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Speaker 1: Help. Ron and Aian. This radio show is for you.

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Speaker 1: It's about your car, and you know that. All I

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Speaker 1: really want to do is answer your questions. I want

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Speaker 1: tell you what I went through in the shop this week.

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Speaker 1: That car doctor, I really am here just for you.

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Speaker 1: I just want to talk to you about your car

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Speaker 1: and it's problem. And that's what I've been doing these

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Speaker 1: best plus years. It's going on and I think we're

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Speaker 1: about seven. It's all about you in your car. Why

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Speaker 1: you stuck up, half witted scrubby looking. Welcome to the

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Speaker 1: radio home of Ron and Aian, the Car Doctor. Since

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Speaker 1: this is where car owners the world over turned to

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Speaker 1: for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics

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Speaker 1: giving you a busy signal, pick up the phone and

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Speaker 1: call in. The garage doors are open, but I am

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Speaker 1: here to take your call at eight five five five six,

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Speaker 1: and now he running. Hey. Welcome and a happy New

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Speaker 1: Year's Eve to each and every one of you, as

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Speaker 1: we could go up this hour of the car it's

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Speaker 1: it's wait, it's what well, isn't this New Year's Eve?

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Speaker 1: But it's not happy New Year's Eve? It's just New

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Speaker 1: Year's Eve. And we thought you said New Beer's Eve.

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Speaker 1: Why isn't it. So, so Tony went to the store

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Speaker 1: and I got some. And well, we're having a party

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Speaker 1: warn you guys that, um, and I was going to

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Speaker 1: haven't had time because I got my red jelly beans

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Speaker 1: You're welcome. There's there's nothing bad in these, right, so

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Speaker 1: these these are okay. Only we know that you don't,

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Speaker 1: but the red jelly beans are good. Um, listen for

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Speaker 1: you and for everybody else out there. UM, I can't

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Speaker 1: find my cell phone. So usually I I soundproof the

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Speaker 1: But in any event, Um, this is the car doctor,

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Speaker 1: all serious, Well, kitting around the side, this is the

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Speaker 1: car doctor, Happy New Year's Eve, Happy New Beer's Eve,

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Speaker 1: whatever your heart desires. UM, we are here to talk

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Speaker 1: about your car and repair. We're here to talk about

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Speaker 1: taking you to the next level of understanding what that

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Speaker 1: Things like this customer I came into the shop this week.

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Speaker 1: She's driving a automobile. I won't say the brand because

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Speaker 1: I think this is applicable. I've seen this type of

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Speaker 1: thing going on at all manufacturers. I don't understand the

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Speaker 1: I've seen dealers do this. I've seen independence do this,

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Speaker 1: I've seen change stores do this, and I call it

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Speaker 1: the wallet flush. Well here, let me let me let

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Speaker 1: And why are they doing that? That's two at twenty

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Speaker 1: And I don't understand the thought process of how people

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Speaker 1: and I'm not saying they're not necessary. You know what,

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Speaker 1: People just don't know when you look at those lists.

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Speaker 1: Cars don't have fuel filters that are replaceable anymore. I

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Speaker 1: the following show. We are live on the network Saturday afternoons.

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Speaker 1: We go out on the airways Saturday afternoons to to

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Speaker 1: four pm. After that it's podcast and streaming and uh,

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Speaker 1: right after this. Yeah, welcome back the card Ockery. Five

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Speaker 1: to Tom so at five thousand miles, they're gonna rotate

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Speaker 1: How are you doing R good? What's going on? Man?

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Speaker 1: things move and float freely like they should. It's a

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00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,639
Speaker 1: it's an eight going on nine year old vehicle. You

427
00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,439
Speaker 1: know what sort of maintenance we've going to the brakes?

428
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,600
Speaker 1: Really really important stuff. And you know that's probably all

429
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,480
Speaker 1: you need to do it at face value. Oh you

430
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,440
Speaker 1: know what. The only other thing I would consider doing.

431
00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:37,720
Speaker 1: I would do one is a throttle body cleaning. Clean

432
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,880
Speaker 1: the throttle body going into the air and take Now,

433
00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:44,280
Speaker 1: understand on a Honda, Hondas are a little sensitive, all right.

434
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,959
Speaker 1: When you clean the throttle body, you're going to have

435
00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,240
Speaker 1: to go through a throttle body relearn where they do

436
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,280
Speaker 1: an idle learn. You need a scan tool to do that.

437
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:55,600
Speaker 1: You're not gonna be able to do it any other

438
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,200
Speaker 1: way that I'm aware of. And if you don't do that,

439
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,639
Speaker 1: you can set fault code. It comes up with it

440
00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,160
Speaker 1: comes up with erroneous. It thinks there's a false map

441
00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:10,880
Speaker 1: sensor readings P zero five O five zero five oh

442
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:15,359
Speaker 1: four or something like that, UM or five oh seven, sorry,

443
00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,400
Speaker 1: P zero, It'll set a P zero five oh seven.

444
00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,680
Speaker 1: I believe it is map sensor fault. There's actually a

445
00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,840
Speaker 1: couple of bulletins from Honda that talks about the specific

446
00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,439
Speaker 1: procedure about using a scan tool, going in, doing an

447
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,720
Speaker 1: e c M reset, and then doing a relearn UH,

448
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,879
Speaker 1: watching the idle relearn pit on the scan tool to

449
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,280
Speaker 1: see if it if it when it actually happens, and

450
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,280
Speaker 1: it's a matter of running the car three grand until

451
00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,560
Speaker 1: the fans cycle and then learning it idle UM along

452
00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,119
Speaker 1: the way. Not every Honda is applicable to it, the

453
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,080
Speaker 1: majority of these six is are, so I would just

454
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,959
Speaker 1: be cautious clean the throttle body, but be prepared. If

455
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,520
Speaker 1: you do set a fault code, you're gonna have to

456
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,600
Speaker 1: find a buddy or a repair shop with a scan

457
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 1: tool that can do a relearn um at the very least,

458
00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,000
Speaker 1: or you know, the dealer level tool to Honda dealer

459
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,520
Speaker 1: level tool will do it as well. So, uh, you know,

460
00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 1: fuel system cleanliness, and then you know, let's look at

461
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,480
Speaker 1: wiper blades and obviously tires and just for giggles, it's

462
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,000
Speaker 1: been eight nine years down West Virginia roads and winters

463
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,360
Speaker 1: and summers, and just take a peek at the radiator.

464
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 1: No sense having the radiator fail. After you go through

465
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 1: all this with the con you know, to me, that's

466
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,919
Speaker 1: typical maintenance. That's typical. Take a used car, shape it up,

467
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 1: and you know, close the hood for the next hundred

468
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,560
Speaker 1: thousand miles and until something fails, just drive it. And

469
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,320
Speaker 1: that's that's most of what you're gonna see on a

470
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 1: Honda of that generation. Let me ask you a question.

471
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:33,959
Speaker 1: That Honda recommends their oil, which is a synthetic blend.

472
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,879
Speaker 1: There isn't a problem with switching to full synthetic. I

473
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:44,320
Speaker 1: think synthetic blend is probably one of the biggest marketing

474
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,920
Speaker 1: place deployed upon the American public in the last thirty years.

475
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,320
Speaker 1: I don't understand it. I don't know why you would

476
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,439
Speaker 1: want synthetic blend. You know, it's it's it's sort of

477
00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,480
Speaker 1: like going at the Starbucks and getting getting a regular

478
00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:59,560
Speaker 1: cup of coffee and using their creamer. What's the point.

479
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,240
Speaker 1: You know, that's not a knock on Starbucks. I'm just saying,

480
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,480
Speaker 1: you know, brand for brand or component for component. My

481
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,920
Speaker 1: point is that you know, to me, it's either conventional

482
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,359
Speaker 1: or synthetic because of the price difference. It isn't that

483
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:13,920
Speaker 1: much of a difference. It isn't that big a deal. Um.

484
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 1: You know, I think synthetic blend was created, you know,

485
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,040
Speaker 1: to make people happy at a price point, because we're

486
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 1: always trying to make everyone happy. Everybody wins. It's t

487
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,399
Speaker 1: ball in America. You know, everybody gets a trophy. But

488
00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,520
Speaker 1: I think that synthetic oil on something of this generation

489
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,240
Speaker 1: absolutely positively the way to go. You know, I'm gonna

490
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:33,760
Speaker 1: tell you to get out to Penn's Oil and look

491
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: at Penn's Oil synthetics dot com and read all about

492
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,440
Speaker 1: synthetics there. If you're gonna ask me about brand of oil,

493
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you to look at Penn's Oil. I

494
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:44,359
Speaker 1: like Penn's Oil good quality stuff. Um, you know, but

495
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:51,280
Speaker 1: that's that's what I uil. Hey one, Um, what about

496
00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,800
Speaker 1: any additives I've I've used stuff like slick fifty in

497
00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,600
Speaker 1: the past. Should would you recommend anything like that? Yeah,

498
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,000
Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't think you eat it. Um,

499
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,560
Speaker 1: I think it's unnecessary. I think, um, you know, just

500
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,879
Speaker 1: doing the maintenance. We talked about some fuel system cleaner

501
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,480
Speaker 1: in the tank. You know, by all means get out

502
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: to Berriman, get out to Barriman Products dot Com. I wouldn't,

503
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: I wouldn't hesitate to use their hest fuel tank cleaners.

504
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 1: And we've seen some very good results with that of

505
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:26,240
Speaker 1: late and you know, take take take that to heart. Um. Well,

506
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,480
Speaker 1: I've been listening to the show for a long time

507
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 1: and and typically what I do is I use Berryman's

508
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:37,000
Speaker 1: about every four four tank pools that too often? No,

509
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:41,360
Speaker 1: I think probably once a month because I run eight

510
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,720
Speaker 1: seven and then next particular vehics. But well you can,

511
00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 1: you can. You just have to use eight seven or

512
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,920
Speaker 1: a higher grade. Some of the later models recommend or

513
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,120
Speaker 1: tell you to use ninety three, but I think we're

514
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,280
Speaker 1: running eight seven. What I try to do is put

515
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 1: a cannon Berryman's in um like every fourth thankful, No,

516
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,440
Speaker 1: I think you're on target if you even wanted to

517
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,399
Speaker 1: do it every three tankfuls. But you know, the idea

518
00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,440
Speaker 1: is to put some type of an additive in there

519
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 1: because I think I think the problem with fuel systems

520
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 1: today is that even staying consistent with one brand, and

521
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,199
Speaker 1: it's difficult. Listen, we all lead billy, busy lives. But

522
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,680
Speaker 1: even trying to stay consistent with one brand, the the

523
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,920
Speaker 1: the consistency at the pump, at the refinery, by the season,

524
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,439
Speaker 1: by the region of the country, it all changes on

525
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,520
Speaker 1: a on a regular, semi regular basis. So I think

526
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,360
Speaker 1: a fuel system additive, a cleaner like a Berriman product.

527
00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:44,560
Speaker 1: I think that is going to be the equalizer it.

528
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:46,840
Speaker 1: You know, it's sort of levels the playing field and

529
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,399
Speaker 1: helps keep the balance amongst the problems, so to speak.

530
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,919
Speaker 1: If that makes all right, sir. Hey, listen, you have

531
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 1: a good new year down there West vir Junior Way, Doug,

532
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 1: and I'm glad to cant you among the car doctor family.

533
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:00,920
Speaker 1: You'd be safe and we'll see you in the new year.

534
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,120
Speaker 1: Take good care. I'm in the card occurate five five

535
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:07,920
Speaker 1: zero nine zero zero, fired up and ready to go.

536
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 1: I'm waiting for your call. I'll be back right after this.

537
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:37,600
Speaker 1: Get kids six six, welcome back. We're on Nady of

538
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,240
Speaker 1: the card occerate five five six zero nine nine zero zero.

539
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,400
Speaker 1: Let's go and talk to Tim and Bang remain seventy

540
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 1: six Chrystler Cordoba with the fine Corinthian leather. Anybody remember

541
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 1: that commercial? Raise your hand? I remember that? Who was that?

542
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 1: Wasn't it? What was the character actor's name? Tim? What

543
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 1: was the character actor's name that sold your car? Do

544
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:56,480
Speaker 1: you remember on TV? Ricardo Montebon? Right? And what else

545
00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: is he famous for? Let's see how good everybody is today?

546
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 1: Anybody blamed boss deep playing? What else? Tim? What else

547
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 1: was he in? Anybody remember? Since this is New Year's

548
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 1: and we're looking back, he was the he was the

549
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:08,960
Speaker 1: Wrath of Coon. He was the bad guy in the

550
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 1: Wrath con Yeah. Yeah, So since it's a New Year's

551
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,560
Speaker 1: and we're looking back as us as to what was?

552
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 1: But anyway, so how can I help you when you're

553
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 1: fine Corinthian leather? Sir? Well, unfortunately, no printing leather in mine.

554
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 1: But um it does have a problem that it won't start. Um,

555
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 1: it's got a regular ignition not the electronic clean burn

556
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: and uh, it gets spark in the run when the

557
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,440
Speaker 1: keys in the run position, but not in the start position.

558
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:45,960
Speaker 1: Now is this is still a factory system, correct factory diagram. Okay,

559
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 1: so when it goes so, it'll get spark in the

560
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: crank position but not in run. If I did, it

561
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 1: gets the other way around. It gets spark in the

562
00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:01,120
Speaker 1: run but not the crank. Okay, so you go to, well,

563
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:02,520
Speaker 1: how do you know what's got spark in a in

564
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 1: a in a in a run position. Well, what was

565
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: doing was try to start at nothing, move the key

566
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: from start to run and it gives a little chug,

567
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 1: put a spark tester on it and occasionally, depending upon

568
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,240
Speaker 1: where the rotor is passing. You know, when you go

569
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: from start to run. I have seen spark uh in

570
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 1: the when the keys in the run position. Okay, how

571
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 1: about this. Do you have a remote starter switch? Uh? Yes,

572
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,480
Speaker 1: I I And I've tried starting it with the key

573
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 1: uh in run and jumping the starter and I get nothing.

574
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: Do you have and you have no spark? Yeah? Okay,

575
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:47,560
Speaker 1: so it really doesn't have spark in the run position. Well,

576
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 1: I've i've you know, like I've seen it and it

577
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 1: gives a little chug when you go from start to run.

578
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: Gives a little chug like maybe one or two cylinders

579
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,720
Speaker 1: are firing, but not enough to get it to keep spinning. Well,

580
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 1: we refresh my memory, Tim, this is seventy six. There

581
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: is a non lean burn, but this is a factory

582
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 1: non lean burn system. Correct. Okay, So this has the

583
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: electronic module bolted to the firewall. Okay, so this has

584
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: a pick up inside the distributor, right, an electronic pickup

585
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 1: UM air gap if I remember right, Let's see how

586
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: well can I remember six to eight thousand's I remember

587
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: being small seven, six to eight. There you go, so

588
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 1: and you need to use you needed to use a

589
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 1: copper fueler gauge or a brass brass fueler gauge is

590
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,479
Speaker 1: what it was, so that it wouldn't stick to the

591
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 1: magnet yep. So once we get past that, then we

592
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 1: got to have the conversation. This is the three wire

593
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 1: um control module. Corrects it? There? Is it five wire?

594
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 1: Maybe it was? I think it was three? And uh well,

595
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 1: maybe I can save all the time. I have a

596
00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 1: factory shop manual and using a triple tester, the ignition system.

597
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: Everything you know I get the voltage on supposed to

598
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 1: have or the resistance, you know, whatever it is. So

599
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 1: the ignition system, you know, from what I can tell,

600
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 1: checks out. Okay. Well, if the ignition system checks out, okay,

601
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: and you don't have spark, one of the tests is wrong,

602
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 1: right yeah. Um, And and listen, Let's just let's start

603
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 1: with the coil. Okay, Let's go to the Let's go

604
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 1: to the Let's go to the negative side of the coil.

605
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 1: Let's put a test light there, crank it over. Does

606
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 1: the test light blink? I don't know. Okay, If the

607
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:37,280
Speaker 1: test light doesn't blink, if the test lights on steady,

608
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 1: then it's not getting a signal. If the test lights on,

609
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 1: if the test light blink, blink, blink, all right, then

610
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 1: the coils being told to discharge. But nothing happens because

611
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 1: I'm assuming you're testing this at both the center of

612
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 1: the coil tower, you know, tests putting your spark plug

613
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: test on the coil wire as well as on a

614
00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: spark plug wire. Yeah, I tested, okay, tested at the coil.

615
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 1: How do you how do you know? How do you

616
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: know the spark isn't getting lost on the road or

617
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 1: going to going to ground to shaft through a crack

618
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 1: in the rotor. You're you're, you're, you're testing it, right, Tim,

619
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: break the system down into less components, less steps. All right,

620
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 1: So let's take a test light. This is an older car.

621
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 1: I feel safe doing this. Let's take a test light.

622
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,400
Speaker 1: Put the negative side of the coil, crank it over.

623
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,000
Speaker 1: That light should blink, showing the signals being turned on

624
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: and off. All right. If the light doesn't blink or

625
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: light up at all? Do you have twelve vaults at

626
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: the positive side of the coil. If you have all that,

627
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: do you have spark coming out of the coil. If

628
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:42,320
Speaker 1: you don't, you've got a bad coil. Let's go from there, Tim,

629
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: I'm up against the clock. Do those tests. Call me

630
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:48,479
Speaker 1: back next week. We'll go from THEREO zero. The car

631
00:33:48,520 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 1: doctors coming back. Don't go away, Hey, run any of

632
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 1: the car doctor. We're back real quick. Let's get over

633
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 1: to Steve Valley Stream, New York. Steve, Welcome to the

634
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:23,919
Speaker 1: car doctor, sir. What's going on? Real quick? Sir? Hey, yeah,

635
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,840
Speaker 1: I have a two eleven Bubic Lacrosse three point six

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Speaker 1: of the of the six and it's charging at U

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Speaker 1: two and I don't know if that's a problem. No,

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Speaker 1: I mean, Stephen you hear me, Steve, you hear me.

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Speaker 1: Talk about how on later model cars. Now, if you

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Speaker 1: put a battery in, you've got to start to do

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Speaker 1: a scan tool reset to learn the charging system and

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Speaker 1: the PCM to the new battery. Have you heard that conversation? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So that's I've been talking about this about a year now.

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Speaker 1: So here's a classic example of it. All right, this

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Speaker 1: charging system is controlled by the bc M with a

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Speaker 1: signal through the east e M. There are six modes

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Speaker 1: of operation of this charging system. Battery sulfation mode to

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Speaker 1: control battery sulfation charge mode, fuel economy, headlamps, startup, and

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Speaker 1: voltage reduction. All right, This, this particular charging system, like

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Speaker 1: a lot of GM charging systems of this generation, all

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Speaker 1: work off a commanded duty cycle. Go to the front

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Speaker 1: door of your house. Okay, open the door all the

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Speaker 1: way on a one second count. That's one open and

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Speaker 1: closed the door all the way ten times in one second.

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Speaker 1: That's a change of duty cycle. You're still opening it up,

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Speaker 1: you're just opening it up more in that time frame.

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Speaker 1: That's a duty cycle. This charging system will go from

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Speaker 1: ten with a generator output of about eleven volts to

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Speaker 1: a command with a generator commanded output voltage of fifteen

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Speaker 1: and a half. The computer has taken over, baby. But Stephen,

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Speaker 1: your car is absolutely fine until it turns on the

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Speaker 1: check engine light and sets a fault code. I'm on

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Speaker 1: an any in the car, doctor. Mechanics are expensive to

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