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Speaker 1: Ron an Anien. You know we all age. Your bodies

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Speaker 1: at eight five, five six and now running. When is

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Speaker 1: an estimate not an estimate when it doesn't really tell

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Speaker 1: and I think you've all been in that situation. You've

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Speaker 1: you're looking for a way to you know, how much

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Speaker 1: And the mistake is you're putting emphasis on how much

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Speaker 1: And it's hard, you know. I always think that you've

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Speaker 1: In some cases it can be open heart surgery, it's

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Speaker 1: So the customer called up new guy. I never saw

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir. How can I help? Yes,

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Speaker 1: I have a problem with the Accura with a M

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Speaker 1: You're very welcome Rome when you have a good rest

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Speaker 1: about Hey, Ron, I hear talking about p B Blaster.

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Speaker 1: That the same p B Blaster that I've been using

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Speaker 1: since the sixties, Tom, Newburg, New York. Yeah, Tom, it

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Speaker 1: it's neat that the straw flips up and it's right

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Speaker 1: it up. UM and that's the same p B Blaster. UM.

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Speaker 1: That's UH bringing out hand sanitizer to the local first

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Speaker 1: How can I help? Yeah, thanks for having me. You're welcome. Uh. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: as erratic as the gauge, then I've got to believe

427
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:03,200
Speaker 1: the problem is somewhere between the sender, the sender itself,

428
00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,280
Speaker 1: or the wiring leading up to the computer in the

429
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,240
Speaker 1: instrument cluster. In other words, if I've got if I'm

430
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:12,600
Speaker 1: reading erratically in two places, I can't believe the computer

431
00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,399
Speaker 1: is interpreting it wrong and the sender's interpreting it wrong.

432
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,119
Speaker 1: I'm sorry that the gauge itself isn't you know. I

433
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,119
Speaker 1: can't have a bad computer and a bad gauge, is

434
00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,400
Speaker 1: what I'm trying to say. It's got to be the source,

435
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,760
Speaker 1: all right. If I if I disconnect the wire going

436
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,920
Speaker 1: to the sender, which in this case will be unplugging it.

437
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,960
Speaker 1: It's probably a four way, it's probably a four wire connector,

438
00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:39,119
Speaker 1: and just putting a potentiometer a variable resistor on the

439
00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:43,080
Speaker 1: sender lead and just sweep the circuit high low. It

440
00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:47,520
Speaker 1: should be a zero to ninety resistor. If it's if

441
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,640
Speaker 1: it shows uh, you know, full at one end, low

442
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,720
Speaker 1: at the other and midpoint it stays rock steady. I

443
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,160
Speaker 1: gotta think my wiring is okay, and then yes, then

444
00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,240
Speaker 1: I would agree it's time to drop the tank. Lower

445
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 1: the tank. I should say, we don't drop anything, and

446
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 1: at least take the pump out and with the pump

447
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,360
Speaker 1: in hand, key on, hook the pump up and just

448
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,560
Speaker 1: gently sweep the sender and watch the gauge all right,

449
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 1: or sweep the sender with an ometer attached to it

450
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,120
Speaker 1: and see, you know, it doesn't have any dead spots

451
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:24,439
Speaker 1: in it. So now you know when you purchased that

452
00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,680
Speaker 1: fuel pump and sender, was it? You know, was it

453
00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,560
Speaker 1: was it? Was it a GM piece? Was it an

454
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:34,000
Speaker 1: aftermarket piece? That it? Well, yeah, aftermarket, I believe was Carter,

455
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 1: I believe right? You know. So some of the aftermarket stuff,

456
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,480
Speaker 1: you know, unfortunately, some of the stuff just doesn't hold

457
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,760
Speaker 1: up as well as it as it should. The other

458
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,399
Speaker 1: thing that I have seen as a common cause of

459
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,880
Speaker 1: fuel pump sender or I should say fuel sender issues

460
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,639
Speaker 1: is depends on the brand of fuel you're using. Sometimes

461
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,359
Speaker 1: there are deposits that form on the printed circuit border

462
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,639
Speaker 1: on the wiring of the sending unit, and they'll cause

463
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,280
Speaker 1: issues like you're describing too, Okay, yeah, I don't drive

464
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 1: the car a lot GM. G M actually had a

465
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,680
Speaker 1: bulletin Oh it's probably six or seven, probably eight years

466
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,960
Speaker 1: old now where they talked about certain fuels have a

467
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:20,399
Speaker 1: higher sulfur concentration within them and they cause sulfur deposits

468
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,160
Speaker 1: on the tracking arm of or the tracking contact point

469
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 1: of the sending unit and would cause a erratic fuel

470
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,760
Speaker 1: gage readings. And that's and that's and that's one of

471
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 1: the reasons why you know, when people say to me, Hey,

472
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,720
Speaker 1: why should I bother using a fuel tank cleaner. And

473
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,800
Speaker 1: I'm not saying this works every time, And I'm not

474
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 1: saying go out there, poured in your tank, Stephen, it's

475
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,240
Speaker 1: gonna all of a sudden make your gauge work perfect.

476
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 1: But using products like Berryman with Hess technology that keeps

477
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,280
Speaker 1: fuel systems clean, that's one of the reasons because it

478
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,760
Speaker 1: helps defeat deposits in the tank and in the engine,

479
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,320
Speaker 1: and it helps clean up things like that and prevents

480
00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,240
Speaker 1: them from building up. So just something for the few. Sure,

481
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,320
Speaker 1: but those are the steps. That's what you kind of

482
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:08,200
Speaker 1: got to go through. And um that's the deal, alright, sir, okay, yeah, well, um,

483
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 1: appreciate your help. I'll give that a try. You're very welcome.

484
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,960
Speaker 1: You're very welcome. You take good care, yes, sir, already

485
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,680
Speaker 1: bye bye eight five five zero nine zero, Running any

486
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 1: in the car doctor. I'll be back right after this.

487
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,399
Speaker 1: Running in the car doctor. Welcome back. Let's get over

488
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,399
Speaker 1: to Baine. Is that Baine and Maine no pun intended?

489
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,240
Speaker 1: Oh seven Christ or three hundred Bin. Welcome to the

490
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,400
Speaker 1: car doctor. How can I help? Well, I get I've

491
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,680
Speaker 1: got a three hundred C Chrysler and oh seven and

492
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 1: it will not come out of pack. So I took

493
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,000
Speaker 1: the top off the unit there so I could look

494
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,440
Speaker 1: down inside, because somebody told me it's a little level,

495
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,119
Speaker 1: and I pushed that little level over. It does the

496
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,119
Speaker 1: same thing that that it does when you push on

497
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 1: the brake, and pushing on the brake and lets me

498
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 1: move the level to the right, but it still won't

499
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,160
Speaker 1: come back. So then I lean way over and look

500
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,080
Speaker 1: down on the passioner side on the on the front

501
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:17,120
Speaker 1: of the unit, and there's another little pink lever there,

502
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,160
Speaker 1: and I move that with a screwdriver and I can

503
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 1: get it out of of pack. And but every time

504
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,280
Speaker 1: I put it back and pack, reach down around there

505
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 1: with a screw driver and ve that again. Right right

506
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,520
Speaker 1: right now, I've I've started taking it out and I've

507
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:35,000
Speaker 1: got it almost out, but but I can't quite get

508
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 1: it out. Well, before you do that, um, what do

509
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:43,160
Speaker 1: you do for a living pain do? If I'm retired?

510
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 1: You dig holes and fill them in? So I get it.

511
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 1: You want to take it out because we're you're going

512
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,440
Speaker 1: on the assumption it's bad. Right, Well, I have to

513
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 1: move that thing with I have to reach it down

514
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,119
Speaker 1: in on the front of that and push it with

515
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 1: a whatever I can get in a screw driver or something,

516
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 1: and then I can take it out of pack. But

517
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: move it. But Mike, but you're trying to so you're

518
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 1: trying to take the shifter assembly out of the car. Well,

519
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 1: I am now because because because it's uh, it's evidently

520
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,480
Speaker 1: that pieces broke. Well is it is it broke or

521
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: it's just not moving? Do you see physical damage? Well,

522
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,359
Speaker 1: on on the other on the front of it, on

523
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: the driver's side, there's there's another unit, not not to

524
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 1: shifting cable, but there's another little unit and I don't

525
00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,679
Speaker 1: know exactly what that is, but there's a little small

526
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,120
Speaker 1: cable that comes from that and goes back into this unit. Well,

527
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 1: I moved that a little bit because I could see

528
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 1: it move a little bit and that and that cable

529
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,000
Speaker 1: fell out. So I've got to get it out to

530
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: put that back in. But I still think that unit

531
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 1: acts like it's broken there because you look down in

532
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: there and you can see a little it looks like

533
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:54,600
Speaker 1: there's a nub broke off it if there's physical damage.

534
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 1: What I'm trying to get at is all right, that

535
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 1: shift or that shift assembly is part of and it's community.

536
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:10,200
Speaker 1: It communicates with the the the onboard computer for shift position.

537
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 1: So in a perfect world, if we had a scan tool,

538
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:19,400
Speaker 1: we we'd hook up and we'd be able to see park, reverse, drive, neutral, low,

539
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 1: et cetera. As we shift the shift, the scan tool

540
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 1: would tell us what position the shifter is in that

541
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 1: that that shifter assembly reports two and through at least

542
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:35,240
Speaker 1: two other modules, the the PHYCUM the front control module,

543
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 1: and the HIPOM the integrated power module where its position is,

544
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: so we can then you know tell the PCM so

545
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 1: it knows what gear to put the trans in. So

546
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot of there's a there's more

547
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 1: here than just simple cables and wires, all right. If

548
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,479
Speaker 1: if you see physical damage, that's one thing. But if

549
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 1: you don't, I would encourage you to get it into drive,

550
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 1: get it to your mechanic, and let them start by

551
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 1: at least looking for fault codes. This could be a

552
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 1: communication fault, all right, where one computer can't talk to

553
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:15,080
Speaker 1: another computer and as a result, when you step on

554
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 1: the brake and try to shift to shift there, it

555
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 1: doesn't see your foot or it doesn't see you apply

556
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 1: force to the release button on the shift right there.

557
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 1: I think there's a there's a there's a release, but

558
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: you have to squeeze to pull to move the shift

559
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,400
Speaker 1: lever right. Uh no, uh, you just have to push

560
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:36,080
Speaker 1: the breakdown and then then you can Okay, it moves

561
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 1: to the right, but it will not come back. Is

562
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,160
Speaker 1: this this This is a this is a bucket sea

563
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 1: car or a bench seat cars a bucket sea car. Okay, okay, right,

564
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 1: So so you know there's some there's some communication that

565
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 1: has to go along here. So yeah, I mean it

566
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 1: sounds like you've already passed the point of no return

567
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,000
Speaker 1: a little cable. Come on, you can't even see it, right,

568
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,640
Speaker 1: So know you're gonna have to take that apart. Just

569
00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 1: I would just ask you to be careful and be mindful.

570
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: But you know you may be digging the hole a

571
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: little deeper here, No, no, yeah, um well listen, you

572
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 1: spent a career digging holes. At least you know what

573
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 1: you're getting yourself into. Um you ever dig yourself a

574
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,719
Speaker 1: hole you couldn't get out of? Yeah, well you might

575
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 1: be doing it again, brother, So you know, I would

576
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 1: definitely be taking some pictures with my cell phone. So

577
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 1: if you have to get back to a point, uh,

578
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 1: you know, at at the very least you know, at

579
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 1: least you have a reference to look back upon. But

580
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,959
Speaker 1: there's not much more I can tell you because at

581
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: this stage you've already passed the first two ports or

582
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: three points of diagnosis. Scan it check for voltage on

583
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 1: pins one and two, and do you have any bias

584
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 1: voltage on five and six? But I think you're sort

585
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 1: of past that point. Um. Uh So the only thing

586
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 1: I do is wish you the best of luck. Al right,

587
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 1: So you suggest to have somebody put it on like

588
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: attaching computer to it and see if they can figure

589
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 1: out what's wrong. As as long as you have not

590
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: electrically disconnected anything, then then yeah, that would that would

591
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: be where I would go with this. Um you ever

592
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 1: you ever look at a computer network. I don't know

593
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,719
Speaker 1: anything at all about computer Okay, well, a computer network.

594
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 1: You've heard the term, right. You ever go to the

595
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 1: supermarket and look at all the cash registers and and

596
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 1: and think that there's a computer and every one of those,

597
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,960
Speaker 1: All right, that's a computer network. There's there's there's a

598
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 1: register on lane one, two, three, four, and so forth.

599
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:35,200
Speaker 1: If in a car, in your particular car, if if

600
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,640
Speaker 1: lane one is the shift there in lane two is

601
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: the front control module, and lane three is the integrated

602
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 1: power module, and and lane four is the engine controller.

603
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 1: If lane three stops talking, if lane three breaks the other,

604
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 1: the other three remaining modules may not work. And that's

605
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: that's the problem. That's what I'm trying to explain. This

606
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 1: could have a communication full as a result of a

607
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 1: problem somewhere else that will make it look like lane

608
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 1: one is broken, but it's really lane three. And that's

609
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 1: what a scan tool will do. It will at least

610
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:14,000
Speaker 1: tell you are there any communication faults, Are there any

611
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 1: other codes in the system, and then doing some voltage

612
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 1: checks to see is the system capable of responding yes,

613
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 1: and then go look at the shifter. Shifters are not uncommon,

614
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: but I'd sure like to know before you take the

615
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: rest of the car apart and dig the hole any deeper.

616
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 1: Good luck to you bane running any of the car

617
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: doctor We're back right after this. Hey, welcome back on

618
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 1: any of the car doctors. So where are we were?

619
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 1: About four or five weeks maybe six weeks in quarantine

620
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 1: now right? And um, if you haven't been driving your car,

621
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,240
Speaker 1: here's something I want you to think about, the fact

622
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: that you haven't been driving at the fuel that's in

623
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 1: there is you know, up to them on or a

624
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 1: little older in terms of time. Right, it's been sitting

625
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 1: there a while. So, uh, you know you've got to

626
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: think about You've got to drive the car a little bit.

627
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 1: It's really important. And the Car Care Council thinks you

628
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 1: need to drive the car a little bit too. Um.

629
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 1: They've made a list and some of the things they

630
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 1: they've got written down and I want to pass them

631
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: on to you because I couldn't agree with them more.

632
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 1: And this comes to a care of Rich White, the

633
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 1: executive director of the Car Care Council. Batteries. You've got

634
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 1: to remember your car has got a lot of batteries

635
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: on it. They're always in operations. If it sits too long,

636
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:29,759
Speaker 1: the battery could die within a couple of weeks. So

637
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: don't be surprised if you go out there and emergency

638
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,360
Speaker 1: and you need it to go, it doesn't go. So

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Speaker 1: run the car. Tires, tires get flat spots, tires are

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Speaker 1: gonna lose a little bit of air while driving, so

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Speaker 1: you've got to have some way to add air to

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Speaker 1: the tires, and you've got to make sure that you

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Speaker 1: rotate the move the vehicle. Fuel. Like I said, fuel

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Speaker 1: in the tank can go bad from sitting and it

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Speaker 1: also can get some condensation issues, so you want to

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Speaker 1: make sure you're using a fuel stabilizer. The stuff from

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Speaker 1: Berryman Berriman Products dot Com. Get out to them. You

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Speaker 1: can be all about that on the web while you're

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Speaker 1: sitting at home. Oil oil should you be changed by time?

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's ready yet, but when was the

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Speaker 1: last time it was due the battery or the brakes

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry. The brakes can get rusty. Those rotors aren't

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Speaker 1: great if the car has been sitting a long time.

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Speaker 1: Just some things to think about, courtesy the car care counsel.

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Speaker 1: I'm running any of the car doctors saying thank you

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Speaker 1: for taking the time this hour until the next time.

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