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The Car Doctor is in the garage 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: and ready to take your call. 15 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 2: Sometimes, being a mechanic, you have to be a fortune teller. 16 00:00:54,760 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 2: I just feel it's it's just very important, and I've 17 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 2: talked about this before, but I can't say it enough. 18 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 2: I think because of the complexity of the car, because 19 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 2: of the difficulty in repairing and maintaining it. And it's funny, 20 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 2: you know, you talk to guys that have been in 21 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 2: the business long enough, and they'll tell you cars today 22 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 2: versus five short years ago, and truthfully ten short years 23 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 2: ago are so different, and the course of repair and 24 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 2: the degree of difficulty has just gone up exponentially more. 25 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 2: And the approach, you know, you can see it. You 26 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 2: sit in certain cars and you look at that dashboard 27 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 2: screen and it's kind of like a wrap around TV 28 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 2: screen in front of you, and I'm just curious. I 29 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: wonder what's behind that dashboard. You know, there's no there's no, 30 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: there's nothing. There's just you know, printed circuit boards and 31 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 2: computer chips. It's been quiet at the shop the month 32 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 2: of February, and you know, we've got enough. We're picking in, 33 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: you know, dealing with the day to day. But there's 34 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: no mad rush right now. And that's typical. You know, 35 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 2: this time of year, the snooze, the snow hits the ground, 36 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 2: and you know, the Northeast has seen enough snow that 37 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 2: it's definitely affecting business and people just don't want to 38 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 2: come out and understand that. But I decided, you know what, 39 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 2: let me finish the money, Carlo. I've got to get 40 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 2: this car done right. You guys have heard me talk 41 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 2: about this for a while. So I've got the dashboard out. 42 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 2: You look at the way that that vehicle was put 43 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 2: together in nineteen seventy two. They were pretty smart. There's 44 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 2: a lot of mechanical nuts and bolts and stuff. A 45 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 2: lot of the stuff is just simple nuts and bolts. 46 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: I mean, if something isn't right, like, for example, I 47 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 2: was putting what they call the air distribution manifold on 48 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 2: it yesterday. We had taken the dashboard and the heater 49 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 2: case out. I'm cleaning things up, and you know, it's 50 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 2: funny as a side note, a side note to the 51 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 2: side note. You know, the car came from Texas. It 52 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 2: came out of Minard, Texas nine years ago now, and 53 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 2: it takes me a while. And the little Texas dust 54 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 2: that's in this air distribution manifold, like it just gets everywhere, 55 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 2: and you say to yourself, you know, how clean is 56 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 2: the inside of this car? And I've been blowing Texas 57 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 2: dust out of the car for nine years. It just 58 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 2: gets into all the crevices and crannies and it's just 59 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 2: kind of funny. But I had a bolt the air 60 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 2: and air distribution manifold back to the heater box, and 61 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 2: it was steel bolts going through the mounting hole and 62 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 2: then screwing into the bakel light. I'll call it bakeol 63 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: light fiberglass. It's this composite material they used to make 64 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: the heater cases in nineteen seventy two, and it just 65 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 2: it's just when it came apart, it just it's so brittle. 66 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 2: It just pulled out and it's like dust and there's 67 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 2: nothing left for the bolt to hold onto. So, you know, 68 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: don't tell the judges at the car show, not that 69 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 2: I care because I'm not going to take it to 70 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 2: one anyway. But I put a non GM bolt in it. 71 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: I found, you know, the right size, the right thing. 72 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 2: It's actually a six millimeter in a standard thread car 73 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 2: and that's probably gonna bother me for the next ten years, 74 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 2: but you know, I got it to fit. It looks right, 75 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 2: it's the right oxided black, it's the right color and 76 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 2: all that. But the simplicity of it, right, you couldn't 77 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 2: do that with a modern car. You'd have to source. 78 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 2: You know, you'd have to buy a bag of fifty 79 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 2: to get one bolt and then throw the rest of 80 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 2: them out because you would never need them again because 81 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 2: everything would be so odd and obscure and you just 82 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 2: look at it. But back to the dashboard. The vacuum 83 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 2: controls that the heater controls are all vacuum. They're the 84 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 2: most complex thing under that dashboard is the fan override switch, 85 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 2: which is when the lever moves, it kicks another lever 86 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 2: and it wedges up a contact point which lifts it 87 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 2: and it closes the circuit to make the high blower 88 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: run whether you want it to or not. That's like 89 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 2: really high tech for nineteen seventy two. I would venture 90 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 2: to guess, and I was looking at a Hyundai something 91 00:04:58,080 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 2: that had come into the shop for an oil change, 92 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 2: and I was looking at the dashboard thinking to myself, 93 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 2: I bet you there's enough technology there that if we 94 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 2: wanted to rewire it with the help of AI, we 95 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 2: could probably track manned spaceflight because the amount of computer 96 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 2: chips and computer memory and computer power in that car 97 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 2: is astounding. And I you know, you look at that 98 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 2: and you go, huh, why did I tell you this story? 99 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 2: Darren dropped off his twenty fifteen Dodge charger this week, 100 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 2: and Darren's a really great guy. He's kind of new 101 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 2: to the shop. They've been coming in about a year 102 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 2: him and his wife. We like talking to them. They 103 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 2: get it, and we spent part of our time during pickup. 104 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 2: I was explaining to her, Nina, I believe it is. 105 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 2: You know why this car isn't worth fixing. It's eleven 106 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 2: years old, It's got ninety thousand miles on it. It's 107 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 2: developing a bit of an oil leak, or it will 108 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 2: develop a bit of an oil leak at some point, 109 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 2: which will because the oil filter adapter housing, which will 110 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 2: become spark plugs, which will become coils, which will become 111 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 2: twenty five hundred to three thousand dollars. It needs rear breaks. 112 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 2: Rear breaks are really the one caliber is starting to 113 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 2: bind and seize, you know. Rear braks are going to 114 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 2: be twelve to fifteen hundred dollars. Let's round off. Let's 115 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 2: call it needs four grand worth of work. They haven't 116 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 2: done a ninety thousand mile service to it. It needs 117 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 2: all kinds of fluids. We sat down and rode up 118 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 2: and looked and talked about legitimate repairs. This vehicle needs 119 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,799 Speaker 2: probably close to five grand coming up in the next 120 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 2: four to six months. I think that's what a shop 121 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 2: is supposed to do. I just do. I think we're 122 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 2: supposed to explain to people, you know, you know, it's 123 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 2: it's it's supposed to We're supposed to guide you guys. 124 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 2: I think that's part of this relationship. And I think 125 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 2: that's what both the consumer and the technicians out there 126 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 2: failed to see. You know, I got to tell you, 127 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,359 Speaker 2: I've never seen the auto industry is is. It's one 128 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 2: of two things. Everybody's really happy, everybody's really miserable. I've 129 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 2: never seen, you know, when they get together. I've never 130 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 2: seen a group of people that really hate their job 131 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 2: as much as auto mechanics. And then I've never seen 132 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 2: a bunch that really love their job as much as 133 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 2: auto mechanics. And I think it's the attitude. I think 134 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 2: it's how you approach it. I think it's how you 135 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 2: come in every day and what you try to see. 136 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 2: And I think it's how the shop deals with, you know, 137 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 2: the complexity of the car, because the car is very complex. 138 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 2: It's not simple. It's even the simplest things become complicated. 139 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 2: Someone at the gym the other day, Laurie, I believe 140 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 2: it was, was telling me the story of her Tesla 141 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 2: with the foam filled tires and she had to go 142 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 2: somewhere special to get the tires replaced because it's a 143 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 2: special tire and adapter. And yeah, and that's what cars 144 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 2: have become. There is nothing simple anymore. It's the complexity 145 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 2: of the vehicle. Who ultimately pays for that, you the consumer, 146 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: and it makes it that much more important for you 147 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 2: to try and understand what's going on and be of 148 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 2: the mind are you going to replace this every four 149 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 2: or five years? Because that was the other thing I 150 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 2: saw the other day in the news that most technicians 151 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 2: recommend replacing the car every five years regardless, because they 152 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 2: don't think they can be repaired and made to last 153 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 2: like they once were, which I kind of agree with 154 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 2: at times, it depends on what car company we're talking about, 155 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 2: and I disagree with at other times because I think 156 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: there are some vehicles out there that will clearly go 157 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 2: fifteen years and two hundred and fifty thousand miles. I 158 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 2: think the big factor that everybody misses is cost per mile. 159 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 2: And there's my point to close this out. It's all 160 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 2: about cost per mile. It's all about what is it 161 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 2: going to cost me to drive this? And I don't 162 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 2: think anybody thinks of that prior to purchasing. Everybody thinks 163 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 2: about it afterwards. Auto repair can't be emotional. Automotive purchasing 164 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 2: can't be emotional. Yeah, I get it. You know, it's 165 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 2: such a cool car. I love the color, it makes 166 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 2: me feel good. Blah blah blah blah blah. But can 167 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 2: the pocketbook afford what the heart wants? And therein lies 168 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 2: the problem, right because sooner or later, whatever you're driving, 169 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 2: no matter how much you love it, it's gonna break 170 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 2: or it's gonna need something. Can you afford to maintain that? Yeah? 171 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 2: I know nobody wants to hear this because it's it's 172 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 2: it's negative, but it's not negative. It's the reality of 173 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 2: ownership and it's the reality of driving. And if you're 174 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 2: leasing and laughing at this feel free, you're also spending 175 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 2: a lot of money every year to just drive a 176 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 2: vehicle that you never really own. And you're doing that 177 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 2: each and every year. So we could have this conversation. 178 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 2: It would go on in perpetuity, I think. But here's 179 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 2: the point. Know what you're trying to achieve, Know your mechanic. 180 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 2: Look to them for advice. Does their advice make sense? 181 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 2: And if it doesn't. And if they don't offer advice, 182 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:54,319 Speaker 2: if it's just you need this, you need that, take 183 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 2: it or leave it, you know what, start to change. 184 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 2: Maybe maybe they're doing it wrong. I think we're all 185 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 2: responsible for the changes that we create in the world 186 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:08,959 Speaker 2: around us, that we create within our contact. I've been 187 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 2: doing this thing at the shop this month. Don't ask 188 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 2: me why I got into this. It just sort of happened. 189 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,559 Speaker 2: But I ended up with a lot of Girl Scout cookies. 190 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:21,319 Speaker 2: And what happened was my nieces. I'll tell you the 191 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: story real quick. My nieces were selling Girl Scout cookies 192 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 2: and I didn't realize it, but my daughter sent me 193 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 2: a link and you know, we need to buy these 194 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 2: Girls Scout cook We've got to help sow and so 195 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 2: and so. Yeah, okay, So I looked at the link 196 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 2: and they needed X number of boxes of cookies so 197 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 2: to make their quota. So I bought all the boxes 198 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 2: plus some. You know, I figured i'd put them over 199 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 2: the top. I got a phone call ten minutes later, Hey, 200 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 2: that's really great, but what about the other kid, Oh, 201 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 2: the other kid. It turns out there were two links 202 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 2: there and I only saw the one. Well, you know, 203 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 2: you can't. You can't buy forty boxes of cookies for 204 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 2: the one and not buy forty boxes of cookies for 205 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 2: the other. So now I've got eighty box is a 206 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 2: girl Scout cookies, mostly mints, by the way, So you 207 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 2: know I can't bring them home because I'll get shot. 208 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 2: You know, what are you doing with all these cookies? 209 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 2: And so I've been giving away to customers. You come 210 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 2: in for an oil change, you get a box of cookies. 211 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 2: And what I tell everybody is, you know what they 212 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 2: look at me. Some people actually offered to pay me 213 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 2: for cookies. I said, no, no, that's not what this 214 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 2: is about. And I mean this with all sincerity that 215 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 2: you know, I'd hand you a box of cookies and say, hey, 216 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,439 Speaker 2: take the cookies. Go home. Tonight. I want you to 217 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 2: sit down with you with your significant other, and I 218 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 2: want you to have a cup of coffee or a 219 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 2: cup of tea, you know, seven o'clock sitting around the 220 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 2: kitchen table thing, and you know, talk about the day, 221 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 2: talk about the week, reconnect, talk about the world. It's 222 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 2: important right now. We need each other, We need to 223 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 2: talk and communicate with each other. Of course, then my 224 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 2: buddy Scott, his daughter was selling Girl Scout cookies and 225 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 2: I had to buy a bunch from her. So, needless 226 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 2: to say, my wife thinks I single handedly save the 227 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 2: Girl Scout Cookie program this year. She's calling me the 228 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 2: Girl Scout Cookie monster. I just can't help it. But 229 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what it does make people giggle and laugh, 230 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 2: especially the woman I gave a box to last customer 231 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 2: on Friday. Got the last box, She said, but what 232 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:11,839 Speaker 2: if I don't drink coffee? I said, okay, to have 233 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 2: a glass of wine with my cookies. Yeah, do whatever 234 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 2: you want. You know, It's just she didn't want to 235 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 2: lie to me. She said, I'm going to go home 236 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 2: and do this, but I'm drinking wine whatever, whatever works 237 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 2: for you. But enjoy the cookies. That's what a repair 238 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 2: shop is. It's not just always about fixing cars. Eight 239 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 2: five five five six nine nine zero zero. I've rambled 240 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 2: long enough. I'm ronning Andy and the car doctor. I'll 241 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 2: be back right after this. Hey, let's get over and 242 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 2: talk to Jackie. I believe in Maryland, Jackie. How can 243 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 2: I help hi? 244 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: Ron? 245 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 3: First of all, I want to tell you that it's 246 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 3: a privilege to speak with you. I listen to you 247 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 3: every Saturday that I have a chance than you are. 248 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 3: You're an amazing teacher, you really are. You're not only informative, 249 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 3: you're funny, and you're kind and you're patient. I'm sure 250 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 3: I'm not the only one who really loves your stories. 251 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know. Family members were calling 252 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 2: in today. 253 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,599 Speaker 4: Tom, I don't know you're writing checks. 254 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 3: You don't know how how much you help us well. 255 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 2: And I got to tell you, Jackie, that means a lot. 256 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 2: You know, we're we're we're We always have this ongoing 257 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 2: debate because you know, you guys don't see behind the scenes, 258 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 2: and there are moments of doubt. There are moments of 259 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 2: g are we doing a good job? There are moments 260 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 2: of are we being effective? And you know, I've had 261 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 2: this conversation in my head laying a bed at night, 262 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 2: looking at the ceiling at three o'clock and going, you know, 263 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 2: am I relevant? Is it time to go? Is it? 264 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 2: You know? Do you keep going? And your words mean 265 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 2: a lot. I've been hearing this of late, a lot 266 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:54,599 Speaker 2: of late, and I take it to heart and I 267 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 2: appreciate it more than you know. 268 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 3: Thank you well. Stop lying awake worrying about it because 269 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 3: I worry that you're going to leave at some point 270 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 3: and we're not going to have you to help us, 271 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 3: and we need you. 272 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 2: I get it. Yeah, no, I listen for the record, 273 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,839 Speaker 2: I've I've the answer I came back to was I'm 274 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 2: gonna be here as long as I'm relevant, as long 275 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 2: as you know, God gives me the strength and the 276 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 2: intelligence and my wits are about me and I'm not 277 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 2: babbling and drooling. You know, I'll uh, I'll be here. 278 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 2: I've got you know, I've got nowhere to go. People 279 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 2: look at me in the shop and they say, so 280 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 2: when you're going to close the shop. I can't close 281 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 2: the shop. I've got a radio show to do. There's 282 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 2: nothing to talk about. I don't want to be a 283 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 2: talking head, and I you know, I think that's one 284 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 2: of the things that's lost on a lot of people personally, 285 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 2: between you and me, that you know, they don't realize 286 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 2: that what you hear here is a microcosm of what 287 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 2: I go through every day at the shop. It's it's 288 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 2: it's what makes the show. You know. 289 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 3: I can't imagine. I cannot because I know how stupid 290 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 3: I am with vehicles, and the only thing that I've learned, truthfully, 291 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 3: is by listening to you, and I appreciate that because 292 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 3: you're a blessing to us. 293 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 2: Well, thank you so much. You know what, Thank you? 294 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 2: How can I help you today? 295 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 3: Well? Thank you? 296 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 5: First of all. 297 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 3: Okay, I have a used two thousand and seven Ford 298 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 3: Expedition XLT and I've had a lot of stuff done 299 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 3: on it. Please don't ask me what, because I am 300 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 3: truly uninformed and I don't understand a word that they're 301 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 3: telling me. But the last time I took it in 302 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 3: it was because the emissions light came on and it 303 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 3: was dropping miles per gallon. They did about thirteen or 304 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 3: fourteen hundred dollars worth of work and that was about 305 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 3: nine months ago. I have to take it through inspection 306 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 3: by the end of this month, thank goodness. The signal 307 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 3: has not come back on, but I have dropped one 308 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 3: mile per gallon the last two months, so I want 309 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 3: to You advertised a great product once called CRC something, 310 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 3: and I thought if I added it that perhaps I'm 311 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 3: not worried about getting the mile per gallon back. I 312 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 3: just want to get two more years on this vehicle. 313 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 2: So is the check engine light on the dashboard on 314 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 2: right now? 315 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 3: No, it wasn't the engine. It was the emissions light. 316 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 2: What is an emissions light? What color is it? Orange? 317 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 2: Is it a symbol? It? Does it look like a 318 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 2: does it look like a little engine? Yes? 319 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 3: Yes it yeah. 320 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 2: Okay, so that's the check engine light. All right, So 321 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 2: let's let's start here because there's a lot to this question, 322 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 2: and I'm going to hold you over during the break, 323 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 2: just so you know a check engine light, you know, 324 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 2: nineteen ninety one, in the Clean Air Act of nineteen 325 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: ninety one, so this is going back a little bit, 326 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:05,640 Speaker 2: Congress mandated that all vehicles sold beginning model year nineteen 327 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 2: ninety six, if vehicle emissions exceed one and a half 328 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 2: times the legal limit, would turn on a check engine 329 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 2: light and set some sort of a code to give 330 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 2: a technician a chance to trace down the problem. You 331 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 2: with me, I am, so you know if it was 332 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 2: a human being and your blood pressure went out of whack. 333 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 2: You know, I wear a fitbit every day. I go 334 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 2: to the gym and I watch my heart rate. If 335 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 2: my heart rate, I could set it up with an 336 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 2: alarm that if my heart rate exceeded a certain number, 337 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 2: the watch would start to vibrate and my check engine 338 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 2: light would come on. Right, I've exceeded my limit, got it. 339 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 2: Cars are doing the same thing, all right, and that's 340 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 2: why the check engine light comes on. So you know, 341 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 2: that's part of this and that's what you have to understand. 342 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,239 Speaker 2: That's why that light's on, and that's only that's the 343 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 2: only reason why that light's on, having to do with emissions. 344 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 2: Hold the thought there, Jackie. I will come back to you, Lonnie. 345 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 2: I will get to you out in Iowa. But let's 346 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 2: pull over and take this pause. I'm Ronaninie and the 347 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 2: car Doctor. We're back right after this. 348 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 6: All the city streets to the open road tonight. If 349 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 6: you're on the run, we'll keep you roll and ride Cavison. 350 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 2: We should make a T shirt that says that, I 351 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 2: think we do. I have to look and see. But 352 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 2: T shirt season's coming, so I gotta get a look 353 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:55,640 Speaker 2: at the Car Doctor's store card doctorshow dot com. See 354 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 2: if we have T shirts that say just something simple 355 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 2: car advice done. Right back to Jackie Maryland. All right, 356 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 2: I got sidetracked. So the check engine light comes on, Jackie, 357 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 2: because emissions are high. They're out of whack right now, right? 358 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 3: What I got that fished and it's not on anymore, 359 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 3: hasn't been on for about nine months. 360 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 2: Okay, have you driven a couple of hundred miles in 361 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 2: the nine months. 362 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 3: I'm sure you have thousands? 363 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 2: Okay, then you know, as long as they did their job, 364 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 2: you should pass inspection regardless. However, okay, higher mileage vehicle. 365 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 3: Yes, two hundred thousands. 366 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 2: Right, so tell me maybe and maybe that's what they 367 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 2: did as part of the thirteen hundred dollars spark plugs. Maybe, yes, 368 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,120 Speaker 2: maybe not I ever put spark plugs in this car. 369 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 3: I have no idea what they did. 370 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 2: Got to look back through your repair records, okay, all right, 371 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,959 Speaker 2: you know i'd be curious. Twohundred thousand miles you had 372 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 2: to have done a couple of spark plugs, probably a 373 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 2: couple of ignition coils, you know. And that's for longevity, 374 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:04,959 Speaker 2: all right. And you know, listen, take power, right, kiddo. 375 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 2: You're you're driving this vehicle or are you alone in 376 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 2: this vehicle most of the time you're out on the 377 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 2: road a lot. 378 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: Yes, you know. 379 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 2: It's it's when was the battery replaced last? When? 380 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 3: Well recently? 381 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 2: Okay? 382 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 3: And then I get the oil because of you changed 383 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 3: every three thousand to five thousand miles right. 384 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 2: Ever ever, service the transmission, any of the other drive 385 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 2: line fluids wear in front end. 386 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 3: I did have a transmission fluid. 387 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 2: Changed, Okay, Cooling I don't. 388 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 3: They didn't flush it. I've had it added, Okay, I 389 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 3: guess I should get that done. 390 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 2: Right well, and then and then why is it added? 391 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 2: Is it added because of normal attrition, normal normal loss 392 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 2: over time? Or is there a leak somewhere? 393 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 3: Now they didn't tell me there was a leak. 394 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 2: Okay, well they may not, but you know, the question comes, 395 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 2: how much cooland are they adding? Are they adding a 396 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 2: court every oil change? Or is it a court every 397 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 2: two years? So it's a court every it's a court 398 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 2: every it's a it's a quart over a longer period 399 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 2: of time. 400 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 3: Correct. 401 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 2: So probably the biggest question I've got with this vehicle 402 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 2: is it's an O seven and you're in Maryland. Pretty 403 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 2: harsh winters. Yes, yeah, I've been in Maryland. 404 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 3: And we just went through that blizzard. 405 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 2: Yep. Lots of salt and corrosive material on the road. Yes, 406 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 2: how rusty is this car underneath? That's it? 407 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 3: I don't know. I never saw it underneath, but I 408 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 3: do take it through the car wash and have it washed. 409 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 2: Do you have a regular mechanic, no, you know there? 410 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 2: You know where do you get the oil change and stuff. 411 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 3: Done through a place that I can drive through and 412 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 3: they check everything and tell me what I need? But 413 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 3: the but the mechanic that I I've had two different 414 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 3: ones because the car died in one place and then 415 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 3: I had to have it fixed and stay overnight, right, 416 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 3: and then in my own area, I had some you 417 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 3: know them do something else on it because I was 418 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 3: worried and I took it in. But I just wanted 419 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 3: to make sure that I could. I mean, I can 420 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 3: take it through inspection and if they tell me that 421 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 3: it needs something, then I have to go back. And 422 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 3: I'm just trying to avoid that. 423 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,360 Speaker 2: Well. As far as the check engine light and the emissions, 424 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 2: the only thing somebody could do preemptive would be to 425 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 2: plug in a scan tool, plug in a diagnostic okay, 426 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 2: and check what we call monitors m O N I 427 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 2: T O rs okay. Monitors are the self tests that 428 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 2: every car made since nineteen ninety six. There's that Clean 429 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 2: Air Act thing kicking up its head again, right. Monitors 430 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,160 Speaker 2: are the self test that every OBD two computer goes 431 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 2: through every time you start the car. Jackie. Jackie has 432 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 2: a routine. Right, Jackie gets up in the morning. Right, 433 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 2: she showers, she coffees, she brushes her teeth. Okay, she 434 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 2: has breakfast. She goes about her routine. That is your routine. 435 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 2: If you complete all your routines and you're successful, you 436 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 2: have a good day. If you complete all your routines 437 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 2: but you spill your cup of coffee down the sink 438 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 2: by accident, you completed the routine by pouring it, but 439 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 2: you put on a check engine light because you weren't successful. 440 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: Right, got it. 441 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 2: Cars do the same thing, but they're done electronically, and 442 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 2: they're being tested every moment of every second of every 443 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 2: day of operation. So in order for that vehicle to 444 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 2: pass inspection, what they're really looking at is when they 445 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 2: plug into the car, they're looking to see, are the 446 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 2: monitors or the self tests complete? Did it pour a 447 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 2: cup of coffee? Did it enjoy the cup of coffee? 448 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 2: Is there any fault code pending? And is the check 449 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 2: engine light on? And if they're all complete and there's 450 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 2: nothing pending and the light's not on in New Jersey, 451 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 2: that vehicle would pass inspection Maryland. I'm not sure Maryland 452 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 2: may still do safety, which I would encourage. I hope 453 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,439 Speaker 2: they do. I think New Jersey should go back to it. 454 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 2: But the point becomes, as far as you know, emissions related, 455 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 2: that's what it takes to pass an emissions inspection now, 456 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 2: So go ahead. 457 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 3: Sorry, If I take it to a mechanic prior to 458 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 3: going through inspection and ask him to run, pay him 459 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 3: to run. 460 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 2: A diagnostic, checking monitors and status of the onboard computer system, 461 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 2: he should come back to you with a printed report 462 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 2: and be able to give you a blow by blow 463 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 2: and tell you what's pending. 464 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 3: You know, my status of onboard. 465 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 2: On board computer, what's the status of the onboard monitors? Okay, 466 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 2: all right, you know, probably probably one hundred dollars test, 467 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 2: and they should they should give you a print out. 468 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 2: I think every mechanic, if you're paying for a diagnostic 469 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 2: of some kind, every mechanic should give you a printed report. 470 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 2: It's like going to the doctor and getting an X ray. 471 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 2: That's your X ray. You're paying for it. 472 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 3: Okay, well, this is very helpful and it may save 473 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 3: me a huge amount of time because it's when you 474 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 3: sit in line for a long time, then something else happens, 475 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,640 Speaker 3: it overheats. 476 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 2: Or you know, right now, the only yeah, I'm sorry 477 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:34,399 Speaker 2: to directly answer your question. I like any of the 478 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 2: CRC fuel system cleaners, and at two hundred thousand miles there, 479 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 2: it's something you should consider using on a regular basis. 480 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 2: You know, you'll find just traditional CRC fuel system cleaner 481 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:50,719 Speaker 2: at your local Advance Autoparts if your vehicle develops a 482 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 2: catalytic converter problem. One of the greatest products anybody's come 483 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 2: out with CRC Guaranteed to Pass, which is a very 484 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 2: high dosage a fuel system cleaner. It cleans the entire 485 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:06,479 Speaker 2: fuel system, injectors and take valves, et cetera. But you know, 486 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 2: do you need that right now? I don't know that 487 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 2: you know, you don't seem to have that issue. But 488 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 2: as far as regular maintenance, seriously, fuel system cleaner on 489 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 2: a regular basis, yeah, all right. 490 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 3: Would it hurt to put the high dose each one in? 491 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,679 Speaker 2: It wouldn't hurt. I don't know that it's necessary, Okay, 492 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 2: all right. But the last two thoughts I have and 493 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,679 Speaker 2: then I got to go, is you know you're I 494 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 2: think you're a single woman driving this, or you're in 495 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 2: this vehicle as a woman alone. It's older, it's almost 496 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 2: twenty years old. Now, I'd really love to have a 497 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 2: mechanic you can trust. It's kind of watching over your shoulder. 498 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,359 Speaker 2: That's got as much of you, you and your safety 499 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,679 Speaker 2: interest at heart as the vehicles. I'd like to know 500 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 2: what the rust is under this vehicle, because if it 501 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,360 Speaker 2: looks like the SS restolium, my concern is, where does 502 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 2: something break and fall off and become an issue. And 503 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 2: I'm going to call you. 504 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 3: I'm going to call you this summer and ask about 505 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,959 Speaker 3: what car I should go to next. I've heard you 506 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 3: talk to people about that and it's very helpful. Thank you, 507 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 3: very welcome. 508 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 2: You'd be well, Jackie. I got to run, sweetheart. You 509 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 2: take good care and enjoy the rest of the weekend. 510 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 2: I'm running any of the car. Doctor. We are back 511 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 2: right after this. My my mind, where did this hour go? Lonnie? 512 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,359 Speaker 2: Lonnie and Iowa. I appreciate you waiting there for so long. 513 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 2: And yeah, how can I help you today? Sir? 514 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 5: It's a pleasure to talk to. 515 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 2: Thank you. 516 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 5: I don't have a problem, Rob, I've got a question though. 517 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 5: I have a twenty twenty four buy Concord GX and 518 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 5: it has well. I think you've referred to as auto 519 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 5: start stop yep. And I'm just curious. I tried to 520 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 5: get in the habit of using it. It's not working 521 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 5: out too well, and I was just curious about fuel 522 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 5: of savings and problems with the engine, if there's any. 523 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 2: I don't think start stop has been the light the 524 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 2: industry on fire success that they thought it was going 525 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 2: to be, all right, and I think we can point 526 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 2: to the fact that within the last two weeks the 527 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 2: government decided, hey, we're going to do away with the 528 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 2: mandate for start stop and you know, let manufacturers do 529 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 2: it out of their own choice. It's I think. 530 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 5: They've got they've got it backwards because it's always on 531 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 5: when you get in right, and they should have it 532 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 5: to where you can turn it on, it. 533 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 2: Right, on it right. And here's why, all right, I 534 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 2: don't think it has the cost savings that they expected. 535 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 2: And to me, you know, I start a car. Let's 536 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 2: talk about it like this. I start a car in 537 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 2: a nice day in June and I'm going ten to 538 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 2: fifteen minutes away. Great. I start a car on a 539 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 2: cold day in December and I'm taking a three hour 540 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 2: ride somewhere on all kinds of weather. I'd like to 541 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 2: know that once the car started, it stays running, because 542 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 2: I don't have to go through the challenge of it 543 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 2: shutting off and on, you know, at every moment, every 544 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 2: stop sign, every slow down, sitting in traffic on an 545 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 2: interstate in the middle of a blizzard somewhere, I think 546 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 2: that's a lot of wear and tear. And you know, 547 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 2: that's what a lot of the studies are saying now. 548 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 2: Having said that, one of the things that the industry 549 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 2: talks about in the last year that they've decided to 550 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 2: talk about and they've discovered is the wear and tear 551 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:32,719 Speaker 2: that start stop puts on. Something called variable valve timing 552 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 2: big word, right, Variable valve timing is where the engine 553 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 2: will alter camshaft timing. Think about a bicycle, right, big sprocket, 554 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 2: little sprocket. If the ratio is the little sprocket turns 555 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 2: around twice to the big sprocket turning around once. All right, 556 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 2: that's basically what an engine does. The crank turns twice, 557 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 2: the cam turns once. Well, if they can alter the 558 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 2: position of the sprockets as they approach each each other, 559 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 2: for different events to happen in the engine. They can 560 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 2: gain power, they can help emissions, they can get better 561 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 2: fuel economy. That's what variable valve timing means. They're changing 562 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 2: the relationship of when the valves open and close in 563 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 2: relation to the crank shaft right, which is controlling piston 564 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 2: movement inside the engine. So what I always explain to 565 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 2: people is, think of when you get up to walk 566 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 2: to the front door. If you sometimes skip instead of walk, 567 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 2: it's going to alter how fast you get there. If 568 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 2: you stumble instead of walk smoothly, it's going to alter 569 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,480 Speaker 2: how well you get there, and so on. You're varying 570 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 2: your pace. They're varying the rotation of the camshaft in 571 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 2: the engine. What Start Stopped does is think of if 572 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 2: we took that big sprocket on the back of the 573 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,760 Speaker 2: bicycle and have fixed a spring to it such that 574 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 2: the spring would have to collapse before the sprocket actually 575 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 2: was driven by the chain. Right, you're stepping on the 576 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 2: pedals in the front. You with me, Well, every time 577 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 2: start Stop engages, it's basically doing that. Because we've got 578 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 2: to have oil pressure. The sprocket has to be you know, 579 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 2: up against Tydraul and it all happens in the blink 580 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 2: of an eye. 581 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 5: But sounds sounds like a lot of problems in the future. 582 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, because we're we're working a system a combination 583 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 2: of that CAM sprocket with its and it's it's not 584 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 2: mechanical springs in a Camshaf sprocket that was for you know, 585 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 2: demonstration purposes. It's oil filled in a passageway, right, But 586 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 2: we're beating the oil up harder. We're making the sprocket 587 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 2: move and work harder. We're stretching and putting stress on 588 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 2: the timing chains. And what they're finding is that a 589 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 2: lot of the stop start functionality is creating issues within 590 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 2: a lot of engines with VVT. You know, you look 591 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 2: at some of these engines that have variable valve timing 592 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 2: problems at sixty seventy thousand miles and all of a sudden, 593 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 2: it's a four thousand dollars repair. Boy, we sure saved 594 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 2: a lot of money there. Yeah, that was worth doing. 595 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,480 Speaker 2: And that's why I'm not a fan. I don't own 596 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 2: a start stop vehicle, and I think if I did, 597 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 2: I would find a way to defeat it. And that's 598 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 2: just the way I am. Call me old school, called 599 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 2: me hard headed, call me living in the past, whatever 600 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 2: you want, but I just I just don't. 601 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 5: Buy it is a computer control. 602 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, are you kidding? Brother? There's so many wires 603 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 2: attached to that system it would make your head spin. 604 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,479 Speaker 5: So I was just wondering because that's the only thing 605 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 5: I could think I would be affused or no. 606 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 4: There are there are companies, well, there are companies. There 607 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 4: are companies out there that are making chips that plug 608 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 4: into the OBD two port that will allow you to 609 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 4: defeat it, and each I take each one on a 610 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,200 Speaker 4: case by case basis, but I will tell you that 611 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 4: you know, it's just something you could look for, and 612 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 4: you know, if it shuts it off cleanly and doesn't 613 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 4: affect other engine systems, I think you're good. I appreciate 614 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,280 Speaker 4: the conversation, Lonnie, and I appreciate you mean part of 615 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 4: the card doctor family. I'm ron a nanny in the 616 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 4: car doctor. I'll be back right after this. 617 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 2: So it comes down to this, right the last couple 618 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 2: of minutes, just put a shameless plug in T shirt 619 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:26,440 Speaker 2: and coffee cups, right, T shirt seasons coming, get out 620 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,600 Speaker 2: the Cardoctorshow dot com. Get into the merchandise store. T 621 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 2: shirts are out there, black, white, all different things, and 622 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 2: give yourself a T shirt for the summer. We appreciate 623 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 2: it helped support us and by all means, coffee cups 624 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,200 Speaker 2: seem to be the most popular thing or one of 625 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 2: the more popular things, So coffee cups are out there 626 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 2: as well. I want to talk to you about the 627 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 2: and by the way, before I do that, don't forget 628 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,240 Speaker 2: too like the podcast. Get out to YouTube. More things 629 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 2: coming there as well social media accounts. I want to 630 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 2: talk to you about this Subaru story that I keep 631 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 2: looking at all weekend today, and Subaru, if you're aware, 632 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 2: is recalling seventeen thousand plus model year twenty twenty six 633 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 2: cross tracks and some model year twenty twenty fives as 634 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:10,239 Speaker 2: well for a potential fire risk. Holy cow, you know 635 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 2: what they do? Learn lessons from Tesla. The issue is 636 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 2: they've got faulty fuel filler cap gaskets. What happens is 637 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,880 Speaker 2: when the tank is near full, heat causes the fuel 638 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 2: tank to expand and because of the defective gasket, fuel 639 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 2: can seep past the cap seal and while alah, you 640 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 2: got a fire hazard. So let me repeat this the 641 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 2: twenty twenty six cross tracks and some of the twenty 642 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 2: fives are having problems with fuel leakage when the tank 643 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,879 Speaker 2: is full and temperatures rise, so Subaru has to get 644 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,880 Speaker 2: repairs ready, which are expected to be in late March. 645 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 2: So in the meantime, just in case you miss the notice, 646 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 2: Subaru is encouraging owners parked the vehicle outside, which geez, 647 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,279 Speaker 2: I just bought a brand new car, and I've got 648 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 2: to leave it outside in the weather, but not in 649 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,200 Speaker 2: the garage. Don't fill the tank more than fifty percent 650 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 2: and wait for the official notice from Suberue because you're 651 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 2: gonna get a free deal or repair. You know, we 652 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:07,120 Speaker 2: talk about this often. Modern fuel systems are sealed and pressurized. 653 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,640 Speaker 2: Simple things can be a problem. Something as simple as 654 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,840 Speaker 2: a cap casket fails, real safety issue, so be aware. 655 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 2: Twenty twenty six subar us. You'll read more about this 656 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,680 Speaker 2: in the news. I'm sure till the next time I'm 657 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:21,280 Speaker 2: ronning Andy in the car doctor reminding you good mechanics 658 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:27,719 Speaker 2: aren't expensive, they're priceless. See y hey, doctor cur advice 659 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 2: to write