1 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: Ronan, I've always talked to you about how it important 2 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: it is for mechanics good that the Car Doctor. Mechanics 3 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: aren't expensive, they're priceless. There's a lot there. There's a 4 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: lot that that means. And you know that also puts 5 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: the mantra on the mechanic. Welcome to the radio home 6 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: of ron and Anian the Car Doctor. Since this is 7 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: where car owners the world overturned to for their definitive 8 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a 9 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: busy signal, pick up the phone and call in the 10 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: garage to orders are open, but I am here to 11 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: take your calls at and running. Hey, start your engines. 12 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: Welcome aboard Ronny in the Car Doctor here at five 13 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,199 Speaker 1: five five zero nine nine zero zero the phone number 14 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: again eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero, 15 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: the Car Doctor seven phone number. Here to take your 16 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 1: calls and answer your questions. 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We can talk 25 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: to you during the live broadcast and uh help solve 26 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: your problem and educate the rest of the listenership. And 27 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: that's really what this radio show is all about. And 28 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: here to do. If you want more information about his 29 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: podcasts and all the good stuff, get out the Car 30 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: Doctors show dot com. Check out the Facebook page. If 31 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: you're so inclined, run any in the Car Doctor. As 32 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: a matter of fact, I guess I should do this early. Tom, 33 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: Can I do this early? Um? Here, I've got it 34 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: right in front of me. So I just want everybody 35 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,959 Speaker 1: to know that we've officially been well, I've officially been designated. 36 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: I can do this now, right, Tom is okay? What 37 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: are we doing? Well? You know, because I have to 38 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: ask Tom's permission, Can I talk about this? Okay? So 39 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: everybody's seen Miracle on thirty fourth Street, yep, right, And 40 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: and you know the where the mail at the end, 41 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 1: and they proved that Santa Claus does exists because they 42 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: get the you know, the mail comes to the post 43 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: office and it says Santa Claus and they deliver it 44 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: to Chris Kringle sitting there in the post office. I 45 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,399 Speaker 1: got a letter this week and this is how it's addressed, 46 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: car Doctor, nine West Prospects Street, Waldwick, New Jersey. That's 47 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: all it says. It doesn't say ronin and I end. 48 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: It doesn't say our a automotive. It just says car doctor. 49 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: That means that the Post Office, a branch of the 50 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: federal government, has designated and recognized me as the car Doctor. 51 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 1: I just want to get that out of away. You 52 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: got to the Facebook page. We actually have a picture 53 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: of it up there and uh um, actually I think 54 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: it's on my personal page. We'll have to share it 55 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: and move it over to the uh to the show page. 56 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,399 Speaker 1: But it was just it was just it just kind 57 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: of made me to laugh. I it was that kind 58 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: of a week. Let me tell you about my week. 59 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: First Monday, Tuesday night, I had the privilege of sitting 60 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: in on Rollmotive Training group class. And when I say privilege, 61 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: I mean privilege because I sat with you know, guys 62 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: that are not just teaching the class, but taking the class. 63 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: And it takes a lot to fix cars all day long. 64 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: I was. I did a nine hour day during the 65 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: day at the shop on Monday and left to drove 66 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: an hour and a half to go to class, sat 67 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: in the classroom until ten thirty at night, got home 68 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: at midnight, got up the next day, did it all 69 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: over again, took the class the second night it was 70 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: a two night class, and got up Wednesday and went 71 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: to work in fixed cars again. And the privilege part 72 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: is not just the instructor and the quality of the 73 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: class that at G puts on, but so refreshing to 74 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: sit there with hardcore. Hey, we want to learn how 75 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: to fix the car. We want to know the new systems. 76 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: We're really trying to stay up with the technology mechanics, 77 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: and you know, they're just they're they're getting better. You 78 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: can see that the industry, the technology is forcing mechanics 79 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: to either get better or retire or go away or 80 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: become plumbers or something else other than mechanics, because it's 81 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: it's there. There is no substitute for the faint of heart, 82 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: and there is no substitute for those that can't fix 83 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 1: cars anymore. And one of the things I learned in 84 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: this class on Monday night, and I did. I learned something. 85 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: Every time I go to class, people say, why do 86 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: you go to class roun. You know you've you've been 87 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: doing this forever. You know what, I could be doing 88 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,239 Speaker 1: it forever. But every time you turn around, there's always 89 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 1: something new to learn. You always walk away with something, 90 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: and I walked away with a bunch of great stuff. 91 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: It was interesting to hear how the instructor from Automotive 92 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: Training Group talked about maintenance and this is in his opinion, 93 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: this is based on research and what they've found and 94 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: what causes cars and systems to fail. Tonight's topic of 95 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: conversation with about was about gasoline direct injection are commonly 96 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: known as g d I. G d I is a 97 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: very high pressure, very precise method of fuel injection. It 98 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: allows timing of the fuel injection cycle so that it's 99 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: introduced into the cylinder at the correct moment to produce 100 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: maximum power, minimum emissions, and maximum fuel economy. In other words, 101 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 1: the best of all worlds. But there are some downsides 102 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: to it. There are some downsides to g d I 103 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: that we learned in class. Not the fact that it 104 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: can break. I mean everything breaks, we know that, but 105 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: the conversation and the way Chris talked about oil. You know, 106 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: oil and lack of changes is the biggest problem facing 107 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: g d I engines. And when I say g d 108 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: I engines, g d I has been around seven eight years, 109 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: it goes back to ten on some vehicles and maybe 110 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: a little earlier on others. But it's across the board 111 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: GM Ford, Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, Auty, a lot of most 112 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: of the Europeans. About the only domestic I remember from 113 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: class that doesn't have it is Chrysler, but who knows 114 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: what next year will bring. They're probably working on it, 115 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 1: and it was interesting to hear how the biggest problems 116 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 1: they're seeing are from vehicles that aren't getting the oil 117 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: change properly, and by properly, vehicles that are waiting until 118 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: manufacturer's intervaler, until the light comes on or following you know, 119 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: the recommendation of you know, the manufacturer that says ten 120 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: thousand miles on oil change. The top the top five 121 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: or six compromises as they call them. I'm reading out 122 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: of the book the g d I compromise Inventing new failures. 123 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: Parasitic losses cam lobes are forced because a camlobe. They 124 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 1: put a lobe on the fuel pump. It's like a 125 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: fuel pump driver for a small block Chevy, right. It 126 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 1: just creates an eccentric and it just drives the pump 127 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: and creates I ssure and allows the injectors to inject 128 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: the fuel under such a high pressure that it's it's 129 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 1: more efficient for a lot of reasons I can't go 130 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: into here, but um, you know that's the purpose in 131 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: the brain child of the system. But they're using cam 132 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: lobes and that creates a loss because it's it's parasitic drag. 133 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: There's issues with carbon deposits that come about because of 134 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: the style of g d I because g d I 135 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: injects the fuel not on the back of the intake valve, 136 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: but directly into the cylinder, which creates carbon deposits on 137 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: the valve as a result, and hard carbon deposits, not 138 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: like the old Port fuel injected where it would spread 139 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: the back of the valve and it helped keep the 140 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: carbon soft cam where Chaine strain they're seeing a lot 141 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: of issues with timing chains, and I can tell you 142 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: from experience, we see a lot of timing chain problems 143 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: in the shop because of the chain is stretched. And 144 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: think of that bicycle cam Sprocket, cranks Brocket right, big Sprocket, 145 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: little Brocket like a like a bicycle setup. That change stretches. 146 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: That change stretches because of breakdown of the oil because 147 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: the oil isn't what it's supposed to be. It's incorrect oil. 148 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: You know, a lot of us talk about oil and 149 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: how often should I change it? And it seems to 150 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: be it generates more comments and conversation than anything else. 151 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: I can tell you after taking the g d I 152 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: class that I think the answer for oil changes is 153 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: more is better. And I've said this all along, but 154 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 1: I think it proves the point on why more is 155 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: better because of the problems that can happen. Because here 156 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: I'll say it like this. Gas direct injection engines have 157 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: a high pressure pump. That pump is triggered by a 158 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: lobe on the cam shaft. That cam shaft lobe is 159 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: located at the rear of the cam shaft. On the 160 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: majority of engines, the rear of the cam shaft is 161 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: the last loop ricaded journal in the engine in many cases, 162 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: so we put the highest pressure point contact area of 163 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: the system at the most critical it's the better way 164 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: to say it, the most critical vulnerable area of the CAM. 165 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: And now we drag out the oil change. Now we 166 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: extend that oil change interval, and guess what happens. We 167 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: wear out the cam journal, we wear out the cam bearing, 168 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 1: and we create engine problems. And then we said all 169 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: sorts of trouble codes and we're dragging. That came around 170 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: to the point that now the car gets add forty 171 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: maybe and that chain is stretched. You know, when you 172 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: hear me talk about oil change interval and problems with 173 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: g d I and things like that, it's it's it's 174 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: not the car with thirty miles on it that you're 175 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: leasing that you're gonna get rid of them two and 176 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: a half three years. Hey, you know what cars are 177 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: like kids. When you're a teenager, you can go out 178 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: and howl at the moon all night long. All right, 179 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: what do you what do you turn twenty or seven? 180 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: I said this to a to a to a youngster 181 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: yesterday that came to pick up her car. She's just 182 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: seventeen driving and the moms tell me how she stays 183 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: out all hours of the night and you know she's 184 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: not home until ten eleven o'clock and she stays up 185 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 1: to three o'clock in the morning in the house, in 186 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: the whole nine yards. I said, yeah, don't don't expect 187 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: this to go on forever. You're gonna turn You graduate 188 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 1: college by ten o'clock on Saturday. Nights are real late 189 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: night and you want to go to bed. Part of 190 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: the reason why the oil change interval becomes so critical 191 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: on g d I isn't because the engine wears. It's 192 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: because the extended oil draining interval can also affect positive 193 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: crank case ventilation systems PCV. It comes up the breather system. 194 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: So what happens is the crank case doesn't invent as 195 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 1: good as it should. Oil fumes will collect in the 196 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 1: wrong place, The pistons become carboned up, the intake valves 197 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:55,959 Speaker 1: become carboned up. Sometimes the oil is drawn in in 198 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: an irregular amount depending upon the system failure. And now 199 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: the engine starts to burn oil, and when it burns oil, 200 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: it coats the catalytic converter, and all these problems come 201 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: up and about as a result of the failure of 202 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 1: the of the way the oil change interval was done. 203 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: So it obviously you know G d I is a 204 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: it's it's a great idea and it's working. And I 205 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 1: got a lot out of the class. And I think 206 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 1: every mechanic out there should really look at the A 207 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: T G website and and or training in their area 208 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 1: and get some training on G d I. But understand 209 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: the ramifications, understand the failures, Understand what goes wrong. You know, 210 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: every time we create new technology and it's better and 211 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: it's gonna make us work, you know, the car lasts 212 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: longer and do what it's supposed to do. For every 213 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 1: new technology, it creates a larger circumference of problems. So 214 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: when that car is young, miles, thirty thousand miles, whatever 215 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: it is, lease car, you know what, I don't care 216 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: if you ever change the oil, if you're a leasing 217 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: the car. Heck, I encourage you not to change the oil. 218 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: You know what, It's not gonna matter to do it 219 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 1: by the regulations of your lease requirement, all right, because 220 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. But when that car has got a 221 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: hundred thousand miles on, a hundred and twenty thousand miles on, 222 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: when you're trying to get to to fifty out of it, 223 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: in many cases, especially with newer G d I technology, 224 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: you're going to see issues with oil consumption coming up 225 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,559 Speaker 1: as a result of not changing it or changing it 226 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: as per manufacturer specification. Keep in mind, this information doesn't 227 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: come from a guy that's trying to sell oil changes, 228 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: and it doesn't come from a guy that's trying to 229 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: sell cars. It comes from a guy that's trying to 230 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: teach us how to repair cars and keep them going longer. 231 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: And um, a very unbiased opinion. I really appreciated it. 232 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:43,439 Speaker 1: Uh big tip of the wrench to the guys out 233 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: there at a t G Automotive Training Group dot com. 234 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: And uh, um, that's that. I'm running any in the 235 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:56,559 Speaker 1: car Doctor. I'll be back right after this. Hey, welcome 236 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: back the Car Doctor. At zero nine zero. I should 237 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,679 Speaker 1: just point out, just to continue the conversation, just for 238 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: a brief second, about g d I. You look at 239 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 1: the technology difference, So an old style port fuel injected 240 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: vehicle which was model year down older stuff, you are 241 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: averaging thirty five to fifty p s I fifty pounds 242 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: of fuel pressure gasoline direct injection. Just to give you 243 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 1: an idea of what they're doing. Fuel pressure will vary 244 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 1: anywhere from six hundred to three thousand p s i 245 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,959 Speaker 1: depending upon the system, depending upon the point that when 246 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,319 Speaker 1: it would be measured and tested three thousand p s i. 247 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: There's no way to even hook up a mechanical gauge 248 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,839 Speaker 1: to a g d I system, not easily, not at 249 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: field level, not for what we're doing. And they make 250 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: it very convenient to do so by means of a 251 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: pressure sensor built into the pump, built into the system, 252 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: or on the rail. The interesting part, and this is 253 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: where diagnosis comes in. When you're counting on the sensor 254 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 1: to tell you what system pressure is on a broken car, 255 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: how do you know it's right if the car is broken, 256 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: because incorrect sensor readings electronically to you will also mean 257 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: incorrect sensor readings and cause the computer itself to not 258 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: work properly. So there's a lot of information going on 259 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: with g d I in terms of diagnosis. That's gonna 260 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: it is it has changed the playing field and making 261 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: it so different and how we approached the cars, and 262 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: that's my point. That's a lot of my point that 263 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: you know, this this whole thing about we're gonna fix 264 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: the car this way, We're gonna drive the car this way, 265 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: we're gonna maintain the car this way. You've created all 266 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: this new technology, you've got to be open to doing 267 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: it different and based on what real world is. And 268 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: real world is always the way to go. By the way. 269 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: I should point out this hour when I got a 270 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: note here if I can get it away from Tom 271 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: and Tony. Um, once again, this hour we're going to 272 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: giving away this hour or next. I don't know when 273 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: we're gonna do it. It's up to Tom today. Um. 274 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: Tom's approaching the mic. Are you guys done playing with 275 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: the car yet? Um? What the car? What? What are 276 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: you talking about? You know, every time we get a 277 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: thirty nine forward from Wicks as a giveaway, you guys 278 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: keep playing with the thing. The last one we gave away, 279 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: the guy called up. He wanted to know where the 280 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 1: spare tire was and he wanted to know why they 281 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: were marks like the car was doing a burnout and 282 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: there were flat spots. You can't drag the car across 283 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: Childhood and I thought we were supposed to test it. No, 284 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: it's leave it in the box and leave it alone. 285 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: You know, this is a This is a thirty nine 286 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: Ford die cast car from the folks over at Wicks 287 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: Wicks Filters dot Com. Um, it's it's based on the 288 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: car that Henry Ford introduced, you know two with his 289 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: V eight engine. Um, it has roots back in the 290 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: Great Depression. Uh, you know this is this is a 291 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: neat piece. You guys have to stop. This has got 292 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: hot rod hot rod custom features an opening hood and 293 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: trunk at detailed Ford flathead engine. Stop it. You're not 294 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: little kids anymore. Every time you're not little kids, Scrooge. 295 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's a couple of more months. I'm sorry, Okay, 296 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: wait till I get to the giants prediction for this week. 297 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: Didn't you get the letter that proves that you exist? 298 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: So therefore we can now call you Scrooge. I think 299 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: you got me there, Tom, I think you're right there. 300 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: We see, well, we'll see. So let's let me get 301 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: over and let me go. Let me go and get 302 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: to the phones. The phone will save me right now. 303 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: Let's go and talk to Eric Louisiana. Eric, are you there, sir? 304 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: I am here, sir. I appreciate your patients. I have 305 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: to deal with these two every week. Um, last week 306 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: we talked about for the for the listeners, just refresh 307 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: everybody's memory. Last week we talked about your two thousand 308 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 1: and eleven Nissan Ultimate and the cabin air filter location, 309 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: and you couldn't find it correct or your mechanic couldn't 310 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: find it. Research shows that, and I was pretty certain, 311 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: but I wanted to just do the research. Every Nissan 312 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: made since two thousand seven has a cabin air filter, 313 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: so it has to be there and where it is 314 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: on yours. You're assuming that it's right behind the glove 315 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: compartment if I remember, Yeah, that's what he Okay, the 316 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: glove compartment. Actually, um if you it's sometimes the glove 317 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: compartment has to come out if if you're a contortionist 318 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: or if you're if you're small enough. The cabin filter 319 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: on this particular car is located in the evaporator case 320 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: in the center of the front of the vehicle, so 321 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 1: it's down on your knees. Open the passenger door, look 322 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: to the underneath the glove compartment area. There'll be a 323 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 1: there'll be a vertical flap that um un clips and 324 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: the cabin filter slides out for that all the way 325 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 1: up close to the firewall towards the engine compartment side. 326 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: All right, but it's it's not in a conventional spot. 327 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: You might have to remove the glove box to gain 328 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: access to it, but if he if he looks up 329 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: a procedure, he'll find it that way. Alright, sir, but 330 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 1: your car does have a cabin filter. I verified it 331 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 1: by then, and I verified it by application as well 332 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: as just looking it up for reference. Well, actually appreciate that. 333 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: You're very welcome to you. Good luck to Eric. And 334 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: if you have any more questions, any problems, you give 335 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: us a shout or drop me an email. Ron at 336 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: Car Doctor show dot com. Hey, I'm on an any 337 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: of The Car Doctor. I'll be back right after this out. Hey, 338 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: welcome back The Car Doctor and the Out of My Dreams. 339 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: And um here I am into my second half hour 340 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: of this segment. Um an email. And I love the 341 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: longer emails. You know, I'm starting, I'm starting to enjoy 342 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: the longer emails. Keep them coming, Ron at Card Doctor 343 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: show dot com because a lot of what you have 344 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: to say makes a lot of sense, and you're you're 345 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: you're putting things into words and expressions that I feel. Man, 346 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,919 Speaker 1: I'm right there with you. It's just the insanity of 347 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: the world. But from an automotive perspective, this one comes 348 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 1: to us from scott Out and California run. I have 349 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 1: to rent for a second about battery chargers, and it 350 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: goes on for a whole page. I charge a battery 351 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 1: maybe every year one of us forgets and leave some 352 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: lights on, or battery starts to go bad and something happens, 353 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 1: like we sit at a park with the radio on. Okay, 354 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: I can dig it. A few years ago, the Schumacher 355 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 1: computer controlled battery charger I bought quit It never really 356 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: charged right, and I never really trusted it. How do 357 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: you get fifteen am charge out of something that doesn't 358 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 1: even weigh a pound? It makes a good point, although 359 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: I'm sure Tom would have something to say about that. 360 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: Why do I get a different percentage of charge every 361 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 1: time I plug unplug? And not by one or two 362 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: percent but ten or the charger from my laptop is heavier. Tonight, 363 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: my wife left their lights on at work, so I 364 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: ran down and jumped it, and the alternator was only 365 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: showing thirteen point three vaults. The battery was totally dead. 366 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: Nothing worked on the car until I hooked up the booster, 367 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 1: so hard to tell the alternator's bad or just overwork 368 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: charging a really dead battery. Um I should point out 369 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: that a lot of these less expensive battery chargers with 370 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: the built and testers really don't do a great job. 371 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: This is back to that conversation about the battery chargers 372 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: and the testers that work off the mathematical algorithm. They're okay, 373 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: and I think they used to be better in the 374 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: sense that maybe the technology provided was better, that the 375 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: batteries were different. There was. There was clearly a change 376 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: in the last couple of years, because I've had more 377 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: than a few cars where you need that load on 378 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 1: the battery to accurately test it. You need the old 379 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: school carbon pile load, the old sun Vet forty machine 380 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: that we all knew and had in the repair shop business. Anyway, 381 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: back to Scott's letter, the battery was dead. Um, so okay, 382 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 1: here we go. I'm sorry. So I head to the 383 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: outher part store to buy a charger. They don't have 384 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: anything under ninety dollars in stock, and you're surprised why 385 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,880 Speaker 1: there's a forty dollar one, but it's not available for stores. 386 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: And fifty drive miles later, I finally get this forty 387 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: dollar Simpleton which does six or two ms and is 388 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: again computer controlled and ways, but a feather here's the 389 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: problem with computer controlled chargers, all right, And I've run 390 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: into this at the shop in that one of my well, 391 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: actually my better, my best, I'll say it like that. 392 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: My best battery charger is computer controlled. And what it 393 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 1: will do is you'll you'll hook it up, turn it on. 394 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: It will look at state of charge of the battery, 395 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 1: temperature of the battery, um you know how much life 396 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 1: it has left in it, internal resistance of the battery, 397 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: and determine the charge rate or how fast it's going 398 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: to charge based on what it senses. Here's the problem. 399 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:35,719 Speaker 1: A really dead battery may not charge at all, and 400 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 1: I haven't. I'm sure there's a scientific answer. I've been 401 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,679 Speaker 1: able to get one yet because I can hook up 402 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: one of the older school battery chargers and it will 403 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: fire right off and it will run in charge, and 404 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: I don't have an issue. Now. I think a lot 405 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: of this is because of the technology, and we're trying 406 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: to be delicate, but we're creating problems. I really want 407 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: an old school, going back to Scott's letter, I really 408 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: want an old school in pound battery or manual charger. 409 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 1: I figured it'll last forever. Dad had one for fifty years. 410 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: I had one for twenty five, but had thoed anyway 411 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: is better than five Scott, you know what. That's true. 412 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: And they existe dollars on Amazon, except we can't buy 413 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: them in California. California has determined they're not and he's 414 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: reefficient enough. They'd rather have me waste a bunch of 415 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 1: gas driving around and throwing one away for every few years. 416 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: He's got a point there, right, filling up the landfill 417 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: with with a crappy battery charge that doesn't really work 418 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 1: or last, rather than bioones will probably outlive me and 419 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: use it once every year or so, I guarantee for 420 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,160 Speaker 1: all the more I use at the waste of throwing 421 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 1: it away these computer controlled pieces of is far worse 422 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,959 Speaker 1: for the environment. Well, yeah, the car in questions, it's 423 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: two thousand six, two thousand six, I'm sorry, wrapped four 424 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: two point four leader with two and twenty five thousand 425 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: miles on. So you know, here's a guy who's clearly 426 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: into cars. He's driving in an eleven year old car 427 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 1: with a quarter million miles on and he's just trying 428 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: to keep it going, and he's just saying, Hey, where 429 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: can I get a good battery charger, and yet he's 430 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: finding the legislation and the restrictions are keeping him from 431 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 1: doing it. I have an awesome mechanic. I clearly love. 432 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,919 Speaker 1: He covers all this stuff that I'm too tired or 433 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: old or lazy to do. Plus sees the car at 434 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 1: least once a year in general principle, so I have 435 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: a second set of avis to look things over and 436 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: keep me on my toes. I love your show up 437 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: and following you since I caught you in ks Arrow 438 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: in Santa Rosa sometime before two thousand five. Keep up 439 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: the good work. And um, I think this one is 440 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: that's last. This last part is for Tom and Tony 441 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: and this is from Scott in Quarter Quarterlia c R 442 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: D L A Atquarterlia, California. Scott says, the giants are 443 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 1: are going to be lucky if they go eight and eight. 444 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: They need to get oh b J back. Tony and 445 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: Tom are going to be sad. Camper's all. You're good 446 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: luck with that. Listen one month. This is family Radio. 447 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: I understand one bad apple does not spoil the whole 448 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: bunch when it comes to the giants. Unfortunately, our quarterback 449 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: is this one dimensional and it always shows the O 450 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: b J. You know, we have Brandon Marshaw and also 451 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: a form of wide receiver is looking for employment Victor Cruz, 452 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: you know, so we can get Victor Cruz right now 453 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: since oh b J is on injured reserve. You know, 454 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 1: when you play to win the game. We're just trying 455 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 1: to win the game right now. And by the way, 456 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: do you have this guy's physical address? Coastonian and I 457 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: can fly out and have a chat with them. We 458 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 1: can make a five hour to the west coast. Well, no, 459 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: but he does say if they're looking for me, they 460 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: can find me down here at Gold's gym he works 461 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,439 Speaker 1: out down in quarterly A, California. Well, we can go 462 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: to the nearest sporting go and get it to louis Ville. Sluggis, Well, 463 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 1: I think you're gonna need at least that. However, this 464 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: is California. They may not be energy efficient that you 465 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: know that, or they may not be allowed because of 466 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 1: environmental waste. The beats probably amid some kind of an 467 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 1: odor or toxicity to them. Maybe the varnish isn't allowed 468 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: in the state of California. Anything's possible. Um Scott wrote 469 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 1: a great letter, and I've got to tell you this 470 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: is the kind of technology that we're talking about. Remember 471 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago when they who here has 472 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,919 Speaker 1: has tried to put you know, by gas for a 473 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 1: small lawnmower or snow thrower. All right, and they who 474 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: what genius ten years ago came out with that idea 475 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 1: about the um non vented gas cans that don't emit fumes. 476 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: I mean, it's the most complicated thing in the world 477 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 1: trying to put gas in a can and then gas 478 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: into a small engine. Now and the same idea is 479 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 1: what Scott's going through. Uh, you know, we're looking too 480 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: closely at the numbers too. You know, with battery charges, 481 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: you know they're more energy efficient, so we're gonna have 482 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:27,239 Speaker 1: We're worried about battery chargers and how they work and 483 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 1: how they charge the battery. But we're making a push 484 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 1: for electric vehicles. It's not that difficult. You got a funnel, 485 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 1: you take you take the spout off the thing and 486 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: you pour it into the funnel. Right done. Um, I 487 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: just I don't get it. But the Scott I appreciate 488 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,919 Speaker 1: the letter, I really do, and I you know what, 489 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 1: it was fun to read. Keep them coming more like that. 490 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 1: Ron A Car Doctor Show dot com. Let me pull 491 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: over and take the pause zero zero zero Ron eating 492 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: the Car Doctor. Keep in mind today we're giving away 493 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: a Wicks diecast thirty nine four from the folks at 494 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: Wicks Wicks Filters dot com. So you want to call 495 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,199 Speaker 1: in to take a shot at winning, and be sure 496 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: you're nice to Tom when you do call in, and 497 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: good luck. I'm running nading the Car Doctor. I'll be 498 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 1: back right after this. Hey, welcome back right in the 499 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: end of Card Doctor eight five five zero nine zero zero. 500 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 1: Let's do an email from overseas this time Richard. Dear Ron, 501 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 1: last time we spoke you diagnose the clutch problem Corvette 502 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,439 Speaker 1: Cooper is from Richard McCann out in London, England. May 503 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 1: ask you now to please move your wisdom on almost 504 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 1: fift years and advise me about the clutch on a 505 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: two thousand eight Aston Martin Vantage. I gotta tell you, Richard, 506 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: I haven't done a clutch on a two thousand eight 507 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: Aston Martin Vantage, but we'll we'll talk about suggested principles 508 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: as you say here in your letter. Although I suspect 509 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: your you continue. The principle applies to many modern cars, 510 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 1: not just Aston's. I am looking at a few of 511 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:49,959 Speaker 1: these cars, and I hear stories of some needing new 512 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: clutches and only ten thousand miles. Not the fault of 513 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 1: the car, just bad drivers. Since other people get fifty 514 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,439 Speaker 1: thousand miles, no problem. I'm not talking about sports shift. 515 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: I mean the stick version here, Mike Genism, we're looking 516 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: at a used car. How can I tell how much 517 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 1: clutch is left? Since, as I understand it, a hydraulic 518 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 1: clutch will self adjust, so it will bite in the 519 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 1: same point right up to the day it slips, which, 520 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 1: knowing my luck, will be the day after. Read by 521 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 1: the car with a clutch on one of these fellows 522 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: costing around five thousand dollars, it's important to dealer. Service 523 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 1: book won't tell me anything unless there are worksheets to 524 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: accompany it, saying new clutch at x miles. Usually there's 525 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: nothing except stamps in the book. I love the show 526 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: I've listened to every Saturday for many years. All the 527 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: good wishes to you and yours, Richard, Dr Richard McCann, London, England. 528 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: You know, buying a used Aston Martin is no different 529 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,359 Speaker 1: than buying anything used all right, it's it's you know, 530 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: price dictates uh condition, and condition dictates demand, and demand 531 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,239 Speaker 1: dictates marketplace and so on and so forth. Throll goes 532 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: around and in a loop. You know, there is no 533 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: way to tell if a hydraulic clutch is Wren. There's 534 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: a way to just get a general feel for how 535 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: is the car. You know, people can go out and 536 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: abuse a clutch, and yeah, you're right, Buying a stick 537 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,399 Speaker 1: is iffy because you don't know what kind of condition 538 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 1: or what kind of shape that vehicle was in, or 539 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: what kind of care it got prior to um, you know, 540 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: you owning it. But one thing to have to keep 541 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,440 Speaker 1: in mind is, you know, looking at the overall condition, 542 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 1: how are the clutch pedals? Is the clutch pedal Warner? 543 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: Is the brake pedal Warren? Does it look like somebody 544 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,120 Speaker 1: was two footing at going around a corner at ninety 545 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: miles an hour and you know, trying to go for 546 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 1: something other than what the car was intended to do? Granted, 547 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,880 Speaker 1: and Aston Martin was probably meant to do ninety miles 548 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 1: an hour two foot up shifting at seven grant, you 549 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 1: know that's what those cars are. But there is no 550 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: way to have a tried and true guarantee. I would 551 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,719 Speaker 1: check fluid level. I would have a mechanic to us 552 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: do a one inspection, uh, you know, and just be 553 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: aware of things. I would look at where on the 554 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: front end, where on the tires, how do the brakes look, 555 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: things like that. In order to tell what kind of 556 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: shape the clutches in, you probably need to look at 557 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: other components in the car. Now, I'm not saying it's impossible, 558 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: but somebody could actually drive this car hard, take care 559 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: of it, keep it clean, keep it maintained, and you 560 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: would never know the difference. But usually if someone disrespects 561 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: the car in terms of how they drive it an abuse. 562 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: They'll disrespect the car and abuse it in the way 563 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 1: they maintain it. And that's just a good general rule 564 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: of thumb to follow. One of the key things I 565 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: look at or actually listen to when I'm buying a 566 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: used car trying to help somebody buy a used car, 567 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: one of the first things I do is turn on 568 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: the radio. I always listen to what radio stations there are. 569 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: If the radio stations are loud, in your case, it's London, punk, rock, 570 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,959 Speaker 1: heavy metal, you know, whatever it might be coming out 571 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: of the speakers, then you know maybe they were zooming 572 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: along and driving the car hard. If it's you know, 573 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 1: easy going symphony music, if it's news talk, if it's 574 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: news radio. Maybe it was an older driver that on 575 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 1: that vehicle, and you know they weren't zipping around beating 576 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 1: on it. The problem comes back to, yes, there is 577 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: no way to be sure. The only way you can 578 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 1: maybe control the damage purchase it from a dealer. But 579 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: then the price is going to go up. There is 580 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: no free lunch. That's just the way it works. We 581 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: had someone come in the shop this week looking to 582 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: purchase a used vehicle for their daughter. They saw a 583 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: car in the neighborhood of two thousand eight four to 584 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: Escape with miles on it. They brought the car in. 585 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: I did my two page checklist. I scanned all the 586 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: computers for modules, and you know, just are there any 587 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: faults anywhere? And I gave him a green light, and 588 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: I said, you know, these cars with proper care and 589 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: maintenance can go to two hundred and fifty three hundred 590 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: thousand miles. Tom Ray, my chief engineer here, he drove 591 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: a square box Escape model year to about two d 592 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: and ten thousand miles, gave it to his daughter who's 593 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 1: up at Toughs University and in mass and she's got 594 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: a quarter million miles on the car now, and you 595 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: know it just it keeps going. It was well cared for, 596 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 1: it was mainten. But we also have service records to 597 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: look at. In your case, you don't. But you're gonna 598 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: have a problem. You're gonna be taking a shot here regardless, Richard. 599 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 1: I guess that's what I'm coming back to tell you. 600 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I think you know that, but you're gonna 601 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 1: be taking a gamble on this anyway. Um, I would 602 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: just you know, stop and consider do you want to 603 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:21,479 Speaker 1: purchase from a dealer. Maybe there is a certified pre 604 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 1: owned Aston Martin, but you know, it's it is what 605 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: it is, brother, There's just no guarantees. And if you 606 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 1: just focus on the clutch, um, you can miss the 607 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 1: fact that the urine is ready to fall out of 608 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: the vehicle to a good solid overall inspection by an 609 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: Aston Martin tech or an Anston Martin specialist or a 610 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: dealer mechanic, and then you know, hope for the best. 611 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: At that point, there is no way to tell how 612 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: much wears in a clutch without pulling the trans and 613 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 1: the clutch apart itself. And um that's the answer to that. 614 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 1: Good luck to you in England, and um, thanks for 615 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 1: tuning us in Richard. I appreciate it. Eight five zero 616 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: nine zero the card doctors coming back right after this 617 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 1: welcome back or in the end the guard after rolling 618 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:04,280 Speaker 1: along this hour and kind of winding things down. Zero 619 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: excuse me zeros the phone numbn give us a call 620 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: and we can help you solve your car problem. Email 621 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: Ran You've been talking about cabin filters a lot lately. Yeah, 622 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: we have. I don't know why we're talking a lot 623 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 1: about cabin filters. A lot of questions my two thousand 624 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 1: four Subaru Baja, the cabin filters are optional. My Baja 625 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: does not have the cabin filters. Any reason to add 626 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 1: one of the windows are usually down anyway, Thanks Tony Hansen. UM, listen, 627 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: cabin filters are not just there for your benefit, and 628 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,120 Speaker 1: that's what makes this a great email to read in 629 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: that cabin filters are there also to help protect the 630 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:44,959 Speaker 1: evaporator to part under the dashboard. You know, I can 631 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 1: remember back twenty years ago when jeeps. If you had 632 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: a Jeep Grand Cherokee N three nine right up through 633 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 1: model year two thousand, they had all sorts of problems, 634 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:02,960 Speaker 1: specifically Grand Cherokee and Cherokees with evaporators, and the design 635 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 1: of the system was that it allowed leaves and debris 636 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: to drain into the evaporator case and collect against the 637 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 1: evaporator and cause the metal to the actual composition of 638 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: the evaporator to rot out. And what would happen was 639 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: over time that rot would turn into disarray, and then 640 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: the evaporator with leaking. You don't have to take the 641 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 1: dashboard apart to put an evaporator in it, so that 642 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: cabin filter is there to help prevent schmutz. All right, 643 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 1: a non technical industry term schmutz debris, leaves, twigs, junk 644 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: in the air, pollen, all the stuff that would lay 645 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: against that evaporator. Because remember an evaporator and air conditioning 646 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: evaporator is usually wet. It's got moisture on it. So 647 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: you put some leaves and twigs and whatever else is 648 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: floating around in the air against that wet surface, and 649 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,640 Speaker 1: over time it will cause damage to the evaporator, that's one. 650 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 1: It will also cause mill do and it will cause 651 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: things to start growing. All right, We're we're taking biological 652 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 1: matter and we're adding water to it in a dark environment. 653 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 1: What do you think happens to it? So your question, 654 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,720 Speaker 1: you know, do you really need one if the windows 655 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 1: are down? Yeah? I think you do. And if there's 656 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: an optional kit for you to put in there, I would, 657 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: by all means tell you to do it. All right, Look, 658 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 1: go out to Wicks Filters. Go out to Wicks filters 659 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: dot com. They've got a great section about cabin filters 660 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 1: explaining what they're there for, and it goes in depth. Um, 661 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 1: you may be able to even find a cabin filter 662 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,160 Speaker 1: for your two thousand four super group Baja there. I'm 663 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 1: sure you can. But maybe you can find a kit. 664 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,040 Speaker 1: Maybe they've got the upgrade kid. But in any event, 665 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:49,759 Speaker 1: if there's a way to put a cabin filter in it, 666 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,840 Speaker 1: I would do it. Wis filters dot com com Roddy 667 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:54,560 Speaker 1: in the Car doctorate about does it for this hour 668 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: until the next time. The mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. 669 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:09,680 Speaker 1: See you, one stone Child