1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: Ron Ananian, first of all, view that we're Point Pleasant, 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: New Jersey. That sure, Point Pleasant, New Jersey is about 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: an hour and a half south of me. That's where 4 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: my car was delivered in nineteen sixty seven. The Car Doctor. Okay, 5 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: so you turned the key on and what happens? Nothing? 6 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: The light to light up on the dash, you know, 7 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: and all that, But nothing in the engine starts. There's 8 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: nothing initiate, doesn't crank, you know, nothing. Welcome to the 9 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: radio home of Ron and Nanian the Car Doctor. Since 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: this is where car owners the world overturned to for 11 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving 12 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: you a busy signal, pick up the phone and call in. 13 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: The garage doors are open, but I am here to 14 00:00:54,720 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: take your call at eight five and now he is running. Hey, 15 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: it's time to start your engines eight five five five 16 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: zero nine zero zero running. Any of the car Doctor 17 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: here to answer your questions and cares and concerns about 18 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: your automobile A five five five zero nine nine zero 19 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: zero The Car Doctor seven phone number. Give us a call. 20 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: Keep in mind we are live on the air Saturday 21 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: afternoons to to four pm on the network. If you 22 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: wish to call eight five five five six zero nine 23 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: zero zero anytime, day or night, leave a message. Tom 24 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: Ray will call you back, or Mo Matt will call 25 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: you back and get you in the loop and talk 26 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: to you about your car problem and get you up 27 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: here for the next live broadcast. As we continue to 28 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,559 Speaker 1: try and solve your problem and keep all these cars 29 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: running and just educate you about your automobile. That's the 30 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: purpose of this show. It has been for the best. 31 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: We'll going on twenty seven years now. That's what we do. 32 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: Car Doctor Show dot Com the website, podcasting information there 33 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: as well. Um some changes there as though, as you 34 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: can tell, and we appreciate your patience as we're trying 35 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: to work out the bugs and we move forward with 36 00:01:54,640 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: technology because technology is always changing. Speaking of technology, did 37 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: you like that segue? Smooth? And you know, speaking of technology, UM, 38 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: gotta talk about cars. That's that's what we're here for, 39 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: right the oil change service. Hey, my car needs this? 40 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: Your cars do for an oil change. Your car might 41 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: need some some of this or some of that. You know, 42 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: it used to be that you would either watch the 43 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 1: sticker in the windshield, I go back to the days 44 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: of stickers in the door jams. But in any event, 45 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's a matter of when am I 46 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: do for service and what am I do for Now 47 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: we've got cars, and we have had for the longest 48 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: time cars telling us when we're do for something and 49 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: what it is that we have to do. And technology 50 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: has taken another step forward where we're gonna be contacting 51 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 1: you directly. And I have seen this system work. I've 52 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 1: used it to a to a degree, and it's it's 53 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: very successful in terms of what it does. Um, it's 54 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: from the folks over at and RAM Technologies. It's it's Drive, 55 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: that's the name of it. It's a new service that 56 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 1: will replace the sticker in your windshield when you need 57 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 1: an oil change. And we've reached out to Ja in 58 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: Heresy is the CEO of RAM, and we're happy to 59 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: have them with us here today for our conversation. Jess 60 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: and welcome to the Car Doctor. Hey Ron, great to 61 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: be with you and thank you. So talk to us 62 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: a little bit about Drive. Where did it? First of all, 63 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: what is drive? Did I describe it correctly? Yeah? No, 64 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: I think you did a great job there. Kind of 65 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: the the next evolution of technology and and just really 66 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: taking what your car does and letting you know that 67 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: there's maybe an issue with the check engine light, that's 68 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: sticker that's in the corner of your windshield and really 69 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: taking out the next step and getting that information to 70 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: your trust and mechanic and allowing them to maintain that 71 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: for you, reach out to you when you need the 72 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: service done so you don't really have to worry about it. 73 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: So what is drive? I mean, how does it? How 74 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: how does my car get to be a drive car? 75 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: Per se for but like a better way to put it, Okay, So, 76 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: so drive is really it's a connected car service and 77 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: that's this big buzzword south these days. And by by 78 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: working with participating mechanic, what we can do is we 79 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: can actually get a little dongle in your O B 80 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: D two port, which is something that every new car 81 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: has these days, and that dongle will read all kinds 82 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: of diagnostic information from the car, figure out how far 83 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: you've driven these kind of things, and send that up 84 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: to your mechanic automatically for you and your mechanic and 85 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: then uh find out when something's wrong, what's wrong and 86 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: help bring you in for service without you having to 87 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: worry about it. So you've you've got a little I 88 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: call them chats keys, but we'll use your words. It's 89 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: a it's a it's an O B D two dongle 90 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: type device. Uh. Probably no bigger than a than a 91 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: than an old school page or would have been correct. Yeah, yeah, 92 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: pretty much the exact same thing, yep. And it plugs 93 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: into the O B D two port. So that has 94 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: that has the ability to dial out or work on 95 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: wireless or what is that doing? Yeah? So, um, what 96 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: we're doing with with our instantiation to this is we 97 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: actually take that data that's being collected from your car 98 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 1: and when your cell phones in the vicinity of the car, 99 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 1: we actually move that data through your cell phone and 100 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: up to the web via our app that you would 101 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: have on your phone. So the app is is helping 102 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: just let you know, just like any other app you 103 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 1: may have for Facebook or whatever it is, it's let 104 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: you know important things, in this case, helping keep track 105 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: of vehicle information and it also then gets that information 106 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:17,919 Speaker 1: up to your mechanic for you. Okay, where'd you come 107 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: up with this brandchild, Jason? It's it's I mean, it's 108 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 1: a it's a heck, of an idea. Um, you know, 109 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: you've kind of taken it. You you really have taken 110 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: it to the next level. Now the car is going 111 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: above and beyond. Um, how long have you you how long 112 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: have you guys been working on this? Well, I think 113 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: from from the first vision of it, it's it's definitely 114 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: been a couple of years. And and really just trying 115 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 1: to look at things, um from having tinkerd around with 116 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: cars and whatnot a little bit and saying, hey, I 117 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: have this problem with with my car and trying to 118 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 1: go on these forums online and figure out what what 119 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 1: the problem is and realizing at the end of the 120 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 1: day that that problem really isn't probably unique to me, 121 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: many other people have had it. Um, there must be 122 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: a more intuitive way to collect all the information from 123 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: the cars, figure out what's going on, compare that to 124 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: other cars, and be able to diagnose the issue, um 125 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: with with someone on the back end to really get 126 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: that information to the back end to help with that diagnosis. 127 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, really played with this idea a 128 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: little bit and try to understand where it is and 129 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: find the right market application for it. And uh, and 130 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: here we are with drive. So let's say let's say 131 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 1: I'm a parent with a kid in college and I've 132 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: got to drive you know, a drive adapter or drive 133 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: dongle on the other duport. My kid goes to college. Um, 134 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: just out of curiosity, how far? How far along is 135 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: this in the sense that you you know that the 136 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: college student is going to get notified that their cars 137 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: due for an oil change. But as the dad, you know, 138 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 1: a thousand miles away back home, I'm worried about it, 139 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: like you know, as the kid doing this or is 140 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 1: the kid you know doing something else? How do I 141 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: know it's being done? How do I know it's being followed? Yeah? 142 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: Now so, Um. One of the things that we do 143 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: with drive that makes things very easy is allowing different 144 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: users in the family to kind of just share the information. So, 145 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: just like you said, you have the father of the dad, 146 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: perhaps maybe it's the mom that's kind of in charge 147 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: of the family's vehicles, keeping track of things, and you 148 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: send that kid off to college for nine months, you 149 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: have no idea if they're actually getting that oil change 150 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: under whatnot. But now you can actually see the miles 151 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: on the car. You can actually see whether you're your 152 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: son or daughter's car has a check engine lighter on 153 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: or whatnot, and then you can actually reach out to 154 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: them and get them to get that into the mechanic 155 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: instead of coming you know, they come home for spring 156 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: break and you're like, tend things wrong with this car? 157 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: What happened? You're driving this car? And and that's so 158 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: it's sort of like, um, a big brother looking over 159 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: their shoulder trying to trying to, you know, keep an 160 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: eye on things. It's it's like the parent being there 161 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: and saying, hey, you gotta get the card for service 162 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: because the dad's got the app a thousand miles away 163 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: and he's looking at it. Yeah. I think it definitely 164 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: helps for that that family situation with the with the 165 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: parents and the kids. UM in that in that perspective. Ye, 166 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: Now I noticed when I was reading the reports on 167 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: on on drive that it will also tell you where 168 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: the vehicle is, right or did I misunderstand that? Do 169 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: you have the ability to track the vehicle? Yeah? So 170 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: so we have some implementary vehicle tracking uh information and UM, 171 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: what we what we have tried to do though, is 172 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: what we are doing is limiting that to to the 173 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: users themselves. So for instance, UM, if the father wants 174 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: to see where the kid is uh, he may be 175 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: able to do that. Um, but then actually restricting that 176 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: to that user group. So, for instance, your mechanic, you 177 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: want them to know if the check engine lights on. 178 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: You want them to know if if your mileage has 179 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: gone five thousand miles for the oil change, but you 180 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: don't want your mechanic to know where your car is. 181 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: So what we do is we actually don't supply that 182 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: information your mechanic. Um. But let's say you broke down 183 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: on the side of the road. UM, then we can 184 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: actually let you choose to send a one time uh 185 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: location to your mechanic to say, hey, come come tell 186 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 1: me and pick me up, kind of like a ping 187 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: like here I am helping me send out send out 188 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: an s OS type of the thing. So, so if 189 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: the kids in college a thousand miles away in the 190 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: check engine light comes on, does Dad get a text 191 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: message saying, hey, Junior's card just set up zero one 192 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: one fault. Yeah? So so, um, actually what ends up 193 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: happening is you get larned through the app. So I 194 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: don't know if you're similiar with all these Apple push 195 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: notifications and Google's got the same thing. It kind of 196 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: looks like a text message, but it's technically not a 197 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: text message, but that's essentially what it is. It pops 198 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: up on your phone and says, hey, you're your two 199 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 1: thousand twelve Honda Chord just through a check engine light. 200 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: Here's the code indeed service. Wow, that's kind of neat. UM. 201 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: That's that's you know that that just sort of makes 202 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: your head spin, UM in terms of what it's got 203 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: the potential to do. Your last question or coming up 204 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: to the last question, UM, I'm just trying to think 205 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: about the applications for this. Can you can you tailor 206 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: or alter when you wanted to send notification for service? 207 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: You know what if I want to do a four 208 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: thousand mile oil change interval, can you do that? Yeah? So, 209 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: so what we've done is we've allowed UM from the 210 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: mechanic and or the service center into this UM. You 211 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: can work with your your service center, your mechanic as 212 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: they're putting together a diagnostic program for you. UM. So 213 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: whether you have a car that needs to be serviced 214 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: to five thousand miles or ten thousand miles, you can 215 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: customize that service plan for your specific type of vehicle 216 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: and then have it have it alert you based upon 217 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: your specific criteria that you've worked with your mechanic on. 218 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: Does it does it do anything else besides just oil 219 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,319 Speaker 1: change and check engine that reminders Jason Ken And we're 220 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: speaking with Jason Harris of van Ram Technologies. From me 221 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: just tuning in, Jason, doesn't you know, can I set 222 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 1: at the track tire rotations or major services or you know, 223 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,719 Speaker 1: is it we haven't gotten to that port yet, is 224 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: you know? Yeah? So, so one of the things that 225 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: we definitely can do today is not just that oil 226 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,440 Speaker 1: change at a five thousand miles, but whatever that service interval, 227 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,719 Speaker 1: whether it's a tire rotation have been the nerval of 228 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: perhaps is a little longer than that, changing fluids, whatever 229 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: that may be. That's something we have today. And some 230 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 1: of the other stuff we've kind of gotten the works 231 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: are things like your charging system health. Is your alternator 232 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: working properly? Has it failed and you need to bring 233 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: your car in before the battery dies or is your 234 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,559 Speaker 1: battery dying? So in the charging system space, we're trying 235 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: to add some new features and getting some new things 236 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: rolled out um and looking for for further features beyond 237 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: that as well. Wow, you guys right on the cutting 238 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: edge Hey, Jason, our times just about up. If the 239 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: listeners want to get more information about drive where can 240 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: they go get it? There's got to be a website. Yeah, 241 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: So our website is drive dash Smarter dot com and 242 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: you can look us up there. We've got email and 243 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: phone number for for sales and whatnot information if you'd 244 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: like to find out further listen. I appreciate you taking 245 00:11:57,880 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: your time today, Jason, Thanks a lot, and have a 246 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: great a. Secondly, that you're very welcome. I'm running any 247 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: of the Car Doctor. By the way, I want to 248 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: point out coming up, we are giving away a thirty 249 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: nine Ford this hour, courtesy the folks over at Wicks 250 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: Wicks Filters dot com. And you'll give it away when 251 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: you pry it from Tony's cold dead hand. I'm coming 252 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: outside of the studio right now to do that. So, 253 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: but we're gonna do that this hour, I promise, and 254 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: we'll be back right after this. Don't go away. Welcome back, 255 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 1: car Doctor rolling along at zero nine zero zero. Let's 256 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,079 Speaker 1: get over and talk to Norman Farmingdale May No. Two 257 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: Ford Escape Norman. Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir. How 258 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: can I help? Hey? How you doing this afternoon, Good sir, 259 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: what's going on? Well? I have a Ford escape. Um. 260 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: Every time when I'm driving down the road, I turn 261 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: on the air conditioner, it's that's overheating and blowing out 262 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: the reservoir. I drive up a hill like a high 263 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: tech pulling a um like ski Doo or something, or 264 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: even just driving down the road slowly, it overheats and 265 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: blows out where my arm water like you know, my 266 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: anti freeze light comes on saying add more, um, I've 267 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: changed the thermostat, I changed the reservoir, I changed the hoses, 268 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: I've changed the cover. I flushed out the radiator. And 269 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: if I'm just sitting I don't like, say, at a 270 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: restaurant on the drive through, when I pocket it overflows, 271 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: but it doesn't show on my dashboard between cold and heart. 272 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: It stays right in the middle that it's overheating. Okay, 273 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: go ahead, finish up. And I've already gone through like 274 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: three gallons of anti freeze in the last two months. 275 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: When you say you've gone through it, what it goes 276 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: missing or you've boiled over? I boiled over. Like say, 277 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: for instance, if I drive from my house all the 278 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: way up to the convenience store a pocket. When I 279 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: come out, there's a big puddle underneath my vehicle with 280 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: a big streme head and down the driveway. But by gauge, 281 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 1: the car is not overheating by the gauge is not okay. 282 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: So when it goes through this boil over and and 283 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: and starts to overheat as you as you describe UM 284 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: any idea upper lower radiator hoses both hot, both cold, 285 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,319 Speaker 1: one hot, one cold, anything like that, if you felt 286 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: them both hot. My mechanic that I bring it to 287 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: even says what's weird is when he when he pushed it, 288 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: when he squeezes the lower um pose, it seems like 289 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: there's no pressure and everything goes ready to the overflow tank. Well, 290 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: because the lower hose has that direct connection to the 291 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: overflow tank, does it not? Isn't there? Yes? It does, right, 292 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: So that's why there's a splice. There's a spliced elbow 293 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: coming off that. So has he done any sort of diagnosis, 294 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: any pressure testing anything like that? UM pressure testing seems fine. 295 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: I haven't brought it to. I have a mechanic that 296 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: I delivered to because I work for a place that 297 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: I deliver pot spoil and he has a UM they 298 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: called it's called the bear. I guess it's a a 299 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: machine that senses if I'm blown a head gasket. I 300 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: guess type of machine, um A five gas engine analyzer. Yes, okay, 301 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: and he's he's sniffed the coolant and he doesn't detect anything. 302 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: I haven't gone that fire yet. I'm trying to go 303 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: to the cheap way out by replacing, you know, all 304 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: the minors stuff first. Well, before we start just continuing replacing, 305 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: let's let's let's look at that statement. All right. I'm 306 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: not trying to beat you up, Norman, I'm just trying 307 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: to get you to see it maybe from a you know, 308 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: come over to my church. All right, I understand, I understand. 309 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: So you know, spending money replacing parts isn't a diagnosis. 310 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: It can be a recipe for disaster. How many times 311 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: do you hear me talk about you know what new means, 312 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: new means never ever worked. You know, you could be 313 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: putting bad new stuff in and you could be and 314 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: creating another problem, the same problem. You know, until you 315 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: know why it overheats in the first place, you just 316 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: don't know. You're you're you're throwing darts at a wall. 317 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: But if I'm driving down the road, like say, if 318 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: I'm heading from my house down the Portland, Maine and 319 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: I just drive for like hours and hours and hours 320 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: and hours. It doesn't. It doesn't. So my first question, 321 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 1: has anybody diagnosed it? The answer is gonna be no. 322 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: So here's what I want. Here's here's what I want 323 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: you to do. Um, maybe you can answer some of 324 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: this right off the bat. Do you have it? Do 325 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: you have a generic O B D two scantol? I 326 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 1: don't know. Okay, a cheap scan tool comes in handy here. 327 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: I'd like to know what engine temperature the onboard computer 328 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: is seeing, all right. I don't want to trust the 329 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: gauge just because the gauge is attached to the car, 330 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: and the car is the thing that's broken. So I 331 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: don't want to trust that. I've gotten out of the habit. 332 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: I always get out of the habit of trusting the vehicle. 333 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: I try to. I try to look at things from 334 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: the outside. And if you understand my meaning, I don't 335 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: want I don't want to count on a cool attempt censor. 336 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: That is, you know, maybe the contempt censor is what 337 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: triggers the cooling fan to come on and the cooling 338 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: fans aren't coming on because the sensors out of calibration, 339 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 1: and that's why the car is overheating in the first place. 340 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: So I'd like to see what an O B D 341 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: two scan tool tells me. If an OBI D T 342 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 1: scan tool matches the gauge, and it's probably the same 343 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 1: sensor anyway, but I'd still like to look at it 344 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: with a gauge. I want as much non car related information, 345 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: if that's possible as I can get. All Right, if 346 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 1: if the scan tool verifies and tells me that it's 347 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:31,679 Speaker 1: a hundred and ninety degrees via scan tool at the sensor, 348 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 1: I'd like to see somebody take a heat gun, take 349 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: an infrared gun, uh or thermal imager something and match temperature. 350 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: How hot is it really? Okay, you know, it's just 351 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: it's got to be part of the diagnosis. Um, could 352 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 1: this be a blown head gasket? Yeah, anything's possible. Which 353 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 1: is this the V six or the four cylinder? Okay, 354 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: you know, three leaders don't blow head gas. It's not 355 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: this generation. But that's not to say it it isn't. 356 00:17:58,560 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: And I don't want to just you know, blow up 357 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: the diagnosis like that and say no, they don't go bad. 358 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: But you know it's just it's got to be step 359 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: by step. I'll tell you what, Norman, Sit tight, don't 360 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: go anywhere. Let me pull over and take this pause, 361 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: and when I come back, we'll finish up. I just 362 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: don't want to rush the information. So if you would 363 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: just stay there on the side, I'm mon aating the card, 364 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: Doctorate five five zero zero will be back right after this. 365 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:45,959 Speaker 1: He's going home. Hey, welcome back. Wh aren't nating the card? 366 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: Doctor Zo. We've gotten Norman on the line from farming 367 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 1: delle Main, continuing our conversation, oh to FOURD escape overheating. Norman, 368 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: you're still there, yes, So when we took the pause 369 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: the conversations about let's diagnosis. Okay, um, you know, I 370 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: want to see what a scan tool tells me. I'd 371 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 1: like to see what a heat gun would tell me. Something, 372 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 1: you know, doesn't match what the O B D DO 373 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: scan tool tells me. If it says it's running a 374 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: two or in twelve degrees, doesn't match that, all right. 375 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: The other concern I have with these is the water 376 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: pump working all right. You know, just because the water 377 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 1: pumps not leaking doesn't mean that it's not slipping on 378 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: the impeller on the on the on the shaft itself, 379 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: but that takes go ahead. I'm sorry. That's another thing 380 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 1: I was about to say too, is um recently when 381 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: this really all started out overheating as I'm signing here, 382 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 1: like not a belt squeal, but that type of a 383 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 1: squeal coming from the front of the vehicle when it's idolly. 384 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: So one of the people that work I worked for NAPA, 385 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: and they said it kind of sounds like the impeller 386 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 1: inside is probably still pushing the water through but not 387 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: circulating fully and very possible. Now the water pump on 388 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,080 Speaker 1: that should be located over on the driver's saw it 389 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: this is this, This should be an auxiliary mounted water pump. 390 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 1: And this should have an e L A belt that 391 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: should have the extended life belt. There's no adjustment, there's 392 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: no tension or pulley for this belt that goes on 393 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:17,360 Speaker 1: and off with special tooling. Okay, all right. If if 394 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: I don't know, if you're aware of that, how many 395 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: miles were on this vehicle. If that's the original belt, 396 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: it's probably ready to fall off. Brother, Oh no, it's 397 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: not the original belt. Basically, this this I inherited this 398 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: from my mother. She bought a brand new and O 399 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: two and I've been basically nickel and diamond. I mean, 400 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: if it needs tires, I put four new tires. These roads, 401 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: I put four brand new roads, and basically it's been 402 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: rebuilt already twice. I mean, you know, it's easier to 403 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: fix the truck that by truck, right, Yeah, No, I 404 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: get it, I get it, But I would I would 405 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: take a look at that squeal. If that squeal is 406 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: the water pump slipping, then of course it's going to overheat. 407 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: You know, that's that's that's clearly an issue. Uh. One 408 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: of the other things you can do, your mechanic can 409 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 1: do fairly inexpensively is take a pressure tester, start the 410 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: car up and let the pressure tester sit on the 411 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: radiator or if the expansion tank is part of the radiator, fine, 412 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 1: But what I want to do is I just want 413 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 1: to test to see if does any excess pressure build 414 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,360 Speaker 1: up in the system. And for that matter, has anybody 415 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 1: tested the radiator cap um, the radiator, the radiator, the 416 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 1: the let me see what the O flow tank. It's 417 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 1: totally separate from the radiator. It doesn't have a cap 418 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: on the radiator itself. It's on the drops passenger. Okay, 419 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 1: so the radiator, so there's no cap on the radiator. 420 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,919 Speaker 1: The radiator is separate, and the expansion tank is the 421 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 1: radiator cap. Okay, So that's a pressurized bottle. So then 422 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: the next question is what you're gonna tell me. You 423 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,160 Speaker 1: change the cap already though, didn't you? And I even 424 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: changed the bottle itself, and that did nothing because because 425 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: somebody said, I could have cracked around the seal where 426 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: the cap goes on, right right, Okay, Um, somebody's gotta 427 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 1: start diagnosing this, Norman. They've gotta they've got to get 428 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: a look at the front of the radiator. Could this 429 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: radiator be restricted? All right? Are the cooling fans coming on? 430 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: Do you know if the cooling fans are coming on? 431 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: The cooling fans? I went to one of the places 432 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: I delivered to and he looked in and the cycle 433 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: of the cooling fans kind of are in immediate that 434 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 1: they'll turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, and 435 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 1: then stay off of like ten minutes and turn back on. 436 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: So it's like it doesn't seem like it's he says, 437 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 1: it kind of sounds like it's in immediate to where 438 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 1: it's not. So it's short circles. Yeah, I show us 439 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: cycling all right after you, after you did the thermostat 440 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 1: and whatever work you did to this, did you happen 441 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 1: to follow a bleed procedure for air? Um? No, okay, 442 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: there there there there very well could be a specific 443 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: bleed procedure for air on this vehicle, all right, and 444 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: you know that's got to be done. This could this 445 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: could also have some air trap. Then it's that's what 446 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 1: I mean. You could have already fixed this, and if 447 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: there's air in the system, you've still you've created a 448 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 1: second problem as a result. Uh all right, so that's 449 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: got to be addressed now because the longest time and 450 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: never right well, like I said, you know it could 451 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: it could have been the bottle, Well, not the bottle 452 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: so much, I would believe more it could be the cap. 453 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: But then again, what's the real temperature when it starts 454 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: to boil over? And what's what's the temperature of the hoses. 455 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: And this comes back to a heat gun or a 456 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: thermal imager telling me exact numbers. Sure goes a long way, 457 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 1: and you know, clearly makes it a lot easier to 458 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,919 Speaker 1: diagnose something like this, Norman, You've got a little bit 459 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 1: of leg work to do, all right. There's no easy 460 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: way out of this. You're gonna have to get your 461 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: hands on the bleed procedure and bleed the air out 462 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,680 Speaker 1: of the system. You're gonna have to stop and consider 463 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: the radiator itself. Is the radiator equal temperature all the 464 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 1: way across And it's hard to even get in there 465 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 1: to see that. The grill's got to come out, and 466 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,919 Speaker 1: the bumper may have to come off, and just you know, 467 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: feel for heat, hot and cold spots. Could just be 468 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: a restricted radiator. The answer is yes to all the above. 469 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 1: Anything is possible, but you've gotta start to diagnose it 470 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: the way I'm describing it, just to be sure to 471 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: eliminate things rather than guessing. All right, is that a deal, buddy? 472 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: Can you do that? I can do that? One more 473 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: small little question. I'll let you go. When I had 474 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: when my mechanic and I well, he was doing it, 475 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 1: but I was there. He drained my radiators caut my 476 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: service side in because it's in the lower hose. When 477 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: he was draining it out, they had a real acidy. 478 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: You're any type of smell of the to the water. Okay, Now, 479 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: is that mixture two types of antifreeze that was in there? 480 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: Or is that bad anti freeze? Or is something that's 481 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: said that that sounds like well, that sounds like both. 482 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 1: It sounds like bad anti freeze and it's going corrosive. 483 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: And now you've got to worry about what sort of 484 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: rotten damage it's done internally to the cooling system. And 485 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: that brings me back to the concern about the water 486 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: pump shaft on the you know, the water pump and 487 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: pellar spinning on the shaft, or the water pump and 488 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,479 Speaker 1: pellar actually just being worn. It depends on how all 489 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: coolant is. If this cool is fifteen years old because 490 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: it's never been exchanged, you know, all bets are off. 491 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:34,399 Speaker 1: There's an awful lot going on here that's got to 492 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 1: be looked at. All. Right, listen, Norman, stay on the line. 493 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna Tom just gave me the noo. We're gonna 494 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: be sending out the anniversary Wicks thirty nine Ford Coupe 495 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: diecass car to you. Um, you're gonna be today's winner. 496 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: Tom wants to try and make your life a little easier. 497 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 1: He knows you're struggling with your with your escape, so 498 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: he's gonna try and cheer you up a little bit. 499 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: It's got period correct black paint, custom created red scallops 500 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: and each fender. It's got full moon discs, a coordinated 501 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: red and tier, your opening cod and shrunk. No, you 502 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: can't drive it in case the escape breaks, and UM, 503 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: just enjoy it and have fun with it and stand 504 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: the line with Tom. Get your information and I'll be 505 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 1: sending that out to you. So all right, buddy, all right, 506 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,919 Speaker 1: thank you very much. You're very welcome. Norman. Good luck 507 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 1: to you, and keep me posted. Let me know what 508 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: happens here. Zero zero running nading the Car Doctor coming 509 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: back right after this. The Car Doctor phone numbers eight 510 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: zero nine hotline. Give us a call, leave a message. 511 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 1: If we're not on the air, we'll call you back 512 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 1: and hook you up. A couple of things had a 513 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,959 Speaker 1: well let me do this first, UM, a little bit 514 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: of a surprise announcement, and I think I'll get away 515 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: with this. Uh. We broke into the I've broke into 516 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 1: the I broke into the gift closet during the week 517 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: at Ari Automotive, and I've actually got a couple of 518 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: brand new Launch scan tools sitting in the closet. I'm 519 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: looking at him. I'm going three more scan tools, two 520 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: more scan tool tools. Got nineteen scan tools out in 521 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 1: the shop. How many scan tools can anyone boy have? 522 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, Yeah, so you know what I'm gonna do. Uh, 523 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: Norman made me think of this. I'm tired of hearing 524 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: people say they don't own a scan tool and they're 525 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: trying to work on a car. Over the next couple 526 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: of weeks, all right, time permitting, demand, permitting. By the 527 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: end of October, I want to have given away all 528 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 1: my all the scan tools. I've got three scan tools 529 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: from Launch. We're gonna give them away brand new in 530 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 1: the box, all right, courtesy the folks at Launch launch 531 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: tech USA dot com so you can read about them. 532 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 1: They're the Millennium series tools. I think there's a fifty, 533 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: and seventy and a ninety. We'll give them away in 534 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: some random mortar. But um, you know, we're looking for 535 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,880 Speaker 1: volunteers who wants a scan tool. That's what this is about. Yes, Tom, 536 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 1: you had a comment. Yes, I just wanted to say, 537 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,199 Speaker 1: you know, if you bring one in here. Tony's got 538 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 1: Tony has got an attached to two port. I'm not 539 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: I'm not doing we we can get information on Tony. 540 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 1: I'll tell you exactly where to plug it in. I 541 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 1: can already give you all the information you want about Tony. 542 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: I had the FBI do a profile on him before 543 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: we hired him. So he's hired. Yeah. Absolutely, he's the 544 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: nicest guy on the planet. Besides that, he's bigger than you. 545 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: He keeps you in line. So but um, that's next week, 546 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: starting next week, you have my word. We're gonna give 547 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,640 Speaker 1: away a scan tool next week, and maybe we'll skip 548 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: a week and do it the week after. I'll have 549 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,959 Speaker 1: to see how it plays out. But we're gonna I'm 550 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: gonna start giving you guys some tools to fix your 551 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 1: own car. So we gotta put that up on Facebook 552 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: to Tom. Make the announcement up on Facebook, if you would, 553 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 1: on the Car Doctor Facebook page. Next week, we're gonna 554 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: give away a scan tool somewhere in the two hours 555 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 1: of this live broadcast. So you have my word. Um. 556 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 1: The other thing I wanted to talk about was and 557 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: I thought about this, uh talking thinking about the problems 558 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: we've had today with with various cars. We had a 559 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: Prius breakdown this week. Customer came in Prius and it 560 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 1: wouldn't start. Well, understand what happens on a Prius. On 561 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: a Toyota Prius, there's an auxiliary battery in the trunk, 562 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 1: and then there's the hybrid battery. The auxiliary battery on 563 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 1: the right side of the trunk powers up the relays 564 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: and the start circuits, but not the starter. It powers 565 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: up the relays that powers up the car to allow 566 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: the hybrid battery to actually start the vehicle. So the 567 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: problem was the auxiliary battery went dead. Now it's not 568 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: exactly in the most convenient place to get to. It's 569 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: in that right rear corner. And I don't know of 570 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 1: anybody that's really doing any testing on it. You know, 571 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: we'll go through it on a checklist, but as a 572 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: quick test as part of a routine oil change. No, 573 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: it doesn't get done. In order to replace this auxiliary battery, 574 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: you have to open the rear hatch. Go ahead, ask me, 575 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: ask me what powers the rear hatch the auxiliary battery. 576 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: So to get the auxiliary battery out, we had to 577 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: climb in through the back seat. Now, this guy was 578 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: a tennis instructor. The real riddle is how many tennis 579 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: balls can fit in the back of a Toyota Prius. 580 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: The answer is to were a lot, all right, because 581 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: that's how many were there. You know, I could I 582 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: could see that. I could see the caption under the 583 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: picture up on up on Facebook or in the news 584 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: got balls, And that's really what it was. It was 585 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 1: just tennis balls everywhere, tennis balls, rackets, cleats, shoes, sneakers. 586 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: So after we dug out the trunk, we found a 587 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: little there's a passage or a little a flap door, 588 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: a plastic flap door down at the base of the 589 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: overhead door that you have to pop out, and then 590 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: you're reach inside. You know, you're stretched out over the seat, 591 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 1: you're stretched out over the stuff that you can't get out, 592 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: and you kind of reach in there with your flash 593 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 1: light and you're looking upside down. You find the liver 594 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: and go and it opens the hatch. Now you have 595 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 1: to get a battery. The only place I found to 596 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: get this battery of reasonable qualities from the Toyota dealer 597 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: that shows up the next day. So then you have 598 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: to park the car outside or inside. We don't have 599 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,239 Speaker 1: a room inside We were busy, as we always are, 600 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: and so we put it outside, so we had to 601 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: leave the hatch down. He put the hats down, it 602 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: automatically locks, which means you gotta climb back over and 603 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: go through the whole routine again. So we took a rag, 604 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 1: shoved it into the latch mechanism and laid the hatch 605 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: down on top of the rag. It wouldn't lock. It 606 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 1: didn't lock, and we were able to get the car 607 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: back together the next day when the battery showed up. 608 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: But how ridiculous is that? And you wonder, you say 609 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: to yourself, and I think Toyota has got some really 610 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 1: great engineering, but I think they missed it on this one. 611 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: I really do, because you sit there and you look 612 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: at it, and you say, what if this was a 613 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: person on the side of the road and they had 614 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: to get jump started. I mean we had to take 615 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: we had to take a hundred tennis balls out of 616 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: this car. And you know, between that and the little 617 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: buckets and the barrels and all the things that you 618 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: used to play tennis with, and you know all the bins, 619 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,160 Speaker 1: where do you put all this stuff? So if you're 620 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 1: driving a Toyota Prius and you've never put an auxiliary 621 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 1: battery in the car and it's more than three years old. 622 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: Consider getting attested because the break out on the inconvenience 623 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: on the side of the road that you're saving maybe 624 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:07,959 Speaker 1: your own zero. The car doctors coming back right after this, 625 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,240 Speaker 1: welcome back? Why don't they of the car doctor. Let's 626 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: do a last piece of email. I wanted to do 627 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: this one last week and I keep putting it off today. 628 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: But let me let me get this one done. Hey, Ron, 629 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: I always listen to your show two thousand six and 630 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: palass eleven thousand miles owned it since new. Turn off 631 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 1: the car and the dash lights and the radio stay on, 632 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 1: the headlights go out, all of their powers off. Tried 633 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: opening and closing different uh doors. I guess for key 634 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:37,920 Speaker 1: removed from the ignition, pulled relays under the hood. The 635 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: only way to get dashlights and radio go off is 636 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: to pull the radio fuse under the hood. Then I 637 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 1: can reinstall the fuse and all as well until I 638 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 1: turned the car back on. Then it all repeats. I've 639 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 1: attached scan reports use zero thinking BCM. Can I change 640 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 1: this myself? Or do I need a shop? Any help 641 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 1: is is appreciated. And this comes to us from Tony. Okay, um, Tony. 642 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 1: I did a little research on this BCM stuff is dicey. 643 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: There are a lot of problems at bc ms on 644 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: these cars, and i've you know, I'm more than glad 645 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 1: to email you what I found. In terms of UM 646 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 1: exact test procedures, I would tell you you've got to 647 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,400 Speaker 1: verify power and grounds at the BCM. At the point 648 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 1: of failure though, at the point where the radio won't 649 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 1: turn off and the what does it doesn't come out 650 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 1: on the dash lights stay on, I'd want to know 651 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: can you communicate with the BCM. Here's a case where 652 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 1: a good, uh, you know, manufacturer specific scan tool would 653 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: come in very handy. Can we functional test the lights 654 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: in the radio? Can we command them on and off? 655 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 1: If we command them on and off through the BCM 656 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 1: and they don't turn off, I doubt that it's it's 657 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 1: it's both lights and radio. I would look more at 658 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: the source of the BCM itself, and I would think 659 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: more in terms of it's the BCM removing power tells 660 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 1: me we're powering down the circuit. I would tell you 661 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,600 Speaker 1: to go and look at the wiring diagram for that circuit. 662 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:01,720 Speaker 1: Are you only power ring off the radio or is 663 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,200 Speaker 1: it also powering off the BCM. Is it one of 664 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 1: the input feeds to the BCM, You would have to go. 665 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: There's red white wires in pins one in three on 666 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 1: the black connector of the BCM doesn't have power if 667 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 1: you disconnect the BCM. There are some tests you can 668 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,960 Speaker 1: do there to answer your question. Can you do the 669 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: BCM yourself? You could physically replace it, but once you 670 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 1: replace it, it is going to have to be programmed 671 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 1: and that takes a flash tool and the repair shops. 672 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,760 Speaker 1: So you know, you've got to do this one in steps. 673 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,359 Speaker 1: All right. Whenever I'm dealing with something like this, I'm 674 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 1: looking for what's common, what's the root cause I had? 675 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 1: I had a vehicle this week that had a problem 676 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:46,239 Speaker 1: something similar where multiple things were staying on, and it 677 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 1: turned out to be when I looked at a wiring diagram, 678 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,920 Speaker 1: it turned out to be one ground under the driver's 679 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 1: door sill plate under the driver's door footwell area. It 680 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 1: had rusted away and that ground was making a poor connection. 681 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 1: I voltage drop tested it and sure enough found out 682 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: it was it was way too high of a VOLTA 683 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: drop was almost three volts across the ground and I 684 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,760 Speaker 1: ended up replacing relocating the ground to a non rusty 685 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,239 Speaker 1: portion of the four pan and that ficks the car. 686 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 1: So yes, you can change the BCM. No, you're gonna 687 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:19,840 Speaker 1: need a repair shop to flash it. There's just no 688 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,239 Speaker 1: other way around it. You may be able to find 689 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,600 Speaker 1: a used BCM with your exact part number on it, 690 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 1: but why go used on an eleven twelve year old part. 691 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 1: It's probably just as bad as the one you're taking out. 692 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 1: Something to think about. I'm running any in the car. Doctor, 693 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,960 Speaker 1: Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you