1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: I know just what to do. The green slough to 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: his throat. I'll make a quick Santi Claus hat to 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: the coach. The chuckled. And what a great, great cheat trick. 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: With this coat and this hat, I look just like 5 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 1: Ron and Aien. I worked on a Volkswagen this week. Um, 6 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: don't say this to anybody, and don't say it too loud. 7 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: I think I'm starting to enjoy working on Volkswagens. Wait 8 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: what you said, you don't like Volkswagon, Well, contradict yourself. Well, 9 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: you know Santa's watching. You're being really naughty. You're gonna 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: get cold for Christmas. I'm starting to like working on 11 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: Volkswagen's more because I'm starting to understand how they think. 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: They think badly, It's just the way they are. That 13 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: car doctor. The weather outside is frightful, but the fire 14 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: is so delightful. And since we have no place to go, 15 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: let it still. Let it still let star Welcome to 16 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: the radio home of Roninnian, the Car Doctor. Since this 17 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: is where car owners the world overturn to for their 18 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you 19 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: a busy signal, pick up the phone and call in 20 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: the garage. Orders are open, but I am here to 21 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: take your call at eight five five five six, l 22 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: what's your favorite color? And now? And then I walked 23 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: through the Lincoln he running you better watch out, your 24 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: better not fry you better not. I'm telling you what. 25 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: Say it closes, come into town, saying it clauses, come 26 00:01:50,560 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: in to town. Hey, welcome, Um, come on hand, sit 27 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: down as we get going here on this car Doctor 28 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: Christmas Show. This is our last show before the big 29 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas next weekend, as we'll get ready to celebrate 30 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: and celebrate whatever it is you want. Uh this time 31 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: of year, we make no politically correct statements or incorrect statements. Um, 32 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: just this is our Christmas show, a little bit of 33 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: a week early, because next week, at this time, it's 34 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: Christmas Eve and yours truly will be headed north. Actually 35 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: the day before. I'm sworn to secrecy. Is to the 36 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: exact location. What what you did this last year? I know, 37 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: but I do it every year. Listen, Well, we haven't 38 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: wait a minute. We have a show to do next week. Sorry, fellas, 39 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: we're gonna have to do a best of something. I'm 40 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 1: not sure what we're gonna do next week. But you know, 41 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: do you want Tony and I giving car advice on 42 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: the air? Um? Yeah, because then everybody will really appreciate 43 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: me the following week. See that's how it works. The 44 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: ratings will really skyrocket that week. Listen, I got a call. 45 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: I got a call from the head elf all right, 46 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: you know that's the big guy in the red suit. 47 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: And actually I got I got a call from two places, 48 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: him and NASA this year because NASA is working with 49 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: Nora ad because I have to install some new electronics 50 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: on Santa's sleigh. So I can expect the phone call 51 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: when you can't figure out how it works, right, because 52 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna. I'm gonna once I get past solder A 53 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: to B, then it's your turn to figure it out. Um. 54 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: But next week I will be at the pole with 55 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: you know, helping the big guy load up a sleigh 56 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: and doing the final pre flight checkup. Well, NASA, you 57 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: know that that's cool because we always thought you were 58 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: out of this world, right and I am a little 59 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: bit off in space, so um, you know that's that's 60 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: the way it's gotta be. But anyway, this is the 61 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: Car Doctor Radio show more or less, and we are 62 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: going to try and keep a straight hat on this 63 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: week as we kind of motor along and give you 64 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: some information about your automobile. There is going to be 65 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: an interview second hour, I believe it, as we have 66 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: a gentleman from all Data stopping by because I thought 67 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: it would be good to talk about um, well, you know, 68 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: And the best way I could sum it up is 69 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: the gentleman walked into the shop this week and said, 70 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: can you put an atletonator on my two thousand five 71 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: Ford Explorer. I know that's what it is. I driving 72 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: eighteen wheeler for a living, and I know when an 73 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: alternator goes bad. And my comment was, well, why can't 74 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: it be the onboard computer. Why can't it be the 75 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: wiring harness, because both of those are part of a 76 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: charging system on this particular vehicle, like a lot of 77 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: modern day vehicles. And he just looked at me with 78 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: this blank stare. It was, you know, deer in the headlights, like, 79 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: what do you mean the computer controls the alternator? I 80 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: was like yeah, um. Needless to say, I didn't work 81 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: on the vehicle because we're actually backed up right now 82 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 1: till about January three in the shop. We're trying to 83 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: clear cars out and get caught up. And I'm gonna 84 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: talk about that a little bit this hour to about 85 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: the twelve hour day we put in yesterday finishing everything up. 86 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: But we won. We won the day. Master of my domain, 87 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: as I say. But you know, it just led me 88 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: to believe that you guys need information and if you're 89 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: gonna work on your car, that thirty subscription for all 90 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:47,679 Speaker 1: data seems to be the way to go. It seems 91 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: to be what you absolutely need. So we're gonna talk 92 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: about that second hour at the bottom of the hour. 93 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: Um this hour, we're gonna talk about a bunch of things, 94 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: including holiday festivities and maybe some cautious driving. We're working 95 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: on an interview which we kind of threw together at 96 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: the very last minute within h T. S A. NITZA 97 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: and talking to them about holiday driving and some of 98 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: the things that they're trying to do to make the 99 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: public aware. And it may or may not come off 100 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: this hour. This is live radio, folks, so we're never 101 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: quite sure what's exactly going to happen, but we're gonna 102 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: try and pull that off within the next thirty five minutes, 103 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: and if we don't, they assured us they will be 104 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:21,919 Speaker 1: here for New Year's so we're gonna be talking to 105 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: them at some point. Some of the catches catch cans 106 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: on holiday driving. But in the end, this radio show 107 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: is for you. It's about your car. If you're new, 108 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: thank you for stopping by. If you've been here a while, 109 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: thank you for sticking around. And you know that all 110 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 1: I really want to do is answer your questions. I 111 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: want to talk to you about the car. I want 112 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: to tell you what I went through in the shop 113 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: this week. I think I wore out my vault meter 114 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: this week. I should probably start the conversation there. I 115 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: don't think I've ever done this, and I always, you know, 116 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: I mark down when I put a battery in the 117 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: d v o M because I'd like to keep an 118 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: eye on it so I know when the meter is 119 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: gonna get a little flaky and accuracy and stuff. And 120 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 1: I changed a little nine bold battery about a month ago, 121 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: and I've used it a little bit off and on, 122 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: and I've noticed in the last couple of weeks more 123 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: and more and more. Every day this week, every day, 124 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: for four to five hours this week, I had that 125 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: d v O M on. I fixed everything. It was unbelievable. 126 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: Had had a two thousand nine, two thousand ten four 127 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: to escape V six misfire on cylinder four, and it 128 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: seemed pretty straightforward enough in terms of misfire missfire on four. 129 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: It's the first cylinder on the front bank, easy enough 130 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: to get to. Started the diagnosis, looked at it, looked 131 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: down and what don't you know? And I can't remember 132 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: if I posted this on the Facebook page, and if 133 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: I didn't, I will do it after the show today. 134 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 1: The connector for the number four coil the safety wasn't 135 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,679 Speaker 1: sitting square. You look at it. It's a little twisted 136 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: to the right. Gee, that's kind of weird. And I 137 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: took my finger and I went down and I flicked 138 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: the connector and it fell off the coil. Well, gee, 139 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: maybe I've got a oil connector that's not seated correctly, 140 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: and maybe I've just got to change this connector. So 141 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: I got it on and I held it in place 142 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: with something temporarily and went through the diagnosis scope that 143 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: got out my voltmeter, did a couple of tests and said, well, 144 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: you know, it's not the coil, but it's not ignition. 145 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: I'm going to repair the connector anyway. But the real 146 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: culprit is number four injector. It's got to be number 147 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: four injector. It's not making any sound. I scoped it. 148 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: I will post the scope pattern as a matter of fact. Um, 149 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: I can get that off my phone. I took pictures 150 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: of it, and you know, here's the driver, here's the 151 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: injector going up and number six and here's the injector 152 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: going nowhere on number four. Bad injector. That was Monday. Tuesday, 153 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: the OH seven Chevy Trailblazer showed up. The remote lock 154 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: didn't work, the remote, the back door wouldn't lock, the 155 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: tire pressure warning light was on, and the key fops 156 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: weren't doing anything, and there was a service tie air 157 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: system message on the dashboard. And in the end, when 158 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: it came down to plugging a scan tool and went 159 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: looking see who's talking, who's not the lift gate module, 160 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: which is the module that contains tire pressure information, lock information, 161 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: lock control and remote fob information in the tailgate wasn't 162 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: responding on the data bus. On a hunch, looking the 163 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: vehicle over, I've seen this before. It's kind of common. 164 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: The wiring where the door hinges up, where the rubber 165 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: booty comes down, half off the door and goes into 166 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: the main body. Peeled that back, broken wires, three of them. 167 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: Of course, General Motors and their intelligence decided that they 168 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: would make the short harness available. But that isn't where 169 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: it broke. It broken the long harness that ran the 170 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: length of the vehicle. So it was pull it all apart, 171 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: pulled down the headliner, pulled the harness through sodder, everything up. 172 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 1: And here's an idea, General Motors. I spent an extra 173 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 1: man maybe forts wire. I spent an extra two dollars 174 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,839 Speaker 1: and fifty cents, and I put an extra loop of 175 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: wire in so it's not so tight as it works 176 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: its way back and forth, so it won't break again. Start, 177 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: I put it back together. Done. Vehicle number three was 178 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: the two thousand nine Chevy Malibu that I guess the 179 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: engineer from this Trailblazer decided to work on the Malibu. 180 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 1: He ended up making the wiring harness and the door 181 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: jam too short that it actually caught and kinked, broke 182 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: the yellow wire that feeds the master switch for the 183 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: power windows, killed the power windows. This made no sense. Okay, 184 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: the harness is still available. It runs from the door 185 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: jam through the door and it's under two bucks. The 186 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: only problem is it's in Detroit, so it's coming to 187 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: me for next week. We have it coming overnight. Vehicle 188 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 1: number four, this is only one week. Vehicle number four 189 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: was the eleven two thousand eleven Ford Fusion had a 190 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: wine that sounded like a congres and being denied their 191 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: healthcare benefits. Whenever you turned on the air conditioning, it's screamed, yeah, 192 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 1: could it be air conditioning, you know, could it be 193 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: something else? Maybe we're looking at this all wrong. Took 194 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: the belt off, didn't make the noise, put the belt on, 195 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: turn the A C on. Yet it's coming from the 196 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: A C compressor. Gotta put an A C compressor in it. 197 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:22,719 Speaker 1: Nobody has an air conditioning compressor. And I want to 198 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: get I want to get a Ford piece, or I 199 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: want to get something after market at least as is 200 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: all complete. The after market doesn't make anything new, They 201 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: don't make anything complete. You can buy all these can 202 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: cobble all these pieces together of junk made in China 203 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: in the bad part, not the good part, like Ford 204 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: those ha ha ha. So you go for a Ford compressor, Well, 205 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,839 Speaker 1: it's the thirty dollar compressor that Ford didn't have in stock. 206 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: They found that at some depot in Port Washington or 207 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. And by the time they got it 208 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: to me, it looked like the thing had been roll 209 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 1: over by the FedEx truck about four times. And when 210 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: I got it out of the box, Yeah, the connector was, 211 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: you know, a little for smuzzled and I had to 212 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: fix that and climp that back in place, and you 213 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: just say to yourself, you know, it's a tough job. 214 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: And in the middle of all this, my voltmeter died 215 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: because the battery were out and I put it. I 216 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: had to put a nine bowl battery in my in 217 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 1: my in my volt meter because a month wasn't long enough. 218 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: It just just plumb word out the point of all this, 219 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: and the bottom line is the life of an auto 220 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,959 Speaker 1: mechanic is really difficult, at least the ones that are trying, 221 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: at least the ones that aren't the pretenders. The mactool 222 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 1: guy came in on Wednesday and he was talking to me, 223 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: and he's watching me work on whichever car I was 224 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: on at the moment. There was other cars this week, 225 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,559 Speaker 1: and he said, you know, I really like the way 226 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: you go through things step by step. By step, and 227 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: I said, well, ay, the way would you do it? 228 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: He says, well, the last shot I just came from. 229 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: The guy's been working on a misfire problem since last 230 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: week and he's changed all the ignition, the fuel injectors, 231 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: the serpentine belt, the air filter, the cabin filter, the 232 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: trans service. He's just because I don't want to leave 233 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: a stone unturned, he says. And he's just randomly changing parts. 234 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:57,839 Speaker 1: And the joke of it is the customers allowing him 235 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: to do that because they don't know any better. Hopefully, 236 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: that's why you're listening to this radio show, because I'm 237 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 1: going to educate you about the better. Working on cars 238 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,719 Speaker 1: is tough. Working on cars is getting tougher, and that's 239 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: what I'm here to help you decide and be wary of. 240 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: So just does something to think about. And I'm glad 241 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: to have you here with me today and we can 242 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 1: stick around with each other and talk about cars, and 243 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: that's just what we're gonna do. Let me pull over 244 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,559 Speaker 1: and take the pause. I'm running needing in the car doctor, 245 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: and I'll return right after this. All one for Christmas? 246 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 1: Is my too friandis my too Frankie. She my too friantips. 247 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: If I could only have my too Friandis and I 248 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: could wish you married Christmash get Sam sorry since night 249 00:12:49,200 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: couldn't say m chest nuts roasting on an open five. 250 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: Welcome back running any in the car doctor, Well, I 251 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: was kind of cringing there. I wasn't sure what Tom 252 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: was going to stick in there for bumper music. There's 253 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: also the Alvin and the Chipmunk. First, the man has taste. 254 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: Let's give him in the benefit of the day so far, 255 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: you know, but the hour, the two hours aren't over 256 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: yet today Tom, by the way, I have to you know, 257 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep him before we go to the calls. Congratulations, tone, 258 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: How did the giants managed to do that? We want 259 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: because you were bashing them last Saturday and saiday, we're 260 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: going to lose to the cow girls. So so yeah, 261 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: and I guess they are the cow girls at this 262 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,199 Speaker 1: point because they did beat them. So now tomorrow night 263 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: they play the Lions, right, and the Lions Lions, I've 264 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 1: been real good this year, and the Lions are posed 265 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 1: to thrash them. You never know any given Sunday, so 266 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: I need you to thrash the giants, right, now right, Well, well, 267 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: because the Giants will be the week of the big letdown. 268 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: Yes that's automatic. Yea cruise will drop every ball he's thrown, 269 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: all right, but he hasn't making any balls thrown to himself. 270 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: So there you go, and it's and Odell will be 271 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,959 Speaker 1: and so it'll be. It's over. Just you know, we're 272 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: not going to the playoffs this year. We're not gonna 273 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl. Forget it. Um anyway, thumbs up. 274 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: Let's let's get over to the phone. Let's over to 275 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: Rick and Milford twelve Toyota, Highlander and some idol issues. Rick, 276 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor. And now that we're through 277 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: all the Christmas cheer, how can I help you run 278 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: on the internet your servicer? Hi? Ron Uh yeah, Highlander, 279 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: it's a three five of the six miles. It's um 280 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: certain of the high aisle all of a sudden or 281 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 1: something like that. It's not kicking down the initial startup 282 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: from cold and it doesn't do it all the time, 283 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: but I'm noticing it's doing it more and more out 284 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: a little later. Anybody work on it? Anybody work on 285 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: it recently? Rick and he service done to it? No, 286 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: nothing recently now, any check engine light on, not no 287 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: lights on the dash. Toyota's is a rule, and this 288 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: is a general statement about Toyota that I think it's 289 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: still applicable, and I haven't I haven't found this to 290 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: not be true. Toyota's as a rule, are are very 291 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: easy to set base idle if all things are correct. Um, 292 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: the one thing that will trip them up. Two things 293 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: actually that will trip them up is a vacuum leak somewhere, 294 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: all right, and it could be something as simple as 295 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: on that Highlander. That's the three five. There's those three 296 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: vacuum lines that come over to the air box. Ones 297 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: for the I think it's the purge um and the 298 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: other two come up off the intake Planum, there's two. 299 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: There's three vacuum lines that come up. If even those 300 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: fall off, they'll effect fuel trim, they'll effect idle range. 301 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: So just make sure all the vacuum lines are plugged 302 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: in and there's no other vacuum leaks. And then what 303 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: I would tell you to do is have the throttle 304 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: body service, take the air ducked off, Okay, clean the 305 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: throttle body thoroughly, make sure there's no ridge, no lip, 306 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: all right, disconnect the battery, reassemble it disconnect the two 307 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: battery terminals. Okay, and you want to get the safe 308 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 1: way to do this is to use a ten home 309 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: one watt resistor wire. So we bleed the PCM down slowly, 310 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: take the positive and negative battery cables off, and put 311 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: that jumper wire across the cables. All right. What that 312 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: does is that that bleeds down and dissipates the memory. Alright. 313 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: It's like take your two thumbs and join them together, 314 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: and all your bad memories are gone. Rick, Merry Christmas. Um, 315 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: you know it's the same idea. The the computer has 316 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: learned bad habits, and cleaning the throttle body now brings 317 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: the throttle plate back to a zero reference. And joining 318 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: the two cables together once they're disconnected from the battery 319 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: now dumps that memory. Now the computer will learn on 320 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: its own that should do it. I would be surprised 321 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: if it does not. And you want to tie those 322 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: cables together for a minimum of ten minutes, alright, sometimes 323 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: some you know, longer is better. You know, anywhere up 324 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: to twenty is fine, but you know not doesn't have 325 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 1: to be three weeks. But um, you know I I 326 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: I have not found this not to work, provided I 327 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 1: don't have another problem somewhere else. Okay, all right, that 328 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: sounds pretty easy. Give that a shot and let's see 329 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: what Let's see what that does. Okay, sir, thank you 330 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: very much. You're very welcome, sir. Take good care. Let's 331 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: go over to Sydney and Buffalo, New York two thousand 332 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: Ford Focus, Cindy, How can I help you with your focus? Hi? Um? Yes, 333 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 1: I love the car. It's old, I know, but I 334 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: bought it four years ago with low mileage and today 335 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 1: it's got sixty three miles on it, right, So every 336 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 1: year I kind of put a little money into it 337 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,360 Speaker 1: to you know, keep it going. Last year I put 338 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: a bunch of new parts in and now the cabin 339 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 1: noise is so loud it drives me insane. I almost 340 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 1: you have to have the windows rolled down a little 341 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: bit so I can tolerate it. Okay. When you say 342 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:51,400 Speaker 1: cabin noise, Um, is this does it vary by road? 343 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 1: Or is it consistent regardless of the type of road 344 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 1: you're driving on? Consistent on the type of road? It's 345 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: just speed related. The faster I go, is the louder 346 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: again from it? Does it? Does it change? If you 347 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: make left or right turns. So it's it's still pretty consistent. 348 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 1: It's it's still a pretty good drone. Okay, I'll tell 349 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:19,479 Speaker 1: you what, Cindy, stay put, stay right where you are. 350 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 1: Let me pull over and take this pause, and when 351 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: I come back, we can talk about it. This can 352 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: be an issue, whether it's wheel bearing or tar. I 353 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 1: want to talk to you a little bit about it 354 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: and discuss the diagnosis and we'll go from there. I'm 355 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:31,719 Speaker 1: run any in the car, doctor or cruising back right 356 00:18:31,760 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 1: after this, stay turned that little get Frosty go actually 357 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: because I get that sign up sing along? You know 358 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: what do you think to him? Maybe next season the 359 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: voice You're not going to Hollywood? Okay, well maybe it's 360 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 1: not shot in Hollywood. Maybe it's shot here in New York. 361 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: Oh you're not going to New York. You're gonna stay 362 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: in New Jersey. My father, my father wanted me to sing. 363 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 1: He did My father wanted me to sing. Yeah. Yeah. 364 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: He asked me if I could learn to sing far 365 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 1: Far Away. I said, I don't know that song. Let's uh, 366 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: let's get back to Cindy in line too. We actually 367 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: would like to hear you sing. You can hear you. Yeah, 368 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: well that's right, Cindy. How are you? Um? So this 369 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: noise um that you're hearing is this if if you 370 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: were to sit there at idle and rev the engine 371 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,719 Speaker 1: up a little bit, you don't hear it. Correct, So 372 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: it's definitely speed related, all right. And you know, I 373 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: can tell you the timeline of the parts that we changed, 374 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: which might help you a little bit, because I hate 375 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: to replace brand new parts because they might be defective. 376 00:19:55,800 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: Sugar ahead. Uh, the two rear wheel bearing, four new tires, 377 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:07,199 Speaker 1: um tyrode, and then two front wheel bearings and the 378 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: TV joint bearing you know with that TV shaft right 379 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: the support bearing for it shaft thing. Okay, so well 380 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: let me let me ask you this. Why did we 381 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 1: start just randomly changing parts? Did we anybody try to 382 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 1: diagnose this? Um? Well, the tires were needed because they 383 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: were worn out, okay, And tires and tires are a 384 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 1: visual thing. We can see those and look at those 385 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: and decide, you know, just just what's going on. So 386 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 1: that's that's sort of a cut and dry thing. Um. 387 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: You know, like even now you could just take your 388 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 1: hand and rub your hand over the tires and see 389 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,679 Speaker 1: does does the tire feel lumpy and bumpy, and what 390 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,919 Speaker 1: exactly is it doing? All? Right? Um? You know, so 391 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 1: that's that's number one, you know it Could it be rotation? 392 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: Could it be you know? So yeah, I mean that's 393 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: easy enough to figure out tire wise, Um, wheel bearing. 394 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: Has anybody do you have your ability to drive this 395 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: on a lift and listen to the front wheel bearings 396 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: while the engine is turning? Well, unfortunately, no, unfortunately we don't. 397 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: It was just kind of like, um, taking a pry 398 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 1: bar and moving the wheel a little bit to see 399 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: if there's play in the bearing, and the tyrode was bad, 400 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: so that's why he changed out that a tyrode in 401 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: bearing right, um, and absolutely no changing this whatsoever for 402 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 1: all that you're doing right No. Um, Well it got 403 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 1: really worse after changing the fourth front wheel bearing and 404 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: then um, that's when I took it into a mechanic 405 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 1: and they kind of thought it was that shaft TV 406 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: shift um joint type thing. So I had that replaced 407 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: because it was you know, it wasn't very inexpensive fixed, 408 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: so I figured, well, you know what, it's probably needs 409 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: it anyways, do it And it didn't change it at all. 410 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: Let me ask you a question. How many arms do 411 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: you have? Two? Right? Left and right? Okay, put the car. 412 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: Put the car up in the air. Think of your arms, 413 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: all right. If you get a squeak when you move 414 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: both your arms, stop moving one of them. Which one 415 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: stops the noise, the right or the left. So if 416 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 1: you've got the car up in the air and you're 417 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: driving it at thirty miles on the left, and you 418 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: can hear this noise using a mechanic stethoscope on the 419 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: on the steering knuckle, then you know it's one of 420 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: the front bearings or something in the front end. All right, 421 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 1: Holding the left wheel, the right wheels start to turn, 422 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: do you hear the noise? No? Okay, hold the right wheel. 423 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: Let the left wheel spin. Do you hear the noise? Yes? 424 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: You've now eliminated three quarters of the possible problem, all right, 425 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 1: if if, if, if, holding determines it's it's a front. 426 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: Now you may hold both front tires alternately, and the 427 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 1: noises and the noise isn't there. It's gone now. The 428 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,119 Speaker 1: noises in the back somewhere, just because they were done 429 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: doesn't mean the wheel bearings that were installed or any good. 430 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: The fact that something does it have to be up 431 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 1: to when I hear it in the car, I'll hear 432 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 1: I'll hear a bid. I'll hear a bid wheel bearing 433 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: at fifteen to eighteen miles an hour. To tell you 434 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: the truth, whenever I put Danny up in the air, 435 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: I'll say, give me fifteen slow. He knows I want. 436 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: I want a slow acceleration of fifteen miles an hour. 437 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 1: Hold it and then have them. I have them creep 438 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: it up to about an hour. And I'm listening with 439 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:45,439 Speaker 1: a stethoscope, and in doing so, I'm hearing the noise 440 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: at a level before the roar of the engine takes 441 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: over and I can't hear anything, and I'm fighting all 442 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: the other noises that occur at higher speeds and higher loads. 443 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 1: So you know, you know, doing it that way just 444 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: makes it that much easier. But you can't keep replacing hearts. Uh. 445 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 1: I mean, from my seat here, the fact that the 446 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: noise changed after you replace the left front wheel bearing 447 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: makes me think that the left front and that's what 448 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:12,880 Speaker 1: you said to me, makes me think that the left 449 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 1: front wheel bearing wasn't installed properly, all right, So you know, 450 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: somebody's gotta listen to this with a mechanic stethoscope up 451 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 1: in the air, and we've got to start to narrow 452 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: this down. I will say this, there's also the possibility 453 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: that this is in the front differential of the transmission 454 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: is a front wheel drive, obviously, and I wouldn't rule 455 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: that out. But when you're when you're spinning your left 456 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 1: and right arm and you're left and right axle, if 457 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 1: you don't hear anything in the wheel bearing, then take 458 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,919 Speaker 1: the stethoscope and put it on the final drive of 459 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: the trans Do you hear it there? All? Right? If? If? If? If? If? 460 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: You know so, It's sort of like you want to 461 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: look at your left hand, your right hand, left tire, 462 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: right tire. If the noise isn't there, you want to 463 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: listen to the center your heart or the final drive 464 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: of the transmission. Is that the noise? Okay, So you're 465 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: definitely kind of think it's a bearing versus tired tread noise. Well, 466 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: I'll put it to you this way. If you put 467 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: it up in the air and you can't hear anything 468 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: from the front and you spin the backs, you know 469 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,239 Speaker 1: you could get a back tire spinning up the two 470 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 1: three miles an hour. Give it a good crank all right. 471 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 1: You can listen to a bearing that way, then you 472 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: know I'm trying to eliminate things. If moving the tires 473 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: around doesn't change the noise, if reversing their rotation doesn't 474 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: change the noise, then no, I don't. I don't think 475 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,360 Speaker 1: this is a tire noise. Not from the way you're 476 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: describing it. This to me sounds like this is a 477 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: bearing issue on one of the corners. And right now 478 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: I'm betting on the left front. Okay, all right, yeah, 479 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 1: because I did. I did have a fun end alignment too. 480 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,120 Speaker 1: I forgot to mention that two and that didn't really 481 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: it changed a little bit but not not nothing well, 482 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 1: and it shouldn't. All right, stand stand stand up straight, Cindy, 483 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: and look down at your feet. Your your toes are 484 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: pointed straight ahead right hopefully okay, And if you walk 485 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: a little, if you walk a little pigeon toed toes 486 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: in toes out, that's not gonna change noise. It's unless 487 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 1: you scuffle, unless you kind of gimp along, all right, 488 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 1: like festest from from Marshall Dylon. But uh my, my, 489 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: you know my point is alignment just affects how your 490 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: shoes wear, which way things are pointed. For it to 491 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: create noise, it's got to be severely out of alignment. 492 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: And at that point you would see it in the 493 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: way the tires are wearing, whether they're feathered or pickled, 494 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: or worn or smooth or you know, there's a hundred 495 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: ways to approach it, So I would you know, usually 496 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: there's a pretty simple diagnosis up in the air stethoscope, 497 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 1: a fifteen roll and we go from there. All right, 498 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: that sounds like an easy target, you know, at least 499 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: they know what. But it's a shame that I got 500 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: to replace a brand new wheel bearing if it's the 501 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:03,360 Speaker 1: right Now, where where'd you get the wheel bearing from right? 502 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: You know? And that's the other thing we have to 503 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: talk about is brands. Brands are always important, but um 504 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 1: was it Was it a complete bearing assembly or did 505 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: it require being pressed right? And who presses it and 506 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: how they press it? You know, that's a that's a 507 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 1: lost art in this country now too. So you know, 508 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: there's a lot of potential for human error here. So 509 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: make sure whoever is doing it knows what they're doing. 510 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 1: I'm not saying they did it wrong. I'm just saying 511 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: that you know, you're now counting on two or three 512 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: more people in the process to do their job right, 513 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: and that kind of stinks things up a little bit sometimes, 514 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: especially when it's your Well yeah, and that's you know, 515 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: I kind of I kind of had a sense of that, 516 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 1: and I don't want to get anybody in trouble. And 517 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: I know he's trying. By the way, you're up there 518 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: in Buffalo. Yeah, well, you know, labor of love. How 519 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 1: much how much snow you got up there Buffalo away 520 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:58,880 Speaker 1: this this time of year? Now? Yeah, more coming, I bet? Yeah. 521 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 1: All right, listen, I'll put the gird word in for 522 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: you when I see the big elf next week. You 523 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: have yourself a good holiday season and let us know 524 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 1: how you make out with your focus. We'll do. Thank 525 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 1: you very much for your help today. You're very welcome. 526 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: Cin Do you take good care? Iman the car Doctor 527 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,439 Speaker 1: zero zero Car Doctors told free number. If we're not here, 528 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: by the way, you can leave a message. We've set 529 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: it up like that. And by the way, I don't forget. 530 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: If you're listening to this radio show on podcast, whatever 531 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,159 Speaker 1: device you're using, however you're getting it, click subscribe if 532 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 1: you have that option. Help us out. It makes the sponsors. Happy. 533 00:28:29,200 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: I'm ninian. I'll be back right after this. I don't 534 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 1: know what hey, welcome back running in of the car Doctor. 535 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: I generally know what to do, and that's either fixed 536 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 1: cars are answer the phone one of the other. So 537 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: let's go do that right now, Greg and Iowa O 538 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: six Grand Caravan. Greg, Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir. 539 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 1: How can I help either? UM, I've got a car 540 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: here that belongs to UH. Gal works at a radio 541 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 1: station I do some engineering work for and she she 542 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: works in radio, so she doesn't have a lot of 543 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: sparre money. So I offered to help her out with 544 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: a couple of problems. And my wife, the business manager, 545 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: is negotiating payment and make goods. She's got an E 546 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: g R fault on her car. According to the scam tool, 547 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: I have a p O four oh four I remember correctly, 548 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: and the care the engines running really rough, and UH 549 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 1: had multiple missfire codes UH originally and UH cylinder one 550 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 1: and three missfire. I cleared the codes, ran the engine 551 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 1: a little bit. The multiple missfire code came up right 552 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 1: away and H because I don't want to just throw 553 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: parts at this car. UM, and I was wondering UH 554 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: had any suggestions. I was thinking if there was an 555 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: easy way to bypass the e g R and see 556 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: if that they'd proved the engine running, And I was 557 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: going to try that next when I get my mids 558 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: on the car. Yeah, you can't, you know, listen, you 559 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: know it's it sounds like you've you've got some car 560 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: time under your belt. Greg. It's it's just like anything else, 561 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 1: non electronic, non um you know, non fancy, you know, 562 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: basic single one line vacuum vacuum line e g R. 563 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: About we'd still we cut out the bottom of the 564 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: PEPSI can and put across the port and seat of 565 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: the car. Run any better a million years ago when 566 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: things were so simple. So you can do that with 567 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,239 Speaker 1: this um, you know, just to see will it take 568 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: away the misfire? Does she have anything else compounding it? 569 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,480 Speaker 1: The you know, keep in mind that e g R 570 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: valve where it's located. What is the three three three 571 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: three or three? Yeah, so that valves over on the 572 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: passenger side front corner of the engine compartment. If memory 573 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: shows me correct, and the two tens one of the tens. 574 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: I think something here is going to require you to 575 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 1: remove the alternator, which gets to be a pain in 576 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: the tail because of the location. I think one of 577 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: the tens is gonna be overlapping the alternator. It won't 578 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: clear the case. So you know that said to take 579 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 1: the e g R off, put a plate in, put 580 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 1: the alternator back on, put the e g R back on. Tested. 581 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: But you know, it gets to be a little tedious. 582 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: There are some things we can do depending upon what 583 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: kind of scanti you do. But even if you have 584 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: a basic digital voltomemeter um, first step key on engine off. 585 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 1: All right, you can look and find the wires down 586 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: at the censor. All right, The pink yellow wire at 587 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: the e g R valve is gonna be five vaults, 588 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: all right, The dark blue green is the ground. Okay, 589 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: so we should see four point two vaults or four 590 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 1: volts on that on that um uh, pink yellow I remember, 591 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,000 Speaker 1: serves me correct? Or it's gonna be the third one 592 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: that's not here. Um, you're gonna see four point two 593 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 1: four volts give or take key on engine off, and 594 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,960 Speaker 1: and and then you know, then it starts from there 595 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,560 Speaker 1: and then as it as the valve starts to open, 596 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna see lower voltage. So right off the bed 597 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: if we see three vaults on the signal line going 598 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: back to the PCM key on engine off. We know 599 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 1: the valve stuck up and we can test that. We 600 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 1: can test that without having to take the valve off. 601 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 1: All right, so that kind of makes it easy do this. 602 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: You know, Hello radio brother, but still a car doctor listener. 603 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: Can you email me the then sure the seventeen digit 604 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,680 Speaker 1: finn Ron at Car Doctor show dot com and I'll 605 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 1: dig up wiring a wiring schematic just so I make 606 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 1: sure I'm on the right wire here. I've got three 607 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 1: wires in my head and I think I'm confused on 608 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,239 Speaker 1: one color. I want to reference it again and um. 609 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: That way it'll give you something else to I'll be exact, 610 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 1: but that's the easiest way to do it, rather than 611 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,320 Speaker 1: start taking things apart, putting things together and so on. 612 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 1: All right, sir, good deal. Thank you, You're very welcome. 613 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 1: You take good care, and I'll look for that email. 614 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: I'm running any of the Car Doctor. We're back right 615 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 1: after this. Bills will be us to My baby is gone, 616 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 1: no friend, you wish me greeting. Welcome back the car docul. 617 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 1: Let's get right back into it. Let's go to Frank 618 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: and Iowa Frank, Welcome to the car doctor, sir, How 619 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 1: can I help? Yeah? I got my my right rear 620 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: break light is dimmer than my left rear break light. Um, 621 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 1: and what have you done to it to diagnose it? 622 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 1: So far? Anything? I've changed the bulb and that didn't help, 623 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: didn't make any difference. So you know, the next thing, 624 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 1: the next thing we've got to talk about is we 625 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: we've either got low voltage or a bad ground or 626 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,719 Speaker 1: a poor ground. So we've got we've got to go 627 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: in and test that. So are you handy? Do you 628 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:22,360 Speaker 1: have a volt meter? Uh? No, Okay, then you know 629 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 1: it's it's it's probably gonna have to go through to 630 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: a mechanic or someone with a voltmeter because the first 631 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:27,759 Speaker 1: thing we want to do is go across that bulb 632 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 1: socket and with the car running, take the ball out. 633 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:35,680 Speaker 1: Do we record charging system voltage across that across those terminals? Now, 634 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,800 Speaker 1: it could also be just something as simple as a 635 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 1: dirty socket or you know, just a poor contact. Have 636 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,239 Speaker 1: you tried, you know, with the lens offer the bulb 637 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 1: just in its socket. Have you tried wiggling the socket 638 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:47,920 Speaker 1: a little bit to see if you can change it 639 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,879 Speaker 1: or all through it. Yeah, I haven't tried that. I'll 640 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:56,200 Speaker 1: try that. You know, everything is so you know, the 641 00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 1: non technical word is cheesy, Frank. Everything is so fragile 642 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:06,200 Speaker 1: today that the filaments, the contact points, you know, the 643 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,320 Speaker 1: sockets themselves, not just keys, a lot of stuff, and 644 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,800 Speaker 1: it's just it's it's tweaked the wrong way. It's sometimes 645 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,320 Speaker 1: it's partially distorted from heat, and just wiggling and gently 646 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,359 Speaker 1: massaging it will tell you an awful lot. But other 647 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 1: than that, you know, you're gonna have to go in 648 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,160 Speaker 1: and at least put power across the power and ground 649 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,880 Speaker 1: that feeds the bulb and then consider doing a voltage 650 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,560 Speaker 1: drop test on the ground. Leg do we have an 651 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,960 Speaker 1: alternate path to ground going that way and start to see? 652 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 1: You know, it's all it's it's it's Amson wats or 653 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,759 Speaker 1: Amson volts. Has that been a Costillo used to say, 654 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,160 Speaker 1: But um, let's take it down that path and see 655 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,920 Speaker 1: where that gets you. All right, kid? Uh, alright, you're 656 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 1: very welcome, Frank. I'm sorry the clock is gonna take me. Well, wait, 657 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,120 Speaker 1: I was a quick hour. I think there's another hour 658 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 1: coming up. Yep, Tom tells me, I don't get to 659 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,480 Speaker 1: go home yet today, So another hour card Doctor, and 660 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,000 Speaker 1: coming up after the news at the top of the hour, 661 00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,680 Speaker 1: and most of these affiliates. Until then, I'm around any 662 00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:58,839 Speaker 1: in the car Doctor, and I'm telling you one more time. 663 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,800 Speaker 1: Good mechanics aren't ends of They're priceless. See it.