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Speaker 1: go and talk to Bruce Morgan, Hills, California, Oh five

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Speaker 1: Chevy Tahoe. Bruce, Welcome to the Car Doctor. How can

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Speaker 1: I help? Yeah, Hi Ron? And uh uh yeah, I

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Speaker 1: Thing do you have do you have a sunroof in

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Speaker 1: this car? Bruise? No? No, no signer? Really? Um? When

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Speaker 1: Thank gives you the idea. The plash light is a

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Speaker 1: you're welcome. Thanks veterans out there. Oh yeah, absolutely, God

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Speaker 1: friends have is a basic O B D two scan tool,

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Speaker 1: I'll take it, all right, But if if you can,

426
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,600
Speaker 1: I'd like to see somebody go through a manufacturer scan

427
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:08,200
Speaker 1: and let's just see what's there, all right. Um, obviously

428
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,760
Speaker 1: I want to talk about trans fluid condition. I'm sure

429
00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:14,960
Speaker 1: you're gonna tell me it's pink and clean, right, Um,

430
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,360
Speaker 1: you know there there are some issues there. Um, But

431
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 1: like I said, you know, short of that, why is

432
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,720
Speaker 1: that light coming on? Pressure control solonoids go bed and

433
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,120
Speaker 1: valive bodies go bed, and then other than that their

434
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,880
Speaker 1: internal issues in the trans. But I can't. I can't

435
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:34,320
Speaker 1: take you there until I know why that lights on. Um. Yeah,

436
00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,879
Speaker 1: I mean I've also seen cases where engine performance codes

437
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:42,919
Speaker 1: UM mass mass airflow sensors UM, for example, on this

438
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,080
Speaker 1: particular vehicle. You know, if I've had cases with dirty man,

439
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:47,320
Speaker 1: and I'm not telling you to go out and clean

440
00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:49,560
Speaker 1: the mass airflow censor. I'm just saying, you know, I've

441
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,200
Speaker 1: seen dirty mass airflow sensors affect the way the the

442
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,760
Speaker 1: the engine puts out power, which affects how the trans operates,

443
00:23:55,760 --> 00:24:00,560
Speaker 1: which affects trans line pressure, which affects shift point. So

444
00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,640
Speaker 1: you know it all it's all working together now. It's

445
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,280
Speaker 1: all part and parcel of the same thing, alright, So

446
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,320
Speaker 1: let's get it. Let's get it scanned and talk maybe

447
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,119
Speaker 1: next week. Has that sound okay? Well, I'll have a

448
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,439
Speaker 1: scan on my I know a guy. It's gotta snap

449
00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:17,800
Speaker 1: on scan. It's perfect, perfect, all right, So let me

450
00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,200
Speaker 1: know and we'll go for here. All right. Thank you,

451
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,320
Speaker 1: You're very welcome. Don, Thank you, and thanks for thanks

452
00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:24,120
Speaker 1: for being part of the family. Let's get a number,

453
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,040
Speaker 1: talk to Benn and Rhode Island. Volvo. Wow, a real

454
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,080
Speaker 1: car here you go. Jamn't had a Volvo question and

455
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,399
Speaker 1: I can't tell you how long. And uh, we're just

456
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,040
Speaker 1: talking about this the other day. Here's the car. How

457
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,040
Speaker 1: many miles you got on this bend? Probably a gazillion.

458
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,480
Speaker 1: It's just broken in, brother. You know, we were just

459
00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,080
Speaker 1: talking about this. I was having breakfast at the Delhi

460
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,320
Speaker 1: yesterday morning and one of the guys that tell me

461
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:47,920
Speaker 1: how he wants to sell his mother in law's car.

462
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,920
Speaker 1: It's a ninety Volvo seven forty with a B two

463
00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,720
Speaker 1: thirty f. I said, it's only got a hundred sixty

464
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,720
Speaker 1: thousand miles on it. He wants five hundred bucks for it.

465
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,159
Speaker 1: I said, dude, that thing is just broken in. You

466
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 1: have no idea. Uh um, you know, it's like so

467
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,480
Speaker 1: I'm just waiting until the odometer goes around and then

468
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,879
Speaker 1: have you know, ten thousand miles on it again? Right,

469
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,080
Speaker 1: it's a little miles vehicle again. But um, yeah, no,

470
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,320
Speaker 1: they were, they were. I'll tell you what. I got

471
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,360
Speaker 1: a lot of great Volvo stories. Man. My kids grew

472
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,119
Speaker 1: up in Volvos. They went to high school Involvos. Their tanks. Um,

473
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,280
Speaker 1: that's that's the car back then. Not not anymore. They

474
00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:27,160
Speaker 1: kind of lost it after Volvo sort of lost their way,

475
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,160
Speaker 1: um in my opinion. So but anyway, what's your question, babe?

476
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 1: What can I do for you? Uh, just yeah, I

477
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,320
Speaker 1: mean what I mean, we have I don't want to

478
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:40,520
Speaker 1: say abuse this car, but probably have lapsed, you know,

479
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:45,240
Speaker 1: some pretty serious maintenance items by you know, about about

480
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 1: a decade UM. I know that the timing belt is

481
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,760
Speaker 1: one of those. UM. And then my other question is

482
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,840
Speaker 1: going to be about UM about the air intake. UM,

483
00:25:55,880 --> 00:26:00,240
Speaker 1: A couple of a month or two ago. UM, kind

484
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,600
Speaker 1: of have low power, not very much power. I changed

485
00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 1: the air filter and UM put some barronments in the

486
00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 1: tank and that seemed to probably fix it per cent.

487
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,119
Speaker 1: It feels much better. UM. But just curious, you know,

488
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,840
Speaker 1: does it make sense you know what, I probably need

489
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,880
Speaker 1: to go in and clean everything because it's probably never

490
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:25,000
Speaker 1: been cleaned. Um. And uh, but also in terms of intake,

491
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,720
Speaker 1: would it makes sense to put a you know, performance

492
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,119
Speaker 1: intake on there to try to get a little bit

493
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 1: more power and maybe some fuel economy, or just start

494
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:37,840
Speaker 1: with cleaning things out. And I'd start with bassis cleaning

495
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,439
Speaker 1: things up. And let me ask you, this doesn't have

496
00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:46,360
Speaker 1: any oil leaks oil leaks, No, No, it's really good

497
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:48,800
Speaker 1: with oil. It's had you're gonna have you for this.

498
00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 1: I it had a coolant leak, and so I threw

499
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,520
Speaker 1: some you know, stop leaks stuff in there, and it

500
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,760
Speaker 1: seemed to work. I haven't had any issues. Uh. Every

501
00:26:58,760 --> 00:26:59,880
Speaker 1: once in a while I have to put a little

502
00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:03,200
Speaker 1: bit more. Uh where do you think where do you

503
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 1: think the cooling leak was? I don't, I have no

504
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,399
Speaker 1: I have no idea. UM, all right, you know it

505
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 1: might have been. It might have been. It might have

506
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 1: been when you do the timing belt and they take

507
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 1: the cover if they might see it down under around

508
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,840
Speaker 1: the bottom of the water pump, which which wouldn't be

509
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 1: totally uncommon, you know. UM. The reason, the reason I

510
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 1: asked about oil leaks is what was common on these

511
00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:28,120
Speaker 1: This has to be it is a forty This has

512
00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,400
Speaker 1: to be a B two thirty F engine. Also there's

513
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:34,120
Speaker 1: a little four cylinder d in line four. Um, this

514
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,800
Speaker 1: has a UM if I remember that, let me think,

515
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:38,679
Speaker 1: let me think Swedish here for a minute. Was this

516
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 1: called the flame arrest or by jumping humani Um, there's

517
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 1: a there's a PCV flame arrest or, spark control valve

518
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,480
Speaker 1: whatever they wanted to call it under the intake planeum um,

519
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:54,919
Speaker 1: which was basically a a plastic valve with UM a

520
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,200
Speaker 1: large diameter pipe and a small vacuum control source off

521
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 1: to the side. Those screens always got clogged and dirty,

522
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 1: and those those generally got replaced. That went right into

523
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 1: the crank case breather box, which sits right sticking up

524
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,399
Speaker 1: right out of the side of the block there or

525
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,600
Speaker 1: on the top of the oil pan, depending upon your perspective. UM,

526
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,959
Speaker 1: those are common to need maintenance and service. Those are

527
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: common to have to be cleaned. So I would definitely

528
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 1: take a look at that. It's it's it's sort of

529
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 1: tough to see. It's in that snake's nest of of

530
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 1: hoses underneath the throttle body, underneath the base of the

531
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 1: intake PLANEUM, but I would do that. I would also

532
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 1: be wary of that if you're getting a lot of

533
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,760
Speaker 1: oil running down out of the throttle plate down, how

534
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,640
Speaker 1: was that air filter? Was that air filter dirty? Was

535
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 1: it oil soaked? If it was, you've probably got a

536
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 1: dirty spark arrestaur or dirty um crank case van PCV,

537
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 1: whatever you wanna call it of although I had a

538
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 1: couple of different names for it. But I would make

539
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 1: sure that's clean. UM. I would also just be certain,

540
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,480
Speaker 1: you know, I like the idea of the Barryman's I

541
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,360
Speaker 1: like the idea of fuel system cleaning. Maybe do a

542
00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: fuel system cleaning at the rail if you can still

543
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 1: got the line open. I think it's a seventeen and fourteen,

544
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:06,240
Speaker 1: and they usually seized together because they're just down there forever.

545
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 1: They just never want to come apart. Make sure the

546
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,760
Speaker 1: throttle played is spotlessly clean. One of the critical things

547
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: on Volvo is like a lot of cars, but on

548
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,240
Speaker 1: Volvos it seemed to matter was make sure it's got

549
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 1: a real I'm gonna say it like this, a real

550
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,480
Speaker 1: Swedish thermostat. Thermostats engine heat made a big difference in

551
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: how these cars ran. And a good thermostat in these cars,

552
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 1: a correct thermostat, correct range really made these cars work

553
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 1: really well. Um they had, they had a propensity. They

554
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 1: loved to build up carbon top of the pistons. So

555
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 1: make sure engine temperatures where it's supposed to be. And

556
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: like I say, top end carbon cleaning is always a

557
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: good idea. Call me back, Ben, call me back when

558
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:44,960
Speaker 1: this car gets four and fifty tho miles on it,

559
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,160
Speaker 1: and uh, we'll make sure you get a badge from Volvo.

560
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,719
Speaker 1: I appreciate the call. Five zero nine zero. The car

561
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:54,440
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562
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,719
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563
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564
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 1: All of our project has opportunities. And now back to Ron.

565
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 1: Let's get over and talking to Chris and Long Island

566
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 1: two thousand four Jeep Cherokee. Chris, you're out with the

567
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,880
Speaker 1: car Doctor. How can I help? Hey? Ron, it's so great.

568
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you a long time listener. I can

569
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,760
Speaker 1: remember being probably ten or twelve years old, driving around

570
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 1: my dad d D A Bronco listening to you on

571
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 1: one of the f the AM stations out here, because

572
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 1: I'm right out of New York City. Uh, what a

573
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 1: great memory. He's not around anymore. And I just remember

574
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,920
Speaker 1: that so distinctly listening to the Car Doctor. I'll tell

575
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 1: you what Christian made my week. I'm thirty, I'm thirty

576
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 1: six now, still remember that. So I got a two

577
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 1: thousand four Jeep Grand Cherokee, hundred and sixty thousand miles,

578
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:48,040
Speaker 1: just broken in, had it since about thirty thousand. Was

579
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,640
Speaker 1: actually my dad's went to my brother now went to me.

580
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 1: Lots of parts over the years. Never had a check

581
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:58,560
Speaker 1: engine light though, so ironically enough, of course, today I'm

582
00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 1: going to get a statents spection, so New York Standing

583
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:05,080
Speaker 1: Emissions inspection, and and it flips a check engine light. Now,

584
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 1: this is the first day that it's been super cold. Um,

585
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: we were twenty six degrees this morning. So I pulled

586
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:16,080
Speaker 1: the code. It's a piezero one five five says something

587
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 1: about an O two cents there. But then I checked

588
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 1: some forums and they're talking about wiring versus an O

589
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 1: two heating element, and I'm just not sure way to go. Okay,

590
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: this is a This is a two thousand four grand Cherokee.

591
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 1: Chris Yeah four leader, Okay, P zero one fifty five

592
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 1: is two center related. It's bank to center one. It's

593
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 1: telling you there's a heat or issue. And you know

594
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 1: there's a lot of things that can be I would

595
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: tell you be careful and be weary. Just make sure

596
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 1: the fuse that powers the circuit is didn't pop, and

597
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 1: I don't think it did, because you're not saying anything

598
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: else isn't working. Usually I see more than one fault code.

599
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: When I get a blown fuse and a one fifty five,

600
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: it's usually a one thirty five and one fifty five together. Um,

601
00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,720
Speaker 1: there are some issues with resistance value across the O

602
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 1: two and I'll tell you what. Sit tight a minute, Chris,

603
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: let me pull over and take this pause. I don't

604
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 1: want to rush the answer. Stay right where you are

605
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: and let me come back. I'm run any in the

606
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 1: car doctor. We'll be back right after this. You've come

607
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 1: to the right place. If you have a car problem.

608
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 1: We're in the car doctor. Eight five five five zero

609
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 1: nine zero zero. Now back to rock. Hey, welcome back.

610
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:25,720
Speaker 1: We're on any of the car doctor. I want to

611
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: remind everybody this hour we're giving away at Diablo Sport

612
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613
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614
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: to stick around for that, Let's get on back to

615
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 1: Chris from Long Island two thousand four Cheap Cherokee. P

616
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: zero one five. Chris, you're still there, um, so listen. P.

617
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 1: Zero one fifty five is is usually an indication we

618
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 1: get past wiring and open circuits and fuses and things

619
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 1: like that. We're usually dealing with a bad oxygen censor.

620
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 1: This is gonna be bank to center one. It's the upstream.

621
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 1: Oh two, all right, and one of the easiest ways

622
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 1: to identify what sensor is. What this this if I

623
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 1: remember right, as a four sensor system, Okay, it's either

624
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,320
Speaker 1: a three or four system systems. There's a four sensor system, okay,

625
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 1: the bottom two that you can't see and they're really

626
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: in a horrible, ugly place, and the top two they're well,

627
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 1: they're not much better to get to either. But one

628
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 1: of the ways to identify which sensor is which simplest thing.

629
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,960
Speaker 1: If you can't get information, you can't get a clear

630
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 1: cut where it is. Get an O B D two

631
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: scan tool out, all right, disconnect one sensor started up?

632
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 1: Which one doesn't have reading? It'll tell you bank one

633
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 1: will be B one S two B one S one.

634
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 1: So forth. You can identify which sensor is which by

635
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 1: looking to see which one is not reporting any information.

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Speaker 1: Little tedious to do. It's gonna be you're gonna start

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Speaker 1: setting codes, so understand what you're doing. But it is

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Speaker 1: a quick and simple way. Probably what's going on here

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Speaker 1: is the heating element itself has gone bad. The heating

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Speaker 1: element on this sensor has to have a resistance value

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Speaker 1: of four to five ohms. And here's where it gets tricky.

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Speaker 1: You can put in a cheaper quality aftermarket sensor and

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Speaker 1: six ohms will cause this light to come on. Three

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Speaker 1: olms will cause this light to come on. When they

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Speaker 1: say four to five ohms, they want four to five ohms.

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Speaker 1: So you know, make sure if you're gonna yeah, use

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Speaker 1: a mo part part. And chances are if this comes

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Speaker 1: down to being a sensor, you're gonna see this light

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Speaker 1: go away and that will solve it for you because

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Speaker 1: generally this usually is you know, to centser. Fol Hey, Chris,

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Speaker 1: as well as some other fun things and uh, you

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Speaker 1: to you, and we want to thank you for sticking

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Speaker 1: around all this time, and uh you have some fun

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Speaker 1: with that and uh, you know, a good holiday season. Brother,

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Speaker 1: Stay in the line. Let Tom get your information. I'm

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