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: the person on the other side of this microphone, has 56 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: to stop and think. Put your thinking cap on, all right? 57 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: Do you believe everything they're telling you? You know, We've 58 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: got a post. We've got more than a few. We've 59 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: got a couple of posts up on Facebook this week. 60 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: We've got a picture of a gas powered van telling 61 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: a diesel generator charging an electric car in a parking lot. 62 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: And the reaction is and some people are saying, hey, 63 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: that's not so bad. What's the turns between that and 64 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: triple A bringing your five gallons of Guess you're missing 65 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: the point. It's gonna happen on a wide scale basis, 66 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: a much wider scale basis, because the last time I checked, 67 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: it's easier to install gasoline in a car in six 68 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: minutes than it is to recharge a car in what 69 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: likely from what I read, is anywhere from thirty to 70 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: forty five minutes. It's you can't carry electrons around in 71 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 1: a can in the trunk. It doesn't work well. I 72 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: guess you could. It's called a booster pack. What will 73 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: that cost? The real interesting thing, and I said that 74 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: the time before the show today that all of you 75 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: are missing is and no one has commented on it. 76 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: I should make this a contest and give something away, 77 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: but I'm just I want to move the day along. 78 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: What you're seeing in that picture is a symbol of 79 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: the future. You're seeing a fossil fuel generator charging an 80 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: electric vehicle, because that's the way it's going to work. 81 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: We're not getting rid of fossil fuels. We're using fossil 82 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: fuels somehow, some form called diesel gas whatever, not gas, 83 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: but you get the point to charge electric vehicles unless 84 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: and I'm trying to base this on facts, you know 85 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: me as James Lebrec, the energy advisor to the governor 86 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: of Main that we had on the show back in 87 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: April said, and I quote and Tom could find this 88 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: quote if he wanted to, but I don't think he 89 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: has the time. He said, if the state of Maine 90 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: went all electric today as of that moment in April, 91 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: the state would need to build seven nuclear power plants 92 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: to generate the one point twenty one jiggawatts of electricity 93 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: to charge all the electric vehicles. How did we miss 94 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: that point? Are all of you like, do you hear that? 95 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: But yet you're gonna believe everything the government tells you, 96 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:55,919 Speaker 1: which I could get political and ask you, do you 97 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: believe everything the government tells you? Especially after this week? 98 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: Do you really want to believe it when they say, Hey, 99 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: by twenty we're gonna have all electric vehicles and it's 100 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: gonna be it's gonna work wonderful. There's an article beyond 101 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: the GM recalls all Chevy bolts. God, I was reading this. 102 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: It's a defect in cells that were made in multiple plants. 103 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: So it's a defect in the vehicle it's causing the 104 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: fires and the Chevy bolts that's occurring because of problems 105 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: at multiple plants, multiple levels. Yeah, I know there's recalls 106 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: and and there's defects and gasoline powered vehicles too, But 107 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: let's see what's easier to contain a fire in a 108 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 1: gas cary thirty minutes or a fire and electric vehicle 109 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: twenty four hours, and all fairness eight to twenty four hours, 110 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: not to mention the pollution, the damage to the environment, 111 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: the shutting down of the roads, the cost of keeping 112 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: the fire crews on watch for the length of time 113 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: until they know the battery is out. But you guys 114 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: are gonna readily accept this. I talked to someone this week. 115 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: She tries to Tesla. We had a great conversation. I'll 116 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: tell you. It was just, you know, there's a lot 117 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: of things I could say, some of them not acceptable 118 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: for family radio and probably not politically correct. But I 119 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: just sat and listened, and it was like I thought 120 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: I could hear the hissing between her ears, um and 121 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: that she just doesn't understand it, not because she's a 122 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: she she just doesn't look at And I think you 123 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: guys are all some of you, not all of you, 124 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: are being trained to ignore, to look at the facts. 125 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: Where will the electricity come from? That's all I'm asking. 126 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: People are telling me here, Ron, you're against electric cars. No, 127 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: Ron is against stupidity. Ron is against doing something that 128 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: doesn't make sense. You're telling me drive around wherever you are. 129 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: And I read the Facebook posts and I see them, 130 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: and I know where we are. We're on affiliates and 131 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: remote parts of the country as well as big markets, 132 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: and you're all saying the same thing. Where will we 133 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: put all the charging stations? Hell, we get electricity to 134 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: the charging stations. Of course, the obvious answer is we're 135 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: gonna mount solar power charging cells on the roofs of 136 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: the cars and charged by the sun. Of course, that 137 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: means nobody will go out in the dark. I had 138 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: explained that to somebody a couple of weeks ago. They 139 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: couldn't understand that concept. That was like, wow, um, you know, 140 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: just it's got to make sense. It's got to put 141 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: us in a position of winning. And then you have 142 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: to remember, and I keep coming back to this thought. 143 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,719 Speaker 1: We've had calls from Mexico, We've had calls from overseas, 144 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: other parts of the world are going, We're not switching 145 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: to all electric vehicles. So where will the saving of 146 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: the environment come from? What is the real reason they 147 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: want us to go to all electric vehicles? You've got 148 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: to ask yourself that question. Please, if you do anything 149 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: in the next seven days, ask yourself that question. Why 150 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 1: why do they want us to go to all electric vehicles? 151 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: Just for the joy of creating something new? You know? 152 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 1: I I have really relationships with a lot of automotive 153 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: instructors from around the around the country and around the world, 154 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: and we all talk and referenced the same concept. And 155 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: I say, you know, do you think will be all 156 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: electric in less than ten years fifteen years? I haven't 157 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: had I haven't found one yet that says a will 158 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 1: be there based on the technology we currently have. And 159 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: be I haven't found one that says we've got the 160 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: repair teams and the ability to repair these vehicles in 161 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: the repair shops because they're having a hard enough time 162 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: dealing with gat powered cars and mission controls and O 163 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:38,079 Speaker 1: B D TAO. I don't know. But if you're a 164 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: Chevy Bolt owner, uh. The expansion of the recall comes 165 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: after model year Chevy Bolt clock fire this week in 166 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: the United States. A video has been posted to YouTube, 167 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: but it was removed a few hours later. Is that censorship? 168 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,839 Speaker 1: I can't say that word. And users on Reddit noticed 169 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: that it was a newer bolt that wasn't subject to 170 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: the original recalls. GM had already recalled the model your bolts, 171 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: ty say after the initial fix, in which new software 172 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: is helping supposed to was supposed to help stop any 173 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: fires from happening. Well, I can tell you how they 174 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: could get that to work. If you want to prevent 175 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: the fires from happening, make the software not allow the 176 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 1: car to start. There won't be any fires. Well, no, 177 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: that's probably not true. The charge sell we have to 178 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: put a disconnect switch. That'll be it. You know, maybe 179 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: GM's gonna start selling your horse. So you could pull 180 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: your electric car around, you know, with reins, they'll cut 181 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: a hole through the windshield. You get this optional windshield 182 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: install kit. You can like, you know, giddy up and 183 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: steer it like a Okay, just don't step in the exhaust. 184 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: Just don't step in the exhaust. I'm gonna pull over now. 185 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: Because God, I got more fired up than I wanted to. 186 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: I got all these electric car stories to talk about. 187 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: And I'm just reporting the news. You know, Tesla auto 188 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: pilot under federal investigation for crashes with emergency vehicles. Did 189 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: you read this one? This one? I won't. I won't 190 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: read the whole thing this comes to us. Uh. This 191 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: is dated August seven, or sixty five thousand, seven hundred 192 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,439 Speaker 1: and sixty five thousand Tesla models why three s n 193 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: X are part of this formal federal investigation. Tesla's autopilot 194 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: system is under federal investigation. The National highvy Traffic and 195 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: Safety Authority announced that it is formally looking into the 196 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 1: safety of Tesla's autopilot level two driver assist functions. But 197 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: you guys are all gonna be happy driving electric vehicles 198 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: because nobody's nobody's protesting this. I sheep zero nine zero. 199 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: The car doctors coming back. I'll be calm right after this. 200 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: For the best in car advice, give Ron a call 201 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: eight five five five zero nine zero zero. Now back 202 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: to Ron. I'm back, and before I go to the phone, 203 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: I just have to make this last comment for the moment. 204 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: If it took them fifteen months to figure out what 205 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 1: was wrong with my wife's Explorer, and that was a 206 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: off to a related issue, and that was only a 207 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: navigation radio climate control system that would lock up. How 208 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: long will we take them to figure out what the 209 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: software problem is? And the defect is in electric vehicles 210 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: that have everything going wrong with them, from navigation to 211 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: catching fire minor problem to autopilot. That's all I'm gonna say. 212 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,319 Speaker 1: You gotta watch what car companies tell you. Nothing is absolute. 213 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: Let's get oversee back you were going to be calm. 214 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: Who do you think you are? It was black? I 215 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: am calm, this is this is calm, So well Tom, 216 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: because it doesn't make sense and you know you want 217 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: me to keep going. There's an article on CNBC dot 218 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:41,839 Speaker 1: com right now, fires probes and recalls to shift to 219 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: electric vehicles as closting automakers. Billions just came out Thursday 220 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: this week, August the opening the line as the Biden 221 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 1: administration pushes for half of new car sales to be 222 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: electric by automakers are spending billions of dollars to produce 223 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: electric vehicles and they're already having problems. So it's billions 224 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: with a B. Wait. We're gonna talk about this article 225 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 1: later on this hour because in here they talk about 226 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 1: how from the government the car administration is proposing legislation 227 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: which will give tax and centers and corporate relief. So 228 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: guess who's paying for the electric cars? You the American taxpair. 229 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: But you guys are okay with that because I don't 230 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: see anybody protesting. Peter in Massachusetts. Let's go fix a 231 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: gas car. This is something we can do, Yes, sir, 232 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: How can I help? How are you tonight and today? Run? 233 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: I'm pretty good. I'm sort of calm, but they like 234 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: me when I'm feisty. It gives everybody something to talk about. 235 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: Toyota Matrix one eight leader. Okay, the automatic transmistion fluid 236 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: is dark, all right, I'd like to change it, but 237 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: i'd like your advice on that because I'm always afraid 238 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: if you drain it, it's the transmission is gonna slip afterwards. 239 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: They're gonna have troubles in as you in my experience, Peter, 240 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 1: and I've only been doing this forty five years, so 241 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: I haven't decided if I want to do this as 242 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: a career yet. Um, I've got I've got to say. 243 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:01,719 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't want to want to be 244 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: when I grow up. I'm I'm still working on that. Uh, 245 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: you know, I've got to say that. You know, the 246 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: only time I see changing I've seen changing fluid affected 247 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,679 Speaker 1: transmission to the point of ruining it was in a 248 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: transmission that already had problems. However, I'm always cautious even 249 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: when I'm faced with a situation like yours. So I 250 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: would do this in two steps. First of all, this 251 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: is Toyota wus fluid. This is there never needs to 252 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: be replaced fluid. Look at that a car company line 253 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: to you, and right, because things are breaking down and 254 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: you know, it just gets worn out. Listen, I've had 255 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: Toyota's with seventy five miles on that actually chattering. The 256 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: trans slips and it's because the editive package in the 257 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: trans fluid is worn out and changed the fluid and 258 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: the problem goes away. But car companies. Car companies don't lie. 259 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: They rate their systems accordingly. So right, and that's where 260 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: I would start. I would start with a dream and fill. 261 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: You're probably gonna get three courts in it. If that 262 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: and if there's no if there's no dipstick, there's a 263 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: specific procedure filling it from the side of it. There's 264 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: a dipstick, so it makes it easy, beautiful. Uh, you 265 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: know it's gonna be drained the fluid. I wouldn't worry 266 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: about the screen right now. That should be a brass screen. 267 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: If there is a no no reiter, well there might be, 268 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: all right, depending upon which transis is. So what I 269 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: was gonna say was, go look up a trans filter 270 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: kid online. Go out to a Riley Auto dot com. 271 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: Go out to a website, go out to a Riley 272 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: Auto dot com. You can plug in the ear make 273 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 1: model of the vehicle and look up the transfilter kit. 274 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: They should show you a picture of the filter and 275 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: you'll see what it is. If it's a brass screen, 276 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: I wouldn't worry about changing it yet. Okay, we'll do that. 277 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: We'll do that when we lower the pan on the 278 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: second pass through, all right, But what I would do 279 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: is drain it. If it's a brass screen, leave it alone. 280 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: If it's a if it's a paper filter or you know, 281 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: a a pleated filter, then by all means, good ahead, 282 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: order it and you know, replace the filter, drop the pan, 283 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: replace the filter, et cetera. Fill the trans up. Drive it. 284 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: You'll probably get, like I said, three maybe three and 285 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: a half quarts of fluid. In there. Okay, put five 286 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: thousand miles on it. In five to eight thousand miles, 287 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: go back to change it again, drop the pan, change 288 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: the filter this time, wash the pan out, clean it up. 289 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: And then and then when you and then when you 290 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: go to change the rest of the fluid. What I 291 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: want you to do is find the two return lines, 292 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: all right, both return lines. You might have to put 293 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: extension hoses on them. You can. If you can figure 294 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: out which one is pushing the fluid out of the 295 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: trans great, If not, just drop them both into a pan. 296 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: Put enough hose on there so you don't make a mess. 297 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: And running the vehicle. Fluid is gonna drain out of 298 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: the trans through one of the return lines. Fill it 299 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: through the dipstick, all right, Just keep fluid in and 300 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: I'm not worried so much. Try and keep pace with 301 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: the return line with the fluid coming out, you know, 302 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: And this is a this is a buy I by 303 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: feel this could be a two person job. Makes life 304 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: a whole lot easier, all right, And just keep fluid 305 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: in it. Just don't run it dry, all right? When 306 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 1: you see the fluid, yeah, pulling funnel line and just 307 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: keep pouring it in. You know, don't overfill it, don't 308 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 1: drown it. But you know, like I said, keep pace. 309 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: And when you get to the point where the fluid 310 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: comes out of the return line and it's red, stop 311 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: shut the car off, or you want to let it run, 312 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: you know, stop adding fluid. Let it run until it 313 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: sputters out the return line. Don't let it go too long. 314 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: Shut the car off. Put your return lines back together. 315 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: Fill your trans fluid. Start with a two court fill, 316 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 1: a three court fill, whatever you're comfortable with. Keep adjusting 317 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 1: or level until you get to the spot where it's full. 318 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 1: You're good to go. Proper procedure, all right, and that 319 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,040 Speaker 1: should do it. See what that does for you not 320 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: I'll get it all cleaned out and you've got a 321 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: clean pan too. I'm running any in the car doctor, 322 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: coming back right after this. Ye pull them back. We're 323 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: on any of the car doctor. Let's get over to 324 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: Janet in North Carolina, Honda, Janet, Welcome to the car Doctor. 325 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: How can I help? Hello, thank you for taking my call. 326 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: And I just wanted to say I loved your opening comment. Um, 327 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 1: it's always astounded knee. My dad was a coal miner, 328 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: and I've always known that fossil fuels with a heart 329 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: of energy. And I just never could understand why nobody, 330 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: hardly any of these news young people could understand that. Well, 331 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: you gotta remember they understand and that you know, you 332 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: know where electricity is gonna come from. The power of 333 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: the cars comes out of that those two holes in 334 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 1: the wall. You just plug the cord in, It just 335 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: magically appears. It's magic. It's because we're not you know, listen, 336 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get political toll throw me off the air 337 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: in two weeks. Um. It's it's there's just Janet, there's 338 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: just no logic to it. And I could talk about 339 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: it for hours, because you see, you gotta understand this. 340 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 1: I come from the side of the world where I 341 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: know we have to fix things, and I see the 342 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: breakdowns in the supply chain. I see the breakdown in 343 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: the way information is disseminated. Do you know this week, 344 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: I'll tell you a quick story. Be Let me tell 345 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: you my story before you tell me yours. Be Dr 346 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: Janet for a minute. Let me let me get some 347 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: therapy here, Janet, so explain to me how we're gonna 348 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: create electric vehicles and electric vehicle future and things are 349 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 1: gonna be working so well when we can't get gas 350 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: cars straight In that we had an oh five Honda Accord. 351 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: Do you ever hear of Honda? Their a car company. 352 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 1: They sell cars oh five Honda Accord. We needed break 353 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: rotors for it. I couldn't buy a pair of front 354 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: break rotors for an oh five Honda Accord for the 355 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: love of money. It was amazing. Just intergalactic outer space 356 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: back order found to set it. Railey Oto parts use those, 357 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: but look at the extremes that we have to go to. 358 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: I had to get him on Oraiyoto dot com. It's crazy. 359 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 1: And you know, we're seeing parts supply breakdown, we're seeing 360 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: chain of command information breakdown. Yet we're gonna go to 361 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: an all electric vehicle future where nobody has been able 362 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: to tell me where the electricity will come from. And 363 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: I'm hoping somebody can embarrass me and prove me wrong. 364 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: But I just want to know where we're gonna get 365 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: the electricity from and how it's going to improve the 366 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: environment because it's not going to be dependent upon fossil fuel. 367 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: Fair statement. Yeah, I chalked it up to ideological blindness. 368 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 1: They don't want to know the answers or about to 369 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: these questions because it interferes with their dream world, with 370 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: their bias or whatever political stand You know, it just 371 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: occurred to me. It sounds like a couple of years ago, 372 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: when was it was it the House or the Senate, 373 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: they had a passive bill. They didn't know what was 374 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: in it. They said, well, if we pass it, we'll 375 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: be able to read it and then we can understand it. 376 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: Something yeah, something, yeah, there was there. You go. Um, 377 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: you know, it seems like this logic has permeated all 378 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: levels of society today. M interesting because they're no longer relevant. 379 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: Well that's true. Um, maybe we're all applying for storyteller's licenses. World. 380 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: Sooner or later that reality crashes down. You know, life 381 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: is a great equalizer. And I say this in all 382 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 1: sincerity that you know, sooner or later you're faced with 383 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: the reality that you've there's just some things that you 384 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: know that dog just ain't gonna hunt there no matter 385 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 1: how many times you push it out the door. And uh, 386 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 1: it's it's just gotta work in such a way that 387 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: has got to be common sense. And we'll see, you 388 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: know what. My prediction, I bet you within the next 389 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: four to six years, they're gonna come out with, well, 390 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 1: we can't make it an all electric vehicle future. We're 391 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 1: gonna come back to this because I really think they're 392 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 1: pushing for a different percentage of the vehicle population to 393 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 1: be electric right now. They're just trying to sell us 394 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: all on the idea. So you know, if you squint 395 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: real hard and you listen to these people talk about 396 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,959 Speaker 1: electric vehicles, you know, you could sort of see they 397 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: might have been a used car salesman at three o'clock 398 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: in the morning on late night TV. So, UM, anyway, Janet, 399 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: how can I help you with your problem on your Honda? Janet? Oh, 400 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 1: Janet's gone hey like that, we're Janeto. Um, Janet had 401 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: some kind of issue with oil consumption. I'll tell you this, Janet. 402 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,360 Speaker 1: I think we had a technical problem there. Maybe maybe 403 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 1: Hurricane Henry is coming up the coast. But you're asking 404 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: about oil quantity. That particular Honda ridge line does take 405 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: four and a half quarts of oil, so just be 406 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: aware of that. It's not six quarts, it's four and 407 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: a half quarts. Let's get over to Randy and Missouri 408 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,159 Speaker 1: and uh John, dear Diesel, Well, this will be out 409 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: Lord shortly, so you won't be able to drive this 410 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:15,360 Speaker 1: much longer. So how are you today, Randy? Hello, Ron, 411 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: how are you good, sir? What's going on? Well? I've 412 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:27,199 Speaker 1: got a nineteen six with a four zero for diesel 413 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 1: engine and in that era they had what they called 414 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: whee poles in the side of the block. And I 415 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: my motor as it used oil. It runs great, but 416 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: I've never head by him apart I assume it's like 417 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 1: a no ring on the sleeves. It's Latin water coming 418 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: out the center whee pool. And is there anything like 419 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: case what might makes upton or anything that maybe would 420 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 1: soften these oh rings up so they wouldn't leak well? 421 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,199 Speaker 1: And I hate to spend ten thousand dollars rebuilding an 422 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: engine that runs perfectly fine. Right, I'll say it like this. 423 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: I would reference k SEAL on Monday. I would talk 424 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 1: to their technical hotline. You'll find contact info at k 425 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: seal dot com and I would explain that to them, 426 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: and I don't I don't see an issue. But just 427 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: because this is a little bit of an odd duck 428 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 1: off the beaten path of normal, you know, combustion engines, 429 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: I would just want it past them. To get there 430 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: and put But to me, that sounds like a job 431 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: made for k seal and that it's going to seal 432 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: a cooling system issue and do what it's designed to do. 433 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: I went to o'riley's and they sold me I have 434 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 1: not usually actually want to talk to you. They told 435 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: me a bottle of k seal Ultimate permanent head gasket repair. 436 00:24:56,200 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 1: But it's not a head gas and it's as cylinder 437 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: lighter seal. Right, you think, well, the differences. My understanding 438 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: of that is that k CeAl Ultimate has thirty I 439 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: think it's I think the actual number is thirty more 440 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 1: ceiling power than conventional k seal. So think of it 441 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: if if if you think of a bottle of k 442 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: seal and a bottle of k CL Ultimate side by side. 443 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: K CeAl Ultimate is k cal on steroids. Alright, it's 444 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 1: on okay, So but you know, as far as application, 445 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:41,160 Speaker 1: before you use that bottle um, I would just run 446 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 1: it past case Seal themselves and talk to corporate, talk 447 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: to tech line and verify that. I don't see why 448 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 1: that wouldn't work. But like I said, because this is 449 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: a dazel little bit of something different than a normal 450 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 1: combustion engine. I just want to be sure. I mean, 451 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: bottom line, I don't see where you've got anything to lose. 452 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: It's either a bottle of k seal or like you said, 453 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: a ten thousand dollar engine rebuild. You know, yeah, and 454 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: if it was worn out, and I would be all 455 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: for that. But we're done, used oil and lunch, great 456 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 1: shape to do that. And I want to say this. 457 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: Can I tell you one thing I've never heard you 458 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: talk about. Uh, if you have a singular tire gauge 459 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: and you check your tires with that singular gauge and 460 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,959 Speaker 1: you don't never check it with another tire gauge, how 461 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 1: do you have any idea that it's giving you the 462 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: right reading? You probably don't. I I had one time 463 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: my beauty just got to ride and terrible rough and 464 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: I thought something's wrong with the mechanic there my tires 465 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: up with his tire gauge had like seventy pounds of 466 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,120 Speaker 1: tire in him. I got three different gauges. I crossed references. 467 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 1: So let me let me tell you, listen, we don't 468 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: have enough. I'll tell you what you stand the line, Randy, 469 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: Let me let me let me hold you just for 470 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 1: one more and I'll come back. I'll just be one 471 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 1: quick minute with you. I'll tell you the story of 472 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: how I prevent tire gauge failure in the shop. Zero. 473 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: The car Doctor is coming back right after this. We'm 474 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 1: back around naming the car Doctor. Randy, you're still there. 475 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: I am this real quick. So obviously the answer is 476 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 1: to have two tire pressure gauges in the shop. We 477 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: have two main tire pressure gauges. We have two auxiliary 478 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: tire pressure gauges, and we have a master gauge that 479 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: is literally sitting in a cushioned box that doesn't come 480 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: out of the cabinet but once every three months, and 481 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: we use that to verify that as a certified accurate 482 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,959 Speaker 1: gauge that was on the order if I think two 483 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 1: when we bought it a couple of years back. And 484 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:00,959 Speaker 1: it doesn't get bound us the round, it doesn't get 485 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: jockey for position. We used to calibrate all the air 486 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: gauges in the shop, all the tire pressure gauges in 487 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: the shop, because you're right, it is difficult. Although I've 488 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 1: got to think a seventy pound tire, if I've got 489 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: seventy pounds of air and attire, and I don't realize that. 490 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: I've got to look at the tire itself. How long 491 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,199 Speaker 1: does it take to put air in that tire? How 492 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: much of a bulge? You know? Usually I see tires 493 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: go off with the gauge. I'll see tires off by 494 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: you know, a couple of pounds, five, six, seven pounds. 495 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 1: I've never seen one be off by thirty pounds. I 496 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 1: think some of that has to be. The way I 497 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 1: discovered this was driving at home. I thought, my god, 498 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 1: this right and rough right, and it was well, yeah, 499 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: and I think you would notice that. I think I 500 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,959 Speaker 1: think most people would notice that. So I almost think 501 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: that's a little bit of mechanics negligence. Um, don't don't 502 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 1: think that's so much on tire places. But yeah, but 503 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: you're absolutely right, always look at the gauge, Randy. I 504 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: enjoyed the conversation, sir, you'd be well, thank you very much. 505 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: I appreciate all that I've learned from You're very welcome. 506 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 1: Thank you, sir. Let's get over to Peter with an 507 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: oh eight Honda Accord. Peter, welcome to the car doctor, sir. 508 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 1: How can I help hi? Ron? I have a two 509 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: thousand and eight Honda accord. Um, I have a P 510 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 1: zero one seven two fuel system too rich code stored 511 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 1: in it. It keeps coming back. I've reset it a 512 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: few times. UM, I have done a little bit of 513 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: diagnostic I just need some direction on which way to proceed. UM. 514 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 1: What what engines in this Peter? It is the four 515 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 1: cylinder two point four series, okay, And what have you 516 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: done so far? UM, I've just looked at some live data. 517 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: I've done a visual inspection of the engine. Just see 518 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: if I see any obvious which I did not hear, 519 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 1: and take hose and take manifold of the break booster. 520 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: I tried disconnecting that. UM. As far as the live data, 521 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 1: I mean, the long term fuel trim was at minus 522 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 1: UM when I after every set at the fuel trim, 523 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 1: short term fuel trim went to minus seven. It was 524 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: kind of just hanging around there. UM. Mass airflow sensor 525 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: at IDLE I had about four and a half grams 526 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: at three thousand RPMs. I had between nine and ten. 527 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: And this is actually my daughter's car, and with our schedules, 528 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: it's kind of hard for me to spend a whole 529 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: lot of time with it at one given point. So 530 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 1: I haven't changed anything. I haven't replaced anything. I just 531 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: kind of want to see which way I should be going. 532 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 1: Be had any in the suggestions A checking where to 533 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: go from? So at idle fuel trims are negative? Correct? Yes, alright? 534 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: Minus seven? So here's something you don't hear me say 535 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: a lot? All right? You know? Key off, engine off. Obviously, 536 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: disconnect the battery cable, wipe out the fuel trims unless 537 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: your scan tool has the ability to do so. Unless 538 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: you can do a fuel trim reset by scan tool, 539 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: start the engine. Did the trims go negative right away? 540 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: If they do, and take a look at the rear 541 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 1: O two centsor obviously you want to do this on 542 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: a warm engine. If the rear O two censor shows rich, 543 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: you may have a false reading air fuel sensor, not 544 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 1: the rear O two but the front air fuel sensor itself. 545 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 1: Difficult to diagnose, but common. What what happens is the 546 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: front air fuel goes, it's readings are skewed in the 547 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: wrong direction. It upsets the entire apple cart all right. Now, 548 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: you can look at the voltage on the mass airflow sensor. 549 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: At warm idle no load, the voltage is typically one 550 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 1: one point one to one point to vault. It's pretty tight, 551 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 1: all right, and he took a free reb and you're 552 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 1: rebbed it up. M you probably see somewhere between fifteen 553 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: and twenty grams per second, all right, and then you 554 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: want to look at fuel pressure and check for fuel 555 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 1: in the purge system. Okay, if you if you do, 556 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: put an air fuel sensor in that car, my two cents, 557 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 1: Honda only. I believe it's made by den So if 558 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 1: you can find a dense so check oreillyoto dot com 559 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: see if they carry dens as an air fuel sensor. 560 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: But other than that, I've had issues with that particular vehicle, 561 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,840 Speaker 1: not yours. But you know what I'm saying. Um, it 562 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 1: seems to be written very exact as far as software requirement, 563 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: as far as hardware requirement, and the Honda O ear 564 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 1: fuel sensors work the best, all right, sir, Okay, it 565 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,800 Speaker 1: makes perfect sense what you said. Okay, good luck, let 566 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: us know what happens. You're very welcome. Thank you, You're 567 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: welcome by by zero. We're back right after this dot 568 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 1: Care welcome back. I'm back. You know, it's funny. I 569 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 1: think you can tell. Maybe I'm getting older, but I 570 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: think you can tell the age of the mechanics working 571 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 1: on the vehicle. By the questions they ask was. I 572 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 1: was on mitchell one dot com looking at the Shirt 573 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: Track Fixed community and there was a gentleman on there 574 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: talking about he had an O seven Ford van with 575 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 1: a five point four leader and they couldn't get The 576 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: problem was that air comes out of the defroster events underload, 577 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,800 Speaker 1: and they couldn't figure it out. They couldn't understand why, 578 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: you know, the vacuum or the air conditioning with default 579 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 1: to the defroster ducks while they were accelerating. That was 580 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 1: one of the first things we learned forty years ago, 581 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: and that it's always gonna be a vacuum supply problem. 582 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 1: Where we always thought it would be a vacuum supply problem, 583 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: but it was just it was just kind of interesting. 584 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 1: And then I could tell the fellow that gave him 585 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: the fix was probably an old guy like me, because 586 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:40,959 Speaker 1: he knew right away that, hey, you go look at 587 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: air flow switching um valves, and you go look at 588 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 1: vacuum lines and you smoke check it and you kind 589 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: of go through it in the whole Shirt Track Fixed 590 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:50,800 Speaker 1: from the community there. They laid it out for him 591 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 1: in perfect common sense, everyday terms and um, he was 592 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,360 Speaker 1: able to resolve it, and it was just kind of 593 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: just made me think that maybe you can tell age 594 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 1: by you know, some of the questions that these guys 595 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 1: and some of the problems that they're having. But the 596 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: more fixes like this available out at mitchell one dot com. 597 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: Take a look at their shirt Trek Fixed library and um, 598 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,279 Speaker 1: you know they're real fix shirt trek stuff works really well. 599 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:15,280 Speaker 1: Mitchell one dot com. Um, hey listen, especial thanks as always, 600 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,360 Speaker 1: because this hour is just kind of flown by to 601 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,360 Speaker 1: executive producer Tom Rayfer always being there for me and 602 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 1: helping to produce this show, as well as Jeff Firestone, 603 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,840 Speaker 1: producer that reports to us from the field with some 604 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,479 Speaker 1: of his stories and comments and questions. Thanks to Jeff 605 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,600 Speaker 1: Firestone to research Kathy, who this show wouldn't be the 606 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 1: same without her for all her tips and tricks and 607 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:35,759 Speaker 1: all the things that she does to help move this 608 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,920 Speaker 1: show along and keep it keep it flowing as it were, 609 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,080 Speaker 1: and make the show work and make it into what 610 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,320 Speaker 1: it is. And to each and every one of you 611 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,359 Speaker 1: for being part of the Car Doctor family for being 612 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: here and listening to uh, to all of it. Some 613 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:49,279 Speaker 1: of it good, some of it may be hard, but 614 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 1: we appreciate you being here. As always, I'm running any 615 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,879 Speaker 1: in the car Doctor, reminding you until the next time. 616 00:34:54,040 --> 00:35:03,480 Speaker 1: Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're place less. See you. She's 617 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 1: stand a super bow