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Speaker 1: Get used to it. You don't stop imagining these crazy things.

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Speaker 1: to the radio home of Ron Andanian, the Car Doctors.

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Speaker 1: This is where car owners the world overturned to for

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Speaker 1: answer your questions. Whatever you've got going on Fender defender

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Speaker 1: Volvo Charlie, Welcome to the Car Doctor. How can I help? Hey, Ron,

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Speaker 1: getting closer to the holidays because we're doing a bunch

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Speaker 1: end up with a problem. So the question then becomes,

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00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,200
Speaker 1: if you were to take this car for a ride,

428
00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:31,399
Speaker 1: create the condition you know, duplicated through your sixty is

429
00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,959
Speaker 1: it's stronger on one side versus the other? Do you

430
00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:37,440
Speaker 1: feel it more on the left than the right? And

431
00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,960
Speaker 1: as much as you're tempted to try judging it sitting

432
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,800
Speaker 1: in the driver's seat while you're driving the car, because

433
00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,040
Speaker 1: I'm sure you go out after we get off the

434
00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:44,520
Speaker 1: air and drive the car six if I put your

435
00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,280
Speaker 1: hand on the right seat and go, no, I feel

436
00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,560
Speaker 1: it more over here. You know where your body is

437
00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,360
Speaker 1: you know, you really need to be on the passenger

438
00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,320
Speaker 1: side to feel it there, and then you need to

439
00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,560
Speaker 1: be on the driver's side to feel it there. Uh

440
00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,360
Speaker 1: you know, but I would also really consider axles. Axles

441
00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,040
Speaker 1: are not an unusual form of failure on these cars.

442
00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,160
Speaker 1: And then last, like you heard me in the open,

443
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,160
Speaker 1: you were on the air on hold during the open.

444
00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,120
Speaker 1: Look the guy right in the eye, is this gonna

445
00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,280
Speaker 1: fix my car? Do you guarantee this is gonna fix

446
00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,080
Speaker 1: my car? And if he you know, gives you the

447
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,959
Speaker 1: you know, the stutter and the stair and the feet shuffle,

448
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:24,600
Speaker 1: they're guessing and that's you know, it's just the bottom line,

449
00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:29,160
Speaker 1: that's just the way it is. Great. Yeah, you're welcome,

450
00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,480
Speaker 1: let me let me know what happens. And then then again,

451
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,040
Speaker 1: don't be afraid to get a second opinion. Take it

452
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,399
Speaker 1: to another mechanic. If is this the Volvo dealer had

453
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:38,960
Speaker 1: they be the ones working on the car since it

454
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:44,240
Speaker 1: was new. Yeah, and you know, typical dealer in my opinion.

455
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,919
Speaker 1: They just throw these high cost items at you and uh,

456
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,199
Speaker 1: you know, if it doesn't fix the problem, they just

457
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,320
Speaker 1: tell you they found something else wrong. Well, you know,

458
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:59,720
Speaker 1: it's it's it seems that order repairs is a business

459
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:03,119
Speaker 1: where there's not a lot of accountability, and um, I

460
00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,399
Speaker 1: think accountability. If you find a repair shop that's got

461
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,760
Speaker 1: accountability and take responsibility for what's going on and you're

462
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,640
Speaker 1: reasonable to deal with, I think you found a good

463
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,120
Speaker 1: show up. I had a customer two weeks ago, three

464
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:17,000
Speaker 1: weeks ago. Um, I forget why he ended up there.

465
00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,800
Speaker 1: The car broke on a Saturday. I wasn't around, or

466
00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:21,600
Speaker 1: the car broke when he was on the road, and

467
00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,400
Speaker 1: he get toad, I think is what it turned out

468
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,240
Speaker 1: to be. Oh no, I'm sorry. I went into the

469
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,119
Speaker 1: Honda dealer for a recall. You know, that's something I

470
00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,600
Speaker 1: don't really talk a lot about, but boy, these Air

471
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 1: big recalls are really making these dealers. I mean, just

472
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,400
Speaker 1: the crazy things that are going on. He walked out

473
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 1: of there after the Air Big recall thanks to the

474
00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,800
Speaker 1: folks at Takata, with an estimate for fourteen thousand dollars

475
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,960
Speaker 1: worth of repairs on a two thousand four Honda accord.

476
00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 1: Fourteen thousand dollars. I mean, it's it's staggering. Who would

477
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,000
Speaker 1: take the time, who would Who would you know, Charlie,

478
00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,520
Speaker 1: would you know Charlie, here's your O one Volvo. He

479
00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,600
Speaker 1: needs fourteen thousand dollars worth of repairs. You're gonna die

480
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,840
Speaker 1: on the floor laughing, and you're gonna ever really consider it,

481
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:09,240
Speaker 1: do you? Right? Um? I saw the estimate. It's nuts.

482
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,680
Speaker 1: It's they want to put a transmission in the car.

483
00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:13,440
Speaker 1: They want to do a bunch of things to the car.

484
00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,000
Speaker 1: That it's just it's just because you know, it's so

485
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,800
Speaker 1: you know what. It comes back to the relationship and

486
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,720
Speaker 1: the sentence, will this fix my car? That's what repairing

487
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,040
Speaker 1: cars is all about. Today. Try that, let me know

488
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:30,200
Speaker 1: what happens. So all right, sir, appreciate it. You're welcome, Charlie, thanks,

489
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,280
Speaker 1: thank you. I appreciate you. Let me have the time,

490
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:37,840
Speaker 1: Um long call. Sorry about that, folks. But and will

491
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,120
Speaker 1: it fix the car? I don't know. You know, he's

492
00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,359
Speaker 1: gonna have his own obi wan kenobi moment coming up.

493
00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:44,080
Speaker 1: I can see it if he's not careful. Let's go

494
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,320
Speaker 1: and talk to Tim and Flint Michigan. Oh seven Chevy

495
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,200
Speaker 1: and palette. Tim, you're on with the car doctor. How

496
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,440
Speaker 1: can I help, sir? Yes, sir, how can I help? Yeah?

497
00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:54,840
Speaker 1: Pala this week a week to check in and like

498
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 1: come on, and then it goes off on and off.

499
00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:01,159
Speaker 1: So okay, last night, yesterday afternoon, I had a stand

500
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:05,399
Speaker 1: by a car park store, which is a start, and

501
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 1: I got a two codes. One is a p O

502
00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 1: eight e c T you know. The next one is

503
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:16,440
Speaker 1: a p O seven bank sensor um cards wanting to

504
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,639
Speaker 1: find you and find I'm reading I'm rating up on

505
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 1: these two codes and it's a rich lean fuel situation.

506
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,120
Speaker 1: And I guess before I take it in they actually

507
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,200
Speaker 1: have it repaired. I kind of want to get insight.

508
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,960
Speaker 1: Is one code affecting the other? Or is two separate

509
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 1: situation two separate parts. I just have two codes, one

510
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,560
Speaker 1: back to back. Fair fair question and a good question.

511
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 1: There's a there's a reasonable chance that the one can

512
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,800
Speaker 1: be creating the one thirty seven, And I'll tell you

513
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:51,640
Speaker 1: how one thirty seven is low sensor output signal from

514
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,680
Speaker 1: the bank too, I'm sorry, from from the downstream bank

515
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 1: one O two censor all right, So if it's not

516
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 1: them up properly, you know it's the old story. How

517
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:03,679
Speaker 1: well do you work getting at a bed first thing

518
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 1: in the morning, right? You know you gotta be warmed

519
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 1: up and get your muscles going and you know, do

520
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,800
Speaker 1: your thing. You know, that's that's part of what the

521
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,080
Speaker 1: sensor is looking to do. In two censor has to

522
00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,040
Speaker 1: hit a heat span and and and wake up and

523
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: bang here I am. That's why they added heaters to

524
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,440
Speaker 1: O two censors twenty years ago to get them to

525
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:25,879
Speaker 1: work faster. Um. So, you know, is clearly a fault

526
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,679
Speaker 1: with coolant temp. It's seemed coolant temp below speck for

527
00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,639
Speaker 1: too long a period of time. Typical on these cars

528
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,360
Speaker 1: and not unusual on these cars, would be that it's

529
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:40,120
Speaker 1: it's it's a thermostat issue, very common, all right. And

530
00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,000
Speaker 1: one of the things I would you know, as part

531
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 1: of the diagnosis would be, you know, on the chance

532
00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,919
Speaker 1: that this car, this car have a temperature gauge, okay,

533
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,200
Speaker 1: you know, does the temperature gauge seem like it's in

534
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 1: the normal position. How fast does it take to get there?

535
00:26:54,680 --> 00:27:01,360
Speaker 1: A long time? Okay? So long? So this car probably

536
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 1: has a bad thermostat. Not would would not be unusual,

537
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 1: all right. And you know, here's a case where a

538
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,800
Speaker 1: scan tool would be a wonderful tool because you know,

539
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,119
Speaker 1: plug it in, bring up cool intemp and watch it.

540
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,200
Speaker 1: You should see a minimum of a hundred and sixty

541
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,960
Speaker 1: five to seventy degrees within the first six to eight minutes.

542
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,880
Speaker 1: That's a typical spec. And you know that's what you're

543
00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,359
Speaker 1: looking for. And I'm willing to bet it probably takes

544
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,359
Speaker 1: this car ten minutes to get to a hundred and

545
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 1: sixty degrees from your description, and right away that's gonna

546
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,960
Speaker 1: set O B D two fault. And you know, because

547
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,840
Speaker 1: if the engines running too cold, think of the old days, right,

548
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 1: if you ever drove a car with a carburetor and

549
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 1: a choke, This car is running on choke. It's and

550
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 1: that's a no note, right, choke made the car run richer.

551
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 1: Low cool intent makes the car run richer, increases emissions,

552
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 1: Catalytic converters work harder, fuel economy goes down, pollution levels

553
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,160
Speaker 1: go up, you know, so they're they're they're chasing clean

554
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,399
Speaker 1: air and all those other things. So you know, I

555
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,359
Speaker 1: would work on and you know, get a thermostat and

556
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:04,960
Speaker 1: you know, decent quality and make sure you use a

557
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,879
Speaker 1: good quality you know, either either O We out of

558
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 1: the manufacturer, motor Rat makes a great thermostat. If you've

559
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 1: got a local Oraileyoto parts by you get over to

560
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,920
Speaker 1: Oraillyoto parts and pick up a motor rat thermostat and uh,

561
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 1: you know that's oequality now, and you know that'll work

562
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 1: just fine if that's what it needs. And then clear

563
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:25,879
Speaker 1: the code and give it a shot and see what

564
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,600
Speaker 1: happens as far as you know, does the one thirty

565
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 1: seven come back? Now while you've got the scan tool

566
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,360
Speaker 1: hooked up? You know, the nice thing here is this

567
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,879
Speaker 1: is a this is a V six, is a three five.

568
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 1: So with a good scan tool you could bring up

569
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 1: both down stream O two sensors. There should be four

570
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,440
Speaker 1: on this car, if memory serves me correct. And the

571
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,080
Speaker 1: nice thing there is you can take the one from

572
00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,239
Speaker 1: Bank one of the one from Bank to stick them

573
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,240
Speaker 1: up on a graph situation. And here's where you would

574
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 1: graph a sensor and look at them. Do they both

575
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: come up to activity level at the same time or

576
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 1: approximately the same time? Do they both have the same

577
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:05,240
Speaker 1: activity level? Sometimes when you sit there and say and

578
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: I'm sure you do it, I do it, everybody does it. Hey,

579
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:12,040
Speaker 1: I've got you know this widget is bad. I wonder

580
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 1: what a good one looks like. The first thought I've

581
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 1: got is is there another one on the car? Okay?

582
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,680
Speaker 1: You know, is there another one on the car that

583
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 1: I can compare it to. Yeah. Look it's got a

584
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 1: bank one and a bank two oh two center downstream.

585
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 1: Let's compare one to the other. And you know, and

586
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 1: just just be mindfully aware that I could have two

587
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 1: bad parts in the same car. So I'm aware of that.

588
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 1: But you know, sometimes it's just as easy as that.

589
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 1: So those are those are some of the things you

590
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 1: gotta do, brother, and from there we can talk again.

591
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 1: If we have to, let me let me throw a

592
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 1: quick question, because I'll tell you. I'll tell you what. Tim.

593
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,960
Speaker 1: Then before we do that, let me just pull over

594
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,400
Speaker 1: and take this poise and then I come back and

595
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,000
Speaker 1: can give you some time and we'll we'll go from there.

596
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 1: So sit tight. I'm running at the car doctor. We're

597
00:29:51,160 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 1: coming back right after this. Everything's cool. H Who you

598
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 1: living to smash? Which men too? When you get tomorrow

599
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:08,960
Speaker 1: door tell them the car doctor, welcome back. We're on

600
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,480
Speaker 1: the end of the car. Let's get back to Tim

601
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,239
Speaker 1: in Michigan. Tim, you had one more question. How can

602
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 1: I help? Yeah? Long, I'll make a long story short,

603
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 1: flat out. I love cars, have anything to do with them.

604
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,240
Speaker 1: I've been around him all my life. I did a

605
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:24,800
Speaker 1: little bumping paint work. I did detail work. Uh, I'm

606
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 1: fifty years old. I've I've raised my family. They're gone.

607
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,120
Speaker 1: I'm watching this comes back to your show what you

608
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: talked about before. I'm watching the ads. I'm a little

609
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: bit in a job hunting situation. I never never have

610
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 1: been a mechanic as far as certified and trained, but

611
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 1: I've always been around him. I love it. I just

612
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 1: never really had the opportunity to do it. Raising families

613
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 1: and uh, the whole thing. Yeah, life gets in the

614
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: way sometimes, right, And that's exactly what it did for me.

615
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 1: I lost two good jobs. So I'm kind of back

616
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 1: into so detail and again, I love it. It's fine.

617
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 1: I always look down at mechanics grow and think, man,

618
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 1: I want to do that. I wanted to do that.

619
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: I think I think I'm trainable. But here's the question.

620
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 1: I'm looking online. They're begging everywhere for for text everywhere

621
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 1: now and now they have sign on bonuses, and now

622
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 1: more than ever they have a training program for They

623
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 1: bring you in mainly dealer show. You work with a

624
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: guy from reading about a year and then you're start

625
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: get your certifications. And now they've they've built their next check.

626
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,680
Speaker 1: I know there's involved in me. I gotta buy two

627
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 1: more tools and specific stuff. But do you think at

628
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 1: this stage in the game on a personal level? And

629
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 1: fifty do you think the stage of game? I can

630
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 1: do it or you know? I know I can do

631
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 1: it in my mind? But is it reasonable? Is a

632
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: sound reasonable? Do you you ever want to play a

633
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 1: musical instrument? I have a guitar? Did you want to

634
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 1: get better at it? Sure? Did you ever try? I tried?

635
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: Are you better at it? I had let that go

636
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: to a little bit, But you're satisfied because you tried, right,

637
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,240
Speaker 1: and it doesn't haunt you. One thing I've learned about life.

638
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 1: When you see something you want, if you don't try,

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Speaker 1: afraid to learn. I'm sixty one. I start a cross

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Speaker 1: fit this week, all right. I'm there with kids twenty

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Speaker 1: five years old. They're all looking at me. Who's the

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Speaker 1: old man? I can't keep up with them? But you

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Speaker 1: know what, I got them looking over their shoulder. And

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Speaker 1: sometimes that's all it takes, all right. Sometimes that's all

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Speaker 1: you need in life, is just to get people to

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Speaker 1: look over their shoulders, all right, you know my my

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Speaker 1: my orchestra is under the hood. I know where my

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Speaker 1: strengths are. Um, you may never be another may all right,

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Speaker 1: And I'm not saying you can't be, but I'm just saying,

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Speaker 1: you know what, it's not too bad to make me

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Speaker 1: look over my shoulder either, because I'll always be looking

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Speaker 1: at who's coming up next. So don't be afraid to try. Brother,

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Speaker 1: get back to school, go find somebody whole training you

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Speaker 1: by all means, I would tell you to do it.

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Speaker 1: And you know what, five years from now, Leman, know

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Speaker 1: how much you're enjoying the industry, and um, you know

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Speaker 1: it's it's never too late. It's never too late. Like

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Speaker 1: Rocky Balboa said, it ain't over till it's over. That's

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Speaker 1: my new T shirt. By the way, I'm roning Anading

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Speaker 1: the Car Doctor. I'm coming back right after this. I'm

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Speaker 1: I'm talking you come back, Hey, ron any of the

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Speaker 1: Car Doctor. Yeah, how sad? Right? Fats Domino and I'm

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Speaker 1: Benson Robert Uh home from Benson Uh. And it's it's

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Speaker 1: weird right, both of them were eighty nine. Um we

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Speaker 1: lost both of them this week. Just really two hugely

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Speaker 1: talented people and um, you know with with with great

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Speaker 1: respect and sadness. Quick piece of email. Hey Ron, a

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Speaker 1: long time listener. I was listening last week when you

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Speaker 1: when the person wrote in and spoke to you about

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Speaker 1: the coolant leak on their car from Missouri, the school teacher,

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Speaker 1: and you recommended using a product called case seal. I

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Speaker 1: was surprised to hear that. I didn't think you were

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Speaker 1: a mechanic and a can type of mechanic. And I'd

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Speaker 1: like to know what you really think about that product,

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Speaker 1: and I have some questions. Fred in Illinois, Fred, you

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Speaker 1: know what k seal is really a great product. Okay,

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Speaker 1: we've been using it in the shop for a while now.

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Speaker 1: As I've pointed out, we had it this week. We

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Speaker 1: had a two thousand eleven Dodge Caravan hundred and nine

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Speaker 1: thousand miles on it. It had a coolant leak. It

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Speaker 1: had a coolant leak from the thermostat gasket and the

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Speaker 1: water pump gasket. And a lot of the gaskets today

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Speaker 1: and it's not that the gasket has broken or deteriorated,

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Speaker 1: it's just collapsed. Just to smitche everything is a is

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Speaker 1: a very microscopic seal or you know, the ability to

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Speaker 1: seal in that sense. Now, to take apart of that

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Speaker 1: water pump and thermostat housing is you know seven repair.

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Speaker 1: Whereas a bottle of K seal um more information at

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Speaker 1: k sal dot com. A bottle of K seal cooling

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Speaker 1: system seal, it poured it in. Leaks are gone, no

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Speaker 1: other damn it's to the vehicle. Vehicle will roll on

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Speaker 1: and I have to make major repairs to an older

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Speaker 1: vehicle that you know it's got some other issues. So

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Speaker 1: I save the guy some money. So there is a

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Speaker 1: place for using a product like case. Hell, i'minating the

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Speaker 1: car doctor. The mechanics aren't expensive to their priceless