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Speaker 2: Memorial Day is almost here. Yep, it's what a week

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Speaker 2: away now and if the experts are right and at

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Speaker 2: the risk of repeating myself, because I think we talked

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Speaker 2: about this two weeks ago, this is gonna be one

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Speaker 2: of the busiest travel weekends we've seen in a long time.

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Speaker 2: Triple A says roughly forty five million Americans are going

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Speaker 2: to travel over this Memorial Day weekend and there's gonna

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Speaker 2: be a thirty nine million of them doing it by car.

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Speaker 2: So that means the highways are going to be packed

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Speaker 2: with traffic, There's going to be longer travel times, hotter weather,

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Speaker 2: and the one thing most people aren't thinking about, if

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Speaker 2: your car breaks down roadside's going to take a while

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Speaker 2: to get to you. It's not gonna be instantaneous. And

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Speaker 2: if if judging by how long it takes them to

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Speaker 2: get to you when there is no traffic and no

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Speaker 2: high travel weekend kind of a thing, I can only

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Speaker 2: imagine what Memorial Day is going to be. So I

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Speaker 2: want to go back over. We talked about this two

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Speaker 2: weeks ago about you know, and it's bigger than gas prices.

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Speaker 2: I want to talk about fuel waste. Then. I know

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Speaker 2: we touched on this, but I want to do it again.

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Speaker 2: You know, everybody complains about the price of gas, right

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Speaker 2: and we all do, but listen, I'm kind of of

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Speaker 2: the school of thought. I'm just happy I can get it.

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Speaker 2: So I want you to think of this from a

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Speaker 2: different angle because I want you to think about are

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Speaker 2: you wasting gas? And that's really The crux of this, okay,

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Speaker 2: are you wasting gas? Is the vehicle maintained properly, and

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Speaker 2: places like Memorial Day travel is where this starts to

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Speaker 2: show up. Little Harry came into the shop this week.

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Speaker 2: Little Harry, we call him. He's a great young man,

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Speaker 2: drives a twenty one Camaro SS. Big car, big big car,

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Speaker 2: right six point two liter, and Harry was due for

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Speaker 2: some service. Well General Motors Chevrolet calls for spark plugs

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Speaker 2: at the sixty thousand mile mark. The car's got forty

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Speaker 2: seven thousand miles on it. Harry is very proactive on maintenance,

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Speaker 2: and I encourage that, especially in a vehicle like that

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Speaker 2: because it runs real hot and it just does I

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Speaker 2: mean by definition of what it is. Harry says out

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Speaker 2: through the hoodvent. He can see the he can see

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Speaker 2: the heat rising on a semi warm day, he says,

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Speaker 2: on a hot day, you don't even want to know. So, yeah,

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Speaker 2: everything takes a beating. And Harry decided that we were

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Speaker 2: going to do spark plugs early, and I don't disagree.

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Speaker 2: Let's do them early, let's get it over with. But

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Speaker 2: we started with a fuel system cleaning because Harry has

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Speaker 2: also got a little bit of a fuel economy problem.

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Speaker 2: I think Harry's got a right foot problem, but all right,

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Speaker 2: I'll play the game. So we did a fuel system cleaning. Now,

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Speaker 2: the neat thing about fuel system cleaning is this is

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Speaker 2: something you can do. I don't think Harry could do

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Speaker 2: it because his car is a little more complicated, and

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Speaker 2: Harry wanted my eye on it, and I get that.

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Speaker 2: But if you choose, if you really want to do

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Speaker 2: your own fuel system cleaning, you can do it. Get

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Speaker 2: down to your local Advanced Little Parts go look for

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Speaker 2: the crc GDI fuel System Cleaning kit and you can

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Speaker 2: of bucks. Harry wanted me to do it because Harry

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Speaker 2: didn't want to do the spark plugs, which is what

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Speaker 2: I think it was really after. So we did both.

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Speaker 2: We did a fuel system cleaning and then we did

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Speaker 2: spark plugs afterwards. The spark plugs that came out of

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Speaker 2: this cart forty seven thousand miles were smoked. There's no

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Speaker 2: other way to say it. They were fuel fouled and

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Speaker 2: carboned up and choked up. And yeah, and Harry's not

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Speaker 2: ride every day. But yet, you know, and since we

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Speaker 2: did the fuel system cleaning, and since we did plugs,

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Speaker 2: the car runs better, and Harry's talking about he's getting

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Speaker 2: an extra two miles per gallon. So it it sort

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Speaker 2: of pays for itself. Because every year, you guys ask me, Ron,

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Speaker 2: how do I save money on fuel? It's there's no

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Speaker 2: magic answer, all right, there's no gadget, there's no miracle additive,

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Speaker 2: there's no trick. It's it's it's most fuel savings comes

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Speaker 2: from basic maintenance and just simple habits. Now, it doesn't

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Speaker 2: necessarily have to be something related to the engine. Okay,

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Speaker 2: it could be tire pressure. And you guys know this right,

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Speaker 2: even driving in a length of time. You know how

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Speaker 2: many vehicles I see every week three four five pounds

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Speaker 2: low on tire pressure. You know, Oh, we wait till

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Speaker 2: that's wrong. If you look in the owner's manual, the

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Speaker 2: owner's manual talks about you know, you're supposed to check

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Speaker 2: tire pressure once a month, every thirty days. But you know, listen,

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Speaker 2: nobody checks tire pressure nobody reads. It's the owner's manuel.

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Speaker 2: So I understand why you know you don't see that,

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Speaker 2: because you've got to realize underinflated tires create heat, Heat

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Speaker 2: damages tires. Heat leads to blowouts, especially during summer driving.

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Speaker 2: And you're the guy on the side of the autom

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Speaker 2: Memorial Day that's backing everybody yet before they get to

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Speaker 2: the bridge, before they get to the shore. So low

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Speaker 2: tire pressure becomes wasted fuel, short entire life, and traffic jams. Well,

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Speaker 2: because you guys didn't check your tires before you went

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Speaker 2: on vacation, or you haven't been because maybe you don't

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Speaker 2: know how, maybe you don't maybe you don't own a gage,

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Speaker 2: maybe you don't know where the air pressure pump is.

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Speaker 2: I mean, there's a hundred reasons, but whatever it is,

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Speaker 2: it all comes back to basic maintenance air filters. So

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you an air filter story. My plow truck,

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Speaker 2: my twenty two Chevy Silverado. See I'm guilty of it too,

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Speaker 2: And in my mind, I'm like, well, it's new. It's

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Speaker 2: And we were having this. Andy and I were having

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Speaker 2: coffee the past two week, about two weeks ago in

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Speaker 2: we're talking about it, and I said, yeah, look at

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Speaker 2: the plot truck. I've never really done any maintenance to it.

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Speaker 2: And he said, well, did you ever think about salt

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Speaker 2: been on my mind, like salt and the environment, because

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Speaker 2: we pulled the air filter out. There was all little

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Speaker 2: you know, maintenance, it's it's not necessarily by mileage, it's

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Speaker 2: by time because a dirty air filter will restrict airflow

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Speaker 2: and modern computers compensate. But when the engine struggles to breathe,

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Speaker 2: efficiency suffers, efficiency suffers. What's next fuel economy? So you're

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Speaker 2: got to think about Memorial Day travel, right, what's gonna happen?

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Speaker 2: What are you gonna do? You're gonna load the truck

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Speaker 2: up or the trunk up with stuff. You're gonna load

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Speaker 2: the car up with people. You're gonna have a roof rack,

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Speaker 2: You're going to be highway speed. The AC is going

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Speaker 2: to be on all right. Parts of the northeastern slate

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Speaker 2: of the hit into the nineties next week, and you

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Speaker 2: know you've got the vehicle working harder than normal. You know,

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Speaker 2: a bad air filter, dirty fuel injectors, spark plugs are

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Speaker 2: approaching the end of their life cycle maybe, and all

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Speaker 2: of a sudden you're wasting fuel, right, you know, over time,

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Speaker 2: injectors get dirty, carbon builds up, spray patterns get distorted.

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Speaker 2: You ever take a look at you understand that a

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Speaker 2: fuel injector has to have that perfect shower spray, that

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Speaker 2: your bathroom, right, Hey, how come my shower doesn't you know?

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Speaker 2: It doesn't work as good as it did when I

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Speaker 2: first installed it three years ago because the crud in

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Speaker 2: the water, the calcium builds up over time and it

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Speaker 2: affects the spray, just like carbon build up does on

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Speaker 2: fuel injectors, and it affects the spray pattern. And when

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Speaker 2: spray pattern changes, you don't get as cleaning the shit

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Speaker 2: hour as you possibly could. Fuel economy drops if it's

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Speaker 2: the car throttle response changes, and you know all of

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Speaker 2: a sudden, it's not magic in a bottle. It's maintenance.

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Speaker 2: You do that fuel system cleaning. Like I said, Advance

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Speaker 2: Autopart C or c GDI kit. I think it's five

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Speaker 2: the part number. But there's only one of them, and

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Speaker 2: it's got it's got all four components in it. It's

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Speaker 2: about driving habits. Listen, you gotta watch right. I mean

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Speaker 2: holiday weekend.

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Speaker 2: Moan when I say Memorial Day is not a holiday

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Speaker 2: to me, but I get it. That's what we think

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Speaker 2: of it as Memorial Day is a solemn observance. But

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Speaker 2: states too, where you're you know, you're trying to you're

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Speaker 2: now speeding up and passing the car that's in the

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Speaker 2: the fast lane. Because the car in the fast lane

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Speaker 2: is doing forty miles an hour on an interstate highway

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Speaker 2: that's sixty five seventy, So driving habits count. Okay, you

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Speaker 2: know you've got to think about you know, speed and

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Speaker 2: load and how things get affected by that, and that

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Speaker 2: comes back to fuel economy. And then we got to

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Speaker 2: talk about weight, right. You know, there's a rule of

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Speaker 2: thumb that for every additional ten pounds, it affects fuel

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Speaker 2: and that's the game of numbers, right, Because we could

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Speaker 2: how many miles in the course of a year at

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Speaker 2: an extra were we now an extra dollar a gallon,

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Speaker 2: an extra dollar and a half a gallon? Where has

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Speaker 2: fuel gone up all of a sudden. It's it's all

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Speaker 2: getting expensive. You know when fuel economy starts dropping, people

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Speaker 2: gas station's cheating me. You know, gee whiz, gas is

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Speaker 2: just getting too expensive, and it's it's probably the vehicle

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Speaker 2: is overdue for attention. You know, cars whisper, then they scream,

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Speaker 2: coolant does a lot, all right, cool It cools the engine, right,

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Speaker 2: You know, this is no different than my conversation with

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Speaker 2: You know, summer driving isn't just sunshine, right, it's thunderstorms,

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Speaker 2: I's done. I'm not sure where to start or how

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Speaker 2: And I said, how would I explain that to somebody?

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the car doctor, sir.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for coming by, Thank you for having me on.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's it's a hard row, right, you can't

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Speaker 2: like I'll use I'll use the electronics cleaner, and you

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Speaker 2: And you know, what is it a nickel a shot?

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Speaker 2: What's wrong with that picture? Ben Well.

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Speaker 3: I mean, there's definitely times where you know, people are

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Speaker 2: You know. QD Electronics Cleaner from CRC has a quick

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Speaker 3: Know absolutely, yeah, it drives so quickly that it doesn't

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Speaker 2: There's also you know, like if you find oil or dirt,

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Speaker 2: So there's a you know, there's a delic I think

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Speaker 2: this incredibly complicated, you know, moving it seventy five eighty

428
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Speaker 2: miles an hour down the highway, oil pumping gas flowing

429
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,879
Speaker 2: wind in their air automobile, and you know there's obviously

430
00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,879
Speaker 2: there's there's a concern, you know, is there is there

431
00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:31,000
Speaker 2: an issue where can I use too much cleaner not

432
00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,119
Speaker 2: enough cleaner? Is it? Is it? Can I overdo it?

433
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,119
Speaker 2: Or just follow the directions on the can? Is the

434
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:37,639
Speaker 2: best way to go about it? Because you guys have

435
00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,000
Speaker 2: great cautionary warnings. We're applicable. I've noticed that about your

436
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,320
Speaker 2: product all the time I'm using it.

437
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:47,040
Speaker 3: Kay. There's definitely circumstances where somebody could, you know, overuse

438
00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:48,960
Speaker 3: too much of a cleaner. For example, if they were

439
00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,560
Speaker 3: spraying into an enclosed cavity and you you know, unload

440
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,520
Speaker 3: half a canon there, which is completely unnecessary. It wouldn't

441
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,600
Speaker 3: have a chance to dry. Sometimes you might have so

442
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,560
Speaker 3: much liquid inside that cavity that it'll stay wet. And uh,

443
00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,080
Speaker 3: you have to be careful with some of these cleaners because,

444
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:10,520
Speaker 3: for example, this one QD is flammable. So normally that's

445
00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,240
Speaker 3: not a concern because it dries off and doesn't leave

446
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,880
Speaker 3: any flammable aspects behind. But yeah, you could you could

447
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,439
Speaker 3: use too much of it. I would say it's not

448
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:20,879
Speaker 3: necessary to do that.

449
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,680
Speaker 2: I like the I like the one second don one

450
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:28,080
Speaker 2: second off rule. Shite one to one to one too,

451
00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:32,760
Speaker 2: and and then I don't overload the connector. Now, some parts,

452
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:38,800
Speaker 2: like oxygen sensors are really sensitive to contamination. If you

453
00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,879
Speaker 2: get grease oil on the connector, you know, how do

454
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,600
Speaker 2: you clean it off? And I and I actually you know,

455
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 2: I learned this a good couple of years ago. General

456
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 2: Motors had a problem with some of their Chevy traverses

457
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,600
Speaker 2: where the two sensor connector for the front bank was

458
00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,720
Speaker 2: right next to a power steering line, and the power

459
00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,000
Speaker 2: steering line would leak. There was a bulletin for this,

460
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,960
Speaker 2: and it dripped power steering fluid where else, right into

461
00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:09,520
Speaker 2: the two sensor connector. So now it contaminated that connector,

462
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,439
Speaker 2: and eventually, by capular reaction, there were problems where that

463
00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,560
Speaker 2: power steering fluid worked its way up to the PCM,

464
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,399
Speaker 2: which was a good three feet away. And you know

465
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,600
Speaker 2: that's got to be a concern too. Oil and a

466
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,800
Speaker 2: connector means that it's it might migrate somewhere else, so

467
00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,560
Speaker 2: it's really important to get it out. But then how

468
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 2: are we going to get it out if it's such

469
00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,680
Speaker 2: a sensitive connection such a sensitive component.

470
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, So for instances like that, you can definitely you know,

471
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,800
Speaker 3: take apart well undo the connection. And sometimes you might

472
00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,240
Speaker 3: need to take apart the connector, but usually you're able

473
00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,480
Speaker 3: to just you know, spray the product in there and

474
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,679
Speaker 3: then it will displace that oil that's in there, and

475
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,199
Speaker 3: then it'll help dry it and that way it'll be

476
00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 3: residue free, so it won't short between the different terminals

477
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 3: that are in there, because a lot of times you

478
00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,240
Speaker 3: have you know, six eight terminals and the same connector

479
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:00,760
Speaker 3: that you don't want to touch each other.

480
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,480
Speaker 2: If I'm using and I've cleaned up my connector, and

481
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,320
Speaker 2: I've got a four pin connector of whatever, and it's

482
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,359
Speaker 2: it's got a weather pack seal, right, It's got that

483
00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,800
Speaker 2: rubber band look to it, right, so when you push

484
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,239
Speaker 2: it together, it's it's environmentally sealed. Can I pack that

485
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,080
Speaker 2: connector with dielectric grease without concern or do I have

486
00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,439
Speaker 2: to be aware of what sort of sensor I'm working

487
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,240
Speaker 2: on before I just randomly do that?

488
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,920
Speaker 3: Absolutely, you can always use electric grease. I always say

489
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 3: use it sparingly because there are instances where people have

490
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,520
Speaker 3: used too much of it and it has insulated the connection,

491
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,399
Speaker 3: but normally, on like a four pin connector, the male

492
00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,240
Speaker 3: and female terminals are going to have tension between the

493
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,920
Speaker 3: terminals so that when you plug them together, they'll basically

494
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,800
Speaker 3: scrape off enough grease that they can make contact, but

495
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 3: they'll be surrounded by the grease after that.

496
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,719
Speaker 2: Right, they're tenstyle contact. Is it tensil the E N

497
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,840
Speaker 2: S I L E. I think the word was. I

498
00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,160
Speaker 2: learned that years ago at GM computer Cliss when they

499
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 2: originally started using paper clips to measure the the the

500
00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,560
Speaker 2: grip strength of the computer connector, and then it evolved

501
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,200
Speaker 2: on from there. So it's a concern. So all these

502
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,280
Speaker 2: chemicals we're talking about, they've got to come from somewhere,

503
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,639
Speaker 2: right and and and herein you know is probably and

504
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,160
Speaker 2: definitely the root of the This is why you might

505
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,159
Speaker 2: have a shop supply charge on your vehicle because you

506
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:27,760
Speaker 2: can't you can't fix cars without products like this, right,

507
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,920
Speaker 2: It's it becomes a difficult conversation. So instead of having

508
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,720
Speaker 2: to replace an oxygen and sensor for one hundred, two

509
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,600
Speaker 2: hundred and three hundred dollars, it's it's cleaned the connector

510
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 2: and you're fine.

511
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, it's definitely helpful to be able to service

512
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,680
Speaker 3: parts like this instead of instead of replacing them.

513
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,680
Speaker 2: You know, Ben, we're gonna pull over and take a pause.

514
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 2: When we come back, I want to talk about intermittent

515
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,880
Speaker 2: connections and you know how to see or see help

516
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 2: us handle that and some of the things that you

517
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 2: have to help increase connectivity, so to speak. So if

518
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,600
Speaker 2: you can just Titan sit with us during the pause,

519
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,679
Speaker 2: I'm running any and the car doctor. We'll both return

520
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:14,680
Speaker 2: right after this. So when we pulled away, we were

521
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,439
Speaker 2: talking about electrical connections and we're here this hour with

522
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 2: Ben Sisiilski from CRC Chemicals. And you know, if you're

523
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,399
Speaker 2: in the automotive business longer than last week, you know

524
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,199
Speaker 2: CRC is the flagship, right They've been around forever and

525
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 2: they're always innovating and creating and doing the right thing

526
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 2: and helping us shops and helping the di wires, helping

527
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,000
Speaker 2: people that work on your own cars with chemicals and

528
00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:42,600
Speaker 2: new innovative ideas. We're here talking about intermittent connections right now. Ben,

529
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,679
Speaker 2: you know I've got a computer module. Maybe I suspect that,

530
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 2: you know, I've got a bad connection, or I'm playing

531
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,320
Speaker 2: with the harness tweaking the harness a little bit. I

532
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 2: might have a vibration issue rough roads, that kind of thing,

533
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,040
Speaker 2: And you know, every once in a while, I'll see

534
00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 2: the computer drop out and no longer communicate with the

535
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 2: rest of the car. Is there a way to you know,

536
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 2: I could go through and consistently refresh connections and maybe

537
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 2: it's not a module, Maybe it's just a connection. What

538
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,199
Speaker 2: a c or ce having the having the you know,

539
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,679
Speaker 2: technical closet there to help us.

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00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,320
Speaker 3: Yeah. So you know, in an instance like that, you're

541
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 3: gonna want to remove the connector and take a good

542
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 3: look inside, see if you find any corrosion or any

543
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 3: grease or oil in there, and then at that point

544
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 3: cleaning it out as best as possible, and then you

545
00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 3: can see, you know, if their residue has been removed

546
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 3: at that point.

547
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 2: Is it Is it possible I'm gonna take the connector

548
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 2: apart and not see anything. But yet I've got a

549
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 2: problem because it's such a I don't want to say microscopic,

550
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 2: but it's such a you know, a minimal level that

551
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 2: it's because it's a computer connection, right, and they're they're

552
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 2: affected by the least little bump in the road.

553
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, sometimes it's definitely hard to see inside those connectors.

554
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 3: It's still never going to hurt to spray a cleaner

555
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 3: in there, and and then make sure, you know, try

556
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 3: it adequately before reconnecting it.

557
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:07,200
Speaker 2: Right, and then the one second rule. CRC and I

558
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 2: only learned of this recently. CRC makes a connector I

559
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 2: think the word is a connection or connector enhancer. It's

560
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,760
Speaker 2: something you would apply to the pins after you clean it,

561
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 2: and it helps improve the connectivity. Am I saying that right?

562
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, you could definitely follow up the cleaner with

563
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 3: the product that we make called two Dash twenty six.

564
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 3: It's a multipurpose lubricant and corrosion inhibitor. It is plastic safe.

565
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 3: It will help if there's any remaining corrosion on the pins,

566
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:45,719
Speaker 3: and it will also provide protection for grease for a

567
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 3: moisture going down the line after you apply a light

568
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 3: coating of that on there, right, And.

569
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 2: It works okay, if you know, if I clean it,

570
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 2: if I clean my connector, then I hit it with

571
00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 2: two Dish twenty six. And then if I want to

572
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:03,719
Speaker 2: put a fine little shmear technical word schmear, right, I

573
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 2: want to put a little shmear on the connector of

574
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 2: dielectric grease. I can put it all together and there's

575
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 2: nothing there that's gonna, you know, be a problem for me.

576
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,640
Speaker 2: And I've created a night nice, tight, clean, weather proof,

577
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 2: weather packed seal. Right, yeah, correct, I want to switch

578
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,360
Speaker 2: and go over a little bit towards cleaning and preventing

579
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 2: corrosion in the first place, specifically battery terminals. Right, we

580
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 2: all see it. We lift the hood, I see it.

581
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,440
Speaker 2: Cars come in for service, you know, they'll come in

582
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 2: from another shop, and we're in for the first time,

583
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 2: and I see battery terminals that aren't clean, battery terminals

584
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 2: that aren't protected. You know, what's the formal approved way?

585
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 2: And this is probably where a lot of shop supplies

586
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 2: get used up in cleaning that battery. What's the best

587
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 2: way to clean that battery up and keep it clean?

588
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, So the best way would be to use a

589
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 3: specific product of battery cleaner which sprays out onto the battery.

590
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,880
Speaker 3: It actually sprays out yellow, and then where it hits

591
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 3: the acid, it'll turn pinks, which is an indicator. Sometimes

592
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 3: people don't realize their battery is leaking or that they

593
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 3: have asset on there, but it will sit on the

594
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 3: surface and dwell and help to eat away at that corrosion.

595
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 3: You can brush it also and then rinse it off

596
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 3: and that'll help clean the corrosion off.

597
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then of course, you know, if we're using

598
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 2: a brush, safety gloves, safety glasses, you know, the usual precautions.

599
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 2: And then CRC also makes a terminal coating, a protectant

600
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 2: that might slow down the process, prevents it from repeating.

601
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 3: Right, Yes, after you make your connection and your battery

602
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,719
Speaker 3: is attached and the terminals are tight, then you can

603
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 3: apply a battery terminal protector which will leave a red

604
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 3: film on there. And the good thing about that is,

605
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 3: you know, when you open your hood six months to

606
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 3: a year down the road, you can check to make

607
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 3: sure you still see that red color and if not,

608
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 3: you can always apply a little bit more on there.

609
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 2: Right right, Ben, It's been great having you today. If

610
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 2: the listeners want more information, because I'm guessing you know,

611
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 2: we've only talked about three or four specific chemicals available

612
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 2: from CRC. And you know, I can't imagine how big

613
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,840
Speaker 2: the catalog is because there's hundreds. What's the website if

614
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 2: they want to go and browse and look and see

615
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 2: other things that CRC has to help us, you know,

616
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,400
Speaker 2: work on our vehicles. Sure.

617
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 3: Our website is CRC Industries dot com and there's a

618
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 3: lot of information that can be found on there.

619
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 2: Yeah. Oh it's it's it's kind of like a fun

620
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 2: read on a Saturday afternoon, so I can tell you

621
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 2: it's what it's what I do when I'm not on air.

622
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 2: So Ben, thanks for joining us today and we hope

623
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 2: to have you back again real soon. You have a

624
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 2: great rest of the weekend.

625
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 3: Thank you you too.

626
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 2: You're right welcome. I'm on an Ady and the Car Doctor.

627
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:55,560
Speaker 2: We're back right after this. Well that was a fast

628
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 2: hour and thanks for sticking with me, and I hope

629
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 2: you got something out of today. You know, we talked

630
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 2: a lot in the beginning about maintenance and self care

631
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,760
Speaker 2: of your automobile, and I'm trying to stress that more

632
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 2: and more. You know. I look at your comments and

633
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 2: questions on social media, you know, because we are posting

634
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 2: more and more on social media Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube,

635
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 2: and I'm trying to be more aware of what you're

636
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,760
Speaker 2: looking for. Because this is your radio show. I just

637
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 2: get to do it. So if you've got comments, questions

638
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 2: and you don't see something on social media, you want

639
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 2: drop me a line ron at cardoctorshow dot com or

640
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 2: by all means, comment on those posts that you see

641
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 2: up on Instagram and Facebook, all right, because we want

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