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Speaker 1: of Ron and Anian the Car Doctor, since this is

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Speaker 1: where car owners the world over too for their definitive

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Speaker 1: defy the law of physics. They do, They just they

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Speaker 1: I've always told you it's a game of vengeance. It's

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Speaker 1: I always think of what Coach Holt says, because I

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Speaker 1: Neither is the vehicle owner. They just felt so badgered

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Speaker 1: And that's what makes a success, and that's what makes

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Speaker 1: zero zero I'm Ronandy in the Car Doctor. I'll be

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Speaker 1: Car Doctor, sir. How can I help? All? Right? Ron,

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Speaker 1: thanks to taking my call, long time listener, and I

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Speaker 1: Next up, David, Mississippi oh three nissanic STERID Dave. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the Car Doctor, sir. How can I help? Yes, yes,

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Speaker 1: trying to see if it was normal for the hands

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Speaker 1: bop heads. They've got a twist. They've got a twist

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Speaker 1: to him. In other words, Yeah, I'm I got a

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Speaker 1: Is this normally aspirated or supercharged motor. It's it's normal aspiration.

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Speaker 1: Happened my daughter? She running hot? Did you run hot again?

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Speaker 1: How many? How many miles are on this Dave? Like?

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Speaker 1: I got red new to the head, gast for everything. Well,

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Speaker 1: Stay all right? Yeah? No, I mean I know it's cast.

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Speaker 1: that's where I was gonna Yeah, That's that's where I

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Speaker 1: Three grand, four grand, yes, something like it. Right. You

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Speaker 1: of the truck as far as you know, why did

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00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,200
Speaker 1: it overheat? Did it over here because it failed a

427
00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,640
Speaker 1: radiator hose? Uh? You know, I'm not sure. But everything

428
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,120
Speaker 1: got replaced. He's got a brand new radiator, brand new

429
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:43,400
Speaker 1: order pump, brand new uh, that brand new radiator cap, everything,

430
00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:48,879
Speaker 1: brand new posesses everything, yeah, yeah, yeah, And she just

431
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,680
Speaker 1: went watching the game, don't it with lower water? And

432
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,480
Speaker 1: it could have just been that, right, Yeah, it could

433
00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,320
Speaker 1: have just been that. Now I think you're doing it right, thedave,

434
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,200
Speaker 1: I really do, and I, like I said, I would

435
00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,840
Speaker 1: go with getting a machine and um, you know the

436
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,240
Speaker 1: nice thing about using the local machine shop, a guy

437
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,000
Speaker 1: that's got some tradition behind them. Now you've got somebody

438
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,199
Speaker 1: to go back and talk to. Heaven forbid you have

439
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,800
Speaker 1: a problem, you can sort of sort it out and

440
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 1: you know, see where it goes. All right, sir, I

441
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 1: should appreciate your You're very welcome anytime I'm here. If

442
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,640
Speaker 1: you need me, you'd be well, Thank you, thank you, sir.

443
00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,719
Speaker 1: Bye bye. Um. Yeah, listen, sometimes the decisions and the

444
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:24,919
Speaker 1: and the and the comments and the questions are you know,

445
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,919
Speaker 1: it's hard. It's uh, it's it's a game of inches

446
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,240
Speaker 1: and a game of dollars. Ever so much more in

447
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,639
Speaker 1: this day and age. Um, we're seeing that more and

448
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 1: more so. Um, it is what it is. Let's do

449
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,399
Speaker 1: a quick piece of email. This comes to us from

450
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,760
Speaker 1: russ and North Carolina. Hey, Ron, I've got an older

451
00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:42,360
Speaker 1: Chevy S ten pickup truck manual transmission and I'm going

452
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 1: to due to service the transmission. And the funny thing

453
00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,879
Speaker 1: is they're telling me to put automatic transmission fluid in

454
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,040
Speaker 1: my manual trans Does that make sense to you? Is

455
00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,080
Speaker 1: that what you would do? Or is there something else

456
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 1: available for me? Russ um, Well, you know what, Russ Yeah,

457
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 1: they do a lot of the older gms. Um, some

458
00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,679
Speaker 1: of them take manual transfer would some of them take

459
00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 1: automatic trans fluid? I was never a fan of automatic

460
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 1: trans fluid in a manual transmission vehicle. Doesn't make sense

461
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,679
Speaker 1: to me. Automatic transfluid is a hydraulic fluid. It's not

462
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,359
Speaker 1: a lubricating fluid in the truest sense of the word.

463
00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,880
Speaker 1: There's some lubrication properties there, but not quite what an

464
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,359
Speaker 1: oil would do. What I would like to see you

465
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:23,199
Speaker 1: use in this situation is a product from the folks

466
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,159
Speaker 1: over at Royal Purple. The folks at Royal Purple you

467
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 1: can find more information at Royal Purple dot com make

468
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,639
Speaker 1: a product called synchro Max. Synchro Max. Synchro Max is

469
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:39,840
Speaker 1: recommended for manual transmissions that specify an automatic transmission or

470
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,000
Speaker 1: other light viscosity oil. It's actually designed for this application.

471
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,639
Speaker 1: It's got lubricating properties in it. It's something that Royal

472
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:51,040
Speaker 1: Purple has specifically formulated with proprietary editive technology and it

473
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,879
Speaker 1: works really well. So get yourself out to the Royal

474
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,520
Speaker 1: Purple dot com website. Synchro Max is the product you're

475
00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,439
Speaker 1: looking for, and while you're there, take a look at

476
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,199
Speaker 1: some of the other things that Royal Purple has as

477
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,600
Speaker 1: well as their motor oils and some of the things

478
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,239
Speaker 1: they have for their racing division as well. They make

479
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,080
Speaker 1: a whole slew of products for vehicles, and they're very

480
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 1: innovative and very technology driven. So that's what I would do.

481
00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 1: A five five five zero zero. I'll run on any

482
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,239
Speaker 1: of the car Doctor. I'll be back right after this.

483
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,160
Speaker 1: Welcome back on any of the car Doctor. Let's let's

484
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,520
Speaker 1: go over to Jack in Wisconsin. Return call er Jack,

485
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 1: welcome back. You're eighteen GMC canyon. What's going on with

486
00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 1: this truck? Yeah? Well great, Ron, I appreciate you taking

487
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 1: my call. I have a eighteen canyon, uh, and I

488
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 1: have a misfire hat mean, when it's cold out, I'm

489
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 1: kind of lucky so I don't have I don't use

490
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 1: the vehicle most of the winter. But it started out

491
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:59,440
Speaker 1: last fall a year ago where when it was below

492
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 1: thirty reeths outside that it would start, uh misfiring. And

493
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: I have the traction control and a stability light that

494
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 1: would pop up on the screen at that time. Uh.

495
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 1: You know, I only had it happened a couple of

496
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,360
Speaker 1: times last fall and then once in the springtime, uh,

497
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,840
Speaker 1: where I'd sit there and let it warm up, shut

498
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,120
Speaker 1: the engine off, and then she was fine. Well, when

499
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,639
Speaker 1: it happened this this last fall here, I was up

500
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: deer hunting, uh, and I was close back home where

501
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 1: a buddy owns a shop, and I took it in

502
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 1: there and he scanned it and said, well, you gotta

503
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:41,119
Speaker 1: a misfire happening in many different cylinders and it's jumping around.

504
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,360
Speaker 1: He said, change his spark books. So I did that.

505
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,239
Speaker 1: Why I did that, I also did the clean up

506
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,520
Speaker 1: the intake valves since you have to take the plumb

507
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: them off. I did the clean up for the intake

508
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:59,680
Speaker 1: valves and also the throttle body. Uh ran great after

509
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 1: they at but then as soon as we got another

510
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:07,920
Speaker 1: cold day, it started misfiring again. Uh. So that obviously

511
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,000
Speaker 1: didn't take care of the problem. On my next step

512
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,399
Speaker 1: is I don't want to change all the coil the

513
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,560
Speaker 1: coils out because of that we're talking. They're quite expensive

514
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: and uh, you have take the airplane them off to

515
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 1: get to three of them already? So what is my

516
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,439
Speaker 1: best and next step to do? Did we talk about

517
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 1: this truck already? Jack, I'm just trying to get caught

518
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 1: up into that. Or I've heard this story from someone

519
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 1: else recently? We? Yeah, we never. I never talked to

520
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 1: you about this truck. I talked to you up like

521
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 1: two thousand and twelve, which you very you answered the

522
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,280
Speaker 1: problem for me on that one. Absolutely it was a

523
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 1: GM scan problem. But not with this one. Okay, somebody else,

524
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,520
Speaker 1: But you know, I can't. You know, It's like I

525
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 1: wake up in the middle of the night sometimes going

526
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 1: who do I talk to about that? And what was

527
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 1: the original? I just I lose tracks so much. I'm

528
00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 1: starting I'm starting to see things a little bit. Um,

529
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 1: So let's do it like this, UM, get your hands

530
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 1: on GM bulletin. You got a pencil and piece of

531
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 1: paper one second eighteen n A one five eighteen n

532
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: A one one five. It's title it's gonna be titled

533
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: Cold Start Misfires. It's dated somewhere around October of eighteen.

534
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 1: This one came out early, all right, and it describes

535
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 1: what you're talking about. Did you get that number eighteen

536
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: and a one one five uh to one eight five

537
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 1: eighteen and a North America all right, uh, and it

538
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: fits a slew of vehicles. It It goes across a

539
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: lot of the three leader and three six V six

540
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: is some of the two eights. It goes right across

541
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 1: Buy Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC and so on. And it's very common. Um.

542
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 1: And the way the description where it is, if I recall,

543
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 1: it's something about that customers may talk about a cold

544
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 1: start or during cold start, the angel will misfire and

545
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 1: have a rough idal. The mill will come on and

546
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,600
Speaker 1: they'll get a P zero three hundred, which is misfires

547
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 1: across multiple multiple cylinders. All right, you're not gonna like

548
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 1: the answer. You're ready. The bulletin talks about possible engine

549
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 1: cylinder block perosity. In other words, the way the blocks

550
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 1: were cast. Oh boy, Um, the way the blocks were

551
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 1: cast will uh create an issue where it's going to

552
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: seep cool and under certain conditions into the cylinders and

553
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 1: create a misfire. So if that's the case, and the

554
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 1: bulletin goes on to point out how they want you to,

555
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,520
Speaker 1: um do what you're doing. They want you to you know,

556
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 1: get it warm, pressurize the cooling system, look for cooling

557
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 1: inside the cylinders to see what you see, and uh,

558
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,400
Speaker 1: you know, kind of run from there, um you know.

559
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 1: And then cases you know, it's it's cylinder heads, some

560
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 1: cases it's engine block. But they cite all the specifics

561
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,719
Speaker 1: and all the potential areas where you're gonna end up,

562
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,240
Speaker 1: um in all likelihood. And I believe GM has extended this,

563
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 1: um you know, to some degree, but you're gonna end

564
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 1: up replacing the engine probably not what you want to hear. No, no,

565
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 1: not at all. Yeah, um, but that are they are

566
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 1: they looking at doing an extended warranty on I believe so, yes?

567
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 1: Or um um how many miles are on this? I

568
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 1: bet you you're out of warranty not But I'm just

569
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 1: a bearer of real bad news for you today. Um

570
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:44,960
Speaker 1: uh yeah, Um listen, I think your argument has to be, um,

571
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 1: you know, eighty one thousand miles. If this is the case,

572
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 1: if this is what's wrong with it, how how how

573
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: how can this happen at eighty one miles? Like that's

574
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 1: just that's just ridiculous, you know, that doesn't that doesn't

575
00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 1: make any sense? Um. Uh you know I would um,

576
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: I would I would, you know, listen, get your hands

577
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 1: on the bulletin first and let's see where we go

578
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 1: from there, and then we can uh kind of resolve

579
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:16,400
Speaker 1: it after that, all right, sir, Okay, okay, let me

580
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 1: know what happens. Keep me posted, Yes, sir, yes, sir,

581
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 1: I'm on an any of the Car Doctor. We're back

582
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:31,239
Speaker 1: right after this talking back the Car Doctor. Mr Ray,

583
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 1: I haven't said a load to you the whole hour. Um,

584
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 1: how are things up there? And it's been a good thing.

585
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,479
Speaker 1: I haven't had to talk to you. Um listen, did

586
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 1: your internet connection just drop? We should do a little

587
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 1: tech here on the show. Just uh, I saw your

588
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 1: face go away, but everything else has been fine. Yeah,

589
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: just you know, I lost I lost it here in

590
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 1: the studio against I think I'll be out. We'll be out.

591
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 1: We'll do be doing some troubleshooting after today's show. But

592
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 1: you know, trouble shooting is what we do, right I listen,

593
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 1: I was I was thinking that we should start. We

594
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,760
Speaker 1: should we should do like you know, world wrestling, right,

595
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: we become a wrestling due. I'd be like Ron the

596
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,760
Speaker 1: Execution or a Nanian, you know, telling everybody that their

597
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 1: engine needs to be replaced at eighty thousand miles in

598
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 1: ruin their day, and you could go in and you know,

599
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: play with the technical side of the broadcast, and uh,

600
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 1: what kind of effect would we have on the world wrestling.

601
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,719
Speaker 1: I hated to tell that guy that he needed an

602
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: engine at eighty one. You were just a baringer of

603
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 1: bad news. Yeah, like you know, like, oh my gosh.

604
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: But then again, you don't remember what GMC stands for.

605
00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 1: You know, GMC stands for got a got a mechanic coming. Um,

606
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 1: you know, he mad, He just you know, I just

607
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: every everything out of his mouth, you just poo know well,

608
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 1: and I wasn't trying to. I was trying to, you know,

609
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 1: And I like GMC, I really do. It's just that

610
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 1: you look at some of the mistakes that GM makes

611
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 1: and some of the things, and what gets me is,

612
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 1: I don't understand how any car company can. You know,

613
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: we've only been making internal combustion engines for oh, I

614
00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 1: don't know, a hundred and twenty years. It by now

615
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 1: we would have gotten past things like casting perosity issues

616
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:09,920
Speaker 1: and incorrect assembly of parts. I just you're asking people

617
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,840
Speaker 1: to actually do their job correctly. You know, we complain

618
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: about it all the time, but it doesn't make any sense. Um.

619
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:17,719
Speaker 1: A lot of things don't make any sense. Listen a

620
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,800
Speaker 1: couple of comments from this hour. I want to point out, UM,

621
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: and I hope Al doesn't take offense to this in Maryland,

622
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: but I hope it's the fuel pump on that Ninete

623
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,240
Speaker 1: center because he never actually put the fuel pressure gauge

624
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 1: on it. UM. I think before me personally, and I

625
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,279
Speaker 1: mentioned this in the call, we didn't have time. UM.

626
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 1: But thinking back on it, I think may before I

627
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:38,920
Speaker 1: pulled the pump, pulled the tank, et cetera, I probably

628
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,759
Speaker 1: would have put a gauge on it. Does it have

629
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,440
Speaker 1: no fuel pressure or at least tapped in? Do I

630
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,800
Speaker 1: have fuel? You know? Would it run if he splits

631
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 1: the little propane into the intake give it an alternate

632
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 1: fuel source? And you know, this could be something as

633
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,799
Speaker 1: simple as a cracked intake boot. If it's a mass

634
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 1: airflow sensor chrome trymer what ninety centers looked like. It's

635
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 1: a cracked intake boot, it will have the same problem.

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Speaker 1: And for aide with the nissanic Sterra. I really appreciate

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Speaker 1: his trust in me, I really do, but i'd be

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Speaker 1: more curious, why did the engine overheat. That's a major

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Speaker 1: concern for me because I hope it's nothing that he

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Speaker 1: hasn't replaced, and I hope it works for him. I

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Speaker 1: really do. I just you know what, auto repairs A

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Speaker 1: step by step process, a game of inches. I'm not

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Speaker 1: an Adian, the car doctor reminding each and every one

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Speaker 1: of you till the next time. Good mechanics aren't expensive,

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Speaker 1: They're priceless. See you