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Speaker 1: Ron Anian, I understand what it is to deal with

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Speaker 1: broken cars. It it hits me at a personal level,

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Speaker 1: why you asked the questions you asked. Is the rest

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Speaker 1: of the car okay? And that's a great question to ask.

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Speaker 1: I don't fear grand and you know, the car doctor.

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Speaker 1: We want to take off the INTI manifold and a

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Speaker 1: valve cover. Gat about cover because they're different. And take

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Speaker 1: which is in the cart. Right. That should work. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the radio home of ron and Anian, the Car Doctor,

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Speaker 1: since this is where car owners the world to overturn

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Speaker 1: to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your

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Speaker 1: and call in the garage to orders are open. But

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Speaker 1: I am here to take your calls at eight five

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Speaker 1: five five and now running. Where do I start this week?

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Speaker 1: a great mood. Um. It's been an automotive week on

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Speaker 1: both sides of the counter. This week in the Inanian household. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know the part shortage thing, and we'll start here

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Speaker 1: that the supply chain problem hits home right. It's it's

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Speaker 1: Escape that we purchased new back eight years ago, nine

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Speaker 1: there's something getting finagal there, and I gotta go look

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Speaker 1: available for anywhere from eight to ten weeks, no release date,

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Speaker 1: tell us if and when. Um. On top of which,

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Speaker 1: know what do you do? Now? You gotta go out

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Speaker 1: in eight weeks or ten weeks, so you know, then

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Speaker 1: New Jersey. I don't know, is it is it worth

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Speaker 1: the effort? Is that what it's come down to, but

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Speaker 1: So the dealerships are using the price point of extending

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Speaker 1: a a wiring harness connector Dormant Products dot Com. Thank

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Speaker 1: So I I spent thirty bucks on the snap on truck,

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Speaker 1: the steel just you know, welds itself for lack of

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Speaker 1: So if you haven't had your Toyota the Commach transmission

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Speaker 1: And I remember the old trick I haven't used in

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor. How can I help Ryan?

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Speaker 1: Thanks for taking my call. You're welcome. What do you got? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: next live. Que Chuck, you're still there down Texas? Why

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Speaker 1: But what this guy was telling me was that when

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Speaker 1: How does it affect one cylinder? I'd like to hear

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00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,920
Speaker 1: the theory on that, and if not, why aren't we

427
00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,000
Speaker 1: Why aren't we doing continued diagnosis? Prove what's good, you'll

428
00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:35,320
Speaker 1: find what's bad. All right, Okay, it's gonna go. It's

429
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,399
Speaker 1: gonna go back to my forward specialist here who did

430
00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,040
Speaker 1: the top end timing. So he's gonna do it right.

431
00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:41,720
Speaker 1: So let him go through those tests. He'll have a

432
00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:43,919
Speaker 1: scan tool that's got the stuff in it. Let him

433
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 1: go through mechanical compression, and then again, if the problem

434
00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:51,280
Speaker 1: isn't there right now, you may not find anything. So

435
00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,480
Speaker 1: one step at a time, I'm going I'm still going

436
00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:59,119
Speaker 1: to pull the VCT and put well, either that or

437
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:03,040
Speaker 1: why don't you swap him side to side? You gotta

438
00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:04,840
Speaker 1: take the valve covers off to do that. Okay, I

439
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 1: want to swap him side to side. You really, you're

440
00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,600
Speaker 1: gonna believe that the new ones are any good? You're

441
00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,800
Speaker 1: gonna go on that basis. I got a feeling. I

442
00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 1: got a feeling. I fully original out. I'm gonna see

443
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,840
Speaker 1: it maybe has a long screen, or it's full of oars,

444
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,919
Speaker 1: or the spring that actuates the valve it has broken.

445
00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,600
Speaker 1: But didn't we just say that how could it affect

446
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:27,040
Speaker 1: one cylinder? Yeah? True? And now it's running smooth. Right,

447
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,240
Speaker 1: So you're you're you're arguing with yourself. You're negotiating with yourself.

448
00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:36,120
Speaker 1: Charge all right, So diagnostics begin at the beginning. Take

449
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,920
Speaker 1: a breath, take a step back, start small, then go big.

450
00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,399
Speaker 1: All right, kidd alright, I gotta go talk to let

451
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,800
Speaker 1: me know what happens. Thank you. See, Let's go over

452
00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,000
Speaker 1: to uh tell you what. Let's do this real quick,

453
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,440
Speaker 1: and then when we come back, we'll go to Ralph

454
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,359
Speaker 1: in Long Island. Actually, you know what, I was gonna

455
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,480
Speaker 1: read Ralph's email. I got Ralph on the phone. Let's

456
00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,280
Speaker 1: go to Ralph in Long Island. Ralph, talk to me.

457
00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,000
Speaker 1: Good story you thanks, thanks for taking my call. You're welcome.

458
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,680
Speaker 1: Tell me the story. Tell us all the story about

459
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,560
Speaker 1: your hunday quest. Okay, yeah, So I uh I am

460
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,400
Speaker 1: the second or. I have a two thousand six Hundai Sonata.

461
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,119
Speaker 1: Uh I bought it in two thousand seven from the

462
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 1: original owner. And the car has been a dream. It's

463
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,679
Speaker 1: taken great care of me and um no issues, no, certainly,

464
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,600
Speaker 1: no major issues with the car for all this time.

465
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 1: It's got a hundred and fifty seven thousand miles on it.

466
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,240
Speaker 1: And one day I had a recall us. So I

467
00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:28,760
Speaker 1: took it to the dealer. It's the only reason why

468
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,800
Speaker 1: I take it to the dealer. And um as as

469
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,680
Speaker 1: they were going through the recall, one of the mechanics,

470
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,280
Speaker 1: one of the lead mechanics, looked at the car and says, oh, yeah,

471
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 1: they made him good in that year. You know. He says,

472
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,399
Speaker 1: you know I have I have one, and they have

473
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,840
Speaker 1: to pry it from my my dead hands before I

474
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,440
Speaker 1: before I get another one. And so I said, tell

475
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,080
Speaker 1: me a little bit more about that. He says, between

476
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,159
Speaker 1: two thousand and six and two thousand ten, they made

477
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:58,320
Speaker 1: a great car. And uh So with that, um I

478
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,560
Speaker 1: took that away and I decided, you know, the mileage

479
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,160
Speaker 1: is getting high and probably at some point we'll we'll

480
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 1: get me. So maybe I'll start looking for one. And

481
00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:12,000
Speaker 1: this goes back about four years ago. And uh you know,

482
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:13,520
Speaker 1: it's great when you look for a car when you

483
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 1: don't need one. And sure enough I found a two

484
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,639
Speaker 1: thousand seven hun Day driven. You know the old story,

485
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 1: a little old lady went to went grocery shopping into Bingo.

486
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:28,280
Speaker 1: It had fifty miles on it, and so I pounced

487
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,440
Speaker 1: on it. I I got that and uh so now

488
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,119
Speaker 1: I figured I keep the two thousand and six as

489
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 1: a parts car, and um and and and that's you know,

490
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,600
Speaker 1: they both run. They you know, it could be a

491
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:45,119
Speaker 1: daily driver. Um so. But with the market being to

492
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,159
Speaker 1: use cars what it is, my thought process was, I

493
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,560
Speaker 1: don't know how many things were available or will be

494
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,600
Speaker 1: available for this going forward in the future. But my

495
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,720
Speaker 1: question to you is should I cash in on the

496
00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:01,960
Speaker 1: used car market now and you know, and and and

497
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 1: and take advantage of that, or should I continue holding

498
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 1: on hold onto it for a parts car. Excellent question,

499
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,400
Speaker 1: and I'll tell you what. I'll give you the answer

500
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 1: as soon as they come back. Don't go anywhere I'm

501
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:12,879
Speaker 1: running any of The Car Doctor will be back right

502
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 1: after this. Hey, welcome back. We're on name of the

503
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:34,280
Speaker 1: Car Doctor. Here at five zero. We're talking with Ralph

504
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,320
Speaker 1: from Long Island about a O six Hondays Sonata and

505
00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,680
Speaker 1: the dilemma of two Hundays. What do you do, Ralph?

506
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:42,240
Speaker 1: You're still there? I am. So let's let's make some assumptions,

507
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,120
Speaker 1: which is a dangerous word. So let's assume the parts

508
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,200
Speaker 1: for the O six and the O seven, every part

509
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,400
Speaker 1: on each car is identical and can be swapped back

510
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 1: and forth. Let's let's make it clean like that. It

511
00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 1: probably isn't there's probably some differences between the two, but

512
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,359
Speaker 1: we'll assume that it is the newer car. The OH

513
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,800
Speaker 1: seven's got fifty eight hundred miles on it right right now,

514
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,640
Speaker 1: I've been driving it, so it's got about sixty thousand months.

515
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: Now it's got sixty thousand. What did you start out with?

516
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:12,360
Speaker 1: Fifty eight thousand or hundreds? I realized it was five

517
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,920
Speaker 1: hundred eight hundred miles. I paid fifty eight hundred dollars

518
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,919
Speaker 1: for it. It was it was undred miles. And how

519
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,800
Speaker 1: many miles does it have on it? Now? The seven?

520
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,480
Speaker 1: The newer one about sixty? So you went, you went

521
00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:30,080
Speaker 1: forty thousand miles in a very short period of time. Well, yeah,

522
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 1: you know, I've been driving the wheels off of it. Okay,

523
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:36,399
Speaker 1: so at the rate year going, um, wow, it's a

524
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,480
Speaker 1: lot of miles. Ralph, what did you get this car?

525
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,480
Speaker 1: I got this about four years ago, So it's not

526
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: as bad as it really sounds. Okay, So we're looking

527
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:48,919
Speaker 1: our closes somewhere around fifteen thousand. So let's back up.

528
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 1: The O six is just sitting in the driveway, right, Okay,

529
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 1: have you driven it at all? A little bit? You know,

530
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,440
Speaker 1: you know back, you know, you want to keep everything

531
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 1: running and you know lubricated, you know, so a little

532
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,399
Speaker 1: bit Ralph is somebody getting on you to get rid

533
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: of the O six? Uh no, you know, I get

534
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,680
Speaker 1: I just get conflicting things. My brother is a diesel

535
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,119
Speaker 1: mechanic because will you holding onto that thing for you know?

536
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 1: And then I have another you know, I have my

537
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,119
Speaker 1: mechanic who says, yeah, and if it's not harming you,

538
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,119
Speaker 1: why not keep it in there? So that's going back

539
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,880
Speaker 1: and forth. So so answer the question like this, Let's

540
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:22,879
Speaker 1: say that, let's say the trans fails in that oh

541
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,760
Speaker 1: seven hun day, You're gonna take the trans out of

542
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,639
Speaker 1: the O six with a hundred sixty thousand miles on

543
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,040
Speaker 1: it and put it in the O seven And no,

544
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 1: you rebuild for whatever it is to right, so probably

545
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 1: four thousand, but whatever whatever it is, okay, would you

546
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: would you take that? Would you put a used trans

547
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 1: in on a fifteen sixteen year old vehicle with sixty

548
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 1: miles on it? I don't think so, because the labor

549
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,280
Speaker 1: would kill you. Would you swap the steer if the

550
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 1: steering rack was bad from one, would you take the

551
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,959
Speaker 1: one from the other? No, I see where you're going.

552
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 1: If the engine failed, would you know if the alternator

553
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,480
Speaker 1: went south? Would you know? Ralph sell the car cash

554
00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,360
Speaker 1: in a right stopping You know, It's like listen if

555
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 1: the brake, if the brakes failed on the O seven

556
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: and again brakes are the same, You're gonna take the

557
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 1: rusty brake rotors that have been sitting four years now

558
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: and swamp them onto the O seven. Why the labor

559
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:16,240
Speaker 1: will kill you, right, it's it's you know, when I

560
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 1: talk about parts issues, those aren't the things I talk about.

561
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 1: Those aren't the things I'm thinking about. What I'm thinking

562
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: about is, well, if if the O seven needed an

563
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 1: onboard engine controller, if the main engine computer failed, is

564
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: it the same between the O six and the OH seven?

565
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 1: And I would be willing to bet it's different. Alright,

566
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 1: The electronics change really fast year to year on a

567
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 1: lot of vehicles. Okay, you know, does the dashboard look

568
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: the same from the O six and the O seven? Yes? Okay, identical?

569
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:52,720
Speaker 1: Uh you know what the dash No, you're right, it doesn't.

570
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,280
Speaker 1: The heat the heating is different. So if you want

571
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 1: to if you if you want to just out of curiosity,

572
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,400
Speaker 1: call the Hundai dealer. They'll need they'll need it to

573
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 1: the whole seven team digit fin or the last date

574
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: of the event and say, hey, can you tell me

575
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 1: if the PCM between the No. Six and No. Seven

576
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 1: is the same? See what they say? You know you

577
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 1: want to keep that stuff, but now you're gonna put

578
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 1: up you know, let's say it's a thousand dollar PCM.

579
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 1: You're gonna put a thousand dollar PCM on the shelf

580
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,240
Speaker 1: on the chance that you may need it. And now

581
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 1: the other car is scrap. Where's the other car? If

582
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,880
Speaker 1: it's a running car, it's probably worth a couple of

583
00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 1: bucks in this market, right, and last last thought, are

584
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: you ensuring the O six? Okay? Good boy? Yeah, good boy?

585
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 1: So um let's uh I say, I say sell it,

586
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,719
Speaker 1: Ralph and just you know, take the money, put it somewhere,

587
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,520
Speaker 1: and if you need parts for the other one, you know,

588
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:49,600
Speaker 1: and listen as the car gets older. Not not to

589
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 1: make a shameless plug, but let's be honest, right, if

590
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 1: you need parts for that and you can't get it,

591
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 1: O'Reilly oto dot com. They've got everything. If they don't

592
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 1: have it, nobody will. And if you can't find parts

593
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 1: there for a No. Seven Honday, you're a going to

594
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 1: and at that point you'll be fine. Um, but I

595
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: say cash in on the O six and get make

596
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 1: hay while the sun shines. All right, kids, go thank

597
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 1: You're really welcome, sir. You'd be well. Five five zero

598
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: nine nine zero zero. I'm naming of the car doctor.

599
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 1: I'll be back right after this. Don't go away, he's

600
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: welcome back. We're on any of the car doctor here

601
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: eight five five five six zero nine zero zero. I

602
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 1: want to go back to Chuck in Texas. We're talking

603
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 1: to Chuck about the misfire on is oh nine f

604
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: one fifty and the misfire or the zero three oh one. UM,

605
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 1: get out to ng Case spark Plugs against ng ng

606
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 1: CA spark Plugs dot com. By the way, n g

607
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 1: K and n t K have teamed up or teamed up,

608
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Speaker 1: and you'll see great information about both of them, uh,

609
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,600
Speaker 1: both products that they make at their website. I think

610
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: it's Energy Case spark Plugs dot com. Um. But and

611
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 1: they'll also talk about not that's what I but they'll

612
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 1: also be talking about out shop squad. If you're if

613
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 1: you're a repair technician and you want to sign up.

614
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: N g K is assembling um. They're assembling an online

615
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,880
Speaker 1: resource okay for repair shops to you know, be able

616
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 1: to go in reference information and get specific information like

617
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 1: what I'm going to tell you now. And this one's

618
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 1: for Chuck Out in Texas, I went out to Energy

619
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 1: Case Park plugs all right during the break and I

620
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 1: looked up and they've got a nice little brochure that

621
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 1: talks about variable valve timing solenoids. It's got a great

622
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 1: blow up picture. It shows the componentry and uh, you

623
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 1: know how it comes apart and describes in you know,

624
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: detail about how it's made and uh, the different components

625
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: that make up a variable valve timing solenoid. Chuck, and

626
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: I think you'll look at that picture and go, yeah,

627
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 1: how could that affect just one cylinder? And that was

628
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 1: the point of my conversation that I'm not saying that

629
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 1: a v v T can't cause misfires. I just don't

630
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 1: see how it would cause a misfire. UM. Either that

631
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: or we're just not getting all the fault codes at

632
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: this vehicle's generating. We're missing part of the picture here

633
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 1: because the lack of information. So engy Case park plugs

634
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 1: dot Com. Click on the resources tab and you'll see

635
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 1: vv T soloids And they've also got some great other

636
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,760
Speaker 1: information up there on that website to about various different

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