1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: Ron Anian A lot of shops, it seems, not all 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: of them, because there are a lot of good repair 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: shops out there, but there are a lot of posers. 4 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: There's a lot of pretenders. And you can tell who 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: the pretenders are because they've lost sight of what it 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: takes to fixed cars. The Car Doctor, well, I've got 7 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: a two thousand three buic left favor and it started 8 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: to shift hard intermittently. Any any possibilities without having to 9 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: replace the transmission? Probably not. You're probably doing. Welcome to 10 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: the radio home of Ron and Anian the Car Doctor, 11 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: since this is where car owners the world overturned to 12 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If you're a mechanic, 13 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: is giving you a busy signal? Pick up the phone 14 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: and call in the garage to artist are open, but 15 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: I am here to take your calls at eight five, 16 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: five six hundred and now he running. I talked to 17 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: Steve this week. I don't know if you know Steve. 18 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: Steve's well, he's he's he's one of us, right, He's 19 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: a regular listener to this radio show. Um, and he's 20 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: no different than you or all. He's just looking for 21 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: answers on getting his vehicle fixed and how to go 22 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: about it, and the approach, how to approach some of 23 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: the problems that we're faced with and trying to repair cars. 24 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: And his perspective comes from as the vehicle owner, as 25 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 1: a consumer. And you know, I don't really know Steve. 26 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: I've never met Steve. I wouldn't know if I was 27 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: standing next to him. But I know Steve. You know, 28 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: I know who he is and what he's trying to do. Um, 29 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: He's just trying to get buying crazy times and deal 30 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: with cars that seemed to get crazier every year, and 31 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: makes sense out of the numbers. He's a he's a 32 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: business guy. I understand that. UM. But I talked to 33 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: Steve this week. He wrote me an email. He said, Hey, Ron, 34 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: I'd appreciate your professional opinion on this. Incredibly, I am 35 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: faced with engine replacement on our Jeep Liberty. It's suddenly 36 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: developed a ticking sound, and our local jeep dealer they 37 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: think it might be a rod bearing or piston knock. 38 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: Were the original owners that has roughly ninety four thousand 39 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: miles on it. I'm fanatical and oil changes. I'm the 40 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: only person to ever do any type of engine work 41 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: to its spark plugs, et cetera. And I've always kept 42 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: between three and four thousand mile intervals six months of 43 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: max due to it being a short trip car. Much 44 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: of the time a Chrysler Long Block is available, but 45 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: it's cost prohibitive. Steve writes. He said, the dealer said 46 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: this could be as high as nine thousand dollars installed. Yeah, 47 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: I bet it is, you know, because I bet you 48 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: that engine out of Chrysler's every bit of five grant. 49 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 1: I've looked on ebase for remain engines, and I've looked 50 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: there at used engines as well. I'm stunned to be 51 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: at this cross roads. If this were in your shop, 52 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: what would you recommend? Many thanks, Steve Brackett, Bath Maine. Um, 53 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: great guys, Steve. I enjoyed talking to him a couple 54 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: of times. We've talked over the years, and I think 55 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: he's probably a twenty or year a listener to this show. 56 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: And not because of that that I enjoyed talking to him, 57 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: but he just he just makes sense and he asks 58 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: the right questions. So I called Steve. I just it 59 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: was one of those days I said, you know, this 60 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:14,839 Speaker 1: is gonna be this is gonna be one of those 61 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: calls where you have to call somebody you just can't 62 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: explain it. And I talked to him about it, and 63 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: we kind of ran the numbers. I said, you know, 64 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: a replacement engine and nine grand ten grands, but that's 65 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: not enough. You know, when you're thinking about doing open 66 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: heart surgery or major engine repair on something like that. 67 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: That's you know, twelve going on thirteen years old. A 68 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: lot of factors come into play. Now. The argument could 69 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: be made, well, I can find it cheaper elsewhere, and 70 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: you probably could. The question is for how long and 71 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: how much? You know? It's always a good couple of questions. 72 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: I always asked my questions, and I told Steve, I said, 73 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: this can probably be sold summed up in in two questions, 74 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: what if and what color? What if after you put 75 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: the engine in it, if the trans were to fail 76 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: or something else major were to fail, Because we're not 77 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: really talking putting an engine in it to to sell it. 78 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: We don't want to do that, not on something twelve 79 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: years old with almost a hundred thousand miles on it. 80 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: We're talking about putting an engine in this to keep 81 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: it another five or six or seven or ten years. 82 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: Whatever The case might be, but the concern there besides 83 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: what else could break? Because everything could break and anything 84 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: could break, and with the rising cost of automobiles new 85 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: it usually is a case where the argument could be 86 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: made if the vehicle is in good solid condition, minimal rust, 87 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,799 Speaker 1: minimal other system failures, overall good condition, breaks, tires, et cetera. 88 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: Are good, it could be made that you know, throwing 89 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: a couple of bucks out every year is cheaper than 90 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: the fifty hundred grand to replace the vehicle in some 91 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 1: cases today. You know, I looked at new suburbans. I 92 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: was kind of thinking about it, but I didn't do it. 93 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: Um just for giggles, the suburbans eighteen going on nineteen 94 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: years old. I looked at new ones. You know, a 95 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: new suburban. It's hard. It's hard not to spend a 96 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars. I was like, Wow, how bad do 97 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: I need that? I don't think I need it that bad. 98 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: I kind of I kind of stopped needing it that 99 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: bad when it reached the sixty thou mile market. It's 100 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: gone up another forty thousand reasons why I don't need it. 101 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: So I you know, I gave Steve all this information 102 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: and we talked about it. I said, you know, what 103 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: if the trans were to fill, are you ready to 104 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: put window regulators in it? If you haven't done so already, 105 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: are you ready to face the perhaps two years, three years, 106 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: maybe next month you need a computer module. It's no 107 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: longer available because his cars get more complicated, they are, 108 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: you know, they can't afford to maintain all the electronics 109 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: and inventory. There's too many choices, too many possibilities. And 110 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: I think we're going to see more of this as 111 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: time goes on, because as as the vehicle gets more complex, 112 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 1: you know, it goes back to what my dad said 113 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: sixty years ago, or however long ago it was seventy 114 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: years ago. Uh, you know, cars need to be uh 115 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: playing white, like a refrigerator with a light bulb that 116 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: comes on and it's cold, and that's all you really 117 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: needed to do back and forth transportation. But we're making 118 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 1: them so complicated today. Can we afford to maintain the 119 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: complicated I'm not sure. I wasn't sure what Steve was 120 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: gonna do, because then I told him, I said, you know, 121 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: if you get past what if and you say, well, 122 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: I don't want to spend that kind of money and 123 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: you know, what if the trans does fail and what 124 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: if it needs a rear? I said, you gotta ask 125 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: yourself the next question, what color? What color do you 126 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 1: want the next one to be? Red? Green, yellow, white, blue? Black? Yeah? 127 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: Two questions, what if and what color it really comes in? 128 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: Handy will. I received the response from Steve just this morning, 129 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: just before we went on air. Hey, Ron, thanks for 130 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: taking the time out the other day to speak to 131 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: me earlier about our jep engine issue. I can't rationalize 132 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: spending the money to fix it. And listen, no judgment here. 133 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: It's just this is like everybody's personal journey, right, you know, 134 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: We've we just we're here to give out information and facts. 135 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: And I'm happy that Steve is comfortable with his decision, 136 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: happy enough that he's come to a conclusion. And I'm 137 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: happy enough that, you know, before he took the plunge 138 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: he thought this through. I think we are going to 139 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: replace the jeep and sell this one as is. It 140 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: runs and drive. It just has the ticking sound. For 141 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: somebody willing to take the time and fix it, it 142 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: would be a good project. It's very clean, low miles 143 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: for the year, no rust, and clean undercarriage. One owner 144 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: and all the records, lots of pluses for a car 145 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: repair at around nine grand at the dealer with a 146 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: Chrysler long block. They said they'd wholesale aparts. To me, well, 147 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: I nderstand how they're gonna do that, how they're gonna stay, 148 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: how they're gonna save money. We're still over eight grand 149 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: wrecking yard motors with five thousand miles on it up 150 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: and the motor has unknown history. Sure absolutely remanufactured engines 151 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: blocks with assembled bottom ends and heads or almost three 152 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,559 Speaker 1: thousand dollars plus shop labor to removing install and belts 153 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: and hoses like we spoke about. I bet you there's 154 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: I bet you it's five six grand with a with 155 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: a three thousand dollar engine. It's a lot of work. 156 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: There's just no repair approach that makes sense to me. 157 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: I see these jeeps selling used private party sales from 158 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: seven to ten thousand. I just wanted to let you 159 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: know the outcome and my most sered thanks for your time. 160 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: See about an hour on radio Steve, and you know 161 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: it's Steve. That's great. I'm really happy that you came 162 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: to this conclusion and you came to this decision because 163 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: I'd rather have you know before you take the plunge, 164 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: because it's it's it's real. You know, we're not we're 165 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: not talking when we spend this kind of money on 166 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: a vehicle. That and you know, one of the other 167 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: things I said to Steve is that you know, it's 168 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: only worth what it's going to cost you to replace, 169 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: you know, is it? Are you ready for this? And 170 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: and and and that's what it's all about. Of course 171 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: I was kind of as always, I'm always honored when 172 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: you guys reach out to me like Steve reached out 173 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 1: to me, and you know, you're the only voice of 174 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: reason I trust. And I keep thinking to myself, not 175 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: bad for a little, you know, two hour weekend radio 176 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,959 Speaker 1: show that has no rankings or ratings or so they 177 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: tell me, it's has no value. So um, you know, 178 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: for a little show that has no value, we seem 179 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 1: to share have value somewhere. Um. And I appreciate that, Steve, 180 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: I really do. I uh, you know, it's what keeps 181 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: us here all these years, you know, pitching and plugging 182 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: for you guys. So um. So if you're faced with 183 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: replacing an engine, major componentry be for you take the plunge. 184 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: You gotta shop it you gotta think. You gotta ask 185 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: yourself the two questions what if and what color, because 186 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: one of them will answer you. You know, your your 187 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: your problem with whether or not to do it, And 188 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what I would do. I you know, 189 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: I'm probably goofy enough to fix it, But the parts 190 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: question just weighs in the back of my mind all 191 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: the time. I always think about you know what if, 192 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: and you know what if something is not available, and 193 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: it seems of late, less and less is available and 194 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: more and more is going away because they either want 195 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: us in new cars or they want us in those 196 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: other cars. And you know what I'm talking about. Anyhow, 197 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: my name is Ron and any and I am the 198 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: car doctor. I'm here at zero. Let's pull over, take 199 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 1: a pause. When we come back, we'll open up the phones, 200 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: which are picking up right now, so don't go away. 201 00:09:49,679 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: We'll be back right after this. For the best in 202 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: car advice, Give Ron a call eight five five five 203 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero. Now back to Ron. Hey, 204 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: let's get over to Maryland and talk to Jeremy. Jeremy, 205 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: welcome back, sir. How are you today? Hey? Not bad? 206 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: Gott a question for you? Just picked up a Silverado 207 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: new and it has the two point seven later four, 208 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: which is you talk about hi tech me. I I 209 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: got the extended warranty on this one because with all 210 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 1: this stuff on there. But I guess I was just 211 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: wondering if you could give me a few hints, you know, 212 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: on how to best take care of a turbo charge 213 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: direct injected engine, Like if there's anything in particular I 214 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: should be looking out for every time. Every time I 215 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 1: think turbo's Jeremy, I think about heat. Heat underhood heat 216 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:57,959 Speaker 1: which translates into the engine that really causes fluids to 217 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: work to their maximum limit. So obviously the conversation starts 218 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: with oil changes. Whatever their oil change interval is, I 219 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: probably throw it out the window and do a minimum 220 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,559 Speaker 1: of five thousand miles five months, making sure that I'm 221 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: using an oil that meets their grade. Heck, I make 222 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: sure I'm using an oil that exceeds their grade and specorating. 223 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 1: You know, this is no place, this is no place 224 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: or time to be cheap about it. Uh period, you know, 225 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: oils the lifeblood. Um. I had a friend art that 226 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: I haven't seen in twenty years. It's moved up state 227 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: in New York, and I remember already had a diesel 228 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,719 Speaker 1: pick up back in the day, and every time he 229 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 1: went to shut down that diesel pick up, which had 230 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: a turbo, he had he had installed a timer system 231 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,559 Speaker 1: that he would turn off the key and it was 232 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: simpler to do. This was like a mid eighties truck 233 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 1: twenty years ago. He had the truck for a long 234 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: long time that when he shut the truck off, the 235 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: timer engaged and it would keep the engine idling for 236 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: up to three minutes whatever he set at, three four 237 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 1: or five minutes, whatever he said it to. And I 238 00:11:58,320 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 1: asked him, why did you do that? And he said, 239 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: as I'm trying to circulate the oil around and through 240 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: the cooler and through the turbo and trying to keep 241 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: hot oil away from the turbo after it sits for 242 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: a while. And it made sense. He said, I don't 243 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: want it coking up. I don't want to just leave 244 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: hot oil sitting in a turbo charger as it sits 245 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: there and bakes under the hood in July. And you know, 246 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: he had that truck a very long time, never had 247 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,079 Speaker 1: a turbo failure, And I often think about that. Does 248 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 1: that you know, that's just common sense and it would 249 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: make sense if there's, you know, a way to do 250 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: that on a modern vehicle. I probably not. This was 251 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 1: a you know, this was a basic eighty five or 252 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: nineties series GM UH six to diesel, their old school diesel. 253 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: That the engine itself was terrible. So it's a testimony 254 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: how long this thing lasts. But you know, I think 255 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 1: about that, do you let that turbo vehicle idle on 256 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: hotter days and from just sitting in a two minutes 257 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: estra and letting it cool off for even two minutes? Yeah, 258 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: just you know, and are we effectively going to be 259 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: doing anything? Or have oil's gotten better now that it 260 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. I don't have the answer to that question, 261 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: but it's just it's on my mind. So obviously oil 262 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: is in there all the rest of the fluid, don't 263 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: not to disregard because of the engines. If the engine 264 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: is going to be running hotter and working harder because 265 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 1: of the turbo, so is the rest of the drive train. 266 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: And you know, to that point, my my bigger concern 267 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: is it's it's still it's not the same size truck, 268 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: is right, and being pulled around by a six two 269 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: by a six two V eight. I always think how 270 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: much harder does that four cylinder? Of course, you know, 271 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: I'm not really that smart. I just got to be 272 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: on radio. But I just keep thinking, common sense wise, 273 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: is that how much harder does a four cylinder turbo 274 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: have to work versus a an injected V eight, you know, 275 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,559 Speaker 1: trying to move around what's roughly the same mass, because 276 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 1: it's all about mass and weight, load and strain, and 277 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: you know the capacity of what it will carry and 278 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: what it carries, so you know, how much harder does 279 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: it have to work? So I think about all the fluids. 280 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: You know, I would take what they recommend factory and 281 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: probably at a fudge factor of and change them that 282 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: much sooner. Uh, you know, trans fluid cool and break 283 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: fluid everything. Everything's gonna boil on this truck in July, 284 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: especially if you're pushing it. Um. You know, I remember, 285 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: I remember when dirty Ernie used to he had a 286 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: he still has it, uh in eighty seven Buick Grand National. 287 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: And I still remember when he puts yeah, I still right, 288 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: And I mean with the V six turboine. I remember 289 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: when Ernie would put his foot in it, you know, 290 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: a hard run in July or August, and we park 291 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: it and you know the hood, the paint on the 292 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: hood was starting to blister, and you lift the hood 293 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: and the turbot was glowing orange. Um, yeah, you know 294 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: all this stuff. Yeah, And I'm sure they've come up 295 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: with ways to factor that out, but I'm not convinced. 296 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: I don't want to be the guinea pigs, So I 297 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: always think about fluids beyond that just just normal service. 298 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: I would I would strive to use the best gasolene 299 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 1: I could afford. You know, I wouldn't. I wouldn't be 300 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: ashamed if I had to put premium in it, even 301 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: though it's gonna tell me I don't need to, and 302 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: you know, regular is fine, But I think about premium 303 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: fuels still having more fuel additives in there, and more 304 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: detergents and more more, more cleaning capability. I still believe 305 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: that to come up with a solution to the carbon, 306 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: has there been a solution here to the carbon? On 307 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: the valves of these direct injections, Like, is there's something 308 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: I should be doing? Um? There are ways that Yeah, 309 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: there's there's stories about you know, you can pull plugs 310 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: and Berryman makes a great fuel system cleaner where you 311 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: would pull the plug, fill the cylinder up, with you know, 312 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: a Barryman fuel system cleaning product and let it soak 313 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: so just you know, and you have to run the 314 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: piston around so you catch it just right and just 315 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: let it sit there and soak against the valve and 316 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: and you know, it's basically you're gonna be using the 317 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: cylinder as a container and raising it up so that 318 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: it just touches the valves. The valves open and the 319 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: fluid gets to the back side and breaks the carbon 320 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: down off it. You know, if you think about it, 321 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: royal pain in the neck. You know, I can't Yeah, yeah, 322 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: you know right, Yeah, it's it's it's you know, I mean, 323 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: we've done it. It's a major it's a major time constraint, 324 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: and it just takes a lot of time. And then 325 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: when you're done, you have to you know, cry thanking 326 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: around and and and push the fluid out through the 327 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: spark plug all because you don't want to compress liquid. 328 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: You know, there's a problem there. But you can do that, uh, 329 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: you know, making sure the PCV there's there's some sort 330 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: of a crank vent system on every vehicle, making sure 331 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: it's well maintained, and you know, if it ever gets 332 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: to the point where something is restricted or clogged or 333 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: not doing its job. That's got to get repaired. But 334 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: you know it'll it'll listen. It'll also come back to 335 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: plain and simple. Good oil changes. Good oil changes are 336 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: gonna prevent are going to prevent the rings from sticking 337 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 1: and binding. Especially they run low tension oil rings on 338 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: so many engines today, the oil will creep up past 339 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: the ring sit on top of the piston. If you've 340 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: got wet oil on top of a piston and you're 341 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: ignited it enough times with a spark plug, what does 342 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: that oil become carbone? Yeah? You know. Now, the other 343 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: thing you could do, all right, if you wanted to, 344 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: if depending upon what the air intake system looks like, 345 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: you can do a fuel system cleaning not through the 346 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: rail but through the intake boot. You'd have to see 347 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: where the throttle body is in relation to the turbo. 348 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: Like on the Ford Escapes, for example, there's actually and 349 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: I made a I made a tool. There's actually the 350 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 1: purge line for evapp comes down and it sits right 351 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: after the throttle body. After doing enough bad purge valves 352 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: I've kept I've kept h the a bad purge valve 353 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: assembly I cut the hose, I can put the right 354 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: angle fitting right on the nipple that's sticking out. I 355 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: took the safety off it because I'm just gonna pop 356 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,640 Speaker 1: it on, pop it off, and I can run Berryman 357 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 1: fuel system cleaner through there and do a fogging method 358 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: of fuel system cleaning and that will get to the 359 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,360 Speaker 1: backs of the valves as well. So you know that's 360 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: that's like back in the day I used to take 361 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: off a break booster hose. Yeah, kind of like doing right. Yeah, 362 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: you're sort of doing the same thing. You just want 363 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: to use the right product that I would tell you 364 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 1: to get out to Berriman Products dot com and start 365 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: reading through because some of their products are rated better 366 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 1: as my understanding, for g d I engines than the 367 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 1: others because they've got port fuel versions, they've got g 368 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 1: d I versions. Uh you know, they've got a need 369 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: D number listed there. If you ever called the guys 370 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: at Barryman, I I swear that the most helpful bunch 371 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: of people in the industry. They just love talking about 372 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: this stuff. Um, you know, it's always been my experience. 373 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: But you know they'll they'll set you straight and tell 374 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: you which of the you know, multiple products Berriman makes 375 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: you know will work and what you can use um 376 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: and you know that's that's the most important stuff. That's 377 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 1: what you want to stay after and the rest of it. 378 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 1: You know, you and I have talked you obviously you 379 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 1: want to stay on top of brakes and tigers and 380 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: you know all the rest of that stuff. So enjoy 381 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 1: the truck, Jeremy. I appreciate the call and the happy 382 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: holidays to you and yours. You stay safe down there 383 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: Maryland Way. I'm running Nanny in the car doctor. I'll 384 00:18:34,040 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: be back right after this. Don't go away time. Welcome 385 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: back where I'm needing a car doctor. You know, we 386 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: gotta do something very special now. We get to do 387 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,719 Speaker 1: this every once in a while and we enjoy doing it. 388 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 1: Betty Lee is out there. She's celebrating a birthday this 389 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 1: week coming up, and I might even be today. I 390 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,239 Speaker 1: can't remember what Jeff told me her son, but this 391 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: time of year, Betty Lee gets a celebrat her birthday. 392 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: She's a long time card doctor listener. She's a great mom, 393 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 1: and her and her son Jeff gather every week. As 394 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: Jeff tells me to uh celebrate mom and celebrate and 395 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 1: listening to the car doctor, and we appreciate the fact 396 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: that they're still out there and listening together. And uh, 397 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: you know what, Happy birthday Betty Lee anymore and be safe. 398 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: Thanks for being a longtime listener. Let's get out were 399 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 1: there and talk to um. Uh is that Aim? Am? 400 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 1: I saying that right? Amy up in Palmer mess How 401 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: can I help you today? Amy? Yeah, I've got two 402 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: thousand twelve Mitsubishi Outlander Sport with the small four cylinder 403 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: in there. About four or five years ago to my 404 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: son's car, it ran low on oil. It's got two 405 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: twenty thousand miles. At the time, he was not using 406 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: AM's oil. He was using some inferior oil, whatever it was. 407 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: And we've been pumping M's oil zero twenty in there 408 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: because the car requires zero twenty viscosity oil. I was 409 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 1: wondering if we went to maybe like a ten thirty oil, 410 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 1: would it Maybe we're using about one quarter every thousand miles, 411 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: and I'm wondering if using a different viscosity. And also, 412 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've ever used the product motor Cope, 413 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: but I've watched videos online about it and it looked 414 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: pretty good. I've been weary to try anything in there 415 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: other than any oil. What are your thoughts on many 416 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 1: of this? I got a couple. So you know at 417 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: this point, has the engine ever run low on oil? Yes, 418 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: that's that's what caused all it is. About four or 419 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 1: five years ago, he let it run low on oil, 420 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: and that's when the problems began. How low on oil 421 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: did it get him? I really don't know. He brought 422 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: it home and we put some oil in there. A 423 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 1: couple of quarts. Uh, what is it a five court system? 424 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 1: Would you add three or four? So four and a 425 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: half quarts would have filter? Okay? And how many courts 426 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: did you add that time when he ran it low? 427 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: Probably like I said to so you know, two is 428 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 1: not three. Two is not on the stick. But there 429 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: should be enough in there to make its rounds. I mean, 430 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 1: the fact that it happened five years ago and probably 431 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 1: more than a few miles ago, tells me that it 432 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: ran low. But it doesn't seem like it was severe enough. 433 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: You know, running low on oil in a case like 434 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 1: this is likely due to piston rings themselves that are 435 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,439 Speaker 1: stuck up and not able to come out of the 436 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,959 Speaker 1: groove and and and control the oil. You know, that 437 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,479 Speaker 1: bottom ring. The third ring on a piston is designed 438 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: as an oil scraper. It's designed as oil control. It's 439 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: got to have the ability to move around and and 440 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: and float so that as the piston goes up and down, 441 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: it maintains good contact with the cylinder wall and wipes 442 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 1: the wall clean of oil bringing it back to the 443 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: crank case. It can't do that, you know, motorcoat. I'm 444 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 1: not familiar with the product. You know, I'm not gonna 445 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: say it's snake oil. Um. I don't think you have 446 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: anything to lose at this point. Uh, you know, if 447 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: they if the company can make enough of a claim 448 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: that hey, you're not gonna hurt anything, and uh, you know, 449 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: if you do, we'll back it up. We'll you know, 450 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: give us. There's usually some kind of a million dollar 451 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: warranty or something on these things. Uh, you know, I've 452 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: seen them over the years. I I know people have 453 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: their you know, everybody has their Hey, this product works great, 454 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: I swear by a conversation, you know, So it's you've 455 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: just got to find out, you know, more about it. 456 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 1: You know, as anybody had any downfalls, as anybody had 457 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: any engine failure. Of course, we're talking about a ten 458 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: eleven year old vehicle with two hundred thousand plus miles 459 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: on it. You could pour the stuff in on Monday 460 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,400 Speaker 1: and the engine could fail on Tuesday. Was it the motorcoat? 461 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: Was it just general age? Hard to say, Bryan got 462 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,360 Speaker 1: a lot of miles on it. I was just start curious, 463 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:19,919 Speaker 1: had you you know, like I say, I saw that 464 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: online and uh, anyways, I was just wondering, but do 465 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: you think changing the viscosity from zero twenty to a 466 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: ten thirty? I was kind of literally doing that because 467 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: I know when they build up motors, the clearances are 468 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 1: set for a thin oil. And now everybody's going, I've 469 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: been using M zero on all my stuff for about 470 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: twenty years and I swear by MS. Well, that's why 471 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: when you were talking about the rings, the MS are 472 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 1: actually with all of detergents in their cleans all of 473 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: that stuff up pretty good. So I don't think that 474 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: the still sticking at this point, and yet you still 475 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: have an oil loss issue. Yeah, so so let's where 476 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: so where is? Think they're probably worn out that's why, 477 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: Well they could be. They could be, but you know 478 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: what the question is, you don't know, So you could 479 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: play what if all day long, you know, or why 480 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: all day long? But you gotta make some assumptions. You know, 481 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: for all we know, it could be valvest valve stem seals. 482 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 1: It could be guides. You know, there's a hundred things 483 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: that could be worn in there causing an oil consumption issue. 484 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: It could be a failing uh crank case ventilation system 485 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 1: that's you know, causing excess crank pressure. Uh. You know, 486 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 1: drive around with the dipstick partially out. Does it change 487 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: oil consumption? Does it put less pressure on the rings 488 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: or less pressure internally on the engine that it doesn't 489 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 1: burn as much oil? Not taking the stick out to 490 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: the point where it falls out, just pop it a 491 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: little bit out of the vent tube, just not to 492 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 1: let the crank case breathe a little bit and try that. 493 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: Of course, you may affect fuel trim, and you may 494 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 1: set a check engine light for a lean condition. But 495 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: you know, again you don't know. The question becomes and 496 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: the problem is you're dealing with ten years old and 497 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 1: tour thousand miles and there's some there's some external external 498 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: factors here. You're running low on oil and just general aids. 499 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 1: That makes you think, to you, what's the next step 500 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: there's a lot of questions. There are no real safe answers. 501 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,120 Speaker 1: It's gonna be trial and error. What I change viscosity, 502 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: I probably would, but I've got no scientific reason that 503 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: it's gonna work. I don't think you're gonna hurt anything 504 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 1: at this point. I can't give you a guarantee or 505 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: a promise. You know, it's it's you know, it's a gas. Uh. 506 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: You know, I think, uh, I think next time we 507 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: need oil, we're gonna throw our court of thirty in there. 508 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,679 Speaker 1: It's Sam's oil, which is in there already. So well, 509 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,959 Speaker 1: why are you just gonna do a court what you're 510 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: so you're gonna mix it. So you're gonna and you 511 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 1: know this is a dangerous way to go. Well again, 512 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,199 Speaker 1: I should say it's it's trial and error. But you 513 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: know you're trying to now you're trying to be a chemist, 514 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,360 Speaker 1: and you've got no you've got no what's the word 515 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: I'm looking for? You've got no standard to fall by. Um. 516 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: You know, if you're gonna change viscossis put straight, put 517 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: straight ten thirty in it, Put straight ten thirty in it, 518 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: and drive it. If it slows down the oil consumption, 519 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 1: it does if it makes no change. You know what 520 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: after five miles and you see it's still using oils, 521 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: or after a thousand miles it's still using oil, change 522 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 1: it back to the zero twenty. But understand, you know, 523 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: you're you're you're playing with an older engine. Anything can happen. 524 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: This engine could fail by result of age. This engine 525 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: could fail by result of of you know, the fact 526 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: that it does burn oil, and it's it's got to 527 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: have somewhere to it, you know, unless you physically took 528 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 1: it apart, you just won't know. Um, you know, I 529 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: don't feel like doing that. I've done that my own life, 530 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: and I don't I'm done doing it right. And you know, 531 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: and and the fact that it's a Mitsubishi, it's gonna 532 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: be a little difficult getting parts for it. I'm not 533 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 1: gonna say impossible, but it's not a common vehicle like 534 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: a Toyota or a Honda or a Nissan. Um you know, 535 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 1: parts availability in certain parts of the country. You're difficult. 536 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,199 Speaker 1: You know, I don't think you can get hurt. I 537 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 1: can't give you a promise or guarantee that what you're 538 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 1: gonna do is gonna make any difference. And that's the 539 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: bottom line. That's really what this is. So um you 540 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 1: know it's it's it's trial and error and if you know, 541 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: if you want to try and improve upon it, give 542 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 1: it a shot, if you don't leave it alone. Bottom 543 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: line period makes sense. Yeah, I think I think we'll 544 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: do this this week. Is pully oils out there, drain 545 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: the oil and try a batch of ten there. Like 546 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,400 Speaker 1: you say, I got nothing to lose. I got nothing 547 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: to lose. It's already burning oil. It's already broke. You 548 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: can't you know, the only thing you can do is 549 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: stop it. Uh, you know, just just bring it to 550 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 1: it's bring it to a halt, and then that'll make 551 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: it easier to diagnose than you'll know what you have 552 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,880 Speaker 1: to fix. All right, Ron, Well, thank you very much, 553 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 1: and I really enjoy listening to your show on Saturday mornings. 554 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: You're very welcome, sir, thank you very much for calling, 555 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,120 Speaker 1: and you have a good rest of the weekend. Bye bye, 556 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 1: Ron and Ady in the Car Doctor here, let's move 557 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: it along. Let's pull over, take a pause. We'll be 558 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: back right after this. Welcome back, Rann any of the 559 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: Car Doctor here at E five five zero zero. Let's 560 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,239 Speaker 1: go over to Wayne in Michigan. Wayne, Welcome to the car, doctor, sir, 561 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:19,199 Speaker 1: How can I help? Yeah, I've got a two thousand, 562 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 1: sixteen equal Max with ninety miles on it, okay, and 563 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 1: I like to know if there's any preventive maintenance I 564 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 1: should do on the transmission. Well, about forty miles ago, 565 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:33,119 Speaker 1: you could have changed the fluid, so uh you know, um, 566 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: so you can change it twice. Now, you know, the 567 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 1: issue becomes and we have this conversation all the time 568 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,959 Speaker 1: here and in the shop. It's just, you know, trans 569 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: fluid as it gets older, you know, it'll discolor, it 570 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: will start to varnish inside the trans and trans fluid 571 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 1: in the insides of a trans it's all hydraulic and 572 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: it has to be kept clean. And it's you know, 573 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 1: it's a bad analogy, but it's it's kind of like cancer. 574 00:28:58,040 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: You don't want to quit. You don't want to quit 575 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: smoking the day after you get diagnosed. You want to 576 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,959 Speaker 1: quit smoking twenty years before you get diagnosed. Um, you know, 577 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: you can surely change trans fluid. Now, the dangers become 578 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 1: that putting in fresh fluid could scrub away, depending upon 579 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: overall condition here, could scrub away at any any particulate 580 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: that's built up on the sides of the trans and 581 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: and cause issues. But then again it it could be 582 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 1: the best thing in the world for it. It's you know, 583 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 1: which way do you want to roll the dice? You know, 584 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: if you're planning to keep the vehicle and you're prepared 585 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: to put a trans in it, should it fail. Uh, 586 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 1: you know, now is the moment um. You know, other 587 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 1: long term things that you want to always consider. It 588 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: will sound strange, is but nobody ever stops to think about, 589 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: you know, radiator coolant, radiators, deflector shields, all those little 590 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: shrouds that sit around a radiator and guide air through 591 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: the radiator, which ultimately the radiators attached to the trans 592 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: cooler in some way, shape or function. And um, you know, 593 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: heat and temperature just killers of transmissions. So anything you 594 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 1: can do to maintain that. Uh. You know, I'm remember 595 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: back in the day on older vehicles when we could 596 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: you know, take a a radiator replacement and put a 597 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: heavy duty radiator in where there was a light duty 598 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: so it gave us more cooling system capacity. And if 599 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: it was a tow vehicle and we were monitoring trans 600 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 1: fluid temperature, Oh, my gosh, we'd see we'd see a 601 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: twenty or twenty five degree drop and trans fluid tempt 602 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: by increasing the capacity of the cooling system. And you know, 603 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: for that reason, I've tended to always try and purchase 604 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: vehicles that I know I'm going to use in a 605 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: heavy duty application, the plow truck. I always get something 606 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: with heavy duty cooling. I always get something, um, you know, 607 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: with more cooling system capacity because I know I'm going 608 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 1: to affect and promote trans life. Um. You know. So 609 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 1: if you're thinking about trans maintenance, uh, you know, waying it, 610 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 1: it kind of comes back to heat. What can you 611 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: do to lower the temperature? What can you do to 612 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: keep fresh fluid in there and work it from there? 613 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: Does does that make sense? I've heard on your station 614 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 1: before that maybe you should just strain part of it 615 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: out there add to it. You can do that, all right, 616 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: So so let's do the two step. Alright, you're gonna drain, 617 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: you know, let's say it's an eight court system. All right, 618 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: well we'll round we'll round it off. You're gonna you're 619 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: gonna drain and fill, so you're gonna probably get you'll 620 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 1: probably get three, maybe four courts out of it, alright, 621 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: fill it up, obviously, correct fluid. It should be a 622 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,800 Speaker 1: deck six, a GM deck six vehicle. Uh, you know, 623 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: do I think you need to use a synthetic I 624 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: think Deck six is is synthetic already. Do I think 625 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: you need to use something special? I don't know it 626 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 1: got the ninety thousand miles? Okay, right, I don't know 627 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 1: that at this point spending twice as much money on 628 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 1: something else is gonna matter. Um. You know, I'm not 629 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 1: saying it won't. I just you'd have to show me 630 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: the the engineering results that say, hey, this will get 631 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 1: you a two or a thousand miles. I don't know 632 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,239 Speaker 1: that it will. Um, you know, but you're gonna change it, 633 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 1: fill it, run it, change it again, and you know 634 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 1: you may have to do it a third time. And 635 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 1: you know you'll notice the trans fluid getting cleaner as 636 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,479 Speaker 1: you as you drain it out. Now, if it doesn't 637 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 1: get clean there, well then you sort of have your 638 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,280 Speaker 1: answer there too. You know what's coming. But I'll tell 639 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: you what if, for example, you're ready to put a 640 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 1: six thousand dollar transmission in this vehicle, let's just say 641 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: that's the number. I'm I'm I'm thinking off the top 642 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: of my head, six grand versus what's the replacement A replacement, 643 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:28,120 Speaker 1: a replacement equinox four? Um, you know it's it's it's 644 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: the numbers are the numbers are staggering. So you know, 645 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,400 Speaker 1: it's a good time. And by the way, as long 646 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 1: as we're talking maintenance. At ninety thousand, have you been 647 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 1: have you been staying up on your oil changes? Four cylinders? 648 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 1: Four cylinders? Yeah, I've been changing the oil every five 649 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: thousand miles. Okay, good? And uh, you know last time 650 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 1: you did cabin filter, air filter, cooling system, cooling system service. 651 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 1: Nothing yet. Yeah, you're probably you're probably due. GM says 652 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: ten years. I think five is a good number. I like, 653 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: I like. I like to cut that in half. Uh, 654 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 1: you know, I like to spend a little bit more 655 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 1: on maintenance and the proof in the pudding. If I 656 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 1: keep something for the long haul, it tends to you know, 657 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 1: it tends to go the distance. And listen, You've heard 658 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: me say it before and I'm not going to ignore it. 659 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: You know, my suburban, my old four suburban, when it 660 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: at fifty five thousand miles on it, there's a vehicle 661 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 1: that I changed its diaper every day of its life 662 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 1: and it just puked the transit fifty five, so it 663 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 1: can happen. Maintenance puts the odds in your favor. It 664 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: doesn't guarantee success. So you know, out of the seven 665 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: vehicles we we own at this point in the game, uh, 666 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: the suburban was the one that took us by surprise. 667 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,320 Speaker 1: So one out of seven is not bad, right, you know, 668 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: it just uh it just it just paid off. So 669 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 1: all right, kiddo, do do those things? You got any questions, 670 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 1: you know where to find me. I appreciate you being 671 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 1: there asking them. All right, okay, thank you, Thank you, sir. 672 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 1: You're very welcome. You'll be well. I'm running any in 673 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 1: the car. Doctor. We are back right after this. Don't 674 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:12,399 Speaker 1: go away, Tom. You always play would you please take 675 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 1: off that white suit? You? You always play my favorite 676 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:19,720 Speaker 1: bumper music, and I want to when I want to talk, 677 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: I like listening to that song that's you know, I 678 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,839 Speaker 1: was a child of the seventies, I think, so you're 679 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 1: still a child. Well, well, I'm in my seventies. There's 680 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,439 Speaker 1: a difference. Or I'm approaching my seventies, so I still 681 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,640 Speaker 1: remember my I had a corduroy leisure suit and every 682 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 1: time I heard that song. We used to go to 683 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:37,880 Speaker 1: a place here in Richfield Park, New Jersey, called the 684 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:39,919 Speaker 1: Soap Factory, all right, And it was a real old 685 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: school soap factory from the twenties. And you know, I 686 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,800 Speaker 1: still somewhere while I don't probably don't have it anymore. Um. 687 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: You know, I had a quarter roy leisure suit and 688 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,319 Speaker 1: the John Travolta thing going on. I was I was 689 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 1: hot baby driving a sixty nine Chevy Caprice. Oh God 690 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: for the days. Yeah, well, I have the pictures and 691 00:34:58,200 --> 00:34:59,879 Speaker 1: we're not showing them. Hey, listen, I want to answer 692 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:02,239 Speaker 1: the email. This comes to us from another Tom with 693 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 1: a two thousand six Honda Accord. He's driving a four 694 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,360 Speaker 1: cylinder record that he says he's got list of fifty 695 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 1: thousand miles on it, and he wants to know if 696 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,400 Speaker 1: it's time to change his timing belt. Is thinking of 697 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,480 Speaker 1: doing it on his own, and can he just change 698 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 1: the belt or does he need to change the rest 699 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,360 Speaker 1: of the components that are there? Tom, you know, the 700 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:21,040 Speaker 1: vehicle is going on fifteen years old, it's got fifty 701 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 1: thousand miles on it. You want to change the timing 702 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 1: belt and the rollers and the tensioners and all the 703 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,839 Speaker 1: good parts that are there, because, let's face it, you're 704 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 1: not gonna go in there and do it twice. Get 705 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 1: out to Gates, Go look at Gates dot com and 706 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,919 Speaker 1: make excellent timing belt repair kits tc ks, and they'll 707 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:37,800 Speaker 1: have the whole thing for you and they'll make it work. Gates. 708 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: They're a great company. I'm ninian. The mechanics aren't expensive, 709 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 1: they're priceless.