1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Ron An Anian. See you know how I know the 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: older cards were so cool because next week nobody's writing 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 1: a song going key uh, mike key a key h 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: nobody cares wait it comes to IKEA's my Kia. The 5 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: Car Doctor, Well, when you take it apart the third time, 6 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: check the clear can't hurt that expect then you've got 7 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: your answer. You know, when you could, you could, you 8 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: could sit and ponder y and sometimes you don't know why. 9 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: Welcome to the radio home of ron an Anian, the 10 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: Car Doctor, since this is where car owners the world 11 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: over turned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 12 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up 13 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: the phone and call in. The garage doors are open, 14 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: but I am here to take your calls at eight 15 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: five six. And now what really burned me up is 16 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: they didn't give us one word of warning running Hey, 17 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: it's time to start your engines along and welcome ron 18 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 1: and any of the Car Doctor here at five zero 19 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 1: nine zero zero Car Doctor seven phone number. Happy to 20 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: be here and uh happy to be able to talk 21 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: to you this hour. Next, as we continue the quest 22 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: to fix all of America's broken cars and I guess 23 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: around the world. We have to change that to the 24 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: planet UM as we think about this since we are 25 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: podcasting it out on the Internet as well as here 26 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: on the terrestrial ground radio UM as it has been 27 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: since it start seven some odd years ago. More information 28 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: at Car Doctors Show dot com. We're up there. You 29 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: can also get over and check out at Car Doctor 30 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,119 Speaker 1: Show dot com. You can check out the Facebook page 31 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: via that and also uh clink on over to the 32 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: podcast page via spreaker UM, as well as other good 33 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: information that we tend to put up there from time 34 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: to time, and make sure you get out to the 35 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: Facebook page because that ever irascible UM often imitate, never duplicated, 36 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: no bologna, not a phony. Tom Ray tends to put 37 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: some really great pictures up there today, I'm afraid to look. Today, 38 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: I'm not sure show day he tends to put some 39 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: doozy so uh things automotive related. I can only imagine 40 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: he probably has nothing until I mentioned it, and then 41 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: I'll remind him, so I should just shut up and 42 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 1: keep doing the show without any further ado. It was 43 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: an opening monologue and opening conversation I wanted to have 44 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: with you about something really kind of neat real world 45 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: that I happened to me yesterday. But since the phones 46 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: were already lit up and backed up, let's go and 47 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: talk to Michael from Maine, a longtime listener and a 48 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,399 Speaker 1: regular caller here on the Car Doctor. And uh, see 49 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: what's going on, Michael, Welcome back, sir. What's cooking? Well, 50 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: what brought me back is actually the thing that brought 51 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 1: me to you the very first time we ever met 52 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: in person, and that was a hole in my tire. Um. 53 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: You know, I check my tire pressure not as often 54 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: as I should, probably once a month every six weeks, 55 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: but I keep them filled. The thirty five and I'm 56 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: driving down the road and I probably should have checked him, 57 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: but I got the tire warning light and I drove 58 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: right to Europe, right into the station and checked them 59 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: in one right front tire was down to twenty six pounds, 60 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: and that's a problem. I filled it up. Yeah, you know, 61 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: I filled it up and I and I monitored it. 62 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: It wasn't going down, and you know, slowly, slowly, slowly. 63 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: After three days, I saw it was down two pounds. Said, okay, 64 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: there's a leak here. So I went down to my 65 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: dealership because I have warranties in my dealership, and you know, 66 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: they're good people there. They really do good good at 67 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: work as they can. But their dealership, I'm talking to 68 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: a service writer. I'm not talking to a technician, and 69 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: that kind of bothers me sometimes. So they bring it 70 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: in and they look at and they say, hey, you 71 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: got a tiny little nail on the tire. We gotta 72 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: plug it. And I had told them I don't want 73 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: it plug. I wanted patched. I learned that from the 74 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: car doctor. Have you ever heard of ron and Adian 75 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: plug isn't really necessarily safe? And they said, well, the 76 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: way the holes in there, we can't patch it. It 77 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: can only be plugged. So I wasn't sure what to do. 78 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: So I called Ron and Any and the car doctor 79 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: who who happened to tell me because we're old friends. 80 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: He said, well, you know you can plug it anyway. 81 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: It turns out well and you can't. We should, we should, 82 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: We should expand on that, you know, in an emergency 83 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: in listen and let me let me tell the conversation 84 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: that we that we had in the shop and we 85 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: talked to us. The exact words I said was, I said, Michael, 86 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: we used to put plugs in the slicks on the 87 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: hot rod way back in the day, you know, thirty 88 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: years ago. You know, when you're young and ignorant, you 89 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: get away with things. You tend not to realize what 90 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: you can get away with and and and it works. 91 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: Is it recommended? Is it the safe you know, you know, 92 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:36,119 Speaker 1: government approved way of doing things? Absolutely not. But Rube 93 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: Goldberg didn't get his name and his his his, his 94 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: his his. You know, the legend wasn't created because of 95 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: people not trying things. And I'm not saying do things 96 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: that are dicey, but in your scenario if you had 97 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,679 Speaker 1: to put a plug in it. But our conversation really 98 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: centered around and I think you're coming to that right 99 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: about how much life was left in the tire. And 100 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: that's where the story is here, right they You know, 101 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: we took a management on the tire. And what you 102 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: told me is that, you know, if you're only gonna 103 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: get six months out of anyway plug it, wait till 104 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: you get a whole new set of tires. Because with 105 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: all wheel drive and traction control, you can't put on 106 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: tires that have different sizes. A new tire can't go 107 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: on a tire that's worn on a car that has 108 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: three other tires that are worn down, right, And and 109 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: that's so. And that's the story in and of itself 110 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: to the problem with these all wheel drive vehicles that 111 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: people don't realize is that the tire, one tire is 112 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: you know, one tire gets a nail, and there's there 113 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: there there two thirds worn out, you know, halfway worn out. 114 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: And now you've got you know, three tires of one diameter, 115 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: one tire of another diameter. Certain applications manufacturers do, and 116 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: I believe correctly. I have seen shutter, I have seen shake, 117 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: I have seen transmission operation faults from incorrectly balanced or 118 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: match tires, and and and that was my concern with 119 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: the Subaru. Go ahead, I'm just jumping in here a 120 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: little bit, Mike. I'm sorry. I think that's great. That's great. 121 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: So anyway that the dealership said, look, we want to 122 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: take care of you the best we can. Let's see 123 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: what we can do if we and pro rate the tire, 124 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: get you a new one, shave it down. Because I 125 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: had not you know, ten thirty seconds, rather the tire 126 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,559 Speaker 1: starts with ten thirty seconds. I didn't have two thirty 127 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: seconds or three I had seven thirty seconds left on 128 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 1: the tire. It's a lot of tire. That's a lot 129 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: of tire. So so they said, let's see if we 130 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:19,919 Speaker 1: can work something out pro rated. You have a warranty 131 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: with us. We want to take care of you. So 132 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: it is. It turned out they put the plug in 133 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: it temporarily for seventy two dollars. They're ordering me a 134 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: new tire, they're shaving it down to seven thirty seconds, 135 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: and they're gonna mount it and rebalance it and put 136 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: it all back on together for free, basically under warranty, 137 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: because all I had to do is play pay the 138 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: pro rated price. And I think that's and I think 139 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 1: that really is a great way to approach this, you know, 140 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: shaving the tire and making it matching the tire to 141 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: the existing three on the car. I think that makes 142 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: absolute perfect sense for the fact that you don't have 143 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: to drive around for what might be two years on 144 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,679 Speaker 1: a vehicle with with a tire plug. You know, tire 145 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: plugs are okay, but if you don't have to, we'd 146 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: rather not, uh, you know. And then we also had 147 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: that conversation you and I this week about you know 148 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: what tire plugs are work and what tire plugs don't. 149 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: The two that we have a lot of faith in 150 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: as those old school brown rubber plugs. And yeah, I'm 151 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: sure somebody's got a horror story out there about the 152 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: way it failed. And you know, I can only tell 153 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: you I've I've never seen a brown rubber plug and 154 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: stalled properly failed. Do I use them? Nope, not anymore, 155 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: but an emergency. They got me out of a lot 156 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: of jams as a kid. Uh. And then the other 157 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: product that we use now as far as a tire 158 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: plug is something from a company called tech Tire, and 159 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: they are the gray black plugs that go in with 160 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: their lube and their self vulcanizing and they melt into 161 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: the tire. Tire plug technology has come a long way. 162 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: The absolute only safe way to repair a tire, though, 163 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: is a plug patch from the inside. It's just what 164 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: it says, it's a patch inside. There's a plug in 165 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: the middle and it gets pulled straight up. That gives 166 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: it integrity, that gives its strength, that prevents the tire 167 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: from having issues of of of leaky and failure and 168 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: you know all the things that go wrong with a 169 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: plug that can go wrong with a plug. So in 170 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: the end you're gonna pay You're gonna pay less than 171 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: a hunder Bucks and you're gonna get a tire that's 172 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: gonna be equal to the other three on the car exactly. 173 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: And you know that I have a question for you 174 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: and a comment that I want to make sure you 175 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: can because the first the comment is that what the 176 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: dealership said to me. And I really appreciate this, and 177 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: it shows how it makes a difference how you maintain 178 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: your car. What the and this dealership is great. They're 179 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: the biggest super buseller in the state. Their service is 180 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: really good. But you know, you just I don't trust 181 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: them like I trust you. That's, you know, just part 182 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: of the deal. I've known you forever, you're my friends. Well, 183 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 1: and I think I think I think it's what's the 184 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: name of the dealer, Let's let's give him a plug, Micah. 185 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: Who are they? Patriots? Subaru? Patriot Subaru and Saco Main. 186 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: They're terrific. But what they said to me, and this 187 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: is what I wanted to say, is the comment they said, 188 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: you know, I really like the service, right, I really 189 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: like the way that you maintain your car, and you 190 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: care about it. You make sure that things are right, 191 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: so I want to do what's best for you so 192 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: you can continue to maintain it. That makes a difference. Yeah, yeah, 193 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: it does. What what people fail to forget, I think 194 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: is believe it or not mechanical human beings. God, I 195 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: know that sounds impossible, and I think that. I think 196 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 1: there are a lot of car people inside of those 197 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: mechanics that you see every day. I'm not saying every 198 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: mechanics a car person. I know that sounds strange, but 199 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 1: a lot of them are car people. A lot of 200 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: them are doing this because they love automobiles, not because 201 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: they have to, and they enjoy working on them. And 202 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: I think the successful mechanics are the ones that you know, 203 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: they enjoy working on cars. They're good at it, they 204 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: enjoy the challenge and they take the task at hand. 205 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 1: But they appreciate a clean, well maintained car. They appreciate 206 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: the opportunity to maintain a car. I don't know too 207 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: many mechanics get all excited to be able to sit 208 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: there and go, Wow, I guess I gotta go out 209 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: and fix this car the wrong way? Um, you know, 210 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: that's it Just I think it just goes against human nature. 211 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: It's anything else regardless of what you do for a living. 212 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: Tom Ray does radio stations and towers and transmitters, and 213 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: I think if somebody approached Tom and said, Tom, I 214 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: need you to put this transmitter up, but I want 215 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: you to do it this way, which isn't exactly right. Uh. 216 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: You know, if he had to do it, he do it, 217 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: but he wouldn't be happy about it because he takes 218 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: pride in what he does and he's a craftsman. And 219 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: you know, regardless of the trade and the industry you're in, 220 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: I think it's the same thing with Piece and that's 221 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: why he said, hey, Michael, we like the way you 222 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: take care of your car. We want to do it right. 223 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: And here you are right exactly. And here's the question 224 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: that now went in. It was in the center of attire. 225 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: Wasn't a sidewall or anything. It was right in the center, 226 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: right in the center tread. And they said, we can't 227 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: patch it because it's on an angle. And that's just 228 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: part of what I don't exactly understand. And I'm not 229 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 1: sure if your listeners would either. I might wondering if 230 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: you might be able to explain that well, because the 231 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: idea is that you know a plug patch, so it's 232 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,319 Speaker 1: a flat it's a it's a patch with a plug 233 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 1: at a ninety degree angle to the patch. If you 234 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: bend that that plug at two extreme of an angle, 235 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: the concern is that it will break off at the 236 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: base of the patch, come loose, and then not provide 237 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: a positive seal. There's a certain amount. I mean, it's 238 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: it's sort of common sense. I don't know what this 239 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: what this angle was. You know, we generally kind of 240 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: look at anything over anything over thirty degrees is usually 241 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: grounds for let's do it a different way, um approach. 242 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: If this was a forty five degree angle, that's pretty extreme. 243 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: You're in it a pretty tight spot, um, you know, 244 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: so you kind of let's, like I said, let's try 245 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: this a different method, a different way. The concern is 246 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 1: how well that plug patch, the plug is going to 247 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: stay to the patch itself at that extreme angle. Because 248 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: you also have to realize going down the road, that's 249 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: a lot of road force continuing continuing to push on 250 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: that at the angle, and you know, the tree is 251 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: bent over right, and as the wind comes along, the 252 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,719 Speaker 1: wind keeps pushing on the tree. Sooner or later, it's 253 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: gonna snap because it's not at it's not straight up. 254 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: It's it's it's got that much less distance to go 255 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: and it's weakened. It's at a weekend state. It's meant 256 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: to go in straight it's meant to be at a 257 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,079 Speaker 1: ninety to the patch itself. Does that? Does that make 258 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: sense to you? That makes complete sense, It really does. 259 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: Couldn't quite figure it out? Then yeah, that's that's that's 260 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: what they're looking for, and that's why they do that 261 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: like that. Alright, Mike, as you well known radio, I'm 262 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: up against the clock, Babe. I gotta go, um, but 263 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: I appreciate you. You're very welcome sir anytime. And uh, 264 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 1: I should point out it was radio that brought Micah 265 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: and I together. So that's one of the benefits of 266 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: doing this radio show for twenty seven years. You take 267 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: good care of Mike up there and made and beyond. 268 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: I'm Ron Any and the Car Doctor. We are back 269 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 1: right after this. Welcome back the Car docurated five zero zero, 270 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: the Car doctor S number. You can call that number 271 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 1: any time, day or night, leave a message. Where live 272 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: on the year Saturdays to to four pm Eastern time, 273 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: but you can call that eight five five five zero 274 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,319 Speaker 1: nine zero zero. Leave a message and Tom Ray, executive producer, 275 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: will call you back and get you in the queue 276 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: for the next live show. More information at Car Doctor 277 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: show dot com. Hey, you guys didn't tell me this. 278 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: I'm just coming across my notes. We're doing a Wicks 279 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: diecast giveaway this week, aren't we? Um? Are you guys 280 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 1: trying not to tell me? Is that? Is that the 281 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 1: whole point of this? See you didn't pay attention to 282 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: the pre show notes again, Well, I was busy, you 283 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 1: know I was. I was checking out the inside of 284 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:31,719 Speaker 1: my eyelids, trying to You were playing a video game? 285 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: You weren't busy? Wem, No, I wasn't. I was losing 286 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: a video game, is what I was actually doing. Trust Yeah, yeah, 287 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: we saw the Z bubble over your head. Yeah, it 288 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: just wasn't um but uh um, yeah, you guys trying 289 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: to keep this car? Again? Is that what this deal is? 290 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: But in any event we're giving away, would not do 291 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: that and you know that. Well I can't imagine you 292 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: guys doing that. Um, what is this? Oh? I'm sorry, 293 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: this is the Oh, this is the Wicks Filters seventy 294 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: fifth anniversary nineteen thirty nine. Ford Coop die cast car 295 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: given away one of those this week, courtesy that I 296 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: folks at Wicks Wicks Filters dot com. All right, so 297 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,079 Speaker 1: the decisions are the judges is final, Tom and Tony. 298 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: In other words, when they're done playing with it, we'll 299 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: give it away. So I'll probably later in the show. Uh, 300 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: anytime Tony is rolling across the floor. Let's go and 301 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: talk to Lance in New York City, Toyota Corolla some 302 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: maintenance questions. Lance, Welcome to the car doctor. How can 303 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: I help? Hey, thank you for taking my call. Welcome, sir. 304 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: What's cooking? I recently had to buy a new car 305 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: because my old car got totaled out and uh added 306 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: about a month. It's a new Corolla two thousen and 307 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: it comes with what they called Toyota Care, which is 308 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: two years of their free service. And I was going 309 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: through these the owners manually looking at the service intervals, 310 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: and I'm I'm not, I'm not, I'm not buying what 311 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: they're telling right, Yeah, I can understand what are the 312 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: ten thousand mile intervals fifteen thousand mile intervals on oil changes? 313 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: Oil changes, and I would say there's a ten thousand. Uh, 314 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: coolant is a hundred thousand, and plugs are hundred twenty thousand. Okay, 315 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: I don't even mention the transmission well because it never 316 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: it never goes bad or until it blows up. It's 317 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: one of the others. It's as I have appearing that 318 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: by the time I make my last payment, I'm gonna 319 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: be ready for a new car. Well, and you know, yeah, 320 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: and I agree, listen. Has oil gotten better over the 321 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: past twenty years. Absolutely, oil has gotten better, Technology has 322 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: gotten better, Vehicles have gotten better. We've got better, we've 323 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: got better control of the fuel delivery, and and we 324 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: can make a car go longer. Apps of positively. The 325 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: issue is there are too many variables. You drive different 326 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: than your neighbor, than the guy around the block, than 327 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: the guy on the other side of the country, and 328 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: it's hard to rate and register everything the same. So 329 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: you know, either we're gonna count on the machine to 330 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: tell us, and the machine is programmed by the manufacturer, 331 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: who I still believe with everything I've seen over the 332 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: years that I think the marketing department has a big 333 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: hand in it. You know, it's it's lens. Do you 334 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: want to buy a car from a company that says, hey, 335 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: change the way every five thousand miles, it will run forever. 336 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: You have to buy another one. Or do you want 337 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 1: to buy a car from a company that says, change 338 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: you every ten thousand miles. It barely needs maintenance, and 339 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: we don't tell you the part about how when it's 340 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: gonna wear out and what happens to it. I had 341 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: a friend I'm a real world mechanic, or so I 342 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: believe I've I've you know, I have this argument sometimes 343 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: with people. Sometimes in my head, I think I'm a 344 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: real world mechanic. I talked to guys in dealerships all 345 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: day long. How often do you change your oil? Every tech? 346 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: I know, the real ones that I consider real, not 347 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: the kids that are still learning. And I'm not knocking 348 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: the kids, but they haven't done it long enough. We'll 349 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: tell me that. And regardless of manufacturer, But Toyotas in 350 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: this conversation, Nissans, in this conversation, Honda's in this conversation 351 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: GM Ford, christ or you get it that they're doing 352 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: their oil change based on the type of oil. That 353 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: synthetic oil they're running five to seven thousand miles, conventional 354 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: oil three to four sometimes five. It depends on their 355 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: style of driving, it depends on the car, and you 356 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: know what they think it will tolerate. But these ten 357 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: thousand mile oil changes, to me, and from what I'm 358 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 1: hearing real world, go too long. I had a friend 359 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: who as a service manager at Toyota for many, many years. 360 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: He just recently retired. He was up there in Newburgh, 361 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: New York for the better part of twenty five years, 362 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: and he taught me point blank, he said, the biggest 363 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: mistake Toyota ever made was the extended oil drain intervals, 364 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: and that's what's led to in the last five or 365 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: six years, Toyota has had their issues with piston rings 366 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: sticking in the grooves and oil consumption at the mile 367 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 1: mark on a lot of their four and six cylinders. 368 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: And he said, it just they just went too long. 369 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: Now they've changed the quality of the oil or the 370 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 1: spec for it, and they've they've changed the interval a 371 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: little bit. But I think an oil changes is more 372 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: than just an oil change. I think it's a chance 373 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: for a mechanic to take a look a good mechanic, 374 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: to understand what's going on with that car, to evaluate 375 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: it and to praise it. And I also think in 376 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 1: the day and age of TPMs, ten thousand miles might 377 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: last few year. You're gonna find somebody that check the 378 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 1: tire pressure four times a year. I mean, as it is, 379 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 1: you should be check entire pressure once a month. But 380 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: that's a slightly different conversation. Lands, stay on the phone. 381 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: I want to put it with this question. When I returned, 382 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: I don't want to rush it. I'm running ending in 383 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: the car doctor will be back right after this. Welcome back, Lands, 384 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: you're still there running ending the car doctor here with you, Okay. 385 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: So yeah, that's just my perspective on oil change intervals 386 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: and why they're that long. Um. I really believe it's 387 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: a marketing concept. I think in your case, it's zero 388 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 1: twenty oil in that eighteen Corolla. Five thousand mile intervals 389 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: are more than enough. Six thousand mile intervals are fine. 390 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 1: Because the other side of this is as the Toyota dealer, 391 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 1: what oil filter they're putting in it, And they're probably 392 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: gonna come back and tell you they're obviously putting in 393 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: a Toyota. I don't know of a Toyota oil filter 394 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: that's rated for ten thousand mile intervals because and here's 395 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: the argument, okay, that that that ten thousand mile interval 396 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: filter is the same one that they use on a 397 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: different mileage interval vehicle. It's not like they call out 398 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: something specific. And you know, we've we've had this conversation 399 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: here in the ear for years and years. I've talked 400 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: to engineers, We've talked to people in the field, We've 401 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,679 Speaker 1: talked to parts manufacturers. You know, some filters will go 402 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: the distance, some filters will go longer. Wix makes specific 403 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: oil filters that will go a longer interval. All right, 404 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: you can purchase that from companies like Wix, wis filters 405 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: dot com. But to just randomly say that all filters 406 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: meet a ten thousand mile interval is wrong. It's erroneous. 407 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: And you know you're not You're not you're not doing 408 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: You're not doing the vehicle any good. Okay, So the 409 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: oil changes, I think five is a safe bet. And 410 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: you know what, You'll probably call me up in two 411 00:19:58,040 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: hundred thousand miles and go, Wow, the car doesn't burn 412 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: the oil and it's still running, and I'm real happy, 413 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: and I think that's gonna be the case. Cool, And 414 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 1: what should we do that at UM? I like cooling, 415 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: Toyota coolant, and and and here's their thought process. Okay, 416 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 1: look up the first cooling interval and then look up 417 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,719 Speaker 1: the second cooling interval. Their feeling is the first cooling 418 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: interval is a hundred thousand miles or I think it's 419 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: ten years, because they feel like it won't go bad 420 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,439 Speaker 1: as fast because it's a newer vehicle. But then the 421 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: second time around, they wanted five years fifty thousand miles 422 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: or five years sixty thousand miles. I think the interval 423 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,719 Speaker 1: is um. I like five years sixty thousand miles. I 424 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: also like to test my coolant using what we call 425 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: a dip strip. It's sort of like that litmus paper 426 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: test we did in junior high school before you blew 427 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: up the lab to impress that cool girl you wanted 428 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: to ask out, which is another story, but um uh, 429 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: you know it's called a dip strip or a cool 430 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,360 Speaker 1: and test strip. You know, after that vehicle is two 431 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 1: years old, going onto years three, four and so on, 432 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 1: I would be checking the coolant on a regular basis. 433 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 1: Is part of my old changed service to see, you know, 434 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: what's the city level. Does it have proper pH doesn't 435 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: have proper proper freeze point protection. That the key to 436 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: changing any fluid and coolanth is no stranger to this 437 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 1: thought is you want to change it before it's a problem. 438 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 1: You want to change it as it's about to turn 439 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: all right, you don't you don't want to go you know, 440 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: you don't wanna. I don't know any other way to 441 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: say this. You don't want to worry about cancer after 442 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:23,400 Speaker 1: the fact. You want to do the preventative stuff before 443 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,120 Speaker 1: you get the disease. And and you know that's that's 444 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: part of what dip strips will do. They'll help prevent 445 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: that that coolant from you know, being in the vehicle 446 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:35,679 Speaker 1: when it's bad and causing corrosion and highest and what 447 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 1: would you do? You know, it's it depends on what 448 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: fluid it is. I I think it's WUS fluid. Uh. 449 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 1: Toyota's WS fluid is typically worn out in the in 450 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: the sixty mile range. From my experience, it's starting to 451 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: turn black at forty five. It's black at fifty and sixty, 452 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:53,959 Speaker 1: depending on how you're using it. I like, I like 453 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 1: sixty tho mile intervals on trans fluid um. You know, 454 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 1: but call me silly. I just don't like put transition cars, 455 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: and as far as spark, as far as spark plugs, 456 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: spark plugs have legitimately gotten better. The issue becomes all right, 457 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: and you have a stake in this too, and you 458 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: have a responsibility in this too as the vehicle owner, 459 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 1: because then we'll have the conversation about, you know, besides 460 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 1: the other maintenance you're doing, which is all good positive stuff, 461 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: what type and what level and what quality of fuel 462 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: and what consistency of fuel are you putting in the vehicle. 463 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: You know, I'm using the only right top tier fuel 464 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: carbon reducing treatments, you know, a bottle of Berryman fuel 465 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 1: cleaner on a regular basis to help hold down carbon 466 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: deposits of the vehicle ages Berryman Products dot Com. You 467 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,439 Speaker 1: know all that stuff helps spark plugs they wanted at 468 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: one twenty. I don't think it's gonna I don't think 469 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: it's gonna break the bank to start thinking about it 470 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 1: at ninety and do it at a hundred, all right, 471 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: And and and from that moment on, you know, it's 472 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: just it's just common sense. Don't forget there's an air 473 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: filter in this car. You're gonna check on a regular basis. 474 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: I've gotten in the habit if I do if I 475 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: do an air filter, I do a cabin filter. I 476 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: tend to do them together. And the argument becomes that 477 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: if the engine is breathing dirty year, it's the same 478 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,199 Speaker 1: air that's passing through that cabin filter. Chances are that 479 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: cabin filter is ready to you'll probably do cabin and 480 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: air filters every fifteen to twenty And I think when 481 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 1: you get to the end of this, if you add 482 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 1: up the extra maintenance that you're doing, and you're at 483 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 1: the two hundred thousand mile mark and not the hundred 484 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: thousand mile mark, and you've had very good reliability and 485 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: and and less aggravation and less failure and less surprises, 486 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: because that's the other thing that regular maintenance does. It 487 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: prevents the surprise. It prevents the problem from becoming one 488 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,199 Speaker 1: because you're on top of it. You know what, you 489 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: haven't spent a lot of money when you consider the 490 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: fact that you don't have to go out and buy 491 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,239 Speaker 1: a new car at a hundred grund. There you go, 492 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:45,239 Speaker 1: all right, sir, I appreciate You're very welcomely, it's good 493 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,439 Speaker 1: luck to you. Um. It still comes down to common sense, folks, 494 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: It really does it's it's you know, we talked about 495 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: it all the time, um that it's it's a good 496 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: mechanic under the hood, looking at things with care and caution. 497 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 1: Will Is is worth their weight in gold in terms 498 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: of what they can help resolve and keep you safe 499 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 1: out on the road. And think about that. Every time 500 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,359 Speaker 1: I see a broken card on the road. My first 501 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: thought is, Jim, sorry to see that. My second thought is, 502 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 1: I wonder what they didn't maintain in order to put 503 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:16,880 Speaker 1: themselves in that spot. I mean, I know what happens, 504 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: but you wonder what's preventable. And that's my whole point. 505 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:25,239 Speaker 1: Stephen Wisconsin, you're up next zero zero. How can I help, sir? 506 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: What's going on? Oh? I just don't. I just uh 507 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: A lot, a lot of things you just said, Boy, 508 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: are just right where I'm at with a lot of 509 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: my uh a lot of my mat and Stephen the numbers, 510 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: it's incredible. Anyway, I wanted to do maintenance on one 511 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,679 Speaker 1: more thing, and I pulled out the owner Manuel. I 512 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: wanted to know where what about my fuel filter? So 513 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: I have a two thousand ten high on the laundry 514 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: And I went to two different dealerships in two different 515 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 1: cities and both told me. They said, don't worry about it. 516 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: You'll never have to worry about it. It's siconable. Why 517 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 1: they said, Well, it's located somewhere or in your stank, 518 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: and it's okay. Find how does that work? Well, they 519 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 1: don't really know how to tell me how it worked, 520 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 1: and I didn't have more time to sit and wait 521 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: for one of their mechanics to come out. But the 522 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: interesting thing of all that was was I said, how 523 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: do I know if I'm having a problem with it 524 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: when my car hesitate? What will happen? And then they 525 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 1: said that, I said, what will be the cost to 526 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: find out about this little fuel filter? So my question is, 527 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: you know what you think about why the fuel filter 528 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 1: is inside of a gas tank and how it works, 529 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:34,399 Speaker 1: how they would get to it. Um, well, you're you 530 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: kind of don't get to it. It's it's let me 531 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: tell you why it's there first. The reason they started 532 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: putting fuel filters in gas tanks so many years ago 533 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: was well, part of it is because they went to 534 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: returnless fuel systems. Listen, the lesson part of the reason 535 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: cars are made like they are is because, you know, 536 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: believe it or not, there's bad mechanics in the world. 537 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:55,679 Speaker 1: I know that's a shock to everybody, and that you know, 538 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: everybody's surprised to hear that. But you know, car companies 539 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: are trying to turn out this perfect product. Believe it 540 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: or not, they are to some degree. And then it 541 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: gets in the hands of a mechanic that doesn't want 542 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: to go to school, that doesn't want to take the training, 543 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 1: that doesn't want to invest the time and you know, 544 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: and the other ten thousand things that's required to become 545 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: a mechanic, and for whatever reason, either they're angry about 546 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 1: their lot in life and g whiz, why can't I 547 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 1: fix cars the way I did in nineteen six four, 548 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,400 Speaker 1: and you know, blah blah blah blah blah. So we 549 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: we start to design things that don't break as often 550 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: or won't require as much maintenance or also the other 551 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: factor here is meeting federal emissions requirements. Gasoline being fed 552 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: to the engine and then returns back to the gas 553 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: tank the return line. What's not used that warm fuel 554 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 1: because it's been running around a fuel rail on top 555 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: of a hot engine. That warm fuel going back to 556 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: the tank raises tank temperature, which raises the read vapor 557 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: pressure point of the fuel in the tank, and it 558 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 1: it actually affects evaporation rate. It affects um the EVAPP system, 559 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: and it creates a higher evaporation rate. It tends to 560 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 1: boil away, right things get warm, they tend to boil 561 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: away and lift off. It creates pressure issues and other 562 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: wear and tear. Hey, what if we could design a 563 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,719 Speaker 1: car that doesn't have a return line. Can we do that? 564 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 1: Can we create a system where we won't have to 565 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 1: have a return line, So it's one less thing the 566 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: manufacturer times you know, a hundred thousand units or you 567 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 1: know a million units. And it's also better for the 568 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: EVAPP system, it's better for the imagion controls. So let's 569 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 1: make a returnless fuel system. The the the excess pressure 570 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,400 Speaker 1: is dumped off right in the tank. We can put 571 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: the filter in the tank. That's one less thing for 572 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: somebody to have to work on and take a part 573 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,919 Speaker 1: and break and you know, tell the customer, Hey, your 574 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 1: car needed a fuel filter, but because the manufacturer did 575 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:42,120 Speaker 1: it wrong, I couldn't fix it. Right now you gotta 576 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 1: go buy a new car. That makes the man at 577 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 1: the manufacturer. So it's manufacturers are defending themselves. And I 578 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: get that, Um that that filter in the tank, that's 579 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: a permanent filter until the fuel pump fails, all right, 580 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 1: I I know, I know of no separate replacement part 581 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 1: on a hunday that you can purchase it. The idea 582 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: becomes that when the filter fails, you put a fuel 583 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,439 Speaker 1: pump in it. Why you know, it's for the reasons 584 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 1: I listed, Um, you know, it's how long will it last? 585 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 1: And how will you know? You know, I've got to 586 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: say we we we very rarely get fuel filter failure issues. Um. 587 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 1: Of course that's my that's that's that's my part of 588 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: the country. I've come to the conclusion from reading the 589 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: forums and the different things I see mechanics talking about 590 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: that I live in a very different part of the 591 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 1: world and and and in my part of the country, 592 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 1: North Jersey is very different than the guy in Florida, California, 593 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,959 Speaker 1: Texas and et cetera. Um, But I I commend you 594 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: for thinking about it, and I think you know your 595 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: your your thoughts on worrying about it. I think you're 596 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: right there. Um, So maintain the car where you can 597 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 1: maintain the car, Steve, you know, do your do your 598 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: oil changes, do your regular maintenance poor, a bottle of 599 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: fuel system cleaner in the tank and driving thousand all right, sir, 600 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: I just yeah, I just gotta tell you real quick. 601 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: I had five of these cars, and I've been blessed 602 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: with something just great performance. I've had very little trouble 603 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: with over eighteen years of buying five of these cars, 604 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: and this one I've kept. I've kept this one of 605 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 1: tad longer than normal. And uh and I'm a big 606 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: like you just talked about with the last caller. I'm 607 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: big on maintenance. You get to the problem before it 608 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: becomes a big problem or whatever thing that nature. But uh, 609 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: I just was surprised that there was so much more 610 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: just to the you know, I'm just never I thought 611 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 1: a fuel builtering was that tiny little thing than that 612 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: was just that you changed it and that was done. 613 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 1: But I never knew, ever realized about I never kept 614 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: the card this long to ask that question about a 615 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: fuel filter. And boy, I tell you that's very anyway. 616 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: Appreciative of your answer. Thank you. You're welcome, Steve. You 617 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: take good care, and thanks for sharing with us. I'm 618 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 1: running anting of the car doctor. We're back right after this. 619 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: Welcome back. Why don't I in the car? Doctor? You 620 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: have to, you have to, you have to push that button. 621 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 1: Did you know that? So I'm just helping Tony on 622 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: both sides of the glass that I focus him. I'm 623 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 1: trying to Tony's pointing down and I'm going Tony sleeping today, 624 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 1: He's he's dreaming about the loss of Aaron Judge. What 625 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:20,959 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna do with that Aaron Judge? Now, 626 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: to him, that's a problem. Huh No, We're gonna be okay. Yeah, 627 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: we're gonna We're gonna be okay, Okay, We're we're all right. 628 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: Even though times a rest Sox fan his his team 629 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: is in first place, but my team is still doing good. 630 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: You know everybody. He's not carrying the whole team on 631 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 1: his back, and everybody else is contributing well. So we're okay, okay. 632 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: Is it is it time to move over to football? Yeah? Okay, 633 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: not yet. I'll let you know. Let's get over to 634 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 1: the phone, Sandy, Wisconsin. Oh seven Chevy of what's going 635 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 1: on here? Oh, thank you so much for taking my call. 636 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: I thought it was the clutch, but my son said 637 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 1: it's not. It's like when I shift and if I 638 00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: step on it too hard, it hesitates, and going appeal 639 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,200 Speaker 1: to it starts cutting out a little bit, and then 640 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 1: I have to shift down. And I was wondering if 641 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: there's someone thought it might be spark plug wires and 642 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: needing a tune up. Someone else told me they thought 643 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 1: it could be an oxygen sensor, any any check engine 644 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 1: light or anything coming on Sandy. No, And this is 645 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 1: what's really weird. When I was sitting in the passenger 646 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: side my son was driving, there was a little yellow 647 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 1: curved thing. It didn't say check engine light. And he said, 648 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 1: that's a check engine light. And then when I drive 649 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 1: by myself and nobody's in the passenger seat and the 650 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: seatbelt is not fastened, this is the thing never does 651 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 1: show up. And the only time it did was when 652 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 1: my son was driving and I was sitting in the 653 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: passenger seat and it was just a little rounded, a 654 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 1: little round curved yell of line. It doesn't look like 655 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 1: an engine symbol. No, it didn't. Okay, so let's start 656 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 1: at the beginning. First thing I want somebody to do 657 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 1: is scan it for codes before anybody changes any parts. 658 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: Pay somebody to do a code scan of analysis, just 659 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 1: to see is there anything in history or anything about 660 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,520 Speaker 1: to set all right. You know, sometimes when a car 661 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: is gonna get sick, sometimes when a car is gonna 662 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: break it, it may not have set the fault yet. 663 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 1: It's just like a human being. You get the sniffles 664 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 1: on Monday, but it takes till Wednesday before it becomes 665 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 1: the cold. So you know, same thing with a car. 666 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: It may not have set the fault code yet, but 667 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: it may be a pending code about to happen, and 668 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: a code skin before we start parts replacement is a 669 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,560 Speaker 1: great place to look. That's number one. Number two. I 670 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: want somebody, a mechanic preferably, to look to see if 671 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 1: this vehicle and it should have it should have a 672 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 1: rubber air intake boot, all right. It's like an accordion. 673 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: And what happens is when you go to shift. What 674 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 1: I've seen is when you go to shift, you stretch 675 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 1: the rubber. The rubber is dry now, it's twelve years old, 676 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: and it's cracked on the bottom. It's probably got a 677 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: one inch hole in it. And when you go to shift, 678 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: you and you pop the one inch hole open, it 679 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: creates a big air leak and the engine bogs out 680 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 1: if it gets bad enough. Sometimes it will turn on 681 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 1: a check engine light. Then you release and you you know, 682 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 1: drive through the next gear. It collapses, it closes off, 683 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 1: the engine runs normal, and then the process repeats every 684 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 1: time you go to shift it. So that's where I 685 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,960 Speaker 1: would start with this. I would look for codes to 686 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: see if anything is pending, anything in history, and then 687 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 1: I would also take a look at and see do 688 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: you have the possibility of a cracked air intake duct. 689 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 1: Third thing is when the problem happens. If both of 690 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 1: those don't pan out. Where's fuel Trim mentioned that to 691 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 1: your mechanic fuel Trim Tell him to watch it while 692 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: you're going through the shift pattern, and let's see what 693 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: sort of answer he comes back with. You call me 694 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 1: back five zero nine zero zero. We'll talk about it 695 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: next week. I'm run a nading the car Doctor. We're 696 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 1: back right after this. Well, well, well, welcome back. We're 697 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: on a nading the car Doctor, Anthony. Have you been 698 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 1: on a date lately? Yeah, about two weeks ago, a 699 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 1: young lady and I went to the coffee shop in 700 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: Union Square. Do you do young people still go to 701 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: the movies? There's a reason I'm asking I haven't taken 702 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: a been on a date in the movie in years really, 703 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 1: so like the drive ins out of the question. Yes, 704 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 1: I can't. I can't get you to go to the 705 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:10,120 Speaker 1: drive in with me. Now, my son was at the 706 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: drive in the other night with his girlfriend. Really yeah, 707 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: did they see the movie? Well, I'm telling you they've 708 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,759 Speaker 1: wasted a lot of money. And I don't think they 709 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 1: sat in the car. I think they were sitting on 710 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 1: the ground. What's the point in that. I have no idea. 711 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 1: I'm in. Here's here's the reason I'm asking. Coming up 712 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 1: September eight. All right, the Warwick Driving And I realized 713 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,279 Speaker 1: we're a national show, but I'm gonna get local here 714 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,160 Speaker 1: for a second. Right, the Warwick Driving. UM. This is 715 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: the proceeds go to the Warwick Valley Humane Society. It's 716 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,840 Speaker 1: sponsored by w T b Q eleven ten am up 717 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,279 Speaker 1: there in Warwick, New York. UM one of our affiliates 718 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: here and on this side of the country. Cruisers for 719 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 1: Critters UM eleven two three. I understand they can go 720 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,839 Speaker 1: eleven to five two with the Warwick Driving. Maybe we'll 721 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: go up there. All cars and bikes welcome. They're gonna 722 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: do a classic car show and things like that. Um, Tom, 723 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,359 Speaker 1: maybe we'll go up there and do the show live. 724 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: That would be kind of neat. I would I would 725 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 1: enjoy that I'm running naming the car Doctor. The mechanics 726 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:07,440 Speaker 1: aren't expensive, they're priceless. H