1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: You're listening to Ron and Nanian The Car Doctor, nationally 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: recognized auto expert trusted by Mechanics, weekend wrenchers and vehicle 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: owners alike. Ron brings over forty years of hands on 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: experience and deep industry insight to help you understand your vehicle. 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: Join the Conversation live every Saturday from two to four 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: pm Eastern by calling eight five to five five six 7 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero. That's eight five five five 8 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: six zero ninety nine hundred. Here direct line to honest 9 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: answers and practical advice. Looking for more, visit cardoctorshow dot 10 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: com for past episodes, repair tips, and Ron's latest insights, 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: and be sure to subscribe to the Car Doctor YouTube 12 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 1: channel for exclusive videos, real repair footage and more. 13 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 2: Now start your enginies. 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: The Car Doctor is in the garage and ready to 15 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: take your call. 16 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 2: I'm not sure where to begin. This week. There's a 17 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 2: lot I could talk about. The shop was pretty basic 18 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 2: this week. It was break jobs and oil changes and 19 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,959 Speaker 2: the typical stuff we see. There was nothing really cool, crazier, exotic. 20 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 2: As I sit and think about it, I think all 21 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 2: the action was outside the shop this week. Monday, here 22 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 2: in the northeast. If you were here in New Jersey, 23 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 2: you got to take a shower somewhere around a quarter 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 2: to six till about six thirty. All you had to 25 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 2: do was stand outside. I was on my way to 26 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 2: training class in Summerset, New Jersey, at the Double Tree, Hilton, 27 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 2: Double Tree, Mariotte, whichever it was, I don't remember. I 28 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 2: got to tell you, in all the training classes I've 29 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 2: been to, in all the travels, it was absolutely the 30 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 2: strangest ride I've ever had in my life. Down two 31 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 2: eighty seven, if you know to eighty seven in New Jersey, 32 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 2: it's just a you know, typically a three to four 33 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 2: lane highway that just plows along, and it did. But 34 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 2: you were driving, you couldn't see. At times, you couldn't 35 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 2: see three feet in front of you. So you were 36 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 2: just traveling so cautiously. And it made me realize the 37 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 2: value of having a vehicle that's prepared for all all 38 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: sorts of conditions. If you're hesitant, Oh maybe I don't 39 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 2: need to do tires, Maybe I don't need to do service. 40 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: Maybe I haven't had anybody. It's okay, I can go 41 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 2: another two months without looking at the vehicle. Boy, let 42 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 2: me tell you yeah, I was never so happy to 43 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 2: be in a well maintained vehicle. The water was hitting 44 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 2: the windshield so hard. At times I didn't have to 45 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 2: turn the wipers on because the water was bouncing off 46 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 2: the windshield and keeping the glass clear all at the 47 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,679 Speaker 2: same time. As soon as it hit, the next wave 48 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 2: would be behind it. It was like driving through a 49 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 2: car wash for forty five minutes, and the nozzle was 50 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 2: stuck on full and just aimed right at you. It 51 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 2: was the craziest weather I've got to say that I've 52 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 2: ever seen. And I made it. I almost made it 53 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 2: to Class the whole way on the normal route, and 54 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 2: then about three exits before I had to get off 55 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 2: at Exsit thirteen. And so the adventure continues. And all 56 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 2: I could keep thinking about in my head was how 57 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 2: I explained to people that if something bad happens to 58 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 2: a car and a woman is driving, it could be 59 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 2: life and death. You don't think that it could be 60 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 2: life and death for a guy, because guys have too 61 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 2: much ego. We're too stupid, sometimes I think, and yeah, 62 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 2: I can't be life and death and be life and 63 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 2: death for anybody. I got off at Eggs at thirteen 64 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 2: and wiggle waggled my way north until the GPS finally 65 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 2: told me to make a rite instead of doubling back. 66 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 2: And fortunately it was next with Dunkin Donuts and I 67 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 2: ran in and gave a cup of coffee and some munchkins. 68 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: I figured, if I'm gonna die, I might as well 69 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 2: go caffeinated and sugar it up. So uh, I got 70 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 2: into Brown Brook, New Jersey, and I crossed over the 71 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 2: steel bridge. You ever been on one of those steel 72 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 2: bridges When you look down there's holes in the girders, 73 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 2: you know, it's like an open grating kind of a bridge. 74 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 2: I now know why they call it bound Brook, because 75 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: I believe I was on top of the Bound Brook 76 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 2: and I'm watching the water level come up, going, oh boy, 77 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 2: I hope we get off this bridge soon. And I 78 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 2: got into south Bound Brook and then eventually I made 79 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: my way to the hotel. But getting to the hotel 80 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 2: for the seminar, it was eerie. You couldn't see and 81 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 2: there was like dim lights as if there were struggling 82 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 2: with power. It was absolutely the strangest training class drive. 83 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 2: Once we got into class, I was okay. We were 84 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 2: on the second floor, so I figured at that point 85 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 2: if we got flooded, the water would have to really 86 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: rise to get to us. But you know, and it 87 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 2: was worthwhile. Of course it was worthwhile. Automotive Training Group 88 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 2: they show up here in New Jersey every couple of 89 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: three months. Chris Lewis, of course, the great Chris Lewis. 90 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 2: We did a class on cylinder missfire and diagnostics, Misfire 91 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 2: and cylinder contribution diagnostics. Absolutely a great class if you 92 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 2: get a chance to take it, if you're one of 93 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 2: my pros out there and you get a chance to 94 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 2: take it. There was so much information in it and 95 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 2: so many different ways to look at miss fires and 96 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 2: how to disseminate mechanical from an ignition from a fuel 97 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 2: missfire within less than thirty minutes. Some of the tips 98 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 2: and tricks they gave us. Yeah, and it's good. And 99 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:49,840 Speaker 2: this is why I go to class because it gives 100 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 2: me a different perspective. It allows me to look at 101 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 2: things and say, you know, I hadn't thought of it 102 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 2: that way, And by vice versa. I know I caught 103 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 2: Chris a couple of times and I I made him 104 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 2: think a little bit, as I always do, as Chris 105 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 2: and I have worked together for years and years, and 106 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 2: it's a good exchange of information between the two of us. 107 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 2: So if you get a chance and you are in 108 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 2: the position as a professional to take an ATG class, 109 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 2: by all means you should. It's really worthwhile. And then 110 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 2: of course the trip home was uneventful. It's just brolin 111 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 2: along to eighty seven ten o'clock at night, and got 112 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 2: up and did it again the next day. And by Wednesday, 113 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 2: I slept really well Wednesday night, just to let you 114 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 2: know in case you were wondering, because I was just exhausted. 115 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 2: And then let's see, Wednesday we did our cars, Thursday 116 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 2: we did our cars. Friday Danny was off. Danny went 117 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 2: to Baltimore to see a baseball game. I think it 118 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 2: was there was girlfriends running in a spartan race or 119 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 2: some such thing. I'm not sure what, but I think 120 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 2: the day. It's the summer. Enjoy your time. So I 121 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 2: was working alone on Friday, and I've got to tell you, 122 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 2: working alone is it's a different perspective. It just teaches 123 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 2: you you've got to keep going, you've got to stay on task, 124 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 2: can't get sidetracked. And I didn't, and I finished all 125 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 2: my cars and I was done, and out of there 126 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 2: by three, and fortunately Kathy came in doing her part 127 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 2: time thing. We count on Kathy to come in and 128 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 2: she was a great help and everything she did and 129 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 2: helped us get organized, and you know, at the end 130 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 2: of the week and of the door went, we went out. 131 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 2: We were gone at three. She think Kathy shut up 132 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 2: at one, you know that kind of thing. So it 133 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 2: was that those extra two ourselves and that's life in 134 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 2: a repair shop, you know, that's what you expect. I 135 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 2: think the one thing I walked away from this week 136 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 2: was being prepared, being prepared for the unexpected. I want 137 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 2: to tell you about an email, and I'm really dead 138 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 2: serious when I tell you this story, because I never 139 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 2: want to see anybody get to this point. I received 140 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 2: an email from a listener out in Ohio. I don't 141 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 2: want to get more specific than that, and they were 142 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 2: telling the story of their older van that had been 143 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 2: to five repair shops this person and was stuck in Ohio. 144 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 2: They were trying to get home since the end of 145 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 2: May and after five repair attempts by five different shops. 146 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 2: The email absolutely pointed out twice, I think I'm going 147 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 2: to commit suicide over this because I just can't take 148 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 2: it anymore. Yeah, that's what I said. And I read 149 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 2: it and I read it three times, and I you know, 150 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 2: is this just is this just an exaggeration? I sent 151 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 2: it to Tom. I said, Tom, you got to take 152 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: a look at this. Give me, you know, your unbiased viewpoint. 153 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 2: What do you think? And Tom Tom wrote back within 154 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 2: minutes what I was thinking. You've got to take it 155 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 2: to the police because you don't know. And I agree. 156 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 2: You know what if you if you tell me you're 157 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 2: going to kill yourself, I'm going to believe you. So 158 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 2: don't ever say that to me if you don't want 159 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 2: the police to show up on your doorstep. And we 160 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 2: worked with the local authorities here who contacted the authorities 161 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 2: out in Ohio. And I'm happy to say that the 162 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 2: individual is okay because I got another email on Friday 163 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 2: and I could tell it he was apologetic. He said, Gee, 164 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 2: I hope I didn't scare anybody. You know what, dude, 165 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 2: you tell me you're going to kill yourself over something, 166 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 2: I'm going to take you serious. Because the authorities came 167 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 2: knocking on his door and they found him. However they 168 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 2: found him, I'm not sure because he was staying at 169 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 2: a local hotel and he didn't give us his address, 170 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 2: and you know, they were able to, you know, find 171 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 2: his cell phone somehow and then track him down and 172 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 2: he's okay. You know, I tell you this, I'm not 173 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 2: looking for the pad on the back. I'm really not. 174 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 2: I tell you that because this is exactly the reason 175 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 2: why I do this radio show, not to save somebody 176 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 2: like that, but because I just think the lack of 177 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 2: information and the lack of procedure and how to repair 178 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 2: and how to diagnose, and it all comes back to 179 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 2: the training class. You know here, I am O, can't 180 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 2: I get it? It was it was a storm filled night, 181 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 2: there was a there was an state of emergency in 182 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 2: New Jersey. But the class, you know, but for the 183 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 2: potential of having twenty people, and if the class only 184 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 2: had eight the original eight that signed up. And I 185 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 2: don't understand how I go to training class after training 186 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 2: class and it's always the same eight to ten to 187 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 2: twelve people in it. And I get it, you know, well, 188 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 2: I don't get it actually because I don't understand how, 189 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 2: if you're going to be in this business as a professional, 190 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 2: how you don't go to class, how you don't attend 191 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 2: training and why it's such a struggle because it's not 192 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 2: just atg I hear this from a lot of shops, 193 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 2: a lot of shops. Just I don't have the time. 194 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 2: You know what, you have to make the time because 195 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 2: the day of reckoning is coming, is coming, where you're 196 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 2: just gonna have to know what you're doing. You're not 197 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 2: going to be able to guess anymore because it's going 198 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 2: to get to be way too expensive and you're going 199 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 2: to have you're not going to be able to fool 200 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 2: the customers any longer. So, you know, just that was 201 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 2: my week. You know what, I went to class. I 202 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 2: survived the flood. I I believe I prevented somebody from 203 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 2: maybe not killing themselves, but at least I got him 204 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 2: back on track because I think the cops, God bless 205 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 2: our police, and I believe they helped him find a 206 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 2: mechanic that got him squared away, because it was within 207 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 2: twenty four hours that I got the good news that 208 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 2: he's back on track and at least now the van 209 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 2: is partially fixed and he can get on his way. 210 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 2: So that was my week. I hope yours was better 211 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:27,719 Speaker 2: because it was just so interesting if you want to 212 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 2: talk about it. Eight five five five six zero nine 213 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 2: nine zero zero again eight five five five six zero 214 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 2: nine nine zero zero. I'm running dy in the car. Doctor. 215 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 2: We're going to open up the phones when we get back. 216 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 2: Don't go away, Hey, Let's open up the phones and 217 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 2: go over to Rich in New York State, oait Toyota Corolla. Rich. 218 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 2: Welcome to the car doctor, sir, how can I help? 219 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 3: Okay? I have I have a problem that's been happening 220 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 3: now for about a year part of a year. 221 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 2: Okay. 222 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 3: I get a code of P zero three, which is 223 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 3: it's saying there's an issue with the coil on the 224 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 3: number two cylinder. And I also get a twenty two 225 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 3: to thirty seven, which is the two sensor right, and. 226 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 2: Twenty two to thirty seven is more of an electrical 227 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 2: issue than a sense of performance issue. Okay, what parts 228 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 2: have been replaced already? 229 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 3: Both of those have been replaced already. And what happens 230 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 3: is the car would run sometimes the light, the check 231 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 3: engine light will go out. The car will run properly 232 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 3: for about three days, and then all of a sudden 233 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 3: it acts up again. You turn the key, you start it, 234 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 3: and it's missing. It's very shaky. You drive up to 235 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 3: a light. You have to put it in neutral to 236 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 3: keep it lit. It's shaken pretty bad on the road. 237 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 3: It's not pulling your you're turning four thousand rpm and 238 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 3: you're doing twenty six miles an hour and it's not 239 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 3: pulling in the right lane of two eighty seven or 240 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 3: something like that. Which is this is? 241 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 2: This is when the light is on? 242 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 4: Right? 243 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 2: Rich? Rich? Did we lose Rich? 244 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 3: Uh? Uh? 245 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 2: Did we lose Rich? I think we lost Rich. His 246 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 2: coil started misfiring. So let's see we can get him back, 247 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 2: you know, And the way I would attack that if 248 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 2: I can, if I can kind of take it from there, 249 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 2: for everybody is and I know Tom's trying to get 250 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 2: him back, you know. I want to know. I want 251 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 2: to know what brand of part that we just put 252 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 2: into number two. Why don't we take number two coil, 253 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 2: move it to number four and put number four coil 254 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,319 Speaker 2: in number two's hole, and let's see does the problem happen? 255 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 2: If the same problem happens, then I'm going to tell 256 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 2: you to go where I was thinking. Let's attack the wiring. Now, 257 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 2: this is a four wire coil. There's a hot there's 258 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 2: a ground which turns the coil on that just charges 259 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 2: the primary winding. I'm sorry, that charges the primary winding. 260 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 2: And then there's a computer control switch point with an 261 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 2: ignition feedback line. So the PCM is changing and modifying 262 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 2: dwell time or on time of the primary side of 263 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 2: the coil, allowing it to build charge until it gets 264 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 2: to the right moment, and it's looking for the response 265 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 2: of what it's doing on what they call the ig 266 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:26,559 Speaker 2: n F line ignition feedback line on that particular car, 267 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 2: it's the yellow wire at the ignition coil. It's the 268 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 2: same wire. And the way I would look at this 269 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 2: is I want to see am I getting proper signal? Back? 270 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 2: I would scope it? Do I have a square wave signal? 271 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 2: And what am I looking at? Of course? Rich? Are 272 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 2: you there? Is Rich back? 273 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 3: Yes? 274 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 2: Rich? Okay? Did you hear any of that? 275 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 3: Yes? 276 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 2: Okay? So have you moved that coil around? Have you 277 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 2: taken number two and put it to number four and 278 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 2: vice versa? 279 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 3: I did. Originally I moved it two and three. I 280 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 3: swapped right to see if it would change the. 281 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 2: The position the coil, the code yeah, or the or. 282 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 3: The code itself, because the two and three fifty two 283 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,959 Speaker 3: is the number two filling and it did not change anything. 284 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 3: There was no change in the so you don't know 285 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 3: about performance. I didn't take the car out on the road, 286 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 3: but I did swap it to see if the code 287 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 3: would change. 288 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 2: Right, But you still had a three fifty two. Yes, well, 289 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 2: but if you didn't take it on the road, how 290 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 2: did you set the code? It set the code sitting 291 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 2: there in the driveway. 292 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 4: Yeah. 293 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 3: Well, I started it back up and looked to see 294 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 3: if it was returning a different code, and it wasn't. That. 295 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 2: I don't know was it misfiring at that time? 296 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 3: I don't recall. 297 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 2: Okay, it won't. It doesn't work like that, all right, 298 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 2: it won't work like that to that degree. Look, let's 299 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 2: do this, okay, let's clear codes, all right, and let's 300 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 2: take number two coil and number four coil and swap them. 301 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 2: It's easy enough to do. Does the problem follow the 302 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 2: cylinder or the coil? Because if you get if you 303 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 2: get a three fifty two back, then I'm going to 304 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 2: tell you it's in the wiring or at the PCM, 305 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 2: which is not as common. All right, it's it's not common, 306 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 2: I give you that, But at least it will tell 307 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 2: us that if you get a three fifty four. What 308 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 2: brand coil did you buy? 309 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 3: Do you remember where you got the The coil was 310 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 3: replaced in a garage. I had brought it to a 311 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 3: mechanic and they replaced it at the garage. 312 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 2: So you don't know whose brand it is? 313 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 3: No, I don't. 314 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 2: Okay. Was it a lot of money? 315 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 3: Uh? No, not really. 316 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 2: Right, So I would I would question the quality of 317 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 2: that part if you have no idea. But this is 318 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 2: how we're going to find out. As as far as 319 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 2: the twenty two thirty seven, let's fix the ignition problem first, 320 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 2: because if there's a wiring problem on the ignition, maybe 321 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 2: we're going to find the two centsor wiring issue at 322 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 2: the same time. But I want to I want to 323 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 2: work on the ignition. Let's work on the easier of 324 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 2: the two problems first. Do that switching around, clear the code, 325 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 2: call me back when you know more. 326 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 3: All right, sir, okay, okay, thank you, You're very welcome. 327 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 2: We'll take it from there. You have to watch when 328 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 2: you're diagnosing something. As far as procedure. All right, the 329 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 2: fault won't reoccur inside drive it. The fault may not 330 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 2: reoccur like that, sitting and sitting in the driveway and 331 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 2: moving things around is a standard process. Now, we could 332 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 2: go through scoping and you know, we could play that game, 333 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 2: but I think it's going to get expensive for the end, 334 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 2: for the for the you know, the private owner to 335 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 2: go and do that. And listen, Swapping coils and sparkplugs 336 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 2: is something repair shops do it. It is part of 337 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 2: the diagnostic routine. So let's you know, that's why I 338 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 2: say take it one step at a time. Uh, you know, 339 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 2: just just just kind of move it along and understand 340 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 2: that quality of parts. I've seen more than a few 341 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 2: bad parts that are new repeat the same problem. So 342 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 2: that's why I want to know which one we're dealing with, 343 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 2: and that's why I call for the swap. Eight five 344 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 2: five five six zero nine nine zero zero. Run a 345 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 2: NI the card doctor. I'll be back right after this. 346 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 2: Don't go away. Let's continue on. And by the way, 347 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 2: you're listening to Ron and Innie and the car doctor. 348 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:23,400 Speaker 2: Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero 349 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 2: is the phone number twenty four to seven. I don't 350 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 2: know if I mentioned that yet today eight five five 351 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 2: five six zero nine nine zero zero twenty four to seven. 352 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 2: You can call, leave a message and executive producer, chief 353 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 2: cook and bottle washer Tom Ray will call you back 354 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 2: and get you in Q for the next live broadcast. 355 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 2: Let's go talk to Linda in Florida nineteen BMW. Linda, 356 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,119 Speaker 2: this doesn't sound good. I'm just letting you know up front, 357 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 2: so tell me the story. 358 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 4: The story is that I was idling and by the way, Hi, Ron, 359 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 4: thank you, You're welcome you. I was idling after dinner 360 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 4: one night in a parking lot, and we've been idling 361 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 4: for quite a while, and all of a sudden there 362 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 4: was an alarm on the car, just a loud, buzzing alarm, 363 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 4: and there was an enormous amount of smoke coming from 364 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 4: the exhaust in the back. The smoke was white, very clear, 365 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 4: but but again an enormous amount. There was no indication 366 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 4: indicator on the there was no indication on the dash 367 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 4: about oil leakage or kneating oil and nothing of that sort. 368 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 4: So the car was towed, I was taken to the shop. 369 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,640 Speaker 4: I did start it up the next morning and there 370 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:42,200 Speaker 4: was a there was smoke again, but not as much 371 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 4: as before. Right the And let me add that a 372 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 4: week prior to that, the indicator light came on saying 373 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 4: that I needed to add coolant. Top off the coolant 374 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 4: is what it said. So I popped off. 375 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 3: The coolant. 376 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 4: And so this had a week later, took it to 377 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,199 Speaker 4: the shop and they reported that there was no blown 378 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 4: head gasket, that it was excess fuel around something being 379 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 4: burnt or evaporation. They instructed me that it was perfectly safe. 380 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 3: For me to drive the car. 381 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 4: Changed the spark plugs and a filter. But in the meantime, 382 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 4: it's it. It hasn't given me any further problems. However, 383 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 4: it continues to require coolant, right, so. 384 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 2: If it's if it's continuing to lose coolant and it's 385 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 2: not an external leak, and by now you would have 386 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 2: seen a drip or a drop or a puddle somewhere 387 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 2: under the car where you park it, you've got an 388 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 2: internal engine consumption missue. How many miles around this car 389 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 2: can't be a lot. 390 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 4: It's the car is twenty nineteen, but there's seventy nine 391 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 4: thousand minds. 392 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,439 Speaker 2: It's not a lot. It really isn't. And you know, 393 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 2: there's there's two ways to go. It's it's teared down 394 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 2: to inspect or you know, diagnose. I'd love to see, 395 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 2: you know, here's an example of using some diagnostic skill. 396 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 2: I'd love to look at die you know, misfires. For example, 397 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 2: does anyone particular cylinder report a misfire on startup? What 398 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 2: would happen if we pressurized the cooling system the night before, 399 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 2: you know, dropped it off at the shop Tuesday night, 400 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 2: and they pressurized the cooling system, came in Wednesday morning, 401 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 2: pulled plugs out, and looked into any of the cylinders. 402 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 2: Do they see coolant inside the cylinders with a porscope 403 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 2: which is just a you know, a long necked you know, 404 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 2: telescoping imaging device, which most shops have these days, because 405 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 2: the coolant's going somewhere, and it is even if oh, 406 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 2: gee wiz, Linda's got up. You know, Linda is the 407 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:00,719 Speaker 2: air to peak anty freezing. You can pour in all 408 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 2: the anti free she wants, you can pour and all 409 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 2: the cool she wants for free. At some point you're 410 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 2: going to ruin catalytic converter and oxygen sensors because coolant 411 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 2: is death to both of those. So long term, it's 412 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 2: not good. It's ingesting. The exhaust system is ingesting something 413 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 2: that it's not supposed to. So not the I told 414 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 2: you it wasn't going to be good. I'm sorry, you know, 415 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 2: it's it's now, you know, if you want to try 416 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 2: and and I'm hesitant to suggest this just because it's 417 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 2: a newer vehicle and I don't know, you know, I 418 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 2: don't know what your position is as far as you know, 419 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 2: do you want to keep it? Do you want to 420 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 2: get rid of it? I have no problem using the product, 421 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 2: but of course I'm going to tell you that k 422 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 2: Seal would do would most likely do a wonderful job 423 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 2: sealing this. If anything would stop this coolant leak. Internally, 424 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 2: it's going to be case Seal. It's available, you know, 425 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 2: most auto parts stores k seal dot com to read more. 426 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 2: They also make a head gasket sealer, k sal Ultimate 427 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 2: thirty three percent more ceiling power. Just like the ad says, 428 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 2: not to make this a commercial, but it does work. 429 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 2: We've used k Sealed. As matter of fact, I just 430 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,880 Speaker 2: put a video up on my YouTube channel. We used 431 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 2: k Seal head Ultimate on a nine F one fifty 432 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 2: that had a misfire on two cylinders and had a 433 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 2: coolant issue and it solved it. So it will work. 434 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 2: You know, It's just I don't know what your long 435 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,199 Speaker 2: term plans are for the vehicle, and you know not 436 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 2: the case seal isn't a long term product. But you know, 437 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 2: people get funny about pouring you know, seilers into vehicles, 438 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 2: So that is a that is a possibility if they 439 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 2: if they claim they can't find anything and you're looking 440 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 2: for a less expensive way out that would most likely 441 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 2: do the job for you. Is this a BMW dealer 442 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 2: working on it or the corner garage? 443 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 4: No? No, the BMW dealer. 444 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 2: Okay, you know, yeah, yeah, and that's and that's good. 445 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 2: I'm kind of amazed that they're not offering you the 446 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 2: option to go further. Is there warranty on this vehicle? 447 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 2: There's something wrong with this story. I can't figure it out. 448 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 2: You know, usually usually the dealer wants to tear the 449 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 2: engine apart. You know, there's there's there's got to be 450 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 2: a matter of curiosity here and I'm and I'm questioning 451 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 2: whether they've got it or not. How much cool and 452 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 2: how much coolant have you added to the car over 453 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:15,640 Speaker 2: what period of time? 454 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:23,439 Speaker 4: Over I would say over two months, two months, it 455 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 4: would be uh a complete container a gallon. 456 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 2: You've put a gallon of coolant into the overflow bottle 457 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 2: or the coolant bottle on this BMW in a. 458 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 4: Month and about in about well I would I would 459 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 4: say about two and a half month. 460 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 2: Okay, eight weeks, eight weeks, and and they're telling you 461 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 2: that's normal. 462 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 3: No, they're not. 463 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 4: They're saying that. They're saying that. Actually, they didn't say 464 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 4: anything about the the coolant portion of it. That's why 465 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 4: I was calling you. 466 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 2: Actually, well yeah, but I'm so I'm confused there. It's 467 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 2: it's used a gallon of coolant in two months. Are 468 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 2: they the ones adding it or are you adding it? 469 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 4: No? I add I add it the coolant. 470 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 2: Okay, have you have you been back to tell them 471 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 2: about the coolant consumption? No, Okay, you gotta go back. 472 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 2: You got it. You gotta go back. It's you know, 473 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 2: and you got to tell them, Look, I've used a 474 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 2: gallon of coolant in two months. There's something not right, 475 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 2: because it's only going to get worse in time, even 476 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 2: if even if it stays at this level, and this 477 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 2: is all that it does, is just that it consumes 478 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 2: and you never see white smoke again. You're slowly killing 479 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 2: the catalytic converters because there's more than one on that 480 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 2: vehicle and the oxygen sensors and it's gonna get it's 481 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 2: gonna get real expensive if if whatever is seeping coolant 482 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 2: decides to fail, if the dam bursts, it's going to 483 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 2: be a hot mess in a minute. 484 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I mean, I'm not a mechanic and perform it, 485 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 4: but I you have to know that there is something 486 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 4: wrong if I'm continually adding coolant. 487 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 2: If this were medical terms, I would tell you one 488 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 2: of your heart felves is in ceiling and we're waiting 489 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 2: for the heart attack to happen. 490 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 4: All right, you're right, you're right. 491 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 3: That's not good news. 492 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,919 Speaker 2: And that's not good news. And that's I can't stress 493 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 2: this enough. And you know this could happen pulling out 494 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 2: onto the interstate just before the eighteen wheeler. And I 495 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 2: want to say it like that because I want to 496 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 2: plant that seed of doubt in your mind that if 497 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 2: the head gas get word to fail at at a 498 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 2: critical moment where you're counting on acceleration and you don't 499 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 2: get it, oh boy. 500 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 4: Yeah right, So yeah, painted a grave picture. 501 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 2: And yeah, it's my job. I have to I have 502 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 2: to keep you safe, all right, So I got to go, Linda. 503 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 2: I hope I worked for you. If that doesn't If 504 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 2: that isn't it, and they're still confused, you call me back. 505 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 2: I'd love to talk further about this. I want to 506 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 2: know what happens here. That use of it's k K 507 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 2: the letter K letter K seal k seal ok s 508 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 2: e A l kseal dot com. All right there, you're 509 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 2: very welcome. 510 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 5: Boy. 511 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,439 Speaker 2: I'll tell you it's kind of scary what's out there. 512 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,239 Speaker 2: That's why Ron keeps working. Ron can never retire. Eight 513 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 2: five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. I'll 514 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 2: be back right after this. Don't go away rolling along. 515 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 2: Let's go to Brenda and Louisiana. Brenda, you're own with 516 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 2: the car doctor. How can I help? 517 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 5: I was calling about my twenty twenty five GMC Sierra. 518 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,360 Speaker 2: Okay, what's going. 519 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 3: On with it? 520 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 5: I was coming back from a trip and it said 521 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 5: no all. So I pulled over and checked the dipstick 522 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 5: and it had no all on the dipstick. 523 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 3: Wow, I'll proceed. 524 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 5: I proceed to put two and a half quarts back 525 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 5: in the truck. 526 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 3: Went to the car dealership. 527 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 5: The next day and they're telling me it needs a 528 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 5: consumption test. 529 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 2: Yes, so let me let me ask you this, which 530 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 2: engine is this? Brandon? Is this A? Is this A 531 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 2: six two or A five throw three? Five to three? Okay? 532 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 2: And they're telling you it needs an oil consumption test. 533 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 2: So what they're going to do is they're going to 534 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 2: give it a general once over. How many miles are 535 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 2: on this There can't be a lot of miles on 536 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 2: this is a twenty five? 537 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 5: No, it's five thousand, four hundred and fifty five miles. Now. 538 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 2: Has it even had its first oil? Has it had 539 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:39,160 Speaker 2: its first oil change? 540 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 3: Well? 541 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 2: I guess it has now. 542 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 5: Yeah. When I took it to them, it was five 543 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 5: thousand and forty something miles on it, okay, and they 544 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 5: changed all but there they said they put a computer 545 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 5: check on it, and the car don't even show that 546 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 5: it was low. 547 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 2: It's like, you know, but you had the warning on 548 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 2: the dash. 549 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 3: Yes. 550 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,160 Speaker 2: I think there's a miscommunication there. I think they're looking 551 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 2: for a fault code to indicate an oil issue and 552 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 2: they're not seeing it. But yet the vehicle still physically 553 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 2: mechanically ran out of oil. Let's listen, let's stay with 554 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 2: what we know for the moment. All Right, it's got 555 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 2: an oil consumption problem. It shouldn't go through two and 556 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 2: a half quarts of oil in five thousand miles. And 557 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,439 Speaker 2: they're gonna do a consumption test because they have to 558 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 2: follow GM protocol, as painful as it might be, and 559 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 2: they're gonna they're gonna fill it up to the line. 560 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 2: They're gonna tell you to drive it, and they're gonna 561 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 2: tell you to either come back in five hundred or 562 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 2: one thousand miles. They're going to establish a baseline of 563 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 2: how much oil this consumes over what period of time? 564 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 5: Well, I mean, is there I hear Ford does it too? 565 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 2: Yep? Listen right now, if you ask me what truck 566 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 2: to buy, I wouldn't know what to tell you. For GM, Toyota, 567 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 2: they're all they've all got their issues right now. There's 568 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 2: nothing out there that captures my imagination. Wow, it's just yeah, 569 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 2: it's really sad. It's what we've become and I don't 570 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 2: understand it now. Obviously the five to three has engine 571 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 2: recalls that, but it's only it's like model year twenty 572 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 2: nineteen through twenty twenty four, right. It hasn't worked its 573 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 2: way up through the twenty fives yet. But in all fairness, 574 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 2: that doesn't mean it won't. It just means that the 575 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 2: twenty fives haven't driven enough miles and there haven't been 576 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 2: enough oil consumption tests done yet. If you get what 577 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 2: I'm saying that it hasn't. It hasn't hit the magic 578 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 2: number where GM's gonna go, Okay, we've got two hundred 579 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 2: thousand trucks out there consuming oil. We got to add 580 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,960 Speaker 2: twenty five model year engines to this test as well, 581 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 2: to this recoil as well. 582 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 5: Well, I call it the factory and the factory. All 583 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 5: they did was past the bug. 584 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 2: Right, That's all they're gonna do. They're not gonna nobody's 585 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 2: gonna commit to anything until they get a definitive answer 586 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 2: on consumption. Now, they may come back and tell you 587 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 2: a quart of oil in one thousand miles is okay, Okay, 588 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 2: it's not okay. 589 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 3: That's what they tell me. 590 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 2: That's not it's not okay in my book, because my 591 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 2: concern is, just like my previous caller, you're now passing 592 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 2: oil through the exhaust, what's the long range projected life 593 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 2: of that catalytic converter, Because that cat that cat oil 594 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 2: is oil is a carbon based product. Obviously, what does 595 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 2: a catalytic converter react to carbon. It's trying to it's 596 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 2: trying to reduce emissions from fuel. Right, a carbon based product, 597 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 2: it's gonna swallow that oil and try and do something 598 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 2: with it, so it's gonna have shorter catalytic converter life. 599 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 2: I think your only hope is GM really gets enough 600 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 2: of these complaints and then they finally step up and 601 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 2: try to figure out and rebuild and correct what's wrong 602 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 2: in the engine. But right now they're the ones holding 603 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 2: the cards. You got to play by their rules and 604 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 2: wait and see what happen. 605 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 5: I'm sure, I'm sure I'm not the first. 606 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 2: No, I doubt that you are. If you are, they're 607 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 2: gonna come up with a definitive answer relatively quick. But 608 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 2: I don't think they will. So would you promise me this, 609 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 2: Give me a call in a couple of months, Let 610 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 2: me know what ends up happening with this. Let us 611 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 2: you know, because the exposure you give it here might 612 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 2: help others to step forward and complain about their product, 613 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 2: and it might help you in the long run too. 614 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 2: All right, Kittle, You'll be well, stay in touch, You 615 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 2: take good care. I'm on an ay in the car. Doctor, 616 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 2: I'll be back right after this and there goes the hour. 617 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 2: So coming up this weekend, I believe it's on Sunday 618 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 2: at three pm. It gets released the latest video on 619 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 2: the YouTube channel. If you haven't subscribed to the YouTube channel, 620 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 2: we suggest you do and encourage you to do so 621 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 2: because the videos are really starting to pile up now. 622 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 2: We've got a couple of them, some dandies coming up 623 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 2: in the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow we're going to 624 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,960 Speaker 2: put the one out and it's kind of basic, but 625 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 2: it's effective, and obviously we did it. We're trying to 626 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 2: make them effective. But it's about testing a gas cap 627 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 2: in a vehicle using a smoke machine. And while you 628 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 2: may not have a smoke machine, it will no doubt 629 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,920 Speaker 2: help you understand what it is when we talk about 630 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:07,960 Speaker 2: leaks in the system and why the gas cap can 631 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,280 Speaker 2: cause a failure, because I give a very graphic demonstration 632 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 2: of how to test the system using our speed smoke 633 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 2: from redline detection and then what to do, you know, 634 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 2: changing the cap we put up. We show good, we 635 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 2: show bad, and so on and so forth. But that 636 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 2: video will be up. It's on a twenty sixteen Kia 637 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 2: Kia Rio. That'll be up Sunday at three pm, so 638 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 2: you know you want to obviously see that. And then 639 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 2: next week, I think the following week we've got another video. 640 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 2: You know, I don't remember what the topic was, but 641 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 2: it's something we shot in the shop real quick. And 642 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 2: you know, all these come from the shop is just 643 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 2: spur the moment stuff. So we've got that to look 644 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 2: forward to it. So the videos keep piling up. We're 645 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 2: also putting together a shorts library. We don't have enough 646 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 2: in there yet. We want to build up a good 647 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 2: two dozen before we start releasing those just sixty minute 648 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 2: tips from Ron and you'll see those coming out sometime 649 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 2: this year. Till the next time, I'm Roon and Enie 650 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 2: and the car Doctor reminding you good mechanics aren't expensive, 651 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 2: they're priceless. See you