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Speaker 1: Ron and Nanian, did you play attention in math class?

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Speaker 1: Remember when you took in algebra and you were botting

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Speaker 1: those points on the X and y axis. But we're

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Speaker 1: gonna talk about why that's okay. Yeah, that car doctor. Listen,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna call it what it is. We're gonna overhaul

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Speaker 1: the cooling system two or seventy five thousand miles. It's

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Speaker 1: almost broken in it's time. Welcome to the radio home

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Speaker 1: of Ron and Nanian the Car Doctor. Since this is

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Speaker 1: where car owners the world overturned to for their definitive

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

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Speaker 1: busy signal, pick up the phone and call in the

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Speaker 1: garage doors are open, but I am here to take

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Speaker 1: your call at eight five five five six, and now

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Speaker 1: he running due As parents have a responsibility, how teach

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Speaker 1: our kids to drive and what to drive and how

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna talk about that because it's become a

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Speaker 1: this way. Two thousand nine. Lexus come into the shop

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Speaker 1: It's been about a year and four months, and it

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Speaker 1: used to be the dad's car. And now the Sun

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Speaker 1: He's got an internship. He's a I think he's a senior,

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Speaker 1: but it had an oil leak. It needed some other

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Speaker 1: explained all that to the dad, and this is when

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Speaker 1: I realized the words that people use are powerful, right

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Speaker 1: we we we as a people, when we communicate with

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Speaker 1: the words we say that that make it whether or

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Speaker 1: The statement, okay, let's call it the statement, well, you know, iron,

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Speaker 1: he's only using the car a few times a week.

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Speaker 1: That's the first word that has to go. Only. Only

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Speaker 1: can't be used, all right, because if we say if

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Speaker 1: he's using the car a few times of week, it

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Speaker 1: has more impact. Yeah, but you're limiting it by saying only.

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Speaker 1: You're making it sound diminished. It's not a lot. And

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Speaker 1: he's only using it a few times a week because

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Speaker 1: he's just driving to Trenton. Just that's the second word

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Speaker 1: that's got to go, all right. And Maryland to see

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Speaker 1: his girlfriend. So just Trenton. Trenton from North Jersey is

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Speaker 1: Third part of the conversation, Third group of words. I

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Speaker 1: What's a little bit safe? Is this? Is this like

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Speaker 1: So tell me where you want me to stop, Tell

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Speaker 1: That's more than I expected to repair. I think is

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Speaker 1: We won't focus so much on the check engine light

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Speaker 1: it's not going to limit the operation of the vehicle

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Speaker 1: driver in this case, the young driver won't know. And

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Speaker 1: As it is in the technology of cars that we

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Speaker 1: Did that kind of makes sense, but only just in

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Speaker 1: So that we proceeded along. I ran monitors, the car

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Speaker 1: and how we mold that young driver and teach them

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Speaker 1: to be built. I understand that, But there's that line

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Speaker 1: be talking about well, no, we're not gonna do it

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Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking about the fact that next week,

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Speaker 1: Not this week, not this hour, next week. So I

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Speaker 1: want you to start thinking about that, uh Tom, and

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Speaker 1: But I am here to answer all your questions. We're

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Speaker 1: back from this zero zero zero run in the car doctor.

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Speaker 1: Don't go away you when you get keep Ron's number

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Speaker 1: hand eight five five five six zero nine nine zero

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Speaker 1: Here's Rob. Hey, let's get over to Jim in Wisconsin. Jim,

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Speaker 1: welcome to the Car Doctor, running any and at your service, sir,

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Speaker 1: How can I help? How are you doing? I'm just

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Speaker 1: we're kind of still getting um, kind of crappy gas mileage. UM,

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Speaker 1: I would say I'm getting about ten ten leven ish.

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Speaker 1: That's about it. Um, I did what you told me

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Speaker 1: sort of remember the call. Why Why did I say

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Speaker 1: and I did the fuel filtering, changed all new plugs.

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Speaker 1: So I'm guessing somewhere in our conversation. I bet if

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Speaker 1: I replayed, it be interesting to do that, Tom, to

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Speaker 1: replay conversations from two months ago. I bet it's the

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Speaker 1: same answer, um, in that I would, out of lea

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Speaker 1: have said, take a look at fuel trim. Did we

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Speaker 1: have that conversation? Okay, so we should go look at

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Speaker 1: fuel trim. Alright. Fuel trim is and that's where every

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Speaker 1: fuel economy diagnosis starts. So maybe I didn't say it.

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Speaker 1: needs to add to base numbers. Example, all right, the

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Speaker 1: federal government says, we're gonna sell this O two trailblazer.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna drive it in Wisconsin. We're going to allow

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Speaker 1: but it always has to work from a base number.

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Speaker 1: The base number is it's going to add three bridgets,

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Speaker 1: three widgets of fuel to one widget of air, all right,

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Speaker 1: Jim's trail Blazer, fuel trim is skewed. There's something not

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Speaker 1: shift to just you know how long the unit's gonna last.

425
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:31,160
Speaker 1: Does that make sense? Yeah, yeah, I've done that procedure

426
00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,240
Speaker 1: with my wife, step forrest Or. It just has rubber

427
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,480
Speaker 1: hoses going to the court that works. That's one. I

428
00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,360
Speaker 1: can't even see where that well, that's you know, that's

429
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,119
Speaker 1: the other. Yeah, that's the other issue. It's um. It's

430
00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,119
Speaker 1: you know, you look at the way cars are built,

431
00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,879
Speaker 1: and they were never clearly made to be worked on

432
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:54,200
Speaker 1: sometimes and I scratched my head and awe at the

433
00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,480
Speaker 1: stupidity of the engineers, uh calling him like I see it,

434
00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,639
Speaker 1: you know, carpenter Bob his um he's driving a two

435
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,879
Speaker 1: thousand Chevy astro van, remember those h you know, right,

436
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 1: and and and and yeah, it's still going and it

437
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,640
Speaker 1: broke this week, all right, So he had a toad

438
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,240
Speaker 1: in and um, it's always fun working with carpenter Bob

439
00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 1: because I get to drive him nuts. You know. He

440
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,280
Speaker 1: always kids me like I can't do anything with one,

441
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:17,800
Speaker 1: and I tell him he can't do anything with cars.

442
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,280
Speaker 1: So so he brings the car in and he's out

443
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,160
Speaker 1: in the park a lot. He takes the engine cover off,

444
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,760
Speaker 1: which is no small task because as you can imagine,

445
00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,760
Speaker 1: he's got tools and books and and and everything piled everywhere,

446
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,520
Speaker 1: and he's got to empty the van out. He gets

447
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 1: the engine cover off, he takes the passenger seat out,

448
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,719
Speaker 1: and it doesn't start, and then all of a sudden,

449
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,520
Speaker 1: through the miracle of technology, it starts. Now you know,

450
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,840
Speaker 1: it's limited. He's cramped. He can't get in there. You

451
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,800
Speaker 1: can just about see the top of the engine even

452
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,960
Speaker 1: with the engine cover off. So without talking to me,

453
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:49,879
Speaker 1: he puts everything back in. He spent the day taking

454
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,080
Speaker 1: everything out, putting everything back in. He goes home, he says,

455
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,760
Speaker 1: I'll be back tomorrow to get the van. Okay, I said,

456
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,680
Speaker 1: all right, Bobby, whatever you wanted. Though, I go to

457
00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 1: move it because I don't want it at that end

458
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:00,840
Speaker 1: of the lot. I want at that end of the lot.

459
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 1: And it breaks, it doesn't start. Call him up, Bob,

460
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:05,720
Speaker 1: your van doesn't start, you gotta come back, And a

461
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,440
Speaker 1: few choice words later. He shows up the next day

462
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:10,880
Speaker 1: and where am I going with this? Here's where I'm going.

463
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,360
Speaker 1: He takes the whole thing back apart again, and while

464
00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,480
Speaker 1: we're cranking it, I said, do you hear that? I

465
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:18,360
Speaker 1: hear tik tik tik tik tik tik tik tik tik.

466
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:19,800
Speaker 1: He goes, no, I don't hear anything. I go to

467
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,639
Speaker 1: coil's arcing. I, you know, canute. I don't know what

468
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,800
Speaker 1: possessed me to do it, but I reach in there

469
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,320
Speaker 1: and I take the coil wire. The coil wire was

470
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:34,359
Speaker 1: laying against the transmission dipstick to all right, and it

471
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,920
Speaker 1: was just a little bit moist and a little bit damp,

472
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,359
Speaker 1: and I took the coil wire. I went dank and

473
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:42,600
Speaker 1: the truck fired right up, and he looked at me

474
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,080
Speaker 1: and says, how do you do that? And I went,

475
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 1: you know it's not wood, kid, I mean, it's just

476
00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 1: I get this, This just all makes sense. Well, yeah,

477
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,560
Speaker 1: that's what he jumped in there with. Right, So long

478
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,920
Speaker 1: story short, we talk about where we start with this,

479
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:57,920
Speaker 1: about how you can't work on cars. I said, so

480
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,600
Speaker 1: that's what's broken. Now, who get to fix it? He said,

481
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,760
Speaker 1: how's that? I said, plugs cap rotor wires? You ever

482
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,080
Speaker 1: do plugs cap rotor wires on a Chevy astro van?

483
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,879
Speaker 1: That engineer should be that engineer should be hung all right,

484
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,320
Speaker 1: it would be like the Jaguars. You just have to

485
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,960
Speaker 1: jack up the engine to get to the Yeah, you know,

486
00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,360
Speaker 1: it would be easier to take a saws all cut

487
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 1: the cut from the back of the eight pillar in

488
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:23,800
Speaker 1: the roof. And I said that to him. I said,

489
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:25,879
Speaker 1: do you ever notice that they put tilt noses on

490
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: fifty five Chevies to make gasers? He said, yeah, I go, well,

491
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,520
Speaker 1: they were thinking about doing that the astro vans, but

492
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,160
Speaker 1: they ran out of money, so they started to put

493
00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,359
Speaker 1: it on a budget. But every vent there isn't a

494
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 1: van out there that shouldn't have a tilt nose to

495
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,240
Speaker 1: work on the engine. It's ridiculous. Yeah, it's it's it's

496
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,760
Speaker 1: that only took him that only took him three days

497
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 1: to complete. Um yesterday, yesterday he finally finished it. I

498
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,520
Speaker 1: think he was ready to just like you know, he

499
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,680
Speaker 1: was ready to walk off the edge of the planet. So,

500
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 1: but dynamite, that's what he needs in that truck. Yeah, yeah,

501
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,399
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's it's it's a good vehicle. It

502
00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:01,520
Speaker 1: works well. But like like your mariner, you can't see anything, right,

503
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 1: you just can't. You can't get close to anything. You

504
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,200
Speaker 1: can't see anything. It's all it's a mess, all right, listen,

505
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:11,119
Speaker 1: let me write any anything else. One final question? How

506
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 1: long is how they say the LVS starts to break

507
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 1: down pretty quick? Is the b G got any better

508
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 1: life span to it after thirty or um? I think

509
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: that's a b G question. My thought is b G

510
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 1: is just telling you it's a universal fluid. That's the

511
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,119
Speaker 1: equivalent of the manufacturer unless they put it extra. You know,

512
00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,359
Speaker 1: they make the fluids better, whether it's oil or trans

513
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 1: or power steering from any of the manufacturers. They're just

514
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,880
Speaker 1: putting extra vitamins in there, all right, that's all they're doing.

515
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 1: So you know, we we go on the principle that

516
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 1: lv should be changed every fifty to sixty if you want,

517
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,320
Speaker 1: if you if you wanted to do it at thirty,

518
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 1: if you know. A lot of this depends on color, age, color,

519
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,640
Speaker 1: you know, and and also time. If it's been five

520
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,640
Speaker 1: years but thirty thousand miles, then change it. If it's

521
00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,200
Speaker 1: been two years and thirty thousand miles, I probably blue

522
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 1: waited another twenty, but you know, you make that decision.

523
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,960
Speaker 1: I'm a maintenance noting. My friends all laugh at me

524
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 1: for doing it, but I've never plumed a car either,

525
00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:08,760
Speaker 1: So right, so there you go? All right? Can you

526
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,639
Speaker 1: let me run? I'm up against the clock. You have

527
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,119
Speaker 1: a good rest of the day, and thanks for calling in.

528
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 1: We appreciate you and being part of the car doctor family.

529
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 1: Run any and the car doctor back right after this.

530
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:24,639
Speaker 1: Welcome back, run an ind of the card. I can.

531
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,120
Speaker 1: Let's get right to it. Let's go over to sal

532
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,959
Speaker 1: in Long Island, Oh to Pontiac Firebird Sal. Welcome back, sir.

533
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:33,479
Speaker 1: What are we working on today? Hey? How are you? Um?

534
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:37,399
Speaker 1: I got an O two fire Bird. It's the collective edition.

535
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 1: It's an LS one motto with the w S six package.

536
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 1: Sure neat car it' I haven't done any maintenance through

537
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 1: this cost since I have it and I bought a

538
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 1: brand new now it's got the original cooling in it.

539
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 1: I mean it's eighteen years old. I'm assuming I got issues. Um,

540
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 1: I just don't know how bad. Okay, So usually changed

541
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,880
Speaker 1: the oil once a year, don't drive it a lot,

542
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 1: and it's it's only got about it. So here, let's

543
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 1: do this all right, because I've only got a couple

544
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 1: of minutes, and you know I'm glad to give you

545
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 1: more if you called back. Um, have you ever heard

546
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: of coolant dip strips? Yeah? Okay, why don't we? Why

547
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,080
Speaker 1: don't we? Why don't we lit miss tests or cooling

548
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 1: dip strip the cooling. Let's see how good or bad

549
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,960
Speaker 1: it really is. Make sure you get the right stuff

550
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: rated for that particular coolant, which I believe is it's

551
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: not organic. I'm thinking trying to think of the other

552
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 1: word um, oat based. Maybe it is organic um. But

553
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 1: you want to make sure it's decks rated, decks coolant

554
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,720
Speaker 1: rated and you know sea where it stands. Sea word

555
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,400
Speaker 1: falls on the scale. So if it if it tests

556
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 1: good and clean and it's got no acidity to it,

557
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,240
Speaker 1: number one, number two, you'll also get an idea of

558
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: what the cooling system itself, with the steel on the

559
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: block is doing I mean me, after eighteen years, i'd

560
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 1: probably change it anyway, so I you know, but I

561
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,400
Speaker 1: would also want to make sure that you know, at

562
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 1: this point, do I do I pull core plugs out

563
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 1: of the side of the block. How crazy am I

564
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 1: going to get? You know? It's it's you know, I

565
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,479
Speaker 1: get what you do? Exchange? Yeah, I do an exchange.

566
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 1: D Yeah, I do an exchange because to do it,

567
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 1: to do a drain on something that old, to do

568
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 1: a drain, you're only going to get the radiator. The

569
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: radiator only holds approximately one third of the coolth on

570
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 1: the average car. So if it's a if it's a

571
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,480
Speaker 1: ten quart system, what are you gonna get out four quarts?

572
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 1: You know? If that um, I would do them all.

573
00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 1: If it's wet, If it's wet, replace it, period and

574
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:46,840
Speaker 1: the conversation. You know it can't h well, if it's

575
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: you know, gear oil's wet, you know, transfluids, wet engine oil,

576
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,200
Speaker 1: you're doing break fluid. You know. If it's a liquid

577
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 1: and wet, as the saying goes at this age, I

578
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,400
Speaker 1: would just automatically change it. You know, it's just it's

579
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 1: just well and think about it like this. You know, well, well, okay,

580
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 1: so change the transfluent gear oil gear gear oil like

581
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 1: old oils, absorbed moisture. All right now, listen, let me

582
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: just let me just beat up for a second. And

583
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 1: you know, I love you. I know you call a lot.

584
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 1: I know who you are. Um, drive the car, you know,

585
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 1: drive the car. Listen. You know I had this thought

586
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 1: in my head this week, I'm gonna start driving blackmore.

587
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 1: All right, nobody. You know what it's. It's I'm getting older.

588
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: It's I don't know what I'm saving for. It's like

589
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 1: time to go out and kick it and you know,

590
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:30,800
Speaker 1: enjoy it and drive it like you stole it a

591
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 1: little bit. And uh, you know, the sport is definitely shrinking.

592
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 1: There's less people on the road today that appreciate a

593
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 1: classic car or hot rod or a muscle car or

594
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: anything anymore. More. People are more concerned with just trying

595
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 1: to survive. And I get it. Those are the times

596
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: we live in. But you know, it's not like we're

597
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 1: saving these things to give to our kids, because our

598
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:53,440
Speaker 1: kids it's a different culture, it's a different generation, and um,

599
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 1: it's it's it's time to drive it. So all right, sir,

600
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. You're very welcome. You're very welcome, Syle.

601
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 1: I hope I helped. Um. Let's leave it there, Ron

602
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,240
Speaker 1: in any of the car doctor zero nine zero. Let's

603
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: pull away, take a pause. I'll be back right after this. Hey,

604
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: welcome back, Ron, any of the car doctor. Let's do

605
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 1: a quick piece of email. This comes to us from

606
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 1: Butch in Knoxville, Tennessee. I love Knoxville. Best ribs in

607
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 1: the world, well so far, Um. I gotta try a

608
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,640
Speaker 1: few other places, but the best ribs at Calhoun's down

609
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 1: there in Knoxville. Butch right saying, Hey, Ron, I'm a small,

610
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: one town, one guy repair shop, and I'm thinking of

611
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 1: purchasing a new air conditioning machine. And I'm looking around

612
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: at the industry. Can you tell me what's out there?

613
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,080
Speaker 1: What do you like, what would you use? What are

614
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: some of the points I need to go look at.

615
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:48,320
Speaker 1: I'm really lost and overwhelmed at this stage. Butch from Knoxville, Tennessee,

616
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 1: which is auto repair? You know? Butch, Um, it's funny

617
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 1: you right in and your timing is impeccable. Sir. I

618
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: was recently talking with some folks from Mala m A

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Speaker 1: h L. E. You can find more information at service

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00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 1: Solutions dot Mala dot com. And I mean a ton

621
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 1: of information. And you know, we were discussing this very thing,

622
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 1: how do you pick an a C machine? And you know,

623
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 1: during the course of our conversation, a couple of things

624
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,120
Speaker 1: came up, and you know, it's sort of got broken

625
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 1: down at the categories. And one of those is, you know, servicing,

626
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: all right, because sooner or later, whatever you buy, all right,

627
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 1: that unit is gonna need some kind of maintenance. It's

628
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 1: gonna need filter replacement, it's gonna need maybe some software updates.

629
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 1: And you've got to always be aware of what sort

630
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 1: of servicing or maintenance does that manufacturer provide. One of

631
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: the nice things about the Mala units are they kind

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Speaker 1: of opened the hood like a car. Just it lifts

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Speaker 1: up and you can get everything. It's wide open, it's

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Speaker 1: easily accessible. It's it's it's it's setting the standard for

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Speaker 1: the industry, all right. Um. Something else that I noticed,

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Speaker 1: and we were going over their machines, and I can

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Speaker 1: tell you this because I've looked at most of the unit.

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Speaker 1: I've looked at just about every unit on the market

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Speaker 1: as a matter of fact, just trying to gain some

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Speaker 1: knowledge that they're technology side. Again. Over at Mala M A. H. L.

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Speaker 1: E um Is is staggering. They've actually got a phone app.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you're gonna use this in a

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Speaker 1: one man repair shop in Knoxville, Tennessee, but you might

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Speaker 1: use it in a ten man repair shop somewhere else

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Speaker 1: or anywhere else. But they give you a phone app

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Speaker 1: so you can actually look at the machine from your

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Speaker 1: right on the phone a phone app session. It's the

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Speaker 1: only one in the industry that's doing it. They have

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Speaker 1: a tech support team that and I thought this was

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Speaker 1: really cool. You know, we go into our car computers,

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Speaker 1: or we go into our desktop computers with remote AC

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Speaker 1: software access. They're doing it with tech support. They've got

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Speaker 1: their machine set up using WiFi and the ability of

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Speaker 1: using the fact that they can go in and access

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Speaker 1: the machine with tech support and help prepare it, diagnose it,

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Speaker 1: and solve the problem for you no machine downtime. Take

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Speaker 1: a look at them service Solutions dot Mala dot com.

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Speaker 1: Let me know what you think. I'm run on any

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Speaker 1: in the car doctor This time till then next time.

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