1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Ron and aians. You've got to be organized, and I 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: guess that's what I really like to be, is could 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: be organized and functional. 4 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 2: When a shop the car Doctor create another fault code, Oh, 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 2: I don't know, unplug the throttle position sensor, unplugged the 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 2: cool attempt sensor? 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: Does it set a fault code for that? Is the 8 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: computer able to be smart enough to see a problem 9 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: in another area. 10 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 3: Welcome to the radio home of Ron Ananian, the Car Doctor. 11 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 3: Since nineteen ninety one, this is where car owners the 12 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 3: world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 13 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 3: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up 14 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 3: the phone and call in the garage doors. 15 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: Are open, but I am here to take your call 16 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: at eight five five five six ninety nine hundred and 17 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: now he. 18 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 3: Running. 19 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: Hey, Hey, it's good to be here with you. This 20 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: is Father's Day weekend, isn't it. We're here celebrating all 21 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: the dads, all the all the moms that are ads, 22 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: all the dads that are dads, and everybody in between 23 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: that this is this is Father's Day, so our Father's 24 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: Day weekend, so we celebrate that with all of you 25 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: and recognize all of your efforts to you know, be 26 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: the dads, be the dads in somebody's life and maybe 27 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: help them with their car, because that's what we're all about, right. 28 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 1: We want to help you with your car and help 29 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: you keep it on the road safe and sound and 30 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: do what you have to do to get to where 31 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: you got to go and get there safely and efficiently. 32 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: So that's that's what this radio show is all about. 33 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: If you're new to us, we thank you and we 34 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: thank you for taking the time to be here with us. 35 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: You can call us at eight five five five six 36 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero. Should point that out, eight 37 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. That 38 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: phone number is twenty four to seven. You know, we're 39 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: live on the east coast of the continental United States 40 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: Saturday afternoons two to four pm. I have to start 41 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: saying that now, Continental United States. We had a call 42 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: last week from Africa. So we've had calls from the 43 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: Middle East. We've had calls from England. We haven't earned 44 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: from England in a while. We'll probably get that now, 45 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: had we had. We talked to Danny in Mexico City 46 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, and then We had John 47 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: from Africa call us last week, so you don't have 48 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: to point out where we are continental United States. Our 49 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: time zone is two to four pm East Coast time. 50 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: It's crazy, right, the car doctors car doctors worldwide. So 51 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: what a thought. It's like Wolfman Jack, right, what are 52 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: Wolfman Jack say in American graffiti? The wolf man is everywhere? 53 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: The car doctor is everywhere. Isn't it crazy? I never 54 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: thought I'd see the day. So I want to talk 55 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: to you about this twenty eleven Chevy pickup truck. We 56 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: had a twenty eleven Chevy twenty five hundred pickup come 57 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: into the shop at our Automotive last week. And you know, 58 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: we talk about taking diagnostic steps, and a lot of 59 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: the times I think it happens to me. You know, 60 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: we get overwhelmed, we get overwhelmed by, oh my gosh, 61 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: what is it that we've got to work on in 62 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: the process, and you know, you got to break it 63 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: down step by step. It's like eating a giant hero sandwich. 64 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: You got to take it one bite at a time. 65 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: It's just really that important. You can't do the whole 66 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: thing at once, and you've got to do your steps. 67 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: You've got to you've got to buy on it and 68 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: nibble on it and work your way through it. This 69 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:09,399 Speaker 1: twenty eleven Chevy pickup was a landscapers truck. Now I'm 70 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: not picking on landscapers, but they their trucks tend to 71 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: see a hard life. They really work their equipment and 72 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: you know, they try to take care of it, but 73 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: by the nature of the environment. This was the salter 74 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: for a local landscape company, so they you know, they 75 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,679 Speaker 1: always had the salt spreader on the back of this 76 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: and it was really amazing, a twenty eleven Chevy pickup 77 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: with fifty two thousand miles on it and change, and 78 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: the rockers are rusted out and the bed is rusted out, 79 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: and you know, it's it's incredible the environment that this 80 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: vehicle was operated in. So you know, you've got to 81 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: look at that because you've got to consider You can't 82 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: let it stop you, but you've got to consider environment 83 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: and condition to the vehicle whenever you're diagnosing, especially something 84 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: like this. This was an electrical draw. The battery in 85 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: this truck would go dead at random, sometime times in 86 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: a day, sometimes three days, and it'd been going on 87 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: over the course of two and a half maybe three years. Well, 88 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: the other thing I kind of wonder about landscape guys 89 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: and I get it is they will try to fix 90 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: their own stuff, and I understand why they do that. 91 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: Sometimes you know, they've got a small engine guy, and 92 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: the small engine guy maybe he's a former mechanic or something, 93 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: or they're just interested in Maybe it's I don't know 94 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: if it's about dollars as much as just time, because 95 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 1: they don't seem to have time to let their equipment 96 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: be down. It would be like a mechanic without his toolbox, 97 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: a landscaper without a plow vehicle or assaulter or a lawnmower, 98 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 1: and you know, a piece of equipment. He's not making 99 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: any money, so that's a problem. So anyway, this twenty 100 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: eleven Chevy pickup came in and it had over the 101 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: course of the previous two and a half three years, 102 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 1: they had done two alternators, three batteries. They weren't getting anywhere, 103 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: and they would still come up with a dead battery 104 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: at random. They had to bring it somewhere. Bingo, it 105 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: showed up on my doorstep. You know what's the first 106 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: thing you do? Well, I charge the battery number one 107 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: and you know, that's really important because you're looking for 108 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: a stable battery. You know, it's like that scene in 109 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,919 Speaker 1: the movie mash where the was it the army general 110 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: or the colonel shows up and he's yelling at Hawkkey 111 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: about Wednesday, canna operate on his patient. And they start 112 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: playing poker, And after about an hour of playing poker, 113 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: Hawkeye turns to him and he says something along the 114 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: lines of, you know, now the patient stable. He came 115 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: in and his blood pressure was down, and his heart 116 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 1: volume was down, and his blood was done. We've given 117 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: him blood and we've stabilized him. You got to do 118 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: the same thing. You gotta do the same thing to 119 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: a vehicle. I charged the battery. I had it sitting 120 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: in the bay. I watched it to see if anything 121 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: weird was going to happen. Turn on, turn off. I 122 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: had my thermal imager out. It was a thermal imager camera, 123 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 1: just to see if anything electrically is being activated. Sometimes 124 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: I'll just take a snapshot to see if anything's awake. 125 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: And it wasn't. But I hooked up to the battery 126 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: charger and let it sit for an hour in charge. 127 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: You know, battery charging is a conversation. We've got to 128 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: have We use an associated battery charger that is from 129 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,799 Speaker 1: folks over at Associated Test Equipment that is computer controlled. 130 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: And it's the days of just hook up a battery 131 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: charger and turn the knob or over. You know, it's 132 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: it's just not like that anymore. And when it comes 133 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 1: to batteries, and the nice thing about the equipment from 134 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 1: Associated Test Equipment is you will hook up the battery 135 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: charger to it and it will look at internal resistance capacity, 136 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 1: it'll look at the battery. It'll say, hey, how good 137 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: of a battery is this, and how do we want 138 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: to charge it? And it sets that charge rate all 139 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,119 Speaker 1: on its own, which is great if you're a shop 140 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: and you're in the market for a battery charger, if 141 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: you're you know, if you're a do it yourself when 142 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: you're looking for a battery charger and you want a 143 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: good one, go look at the stuff from Associated Test Equipment. 144 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: It's it's really world worth the investment. So we charge 145 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: the battery and after an hour and a half, maybe 146 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: a little bit longer, the battery ran one hundred percent 147 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 1: and I knew that the vehicle was now ready for testing. 148 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: So my next step is to I have a draw. 149 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: I've got to verify the customer complaint. I hook up 150 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: my digital vaultometer. I put it in millia mode, meaning 151 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: I'm going to read for current draw. Now we can 152 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: have the conversation about volts and current. We just want 153 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: to Let's let's talk about water hoses. Right, you've got 154 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: a garden hose attached to your house. You've got to 155 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: fluss it off the pressure water pressure at that hose, 156 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: city water pressure on average. Let's let's let's let's make 157 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: it one hundred pounds, okay, not well water, city water 158 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: one hundred pounds. So you've always got one hundred pounds 159 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: of water pressure there, but you've got no flow. You 160 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: don't have flow till you open the valve and then 161 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: flow is measured in gallons. How many gallons per minute 162 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: under one hundred pounds of pressure will water flow? Okay? 163 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: So if pressure is voltage, water flow or volume is 164 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: current electrical current. So that battery is always going to 165 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: have a standing voltage of about twelve and a half vaults, right, 166 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: or it should a good battery. So it's always got 167 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: pressure there, But does it have flow? Well, if you 168 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: turn the key off, put it in your pocket, lock 169 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: the car up, and walk away. There should be minimal 170 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: flow because in a car, unlike a garden hose, we 171 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: always expect some sort of electrical flow of current or 172 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: volume of electrical energy because of the computers involved. Do 173 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,839 Speaker 1: a draw test on a seventy two Monte Carlo, you're 174 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: gonna see zero. Do a draw test on a twenty 175 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: twenty two Chevrolet something you're gonna see. You're gonna see flow. 176 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: So there's twenty eleven Chevy pickup. After I let it 177 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: bleed down, and you know, you'll see the tests go through, 178 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 1: and when you first took up your meter, you'll see it. 179 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: I saw it. I always set my meter in min 180 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: max mode. And the reason I do that. Look at 181 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: your meter. There's always a button there for there's usually 182 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: a button there for min max. It's minimum reading maximum reading. 183 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: That puts the meter into record mode. And most meters, 184 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: when they go into record mode, will not power down. 185 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: The mistake a lot of people make, and I say 186 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: this on a cautionary basis, is that you will put 187 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: not put it into minmax mode and then after twenty 188 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: minutes the meter powers off. Then you go and you 189 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: power the meter back up again, and what happens The 190 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: draw starts all over again in some cases, So you 191 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: want to put it in minmax mode when you think 192 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: you're going for a long draw test and you're doing 193 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: a diagnostic. So I put it in minmax mode. It 194 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: started out at about twelve hundred and fifty milliams, or 195 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: we can call them widgets. It started out at twelve 196 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty widgets, and I waited, I need to 197 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: see the industry says that fifty widgets fifty milliams is 198 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: the accepted minimum amount of electrical current flow out of 199 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: a vehicle battery. And I waited, and ter twenty twenty 200 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: five minutes, it had stabilized around between one hundred and 201 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: ninety seven millionams down to ninety millionams. It never went below. 202 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: I left it min MAXI mode. I walked away for 203 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: two hours. I came back two hours later, and it 204 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: was still drawing, and it was fluctuating up and down 205 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: between that ninety and one hundred and seventy milliams one 206 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: hundred ninety seven milliams. The problem is, and here's the catch, right, 207 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: what did I say this was? This was a landscape truck. 208 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: It had assalter that was put on. It had all 209 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: sorts of you know, it had dome lights, it had 210 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: a plow on it. And the problem is when you 211 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: start to put add on accessories onto a vehicle, it changes. 212 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,599 Speaker 1: It doesn't change the diagnostic approach, but you've got to 213 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: take some of the other factors into consideration because it 214 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: changes how you're going to do certain things. You know, 215 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: I still went through my steps, but I approached it 216 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: with a little bit of a different angle to it. 217 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,079 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what. Sit tight. Let me pull over, 218 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: take this pause. When I come back, I'll tell you 219 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: what that approach was, and I'll tell you how we 220 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: got to the conclusion of it. I'm running any in 221 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: the car, doctor, I'm here at eight five five five 222 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: six zero nine nine zero zero. By the way, if 223 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: you need me during the week now, I may turn 224 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: around and say, hey, I want you to I want 225 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 1: you to call in, but you can always email me 226 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: Ron at Cardoctorshow dot com, Ron at Cardoctorshow dot com. 227 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: But don't be surprised and include your phone number. We 228 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: really would like your phone number. Don't be surprised if 229 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: Tom calls you up and says, hey, we want you 230 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: on the show because if your question justifies it, and 231 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: all questions justify it in my mind. But I think 232 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: some play better on radio. We'll we'll call you up 233 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: and put you on the air so everybody can hear 234 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: your solutions. So anyway, I'm Ron an any in the 235 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,559 Speaker 1: Car Doctor. I'll be back right after this. Don't go away. 236 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: I don't see. 237 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 3: Where you're going. 238 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: Vehicle not taking you where you want to go. Well 239 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,839 Speaker 1: call Ron. He's the expert at making your vehicle take 240 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: you where you need it. Eight five five five six 241 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 1: zero nine nine zero zero. And now back to Ron. 242 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: We are back. Welcome back ground the car doctorate your service. 243 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: So we're talking about this twenty eleven Chevy pickup, right 244 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: and the electrical draw Well, you know, first steps are first, 245 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: all right, Even though it's a landscape truck, like I 246 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: said before the pause, and you know it had all 247 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: these electrical accessory add ons and so on, you still 248 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: go through the basics. One at a time. You start, 249 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 1: and I always start under the hood, pull fuses out 250 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: one at a time. Well, actually that's that's not true. 251 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: I will take my thermal imager and I will not 252 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 1: everybody has a thermal imager, but they're cheap enough. Now, 253 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: they're not super duper expensive. But I will take my 254 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: thermal imager and I will shoot to look to see 255 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: as anything out of the ordinary. Is anything hot? Is 256 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: anything warm? Is there a fuse showing circuitry that it's 257 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: warm after the vehicle is powered down? And nothing did? So, 258 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: you know, do I have a circuit from the under 259 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: the hood leading into inside the cabin? One at a time, 260 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: I pull fuse, give it ten seconds, look for change 261 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: on my meter, and put the fuse back in. And 262 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: it's painstaking, it's difficult. You know. On some vehicles now 263 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: there is a voltage drop test you can do across 264 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: the fuse. That's a different conversation. Not on this vehicle. 265 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,319 Speaker 1: This vehicle was older, and basically I went through the 266 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: underhead fuse box and found nothing, so there was no 267 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: issue there. I then jumped ahead of myself just because 268 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: it gnawed at me that they had changed two alternators 269 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: in this truck, three counting the one that was in there, 270 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,079 Speaker 1: and it never solved the problem. And I said, what 271 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: if they originally had a bad alternator and then they 272 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: changed out and put a poor quality part in? Because 273 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: I recognized the brand, and I wasn't thrilled with it. 274 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: Not a great name as far as I'm concerned. And 275 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: I disconnected the alternator and it made no change, So 276 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: I eliminated that alternators off the table. I then went 277 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: into the passenger compartment and one by one went through 278 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: the you know, passenger compartment, fuse block, no change, And 279 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: then I started looking at the add on accessories under 280 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 1: the right side of the dash. They had this component 281 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 1: that controlled the salter, which they told me they no 282 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: longer use. I disconnected that, no change, and I started 283 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: to unplug their ad on accessories one at a time 284 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: because I looked to try and pull fuses for their 285 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: add on accessories. But you know, the wiring was it 286 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: would be like going into your house and trying to 287 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: straighten out all the pipes behind the walls after the 288 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: plumber did it. Because if you ever take a wall 289 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: down and look at how the plumbing went, sometimes the 290 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: plumbing goes, you know, there's two right angles to go 291 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: straight sometimes so to speak, because nobody sees it, so 292 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: they do what they have to do to just make 293 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: it work. Well, that's kind of how this truck was wired. 294 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: They just did what they had to do to make 295 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: it work, make it wired, and it didn't matter, you 296 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: know at that stage, so I didn't want to start 297 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: unraveling the wiring harness. It was like spaghetti's. I went 298 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: component by component and unplugged it there and you know, 299 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: just looking to see if that would make my change. 300 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: It did not. I looked back at the under dash 301 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: fuse box and I noticed in the top right corner 302 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: there was a three wire connector in the pin three 303 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: connector position that the wiring diagram referenced, and coming off 304 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: the red right red white wire was with with with 305 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: electrical tape. That's how they spliced it together, which I 306 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: kind of looked at one at yesh. They had a 307 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: hot lead or what appeared to be a hot lead 308 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: that disappeared up under the dash. You know, you stand 309 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: there with you know, looking at the meter, and you've 310 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: got your dykes out, and you go, well, what if 311 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: I cut that wire? What will happen? Snip? The draw 312 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: goes away? Aha, I'm onto something. You know, you always 313 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: go with add on accessories, right, You always start to 314 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: wonder after you go through the factory, because the factory 315 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: stuff is pretty good, you know, when you get to 316 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: a certain point, your gut tells you, Hey, the factory 317 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: stuff is pretty good. Let's go for add on accessories. 318 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: Something's wired wrong or something in the aftermarket accessory foundation 319 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: has changed, and let's see what it is. So that 320 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: made my drug away. 321 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 4: Now. 322 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: I called them up, I explained what I found, and 323 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: they couldn't give me an answer. At first. 324 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 4: They didn't know. 325 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: I said, you know, I know it's not plow, I 326 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: know it's not the add on lights. I know it's 327 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: not the salter. What else do you have on this truck? 328 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: They couldn't tell me, So I put everything back together, 329 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: put all When they showed up, when we were all 330 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: said and done, they said, well, you know, we know 331 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: what that is. We added a GPS to this truck 332 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: two years ago, and that's right around the time the 333 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: problem started. So there was something wrong with the add 334 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: on GPS that is causing that vehicle to be in 335 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: active mode all the time. Interestingly, they've got a fleet 336 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: of about thirty one vehicles. They used the same brand 337 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: GPS in every vehicle. This is the only one with 338 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: a problem. So evidently they got a bad one from 339 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: the GPS supplier, and you know that created the issue. 340 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: It just took a while for them to get to 341 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 1: the point of Okay, let's let somebody look at it. 342 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 1: But I guess the point for you is, you know what, 343 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,679 Speaker 1: I don't care how big the giant is. You know 344 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: what be Jack the giant killer. There's always a way 345 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: to slay it. Just follow your diagnostic routine, follow your 346 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 1: diagnostic steps, stop looking for what's bad, Tell me what's good, 347 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: and you'll figure out what's bad. That's what I did here. 348 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: I knew it wasn't this, and I knew it wasn't that. 349 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: I was running out of things, and it kind of 350 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: narrowed down and pointed me towards well, I know what 351 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 1: it's not. Where does that red white, Where does that 352 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: red wire go off the red white and connect their 353 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: number three in the underhood in the underdash hues box. 354 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: And that's what led me to that conclusion. So fix 355 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: down the road the wire snip, they'll get another GPS, 356 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 1: we'll rewire it correctly and get me a wiring diagram 357 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: for how it should be wired, and then I can 358 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: fix it the rest of the way. So if I 359 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 1: can do it, you can do it. It's not that hard, 360 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 1: step by step. I'm Ron an eighty in the Car Doctor. 361 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: I'm here at eight five five five six zero nine 362 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: nine zero zero. I just want to let you know 363 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 1: I'll be back right after this. 364 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 4: Don't go wait. 365 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: Welcome back, Ron named the Car Doctor. Thanks for sticking 366 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: with us this hour. Let's dive into the email bag. Hey, Ron, 367 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,199 Speaker 1: it's interesting. This comes to us from Bob brannan longtime listener. 368 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: Ron I thought it was interesting. Ford seems to have 369 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: backtracked on their threat to delete AM radios out of 370 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: their cars see below. Ford in reverse gear over AM 371 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: radio removal after Congress threatens action in the wake of 372 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 1: a potential congressional mandate. The article points out one automaker's 373 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: reversing course and adding the RADO AM radio dial back 374 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: to its dashboards. Ford Motor Company announced through the announced 375 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: the move through its CEO, Jim Farley. I can't read today. 376 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 1: What's wrong with me? CEO Jim Farley in a tweet 377 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: yesterday in which he acknowledged the airing of a bill 378 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: in the US Senate last week that would require AM 379 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 1: radios be included in all automobiles sold in America. The 380 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 1: proposed law would mandate AM radios due to the vital 381 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: role that the frequency band has in the Federal Emergency 382 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 1: Management Agency's National Public Warning System, which broadcasts alerts via 383 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 1: AM radio. Which is true, right, AM radio, That is 384 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: the you know, the emergency broadcast system. How do you 385 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 1: eliminate that? And I've spoken with Tom about this, and 386 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: you know, Tom will very easily tell you, he'll explain 387 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 1: it to you, the technical side of it, that you 388 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: can't really move the emergency broadcast system to a different 389 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: radio band, so you know, AM has to exist, Senator ed. 390 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 1: The article goes on to discuss introduce the AM radio 391 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: for every Vehicle. Act has been rallying against plans by 392 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: eight automakers to eliminate AM radios from their vehicles since 393 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: earlier this year when he said that BMW, Ford Mos, 394 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: the Pollstar Rivan Tesla Volkswagen Involvo responded to the letters 395 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: confirming their intention. Broadcast AM radio is an essential part 396 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: of our emergency alert infrastructure. But the responses to my 397 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: letters show that far too many automakers are ignoring the 398 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: critical safety benefits of AM radio. The problem is that 399 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: their argument is that EV radios, I'm sorry, AM radios 400 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 1: in EV vehicles electric vehicles is a problem, and it 401 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: affects the operation of the EV and it also affects 402 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: the reception of the AM radio. So there's a problem there, 403 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 1: and they're just trying to eliminate the problem by saying, Hey, 404 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 1: we don't need am radio anymore. Guess what not going 405 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: to work? You know again, things go more complicated every 406 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: time we try and change something that it just doesn't 407 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 1: really flow. Like that piece of email. This comes to 408 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: us from ad. That's all I've got here. I've got 409 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: no name, Ron and any and been listening to your 410 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: radio show in that podcast for twenty years. First time 411 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: I need your help. Have been a small engine diesel 412 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: and auto mechanic all my life, off and on. Been 413 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,919 Speaker 1: out of mechanic for twenty years. The problem two thousand 414 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 1: and eight, Ford explore four oh engine Ford leader wondering 415 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,159 Speaker 1: what you think any freeze coming from the tailpipe. Is 416 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 1: it a cracked head or cracked block. I'm leaning towards 417 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: a cracked head, as there was no anti freeze in 418 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: the oil pen. Given the cost of working on this motor, 419 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: would it be better to replace the motor or fix it? Listen, 420 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: let's let's do the most economical thing first. I mean 421 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: we can try and diagnose it. I agree with your assessment. 422 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: If there's no coolant in the oil, but there's you know, 423 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 1: there's coolant coming out of the tailpipe. Yeah, it could 424 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: be a cracked head, but it would have to be 425 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: internal into the combustion chambers somehow, or just into the 426 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: exhaust port and traveling out that way. 427 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 4: You know what. 428 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 1: We don't want to see coolant coming out that way regardless. 429 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 1: But yeah, it's possible, but I think it's slim. I'm 430 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: thinking more along the lines of a head gasket or 431 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,919 Speaker 1: something internal in the block. But let's try this, all right, 432 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: because you wouldn't know unless you ran some testing or 433 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: tear down to inspect that type of thing. K sal 434 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 1: ultimate you hear me talk about it all the time, 435 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 1: but it has to be kcal ultimate. Kcal ultimate is 436 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: like k seal on steroids. All right. If we've got 437 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: a crack and a head or a block, or a 438 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: larger than normal coolant leak or seat problem, kcal ultimate's 439 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: the ticket. It will help seal the crack in the block. 440 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: I forget the measurement, but they give you a number 441 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: up to a thirty seconds of a inch crack. You 442 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: can look on the bottle. You can look on their 443 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: website kcal dot com for the exact numbers. But it's 444 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: worth a try, all right, because yes, short of that, 445 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 1: a two thousand and eight explorer with a four to 446 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: zho if this is the sock motor with the timing 447 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 1: chain cartridges, you know, and how many miles are on 448 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,440 Speaker 1: it one hundred and fifty two hundred thousand, which would 449 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: not be unusual for what is probably a fifteen well 450 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: it is a fifteen year old vehicle, you know, and 451 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 1: to put an engine in one of those is easily 452 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: A new engine out of Ford at Ford still makes 453 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: it as easily six to eight grand, regardless of what 454 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: part of the country you're living in. So case ultimate 455 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: is under one hundred bucks, it's worth a shot. And 456 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,919 Speaker 1: then at that point, you know, you've got to consider 457 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: before you do the engine, what sort of shape is 458 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: the rest of the vehicle in, because the transmissions in 459 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: those are prone to failure as well. You know, if 460 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 1: the vehicle is spotless, well you know the drill, it's 461 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 1: a vehicle is spotless. If it's in very good shape, 462 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: then you know, maybe you just you know, you do 463 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: an engine and while it's out you do, you do 464 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: a trend, take care of the drive train now and 465 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: you're done. One thing I want to point out is 466 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 1: a lot of these vehicles that are now more than 467 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: eight years old, we're seeing parts issues. I've got more 468 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: than a few fifteen year old Explorers, for example, that 469 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: has some wiring issues and some throttle body issues and 470 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: drive by wire problems and some other things going on. 471 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: Can't get parts for it is really making it difficult. 472 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 1: For whatever reason, they're just not holding parts like they 473 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 1: once were. I've got a fourteen fourteen Ford Escape fourteen 474 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: Ford Escape for a customer. We're trying to get a 475 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: set of original struts and coil springs because we're finding 476 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 1: some of theftermarket stuff rides too hard. But we're looking 477 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: for oe struts and springs, can't get them. You know, 478 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: it's a problem, So just be aware before you spend 479 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: big money on something that old. Is it? 480 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 3: You know? 481 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,439 Speaker 1: Is it is it justifiable? Are you going to get 482 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: your money's worth out of it? 483 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 4: You know? 484 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: And we're not talking about listen, I still remember the 485 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: day when you know, we would have problems on Ford 486 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: Crown vix. I remember when Ford Crown vics. You know, 487 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: they got up into the eight ten year range. You 488 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,640 Speaker 1: couldn't get door lock cylinders, which I thought was ridiculous, 489 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 1: you know, cause you had to lock the car. You 490 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 1: couldn't get door lock cylinders anymore. And then they brought 491 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: it back. In order to get a singular lock cylinder, 492 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: you had to buy the set, so you had to 493 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: buy the two doors, the trunk and the ignition. You 494 00:24:58,080 --> 00:24:59,719 Speaker 1: had to buy a complete set of locks, and it 495 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: was five hundred dollars and nobody wanted to do that. 496 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: And then in time they did away with that part 497 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: number and it just became a Misha goas as Mom 498 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 1: would say. So just just be aware older vehicle parts 499 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,160 Speaker 1: are getting tough to get. Hey, Ron, afternoon, there's another 500 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: one out of the email bag. I've got a No. 501 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,360 Speaker 1: Five suburban that will only take fuel at a very 502 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 1: slow rate. Could I have a bad fuel pressure sensor? 503 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: Thanks Ed? 504 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 4: Ed. 505 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,959 Speaker 1: I don't think you've got a fuel pressure sensor problem. 506 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: I think you've got a vent problem. My first question 507 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: would be how much does this vehicle sit? You know, 508 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: is there a problem with the vent? Think of it 509 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 1: like this, if you you know, put a hole in 510 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: the top of a soda can and try to pour 511 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 1: water into that empty can. You know you couldn't do 512 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: it right. You'd have to open up a hole on 513 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 1: the other side of the can. If you had two 514 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: holes and you put your finger over the one hole 515 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 1: while you're pouring, water would back up as it goes 516 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 1: into the one hole. It has to be a way 517 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: for pressure to come out of the can and go 518 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: up out the vent or up out the other hole. Well, 519 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: a gas tank operates on the same idea. You're putting 520 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: fuel in through the fuel filler neck and in the 521 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 1: system tied into the tank, there's a charcoal canister which 522 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 1: takes pressure from the tank or fumes from the tank, 523 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: if you will, and as you put fuel in, it 524 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: pushes fumes towards the canister, which capture it. But there's 525 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 1: a vent there. If that vent, which is normally open, 526 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: has a defect where it's stuck shut, although if it 527 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: was stuck shut, you would likely get a check engine 528 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: light or an the evaporative emission system fault. So I 529 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: don't believe you've got that, but you could have. You 530 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: could have a spider web, you could have some kind 531 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: of a restriction, and it's amazing how much of a 532 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 1: restriction A little spider web can create when you least 533 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: expect it. So you know, let's go through and do 534 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,159 Speaker 1: some diagnostics. Maybe pull the vent in line off coming 535 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: out of the tank, going to the canister and try 536 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,119 Speaker 1: filling it up. Then does the problem go away? At 537 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: least you know the problem is on the canister event 538 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: side versus in the tank. It could be a bad tank, 539 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: not as common on a GM product. We don't see 540 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: a lot of bad tanks. It could be, and the 541 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 1: problem could be right in the neck, all right, The 542 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: problem could be in the neck itself, but you know, 543 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: you've got to go through some diagnostics. But a bad 544 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: fuel pressure sensor FTP or fuel tank pressure sensor measures 545 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: tank pressure and just reports that back to the PCM 546 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,399 Speaker 1: of the powertrain control module so it can run some 547 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: of its testing and evaporative emission control functions. But you 548 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: gotta have a bad sensor. It's not going to affect 549 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 1: how well or how fast that vehicle fills up with fuel. 550 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: Got it good? You got any questions? Give me a 551 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,120 Speaker 1: call eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. 552 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 1: I'm running anding in the car. Doctor. I'll be back 553 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: right after this. Hey, welcome back, running in the car 554 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: doctor rolling along this hour. Just he's in the news. Recently, 555 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: Ford's CEO we're going to move to fixed prices. The 556 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: announcement game as part of Capital Markets Day, the first 557 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: in person conference for investors forts held since twenty sixteen. 558 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: The story goes on to say reports differ exactly on 559 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,719 Speaker 1: what CEO Farley said. The Associated Press reports that the 560 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: CEO said Ford will go to non negotiated vehicle prices, 561 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,880 Speaker 1: but the Detroit Free Press says non negotiated prices will 562 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 1: be part of improving the customer experience for electric vehicle shoppers, 563 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 1: suggesting that the policy may only apply to evs. It's 564 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: not the first time Ford suggested this. Farley has suggested 565 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 1: the move. CEO Farley has existed suggested the move last summary. 566 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: He suggested that Ford moved to a Tesla like model 567 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 1: of selling cars only online for fixed prices and using 568 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: dealerships as a local distribution and service center. If I 569 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: was a Ford dealer, I'd be happy, you know, I 570 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't think negotiated prices well, it'd be nice, 571 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: but you know, listen, Saturn did it, and you can 572 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: see what that got them. Remember Saturn, They've been what 573 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: obsolete fifteen years now, So just another great idea that 574 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: kind of went down the drain. So I don't know 575 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 1: if I agree with the negotiating prices. I don't think 576 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: buying a car is strictly about price. I think it's 577 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 1: about the service you get, because sooner or later that 578 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: car is going to break and you're going to need 579 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: guys like dealers to fix it, or repair shops to 580 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: fix it. Whoever, whatever, you know, the argument is going 581 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: to be. But it sounds like the factory is more 582 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: worried about moving cars than they are about taking care 583 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: of the people that support the product. After the fact, 584 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: things you should stop doing with your Tesla immediately. This 585 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: was a great story written by Mark Cowley off of 586 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: one of the online sources. One of the key reasons 587 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: Tesla's have exploded in popularity over the past few years 588 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: is that driving one is a very different experience to 589 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: a traditional car. That's true, they're packed with fun features 590 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: and innovations that benefit from regular updates, and their designs 591 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: remain distinctive even in an increasingly crowded field to vv competition. However, 592 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 1: these differences mean that anyone who's unfamiliar with the quirks 593 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: of driving or being a passenger and a Tesla can 594 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: unwittingly cause samage to their vehicle. I thought this was 595 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: the first one got me. Slamming the hood, don't slam 596 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 1: the hood. Closing the hood of a gas powered car 597 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: requires some degree of force to slam it properly. Most 598 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 1: owners will drop the hood of fot or two to 599 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: close it, and then that might apply, and then they 600 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: might apply some pressure to the area of the catch 601 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: to ensure it's fastened. However, do this in a Tesla 602 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,719 Speaker 1: and your risk doing damage to your car. Because Tesla's 603 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: hoods are particularly light and you can deform them much 604 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: more easily than those of other cars. The correct method 605 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: to close the hood on a Tesla is to lower 606 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: it until the striker and latches are touching, and then 607 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: press down on specific areas to engage them. Isn't that interesting? 608 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: And it then goes on to say the area is 609 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: very slightly between models, so you want to look at 610 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 1: your owner's manual. Wow, you're gonna have to get you 611 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 1: guys are gonna have to get out your owner's manual. 612 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 1: I've been saying that for years. The manual show areas 613 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: that are a safe to ply pressure in the greenwell 614 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: areas to avoid or highlighted and read in the manual. 615 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 1: This is especially important for owners of the MODELSU and 616 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: Model X as they have smaller safe pressure areas. Huh, 617 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: don't use the manual door release another common mistake that's 618 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,479 Speaker 1: easy to make. The article continues to point out if 619 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 1: you use the traditional gas powered cars as using the 620 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: door releases that's in the front of the window switches 621 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 1: to get out of the car. This switch manually unlocks 622 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: the door, but because of the unique design of a 623 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,719 Speaker 1: Tesla's door in windows, it's not recommended for regular use. Instead, 624 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: be sure to use the button located at the top 625 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: of the handle, which lowers the windows slightly before opening 626 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 1: the door to ensure you don't catch it on the 627 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: interior trim. Don't let the battery drain too low. Now, 628 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: I thought you could right. Tesla boasted some of its 629 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: longest range some of the longest ranges on the market, 630 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: but evs but proper battery care remains essential to ensuring 631 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: the ranges is diminished over time. They recommend that you 632 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,720 Speaker 1: don't diminish the charge lower than the twenty to thirty 633 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 1: percent mark every day, although opinions differ on what the 634 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: optimal percentage of range actually is. And the article is 635 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: on and it points out, let's see is there anything 636 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 1: else here? Real quick? There was another one. Don't ignore 637 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: the energy app that's obvious. You don't want to run 638 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 1: the battery down too low. Don't use harsh cleaning wipes 639 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 1: on the seat. I thought this was great. Vegan leather 640 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: is used in Tesla interiors for years now as an alternative, 641 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 1: and you can stain them using traditional wipes to clean 642 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 1: the brier. To clean the seats, you want to make 643 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 1: sure that you use a cloth dampened in warm water 644 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,959 Speaker 1: with a non detergent soap to clean the seats on 645 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 1: your Tesla. The learning curve continues and marches on who 646 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: to thunk. Hey, I'm ronnin Ay in the car. Doctor. 647 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 1: I can think this. I'll be back right after this. 648 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: Don't go away, I'm right here, shut and we're back. 649 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: So wow, what a what a quick hour radio that was? 650 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 1: They all seem to be quick. I'll tell you, they 651 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,680 Speaker 1: just get quicker each and every day. 652 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 4: Yeah. 653 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: I was reading the Tesla article when we took the pause, 654 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,239 Speaker 1: and I mean I don't want to go through all 655 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: of them, but there were just two that really stood out. 656 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 1: Don't fit after market modifications. Plenty of owners like to 657 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: put their own personal touches on their Tesla's by adding 658 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 1: custom wheels and wraps for aftermarket parts, but it's generally 659 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 1: not advisable. Any modification runs the risk of it interfering 660 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,080 Speaker 1: with the car systems, even if they might appear harmless 661 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: at first. For example, Tesla specifically sites after market glass 662 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: and wraps as factors that could limit the functionality of autopilot. 663 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 1: Not only that, but if your car is under warranty, 664 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 1: Tesla might refuse to honor it if it's discovered that 665 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,240 Speaker 1: after market parts have been fitted. You know, I think 666 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: that's going to be a problem on a lot of 667 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 1: vehicles going forward, with the electronics that are on there, 668 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 1: the aftermarket parts that get added. You wonder what that's 669 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,440 Speaker 1: going to do to the aftermarket parts industry. You know, 670 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: it's going to avoid a lot of things that's going 671 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,240 Speaker 1: to make it very difficult for after market parts manufacturers 672 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 1: to survive in the future. So that's something that might 673 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 1: take the heart very well. And don't ignore small small 674 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,160 Speaker 1: glass chips, small chips in your vehicles. Glass are easy 675 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 1: to forget about, but doing so could cost you in 676 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: the long run. The tip isn't specifically just testlass, but 677 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,720 Speaker 1: the large amount of glass on most Tesla models, especially 678 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: those with panoramic roofs, mean that fixing them can be 679 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 1: particularly costly. The glass roof is one of Tesla's coolest features, 680 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,960 Speaker 1: but replacing it costs anywhere between a grand and two grand, 681 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,160 Speaker 1: depending on the model. So fixing the chips before they 682 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 1: become an issue is a better way to go. And 683 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: you know, keep in mind that the glass behind the 684 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,720 Speaker 1: glass and a lot of modern vehicles Tesla's included internal 685 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:12,359 Speaker 1: combustion engine or electric, but Tesla's included is cameras that 686 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,359 Speaker 1: run some of the autopilot and some of the self 687 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 1: control systems. So you know, you got to take care 688 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 1: of the glass. Keeping glass clean is going to become 689 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,279 Speaker 1: a real priority in the future. You're gonna see that 690 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 1: it already is in my book, but you're going to 691 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: see it become ever so much more as it affects 692 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: cameras and some of the other things. So you know, 693 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,800 Speaker 1: we've had conversations here opacity, the clearness of the glass 694 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,440 Speaker 1: that varies by brand to brand can have an effect 695 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 1: on vehicle operation as well, so you know, make sure 696 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,880 Speaker 1: it's right quality, good quality owe stuff, original equipment stuff. 697 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,759 Speaker 1: So just keep that in mind. Hey, that's about it 698 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,600 Speaker 1: for this hour, you know, coming up next hour. If 699 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:50,200 Speaker 1: you're around, stick around. Jim Donnelly is back with us again, 700 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: Hemming's Motor News, Crank Chef Magazine, among others. Jim's been 701 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,200 Speaker 1: a writer now for longer than I care to remember, 702 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:57,720 Speaker 1: and he's going to talk to us about the Tucker 703 00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:01,399 Speaker 1: forty eight or Tucker's I remember Tucker, you know, man 704 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 1: in his dreams, all dreaming, stuping, might have talked to 705 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,359 Speaker 1: us about that. So that's a great story, I'm sure. 706 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 1: Till then, I want to remind each and every one 707 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 1: of you I'm wanting eighty in the car doctor, and 708 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: I don't forget as always, good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. 709 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 4: See you