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 --> 00:00:25,279 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, your 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 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: channel for exclusive videos, real repair footage and more. Now 13 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: start your engines. The Car Doctor is in the garage 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: and ready to take your call. 15 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 2: I have two scripts, sets of notes, bullet points, whatever 16 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 2: you want to call it, in front of me. The 17 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: one I was going to talk about, and I've been 18 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 2: thinking about it all week, was about how cheap oil 19 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 2: changes aren't cheap. And I had written some notes and 20 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: comments and to sort of talk about why that cheap 21 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 2: oil change really isn't cheap, how it costs you in 22 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 2: the long run. And then I got my copy of 23 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 2: the Wall Street Journal this week and a writer by 24 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 2: the name of Sharon Turlep. She wrote an article about 25 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 2: how we're keeping our cars longer. Americans are keeping their 26 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 2: cars longer than ever, and you guys are remaking the 27 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 2: auto industry and I, boy, you know, I don't know. 28 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 2: They're both like great topics. I read the article. It's phenomenal. 29 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 2: It talks about things that I've been seeing myself. And 30 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 2: it's not because I have agreement with Sharon. It's because 31 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: she's spot on in her assessment. And I think, you 32 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 2: know what, we're going to do oil changes next week. 33 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: Maybe it might work its way into the show today anyway, 34 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 2: but I want to talk about this article. You guys 35 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 2: are keeping your cars longer, You really are, and it's 36 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 2: a timely topic. I was speaking to one of my 37 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 2: parts warehouses this week. One of the salesmen came amount 38 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: and we were just going over things and talking about 39 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 2: the industry, and we were talking about the fact and 40 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 2: it's alluded to and it's not alluded it's mentioned in 41 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 2: the article as well that certain used cars you better 42 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 2: hang on to your seats before I tell you this. 43 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 2: Certain used cars are now selling for more than their 44 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,239 Speaker 2: new counterparts. Let me let me, let me say that again. 45 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: You're gonna go look at certain used vehicles two three 46 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 2: year old Toyota Grand Highlanders for example, that might not 47 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 2: that may not have the same I'm gonna call it 48 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: government overreach in them as the newer models. And you're 49 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 2: gonna pay more for that that used vehicle, that two 50 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 2: year old used vehicle because it's in such demand, and 51 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 2: in general, used cars are in demand. You can't buy enough. 52 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 2: You can't find used cars in the volume and mileage 53 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 2: and type and so forth that you want. There is 54 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 2: a demand for that used car. Today, you guys are 55 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 2: hanging on to cars. And the article that we're discussing 56 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 2: talks about it mostly from a price viewpoint, that the 57 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 2: average price of a vehicle today is fifty grand, and 58 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 2: it's really easy to spend ninety to one hundred thousand 59 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 2: dollars on a vehicles. It's real doable in a very 60 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 2: short order, and you can lose control inside of the 61 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 2: fact that an automobile, in my opinion and a lot 62 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 2: of people's opinions, is it's meant to be a driver. 63 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 2: One of the people she talks about in the article, 64 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: Sharon Turlip, is a gentleman by the name of Timothy Mason. 65 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: He drives two Honda Accords. One's a twenty ten, so 66 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 2: a twenty ten Honda Accord that's got less than thirty 67 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 2: thousand miles on and he uses it for his daily 68 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 2: commute in Massachusetts to his accounting job. And the other 69 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 2: is a two thousand and one Accord with a V 70 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 2: six with more than two hundred and eighty thousand miles on, 71 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 2: and he uses for tough winter driving. And as Mason 72 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 2: the accountant points out, he says, where's the financial sense 73 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 2: in a new car better few mileage? But is it 74 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: going to say me eight hundred dollars per month because 75 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 2: that's the price of the average car payment. And he's 76 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 2: not wrong. It's a very clear assessment of what's wrong 77 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 2: with the industry. The price of the car is now 78 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 2: exceeding the value of what it gives to you in return. 79 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 2: And then you have to get into the repairs. And 80 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 2: my lord, the repairs that happened outside of warranty to 81 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 2: see cars need transmissions today. I never thought in my 82 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 2: entire life I'd ever see the day when a transmission 83 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 2: repair was twelve and thirteen thousand dollars. You know, we 84 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 2: made a comment a couple of weeks ago assessing the 85 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 2: state of the transmission side of the automobile, and I said, 86 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 2: it seems like the magic number is one thousand dollars 87 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,679 Speaker 2: of speed, So that ten speed transmission is ten grand 88 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 2: plus labor to put it in, and that's coming true. 89 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: A few short weeks ago, we talked about the infamous 90 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 2: that conversation that open I had, which is still soaring 91 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 2: in the podcast numbers of the sixteen thousan dollar Tahoe transmission. 92 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 2: So you guys are content with used vehicles, and it 93 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,239 Speaker 2: seems like you want to hang on to them longer. 94 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 2: And you know what, I just found my segue into 95 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 2: the cheap oil change. So if you want to hang 96 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 2: on to them longer and you're trying to get the 97 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 2: most out of them, then why are you doing cheap 98 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 2: oil changes? Why aren't you sitting there saying and I'm 99 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 2: open to this conversation, I really am, But why aren't 100 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 2: you sitting there saying, hey, Ron, you know what we 101 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 2: see value in cheap oil changes? Because and tell me 102 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 2: what that becausees you know, this week in the shop, 103 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 2: we saw number of examples of what you guys are 104 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 2: struggling with. And it's as I said, cars are more expensive. 105 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 2: Repairs and more technical parts cost more, labor takes longer, 106 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 2: and you guys are just trying to stretch vehicles more 107 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 2: than ever before. Your credit cards are tapped out. Not 108 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 2: to make this a doom and Gloom radio hour, but 109 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 2: your credit cards are tapped out to the so you're 110 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 2: looking to find a way to Can you go to 111 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 2: the next payment, to the next month, to the next 112 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 2: billing cycle, to the next paycheck. I had a conversation 113 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 2: with a customer this week and it really kind of 114 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 2: stuck with me, and it sort of created this conversation 115 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 2: in my head. They looked at me and said, Ron, 116 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 2: I'm trying to do the right thing, but every time 117 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 2: I turn around this car and need something else. And 118 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 2: I understand exactly what they mean, because today's cars are 119 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 2: not simple. Everything talks to everything. One week, battery creates 120 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 2: six warning lights. And we've had this conversation, you and I, 121 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 2: we had that conversation about how the cars interact and 122 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 2: how they create issues and what they do. The other 123 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 2: thing we're seeing is there's this divide between ownership styles. 124 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 2: Some of you lease, some people want to buy and 125 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 2: get rid of it every three years. Those others want 126 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 2: to keep the car ten or fifteen years. Well, right now, 127 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 2: the majority of Americans are driving thirteen year old vehicles 128 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 2: because you're trying to avoid that monthly payment. And as 129 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 2: I pointed out over the last couple of weeks, you've 130 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 2: either got to have a car payment or a repair payment. 131 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 2: It's coming to that. You know you're driving an older vehicle, 132 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 2: that older train station car. It only goes a short distance, 133 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 2: so you're actually harder on that engine than the person 134 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 2: that drives fifty highway miles a day. And that surprises 135 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 2: everybody we've talked about this. Short trips are brutal. Condensation 136 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 2: builds up, oil never really fully warms up, batteries don't recharge, 137 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 2: exhaust systems, rush from the inside. Mileage doesn't tell the 138 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 2: whole story anymore. Usage matters. And another thing you've got 139 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 2: to understand is modern diagnosis is not guesswork. It's a requirement. 140 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 2: I had a conversation with someone the other day. They 141 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 2: were driving a twenty eleven Chevy Tahoe. They were doing 142 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 2: an engine swap. Ever, since they put the engine in 143 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 2: the vehicle doesn't run, the mechanic working on it, is 144 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 2: that a loss, which kind of blows my mind that 145 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 2: the mechanic is telling the owner, I don't know what's 146 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 2: wrong with your try. What do you think I should 147 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 2: do next? Like, dude, you're in charge of this repair, 148 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 2: take care of it. 149 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 3: You know. 150 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 2: Diagnosis takes time. Cars are going to fail under certain conditions. 151 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 2: Not every condition sets the correct code or the code 152 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 2: you're looking for. And the long and the short of 153 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 2: it is, when we're talking about trying to take care 154 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 2: of a car and everything I'm saying to you this 155 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 2: hour as we kick it off, why are we doing 156 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 2: cheap oil changes? You know? Why aren't we putting in 157 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 2: the best grade of oil, the best possible filter. Why 158 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 2: aren't we taking time to drive the car? Why aren't 159 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 2: we allowing a professional mechanic to look the vehicle over 160 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 2: every five to six months? As many synthetic oil change 161 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 2: intervals have stretched it out to now. And I don't 162 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 2: understand that because an oil change is much more than 163 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 2: just an oil change. I think oil change is probably 164 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,599 Speaker 2: the worst expression you can use when it comes to 165 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 2: a vehicle. It's not an oil change. It's a service. 166 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 2: It's a service that includes changing the engine oil and filter, 167 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 2: topping underhood fluids, looking up service history. What's it due for? 168 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 2: What isn't it due for? What have you done? What 169 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 2: haven't you done? It's a service. It's meant to take 170 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 2: the car and put it under the spotlight and say, hey, 171 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 2: here's what it needs. And that's what a real oil 172 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 2: change is. Because if you want to get to the 173 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 2: three hundred thousand mile mark and have some understanding of 174 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 2: when things are going to fail and what could possibly 175 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 2: go wrong, that's really what you have to do. I 176 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 2: had a vehicle this week. I'll tell you this story. 177 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 2: Then we'll go to take the pause. I had a 178 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 2: vehicle this week, a twenty nineteen cheap Cherokee. The battery 179 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 2: was replaced when it was four years old. Here's this 180 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 2: battery that was just three years old. Got in it, 181 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 2: started up, brought it in it. You know, just something 182 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 2: didn't sound right. It just had this pregnant paw when 183 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 2: you hit the button like it like didn't want to start. 184 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 2: Good name brand battery. It wasn't the battery. It's the 185 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 2: amount of electronics that are on the vehicles today. It's 186 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 2: the short trip driving that this vehicle has done the 187 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 2: past three years. It's the lack of you know, extended 188 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 2: highway road tests and all the combinations thereof, and the 189 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 2: start stop feature. You know, start stop tends to beat 190 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 2: up everything. And this battery, when I gave it a 191 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 2: load test, failed, It just failed. What's really interesting is 192 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,959 Speaker 2: that I'm still working on having a conversation with a 193 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 2: software engineer. I know because we gave it the load 194 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 2: test using the algorithm battery tester, you know, the little 195 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 2: handheld testery. You tell it the cold cranking amps, and 196 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 2: it doesn't really apply a load. It looks at a 197 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 2: voltage drop across the battery based on software, and the 198 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 2: size of the battery is good or not. But when 199 00:10:55,800 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: we put a conventional battery tester on it, and actually 200 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 2: the way I did it was I turned the headlights 201 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 2: on with a vault meter on the battery, and I 202 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 2: watched the battery drop from twelve to five to eleven 203 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 2: eight in little less than fifteen seconds. There was absolutely 204 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 2: no reserve lift in this battery, and the battery just 205 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 2: failed its test, and we put a battery in it. 206 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 2: The vehicle was fixed. Now that vehicle came in for 207 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 2: an oil change. Had it not been in for an 208 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 2: oil change, where and when and how would that vehicle 209 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 2: have failed? Where and when and how would that vehicle 210 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 2: have left the owner high and dry? And that's my point. 211 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 2: An oil change isn't just an oil change. A cheap 212 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 2: oil change does nothing short of changing oil and filter, 213 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 2: but it doesn't really allow time to look the vehicle 214 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 2: over and take care of it. That cheap oil change, 215 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 2: in the long run, costs more. And if you want 216 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 2: to drive your vehicles for thirteen years, like the article 217 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 2: on the Wall Street Journal talks about today, you got 218 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 2: to start thinking about giving it better service because you 219 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 2: sew what your reap, as the Bible says. So just 220 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 2: my way of thinking A five to five nine nine 221 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 2: zero zero on naming the card doctor, I'm coming back 222 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 2: to open up the phone lines right after this. Hey, 223 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 2: let's go to Spiro and Delaware. Spiro, Welcome to the 224 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 2: card Doctor. How can I help? 225 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 3: Good afternoon. I have a twenty ten Chevy Silverado five 226 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 3: point three liter engine crew cab and I'm having problems 227 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 3: with the brakes. We replaced the front calipers and the 228 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 3: brake pads and the lines with one of them froze up. 229 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 3: We did a ABS breake bleed, you know, made sure 230 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 3: everything got out the air. Right. Still still no brakes, sponge, 231 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 3: you know, it just goes right to the floor. 232 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 2: Okay, So back back up a second. What prompted you 233 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 2: was it that you were driving and the brake pedal 234 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 2: went to the floor, that it just needed breaks as 235 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 2: a result of grinding brakes so to speak. That the breaks. 236 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 3: Went front caliper on the passenger side froze, it locked 237 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 3: up the wheel and it actually got hot. So okay, 238 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 3: we knew that there was a problem, you know. 239 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 2: And it's the caliber. It's not a break hose. No. 240 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 3: We replaced the calipers, the brake hoses, and the brake pads. 241 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 2: Okay, and ever since then you've had no pedal or 242 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 2: a poor pedal pedal. Right, So tell me how you 243 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 2: bled the master before you go. 244 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 3: We have a scanner and did the ABS. You know. 245 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 3: It makes those grinding noise. 246 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 2: Which is right. Well, yeah, what it's doing is it's 247 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,959 Speaker 2: working the internal valves right, you know, and and moving 248 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 2: things around. But tell me how you bled the master, 249 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 2: because you put a master on this too. I think you. 250 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 3: Said, well, we did a bench bleed first, right, and 251 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 3: then attached it. We checked for leaks first, all all 252 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 3: the wheels underneath by the master cylinder. We just figured, 253 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 3: you know, we put one in there. It's you know, 254 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 3: sixteen years old. I forget I could afford that. Uh 255 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 3: So we did the bench bleed and then we did 256 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 3: the ABS again with the bleed dial. Nothing. So then 257 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 3: I said, well, I'm not going to get rid of 258 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 3: the truck. I use it for work, and I put 259 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 3: in I bought a power booster, but a GM just 260 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 3: the master cylinders after market, but for the power booster, 261 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 3: I went with the GM brand, paid extra, of course, 262 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 3: and it came with a new sensor power booster sensor, 263 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 3: you know, the three pin. So that was installed, and 264 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 3: then we did again the ABS break bleed. Here's a question. 265 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 3: We did it according to, you know, the way it 266 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 3: was supposed to be. Then, you know, whatever the scanner 267 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 3: was telling us through the front to the back. You know, 268 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 3: we did it in sequence. Is the car or the 269 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 3: truck have to be elevated when we do that. 270 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 2: No, it shouldn't matter. So let me let's let's let's 271 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 2: let's back up a second here spirou. So the truck 272 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 2: is off, the cars up in the air, it's on 273 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 2: jack stands. However, you're doing this right, No. 274 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 3: It's on the ground. We did not do that. 275 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 4: That's why I asked. 276 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 3: We did it, laid it right on the concrete. We 277 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 3: did not chat. 278 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 2: So you're laying underneath it trying to bleed it. Yes, okay, 279 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 2: you can do that. It's working harder, but I get 280 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 2: it if you don't have access or a way to 281 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 2: raise it. My you know, position's not going to matter. 282 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 2: My question is you know when you're bleeding the brakes, 283 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 2: So somebody sitting in the somebody sitting in the truck, yes, right, 284 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 2: the us doing it, and it's pumped the brake pedal 285 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 2: until it gets hard. It never gets hard, it never 286 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 2: gets high, right, right, And then you open the bleeder 287 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 2: and what comes out anything? 288 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 3: Nothing, air and fluid until we ran it when there 289 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 3: was only fluid, okay, when it was clear. 290 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 2: So you've got you've got solid fluid all four wheels. Yes, 291 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 2: and you still have no pedal correct, all right? If 292 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 2: you were to have you tried capping the master cylinder. No, 293 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 2: all right, when you bleed, when you bench bleed the 294 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 2: master yes, just tell me, tell me where I'm wrong. 295 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 2: You you you clamped the ear of the Master in 296 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 2: a vice to hold it right you you know, you 297 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 2: either put two fingers or you put a you know, 298 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 2: sometimes they'll give you a plastic Okay. 299 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 4: I bought the kit. 300 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 3: And bled it that way. 301 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 2: So you're you're short stroke in the Master and you're 302 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 2: you're cycling fluid back into the reservoir. 303 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 4: Correct. 304 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 2: Are you looking at the discharge port inside the Master 305 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 2: for air bubbles if you look at the bottom of 306 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 2: the if you look at the bottom of the Master 307 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 2: cylinder reservoir, Yeah, there's a discharge port there. Okay, all right, 308 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 2: or sometimes it's the intake and at discharge. But regardless, 309 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 2: if you watch that, you will little air belittle you 310 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 2: want to You really want to short stroke the Master 311 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 2: until you get solid fluid out of those ports. 312 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 3: Okay, all right? 313 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 2: It almost sounds like you've got air in the Master, 314 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 2: like the Master is still air bound, which brings me 315 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 2: back to my first comment. Right, you can get plugs 316 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 2: that will seal that Master cylinder. If you seal that 317 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,120 Speaker 2: Master and pump the pedal, does the pedal get hard 318 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 2: If the pedal doesn't get hard, hydraulics are hydraulics. Brother, 319 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 2: It's got to be hard. It's it's got to be 320 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 2: high and hard and solid. And if you can't get 321 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 2: that out of the Master, then the rest of the 322 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 2: system is just going to be terrible. Start with rebleeding 323 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 2: the master. I think that's where your fault is. Call 324 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 2: me back, we can talk further. I'm running ding in 325 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 2: the car, doctor, I'll return right after this from the 326 00:17:54,840 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 2: city streets, on the city streets, the open road. He's 327 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 2: a run and he's help run. 328 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:08,360 Speaker 5: Keep you doctor. 329 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 2: Sounds like the Mormon Tabernacle choir. The boys are practicing 330 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 2: so well there. 331 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: I keep waiting for your chair to burst into flames 332 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 1: whenever that one plays. 333 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. So but in any event, let's go 334 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 2: to Terry, Nebraska. Terry, Welcome to the car doctor. How 335 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 2: can I help? 336 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 4: Hey? Thank you, Ron. How are things up in your 337 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 4: neck of the woods today? 338 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 5: Yeah? 339 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 2: Pretty good, brother, I got no complaints. I'm rolling along 340 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 2: having a great time, so sure. 341 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 5: Ye. Well, anyway, anyway, me and my wife were thinking 342 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 5: about looking at twenty nineteen Chevy Equinox. It has a 343 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 5: one point five and I believe that would be a 344 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 5: turbo sorry, voter. 345 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 4: Heye, it belonged to a couple of our neighbors and 346 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 4: they both they were older people. They both passed away 347 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 4: and I had that was around I think forty one 348 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,439 Speaker 4: thousand miles. I would just wonder what you thought of 349 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 4: a vehicle like that. We currently have a little bit 350 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 4: of a couple of older, these tight vehicles with a 351 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 4: two point four, and I don't know, we've had good luck, 352 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,199 Speaker 4: but I know a lot of people haven't had too 353 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 4: good luck with the forts and I just wonder. 354 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 2: I think the equinox has come a long way, all right, 355 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 2: and this is going to come back to you know, 356 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 2: how are you going to take care of it? I 357 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 2: think that the equinox is a little less but I 358 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 2: think everything is a little less forgiving. If you're laid 359 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 2: on oil changes, if you're laid on fluids, if you're 360 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 2: laid on services. You know, Terry, I think that if 361 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 2: you're buying it right, not that I want you to 362 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 2: steal it, but if you're buying it right, if you're 363 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 2: getting a fair price for what it is, and you 364 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 2: understand that maintenance counts, and I'm guessing you do because 365 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 2: you listen to this radio show. You know you've got 366 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 2: some carcentricity to you. You know, it could be a 367 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 2: great vehicle. You know, it would not be unusual at 368 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 2: the one hundred thousand mile mark. I want to say 369 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 2: it like that, but I have seen a few of 370 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 2: the Equinoxes take transs in the one hundred hundred and 371 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 2: ten thousand mile mark, not that that's the be all 372 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 2: and end all. A couple of them have taken trans 373 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:24,679 Speaker 2: control modules. But from my seat in the shop, we 374 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 2: don't see a lot of problems with them. Breaks, fluids, filters, service, 375 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,919 Speaker 2: you know. But now keep in mind, I drive the 376 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 2: business to the point that I'm trying to do maintenance 377 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 2: on a regular basis. I'm trying to get people to 378 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 2: understand just like here at the shop, it's it's here's 379 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,360 Speaker 2: why you want to change oil on a regular basis. 380 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 2: And you know, the funny thing is we do less 381 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 2: major repairs than ever before. So the maintenance thing works. 382 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 2: I see it week in week out. So you know, 383 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 2: do you have any service history on this vehicle? 384 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:06,360 Speaker 5: Not really, no, no, And price wise, it's in the opportunes. 385 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 5: I think they want around eighteen thousand, so trying to 386 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,159 Speaker 5: get it for just a little bit less, But I 387 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 5: don't know that's a good deal or not well right. 388 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 2: And I think the only way you're going to find 389 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 2: out if it's a good deal or not is number one, 390 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 2: you're going to go look in the you know, paper, 391 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 2: in the ads. What are the dealers. What's a dealer 392 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 2: selling a nineteen Equinox for if indeed they're still selling them, 393 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 2: because that's almost a seven year old vehicle, although you 394 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 2: know the age of the fleet's growing. We've talked about that, 395 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 2: and you know it's got the right amount of mileage. 396 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 2: But if the dealers are selling them for eighteen to twenty, 397 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 2: then eighteen's a fair price. It really is. And you've 398 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 2: got to also think about what's the replacement cost. You know, 399 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 2: if you went out to buy one new, it's easily 400 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 2: forty thousand dollars. It's double, right, a little bit better 401 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 2: than double that does come with a warranty where this 402 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 2: will not right, So you know, chances are, chances are 403 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 2: it's an okay deal. It's just as for how long. 404 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 2: The one way you could look at it is if 405 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 2: you buy it for eighteen all right, Let's say that's 406 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 2: forty five hundred dollars a year in car payments with 407 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,159 Speaker 2: no interest. So if you got four years out of it, 408 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 2: how many miles do you think you'd have on it? 409 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 2: If you're going to do fifteen thousand miles a year, 410 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 2: that's sixty that's one hundred thousand miles. That's you know, 411 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 2: that's that's actually comparable to what everybody else is paying. 412 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,439 Speaker 2: So it's it's not a great deal. It's not a 413 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 2: bad deal. It's an average deal. How much deal Like 414 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 2: the car, you do have the advantage of it was 415 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 2: your neighbor. You know what kind of people they were. 416 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 2: You know, they weren't into heavy detal heavy heavy death 417 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 2: metal rock music. They weren't out party until three in 418 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 2: the morning, you know, older couple, et cetera. How that 419 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 2: vehicle was used and how it was driven, that all 420 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 2: comes into effect too. So and for all you know, 421 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 2: it was serviced at the dealer and or I'm sure 422 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:02,400 Speaker 2: you could find out where it was serviced if they're 423 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 2: your neighbors, you know, someplace in town and go talk 424 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 2: to them. What do they know about the vehicle? 425 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 5: Right? 426 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 4: Right right? Those are all good, good ideas, and really 427 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 4: a used vehicle you never really know. 428 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 5: You have a get a good, good time lad, Yeah. 429 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 2: It's it's it's it's it's it's miles and smiles, right, 430 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 2: how much of both of you going to be doing 431 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 2: and for what value? Now, by the same token, you 432 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 2: could go buy I don't know, a nineteen Toyota Camry 433 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 2: with forty thousand miles on it from a dealer. You'll 434 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 2: probably pay a little bit more. You might be able 435 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 2: to get some kind of a warranty where you could 436 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 2: probably put some kind of warranty on this equinox to 437 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 2: I'm sure there's private companies that would do that if 438 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 2: you felt the need. You know, I think the biggest 439 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 2: factor here is well and you know, so you'd spend 440 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 2: a little bit more and you'd buy from a dealer. 441 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 2: I don't know that that makes it any better because 442 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 2: in your price point, age and range, you know, you're 443 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 2: buying a seven eight year old car with forty thousand 444 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 2: miles on it. Anything's possible. But you know, as a 445 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,160 Speaker 2: track record they're pretty good. Let me let me put 446 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 2: the bottom line on it there. But you know, of course, 447 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 2: the most important thing is take that car, and you 448 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 2: have the option because it's your neighbor, I'm sure can 449 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 2: you just take it down to your guy. Can you 450 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 2: take it down to your local mechanic and let them 451 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,239 Speaker 2: look it over, Let them pull the dipstick and look 452 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 2: at the oil. Let them try and determine was anything 453 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 2: ever serviced, what was serviced, what might it need? How 454 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 2: long has it been sitting, if it's been sitting any 455 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 2: length of time, or the brake roaders rusty? Do the 456 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 2: brakes need to be gone through? And if you do 457 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 2: buy it, I'm going to tell you at this agent mileage, 458 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 2: even though to you it's low mileage, to me it's 459 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 2: a seven year old car with forty thousand miles on it. 460 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 2: I'm going to do all my fluids. If it's wet, 461 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 2: I'm changing it. If it's a filter, I'm replacing it. 462 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 2: If it's I'm going to look at the date coat 463 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 2: on the tires. You know, for all we know, maybe 464 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 2: they're original, maybe they're not. Maybe that's maybe that's a 465 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 2: buying point. Go look at the date code on the tires. 466 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 2: If the tires were original to the vehicle, they're due 467 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 2: to be replaced, regardless of tread. The industry says between 468 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 2: six and eight years tire life from birth date to 469 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 2: cradle the grave kind of a thing, so you know, 470 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 2: it's it's some things to consider, some things to look at, 471 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 2: but you really should have a mechanic check it over 472 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 2: once and take it out on the road. Have you 473 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 2: driven the car? 474 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 5: No, I have not, and I need to do that. 475 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's you know, you need to take it out. 476 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,919 Speaker 2: You need to get it warm. You know, older couple, 477 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 2: were they in the house, you know, under care? Why 478 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 2: wasn't it driven? Why is it? You know it's got 479 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 2: they're going I don't know, six thousand miles a year, 480 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 2: quick math. So it hasn't gone far. But why hasn't 481 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,199 Speaker 2: it gone far? And you know, again, if you can 482 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 2: find out who's been working on it, maybe they'll tell you. Well, 483 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 2: you know, it had this stalling problem whenever she made 484 00:25:55,560 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 2: left turns. You don't know, so, but it's worth looking 485 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 2: at it. 486 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 4: I really appreciate it. Thank you, and I enjoy your show. 487 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 2: I'm very welcome. Thank you, Jerry. I appreciate it, and 488 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,120 Speaker 2: thank you sir. You'll be well up there Nebraska Way. 489 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 2: You know, it's it's the price of cars. It's crazy, 490 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 2: and you've just got to proceed cautiously. But you've got 491 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 2: to be open to everything, because good used cars are 492 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 2: getting harder and harder to find a five five, five, 493 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 2: six zero nine nine zero zero run aiding the car doctor. 494 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 2: I'm back right after this. So you know, used cars 495 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 2: and where they come from in the circumstances, it's always 496 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 2: an interesting scenario. Danny, my mechanic, was recently at a 497 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 2: family reunion of sorts down in Florida, and while he 498 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 2: was down there, his uncle Bob had a twenty eleven 499 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 2: Toyota Corolla that with two hundred and eighteen thousand miles 500 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 2: on it he wanted to give Danny. So Danny has 501 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 2: to get it home to New Jersey. So it's an 502 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 2: eighteen hour ride in a vehicle that's had, you know, 503 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 2: not great maintenance, but okay maintenance. And you know, Danny 504 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 2: doesn't have time to check the car out, and he says, 505 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 2: thank you, Uncle Bobby takes the title, they put temporary 506 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,679 Speaker 2: tags on it, and he drives it home. Well, he 507 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 2: sort of drove it home. He drove it to South 508 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:39,199 Speaker 2: Carolina where the coolant leak developed. So Danny, being the 509 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 2: resourceful mechanic that he use, and it was just about 510 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 2: where he was going to rest for the night, pulled 511 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 2: into an advanced auto parts parking lot, went inside, and 512 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 2: he said it was kind of a kind of a 513 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 2: great experience. He had a good time. And he looked 514 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 2: up the coolant leak was from on a twenty eleven Corolla. 515 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 2: They have this little plastic radiator extension from where the 516 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 2: upper hose meets the upper neck of the radiator. There's 517 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 2: like two hoses in this plastic extension is in the 518 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,119 Speaker 2: middle of it with the cap. And he said that 519 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,120 Speaker 2: plastic piece was just I guess the Florida heat you know, 520 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 2: Florida gets awful hot and so many heat cycles and 521 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 2: the plastic only lasts so long, and he needed that extension. Well, 522 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 2: you know, he looks it up at Advance Auto Parts 523 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 2: and they have it. You know, fortunately, Motorad. You know, 524 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 2: thank god, Danny said to me. He goes, thank god. 525 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 2: I listen to the radio show. He goes out here, 526 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 2: you talk about Motorad all the time, and he goes, 527 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 2: I remember Motorad. I looked it up. They had the party, 528 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 2: he said, and I was able to get it, he said, 529 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 2: sort of. He goes that Advance didn't have it, but 530 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 2: the Advance Danny was in South Carolina. He said, the 531 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 2: Advanced Central Warehouse could ship it to the Advance in 532 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 2: North Carolina where he was going to stop further up 533 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 2: the road six hours later. So he did that, so 534 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 2: we paid for it, order it and it was sent 535 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 2: to the Advance Auto Parts at North Carolina. But in 536 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 2: the meantime, Danny and again he said, I'm glad I 537 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 2: listened to the radio show. He grabbed the bottle of 538 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 2: case Seal off the shelf, dumps a bottle of case 539 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 2: Seal into the car, fills it up with the right coolant, right, 540 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 2: you know he knew. He went and got himself a 541 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 2: gallon of Peak and poured it in US peak pre mix, 542 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 2: poured in the K seal, poured in the Peak, kept 543 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 2: the rest of the Peak with him what he didn't use, 544 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 2: drove the six hours. The k seal worked absolutely fine, 545 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 2: and he actually never even he bought the radiator neck 546 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 2: and carried it with him, but he didn't bother putting 547 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 2: it in. He didn't have to. And he did it 548 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 2: this week in the shop. He did it the Thursday. 549 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 2: And now the car is back together and ready to go. 550 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 2: But you look at this car and it's just an adventure, right, 551 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 2: And it just shows the clarity of mind that Danny's 552 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 2: got but he's a great mechanic and he can do that. 553 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 2: You know, you just have to think ahead. He said, 554 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 2: I just made everything multi dimensionally. He goes, I know 555 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 2: I didn't have the part here, but I could get 556 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 2: the part sent there. And in the meantime, how do 557 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,160 Speaker 2: I get from here to there? And he you know, 558 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 2: and he utilized the advanced autoparts network of stores that 559 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 2: you know is coast to coast. But you look at 560 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,720 Speaker 2: this car at two hundred and whatever, two hundred and eleven, 561 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 2: two hundred thirteen thousand miles and it's a great car, 562 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 2: and it's probably got another two hundred thousand miles in it, 563 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 2: and it needs a rear bumper. The rear bumper's got 564 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 2: a crack in it. And the last thing he did 565 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 2: on Friday was he pulled the seats out. He's steamed 566 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 2: cleaning the seats, and he's got uncle Bob had a dog, 567 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 2: so there's dog hare. There's about four inches of dog 568 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 2: hair on the floor. So but just you know, and 569 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 2: Danny said, I'm going to drive it. He goes, it'll 570 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 2: be my beater. Everybody needs a beater, which I understand 571 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 2: that I've you know, my ranger to me is my beater. 572 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 2: You need something just to bomb around in and just 573 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:46,719 Speaker 2: get you where you got to go. And you know 574 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 2: the crazy weather, but just you know, a tale of 575 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 2: survival with a used car out on the open road 576 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 2: and it worked. It really did work. So just you know, 577 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 2: just something to think about. Keep it in the back 578 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 2: of your mind as you're traveling this summer. You know, 579 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 2: you can order parts and send them to different places. 580 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 2: I'm surprised he didn't use Amazon, actually, you know, because 581 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 2: I've done that myself, where I've ordered things on the 582 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 2: road and I have Amazon bring it to the house 583 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 2: or wherever I'm staying and it shows up. And so 584 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 2: it's a very different world. And you can use it 585 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 2: to fix cars very easily today, much more so than 586 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 2: you could so many years ago. A five, five, five, six, 587 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 2: o nine nine zero zero run an aiding of the 588 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 2: car Doctor. I'll be back right after this. Hey, I 589 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 2: just before we go this hour, I want to stay. 590 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 2: Thank you everybody. The podcast numbers were great this week. 591 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 2: Our social media is growing. A couple of great funny 592 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 2: videos this week. There's a wonderful video of a sixty 593 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 2: seven Volkswagon. Yeah, Volkswagon up on the lift and it 594 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 2: stirred a story in me that I haven't thought of 595 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 2: in a while of my buddy Russell with his Volkswagen 596 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 2: and his dad and dad said Russell, no changes and 597 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 2: Russell said surepop. And that lasted about a day. So 598 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,760 Speaker 2: you got to go out to Facebook and see it. 599 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 2: It's a great story. It's up on Instagram too, at 600 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 2: Ron Andanian. But just just a funny video about what 601 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 2: kids did with cars, right, the things we used to 602 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 2: do and what we used to get get away with. 603 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 2: It's just kind of a chuckle. So but that's up there. 604 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 2: And again, thank you because the podcast numbers continue to thrive. 605 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 2: We appreciate it. I want to talk real quick, and 606 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 2: this comes to us from All Data All Data Dot 607 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 2: comments in their All Data newsletter this month about a 608 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 2: Jeep Grand Cherokee. It's a story they've got in there 609 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 2: about a Jeep Grand Cherokee didn't start after the person 610 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 2: had the windshield tinted right, And you say to yourself, 611 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,240 Speaker 2: how could this matter? Well, it's a twenty twenty Jeep 612 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 2: Grand Cherokee with about forty eight thousand miles on. If 613 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,719 Speaker 2: the vehicle was taken to a shop to have the 614 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 2: top of the windshield tinted. Now there's no camera in this, 615 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 2: but there is a sun There is a rain sensor, 616 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 2: all right, But the rain sensor was disconnected, and they 617 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 2: took out a couple other censors that related to the 618 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,840 Speaker 2: glass in that area. And yet they put it back 619 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 2: together after the tint install and the vehicle didn't start, 620 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 2: and a technician it was brought into a technician. The 621 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 2: technician got into it and looked at it, and he 622 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,320 Speaker 2: discovered that the body computer was not responding. The body 623 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,720 Speaker 2: computer was offline. And when they dug a little deeper, 624 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 2: they found that some soapy water from the tint had 625 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:26,800 Speaker 2: washed down the A pillar. The A pillar is that 626 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 2: front pillar that the front of the windshield attaches to 627 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 2: ABC pillars right eight pillars in the front the A pillar. 628 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:38,040 Speaker 2: Soapy water ran down the A pillar. The A pillar, 629 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 2: you fed it right into the top of the body 630 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 2: control module which sits down. It was sort of like 631 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,239 Speaker 2: a fishing you're going fishing. It was sort of like 632 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 2: just dropping soapy water into the mouth of the fish, 633 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 2: went across the connectors for the BCM, and it created 634 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 2: a no start condition. So something simple. I don't know 635 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,320 Speaker 2: if something simple. I think the simplest thing you can 636 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,160 Speaker 2: do to a car today is maybe put gas in it, 637 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 2: because you can't even do a windshield ten thing without 638 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,800 Speaker 2: creating a problem if you're not careful and creating a 639 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 2: no start condition. So just be aware. All that has 640 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,279 Speaker 2: got it the whole story, blow by blow, but it's 641 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 2: a great thing to point out that, yeah, it's a 642 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 2: careful process working on a car, and it's something you 643 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,479 Speaker 2: have to look at very very cautiously. I'm ronning Ady 644 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,760 Speaker 2: in the car doctor, thanks for being here. Good mechanics 645 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,000 Speaker 2: aren't expensive, they're priceless. See ya. 646 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:26,960 Speaker 3: Hey he's a car doctor. 647 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 2: Carr advice, don't write