1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: Your check engine light is on. Typically that's an indicator 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: to you know, check your engine. It's fine, Ronan. The 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: number one reason why a check engine light comes on 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: on a modern vehicle, and this is a fact. You 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: can't refute it. You can argue it, but it's you'd 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: be wrong, is because the vehicle has exceeded emissions levels. 7 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: Maybe the light's broken there, check the check engine light light. 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: Think that makes you go the car doctor. I don't 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: understand how cars get to be put into this condition. 10 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: They're left alone and it just drags on and on 11 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: and on until it reaches a point of failure. Welcome 12 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: to the radio home of ron and Anian the Car Doctor, 13 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: since this is where car owners the world overturned to 14 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: giving you a busy signal, pick up the phone and 16 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: call in the garage doors are open, but I am 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: here to take your call at eight five and now, 18 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: oh good news, the light just went out running. Do 19 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: you ever work on a car where you have to 20 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: wear a raincoat and and it's just and it's sunny 21 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: out and it's dry, and you're you're wearing your your galoshes. 22 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: His mom would tell you, you know, you don't want 23 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: to get your feet wet. I had one of those 24 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: this week and oh seven Mini Cooper kind of floated 25 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: into the shop at uh you know, I don't know. 26 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: You know, you look at the way these cars get 27 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: water leaks, and you say to yourself, they were new, 28 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: like at one point they were dry, and then I 29 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: think you take them off the assembly line and you 30 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: put them out in the dealer a lot and two 31 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: days later they're just soaking wet because there wasn't a 32 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: dry part on this car. And in my research for 33 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: the problem of this oh seven Mini, evidently this is 34 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: a big problem. Everybody seems to know this. Oh yeah, 35 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: Mini Cooper, Oh yeah, sure, oh yeah. Never never wear 36 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: open toad sandals and a Mini Cooper, not after the 37 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: cars a couple of years old, you know, um or 38 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: or wear open toad sandals, or if you want to 39 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: wash your feet, you know, just throw a little soap 40 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: on the carpet and just you can scrub, scrub the 41 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: carpet and your feet at the same time. Because there's 42 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: so much water and they're not lying. I mean, it's 43 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,839 Speaker 1: it's just crazy. I think you need a U boat 44 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: commander's camp in a periscope in order to drive this 45 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: car after the second or third year. It's crazy. This 46 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 1: car got dropped off by another shop. They were having 47 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: their issues with it, and I think they've had enough 48 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: and fortunately or unfortunately ended up on my doorstepping or whatever. 49 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: I don't care cars a car, and it was, you know, 50 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: it was an interesting approach to the repair. And I'm 51 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: still thinking. I fixed it, of course, but I'm still 52 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: thinking about you know, was there a quicker way that 53 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: I missed something? And I'm I'm still gonna I still 54 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: have to write my notes, and I keep a log 55 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: of everything when I fix it. When I fix a nightmare, 56 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: I always keep a journal. This way, when I'm mediate 57 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: in the nursing home, I can remember that. Um. You know, 58 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: I plugged in a scan tool to this car and 59 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: I had I had communication. I went in with my 60 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: real cheap O B D two tool just to look 61 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: at it to see, you know, could I talk to 62 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: this card or can I get any kind of communication 63 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: up on the bus. And when I say bus, I 64 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: mean the data bus, the communication the network. Right, you 65 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: all have a network in your house. You had a 66 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: network in your house thirty years ago before computers b 67 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: C right, it was called the phone system. You know, 68 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: thirty years ago when you had your phone system in 69 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: the house, when you or your kids, or your wife 70 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: or somebody left the phone off the hook upstairs, the 71 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: whole thing went down, right, the system didn't work. You 72 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: had to run upstairs find the phone or find the 73 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: bad phone. Well, computer networks are kind of the same way, 74 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: and they're sort of the same way in cars. So 75 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: I always looked for communication when I got a car 76 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: that's a crank, no start, and I suspect it's a 77 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: computer network problem, and in this case, the O B 78 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: D two scan tool would talk to it. The cheap 79 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: Then I got out, you know, some of the heavy armor. 80 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: I got out my snap On Triton and that talk 81 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: to it. And I got out my Autel and that 82 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: talked to it. And I got out my Launch and 83 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: that talk to it. And then I got out my 84 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: Opus Opus I V S. I believe is the closest 85 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: thing I have to factory level scan tool. And I 86 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: do have some factory level tools. I didn't want to 87 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: go that far. I figured three or four was enough. 88 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: I was looking for something. I just had a suspicion, 89 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: and sure enough with the opus I found it. The 90 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: opus would not communicate with this vehicle, and my suspicions 91 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 1: were right. What's going on here is if you ever 92 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 1: look at a diagnostic connector, that little six team pin 93 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: connector under the dashboard, you know there are multiple wires 94 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: and multiple data buses there. You can gain access to 95 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: different networks at that port, and different scan tools talk 96 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: on different networks at that port. And I was looking 97 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: to see if one tool would not talk to this car, 98 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: and sure enough it wouldn't. Pin eight leads out to 99 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: the K bus as we call it, or the K 100 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: network if you want me to use that term, on 101 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: this Mini Cooper, and the Opus would not talk to it. 102 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: The network was down fired up, the scope found where 103 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: the network router was in this case. When we talk 104 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,799 Speaker 1: about order mobiles, a router on a car is usually 105 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: the combination point where everything is joined together. In sometimes 106 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: the industry first to it as a splice pack. You'll 107 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: have ten or twelve or fifteen wires coming together at 108 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: one common terminal, or as I was taught way back 109 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: when in the early days, we called it the comb 110 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: reason being is it it would look like a comb. 111 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: All right, if you've ever remember what combs look like, sorry, 112 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: tom um, if you remember what a comb looks like, 113 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: all right, it's you know, it's got straight teeth on it, 114 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: and each wire connects to a tooth of the comb, 115 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: and you know that's the data connection point. So I 116 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 1: I went to this, and it's always neat when you 117 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: work on a German car, because I think many Cooper's 118 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: Germans actually English, but we believe it to be Germans, 119 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: so we consider it to be German. Um. The wire 120 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: color was white red trace. No, it was white with 121 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: a red stripe and a yellow tracer. But the wiring 122 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: diagrams called it w H slash r d slash g 123 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: R are green and I forget the terminology. But when 124 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: I was speaking with tech support, because I called him 125 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 1: the mini Cooper tech guys, we have to have some 126 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: questions about the wiring diagrams because I couldn't really find 127 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: one that matched the car. They explained to me why 128 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: it's g R, because it's it's it's an abbreviation for 129 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: what yellow means in German, or how yellow is spelled 130 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: in German. I'm like, great, I'm working on a submarine 131 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 1: with mismatched wiring diagrams and I can't even get wire 132 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: colors right, and just oh my gosh. So you know, 133 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: it was fairly straightforward. And I tell you this story 134 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: because I want you to approach a network problem with 135 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 1: resolve and calm. You can fix that car. You do 136 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: what I did. You when you get to the point 137 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: where you determine it is a network communication problem, you 138 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: will find that comb, find that data packet and tap in. 139 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: Now it will be some form of a diagnostic signal. 140 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: It'll be blips, it will look like a square wave. 141 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: It will be typically a square voltage wave digital on 142 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: and off in data BIRTHSOO, now, in this case of 143 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: the MANI we were looking for somewhere between a zero 144 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: and twelve volt data burst and I had nothing. So 145 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: it was a simple matter of watching the scope pattern, 146 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: you know, sort of like what you see when you 147 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: go into the e R at the hospital and they 148 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: put the heart trace on you and you're you're looking 149 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: at your vital signs and you're right now you're flat lines, 150 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: which isn't good in the e ER, and you're popping 151 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: wires off one of the time on the comb. Does 152 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: it change no, put it back on? Does it change? No? No, 153 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: put it back on? Does it change? Uh huh? The 154 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: network comes back alive, and that that gave me. Okay, 155 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: now I know where I am. The networks up. I 156 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: got the network up. I didn't know what component I 157 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: had disconnected. I had read a wiring diagram, and it 158 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: turns out that I'm dealing probably something with radio or 159 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: a convertible top motor or any one of the you know, 160 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: fourteen accessories that were tied into the data bus. But 161 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: that wasn't enough because you see, sometimes you get involved 162 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: in a car and it's just it's just never enough. 163 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: And after much research, right, I always tell you've got 164 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: to research the problem on Mini's a Mini Cooper, like 165 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: some of the other German vehicles, will do something where 166 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: repeated crank no start or crank no start a repeated 167 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: start attempt will get the car to thinking that it's 168 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: being stolen. Why anybody would want to steal in those 169 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: seven Mini Coopers beyond me? Um, But okay, I'll play 170 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: the game and it goes out of sync. The anti 171 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 1: theft system has to be retrained to agree with the 172 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: powertrain control module. So it's that it knows that yes, 173 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: the signal it's receiving from the key is accurate, and 174 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 1: it has to be realigned or put back in alignment. 175 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: And you know, you talked about a tough car to 176 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: but it still took you know what, It's still just 177 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: took basic plod your way through, step by step. Forget 178 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: what color it is, Forget how chewed up the interior is. 179 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: Forget how you're standing there literally, you know, ankle deep 180 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 1: in water, all right, and you're you're you know, I'm, I'm, I'm, 181 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: I'm kind of debating, and I didn't, but I wanted to. 182 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: I wanted the droll holes in the bottom of the 183 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: car a little, the water out. It was just ridiculous, 184 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: you know. The three stooges just came to mind that 185 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: I know Tom will use this in an open somewhere, 186 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: but I kept thinking about, get the water letter outer. 187 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: You know, when they're in the rowboat and uh um, 188 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: you know they're they're trying to row across and they're fishing, 189 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: and that's all I kept thinking about. I found body 190 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: plugs in the bottom, and I'm pulling body plugs out. 191 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: The water drained out of this car for the better 192 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: part of forty five minutes. And this is after it 193 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: had been sitting in another shop for four days. Al Right, 194 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: like how much water you know, if there's a water 195 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: shortage in the Northeast, it's all in this mini Cooper, 196 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: all right. I mean it was just bad, all right. 197 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: For all I know, today's Saturday. It's still draining water 198 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: and it's been outside the shop now two days waiting 199 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: for it to get picked up. H Um, you just 200 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: my god. How come they can't make cars better than that? 201 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: So the point of all this is fear not. There's 202 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: always a way out, right. Uh. You always have to 203 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: think to yourself, You've you've solved bigger problems, you've fixed 204 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: tougher cars, you've dealt with worse, and chances are you'll 205 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: be right. You just gotta have confidence in yourself. You know, 206 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: all the training that I've had and all the classes 207 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: that I've gone to, and uh, you know, a tip 208 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: of the wrench to the folks over at Automotive Training Group, 209 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: Chris Lewis and Company. They did a great job teaching 210 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: me network back in the day. And you know, I 211 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: continue to go to class and continue to apply the 212 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: basics and then evolve and it evolves and you know, 213 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: it's just it's just an evolution and it's just something 214 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: you stay up on. But uh, yeah, we we beat 215 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: the mini this week. It was it was just that 216 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: kind of a week. And other than that, the week 217 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: was pretty quiet. We went out to uh Pittsburgh last weekend. 218 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: You guys heard a great show. We gave you a 219 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: fresh show last week. I know you enjoyed Mark Mills 220 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,439 Speaker 1: judging by your emails and comments on Facebook and such, 221 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: and uh, um, you enjoyed Mike Flink and you enjoyed Mark. 222 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: I think it was Mark Muller wrote the book about 223 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: Ford Mustang. And uh, you know, Pittsburgh was pretty uneventful. 224 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 1: It was. It was kind of weird coming back. Um, 225 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: I've got to tell you, Altoona, Pennsylvania is beautiful country, 226 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: absolutely gorgeous out there. It's just weird when you're driving 227 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: through it going jam on the radio. Here, it's sort 228 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 1: of weird when you know, you're you're like in its face. Um, 229 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: because that's the hardest thing for me to say, like 230 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: see you know, like I look around me now, I 231 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: see four walls. I don't realize there's actually somebody on 232 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: the other side of this microphone besides Tom, Uh, you 233 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: know I should say hello too. How was your week? Tom? 234 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: Did you miss me? Yeah? I kind of missed you. 235 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: But it's nice to see you made it in the 236 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: studio today. Well, I guess Carpenter Bob made it over there. 237 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: Why why? Uh? I don't know. You're not gonna talk 238 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: about this all right, listen, it was it was a 239 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: great can't we just leave it as it was a 240 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: great week? And you know, it was a great week. 241 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 1: It was an excelute week. Matter of fact. Ron called 242 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: me at one point and when who do you know? 243 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: And I'm like, what are you talking about? And he says, 244 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: who do you know? A NBC? And I said, I 245 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: know a lot of people in NBC. What are you 246 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: talking about? Well, apparently they were looking for an expert 247 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 1: to uh talk about gas mileage and um Channel four, 248 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: the local NBC station, showed up at our automotive this week, 249 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: didn't they run? Yeah? That was I gotta tell you 250 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,239 Speaker 1: it was funny. It was Pat Battle and she's a sweetheart. 251 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: She goes, this is Pat Battle from NBC and I'm like, 252 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: sure it is, you know, like uh, And she had 253 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: to give me the name of the producer and that 254 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: kind of rung a bell, but I wasn't sure. And 255 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: then she said, after a couple of minutes, well, you know, 256 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: this gentleman knows Tom Ray, your engineer. And I went, Okay, 257 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 1: this just can't be a joke, or this can't be 258 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: somebody trying to you know, it's really got to be legit. 259 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: And about two hours later an NBC camera crew and 260 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: Pat Battle show up and we shot a piece. It's 261 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: actually up on the Car Doctor Facebook page. You can 262 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: go to NBC New York dot com. You can go 263 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 1: right to the source. Go to NBC New York dot com, 264 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: search for Pat Battle and you'll see the clip. But 265 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 1: we talked a little bit about fuel economy and how 266 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: to get better gas mileage out of your car because 267 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: obviously four dollars in up is hurting everybody's pocketbook, and uh, 268 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: you know there are some things you can do. So um. 269 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: But yeah, that was a fun part of the week too. 270 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: I want to point that out. So let's see, we 271 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: came back from Pittsburgh, we beat them Mini and so 272 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: we were on we were on TV all right, Um, 273 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: trying not to let it go to my head. Tom So, 274 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 1: by the way, can I ask you a question real 275 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 1: quick before I go to break? Sure I didn't get 276 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: my red jelly beans in my dressing room this morning. Yet, 277 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if I can survive under these conditions 278 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: because of the weather moving through. Amazon said they were 279 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: having trouble. Okay, I'll probably show up tomorrow as long 280 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 1: as I know they're coming. Let's go to break. I'm 281 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: running any of the car doctor eight five five zero zero. 282 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: We're back right after this. Don't go away vehicle not 283 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: taking you where you want to go? Well call Ron, 284 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: He's the expert at making your vehicle take you where 285 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: you needed. Eight five five five zero nine zero zero. 286 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 1: And now back to rot Hey, let's get over and 287 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: talk to Let's go to Wendy in Arizona. Wendy, welcome 288 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,679 Speaker 1: to the car Doctor. How can I help stop for 289 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: the afternoon? To your gentlemen, I have a two thousand 290 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: four CRV and UM. I purchased it after my husband's 291 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: sudden death three years ago. I haven't been able to 292 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: drive it a whole lot, but I did buy a 293 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: new battery for it. But I also had help being 294 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: drained a few days a week whatever from the neighbor. 295 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: Next door, leaving the breaking in and leaving the door 296 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: open and draining the battery. So I was able to 297 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: drive it every so often, but lately, since I haven't 298 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: been well, I wasn't able to get out there, and 299 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: I had a friend charge it and started. He drove it, 300 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: and then I drove it the next day, and then 301 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: when I went to drive it again within that week, 302 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: it wouldn't start. And it was a a new battery 303 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: to begin with. And I'm calling around to find one 304 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: of two places where I did purchase it. In the 305 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: place that I where I bought it has no record 306 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: of me. Okay, how old is the battery at this point, 307 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: Wendy Um, It's going on three years, all right. So 308 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: what happens with a battery is a battery as it sits, 309 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: we'll do something that's called sulfation. The battery will lose 310 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: its charge. Whether or not doors are left open or 311 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: something is left on. I mean, obviously that doesn't help 312 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: the case. But a battery will sulfate, It will start 313 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 1: to rot from the inside, is a good way to 314 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: explain it, and it will start to coat. You know, 315 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: there's a grid there that that that helps create the 316 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: electrical charge. And that grid gets coated and that creates 317 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: a blockage. If I can say it like that, that 318 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: prevents the battery from having any electrical energy gene. Then 319 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: eventually the battery does because the batteries three years old. Um, 320 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: it's possible with the proper type of battery charger. And 321 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: I'm not talking something you know, at the consumer level. 322 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: It's something a shop is going to have where it 323 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: will have a the ability. You know, some of the 324 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: smart battery charges have the ability to hook up. When 325 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: they're hooked up, they have the ability to you know, 326 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: tell the internal resistance or the internal sulvation level of 327 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: the battery, how much, how much how much cholesterols in 328 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: your arteries? Okay, if we're if we're a doctor, and 329 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: then it has the ability to say, okay, we've got 330 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: to apply this type of a charge to it to 331 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: try and shake some of the cholesterol loose to to 332 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: undo the blockage. And then at that point it can proceed. 333 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: Once it removes the blockage on the plates, it will 334 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: be able to charge the battery and and bring it 335 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: back to life. Now, let me ask you this question, 336 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 1: are you planning to start using this car? Uh? Right? Now? 337 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 1: I since I haven't been well. It's hard to say, 338 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:17,239 Speaker 1: you know, it's sad. It's sad because I need a 339 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: car and I used to be able to get out, 340 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: but I'm afraid if I get out and the man 341 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:25,439 Speaker 1: it's going to break into my home. So what I 342 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: would do is what I would do? Is this all right? 343 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: I would have someone if you can have them take 344 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: the battery out of the car and find a local 345 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: repair shop, if that's possible, that you can just take 346 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: the battery too. I'm not sure if that's possible under 347 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: your situation, but if they can take the battery to 348 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: a repair shop and explain it and just say, hey, 349 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: you want the battery tested all right, and you know, 350 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 1: are charged? Can they Can they revive this battery and 351 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: then be when it's done being charged and revived, can 352 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 1: they test it to find out it's accurate? Um? You know? 353 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: That to me is simple enough. The other piece of 354 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: advice I can give you is, depending upon the brand 355 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: of battery. If you look on the brand, go to 356 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: that manufacturer's website. There's usually a date code on the battery. Hey, 357 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 1: can you look at the top of the battery? Tell 358 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: me the date code doesn't still have warranty on it, 359 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,439 Speaker 1: regardless of if you've lost your receipt. Best I can 360 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 1: do for you, Wendy, I wish you well and I 361 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,479 Speaker 1: help you feel better soon. I'm runing naming the car doctor. Hey, 362 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 1: coming up next, Tom Greco, and I'll tell you who 363 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: he is and just what he's here to talk about 364 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: right after this. Don't go away every hailwa let me 365 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: slip away every hi you see colcome back run naming 366 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: the car Doctor. You know our next guest. I've known 367 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: Tom for the better part of thirty five years. Um, 368 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 1: if if you ever want to write a letter to 369 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: him and explain and tell him how happy you are, 370 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: how upset you are with him because of the fact 371 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,120 Speaker 1: that he was the guy that probably kicked me into 372 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: the media thirty five years ago by convincing me to 373 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: write articles for his magazine, New Jersey Automotive. Um, he's 374 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: been an editor in chief, he is a publisher, he 375 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 1: is UH, he's been in the industry, and he's involved 376 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 1: wholeheartedly now with the Tri State Regions, biggest trade show 377 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: that's been going on for the past forty five years. 378 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,199 Speaker 1: I believe and uh, I think this show is growing 379 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: so large that it's probably getting some national attention. Would 380 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 1: just say, Tom, welcome to board. So it's good to 381 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: talk to you again. Hey, Ron, are you doing good. Yeah, 382 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: we've we've been getting national tension for a while now 383 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 1: being there with the you know, the largest automotive trade 384 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: um repair show, regional trade show in the country. Um. 385 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 1: The other one that's really bigger than us at this 386 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 1: point is STEAMO, which is you know, international. We're regional 387 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 1: from the night called Northeast and it's happening next weekend 388 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:55,479 Speaker 1: Mar tw e teen the Middlelands Exposition Center in Caucus. 389 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 1: I mean suffice it to say, you're the biggest on 390 00:19:57,960 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: the East coast if not, you know this half of 391 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: the tree. Uh, you know, it's it's it's been some 392 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 1: years since we've been there, and a lot of some 393 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: of that is because of COVID and uh, you know, 394 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 1: just everybody's schedule. But you know, every time we've gone, 395 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: we've learned something and it's good to see you guys 396 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: back again. You know, SAMs COVID was did COVID hurt 397 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: you at all or how did you deal with the 398 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 1: pandemic in the show, Well, yeah, it definitely did hurt us. 399 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 1: We had planned you know, our show is always in March. 400 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: It's been like that for forty five years. So, um, 401 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 1: we were getting ready to uh you know, have marched 402 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 1: our Northeast show and uh, you know, then COVID hit 403 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 1: and March tenth, I think the show was March twentie 404 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: schedule from March and March tenth is when the Governor 405 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 1: of New Jersey shut us down. And at that point 406 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 1: it wasn't you know, it wasn't a choice because you know, 407 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: we've been waiting for you know, a month or so 408 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: because COVID had really just hit then and no one 409 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,479 Speaker 1: knew what was going on. And uh so basically ten 410 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: days before the show, which is you know, a year 411 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: of planning, uh uh and work and we had to 412 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: shut everything down. And um so then we kept postponing 413 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: it because you know, no one knew how COVID was 414 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: going to run, and we postponed to September. Couldn't have it. 415 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: Then we tried a virtual show, which a lot of 416 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: trade shows did, but um that that really didn't work 417 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: for us or or any other trade show. People like 418 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: to go and and meet people and see the equipment 419 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: and and get you know, education, all that kind of 420 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,719 Speaker 1: stuff that the trade show. Um. Ultimately again March came 421 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 1: around and things were still closed. So we've gotten you know, 422 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: over a year, uh, a year and a half because 423 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,360 Speaker 1: then we finally got to September one, and we did 424 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: all the Northeast one show in September, but it was 425 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 1: different because you know, everybody knows the show is in March. 426 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: I mean, it's been like that, like I said, for decades. 427 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: And the fact that we held in September UM also 428 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: is the is the anniversary weekend of nine eleven, the 429 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: NFL season just started, school just started. It was just 430 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: a just a bunch of events that that it was 431 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: like a bump on the roads. So we needed to 432 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 1: get back to March, which is what we always wanted 433 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 1: to do, and we're finally doing it this year, and 434 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: the response has been has been great. It's just uh, 435 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: you know, it's you don't know what's going to happen 436 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: anymore because of COVID. But now I think we're kind 437 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 1: of not past it. We're never you know, I don't 438 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 1: think we're ever gonna be passed it. But I think 439 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: people are ready to come out and get back to normalcy. 440 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 1: And that's that's what we're trying to to give them 441 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 1: that opportunity. And the classes you have set up for 442 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 1: next weekend. This is next weekend we're talking right, it's 443 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 1: the weekend of the TOM Correct me if I'm wrong. Um. 444 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 1: I read through the list of classes. It's great to 445 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 1: see you're gonna have classes about ados obviously, you know, 446 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: for the body guys and the mechanical guys. That's so important. 447 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 1: You're gonna be talking about, you know, customer experience. You're 448 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,360 Speaker 1: gonna be talking about the appraisal process. You know, if 449 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 1: if you've got interest in the trades, the trade, whether 450 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 1: it be mechanical or body, this is the place to 451 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: be next weekend. You've got a slate of classes over 452 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: the course of the three days that seems to fit 453 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: everybody's everybody's venue. I see Ford is gonna be there 454 00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 1: talking about you know, uh, collision repair for the aluminum vehicle. Uh. Yeah. 455 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: We we've we've kind of you know, put everything out 456 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: there this year to try and get you know, it's 457 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: been two years. People are tired of doing this on Zoom. 458 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: Um it's time to get back. And we went out. 459 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 1: We tried to get the you know, the best slate 460 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: that we could put together and tried to touch on 461 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: every aspect of the automotive repair process. UM. I think 462 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: the most crucial panel, it's a panel discussion that we're 463 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 1: having on Friday at four o'clock UM, is about the 464 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: continuing tech shortage which is hitting everybody, not just automotive repairs. 465 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: It's it's every business. UM. But we're gonna have a 466 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: pound discussion with people that are in the industry UM, 467 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:38,679 Speaker 1: and people that are dealing with it, with suggestions on 468 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 1: how to how to not solve it, but how to 469 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: deal with it and possibly you know, people who are 470 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: dealing with employees and and tech shortages and everything that's 471 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 1: going on. UM. There's a bunch of seminars throughout the 472 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: weekend that applied to anybody. And the best thing about 473 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: is that the prices are incredible. UM. It sound like 474 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: a salesman, RU. I mean, Tom, listen, we're you know what. 475 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: Let's let's make them aware. What does it class to 476 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 1: get into Northeast this year? Well, Northeast is free to 477 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: get in right to the trade show. UM. The classes 478 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: are each UM. You can buy the whole slate for 479 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 1: the entire weekend, which is ten courses for a hundred dollars. 480 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: But also we we've run buy one, get one free 481 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: this year. So if you buy one class, you can 482 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 1: bring somebody alone free. If you buy the whole weekend 483 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: for that person that you bring, whether it be an employee, UM, 484 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 1: a co worker, whatever, your wife, your spouse, to your husband, 485 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: whatever they get, they get the full slate for free 486 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: as well, you know, just the full slate. Let's get 487 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: one free. Any class that you buy Alane for you 488 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: get to bring with somebody free. So it's it's really 489 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: an incredible bargain because you're getting two for the price 490 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: of one. Tell me the list, Tell me the vendors 491 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: that are gonna be there, Tom, I mean, you know, 492 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 1: rattling off off the top of your head. Hunter will 493 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: be there, I car will be there, um Eppie's as 494 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: tech uh topped on USA um b A s S. 495 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: I mean, there's you know, close to a hundred vendors 496 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: that are gonna be there. It's it's always a great 497 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: turnout because you walk through the show floor and you know, 498 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: you're constantly swiveling your head because oh, you know, look 499 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: at that, look at that. You know, if we have 500 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 1: some celebrities that are going to be there as well, 501 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: Mike Ring from the Ring Brothers, Jonathan and Googles Be 502 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: from Google by Customs, and Ryan Evans from count Customs 503 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: in the show Counting Cars. So it's it's got a 504 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: whole bunch of things of it. You know. The key 505 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: to going to or have enjoying the trade show, getting 506 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: the most out of it is to come in, go 507 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: to a few classes, go walk the floor and you 508 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:31,640 Speaker 1: know there's you know, there's seven aisles of equipment, tools, 509 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: paint everything you could possibly want um and then go 510 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: back and do some more classes and you know, if 511 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: you can't do everything one day, come back on Saturday. 512 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 1: It's it's it's a full weekend, the total automotive repair experience, 513 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 1: and it's something unlike anything else on the East Coast 514 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: or in the Northeast. Yeah, and it's you know, it's 515 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: a lot to do. And you know when you and 516 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: I talked about this full disclosure, you know, he said 517 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 1: to me, Hey, Ron, can we talk Tom, come on, 518 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 1: let's talk about the show, because I think what you 519 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: guys do is excellent. UM in supporting the industry, it's 520 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: a it's a it's become a big part as a 521 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 1: tradition here in the Northeast. And it's actually, I shouldn't 522 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: say just the tradition in the Northeast, because I know 523 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: you pull people from as far away as California. I've 524 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,120 Speaker 1: seen Missouri license plates in the park a lot when 525 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: i've been there, actually Japan. UM. You know, it's it's 526 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 1: crazy when we look at the attendance figures and say, wow, 527 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: this guy traveled a long way to get here. UM. 528 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 1: But another thing I want to say about it round 529 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: is that the show is actually owned and reproduced by 530 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 1: an associate of body Shop that's Alliance and Automotive Service 531 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: Providers of New Jersey, which you are a member of 532 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: and a longtime member of your board member of years ago. Um. 533 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: And so it's not like just a trade show company 534 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: or you know, a management company coming in and and 535 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: putting on a show just to to make a profit. UH. 536 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 1: Is put on by a group of body shop owners 537 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 1: who we work for obviously because they can't do it 538 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: on their own. And any profits or any money that's 539 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 1: made is put right back into the industry. That's the 540 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: you know, that's what really differs us from from almost 541 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: any other show around is that it's it's a it's 542 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 1: a show for automotive repair, is put on by automotive. 543 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: It means sort of like it has a unique and 544 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 1: it has heart and soul. Tom, UH would be a 545 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: good way to put Hey, where can the listeners go 546 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,160 Speaker 1: get more information? It's gotta be a website they give 547 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 1: visit uh A, w w W A, s P and 548 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: J Northeast dot com. Let's sit again, w w W A, A, 549 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: s P, n J Northeast dot com and think a 550 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: register for free. Like I said, if you just want 551 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: to see the trade show, come on up, get it 552 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: by pre registered. You come in for free. UM and 553 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,719 Speaker 1: the education slate is on the website. Sign up and 554 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: we'd love to see it. Okay, great and listen. We're 555 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: gonna get the card doctor back there to broadcast America. 556 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: You never know, Tom, there's a lot of things going on. 557 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: The car doctors life will talk during the week. I 558 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 1: just want to point out too that you can go 559 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: to Google the magic Google machine. If you just type 560 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 1: in Northeast Trade Show, it pops right up. If if 561 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: they can't remember that website. So good to talk to 562 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 1: your kid, all my my love to everybody, and we'll 563 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: talk again. During the week. All right, you'd be welcome, 564 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: appreciate it. You're very welcome anytime. I'm ru any of 565 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: the car doctor. We are back right after this don't 566 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 1: go away and a fang in the zoom and away 567 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: we go running ending the car doctor here, let's go 568 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: talk to Chris in Colorado fourteen Explorer and the crank 569 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: no Start. Chris, what can I do for you? Yes, sir, 570 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 1: as you said, four games, four crank no start. So 571 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: I spent a couple of weeks. My wife drove it 572 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: was running errands, came out of the store, started. It 573 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: was running like dirt. So she turned it off, went 574 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: to start, started back up. It was crank no start. 575 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: Had it towed, brought it home. Fuel pressure gage showed 576 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: no pressure, but it had volume. Okay, I thought it 577 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: was easy. Put a fuel pump in it. Um gott 578 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: scan tool, pump the tank out, you get the pump, 579 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: put a new motorcraft pump in it. It's still a 580 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: crank no start. It has pressure. I've got cam and 581 00:28:56,120 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: crank signal, I've got sparked and the only thing that's 582 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: bothered me is it's when you crank the car. The 583 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 1: fuel pressure oscillates. I'm sorry, the fuel pressure what it 584 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 1: oscillates When you crank the vehicle, the fuel pressure jumps around. 585 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: It goes from about fifty to about thirty as you 586 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: crank guitar. Okay, so that's a problem, alright, we we 587 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: we we should see steady fuel pressure, all right. Um, 588 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: so let's let's do it like this. Okay, UM, let's 589 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 1: start at the beginning. You gotta scan tool, I do. 590 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: I've got an MS nine oh six. Okay, I don't 591 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 1: want to tell good. Um you can? You can? You 592 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: can read fuel pressure off of that, right, Yeah, there 593 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 1: should be there should be a fuel pressure pit. If 594 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: you're going under your mag model, there should be a 595 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: fuel pressure pit to see what the computer is showing. 596 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: See if it matches your mechanical gage. I'm sure it does. 597 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 1: But just you know, like like I always tell you guys, right, 598 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: if we know what's good, we'll know what's bad, all right. 599 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: I've been saying that all week to my life. So 600 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: you know, let's let's go one step at a time. UM, 601 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: it's got spark. You've confirmed that. Not that I think 602 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: that's an issue, but I just want to get it 603 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: off the table. I have I pulled, I pulled the 604 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 1: three front coils, put an individual spark plug, grounded him 605 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: and thanked it and I had spark. Okay, all right, 606 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: I'd like you to do it with a spark tester, 607 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,959 Speaker 1: but I'll take it spark. You know, I think at 608 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: this point, um, do you have a bottle of propane 609 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 1: in the house. I'm I'm gonna pick one up this weekend. 610 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 1: You know. I picked up an OTC Propane and enrichment 611 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: tool and that was that was my next step. I 612 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,719 Speaker 1: was like, Okay, proved to me it's a fuel issue, right, 613 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: proved to me it's fuel, and it probably is. But 614 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: you know what, you're gonna love that thing so much. 615 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: You're gonna use that like you just gonna say, how 616 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 1: did I get along without it? Because it's just so quick. 617 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: You give an alternate fuel source, boom, it fires up. 618 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: So let's assume it's fuel, all right. You've got no 619 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: fault codes in it, all right. I do have a 620 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: fault code. I've got a P zero one. But I've 621 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,200 Speaker 1: unplugging the mass airmeter trying to get it to you know, 622 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: to get it to go close or open loop or 623 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: closed loop. And it still did the same thing. It 624 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: made no difference. Well, P zero one hundred is just 625 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: an indication that O B D two monitors have not run. 626 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 1: Oh is it okay? Coming up? So coming up as 627 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: mass airflow P zero one dred No, I don't think so. Yeah, 628 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: it comes up. It comes up on the altels up 629 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 1: mass airflow mass or flow air volume circuit. And if 630 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: you if you reconnect it and clear the code, does 631 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: the code stay away? No? It comes so it comes back. Yeah, 632 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: all right. So well but let's make sure we have 633 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 1: no fuel. Let's make sure we have fuel pressure here, 634 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: all right. So you turned the key on without cranking, 635 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: and you turn the key on, does the gauge go up? 636 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: It does immediately, it's fift holds. It's got fuel pressure absolutely, 637 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: Then it's got fuel pressure. Then I don't think you 638 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 1: have I don't think you have a fuel issue. It 639 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 1: doesn't seem right. That's that's where I'm baffled. I don't 640 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna feel the scanning at it. Right. So 641 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:13,560 Speaker 1: it's a brand new, brand new motorcraft pump. If I know, 642 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,240 Speaker 1: I know new parts can be bad, but I don't 643 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: think you have a fuel pressure issue. So then my 644 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 1: next question I'll tell you what. Stay right we are, Chris, 645 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: let me pull over and take a plus. Tom's waving 646 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: at me. I don't want to drive him two nuts today. Um, 647 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: it's be nice to the old folks day. Let me 648 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: let me pull over, take the pause, we'll come back. 649 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 1: We'll finish up. I'm running eating the car doctor. Don't 650 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 1: go anywhere. Plug im back running the car doctor. Chris, 651 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: you're there. So you got that P zero one hundred 652 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: off of O B D two. It could be right, Okay, 653 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 1: that's all right. Well, what what you've got is you've 654 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: got a scan tool read two languages, all right. I 655 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 1: always say it's English and French. It'll read O B 656 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: D two which is English, and it will read French, 657 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:07,959 Speaker 1: which is the MANU facturers faults. So the van So 658 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: I thought I was going in under Ford, okay, and 659 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 1: maybe you did. Regardless. P zero O B D two 660 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 1: is it's a faulty mass airflow signal back to the 661 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 1: PCM all right now, Now this is a fourteen. A 662 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 1: fourteen will set a permanent fault code until the vehicle 663 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: is driven enough to clear it by means of drive cycle. 664 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: So you know we need to know now you've plugged 665 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 1: the mass air back in, and I'm just repeating, Um, 666 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 1: you've plugged the mass air back in, You've cleared the code. 667 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 1: When you go and scan for codes, does it show 668 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: as current, permanent or history? I will double check that. 669 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 1: I'm not sure, okay, because you could be you could 670 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 1: be chasing your tail and I don't want you. I 671 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 1: don't want you to do that. All right, I have 672 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: done that enough, right, So so that being said, all right, 673 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 1: let's look between you know, let's let's let's assume dangerous 674 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 1: word and you're gonna prove us wrong by trying propane 675 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:10,759 Speaker 1: this week. All right. Let's let's assume that it's got 676 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,240 Speaker 1: good fuel pressure. Let's assume it's got spark. Let's assume 677 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,279 Speaker 1: it's got injector pulse, all right, by yourself, by yourself, 678 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 1: a little mechanic stethoscope. You can listen to the injectors 679 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 1: click while your wife cranks it and yells at your 680 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 1: old day. Um uh um. You know, let's look at 681 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: do we have a crack in the hose between the 682 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: mass airflow and the air intake somewhere that you can't 683 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,880 Speaker 1: see it? Is it is? It? Is it pulling in 684 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,560 Speaker 1: large volumes of air where it's not supposed to be 685 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 1: all right. And then last, if you live in an 686 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,759 Speaker 1: area where there's little critters, once you pull the mass 687 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 1: airflow off and look inside, gentle it's it's gentle circuitry 688 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: in there. Do you have any spiderwebs? I've seen spiders 689 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,200 Speaker 1: stuff vehicles dead in their tracks, and sometimes it's just 690 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:57,399 Speaker 1: a spiderweb creating a mass airflow problem. So do those 691 00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,359 Speaker 1: things call me back? A pleasure to talk to you, Chris. 692 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 1: I'm ron an an in the car doctor, reminding each 693 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:05,080 Speaker 1: and every one of you. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. 694 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:05,400 Speaker 1: See you