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Speaker 1: and maybe the carl work. Welcome to the radio home

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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 overturned to for their definitive

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Speaker 1: opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a

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Speaker 1: And Keith told me the story of a friend of his, Fred,

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Speaker 1: we're glad to have you. You take good care and

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Speaker 1: be safe out there. Let's go over to Let's go

426
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Speaker 1: over to gym in Maine. Twelve Kia Sorrento. Hey, Jim,

427
00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:43,840
Speaker 1: welcome to the car. Doctor, sir, how can I help?

428
00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,159
Speaker 1: Thank you for taking my call? Yeah, he said. I

429
00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,840
Speaker 1: have a two thousand twelve Kia surrental Alex all wheel drive.

430
00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,880
Speaker 1: It's a six cylinder motor. But the last year been

431
00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 1: having some issues and constantly consistently with the charging system.

432
00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,280
Speaker 1: It seems like every couple of days this battery's dead

433
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:05,800
Speaker 1: to jump and we've replaced the battery and recently have

434
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,159
Speaker 1: replaced the alternator and have had it tested afterwards. It

435
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,720
Speaker 1: seems to be putting out what it needs to, but

436
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,960
Speaker 1: something is continuously drawing this battery and we just can't

437
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,160
Speaker 1: figure it out. Okay, So so who's we You? You? Yourself?

438
00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 1: Are you and a mechanic or you know who's doing this?

439
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:24,200
Speaker 1: Well me and a friend of mine who works on cars.

440
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 1: So let me just hold your feet to the fire

441
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,960
Speaker 1: for a second and I'll be gentle. But before you

442
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,119
Speaker 1: change the alternator, did you test it was it? Was

443
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:37,440
Speaker 1: it charging? Um? It was charging, but didn't seem as

444
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,960
Speaker 1: if it was giving enough of a charge. It was down.

445
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:46,680
Speaker 1: The alternator was putting out about twelve point four volta

446
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,720
Speaker 1: And what's the new alternator? What's the new alternator putting

447
00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:54,480
Speaker 1: out about? It fluctuates between thirteen three and thirteen five

448
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,359
Speaker 1: and that's you know, it should typically be a vault

449
00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:01,719
Speaker 1: higher at least at a minimum. So it sounds like

450
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:06,360
Speaker 1: you legitimately had a bad alternator, all right. So that's

451
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,280
Speaker 1: number one. The other thing I always like to look at,

452
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:09,800
Speaker 1: if you've got a way to measure it, is what's

453
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,000
Speaker 1: the current output of that alternator? Because we all know

454
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,760
Speaker 1: that just because you replaced it. What is news stand for?

455
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,000
Speaker 1: Do you know what news stands for? Jim? I don't,

456
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,560
Speaker 1: but I think I'm gonna find out. Yeah, new never

457
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,280
Speaker 1: ever worked all right, so you know, you know they're

458
00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 1: not used parts, they're field tested. So sometimes used parts

459
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,639
Speaker 1: are better than new parts. It depends. But the point

460
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,159
Speaker 1: the point becomes, we want to do a voltage test,

461
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,280
Speaker 1: and we want to see what sort of amperage or

462
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,000
Speaker 1: current output we can get out of that alternator. And

463
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,760
Speaker 1: we also like to see we'd also like to do

464
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,520
Speaker 1: a voltage test and a current test underload. Now you

465
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,000
Speaker 1: know you can. You can use a very high piece

466
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 1: of high tech piece of equipment UM, a carbon pile

467
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,439
Speaker 1: machine or or there's other methods for testing batteries and

468
00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 1: charging systems. UM. If you want to read about it,

469
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,800
Speaker 1: just get out to believe it's Associated Equipment dot com

470
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,640
Speaker 1: and you can read about or just Google search associated equipment. Uh.

471
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,960
Speaker 1: They're the makers of probably the best charging system and

472
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,280
Speaker 1: battery test equipment in the country, probably close to the

473
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,680
Speaker 1: world in my opinion. But UM, you know you want

474
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,720
Speaker 1: to read about testing procedures that will tell you so

475
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,360
Speaker 1: you know. The other thing to be aware of here

476
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:24,679
Speaker 1: is once you've established yes, now it's charging, and you

477
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,680
Speaker 1: believe that battery is good, you put a new battery

478
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,760
Speaker 1: in it, you load test that new battery, the battery

479
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:34,960
Speaker 1: passes a load test, that's a question. M hm. That's

480
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,280
Speaker 1: having to jump this vehicle consistently every two to three days.

481
00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,640
Speaker 1: Is there any other problems? And I probably created for myself,

482
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 1: right Sure, you ever leave you ever leave the porch

483
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,399
Speaker 1: light on and not know it. And you know if

484
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,320
Speaker 1: you've got a porch light on. So if you've got

485
00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,920
Speaker 1: an electrical drain somewhere in this car and you don't,

486
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,560
Speaker 1: you can't see it with the eye, you're gonna have

487
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,919
Speaker 1: to measure for it. So do you have a digital voltometer?

488
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:03,159
Speaker 1: I know the friend of mine that's working on the

489
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,880
Speaker 1: vehicle with me does. Yeah. Okay, So now we've got

490
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,080
Speaker 1: to do a current draw test. He shouldn't know how

491
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 1: to do this, but just as a refresher, we want

492
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,480
Speaker 1: to set the meter up in Milliams all right. We

493
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,439
Speaker 1: want to look at Millie millie or an amperage draw

494
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:21,920
Speaker 1: up based on Milliams on the Milliams scale. All right, disconnect,

495
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,160
Speaker 1: We'll disconnect the negative battery cable. Um, sometimes I cheat

496
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,920
Speaker 1: and whatever is easier to get apart, but um, you know,

497
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,520
Speaker 1: we'll disconnect the negative battery cable. Hook our leads up

498
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,680
Speaker 1: and look and see what sort of an amperage draw

499
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,399
Speaker 1: we got. Now it's going to start out high. Um.

500
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 1: And just as a suggestion, you want to make sure

501
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 1: that you've got the keys out of the ignition. UM.

502
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,800
Speaker 1: I prefer to take keys away from the car nowadays

503
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 1: because there are certain cars that have keep alive memory

504
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,840
Speaker 1: that will just create a draw. So take the keys

505
00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,120
Speaker 1: and move them ten feet away from the vehicle and

506
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,640
Speaker 1: then close the hood, make sure the door is closed,

507
00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 1: open the driver's window so you can, you know, access

508
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,440
Speaker 1: anything you might want to access. And at that point,

509
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 1: look at milliamperage draw. You've got to have less than

510
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,400
Speaker 1: fifty milliams to be considered a pass. The average car

511
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,680
Speaker 1: is going to be less than fifty. The average car

512
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 1: will go down. You know, it's got to be under fifty.

513
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 1: But i'd like to see you know, fifteen to twenty.

514
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 1: But it all depends on the car and how much,

515
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 1: how how many or how much how much electronics are

516
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 1: lack of a better way to say it are on

517
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,400
Speaker 1: that vehicle. But it doesn't happen right away. It could

518
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,399
Speaker 1: take anywhere from twenty minutes to two hours for that

519
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 1: vehicle to go to sleep, all right, now here's the kicker.

520
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 1: That vehicle could wake up at random. It could have

521
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,080
Speaker 1: an intermittent module draw that causes that vehicle to wake up.

522
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,040
Speaker 1: Put a draw on the battery. But before we go

523
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,280
Speaker 1: there and talk about some of the tricks we're finding that,

524
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,880
Speaker 1: let's just do an amperage draw test. See what kind

525
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 1: of numbers you get, and call me back next week. Okay,

526
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,320
Speaker 1: all right, and we'll go from there. All right, Jim,

527
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,320
Speaker 1: thank you very much. You're very welcome, sir, Good luck,

528
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 1: stay safe. We're in any of the card doctor eight

529
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:16,360
Speaker 1: five zero zero. We'll be back right after this. Welcome back.

530
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 1: We're in any of the card doctor ate by five

531
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 1: five six zero zero eight five five zero zero up

532
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:24,879
Speaker 1: next on the Car Doctor hot line. Let's go and

533
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 1: talk to Linda in Florida seventeen suber b U. Whoop

534
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,479
Speaker 1: you do in my suber bru. Linda, welcome aboard, How

535
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: can I help? Thank you so much? Thank um. We

536
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:38,240
Speaker 1: had um two occurrences on March seven. The car was warm,

537
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 1: it had gone about a mile down the road to

538
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,720
Speaker 1: the store, and all the icons went off on the

539
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: dashboard and it's got forty two miles on it only

540
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:53,120
Speaker 1: and the emergency brake, the A B S, the collision

541
00:28:53,160 --> 00:29:00,120
Speaker 1: avoidance lane, departure anti skid all became disabled. Okay, and

542
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 1: um we brought it to the super dealer here in Zarasota,

543
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 1: Florida immediately where we purchased it, and they tried to

544
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 1: do what they could, but all they could do is UM,

545
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 1: reset the computer and sent us on our way. And

546
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 1: then on a the same thing happens. And now it's

547
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 1: been there for seven days and they said they cannot

548
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 1: replicate the occurrence and therefore they cannot diagnose anything. So

549
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 1: they still have the car. And I don't know what um,

550
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 1: and I do not say this coldly, but welcome to

551
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: the world of new automobiles. Um. You know, the electronics.

552
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 1: This is what's going to drive the technician and the

553
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:49,000
Speaker 1: consumer crazy going forward for the next years. So my

554
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: questions would be, if we were standing at the counter,

555
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: as this car ever been in an accident, No, okay,

556
00:29:55,680 --> 00:30:02,520
Speaker 1: no collision work of any kind, No any aftermarket accessories, nope, okay, UM,

557
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 1: always important, same radio, original radio that came with the car. Yeah, okay,

558
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 1: you know the issue is And if I were ventured

559
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 1: to guess from the description of modules, I would pay

560
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 1: very close attention to the brake system. Everything you describe

561
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 1: their ABS, lane departure, UM, collision avoidance UH UM, emergency

562
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 1: brake light you said was on right uh to me,

563
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 1: all centers around the brake system. Any one of the

564
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:42,680
Speaker 1: brake sensors could replicate it. I'd be curious if I

565
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 1: unplugged a wheel speed sensor for the anti lock brakes,

566
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 1: could I duplicate the condition at least to see to

567
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 1: the same lights command does the vehicle exhibit the same symptoms,

568
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,200
Speaker 1: and then at least I have something to look at.

569
00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 1: Part of the problem in diagnosing it, it's it's it's

570
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 1: like it's like trying to fix coronavirus. Al Right, we

571
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: have no we have no previous knowledge until we can

572
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,440
Speaker 1: duplicate it and see the effects of trying this or

573
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 1: trying that, because some of allto repair is trial and error,

574
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,479
Speaker 1: just like fixing the virus. Um for lack of a

575
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 1: better way to say at this time and age. But

576
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 1: you know they have they have deep resources, have they

577
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 1: you know, have they talked to Subaru tech support. You

578
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 1: can't be the only person, I mean, unless it's lucky you. Um,

579
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,720
Speaker 1: you can't be the only person in the continental United States, Linda,

580
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: that's got this particular car, that's got this particular problem.

581
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,720
Speaker 1: They've got to have seen this somewhere in the data bank.

582
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 1: All right, it's it's it's one of the reasons why

583
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 1: mechanics use a database, at least in my opinion, the

584
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 1: better ones that are going to do the research, because

585
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 1: fixing cars today is research. It's not just yeah, we

586
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:52,720
Speaker 1: know what it is. It's going to be this or that.

587
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,000
Speaker 1: Here's a car where you've got a condition. You can't

588
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 1: replicate it, you can't duplicate it, you can't find anything wrong.

589
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 1: I could sit here and say, hey, did they try

590
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: twisting the wiring harness around? That They go around and

591
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 1: double check connections and make sure all the harnesses are

592
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:12,560
Speaker 1: seated properly, and those aren't bad things to do, all right?

593
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: This is this is this is no different. Have you

594
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,800
Speaker 1: ever had a and this is this Maybe this is

595
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 1: a poor example, but have you ever had a light

596
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 1: fixture in your house act up where it doesn't always

597
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: come on, or it flickers sometimes, or or maybe you've

598
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 1: got a bad phone, a bad connection where you've got

599
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 1: static on the line, and they'll come out and they'll

600
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 1: what do they do. They check all the connections, They

601
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 1: look at the harness, they visual everything. Is everything plugged in?

602
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 1: Is everything seated? Before we even go to component level,

603
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: because component level you've got so many components in those

604
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 1: four or five systems that you're describing to me. You

605
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: would you would randomly, you would intermittently randomly replace half

606
00:32:56,280 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: the car can't do that. So your your questions to

607
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 1: them are as the guy listen, this sounds like, doesn't

608
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: it sound like one system could be triggering all these lights?

609
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 1: Because that's what I think is going on here. Um uh,

610
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 1: you know, and ask them if we unplug one of

611
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 1: the wheel speed sensors, could we see what would happen?

612
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 1: How would the car react to that? It's it's no

613
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: different than it's it's no different than a doctor. You're

614
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 1: going to a doctor and saying, Doc, my elbow hurts,

615
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: my my, my, my, my, My knee hurts, my back hurts,

616
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 1: my hip hurts. Every time I touched them, it hurts,

617
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 1: all right. He's looking for the common thread and in

618
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: that case, your finger is probably broken. That's why he's

619
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: you know, you're touching yourself. Your fingertip is busted. Um,

620
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 1: so we're looking for the common three we're looking we're

621
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 1: looking for the broken fingertip. If you unplug a wheel

622
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: speed sensor, does it turn on and duplicate those lights? Okay?

623
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,560
Speaker 1: If it doesn't, let's create a failure in one of

624
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: those systems and go through each one of those systems

625
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,280
Speaker 1: that the lights come on for. How does that? How

626
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 1: does that cause the vehicle to react? At least it

627
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 1: gives you some hierarchy of failure, some probability of failure.

628
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 1: All Right, I gotta go. I'm up against the clock.

629
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 1: But try those things. Let me know how it works out.

630
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,359
Speaker 1: I'm here, I'm here to offer you anything I can.

631
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 1: I'm glad to talk to you anytime. All right, Linda,

632
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 1: you take good care. We're a nating the Car Doctor.

633
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 1: We're back right after this. Welcome back nat Car Doctor.

634
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,480
Speaker 1: By the way, I should finish out the hour talking

635
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,600
Speaker 1: about this, so at the top of the hour, if

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Speaker 1: I was talking about? So Keith brought in his motor home.

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Speaker 1: I didn't tell you the rest of that story. Keith

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Speaker 1: brought in his motor home and um or his workhorses

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Speaker 1: two thousand four gmc workhorse chassis. And I was diagnosing

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Speaker 1: a mass airflow centor fault code and it turned is

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Speaker 1: out it was a performance fault to P zero one

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Speaker 1: on one, and it turns out, you know, I'm looking

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Speaker 1: at it and we're going through some basic evaluation. And

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Speaker 1: I could see where the oil, the oil filled cap

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Speaker 1: is right in front of me and the air and

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Speaker 1: take duc toes goes down to the left and comes

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Speaker 1: forward about six inches for the mass airflow sensor to

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Speaker 1: pick it up. And I could see the stain of

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Speaker 1: oil running down the duck. And what happened was somebody

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Speaker 1: been ating oil over time. The oil was on the duct,

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Speaker 1: the oil got down to the sensor, it creeped its

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Speaker 1: way into the sensor and ruin the mass airflow sensor.

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Speaker 1: Be careful with that motor oil, folks. I'm rondinading in

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Speaker 1: the car doctor, reminding you until the next time. Good

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Speaker 1: mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you