1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: Ron and Anian talk a little bit about right to repair. 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: What is it and why is it so important? So 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: important to me and of course as a driver of 4 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: the car, and it helps to have the freedom of 5 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 1: choice to where I want to repair my car, and 6 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: to own the data and where that data transmits so 7 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: important to roll at eight miles ago, the car Doctor, 8 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: you know there's another way to do this too, if 9 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: the dealer wants to know. You know that. Now, let's listen. 10 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: You know running away from the problem doesn't because you 11 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: know what that next new car, the next new car 12 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: can get a flat tire two blocks from the house. 13 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to the radio home of Ron and Anian, the 14 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: Car Doctor, since this is where car owners the world 15 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: overturn to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If 16 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up the 17 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: phone and call in the garage doors are open, but 18 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: I am here to take your calls at eight five 19 00:00:53,040 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: five and now running. Hey, welcome, Before I go to 20 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: the phones, because I know they're very busy, I'll be quick. Um. 21 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: A letter from Larry in Vermont. Ron. I know you 22 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: were talking last week or the week before about undercoating, 23 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: and we use a variety of different things up here 24 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: in the cold Northeast. Well, I'm in the cold northeast 25 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,199 Speaker 1: to Larry Um and Larry goes on to talk about 26 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: a company by the name of New Hampshire Oil Undercoating. 27 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: NH Oil Undercoating dot Com is the website he gives, 28 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,639 Speaker 1: and he said, they've got a different type of protective coating. 29 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: They're very different in their approach and I've been using 30 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 1: them for years and their stuff really worst. Go take 31 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: a look at it. And I started doing some reading 32 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: about it, and they've got a they've got a definite 33 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 1: idea here with Um, you know they're right. They talk 34 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: about how traditional undercoatings will seal in moisture, and the 35 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: vehicles already rusted. It just seals in the corrosion, but 36 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: the vehicle still rusts. But NH Oil Undercoating actually will 37 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: penetrate through the rust down to the good metal, displaces moisture, 38 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: removes oxygen, which is the key, right, that's the conversation about. 39 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: You'll see some things in the ocean that never rust 40 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: because there's no sygen down at certain levels of the ocean. 41 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: They're taking the oxygen out of the equation and they're 42 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: providing a good solid base to protect against so H 43 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: n H oil undercoating dot com New Hampshire Oil undercoating 44 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: and just uh, I appreciate. I appreciate the information, Larry, 45 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: and I'm sure everybody else does. I know that's a 46 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,239 Speaker 1: big issue. Let's go over to Darryl in Virginia. Darryl, 47 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: how can I help you in your F one fifty today? 48 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: Welcome on board. Yeah, it's got a vacuum leak that 49 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: I've already replaced some of the hoses, a bypasses from 50 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: the engine right and put it underneath the past area 51 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: and put a new reservoir, vacuum reservoir. What makes you 52 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: think what makes you think you have a vacuum leak, Daryl? Darryl, 53 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: what makes you think? What makes you think you've got 54 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: a vacuum leak? Because the engine stubbles and everything, and 55 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: occasional when I get a backfire going about thirty, everything 56 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: gets very fast. Have a scan tool, Darryl, No, I 57 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: I haven't got one. You know, I got electric background, right, 58 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,239 Speaker 1: So so you're doing this. I'm not beating you up here, 59 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: all right, but I'm just I'm just trying to make 60 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: a point. You're doing this solely based on either what 61 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 1: you've repaired for the last thirty years or a feeling. Right, 62 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 1: you think it's a vacuum Yeah, and I got I 63 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: got a vacuum gauge. Okay, And and what is the 64 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 1: vacuum gauge telling you? It's uh pretty low round sixteen 65 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: sixteen inches of vacuument on needle moves back and fourth 66 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: go up to But it runs, you know, runs pretty good. 67 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: You know, I just won't operate right, you know the 68 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: vacuum control system is so complicated. They got color coding 69 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: and I got all then okay, okay, wait, wait, wait 70 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: the vacuum control systems for what for the four wheel 71 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: drive hubs? Oh no, no, it's just for the heat 72 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: and cluding system. Okay, alright, So so your your issue 73 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: is you've got you're driving along and the vacuum. Are 74 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: you saying the blend or positions change from blowing out 75 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: the middle to the de frost to the floor at 76 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: random under acceleration? You know what happens is that if 77 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: you go to the frost, it fails in that And 78 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: I got the motor loose in there. It took two 79 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: screws that and you can go back and forth right 80 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: with the lever, and you can change it, you know, 81 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: to put it back to vent because it gets hot 82 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: here in Virginia. And I put a brand new you know, 83 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 1: compressor and all the rest of things to go with it. 84 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: And uh is this freeze the windshield? Right? Okay? So him, Bill, 85 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: even after I fixed that one little repair, I still 86 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: I'm able to get at the go on the heat 87 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: or your feet feed are at down low because it 88 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: has a spring loaded, uh motor, it takes a lot more, 89 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 1: all right. So let me ask you this. Do you 90 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: have a hand Do you have a handheld vacuum pump? Yeah? 91 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: I got one? Okay, if you if if you if 92 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: you apply, well, let's use it. If you apply handheld 93 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: vacuum using your handheld vacuum pump to the to the 94 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: defrost motor or the floor motor, does it hold heat 95 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: or defrost in that position as long as there's vacuum there, 96 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: I need, I need, I need to use that would 97 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 1: help you row it down right? And then here's my point. 98 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: How much vacuum does it take to hold that motor 99 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: in that position? So you're saying you've got sixteen inches 100 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: of vacuum right your words? Right, yeah, yeah, sometimes a 101 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: little bit more. Okay, So if you apply let's listen 102 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: to me, Daryl, because I'm on a short clock down, Darryl, 103 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: listen to me. Listen to me, come back. If you 104 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 1: apply sixteen inches of vacuum to any one of the 105 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: door motors, the frost floor, or or or any point 106 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: in between. If you put sixteen inches of vacuum using 107 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: your handheld vacuum pump, does the system work. If the 108 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 1: system works, then you're sixteen inches from the motor or 109 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: sixteen inches from the vacuum pump. Sixteen inches of sixteen inches, 110 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: you're looking up the wrong tree, all right. If if, 111 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: if you're finding that sixteen inches doesn't hold, bring it 112 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: up to the point where it does hold. If it 113 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: works at eighteen, then you know you're two inches short. 114 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: I think you're gonna find it's gonna work at sixteen inches, 115 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: and that you've got a different type of a vacuum problem. 116 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,119 Speaker 1: The reason I wanted you to have a scan tool 117 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,679 Speaker 1: is because by looking at fuel trim, you'll know whether 118 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: or not this is running lean simply by you know 119 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: what it's got going on. If it's if it's, if 120 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: this vehicle had if this vehicle had a few trim issue, 121 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: you would see long term, short term fuel trim counting 122 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: up and adding fuel to it. And that's what I'd 123 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: like to know. All right, that's where I want this 124 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: to go. But do the sixteen inch vacuum testing. As 125 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: a matter of fact, Darryl, stay on the line. Tom 126 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: wants to get your name and address. We're gonna be 127 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: sending you out a copy of the Complete Book of 128 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: Corvette uh down your way as a as a way 129 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: of saying thank you for being part of the show 130 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: today and we hope you enjoyed by Mike Muller. It's 131 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: it's got every year Corvette in it and hundreds, if 132 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: not thousands, of color pictures, as well as all the 133 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: options available from General Motors for Corvettes of this year 134 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: in vintage. Let's get over to Bob and Binghamton. Bob, 135 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Car doctor, sir. How can I help? Oh? Yes, sir, Hi, Yeah, 136 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: I've been, you know, listening to your show since religiously 137 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: since uh W NBF picked it up. You know right off, 138 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: I could tell you, you know, you know what you're 139 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: talking about. So that's why I called the problem. The 140 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: problem I have is actually I've got two cars that 141 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: have to have hubs replaced. But the one that's caused 142 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: me the problem is a two thousand seven Chevy Colorado 143 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: two wheel drive pick up. It's a left front hub 144 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: and you can't get the hub out of the knuckle. 145 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: I can't get the hub out, yes, And I've replaced 146 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: other hubs, uh, like on cavaliers, Nissans, et cetera. And 147 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: being up north, you know, there's a lot of rust 148 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: take up biggest ships. So I can get in, you know, 149 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: three pound hand sledge, you know, and break that loose 150 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: and that machine uh groover goes in. But where where 151 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: this uh brake rotor is there's no access to that 152 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: that same interface. And I've looked up other ways of 153 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 1: trying to replace this. I've seen uh, some approaches uh 154 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: that there's four tabs all the way in the back 155 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: for undoing the bolts and hold the hub. And I've 156 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: seen you know, them taking very large ball peams and 157 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: hammering the crap out of beach. Right. Hey, Bob, Bob, 158 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: there's four bolts holding this. There's four bolts in the 159 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: back behind the backing plate holding this hub in right. Yes, okay, 160 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: so you're gonna go find two bolts. You don't have 161 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: to get four. You're gonna go find two bolts an 162 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: inch longer than what you've got. All right, you're gonna unbolted, 163 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: put the longer bolts in. Just put him in total 164 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: thread and use an air chisel and drive it out 165 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: from the back after soak it with some penetrant. What's 166 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: wrong with that? Uh? Like? So if I put a 167 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: inch longer bolt in an inch and a half, or 168 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: you don't want to go too long? But no, no, 169 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: I I gotta what you're talking about. I've seen something 170 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: like that using uh to you using a bolt in 171 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 1: two different knots of trying to get so it just 172 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: doesn't you know, back out and do nothing. Uh. The 173 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: other I've seen is uh taken a two by four 174 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: and cutting two of them, uh, just to fit against 175 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:48,719 Speaker 1: the frame and the and the rotor the desk, one 176 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: on each side, and then have somebody in the car 177 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: or in the truck in this case, with it running 178 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: and use the power steering and turning it back and forth, 179 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: bang bang bang bang bang to try to drive that out. 180 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: You're trying to drive the rotor off or the hubb 181 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: and bearing out of the knuckle, which is it drive 182 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: the huppet bearing now the knuckles. Then once it's broke loose, 183 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: you can turn it to get it through. Uh So 184 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 1: either either way will work. Do you have access to 185 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: any heat? Yes, well you may have to heat the 186 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: back of the bearing to get a loose from the 187 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: hubver the knuckle as well. Oh that'd be uh, you know, uh, 188 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: pretty pretty tough. But you're there, you know, I mean, 189 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 1: you're getting into hazardous. You don't getting in there order torch. 190 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: We do it all the time in the shop. I 191 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: don't know how hazard it is, um, But that's why 192 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: I was asking how you can get these out? Well, 193 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: that's why that's why I'll do this. Unless this is 194 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: something I can't envision, but I believe I've done these. 195 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: And like I said, a longer bolt in the corner 196 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: with or in each corner opposite corners, and then an 197 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: air chisel. And actually what I'll do is I'll pean 198 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: a little dent into the top of the bolt to 199 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: hold the point of the air chisel in there, and 200 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: just a little bit of a tap and alternately working 201 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: it's free and eventually pushing it out after I've soaked 202 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: the hub with some penetrant to try and free things up. 203 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 1: Think about it, Bob, call me back. We can discuss 204 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: it further. I'm in the car doctor. We're back right 205 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: after this. Whether it's a little red Corvette or you go, 206 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: you've come to the right place to get that car fixed. 207 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: Ron and Ay in the car doctor five five five 208 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: zero nine zero zero. Now back to Ron. Hey, let's 209 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: go over to Frank in New Mexico, olds cut Less. Hey, Frank, 210 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: how are you? What's going on? Oh? Pretty good? Always 211 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 1: I can't I get on a freeway. I can't hardly 212 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: get it up over fifty miles an hour. I thought 213 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: at first I had a restricted exhaust mechanic ran a 214 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: you know, pressure test through the cat and there was 215 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: absolutely no back pressure. That's running free and clear. But 216 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 1: I just get it up there on the freeway and 217 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: they just can't get up over much over fifty It 218 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: sounds like I can hear the induction howling, and I 219 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: started thinking, all, couldn't I transmission be slipping? Well, it could, 220 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: but wouldn't you you know, do you notice a change 221 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: in the RPMs in the way it's did the engines operating, 222 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 1: It doesn't seem to uh, the RPM doesn't seem to 223 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: raise up, you know. I just I just hear the 224 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 1: induction howl and it just I don't know, it's like maybe, uh, 225 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: I just I just can't figure it out. How did 226 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: he do? How did he do a back pressure test? 227 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: Frank d l Yeah, he has a gauge, back pressure 228 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: gauge that he put it in the two hole, you know, 229 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: the oxygen sensor whole. And uh, this is a mechanic 230 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,079 Speaker 1: I trusted for many years. And he drove it that way, 231 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 1: or he did he did the test in the bay. 232 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: He drove it with the gauge in or he did 233 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,719 Speaker 1: the test in the bay. He did the test in 234 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: the bay. Yeah, I'd like to drive it. You have 235 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: a vacuum gauge. Don't you hook up a manifold vacuum gauge, 236 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: director manifold vacuum take the car for a rod. See 237 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: if it pushes vacuum into pressure. Why not just a 238 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: big air pump. Then the other thing to think about 239 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: is back in the eighties, this is an eight what 240 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: is this six? Yeah? GM had some issues where Some 241 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: of their exhaust systems were double walled pipes and the 242 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: pipe would collapse, but only under load. They were fun 243 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: to find a whole okay, and just checking, yeah, just checking, um, 244 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: just check I can for that matter, what if you 245 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: take the O two censors out and take it for 246 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: a rud well, I guess because they could do that. 247 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: Why not? This is a carbureted vehicle, right, Yeah, it's 248 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: not that critical. They were kind of they were kind 249 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: of young and dumb. They would run without a two 250 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: centsors all day long. They just wouldn't run great, but 251 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: it would go over fifty mile. I just want to 252 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: I just want to eliminate the cat once and for all, 253 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: because honestly, that's that sounds more of what you've got. 254 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: But I want to, you know, do some kind of testing. 255 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: You're looking at vacuum. Does vacuum go into pressure? Does 256 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: it run better without the O two in it? Do 257 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: I have a fuel pressure problem? Am I starving for fuel? 258 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: That it won't? Do I have a trans issue that 259 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: the trans is stuck in second gear and you you 260 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: can't tell, and it just won't. It just won't pick 261 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: up speed. You know? Do you have three speeds? To 262 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: the trans This is the light trans right, this is 263 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: the little trans the turbo two trans says says okay, 264 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: but it says metric on the bottom of the pan. 265 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: Do you recall, yeah, if it says metric on the 266 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: bottom of the pan. This is the big car with 267 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: the little trans. This is the this is the thing 268 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 1: that ignited the corporate lawsuit over GM was putting undersized 269 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: transmissions in a lot of their vehicles and had all 270 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: kinds of problems back in the eighties. This is the 271 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: this is the car that This is the car that 272 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: inspired the transmission shops to put their kids through college there. Right, So, 273 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: but yeah, I I respect what your guy is doing, 274 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: you know, testing it for back pressure. I would just 275 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: if I'm plugged into the hole, take it out on 276 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: the road. It's not gonna hurt anything, you know, it's 277 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 1: it's not gonna hurt anything. It's not gonna hurt that 278 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: anymore than if you disconnect that oh two centser and 279 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: go for a ride. The car will just run a 280 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: little rich, but it'll still run. It won't get optimum 281 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: fuel economy, it won't get optimum you know, it won't 282 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: get optimum emissions, but it'll still run. It will still 283 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: go over fifty miles. Is it a slow acceleration to 284 00:16:56,400 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: fifty two? Franc Is it like something's holding it back? Yeah? 285 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: I would say it is low speed. It's real snappy 286 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: and responds will but getting up there, yeah yeah, it's 287 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 1: it's just sluggish. It feels like it feels like you're 288 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 1: towing a houseboat. Yeah. Yeah, so it sounds it's either 289 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: that or for whatever reason, you've got a torqu converter 290 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: issue with the trans. But I want to eliminate the 291 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 1: catalytic converter once and for all. Let's do that and 292 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: then we can kind of talk about it afterwards. All right, sir, 293 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: this is the same car. This is the same car 294 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 1: that had the frank This is the same car that 295 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: had the rich fuel condition where you had the bed canister, 296 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: you had the bad canister purge valve about a year ago. Yes, 297 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: I did all those parts. Where do you think all 298 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 1: the extra fuel went? Uh right? You know where do 299 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: you think all the extra fuel went and melted the cat? 300 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: So and that's the kind of stuff that happens, So 301 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 1: don't ask me how I remember that. But okay, well, 302 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: thanks for the tips. All Let me know what happens, Frank, 303 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: you take good care. You're very welcome. UM. Yeah, I 304 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: just thought, I don't know, got an elephant. I got 305 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: a memory like an elephant, but I can't remember lunch yesterday. UM. 306 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: This comes to us from Larry in Mississippi. Hey, Ron, 307 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: I'm thinking of getting my car ready for winter. I 308 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: wonder if you can make some suggestions for tires. I'm 309 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: a little confused on how to pick and choose. Yeah, Larry, listen. UM, 310 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: one of the things you want to worry about or 311 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: be concerned about is site tire site, how the side 312 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: walls of the tire. Um, except the water from the 313 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 1: outside to the side of itself to disperseed water. Take 314 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 1: a look at the Cooper Discoverer and Duramax. Um, good tire, 315 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: fairly new, great tire, does the job, and we like Cooper. Hey, 316 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: coming up next Jim McIlvaine from Clarios. I'm running Nating 317 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: of the Car Doctor. We're back right after this. Welcome 318 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 1: back around Nating the Car Doctor. You know we UM, 319 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: I think we got a technical problem getting ahold of 320 00:18:57,640 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: Jim McIlveen, so we're gonna have to hold off on that. 321 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,239 Speaker 1: UM and take a look at that. Uh. I'll take 322 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: a look at that a little later on. UM. Right now, 323 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: let me just mention this to coming up in the 324 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 1: uh coming up in the next couple of weeks. We 325 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: already gave away one Corvette book. I think we've got 326 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: one more to give away. And I also want to 327 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: do a um, you know, let's give away a copy 328 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 1: of Dr Richard McCann's Classic Car Adventures, UM, either this 329 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: week or next week. And uh. Dr McCann wrote a 330 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: wonderful book talking about European cars and some of the 331 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: European race cars that are here in the States, and um, 332 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,719 Speaker 1: you know, just adventures in classic cars, which is what 333 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 1: it's all about, and conversation. So we look forward to 334 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: that as well. We'll be giving those away. You can 335 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: win one of those or another copy of the Corvette book. 336 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: And I think I've got a book on Nissan zs uh, 337 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: you know, the two eight e Z. It's a it's 338 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: kind of a fascinating book about the two forty two 339 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 1: sixty two eight ees e three fifty Z full color pictures. UM. 340 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: I've got some things in the prize closet, like, holy cow, 341 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: where did all this stuff come? From Uh, We're gonna 342 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 1: me be giving that away as well in the coming 343 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 1: weeks between now and the end of the holiday, so 344 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 1: you know that to look forward to as well. UM. 345 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 1: I want to do a piece of email because this one, 346 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 1: you know, has been on my plate for a while here, 347 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:15,120 Speaker 1: and it's actually same answer, two different scenarios, and I'm 348 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: trying to make a point here. The first one writes 349 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: in hey Ron, I've got a nuisance oil weep on 350 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: a two hundred thousand mile Toyota Corolla. I've heard you 351 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 1: mentioned a product you're using the shop during a podcast. 352 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: I didn't write it down while I was driving. Could 353 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 1: you refresh my memory? Second question, I've got accurate r 354 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: d X six cylinder with two eighty thousand miles. On 355 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: a cold start in the morning, there are engine clicks 356 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: and I'm wondering if there's problems with the hydraulic adjusters 357 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: excuse me, or could they be synthetic oil or synthetic 358 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: oil type or filter that could be contributing. After two 359 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: to three minutes, the problem goes away, as it does 360 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,679 Speaker 1: this every morning on first start. Um. And the answer 361 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: to both of them is that you know. The first 362 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: one is yes, you've got nuisance soil weeps, you could 363 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: have problems with UM oil seals that are starting to 364 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 1: ray out and get hard as the vehicle ages number 365 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: one and for the accurate r d X, Yeah, we 366 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: could have UM some lift noise. We could have hydraulic problems. 367 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: Although I think and I didn't verify this, and I 368 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: would do this before I said this as a confirmed repair. 369 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: But I'm just trying to make a point um that 370 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: Acura likely has solid lifters and valve adjustments, which is 371 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: a separate issue, then this this may not necessarily apply. 372 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 1: Here's my point though, if you've got what you believe 373 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 1: is to be hydraulic lifter issues, or a vehicle that's 374 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: got UM dried out engine oil seals, things like that, 375 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 1: take a look at what we're talking about is the 376 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: Berriman High Mileage Oil System Rejuvenator. It's a product from 377 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 1: the folks at Barriman Barriman Products dot Com. It works. 378 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: We use it in the shop all the time. That's 379 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 1: what I believe the first gentleman Richard heard me talking 380 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: about with his two under thousand mile Toyota Corolla. It 381 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: removes sludge, It cleans up oil passages and it does rejuvenate. Um, 382 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: it does rejuvenate eight the seals on the vehicle. It's 383 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: not gonna make them like, no, it's not gonna fix 384 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: a massive oil leak, but it helps reconditioned seals depending 385 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: upon their condition. Um, they possibly could save you a 386 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 1: few bucks. And you'll find more information about it at 387 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 1: Barriman Products dot com. Let's get over to Don and Maine. 388 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: The phones are up and up again and running. Let's 389 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: go over to Don and MAINO six Toyota. The comment 390 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: a four wheel drive light that keeps flashing. Don, Welcome 391 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: to the car doctor, sir, How can I help about 392 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: a two thousand and six Toyota Tacomo and I for 393 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: some reason, we've taken it to the dealership, two different dealerships, 394 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: and they have sent it back. It works for probably, 395 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,880 Speaker 1: um you know, the day and then um it comes 396 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: right back on the full wheel drive load like keeps flashing. Okay, 397 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: do they do they do any repairs? Do they they? 398 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: They've they've put according to I mean, we've had it 399 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: back that three different times. I mean it was in 400 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: in the shop for a month and we got it back. 401 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: And what they told me was is that they would 402 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: just have to keep throwing parts at it, fix it. 403 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 1: I mean it's getting quite expensive. Well wait a minute, now, 404 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,439 Speaker 1: let's let's let's let's hold up. You take the vehicle 405 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: in the lights flashing? So it's got a fault code? Yes, 406 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: one second, I asked your dad what the fault code is? 407 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: I've got running any and the doctor on the phone. 408 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 1: I don't think I ever so I don't think I've 409 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,719 Speaker 1: ever done a relay call before. But that's okay, I 410 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:42,919 Speaker 1: get it. No, I haven't done that before. Um um, 411 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 1: there it's a four low code. That's what my mother 412 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: in law was saying at this point. Well, you know, 413 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 1: no codes, so there's no codes in it at this point. Yeah. 414 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: So so when so when it goes in all right, 415 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: when when the vehicle goes into the dealership? Is the 416 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: light flashing at that moment? When the yes, it does. 417 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: When when the truck goes into the dealership of this flashing? 418 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: So so it's got a fault and you're telling me 419 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: they can't diagnose it. They've got to throw parts at it. 420 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: They that's right, that's right. This they it's been three 421 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: weeks now, you know, and that right now the truck 422 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 1: is pretty much stuck in full wheel drive, and he's 423 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: just gonna use it as the yard truck. You know, 424 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 1: it's a beautiful truck to just got all kinds of 425 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: work done to it. So um, and then maybe in 426 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: the in the springtime when the snow goes away, he's 427 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: gonna flip it back into two and and I guess 428 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: you can drive it, but it stays in full will 429 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: low until it decides that it wants to go into 430 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: two will high. Okay, so understand this is this is 431 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: an all electric system. I'm still trying to get over 432 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: the fact that you brought me a broken car and 433 00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,679 Speaker 1: I can't fix it or they can't fix it. I'm 434 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: trying to figure that one out. Um, bring me a 435 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 1: broken car, I'll fix it. I'll figure it out if 436 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 1: it's broken. That's the hardest part, is the car broken 437 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: at that moment um. There are some things that are 438 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: common with these. The four wheel drive shift motor goes bad. 439 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: There's a piece called the A d D which is 440 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: the differential actuator which actually disconnects the front axle to 441 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: keep it from you know, engaging the four wheel drive 442 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,919 Speaker 1: so to speak. Um, all known issues, all things that 443 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: will turn and make that four wheel drive flesh. Um, 444 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: if the problem is occurring at that moment, why can't 445 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: we go take a wiring diagram, look at the electrical 446 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 1: components and you know, either see what's getting a voltage 447 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: signal when it's not supposed to, or even simpler, unplug, 448 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 1: you know, unplug the A D D. Unplug the automatic 449 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: differential actuator. And if the vehicle stays in four wheel 450 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: drive because the actuator is stuck on, maybe the actuators 451 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 1: got him mechanical failure, which is how they fail. I mean, 452 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: doesn't that make sense? It really does? Um? You know so, 453 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 1: I mean, don bring me, bring bring me a car 454 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 1: that's broken. Why can't we fix this? Just let's take 455 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: it apart. How does this car work? How does this 456 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: system work? I'm not beating you up, brother, I don't think. 457 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 1: I just get frustrated when I hear things like this. 458 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: It makes me scratch my head like huh um. You know, listen, 459 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: I'm used to dealing with things like I got an 460 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 1: email from somebody this morning. He's in the Bronx, New York. 461 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 1: He's taken it to his mechanic for three years. They're 462 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 1: working on a stalling problem that happens every third Tuesday 463 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: when the moon is blue, the titus high and he 464 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 1: rubs his belly button counter clockwise in the car stalls, 465 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: and he wants me to fix that. And I'm thinking 466 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: about how am I going to approach that, and I will. 467 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,160 Speaker 1: I just have to think about it for a while, um, 468 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: and then I'll call him up and have him bring 469 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 1: it over. But you know, it's it's there's a random 470 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: intermittent problem. This to me. If the car is broken, 471 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: break it down, you know? Is there any other Is 472 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,719 Speaker 1: there any other things, Ralph that you can think of? 473 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 1: Who you know? Yeah? No, you know, listen, Yeah, that's 474 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: that's about it wrong. Now you are you talking to 475 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: the service writer or the service manager? Do you know? 476 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: Don Um? Are you guys talking to the service writer 477 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 1: the service manager? Ralph? Ralph dr. We talked to everybody. 478 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: We talked to a company that yeah, the Toyota company themselves. Well, 479 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: talking to Toyota and talking to Toyota out and Torrence, California. 480 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: Is I don't want to say it like this, but 481 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: I will. It's next to useless because they're gonna tell 482 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 1: you refer to their dealers. They don't get your little 483 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,120 Speaker 1: of that unless it's a new car, especially on something 484 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 1: that's fifteen years old. You know, Yeah, we've we've had 485 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: mine lawns have had this truck at both Major Ship 486 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:03,439 Speaker 1: twyot to deal and yeah, and both of them have 487 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 1: said pretty much initially what I said in the beginning. 488 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: You know, we'll try to fix it, but you know 489 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: it's it's eventually going to cost them money, money, money. Well, 490 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 1: if it's broken, broken, broken, I get that, all right. 491 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 1: Um My, My concern is are they blowing him off 492 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,399 Speaker 1: because it's fifteen years old? You know, you remember that. 493 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: You know, I'm gonna date myself. There's an old joke 494 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: that goes around that talks about if President Kennedy showed 495 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: up at the Phontom Blue Hotel, they'd be all full up. 496 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: And the joke goes on to talk about how you 497 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: show up at the Fontam Blue and you say I'm 498 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: here to get a room, and the guy says, we're 499 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 1: all full up, and he says, well, if if President 500 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: Kennedy showed up, would you have a room for him? Yeah, 501 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 1: well I'll take his room, meaning that, and it's an 502 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: old joke. Um in some form of it but what it's. 503 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: What I'm saying is going to talk to the service 504 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: manager and say, listen, if this was one of your 505 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 1: family's cars, if this was your mom's car, if this 506 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: was somebody other than me, somebody that you know, if 507 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: the President showed up, would you be able to diagnose 508 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: and fix it? Then put that tech on it, because 509 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: that's the guy you want. Because telling me you gotta 510 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: throw parts out at the fix it when it's broken, 511 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: that's a story and I don't like that story. Good 512 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 1: luck to you. Don let me know what happens. I'm 513 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: I'm here for you if you need me zero. I 514 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: think it goes something like that. The fontam Blue part 515 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: I know is right. I'm running eating the car Doctor. 516 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: I'll be back right after this. Welcome back the car Doctor. 517 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: Let's get over to John and Kansas nine, Honda Accord John. 518 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir. How can I help? Yes, 519 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: I had a question about the Honda Accord CBT transmission. 520 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: I bought the car brand new, and in a year 521 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: and a half, I've put twenty three thousand miles on 522 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: the car and I love the car. No problems. Um, 523 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 1: it's it's got twenty three th miles on it. And 524 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: if I remember, right when I was researching buying this car, 525 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: as I was reading about the cars and the information 526 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 1: on the dealer website, the CVT transmission was a really 527 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: big selling point. And I think the selling point was 528 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: that it was supposed to make the car drive a 529 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 1: lot smoother. And um, I have heard some or maybe 530 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: read some things that there may be some problems with 531 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: these transmissions, and I was just wondering your opinion about that. 532 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: I think the c VT s from all the manufacturers 533 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: still leave a lot to be desired. That being said, 534 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: I see and experience less problems with the Honda CVT 535 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 1: than I do with a lot of other brands. It's 536 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: still not an infallible piece. They are noisier, they are 537 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: a little clunkier at times, and in my opinion, they've 538 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 1: got a waste to go to be as smooth as 539 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: a conventional If I can say that term transmission, you know, 540 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 1: it's funny. I whenever I talk about Hondas and I 541 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: think Honda is a good product too. I think Honda 542 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: makes a good car. I think, for the longest time, 543 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: the weakest link. And I'm on the record saying this 544 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: that I think their transmissions in general are just problematic. Um, 545 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 1: but you know, listen, you'll get a hundred and fifty 546 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: thousand miles out of a Honda trans and sometimes more 547 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,720 Speaker 1: depends on how you take care of it. There. They've 548 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 1: gotten better in recent years. They're conventional transmission technology. But 549 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: the c VT S Yeah, it's still a little dicey. 550 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 1: You know what the problem is, John, There's nothing you 551 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: can do about it. I mean, it's you own the car, 552 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 1: you like the car, you can just you know, service 553 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,360 Speaker 1: it as per their spec and their desire. Just watch 554 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: for any fluid leaks, make sure you don't you know, 555 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: if there's any fluid leaks as the car ages, that 556 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: you take care of it right away. Um. You know. 557 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: But I wouldn't tell you to get rid of the 558 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 1: car because of it, unless you're just uncomfortable driving a 559 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: c VT. But there's not much you can do to 560 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: correct that. The engineering is already there and you've just 561 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,440 Speaker 1: got to ride the horse until the horse stops, if 562 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. I Um, I bought the 563 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: car with the idea that I would just keep it 564 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 1: for a long time, and that's probably what I'm gonna do. Um, 565 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: but my car before this was a Honda Civic. And 566 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 1: my Honda Cord makes better gas while age than the Civic. 567 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 1: It's making thirty six miles to the gallon in town, 568 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: out of town. It's all the same. And if I could, 569 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 1: I'd like to ask you one last question about something 570 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 1: my grand my grandkids did the car, and that is 571 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 1: this is a white Honda Chord and I got the 572 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: white cloth seats and in the back seat. I'm not 573 00:32:56,200 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: sure what the grandkids spilled, but it was not a 574 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:05,719 Speaker 1: good idea to get white class seats with grandkids. Anything 575 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 1: I could do to clean that up, Um, without knowing 576 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: what it is, you know. And I'm going back to 577 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: listening to my father when I was a kid, and 578 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: that was more than a few days ago. He always 579 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,960 Speaker 1: said club soda and and uh, you know, not wiping, 580 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 1: but but tapping with club soda on a rug. My 581 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: father was on the rug store in Englewood, New Jersey, 582 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 1: back in the sixties. And um, you know, he would 583 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: always say club soda and you would you would pat, 584 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 1: not wipe, to help soak it up and to activate it. 585 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:37,600 Speaker 1: But depending upon what that is, what's in that, um, 586 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 1: you know, you'd want to know, because there's so many 587 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: different things out there today than there were fifty years ago. 588 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: What I would tell you to do is go to 589 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: a detail shop and show it to them. The detail 590 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 1: guys have some wonderful trick ideas and some wonderful slick 591 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 1: way of doing things. And perhaps before you try to 592 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 1: do something and make it worse, talk to a detail guy, 593 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: see what he has to say, and then um, we'll 594 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 1: take it from there. So remember it. It might be 595 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: easier to put a towel on the seat going forward. 596 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: Appreciate the conversation. I'm run naming the car doctor. We're 597 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: back right after this for rustens, cold begeters, broke the door, 598 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,440 Speaker 1: just blew away. I like it a match to see you. 599 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:21,120 Speaker 1: Then I start to welcome back. Well, a busy couple 600 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: of hours here. Um, keep in mind, we've got more 601 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,719 Speaker 1: copies of the complete Book of Corvette we'd like to 602 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:28,759 Speaker 1: give away in the coming weeks. We've got copies of 603 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,879 Speaker 1: Dr Richard McCanns um uh Classic Car Adventures. Are giving 604 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,839 Speaker 1: me some of those. We've got a couple of books 605 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,439 Speaker 1: on Nissans. You've got a bunch of things we're giving 606 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: way out of the gift closet in the next couple 607 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: of weeks. So you want to stay tuned in, give 608 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 1: us a call and uh, you know, talk to Tom 609 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: and um see evince Tom to let you have some 610 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,319 Speaker 1: of this stuff because I'd like to get rid of 611 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: it and clean out the closet for next year. It's 612 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 1: the end of the year. Um. In response to Mitch, 613 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 1: who writes in, Hey, Ron, I heard you talking before 614 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:55,560 Speaker 1: about tires and sights. I didn't catch it. It It was 615 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 1: right at the end of a segment. Can you elaborate 616 00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,360 Speaker 1: on that again real quick? Yeah, Mitch, what I was 617 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,760 Speaker 1: talking out was it was in response to a letter 618 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 1: from a listener with regards to picking tires for winter. 619 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,319 Speaker 1: And you know, you've got to keep in mind that 620 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,400 Speaker 1: tires are you know, they're different, right, there's snow tires, 621 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,279 Speaker 1: there's all season tires, there's winter tires. There's a bunch 622 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: of different choices. My concerns you want a good old 623 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 1: around tire. And people ask me this all the time 624 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,799 Speaker 1: at the shop. I start talking about Cooper. Cooper has 625 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,719 Speaker 1: come out with something called the Discoverer and Duramax. I 626 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,879 Speaker 1: like the tire, the pipes, the way the water gets 627 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: out from in the center of the tread to the 628 00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 1: outside of the tread is a really great design. And 629 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:34,080 Speaker 1: you want to look at that because a lot of 630 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:37,760 Speaker 1: tires today have bad psipe design. Not the Discoverer and Duramax, 631 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,880 Speaker 1: I'm not any in the car doctor. Good mechanics aren't expensive, 632 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:42,160 Speaker 1: they're priceless. See you