1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Ron Anian. A scan tool is a good device, but 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: it's an intermediate tool. You can use it to troubleshoot 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: most of what's going on under the hood. You can 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: Mammy the Car Doctor. You could check the in service 5 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: date of this vehicle. If it was a late model 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: year cell, by some miracle, you might still be under 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: extended warranty. 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 2: Yeah. 9 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 3: I went to the toileta place in the city and 10 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 3: they said it's not right. 11 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: So that's usually the answer. 12 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 4: Welcome to the radio home of ron Anian the Car Doctor. 13 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 4: Since nineteen ninety one, this is where car owners the 14 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 4: world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 15 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 4: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up 16 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 4: the phone and call in. 17 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: The garage doors are opening, but I am here to 18 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: take your call at eight five five five, six ninety 19 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: nine hundred and now pee running, baby, baby. I want 20 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: to talk about It's a full moon week at the shop. 21 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: You could tell it was a full moon because it 22 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: was just you know, I mean, as many crazies as 23 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: you thought you had, I had more, you know. I 24 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: think the best story from this week has to be 25 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: the woman who came in on Monday, now about quarter 26 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: to one on Monday. I don't know this woman. I've 27 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 1: never seen her before. I wasn't working on her car. 28 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: I'm not working on her car. I have no clue 29 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: who she is. What would you think if somebody came 30 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: in and you're an order repair shop and she said 31 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: do you work here? And I'm like, yeah, you know, 32 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 1: my right side says the name of the shop. The 33 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: other side says my name, ron Yep, pretty sure. I 34 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: look at my shirt, Yep, that's me. I work here. 35 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: Can I leave my suitcase here? Excuse me? 36 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 5: Well? 37 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: I live four blocks up the street and I'm going 38 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: to the airport on Wednesday, and I thought if I 39 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: left my suitcase here, I wouldn't have to walk it 40 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: all the way down the street when I go to 41 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: get on the train, I can just stop in, get 42 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: my suitcase and then go get on the train and 43 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: go to the airport. What do you say to that? 44 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: And that's that's real, that really happened this week. You know, 45 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: fifty something years in order repair and I don't think 46 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: i've ever had I'm not a hotel, this isn't a 47 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: valat service. We're here to fix your car, you know, 48 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: I don't want that responsibility. Can you see this thing 49 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: picking up fumes from the shop or something, and it 50 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 1: goes through TSA and it sets off some kind of 51 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: an alarm, and she's gonna and they're gonna ask her, 52 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: was your bag out of sight in the previous forty 53 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: eight hours? 54 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: Yeah? 55 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: I had it over at you know, disorder repair shop. 56 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: You kid me. Every FBI agent in the country will 57 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: descend on Waldock, New Jersey, like, come on, what is 58 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: this all about? It was that kind of week. Go ahead, 59 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: top that. That's the kind of week I'm coming from, 60 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: you know, sitting here talking to you today, which I 61 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 1: love to do. Would pay to see that, Tom. It was, 62 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: it was what do you say to that? And I 63 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: just sat looking at her. I have no clue, you know, 64 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: I you know, And the demon inside of me said, 65 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: you know, I she will get some black gunpowder, rub 66 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: it on the outside of the bag and let her 67 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: go through TSA. But you know, women pinned at Newark Airport, 68 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: you know, could just see the riot it would cause. 69 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: But but I just I don't know what to say 70 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: to these people. Half the time. It's please anyway. So 71 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: that was the kind of week I had. So I'm 72 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: a little I'm a little I'm a little shot, no 73 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: pun intended. I'm a little beat up this week. So 74 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: be gentle as we go through this hour of the 75 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 1: car doctor at A five five, five six nine nine 76 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: zero zero. Let's let's get the garage doors open. I've 77 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: got a great story for you a little later on 78 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: about a fifteen accurate, some how crazy it was. But 79 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: let me start here, Ralph, how can I help you, sir? 80 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: Save me? 81 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 2: Oh hi, Ron, thank you very much for taking my call. 82 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: You are welcome. 83 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 2: Fan of your Thank you, sir. Moved up here, New 84 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 2: Hampshire and I've been trying to get this car fixed 85 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 2: for about eight years. Okay, it's a twenty twelve Camray 86 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 2: it you know. I had a hesitation. When you drop 87 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 2: down from take forty or fifty miles an hour down 88 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 2: to maybe twenty, you take your foot off the gas 89 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: and as soon as you put your foot back on 90 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 2: the gas, it's nothing. It's just like how the engine 91 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 2: dies and it takes five or six seconds, maybe seven, 92 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 2: three four or anything will have and then all of 93 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: a sudden the car will take off like a rocket. 94 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 2: So I brought it back several times to Toyota. They said. 95 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 2: The first time, they just reinstalled the computer software, nothing 96 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 2: to do anything. And then one of the times I 97 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 2: got really ticked off at and I said, you know, 98 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 2: it's the fourth time you guys have looked at it 99 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 2: and it's still the same. You haven't taken out for 100 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 2: a ride. And they said, yeah, this time, they said 101 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 2: they replaced the converter. Best I can tell you something 102 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 2: to do with where the flywheel. 103 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: Is torqu convert so they put they put a that's it. 104 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 2: Okay, Okay, nothing that they've done three or four times 105 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 2: in the shop has mattered. I now have one hundred 106 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 2: and thirty thousand miles on it, and I had to 107 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 2: live with this hesitation. So so I don't know what 108 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 2: to make of it. 109 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: Well, you know, my question is is this engine or 110 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: transmission From what you're describing, it sounds transmission in nature 111 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: V six or four cylinder. 112 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 2: It's a V six, okay. 113 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: So the V six is pretty bulletproof. I mean the 114 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: other the four cylinder is not too shabby either, Ralph, 115 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: But the V six is pretty bulletproof as as far 116 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: as hesitation, the simple things. But it would be in 117 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: all gears you would think about throttle bodies. You would 118 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: think about air leaks and the intake ducked things like that. 119 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: Has anybody tried to diagnose it from let's let's you 120 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: guys hear me say this all the time. Let's prove 121 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: what's good does the engine? You know, if we looked 122 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: at fuel trim ralph. If you went to your doctor 123 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 1: and you said, Doc, I got this weird problem. When 124 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: I you know, I do this, this and this, They're 125 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: gonna run you through the steps, right, They're gonna do 126 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: heart rate, blood pressure, you know, take a blood sample, 127 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: They're gonna they're gonna look at all the things, just 128 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: trying to gather information. Has has the dealer or the 129 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: shop that's working on this try to gather information? Are 130 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: they just trying to chase the problem? It's a component, 131 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: it's this, it's that, you know, what's what's their approach? 132 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 5: Ben? 133 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 2: Well, as I say, they installed the software, then they 134 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 2: did the call converter, and the last time I did 135 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 2: it was a month ago. I had to there's a 136 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 2: thing where you flushed the transmission. I mean that's what 137 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 2: they wanted to do. But they flushed it and put 138 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: in a new filter and uh, nothing, nothing works. Any 139 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 2: difference was it. You know, it used to when we 140 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 2: here in New Hampshire, when we went down to like 141 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 2: twelve degrees or eight degrees in the morning, when I 142 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 2: started it up, it wouldn't. You put it in drive 143 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 2: and it wouldn't go on and just engine would race 144 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,679 Speaker 2: up until it warmed up and then it would be fine, 145 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 2: all right. But that's the only symptom I could point 146 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 2: to that. I mean, I just don't have any cougar. 147 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 2: Nobody else seems to have any quibi. It seemed to be. 148 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: Very It sounds like you need a transmission, Ralph. So 149 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: so well, here's why, okay, because the last piece of 150 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: the puzzle you just gave me solidified it in my 151 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: head without seeing it, without going through some other testing. 152 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: So you know, an automatic transmission is about hydraulics. Okay. 153 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: You ever watch a bucket loader or a bulldozer work, 154 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: you know, the silver pistons come out of the arms, 155 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: and that's all hydraulics. And you ever see one where 156 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: that where it's it's wet, it's leaking, it's physically wet 157 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: running down the sleeve, and that that bulldozer doesn't have 158 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: the oof, it doesn't have the hydraulic power, the rubber seals. 159 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: The seals are leaking, all right, the hydraulics. You'll actually 160 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: hear certain cars with bad transmissions, they'll have a wine 161 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: to them. I don't know if this is making any 162 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: noise yet, because like on a bulldozer or a or 163 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: a bucket loader. As the as the seal leaks, it 164 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: allows oxygen to be drawn and it aerrates the fluid 165 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: and it creates a wine or it creates a distortion 166 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: and sound of how the hydraulics are working. If you 167 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: have to sit there on cold days and allow this 168 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: vehicle to warm up, you're describing the classic, you know, 169 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: the classic hydraulic failure where a seal is leaking and 170 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: the either the either the trans is not picking up 171 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: a fluid prime or a circuit is not being charged 172 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: in terms of filled with fluid to the correct pressure level. 173 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: We're a'll actually engage and cause the trans to operate. 174 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 2: I see, does it matter to you that was that way? 175 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 2: Since today I bought it? No, it's twelve. 176 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: Or now I've seen you you ever see you ever 177 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: see new cars be bad? You know, listen, in my world, 178 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: you know what the definition of new is right, never 179 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: ever worked, you know, And I can, I can. I 180 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: can show you that a half a dozen different ways. 181 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: You know, if we had a camera in a television set, 182 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: I can't tell you the number of new parts the 183 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: new things that I get that are uh, you know 184 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 1: that never ever worked. I mean, this is the way 185 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: it is. It sure sounds like it's it's it's or 186 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: it's a seal that's out of place. 187 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:49,719 Speaker 2: Uh. 188 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: You know, it may not be aware item, it may 189 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: be something that isn't properly sealed in terms of but 190 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: it's something in the hydraulics in that transmission. If that 191 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: trans doesn't engage when it's called for the first four 192 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: or five minutes, then we've got some sort of a 193 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: hydraulic circuit, cross leak, failure, rubber seal. Something that trans 194 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: needs to come out and be torn down to inspect. 195 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: Why they haven't done it at this point, I don't know. 196 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: I know, eight years is a long time. Eight years 197 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: is a long time. 198 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 2: Bro Otherwise the car is Otherwise, the car is fine. 199 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 2: That problem of it not working and it's cold only 200 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 2: there's only a recent time for the last two years. 201 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 2: But it's been you know, honestly, I've had so many 202 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 2: people look at this thing I'm part of them and 203 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 2: tell me something and it's not actually that right. 204 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: You know, it may be now if we're at the 205 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,079 Speaker 1: end of our rope, Ralph, if you're kind of at 206 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 1: that point where you know you're not quite sure what 207 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: to do and you want to try a band aid 208 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: in a can as, I call it. Okay, all right, 209 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 1: there's there's there's a there's a company out there called 210 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: Lucas l u c a s white bottle, blue ink. 211 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 1: I think a red label on it. Somewhere. They make 212 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: some really neat transadditives. They make an anti slip additive, 213 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: and they make a seal enhancer product. All right, and 214 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: you know you got nothing to lose. The trans is 215 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: already broken in my opinion, you know. The only the 216 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: only problem is anytime I tell somebody about a band 217 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: aid and a can is you run the potential of 218 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: And I don't see why, but I always say this 219 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 1: to be cautious. Could you make it worse? 220 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 2: Yeah? 221 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 1: I guess we're you know, But then again, it's it's 222 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: to the point where you can't drive it now anyway 223 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: from the sounds of it. So what's what's the difference. 224 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 2: Well, I can, I can drive it, but it's annoying 225 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 2: as all get out right. Stuff on the gas and 226 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 2: it's nothing anywhere right. 227 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, no, I I understand one hundred percent, Ralph, 228 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: I understand one hundred percent. There's nothing, nothing more annoying 229 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: than a car that doesn't work right. But you know, 230 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: you you could, you could try some Lucas if you've 231 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: got an autozoned by you. AutoZone should carry Lucas products. 232 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: They carry just about everything else, and I'm almost certain 233 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: they have the Lucas. But you'll get out to your 234 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 1: local AutoZone. You'll find it there. You'll find it online 235 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,359 Speaker 1: at AutoZone dot com. And give that a try. 236 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 2: On the corner from me there you go, Yeah, I will. 237 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 2: I appreciate. I appreciate. That's shut your philosophy, by the way, 238 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 2: about taking good care of cars. I take good care 239 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 2: of my cars. 240 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: Oh, I understand. I understand. Now you may have to 241 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: lower the trans fluid a little bit. You know, you 242 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: don't want to overfill the trend, so be careful when 243 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 1: you add that. You may want to you know, I 244 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 1: don't know which I don't know which mechanic you want 245 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: to go to but explain to him what you want 246 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 1: to do. But you may want to draw a little 247 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: out before you add in. Uh, you know what you're 248 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,839 Speaker 1: doing there. And I don't know if in twelve that 249 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: car has a dipstick, so you've got to be careful. 250 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: It might be a little difficult. You may have to 251 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: have a shop do it. 252 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 2: So all right, but actually have a dipstick. Yeah right, 253 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 2: Thank you Ron, very very much. 254 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 1: You're very welcome, philed, good luck to you. 255 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 5: Wow. 256 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: Eight years that's crazy, that's that's I can't imagine the 257 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: frustration and trying to fix something for eight years. And 258 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: and just god, I can never retire eight five five 259 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: five six zero nine nine zero zero running any of 260 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: the car Doctor. I'll be back right after this. Don't 261 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:16,839 Speaker 1: go away where you're vehicle not taking you where you 262 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: want to go. Well call Ron. He's the expert at 263 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: making your vehicle take you where you need it. Eight 264 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. And 265 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: now back to Ron. Hey, let's get over to let's 266 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: go over to Ian and Montreal and let's see what's 267 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: going on here. Fourteen Dodge Charger Ian. Welcome to the 268 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: car Doctor. 269 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, Hi Ron, thanks for taking my call. So I've 270 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 3: had this charger since new I've got sixty thousand miles 271 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 3: on it. Last week, my dashboard lights came on for 272 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 3: the traction control on EBS. So I've got a launch 273 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 3: a flat flat scanner, a tablet style scanner, which I 274 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 3: love very much. I plugged it in and the code 275 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 3: that stuck out was see zero zero three A for 276 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 3: Alpha dash sixty two right wheel speed sensor signal compare failure. Okay, 277 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 3: So when I went into the live data and I 278 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 3: compared the left and right, the left signal was a 279 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 3: very nice speed overtime curve. The right signal was flatline, 280 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 3: no signal at all. 281 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: Gotcha. 282 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 3: So my question is this the wheel sensor that went bad? 283 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 3: I did order a replacement I have, but I haven't 284 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 3: had a chance to install it yet. And do these 285 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 3: sensors just go bad just like that? And is there 286 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 3: any way to test them? 287 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: Yes, car, Yes, yes, yes to all of it. So so, 288 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: first of all, all right, and I mentioned this on 289 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: every Chrysler ABS call I think I've I've had in 290 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: the last ten years, just because when I hear Chrysler 291 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: and ABS, it still sends shivers up my spines. We 292 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: had an six Chrysler three hundred c oh gosh, it's 293 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: got to be seven eight years ago that had sat 294 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: for a very long time and was very rusty. And 295 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: this was the generation of Chrysler where they had a 296 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: magnetic wheel speed sensor. What a genius idea this was 297 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: for ABS. And if the magnet got rusty, if the 298 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: magnet cracked, if the magnet lost its magnetic strength, it 299 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: just it just didn't work right. And it was so 300 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: difficult to diagnose. You actually needed a lampscope. And you 301 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: know a lot of time. So as long as we 302 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: are talking conventional ABS, and I believe we are, I 303 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: believe you have a tone ring, a tooth tone ring, 304 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: a physical metal toothed tone ring. This is nothing more 305 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: than a pickup coil inside of a distributor. You've got 306 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: two wires. You've got two wires coming out of the sensor. Correct, yes, okay, 307 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: And if I remember right, the right rear is going 308 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: to be dark green, light blue, dark green, dark green orange. 309 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 3: If I remember right, I don't have the color codes 310 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 3: in my head, but we'll go with that, okay. 311 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: So you know one of those is going to be positive. 312 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: One of those is going to be negative, all right, 313 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: So we could simply follow that wiring harness up underneath 314 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: the car. Where does it go? Chrysler has a very 315 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: good habit of putting the left and right rear wheel 316 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: speeds answer connectors very close to each other. 317 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 3: They are, They're right, they're going through the same hole 318 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 3: like up underneath, where I guess is bingo. 319 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: So why can't we get some jumpers, disconnect them, all right, 320 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: and make the right rear sensor feed the left channel 321 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: and the left sensor feed the right channel. 322 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 3: I actually tried that, but the connectors are different, the 323 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 3: left connectors and the right connectors are different. 324 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, right, No, you're gonna have to get some 325 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to get some jumpers and spade terminals 326 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: and get a little creative here. 327 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I can make a harness for it. 328 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: I can, right, And then at least we prove or 329 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: now I don't think. Yeah, I don't think you can 330 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: swap censors, but I have been known to swap censors. 331 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: What that will prove is that will prove that the 332 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: harness going forward is okay, and that will prove that 333 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: the controller, the ABS controller is okay. All right, Now, 334 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: if it if it stays on. If it now all 335 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: of a sudden, well, what we're expecting to see is 336 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: we're expecting to see a left rear speed sensor failure 337 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: exactly right, because that and that tells us the problem 338 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: is either the sensor or the tone ring. You can 339 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: see the tone ring right, it's just a notched ring. Look, 340 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: you've looked at it carefully. There's no brakes, the no less. 341 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 3: I had to take the brakes. I got to take 342 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 3: the brakes off for everything, and then under the hob 343 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 3: nut to be able to look inside and see the 344 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 3: tone ring. Because the tone ring is right on the 345 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 3: end of the axle. 346 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: So if you pull the sensor, can you pull the 347 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: sensor out and then take a using a light or 348 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: if you have a borescope here here's a reason to 349 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: go buy more tools and spin the axle slowly and 350 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: look at the tone ring. 351 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 3: That way, I could try that. Yeah, I've already got 352 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 3: the sensor oute and I have a brand new replacement part. 353 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 3: When I took the old one out, I measured it 354 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 3: with my own meter on the two thousand homes scale. 355 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 3: It's the only way, the only place I could get 356 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 3: a reading. And it ran about six hundred oms one 357 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 3: way and infinite omes the other way. And when the 358 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 3: when the new part came in, then again it could 359 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 3: be you know, it never ever worked when the new 360 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 3: part came in. I got the same reading them on 361 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 3: the multimeter. So I'm wondering if it's a sensor issue 362 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 3: or if I've got to now go underneath the know, 363 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 3: underneath the spare tire and check that hardness and prove 364 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 3: it back, which well, you really don't want to do, 365 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 3: but you know, you gotta do. 366 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 5: What you gotta do. 367 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: You gotta do what you gotta do, you know. The 368 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: other the other thing is find the sensor positive wire, 369 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: all right, right, and I believe on that, and you 370 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: should look at a wiring diagram. I believe pin forty three, 371 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: I want to say forty three, forty two, No, forty 372 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: two is the negative. Pin forty three is the positive 373 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 1: on that and pin four that should be the dark 374 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 1: green light blue if I remember this right, dark green 375 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: light blue. Right, yeah, that's how I recall it. The 376 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: dark green light blue should be positive. You should have 377 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 1: twelve vaults there, all right, and if you want to compare, 378 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: you should have the same thing on the left side, 379 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: right you should have the same twelve vaults, all right, 380 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 1: and that's your positive leg. And then you know if 381 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: you've got twelve vaults, yeah, you're either and you can 382 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: swap the harness. You can move your positive and negative 383 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: legs around, all right, and you can replicate the problem 384 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: on the left channel. That tells us that the right 385 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:14,679 Speaker 1: sensor is the right sensor portion down to the wheel 386 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: is bad, whether it's the tone ring or the sensor, 387 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: and now we've got to look at it. I find 388 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: doing resistance checks on abs sensors doesn't always work out. 389 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: I don't find it to be reliable, and I've resorted 390 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,199 Speaker 1: to the other testing. 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I'll talk a little bit about this 409 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen accurate MDX that we worked on this week 410 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 1: in the shop. You know, as if the woman who 411 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: wanted to leave her suitcase, the woman that I don't 412 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: know wanted to leave her suitcase for baggage pickup once 413 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: she went to the airport two days later, which is 414 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: if you cut the beginning of the show. That's what 415 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: we were talking about there about the strange things that 416 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: happened in the repair shop. We had a twenty fifteen 417 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: accurate MDX came into the shop at Ari Automotive this 418 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: week and check engine light was on and you know, 419 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,880 Speaker 1: normal diagnosis. It had a P zero four ninety seven 420 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: and a P one forty five Charlie with one forty 421 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: five C both of which point towards an evaporative emission 422 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 1: system with a flow problem that it's not seeing, you know, 423 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 1: it's it's what's basically what's happening is what those folk 424 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: codes are saying is when the purge valve opens, when 425 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 1: the vent valve shuts and they're trying to purge the canister, 426 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: they're trying to vacuum the fumes out of the canister, 427 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 1: so to speak, they're not seeing a change in state 428 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: of the fuel tank pressure sensor. They don't see it 429 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 1: drop as it's supposed to. A fuel tank pressure sensor 430 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 1: on this Acura, like a lot of vehicles, sits around 431 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: two and a half volts. It's calibrated for atmosphere, and 432 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: then when the system goes into purge, they're expecting that 433 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 1: to go into a vacuum state and the voltage would 434 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,360 Speaker 1: be pulled lower. They didn't see that, So it's set 435 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: those codes. So some diagnosis later, and you know, we 436 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: we we got out our opis scan tool and we 437 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: were able to opus. Actually makes it very easy, give 438 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: us the ability to one button test the system. They've 439 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 1: taken the factory test and made it made it better 440 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: because we were one button and we were able to close, 441 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: closed the vent, open the purge and bring up the 442 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: individual sensors that we want to watch fuel tank pressure, 443 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: fuel tank voltage, and you know purge duty cycle because 444 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 1: of the duty cycled purge event and watch the show. 445 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: And you know, first time through, I didn't see a 446 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: change in FTP vault. Yeah, it varied a little bit, 447 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: but not much. It was like it went from two 448 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: point five to three to two point five two, which 449 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: is like nothing. So, you know, some diagnosis later and 450 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: it came to the conclusion that it's a bad purge valve. 451 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 1: I said, it's the only thing it can be, and 452 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: I took it apart and I proved it. You know, 453 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: it's rare, but it happens. And in this case, the 454 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 1: purge valve was stuck shut. You know, it was funny. 455 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: You could hear the purge valve click up front of 456 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 1: the engine. You could feel the purge valve click. You 457 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: could hear the purge valve click. It did everything was 458 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: supposed to do. The only thing it didn't do was 459 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: allow engine vacuum to be passed through it to allow 460 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: vacuum to come out the other side to actually do 461 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: the purging. And I had to get out my two 462 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 1: ounce diagnostic bullpen hammer while it was going to its 463 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: purge of it and gave it a and all of 464 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: a sudden we had vacuum and went, well, look at 465 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 1: that fixed. We need to but no, we need a 466 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: purge valve. Now the concern is it's fifteen, it's a 467 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. It's nine going on ten years old. It's 468 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty thousand mile vehicle. I looked at 469 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: the response rate on the vent valve back at the canister, 470 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: and that was getting tired. So I said, you know what, 471 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: let's put two solenoids in this. Let's change the purge solenoid. 472 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 1: Let's change the vent solenoid. Accura is weird. I got 473 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: to tell you. They they call both of them almost 474 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: the same thing. I went out to AutoZone pro dot 475 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,959 Speaker 1: com and I started looking up parts, and you know, 476 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: autozones taking their description from Acura. That's the way, that's 477 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: the way it works. And they list did it as 478 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: canister vent I'm sorry, canister purge solenoid and canister purge 479 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: control solenoid. Which is which? Which one? Do? I want? 480 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,239 Speaker 1: You know? But AutoZone Pro made it easy because they 481 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 1: have pictures of everything there, and I was able to 482 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 1: line it up, and you know, they just they just 483 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: made it so that I could find the part I 484 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: was looking for. I wanted both, but there was actually 485 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:31,439 Speaker 1: there's actually a third there's a rear canister, purge solenoid, 486 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 1: whole nother animal not what I was looking for, and 487 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 1: it just threw a wrench into the work. So AutoZone 488 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 1: pro it found me the part I wanted, and I 489 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: was able to order it, put it in, and the 490 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 1: vehicle was fixed. And you know, it's it's funny where 491 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: you need those little bits and pieces of information to 492 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 1: fix a car today. You know, because of what Accura did. 493 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: Accura's description reflected over to AutoZone, and they made it 494 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,640 Speaker 1: more difficult for everybody to begin with. Sometimes the manufacturers, 495 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: I think, I question what and how and why they 496 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: do things. You know, one of the worst things in 497 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: the world to go look up from a manufacturer is 498 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 1: anything with screws, nuts and bolts, because they list everything 499 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: on an individual basis. And again you're back to looking 500 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: at pictures and you know, which piece do I need 501 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 1: and how do I need it? So you know, and 502 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: again we're AutoZone pro dot com would would really solve 503 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: the day. And as it usually does, in the end, 504 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: I was able to put this accurate back together, cleared 505 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 1: the code, ran through another test, you see, and that's 506 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: I think a critical piece to the puzzle that a 507 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: lot of people don't do. I will always run through 508 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 1: a test, and I encourage everybody else to do that. 509 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 1: I always run through a self test. It takes five minutes. 510 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,880 Speaker 1: Plug in the opus, set it up, hit the self test, 511 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: let it go through again, and you will see everything work. 512 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: Now you know, it's not a question, it's it's you 513 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: can deliver that car with confidence and say, hey, this 514 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: car is fixed. Look, here's the test result before, here's 515 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: the test result after. And listen, I'm not I didn't 516 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 1: do that. I don't I didn't think to do this, 517 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: you know, for any other reason. I noticed every time 518 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: you go to a doctor, they always test you before 519 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: they give you the pre in the post. Right, here's 520 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: what you looked like before, here's what you'll look like 521 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: now you're fixed. Said, gee, why can't we do that 522 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 1: with cars? And that's sort of the way I'm thinking 523 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 1: about it. So another one down the road, another one 524 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: for the books, but just as weird as the woman 525 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: who wanted to leave her suitcase because she was going 526 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: to the airport two days later. So anyway, A five five, five, 527 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 1: six zero nine nine zero zero. I'm running any in 528 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: the car, doctor, I'm coming back right after this. Don't 529 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: go away. 530 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 6: Just taking's welcome back, running any in the car, doctor, 531 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 6: Let's go to Let's go to Randy in Virginia O 532 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 6: four Nissan Titan. 533 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: Randy, welcome to the car doctor. How can I help? 534 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 5: Oh? Thank you? Well, what I had happen on it 535 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 5: is I squirrel mouse something eight two of the speed 536 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 5: sensor cables after the connection to the harness. And so 537 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 5: what I was wondering is can I do a crimp 538 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 5: connector in there well enough signal get through or not? 539 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 3: Do you think I. 540 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: Don't like crimp connectors anywhere in a modern day automobile, Randy, 541 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,120 Speaker 1: can you solder? Do you have enough there to solder? 542 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 5: Maybe if I peel it back a little more. 543 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: You know, if you need a connector. There are sources 544 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: for connectors. Nissan. I don't believe a lot of the 545 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: Japanese car companies for some reason don't sell connectors. And 546 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: I think Nissan's right there at the top of the list. 547 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: But there are sources out there if you just search 548 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 1: for connectors, or you may find connectors at your local AutoZone. 549 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: You could jump online and look online. Just look for 550 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: the listing because they will break it down nice and 551 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: clear and easy. Just type O before Nissan sensor is 552 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 1: tightened as your vehicle and then go look for ABS 553 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 1: sensor connector or ABS harness connector and see what comes up. 554 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 1: But if not, then you know there are other places 555 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 1: that will sell just connectors. But you don't want to 556 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,879 Speaker 1: really use a crimp connect You want to solder it 557 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 1: and heat shrink it so that it's a good weather 558 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: tight see on a good clean, clear contact, good connectivity 559 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 1: and all that, because that will affect signal size and 560 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 1: that can cause you know, you'll be the guy who 561 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: you'll sell the car and I'll end up at my 562 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 1: shop in two years. Jack got this weird ABS problem 563 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 1: where the right rear wheel locks up or something because 564 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: it's poor signal because the wiring harness is degraded to 565 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: that point. So, uh yeah, butt connects or not, you know, 566 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 1: they're not a permanent repair in my opinion. 567 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 5: All right, okay, well, thank you very much. 568 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: You're very welcome, Randy. Good luck to you. Yeah, it's important, right, 569 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: you know, it's you've got to look at the unusual 570 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,360 Speaker 1: when it when it comes to an automobile, and you can't. 571 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: You can't. You know, good practice makes better vehicles. You know, 572 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: case in point, all data this month and there, and 573 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: they're all data news. They talk about a fix for it. 574 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: Listen to this. They had a Ford transit with a 575 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,199 Speaker 1: fuel pump issue. Let me find that I had it 576 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: here somewheer here. It is a twenty sixteen Ford Transit 577 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,439 Speaker 1: went into a shop at one hundred and thirty five 578 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 1: thousand miles. The transit quit running. The owner checked the 579 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: fuses and found that the fuel pump fuse was bad, 580 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: so he replaced it. A transit ran, but fuse blew again, 581 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 1: so he had it towed back to the shop. The 582 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 1: technician replaced the fuel pump fuse again and went for 583 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 1: a test drive with spare fuses in his pocket. While 584 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: on the test drive, he noticed that the fuel filter blocked. 585 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 1: Warning message came on just before the fuel pump fuse blew. 586 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: A quick scan of all the modules revealed no codes. 587 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,679 Speaker 1: They replaced the dirty fuel filter with no luck. Then 588 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: he tested the wiring, everything was fine. Also replaced the 589 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: fuel pump, driver module and the fuel pump. Still no luck. 590 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: He called all that a tech assist and they came 591 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 1: up with a resolution that they've heard from Ford, and 592 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: listen to this right that Ford knows of the issue. 593 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: And they not only replaced the fuel filter and the 594 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: driver and the pump, but they also replaced the wiring 595 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: harness in the fuse box. Before they called Ford, Ford 596 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,959 Speaker 1: engineers told the repair shop and the dealership that they 597 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: found out a failing alternator. Now, think about that. The 598 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 1: alternator's failing and it caused the fuel pump to over 599 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: be overdriven, meaning it put out more than it was 600 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: supposed to, cause too high of a draw, and it 601 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: blew the fuse. So when you've got when you've got 602 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:24,959 Speaker 1: vehicle electronics, such as a failing alternator can create an 603 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: electrical problem for a fuel pump causing a fuse to blow. 604 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: You can't put butt connects in it just it just 605 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: doesn't work. It's just it's just not practical, all right, Uh, 606 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: you know, in this case, from all that, and they 607 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: pointed out that the technician put an alternator and a 608 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: fuse in it and good long test drive and the 609 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: engine ran fine, and the fuel pump fuse stayed intact. 610 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 1: So you've always got it, you know. And I go 611 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: back to you know, in looking at this, I go 612 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: back to the eighties. I remember General Motors had cars 613 00:29:56,280 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: where the alternators were failing the three point ones or 614 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: was it the three eighths the Barrettas. I remember this 615 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: on a lot, the Corsicas God the names of cars right, 616 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: and the alternators would go bed. They would have bad 617 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 1: diodes and the ripple effect would actually feed up the 618 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: wire right into the vehicle PCM and blow the PCM 619 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: out of the car, the main powertrain control module. So 620 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: you've always got to consider electronics when you're dealing with cars, 621 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: and you've always got to consider electrical. Where did I 622 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 1: start the hour? Right? I was talking to Bart's daughter 623 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: Taylor Visa via radio, and I said, you know what, 624 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: if you want to be a mechanic today, learn electrical, 625 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: learn electronics, understand Ohm's law, and you know, be handy 626 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,719 Speaker 1: with a vault meter and you'll you'll you'll name your 627 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: price in terms of repairing the cars of today and 628 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 1: always have a great career. Eight five five five six 629 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero. By the way, I'm sorry, 630 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: you can find more information about that at all Data 631 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 1: dot com. They've got their tech library out there for 632 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: my shops out there that want to read that story. 633 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: But it's a great story. Eight five five five six 634 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero. To repeat myself again, I'm sorry, 635 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: I'm running Nady in the Car Doctor. I'll be back 636 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:16,959 Speaker 1: right after this. Don't go away, Welcome back, run Nay 637 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: of the car Doctor. Winding it down, let me give 638 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: you one lest thought before we go away for the hour. 639 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 1: We're doing a lot of headlight bulb work in the shop. 640 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: It's it's interesting, right, and I think as the vehicle 641 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: fleet ages, we're seeing more people obviously hanging onto their vehicles. 642 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: The cars are expensive and repairs are expensive, and we're 643 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: all looking to drive longer. But I think, you know, 644 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 1: I'm in this category where, you know, the older you get, 645 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 1: it's harder to see at night and you've got vision issues. 646 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: So we did one this week. We did a we 647 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: had to do it. We had an six Toyota Highlander 648 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: Hybrid that came in and you know, Terry, she's out 649 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: there driving in the dark, and she tells me how 650 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 1: it's hard for her to see at night, and you know, 651 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 1: it's difficult. She doesn't want to go out at night 652 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: anymore because it's so hard to actually see. So we 653 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:10,719 Speaker 1: looked at the car. It had. The driver's side headlamp 654 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 1: was so badly clouded over. We were going to clean it, 655 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: but we found we couldn't and it wouldn't have paid 656 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 1: off because it was actually a blister in the plastic. 657 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 1: You could see that the headlight the headlamp housing was deformed, 658 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 1: so we had to get her a new headlamp housing. 659 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:25,959 Speaker 1: The right side was new. She had been in an 660 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,480 Speaker 1: accident last year and they changed the right side lamp, 661 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: so the right side lamp was new, the left side 662 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: lamp was new west rather so now she had two 663 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: good headlamps. But the bulbs, you know, it's bulb's age. 664 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,280 Speaker 1: Right as bulb's age they get to be they wear out. 665 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 1: Bulbs actually wear out. I should say it like that 666 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: Peak right, Peak makes a great halogen set of bulbs, 667 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 1: and in this case we use the Peak power vision 668 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,400 Speaker 1: gold bulbs. And what a difference it's like night and day. 669 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,960 Speaker 1: And then we got into the conversation and Terry asked 670 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 1: me about this. She said, you know, Ron concerned that 671 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: my three hundred and fifty dollars headlamp, because that's what 672 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 1: it was from the dealer. We put a factory headlamp 673 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 1: and it was still available, and you know, we put 674 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 1: She said, you know, is it going to happen again? 675 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 1: Is it going to get faded? Is it gonna? I 676 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 1: said it ken, I looked into it and I found 677 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 1: a company that we ordered a kit and we're gonna 678 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna try it, and it's got some great reviews. 679 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 1: Accompanied by the name of Expel x p e L 680 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 1: Expel dot com. Uh, these guys make raps for headlights. 681 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: I thought this was a great idea. Instead of doing 682 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 1: the traditional clean it and wax the headlight, Expel x 683 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 1: p e L expel dot com makes a a lens 684 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: or a plastic wrap that fits over the headlight. They 685 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: make other they make all sorts of automotive wraps. That's 686 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 1: what the companies, UH claimed. The fame is right. They 687 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: do all kinds of protective coatings and layers of protection 688 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: for the vehicle, and you know, it's it's I thought 689 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: it was a great idea. I never even thought of 690 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: that to wrap a headlamp like that. So we're gonna 691 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 1: try that out for and then, of course, obviously you 692 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:04,680 Speaker 1: know we got our power vision goal bulbs from peak 693 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: over at our local ATO zone. You can too. And 694 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: the point becomes that even the simplest things require you know, 695 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 1: attention to detail it. Details count. What does Jack Reacher 696 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,120 Speaker 1: say in an investigation? Details count well? In order to 697 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,760 Speaker 1: repair details count too, And you've got to pay attention, 698 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 1: and you've got to you know, And why didn't we 699 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,799 Speaker 1: put LEDs? I get that question a lot, and I 700 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,880 Speaker 1: know that's on your mind. You can't put LEDs in 701 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: every vehicle. Sometimes in LED bulb in a non led 702 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 1: l ed housing will actually distort the light. It doesn't 703 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 1: refract the light correctly, and it can actually be difficult 704 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:47,319 Speaker 1: to drive. I'm I'm I'm learning that lesson the hard way. 705 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: I put some LEDs in the suburban, my our suburban, 706 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:54,440 Speaker 1: and I'm not happy with them, and they're gonna come 707 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:55,959 Speaker 1: out and I'm going to switch over to the peak 708 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,359 Speaker 1: power vision halogens and you know, I'll probably get a 709 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 1: better light out of that simply because it'll refract correctly. 710 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 1: Inside the factory housing. There's actually a difference you can 711 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,720 Speaker 1: actually buy led housings LED or Haligen housings for your vehicle, 712 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: you know, depending upon what you want to run in it. 713 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,200 Speaker 1: So we learn something new every day. 714 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 2: You know. 715 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,440 Speaker 1: Not every bulb works in every vehicle, so you know, 716 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: just something to look forward to. But if you're suffering 717 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,359 Speaker 1: and you've got issues where you can't see at night, 718 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: you know what, take a look at the lamps. Do 719 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 1: they need to be clean? How old are the bulbs? 720 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 1: In Terry's case, the headlamp bulbs on the left side 721 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 1: were original, and bulbs do wear out. She's seeing the 722 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: road ahead much clearer and much brighter, and she's very happy, 723 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:39,400 Speaker 1: so you can be too. I'm run an ady in 724 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:42,440 Speaker 1: the car doctor till the next time. Good mechanics aren't expensive, 725 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:54,560 Speaker 1: they're priceless. See you