1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: Ron Real honest to god phone call, folks, Hey, I've 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: got a flat tire. If I put air in it, 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: how far can I go? And I said, I really 4 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: need a good answer for this. What color of my eyes? 5 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: And they said I don't know, And I said, well 6 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 1: that's right. You haven't seen my eyes and I haven't 7 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: seen your tire. Talk about stupidity, because I here against it. 8 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: I am against it at the same time, I don't 9 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: think the world would work without it. The car doctor, 10 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: the car doctor, You've got to four cylinders under the hood, 11 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: and the way the computer looks at it on this 12 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: car as it looks at the left side and the 13 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: right side. Until you know what the right side is doing, 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: it's really not a safe bet to start diagnosing anything. 15 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: Welcome to the radio home of Ron and Anian the 16 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: Car Doctor, since this is where car owners the world 17 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: to overturn to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 18 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up 19 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: the phone and call in the garage to orders are open. 20 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: But I am here to take your calls at eight 21 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: five five six, And now he running, Just how hard 22 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,680 Speaker 1: is it to diagnose air conditioning. Well, that's a good question. 23 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: We're gonna answer it right now this hour. Hello and welcome. 24 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: I'm Rondini in the Car Doctor here at zero zero 25 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: zero to answer your questions and solve your problems as 26 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: I have these past many years. More information about this 27 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: radio show. It was out there at Car Doctor Show 28 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: dot com. You can remember to visit us out on 29 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: Facebook Ronaninni in the Car Doctor. And if you need 30 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: me during the week, the doctor is always available ron 31 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: at Car Doctor show dot com. How hard is it 32 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: the fixed air conditioning? Well, the real question is where 33 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: do you start? And that of itself becomes a problems. 34 00:01:57,880 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: The c X five come into the doors at the 35 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: shop up this week. Welcome to the repair of the week, 36 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: by the way, and the issue was, here's a three 37 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: year old vehicle with about fifty thousand miles on it 38 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: that the air conditioning doesn't work. Is it electrical? Is 39 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: it low on refrigerment? Is it a component failure? Is 40 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: an opera or error? Where is My dad used to say, 41 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: as a cockpit trouble could be any one of the 42 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: four or five? But where do you start? How do 43 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 1: you explain to somebody? Well, in order to properly diagnosis. 44 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: I've got to do a leak check. I've got to 45 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: verify the type of refrigerant that's in there. I've got 46 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: to go through a code scan. I've got to look 47 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: at the electronics. It's not cables and levers and mechanical 48 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: things anymore. Air Conditioning has become such an electronic component, 49 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: component and part and parcel of the vehicle that you've 50 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: got to look at everything. And you've got to do 51 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: it all within twenty minutes, because diagnostic charges start to 52 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: really rack up. I decide I've established a routine for 53 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: air conditioning diagnosis, and I always do them the same way. 54 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: And that's real important. When you're diagnosing things were living 55 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: and even when you're just starting out, or when you're 56 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: looking at the leaky roof at home, or you're trying 57 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: to solve the water problem in the basement, you've got 58 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: to have a diagnostic routine. It it pays dividends in 59 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: the long run. Every air conditioning car we look at 60 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: at the shop, I will automatically do the same steps 61 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: each and every time. An a C diagnosis with me 62 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: begins with a C refrigerant identification, warm up, the machine, 63 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: plug it in, take a sample of the refrigerant in 64 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: the system one thirty four, we're good to go. A 65 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: couple of reasons why I do this. If it tells 66 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: me that it doesn't register one thirty four and it's 67 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: a one thirty four vehicle, I know somebody's been here 68 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: before me. And more importantly, if someone's been here before 69 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: me and they've used some of the refrigerants in a 70 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: can that you'll find out there as some of your 71 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: local loader parts stores band aid in a box as 72 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: I call it, they will also include in some of 73 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: those a C samples sealer, because everybody just wants that 74 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: we'll just pour some liquid sealer in and we'll fix 75 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: the air conditioning leak that we think we have that way, 76 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: even though we're not quite sure what is really going on. 77 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: The problem is, if I put my six thousand dollar 78 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: air conditioning machine on that system with refrigerant and sealer 79 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: in it, I stand a very good chance of ruining 80 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: that six thousand dollar AC machine. Did I tell you 81 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: that it was six grand? And all of a sudden, 82 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: what could be a good job for the shop becomes 83 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 1: a very expensive job for the shop in the wrong direction. 84 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: Once I know what type of refrigerant I've got in it? 85 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: What are my pressures? Where am I at? G If 86 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: I'm low on charge, all right, let's start with an evacuation. 87 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: Let's remove whatever little bits left in there. Let's pull 88 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: a vacuum and let's see how long it'll hold that vacuum, 89 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: and then let's charge it. Let's see what happens next. 90 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: In the meantime, while the machine is working, I'll get 91 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: out a scan tool, depending upon the flavor of car 92 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: I'm working onto, a complete body scan of of all 93 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: the modules related to the air conditioning, or I'll do 94 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: a system scan and just go through the whole car, 95 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 1: depending upon your make and model and have more information. 96 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: If for about forty five minutes, I've now baselined the 97 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: car to the point that I've got a real good 98 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: to direction of where i want to go and what 99 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: I want to do. In the case of this Mazda, 100 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: it turned out that it only had two ounces of 101 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: refrigerant in it. And I know you're all faced with 102 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: this from time to time. This is not an uncommon occurrence, 103 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: and one of the problems becomes you never find the leak, 104 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: and part of that's the technology. It seems that we 105 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: can put a guy on the moon, we can be 106 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: in different parts of the world in a matter of hours, 107 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: We can be there instantaneously with the magic of the Internet. 108 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: We can't make a tool that accurately identifies refrigerment when 109 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: it's leaking, or can we or have we? You see, 110 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 1: one of the things I use in my diagnos to 111 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: arsenal is I'll go through the routine, and I'll play 112 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: the game, and I'll use all the standard tools. And 113 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: then when I don't find that leak, when I can't 114 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: sniff it out anywhere, when I when I don't see 115 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: any evidence of oil or wetness or any signs of 116 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: air conditioning leak, I washed the A C lines well 117 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: sort of. I get a bottle of soapy water, and 118 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: and I will very carefully go around to all the 119 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 1: joints and all the seams and all the suspect areas. 120 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,359 Speaker 1: And guess what I'm looking for, bubbles, all right, And 121 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: I'm looking for a little blah blah blah blah blah 122 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 1: blah blah bobble. And it was interesting with this Mazda 123 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: because I found the leak, but not exactly where I 124 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: would have expected it. The bottom line becomes that diagnostic 125 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 1: routines are a very important part of the puzzle. You've 126 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: got to have a procedure. You've got to make sure 127 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: you're going through a procedure, because otherwise, if you skip steps, 128 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: if your mind isn't trained and you're not going one, two, three, four, 129 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 1: if you go one to five, you've missed two steps, 130 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 1: and you've got a problem on your hands. In the 131 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: case of the Mazda, the line between the condenser and 132 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: the evaporator on the outside of the line where they 133 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: soldered it together at the factory had a pinhole in it. 134 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: And I sat there with refrigerating the system with my 135 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 1: soapy water bottle, push push push bubbles, and I knew 136 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: exactly what I was doing. I knew exactly how I 137 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: was going to solve the problem, and I did to 138 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: make a very happy customer and a very cool customer. 139 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: And in the end, that's what every repair shop is 140 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: looking to do. Hello and welcome Ron and Ady in 141 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: the car. Doctor zero zero the phone number. Happy to 142 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: be here and proud to shove. If I should point 143 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: out down around the bottom of the hour, we're gonna 144 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: be joined by Sandy Freed Sandy is a tire expert, 145 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: as I refer to him. He is from the tire Warehouse, 146 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: and we are gonna be talking to Sandy about a 147 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: recent phenomenon that's in the news. And it's been a 148 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: conversation now for quite some time, and it's come to 149 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: my attention that it seems to be surfacing again and 150 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: rising in occurrence, and that of spare tire failure, and 151 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: not spare tire failure on the road, but spare tire 152 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: failure on the vehicle when you're storing it after it 153 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: sits there for a period of time. In that we're 154 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: seeing a rash of bare tire explosions. We're gonna talk 155 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: a little bit about what some of those possible causes 156 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: are and how you can avoid that. So you want 157 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: to stick around for that. That's an interview down around 158 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: the bottom of the hour. But right now, real quick, 159 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: what do you say we opened the garage doors. I'm 160 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: getting the high sign from Big Tony and let's go 161 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: over and talk to Dustin online to about an eight 162 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: eight Samurai and some questions about modifications. Dustin, Welcome to 163 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: the car doctor, sir. How can I help? I've got 164 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: an eight eight and a half Cujuki Samurai, and I 165 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: was driving it down the road one day and it 166 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 1: all of a sudden started blow and blue smoke and drinking. 167 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: Oh maybe maybe I've got figured out that it's got 168 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: bad rings. All right, So I've got a choice here. 169 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: I can either rebuild the engine. I can swap the 170 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: engine for a one point six out of a Geo Tracker, 171 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 1: or I can swap the engine for a rew Jetta Diesel. 172 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: All right, let me ask you this, dustin, what are 173 00:08:57,760 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 1: you doing with this vehicle? Is this an everyday vehicle 174 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: on the rotor? Is this a crawler out in the woods. 175 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: It's okay, so crawler out in the woods. We're going 176 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: for reliability unless we like walking home a lot um 177 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: fair state fair statement. Right, So you know, if you're 178 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: gonna take the engine out, and this is about costs too, 179 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: and you have to balance this. We had a Jeep 180 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: Crawler in the shop a couple of weeks ago and 181 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: we were rebuilding the transfer case in it, and we 182 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: had a series of steps we had to go through. 183 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: But in your case, I'll apply the same conversation I 184 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: had with that customer in that you know, it's got 185 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: to be reliable. It's got to get you home so 186 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: the folks at home don't miss you and say, gee, 187 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: what happened to Dustin. I don't know. He went out 188 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: climbing two days ago. We haven't seen him since. Um. 189 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 1: And it's got to keep you safe. The diesel is 190 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: kind of a neat idea, as abstract as it might 191 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: sound to people, because a diesel in the in the rough, 192 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: as long as it's been maintained, chances are it's not 193 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: gonna have too many failures unless it's calamitous. Uh. It'll 194 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: take the abuse of bad weather, it'll take the abuse 195 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,959 Speaker 1: of you know, crossing the river. Just put a snorkel 196 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: on it, and um, just watch your fuel. There's some 197 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: specifics with regards to a diesel now converting it, that's 198 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: gonna be a whole horse of another color, and that 199 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: might be a little bit more costly in the long run. 200 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: But a good running diesel in that vehicle, if you 201 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: can afford the swap and do the swap, Yeah, believe 202 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: it or not. I like that probably best of all. 203 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: I like the geo engine least of all all right, 204 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: simply because and let me ask the question this way, 205 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: is the geo engine out of something used with miles 206 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: on it. Yeah, yeah, so you know you could be 207 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: I've got a choice of either rebuild the Samurai engine, 208 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: buy a tracker engine and rebuild it, or buy a 209 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: one point nine that it has hundred thousand, hundred miles 210 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: on it and just put it in, switch up the 211 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 1: gas tank, get all that stuff done by the adapter 212 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: for the transferator transmission. You know, I like, I like 213 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: the diesel idea. I like the rebuild the Samurai engine idea. 214 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: I don't like the geo idea. The Samurai engine will 215 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: probably be the easiest because everything's there and it's a 216 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 1: straight you know, rebuilding in and out. Uh. The diesel 217 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: idea kind of does make it a novelty, and I 218 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: think it probably makes it a little bit more durable. 219 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: The worst thing you're gonna have with that one nine 220 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: Volkswagen diesels. Volkswagon does make some good engines is just 221 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 1: be mindful of the timing belt and be mindful of 222 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: you know, quality of fuel you use, and take care 223 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: of the cooling system and it will last a good 224 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: long time. They were pretty durable, all right, all right, 225 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,839 Speaker 1: you had a second question, Yeah, real quick. The second 226 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: question about my Ford Bronco. All right, it's got the 227 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: two or three transfer case with the chain, and the 228 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 1: chain starts slapping, So now I know how longer have 229 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: real well drive when I'm in full drive? Okay, it's 230 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: all i got front Well, it's all I got front wheel. Well, 231 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,079 Speaker 1: they don't have front where drive? I'm sorry. Right, So 232 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 1: I was thinking about um either rebuilding that chain or 233 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: swapping it out for an adapter that makes a two 234 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: or three to or five doubler, or buying an Atlas 235 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: transfer case. Have you taken the case apart yet? Take 236 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: it apart? You can't make this call until you take 237 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 1: it apart and assess what hard parts you need. If 238 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: it needed just a chain, that's pretty economical in the 239 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: long run. But if you take it apart and you 240 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: find out that the chain failed, you've got sprocket damage 241 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: and or case damage, then you're gonna end up having 242 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: to replace the case because it's gonna be the most 243 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: cost effective and durable in terms of reliability as well. 244 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: So until you take that case apart, you really can't 245 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: answer that question. And I'm not gonna even try because 246 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: I want you to be out there in the best 247 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: possible thing I can give you and keep you safe 248 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: and get you home. Dustin, I appreciate the call. If 249 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: you get a chance, whatever you do to the Suzuki, 250 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: send us some pictures after the fact. We'll put them 251 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: up on the Car Doctor Facebook page. I'm sure everybody 252 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: would like to see how this turns out. I'm run 253 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: any in the Car Doctor, Zoe zero. The Doctor's back 254 00:12:54,160 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 1: right after this. Don't go away yet, Hey, welcome back. 255 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: Why don't you need in the card doctor here at 256 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,679 Speaker 1: eight five zero nine nine zero zero And just a 257 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: reminder down around the bottom of the hour, we're gonna 258 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: be talking to Sandy Freed from the tire warehouse. Could 259 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: your spare tire be on the list of one that 260 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: might explode and fail and well just make a bad afternoon. 261 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: So we want to talk about that, and you want 262 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: to stick around for it. But right now, let's get 263 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: over and talk to Dan online on Chevy S ten 264 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: pick him up or SUV. I'm sorry in the conversation 265 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: about a check engine like Dan, Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir, 266 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: how can I help? Yeah? Ron High love your show. 267 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: Thank you. UM is a question regarding whether I need 268 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 1: to change the cluster in that dash. But what's going 269 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: on with that thing is the check kind of light 270 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: comes on, goes off on, comes off, and the code 271 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: on it says something about Peas and Paul zero, which 272 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: is a transmission issue, and I know that I'm coming 273 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: up against that. But the big things going on is 274 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:17,959 Speaker 1: the voltage gauge will read fourteen sometimes sometimes it will 275 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: read nine. When this happens, the fuel gauge will pulse 276 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: when I turn the turn signal on, and other gauges 277 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: are kind of down, and all of a sudden it 278 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: will pop back up and read again. And when I 279 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: checked the alternator, of course it's putting on fourteen all 280 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: the time. So when when when the volt well, let 281 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: me ask you this. Let me ask you this, Dan, 282 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: when the voult meter is acting flaky, are you looking 283 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: at voltage on the alternator at that moment or you're 284 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: just checking it in the shopper in the house later on? Well, yeah, 285 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: I was. It was reading nine, but when I checked 286 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: the alternator was reading fourteen. Then we don't have a 287 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: charging system problem. And the reason I'm asking at is 288 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: I just want to you know, are you checking it 289 00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: when the problem is happening? So my next conversation. My 290 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: next question would be to pin out the wiring harness 291 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: coming up to the instrument cluster and find the twelve 292 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: volt feed and the ground and go across that and 293 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: see do we have a solid for it, do we 294 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: match charging system voltage or yeah, I would I would 295 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: take the cluster out and send it out for test 296 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: and repair to us to an instrument cluster repair facility. 297 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: Let them put it through its paces. They have had 298 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: problems with those with the printed circuit board. They have 299 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: had problems with those with the voltage limitters inside that 300 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: control the the gauge readings. And it sounds like you've 301 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: got that particular issue going on. So you know, that's 302 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: step one, step two. The the P eighteen seventy. That 303 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 1: is a that is a trans specific problem. And there's 304 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: more than a few bulletins. There's one. I can give 305 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: you a bulletin number if you've got a pencil handy, 306 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 1: oh one O seven thirty three, and there's a three A. 307 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: There's an O twenty three B. And probably by the 308 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: time now that I'm thinking about it, this is so long, 309 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: there's probably a C as well. So you know, get 310 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: a look at that and that explains possibilities and conversation 311 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: that usually leads to issues with valve body and or 312 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: torque converter. If the vehicle has any sort of mileage 313 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: on it, You've got to consider the fact that you're 314 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: if you do have to pull the trans you're better 315 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: off doing an overhaul and going through the unit. Because 316 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: if this is a slippage issue, which it generally is, 317 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: is our fragments of the tour converter clutch starting to 318 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: fragment and be suspended in the fluid, and at what 319 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: point the end up with a bigger issue further on 320 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: down the road. So get a look at the eighteen seventy, 321 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: consider that bulletin and by all means send the cluster. 322 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: I'll get that looked at and we can kind of 323 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: talk about it afterwards. Let's get over the line too. 324 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: Let's talk to Tom in New City, New York N 325 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: six Corvette performance car and we've got no start issue 326 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: after a time frame. Tom, Welcome to the car, doctor, sir, 327 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: How can I help? Thank you for not stot the 328 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: core spots up beautifully And by the way, I've been 329 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: to that ty to try and place up in Spring Valley. 330 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 1: Did my inspection you're really good people. Yeah they are, yep, yep. 331 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: How can I help you? Yeah? And and here's the problem. 332 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 1: The car starts right up, It idles it beautifully, It 333 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 1: runs great as long as I don't go for it 334 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: unless I'm going like more than two hours away, or 335 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: when I shut it off, whether I wait ten minutes 336 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: or five hours, the car doesn't want to start. It 337 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: turns over, but it won't start. And then also once 338 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: I get it started, it doesn't want to stay lit up. 339 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 1: You know, if I get on seventeen coming back down, 340 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: I gotta clutch it a lot. Okay, So let me 341 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: ask this, Tom Tom. When it doesn't when it doesn't start, 342 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: what do you do to get it started? Or it's 343 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: just the look of the draw. It's just sometimes they 344 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 1: pump it really hard, but it doesn't seem like I 345 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: changed the fuel the fuel pump and I changed the filter. 346 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: Like I said, the car runs like a beast. How 347 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: much you know, even when it's hey, Tom, Tom Tom, 348 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: how much of this wiring, harness and engine control system 349 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: is modified? Does this car still use the original onboard 350 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: computer everything? Okay? When the car goes into it's no 351 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:17,640 Speaker 1: start condition, and you would have you turned the key on. 352 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 1: Do you still see a service engine or check engine light. 353 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: We'll have that disconnected because it's take on all the 354 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 1: time since I put the supercharger. You're in okay, So 355 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: my first question is all right. My first question is 356 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: when this problem happens. Is is the onboard computer alive 357 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: and working all right? As simple as that sounds. If 358 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 1: the computer is overheating, if there's an issue there, then 359 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: everything else is null and void. The first step I 360 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 1: would do is a cheap scan tool, any scan tool, 361 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: I'd plug in and look for data stream and communication 362 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: with the engine computer as a very first step. Also, 363 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: don't forget spark and fuel very important. Tom, I gotta 364 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: go to the clock. Is gonna grab me? Sandy Freed 365 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: coming up next. Stay tuned. I'm runn any in the 366 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: car doctor. Welcome back, Ye in the car doctor, cruising 367 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: along here at eight zero nine nine zero zero, Here 368 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 1: to answer your questions and help you out with whatever 369 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 1: car problem you might be facing last week, today, next week, 370 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 1: and going on so forth in the future. That's spare tire. 371 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: That that lifesaver under the car, inside the car, hanging 372 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: on the back of the vehicle. That we've all come 373 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 1: to know is, hey, geez, you know, if I get 374 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: a flat, will be there, It'll do its job for me. 375 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: There's a phenomena that's been going on for about four 376 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 1: or five years now. It seems to surface in regularity 377 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: in terms of how often it happens and how much 378 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: it makes its presence known in the news in that 379 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: spare tires are failing, but not when they're on the vehicle. 380 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: And doing some research this past week, it's come to 381 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,360 Speaker 1: my attention that a lot of what might be causing 382 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: this is something as simple as your vehicle is four 383 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: years old. You need four tires, and you've got a 384 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: full size spare. So what you're doing is instead of 385 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:20,439 Speaker 1: replacing the four tires, you're replacing three using the spare 386 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: and making one of the original tires the spare tire, 387 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 1: and then that spare becomes the one that fails in 388 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: a year or two or three. And we thought it 389 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 1: would be interesting to talk to someone that sees tires 390 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: in large numbers on a regular weekly basis, and we 391 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: reached out to Sandy Freed. He is from the tire 392 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: warehouse Spring Valley tire dot com and we're glad he's 393 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: taken some time today. We kind of called him at 394 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: the last minute on this busy weekend afternoon and to 395 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: talk to him about tire Sandy. Welcome to the car doctor, sir. 396 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: Thank you for having me. You've been doing this a while, right, 397 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: you guys are um, you guys are the tire gurus. 398 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: I think. I think that's a fair statement. Shops almost 399 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: fifty years old, so we've seen a couple of tires. 400 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: You've seen a few. Um. Are you aware of this 401 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: spare tire failures? Have you come across this at all? 402 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: Interestingly enough, I just heard about this recently, so I 403 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 1: did some research on it and found how very common 404 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 1: it really is. Seems to happen a lot more than 405 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: I ever knew, and there's a lot of reasons for 406 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: it as well. I think what did you find as 407 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: far as reasons for this happening? One is exactly what 408 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: you said. People change instead of getting four tires or 409 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 1: even five, because the spare is as old as the 410 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 1: other tires were. They used that fifth tire and only 411 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: by three, using one of the best that was taken 412 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: off to be used as a spare. They had forgotten 413 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: that possibly they hit a pothole with that tire they're 414 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: now using for a spare. Maybe it had a flat 415 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: that was repaired, possibly repaired poorly. Um. The car sits 416 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: either in the trunk. The spare tire sits either in 417 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: the trunk or underneath the vehicle. In some cases takes 418 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: a lot of abuse during the course of normal driving. 419 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: And they open up the trunk where they pulled down 420 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: the spare from underneath, and there's a big hole in it. 421 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: It exploded. Um, So it does happen, and it's and 422 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,120 Speaker 1: it's a safety issue. I had a friend not too 423 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: long ago, which is what really sort of brought it 424 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: to my consciousness, uh, to the forefront, and that his suburban, 425 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: his older suburban. Now here's a I think Jeff's has 426 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: got an eighties six or eighty seven Chevy Suburban with 427 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 1: less than fifty thousand miles on. It's a very very 428 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 1: low mileage vehicle. And it actually had one of the 429 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 1: original tires. Okay, we could make the case it's a 430 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: thirty year old tire, and I understand that. Um, but still, 431 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 1: here's an extreme where the spare tire failed and actually 432 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: exploded while he was driving the vehicle and scared the 433 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: Jesus out of him. Um, it's it's an issue that 434 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: I think even on newer cars, when I sat down 435 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: to do some research on it, it becomes a problem 436 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: in that people don't realize the age of the tire. 437 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: And I know that's a problem. They're really taking a 438 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: hard look at birth dates of tires, if you will, 439 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 1: fair statement, Sandy fast statement. All tires have dates on them. 440 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: They're coded, but it's easy enough to learn the codes. 441 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 1: A lot of the tires that we have that people 442 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 1: have put on as a spare and now they've come 443 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: they're buying a new tire or repair wearing the old tire. 444 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: We put the spare back in the trunk. But before 445 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 1: putting it back, we take a look at it and 446 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: we might see that the cords are actually coming apart, 447 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: that the sidewalls have dry rock cracks. Whatever the cracking 448 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: is from. Somehow we've determined that to call them dry rot. 449 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: It's not always from dry rot, but cracking just got 450 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: the nickname of dry rock just so I can I 451 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: can tell you where I'm coming from. Um, in between 452 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 1: the treads, deep deep treads, you're better tires. You're long 453 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: wearing tires. Seem to have it more because they've been 454 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,719 Speaker 1: around a lot longer. They don't wear out as quickly, 455 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: and those those cracks open up and blow up, and 456 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 1: we recommend the customers never to put them on. They're very, 457 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: very very dangerous. Do you go ahead? Do you see 458 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: issues with inventory? I mean, you guys handle so many 459 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: tires on a regular basis. I'm sure you're checking and 460 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: always making sure that you've got current, date modeled or 461 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: birthdated tires, if I can use that expression. I'm time 462 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: around long enough. My suppliers know not to send me 463 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: anything that's been sitting on their shelf because I'll send 464 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: it right back. And so we also make a point 465 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: of checking our inventory. If my guys stuck their tires, 466 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,400 Speaker 1: old ones come out first, and the ones get put 467 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: on the bottom or furthest away from us. We used 468 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: the oldest inventory first, which, by the way, when I 469 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: say we use old inventory, it's got to be current 470 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: or I'm not using it. I'll send it back and 471 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: they will take it back. My suppliers will take anything 472 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 1: back that I send them, and then what do they 473 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 1: do with it. I've heard stories that a lot of 474 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: the older tires, the you know, tires that are beyond 475 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: the date code allowance end up going overseas for for 476 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: pennies on the dollar. Any truth to that that you're aware, 477 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: it's actually partially true. They send tons and tons of 478 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: tires overseas, but it's not for pennies on the dollar. 479 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:34,919 Speaker 1: They pay big money for them. I have people that 480 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: come to me to buy my scrap tires that are 481 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 1: sending to third world nations that they're using them with 482 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 1: steal coming out of them, and they're still using them 483 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: on their cars as regular everyday tires. They're still very marketable. 484 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: They don't have the safety regulations that we have, and 485 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: the safety regulations are placed for a reason. There's really 486 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: good purposes for it. Now you're in New York State, 487 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 1: I read something in the news recently that New York 488 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: State is working on a law help me out here 489 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: five years or older. They're not gonna let a fire 490 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: on the card if you allow me. Give you two 491 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 1: laws that they're trying to pass hasn't passed yet. They're 492 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 1: trying to take tires that are dated over five years 493 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 1: that deemed non passable for inspection purposes. That means even 494 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,400 Speaker 1: if the tire was sitting in a shed brand spanking 495 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 1: though you never got to use them. But now you 496 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: have a five six year old tire. The dates are 497 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: on the tire. Like I said before, they're trying to 498 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: ban it from being legal during inspection. Why tires break down? 499 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: Rubber breaks down. It cracks even from not being used. 500 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 1: So you put on what you believe is a perfectly 501 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 1: good tire, you're driving down the road, you hit that 502 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 1: first pothole, and there's your blowout. The second thing they're 503 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: doing is with tire repairs, which is really important too. 504 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: Plugging the tire is legal. We no longer plug tires, 505 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: having plug tires and ages because New York State says 506 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: they want you to take the tire off the rim. 507 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: They want to examine the inside of the tire. How 508 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: does this relate to what we're talking about. A tire 509 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: that's plug goes back into a spare. You assume that 510 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: you fix the tire, there's no more problems with it. 511 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: They didn't bother taking the tire off the rim, seeing 512 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:04,120 Speaker 1: that the sidewall had internal damage. That's potential blowout right 513 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: then and there. And then all of a sudden, we've 514 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: got the reason why that tire exploded and really hots 515 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 1: bouncing around. Maybe it was overinflated to begin with them. 516 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: You put it away because you knew you had it slowly. 517 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 1: We create a lot of our own problems. We know 518 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: we have a really slowly, So instead of the thirty 519 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 1: five maximum to the tires calling for, we put an 520 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 1: our forty five or so, thinking that by the time 521 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: at leaks and if I need it, it will be 522 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 1: the right amount of there. People make these assumptions and 523 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 1: it could be their lives and they find out that, 524 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 1: as I've said for years, the road is a very 525 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 1: unforgiving place. Sandy. I appreciate your time today. Again. If 526 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: the listeners want more information about you or the tire warehouse, 527 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: is there a website that they can go to to 528 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 1: look things up? Absolutely, Spring Valley Tire dot com. Well 529 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,399 Speaker 1: one word, of course, Spring Valley Tire dot Com. Thanks. Andy, 530 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: You're gonna have yourself a good rest of the day, 531 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: and we appreciate you being here on the car. Thanks 532 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: for having me and I am listening to you. You're 533 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: very welcome, sir. I'm Ronanady in the car doctor zero 534 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 1: nine zero zero. We're back right at for this back 535 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 1: coming by slight welcome back, any of the car doctor 536 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: rolling along at eighty five zero nine nine zero zero 537 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,160 Speaker 1: here to take your call, answer your question, and solve 538 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 1: your problem. Let's get over and talk to another ron 539 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: in faye at may Toyota camera and some noise in 540 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,479 Speaker 1: the back. Hey ron, welcome to the car Doctor. Sir, 541 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 1: how can I help? Well, donc I'll tell you. Um, 542 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: I've got Toyota Camry and I've had this rattle in 543 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,919 Speaker 1: the rear and I don't know what it was come 544 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,640 Speaker 1: me from. I looked under the car and couldn't find anything. 545 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 1: And a couple of uh people that I know, mechanics, 546 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: they looked under it and put a bar in there 547 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: and rattled around and said so fine, they didn't see anything. 548 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,920 Speaker 1: So I went to the dealer and mistened to them 549 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 1: and they and this dealership said yes, it's your real structs. 550 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: And I said, okay, fine, and they said I don't. 551 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,120 Speaker 1: By the way, your front structs are also having a problem. 552 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: So let me let me guess. Did you do all 553 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 1: four struts? Yes? And and they got a little distant 554 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 1: when they realized that I had a lifetime guarantee with 555 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: the struts, so with parts of label for free right. 556 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: So let me ask you this question. If they did 557 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: the four struts of the car fexed, no, okay, which 558 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: I kind of figured because it's not the struts. I 559 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: can tell you what it is, but it's not the struts. 560 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: What what the service writer was trying to do was 561 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: make enough commission to buy law furniture. But that's the 562 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: horse of another color. So what's real common on the 563 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: cameras and a lot of the toyotas is the rear 564 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: sway bar bushings, not the links. The links do go 565 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: bad and you have to test them, but the bushings 566 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: seem to be the most overlooked component on those vehicles 567 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: because everybody just assumes it's solid rubber and it's there 568 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 1: and it's not cracked or missing, then it's okay. And 569 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: one of the ways you can test it is to 570 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 1: take a rubber dead blow hammer just a rubber mallet, 571 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: or we call him a dead blow. It's just got 572 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: shot pain in it, and just smack the bar. That 573 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: sway bar is like a tuning fork. And if those 574 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: bushings are worn, oh boy, is that bar gonna make noise. Now. 575 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,960 Speaker 1: Sometimes the bushings are so bad you can grab the 576 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: bar and you'll get physical movement of the bar in 577 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: the bushing, and it will replicate in a very small 578 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 1: manner the noise you're hearing in the car. Remember the 579 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 1: way the engineers designed this unintentionally is they put this 580 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 1: bar surrounded by rubber on top of this big empty 581 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: trunk or this big empty space. Now, when the bush 582 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: s has some noise to it, it creates that hollow sound. 583 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 1: Now the trunk area kind of magnifies it and carries 584 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: the noise forward into the cabin of the vehicle. So 585 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: that little tiny bushing, the least little bit of play 586 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: and movement there, just creates up this harmonic that will 587 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: it sounds like a symphony. So before we go any further, 588 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 1: the first thing I would do is get it up 589 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,479 Speaker 1: in the air and take a very hard look at 590 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 1: those bushings and be absolutely certain if they're soft enough 591 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: and worn enough that they allow the bar to slider move, 592 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 1: then they're really suspect is causing a problem because those 593 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 1: bushings are so tight around that bar. When they're healthy, 594 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 1: the bar won't move all right. Because they did put 595 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: a type of metal crow bar or something and trying 596 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 1: to move it, and they said it seemed tight but 597 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 1: I'll go back to him and take a real take 598 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: a real hard look at the bushings and the links. 599 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 1: It's a good idea, you know, do the links, but 600 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: the links are obvious. You move the links, it'll clunk 601 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: and bang and it'll it'll be a real obvious fault 602 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: to it. But with regards to the sway bar bushings, 603 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 1: they are the most overlooked component back there, do that, Ron, 604 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: and then give me a call back and we can 605 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: talk about it if you need further direction. All right, sir, alrighty, 606 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 1: good luck to you. Let's get on over real quick 607 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: and sneaking Larry from Tampa, Florida. Larry, how's things going 608 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 1: with this? What can I do for you? Usually? Very well? 609 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: Before we get to that, uh Ron, I'd be remiss 610 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: if I didn't speak for all callers and just applaud 611 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: the great work that Harry does in coordinating everything on 612 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: this end. And we're very grateful. This is what we've got. 613 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 1: It's time out all the great word Harry does. Yeah, 614 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 1: well you know, listen, um, you know, I think Harry's 615 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 1: paying people to say that, So we'll just uh, we'll 616 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: just attribute it to that. Yeah, go ahead, Larry, We 617 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,160 Speaker 1: just can't let that slide. But yeah, we're good, Good ahead, 618 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: go ahead, Larry. What do you got, Larry? Are you there? Larry? 619 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: Can you hear me? Yes? Can you hear me something? 620 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: We've got a nineteen nineties three two forty volgo Lagon. 621 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 1: It's got a five thousand miles. It's an excellent condition. 622 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: It was stored for about seven years until about nineteen 623 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 1: until about two thousand and fourteen. It's in run since 624 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: starts very well, but after it has been running about 625 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: half an hour at a highway speed of between i'd 626 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 1: say fifty and sixty five or so. Yeah, it experienced 627 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: like a fuel starvation when every problem Well, when it dies, Larry, 628 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 1: what's it missing? Spark injector pulse fuel or you haven't 629 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 1: tested any of that yet. It's the ignition seems to 630 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 1: be an excellent condition. We think it's a fuel problem. 631 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: Would you put a fuel pressure gage on it? Do 632 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 1: you think? Well? Yeah, when you say you think ignition 633 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,040 Speaker 1: is good, how do you know ignition is good? Have 634 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: you just done something as simple as testing for testing 635 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: for spark? Yes, and we have sparked. But because it's 636 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: an intermittent problem, I can't say we always have it. 637 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 1: What makes me think is a fuel problem is that 638 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 1: the engine if you run it at high speed when 639 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 1: the problem is happening, you can keep the engine running, 640 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: But when it goes to idols. Okay, Um, what we 641 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 1: could have here is a mass airflow issue, very common. 642 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 1: We could have a and yeah I would, I would 643 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,480 Speaker 1: definitely take and do a fuel pressure test. Here's what 644 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you a quick list, Larry, and then 645 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: I gotta go. I'm up against the clock. Yeah, let's 646 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,520 Speaker 1: check fuel pressure. When the car dies out on the road. 647 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 1: Where is pressure? Let's take a fuel sample. They have 648 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: some known issues with fuel quality and distribution in the tank, 649 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 1: problems in there. Although you said you put pumps in it, 650 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: where the inside of the tank look like I want 651 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 1: to know you put a filter in A good move. 652 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,600 Speaker 1: Let's do fuel pressure, Let's do volume. Do we really 653 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: have good spark? Let's use a spark tester. One thing 654 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: to keep in mind, they are prone to fail the 655 00:33:56,080 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 1: main system relay under the center console and sometimes they're 656 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 1: out in the right front corner of the fender. Well, 657 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,959 Speaker 1: they are known components to fail as well, and they 658 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 1: will cause the exact symptoms you're describing You've got some 659 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: homework to do. Call me back next week and let 660 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,279 Speaker 1: me know I'm running any in the car doctor. We 661 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:39,000 Speaker 1: are back right after this black back. Welcome back, any 662 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 1: of the car doctors. We kind of wind things down 663 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,319 Speaker 1: this hour. Let's do a quick piece of email. This 664 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,879 Speaker 1: one comes to us from Larry and Ridgewood, New Jersey. Hey, 665 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:49,439 Speaker 1: card doctor, I've got a two thousand Honda Accord that's 666 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: been in and out of the repair shop a couple 667 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,000 Speaker 1: of times now. They tell me it's setting a fold 668 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,480 Speaker 1: code P one. Even though the car runs okay, the 669 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,800 Speaker 1: check engine lights on. They've tried replacing the distributor. They've 670 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,840 Speaker 1: done and gone and replaced a couple of different sensors. 671 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,000 Speaker 1: And I'm at a loss as they are too. We're 672 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 1: not really quite sure where to look next. Can you 673 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 1: offer us any insight? Larry Ridgeward, New Jersey, Larry, listen 674 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,840 Speaker 1: common problem two thousand, two thousand, one, two thousand to 675 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,880 Speaker 1: all that generation accords and even some of the civics 676 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,120 Speaker 1: have an issue with the one which is a disruption 677 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,800 Speaker 1: or erratic information and signal out of the camp position 678 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 1: sensor or the top dead sensor inside the distributor assembly. 679 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: And what's the biggest cause that no one really seems 680 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,040 Speaker 1: to take a look at or acknowledge is issues with 681 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 1: alternator failure. Not that the alternator is not charging, but 682 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: one of the diodes could be going bad, causing a 683 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:45,280 Speaker 1: problem with a C voltage leaking into the wiring harness 684 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 1: and making its way back to the PCM causing a 685 00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,319 Speaker 1: disruption of signal. So what they should be doing and 686 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 1: no one ever seems to think to do this, I 687 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:55,800 Speaker 1: guess because it's not obvious staring in your face. And 688 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:57,520 Speaker 1: again it's back to the conversation at the top of 689 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 1: the hour. A diagnostic routine. One of the things they 690 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:04,880 Speaker 1: need to do is perform an alternators test tech to 691 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 1: charging system. Does it have correct voltage, does it have 692 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:11,360 Speaker 1: correct amperage output? And is it passing a diode test? 693 00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:13,360 Speaker 1: And I'd be willing to bet you're gonna find this 694 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,319 Speaker 1: vehicle fails the diode test, which means it's got an 695 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 1: a C current problem and that's what's causing the false 696 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,880 Speaker 1: or the real one, depending upon your perspective. Just a 697 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 1: different way of looking at it. Until the next time 698 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 1: I'm on an ady in the car, Doctor reminding you 699 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 1: good mechanics aren't expensive, they're placeless.