1 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Tell me dot look, come on down, fast, hurry, come 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: on down, Tom Ray, come on down. You are the 3 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: first contestants on Ronanian is right. The car about five 4 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: years ago and the first winter experienced thought, especially when 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: it was cold that car doctor. Listen, we gotta start 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: old diagnosis. Is why I always say, has anybody scanned 7 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: the car? Has anybody you know approached this as let's 8 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: just see what sort of information the car give up 9 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 1: before we start going wolf looking for that the needle 10 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: in the haystag. Welcome to the radio home of Ron Andanian, 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: the Car Doctor, since this is where car owners the 12 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 13 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up 14 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: the phone and call in the garage doors are open, 15 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: but I am here to take your calls. At eight 16 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: five and now he running, Hey, come on in so down, 17 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: I'm running in in the car. Docuate your service. Glad 18 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: to have you here with me. This hour is always 19 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: at this particular time as we get together each and 20 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: every week and to talk about automobiles and all things 21 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,559 Speaker 1: that make mechanical. We'll go tick and clunk and trying 22 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,639 Speaker 1: to make it not go tick and clunk and solve 23 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: that particular problem, whatever it might be. That's what this 24 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: radio show is all about. The phone number eight five 25 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: five five six zero nine nine zero zero as always 26 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero 27 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: seven number. You can call at any time, day or night. 28 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: We're live on the air Saturday afternoons two to four 29 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: pm Eastern time. We're now into our second hour this week, 30 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: and leave a message if we're not here or if 31 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: the lines are busy and backed up. We've made it 32 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 1: so that there is a messaging service attached to eight 33 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: five five six zero nine nine zero zero. We'll call 34 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: you back at you in the lineup and talked about 35 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: your car problem right up here on air. And that's 36 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: what we want to do because we want to educate everybody, 37 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: and we like the exchange. We like talking to you 38 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: to see what's on your mind. And sometimes having that 39 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: conversation about the automobile is important because there's more information 40 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: than what sometimes you can put down on an email. 41 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you about what I like 42 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: to fix. Someone asked me recently, why did I ever 43 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: become a mechanic when as I sorry, and it was. 44 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: It was a funny conversation because it started out really 45 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: talking about looking at how hard cars have become to 46 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: work on. And was I sorry that I ever became 47 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: a mechanic. No, I'm not sorry. I became a mechanic. 48 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: I'm kind of proud of what I became. You know, 49 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: I get to work on cars every day. I get 50 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: to solve problems every day. I get to, you know, 51 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: sort of scratch the surface of of the edge of 52 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: the unknown every day. Some days. Some days it's oil 53 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: changes and breaks and tires and the things you've done 54 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: a hundred times, a thousand times. And then sometimes it's 55 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: that odd thing that you just sort of stumble across us, 56 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: you know, when you least expected. It's a ronin Ainianism. 57 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: You know, life is like cheap underwear. You never know 58 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: what's gonna creep up on you. And it happened this 59 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: week two thousand two tourists came into the shop and 60 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 1: it it had a problem with the CD player. And 61 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: I think I might have mentioned this on last week's show, 62 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: or maybe the week before that. I was working on it. 63 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: I had a CD player, a six CD disc changer. 64 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: It's in the glove compartment to the right. I don't know. 65 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,679 Speaker 1: Two tourists so to sable same thing, and it didn't work. 66 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: It didn't eject anymore, and it was a matter of 67 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: I had to take it apart or you know, it's 68 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: either take it apart and repair it or throw it 69 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: away and buy another one. Well, two thousand two was 70 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, and they're not readily available. 71 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: You can find them out on eBay, and they're a 72 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty and two hundred dollars and things like that. 73 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: But what's the fun in that? Just plug and play? 74 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: Don't you want to try and fix something? So I, 75 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: you know, I made my work area. I took my 76 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: work bench, and I laid down a clean shop towel, 77 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: big towel, and I just started taking it apart. I 78 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: unplugged it out of the car and tried a bunch 79 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: of things to get it didn't work, couldn't couldn't get 80 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: it to eject or or or do what we had 81 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: to do. So I laid it out on my work 82 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: bench and I sat down with a couple of screw 83 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: drivers and a cup of tea, and everybody leave me 84 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: alone and let me take it apart. And part of 85 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,239 Speaker 1: what went through my mind with this was it's already broken. 86 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: I can't break it any more than it is. It's 87 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: already it doesn't work, So anything that changes has got 88 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: to be a step up at this particular moment. And 89 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: I was also trying to help out a good customer, 90 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: regular customer, you know, a senior citizen that's you know, 91 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: it doesn't want to necessarily spend the money, but he 92 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: still wants to listen to his Broadway Show Tune c 93 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: d s and you know, his his other CDs from 94 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: a bygone era that you it necessarily get an MP 95 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: three anymore. And you know what, sometimes it's probably easier 96 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: to fix that CD player for the older customer, because 97 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 1: good gosh, you ever try and explain MP three players 98 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: to somebody of my generation, and here's how they work, 99 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: and you plug this USB stick into this new adapter, 100 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: and trust me, it's easier to fix the CD player. 101 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: So I laid it out on the bench in front 102 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: of me. There's a lot of screws in those CD 103 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: players was my first reaction. Holy cow. And there's a 104 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: lot of different screws, different color, different length, different size. 105 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: I sure had a lot of screws on my work bench. 106 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: It was like Holy smokes. And I started clumping them 107 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: by piles, and I started marking the holes that they 108 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 1: came out of. This was the A group, This was 109 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: the B group, this was the C group. And I 110 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: got it all apart. When I got it all apart, 111 00:05:55,839 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 1: I could finally eject the c D carry, which is 112 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 1: the piece. You know, it's a six c D. First 113 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: of all, I hope you remember what c D s 114 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 1: were for those for those of us that are a 115 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: little older, but um are you know? I ejected the 116 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: c D cartridge, the the the box itself from the player. 117 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: I got that out. It turns out what what it 118 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 1: had done was he had put a c D in 119 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: and it's a it's a little plastic tray that it 120 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: sits on. The plastic had gotten bent and it jammed 121 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: coming back from the cassette so that it wouldn't release 122 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: and eject. So this was on c D number three, 123 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: So I was able to take the plastic tray out 124 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: of that, put to take the plastic from number one, 125 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: put it all back together, matched up all my screws, 126 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: and no, I did not have any screw left over. 127 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: They were all used, including the three I threw in 128 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: the garbage can because I couldn't fit. No, I'm only kidding. 129 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: I actually did replace all the screws, and then I 130 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: sat in. I waited because now I had to get 131 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: a hold of the customer. I had no to test 132 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: it until I until I, you know, got the car back. 133 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: I waited a day, I waited another day. He finally 134 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: returned my call. He was busy, he was tied up. 135 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if he got the message and he 136 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: stopped down. I gotta tell you, it's it's pretty exciting 137 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: when you take something apart that you've never taken apart, 138 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: when you repair something that you've never repaired, and it 139 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: really gives you a good feeling to help somebody out 140 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: in this situation that yeah, I plugged it in. It 141 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: worked great. The only thing I had to do was 142 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: I had to make the number one CD disc work 143 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: on three. So this way, when he starts it up, 144 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: it goes to three four, five six instead of one, two, 145 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: four or five six. It's easier on the c D changer, 146 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: and it works. He's able to listen to Broadway show 147 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: tunes and and everything else that he could possibly listen to. 148 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: And that's why I became a mechanic, because I can say, gee, 149 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: look at what I fixed, you know, and it just, 150 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: I don't know, you thump chest a little bit and 151 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: you stand a little taller, and you're just you're kind 152 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: of proud of yourself. And what's wrong with that? Because 153 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: don't we all want to do a good day at work. 154 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: We all want to do a good job. We all 155 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: want to make somebody happy. We all want to do 156 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: what needs to be done. And I said this to 157 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: this person when they said, are you happy you became 158 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: a mechanic. Yeah, I'm happy I became a mechanic. I 159 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: would do it all over again. I only hope there's 160 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: enough cars left to fix that I can finish my 161 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: career to be a mechanic because I look at the technology. 162 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: You know, everything is software today. The dishwasher broke at 163 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: the house this week. It um it went through an 164 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: end of rense cycle shortfall, and I knew it because 165 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: the clean light on the front of the washer dishwasher 166 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: was blinking seven times, and I knew that seven times 167 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: meant something. And when I did some research, I found 168 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: out that you have to hit there's two buttons on 169 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: the top. Out of the twelve, you hit those two 170 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: in rapid succession and then it resets the machine. And 171 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: my wife said, how did you know how to do that? 172 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:00,839 Speaker 1: And I said, well, I did research. And she said you, 173 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: but how did you know how to do that? And 174 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: I said, because that's what I do all day long. 175 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: I fix cars. It's it's it's all software now, it's 176 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: all it's all digital manipulation. And maybe that's what fixing 177 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: the CD player was all about. Because it was still mechanical. 178 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 1: I could still take something apart. I could look at 179 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 1: it and see the damage. I could see how it 180 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: worked and figure it out in my head and then 181 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:32,559 Speaker 1: put it back together and see it operate. And I 182 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: think that's what we've lost a lot of in this 183 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 1: country that we don't Maybe that's one of the bad 184 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: things about the Internet. It solves problems for us, but 185 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: it doesn't explain how, and it gives us a different lifestyle, 186 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: but we don't see it. Maybe we need more visual 187 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: to make ourselves feel better, just as a thought, and 188 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:57,839 Speaker 1: maybe becoming a mechanic helps eliminate that problem. Because I'm 189 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 1: really happy with what I did, So yeah, for that person, 190 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: that asked. I'm real happy I became a mechanic because 191 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 1: I get to fixed cars every day and solve problems 192 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: for people. And that's what I'm here to do today. 193 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: At eight five five five six zero nine zero zero, 194 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: run on any of the car doctor. I'll return right 195 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: after this to kick open the garage doors. Don't go away, Hey, 196 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: welcome back, ran to the car doctor, rolling along the sour. 197 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,559 Speaker 1: Let's keep those garage doors open and get over to 198 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: Ben Ballycottos New York Chevy and Pala. Ben. Welcome to 199 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: the car doctor, sir, how can I help? Thanks for 200 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: taking my call. I got had two thousand and twelve 201 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: Chevalier and Palla, and I've never had any problems with it. 202 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: But suddenly I get some sort of a slight buzzing. 203 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: Uh it does coming from the area like w the 204 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: dashboard is the radio is non It's very very short ranged, 205 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:12,599 Speaker 1: and it doesn't seem to be anything good due to 206 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: cause it or stop it. It doesn't happen to accelerate 207 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: the accelerate turns, slow down or anything else. It just 208 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 1: happens at random, is it? You know? Noises are tough 209 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: on radio, obviously, because I can't I can't physically be there, 210 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: but if I were, one of the things I would 211 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: be trying is while the noise is happening, if I 212 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: were to, let if you lay your hand on top 213 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: of the dash while it's making the noise, do you 214 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 1: feel anything a slight vibration. Does it change or alter 215 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 1: the sound of the noise or the noise at all. 216 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: I haven't touched the dashboard at all, but it may 217 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: seems to maintain a steady value and about the same 218 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: length of time each time it happens. Okay, do you 219 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: notice or have you tried, or maybe you could try 220 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:01,199 Speaker 1: the next time it happens, change either the heat or 221 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: the position of the you know, blend or to frost 222 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: duct floor to see if that alters the noise at all. 223 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:13,319 Speaker 1: They do have some servo motors back their electric motors 224 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: that are known to buzz and ratchett and make various noises. 225 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: Than that, you could have a bad servo or a 226 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: weak servo creating a problem with door position and changing 227 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: them by altering the heat settings hot the cold floor 228 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,559 Speaker 1: to ceiling. That type of thing may alter the buzz. 229 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 1: It's it's it's I've got to think it's something along 230 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: those lines, or do we have a vibration of some sort. 231 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: But before I start talking about wiring harnesses that aren't 232 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: necessarily tucked in the right spot and taking the dashboard apartment, 233 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: I'd rather go through the simple stuff first. They will 234 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: all certainly try to adjust the heat or some other 235 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: things that are anything Yeah, anything in the glove box, yeah, Ben, 236 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: anything in the glove box. No, it's not not have 237 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: anything to do with the glove box. I don't have 238 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 1: a cell phone or anything else in Antika becausing it. 239 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: It's just like a good old fish and buzzle like 240 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: you got in the grocery store many many years ago. 241 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: And as I said, I can't do anything to create 242 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 1: it and make it happen, and that stops by itself 243 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,319 Speaker 1: after I'd say maybe ten or fifteen seconds, and then 244 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: what you know, then I'd be curious, you know, and 245 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: I know you said the radio is off when this happens, 246 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: I'd be curious. If you turn the radio on, are 247 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: you getting a feedback? Is it somehow radio related? But 248 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 1: it doesn't appear to be. You know, whenever I get 249 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: a problem with a vehicle or a problem with something 250 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: that I can't quite put my finger on. I always 251 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: try to change the way I approach it. I change 252 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: of state is what comes to mind. So if the 253 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: radio is off, turn the radio on, keep the volume down. 254 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: Do you notice the changing the way it works? Uh? 255 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: You know, if you can put your hand on top 256 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: of the dash and a little bit of light pressure, 257 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: is it perhaps the dash pad rubbing against at such 258 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 1: a high frequency that it's rubbing against the bottom of 259 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: the glass of the inside of the windshield. Is that 260 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: making the difference or is it physically under the dash pad. 261 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 1: In that case, then I start to think about servos 262 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: and altering things there. So, uh, you know, there's a 263 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: couple of steps I'd like to see you go through 264 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:17,319 Speaker 1: before we go, you know, to the Oh hey, Ben, 265 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: let's pull the dashboard out question. All right, yeah, all right, 266 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: I'll get that a try. Thanks a lot. I appreciate 267 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: you taking the time to answer my call. You're very welcome, Ben, 268 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: glad to be here. That's what we're all about. Let's 269 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: go over and talk to Gloria. Line to glen Rock, 270 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: New Jersey. I think that is with the two thousand 271 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: one Toyota Camray. Gloria, you're at the car after how 272 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: can I help? Okay, um, my Camry has left them 273 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: forty thousand miles and my problem is leaks from the 274 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: sun roof into the inside of the car with rust 275 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: coming down with the water and in the last six 276 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: months or so the snow and the rains the car 277 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: was out. There was leaking into the passenger cabin from 278 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: the sunroof, rusty soaking built up of moisture on the 279 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: inside lining and on a roll of taper towers that 280 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: I had left on the floor of the front passenger 281 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: side to be able to mop up the fog that 282 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: was on the windows inside every time I wanted to 283 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: use it. Okay, let me let me tell you about 284 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: sunroofs glory if I can. One of the things I 285 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: don't like about sunroofs is they are a calculated leak. 286 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: They wouldn't work on a submarine. They are a calculated leak. 287 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: They're not designed to be completely waterproof. And you know, 288 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: you think about it, the way production tolerances are. There's 289 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: too much movement up there. There's too much flexibility in 290 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: a car today. They can't get everyone exactly the same, 291 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: stamp it out and make them leakproof. So what they 292 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: do to prevent them from leaking inside the car. Are 293 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: there are two or four water drains in sunroofs that 294 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: allow the water to go front or back if it 295 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: if it has a rear pitched drain. One of the 296 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: things we do to diagnose that leak would be open 297 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: the sun roof as far as you can, or at 298 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: least halfway. And I'm a little cautious on opening older 299 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: sun roofs all the way for issues with track and 300 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,119 Speaker 1: and and the actual linkage itself. But open the sunroof. 301 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: Look in the two front corners. You're going to see 302 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: two small holes. Those are the water drains. My guess 303 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: is either the driver's side drain is restricted causing water 304 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: to back up to the point that it now has 305 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: to overwork the passenger or the passenger drain is restricted 306 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: causing to overwork and it's dripping into the car, all right. 307 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: And one of the simplest things we do to test 308 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: it is, I'll just take a small dixie cup of water, 309 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 1: a three ouncer, nothing big, three four ounces of water. 310 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: I'll get up on I'll stand up from inside the car. 311 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 1: I'll get a step ladder and stand over the roof 312 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: of the car and pour that water down the drain, 313 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 1: you know in that corner left front corner, right front corner. 314 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: If it's got rear, I'll pitch it to the rear. 315 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: That water has to come out on that camera. It's 316 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: gonna come out just behind the front tire on its 317 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 1: respective side. And I find sometimes I find a drain 318 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 1: on this side effects this one, or a drain on 319 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: this side being restricted effects that one, or And I 320 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: don't think this is the case because you're saying it 321 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 1: comes through the sunroof area when the leak happens, I'm 322 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,199 Speaker 1: I'm guessing it comes to the sunroof. All I know 323 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: is that I get moisture, okay, because if I do 324 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: get a few drops when I walk into the car, Okay. 325 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: It could also be that the the sunroof tube sometimes 326 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: is splice. They don't make one that's they don't make 327 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: a tube all one piece, and some of the manufacturers 328 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: will make it where it'll go eighteen inches long and 329 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: then they'll splice another or tube up to it. That 330 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: splice becomes disconnected and it will allow a leak inside 331 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: the cabin as well. That the first step in this 332 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: is go see your mechanic and ask him to do 333 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: a water drain test for the for the sunroof. If 334 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 1: he pours water down the drain areas, does the water 335 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: come out? And it's it's it's simple. It should be 336 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: the same volume and speed on the left side as 337 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: it is on the right side. If one of them 338 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: is slower than the other. And usually this is very pronounced. 339 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: Usually this is one side drips and the other side pours, 340 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 1: and that's the side that's clogged. That restriction has to 341 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: be gone away as a as a first step. That's 342 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: what you have to do. All right, My worry work 343 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: that appeared on the wet they print there's the good 344 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: He could be lefty and I could find the whole 345 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: thing collapse. Well, I don't think it will collapse. But 346 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: keep in mind that water is going somewhere. It's not 347 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: meant to be up in the headliner. So fixing the 348 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,120 Speaker 1: leak is paramount. Do the water drain test first, we'll 349 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 1: talk about the rust. Second, I'm here for you if 350 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 1: you need me. I'm on any of the car doctor. 351 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: We're back right after this. Hey, welcome back. Why don't 352 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: you need the car doctor rolling along this hour? Um? 353 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: We are kind of rolling along. Look at this too. 354 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: We're halfway through the hour. How the heck does that happen? 355 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: Do you ever think that time? That's a whole another question. 356 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: I'll have a physics conversation someday. We're not talking about 357 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: cars because they've got nothing to do with physics. Let's 358 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 1: get over and talk to Joseph and what you talk 359 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: Kansas some questions about transmissions and batteries. Joseph, Welcome to 360 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: the car doctor, sir? How can I help? First of all, happy, 361 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:47,360 Speaker 1: Thank you sir, you too? Uh My question is does 362 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 1: the transmission affected by the battery at all? Everything everything 363 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: is affected by the battery, you know, and it's only 364 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: going to get worse in time when you look at 365 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 1: all the behavioral characteristics they're plugging into cars today. I'm 366 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: trying to think of we recently did so, you know, 367 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: it was easier. It's almost easier to reflash some of 368 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: these cars computers and trying to relearn some of them. 369 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: If if it's probably not quite that case on everything, 370 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: but there was something recently we did in the shop. 371 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: I'm trying to remember the scenario at the top of 372 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 1: my head that, um, it was easier to start a 373 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: fresh reprogram than trying to program the characteristics back into 374 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: the trans It was just I think it was a 375 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: Chrysler product. We were working on that. Yet, disconnecting the 376 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: battery it causes it to lose it's it's starting point. 377 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 1: You know. Back in the day, we had mechanical tolerances. 378 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: It would work this far to that far, and it 379 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: was a mechanical stop. Whatever it was we were working on, 380 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 1: the mechanism could be adjusted the excuse me, in the 381 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: throat in the case of the shift cable, the throttle 382 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: valve cable that it was, you know, it had it 383 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: had an adjustable range from here to here. Now today 384 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: to control that shift point on the transmission it doesn't 385 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: have that. It's all done electronically. So the computer has 386 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: to look at uh you know, there's a lookup table involved. 387 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: It's and it's it's very wide and it's very you know, 388 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: spread out over time that it says if the trans 389 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,479 Speaker 1: is doing this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, 390 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 1: do that, and it's it's making that calculation and that 391 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 1: decision how many times a second? How many times in 392 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: the times of a second. So, yeah, disconnecting the battery, 393 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 1: which is why you know, you disconnect the battery. People say, 394 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 1: I just want to put a battery in a car, 395 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: good luck. You know it's it's it's not that simple anymore. 396 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 1: I laugh at the commercials that you know, some of 397 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: the parts places are talking about. You know, stop by 398 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 1: will just throw a battery in for you. And I'm thinking, 399 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,679 Speaker 1: the only thing we throw in is people in the pool, 400 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: because putting batteries in cars today has you know, I've 401 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: got a couple of Chrysler Sea Brings or a couple 402 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: of GM products where the batteries under the back seat 403 00:21:55,560 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: or um perhaps cruisers, yeah right, where of the batteries 404 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 1: in the fender? Well? And you know, I don't understand 405 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: this concept. It's it's let me tell you, there's nothing 406 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: simple on a car anymore. There really isn't. Even changing 407 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: oil is involved. The resets vary and you know how 408 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: often and how you know and and you know what 409 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: mileage and then you know when they're doing an oil change. 410 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: Are they replacing the drain plug gasket? I can't tell 411 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: you how many, And it's good for business. I should 412 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,400 Speaker 1: stop complaining, But you know, I can't tell you how 413 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: many oil pans we change because the guys that are 414 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: doing the oil changes at the other places that I 415 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: gotta say it a lot of it. It's the quick 416 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 1: loops that they're not changing gaskets. And I'm not saying 417 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: they're all like that. There's some very good ones out there, 418 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: but you know, there's a couple of bad ones that 419 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,400 Speaker 1: still seem to be they don't realize the mandate. Honda's 420 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: the worst. Not the Honda dealers, but Honda cars. Honda 421 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: cars require that you change and it's in the owner's manuals, 422 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: in the shop manual that you change the drain plug 423 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: gasket on the oil pan. And I tell everybody, if 424 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: you're getting your Honda's oil chains and there isn't a 425 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 1: drain plug gasket on the on the bill, either they 426 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: gave it to you for free or they did it wrong. 427 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: And it's that simple. And it seems that the Hondas 428 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 1: are the ones that will get you know, gee wis 429 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: in into miles. The drain plugs are stripped out and 430 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: we've got to repair them. Now that's not to say, 431 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: you know, Handa's got some pan issues anyway, some of 432 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: their alluminum threads leave a lot to be desired. But 433 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: my point is there's nothing simple. So back to your question, Yes, 434 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: disconnecting the battery will cause the transmission to lose its adaptives, 435 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 1: it's operating characteristics, and then they have to be relearned. 436 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 1: Now the good news is the good news is the 437 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: majority of vehicles the relearns are are basic common sense 438 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: things started up, Let it idle, take it for a rod, 439 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 1: you know. Normal. In the case of a transadaptive, I 440 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: always try to maintain a moderate throttle pressure. I'm not 441 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: to get out there and drive it like a lunatic, 442 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 1: you know, to the floor and passing gear and and 443 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 1: and the other rationale. The other good thing about adapts 444 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: is over time they learn on their own. Okay, And 445 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 1: you know one of the other reasons we have adapt 446 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: as in cars, it's not just to give us something 447 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: to do in the battery disconnects. The real reason is 448 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 1: because if you get in the car and drive it 449 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: your style, and I got in the car and I 450 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: drove it my style, they're just even if we both 451 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: tried to behave ourselves, there are two different styles. And 452 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: it gives the manufacturers the ability to remember it's not 453 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: about making us happy, It's about making the e p 454 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: a happy and it gives the vehicle manufacturer the best 455 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: shot of hitting miles per gallon and emission levels to 456 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: meet federal requirements, because that's the name of the game. 457 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: And I asked, uh, and I say why I was 458 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: asking this question? Sure, go ahead. My grandpa and I 459 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: got into debata today over the phone and he doesn't 460 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:08,719 Speaker 1: think so, but I do. What that that adapt is 461 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 1: will be reset by disconnecting the battery, just by if 462 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: the if the battery went dead in the vehicle, that 463 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: it would affect the transmission if the and and you 464 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 1: know the other side of that becomes it depends on 465 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: the year of the vehicle. If it was not so much, 466 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: if it was yeah, quite a bit. It was Crown 467 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 1: Victoria we were talking about, Yeah, not so much there. 468 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,679 Speaker 1: That's old enough back in the days of mechanical that 469 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 1: it really wouldn't have a bearing on it. But that's 470 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: that's not to say that you didn't have a problem beforehand. 471 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 1: You know, if the car, if the battery went dead, 472 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: was the car sitting for a length of time? And 473 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: that's a that's a conversation for a different time. Hey, 474 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: yos if I appreciate the call, and um, I understand, 475 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,120 Speaker 1: you know what you and your grandfather were talking about. 476 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,439 Speaker 1: If you have any additional comments or questions, check us 477 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 1: out on Facebook. Ask a question there, like the page 478 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,120 Speaker 1: and win a car doctor T shirt. Let's pull over 479 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: and take a pause for the cause I'm ronning any 480 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 1: in the car doctor. We are back right after this 481 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: you find get welcome back. Why don't they need of 482 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 1: the car doctor. Let's get right into it. The lines 483 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,439 Speaker 1: are backed up. Let's go to Carl Richfield Park, New 484 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 1: Jersey with some questions about a Kia Soul. Carl, you 485 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: around with the car doctor. How can I help? Hey? 486 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: How are you doing good? What's going on? Not much? 487 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,360 Speaker 1: Not much. I just had a couple of questions. I mean, 488 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: you know, on a on a on an every three 489 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 1: months basis. You know, we all go and go ahead 490 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: and um get our oils changed, you know, but the 491 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: thing is, and then all of a sudden after the 492 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: oil has been changed. You know, I have a friend 493 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: that well he moved to another state now where you know. 494 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 1: He said he used to work, you know and changing oils, 495 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,239 Speaker 1: and then I was always upselling um, you know, in 496 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:23,120 Speaker 1: regardless like changing transmissions, fluid radiator flush emission and fuel injection. Service, 497 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: engine flush and stuff like that. So I wanted to see, 498 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: you know what, what which one of these are actually important? 499 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: So like that, obviously I can keep maintaining the upkeep 500 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: of my car. Okay, so we're talking about Kia Soul. 501 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 1: That is correct because it so maintenance varies, right, every 502 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,719 Speaker 1: vehicle is a little different. And then you know, my 503 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 1: recommendations for you on a Kia would be different than 504 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: my recommendations for somebody driving a christ or Town and 505 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 1: Country minivan. So keeping that in mind that things are 506 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 1: very specific today, that there's two ways to look at maintenance. 507 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 1: There's manufacturer based. Here's what the manufacturer says. Now, keep 508 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,120 Speaker 1: in mind the manufacturer has a marketing department and they're 509 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 1: trying to convince you that the car never reads anything 510 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: until it explodes and then they want to sell you 511 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: another car. So you know that being said, everything needs maintenance. 512 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: It's manufacturer based or real world. You got to decide 513 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: where you live. Um. I try to point out that 514 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,679 Speaker 1: I think living in the real world is reality because 515 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: most people do not meet manufacturers operating conditions. You're you're 516 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,679 Speaker 1: in New Jersey, you you you you tell me a 517 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: day goes by in the summer where you're not sitting 518 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: in traffic on Route eighty or the Garden State Parkway 519 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 1: or the Garden State Plaza or Roots seventeen or you 520 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: know something like that. That's a severe operating conditions. Severe 521 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: operating conditions beat the car up even more. And it's 522 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: important to note that. So with regard to you, you 523 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: use standard. That particular car takes Standard Diamond SP three 524 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: transfluid all right, which you know has a typical shelf 525 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: or a vehicle life of somewhere around the fifty to 526 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: sixty thousand mile market max. And and after that, you 527 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 1: know what it's overdue. Now you know the other side 528 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: of it is, I want to see it. Operating characters 529 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: characteristics are you know, depending on how you drive, you 530 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: may change trans fluid as often as every thirty thousand miles, 531 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: and it really depends on what the fluid looks like 532 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: a condition. Here's the reason why you want one cook 533 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 1: in the kitchen. You want one guy changing your Royal. 534 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 1: If he if he's doing the job right, he takes 535 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: note of vehicle condition at mileage ten thousand, the car 536 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: comes back three four thousand miles later for its oil change. 537 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,440 Speaker 1: If it's conventional and he takes note of the condition 538 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,479 Speaker 1: of the car. He keeps track of things, and if 539 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: he's doing his job right, he's letting you know just 540 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: as the fluid starting to get dirty, not when it is. 541 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: Because like I said to somebody this week more than once, 542 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 1: if you wait for the fluid to be so dirty 543 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 1: that it needs to be changed, you probably waited too long, 544 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 1: because now the image is done in terms of degradation 545 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 1: of components and the way things work. So good rule 546 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: of thumb. Take a look at the trans fluid now, 547 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: if it's never been done at seventy nine, it's due. 548 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 1: You've got to find somebody that will change it, and 549 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: change it right. There's a bottom trans cooler host that 550 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 1: has to be disconnected because you don't just drain that pan. 551 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 1: The kea actually calls for the trans cooler line to 552 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 1: come off and a procedure engine running in neutral, drains 553 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 1: the converter and then drain the rest out of the pan. 554 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: That's Number one. Carbon cleaning. Carbon cleaning is an issue, 555 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: and it's very important on cars as they get older, 556 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,480 Speaker 1: carbon deposits still occur. You know it's on a car 557 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: that age. I'm gonna tell you to do it at 558 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: least every two years. If you're doing twenty five thousand 559 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: miles and two years, it's a good rule of thumb. 560 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna tell you to use a regular fuel system, aditive, 561 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,239 Speaker 1: some sort of cleaner at least once a year, if 562 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 1: not twice a year as preventative maintenance to just sort 563 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 1: of upkeep. One's a maintainer. The other is the actual 564 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: system cleaner is actually a cleaner where it's going to 565 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: go in, it's a more it's a it's a harsher 566 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: treatment or a stronger remedy for the problem. As far 567 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: as as far as coolant coolant in that car, it 568 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 1: depends on what it is. If it's conventional green, it's 569 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: every two to three years. If it's something extended life, 570 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: it's gonna be once every five years. I would tell 571 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: you to look that up, look that up in your 572 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 1: owner's manual, and you'll get a better idea of what 573 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: sort of cooling service that particular vehicle needs. If you're 574 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 1: looking for more information, get out to my shop website, 575 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 1: get out to r aoto dot com. I don't like 576 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: to point it out here on there, but I think 577 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 1: this justifies it. There's a services checklist section there. It 578 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 1: gives you a rough idea of vehicle maintenance and how 579 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 1: to go about it, and some of the things you 580 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 1: should look for a particular intervals and time frames of 581 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: the vehicle are aoto dot com. Let's get over and 582 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 1: talk to Doug Charleston, West Virginia. Squeeze one more in 583 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,719 Speaker 1: before we go to break. Doug, Welcome to the car doctor, sir? 584 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: How can I help? How are you doing good? What's 585 00:31:53,280 --> 00:32:01,160 Speaker 1: going on? I got a two thousand three I'm breaking up? 586 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: Can you hear me? Yeah? I can hear you. Go ahead, 587 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: go ahead, Charles or Doug. I'm sorry, dog, are you there? 588 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 1: Do hold one? So I guess we got to move 589 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:14,480 Speaker 1: the eye on a sphere out of the way here 590 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: or something. Uh, okay, there, I'm sorry, you're there? Yes? 591 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: Or you're there? Yeah? Yeah, go ahead. Um, I've got 592 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: a two thousand three BMW and uh I recently I 593 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: recently had a problem with a misfire on cylinder three 594 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 1: and you know, at that particular point in time, services 595 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 1: and soon light came on and I had minimum acceleration, 596 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 1: so I pulled over quick. I keep a scan tool 597 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 1: with me, SI SCANDID found out that I had a 598 00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 1: you know, a random misfire on cylinders three a way. 599 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 1: I thought it might have had some bad gas or 600 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 1: some water in the gas. So I've got some dry 601 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 1: gas within the tank, fill the tank back up, and 602 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:14,959 Speaker 1: the problem seemed to go away. A long story. This 603 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: happened a couple more time, still thinking I had maybe 604 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 1: water in the gas, I switched and I haven't had 605 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 1: the problem. I'd call that a fluke. I've never I've 606 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,600 Speaker 1: never seen octane create a misfire like that if the 607 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 1: vehicle's mechanically sound, not not under normal operating conditions. If 608 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 1: if we're talking about a performance application or high speed operation, 609 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:46,960 Speaker 1: but if you're talking about tooling around town, I haven't 610 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 1: seen octane rating effective vehicle like that. I will tell 611 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,680 Speaker 1: you this, if there's water in the tank, then you 612 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 1: know you should consider having a fuel sample pulled to 613 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:58,320 Speaker 1: see what it looks like, because it could have done 614 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,440 Speaker 1: damage to other components. And that's and that's really key. 615 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,200 Speaker 1: I will tell you the number one cause of misfire 616 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,000 Speaker 1: on those cars is the crank case vent, and you 617 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,279 Speaker 1: should have your mechanic check that because that is a 618 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,920 Speaker 1: very common cause of failure for misfire that and intake 619 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 1: manifold gasket problems. One of the key things in diagnosing 620 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,280 Speaker 1: that car is take a look at the fuel trims, 621 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 1: see where they go, and you can make some calculations 622 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 1: and decisions from there. Doug, I appreciate the call. I've 623 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 1: got to go to the clock's gonna grab me. We'll 624 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:26,440 Speaker 1: talk to you next time around. I'm running any of 625 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:58,399 Speaker 1: the car doctor. We're back right after this. Welcome back, 626 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 1: run on any of the car doctor. Let's get over 627 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: and squeeze one more in Nancy for mndal Long Island. 628 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:06,480 Speaker 1: You're on the car doctor. How can I help? Good time? 629 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,440 Speaker 1: Thank you? Hands my question. I have a two thousand 630 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 1: five Toyota can repost. I've been riding around a couple 631 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 1: of months with the passenger air bag light off instead 632 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: of on, and by this seed dominant is a symbol 633 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:24,399 Speaker 1: of what looks like a person with an air big. Um, Well, 634 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,960 Speaker 1: I've been doing any damage if I keep driving like this? No, 635 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 1: But the problem is there's a fault in the air 636 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,960 Speaker 1: bag system, and heaven forbid, you're in an accident. The 637 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 1: airbag won't work, so you're you know, even with your 638 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:42,719 Speaker 1: seatbelt on you're you're riding around in a car with 639 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,920 Speaker 1: half its safety system disabled at that point. Now, the 640 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 1: possible good news is, and I only say this, and 641 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,880 Speaker 1: I'm not certain, but they've had so many recalls for 642 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:58,160 Speaker 1: air bags and other issues, uh, Toyota, Honda, for GM, Chrysler, 643 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,200 Speaker 1: all of them, they're all seemed to be recall appy 644 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:04,000 Speaker 1: lately that I would tell you to take that VIN. 645 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,600 Speaker 1: I would call your dealer on Monday, or if you 646 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,800 Speaker 1: jump out online. There are more than a few places 647 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,279 Speaker 1: now to do VIN recall research. And I think if 648 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,400 Speaker 1: you just google search VIN recall, you'll come up with 649 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,319 Speaker 1: a website the manufacturers have put together. There's a bunch 650 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 1: of them out there, and you can type in your 651 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:24,080 Speaker 1: VENOMAL tell you what what recalls are applicable to your vehicle, 652 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: and if you have any problem finding it, get out 653 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: to n h T s A dot gov, the NITSA 654 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,080 Speaker 1: website n h T s A dot gov. And I 655 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 1: believe they have a link to a VIN recall website themselves, 656 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,520 Speaker 1: if it's not actually on their website. But I would 657 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,440 Speaker 1: just be aware there may be an issue that the 658 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,600 Speaker 1: vehicle is under a recall for the year big but 659 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,279 Speaker 1: the biggest problem is and nobody ever thinks about it 660 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,560 Speaker 1: until it actually happens. You may get if you get 661 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,680 Speaker 1: into an accident. The airbag will not work. Good luck 662 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,400 Speaker 1: to you, Nancy, and thanks for being a loyal listener 663 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:54,839 Speaker 1: all these years. I'm on a any in the car 664 00:36:54,880 --> 00:37:03,480 Speaker 1: doctor reminding you the mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. She 665 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 1: stands