1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: How dumb bell Why to see a bunch of new 2 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: cars that next month we could see free at any stoplight. Ron, 3 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: it's not just that he's asking us to fix it. 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: He's depending upon us. And so many times this is 5 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: what a local repair shop becomes. We become that point 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: of dependency from concerning an art show guest, the preview, 7 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: the used car, the car doctor. Don't count on the 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: tool to give you the golden bullet. Count on the 9 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: tool to give the information so the thing between your 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: ears can come to a conclusion. Does that make sense? 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: Right on the flight? Welcome to the radio home of 12 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: Ron Andanian the Car Doctor. Since this is where car 13 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: owners the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on 14 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: pick up the phone and call in the garage doors 16 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: are open, but I am here to take your calls 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: at eight five five five six and now headlines old 18 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: in the vendors vendors build in the car building Detroit running. 19 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: Sometimes I feel like that built in sevent one, But 20 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: then again depends on the day of the week. Hello 21 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: and welcome Marninadi and at your service, I hope you're 22 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: all well to help you all had a great week, 23 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: and thanks for stopping by enjoining me this weekend or 24 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: whatever it is you happen to be taking the time 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: to listen to this radio show. Um. You know I've 26 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: got to tell you that. Um, and I'm probably gonna 27 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: do something I'm not supposed to do, so Tommy, you 28 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: better get ready because I was told not to do this, 29 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: not to acknowledge it, not to address the situation, but 30 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: you know it's it's too important to me. You know, 31 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: I take this radio show very personally, and unfortunately I 32 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: probably do that because I care about it. I care 33 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 1: about you. I'm just trying to give you the best 34 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: possible information I can, and I'm trying to do that 35 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: without putting too much emotion in of which I'm guilty sometimes, 36 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: and too much opinion in of which I'm guilty sometimes. 37 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: But maybe that's what you like about it. You know 38 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: it's me you're buying me. I say it all the 39 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: time you come to the shop. This is what you get. 40 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: It's no different. It's this isn't exactly except I'm standing there, 41 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 1: usually in a blue uniform and lately suspenders because my 42 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: pants keep falling down because across fit. But that's a 43 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 1: whole another conversation. Thanks for the imagery. I know, I 44 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: heard everybody say that, So I want to talk about 45 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: I was reading podcast reviews somehow I got to notice 46 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: about some of the podcast reviews you're putting up, and 47 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: because obviously this radio show then becomes a podcast, and 48 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: just some of the reviews in general and conversations in 49 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: general that go on and listen, I don't care if 50 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: they're good or bad. I just wanted to be factual, 51 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: all right, And that's all I'm looking for. You know, 52 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: I live by and die by the Montreal. As long 53 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: as people more people swear by me than at me, 54 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: I'm ahead of the curve. Because you're not gonna make 55 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,679 Speaker 1: everybody happy, and that's okay. Haters gonna hate. There's a 56 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:50,839 Speaker 1: couple of podcast reviews that talk about the way we're 57 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: approaching dispensing information about the electric car boom that's coming, 58 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: all right, and I think it's gonna be a big boom. 59 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a cub boom. But that's just my opinion, 60 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,959 Speaker 1: which I think I'm allowed to have. And one of 61 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 1: them was interesting. One of them really caught my eye 62 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: had said that I was a liar because they believed 63 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: that was single handedly trying to sink the electric car 64 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 1: industry and the fact that I'm dispensing incorrect information about 65 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: electric vehicles. That you know, I said that you can't 66 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: buy an electric car for less than sixty dollars. No, 67 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: you need to clean out your ears, all right, because 68 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: this this this individual I consider a little bit of 69 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: a coward. He wouldn't even post his name, he said, 70 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: just unknown poster um. So there's somebody with a lot 71 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: of guts. Uh, you know what, you want to take 72 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: a shot, put your hat in the ring, stand up 73 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: and be identified. He said that you know you could. 74 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: I said that you couldn't buy an electric vehicle for 75 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: less than sixty grand. No, what I said was that 76 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: you couldn't purchase a Tesla Model three at the time, 77 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: and I checked it again the other day. The Tesla 78 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: I was looking at, I believe it was the model 79 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: three was eight hundred and sixty two dollars. By the time. 80 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: You added air conditioning, nice wheels, a nice interior, comfortable seats, 81 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: and you picked it in a color other than white, 82 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: and if you wanted the self driving option, which was 83 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: ten grand all by itself, and that's what I had 84 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: said that day on air. The poster then went on 85 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: to point out that you can buy so many electric 86 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: vehicles today for less than sixty thousand dollars. You can 87 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: buy a Nissan Leaf for thirty one dollars. Yeah, you can, 88 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: that's true. But how good of an electric vehicle is it? 89 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: So I said, well, rather than just come up with 90 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: my own anecdotes in my own comments, let me go 91 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: right to the source. Let me go talk to one 92 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: of the guys I know that fixes it. My friend 93 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: Tim happens to be the shop foreman for one of 94 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: the local Nissan dealers, and I spoke to him, and 95 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: some of his comments aren't fit for air. When I 96 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: asked him about the Nissan Leaf and what he thought 97 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: of it, but suffice it to say that, he said, yes, 98 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: it is a good twenty nine thousand, eight hundred and 99 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 1: sixty two car. It's thirty grand, he said his words. 100 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: It rides like a buckboard. With every spring that's broken. 101 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: It basically will go a hundred and fifty miles with 102 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: a l wind, provided you don't get stuck in too 103 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: much traffic and turn on the air conditioning, and if 104 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: you're planning to take long trips with it, plan to 105 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,679 Speaker 1: be parked a lot, hoping you can find a charging station, 106 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 1: because it takes anywhere on house current? Are you ready 107 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 1: for this? On household current? It takes twelve hours to 108 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: charge a Nissan Leave twelve hours. Now, if you're fortunate enough, 109 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: you can find a fast charger for this aforementioned wonderful 110 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: Nissan Leave for thirty grant. It's gonna take you four 111 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: to six hours on a volt charger. And if you 112 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: find a four and forty volt charger, which is uh 113 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: pretty much privy to the Nissan dealers, it's a fifty 114 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: dollar charger, it will take you two hours, but you 115 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: have to find one that's available. You have to find 116 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 1: one that's you know, up and open. Tim and then 117 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: went on to point out to me that you know 118 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: that the the four forty charger that they have at 119 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: the dealership is available that people will pull in, swipe 120 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: their credit card, pay all kinds of money to charge, 121 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: jump in less than two hours and be on their way. 122 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: Who has two hours to gas up a vehicle? Is 123 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: my first question? Who has two hours to sit there? 124 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: What are we gonna do? We're gonna take lunch. We're 125 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 1: gonna have lunch at the local Nissan dealership and overlook 126 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,799 Speaker 1: the rows of new cars. That's gonna be the exciting 127 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: lunch hour that we want to spend our time doing. 128 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: So when I talk what you perceive as bad about 129 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: the electric car industry, you're hearing the bad. You just 130 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: happen to hear my voice expressing it. I'm just the 131 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: guy that's trying to deliver the news and you're not 132 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: willing to look at it. And you've got to look 133 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: at it because this is the future, this is what 134 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: they're giving us now. I'm also a facts guy. I 135 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 1: try to stay to the facts as much as possible 136 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: and keep emotion and opinion out of it. Although I 137 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: will get emotional, I will get opinionated. I guess that's 138 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: the stubborn Armenian in me that comes out. And I 139 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: probably can't say that, but I did. So there you know, 140 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: things like I will sit and take this article that 141 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: research Kathy, who's doing her job up came up with 142 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 1: from an outfit called Torque News. And I read the article. 143 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: I believe you go research Torque News. Charging an electric 144 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: vehicle in public can cause triple what fueling up a 145 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: gas guzzler does. And this story came out written by 146 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,559 Speaker 1: John Gorham July of this year, and he talks about 147 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: the costs of charging a two Chevy Bolt and how 148 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: it was pricier than fueling up a gas guzzling performance 149 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: Dodge that put out seven ninety seven horsepower when he 150 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: compared the costs. Now, is that me trying to sink 151 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: the electric car industry? Or am I just preventing the 152 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: presenting the facts as I as I read them. I 153 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: think I'm presenting the facts. I'm presenting what what the 154 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: media is presenting. Isn't this isn't radio considered media. Isn't 155 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: that what we're supposed to be. I I'm not sure 156 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: what it is you want to hear and say. You know, 157 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: a long time ago, I learned only blue clouds and 158 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: wonderful thoughts should come out of your radio speaker because 159 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: you know, you tune in. You want to hear what's 160 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: going on, but you want to hear it in a 161 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: nice presented, soft kind of way. That's what I'm trying 162 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: to do. But I'm trying to keep your eyes wide open. 163 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: You know, not everything I do may make sense to you. 164 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: But there's a reason we had a We've had a 165 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: caller on the show the past couple of weeks was 166 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: calling up with a problem vehicle. And I'm a little 167 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: frustrated with this one individual because they're not diagnosing that. 168 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: They're jumping around and and changing parts and no real 169 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: diagnostics were done. And I've been a little i won't 170 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: say misleading, but I'm trying to take this this individual 171 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: down a path of making them diagnose something. And my 172 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: point is I received a couple of emails during the 173 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: course of the week, which what I believe is the 174 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: solution too, and they said, hey, how can we didn't 175 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: tell them about this? And how can we did tell 176 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,719 Speaker 1: him about that? And a few of you took me 177 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: to task because I didn't tell them about this or 178 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: that the silver bullet, And my answer was simple, because 179 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: sometimes I'm not here to hand out silver bullets. I'm 180 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: here to hand out diagnostic approach, trying to teach you 181 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: and make you better diagnosticians, because isn't that what it's 182 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,959 Speaker 1: all about? Are we here to just get answers for 183 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: the moment and then move on to the next thing. 184 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: I don't think it's often and I'll have to take 185 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: a look at myself where I sit there and I say, boom, 186 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 1: it's that. Change it. I always give you a reason. 187 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: I always give you an explanation. I always give you 188 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: a what to test and why do I do that? 189 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: Number one, it would probably be pretty boring if you're 190 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 1: called up and said my car does this, and I 191 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: said change this, next guy, my car does that. It 192 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: does this? Change that? Where would the interest be? Where 193 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: would the learning be? You know what? Again? I'll say 194 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: it again publicly, again and again and again. I hope 195 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,599 Speaker 1: the electric car industry makes it. I really do. But 196 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: I need to see more proof of intelligent thought, all right. 197 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: I need to see more proof that we're thinking our 198 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 1: way through this and not just ramming it down our 199 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: throats with at any of forethought mentioned possibilities. Tim goes 200 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: to Brazil every every January in February and not given 201 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: any any trade secrets, he takes vacation for a month 202 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: or two in Brazil. And I asked him, I said, so, Tim, 203 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,719 Speaker 1: what's the electric car program like down in Brazil? And 204 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: he broke out laughing hysterically. He said, Brazil electric car 205 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: program Roun, you're talking about a country that if we 206 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: have indoor plumbing and running water, we're thrilled. He said, 207 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: there's no whale Brazil or most of South America will 208 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: ever come up to an electric vehicle standard for the 209 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: next fifty to a hundred years. And I kept thinking 210 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: to myself, So how is it that we as America, 211 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: we're gonna stand alone in this and we're gonna do 212 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: this all by ourselves. We're gonna lead the way into 213 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: what might be the most expensive folly we've ever done. 214 00:10:54,760 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: That's an opinion, not a fact. We'll see zero run 215 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: name the Car Doctor coming back right after this. Don't 216 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 1: go away. What's more fun than listening to Ron and 217 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,199 Speaker 1: Nady in the Car Doctor and getting that car fixed? Right? 218 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: A five five five zero nine zero zero? Give Ron 219 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: a call? Now back to Ron. Hey, let's get over 220 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: to Richard in New Jersey Firebird and some bucking and 221 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: rough running issues. Richard, Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir, 222 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: How can I help? Thanks? Thanks, thanks for taking my call. 223 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: So it's it's a night formula, it's a three oh 224 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: five D eight five speed manual, and it's too port 225 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: fuel injection and the car is basically stock. So when 226 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: you when you drive the car under a slight load 227 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: at between seventeen hundred and two thousand rpm, the car 228 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: bucks and this is now it's not like a it's 229 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 1: not just a miss. It's like three, three or four 230 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: cylinders go out, so it really like UM runs awful. 231 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: So um the problem showed up as a crank no start, 232 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 1: and so I looked into it and I checked spark plugs. 233 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: There was no spark to the plugs. So I cleaned 234 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,599 Speaker 1: the magnetic pickup coil in the distributor with the in 235 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: paper and the engine ran ran fine. Had the carbon 236 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,719 Speaker 1: sitting in any length of time? Richard Um? Yes, the 237 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: car is UM in my garage and it gets about 238 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: three thousand miles per year, so it sits quite a lot. 239 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: But I do drive it, you know, aren't short trips 240 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: and just ride around the cruise nights and things like that. 241 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: Does it? Does it run okay cold and get progressively 242 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: worse as the vehicle warms up? Or is it bad 243 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: right from the start it's dead. It's it's not as 244 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: bad cold, but it's but it's bad. You could certainly 245 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: feel it, and it doesn't change that much from cold 246 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: the hot. Okay, what have you done. What have you 247 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: done so far? What parts have you change? What kind 248 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,839 Speaker 1: of diagnosics have you done? Okay, so it's an O 249 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: B D one car, so I don't have any codes, 250 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: so I'm just you know, going to see the pants 251 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: trying things. So, um, what I did was I replaced 252 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: the distributor with a new distributor, and that's when I 253 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,839 Speaker 1: that's when I found this problem. Uh So then I 254 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: replaced it with the second new distributor and I still 255 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 1: had this problem of missing at PM. So then I 256 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: replaced the distributor again with an MSD street fire and 257 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,199 Speaker 1: the same problem. So that's that's the distributor that's in 258 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: the car. Now, Um, is this is this the distributor 259 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,959 Speaker 1: behind the water pump Richard? Or is this still the 260 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 1: back of the motor? This is in the back of 261 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: the motor right, yes, yeah, okay, it's in the back 262 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,719 Speaker 1: of the motor. It's an old fashioned small box. So 263 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: then I changed the wiring harness to the distributor. So 264 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: that's a twenty port. It's just a wire that's about 265 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: nine inches long and it's a pink and black pink 266 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: with a black wire. So I replaced that. I disconnected 267 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: my ms D and ran it from the existing ignition. 268 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: I inspected the knock sensor and the wiring to the 269 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: knock sensor, and let's see. Then I put nine on 270 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: octane fuel in it. I set the timing with the 271 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: E S t unplugged to zero degrees because it runs 272 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: like it runs like it's way to advanced timing. So 273 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: but that didn't help. I thought I was onto something there, 274 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: but that didn't help. So I set the timing back 275 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: six degrees. And now the timing is set back to 276 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: six degrees base timing with the E S t um unplugged, 277 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: new wires, new plugs, replaced the coil with a known 278 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: good coil, and then I removed the e g R 279 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: and I put in a plate to block the port 280 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: in the intake manifold from the exhaust gas to the 281 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: intake manifold. And basically that's it. Okay. So one other 282 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: thing I was checking the the body ground, So I 283 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: ran a new body ground from the accessory bracket to 284 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: the shock tower. So so that's that's where I am now, 285 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: all right, So let's do this. If you sat there 286 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: completely warmed up and brought it up to seventeen or 287 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 1: eighteen hundred rpm, would it start to miss and break up? No? 288 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: If in my garage, so it's only under put the right. 289 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: So if I put the rear wheels off the ground, 290 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: put in third gear and step on the brake slightly 291 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: at this, you know, And I was gonna go from 292 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: my idol up through this rpm? Um it bucks if 293 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: I go through it. Now, let's say I bring it 294 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: up M H on the street with a small load. 295 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: If I go through it, you know what I mean? 296 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: If I go to a hier arpum, okay, you know. Um, 297 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: I gotta keep it in. I gotta keep it OVERM 298 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: and it'll work pretty good. Okay. Let me ask you this. 299 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: If you disconnect the E S T bypass line and 300 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 1: keep it in base timing and drive it, does it 301 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: make any difference? I don't know. I did. I never 302 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: did that. Try that. That's number one, number two, even 303 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: even though it doesn't break up and it seems to 304 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: run normal. Seat of the pants. If you were to 305 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: take a timing light, hook a timing light up to 306 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'll pick a cylinder. Well, let's start 307 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: with one right one and um let's let's take a 308 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: timing light. Do you have an advanced light or just 309 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: a regular light. I have just a regular light. That's fine, 310 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: And let's find timing and bring it up topm where 311 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: it's breaking up on the underload. Does the timing stay consistent? 312 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: Does the market of the words once it reaches total 313 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: advance whatever? Whatever the number is, twenty five five whatever. 314 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: When it gets to that point two thousand, is the 315 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: timing steady on the marker or is it is it 316 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 1: scattered as it's starting to bounce. If it's steady, my 317 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: my inclination is it's not spark related. All right, even 318 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: though even though this seems to have started with a 319 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,959 Speaker 1: no crank, no start, but something changed as a result 320 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 1: of cleaning whatever you you know, the pickup that you cleaned. Um, 321 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 1: the own a voltmeter? Okay, how about if we took 322 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: the voltmeter, tapped it into that pink wire which is 323 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 1: the feed from the ignition switch going to the ignition coil, 324 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: all right, and checked and made sure that it had 325 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: constant ignition switch voltage. Richard, sit tight. I got a 326 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: couple of more points. I want to go over with 327 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: you when we come back. I'm I'm running nating the 328 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,159 Speaker 1: car doctor. We are we are? Oh? No. As a 329 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: matter of fact, you know what, Richard um sit type. 330 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: We're gonna call you back in a little while. I'm 331 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,119 Speaker 1: running any of the Car Doctor will be back right 332 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back, listeners, run an any in the 333 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: car Doctor. You know, fall is coming up not too 334 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: far away now, a couple of weeks, and then behind that, 335 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: old man, winter is going to be upon us. And 336 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: with the fall in winter driving season sure comes the 337 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: weather that makes driving your vehicle maybe a little bit 338 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 1: more difficult, and we want to keep you safe, we 339 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: want to keep you informed. So we thought it would 340 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: be a good time for a little bit of tire 341 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: one oh one. So what some of the things you 342 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: need to look for as you're considering going out the 343 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,239 Speaker 1: purchase tires or maybe just look at your tires. Are 344 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 1: the tires on your vehicle ready for a weather ahead? 345 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: And we reached out to We've reached out to Jenny Page. 346 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: She is a product manager for Cooper Tire and we're 347 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: glad to have Jenny here with us today. And my 348 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 1: spies tell me she's also a tire engineer. But I 349 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: don't know if I can mention that, um, so I 350 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: won't um, but maybe we'll get some tire engineering stories 351 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:16,679 Speaker 1: out of her at some point till we'll see how 352 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 1: we do today with time. Jenny, Welcome board, Welcome to 353 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: the car Doctor. Hey, Ron, I appreciate you inviting me 354 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: in to talk about tires one on one. It's great 355 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: to be here. Um, let's start with the basics, right. 356 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: Everybody always says, all my tires are worn out? Or 357 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: are my tires worn out? You know, what do tire 358 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: treadwear indicators tell us and what should we be looking for? 359 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: So the tire treadwear indicators are actually required by the 360 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: Department of Transportation to be in any tire that's on 361 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 1: the road. Um, they're in the grooves of the tire, 362 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: and they actually tell you when your tread is worn 363 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: down to two thirty seconds of an inch because at 364 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 1: that point it's really no longer legal for use on 365 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: the roads. So, um, you really need to be looking 366 00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: for those indicators. And when your tread lugs are worn 367 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: even to those indicators, it means it's time to replace 368 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: your tires now. In addition to those treadwear indicators, Cooper 369 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: actually offers our wear square technology and a number of 370 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: our lines. Ron, you and I were talking about the 371 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: Cooper CS five just before this interview, and uh, in 372 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: that CS five we have that where square, which is 373 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: essentially UM a square that wears a way as your 374 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: tread wears. So if all four sides are there, you've 375 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: got a hundred percent of your treadwear. And then as 376 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: each side of the square wears a way, you lose 377 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: of your wear. So if you look at the square 378 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: and there's only two sides to it, you know you're 379 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 1: about fifty percent worn on your treadwear. So it's just 380 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: a way to give consumers another way to look at 381 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: their tires and kind of know where they're at with 382 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: their tread life. UM, and it gives you a chance 383 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:50,199 Speaker 1: to be able to kind of plan ahead for that purchase. 384 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: Nobody likes to go spend hundreds of dollars on a 385 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 1: new set of tires, so it gives you a chance 386 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: to kind of be planning for and know about when 387 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 1: you're going to need those new tires. Everybody's always asking for, 388 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 1: you know, they want the longest lasting tire, and why 389 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 1: can't they make tires last longer? Which you know, I 390 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: think a tire on a vehicle that's properly maintained the line, suspension, air, inflation, 391 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: and rotation. I think tires last a good long time 392 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: compared to the old days when I first started. You know, 393 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 1: can rubber be improved to provide longer tire life? You know? 394 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: Actually at tires composition really can increase the longevity UM 395 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 1: for where Uh In fact, that the new Cooper Endeavor 396 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: tire that we've just launched has a silica tread compound 397 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,639 Speaker 1: that gives us the ability to put a sixty five 398 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: mile treadware warranty on that. Tires can be tuned to 399 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:41,640 Speaker 1: give you that long life. They can also be tuned 400 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: for a number of different attributes, such as that sporty, 401 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: spirited feel. Right, Ultra high performance tires typically give you 402 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 1: a more sporty ride, but they're not gonna last is long. 403 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,959 Speaker 1: So there's certainly trade offs when you're looking for those things. Uh. 404 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: Some people are more interested in comfort and quiet. Right, 405 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 1: are you looking for a really it tire? So it's 406 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: important to talk to UM your tire shop and make 407 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: sure they really understand what you're looking for and how 408 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: you drive before you make that purchase decision on what 409 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,919 Speaker 1: tires you need. So let's let's talk about the Cooper Endeavor. 410 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: You brought it up right, UM, you know what kind 411 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: of testing? How long does it take? I'm just curious 412 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: from my own knowledge, how long does it take? You know, 413 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: how long has he Endeavor been in development? A year 414 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: or two years? Three years? You know, what's how long 415 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: does a tire on the drawing board? And what does 416 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 1: it take to bring the market like that time wise? Oh, 417 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: it certainly takes quite a long time for any tire, 418 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 1: the Endeavor or any tire line that we bring to market. UM, 419 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: our engineers and designers to put the tire through a 420 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: lot of tests. UM. We take the tires down to 421 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: our vehicle test center down in Texas, UM where we 422 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: put a lot of miles, literally thousands of miles on 423 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: these new tires between our test track in Texas as 424 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: well as laboratory testing that we do in our our 425 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 1: technical centers. So, like I said, literally thousands of miles 426 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: are put on these tire designs before the first one 427 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 1: is ever available to the public. UM. We're testing for 428 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 1: things like tire noise, tire traction, UM, how does it 429 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: perform on wet pavement, how does it perform on drive pavement? UM? 430 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,439 Speaker 1: If it's an off road tire. We're looking for how 431 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: it traverses sand and mud and rocks. UM. And like 432 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: you said, for the Endeavor Plus or for our new 433 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: Cooper discover a rugged track which is an off road tire. UM. 434 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 1: You can rest assure that those tires provide long lasting, 435 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: durable performance that's been tested and proved out by our 436 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: testing engineers. So it's been everything has been put through 437 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 1: its paces and it's it's it's measured in years, not 438 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: months in terms of how long it takes to get 439 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: a tired of market. Oh. Absolutely, yes. So the new 440 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: Endeavor again, we'll we'll talk about that. It's the latest 441 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: product offering from Cooper. You know, how does the Endeavor 442 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 1: stack up in the competition, because obviously you had you 443 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 1: had a competition in mind. You don't just say let's 444 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: just create a tire. You don't put two or three 445 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: years worth of work on the cost into bringing a 446 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: tire to market us for the sake of changing names. Uh, 447 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: you know, what was your concept for the Endeavor? What 448 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 1: did you guys wanted to do amongst the competition in 449 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 1: the marketplace? And you know when you do that, um, 450 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: you know was it was? It longer tread life, Was 451 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 1: it better safety, was it better traction? What was it 452 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: that you know created a need for Endeavor? So we 453 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: keep saying that Cooper Endeavor. Let me just clarify for 454 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,159 Speaker 1: the listening audience. So the Cooper Endeavor is actually a 455 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: tired design to fit sedans and coops. But then we 456 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: also have the Cooper Endeavor Plus, which has tuned more 457 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: for sport utility vehicles. So it's one large line that 458 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,719 Speaker 1: covers everything from UM, you know your Honda fits up 459 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: through UM, your GMC Yukon's it's it covers the gamut 460 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:48,120 Speaker 1: between the Endeavor and the Endeavor Plus tire lines. So UM, 461 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: that tire line, like I had mentioned before, has a 462 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,360 Speaker 1: sixty five thousand mile treadware warranty UM, and it has 463 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,439 Speaker 1: that trust to trusted, dependable performance so that you can 464 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: put the tires on and drive through life without really 465 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: having to think or worry about your tires. UM. It's 466 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: got rain channels that helps flush out water so you 467 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: don't have to be concerned about hydroplaning when you're driving. UM. 468 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: It's got biting edges to give you traction in the 469 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 1: wet UM. It gives you that peace of mind. Like 470 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: I said, so you really don't have to think about 471 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: your tires. And it fits a lot of popular vehicles. 472 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: They threw a couple out, but Hondai, Sonatas, Honda, Odyssees, 473 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: Ford Escapes, Jeep, Grand Cherokees. It fits the gamut and 474 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: it gives you. It's the right tire for a daily 475 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 1: driver for people looking for just a comfortable highway product. 476 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,679 Speaker 1: So suffice it to say, it's it's it's the latest 477 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: and greatest technology both in design, treadwaar, traction and so on. 478 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: It's it's what the engineers have tested on the test track, right, 479 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 1: It's it's come to market now. That's right. It's gone 480 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: through a number of different prototypes to make sure that 481 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,159 Speaker 1: we've really dial it it, dialed it in for what 482 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: our consumers are looking for again, for a comfortable tire 483 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: that you can put on and not have to think about, 484 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: you know, outside of making sure or your inflation pressure 485 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: is up and you're inspecting your tires for cracks, bulges, punctures, 486 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 1: things like that. In our closing couple of minutes here, 487 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 1: Jenny Um just I just want to touch on tread 488 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,199 Speaker 1: depth again. You know some people say change tires at 489 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: four thirty seconds, some say less than two thirty seconds. 490 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: What is what is the industry standard? How does the 491 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: tire person explain it? So Cooper recommends the drivers replace 492 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: their tires when they're worn down to two thirty seconds 493 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: of an inch um. And that's really if it's worn 494 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 1: down to two thirty seconds anywhere on the tread space. 495 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 1: So you need to kind of be inspecting your tires 496 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 1: around the whole tire um. A lot of people are 497 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 1: familiar with the penny test, where outside of your tread 498 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 1: wear indicators, you can actually take a penny, make sure 499 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: Abe Lincoln is upside down and put it in your 500 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 1: tread and if the tread is not deep enough to 501 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: cover Abe's head, then it's time to get a new tires. 502 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: Of course, of course you have to find a penny 503 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: in the days with a pandemic and no change, right 504 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: which is that's that's a whole another problem. Let me 505 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: ask you real quick before we go, can tires improve 506 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: miles per gallon? Real quick? Um? You know, tires do 507 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,920 Speaker 1: affect your miles per gallon, but I think it's important 508 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 1: for your listeners to know that the most important thing 509 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 1: to improve your miles per gallon is really to check 510 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: your inflation pressure. Improperly inflated tires have a huge effect 511 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,160 Speaker 1: on your gas mileage UM. Not only your gas mileage, 512 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,199 Speaker 1: but also your tread life and your traction um. Your 513 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 1: tires are really the only thing between you and the road, 514 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: and it's really important that you're checking your tires for 515 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 1: proper inflation. We recommend checking at least monthly and before 516 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: long trips on a regular basis. Jenny, thank you so much. 517 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: It's been great. If the listeners want more information, they 518 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 1: want to find out more about tire safety and the 519 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: Cooper Endeavor line for both SUVs and passenger vehicles, where 520 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: can they go? Where's the website? So the website is 521 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,360 Speaker 1: Cooper Tire dot com and you can get on there 522 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: and explore everything from how to check your tires UM, 523 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 1: learn about tire safety, learn about the new products like 524 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: the Endeavor in the Endeavor Plus UM, and and check 525 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: out the full range of Cooper Tire products. Perfect, Jenny, 526 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 1: thanks a lot. You have a great rest of the afternoon. 527 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: All right, hey you too. Thanks Ron, You're very welcome. 528 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: I'm running any in the car. Doctor. We are back 529 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 1: right after this. Don't go away quiet and I'm Scots. 530 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: I'm broadcasting. That's right. Every once in a while I 531 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: get to do it right. Oh, welcome back, runing any 532 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: in the car doctor. We want to say thanks again 533 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: to Jenny Page from Cooper for stopping by. I forgot 534 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 1: that we had her in the lineup today and let 535 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: me get back to Richard who's been waiting. They're very 536 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: patiently sorry about that. Richard, we sort of had a 537 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: collision on air. Radio got in the way of radio today. Um, 538 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 1: we were talking about your ninety Wendy Firebird prior to 539 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: Jenny coming on board. We only had her for a 540 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 1: limited time so I couldn't change that. Thanks for understanding. UM. 541 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: My last comment prior to leaving you was, if you 542 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: were to take a voltmeter, tap it into that pink 543 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: wire where it comes into the connect comes into the 544 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: distributor to the distributor cap, that's the positive feed from 545 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: the ignition switch to the coil. Does it go away? 546 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think it will, but it's something 547 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 1: you can test. And as you always hear me say, 548 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: diagnosing is sometimes telling what's good, so you can eliminate 549 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 1: and you'll come up with what's bad all right, So disconnecting, disconnecting, 550 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: disconnecting the E s T the spark state this timing 551 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: stay true. Um, you know, you could also go and 552 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: look at opposite firing wars one, four, three, six, five seven, 553 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: two one eight four three six. If you go to 554 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 1: cylinder six, you should be able to replicate, uh, the 555 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: same timing mark on the front of the cover triggering 556 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: the timing light off of number one cylinder as you 557 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: did on number six, vice versa. So you could actually 558 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: look to see we called that split timing back in 559 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: the day, and if there was anything larger than a 560 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: two to four degree difference between the two, we would 561 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: start to suspect things like where at the cam gear, 562 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: where in the distributor gear, something that would affect timing 563 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: out over the curve, uh, even the case of a 564 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: bad timing chain as possible to just another way to 565 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 1: look at it, all right. Back in the day, that 566 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: was a common method to what we called it split 567 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: timing and just going to the opposite cylinder in the 568 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: firing mortar. Last, and this is where I think you'll 569 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 1: end up, all right. I saved the best for last, 570 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: as you know I always do. You can use does 571 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: your Does your scan tools show data stream or is 572 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: it just codes only? Okay, there would be a way 573 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: to look at fuel trim if it was data stream 574 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: in in terms, it wasn't fuel trim long term, short 575 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: term like we know today. I always thank God for 576 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: O b D two for the simplification it brought. General 577 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 1: Motors was using something called block learn and integrator, which 578 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 1: was the short and long term fuel adjustment nomenclature for 579 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 1: the day. But if you had a scan tool that 580 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: showed that, I'd be curious to see if at the 581 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,719 Speaker 1: point of the engine the car bucking and running badly 582 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: like you describe, does fuel trim change And I'd be 583 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: willing to bet it went lean, just keeping that in mind, right, 584 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 1: if you happened to come up with a scan tool 585 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 1: that does it. But what I'd like you to do, 586 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: and I know it's a bit of a pain in 587 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: the neck because tune port cars the injectors aren't the 588 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 1: easiest things in the world to get to, is take 589 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 1: your voltmeter, set it to OLMS right, measure resistance, and 590 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: let's do a resistance check of each injector cold before 591 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: before you started in the morning. All right, let's look 592 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: and see spec was sixteen to eighteen Holmes resistance fifteen 593 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 1: doesn't scare me, twenty doesn't scare me. Start the car up, 594 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: get it warm, you know, bringing up green, up the temperature. 595 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: Let it run for a half hour, Take it for 596 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: a ride as best you can. Don't drive it too 597 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: much because it's broke, all right, and come back and 598 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 1: as much as much as you can bear to do 599 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 1: it on a warm engine. Do another resistance check of 600 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: the injectors. Okay, well, i'm a I'm a. I've called 601 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: you be four and I had a similar problem that 602 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: it sound like it was bad gas. And you told 603 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: me to amount the Juel injectors, and I did that, 604 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: and I had it. I had a different home rating 605 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: on the middle injectors, like let's say number three and 606 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: five and four and six. So I replaced all the injectors. Now, 607 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: you told me to do that in two thousand sixteen, 608 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: So the injectors were changed along with the e g 609 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: R at that time. So the injectors were changed at 610 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 1: so I can do that again. Um, has this problem 611 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: been going on since two thousand and sixteen? Richard, No, 612 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 1: not at all. That corrected. That correct the injectors corrected 613 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: the other problem, which was which it ran like it 614 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: had bad gas. Sometimes it would run good, sometimes it 615 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: would run awful. And when it was hot, when it's gold, 616 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 1: that was okay. So let's let's do that. Let's do 617 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 1: infected that you know, you know the test. Then let's 618 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 1: go it again, because who's to say, who's to say 619 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,520 Speaker 1: that new rebuilt injectors for the thirty year old vehicle 620 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 1: you know now doesn't mail good. They're um, they are 621 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: new injectors, but they're from an aftermarket company. I don't 622 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: mention the name. You can mentioned names. Anything is possible. Listen, 623 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:20,960 Speaker 1: products and products, and listen, Standard didn't make those. I 624 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 1: don't think they're new. I think they're re manufactured, meaning 625 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 1: that if maybe I'm wrong, but I don't know that 626 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: they're new new. I think they're remans. It depends on 627 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,880 Speaker 1: what the box said. And even if they're new, I 628 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 1: don't know. Sitting sitting with fuel in them, uh, you know, 629 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 1: during long periods of time, it all has an effect 630 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: on these. But those injectors were problematic. So Richard, I 631 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 1: gotta go to come up. I'm up against the clock. 632 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: Do those things call me back, let me know where 633 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: you're standing. We can kind of pick it up from 634 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: there and we'll figure out what's wrong with this vehicle. 635 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: Good luck. Keep me posted five zero the car doctors 636 00:33:54,280 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 1: back right after this. Welcome to back righting any of 637 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 1: the car doctor. I think this is timely after talking 638 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,000 Speaker 1: to Richard, and thanks for allowing me to spend time 639 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 1: with Richard this hour. I think he needed to help 640 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,319 Speaker 1: with his pontiac. This in from Mitchell one mitchell one 641 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 1: dot com. You know, Mitchell one does a great job 642 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: of posting these confirmed fixes in their shut track community 643 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:21,920 Speaker 1: based on repair orders, and this week's is probably pretty 644 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,919 Speaker 1: close to what I was thinking along terms with Richard 645 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 1: in terms of diagnosed, diagnosed, diagnosed. They talk about a 646 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:30,880 Speaker 1: late model Chevy Silverado with a code P fifteen sixteen 647 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: throttle actual way to control module circuit performance, and most 648 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,160 Speaker 1: people would have just replaced the throttle body and said, okay, 649 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,880 Speaker 1: that must be it. Right. They go through step by step, 650 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 1: line by line, talking about voltages, UH connector tests, checking 651 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 1: make sure that the connector passes a drag test, taking 652 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 1: your right down the line to find a bad connector 653 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:55,480 Speaker 1: not a bad throttle body, because testing is what it's 654 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,880 Speaker 1: all about. Thanks to the folks at mitchell one mitchell 655 00:34:57,920 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 1: one dot com. Great job. I'm running any of the 656 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:01,839 Speaker 1: card doctor, reminding each and every one of you until 657 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:05,040 Speaker 1: the next time. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. Let's 658 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 1: see you