1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Ron Anian, I chuckle when I still talk to people 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: with phone calls and emails and conversations and they replace 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: essentially five six, seven hundred thousand dollars worth of parts 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: and the problem isn't better. I say, why did you 5 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: pay for a diagnosis? And the answer I always get this, 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: I don't want to spend any money on this, sernine old. 7 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: Wait on me, the car doctor. You know, the nylon 8 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: stuff is good, but I don't think it takes the 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: abuse in the beating, which is why GM and a 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: lot of the other car companies don't do it right 11 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: from the get go. Welcome to the radio home of 12 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: ron and Anian the Car Doctor, since this is where 13 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: car owners the world overturned to for their definitive opinion 14 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: they got the phone and call in the garage to 16 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: orders are open, but I am here to take your 17 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: calls at eight five five five six and now running. Hey, 18 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: it's have to start your engines along. Welcome Ronny and 19 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: the car Doctor. Here we are a five five five 20 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 1: six zero nine zero zero, charged up in flying ready 21 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: to go this hour. And as we're gonna solve your 22 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: car problem. Yes, we are. You pick up the phone, 23 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 1: call me eight five five five zero nine zero zero. 24 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: I'll fix it, or I'll give you a direction to go. 25 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if that really sounds right. I'm gonna 26 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: tell you where to go, and I don't want to 27 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: do that. I'll fix your car though, that I'll do. Okay, 28 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: Now we got the semantics right, semantics, semantics whatever. UM. 29 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: Car Doctor Show dot com is the website you can 30 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: find more information about us there. There's also a link 31 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: if you want a podcast or maybe you're maybe you 32 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: are a podcaster, and we thank you for that. Um. 33 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: But you can find links at the Car Doctor Show 34 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: dot com as well as visit us out on Facebook. 35 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: Ron Ninny and the Car Doctor. UM. You know all 36 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: kinds of great stuff going on out there, videos and 37 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: different things, different repair procedures that we talk about from 38 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: time to time, and sometimes it's right here on the show. 39 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: So without any further Ado, let's kick the garage doors open. 40 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: Let's go down to Tampa, Florida and talked to Mark 41 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: oh seven Nissan Center. Mark. Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir. 42 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: How can I help Hian? How are you what's going on? Yeah, 43 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: just on highway speed on my oh seven CenTra between 44 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: fifty and sixty miles pro under load. Uh uh, It's 45 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: just there is a vibration on I feel it like 46 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: it's more on the right side of the vehicle. And 47 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: and indeed the passengers see you can see it moving 48 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: and vibrating and only under load because I mean I 49 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: can be let's say a fifty five and I let 50 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: go the accelerate the pedal and it'll stop and I 51 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: go back on it, and if it will vibrate it 52 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: and it gets more violently if if I really get 53 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: on the gas at that speed right, Um, But after 54 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: sixty miles or just disappears, are you are you still 55 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: applying the pedal, you know, the accelerator pedal with the 56 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: same amount of force at at sixty as you are 57 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: at seventy and eighty and so on. How we fester going? 58 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: Do you think? Yes? Okay? So, and it doesn't have 59 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: to be like a super hard on the pedal. It 60 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: could be lightly you know, just cruising and going higher 61 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: in the the higher models. But in between fifty and 62 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: sixty what is what is? What is? What have you 63 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: done or what has anybody done to try and diagnosis 64 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: Mark okay, I, Um, what I've done is I okay, 65 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: when I pushed this vehicle about a year ago, and 66 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: it seems like at the time when I inspected it 67 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: before I bought it, that it did have a leaking 68 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: struck left front struck, but I still purchased it. And 69 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: maybe a couple of months later that's when I actually 70 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: replaced the struts right, the front struts and both replaced 71 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: both sides. And it seems like it was after that 72 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: then I started noticing that because during my test drive, 73 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: I don't remember that, uh noticing that vibration and I 74 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: did get it up to speed. Um, did you happen 75 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: to replace a drive axle on this No, I didn't, 76 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 1: and that was but I did notice about a couple 77 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: of months ago because I'm like, this is just bothering me. 78 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: So then I'm like, okay, let me just look in there. 79 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: And I didn't notice that the inner boot boot of 80 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: the right axle, it's it has a crack, but it's 81 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: it's not leaking, because it seems like that doesn't get 82 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 1: too much. I said, you know, turning movement right the 83 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: inner boot and uh, on the left side on the 84 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: right side. And uh, but but it is so I'm 85 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: I guess I might need one. Well I'm not, I'm not. 86 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: I'm not saying you need one. I'm just curious what 87 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: you've done. I mean, you know, sometimes, and I say 88 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: this a lot sometimes in diagnosing something, tell me what's good, 89 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 1: tell me what it's not, and that can that can 90 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: eliminate an awful lot of things quickly to get you 91 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 1: down to the middle. You know that you want to 92 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: get to the middle of any diagnosis. Okay, you know, 93 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: um it's maybe it's a bad analogy, but you know 94 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: in the Pacific during World War Two, they didn't stop 95 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: and fight at every island, right, They hop scotch. They 96 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: went from you know, this island to the middle of 97 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: the Pacific to the Northern Pacific. They tried to get 98 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: around the enemy as fast as they could, as quickly 99 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: as they could, for the least using the least amount 100 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: of resources. Same thing with the diagnosis. You want to 101 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: get to the middle of the diagnosis and the end 102 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: of the diagnosis as fast as possible. I don't want 103 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: to test everything, but I want to know you know 104 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: it's the good stuff. So did you did you did 105 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 1: you try rotating the tires just just for giggles, just 106 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:09,679 Speaker 1: to sit there and say it's not an a tire 107 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: and wheel? Yes, yes, I did, I as I actually 108 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: I actually I did. Ended up getting two tires because 109 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: usually because I don't feel it on my on the 110 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: steering wheel right, not at all. I don't feel it. 111 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: So then I figured, okay, maybe it's the real wheel. 112 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: The real tires are getting bad, and they were getting bad. 113 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 1: I replaced them, but it's still there, right, And and 114 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 1: I did rotate tires and I actually did um. And 115 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: I did balance them again right, all of them. Um. 116 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: And the other thing I did is I used the 117 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: donor uh you know, the emergency tire and in each 118 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 1: position and row it just to see if there was 119 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: one individual tire that was doing it right and and 120 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: in the same thing. Well, okay, so now we know, 121 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: we know we've eliminated tires and wheels. Okay, because you've 122 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: rotated them, you've checked the balance on all of them, 123 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: and I'm sure you recheck the balance, and when you 124 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: went back and check the balance the second time, they 125 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: all balanced within a quarter rounds of of of what 126 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: you had correct. Okay, so we and that's important not 127 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: to miss that step because I have seen tires and 128 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: it's an issue in the country today that there's a 129 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: lot of poor quality tires out there, off shot Chinese 130 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: junk and play in English, that the the belts start 131 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: to wiggle and move and and create some balance issues 132 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: where you'll come back to the tire three times and 133 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: have four different weights. Almost it seems you're you're, you're, you're, 134 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: you're scratching your head like, wait a minute, it was 135 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: fine two weeks ago. What's different? And then you start 136 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: to look at the the the tread and you follow 137 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: the contours of the tire and you's actually you see 138 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: the casing start to move. It's getting to the point 139 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: where or I well, I I never have sold the 140 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: cheap retires, but it's getting to the point where if 141 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: it's got the cheaper tires on it. I tell somebody 142 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: right up front, look, you know, if this becomes a 143 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: repeatable balance issue, you're putting tires on it if you 144 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: want me to work on it. So that's that's fine. 145 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: We've eliminated that. Um could it be related to the 146 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: strut thing? I don't see how I'm thinking about harmonic 147 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: So I'm thinking that is the struct too rigid, that 148 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: would really be reaching. I don't see where or why 149 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 1: that would be the cause of it. I would be, 150 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: you know. And that's not to say, as you put 151 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: it's not in the steering wheel, it's in the backs, 152 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: or it's in the seat. Is it from the rear 153 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: of the vehicle? All right? So that being said, go ahead. 154 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: One thing that I haven't done and I'm supposed to 155 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:53,079 Speaker 1: do after I replace the struts, right, it's alignment. Could 156 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: it could? Could that be that? I would I'm not 157 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 1: saying it's impartible, impossible, Mark, but I like the way 158 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: you're thinking, because you're telling me what's good, and telling 159 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: me what's good eliminates the possibilities. The fact that it 160 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: only does it underload, though, tells right that it's got 161 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: to be from the front of the vehicle, not the rear. 162 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: Here's what you could do. Get it up to sixty 163 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: miles an hour, get the vibration to happen. Put it 164 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: in neutral, don't put it don't don't put it in 165 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: reverse at sixty whatever you do, put it in neutral. Brother, right, 166 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: And if you're if you're if you're coasting and neutral, 167 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: you know, and find a quiet stretch of road where 168 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: because now you're not going to be powered and uh, 169 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: you know obviously that's a problem. You want to find 170 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: a quiet stretch of road somewhere and just pop it 171 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: in the neutral and coast. If you're telling me you're 172 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: rolling along at fifty eight miles an hour and the 173 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: car is dead smooth, it's not the back, it's not 174 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: the front. It's something underload. It's something load related. So 175 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: what's related to that? Well, how are the engine mounts? 176 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: How's the transmount is? There? Is there a broken dog 177 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: bone mount on this car? And then we then we've 178 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: got to think about, you know, what's the possibility of 179 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,959 Speaker 1: it being an axle or transmission? Do I have it? 180 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: Do I have a potential bad axle? Does the car 181 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: pull under acceleration? Um? I don't think so. No, But okay, 182 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: since you mentioned the amount, Okay, that's why I like 183 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,679 Speaker 1: that direction. Then because I did replace the dog bump, 184 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't think it was related, but only 185 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: because I heard I was hearing like a little rattle, right, 186 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: and I when the engine is in idol, and I 187 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: replaced the dog the dog one, and then rattle went away, 188 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: but it came back right and and I assume especially 189 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: when it's in when I'm in drive right and and 190 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: I'm in a stoplight. But then as soon as I 191 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: let go the brake to go and accelerat of a stoplight, 192 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: then then the rottle goes away. So I'm not sure 193 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: if maybe the transmission mount well, and you know, the 194 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: issue there becomes on an older vehicle, high mileage on 195 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: this Marco higher mileage, older vehicle, if one mount is bad, 196 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: usually there's another one too, you know. You know, engine 197 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: engine mounts are like grapes. They all come in bunches, 198 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: and it seems like they all failed together. So it's uh, 199 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's try it and reverse, try it 200 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: and drive wiggle jiggle. Look, does anything look like it's sagging? 201 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: You know, you may want to just try and get 202 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: a shot. It'd be nice if you can get the 203 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: car on a drive on lift and look at the 204 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: angle of the drive shaft axles coming out of the front. 205 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: If one looks like it's dipped at a deeper angle 206 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: than the one on the other side, then something's causing 207 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: that to you know, it's it's the technical word is angularity. Inequality, 208 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: all right, and if if if one side of the 209 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: transfer engine is dipped or pulled higher or lower than 210 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: the other, that that angular difference. And I'm talking substantial, 211 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: not one or two degrees, and that's an indication of 212 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: a amount or an engine structure or vehicle structure issue. Um. 213 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 1: That angular in your angular irregularity, say that three times 214 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: fast um can cause a vibration because you're looking for 215 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: something that's getting twisted under load. Um. And then last, 216 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: as long as we've got it up in the air, 217 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: look at the axles. Do they look original? You know 218 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: there there are some issues with lesser quality aftermarket axles 219 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: where they bottom out and they'll transmit vibration through the 220 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: car that will make your fillings fall out of your teeth. 221 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,719 Speaker 1: So you've got some homework to do. Tell me what's good. 222 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what's bad. But you keep me posted 223 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: Marco and we can. We'll fix this car in the 224 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: next week or so. Zero run any car doctor at 225 00:12:50,679 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: the somebody coming back right after this. What's more fun 226 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 1: than listening to Ronady in the car doctor and getting 227 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: that car fixed? Right? A five five five zero zero 228 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 1: zero Give her on a call. Now back to Ron. Hey, 229 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: let's get over and talk to Tom in Wisconsin. Tom, 230 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: have you called about this problem in the past. I 231 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,719 Speaker 1: sent you email. I tried calling that. Okay, get through 232 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: it the time. It sounds familiar. Tell everybody what's going 233 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: on here. Uh, we just purchased a truck for my 234 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: son and he came home and Uh, there were strands 235 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: of like fiberglass coming under the tail pipe. I'd never 236 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: heard of that before. I think the mufflers coming apart, 237 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: you know, the muffler. The mufflers have sound installation in them. 238 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: So you know back in the days, remember glass pack mufflers, Well, 239 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: you know that was that was kind of the idea. 240 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: It was fiberglass installation, you know, a million years ago 241 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: when when cars are very different. So is it? Is 242 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: it a heavy volume of material? Not? Not really. There 243 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 1: was just like a real thin strained like about ten 244 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 1: c And he said, that's all that's come out of it. 245 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: You know. I kind of googled it and there looked 246 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: like it was a bunch wrapt in the muffler. But 247 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: I was curious on why it was coming out of it. Yeah, 248 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: it sounds it sounds like the muffler is is failing. Internally, 249 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: so you know, you may want to crawl under the 250 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: truck and take a look. How does the how does 251 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: the exhaust actually look at? The exhaust is starting to 252 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: rust really bad. And I'm not saying just surface rust. 253 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: If the exhaust is starting to rust on the inside, 254 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: then it's a sure bed. It's rusting on the inside. 255 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: On the outside, I'm sorry, it's then it's a sure bed. 256 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: It's rusting on the inside, and it's starting to the 257 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: grade and fall apart. Does it sound any louder than 258 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: when you first purchased it? He said, no, I haven't really. 259 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: You know, there's there's no harm in it, all right, 260 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: it is kind of weird. I get you, I give 261 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: you that, but there's no harm minute until and here's 262 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: the until. You know, if it actually starts to collapse 263 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: internally to the point that it, you know, it gets 264 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: to be large enough that it actually blocks the uh 265 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: exhaust of the muffler, then it's gonna cause back pressure 266 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: to build up in the car really won't run right, 267 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: it won't accelerate, it wan't to have power, you know, 268 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: and it will be wherever it is there you are, 269 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: if you know what I'm saying. So you know, I 270 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: would keep an eye on it, and maybe you want 271 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: to go talk to an exhaust guy. Um, you know, 272 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: one thing to keep in mind, you're in Wisconsin. If 273 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: it's a Wisconsin truck, you know, lots of snow, lots 274 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: of you know ice, right and like lots of chemical 275 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: to remove the ice. What does it look like under 276 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: the vehicle in terms of how well is everything holding up? 277 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: And if it's you know, when we were seven years 278 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: old here, maybe it's time to put exhaust on it. 279 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: You may want to consider, which is where I'm trying 280 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: to go with this conversation. You may want to consider 281 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: using a performance exhaust at least let the truck breathe 282 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: a little better. And you know, you'll probably find that 283 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: aftermarket exhaust from one of the companies is going to 284 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: be either stainless steel or illuminized, so it won't rust 285 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: out as quick as some of the other you know, 286 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: regular standard type of exhaust systems that you can replace 287 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: parts with nowadays. All right, sir, Well we'll get under 288 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: and take a look at yeah, and take a careful 289 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: look look at the hangars, you know, look at everything, 290 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: the hangars, the flanges, the couplings where things come together. 291 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: But you know, if that was a catalytic converter, catalytic converter, 292 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: it would be pedal pebble. It would be a hard 293 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: rocky you know, like substrate, like like a lava flow 294 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: that got hard. It would be like rock, you know, 295 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: fiberglass like that. The only place I know of that 296 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: it's there is either in a resonator or in the 297 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: muffler itself, which means it's failing internally and starting to 298 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: come apart and it's just gonna get loud one day. 299 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: All right, Well, thanks for you, You're welcome. You take 300 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: good care of time. Let's get on over and talk 301 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: to Dodge in Delaware fourteen jeep Grand Cherokee. Yeah, Dodge, Yeah. 302 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: My question was switching up the battery. I want to 303 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: save the memory. Can I use my battery charger to 304 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 1: save the memory when I disconnect my old battery. I've 305 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: heard of people doing it. I don't like it, and 306 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: I'll tell you why, because if you're really counting on 307 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: it to work, if you hit the cable and knock 308 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: the clamp off, that's a problem. You're gonna lose memory 309 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: number one. Number two if you're not careful with the 310 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:35,439 Speaker 1: positive cable and it accidentally grounds and everything's live at 311 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: that point. You know, you could hurt things that are 312 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 1: on the line, you know, whether it be a computer 313 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: or the battery. Battery charger would be attached under the hood, 314 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 1: the batteries actually under the front seat. Okay, then yeah, 315 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: there's a reasonable chance that will work. I see, I 316 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: see no reason why not. All right. Um, it also 317 00:17:56,040 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: depends though, what cables they have going to the positive 318 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 1: cable is it's strictly just a positive feed, and I 319 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: guess I would have to look at a wiring diagram 320 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: and say, how do they feed power from the battery? 321 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: Doesn't just go to the starter and they pull hot 322 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: from somewhere else. So perhaps a memory saver is the 323 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: better way to go, because that's safer. We know the 324 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: vehicle's wired for that. I'm mondinating the car Doctor. We're 325 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: back right after this. Welcome back. We're on naming the 326 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: car Doctor. Let's get over and talk to Nancy in Maryland, 327 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: o aid Honda Civic. Nancy, Welcome to the car Doctor. 328 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: How can I help it? I talked to you about 329 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: a few weeks ago because I had the alternator replaced, 330 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 1: and um, the radio started starting to act strangely and 331 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: nobody could figure out why. Um, I would turn the 332 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,479 Speaker 1: radio one and it would run for like a minute 333 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: and then shut off. Well, one day I just kept trying. 334 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 1: I was getting ready to have the bat the radio replaced, 335 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: and I just turned it on and it didn't go off. 336 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: And it's been fine ever since. Isn't that weird? Yeah, 337 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 1: Honda does some strange things. That's like, you know what, 338 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: you'll use a memory saver on late model Honda's you know, 339 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: if you're replacing the battery, and you will, you will 340 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 1: plug in a memory saver the O B D two 341 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: port unto the dashboard, and you're doing it right, You're 342 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: doing it the way you're supposed to save memory, and 343 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: you'll end up with a vehicle that doesn't start because 344 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: it blows fuse number twenty three in the underhood fuse box. Well, 345 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: I actually had a guy checked that and the fuse 346 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 1: was fine, and he did plug into something under the 347 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: dashboard and I was going to order a radio, and 348 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: in between that time, it just started playing normally again. 349 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 1: And I wanted to ask you about something else that's 350 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: doing funny right now. Sure, Tony looked at yet it's 351 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,400 Speaker 1: an O A Honda Fit as I said, and um, 352 00:19:55,440 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 1: it's got about seventy on it. And where I first 353 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,679 Speaker 1: start out, while the engine is cold, and maybe just 354 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: a little bit beyond that, it makes a chirping sound. Chirp, chirp, chirp. 355 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 1: And it's only when I accelerate, if I just break 356 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: or take my foot off the gas, the chirping stocks. 357 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: But and it only happens when it's cold, when it 358 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: first start out. After it's been running driving a few minutes, 359 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: the chirp has gone. And I was just wondering what 360 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: you thought that might be. Well, the the easy one is, 361 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 1: you know, obviously, could this be a belt under a load? 362 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 1: That's that's you know, coming do and you know you're 363 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 1: you're applying load to it, and it just it just 364 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: happens to make noise. The hard one is is it 365 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 1: not because of the load of the engine is under 366 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: but the position do we have a mount problem? Do 367 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 1: we have an engine mount that's starting to become an issue? Uh, 368 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: creating a vibration and a chirp trip chrip chrip trip. 369 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: So is it is it duplicate herble? Can somebody you 370 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: know duplicated by driving the car. I'm sure they could 371 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: because it happened just about every single time. Now. Then 372 00:20:58,040 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: I think, you know, let him, let them diagnose that 373 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 1: it maybe a case where they've got a power break it, 374 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: or go for a road test, and you know, sounds 375 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: are funny things. Being there on the scene, at least 376 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: you know you've got more of a sense of where 377 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 1: it is and where it's coming from. We had a 378 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: we had a what was it? It was a two 379 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 1: thousand three Honda cr V and I'm sorry, you know, 380 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:21,159 Speaker 1: six on the CRV this week that had sat since January. 381 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: The owner was um in the hospital sick, and they 382 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: took me a while to recover and they hadn't driven 383 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 1: the car and what was it six months? And it 384 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 1: came to me it was in my rack this week 385 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: and the description was vehicle sounds like a helicopter. And 386 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: I went and I walked around and there was no 387 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: propellers on it, and there was no blades on it. 388 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: And I said, well, it's not a helicopter, so it's 389 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: gonna be a reason. And I took it for a 390 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: ride and it really didn't make the noise, and I went, huh, 391 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: look at that like you know, it's the symptoms not there. 392 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 1: How often does that happen? And then I went to 393 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: stop And when I went to stop, you here, you know, 394 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: I said, yeah, it kind of sounds like a helicopter. 395 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: The brake rotors had rusted from sitting to the point 396 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: that it just and all of a sudden it made sense. 397 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: So we ended up having to do four wheel breaks. 398 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: The pads were okay, but they were so badly decayed 399 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: from sitting that it just didn't pay to take everything 400 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: apart do rotors with no pads. But you know, sounds 401 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: are sounds are interesting to say the least, but it 402 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: just takes a little bit of thoughts. So I would say, 403 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 1: you know, can the shop duplicate it? And then you know, 404 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: I'm not sure that I can. I I guess I 405 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: misunderstood your question. What the chirping only happens the first 406 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: time I tried to take the car out in in 407 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 1: the morning or whenever I leave the house. Okay, I 408 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 1: can go to a restaurant, sit there for three year 409 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 1: better hours, watch you know, a sports game or something, 410 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 1: and when I come out to go home, car has 411 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: been sitting a couple of hours, no chirp so it's 412 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 1: only very first thing in the morning. How long has 413 00:22:55,400 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 1: it been doing it? Ah, about three four weeks? Okay, 414 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: so it's still summer, right, Yeah. The question will be 415 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: if we do it in December or January, when waiting 416 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: three or four hours is going to take on a 417 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: whole new meaning of cold. Oh right, right, right, you 418 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: know it's gonna be a lot colder in December than 419 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 1: it is now, hopefully, And yeah, and and at that 420 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: point it's it's got to be a temperature related thing. 421 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: So perhaps if you want to get it fixed now, 422 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:29,719 Speaker 1: you can drop it off to the mechanic the night 423 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: before and you know, and listen, if you trust the 424 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: mechanic needs your regular guy, say hey, listen, do you 425 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,719 Speaker 1: wanna do you want to drive it home? Um? Well, 426 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 1: I guess the guy that I've found is Okay, I'm 427 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: new to the area. Um, I used to live three 428 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 1: hours from here, right, so, um, you know this is 429 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: a new guy for me. I don't really know anything 430 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: about him, right, so, well, you know what, we're gonna 431 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: find out what he's made off. I can tell you that, yeah, 432 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: you know, and and that's okay. Uh, you know what, 433 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: sometimes the best mechanic so the ones you find just 434 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: sort of stumble across that you didn't realize was realized 435 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: what was there? Um. One of the things I've learned 436 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: in life, and it took me a while to learn 437 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: it was that, you know, it's that old theory about 438 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: empty drums make the most noise, and the mechanic you 439 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 1: go into that's just quietly working in the corner. He's 440 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: probably the best mechanic of all because he doesn't have 441 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: to tell you how good he is. He knows how 442 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: good he is, and you know, there's a lot and 443 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,239 Speaker 1: that's you know, that's yeah, he doesn't he doesn't need 444 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 1: to live by the flash and the frills. He's um. 445 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,719 Speaker 1: He's sort of you know, it's um that makes me 446 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 1: feel better. So of course that's coming from the guy 447 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 1: who's got the national spotlight. But you know, I never 448 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: I never tell anybody that, you know, I'm gonna see listen, 449 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna see if I can make it the Cape 450 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: cod this week because we're gonna go take a trip 451 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: for a couple of days. I'm gonna make sure I, 452 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: you know, go up there and discreetly wearing black T 453 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: shirts so nobody knows who I am. UM, but we'll 454 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: see so they listen. As always, I appreciate talking to you, Nancy, 455 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: and UH, if t Honda has any other issues, you 456 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: give us a call. All right, You're very You're very welcome. 457 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: You take good care. Um Honda's where was I. It 458 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: was the funniest thing. Somebody, somebody had a problem with 459 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 1: their Honda and they were all upset, and I had 460 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: to explain to them what Honda meant. And I just 461 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,159 Speaker 1: kind of floored him and I left the room and 462 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: they were like, yeah, he's right, had one, never did again. 463 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: You know. It was just like I understand that now. 464 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: So it's UM, uh, I just you know, um interestingly, 465 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: and I want to just touch on this real quick 466 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 1: before we go to pull over. UM, there's something going on. 467 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: There's something going on with cars. He had no kidding, UM, Hyundai, Kia, Ford, 468 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: Ford's got an issue. Honda Toyot did not as much, 469 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 1: but they did up until about a year eight months ago. 470 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: Engine issues, all sorts of engine failures, oil consumption, um, 471 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: not across the board, certain models. Ford's got out the 472 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: problem with the escape that they're dealing with, and they're 473 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 1: taking care of Honda's got a problem. Honda's got a 474 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: big problem with the c RVs that they're they're having 475 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: oil consumption issues. And I'm getting a few customers now 476 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 1: where the engines are running out of oil because the 477 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: people aren't. Here's the problem with that longer oil change thing, right, 478 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: Everybody gets in the habit of not checking the oil 479 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: and going longer on oil changes, and all of a 480 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 1: sudden they run the car out of oil and it's 481 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: like oops. And um, we had a customer this week 482 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 1: with a Hyundai Sonata. All right, uh, ninety thousand miles 483 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: well maintained. The father's car. Father passed. Unfortunately, they gave 484 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: it to the daughter and the son in law brought 485 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: it into us, and um, can you come out listen 486 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: to my car? It's making this funny noise. Here we 487 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: are with the noise thing again, right, and you go 488 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 1: outside and here knocking knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, 489 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: knock knock. You know, um, my, my, my, my dog 490 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: could tell you that it's got a bad rod. Knock, 491 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: um you know. And you go through the bulletin pile 492 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: and the recall island. Sure enough, Hunday has got an 493 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: extended warranty and they're having a problem, and it's a 494 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:08,719 Speaker 1: thirty five page bulletin about how to check for engine noise. Well, 495 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. I kind of went out there and 496 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 1: I heard knock knock, knock, knock knock. I knew something 497 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: was up. It didn't sound kosher to me. Um. But 498 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: the point is the value and the essential need for 499 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: doing proper oil changes using a good quality filter is 500 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: really really coming to coming to a head. They've they've, 501 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: you know, fortunately for the Hounday owner this week he 502 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 1: took it into Hunday and yeah, it's under warranty and um, 503 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 1: they said. The service writer sounded very He didn't use 504 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 1: the word knowledgeable. It was something like um aware Uh, 505 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: and you didn't want to argue with me, like they're 506 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 1: getting a lot of these, and I said, yeah, I said, 507 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: this is like the fourth one I've seen in two months, 508 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: Hounday Key is this one particular or two particular engines? There? 509 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: Put engines in cars? So um, it's amazing. It always 510 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: boggles my mind when we can't you know, it's like 511 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 1: making a railroad track. I'm waiting to hear when we 512 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 1: can't make railroad tracks anymore. You know, it's like we've 513 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 1: only been doing it for one dred and fifty years. 514 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,919 Speaker 1: They can't make railroad tracks anymore. We can't build an 515 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: engine anymore because you know, we're only doing that since 516 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 1: nineteen o two zero zero. The car doctors cruising back 517 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 1: right after this, welcome back. We're not on on any of 518 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: the car doctor. By the way, you don't, Mikey. Alexa 519 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 1: died in the studio today, just like that. Um, let's 520 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,959 Speaker 1: see if Alixa works. Yeah, look, Alex is not working. 521 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,639 Speaker 1: So what's gonna happen? I was thinking about this with 522 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: connected cars, right that. What's gonna happen when we're counting 523 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: on the internet to connect to the car to guide it. 524 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: Does that mean that the self driving car stops you know, 525 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: when the internet goes down. I don't want to say 526 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: your name again. But when loses connection, she stops working, 527 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: all right? So when the connected car loses connection, they 528 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: must have a way to override that. Because I'm definitely 529 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: not smart enough to have thought of that all him. 530 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: I can't be the first guy to think of that. Um, 531 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: you know, I wonder what sort of redundancy packages they've 532 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: they've Oh my god, let's get over to Isaac and Minnesota, Isaac, 533 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor, sir. What's going on? Hey, Ron, 534 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: I got a nineties seven Toyota Camera four cylinder and 535 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: uh having some cruise control. I don't really want to 536 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: say issues. The cruise control works fine, but I can 537 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: set it resume. Yeah, the only issue is when I'll 538 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: go down. When I like go down or go down 539 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: to a sort of a descent, the car maintains speed, 540 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: but not in a very smooth manner. So it'll maintain speed, 541 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: but it's almost like a pulsation of a jerky motion 542 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 1: to ensure that, you know, I'm not speeding up, rather 543 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 1: than a gradual, you know, maintaining his speed. It's and 544 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: I got two codes. I don't have a check engine light, 545 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 1: but I scanned it just to see if anything popped up. 546 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: I had one that was P zero five zero five 547 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: for the idol eric control and then one P zero 548 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 1: four Yeah, P zero four zero one for insufficient flow 549 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: e g R. And yeah, I didn't know if that 550 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: would be related. UM. I did go through and clean 551 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: out the throttle body. You know, I replaced some of 552 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: the vacuum homeses because some of those looks obviously a 553 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 1: little weathered. Um, and it seems to things were cleared 554 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: up a little bit. I get a better idol than such, 555 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: but I'm still getting that sort of that rough adjustment 556 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: when going downhill utilizing the cruise control. Do you if 557 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 1: you clear the coach, do they come back? Yeah? Yeah, 558 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 1: Because I took it to O'Riley, they pulled him for 559 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 1: me and asked him he to clear him out. And 560 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 1: then I waited about a month. I went back there, 561 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,120 Speaker 1: um and again no check engine light. But went back 562 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: they pulled it the same two came back up just 563 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: just for giggles. When you turn the key on but 564 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:04,480 Speaker 1: the engines off. There the check engine light light up? Uh, 565 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 1: I believe it does. It's better you're looking now, I assume. Yeah, 566 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 1: hang on a minute me because you're on blue joice 567 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: So let me all right, Well does it light up? 568 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: You know what? I'm not seeing it lighting up? No? Okay, 569 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 1: so now we know why the lights not on? I guess, 570 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 1: so yeah, yeah, that makes sense right, So because the 571 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: light's gotta come on. Brother, So that means somebody fixed 572 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: the car by while they were out of electrical tape 573 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: that day. So maybe the bulb is missing, or maybe 574 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: the bull burnt out because the light was on for 575 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: so long? Are you the original long round the car 576 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: and you but purchase it recently? No, I got it 577 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: back in April, uh, four months right, right? So you 578 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 1: know has it always? Has it always kind of bucked 579 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 1: and done what you're describing, I mean only in that instance. 580 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 1: And I know the guy that I purchased it from, 581 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 1: since I'm up north. The body's in really good shape. 582 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 1: And apparently they put a new engine transmission into it 583 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: because the former of Warner you know, engine transmission went out, 584 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: so that apparently this engine transmission has hunter well regardless, 585 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 1: just just but here's here's here's the point I'm trying 586 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: to make. If it has been doing it continuously, um 587 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 1: you know, this could have a bad cruise control actuator 588 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: and there's some tests you can measure clutch resistance. It's 589 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: got to be like thirtys and you can go through 590 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: all that. I'd solve the e g R and the 591 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 1: um idle control circuit fault first, do some basic diagnosis 592 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 1: there because come inspection time, that car is never gonna 593 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 1: pass state inspection. And that's a bigger issue because it's 594 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,200 Speaker 1: got a it's got an emission's fault and it's gonna 595 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: have a check engine light on. So take it to 596 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,320 Speaker 1: a mechanic or take the dash apart. Is it missing 597 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 1: a bulb? Is the bull burnt out? Do we have 598 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: another electrical issue. Let's get the bulb in there. Let's 599 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 1: make sure the light works and functions, and then we 600 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 1: can talk about the rest of the codes. Zero zero, 601 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:20,960 Speaker 1: I'm coming back right after this welcome back. Weren't in 602 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 1: the car Dr Tom in Maryland to CRV go Tom, 603 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 1: I got two minutes. Okay, Well, what it is? Mechanic 604 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: mechanics checked it twice a couple of times. I was 605 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,880 Speaker 1: about seven c r V two and eighteen thousand original 606 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: miles on it. The rear whel is I thought it 607 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,959 Speaker 1: was a will bearing or he said no. He went 608 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: into it and took the everything off his drum break 609 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 1: and there was rust in there, and he actually showed 610 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 1: me piles rust. So he cleaned it all up and 611 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 1: all And when it's going down the road, when you 612 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 1: started out, you know here pep people like kind of 613 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: like as scraping, and then it'll get louder and then 614 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: when you get a high speed, you won't hear when 615 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 1: you slow down and start to pray and Matt, You're 616 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,800 Speaker 1: you're starting to break right here. It's just kind of 617 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: it goes. It sounds like it's something scraping. But he's 618 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,239 Speaker 1: going in check that he doesn't need to break it, 619 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,839 Speaker 1: doesn't need that. The drum is good. He's cleaned all 620 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 1: over all the rush. Well, but but it's you know, 621 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 1: so let's do this. Let's take the drums off. Let's 622 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 1: paint the area where the contact because if I remember 623 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,919 Speaker 1: right that the drum is double lipped and the backing place. 624 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,360 Speaker 1: He did painting the lips. Okay, he did painted. He 625 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: told me he painted it. He said maybe that would happen, 626 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,439 Speaker 1: and I think it did for a little while. Well, 627 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 1: but but I was gonna say, Tom, I was gonna say, 628 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 1: paint it. Drive it. Take the drum off, look for 629 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,839 Speaker 1: the wear mark. Is there a shiny silver spot. If 630 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: there's a shiny silver spot, the drum is showing you 631 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 1: where the where the hit is. But if it's from 632 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,440 Speaker 1: the rear and it's got rust on it very common 633 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,440 Speaker 1: that as the drums start to age and fall apart 634 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,440 Speaker 1: that it will be an issue. So try painting it. 635 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,879 Speaker 1: You're dying it. Marking it and looking for the spot 636 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:01,719 Speaker 1: when you and you'll know what to do from there. 637 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: I'm not in any in the car doctor. The mechanics 638 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 1: aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you