1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:04,559 Speaker 1: Ron Anien, this is sort of an interesting story. I 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: don't know if this is so much a call as 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: we wanted to ask Miranda a couple of questions. She 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: is a new driver, but it was a car The 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: Car Doctor very liberating. And you have a lot of 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: responsibility being um a young driver out on the road. 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: I thought it was the high amount of responsibility that 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: comes with UM being a new driver, being a young driver, 9 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: UM driving your parents cars. All of that, UM is 10 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: very important. Welcome to the radio home of ron and 11 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: Anian the Car Doctor. Since this is where car owners 12 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: If you're a mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick 14 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: up the phone and call in the garage doors are open, 15 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: but I am here to take your call at eight 16 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: five five six and now he running. Hey, it's time 17 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: to start your ngance alone. Welcome moron and any in 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: the Car Doctor here at five five zero nine zero zero, 19 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: here to take your calls and answer your questions and 20 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: uh talk to you about your automobile, which is what 21 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: we get to do each and every week. 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They're accounting the days, 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: in the minutes, the seconds for another great season and UM, 33 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: they're looking forward to that. Thank you for that show 34 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: support their gentlemen. And UM, I'm here for you, just 35 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: trying to help the cause. But I'm a real purpose 36 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: as as always is. UM. We're here about cars and 37 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: that's what it is. And it sure seems to be 38 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: a hot topic. UM, it seems like it's growing in 39 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: terms of popularity conversation about self driving cars. I've got 40 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: a couple of email comments I want to do over 41 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: the course of the next two hours an hour to 42 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: clip depending on how your affiliate takes this and depending 43 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: upon how you listen to this on podcast. And then 44 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: we've got another great real fixed share track fixed from 45 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: the folks over at Mitchell One. We'll talk about that 46 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: this week. But you know what this show is really about, 47 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: you in your car, your problems, your questions at zero, 48 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: and it's about well, it's like this and oh three 49 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: Mercury Grand mar Ki came into the shop at our 50 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: Automotive this week and it was a pretty clear cut problem. 51 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 1: The automatic temperature control for the A C wasn't working. 52 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: And you know, the customer believe it or not, the 53 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 1: customers like, well, I think I can live without air conditioning. 54 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: It's not that mission critical to me. If you can 55 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: fix it. See if you can fix it, let me 56 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: know what's going on. And I guess the point of 57 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: this repair becomes that it's the time you spend beforehand 58 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: and the amount of time that you're required to spend 59 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: or should be spending, diagnose and research the problem. Now, 60 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: keep in mind, I said this is a two thousand three. 61 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: This vehicle is is fifteen years old by my math, 62 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: and it's fairly simple. It's very simple compared to cars 63 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: of today in terms of wiring and the information that 64 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: you have to get from a diagram to track anything down. 65 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 1: I went to the wiring diagram for the electronic control 66 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: head and it was easy enough. The and a few 67 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: sixteen tested good? Or did it g? It had power? 68 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:34,519 Speaker 1: But a few sixteen ft a bunch of other things. 69 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: So we'll back up. We'll go right to the control 70 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: that let's get to the control that pulled it apart. 71 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: Connector Pin sixteen had one point to five volts. That's 72 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: kind of interesting. I went to the fuse had one 73 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: point to five volts. Well that's a problem. Why don't 74 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: we have low voltage across that fuse? Went to the 75 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: other hot leg of the module and it had battery 76 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: voltage on it and we had ground. So our focus 77 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: now becomes a few sixteen on this oh three Mercury 78 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: Graham Marque, will you track it back? Coming in? It 79 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: comes in off of the gray yellow. The gray yellow 80 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: is one of two wires that split off the ignition switch. 81 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: Goes right to the ignition switch and that's got one 82 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: point to five. Do we have a bad ignition switch. Well, 83 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 1: let's let's follow this out a little further. There are 84 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,679 Speaker 1: two light green wires coming in on that ignition switch 85 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: and they're feeding at one point to five volts. Gee, 86 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: I think we've got a problem on the feed side. 87 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: I wonder what happens if we apply twelve volts of 88 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: this got out the power probe, and um, I just 89 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: wanted to see the reaction, and sure enough, feed twelve 90 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: volts in on the one on the light green wires, 91 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: and the automatic temp control headlights up and starts working. 92 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: So I've definitely got a power supply issue. The other 93 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: thing was on this circuit after studying it, was the 94 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: brake shift interlock. You know, you step on the brake 95 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: and the pedal releases the shifter seek, and but it 96 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 1: didn't work that way on this car. This car would 97 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: manually shift into any gear, regardless of whether or not 98 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: your foot was the pedal. I started looking around wiring, 99 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: and I could see where someone before me, you know, 100 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: it's always that before me guy had hacked into the 101 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: wiring harness, and well, let's just say he made some 102 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 1: modifications to to hot wire the shift interlocked. Mm hmm. 103 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: And the last thing on the circuit that really mattered 104 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: to me was the reverse lights. The reverse lights didn't work, 105 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: all pointing to this one particular fuse. This one circuit 106 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: Why wasn't this circuit lit up? Went to the bulkhead. 107 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: You know, you try to split wiring up into sections. 108 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: You try and go a clip at a time, moving 109 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: as fast as you can. Are you are you hot 110 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 1: from here to here? Are you hot? From there to there? 111 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: Do you have power? Do you have power? Do you 112 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: have power? I had twelve point two vaults coming into 113 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: the passenger compartment. I had battery voltage coming in through 114 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 1: the firewall connector, and I said, okay, I'm good up 115 00:05:56,080 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: till here. But am I with the firewall connector disconnected? 116 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: It's a seventy pin connector. I I did? Which was 117 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: the feed in the light green wire coming in off 118 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: a fuse one fifteen, which is a fifty am fuse, which, 119 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: by the way, it made no sense. It was a 120 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: fifty m fuse that powered up about eight AM's worth 121 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: of components. The only real heavy duty thing on that 122 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 1: circuit would have been fog lights, which this card did 123 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: not have. So, you know, here's a classic case of 124 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 1: twelve volts doesn't mean anything. We had twelve volts. We 125 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 1: had twelve volts on the feed coming in through the 126 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: bulkhead connector. I actually had twelve volts at the fuse 127 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: until I turned the key on. Turn the key on, 128 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:40,679 Speaker 1: it dropped down to the one point to five mm hmm. Wonderful. 129 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: Will power the headlight, the headlight and knows all right, 130 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: the headlights like the Wizard of Oz. It. If it 131 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: powers the headlight, it will power the circuit. Because we're 132 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: seeing amperage flow. We're seeing amperage amperage and current right 133 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: or current amperage, whichever way you want to call it. One. 134 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, Well, I guess what I 135 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: are it up the or tried to power up the 136 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: headlamp using the firewall connector at the firewall connector and 137 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: the headlight woulden light. Wow, I've got no power coming in. 138 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: I go to the fuse. I got power across the fuse. 139 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: I picked the fuse block up. I've got power underneath 140 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: the fuse block. Of course, I did find a couple 141 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: of chew through wires, and now I'm really starting to 142 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: customer did say something about power door locks working not working, 143 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: And it wasn't that they were chewed. I actually think 144 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: they were melted. Now, keep in mind early Fords of 145 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: this generation, they were the ones that suffered from the 146 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: daytime running lamp. Module failure with the daytime running lamp 147 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: would overheat and cause some harness issues. And with that 148 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: in mind, I started tracing out my light green feet 149 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: off a fuse one fifteen from the right front corner 150 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: of the passenger compartment at thirteen vaults and it would 151 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: power the headlight here here, not here? Wait a minute, 152 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: what happened between here and here? There's a couple of 153 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 1: things you know to look for, all right, And when 154 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: you get into a situation like this, always remember you're 155 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: looking for something obscure. You're really looking at the finer point. 156 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: You're looking for tracks in the sand. It's like it's 157 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: like tracking a mouse across the Sahara. You're looking for 158 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: little distortions in that wiring harness. What moved, what shifted? 159 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: What changed? What is so different? Had the car up 160 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: in the air, I had to take apart the right 161 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: front fender, well, I had to take it out of 162 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: the car in order to get to the harness because 163 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: it comes down out of the fuse box, out of 164 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,719 Speaker 1: the battery junction box and leads underneath the battery train 165 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: comes around the right front corner. Why is there battery 166 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: acid coming out of the harness cover. You know that 167 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: plastic convoluted cover. Why is it like a little not 168 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: a lot? Just I mean, it doesn't matter a little 169 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: or a lot. It was just a little bit of 170 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: green battery corrosion coming out of the harness. Well, that 171 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: can't be good. So carefully with safety glasses on, because 172 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: now I'm looking up at the wiring harness, it looks 173 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: like it might be filled with some kind of corrosive material. 174 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: And sure enough, somewhere along the way, this car had 175 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: a leaky battery. And what kind of tipped me off 176 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 1: and what got me thinking about it was it had 177 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: a new battery. And before I got the car, the 178 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: battery had been replaced. And I can't tell you if 179 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,079 Speaker 1: the battery was replaced last month or or six months ago, 180 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: but the battery was shiny new. When do people change batteries? 181 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: When do people change batteries? Usually when they're when they're 182 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: bad or leaking, and the battery goes bad and they go, 183 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: I need a new battery. But most people, I don't know, 184 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: some people, a fair amount of the population doesn't get it, 185 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: and they'll wait until that car dies, and they'll drive 186 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: a car with a dirty leaky, snotty acidy battery until 187 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: it just drops dead. Guess what. The acid from the 188 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: battery dripped down onto the harness, worked its way through 189 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: the plastic interfender well and actually you could follow the 190 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: line that it just dripped right down onto a harness 191 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: from the back side of the convolu with the plastic 192 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: tubing that you couldn't see eight through it, and worked 193 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: its way into the harness, pulled it all apart, raisored 194 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: off the rest of the tape that you know, it 195 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 1: was basically falling apart anyway, and I found a small 196 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: piece of that light green harness where the acid had 197 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: basically just dripped drip drip. And you know, an automotive 198 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: failure is like the government. It takes their time, but 199 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: they just keep coming. And over time it just broke 200 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: the insulation, then dripped on the copper, and then over 201 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: time that copper eventually disintegrated. To look out to the 202 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: point where one day that electronic air air conditioning control 203 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: just didn't work, and that's what it was. Soldered a 204 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: new piece, put everything back together, the cars done. But 205 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: the moral of this story is, and the point of 206 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: this story is, if your mechanics diagnosing electrical in my opinion, 207 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: and he's not spending thirty thirty thirty to forty five 208 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: minutes examining the circuit. I think he's doing you a disservice. 209 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 1: The good ones will take the time to look for it, 210 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: and listen, you're gonna get charged for It's like research. 211 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: You don't go to a lawyer or a doctor without 212 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: getting charged for time spent. But the amount of time saved, 213 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: the dollars saved by knowing which way you're going, and 214 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: this was a fairly simple car. Go to automobile and 215 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: the multiple relays, modules, connect or splices that are involved, 216 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: it'll make your head spin. So keep that in mind 217 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: the next time your mechanics diagnosing something, make sure he's 218 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: charging you something, because for nothing, that's usually what you get. 219 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: Zero run any of the car doctor come back right 220 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: after this when the family car needs some fixing. There's 221 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: only two things that really matter, getting the right part 222 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: and getting some good advice. It's a pretty safe bet that, 223 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: with over a million parts in stock, pet Boys has 224 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: the right part right now. The pet Boys pros are 225 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: extensively trained to find the right part for just about 226 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: any car. Truck better. Yet, these pros can also handle 227 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 1: the entire installation or service needed. It's always good to 228 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 1: have options and no the pet Boys pros have it 229 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: covered either way. Welcome back. Why don't eating the Car 230 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: Doctor The phone number by the way, five zero nine 231 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: zero zero, and we're just leave a message if we're 232 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: not on the air. 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Those numbers help us with the sponsors 243 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: and that's what keeps us here. That's the business side. 244 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: That's my play. I'm gonna answer the phones in a 245 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 1: quick second. Just I'm reading and I'll go into this 246 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: in detail. I've got a letter here from an Eric 247 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: Bean that talks about self driving cars, and he makes 248 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:09,719 Speaker 1: a he makes a heck of a statement here he goes, 249 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: how will a self driving car recognize the sound of 250 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: a tire blowing going down the interstate? And we're gonna 251 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 1: read this letter and its entirety and in a little bit. 252 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: But I thought that was a real good point Eric's 253 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: making their about the human element involved that keeps us 254 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 1: safe while we're driving. Let's go over to Maynard and 255 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: Illinois some questions about ordermobile preference. Maynard, welcome to the 256 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: car doctor, sir, how can I help? Thanks? Ron, I 257 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: appreciate taking that car you call. You helped me to 258 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: pass with my daughter's Volvo in my jack. But I've 259 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 1: had a question, is a long time long time? Do 260 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: you prefer work on the older cards are purely mechanical 261 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: or do you like the newer cars are all with 262 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: all the electronic controls? You know? Maynard, I've got to 263 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: answer that question this way. What year? What year is it? 264 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: Is it ty eight? Team? If it's if it's twenty, 265 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: if it's twenty eighteen. I like working on the newer cars. 266 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: If if it was night and that seventy eight Corvette 267 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: was well, I guess even then. You know the problem 268 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: is it's it's availability and quality of parts and and 269 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 1: and that's the problem. You know, somebody brought me a 270 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: sixty eight Camaro to work on today, can you work 271 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: on its shore? But the problem is the quality of 272 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: the replacement parts in general stinks in terms of you know, 273 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: from from what it should be or what it was 274 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: all right, and you know the amount of modification and 275 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: in different avenue um that you have to go through 276 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: to repair it. Uh, you know, I think what's gonna 277 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: be interesting is and I don't know where the year 278 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: break is gonna happen, but I've been watching and it's 279 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: coming to truth somewhere around eighty five through model year 280 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: two thousand. Think about how long ago that is, right 281 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: we're talking, you know it was it's eighteen, So it's 282 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: eight teen years ago to the year two thousand. And 283 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 1: we're going back another fifteen on top of that, so 284 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: we're going back thirty some odd years. Those cars are 285 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: gonna get lost in the shuffle because you can't get 286 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: parts for them. Um, you know, it's it's it's the 287 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: supply is not endless, and it's not like their classics 288 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: and anybody's gonna want, you know, to produce it. I 289 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: don't know anybody that's gonna restore a two thousand bubicles saber. 290 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: Nobody's gonna care, um, you know. And the problem is 291 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: you go back a little further into cars in the 292 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: sixties and the seventies, which is, you know, a lot 293 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: of the collectors the fifties parts are an issue. And 294 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: from a pure mechanical sense, yeah, the old cars were great, 295 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: but in terms of getting stuff to fit and work right, 296 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: and you know, I guess, you know, maybe I'm a 297 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: self admitted perfectionist. I just I just wanted to be 298 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: and look like it did the day it came out 299 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: of the showroom. It's a little tough on me. It 300 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: gets on my nerves. One of the things I will 301 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: say working on newer cars that we don't appreciate enough. 302 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: The new car will give you a lot of information 303 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: on on what's wrong with it if you if you 304 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: look in the right places and you take the time 305 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: to study it. You know that scan tool. Everybody thinks 306 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: the scan tool tells you what's wrong with the car. 307 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 1: The scan tool just gives you information, and that information 308 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: is invaluable and it's it's it's things that we didn't 309 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: get out of older cars. We would have to you know, 310 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: trial and error. Yeah, they were easier to work on, 311 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: but were they you know, go to a and I 312 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: was thinking about this. Two weeks ago. We were at 313 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: a local car show here and somebody had I'm gonna 314 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: I think it was a fifty Hudson Hornet. I think 315 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: that's what it was. Oh my god, the heat or 316 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: assembly in this thing. I'd rather pull the firewall out 317 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: of an oh nine Chevy, you know, Avalanche. It was 318 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: just so much easier to work on and so much 319 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: more well thought out and laid out. And you know, 320 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: um to work on some of the older cars was 321 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: as big a nightmare as it is on the new stuff. 322 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: It's not like they were that great. So I think 323 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: parts have to define what's the most fun to work on? 324 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: Quality of those parts, what's the most fun to work on? 325 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: And you know, the patience of the owner. You know, 326 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 1: somebody brings you a fifty seven old. We had a 327 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: customer bring us a fifty seven Oldsmobile. All right. It 328 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: took almost ten months to bring that car up to speed. 329 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: He left, he took it with them. He want a 330 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,679 Speaker 1: couple of shows with it. The car was it was 331 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: pretty much perfect, but the cost factor and he had 332 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: the pocketbook for it, he understood it, but the cost 333 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: factor was high. Most people aren't like that. They're they're 334 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: still thinking of the older cars. Is that it's just 335 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: you know, they're just an old car and it's a hobby. 336 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: It's not a hobby. It isn't it isn't. It's it's 337 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 1: it's it's what you're looking for. Um, they they both 338 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 1: present their challenges. I guess that's how I'm going to 339 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: answer that question. Well, I mean parts of side did 340 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 1: you when you got a car in Well, it's the 341 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: old mechanical cars. I mean I have an MG and 342 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 1: I love it. I can work on it. I understand it. 343 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: My new cars. I mean I've had a scancel. But 344 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: so I'm so lost at times. That's what I was wondering. 345 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: That's called education. Nothing wrong with that. Hey, listen, Maynard, 346 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you something. I'm lost sometimes too. Brother. Um, 347 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: you know you get to that point. So that's the 348 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 1: first step to recovery. Yeah, I know, it's admitting admitting 349 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: your issues. Um, I'm lost, but at least I know 350 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: where the compass is so and that's the difference. Manard. 351 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: I hope I helped your brother, Um, but by all means, 352 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: just keep on trucking and just you know what, keep 353 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 1: on listening. We'll try and educate you and everybody else, 354 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: because that's what this show is about. I appreciate the call, sir. 355 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 1: Eight five five five zero nine zero zero. I'm running 356 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: Eating the Car Doctor. I'll be back right after this. 357 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 1: Welcome back. Weren't Eating of the Car Doctor here? Eight 358 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: five zero nine zero. By the way down our Facebook 359 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 1: page lately, Um, I don't know who's doing that, somebody 360 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: back in the editorial department. But whoever is putting up 361 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: those car Doctor pictures the day of the show, their hysterical. 362 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: There's a really great one up there today about the 363 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: millennial anti theft device, and uh um, I actually answered 364 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: that question because someone said, Hey, did they really ever 365 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: put a six speed in the jeep? Yeah? They you know, 366 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: it's a rare option and a wrangler. Not many of 367 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: them out there. I've seen three in my career. Um 368 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: just popped another one up. Oh yeah, I want to 369 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: go look at that during the break. But um, that's 370 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: our that's our illustrious Tom Ray as he's um putting 371 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: things up out on Facebook, So get out to the 372 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 1: car Doctor Facebook page. So ema'l rod, I've throwing a 373 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 1: few cars over the years and changing the brakes. After 374 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: owning a few cars over the years and changing the brakes, 375 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 1: that doesn't hold like the manufacturer original breaks. So I 376 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: see what we're saying. Can you help me? Silver, um, 377 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: Silvan silver whichever, Yeah, I can help you. UM. My 378 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: question would be how are you doing it? Are you 379 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: changing brake pads and that's it? Are you losing slides? 380 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: Are you replacing or machining rotors? You know, I don't 381 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: know where this trend started, but it seems like it's growing, 382 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: and maybe it's because of cost. But just replacing brake 383 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 1: pads doesn't cut it a machine surface, you know, either 384 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: cutting the rotor or replacing the roader with a machine rotor. Obviously, UM, 385 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: it does a couple of things. Number one, and ensures 386 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: a smooth, flat surface so that there's no break pulse 387 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: during stopping. But it also helps seat the brake pad. 388 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: It scuffs, and it brings the resin or the um, 389 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: the material that bonds the pad together, to the surface 390 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: and brings it to a boiling point and helps seal 391 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: and cure it so that it's a it's a it's 392 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: a good firm pad. It it will change break pedal feel. 393 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 1: So more often than not my experience, dirt cheap maiden 394 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: you know, Ishka Bibbel brake pads for you know, six 395 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: bucks apiece, barring the real cheap junk. Most of the 396 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: time when we get a break pedal deal concern, it's 397 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: usually a result of how the job was done or 398 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: not done properly affecting. So I would ask you to 399 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:05,479 Speaker 1: go back and look at your procedure and consider, you know, 400 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 1: are you using an O E spec quality of pet. 401 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:10,679 Speaker 1: We should talk about that for a minute. You know, 402 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: break manufacturers, and I've touched on this over the last 403 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 1: couple of weeks, brake manufacturers have different grades or levels 404 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: of brake pet. They will you know, they will make 405 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: a premium uh an economy, the middle of the road, 406 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: various names, gold, silver, bronze, whatever, um. You know. The 407 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,120 Speaker 1: fact is that you can buy and you know, use 408 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: different levels. But it won't matter because the two things 409 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 1: that come to my mind is is whatever you're using, 410 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 1: does it say meets O E OE, is original? Equipment 411 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: specification Does it say that on the box? And how 412 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: are you doing the brake service? Are your machining rotors 413 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: looping slides? Are you flushing brake fluid to provide correct 414 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: hydraulic actions so that all the hydraulics moving work together, 415 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: and all those things are are very very important. Consider 416 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: that as part of your process to properly perform a 417 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: brake replacement. Some comments about self driving cars, Hey, Ron, 418 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: when you have Clark Howard on, why the where are 419 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: we with Clark Howard? We're gonna ask them about that. 420 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: Ask me if they're going to have self diagnosing cars 421 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: in the future, no need for a technician or to 422 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: have a scan tool, just the parts changer. Isn't that 423 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,400 Speaker 1: what we have now in some places or even more 424 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: advanced to have the cars computer bypass the faulty circuit 425 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 1: and switch to a spare circuit that would take over 426 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: the function of the faulty one. Have a great July fourth, 427 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: Ken in Maryland, UM, probably listening on w g m 428 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: D down there in Hope with Beach, Maryland. UM. I 429 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: will tell you this. I I think it brings some 430 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 1: good points up. Ken. I wonder where the self diagnosed 431 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: self driving cars are gonna, um be in the future, 432 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: you know, self driving self diagnosing. You wonder how will 433 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: they tell you where it hurts? And at what point 434 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 1: will they change the component? One of the things I 435 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: wonder about self driving cars with the amount of electronics 436 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: on them, what will happen when the mother motherboard goes bad? Right, 437 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: the motherboard goes bad on your laptop, desktop computer, it 438 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: doesn't boot. What's it gonna do on the self driving car? 439 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: Just you know, what is it gonna do? Um? You 440 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: know it doesn't doesn't make any sense, so um. But 441 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 1: in any event, that's just some thoughts and can I 442 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: appreciate it? Will ask him those questions. Let's get back 443 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,360 Speaker 1: to the phone. Let's go over to Chuck in Florida 444 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: to Ford Ranger and an a C problem. Chuck, Welcome 445 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: to the car doctor, How can I help? Okay? Thank you? 446 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 1: Um My, A C when I'm by leading waiting for 447 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 1: the wife blows nice cold air. When I take off, 448 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: the cold air stops. I got two or three mile 449 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: It comes right back on again, and the compressors great 450 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 1: as far as blowing cold air. But what am I 451 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: looking at to fix it? Well? Women now, so it's 452 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: it's okay at idle, you take off, drive down the road, um, 453 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: you know, thirty thirty five miles an hour, and it 454 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: starts blowing warm air, right, and which engine? And which 455 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: engine is this? V six or four? So under okay? Three? 456 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: Oh I guess do you know? Uh? So it's the 457 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 1: three oh four O four oh? Okay um. And then 458 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: after a couple of minutes of cruising down the road, 459 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: all of a sudden it starts to work again. Yes, okay, um. 460 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: So the questions I would have is when it's not working, 461 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:29,439 Speaker 1: is the compressor engaged? But I don't know. Okay, so 462 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: that's step one. Step two. What are system pressures? I 463 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: have no idea. I'm just a yeah, no, no, I'm 464 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: just saying these are the questions you've got to ask 465 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: your mechanic, because your question to me is what's wrong. 466 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: My question to you is what's been diagnosed? And it's 467 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 1: it's still going to come back to that. You know, 468 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: this could be this could be electrical, This could be 469 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: something that's turning the compressor off such that you know, 470 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: you accelerate and the compressor turns off, and then two 471 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 1: blocks down the road it hits a bump in the 472 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: road or something times in and turns the circuit back on. 473 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: Soo is the is the compressor clutch on or off? 474 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: That's number one? Number two? How much refrigerants in the system? 475 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: And that didn't help? Okay? And when they charged it? 476 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: How did they charge it? Did they just top it up? 477 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 1: I have no idea what did it cost? You? Do 478 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: you remember? Okay? My My guess is that all they 479 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: did was top it up. And here's here's the here's 480 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: the problem with that. Well, then let me ask a 481 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: second question. Do you know if they used the correct refrigerant? 482 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: And let me finish that that that question. Did they 483 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,959 Speaker 1: use one thirty four refrigerant or did they put some 484 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: type of blend or other aftermarket A C refrigerant in there? 485 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: I have no idea of knowing. All right, I gotta 486 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,399 Speaker 1: look at the receipt and hopefully it's on there. Here's 487 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 1: the problem with topping up? All right. Let me let 488 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: me lay the scenario at this way. Did you go 489 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: in there and say, hey, I've got a problem the 490 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 1: A C doesn't cool, or did you just go in 491 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: and ask for a recharge? No, I told him the situation, 492 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,239 Speaker 1: just that I've told you, and they decided to just 493 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 1: recharge it and it didn't help, right, okay, And then 494 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: they told me they'd have to tear the dash out 495 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: or do something, and I didn't want to go that 496 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:29,640 Speaker 1: expense on that type of a vehicle. Let me ask 497 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: you something, Chuck. You got air conditioning in the house. Yes, 498 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: I do, all right, we think so living in Florida. 499 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 1: And you know, most most I've been to Florida, you 500 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: walk out the airport and there's that heat curtain. You know, 501 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: they opened the doors like whish, and you're like walking 502 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: in slow motion the minute you get outside. Um, you know, 503 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 1: whether it's a household air conditioning or an automotive air conditioning, 504 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 1: there's only so much capacity. There's just only so much 505 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: refrigerant that the system is going to all for if 506 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: if your answer, if your question to them was hey, 507 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 1: the system is not performing properly, and their answer is, 508 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: let's put some refrigerin in it, And that was really 509 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: what happened, Then they took your money. There was no 510 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: diagnosis performed. For all we know now that system could 511 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: be overcharged, there could be too much refrigerent in it. 512 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: And the only way we're gonna tell is somebody's got 513 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,239 Speaker 1: to take a look and either recover or do some 514 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 1: readings by pressure gage. So do you have a regular mechanic. No, 515 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: we just build a new house over here in my month. 516 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: Familiar with the McKenna. So this is gonna be a 517 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 1: tough I could take it the full, but you got 518 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: a hold on your wallet when you go to those places, well, 519 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: you know, and you gotta get some answers to got 520 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 1: to talk to the neighbors, all right, and you know 521 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: this is this is gonna this is gonna be a 522 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 1: tough first date. You gotta find somebody to talk to 523 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 1: and say, hey, I'm looking for some straight answers. I'm 524 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: willing to spend you know, an hour of the shop time, 525 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: whatever it is, seventy five bucks. I need a diagnosis 526 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: because to blindly continue down this path, you'll be calling 527 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: me in a month saying, hey, it's been a thousand 528 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: dollars on parts and I still don't have air conditioning. 529 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 1: And my first question is gonna beat anybody diagnose anything? 530 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 1: You know there there's there's no magic pill here. Whether 531 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: whether I'm on radio or in the shop, my answers 532 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 1: are still the same. If we were at the shop. 533 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,159 Speaker 1: The first thing I would want to do is identify 534 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 1: using a c identify or identify what refrigerants in the vehicle. 535 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 1: And it's got to come up one thirty four because 536 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: if it comes up as one of the blends or 537 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: something else that presents some challenges. Then once I know that, 538 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 1: I'm either gonna do a pressure gauge reading or I'm 539 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: gonna recover what's in there, measure what comes out, and 540 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: in your case, I probably measure what comes out because 541 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: now I don't know where it is the capacity was. 542 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,479 Speaker 1: Then you know, if if if things go the way 543 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna go, you know, pull it out 544 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: and measure it. Okay, it's it's this. I took out 545 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,719 Speaker 1: a pound and it calls for two pounds. Great, I'm 546 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: gonna add a pound. I took out three pounds and 547 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: it calls for two pounds. I got a problem. I'm overcharged. Um. 548 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 1: So you know that's why knowing how much is in 549 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: there is real important. And then if the amount of 550 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: refrigerant is correct, If the amount of refrigerant is correct, 551 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: then I just got to duplicate the problem, which it 552 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: sounds like it's it's repeatable. It sounds like you can 553 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: go down the road and catch it in the act. Um. 554 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 1: I guess I'll leave you with this chuck. And maybe 555 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: I'm just a rebel, But don't be afraid to ask 556 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: a shop for a diagnosis. They've got to stick to 557 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: that diagnosis and pay for it because that'll save you 558 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 1: money in the long run. I just um, you just 559 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 1: gotta find the right shop. So call me back next week, 560 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: let me know what happens, and I appreciate it, and 561 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: good luck to you. Zero the car doctors back right 562 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 1: after this. When the family car needs some fixing, there's 563 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: only two things that really matter, getting the right part 564 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: and getting some good advice. It's a pretty safe bet that, 565 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: with over a million parts in stock, pet Boys has 566 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 1: the right part right now. The pet Boys pros are 567 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: extensively trained to find the right part for just about 568 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: any car truck. Better yet, these pros can also handle 569 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: the entire installation or service needed. It's always good to 570 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,360 Speaker 1: have options and know the pep Boys Pros have it 571 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: covered either way. Front any of the car doctor we 572 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 1: are back. Quick piece of email. Hey ron, I listened 573 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: on one on one point five north Hampton, mass Weekly 574 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: is from Eddie does cleaning a mass airflow sensor work? 575 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: It says, is should I really or should I replace? Thanks? Ed? Um? Well, 576 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: the answer to the question is that definite maybe um. 577 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 1: You know, sometimes during the course of diagnosis for a 578 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 1: performance issue, ED, if we're using a scan tool looking 579 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: at fuel trim, calculated load, and some other measurements, cleaning 580 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: a mass airflow sensor will tell us if we're going 581 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 1: in the right direction or if a dirty mass airflow 582 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: is partially or or directly responsible for our problem. The 583 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 1: issue is how the sensor cleaned and what chemical are 584 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: you using? And it's got to be something specific for 585 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,880 Speaker 1: mass airflows. And that's where I think a lot of 586 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 1: people make their mistake. A lot of people will use 587 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 1: something is caustic as throttle body cleaner to clean mass 588 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 1: airflow sensors. Now, if you get out to Barriman Products 589 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 1: dot Com, they've got all sorts of chemicals and cleaners. 590 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 1: I'm sure they've got something for mass airflow all right, 591 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: And I would feel comfortable using something from them because 592 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 1: I know it's rated properly for what the vehicles, you know, 593 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 1: for for what it's supposed to do. The answer also 594 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: becomes that and that's Barriman Products dot Com. The answer 595 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:41,880 Speaker 1: also becomes that sometimes cleaning the mass airflow if we 596 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: do see an improvement or a change, also tells us 597 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: that depending upon what those final numbers are, hey we 598 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: made a difference, but we didn't quite get to where 599 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 1: we wanted to be. Maybe the answer lies in replacing 600 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: the mass aeroflow mass airflow sensor is the final step. 601 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: I think the answer to keeping mass airflow sensors clean 602 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: and doing the maintenance to them goes before the cleaning process. 603 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: You want to make sure you use a good air filter, 604 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 1: and that's a mistake a lot of people make today. 605 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 1: People will put the you know, the five dollar air 606 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: filter into the vehicle and not understand the fact that 607 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 1: how that air filter is formed and manufactured will not 608 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 1: only affect performance because how those pleats disperse the air. Here, 609 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 1: look at Wicks Filters. Go to wis Filters dot com. 610 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 1: Look at what Wicks does in terms of manufacturing to 611 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: make a precise, quality made filter that not only just 612 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 1: traps the air, but also helps direct the air as 613 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 1: the manufacturer intended it to. But the point becomes to 614 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 1: take proper care of the mass airflow sensor you want 615 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 1: to make sure you're using a good quality filter like 616 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: a Wicks filter, because that will keep the mass airflow 617 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: sensor cleaner longer and do the job it's supposed to do. 618 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 1: And if you're looking for Wicks filters, get out to 619 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: Riley Otto, Rileyoto dot com or your local Orillyoto Parts 620 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: and they can help you with that selection to eight 621 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 1: five zero nine zero zero ron and Nating the Car 622 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: Doctor back right after this. Welcome back, Roning Indian the 623 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: car Doctor. You know, I've got to say, the intelligence 624 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: level of car Doctor listeners to me, it's just it 625 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: just it boggles my mind how smart you guys are, 626 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: and and and the things you come up with, and 627 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 1: you see between the lines, and you've taught me a 628 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 1: lot over the years. This one really it just fits 629 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: that category. This comes to us from a gentleman by 630 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: the name of Eric Being. It's a comment on self 631 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: driving cars. Ron I've got something to add to your 632 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: recent discussion on self driving cars. They may be technological wonders, 633 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 1: but the human element cannot be eliminated. Take for instance, 634 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 1: the ability to distinguish sound. Who thinks of this? Right? 635 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: I never thought of that, But he's right. The ability 636 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 1: think about when you're driving, the perception and what you 637 00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,959 Speaker 1: what you see. I know we have sophisticated or here 638 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,600 Speaker 1: or I know we have sophisticated microphones and speakers that 639 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 1: run sounds through algorithms. But how will the car know 640 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 1: what to do if a semi tire blows in front 641 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,880 Speaker 1: of you as you're traveling down the interstate at seventy 642 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,719 Speaker 1: miles per hour. How will it recognize that sound of 643 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 1: a tire blowing. How will it recognize what direction it 644 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 1: came from. I'm reminded of an incident that happened to 645 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 1: me when traveling with my family, and I hear what 646 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: sounded like a muffled shotgun and a puff of smoke, 647 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 1: and finally the tire was off the rim and slinging 648 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,000 Speaker 1: at me at interstate speed, ten feet in the air. 649 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,840 Speaker 1: I've been here with this. He's right. The semi was 650 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: two to three car lanes in front of me. I 651 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,600 Speaker 1: had experienced that before, so it was in my bank 652 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,520 Speaker 1: of experienced moments. But how will the self driving car 653 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,560 Speaker 1: be able to account for thousands of decisions being made 654 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 1: and the multiple variables of driving conditions? Night day, sandstorm, blizzard, 655 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:47,799 Speaker 1: torrential rain wind. You get the point. Rhodes, other traffic accidents, signage, rules, laws, 656 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,440 Speaker 1: and of course stupid human tricks. Lots to still figure out. 657 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:52,759 Speaker 1: And I'm not ready to give up control of a 658 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 1: man made wonder to a group of engineers. The human 659 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 1: element is the last line of the fence. Here's the 660 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,759 Speaker 1: best part. And he's right, he's he's so right, spot on. 661 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 1: Humans are not perfect, which means man made technology will 662 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:11,120 Speaker 1: never be perfect either. Only God is perfect. That's taking 663 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:12,880 Speaker 1: the time to read this. I appreciate all you have. Girlfriend, 664 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:14,920 Speaker 1: you show Eric being Eric. You know what, brother, you 665 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:21,319 Speaker 1: are so spot on right, it's it's you know the 666 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:26,080 Speaker 1: whole idea here is that you know in terms of 667 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 1: looking at the vehicle and and what we go through 668 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 1: driving the site, the sound, the smell, the feel. How 669 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,359 Speaker 1: will a self driving car duplicate that it can see 670 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 1: the road? But can it? Can it hear that sound? 671 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 1: Can it? Can it smell that fire that you're gonna 672 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 1: drive throughout in the brush fires? Right? Can it see 673 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,839 Speaker 1: the smoke? Can it? Does it know when to keep 674 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 1: you at a safe at a safe distance away from 675 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,200 Speaker 1: a vehicle that might be smoking and ready to turn 676 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 1: itself on fire. I just don't know, and hopefully the 677 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 1: engineers do and maybe we can educate them as well. Hey, 678 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,719 Speaker 1: I gotta go, Clark says it's time. I'm not an 679 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,920 Speaker 1: ending of the car doctor. The mechanics aren't expensive their 680 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:03,840 Speaker 1: prices see you