1 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: Ron an Aian diagnosis took us to the point that 2 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: it was in the fuel pump area, likely of fuel point. 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: But I have to prove it for you, the car Doctor. 4 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: The pads you took off is the same basic shape 5 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: what you're putting on, absolutely, so then we have to 6 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: believe that the pads themselves are correct. 7 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 2: Welcome to the radio home of ron Ananian, the Car Doctor. 8 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 2: Since nineteen ninety one, this is where car owners the 9 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 2: world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 10 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 2: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up 11 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 2: the phone and call in the garage doors. 12 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 1: Are opened, but I am here to take your call 13 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: at eight five five, nine hundred and now hes running. 14 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: I promise I'll be gentle this, so let's start the 15 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: conversation there. I want to talk to you a little 16 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: bit about taking care of your car, you know, or 17 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: how you're taking care of your car. If what we 18 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: saw in the shop this week is any indication, because 19 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: it was pretty horrible stuff. We had a One of 20 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: the vehicles we had come in this week was a 21 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: fifteen Chevy City Express Van. It's a small van. I 22 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: think it's actually a Nissan conversion or you know effort 23 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: joint effort with General Motors. And it's not the brand 24 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 1: or the make or what it is really that's that's 25 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: the concern. The concern was the car got kind of 26 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: plopped in front of the shop on Thursday morning with 27 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: a note attached that said, hey, the right front tire 28 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: has got a slow leak in it. Can you fix it? 29 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: And when we went to look at that right front tire, 30 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: the steel cord that was hanging out of it that 31 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: you could actually lift up the flap of the tire 32 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: and make the leak bigger. And they were actually driving 33 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: this on the road and he was also complaining about 34 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: a shake and the steering. Well, yeah, the steel court 35 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: hanging out of the right front tire was so bad 36 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: it was actually like a flat spot. It was like 37 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,079 Speaker 1: a bald spot on the tire. You know, imagine imagine 38 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: somebody that's you know, losing their hair and they've got 39 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: a bald spot on top and they've got hair around 40 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: their head, and that's kind of what this tire looked like. 41 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: It had it had a bald spot in it, and 42 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: it was it was so badly deformed that every time 43 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 1: the tire made a rotation. It was a thump, thump, thump, 44 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: And yet he had taken it to, as he put it, 45 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: a couple of mechanics, and everybody told them, yeah, it's okay, 46 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: just keep driving it. There's no real problem. I you know, 47 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: that's it's wrong on so many fronts. I don't even 48 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: know where to begin. And we looked at the front end, 49 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: and the front end was tight, there was nothing loose, 50 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: but the tire was staring you in the face. It 51 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: just you'd have to be you'd have to be looking 52 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: at the back of the car saying, hey, the front's okay. 53 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: That's the only way you could justify saying that the 54 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: tire were okay on this vehicle, because it just that 55 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: right front tire was just so bad. And when I 56 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: asked David, David, why you know what took you so 57 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: long to get it in somewhere? You know, roun dollars 58 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: are tight, and we're just we're just concerned. You know, 59 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: there's an economy question, and I get that that's sort 60 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: of what this open is about. That's sort of what 61 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: this conversation is about. You know that I know the 62 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: economy is bad. I know that things are tight, right. 63 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: I can see it, you know, you can see it 64 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: in everybody's face. You can see it in their mannerisms. 65 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: The stock market's not doing what it's supposed to. But 66 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: that's not supposed to in my book, it can't justify 67 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: whether you're safe or not. I can't begin to tell 68 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: you the problems that can happen from one bolt spot, 69 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: one bad spot, one steel court, hanging out of one 70 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: tire on a vehicle that's doing sixty miles an hour, 71 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: and this one's typically doing sixty five seventy driving out 72 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: to the tip of Long Island, New York every day. 73 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: It just it just doesn't work. You know, you've gotta 74 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: you've got to stop and look. I can't tell you 75 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: about what was the other car. We had three cars 76 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: this week. Then there was a car that the brakes 77 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: had been grinding so long that it actually smoothed out 78 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: to the point that you almost didn't hear the metal 79 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: on metal because the pad had worn away so much 80 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: that it had sort of smoothed itself out and smoothed 81 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: itself to the rotor. And we only discovered it during 82 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: the course of an oil change. It wasn't a it 83 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: wasn't a vehicle owner complaint. You know, what do you 84 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: want to do with the right rear wheel? That's uh, 85 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 1: you know, it has no brakes. You know. I heard 86 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: something a while ago, and then the noise seemed to 87 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: go away if I kept driving it, so I just 88 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: assumed it got better. I really didn't have the money 89 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: to check it. Ah, And I think that I think 90 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 1: the real killer this week was the Honda Odyssey. We 91 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: had a Honda Odyssey and O two Honda Odyssey left 92 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: rear wheel was making a squealing noise. You know, our 93 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: tires supposed to tilt an inch out at the top 94 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: when you wiggle them like they go clunk and the 95 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: whole wheel goes and it shifts out. And the wheel 96 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: bearing had failed. And here's the danger. Okay, this was 97 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: a front wheel drive Mini van, and this was a 98 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: rear wheel bearing that was failing. And there's nothing really 99 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: holding that wheel bearing to the car short of the press. 100 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: That's there's no there's no internal nut, there's no there's 101 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: no axle to bind it anywhere. And the wheel bearing 102 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: had failed to the point that the ball bearings were 103 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: actually dropping out and out of what I'm guesstimating is 104 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: twenty ball bearings that were supposed to be in the race. 105 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: We took out seven, which means that wheel was just 106 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: a NAT's eyelash from falling off. And again, wheels falling off. 107 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,719 Speaker 1: Tires tires are just such, you know, think of the 108 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: palm of your hand. That's about the size of the 109 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: content patch of your tire on the road. And that's 110 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: all there is. And I can't emphasize enough the safety factor. 111 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: There's no way you're you're not gonna have a major accident. 112 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: There's no way, you know, will you survive if the 113 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: wheel falls off, if the tire goes flat at speed, 114 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,239 Speaker 1: and then what sort of accident? What sort of damage 115 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: will you do to everybody else around you? So, you know, 116 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: let's play it smart. Let's have one less eight dollars 117 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: Starbucks coffee. Let's buy one less three hundred dollars pocket book. 118 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: Let's buy you know, one less extra lawnmower or whatever 119 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: we're buying. Let's get the car fixed and maintained. It's 120 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: just really that important, you know. I can't stress it 121 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: enough as far as you know what's going on, So 122 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: just just be aware coming out this weekend on the 123 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 1: YouTube channel. Let me just point this out. We've got 124 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: a fifteen to come. We had a fifteen Toyota to 125 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: Coma in the shop. I think over the last week 126 00:06:58,560 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: or two we've been talking about it with a few 127 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: pump issue. Well, the video that we shot is going 128 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: to be posted on Sunday afternoon this weekend at three pm. 129 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: It'll be up on the YouTube channel. It's actually you know, 130 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: I was saying to Tom before the show, you should 131 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: see the video. It's a little rough around the edges. 132 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: There's some things we tried to you know, there's some 133 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: things we tried that that trying to duplicate or trying 134 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: to you know, show you we're talking about it, and 135 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: I take you to the wiring diagram. So I'm actually 136 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: doing a sidebar piece. I think it works. I think 137 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: it's a very effective video to show you what to 138 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: look for. And we're kind of excited about it. So 139 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: I want you to, you know, get out to the 140 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: YouTube channel and look for that, and you know, put 141 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: some likes down if you like, and put some dislikes 142 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: down if you don't like it, and we'll deal with it. 143 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: But that's coming out, so you can, you know, we 144 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: can look forward to that. That was a hard vehicle 145 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: to diagnose too, you know, and I talk about that 146 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: in the video. One of the problems in diagnosing that 147 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: vehicle was it came in as a no start and 148 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: it was determined that it had no fuel. And one 149 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: of the things you have to look for on Toyota's 150 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: on a lot of vehicles, but in case of this, 151 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: specifically in case of Toyota, is a mobilizer being activated. 152 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: A mobilizer is Toyota's theft system that if it thinks 153 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: the wrong key or a screwdriver or something else is 154 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:23,239 Speaker 1: rotating that lock cylinder, meaning it doesn't see the digital 155 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: code out of the key to tell it, Hey, it's 156 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: Ron with he's the owner and he's got the right 157 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: key and he's trying to start it. It will go 158 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: into a mobilizer or a fuel cut it. It will 159 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: disable the fuel pump. Toyota actually does it two ways, 160 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: and I think we've talked about this. Will it will 161 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: disable fuel pump for a theft event, or it will 162 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:44,599 Speaker 1: disable fuel pump for an engine critical engine damage, overheat, 163 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: poor running, et cetera type of event. So this was 164 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: a theft event or that we were getting signals up 165 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:52,719 Speaker 1: because we were looking at it on two of our 166 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: aftermarket scan tools. I won't lie. It was the snap 167 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: on in the hotels and they were both saying a 168 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: mobilizer was active, and it was like contradictory information. It 169 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: didn't make sense for reasons that I point out in 170 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: the video, and I went to you know, there's always 171 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: there's always that final solution. We went to our Opus 172 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: scant tool Opus IVS and we looked at it there 173 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: and it contradicted the snap on and the hotel. It 174 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: said that it wasn't in a mobilizer event. And to 175 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: finally put an end to it is to what's right 176 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: and what's wrong, because again I'm diagnosing a broken vehicle 177 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: using a tool. What's right, what's wrong? And this is 178 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: the advantage of Opus right for my repair shops out there. 179 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 1: There's this is something. This is like the final word 180 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: the the We were able to upload the factory dealer 181 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: software to that tool and looking at it there, we 182 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 1: could see that this was not in a mobilizer event 183 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: and it left no doubt. And that's that's really what 184 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 1: order repair is. You can't leave any doubt when you're 185 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: trying to make a diagnosis. There's times that you have 186 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: to there's times you're in the eighty ninety percent tile 187 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: I get that, but if you can leave no doubt, 188 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: do so. And that's what the Opus did. It always 189 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 1: does for us. Absolutely a fabulous tool. But we talk 190 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: about that in the video as well. So that's coming out, 191 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: like I said, tomorrow this weekend, depending upon where we 192 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: are and what we're doing. So let me let me 193 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: pull over eight five five five six zero nine nine 194 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 1: zero zero eight five five five six zero nine nine 195 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: zero zero. I am running any in the Car Doctor 196 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 1: and I'll be back up before. Oh yes, sir, we 197 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: probably should mention that a part of Car Doctor history 198 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: went away this morning. Oh no, they blew up the 199 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: share it and over in Mahwa where we did the 200 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: show several times. Oh yeah, yeah, that's true. You know it, 201 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: U it was I saw it on I saw it 202 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: streaming on video. I was thinking about that time because 203 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: we had done a couple of remotes there for the 204 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: dead Man's Curve Wild Hot Rot Party on Labor Day weekend. Yeah, 205 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 1: a couple of years back. I still have pictures of 206 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: that event and that was probably that was a real 207 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: sight to see the way that thing came down. It's 208 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: just crazy. You know. It's funny because you know, I'm 209 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: in the area and I heard it, and then the 210 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: stream showed it going down. So either the stream was 211 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: later the sound was ahead of itself. I'm not sure 212 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: which was which. But yeah, that's that's a that's that's 213 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: that's a crossroads. No pun intended. So height five five 214 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: five six zero nine nine zero zero. I'm running any 215 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 1: in the car, doctor, I'll be back right after this. 216 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: Whether it's a little red Corvette or you go, you've 217 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: come to the right place to get that car fixed. 218 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: We're on an ady in the car doctor. Eight five 219 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: five five six zero nine nine zero zero. Now back 220 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: to Ron. Hey, let's get over and go talk to 221 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: Let's go talk to Tom and Wisconsin fourteen Chevy Silverado. Tom. 222 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor, sir. How can I help? 223 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 3: Okay, So, we have an issue with intermittent electrical system. 224 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 3: Even while you're driving, well usually at a slower speed, 225 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 3: the whole thing can completely die and we have to 226 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 3: literally pull over. A couple of things we've done so 227 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 3: far to kind of get it to restart was just 228 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 3: raise the hood and look around, put the hood down 229 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 3: and then it would start and maybe be good for 230 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 3: a thousand miles, maybe be good for fifty miles, and 231 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 3: other types of issues, the clock will go to reset, 232 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 3: in other words, lose its time, and there are things 233 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:46,199 Speaker 3: like that. So I think the normal assumption might be 234 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 3: that we have a grounding issue. But we have a 235 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 3: good main ground under the right front fender, and we've 236 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 3: even opened up the dash and try to check that one. 237 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 3: We maybe seem to help for a while. But problem's 238 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 3: been going on for a couple of years now, and 239 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 3: we did check the battery connections here recently and they 240 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 3: look clean too. But so far in the last week 241 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 3: we haven't had any issue with that either. Does that 242 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 3: give you enough to come an idea? 243 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: Yeah? Where I where I always go with something like this, Tom, 244 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: I always go to the ignition switch. The ignition switch. 245 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: The ignition switch cuts the system in half. All right, 246 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: go to the ignition switch on A fourteen. It's going 247 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: to be a red blue, No red dark blue. I 248 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: think it is red dark blue. Wires should be the 249 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: power feed coming in from the instrument panel fuse block. Now, 250 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 1: let me let me back up the instrument panel fuse 251 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: block on this vehicle on the left side of the 252 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: dash is fed from the engine compartment fuse block right now. 253 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: But the nice thing is the ignition switch is the midpoint, 254 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: all right, So I like to go there, go to 255 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: the go to that red, go to that red dark blue. 256 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: I would wire in and here I am again right that. 257 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: I always say this, that that inexpensive A one ninety 258 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: four side marker bulb's socket. Right, Just go get down 259 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: to your look at otterport store. Wire in a bulb socket. 260 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: I don't care what it is. That bull will be lit. 261 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: I don't care if you put it a dark colored bulb, 262 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: so you're not staring at this glaring white light for 263 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: the next seven months waiting for the problem to happen. 264 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: Make it a dull orange, make it an amber, make 265 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: it whatever you want. But I know I want to 266 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: see that bullb lit. If that bulb is not lit 267 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: when the truck dies and the key is in the 268 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: on position, that tells me the problem is that way. 269 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: It's out towards the engine compartment fuse block, and we're 270 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: going to trace that backwards because that instrument panel went dead. 271 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: That instrument panel is fed from the underhood fuse block. 272 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: And then I'm gonna go to that underhood fuse block 273 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: and find that feed and put my bulb there. Right, 274 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: I mean, if you want to do it, if you 275 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: want to do it all at once, think of it 276 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: like this. You're looking for, You're looking for, Where's where 277 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: does the vaultage stop coming from? All? Right? If you go, 278 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: If you go, get a wiring diagram for power distribution, 279 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: and any one of the information systems will have it 280 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: Mitchell all data. They all carry these things the manufacturer. 281 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: It will show you specifically power distribution into the vehicle 282 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: from the battery, where it goes, and where it stops. Right. 283 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: Keep in mind that the ignition switch on that vehicle, 284 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: like many vehicles today, actually goes to the body control module. 285 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: They run a lot of things through the BCM General 286 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: Motors does. So if you have power into the ignition switch, 287 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: then I'm going to tell you to go to the 288 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: other side of the switch and do I have power there. 289 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: If I have power there and no power there, it's 290 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: a bad ignition switch. If I have power there and 291 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: power there nothing, I have power coming in power coming 292 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: out of the ignition switch, then I've got a problem. 293 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:04,359 Speaker 1: Where does it go? Which pin is dead. You're obviously 294 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: you're losing voltage somewhere. Just you've got to track it down. 295 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: And it's either we're going to start to manipulate and 296 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: maneuver wiring harnesses, or we're going to start to look 297 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: at where things go and where things come from. 298 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 3: All right, okay, And so you're thinking that when we 299 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 3: find a problem, we might be getting that to restart 300 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 3: just by activating the emission switch. 301 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: So that, well, yeah, I'm thinking, you know, nothing you've 302 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: said to me so far it convinces me of anything 303 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: other than maybe lifting the hood is disturbing something, the vibration, 304 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: the shake, the and maybe this is an underhead fuse block. 305 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: I've seen quite a few bad underhead fuse blocks on 306 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: these vehicles, okay, and they will fail internally and they 307 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: will fail. As matter of fact, I'm trying to think 308 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: of when we did it. We had a Chevy Traverse. 309 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 1: It's up on my YouTube channel, and it would die 310 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: at random, and you know, it went again, It went around, 311 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: it went around the area, and it ended up on 312 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: my doorstep and I proved what it was. I actually 313 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:08,919 Speaker 1: took the fuse block apart, and you can see the 314 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: hairline crack inside the fuse block where the where the 315 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: copper strip the metal strip just every once in a while, 316 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: just you know, fingertip to finger tip, and then every 317 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: once in a while it just spread just enough from 318 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: vibration and if you smack the side of it, it 319 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: went back and connected and the car would restart and uh, you. 320 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 3: Know, just under the hood, kind of on the driver's side, 321 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 3: driver's side. 322 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 4: Correct. 323 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, Now I'm not I'm not telling you to go 324 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: change it by any stretch of the imagination. And and 325 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:41,199 Speaker 1: and let me tell you why I tell you not 326 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 1: to change it. Obviously I don't like wasting money. But 327 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: the other issue is, the other issue is sometimes when 328 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: we change things. First of all, new doesn't mean good, right, 329 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,120 Speaker 1: new means never ever worked. Second of all, we changed things, 330 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 1: we disturb things. We may create another problem that we 331 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: don't know, and then we've got big issue. So but 332 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: I would I would tackle that power into the power 333 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: into the ignition switch. Which way does the bulb light? 334 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 1: The bulbs not lit? Trace it backwards, start looking at 335 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,919 Speaker 1: that under her fuse block and inspect the wiring harness 336 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: very very carefully. This sounds like a power problem. Let 337 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,360 Speaker 1: me know if you need more. I'm run an ending 338 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: in the car doctor. I'll be back right after this. 339 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: Let's uh pick it up where we left off. Let's 340 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 1: go over to Daryl in Tennessee, Oh nine. Lexus Darrel. 341 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor, sir. How can I help? 342 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 5: Well, hopefully you can help me fix this problem. Hold 343 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 5: on Lexus four sixty as the electronic climate control and 344 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 5: the heat does not work. Of course, we checked everything 345 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 5: you check all the way down to think I've got 346 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:15,640 Speaker 5: it narrowed down to the HVAC control Manchel, I think 347 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:19,120 Speaker 5: should send the signal down to the four individual blendors 348 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 5: to open and close. But I do not have the 349 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 5: scanner to send the signal down individually and see if 350 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 5: the blendors are opening and closing. 351 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 6: Okay, one, are your tops? 352 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: So? Is is this a heat problem or an AC problem? 353 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 5: It's a heat problem. I have noticed when you turn 354 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 5: the crawl back on, it automatically turn the AC off. 355 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 5: You can turn it back on. Default code is seventy 356 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 5: five degrees, which is what it does if you turn 357 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 5: it down to sixty nine sixty eight sixty nine. That's 358 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 5: where the air conditioner works best. If you turn it 359 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 5: all the way down the load. 360 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 6: It's like it's it gets. 361 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 5: A little bit warmer. 362 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: Okay, have you and you don't have a scanner. See here, 363 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,360 Speaker 1: here's the problem, right, because you've only got half, You've 364 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: only got the ability to diagnose half the system. 365 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:10,439 Speaker 3: You know. 366 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: It's it's a question of yeah, this could be the 367 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: control head, this could be a bunch of things. Coolant 368 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: level correct just out of curiosity, and both sides have 369 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: no heat. Both sides are defaulting to seventy five. Yes, okay, 370 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: this could be a blend door control problem. Yeah, it 371 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,959 Speaker 1: could be all these things. Until you have the ability 372 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,239 Speaker 1: to cycle those control doors, there's not much anybody can 373 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 1: do to help you because you're you're you're missing an 374 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: essential piece of the puzzle. You know, I've got no 375 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: I've got no trick for that one. I would be on. 376 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 1: I would be on with my scan tool, looking at 377 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,880 Speaker 1: pressure sensors and looking at can I actuate? What can 378 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 1: I control? You know, how long is this problem going on? 379 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 6: I just recently mounted the car, so probably. 380 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: Okay, can you do this? Would you send me the 381 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: VIN and I'll see if I can come up with 382 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: a workaround test. But I think it's gonna come down 383 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 1: to that, you need a scan tool. You're just not 384 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: gonna You're just not gonna have any choice. Just shoot 385 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: an email to me Ron at cardoctorshow dot com with 386 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,959 Speaker 1: the complaint and I'll get I'll try to get some 387 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 1: information back to you and give you a better direction 388 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: during the course of the week. But you know, because 389 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 1: I hate to leave anybody hanging, but I just don't 390 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: think there's a better way to do this one, Darryl. 391 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,360 Speaker 6: I've reached out two or three shots, and then I. 392 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 5: Guess it death. 393 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: That's a fancy Toyota, you know, it's it's it's nothing 394 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: more than a fancy Toyota. Brother. So yeah, I would 395 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: you know, because those cars are those cars are dumb 396 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: enough that they won't give you enough information, but they're 397 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: also they're also smart enough that they'll go to default, 398 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 1: you know, in a situation like this and and do 399 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: just what they're doing if it doesn't see something it likes, 400 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 1: just just out of curiosity, does the AC work? 401 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 6: Well, yes, sorry, I run you out of the car. 402 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, you know, just only. 403 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 6: At sixty eight or sixty nine degrees if you actually 404 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 6: turn it all way down low. I haven't stuck a 405 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 6: thermometer in it. It's probably blowing out. I don't know, 406 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 6: seventy eight to seventy five degrees. 407 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: So went back up a second. You're seeing the temperature 408 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: control module. If you turn it down to sixty eight, 409 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: the AC works. It's cold. 410 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 6: Oh, it's perfect. If you turn it all the way 411 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 6: down to the lowl like you get in a hot car. 412 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 5: And you turn it down the low to cool it off, 413 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 5: its ick, it gets warmer. 414 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: Okay, I would want to know. I would be thinking 415 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: about there are ambient tempt sensors inside that vehicle? Is 416 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: I would start. I would be thinking about that. See 417 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: there's there's the piece of inform that helps. I would 418 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: be thinking about that. Do we have a short a 419 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: temp sensor that is not responding? You know when they 420 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: see car companies do funny things, Daryl, When they think 421 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 1: you're going to freeze to death or overheat, they'll run, 422 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: they'll run heating system to default the middle of the 423 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: road so that you don't you don't get hurt, you 424 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: don't end up suing them. You know, that's the way 425 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,919 Speaker 1: they think. You know, it's it's it's it sounds crazy, 426 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: but it's the truth. It's been that way for the 427 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: longest time. I remember back in the nineties when GM 428 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: was building, they had heater control valves when we were 429 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:35,159 Speaker 1: doing mechanical heater controls, and they realized that if the 430 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: system broke, it would default the cold and if somebody 431 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: actually froze, you know, in the winter, and GM got 432 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 1: sued over it. So now they put it the other way. 433 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 1: When the heater control went bad, you would boil over. 434 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: But then they had problems with that, so they went 435 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 1: to the middle of the road kind of what you're 436 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 1: going through. But I would be thinking about ambient temp sensors, 437 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 1: and I know there's at least one in the back. 438 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: I think there's two in that car. I'd have to 439 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 1: look at a diagram, but shoot me, Yeah, I would. 440 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: I would be I would be looking at that. Do 441 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: you have access to a wiring diagram? 442 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 5: Uh, I'm sure I can get out. 443 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: Of one, all right, Yeah, I would. I would take 444 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: a look at that. And I would also look at 445 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: that control unit, the control head. Just make sure all 446 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: your grounds are there. But it sounds like you're smart 447 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 1: enough you've already done that, so you know I would 448 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 1: go that route, But you send me you send me 449 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 1: an email Ron at cardoctorshow dot com and I'll get 450 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 1: you what I can. All right, kiddo, I sure will. 451 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 5: I appreciate that. 452 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 1: You're very welcome. Thank you, sir. So happy to have you. 453 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: Let's uh, let's yep, okay, Brian, let's go to Brian 454 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 1: in Pennsylvania. Brian us still working on this Mercedes. Welcome back. 455 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: What's going on? 456 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 5: Hey? 457 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 4: I just want to give you an update. I did 458 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,959 Speaker 4: find the guy on that Mercedes that I called you 459 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 4: about a month or so ago about. I did get 460 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 4: a guy to reflash that computer right, and I couldn't 461 00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 4: do it, and he was able to do it. 462 00:24:59,160 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 6: And it was cheap. 463 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 4: It was only five hundred bucks. 464 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: Only five hundred bucks, yeah, which I guess was cheaper 465 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: because was it wasn't the computer at the Mercedes a 466 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: couple of thousand. 467 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 4: And for them to do it, it would have for 468 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 4: them to reflashed the computer and put a computer in. 469 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 4: It was almost five thousand dollars. 470 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: Wow, Okay, Now. 471 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 4: I got we got the computer in, and now we 472 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 4: got the car to ninety nine point five percent. Now 473 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 4: we got it. Where the car runs drives, there's no 474 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 4: check engine lights. The only issue I got. Now, it's 475 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 4: like I drove it around and I put six hundred 476 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 4: miles on them. But if you drive it and you're 477 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 4: on a turnpike or the expressway and you stop on 478 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 4: it like going on an on ramp, it throws a 479 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 4: misfire in cylinder three of P three to zero three code. 480 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 4: So now that's what we're working on. 481 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: Okay, And where do you think you're going with that? 482 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 4: Uh, it looks like it's either we change all the 483 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 4: vacuum lines. We did that and that made it better, 484 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 4: and then we're there right now there it's the injector 485 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 4: they think it's and then number three injectors. Yeah, and 486 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 4: I was we did. 487 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,239 Speaker 1: I was going to say, I'm thinking this is a 488 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: carbon deposit issue or an injector issue. Can you you know, 489 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 1: either either either swap the injector do this, either swap 490 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: the injector move it to a different cylinder. Before we 491 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: were just replace it just because you know, we start 492 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 1: replacing things, how do we know what the quality is 493 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 1: of the replacement part? All right? 494 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:25,719 Speaker 4: And that's what they're working on. 495 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, and if it if it stays in the cylinder, 496 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: then I would do a fuel system cleaning. 497 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 4: And then the other question I had for you on 498 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 4: that car. The other issue. I was driving and I 499 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 4: had a my little OBT my thing on there and 500 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 4: I put it on voltage. Now, I was thinking, the 501 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,959 Speaker 4: reason I was doing the misfire maybe at at highway 502 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 4: speed is because it only shows twelve point nine when 503 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 4: you're driving, when it's at idol, and then it would 504 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 4: only go up to like thirteen to one. It's a 505 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 4: load on when you were driving that should that car 506 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,919 Speaker 4: be like thirteen five or something which load on? 507 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 2: German? 508 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: German cars of that era were notoriously low voltage, all right, 509 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: so that that doesn't necessarily surprise me. Number one. Number two, 510 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: I wouldn't trust a voltage reading through an OBD two port, 511 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: not not not not the split hairs like you're doing. 512 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 1: I'd want to see voltage. I'd want to see voltage 513 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: on a meter, all right. 514 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 4: That's what I thought. That's why I thought i'd asked you. Yeah, 515 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 4: that's where we're at right now, where the Monday they're 516 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 4: going to move around injectors and see if it follows, 517 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 4: because we already did the coil pack, so that did nothing. 518 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: Is it is it at a shop? Is it at yours. 519 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 4: It's at a repair shop that put the motor in, 520 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 4: So that's got it. Sure we're we're at ninety to 521 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 4: nine point five percent. But yeah, that's that computer guy. 522 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 4: That guy took care of me. The guy was so nice, 523 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 4: gave me a warranty and everything, and he even told me, 524 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 4: look at this computer. Don't work. He says. I gave 525 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,199 Speaker 4: him the ven number five minutes on the phone. He 526 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 4: said to me, yep, I can do it. And if 527 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 4: you don't want to use your computer, he says, I'll 528 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 4: send you a computer flash to that car. He says, 529 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,120 Speaker 4: you can use it for thirty days and if it's 530 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 4: solve solved the problem, he says, you just give me 531 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 4: twenty two hundred hours for the computer. 532 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: Where is this guy? Let's give this guy a plug? 533 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: Why not? 534 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 4: This guy's he's in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, out by State College. 535 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,919 Speaker 4: But I can't remember the guy's name. What I'll do 536 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 4: is if I'll just send you an email with it 537 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 4: if you want to give the guy a p because 538 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 4: I'll I'll send you an email with the guy's info. 539 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:37,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, because those are the guys that are hard to find, 540 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: but you know they're out there. So Yeah. 541 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 4: The guy was the nicest guy in the world. I 542 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 4: mean he literally had he had an in and out 543 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 4: and back to me within seven days. 544 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: Yep. Cool beans. All right, I got to run, Brian, 545 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 1: I'm up against the clock. 546 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 5: Take care. 547 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: Always a pleasure, sir, Thank you. I'm running dy in 548 00:28:52,320 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: the car. Doctor. We are back right after this. Wow, 549 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: what a busy hour it's been. You know I should 550 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: point out for Brian in Pennsylvania if he's still listening 551 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: for that ninety eight Mercedes. You know you could also 552 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: when we're talking about carbon cleaning, go out to bgfind 553 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: ashop dot com. I forgot to mention this bgfind ashop 554 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 1: dot com if you can find a repair shop that 555 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: uses the BG fuel system cleaning that worked really well, 556 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: works really well on everything, but it worked really well 557 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,719 Speaker 1: on the older German cars like that, because I bet 558 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: you that car's got some heavy carbon deposits and just 559 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: upgrading or replacing the injector may not be enough. It 560 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: may hide the problem temporarily, but I bet you if 561 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: you were to take a borscope and look inside those cylinders, 562 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: you're gonna see carbon deposits on that car. You know, 563 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: it's thirty years old. More than that. And you know, 564 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: I bet you that'll make a difference. So but bgfind 565 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 1: ashop dot com for you, Brian, that'll work really well. Hey, 566 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: in the car doctor Newspile, get out to if you 567 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: go out to our Facebook page, we're gonna be posting 568 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 1: some pictures. Quinn Trimmer trimmor Racing is back at it 569 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 1: again this season. He's got us all over the car 570 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: and we're happy to be out there to help help him. 571 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: And we're sponsoring part of that car and we're looking 572 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 1: forward to his races down at Wall Stadium in New 573 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 1: Jersey and other places up and down the East Coast. 574 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: I understand we're gonna get more information and we have 575 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: to have him on the show. You know, we every year, 576 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: we keep threatening, but it seems like both of us 577 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: are so busy we don't seem to be able to 578 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: connect to do that. So I've got to try and 579 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: you know, hook up with him and you know, get 580 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: him up here to talk about what he's doing, because 581 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 1: he is an up and coming driver. I've been saying 582 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 1: this for years. We've been sponsoring him for a while now, 583 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 1: are being been part of the sponsorship team for a 584 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: while and you know, he's you can look I said, 585 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 1: you can look him up on Facebook. Quinn Trimmer, Quinn 586 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 1: trimmor Racing. He's he's growing and that kid's going places. 587 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: So a couple of million bucks we could get that 588 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: kid into NASCAR. That's all it takes. You know, we'll 589 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: just take it out of the back pocket, you know. 590 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: Coming up next, I want to talk about you know, 591 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: maybe I'll do it next hour. I want to talk 592 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 1: about this six Honda that we overhauld the air conditioning 593 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: on and some of the reasons why, Because I think 594 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: we need to talk more about system repair. We got 595 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 1: to get back to that. With cars getting to be 596 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: more and more expensive, you know, maybe we want to 597 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: look at not having the same problem, or solving more 598 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: than one problem at once if you've got the system open. 599 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 1: We had this six Honda Odyssey, and I can go 600 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: deeper into detailed next hour, But we had this six 601 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: Honda Odyssey in the shop this week. It needed a condenser. 602 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: It had a hole in it from something hit it 603 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: in the road. You could see the stains at the 604 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: top of the radiator. The radiator was failing. So we 605 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: did a radiator, We did a condenser, and then we 606 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: ended up. I pulled the belt off just to spin 607 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: it because it had the original compressor on it and 608 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 1: the clutch. It looked like it had been overheating, and 609 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: sure enough, the bearing was also getting loud and growling. So, 610 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 1: you know, we put a couple of bucks in it. 611 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: We put a couple We put several thousand dollars into 612 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 1: the air conditioning system on this, you know, almost twenty 613 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,000 Speaker 1: year old vehicle. You know, Is it worth it? Yeah, 614 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 1: because you know, thirty five hundred four thousand dollars whatever 615 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: the heck it was, is a lot cheaper than sixty 616 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: five thousand dollars for a new minivan, you know, and 617 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,560 Speaker 1: this one only had seventy two thousand miles on it. It 618 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: was just old. It was old by time, not by mileage. 619 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: So we think more about system component repair, and you know, 620 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,719 Speaker 1: do that because maybe it's better to do that than 621 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 1: replace a vehicle. So things to think about. Hey, five five, five, six, 622 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 1: nine nine zero zero, run any of the car, doctor, 623 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: I'll be back right after this. Don't go anywhere, and 624 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: we come to the end this hour. You know, it's interesting. 625 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: Dong Donge just emailed me said, I think he's a 626 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 1: little mad. At me. He said, Hey, Ron, are you 627 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 1: an economist or a mechanic talking about the economy like 628 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 1: that in the open? You know what, based on observations? Yeah, 629 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 1: to me, the economy is down, the auto repair industry 630 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,080 Speaker 1: is down. People are not taking care of their cars 631 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: the way they were six months ago. That's a change. 632 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: The stock market is up and down, and it's day 633 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: to day. You never know what it's going to be. 634 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 1: Doesn't mean I'm condemning the president. Doesn't mean I'm condemning 635 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: the economy. I'm just an American with an observation. I 636 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,959 Speaker 1: thought I was allowed to speak my mind, and just 637 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 1: like he was, so, you know, I think my point 638 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:29,200 Speaker 1: becomes that whatever's going on out their economy wise, you're 639 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 1: not doing what you're supposed to do to your car. 640 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 1: It seems like the first place we cut, the first 641 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 1: place we stop spending money, is taking care of the 642 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: car because if it rolls, hey it must be okay. 643 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 1: And I don't know that I agree with that. I 644 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 1: think that's shortsighted. I was noticing this week that so 645 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 1: many people have switched over to leasing rather than spending 646 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: money on their cars because they think that's a better 647 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,920 Speaker 1: financial situation. I think leasing a car is another way 648 00:33:57,920 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: to sell you a car. I don't think it's necessarily 649 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: at or financial situation. I think it puts off the 650 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: inevitable that sooner or later you're gonna have to shell 651 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:08,240 Speaker 1: out a bunch of money in order to drive a vehicle. 652 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: And maybe it's a good short term solution, but it's 653 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 1: not a long term solution. And I think you get 654 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,480 Speaker 1: yourself in that situation because you don't do oil changes, 655 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:19,120 Speaker 1: you don't do the basic service and maintenance, and I 656 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 1: think that's a problem. I think we've got to get 657 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: back to some good common sense approach stuff, and I 658 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,239 Speaker 1: think we're getting there. But you know, when it comes 659 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,600 Speaker 1: to your car, you've got to be talking to your mechanic. 660 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: You've got to have a mechanic absolutely positively. You've got 661 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:35,759 Speaker 1: to have somebody that you trust, somebody that you can 662 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: sit there and say, hey, you know, what does it 663 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:41,120 Speaker 1: need and why, and to have that conversation I think 664 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:45,400 Speaker 1: is just very very important. But reality is cars are 665 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:49,319 Speaker 1: getting more expensive, Repairs are getting more expensive. We saw 666 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: parts go up this week. We saw break parts in 667 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 1: the last two weeks go up anywhere from three to 668 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: six percent based on you know, depending upon what part 669 00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: it is. We're talking about pads, rotors, etc. We're seeing 670 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 1: a lot of things change in pricing, so we've just 671 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 1: got to be aware. So we want to spend our 672 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,359 Speaker 1: money wisely, but we need to spend it to take 673 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 1: care of the car. That's the key and that's important. 674 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,320 Speaker 1: So the next time I'm running Ady and the car Doctor, 675 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,719 Speaker 1: the mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See ya.