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Speaker 1: mean it's not it's not unheard of. For somebody that

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Speaker 1: we're working on their car, the whole car goes to

427
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Speaker 1: two hundred and beyond. UM blowing air into the engine

428
00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,960
Speaker 1: like that, I don't know. I don't know what you're achieving.

429
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Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's a bad idea. I'd i'd really

430
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Speaker 1: like to see some test results. I'd like to see

431
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,359
Speaker 1: you know you're changing the oil properly. You're you're over

432
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,920
Speaker 1: changing it really because you're using higher mile and oil

433
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,120
Speaker 1: which is rated for fifteen thousand miles with an extra

434
00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:06,920
Speaker 1: duration filter, which is great. But you know what I'm

435
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,679
Speaker 1: trying to get at is the amount of risk? What's

436
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,360
Speaker 1: the risk? I always think what's the risk and venturing

437
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,080
Speaker 1: off the path? You know, when I was up in

438
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Speaker 1: Cape Cod and they took me out into the woods,

439
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,080
Speaker 1: it was, oh, come here, look at this flower. And

440
00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,440
Speaker 1: I'm thinking, what's the risk if I get off the path?

441
00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,760
Speaker 1: Where's the poison ivy or the or the snake or

442
00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 1: the whatever. Um, So what's the risk if you pulled

443
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,359
Speaker 1: the drain plug, pulled the oil filter and drained all

444
00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,680
Speaker 1: the oil and let the pan drain for an extra hour?

445
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,560
Speaker 1: How much more oil would you get out of it?

446
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,880
Speaker 1: And you'd be using gravity and you wouldn't be pressurizing

447
00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:44,760
Speaker 1: anything that wasn't necessarily designed to be run at that pressure. Okay, Well,

448
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,160
Speaker 1: you're the expert, and I wanted to ask you, and

449
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:53,840
Speaker 1: I've been doing ask forward probably about ten years, and UM,

450
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,719
Speaker 1: You've probably gonna tell me you never had a problem

451
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,439
Speaker 1: doing it your way, and I believe you. I just

452
00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,480
Speaker 1: I just wonder, is it really necessary. What I'm what

453
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,760
Speaker 1: I'm trying to also encourage people to do, is to

454
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,480
Speaker 1: look at procedures. Um. One of the things I noticed,

455
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,159
Speaker 1: and please don't take offense, please, I just noticed that

456
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,840
Speaker 1: we all get very fastidious about certain parts of the

457
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:18,919
Speaker 1: car where I think to do that oil change. Just

458
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,600
Speaker 1: let it drain and let it sit for an hour,

459
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,160
Speaker 1: you know what, Pull the plug before you go to lunch,

460
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,760
Speaker 1: Go inside the house, let the drain drain, put the

461
00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:28,399
Speaker 1: pan under there, let it sit for an hour, have

462
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,680
Speaker 1: a sandwich, I have a cold drink. Come back out

463
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,840
Speaker 1: an hour hour and a half later, and it's basically

464
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Speaker 1: going to accomplish the same thing. I'm not saying. I'm

465
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,840
Speaker 1: not extreme like you either, Steve. Listen many a time

466
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Speaker 1: I've changed the oil on the suburban, the family bus,

467
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Speaker 1: and I'll change it, you know, Thursday night. I'll be

468
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,840
Speaker 1: the last thing I dropped. I I dropped the oil

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Speaker 1: Thursday night, and I'll come back in Friday morning with

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00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:50,760
Speaker 1: a low pan under it, because I don't leave the

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00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,760
Speaker 1: vehicle up in the air overnight. And yeah, there's there's

472
00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,639
Speaker 1: more there, um, and I'll let it. I'll let it

473
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,920
Speaker 1: go through a good long drain, especially if it's been

474
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,880
Speaker 1: a little too long maybe between intervals, and the oil

475
00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,360
Speaker 1: got dark for that reason, I've done that. I get

476
00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,800
Speaker 1: where you're coming from. But the other thing is that

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00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,760
Speaker 1: I want to point out, So this is a thirteen Toyota.

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00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,159
Speaker 1: What other maintenance have you done to it? And I

479
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,320
Speaker 1: know you're gonna tell me you've done something. You have, right, yes,

480
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:21,600
Speaker 1: but I've only got on it and October two, guys

481
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:26,640
Speaker 1: of twelve. Alright, so moisture breaks down gear oil by now,

482
00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:28,520
Speaker 1: you should have done gear oil at least once, in

483
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 1: my opinion, if we're gonna be fastidious, let's be fastidious, right,

484
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:36,240
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I am going to That's another thing. I know.

485
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 1: I'm supposed to change the gear oil. I'm going to

486
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:43,640
Speaker 1: do that. Uh. I'd rather you can either get into

487
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:49,439
Speaker 1: Toyota or get oil from let's say, Mobil one. But

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00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:53,240
Speaker 1: I don't know if they will meet the Toyota specifications.

489
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,200
Speaker 1: And it's it's that's a that's a that's a mobile

490
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 1: one question. But yeah, I get it, you know, and

491
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Speaker 1: to use a mobile one, maybe a mobile one synthetic

492
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,480
Speaker 1: or mobile one gear oil and just changing gear ol

493
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 1: every thirty thousand miles is a big plus. Uh. The

494
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: vehicle is a thirteen. It's got Toyota Super long life

495
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 1: cooling in it. It's seven eight years old. I would

496
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 1: have I would have changed cooling by now. Um uh,

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00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 1: because if you know, it's it's funny. I look at

498
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 1: manufacturers recommendations. Uh, Toyota says that they're coolant. We'll go

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Speaker 1: ten years, hundred thousand miles on the first go round,

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00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 1: but then on the second go around it's five years,

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00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:35,960
Speaker 1: fifty thousand miles and it's the same cooling. And I

502
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,199
Speaker 1: don't I don't get that. I think, you know, I

503
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,040
Speaker 1: think some of the precautions we take, they've got to

504
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,359
Speaker 1: make sense to me. So you know what, keep changing

505
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,639
Speaker 1: the oil way you're doing it. Put a pan under it,

506
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 1: you can do that. You can do the air pressure thing.

507
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,359
Speaker 1: But like I said, putting high pressure into the vehicle

508
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,679
Speaker 1: like that, I just wonder, um think think about the

509
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,600
Speaker 1: other fluids cool It makes sense. You should have done

510
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,640
Speaker 1: break fluid a couple of times now because it absorbs moisture.

511
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 1: So I have to and the brake fluid has been

512
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 1: clear coming out of the should be Hey listen, I

513
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 1: always I always think of it. You know, you want

514
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: to take care of something before it's broke. Uh. You

515
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 1: know a lot of people say to me, well, I

516
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,640
Speaker 1: didn't change the trans fluid because it was there by

517
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: time and mileage, but the fluid was still clean. You know,

518
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 1: if you wait until the fluid's dirty, it's already done

519
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 1: its damage and it's already embedded into the component whatever

520
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 1: that is. So changing things on a time the mileage

521
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,080
Speaker 1: basis is just a good safe practice to get into

522
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: before it creates the problem. Uh. You know, it's like

523
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 1: it's like quitting smoking. I'll quit smoking when I get sick. Well,

524
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 1: I wanted't just quit smoking before you get sick, and

525
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 1: you don't have the problem in the first place. Um. So,

526
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 1: but um, you're on the right path, Steve. I I

527
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 1: get what you're saying. Um, I can't say that I've

528
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 1: ever done it. I understand trying to get every last

529
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 1: drop out, you know, not the worst idea by any

530
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,000
Speaker 1: stretch of the imagination. But don't overlook some of the

531
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: other maintenance that the vehicle might need and deal with

532
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,640
Speaker 1: that as well. And um, by the way, you should

533
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,240
Speaker 1: think about miles, making sure the brake pads are loose

534
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 1: and free and the caliber slides still work loose and free.

535
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,200
Speaker 1: You may want to pull calipers apart and loop up

536
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 1: all the pins and the hardware too, because at the

537
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 1: rate you're going, it'll be quite a while before you

538
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,920
Speaker 1: put brakes on that vehicle. I appreciate the call. Thank

539
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 1: you to you and everyone else down there in Maryland

540
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 1: listened to the car doctor today. We're back right after

541
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 1: this welcome back. We're not on any of the car

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00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 1: doctor quit piece of email. This comes to us from

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00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:33,320
Speaker 1: lou In, Kentucky. Ron. I've got an O five Toyota camera,

544
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 1: and every time I shut the car off and go

545
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 1: to restarted, I've noticed that of late when I checked

546
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 1: the oil. I checked the oil on it once a

547
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,360
Speaker 1: month that the radiator hoses are collapsed shut. My mechanic

548
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,400
Speaker 1: has replaced the radiator, he's replaced the radiator cap, he's

549
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 1: replaced the hoses, and it still continues to happen. I'm

550
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,160
Speaker 1: not quite sure what brand of parts he used, but

551
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 1: I was wondering what your thoughts are on the problem

552
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: loud down in Louisville, Kentucky. Look at that we're on

553
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,360
Speaker 1: in Louisville. Well like I kind of thought that um

554
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: I think we picked up an affiliate, um in southern

555
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 1: I think Indiana, and that's where all is. But anyway, UM,

556
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,560
Speaker 1: here's the deal, LOUI. What you're you're describing to me

557
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 1: is a classic case of a radiator cap that's not

558
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,360
Speaker 1: releasing pressure at the proper time. Now, this is an

559
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,719
Speaker 1: O five camera. It looks like you're saying, and this

560
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 1: is a V six, And you know, I'm wondering. You know,

561
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: when you're saying radiator cap, you don't mention that the

562
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 1: fact that there this V six could have two caps.

563
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 1: There's one on the bottle, sometimes there's one on the

564
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 1: radiator and then there's um also one I'm sorry, not

565
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 1: one on the bottle. There's one on the radiator, which

566
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 1: is under on the radiator cap on the radiator itself,

567
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 1: but there's also one under the engine cover. And I'm

568
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 1: wondering if he's aware of that. So you know, obviously

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00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: I want you to use a good quality cap. Motor

570
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 1: rad comes to mind. Motorad dot com, tons of education,

571
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,960
Speaker 1: tons of information out there. Um, they explain radiator caps.

572
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,520
Speaker 1: There's an overviewed video I've seen many times. It's great.

573
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 1: I actually use it in the shop at the counter

574
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 1: because it's gives a very thorough explanation of radiator caps.

575
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 1: You know. Radiator caps to me are kind of like

576
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 1: the Rodney danger field of cooling system components. They just

577
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 1: get no respect. Everybody, just nobody ever thinks about it.

578
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,280
Speaker 1: And congratulations to your mechanic. The fact that he changed

579
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 1: the radiator and he put a cap on it. But

580
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 1: did he change the other radiator cap as I call

581
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 1: it on some of these cameras, And it's actually not

582
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: a radiator cap. It's a coolant cap they'll call it.

583
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 1: But it sits in the very back. Um, it looks

584
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,880
Speaker 1: like a radiator cap, it's not. It is involved in

585
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 1: pressure relief on certain models. So just take a look

586
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:38,960
Speaker 1: at that, ask him what does that look like? And

587
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 1: that maybe the solution, uh you're looking for and you

588
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,880
Speaker 1: can get out to motorad dot com find tons more information.

589
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: I appreciate the call on my best everyone down there

590
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: in Louisville, Kentucky. Zero Ronna eating the car doctor coming

591
00:31:52,440 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 1: back right after this, look them back running into the

592
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: car doctor. You know. For our caller Stephen and Maryland

593
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:09,040
Speaker 1: is talking about extended oil filters and um extended drain

594
00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 1: intervals like that. You know, one thing I forgot to

595
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 1: point out is you can get out the Wicks Filters.

596
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 1: Go out the Wicks filters dot com. They've got an

597
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 1: awful lot of education on that website. You can go

598
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: at the Wicks Filters dot com and look up videos

599
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,320
Speaker 1: contact that you can do a filter look up. They

600
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:27,720
Speaker 1: do have their own line of longer drain interval oil filters,

601
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 1: and they explained the benefits of and uh, just a

602
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 1: great conversation. You know, Wicks. Wicks has been a filter

603
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 1: company very very very long time, seventy five years, I

604
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: think some crazy thing like that. It's they've been around

605
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 1: is they've been around as long as the car doctor

606
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 1: and then some all right, so it's and I'm old now,

607
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 1: so they've been around it very long time. They're they're

608
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,920
Speaker 1: they're one of the leaders in filter technology. So by

609
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 1: all means you can get out the Wicks Filters dot

610
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 1: com and learn more about oil filters and choosing them

611
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 1: and uh everything else that they make too. I want

612
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 1: to talk real quick about I was reading the Mitchell

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00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 1: One Fix of the Week this week and it talks

614
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 1: about um, well, I'll read it like this, it's an

615
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 1: electric power steering problem on a two thousand six saturn Ion,

616
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 1: and it starts out by saying, seemingly gone in the

617
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 1: days of good old fashion hydraulic power steering. Now cars

618
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 1: and some trucks had electric power steering where some sort

619
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: of electric motor assist the steering. This real fix followed

620
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 1: this real fix to see how inoperative power steering on

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00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 1: the saturn Ion was diagnosed and repaired. And they go

622
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 1: on to point out it was a two thousand six

623
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Speaker 1: saturn Ion and it had a trouble code season Charlie's

624
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: zero four seventy five power steering and operative. They ended

625
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 1: up replacing the steering column. The customers complaint was power

626
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 1: steering and operative. They also state the anti lock brake

627
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 1: system light is on. They went through some diagnosis, they

628
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: found the trouble code szero four seventy five, and they

629
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: went through scan tool data and they attempted to turn

630
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 1: the steering wheel while looking at scan tool data and

631
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 1: found the electric steering motor parameter was fixed, meaning that

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00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: there was no change in voltage or operation of it,

633
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 1: leading them to suspect it was a faulty power steering column.

634
00:33:57,920 --> 00:33:59,720
Speaker 1: They went through a couple of other tests. They used

635
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 1: a VOLD the meter they check for the presence of

636
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: voltage and ground at the steering motor connector. You know,

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Speaker 1: they had power, they had ground, it's gotta work. It didn't.

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Speaker 1: It was a bad steering motor. They put a steering

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Speaker 1: motor in the car and they fixed it. And you know,

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Speaker 1: this is typical of what um you know Mitchell does

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Speaker 1: Mitchell one dot com as you can get out to

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Speaker 1: their website. UM go look at Mitchell one dot com.

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00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:22,839
Speaker 1: These real fixed sure track fixes. Are there? One thing

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Speaker 1: that's not mentioned in this, and it's not really about

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Speaker 1: Mitchell at that point, but it made me realize that

646
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,399
Speaker 1: you look at the technology and cars. Here's an O five,

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Speaker 1: O six Saturn. I'm sorry, here's an O six Saturn

648
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 1: that needed a steering column and they had to put

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Speaker 1: one in it. What's gonna happen when these older cars

650
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 1: UM need parts and the components aren't available. Will the

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Speaker 1: parts come from? Will salvage yard parts swaps work as

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00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 1: well as they did today on newer vehicles and so on?

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Speaker 1: Made me think that electronics are gonna limit the availability

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Speaker 1: of parts swapping. I'm on any of the car Doctor

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Speaker 1: Conn can aren't expensive. They're placeless and see you