February 18, 2025 • 17 mins
As part of this week's Ask The Expert, mechanic Matt Bullen joined the Afternoons team to answer questions about cars and mechanical issues.
Matt's been in the automotive industry for 38 years - and he's worked with every major franchise brand throughout his career.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
You're listening to a podcast from News Talk zed B.
Follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
And on the line right now is Matt Bullen. Matt
has had thirty eight years experience as a mechanic in
the automotive industry. He has worked for pretty much every
car brand you can think of, from the Japanese three
of the Europeans. You'll find him at Excel Autos and
Fakatana and once a month he's going to be joining
us here on the Matt and Tyler Show to answer
your questions about cars and mechanical issues.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Get a Matt, welcome to the show, and selfishly before
we get stuck, and I've got a quick question about
my car.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
Good afternoon, guys, Thank you jet.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
So change the battery in my car? And now when
I put the the windows up, they now bounce off
the top and come back down. And the only way
I can get it to go right up top is
go and ease it up. When it used to just
pull it and that would stop. And is that related
to is that related to me changing the battery? It's
a it's a two thy and nineteen and forward focus.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
This particular can okay, you'll like everything, plug it out
the wall and plug it back in. You'll need you'll
need to do a window reset, and most vehicles, if
you turn the ignition on, don't start the cards. Turn
the ignission on, wind the window down, hold your finger
on the button, go all the way down, hold it,
(01:29):
hold it when it gets to the bottom for about
five seconds, and then go up and hold it when
it gets to the top for about five seconds, and
that should reset the window. Does it do it on
all four windows or just drivers?
Speaker 3 (01:39):
On just the driver and passenger?
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Yeah, okay, so you may have to do the passenger
side separately, but you may find that if you do
that driver's side, like hold that button down for five
seconds and then go all the way up and hold
it up as it's scott An auto window button, so
you can click it. It should up.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
Ye, hold it up.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
I'll do that. That's good that I.
Speaker 6 (02:00):
Don't have to take work.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
You've got my number.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Exactly just quickly. How would one do that change in
a battery? That sounds like Matt right right cocked up here?
Speaker 3 (02:10):
I mean it was bloody complex changing that battery now.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Not look a lot of things.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
There's a lot of cases, a lot of it.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
Yeah, a lot of stuff in there. Little motive will
now self learn and when you when you do change
the battery, you lose everything that it's learned, and that's
why you have to reset your wind those There may
be other things that you'll find.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
But.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
Yeah, a little while back, mitsis were really bad. If
you change the battery those store, you get to round
about in the store and you've got to just reset
the idle speak controls. You know, there's lots of things
that will need to be reset. Oh, you're good, Okay,
Probably the windows is the easy one.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Wait, hundred eighty ten eighty. I forgot a question for
Matt the mechanic here. I won't use his time anymore
and want to take it to the phone.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
I've heard your teasers and there's been some big claims
made that you know, I'll start with a caveat no
one knows everything about anything. Yes, yeah, I'll do my best.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Okay, Yeah, it's will bring Wendy and Wendy. Have you
got a question for Matt?
Speaker 7 (03:11):
Yes, I have, Thank you for taking my query. We
have a twenty fifteen Honda Jazz and over the last
week or so we've been having a few problems starting
it. It wouldn't go first time, but if you left it
for thirty seconds or so, it would go. So we
got the AA out last night and they replaced the
battery and I've just been out today and again pushed
(03:33):
the starter parton click click, Nothing happened, and it did
that a couple of times. You leave it thirty seconds
and it does go.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
Okay, Hi, Wendy, Yeah, diagnosing cars on the phone is
very difficult. It's odd that if you leave it for
a little bit. Yeah, does it click like when you
put press the Startun't you hear any clicking more?
Speaker 7 (04:00):
Yeah, it just goes click click.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
Yeah, okay, it sort of Yeah, it does sound like
a flat battery. But it could be a start of
solnoid problem. Really, someone's going to have to look at
it to diagnose, and it really really needs to probably
go to the best bit would be to go to
an auto electrician. Okay, you know that's that's a really
difficult one with.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
That, Wendy, And you quite wrote man, it is always
with RRC expert segments. We've got to say that the
advice offers. Matt, You're brilliant. We know that but the
advice offered on radio is done in good faith and
they should always be confumed by a physical inspection of
your vehicle. Some great talks as we missed along the line,
or she has no note, she's here.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
You're still there? An Do you do you have a
regular Do you have a regular garage that you go to.
Speaker 7 (04:49):
I'll contact an auto electrician. I was going to take
a set to Honda, but you'll go to an auto electrician.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
If you have a regular garage, go there. Like it's
really important to build up a relationship with your mechanic,
with your with your service department, because I've had no problem.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
Okay, thank you.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Any I appreciate it, Thanks very much, Wendy. Quick text
question here from Paul get a guys in Matt, How
do I tell if my alternator is faulty? Put a
fully charged battery into my high as fan and it
will go flat almost immediately.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
Thanks. Okay, so there must be a battery draw if
it's going flat really quickly, something's draining it. To test that,
you need an AMPT meter or you can test your
old maator with a vault meter. So depending on what
you do for a living, whether you've got that sort
of again, it might be something you need to go
to an auto electrician for. If you put a vault
(05:48):
meter on it when it's stationary, it'll be somewhere around
twelve twelve and a half vaults, and with it running
it it should be up to thirteen and a half
fourteen and a half volts. If it goes up to that,
then you know your old NAT is working. But if
it's just going flat, then something's on. You might have
a light in the boot on or a glove box light,
(06:09):
something's drawing on it. And you can test that with
an a meter if you've got one, but without knowing
the person that's asking the question whether they've got that
sort of gear. Yeah, but it is a really easy
one to test.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Yeah, that's great, brilliant. Eighty ten eighty you've got a
question for Matt the Mechanic.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Good afternoon. We've got Matt Bullen on the line. He
has thirty eight years experience as a mechanic in the
automotive industry. Is part of our Ask the Experts series. Matt,
thank you very much for answering our callers questions.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
No worries. It got off to a flying start.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Ye's still going.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
We've got so many calls and texts coming through. It's well,
it's quite an impressive response. But Michael, you've got a
question for Matt. Michael, Hi, Michael, you're there, Michael, Yeah,
have you got a question for Matt?
Speaker 8 (07:02):
Yes, I have, Michael, go ahead.
Speaker 6 (07:06):
I've got a Ford Falcon out of the differ blown.
Now do I have to take the whole gift out?
I know I've got a new one.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
But hang on, I didn't quite hear what what was blown?
Speaker 6 (07:20):
I've got a Ford Falcon yeah, and the diff blue?
So do I have to take the whole back end
off for the big wheels or can I just get
to the tiff?
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Did you hear that?
Speaker 5 (07:33):
Meant?
Speaker 4 (07:33):
So you did go one? Okay, you will because you'll
have to pull the exles out. So yeah, you need
to pull the wheels brakes and then draw the exles
otherwise you won't go to get the diff.
Speaker 6 (07:45):
Out, mate. Yeah, take the whole back end off.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
It is the disc got like twelve or fourteen sixteen
volts around the outside of the diff Yeah, yeah, it's
got a point.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
So yeah, once you won't do that, you'll you'll need
to pull the axles out because the exles go through
through this siding inside of it, so it won't actually
come out unless you pull the exles out. So yeah,
you need to pull the wheels, pull the brakes. Okay,
you don't need to pull you don't need to pull
them the housing.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Out, okay, Michael, I hope that helps. David, you've got
a question for Matt and mechanic.
Speaker 8 (08:29):
Yes, one tiler and two mates.
Speaker 6 (08:33):
My gosh, that's confusing.
Speaker 8 (08:36):
Yeah, make good there. Look over a two thousand and
eight Jag x k R should be charged four point two.
I have an intermitted problem with the touch screen which
when it worked, when it's on, it controls everything you know, climate, navigation, radio,
all then will happen and it just it freezes on
(09:01):
the Jag logo just will not go into all the functions.
I just by chance worked out the the hop out
of the car, closed the door, locked the door like
late ten seconds, hop back in we start. It works,
So I reckon that's a software update problems or something.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
Yeah, it could be. And again, have you changed the
battery recently?
Speaker 8 (09:29):
What's that.
Speaker 6 (09:31):
Changed?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Have you changed the battery recently?
Speaker 5 (09:33):
David?
Speaker 8 (09:35):
No, haven't that actually just going back to the initial
question from the other mate about it. Every time I
take it in for servicing, the battery gets disconnected and
every time. But I just haven't sequence a button you
(09:56):
press but just touch. Maybe if I just take it
down to the Jag dealer in christ Church and just
say do I need to update the software in the touchscreen?
Speaker 5 (10:05):
But what what year is it to? Two eight?
Speaker 4 (10:10):
Yeah, it just seems seems a little bit early for
that sort of problem. But I'd be looking at an
auto electrician.
Speaker 8 (10:18):
Yes, I'm not picked them, so there's probably some good
ones and bloom here.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Okay, Yeah, I look at an auto electrician. But I
would I would try ringing if there is a Jag
dealer there, I would try ringing them because it may
be a problem that they know of. There may be simple.
Speaker 8 (10:35):
If they are prepared, if they prepared to remit, to
admit to it.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
No, No, I'm sure, Yeah, I mean I try them first,
because that's I mean, that's where we go. We'd try
the manufacturer first because there may be a recall, there
may be an issue that they are aware of, and
there may be a simple fix for it.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Good luck, David, Thank you.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
Don't get any joy try an auto electrician.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Okay, Steve, you've got another starting problem for the mechanic.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
Yeah, very similar to the last Lady identical tunic key.
Nothing happens, or turn the key and that just tick.
Sometimes it will start straight after, and sometimes it won't
go at all, and then I have to travel half
an hour later or whatever. It turns over that I
got that my wife was driving. It's a two thousand
and eight midsupisial station wagon. But AA got it started
(11:25):
on that and then I seen sure thought it could
be the battery. So I took it and got it
all checked down and go a new start, a mode
to put in, and the issue is still happening. But
I'll turn it on and it won't go, and then
I'll turn it on. I'll go. It's not as bad
as initially was. I went back to the mechanic. He
said that he couldn't find anything wrong with it, and
(11:45):
he said, we don't use it very often. And he
sort of said that because he don't use it off,
it just sits there and there might be moisture on
the lexical points, et cetera.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
But yeah, it could be anywhere from the key from
the key down to the solenoid. If you're hearing it click,
it does sound like a flat battery. And the best
way to test it is just to jump start it.
If you put another battery on it and it starts
all right, then it's probably the battery. But I'd imagine
if some he's put a starto motor on it, they
would have tested the battery.
Speaker 5 (12:11):
Yeah, yeah, you said he tested it, and he said
it might be something to do. I'm not mechanically minor,
but you see something the tea and I'm so Annoyds
is not. Yeah, yeah, but my number one cars give
a penalty at the moment. Some driving they have a
look at your have a look at your battery terminals.
Make sure your battery terminals aren't loose. It's really common
(12:32):
we find that loose battery terminals, Any corrosion around the
battery terminals, any any bad connections there. Your start motor
can be drawing three or four hundred amps. That's huge,
you know, not your house is wide at ten MP's
car batteries have to deliver up the sort of five
six hundred amps. So you get bad connections and you'll
definitely get problems. But i'd imagine if someone's put a
starto motor and they should have checked the battery out.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
But it sort of does sound like a flat battery.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Good luck, Steve.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Best way to do it would be to try jump
starting it. It goes jump starting it, then it's probably
your battery.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Yeah, very good. All right, quicktiques question here, Matt Kody.
I hear a two thousand and seven Toyota kal Diena
that has been sitting outside stored for three months. Is
there anything I should watch for when I go to
restart it?
Speaker 4 (13:19):
Oh, that's a good question. No, I'm a Twitter technician
by trade, and the bloody good cars. I check your
check you all the water, make sure nothing.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Weird's happened, have moved into the back seat.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
You haven't opened the bondet, and have a lot make
sure because if it's in the rural area, you do
get raps that eat things. But I would suggest that
you might have a flat battery by now. It's been
sitting out for that long, so you might need to
jump start it. But yeah, check your all and water levels,
and you probably want to check your tie pressures.
Speaker 6 (13:53):
Yeah, yeah, great.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Check if anyone's running a soup kitchen in there.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
Yeah, just hold there because we've got plenty more questions
for you. Good afternoon, final few moments with our mechanic,
Matt Bullin met Thanks again for your time.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
No worries, Bryce, I've got a question for Matt and
the mechanic.
Speaker 9 (14:12):
Yeah, Matt. When I'm at the lights, I'm idle and
fine when it goes green and I press the accelerator,
but the car kind of dies first in the first
second before it starts taking off, so I lose reds
you first press the accelerator.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Yeah, what sort of car?
Speaker 5 (14:28):
And howld?
Speaker 9 (14:30):
Yeah it's in this and Tilda twenty and sixteen.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Okay, but odd for that age group. Could be looking
at something like an e GR valve problem and you
know it's going to where are outs in the country, Oh, Wellington, Wellington? Yeah, boy,
without driving it, it's difficult, but we we sort of
(14:57):
are getting problems with Dyer. It's an exhaust gas recirculation valves.
How long since it's had a service. A tren up
air filter could have an air leak. Okay, are there
any lights coming up on the dash as the engine
light come on?
Speaker 9 (15:12):
No lights coming up on the desk, And I get
it serviced every six months.
Speaker 6 (15:17):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
So how many cas it done?
Speaker 9 (15:20):
About one hundred and ten.
Speaker 4 (15:22):
Because the head spark plugs. Normally spark plugs, you'll feel
and miss and it'll be really obvious. I'd maybe be
looking at ear leaks or EGR problem or something like that.
But without men, without driving it, I'm without doing some testing.
It's really difficult to tell you that. Don't We don't
really have too many issues with that sort of thing.
If it's if it's missing, it would be you'd feel it.
(15:46):
We be really obvious. But yeah, I'm just have you
had it in anywhere?
Speaker 9 (15:53):
Yeah, so if I'm going along the motorway and it
might go good, it could there be spark plugs.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
Could be yeah, okay, but it's pretty obvious when you've
got a spark Plugmas, you'll feel it. You'll feel a
cylinder missing.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Bryce, thank you very much, good luck mate, and Matt.
That is all the time we have for this time.
You are a popular man. We've got a forrarckload of
texts and some people to call back when we next
get you on in a few weeks time.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
We might have broken the text machine and one hundred
and eighty ten eighty of the matterfone for.
Speaker 4 (16:26):
Any that can be email three or text to three
to me do that and I can answer them.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
You're a good man.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Thank you very much, Thank you so much for your
time and look at so it's not easy trying to
diagnose down the phone, but you did very well.
Speaker 6 (16:37):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Matt.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
Yeah, we'll catch you, catch you again in a couple
of weeks time. That is Matt Bullin. Matt the mechanic
as we call them from exl Autos and Fakat a
wealth of knowledge when it comes to anything mechanical and
has had thirty eight years experience in the automotive industry.
We'll get back Matt back in about four weeks time
as part of out Us the Experts series. Now we
(16:59):
need to do this. As always, advice offered in this
segment is done in good faith and should always be
confirmed by a physical inspection of your vehicle. That just
covers us off with the lawyers for more.
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
And on the line right now is Matt Bullen. Matt
has had thirty eight years experience as a mechanic in
the automotive industry. He has worked for pretty much every
car brand you can think of, from the Japanese three
of the Europeans. You'll find him at Excel Autos and
Fakatana and once a month he's going to be joining
us here on the Matt and Tyler Show to answer
your questions about cars and mechanical issues.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Get a Matt, welcome to the show, and selfishly before
we get stuck, and I've got a quick question about
my car.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
Good afternoon, guys, Thank you jet.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
So change the battery in my car? And now when
I put the the windows up, they now bounce off
the top and come back down. And the only way
I can get it to go right up top is
go and ease it up. When it used to just
pull it and that would stop. And is that related
to is that related to me changing the battery? It's
a it's a two thy and nineteen and forward focus.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
This particular can okay, you'll like everything, plug it out
the wall and plug it back in. You'll need you'll
need to do a window reset, and most vehicles, if
you turn the ignition on, don't start the cards. Turn
the ignission on, wind the window down, hold your finger
on the button, go all the way down, hold it,
(01:29):
hold it when it gets to the bottom for about
five seconds, and then go up and hold it when
it gets to the top for about five seconds, and
that should reset the window. Does it do it on
all four windows or just drivers?
Speaker 3 (01:39):
On just the driver and passenger?
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Yeah, okay, so you may have to do the passenger
side separately, but you may find that if you do
that driver's side, like hold that button down for five
seconds and then go all the way up and hold
it up as it's scott An auto window button, so
you can click it. It should up.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
Ye, hold it up.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
I'll do that. That's good that I.
Speaker 6 (02:00):
Don't have to take work.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
You've got my number.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Exactly just quickly. How would one do that change in
a battery? That sounds like Matt right right cocked up here?
Speaker 3 (02:10):
I mean it was bloody complex changing that battery now.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Not look a lot of things.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
There's a lot of cases, a lot of it.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
Yeah, a lot of stuff in there. Little motive will
now self learn and when you when you do change
the battery, you lose everything that it's learned, and that's
why you have to reset your wind those There may
be other things that you'll find.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
But.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
Yeah, a little while back, mitsis were really bad. If
you change the battery those store, you get to round
about in the store and you've got to just reset
the idle speak controls. You know, there's lots of things
that will need to be reset. Oh, you're good, Okay,
Probably the windows is the easy one.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Wait, hundred eighty ten eighty. I forgot a question for
Matt the mechanic here. I won't use his time anymore
and want to take it to the phone.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
I've heard your teasers and there's been some big claims
made that you know, I'll start with a caveat no
one knows everything about anything. Yes, yeah, I'll do my best.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Okay, Yeah, it's will bring Wendy and Wendy. Have you
got a question for Matt?
Speaker 7 (03:11):
Yes, I have, Thank you for taking my query. We
have a twenty fifteen Honda Jazz and over the last
week or so we've been having a few problems starting
it. It wouldn't go first time, but if you left it
for thirty seconds or so, it would go. So we
got the AA out last night and they replaced the
battery and I've just been out today and again pushed
(03:33):
the starter parton click click, Nothing happened, and it did
that a couple of times. You leave it thirty seconds
and it does go.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
Okay, Hi, Wendy, Yeah, diagnosing cars on the phone is
very difficult. It's odd that if you leave it for
a little bit. Yeah, does it click like when you
put press the Startun't you hear any clicking more?
Speaker 7 (04:00):
Yeah, it just goes click click.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
Yeah, okay, it sort of Yeah, it does sound like
a flat battery. But it could be a start of
solnoid problem. Really, someone's going to have to look at
it to diagnose, and it really really needs to probably
go to the best bit would be to go to
an auto electrician. Okay, you know that's that's a really
difficult one with.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
That, Wendy, And you quite wrote man, it is always
with RRC expert segments. We've got to say that the
advice offers. Matt, You're brilliant. We know that but the
advice offered on radio is done in good faith and
they should always be confumed by a physical inspection of
your vehicle. Some great talks as we missed along the line,
or she has no note, she's here.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
You're still there? An Do you do you have a
regular Do you have a regular garage that you go to.
Speaker 7 (04:49):
I'll contact an auto electrician. I was going to take
a set to Honda, but you'll go to an auto electrician.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
If you have a regular garage, go there. Like it's
really important to build up a relationship with your mechanic,
with your with your service department, because I've had no problem.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
Okay, thank you.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Any I appreciate it, Thanks very much, Wendy. Quick text
question here from Paul get a guys in Matt, How
do I tell if my alternator is faulty? Put a
fully charged battery into my high as fan and it
will go flat almost immediately.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
Thanks. Okay, so there must be a battery draw if
it's going flat really quickly, something's draining it. To test that,
you need an AMPT meter or you can test your
old maator with a vault meter. So depending on what
you do for a living, whether you've got that sort
of again, it might be something you need to go
to an auto electrician for. If you put a vault
(05:48):
meter on it when it's stationary, it'll be somewhere around
twelve twelve and a half vaults, and with it running
it it should be up to thirteen and a half
fourteen and a half volts. If it goes up to that,
then you know your old NAT is working. But if
it's just going flat, then something's on. You might have
a light in the boot on or a glove box light,
(06:09):
something's drawing on it. And you can test that with
an a meter if you've got one, but without knowing
the person that's asking the question whether they've got that
sort of gear. Yeah, but it is a really easy
one to test.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Yeah, that's great, brilliant. Eighty ten eighty you've got a
question for Matt the Mechanic.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Good afternoon. We've got Matt Bullen on the line. He
has thirty eight years experience as a mechanic in the
automotive industry. Is part of our Ask the Experts series. Matt,
thank you very much for answering our callers questions.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
No worries. It got off to a flying start.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Ye's still going.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
We've got so many calls and texts coming through. It's well,
it's quite an impressive response. But Michael, you've got a
question for Matt. Michael, Hi, Michael, you're there, Michael, Yeah,
have you got a question for Matt?
Speaker 8 (07:02):
Yes, I have, Michael, go ahead.
Speaker 6 (07:06):
I've got a Ford Falcon out of the differ blown.
Now do I have to take the whole gift out?
I know I've got a new one.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
But hang on, I didn't quite hear what what was blown?
Speaker 6 (07:20):
I've got a Ford Falcon yeah, and the diff blue?
So do I have to take the whole back end
off for the big wheels or can I just get
to the tiff?
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Did you hear that?
Speaker 5 (07:33):
Meant?
Speaker 4 (07:33):
So you did go one? Okay, you will because you'll
have to pull the exles out. So yeah, you need
to pull the wheels brakes and then draw the exles
otherwise you won't go to get the diff.
Speaker 6 (07:45):
Out, mate. Yeah, take the whole back end off.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
It is the disc got like twelve or fourteen sixteen
volts around the outside of the diff Yeah, yeah, it's
got a point.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
So yeah, once you won't do that, you'll you'll need
to pull the axles out because the exles go through
through this siding inside of it, so it won't actually
come out unless you pull the exles out. So yeah,
you need to pull the wheels, pull the brakes. Okay,
you don't need to pull you don't need to pull
them the housing.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Out, okay, Michael, I hope that helps. David, you've got
a question for Matt and mechanic.
Speaker 8 (08:29):
Yes, one tiler and two mates.
Speaker 6 (08:33):
My gosh, that's confusing.
Speaker 8 (08:36):
Yeah, make good there. Look over a two thousand and
eight Jag x k R should be charged four point two.
I have an intermitted problem with the touch screen which
when it worked, when it's on, it controls everything you know, climate, navigation, radio,
all then will happen and it just it freezes on
(09:01):
the Jag logo just will not go into all the functions.
I just by chance worked out the the hop out
of the car, closed the door, locked the door like
late ten seconds, hop back in we start. It works,
So I reckon that's a software update problems or something.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
Yeah, it could be. And again, have you changed the
battery recently?
Speaker 8 (09:29):
What's that.
Speaker 6 (09:31):
Changed?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Have you changed the battery recently?
Speaker 5 (09:33):
David?
Speaker 8 (09:35):
No, haven't that actually just going back to the initial
question from the other mate about it. Every time I
take it in for servicing, the battery gets disconnected and
every time. But I just haven't sequence a button you
(09:56):
press but just touch. Maybe if I just take it
down to the Jag dealer in christ Church and just
say do I need to update the software in the touchscreen?
Speaker 5 (10:05):
But what what year is it to? Two eight?
Speaker 4 (10:10):
Yeah, it just seems seems a little bit early for
that sort of problem. But I'd be looking at an
auto electrician.
Speaker 8 (10:18):
Yes, I'm not picked them, so there's probably some good
ones and bloom here.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Okay, Yeah, I look at an auto electrician. But I
would I would try ringing if there is a Jag
dealer there, I would try ringing them because it may
be a problem that they know of. There may be simple.
Speaker 8 (10:35):
If they are prepared, if they prepared to remit, to
admit to it.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
No, No, I'm sure, Yeah, I mean I try them first,
because that's I mean, that's where we go. We'd try
the manufacturer first because there may be a recall, there
may be an issue that they are aware of, and
there may be a simple fix for it.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Good luck, David, Thank you.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
Don't get any joy try an auto electrician.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Okay, Steve, you've got another starting problem for the mechanic.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
Yeah, very similar to the last Lady identical tunic key.
Nothing happens, or turn the key and that just tick.
Sometimes it will start straight after, and sometimes it won't
go at all, and then I have to travel half
an hour later or whatever. It turns over that I
got that my wife was driving. It's a two thousand
and eight midsupisial station wagon. But AA got it started
(11:25):
on that and then I seen sure thought it could
be the battery. So I took it and got it
all checked down and go a new start, a mode
to put in, and the issue is still happening. But
I'll turn it on and it won't go, and then
I'll turn it on. I'll go. It's not as bad
as initially was. I went back to the mechanic. He
said that he couldn't find anything wrong with it, and
(11:45):
he said, we don't use it very often. And he
sort of said that because he don't use it off,
it just sits there and there might be moisture on
the lexical points, et cetera.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
But yeah, it could be anywhere from the key from
the key down to the solenoid. If you're hearing it click,
it does sound like a flat battery. And the best
way to test it is just to jump start it.
If you put another battery on it and it starts
all right, then it's probably the battery. But I'd imagine
if some he's put a starto motor on it, they
would have tested the battery.
Speaker 5 (12:11):
Yeah, yeah, you said he tested it, and he said
it might be something to do. I'm not mechanically minor,
but you see something the tea and I'm so Annoyds
is not. Yeah, yeah, but my number one cars give
a penalty at the moment. Some driving they have a
look at your have a look at your battery terminals.
Make sure your battery terminals aren't loose. It's really common
(12:32):
we find that loose battery terminals, Any corrosion around the
battery terminals, any any bad connections there. Your start motor
can be drawing three or four hundred amps. That's huge,
you know, not your house is wide at ten MP's
car batteries have to deliver up the sort of five
six hundred amps. So you get bad connections and you'll
definitely get problems. But i'd imagine if someone's put a
starto motor and they should have checked the battery out.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
But it sort of does sound like a flat battery.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Good luck, Steve.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Best way to do it would be to try jump
starting it. It goes jump starting it, then it's probably
your battery.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Yeah, very good. All right, quicktiques question here, Matt Kody.
I hear a two thousand and seven Toyota kal Diena
that has been sitting outside stored for three months. Is
there anything I should watch for when I go to
restart it?
Speaker 4 (13:19):
Oh, that's a good question. No, I'm a Twitter technician
by trade, and the bloody good cars. I check your
check you all the water, make sure nothing.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Weird's happened, have moved into the back seat.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
You haven't opened the bondet, and have a lot make
sure because if it's in the rural area, you do
get raps that eat things. But I would suggest that
you might have a flat battery by now. It's been
sitting out for that long, so you might need to
jump start it. But yeah, check your all and water levels,
and you probably want to check your tie pressures.
Speaker 6 (13:53):
Yeah, yeah, great.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Check if anyone's running a soup kitchen in there.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
Yeah, just hold there because we've got plenty more questions
for you. Good afternoon, final few moments with our mechanic,
Matt Bullin met Thanks again for your time.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
No worries, Bryce, I've got a question for Matt and
the mechanic.
Speaker 9 (14:12):
Yeah, Matt. When I'm at the lights, I'm idle and
fine when it goes green and I press the accelerator,
but the car kind of dies first in the first
second before it starts taking off, so I lose reds
you first press the accelerator.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Yeah, what sort of car?
Speaker 5 (14:28):
And howld?
Speaker 9 (14:30):
Yeah it's in this and Tilda twenty and sixteen.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Okay, but odd for that age group. Could be looking
at something like an e GR valve problem and you
know it's going to where are outs in the country, Oh, Wellington, Wellington? Yeah, boy,
without driving it, it's difficult, but we we sort of
(14:57):
are getting problems with Dyer. It's an exhaust gas recirculation valves.
How long since it's had a service. A tren up
air filter could have an air leak. Okay, are there
any lights coming up on the dash as the engine
light come on?
Speaker 9 (15:12):
No lights coming up on the desk, And I get
it serviced every six months.
Speaker 6 (15:17):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
So how many cas it done?
Speaker 9 (15:20):
About one hundred and ten.
Speaker 4 (15:22):
Because the head spark plugs. Normally spark plugs, you'll feel
and miss and it'll be really obvious. I'd maybe be
looking at ear leaks or EGR problem or something like that.
But without men, without driving it, I'm without doing some testing.
It's really difficult to tell you that. Don't We don't
really have too many issues with that sort of thing.
If it's if it's missing, it would be you'd feel it.
(15:46):
We be really obvious. But yeah, I'm just have you
had it in anywhere?
Speaker 9 (15:53):
Yeah, so if I'm going along the motorway and it
might go good, it could there be spark plugs.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
Could be yeah, okay, but it's pretty obvious when you've
got a spark Plugmas, you'll feel it. You'll feel a
cylinder missing.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Bryce, thank you very much, good luck mate, and Matt.
That is all the time we have for this time.
You are a popular man. We've got a forrarckload of
texts and some people to call back when we next
get you on in a few weeks time.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
We might have broken the text machine and one hundred
and eighty ten eighty of the matterfone for.
Speaker 4 (16:26):
Any that can be email three or text to three
to me do that and I can answer them.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
You're a good man.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Thank you very much, Thank you so much for your
time and look at so it's not easy trying to
diagnose down the phone, but you did very well.
Speaker 6 (16:37):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Matt.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
Yeah, we'll catch you, catch you again in a couple
of weeks time. That is Matt Bullin. Matt the mechanic
as we call them from exl Autos and Fakat a
wealth of knowledge when it comes to anything mechanical and
has had thirty eight years experience in the automotive industry.
We'll get back Matt back in about four weeks time
as part of out Us the Experts series. Now we
(16:59):
need to do this. As always, advice offered in this
segment is done in good faith and should always be
confirmed by a physical inspection of your vehicle. That just
covers us off with the lawyers for more.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
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