1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:00,920 Speaker 1: Was it a slot? 2 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 2: Nay name. 3 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: I did not slide and I have slip. 4 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 3: At no point did my buck touch slot. 5 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: You reach around and you're not touching slide. That's a 6 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: free fall. I'm falling and I see my family walking up. 7 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 4: I'm young. 8 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 5: It's not a slot, Roan Ananian. 9 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 2: I don't know if you're aware or even possibly how 10 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 2: you could know when something goes wrong, because the car 11 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:37,319 Speaker 2: keeps running, the car Doctor, if we take the vent 12 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 2: valve off, I'm coming to the house this afternoon, Brian, 13 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 2: I'll be there at five. 14 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 3: We're having pizza for dinner, all right. If we take 15 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 3: the ven here for it. If we take the ventvalve 16 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 3: off the side of the off the side of the canister, okay, 17 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 3: and go fill the car up and it works, we 18 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 3: prove that it's not the canister. 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 5: Welcome to the radio home of Ron Ananian, the Car Doctor. 20 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 5: Since nineteen ninety one, this is where car owners the 21 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:04,759 Speaker 5: world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 22 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 5: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick. 23 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 6: Up the phone and call in. 24 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 3: The garage doors are opening, but I am here to 25 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 3: take your call. At eight five five, five, six, ninety 26 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 3: nine hundred. 27 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 6: And now Pee. 28 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 5: Ronnie. 29 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 3: You know, I wonder if Johnny Carson gave Doc severance 30 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 3: in the NOD when Doc played Welcome Back from Vacation music. 31 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 3: Also because only Tom Ray, my executive producer, would do 32 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 3: something like that. And it's just it's good to be back. 33 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 3: We went away last weekend and we're back, and I'm 34 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 3: so happy to be back. Trust me, I can't even 35 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 3: talk about a vacation was so bizarre, but suffice it 36 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 3: to say that Ghostbusters I am not. And we'll leave 37 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 3: it there. Hello, and you know, I'm glad to be 38 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 3: here with you in the flesh as it were this hour, 39 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 3: talking to you about your cars and its problems. And 40 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 3: I guess I'll talk about you know, the shop this 41 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 3: week because it's coming back from vacation week. We were 42 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 3: on vacation the week before, and that that was a 43 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 3: real show you heard last week, by the way, that 44 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 3: was a fresh show, as we like to say, because 45 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 3: we always try to put shows together for all of you. 46 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 3: We don't like to run repeats. I don't think we 47 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 3: run repeats. I don't think we've run repeats once a year, 48 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 3: twice year. I don't think we do that, which I 49 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 3: give everybody a fresh show all the time. It's just 50 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 3: important to us. We want to give you guys fresh 51 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 3: information all the time. But coming back from vacation is 52 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 3: it's hairy, right. The shop gets backed up and you 53 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 3: know people are waiting for you, and the demand is 54 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 3: through the roof, as it always is anyway, but now 55 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 3: it's twice as bad. So you know, we attacked it 56 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 3: with a vengeance this week and just saw some really 57 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 3: you know, crazy stuff, and you know, some of it 58 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 3: is some of it is just predictable, and some of 59 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: it's unpredictable. The person that brought us the car from 60 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 3: the kid who's coming back from college. You know, usually 61 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 3: this time of year the cars are going away to college, right, 62 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 3: we're getting the car ready. The kid's taking the car 63 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 3: to college, you know, in sophomore, junior year and so forth. 64 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 3: But here's one. The young man had finished college. He 65 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 3: was on a five or six year college program, you know, 66 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 3: four year undergrad, two year master's thing out in West 67 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 3: coast Washington or Seattle somewhere out there, and he hadn't 68 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 3: really been able to get his jeep service properly the 69 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 3: time he was out there. He kept bouncing around form mechanics. 70 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 3: So the parents said, you know, we're going to take 71 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 3: it to run. The family's a regular customer for a 72 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 3: long long time, and you know, they brought it in 73 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 3: and it needed breaks. Was where it really started. It 74 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 3: needed some basic brake work because they were they were 75 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 3: shaking at high speed and nobody could out there, could 76 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 3: really figure it out what was going on. And you know, 77 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,119 Speaker 3: we looked at it and said, yeah, you know, front 78 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 3: rowers are warped. But the bigger issue, what everybody was missing, 79 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 3: was the bottom lower control arms. The rear bushings were gone. 80 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 3: I mean you would step on the brake and you 81 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 3: could feel the tire shift, that that kathump or that 82 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 3: clunk that you get in a parking lot or tight 83 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 3: maneuver situation, and you knew something was shifting and moving 84 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 3: in the front suspension. And sure enough it needed control 85 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 3: arms and the you know, thousand dollars worth of brakes 86 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 3: became six thousand dollars worth of front end rear shocks. 87 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 3: The right rear shock was leaking the left front wheel 88 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 3: bearing bad. It needed four wheel braks, It needed fluids, 89 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 3: it needed filters, it needed but as I said to 90 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 3: the owner. I said, Arthur, I said, if I told 91 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 3: you that the jeep needed five grand, what I said 92 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 3: to him, I said, if I told you, off the 93 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 3: top of my head, if this needs five grand, would 94 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 3: you put five grand to it? And he said yeah. 95 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 3: He said, a new vehicle is you know, forty thousand 96 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 3: dollars now to get started if you can even find one. 97 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 3: And I said, right, so, you know it's worth repairing. 98 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 3: It's only got sixty thousand miles on it. It's just 99 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 3: it happens. You know, cost to repair versus cost to 100 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 3: replace is really becoming a factor. We had another vehicle, 101 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 3: a twenty thirteen Hyundai Sonata, and we've seen it before. 102 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 3: It's a semi regular, it's fairly new to us. We've 103 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 3: seen the customer about three times now. She's the daughter 104 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 3: of a very regular customer, and she's kind of learning 105 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 3: our ways like we're learning hers. And you know, I 106 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 3: don't understand the logic of it, you know, to the 107 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 3: degree that well, it's the comments, it's the things they say. 108 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 3: Right this this thirteen Hundai came in and the repair 109 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 3: list was pretty simple. It was in my rack. It 110 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 3: was an oil change, it was the left rear tire 111 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 3: was losing air. The one of the parking light bulbs 112 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 3: was out up front, and the battery kept going dead. 113 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 3: It was actually it was actually driven in after a 114 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 3: jump start, and you know, they kept having this intermittent 115 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 3: random battery dead, no start problem. So I always attacked 116 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 3: the hard thing first. I went after the battery, no start, 117 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 3: and I got in the car and it started right up. 118 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 3: Of course, so I waited till the next morning and 119 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 3: I went out and no start. Okay, I've got a 120 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 3: dead battery. I looked at the battery. Battery had a 121 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 3: standing voltage of eleven point nine. Well, somehow the battery 122 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 3: discharged overnight. Maybe there's a draw. So I put the 123 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 3: battery on charge, walked away, came back three hours later 124 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 3: and it started okay, And I was really busy. I 125 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,840 Speaker 3: didn't have time to do everything all at once. I 126 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 3: was kind of trying to squeeze this car in because 127 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 3: it had no appointment, and you know, just trying to 128 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 3: get everybody done. Because I could see by two, I 129 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 3: could see by Tuesday we were going to be coming 130 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 3: up short. On Friday, I knew we were going to 131 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 3: make it across the finish line. But barely. And over 132 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 3: the course over the next two or three days, I 133 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 3: did some standard testing for draw and charge the battery 134 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 3: and concluded, hey, it's got a bad battery. And it 135 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 3: did the battery. I actually pulled the battery out of 136 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 3: the car and Wednesday threw it on the bench, charged it. 137 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 3: Came back to it two hours later, battery failed. Standing 138 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 3: voltage was eleven point two. It just discharged all by itself. 139 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 3: The battery had an internal failure and it was causing 140 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 3: voltage to fluctuate and go all over the place. And 141 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 3: you know, that's an important thing to remember if you've 142 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 3: ever got a vehicle where the battery randomly goes bad 143 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 3: and you can't put your finger on it, take it 144 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 3: out of the vehicle like anything else, right, I always 145 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 3: try to tell you, you know, test it on its own. 146 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 3: Will it stand on its own? Merit all right? Can 147 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 3: it do its job? And took the battery out, put 148 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 3: it on the bench, charged it, and make sure you've 149 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 3: got a good battery charger. I absolutely associated test equipment 150 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,119 Speaker 3: has I think the best battery charger equipment in the market. 151 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 3: It really does. They've got this. I think it's an 152 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 3: e SS sixty one hundred sixty one thousand. Maybe I 153 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 3: don't remember their model numbers well, but I just remember 154 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 3: it's a small, oh small profile small it would fit 155 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 3: on your kitchen counter literally as a battery charger. But 156 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 3: the nice thing about it is you hook it up 157 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 3: and it will in battery charge mode. It will set 158 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 3: and forget. It just does its own thing, and it'll 159 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 3: give you calculated reserve on the battery. It will tell 160 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 3: you how long it will be till it's charged. It 161 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 3: will show you charge rate, and it lets you know 162 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 3: when it's done, so you can just set it, forget it, 163 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 3: walk away, and when you walk up to that battery 164 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 3: the next time, it's either charged and it's good or 165 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 3: it's bad. There's there's no arguing, right and the very 166 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 3: smart tool. You know. You can find more Associated Test 167 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 3: equipment out online associated test dot com. I believe it 168 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 3: is the website. If not, we'll give it to you 169 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 3: after the break coming up. But just good stuff. So 170 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 3: I put a battery in it, and I went through 171 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 3: and I did the oil change on this twenty thirteen day, 172 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 3: and then I went after the tire leak, the slow 173 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 3: leaking tire in the left rear and I found that 174 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 3: a previously done repair, not us from another shop, A rope, 175 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 3: A rope rubber plug, a rope tire plug is the 176 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 3: way I should really say. That was used towards the 177 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 3: outer edge in No No Land, right, you know, the 178 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 3: last outer edge the shoulder of the tire, and it 179 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 3: was leaking. It was porous, and you know, there's one 180 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 3: of the reasons why we got away from rope rope 181 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 3: tire plugs, because they do get porus. And it was 182 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 3: causing the tire to lose enough air over time that 183 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 3: you know, it just it needed a tire. But the 184 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 3: problem was it needed three tires. The left rear had 185 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 3: that incorrectly done what I call I don't know if 186 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,679 Speaker 3: illegal is the right word, but incorrectly done repair done 187 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 3: on the tire unsafe is probably a better word. The 188 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 3: left front tire had wear on it, not as bad, 189 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 3: but it was down to the It was down to 190 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 3: three thirty seconds. We throw tires away at two and 191 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 3: the right rear tire was at two thirty seconds already 192 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 3: the tread bars were just about to show. The only 193 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 3: good tire on the car was the right front. So 194 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 3: I'm looking at this, I'm saying you know, here's someone 195 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 3: she's on the road all the time, she does a 196 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 3: lot of traveling, she does a lot of driving, she 197 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 3: needs four tires. Well, And this is my point. This 198 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 3: is where I want you guys to be aware of 199 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 3: what people say to me, because I want you to 200 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 3: find yourself in this, because if you find yourself saying this, 201 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 3: you've got to realize what you're saying. The comment back 202 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 3: to me was, well, I spent one thousand dollars on 203 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,959 Speaker 3: the car in the spring, five six months ago, and 204 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 3: I don't want to spend any more money on it 205 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 3: like that again this year because a set of tires 206 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 3: today with you know, four tires in an alignment is 207 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 3: eight hundred thousand bucks, right, I mean, where isn't it? 208 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:47,599 Speaker 3: You know, it's like I always say, I want to 209 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 3: be eighteen and lose thirty pounds. It's just not happening. 210 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 3: You know, you can't look at what you want versus 211 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 3: the practicality of what you must when it comes to 212 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 3: repairing a car, because you've got to be safe on 213 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 3: the road. So against my protest of I don't think 214 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 3: you should do that. You know, the car's fixed, the 215 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 3: battery works, the oil change is done, the bulb is 216 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 3: repaired in the in the front parking lamp. But the 217 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 3: vehicle is going to drive around from now till November 218 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 3: three months, until it gets to point where it's cold out, 219 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 3: and then they're going to switch over and put the 220 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:25,319 Speaker 3: winter tires on the car. Yeah, just I don't get it. 221 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 3: I you know, I often think that the people that 222 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 3: are stuck on the side of the road. And I'm 223 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 3: not condemning everybody, but I just wonder do they set 224 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 3: themselves up for failure? And it's a it's a concern, 225 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,839 Speaker 3: you know, here's a concern where if that tire plug 226 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 3: lets loose at sixty five seventy miles an hour on 227 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 3: the highway, is she going to lose control? Is she 228 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 3: going to endanger herself? More importantly, not to be selfish, 229 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 3: she gonna endanger me if I'm riding next to her. 230 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 3: So I caution you to all think when it comes 231 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 3: to auto repair as I always do. Eight five five 232 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 3: five six zero nine nine zero zero. I am ronnin 233 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 3: Eni and the car doctor. We're in house today and 234 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 3: we'ready to rock and roll, So we're gonna get back 235 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 3: to the phones right after this. Don't go away. 236 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 2: When you get keep Ron's number handy eight five five 237 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 2: five six zero nine nine zero zero for when you 238 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:27,319 Speaker 2: really need advice on your car. 239 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:28,319 Speaker 1: Here's Rob. 240 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,079 Speaker 3: Hey, let's get on over and talk to Let's go 241 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 3: to Sam in Pennsylvania three four to Escape Sam. Welcome 242 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 3: to the car doctor, sir, How can I help? 243 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:40,839 Speaker 6: Good? To talk to you again? Ros I bought this 244 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 6: used to Escape about a year ago and sit in 245 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 6: the garage last night looking just doing checking the will, 246 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 6: the whole commun routine thing, and saw a little bit 247 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 6: of red red drop on the driver's side floor. So 248 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 6: I took the little splash pan down and so all 249 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 6: that somebody had smeared some you know. 250 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 3: R TV called it vulcanizing, yeah, RTV, r. 251 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 6: TV ever, Yeah, so it's trips a little bit. I 252 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 6: don't know what I do, I, you know, take that 253 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 6: off and see what's what's really going on back there? Uh. 254 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 6: And just my question is can I just take those 255 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 6: eight bolts out and bring that out an inch and 256 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 6: put a new seal in there? Or do I have 257 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 6: to pull that drop drop everything, you know, pull the 258 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 6: pull the shaft out, drive shaft out and or the 259 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 6: CB axle out, drop that whole thing. Down and take 260 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 6: the whole whole pump out. 261 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 3: Well let's let's let's back up a second. How many 262 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 3: miles are on this car? 263 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 6: Ninety thousand, just under ninety. 264 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 3: So what kind of shapes the whole car? 265 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 6: And it's in really good shape. It's you know, very. 266 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 3: Clean, minimal amount of rust and so forth. 267 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:52,959 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, it's not bad at all. 268 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 3: So if if the worst case scenario became, hey you've 269 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 3: got to pull the trans and reseal it or rebuild it, 270 00:12:59,400 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 3: you'd do. 271 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 6: It probably, Yeah, yeah, all right, well. 272 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 3: Because you always have to think the worst. You're we're 273 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 3: talking about a twenty year old vehicle, right. 274 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 6: Right, right. I bought it for like four grand, right. 275 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,559 Speaker 3: But you know what, you can't buy anything for four grand. 276 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: You know. 277 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 3: I've got a report here on my desk somewhere that 278 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 3: says the price of an average used car now is 279 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 3: twenty grand. So you know, for four grand, you owe 280 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 3: it sixteen You beat the odds, right, Yeah? Can you 281 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 3: pull that side cover off? Yes? All right? The question, 282 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 3: you know, and if you've got the clearance, you know, 283 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 3: as long as you've got the clearance, my concern, you know, 284 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 3: I would get a picture if I don't remember exactly 285 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 3: what's under that cover. But I've seen those leaking before, 286 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 3: you know, I do recall repairing them years ago when 287 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 3: there were more of those on the road. I don't 288 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 3: believe there was any entanglement or involvement, and I believe 289 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 3: you have the clearance where it will come down, or 290 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 3: at least you can get it away far enough. The 291 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 3: question becomes, what else is there with this transmission? Is 292 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 3: that the only leak? Right? 293 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 6: I think it is. It's fairly drier than a normal 294 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 6: timings cover leaks that they get. 295 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 3: You know, my question would be why didn't the last 296 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 3: person take off the eight bolt and pull the cover down? 297 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 3: Nobody could be that lazy if it was that easy, 298 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 3: I'm suspicious. I'm suspicious by nature, right, So you know 299 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 3: my answer is, yes, I believe you can take that 300 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 3: cover down. Yes, I would also do some research and 301 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 3: just you know, verify what's under that cover, all right? 302 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 3: And yes I would just you know, do you have 303 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 3: the clearance once you attempt to do this? But if 304 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 3: you're willing to back it up with yeah, let's let's 305 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 3: repair the trends if we need to, then yeah, why not? 306 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 3: You know an r TV there's a product out there 307 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 3: from a company permittexts the right stuff. You'll see it, 308 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 3: you know, if you've got a local lotal zone autoparts, 309 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 3: get down to your local loto zone and you can 310 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 3: pick it up there. Permittext the right stuff. It's absolutely 311 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 3: the best RTV in the marketplace. We use it all 312 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 3: the time in the shop. You can, you know, just 313 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 3: clean and prep your surfaces and apply the right stuff 314 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 3: and you know, give it twenty minutes and you can 315 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 3: put it back together. Actually you would put it back 316 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 3: together and within twenty minutes. They claim you can put 317 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 3: fluids back in the vehicle, back in the unit and 318 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 3: it works. 319 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 6: You know, I'm a little bit of question. 320 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm a little bit more generous with time than that. 321 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 3: But just just show you how fast it cures. Uh, 322 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 3: you know, just but yeah, that would work autos and 323 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 3: will have it, yes, sir. 324 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 6: Your second question, uh being it says it's a MERCN car, right, 325 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 6: mercan fluid? Where am I going to get Mercon? I 326 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 6: can't find. Everyone says, don't put MORCN v in, don't 327 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 6: put this in, don't put that in. 328 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 3: Right, Well, MERK five is different than MERCN. MERCN is 329 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 3: ATF type three it'll always say ATF type three Mercon 330 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 3: all right, Okay, now that it was just for older vehicles, 331 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 3: merk Uh ATF type three actually older GM trans fluid 332 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 3: all right way back in the day. Now GM has 333 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 3: gone retroactive. There's a bolton that came out that they 334 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 3: tell you that Deck six, which is their synthetic fluid, 335 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 3: will retroactively work with all their transit. So when you're 336 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 3: at AutoZone picking up your ATF, you know your your 337 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 3: RTV RTV. I'm sorry, when you're at autos Home picking 338 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 3: up your RTV from Permatext, you'll find the trans fluid 339 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 3: there as well, and they will have Mercon. 340 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 6: Okay, because I looked online and nobody had like just 341 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 6: the straight Mercan, Like, what is going on? 342 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 3: No, because Mercan was never just a straight fluid by itself. 343 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 3: It was always ATF type three slash Mercon. They were 344 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 3: both rated the same. Okay, you know they combined it. 345 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 3: As time has gone on, they've they've played with additives 346 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 3: and they've changed fluids around because they don't have room 347 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 3: on the shelf for everything. Listen, Chrysler type for ATF 348 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 3: is Actually I'm told I've never proven this, but I 349 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 3: accept it because it's not that important to me. But 350 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 3: a Chrysler Type four ATF is merk con with a 351 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 3: foaming additive to prevent foaming. You know. That's that's the 352 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 3: stories that you get. You know, is it important? No, 353 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 3: because I'll just put I'll just put Chrysler Type four 354 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 3: on the shelf. I use enough of it that I 355 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,199 Speaker 3: can have Chrysler for Chrysler. And you know, sometimes you 356 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 3: don't want to be the science project or make somebody 357 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 3: the guinea pig. If I was stuck in the middle 358 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 3: of the desert and I absolutely couldn't find it, what 359 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 3: I put, what I put Chrysler Type four in the 360 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 3: trands to get me going. Yeah, absolutely, you know, And 361 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,199 Speaker 3: I don't think I don't think it would matter, you know, 362 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 3: I think the trans would show it if it was 363 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 3: a problem. Where I've seen the problem happen though, is 364 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 3: if you use an incorrect fluid in the Chrysler for example, 365 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 3: if you use the MERCN in the Chrysler trans or 366 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 3: something else in the Chrysler trans. I have seen shift 367 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 3: and chatter problems. So that foaming agent there has to 368 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 3: be more to it than you know, it's just an 369 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 3: anti foam agent. I think the Chrysler fluid has an 370 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 3: additive in it for Chrysler clutch packs at the time 371 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 3: of those cars when they existed. But you know you 372 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 3: can flip flop back and forth at that. I'm told 373 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 3: never done it, but you know, yeah, get out to 374 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 3: AutoZone Sam and they'll they'll be able to take care 375 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 3: of it for you. If you've got any more questions, 376 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 3: you know where to find me. Eighty five five five, 377 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 3: six ninety nine hundreds of the number. IM running any 378 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 3: in the Car Doctor and I'll be back right after this. 379 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 3: Welcome back running of the Car Doctor. Here. You know 380 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 3: we were talking before about Associated Test Equipment. It's Associated 381 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 3: Equipped dot com is the website you're looking for, and 382 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 3: it is a model sixty one hundred battery chargers, So 383 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 3: I want to think of that infool to you. That's 384 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 3: all part of it. But associatedequip dot Com And you 385 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 3: know we were talking about the or we're talking about 386 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 3: the ES sixty one hundred battery charger available from them, 387 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 3: so by all means good stuff. Take a look. Let's 388 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 3: get back to the phone. Let's go to Don in 389 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 3: Virginia six forty one fifty and some questions don Welcome 390 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 3: to the car, doctor, sir, how can I help? 391 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 4: Hey, Ron, thanks for taking the call. 392 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 3: You're welcome. 393 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 4: So I am. I'm the first owner, bought it, knew 394 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 4: this two thousand and sixty one fifty chateau. It's not 395 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 4: a conversion. It's the from the factory with captain's chairs 396 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 4: and re receipt. All the maintenance has been done. I've 397 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 4: done a lot of it myself, all changes at three 398 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 4: to five for the last you know, fifteen eighteen years. 399 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 4: I'm on like the third transmission now, so that's not 400 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 4: unusual with this. But it's a five point four engine, 401 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 4: the sixteen valve. So here's what I've got going on. 402 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 4: And I did replace the the PCM about five years 403 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 4: ago for sort of some similar things. And I just 404 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,360 Speaker 4: want to make sure I'm going down the right road. 405 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 4: About four weeks ago, I threw a PO four O 406 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 4: five code, which is the you know, exhaust gas recirculation level. Sure, right, 407 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 4: So I went in and you know, I always try 408 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 4: to use Ford parts when I can get it, because 409 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 4: I've not had great success with some of the aftermarkets. 410 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 4: Pulled the dog house and I went ahead and replaced 411 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 4: the sensor, the e GR valve and the solenoid that 412 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 4: controls it, simply because it's got two hundred and forty 413 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 4: thousand miles on it, and I was there right there 414 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 4: was a couple of hundred dollars worth of parts. I 415 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 4: also replaced the hoses that go to the orifice too, uh, 416 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 4: cleared the codes with my fox well and fine for 417 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 4: a week, and then a week later it threw the 418 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 4: code again. And then on top of that, it threw 419 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,160 Speaker 4: a P one nine one, which is a fuel rail 420 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 4: pressure sensor. Looked at the real time fuel rail pressure 421 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 4: data looks fine within specifications, and so my suspicions go 422 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,360 Speaker 4: up that hey, maybe I've got a PCM problem. Two 423 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 4: or three days later, it did finally throw a P 424 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 4: two sixty F, which is the of apparator System Monitoring 425 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 4: process or performance. And I've looked through and it says 426 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 4: the way to fix this is to replace the ECM AM. 427 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 4: I missing something. 428 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 3: Here, No, the one thing I would do. So, you know, 429 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 3: you sort of have the equivalent of you went to 430 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 3: the doctor and you've got a broken leg, a hernia, 431 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 3: and a nosebleed. You know, there's nothing common with them. 432 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 3: They're they're not attached or related, and I don't see 433 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 3: how one is triggering the other, but you know, it's 434 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 3: just that they're all attached to the same body, in 435 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 3: this case, the same engine. Well, one of the things 436 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 3: I would do regarding the four h five the EGR, 437 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 3: and I've always gotten in the habit of doing this 438 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 3: anytime I diagnose anything EGR, especially on something with almost 439 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 3: a quarter million miles, is you know, just take a 440 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 3: hand vacuum pump if that works. If not, if you've 441 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,679 Speaker 3: got a scan tool that will bite directionally control it. 442 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 3: If you open the EGR at idle, does the engine stall? 443 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 3: Does it at least start? Does it at least start 444 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:52,919 Speaker 3: to run rough? Does it? 445 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 4: Yes? 446 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,880 Speaker 3: Okay, then you know. Then the other thing you can 447 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 3: do is, if your scan tool will provide you data, 448 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 3: start looking at voltage coming off the e g R PID. 449 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 3: There's going to be a position sensor PID there, you know, 450 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 3: just take a look. Does the voltage change as you 451 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 3: if you were to manually open and close the valve, 452 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 3: proving that you know the valve is working all right? 453 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 3: You know. The second thing you could try, or the 454 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 3: second thing that comes to my mind is the PCM 455 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 3: that you replaced, was it Ford or was it aftermarket? 456 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 4: No, because the Ford is not available, so it was 457 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 4: a remanufactured. This was five years ago, and I've ordered 458 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 4: another one from a different company because I wasn't really 459 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 4: happy with the first. The service from the first one. 460 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 4: That's going to be in on Monday, So I'm going 461 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 4: to go in and throw that in and see if 462 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 4: it solves it. But you know, I checked the wiring 463 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 4: harness back through to the UH to the existing PCM. 464 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 4: There's no melted places where it you know, makes its 465 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 4: way through the through the exhaust system and up through 466 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,360 Speaker 4: the engine. So you know, I just want to make sure, 467 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 4: especially now that I've gotten two codes, both the fuel 468 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 4: rail pressure sensor and this one and then this final 469 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 4: blue screen of death, you know. 470 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 3: Right, because there's nothing Yeah, there's nothing common there. And sometimes, 471 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 3: you know, sometimes in auto repair you start reading through 472 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 3: the flow charts, and I'm not a fan of flow charts. 473 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 3: You guys know that, right I. You know, I always 474 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 3: like to think outside the box. One of my daughters 475 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 3: wrote her master's thesis on why she wanted to become 476 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 3: a psych psychologist, and she said, I'm based on my 477 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 3: father's ability that he taught me to think outside the 478 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 3: box on life. And that's kind of the way it is. 479 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 3: You got to think outside the box. It's there's no 480 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 3: car out there that's unrepairable. 481 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 4: You know. 482 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 3: What is that PC? I'm going to cost you a 483 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 3: couple of two hundred bucks. 484 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 4: Uh three fifty okay, programmed a new updates and everything. 485 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 3: Right, so you know what for three point fifty you're 486 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 3: gonna have your answer, all right, because you've done your 487 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 3: due diligence. If you can prove fuel pressure is good, 488 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,439 Speaker 3: if you can prove that, you know, you take it 489 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,640 Speaker 3: for a ride while you're you know, if you're scanning 490 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 3: it or looking at fuel pressure, and fuel pressure is 491 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 3: constant and strong, and it runs good and you never 492 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,040 Speaker 3: see it get you know crazy, all right, and you 493 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 3: can look at e g R and e GA RS 494 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 3: functioning as it is. You know what are you gonna do? 495 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 3: Wait till next week and see if it sets a 496 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 3: P zero one, seven to one or some other fault code. 497 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 3: It's it's it's telling you it's broken. 498 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 4: You know. 499 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 3: I always look at it as you know, for the 500 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,479 Speaker 3: price of the part. At that point, you've done your 501 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 3: due diligence. Don I've been backed in the corner like 502 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 3: this myself, and you just get to the point where 503 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 3: you go, Okay, you know, I'm going to spend this 504 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 3: three hundred dollars and it's either going to tell me 505 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 3: it's fixed or I'm gonna have to, you know, punt 506 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 3: and pull back and rethink this, because there's always a 507 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 3: chance you will have to do that. But I think 508 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 3: your next step would be, we're down to some very 509 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 3: extensive pin voltage testing at the PCM to verify what's 510 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 3: what's what? You know, if you if you clear all 511 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 3: the codes and take it for a ride, does everything 512 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 3: sort of come back at once? It's just it's just 513 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 3: like it's losing its mind. 514 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 4: Well, the problem is since this p two sixty f through, 515 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 4: it just runs really poorly. It's like that PCM is 516 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 4: taking a dive off the cliff, and so you get 517 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 4: what feels like missing and all that kind of thing. 518 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 6: Even though you don't want. 519 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 3: To drive it, you don't want to hurt the cats. 520 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 3: So what if what do you slide the PCM in 521 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,199 Speaker 3: that is in the cowl area? Isn't it in the 522 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 3: body mounted the way they have it? 523 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 6: No? 524 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 4: What it is? You open the hood and at the firewall, 525 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 4: it's right there. You know. You may have to move 526 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 4: some of the uh uh, you may have to move 527 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 4: some of the air ducting, but it just slides right 528 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 4: out to take out four screws. 529 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,239 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it comes out right right. So what if 530 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 3: what if you take the PCM out while the engine's 531 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 3: running and hold it in your hand and flat palm, 532 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 3: smack it. Okay, spank it like a baby, Spank it 533 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 3: like you know, spank it like the doctor spanked it 534 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 3: when you were born. Brother, Just give it up, you know? 535 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 3: Does it? Does it straighten it out? And I've done 536 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 3: that too, you know, and and you say, well that's broke. 537 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 3: You know, sometimes it's the shock, you know that the listen. 538 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 3: I have a little hammer in the shop. I haven't 539 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:58,679 Speaker 3: told this story in a million years, but I've got 540 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 3: a little two ounce bullpeen head in the shop. We 541 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 3: call it a diagnostic tool, and i haven't done it 542 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 3: in a while, because, you know, sometimes you got to 543 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,360 Speaker 3: be a little flamboyant. People expect if you're on radio, 544 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 3: you're going to be the guy that gives you a show. 545 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 3: And they'll come into the shop and I know what 546 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 3: the problem is when they get there and they tell 547 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 3: me about it. They go, yeah, h And I take 548 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 3: out the two ounce hammer. I tapped the part in 549 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 3: the car stalls. They go, wow, how did you do that? Hey? 550 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 3: You know it's the hammer. The hammer knows what's too. 551 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 3: But you just got to get a hammer like this, 552 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 3: you know. But sometimes you just got to give it 553 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 3: a tap and see what happens, because I think that's 554 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 3: going to tell you something. Also, But by all means, 555 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 3: I would I would start with the PCM at this stage, 556 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 3: because you've done all your due diligence, all right, sir? 557 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 4: Okay, The reason, the reason I've gone to this trouble 558 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 4: is that the van has no rust. It still looks 559 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 4: brand new. It's you know, inside is brand new. And 560 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 4: this is not a work van. This is a travel 561 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 4: van that we've used. And you can't buy a new one. 562 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:51,479 Speaker 4: The new ones are just totally different. 563 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:55,160 Speaker 3: You know. Well, isn't it amazing how Ford did away 564 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 3: with the Econo line series of vans? You know? 565 00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:58,439 Speaker 4: And I don't want to. 566 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,120 Speaker 3: I don't want to Chris. I don't want to Chris 567 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 3: any car company because I think they they've got their reasons. 568 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 3: I just I just don't know if they're right. But 569 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,719 Speaker 3: isn't it amazing how they did away with the Econol 570 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 3: line because they said it was too big and bulky 571 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 3: and nobody was buying it. And then they came out 572 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,719 Speaker 3: with the Transit and it's just it's just an aconno 573 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,199 Speaker 3: line on steroids, and it's just three times harder to 574 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 3: service most of it. 575 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 4: It's well the answer to that question, and I will 576 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 4: hang out. But the answer to that question is Ford 577 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 4: CEO this past week published an article about his travels 578 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 4: in eighty f one fifty lightning and what a what 579 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 4: a problem that was. Is he tried to make a trip, 580 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 4: you know, through several states. 581 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, I love that article. Yeah, I read that article. Yeah, 582 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 3: really interestingly, you wonder is anybody awake at the at 583 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 3: the helm. They're all asleep at the switch, don I 584 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 3: always enjoy our conversation, sir. Let us know what happened, 585 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 3: let us know how you fix it. Good luck to you, Yes, sir, 586 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 3: be well A five five five six zero nine nine 587 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 3: zero zero. I am ronnin Andy and the car Doctor 588 00:27:52,800 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 3: and I'll be back for you. Right after this, they 589 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,439 Speaker 3: were rolling along this hour running any of the car 590 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 3: doctor here, let's go over to let's go to Kevin 591 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 3: from mass I believe is that mass or Maine with 592 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 3: a brand new Ram pickup and see what's going on, Kevin. 593 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 3: Welcome aboard, sir, Massachusetts. Yes, sir, how can I help 594 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 3: you talk? Every welcome? 595 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: I'm in Massachusetts by the way. Okay, hey, I'm just 596 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,399 Speaker 1: picking up a Ram with the five point seven hemy 597 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: with the torque motor you had. 598 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:35,959 Speaker 3: Congratulations or nice truck, real nice truck. You're gonna enjoy it. 599 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 4: You know. 600 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,239 Speaker 3: The amazing thing about the new Chrisier is not that 601 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 3: it's amazing, but one of the things I really appreciate 602 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 3: on the new Chrisiers. My god, that's a gorgeous dashboard. 603 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 3: Isn't that the sexiest thing you've ever seen? It's the 604 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 3: clarity of the dashboard. Yeah, and all the information that's there. 605 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 3: And I will say I think Chrysler has one of 606 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 3: the best backup cameras. Do you have the backup camera option? 607 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 1: Right? 608 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 3: You've got all the bells and whistles. I'm sure you 609 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 3: know put it in reverse. Yeah, that backup camera is photographic. 610 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 3: I think it's phenomenal what they've got there. And you know, 611 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 3: just just a really nice truck. And they're selling a 612 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 3: ton of them, so you can see that the public 613 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 3: is accepting of them. And I think it's a great 614 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 3: I think it's a you know, if it's a it's 615 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 3: a GM four to or Chrysler, it's it's it's getting 616 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 3: to be a tougher and tougher call on what to 617 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 3: pick now maintenance, because I know that's why you're here, right, 618 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 3: So you know I'm going to tell you. I'm going 619 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 3: to talk to you about I won't bore you to 620 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 3: death with about Yeah, I still thinking oil changes every 621 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 3: five thousand miles on synthetic, you know. And the easiest, 622 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 3: the easiest way I can win this argument is how 623 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 3: much did you pay for the truck? Tom or Kevin? 624 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 3: I'm sorry? How much did you pay for the truck? 625 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 5: Hevin? 626 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, they weren't giving them away? 627 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 3: No, come on, your wife's not listening. Ahead. How much 628 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 3: was the truck. 629 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: About? 630 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 3: About forty okay, fifty grand. Let's call it what it is, 631 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 3: all right, because it's it was. It was forty seven 632 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 3: for the truck and three grand for your partner because 633 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 3: they're going to need something special to make them feel 634 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 3: good too. So you know, we spend fifty grand on 635 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 3: a new vehicle. Well, you know, let's let's be let's 636 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 3: be the let's follow the American plan and try and 637 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 3: do this as cheaply as possible. Not okay, oil changes 638 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 3: every five I think it's important. I really do. 639 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 6: Uh. 640 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 3: I would do the first oil change around twenty twenty 641 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 3: five hundred because I want somebody under the hood and 642 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 3: I don't know that you know is the dealer, the 643 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 3: guy is your guy, the guy it's you know where 644 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 3: you're going to go for the oil changes. I think 645 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 3: that first oil change is important because it gets a 646 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 3: lot of doubt out of the new vehicle owner's mind. 647 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 3: Is everything assembled correctly or all the bolts tight? Is 648 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 3: anything leaking? Is there anything hanging off? And you'd be 649 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 3: surprised how many times on a newer vehicle you find 650 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 3: something and you just you just you just want to 651 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 3: erase that fifty thousand dollars, Gee did I buy the 652 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 3: right thing? Doubt out of your head. So I like 653 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 3: to do that first oil change early. Plus, you know, 654 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 3: we can have the argument about breaking oil and accumulative 655 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 3: debris and everything else. So first oil change early, every 656 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 3: oil change after that five to six thousand miles. I'm 657 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 3: obviously a good quality synthetic and a good quality filter, 658 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 3: you know, is the way to go. You know, you're 659 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 3: going to rotate the tires every other oil change, okay, 660 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 3: depending upon how they wear. You know that that goes 661 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 3: without saying. Somewhere around the twenty thousand mile mark, you're 662 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 3: going to do your first set of filters, air and 663 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 3: cabin if it's so equipped, and it likely is, and 664 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 3: you know you're going to stay ahead of the fluids. 665 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 3: You know, whatever the factory says, add twenty percent to 666 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 3: it and do it that much earlier. So if they 667 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 3: say to a trans service at sixty, do it at fifty, 668 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 3: what do you care the truck was fifty grand? Yeah? 669 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: What about what about like injection cleaner, additive in the 670 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 1: tank like the very veins, or even having at fogged? 671 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 1: How often should I clean through the tank and how 672 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: often should I have it fogged? 673 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 3: I start doing fuel system cleaner around the fifteen thousand 674 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 3: mile mark. I think it's a good point to start. 675 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 3: You want to do it earlier, I wouldn't argue it, 676 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 3: and I would start to have the system fogged and cleaned. 677 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 3: You know, at that twenty thousand mile service where you're 678 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 3: doing cabins and doing it every twenty after that. I 679 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 3: think that's a good maintenance protocol to get into. Remember, 680 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 3: the tank additive is that vitamin BAT twelve and the 681 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 3: the actual fogging is a multi vitamin in a sense, 682 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 3: and it's it's a much more harder dose that if 683 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 3: you've been doing your tank additive on a regular basis, 684 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 3: and I tend to do them every oil change for people, 685 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 3: all right, if they want to get on that program, 686 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 3: I will do a tank editive every every oil change. 687 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 3: So that's every five thousand miles. You know that that 688 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 3: fogging at twenty while some will say, ah, you know, Ron, 689 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 3: it doesn't do anything that's good. It doesn't really have 690 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 3: to do anything because we've been doing it all along 691 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 3: and just maintaining it. Again, the price of the vehicle, 692 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,320 Speaker 3: all right, So what's what's a reasonable amount of maintenance 693 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 3: that I've got to do to that vehicle to keep 694 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 3: it going? All right? And you should be fine and 695 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 3: it wouldn't hurt, you know, every so often to just 696 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 3: check body and chassis, bolts and mounts and make sure 697 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 3: everything is tight. 698 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's going up pretty uh. New Hampshire oil and 699 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: a hot wax as soon as I get it. 700 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 3: Yep, yeah, absolutely absolutely so. And then get a cutter 701 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 3: of wax. Get a cut of wax on the top 702 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 3: of it too. Kevin, you know this way, you're right 703 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 3: this this way, you're covered, all right, brother, I got 704 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 3: to run them up against the clock. Enjoy your truck. 705 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 3: Send us some pictures, all right. We enjoy seeing those trucks. 706 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 3: We enjoy seeing all you guys. What you guys, right, 707 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 3: So be well and enjoy it, sir, yes, sir, take 708 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 3: good care. I'm running ending the car doctor. I'm coming 709 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:32,640 Speaker 3: back right after this. Don't go away the way. Welcome 710 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 3: back running in the card doctor. Let me point out 711 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 3: by the way eight five five five six zero nine 712 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 3: nine zero zero again eight five five five six zero 713 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 3: nine nine zero zero. Write the number down. We're looking 714 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 3: for a couple of volunteers. Anybody want to call us 715 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 3: during the week and set us up. But you know, 716 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,520 Speaker 3: we want to have some shows in the can as 717 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 3: it were, for you know, the next delaid broadcast or 718 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 3: taped broadcast. But we're looking for volunteers. If you want 719 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 3: to ask a question, and you know during the weekend's 720 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 3: not convenient, call us. We'll set up a date we'll 721 00:33:57,880 --> 00:33:59,240 Speaker 3: talk to you at night because we want to sell 722 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 3: everybody's cars and we just want to give you guys 723 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 3: fresh show. So eight five five five six zero nine 724 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:06,400 Speaker 3: to nine zero zero. 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