Ron An Aian.

Ron An Aian.

I don't think auto repair shops are going away anytime soon.

I don't think auto repair shops are going away anytime soon.

I think one of the things that the powers that you have to.

I think one of the things that the powers that you have to.

Realize is there's always going to be a place, because there's always going to be the Sharons and the Joe's and the joe Ann's.

Realize is there's always going to be a place, because there's always going to be the Sharons and the Joe's and the joe Ann's.

You know, they don't want a new vehicle, they don't need a new vehicle, and they.

You know, they don't want a new vehicle, they don't need a new vehicle, and they.

Might be these psalms be the whiskey.

Might be these psalms be the whiskey.

I'll smoke south these.

I'll smoke south these.

No way around it.

No way around it.

One day, I'm gonna die. The Sultan's gone kill me. Might as well.

One day, I'm gonna die. The Sultan's gone kill me. Might as well.

Be the car doctor. There are things you can and can't do and shouldn't touch. If you pop the hood and you look underneath it, anything in orange, stay away from. That's all the high voltage stuff, and that will kill you, plain and simple.

Be the car doctor. There are things you can and can't do and shouldn't touch. If you pop the hood and you look underneath it, anything in orange, stay away from. That's all the high voltage stuff, and that will kill you, plain and simple.

You don't want to touch it.

You don't want to touch it.

Welcome to the rate home of ron Andania, the Car Doctor. Since nineteen ninety one, this is where car owners the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick out the phone and call in. The garage doors.

Welcome to the rate home of ron Andania, the Car Doctor. Since nineteen ninety one, this is where car owners the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick out the phone and call in. The garage doors.

Are opening, but I am here to take your call at eight five five five six ninety nine hundred and now he running. Okay, So first things first, this hour, definitely this hour, we're giving way a compy of Corvette Stingray The Mid Engine Revolution, hardcover, color book, color picture book.

Are opening, but I am here to take your call at eight five five five six ninety nine hundred and now he running. Okay, So first things first, this hour, definitely this hour, we're giving way a compy of Corvette Stingray The Mid Engine Revolution, hardcover, color book, color picture book.

It's just Gorge's book.

It's just Gorge's book.

We're just trying to clean out the gift closet for the end of the year, and new stuff shows up next year, and so some lucky winner this hour. I'll leave it up to my number one favorite judge, the elusive Tom Ray, and let him decide who should get this hold out for the highest bitter.

We're just trying to clean out the gift closet for the end of the year, and new stuff shows up next year, and so some lucky winner this hour. I'll leave it up to my number one favorite judge, the elusive Tom Ray, and let him decide who should get this hold out for the highest bitter.

Tom, I'm kidding, not kidding you. It's a nice book. It really isn't.

Tom, I'm kidding, not kidding you. It's a nice book. It really isn't.

No, you can't have it like you took the last three. You know, this doesn't have Tom's fingerprints. Ono, they kept it from him. So let's uh, let's kick the garage doors open. Yeah, let's go right away. Let's go to bread in South Carolina, Bred. Welcome to the car doctor, sir. What's going on?

No, you can't have it like you took the last three. You know, this doesn't have Tom's fingerprints. Ono, they kept it from him. So let's uh, let's kick the garage doors open. Yeah, let's go right away. Let's go to bread in South Carolina, Bred. Welcome to the car doctor, sir. What's going on?

Hey? How you doing?

Hey? How you doing?

All right? What are you driving? What is this?

All right? What are you driving? What is this?

Exactly ninety nine Tacoma Toyota right?

Exactly ninety nine Tacoma Toyota right?

What engine three four?

What engine three four?

Okay? And what's going on? What's going on with it.

Okay? And what's going on? What's going on with it.

Well, about a year ago it started. I don't know. I have to drive it ten or fifteen miles, so I'm like it once I got get warm, if you stopped, shut it off and want to crack it up and go again, it'll be skipping, all right, I don't watch it.

Well, about a year ago it started. I don't know. I have to drive it ten or fifteen miles, so I'm like it once I got get warm, if you stopped, shut it off and want to crack it up and go again, it'll be skipping, all right, I don't watch it.

Cool runs rough, yeah, okay.

Cool runs rough, yeah, okay.

And after you cool down, they'd run perfect again. And then there's the running till you know, he shut it off again and got hot and you know, cool back down, and of course they'll get back to running normal.

And after you cool down, they'd run perfect again. And then there's the running till you know, he shut it off again and got hot and you know, cool back down, and of course they'll get back to running normal.

Right.

Right.

Ever, set any codes in it, well, I'll.

Ever, set any codes in it, well, I'll.

Put engine analyzer. Uh actually I put three on it, three different ones, and uh they all kept leaning toward knock sensor. Okay, and not as much as I hate to think it was a knock sensor. I thought, well, I'll put plugs in the wires, and uh, the cylinder that was staying bad, you know, I went ahead and get a Denzo cool, replaced the cool on that cylinder, and I was still having problems. So I got to tour it all part, put knock sensors in it, put it back together, and it's to the point now it just does it all the time.

Put engine analyzer. Uh actually I put three on it, three different ones, and uh they all kept leaning toward knock sensor. Okay, and not as much as I hate to think it was a knock sensor. I thought, well, I'll put plugs in the wires, and uh, the cylinder that was staying bad, you know, I went ahead and get a Denzo cool, replaced the cool on that cylinder, and I was still having problems. So I got to tour it all part, put knock sensors in it, put it back together, and it's to the point now it just does it all the time.

You use it.

You use it.

Who's whose knock sensors did you put in? Does it still set the knock sensor fault?

Who's whose knock sensors did you put in? Does it still set the knock sensor fault?

Uh? I'm up the gaskets and sisters from the rock auto right right?

Uh? I'm up the gaskets and sisters from the rock auto right right?

But whose brand?

But whose brand?

There's a couple of things going on here, Brad, all right, who's so does it still set the knock sensor fault?

There's a couple of things going on here, Brad, all right, who's so does it still set the knock sensor fault?

Uh?

Uh?

No? I haven't checked it again since fled the supposed to bring his scanner over. Clear, you know, Okay, all the codes and let's let's.

No? I haven't checked it again since fled the supposed to bring his scanner over. Clear, you know, Okay, all the codes and let's let's.

Let's let's have a casual conversation, all right, kiddo, So you know it's not likely a knock sensor fault that's causing this.

Let's let's have a casual conversation, all right, kiddo, So you know it's not likely a knock sensor fault that's causing this.

All right, that was my thoughts, exactly right. It's it's it's it's the angelus the same thing, right.

All right, that was my thoughts, exactly right. It's it's it's it's the angelus the same thing, right.

But well, but it could have had it could have a and remember, a knock sensor fault doesn't mean a bad knock sensor. It just means the computer is seeing a problem in that circuit, all right, Right Now, what's common on these engines is, but you would have seen it is that animals live under the intake manifold and they will chew on the wiring right where the knock sensors are the knock sensors are under the intake plant them?

But well, but it could have had it could have a and remember, a knock sensor fault doesn't mean a bad knock sensor. It just means the computer is seeing a problem in that circuit, all right, Right Now, what's common on these engines is, but you would have seen it is that animals live under the intake manifold and they will chew on the wiring right where the knock sensors are the knock sensors are under the intake plant them?

Correct? You have to take the intake menifold off to get to it.

Correct? You have to take the intake menifold off to get to it.

Yeah. I replaced the wires going to them also.

Yeah. I replaced the wires going to them also.

Right where they chewed up. All right, So you're you're you're lucky like that, but that's common. The reason I ask what brand sensors is it seems like this is one of those cars the aftermarket has their issues trying to reproduce a good quality sensor. I'm not saying they're all bad. You just have to be sensitive to quality of part, all right. So the first question I've got is did the noock sensor fault go away? Not that I think that's causing your problem. I just want to know that we eliminated something, all right, and and work my way out from there.

Right where they chewed up. All right, So you're you're you're lucky like that, but that's common. The reason I ask what brand sensors is it seems like this is one of those cars the aftermarket has their issues trying to reproduce a good quality sensor. I'm not saying they're all bad. You just have to be sensitive to quality of part, all right. So the first question I've got is did the noock sensor fault go away? Not that I think that's causing your problem. I just want to know that we eliminated something, all right, and and work my way out from there.

Because the first.

Because the first.

Thing I'm to tell you is the easiest thing to fix is what it's telling you is wrong. If it still has a knock sensor fault. Let's figure that out, all right, you know, Let's let's figure out if if that will solve the problem, or whether or not that solves the knock sensor fault. All right, that's number one. So I want to deal with the knock sensor, and you don't need anything fancy. Any code scanner that will generate an OBD two fault code will work fine, all right. It doesn't have to be anything more dramatic than that. You can just go ahead and read, you know, OBD two fault codes if you find after resolving the nock sensor fault, or maybe you're gonna clear it. You know, maybe your buddy's gonna come over with his tool and you're gonna clear the code.

Thing I'm to tell you is the easiest thing to fix is what it's telling you is wrong. If it still has a knock sensor fault. Let's figure that out, all right, you know, Let's let's figure out if if that will solve the problem, or whether or not that solves the knock sensor fault. All right, that's number one. So I want to deal with the knock sensor, and you don't need anything fancy. Any code scanner that will generate an OBD two fault code will work fine, all right. It doesn't have to be anything more dramatic than that. You can just go ahead and read, you know, OBD two fault codes if you find after resolving the nock sensor fault, or maybe you're gonna clear it. You know, maybe your buddy's gonna come over with his tool and you're gonna clear the code.

And the problem is resolved.

And the problem is resolved.

Okay, you know, but you still have your hard start problem while your buddy is there. Okay, I want you to go in and do some just do some basic engine measurements. You're with me. Here's what I want you to look at. Okay, you got a pencil and paper. I want you to all right, and if not listen, If not, you can always this. This radio show will become a podcast in about an hour. You can just go out and google search ron and Inian podcast and it'll be up on iHeartRadio and you can get it there and you can get it at all the usual places. This is hour two on today's date. And you know you're about well, you're the first call out of the gate, so you're you'll be easy to find in the clock. But you know, I want you to look at mass airflow sensor. You know, bring up OBD two. You don't need to go in ear make model, just bring up OBD two scan. All right, go look at the mass airflow sensor PID. This is a three point four leader, so that means add idle ad idle on a warm engine, all else being equal, we should see roughly between three and three and a half grams per second of airflow. All right, the displacement of the engine is the giveaway three three three six.

Okay, you know, but you still have your hard start problem while your buddy is there. Okay, I want you to go in and do some just do some basic engine measurements. You're with me. Here's what I want you to look at. Okay, you got a pencil and paper. I want you to all right, and if not listen, If not, you can always this. This radio show will become a podcast in about an hour. You can just go out and google search ron and Inian podcast and it'll be up on iHeartRadio and you can get it there and you can get it at all the usual places. This is hour two on today's date. And you know you're about well, you're the first call out of the gate, so you're you'll be easy to find in the clock. But you know, I want you to look at mass airflow sensor. You know, bring up OBD two. You don't need to go in ear make model, just bring up OBD two scan. All right, go look at the mass airflow sensor PID. This is a three point four leader, so that means add idle ad idle on a warm engine, all else being equal, we should see roughly between three and three and a half grams per second of airflow. All right, the displacement of the engine is the giveaway three three three six.

I'm good with it.

I'm good with it.

If the mass airflow is underreporting or overreporting, we'll see something like two and a half or four four and a half. That tells me I've got an airflow problem and maybe that's contributing to your overall engine hard hots restart issue.

If the mass airflow is underreporting or overreporting, we'll see something like two and a half or four four and a half. That tells me I've got an airflow problem and maybe that's contributing to your overall engine hard hots restart issue.

Okay, yeah, now I have replaced mass airflow sensor.

Okay, yeah, now I have replaced mass airflow sensor.

Well, it may it may not be. Yeah, it may not be the sensor. Now, maybe it is the sensor, but it may not necessarily be the sensor. Maybe it's a problem with an air duct. Maybe there's a vacuum leak somewhere. Else in the system. Maybe there's a restriction. That's why I want to go by numbers. If you notice I haven't said replaced anything. I'm just trying to give your heart rate and blood pressure. You with me, Yeah, okay, So I want to look at mass airflow. I want to look at coolant temp. Maybe your buddy scan tool has a graphic function where it show the cool and temp sensor what it does from startup to the time that it's hot. And if we graph it, and we only graph the cool and temp sensor so we don't slow down the processor of the scan tool, maybe we'll see a dropout. Maybe we'll see an irregular heartbeat, if you get what I'm saying, Maybe we'll see that cool and temp sensor show a glitch where all of a sudden, the car it's running at one hundred and eighty five degrees, but the car thinks it's running at two hundred and forty degrees. All right, that's the whole value of a grapher. Maybe it's going to think it's running at thirty five degrees when it really isn't. Now, one of the things you can do is shut the car off. Cars warm car won't start, turn the car on, don't start it, okay, go in and look at the coolant pit, cool and temp. What does it think cool and temp is? It'll typically be within fifteen to twenty degrees of whatever it was when you shut it off, which you should have written down, all right, Yeah, and then let's go look at intake air temp. There should be an iat PID. Now if you were to look at a cold engine, all right, just to get your brain around this. If you were to go look at a cold engine and you looked at intake air temp and coolant temp, what do you think they should If it's sixty eight degrees out and you're just looking at a cold engine that hasn't been started, what do you think the cooling temp and intake airtempt should be?

Well, it may it may not be. Yeah, it may not be the sensor. Now, maybe it is the sensor, but it may not necessarily be the sensor. Maybe it's a problem with an air duct. Maybe there's a vacuum leak somewhere. Else in the system. Maybe there's a restriction. That's why I want to go by numbers. If you notice I haven't said replaced anything. I'm just trying to give your heart rate and blood pressure. You with me, Yeah, okay, So I want to look at mass airflow. I want to look at coolant temp. Maybe your buddy scan tool has a graphic function where it show the cool and temp sensor what it does from startup to the time that it's hot. And if we graph it, and we only graph the cool and temp sensor so we don't slow down the processor of the scan tool, maybe we'll see a dropout. Maybe we'll see an irregular heartbeat, if you get what I'm saying, Maybe we'll see that cool and temp sensor show a glitch where all of a sudden, the car it's running at one hundred and eighty five degrees, but the car thinks it's running at two hundred and forty degrees. All right, that's the whole value of a grapher. Maybe it's going to think it's running at thirty five degrees when it really isn't. Now, one of the things you can do is shut the car off. Cars warm car won't start, turn the car on, don't start it, okay, go in and look at the coolant pit, cool and temp. What does it think cool and temp is? It'll typically be within fifteen to twenty degrees of whatever it was when you shut it off, which you should have written down, all right, Yeah, and then let's go look at intake air temp. There should be an iat PID. Now if you were to look at a cold engine, all right, just to get your brain around this. If you were to go look at a cold engine and you looked at intake air temp and coolant temp, what do you think they should If it's sixty eight degrees out and you're just looking at a cold engine that hasn't been started, what do you think the cooling temp and intake airtempt should be?

Yeah?

Yeah?

Take a guess within.

Take a guess within.

That, yeah, right, because intake air temp and cool and temp will be within ten degrees of each other. Intake is more likely the indicator of what the ambient temperature is. So if ambient sixty eight, I would expect intake air tempt to be sixty eight, you know, sixty five to seventy two. I'm okay with if If intake TEMPPID reads sixty eight and the cooling temp pid reads thirty on a cold engine. Something's wrong. So the cool intent is starting at too low a scale for it to actually be equal and to compensate accordingly. You get me, all right, So let's go look at some of the basic things, and then once the engine is running, take a look at short term long term fuel trips sitting near hot engine idle?

That, yeah, right, because intake air temp and cool and temp will be within ten degrees of each other. Intake is more likely the indicator of what the ambient temperature is. So if ambient sixty eight, I would expect intake air tempt to be sixty eight, you know, sixty five to seventy two. I'm okay with if If intake TEMPPID reads sixty eight and the cooling temp pid reads thirty on a cold engine. Something's wrong. So the cool intent is starting at too low a scale for it to actually be equal and to compensate accordingly. You get me, all right, So let's go look at some of the basic things, and then once the engine is running, take a look at short term long term fuel trips sitting near hot engine idle?

All right? Where are they? Just write them down? You can call me back.

All right? Where are they? Just write them down? You can call me back.

The other thing I want you to consider over by the battery trade. What does the battery look like on this thing underneath the trade? Does it look corroded, rusty, beat up?

The other thing I want you to consider over by the battery trade. What does the battery look like on this thing underneath the trade? Does it look corroded, rusty, beat up?

I don't believe so.

I don't believe so.

But take a look. Take a look.

But take a look. Take a look.

Underneath the battery tray on the ninety nine's was a ground, If memory serves me right, there was a body ground over there that got corroded over time, all right, and it would create all sorts of havoc. And then last, do you have any way to test fuel pressure? You know, it would be nice if we could see fuel pressure. It would also be nice, you know, engine fuel pressure. It would also be nice if it would also be nice if okay, if this has a standalone fuel pressure regulator, which I believe it did in ninety nine. Pull the vacuum line off the fuel pressure regulator. Does fuel come out? If fuel comes out, the fuel pressure regulator's bad? All right, don't start, don't keep changing parts. Bread all right, hang on to it. Let's start to diagnose it. Let's start to look at let's let's play. Tell me what's good. I'll tell you what's bad. Do those things call me back. I'm here for you, buddy. We can fix this. I'm running any in the car doctor. I'll return right after this.

Underneath the battery tray on the ninety nine's was a ground, If memory serves me right, there was a body ground over there that got corroded over time, all right, and it would create all sorts of havoc. And then last, do you have any way to test fuel pressure? You know, it would be nice if we could see fuel pressure. It would also be nice, you know, engine fuel pressure. It would also be nice if it would also be nice if okay, if this has a standalone fuel pressure regulator, which I believe it did in ninety nine. Pull the vacuum line off the fuel pressure regulator. Does fuel come out? If fuel comes out, the fuel pressure regulator's bad? All right, don't start, don't keep changing parts. Bread all right, hang on to it. Let's start to diagnose it. Let's start to look at let's let's play. Tell me what's good. I'll tell you what's bad. Do those things call me back. I'm here for you, buddy. We can fix this. I'm running any in the car doctor. I'll return right after this.

Don't go away.

Don't go away.

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Need advice on how to maintain that classic gto Ron is the guy eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero.

Here's Ron.

Here's Ron.

Hey, let's take it right out to Iowa and talk to Kathy. Kathy, welcome to the car doctor. How can I help Hi?

Hey, let's take it right out to Iowa and talk to Kathy. Kathy, welcome to the car doctor. How can I help Hi?

Thank you, welcome and Merry Christmas?

Thank you, welcome and Merry Christmas?

Christmas? Thank you, thank you so much.

Christmas? Thank you, thank you so much.

I tried.

I tried.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I enjoyed listening to you when I can when I'm driving, but.

I enjoyed listening to you when I can when I'm driving, but.

I appreciate it.

I appreciate it.

I have a legacy Super twenty fifteen, a lot of miles on at three hundred and fifteen thousand, and I've had a lot of work done on it recently and it needed a new catalytic converter, and the dealer was saying something about five thousand dollars. I couldn't afford that. Then I found out about a place that had after market prices for the catalytic converter, and I actually wondered what your thoughts were on the after market prices and the parts.

I have a legacy Super twenty fifteen, a lot of miles on at three hundred and fifteen thousand, and I've had a lot of work done on it recently and it needed a new catalytic converter, and the dealer was saying something about five thousand dollars. I couldn't afford that. Then I found out about a place that had after market prices for the catalytic converter, and I actually wondered what your thoughts were on the after market prices and the parts.

I think there are places and points where after market makes perfect sense. So here's a car that's ten years old with three hundred thousand miles on it. You know, the the aftermarket cat I'm going to venture to say, depending on which one they change, was half the price, maybe less than the five thousand, right.

I think there are places and points where after market makes perfect sense. So here's a car that's ten years old with three hundred thousand miles on it. You know, the the aftermarket cat I'm going to venture to say, depending on which one they change, was half the price, maybe less than the five thousand, right.

I don't think.

I don't think.

I don't think you'll get Yeah, I don't think you'll get ten years out of that after market cat. I think, in all probability, depending upon what sort of maintenance the vehicle has and gets, you'll get three.

I don't think you'll get Yeah, I don't think you'll get ten years out of that after market cat. I think, in all probability, depending upon what sort of maintenance the vehicle has and gets, you'll get three.

To five and another three to five years. You know, where will you be four hundred thousand miles?

To five and another three to five years. You know, where will you be four hundred thousand miles?

I'll be over that.

I'll be over that.

Yeah, Okay. I drive a.

Yeah, Okay. I drive a.

Lot come school music lessons, and I put a lot of miles on the car.

Lot come school music lessons, and I put a lot of miles on the car.

So I think you're fine. I think you're fine. I think the biggest thing in doing something like that, as any part, is as long as the shop you dealt with, you know, they're reliable and honorable and they'll be there to take care of you if and when you have an issue. And I think, I think, you know, we don't talk about that enough here on the show, right, And to me, that's the biggest part of that's probably one of the biggest parts of order repair. You know, a repair shop only sells three things. It sells parts, it sells it sells labor, and it sells expertise. And that that expertise, to me, expertise is honor, expertise, doing the right thing, you know, maintaining and honoring a warranty, all of that, that's all there, That's all part of it. And as long as they do that, then I think, I think you're fine.

So I think you're fine. I think you're fine. I think the biggest thing in doing something like that, as any part, is as long as the shop you dealt with, you know, they're reliable and honorable and they'll be there to take care of you if and when you have an issue. And I think, I think, you know, we don't talk about that enough here on the show, right, And to me, that's the biggest part of that's probably one of the biggest parts of order repair. You know, a repair shop only sells three things. It sells parts, it sells it sells labor, and it sells expertise. And that that expertise, to me, expertise is honor, expertise, doing the right thing, you know, maintaining and honoring a warranty, all of that, that's all there, That's all part of it. And as long as they do that, then I think, I think you're fine.

So you know, just keeping I think it has I think it has an oil leak because I'm adding oil. It's probably burning oil. But I don't know if I need to get that.

So you know, just keeping I think it has I think it has an oil leak because I'm adding oil. It's probably burning oil. But I don't know if I need to get that.

Fixed.

Fixed.

They tried to do a dye thing to diagnose it, but they aren't sure where's coming from. But if I just keep adding oil, you know about courting between changes? Is that?

They tried to do a dye thing to diagnose it, but they aren't sure where's coming from. But if I just keep adding oil, you know about courting between changes? Is that?

Okay?

Okay?

A court in between changes? Uh? You know how big is this? Let's talk about this for a second.

A court in between changes? Uh? You know how big is this? Let's talk about this for a second.

Well, I don't see it because there's like an oil pan underneath. They said where the oil leaks goes down. But I think it's burning it, you know, leaking out that much. But here isn't it?

Well, I don't see it because there's like an oil pan underneath. They said where the oil leaks goes down. But I think it's burning it, you know, leaking out that much. But here isn't it?

Well?

Well?

And then and then here's here's the other concern. If it's burning it, you're now going to foul out that new catalytic converter you just put on.

And then and then here's here's the other concern. If it's burning it, you're now going to foul out that new catalytic converter you just put on.

Uhh uh oh right, So you know, maybe what they want to do is, you know, let me let me make up.

Uhh uh oh right, So you know, maybe what they want to do is, you know, let me let me make up.

Let me back up a second. An oil leak losing a court. What's your oil change interval?

Let me back up a second. An oil leak losing a court. What's your oil change interval?

Kathy? Five thousand miles? Three thousand miles?

Kathy? Five thousand miles? Three thousand miles?

I do it. I do it about seven thousand on them, okay, car.

I do it. I do it about seven thousand on them, okay, car.

So first of all, I think you're going too long on the oil changes. But you know I was going to tell you that. So why don't we cut Why don't we cut the oil change interval down to five?

So first of all, I think you're going too long on the oil changes. But you know I was going to tell you that. So why don't we cut Why don't we cut the oil change interval down to five?

All right?

All right?

And and monitor monitor our oil loss? See how low are we if this comes out to be a court every three one thousand miles, which which I suspect it is, or does it go away?

And and monitor monitor our oil loss? See how low are we if this comes out to be a court every three one thousand miles, which which I suspect it is, or does it go away?

No, I'm yeah, well oil oil does.

No, I'm yeah, well oil oil does.

Oil does a funny thing. The older it gets, the more miles it has on it, the more beat it is, the faster it'll burn. All right, It's it's just it's just a characteristic. I've had cars that, you know, if they're doing the oil change at five thousand, they're good. If they start doing the oil change at six, seven, eight thousand miles, all of a sudden, they start creeping up on miles. All of a sudden, they start creeping up on consumption. So that's why I say, if you go to five thousand, does the oil consumption continue or does it diminish? Does it diminish accordingly and appropriately? That's that's that's one of the questions on my mind. All right. But if this, yeah, if this was a quart in five thousand miles, that's gonna be a heck of a mess of an oil leak. It's gonna it's gonna exceed past that belly pan that's under the engine and start to work its way along the floor pan of the vehicle, and in time, you'll the entire chassis will be undercoated. The oil should be dripping off the back bumper. I think it's burning it. The question is at what rate? And can you contain it by doing shorter oil change intervals so you don't ruin the new catalytic converters.

Oil does a funny thing. The older it gets, the more miles it has on it, the more beat it is, the faster it'll burn. All right, It's it's just it's just a characteristic. I've had cars that, you know, if they're doing the oil change at five thousand, they're good. If they start doing the oil change at six, seven, eight thousand miles, all of a sudden, they start creeping up on miles. All of a sudden, they start creeping up on consumption. So that's why I say, if you go to five thousand, does the oil consumption continue or does it diminish? Does it diminish accordingly and appropriately? That's that's that's one of the questions on my mind. All right. But if this, yeah, if this was a quart in five thousand miles, that's gonna be a heck of a mess of an oil leak. It's gonna it's gonna exceed past that belly pan that's under the engine and start to work its way along the floor pan of the vehicle, and in time, you'll the entire chassis will be undercoated. The oil should be dripping off the back bumper. I think it's burning it. The question is at what rate? And can you contain it by doing shorter oil change intervals so you don't ruin the new catalytic converters.

Things to be answered. Keep me posted. I'm running in in the car.

Things to be answered. Keep me posted. I'm running in in the car.

Doctor.

Doctor.

I'll be back right after this. Oh the mods.

I'll be back right after this. Oh the mods.

Hey, let's get over and talk to Bruce and Virginia. Bruce, how can I help you? In your Row one Honda Odyssey run an Innian at your servicer?

Hey, let's get over and talk to Bruce and Virginia. Bruce, how can I help you? In your Row one Honda Odyssey run an Innian at your servicer?

Hi?

Hi?

How are you today?

How are you today?

I'm good? What's going on?

I'm good? What's going on?

Yeah? It's as he has one hundred sixty five thousand miles about it. Last year, just several months ago, I changed the alternatives brand new. They started new battery is brand new. So that last month I was driving the car. It starts cut off on me tours where I get home several times. Every time they cut off. It started right after about five ten minutes. So I took it to there's a shop called big Al here and I took it. It left a couple of days. They checked several things, the fueld pressure, ignition, key, different things. They couldn't figure it out. So I took it to Hondo. I said, maybe Honda, they can figure it out. So as left it there several days, they checked everything. They come up it said it's a fuel pump, so they changed the field pump. They didn't have the original, so better aftermarket. So as I took it home, they started cutting off again, so they told me take it back. So I took it back to the Honda. They said that was a problem, but it might be another problem. Okay. I said, maybe egr, there's or something in and that It's to cost a lot of money because I'm unemployed and I'm not like Social Security sincome. So I spent and had to pass the infection. Last month Bush they changed bushing. I had to pay nine hundred dollars last month and eight hundred dollars for pure pump. So every month I spent almost a short Security and I had to borrow money to pay my bills. So I don't know what to figure that I was wrong with it.

Yeah? It's as he has one hundred sixty five thousand miles about it. Last year, just several months ago, I changed the alternatives brand new. They started new battery is brand new. So that last month I was driving the car. It starts cut off on me tours where I get home several times. Every time they cut off. It started right after about five ten minutes. So I took it to there's a shop called big Al here and I took it. It left a couple of days. They checked several things, the fueld pressure, ignition, key, different things. They couldn't figure it out. So I took it to Hondo. I said, maybe Honda, they can figure it out. So as left it there several days, they checked everything. They come up it said it's a fuel pump, so they changed the field pump. They didn't have the original, so better aftermarket. So as I took it home, they started cutting off again, so they told me take it back. So I took it back to the Honda. They said that was a problem, but it might be another problem. Okay. I said, maybe egr, there's or something in and that It's to cost a lot of money because I'm unemployed and I'm not like Social Security sincome. So I spent and had to pass the infection. Last month Bush they changed bushing. I had to pay nine hundred dollars last month and eight hundred dollars for pure pump. So every month I spent almost a short Security and I had to borrow money to pay my bills. So I don't know what to figure that I was wrong with it.

So let me ask, let me, let me, let me ask a couple questions, Bruce, When when you take it into these repair shops, are they seeing it working or can they get it to the point of failure?

So let me ask, let me, let me, let me ask a couple questions, Bruce, When when you take it into these repair shops, are they seeing it working or can they get it to the point of failure?

Yeah, they told that. That's what I told me the first place, and the hundred they told me I have to leave it so they can't see if they fail, and then figured it out. Right, that's when it when it fails, it just for a short time.

Yeah, they told that. That's what I told me the first place, and the hundred they told me I have to leave it so they can't see if they fail, and then figured it out. Right, that's when it when it fails, it just for a short time.

But has anybody seen it fail? Listen to what I'm saying. Has anybody seen it fail? Has anybody driven this and had it thought okay? And and what sort of conclusion have they come to? It doesn't sound like they've come to the right one.

But has anybody seen it fail? Listen to what I'm saying. Has anybody seen it fail? Has anybody driven this and had it thought okay? And and what sort of conclusion have they come to? It doesn't sound like they've come to the right one.

When the first shop because be out, I don't know if you have a bat order. But and then he when he was driving it, he failed, but he still said they couldn't figure it out. That's why it took it to Hondo. The several times it failed, but they said it was a short time. They coudn't figure it out. But four but finally they said the field pump. So the mechanic size failed, but they said the field pump. And then when they change the field pump is still cut off. So they said, maybe other problems. And then I don't have the money to you know, to do.

When the first shop because be out, I don't know if you have a bat order. But and then he when he was driving it, he failed, but he still said they couldn't figure it out. That's why it took it to Hondo. The several times it failed, but they said it was a short time. They coudn't figure it out. But four but finally they said the field pump. So the mechanic size failed, but they said the field pump. And then when they change the field pump is still cut off. So they said, maybe other problems. And then I don't have the money to you know, to do.

I get that here, Let's do this, Let's do this.

I get that here, Let's do this, Let's do this.

Listen, Listen to what I say, all right, so this is an older Honda with high mileage on it. All right, I want to talk about what it probably isn't, but I want to mention it. First of all, you've got to find somebody that's going to diagnose this and not just get to the point of failure, because I haven't heard you say anything about any testing anybody's done. They've seen it fail, but I haven't heard anything about labscopes or checking grounds or looking at fuel trim or any of the other possibilities or things that this could be. So that being said, all right, there are top dead center sensors in this vehicle, as well as.

Listen, Listen to what I say, all right, so this is an older Honda with high mileage on it. All right, I want to talk about what it probably isn't, but I want to mention it. First of all, you've got to find somebody that's going to diagnose this and not just get to the point of failure, because I haven't heard you say anything about any testing anybody's done. They've seen it fail, but I haven't heard anything about labscopes or checking grounds or looking at fuel trim or any of the other possibilities or things that this could be. So that being said, all right, there are top dead center sensors in this vehicle, as well as.

A crank position sensor.

A crank position sensor.

The top dead center sensors are not common to fail, but if somewhere in the life of this vehicle it started to run hot or was overheated, those sensors can be compromised. Their resistance value will change the longer you drive the vehicle, and at some point, if the computer loses track of where it is on one particular cylinder, it will cause the vehicle to shut off, and then as it cools down it'll restart again. Well but again, yeah, but can it be duplicated? All right, There's three things on my mind thinking about this vehicle, top, dead center, and crank position sensors, which are easy enough to test with a lab scope once you verify the condition, all right, I want to. I want to look at and make sure all the grounds, especially PCM engine control grounds, are clean older vehicle high mileage, right, I want to. I want to consider the possibility of the main PGM relay, the main fuel injection relay that supplies power to the fuel pump. A bad relay will cause that fuel pump to cut out and cause the vehicle to stall. One of the things I would do is, and this is something they can do right off the bat, tell them to locate the relay for the fuel pump.

The top dead center sensors are not common to fail, but if somewhere in the life of this vehicle it started to run hot or was overheated, those sensors can be compromised. Their resistance value will change the longer you drive the vehicle, and at some point, if the computer loses track of where it is on one particular cylinder, it will cause the vehicle to shut off, and then as it cools down it'll restart again. Well but again, yeah, but can it be duplicated? All right, There's three things on my mind thinking about this vehicle, top, dead center, and crank position sensors, which are easy enough to test with a lab scope once you verify the condition, all right, I want to. I want to look at and make sure all the grounds, especially PCM engine control grounds, are clean older vehicle high mileage, right, I want to. I want to consider the possibility of the main PGM relay, the main fuel injection relay that supplies power to the fuel pump. A bad relay will cause that fuel pump to cut out and cause the vehicle to stall. One of the things I would do is, and this is something they can do right off the bat, tell them to locate the relay for the fuel pump.

All right.

All right.

As stupid as this sounds, and I admit it sounds stupid and untechnical, right, take a take a medium sized screwdriver and tap the top of that relay. Does the vehicle shut off? The reason I like the the reason I like the tap test is this.

As stupid as this sounds, and I admit it sounds stupid and untechnical, right, take a take a medium sized screwdriver and tap the top of that relay. Does the vehicle shut off? The reason I like the the reason I like the tap test is this.

Have you ever driven over a bumpy road?

Have you ever driven over a bumpy road?

Yeah?

Yeah?

Right, you would think a relay has to withstand bump and shock, right, right? If you if you tap a relay and the vehicle shuts off. I don't care what it is. We do this test on Fords all the time, back when Ford had a separate relay for their fuel pump and PCM. Okay, we found many a bed. We found many a bad relay, especially on an older high mileage vehicle, where the internals of the relay were starting to get You know, they're tired, they've been through a lot of thermal cycles. All right, they're not They're not as crisp as they once were, all right, But.

Right, you would think a relay has to withstand bump and shock, right, right? If you if you tap a relay and the vehicle shuts off. I don't care what it is. We do this test on Fords all the time, back when Ford had a separate relay for their fuel pump and PCM. Okay, we found many a bed. We found many a bad relay, especially on an older high mileage vehicle, where the internals of the relay were starting to get You know, they're tired, they've been through a lot of thermal cycles. All right, they're not They're not as crisp as they once were, all right, But.

I want to know that. I want to know.

I want to know that. I want to know.

The Other thing I could do is if if the relay for the one and I think there is, I sort of think the fog light relay is the same as the fuel pump relay. I'd have to look at a wiring diagram to recall, because it's a little over twenty five years ago.

The Other thing I could do is if if the relay for the one and I think there is, I sort of think the fog light relay is the same as the fuel pump relay. I'd have to look at a wiring diagram to recall, because it's a little over twenty five years ago.

Uh. You know, they they told me they checked everything the relay fuses.

Uh. You know, they they told me they checked everything the relay fuses.

Ask them, had they checked their relays? Listen? Listen.

Ask them, had they checked their relays? Listen? Listen.

If they checked everything and they still sold you a fuel pump and a fuel pump should have fixed, that's your argument, right.

If they checked everything and they still sold you a fuel pump and a fuel pump should have fixed, that's your argument, right.

Right, That's why I told him, Yeah right.

Right, That's why I told him, Yeah right.

I mean the next conversation with them has to be when they tell you it's this or that. The conversation you have to ask. You have to ask the ultimate question. You're ready for the ultimate question. Yes, will this fix my problem? It's a yes or no answer.

I mean the next conversation with them has to be when they tell you it's this or that. The conversation you have to ask. You have to ask the ultimate question. You're ready for the ultimate question. Yes, will this fix my problem? It's a yes or no answer.

And that's what the manager told me. He said, even if you fixed something else, it might not fix it, you know, so he said, even they said, if you take out the e g R fix it clinic or put it back, it costs the money. But midnight must fix it. So that's why that's what I'm when. You're probably right because whenever I told him, whenever the car is hits off, its costs shut off. When you told me something hit off sometimes so when not driving it for a while, like sometimes it doesn't cut off, but like when I was a part of the car or while I was driving, and when the cost is hit off and then it's shut off, that's what exactly.

And that's what the manager told me. He said, even if you fixed something else, it might not fix it, you know, so he said, even they said, if you take out the e g R fix it clinic or put it back, it costs the money. But midnight must fix it. So that's why that's what I'm when. You're probably right because whenever I told him, whenever the car is hits off, its costs shut off. When you told me something hit off sometimes so when not driving it for a while, like sometimes it doesn't cut off, but like when I was a part of the car or while I was driving, and when the cost is hit off and then it's shut off, that's what exactly.

And the only way and the only way you're going to catch it is with the lab scope. Let me ask you this real quick before the clock grabs me. Does this shut off clean like you turned off the ignition or is it a stumble stutter you know, cough and a mist to a fault?

And the only way and the only way you're going to catch it is with the lab scope. Let me ask you this real quick before the clock grabs me. Does this shut off clean like you turned off the ignition or is it a stumble stutter you know, cough and a mist to a fault?

No, it goes like it just shot off clean, like.

No, it goes like it just shot off clean, like.

Like you turned off the key.

Like you turned off the key.

Right. And then I learned a trick in the internet. It said, like when you turn off stick. Originally, when you wait five minutes, you start right off. But I learned a trick like the internet. He said, if you sort of like turn off the switch several times and leave it for two seconds and often not three times, and it starts. So I did it. It worked last time.

Right. And then I learned a trick in the internet. It said, like when you turn off stick. Originally, when you wait five minutes, you start right off. But I learned a trick like the internet. He said, if you sort of like turn off the switch several times and leave it for two seconds and often not three times, and it starts. So I did it. It worked last time.

Okay.

Okay.

The other thing I want you to consider is does this have a bad ignition switch in it? Checked that well, they checked it, but if they checked it when it was working, how would they know.

The other thing I want you to consider is does this have a bad ignition switch in it? Checked that well, they checked it, but if they checked it when it was working, how would they know.

Besides which, it's.

Besides which, it's.

Like, it's two hundred and sixty five thousand miles on an almost twenty five year old vehicle. You know how many cycles of the key that ignition switch has been through. Nine and the two the ninety nine and the two thousand's had a recall and even some of the even even some of the early two thousand ones were affected by it. So you know, they've got to do They've got to do some thorough testing. And the only way I know to test and ignition switches, you've got to measure voltage coming in and voltage going out in the moment, at the moment of failure.

Like, it's two hundred and sixty five thousand miles on an almost twenty five year old vehicle. You know how many cycles of the key that ignition switch has been through. Nine and the two the ninety nine and the two thousand's had a recall and even some of the even even some of the early two thousand ones were affected by it. So you know, they've got to do They've got to do some thorough testing. And the only way I know to test and ignition switches, you've got to measure voltage coming in and voltage going out in the moment, at the moment of failure.

Do this. Do this, Bruce, stay on the line. Tom's gonna get your information.

Do this. Do this, Bruce, stay on the line. Tom's gonna get your information.

We're gonna send you out a copy of the book we're giving away today, Corvette Stingray The Mid Engine Revolution. It'll give you something to read while you're stuck on the side of the road. Hopefully not for too long, but maybe it'll ease the pain that they're putting you through. I think you could use a little holiday cheer this time of year, So do that. Let Tom get your info. We'll send the book out to you this week. And I'm sorry you're going through this, brother. Ask them those questions and come back to me and give me some more and we'll do what we can to help you fix this vehicle. I'm ronning any and the car doctor. We're back right after this.

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See.

See.

I think in the case of Bruce and that Honda, that's a typical example of when they say, well, we tested everything, Yeah, had you test it? Because it's hard to test everything. And if you tested everything and you had come to an absolute conclusion, oh, I don't know, let's put a percentage on it, you would think eighty five ninety percent of the time you found the problem right research Kathy and her trailblazer. She's been having this problem for the past year and a half, and I've been listening to her to describe it to me for a while because it never was serious enough. It was always this intermittent thing. We could never catch it in the act. And about three weeks ago she finally said the magic words. She said, and when it happens, because it happens once in a while, I smell fuel and it won't it's a hard restart. And in old fairness, I had seen it do the hard restart once the week prior we had it in for service. I kind of knew what it was at that point, fuel hard restart. I saw it chugging. I pulled off the vacuum line going to the fuel pressure regulator and fuel came out. Fuel is not supposed to do that. We'd put a fuel pressure regulator in it. The one hundred and fifty six thousand mile two thousand and two Trailblazers fixed. My point is you're gathering information, you're diagnosing, You're you're trying to understand the problem and think outside the box. You know, I guarantee I want to bet money they didn't really test that ignition switch. How would you test it. I haven't heard anybody say that. Well, we put a voltage in and out and we looked at the switch to see did it start to fail or start to drop down. Most of these diagnoses take time, and I'm not hearing that. When I listened to the caller. I think Bruce's car is repairrable. I just think they're going to have to put some time in it. And you know, GRL sticking is not going to put a vehicle into a shut off, die clean problem. It'll cause it to stumble and stall and shake. It'll struggle to keep itself running, but it won't shut it off like a key turned it off. So somebody's missing a diagnosis. And maybe the shop isn't asking the questions. I'm asking nothing. I'm gonna be all and end all, But I kind of try to put myself in the position of the engine. What is that engine looking for? What is it missing, what is it lacking? What is it doing? I tell you this because if you're in this situation and you go through this with a car with a mechanic You've always got to ask the magic question, will this fix my problem? And you've got to watch their body language. You've got to watch, you know, do they shift their feet, do they look down, do they look up? Do they maintain good contact with the eyes?

I think in the case of Bruce and that Honda, that's a typical example of when they say, well, we tested everything, Yeah, had you test it? Because it's hard to test everything. And if you tested everything and you had come to an absolute conclusion, oh, I don't know, let's put a percentage on it, you would think eighty five ninety percent of the time you found the problem right research Kathy and her trailblazer. She's been having this problem for the past year and a half, and I've been listening to her to describe it to me for a while because it never was serious enough. It was always this intermittent thing. We could never catch it in the act. And about three weeks ago she finally said the magic words. She said, and when it happens, because it happens once in a while, I smell fuel and it won't it's a hard restart. And in old fairness, I had seen it do the hard restart once the week prior we had it in for service. I kind of knew what it was at that point, fuel hard restart. I saw it chugging. I pulled off the vacuum line going to the fuel pressure regulator and fuel came out. Fuel is not supposed to do that. We'd put a fuel pressure regulator in it. The one hundred and fifty six thousand mile two thousand and two Trailblazers fixed. My point is you're gathering information, you're diagnosing, You're you're trying to understand the problem and think outside the box. You know, I guarantee I want to bet money they didn't really test that ignition switch. How would you test it. I haven't heard anybody say that. Well, we put a voltage in and out and we looked at the switch to see did it start to fail or start to drop down. Most of these diagnoses take time, and I'm not hearing that. When I listened to the caller. I think Bruce's car is repairrable. I just think they're going to have to put some time in it. And you know, GRL sticking is not going to put a vehicle into a shut off, die clean problem. It'll cause it to stumble and stall and shake. It'll struggle to keep itself running, but it won't shut it off like a key turned it off. So somebody's missing a diagnosis. And maybe the shop isn't asking the questions. I'm asking nothing. I'm gonna be all and end all, But I kind of try to put myself in the position of the engine. What is that engine looking for? What is it missing, what is it lacking? What is it doing? I tell you this because if you're in this situation and you go through this with a car with a mechanic You've always got to ask the magic question, will this fix my problem? And you've got to watch their body language. You've got to watch, you know, do they shift their feet, do they look down, do they look up? Do they maintain good contact with the eyes?

Are they sure? Listen?

Are they sure? Listen?

I've been in situations I've told people, you know, I'm in the ninety percent tile. Usually when I get to the ninety percent tile, I'm right. I'm not always right. There's sometimes there's an extenuating circumstance. None of this is perfect to some degree. But this poor guy sounds like he's been running around the mill, and I don't understand why somebody's allowing it to go on. So it's time for the magic question. Will this fix my problem? Is the next up? For the record, I think I've done two hond of fuel pumps in my fifty three years. That's how that's how reliable Honda fuel pumps are. So could it be a bad pump, sure, it's possible. Could it be a bad relay more likely? And that's why I want the tap test done to that fuel pump. Relay A five five, five six zero nine nine zero zero. I'm run an ending of the Car Doctor. We'll be back to wrap it up right after this.

I've been in situations I've told people, you know, I'm in the ninety percent tile. Usually when I get to the ninety percent tile, I'm right. I'm not always right. There's sometimes there's an extenuating circumstance. None of this is perfect to some degree. But this poor guy sounds like he's been running around the mill, and I don't understand why somebody's allowing it to go on. So it's time for the magic question. Will this fix my problem? Is the next up? For the record, I think I've done two hond of fuel pumps in my fifty three years. That's how that's how reliable Honda fuel pumps are. So could it be a bad pump, sure, it's possible. Could it be a bad relay more likely? And that's why I want the tap test done to that fuel pump. Relay A five five, five six zero nine nine zero zero. I'm run an ending of the Car Doctor. We'll be back to wrap it up right after this.

Welcome back, we kind of wind it up.

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You know, Hey, this this is the New Year's Show, right, Yeah, New Year's is gonna be We're gonna have New Year's Eve between now and next year. So next year will be the first day of New Year's right, it'll be our New Year's show.

You know, Hey, this this is the New Year's Show, right, Yeah, New Year's is gonna be We're gonna have New Year's Eve between now and next year. So next year will be the first day of New Year's right, it'll be our New Year's show.

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Maybe they can't fit it on the button. Maybe merchandise or car doctor store hats, T shirts, coffee cups. I really like the coffee cups. I use one myself. It's just a nice cup. It's got a nice handle on it. I want to say it helps me, well, maybe it does help me fix cars. It kind of keeps me relaxed. I use mine for ta but Car Doctorshow dot Com you can click over on the merchandise button and to your heart's content hats, t shirts and so forth of a car, doctor, apparel and items. So that's there for you anyway. Let me answer this email real quick. This came to with James. He's got a two thousand and nine ZO six Corvett he bought new with twenty eight thousand miles on it. He's done nothing but oil changes. I'm wondering what if anything I should consider for preventative maintenance. Brother, Let's see two thousand and nine, so it's fifteen years old. If it's wet, change it. And by that I mean any fluids. All right, you know, everything's got miles on it, everything's got time on it. Rather, I'm sorry, everything's got time on it.

Maybe they can't fit it on the button. Maybe merchandise or car doctor store hats, T shirts, coffee cups. I really like the coffee cups. I use one myself. It's just a nice cup. It's got a nice handle on it. I want to say it helps me, well, maybe it does help me fix cars. It kind of keeps me relaxed. I use mine for ta but Car Doctorshow dot Com you can click over on the merchandise button and to your heart's content hats, t shirts and so forth of a car, doctor, apparel and items. So that's there for you anyway. Let me answer this email real quick. This came to with James. He's got a two thousand and nine ZO six Corvett he bought new with twenty eight thousand miles on it. He's done nothing but oil changes. I'm wondering what if anything I should consider for preventative maintenance. Brother, Let's see two thousand and nine, so it's fifteen years old. If it's wet, change it. And by that I mean any fluids. All right, you know, everything's got miles on it, everything's got time on it. Rather, I'm sorry, everything's got time on it.

So you know, if you're.

So you know, if you're.

Gonna to drive it come this spring, by all means, let's you know, let's let's let's change all the fluids. Let's do a real fuel system cleaning. And by that I mean, well, you should be using a tank additive anyway, because I like tank aditives in between, you know, services, and it's just good for a vehicle that sits a lot. But I would like to see you you know, take a look and consider, I'm doing a formal fuel system cleaning. You know, a good kit, one of the ones I saw the other day. See if you can find somebody in the area that uses BG BG fuel system products. They've got a method that I think right now they're usurping everybody.

Gonna to drive it come this spring, by all means, let's you know, let's let's let's change all the fluids. Let's do a real fuel system cleaning. And by that I mean, well, you should be using a tank additive anyway, because I like tank aditives in between, you know, services, and it's just good for a vehicle that sits a lot. But I would like to see you you know, take a look and consider, I'm doing a formal fuel system cleaning. You know, a good kit, one of the ones I saw the other day. See if you can find somebody in the area that uses BG BG fuel system products. They've got a method that I think right now they're usurping everybody.

I like what they do. But the BG fuel system.

I like what they do. But the BG fuel system.

Cleaning kits that the professional shops are using, I think they're very worthwhile and I think that'll do a great job for you.

Cleaning kits that the professional shops are using, I think they're very worthwhile and I think that'll do a great job for you.

Take a look at belts and hoses. They're fifteen years old.

Take a look at belts and hoses. They're fifteen years old.

They're probably okay, but you know, we don't want to get stuck somewhere. And I'm sure by now you're aware of the battery. You've either got it on trickle charge this winter, or you've replaced it or in the process of replacing it. Three to four, four years maybe five at the outside. Those are the things I'd be doing until the next time. I'm Ron an Andy in the car doctor, reminding each and every one of you be safe this new year. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless.

They're probably okay, but you know, we don't want to get stuck somewhere. And I'm sure by now you're aware of the battery. You've either got it on trickle charge this winter, or you've replaced it or in the process of replacing it. Three to four, four years maybe five at the outside. Those are the things I'd be doing until the next time. I'm Ron an Andy in the car doctor, reminding each and every one of you be safe this new year. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless.

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