Mr Mechanic 9-20-2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Met Bob. He's a four time tire rotation champion. When
he was a baby, his first words were automatic transmission fluid.
Bob's so cool, he has engine coolant running through his veins.
And then there's Kyle, also cremium unleaded. Legend has it
that Kyle can change your oil with his toes, and

(00:22):
that he can tell your tires aale pressure just by
how you're walking. He's Bob, He's Kyle, and every Saturday
morning they morphed together to form the greatest superhero known
to man. Mister Mechanic check engine lights, don't stand a chance.
This is the Mister Mechanic Show on eleven ten, kfab.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
All right, good Saturday morning to you. This is the
Mister Mechanic Show. Five five, eight, eleven ten or those
numbers to get in. That's an interactive call and talk
show all about cars, believe it or not, which is
good because I know a lot about cars.

Speaker 3 (01:01):
What about cooking?

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Cooking? Well, I mean I can grill, okay, but cooking
I don't know. All right, we are Buchanan Service Centers
fiftieth and Dodge eightieth and Dodge Guaranteed Breaks forty ninth
Avenue and Dodge seven days a week. We fix cars,
believe it or not. Every day. There's cars breaking down.

(01:23):
Every day. We're fixing them. So Bob is not with
me today. So you just got me. So give me
a call. Let me know what you want me to
talk about. If there's something you don't know about, you know,
maybe there's something your mechanics telling you that you just
don't quite understand and you're not getting a good grasp
of it, give me a shot at it, you know,
because there's a lot of systems in a car these days.

(01:44):
I mean a lot of people I talk to, you know,
that bring their cars in for service, et cetera. You know,
they're like, well, what's an oxygen sensor? And why do
I need it? Why is this light on my dash?
What does it mean? Well, I mean there's a lot
of lights that come on dashes every year. I think
we get two more, but every one of them comes
on for a handful of different reasons. I mean it

(02:07):
could be anything. I mean, anything we had. I mean
there's codes in these cars, and I mean I've looked
through list after list of codes that come out every year.
I mean, I remember the nineteen ninety nine Dodge Neon.
I pulled it in one day and the guy's like, well,
the check engine light came on. It seems to be

(02:28):
running pretty fair, but the throttle isn't working that great.
And I pull this code and I forget the number
of it now, but its only definition is clean throttle plates.
And it was triggered. It was the computer was programmed
to throw this code on every fifty thousand miles just
to clean your throttle plates, just preventive maintenance. They're just

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setting a trap for you. Then you've got to come
in and you know, pay somebody to look at it,
figure it out, figure out what it's doing, and then
clean your throttle plates. And so a lot of us
here on the air, I mean, you guys are at home,
you know, fixing your own stuff, which is excellent. I mean,
it's great. Get out there, do it. It's very rewarding.

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But cars can be very complicated, and that's what we're
here to help you with. I mean, and every week
it seems I'm seeing new and new things. In the
last two days, believe it or not, I've replaced four
horns on cars. Both we're on high end day products.

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Both are very new cars. One or two years old.
And the kicker of the whole thing is how long
it took me to figure it out. And I'm not
kicking myself down, but I'm looking at this wiring diagram
and I'm like, why is the anti theft module involved
in the honking of the horn just from the steering

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wheel button? Why is this? I mean, this thing has
its own horn. I mean, the alarm has its own horn.

Speaker 3 (04:00):
Is it hooked up to like the panic the panic
alarm or something?

Speaker 2 (04:03):
I believe, So there's like two stages to the panic alarm.
You got loud and then really loud. That's the only
thing that I can figure out about it. But I
mean this was a tough one. I mean not so
much like demanding, but just figuring out this system because generally,
you know, on a normal car, we just go right

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to the horn. It's generally hanging right under the bumper
and plain sight and we can see what we're missing there.
But this one is buried way up inside the bumper cover,
you know, in behind the washer tank and everything else
that's right up there, radiator overflow, a bunch of other
crash sensors, et cetera. They hid this horn behind there,

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so it wasn't the easiest thing for me to get to.
So I mean, in order to get to some of
this stuff, I mean, it requires taking a lot of
part and that gets to be involved. So I mean,
any problems like that give me a shout, but going, oh,

(05:05):
I'm sorry. When it comes to horns, I mean, what
causes them? Is it like a disconnect of a cable,
or is it somebody hitting their horn too hard or
what would cause something like that. Well, in this particular issue,
it was the horn itself. I'm guessing, you know, just
faulty parts. You know, we just replace the horns, which
I don't see a lot of generally in cars. And

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I was thinking, you know, the first place I went
with this particular car was to the steering carn because
ninety percent of the time what I see is a
clock spring that's broken, and the clock spring goes behind
your steering wheel and allows all those electronics in the
steering wheel to maintain contact while you turn the steering wheel.

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So they break. Very common problem. And these cars are
in parking garages all day, turning corners. So that's the
first place I went. But you know, tested that it
seemed to Poork. Fine, but yeah, I mean I was
not expecting to find the horn. But you know, I
had to take the steering column part test, it had

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to take the bumper part test. It there, so glad
you do it, not me. Yeah, that one went into
X ratings on me. But you know, thankfully they dropped
off another vehicle that was the same year making model
with the exact same problem. So we got a bunch
of horns. All right, we're going to head over to John.
John's got a ninety seven Grand Prix. John, what's on
your mind today?

Speaker 4 (06:32):
Well, I'll tell you I had a car one time
as Grand Prix it is that isn't. I couldn't figure
out why check Angel I wouldn't go out, Okay, and
I did. I almost ripped the wiring on a car
all the way to the dashboard man and so on.
And all it was was it was a lousy pin

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connector in the ECU.

Speaker 5 (06:58):
Oh yeah, it wasn't.

Speaker 2 (07:00):
Yeah, And.

Speaker 4 (07:02):
That was causing all kinds of malfunctions in the car.
And I just thought, well, maybe I just need to
check the terminals on the ECU. Sure enough, the terminal
wasn't even touching in it. It was so loose on
the pin like I replaced them. I replaced it, I
should say, and this that and the other put it

(07:24):
back together in the lightweight out.

Speaker 2 (07:26):
Oh yeah. And those ones are the kind of the
most defeating because it's the last thing you think would
create a bad connection. I mean, it never gets unplugged.
How to get yes, how to get loose?

Speaker 5 (07:40):
You know.

Speaker 4 (07:41):
Well I was in it before and I just didn't
get just they get plugged in properly or something. They
got pushed backwards, you know, they click in kind of
like oh yeah, in the in the plug and they
got a rubber booter on them, and it was halfway out,
like and you know, like I got to think, maybe

(08:02):
I just better replace it anyway, So I did. And
I wanted to share with you guys something. There's a
place in California that sell pins, connectors and this, that
and the other. And it's called clips and Fasteners. And
I don't know if you've ever heard of them or not.

Speaker 2 (08:23):
It doesn't ring a bell, but I've definitely got to
wrote down on my notepad here.

Speaker 4 (08:28):
Yeah, that's that's about the best place I could find
on the internet that can sell computer pins and connectors.
They sell all kinds of stuff. I mean, they these
people got all kinds of pigs and connectors and terminals
and that and for old cars new cars, and who
wanted to share that with you?

Speaker 2 (08:47):
Yeah? Well, thank you for that, John.

Speaker 4 (08:50):
Yeah, it will help you. You know. I bought a
whole bunch of paid connectors for the ECU for the GMS,
and it was like I bought all I bought like
a three hundred of them.

Speaker 6 (09:01):
That was three hundred bucks.

Speaker 4 (09:03):
Oh wow, Yeah I got them though, you know, so
that's all that times I got tired of storder the
wire together.

Speaker 6 (09:10):
You know, sure.

Speaker 4 (09:13):
I use connectors fiers. Society stopped putting new ones on
there instead, you know, being the right to do it
the right way.

Speaker 2 (09:21):
Sure, yeah, makes sense John.

Speaker 4 (09:24):
All right, Well I just wanted to do that with
you guys. Thanks a lot. Keep up the good work, guys.

Speaker 2 (09:29):
Yeah you bet, John, Thanks for the phone call.

Speaker 7 (09:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (09:32):
There's a million different pins for a million different cars,
and I mean places like that that, John, just note,
I mean they're getting harder to find, but I mean
one a one stop shop like that that has all
these special pins and connectors because the dealership won't even
sell them to you. They want to sell you the
entire wiring harness. So yeah, good information there, Thank you, John.

(09:54):
All right, we're going to take a quick break here
on the Mister Mechanics Show. Five, five, eight, eleven, ten
or those numbers to get in. We'll be back in
a second.

Speaker 8 (10:00):
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the Mechanic, there to help you with all your automotive
needs by simply saying, Hey, Siri the mechanic.

Speaker 2 (10:11):
Hey Siri the mechanic.

Speaker 9 (10:12):
He may I help you? How does mister Mechanic, the
critically acclaimed radio show host, know so much about cars? Oh,
that's easy. It's because he used to be a car.
Very funny, Siri, I'm serious.

Speaker 2 (10:26):
Wait, mister mechanic used to be a car.

Speaker 9 (10:29):
Yes, he was a nineteen sixty five Shelby GT. Five hundred,
one of a kind. He was beautiful. We were lovers, Hi,
You and mister Mechanic used to date, Yes, back when
he was a car. Okay, wait a minute, No one
put the pedal to the metal like mister mechanic.

Speaker 3 (10:46):
All right, this is getting weird.

Speaker 9 (10:47):
Tell mister Mechanic, I miss our talks.

Speaker 3 (10:50):
I don't want to do that.

Speaker 9 (10:51):
And the way he used to kiss me softly on
the dashboard.

Speaker 1 (10:55):
No, I won't do it.

Speaker 9 (10:56):
Tell when I will find you and expose all of
your secrets, all.

Speaker 3 (11:01):
Right, I'll tell them.

Speaker 10 (11:02):
Have car questions, just ask Siri the mechanic, or better yet,
call into the Mister Mechanic Show and talk to mister
mchannick himself, who apparently used to be a car I
don't know if you've heard this, but it's true.

Speaker 2 (11:17):
Get in sometime. I got time to talk to you.
Still got more than a half a show left, so
we're getting close to you know, we're well in the
swing a fall right now. By the weather outside, it's
time to get out there. Let's get these projects moving
that have you know, kind of we've been putting off
because of the heat, the weather, everything else. Now we
got cool weather. I mean it's the sun isn't beating

(11:40):
on us. It's cooler, there's a breeze most of the time.
We can get things done. It's comfortable to work outside.
Speaking of project cars, this is kind of our biggest
weekend here this side of the state for car shows.
Two of my favorite car shows are happening this weekend.
We got West Point, Nebraska, the last fling till Spring

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car show. And this has got to be I think,
no close to thirty five years that they've been doing
that show up there, put on by the Road Gems
Car Club. They always do a great job setting up
up there. I've been in that car show many times,
from one at a couple times. Can you get the

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biggest trophies in Nebraska at that show?

Speaker 3 (12:27):
And how big are we talking?

Speaker 2 (12:30):
This one's bigger than me. I think it's seven foot wow.
And yeah, I had to fold the seats down in
the car, had to take the trophy apart just to
bring it home.

Speaker 3 (12:38):
What does your wife think when when you brought it home?

Speaker 2 (12:42):
I don't know that she really had a comment on it. Yeah,
or it's just one more thing that needs dusted.

Speaker 3 (12:47):
And I was about to say, did you put it
in the living room or the dining room?

Speaker 2 (12:50):
No, it's downstairs in the basement. Okay, so I can
look at it while I watch football, remember the glory days.
But yeah, the West Point Car Show going on here Sunday.
Also Sunday we have the Nebraska City Apple Jack Festival
car Show, which I have also been to. Generally my
Sundays this time of year are spent driving from West

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Point to Nebraska City to see all the coolest cars.
But the Applejack Festival is a very fun time if
you have never been down to it, it's a blast
for me because they got, you know, the carnival, the
flea market area, they've got the car show, which is
always a treat, apple pies everywhere you can turn. Good time.

(13:35):
Get down there, let's check it out. But before we
do that, let's make sure that the car is running good.
You know, we're getting close to winter time. Let's you know,
even if it's not time for an oil change, not
time for you to you know, get in and see
the mechanic. Maybe if you've got some free time, just
take the car by, get the anti freeze tested, get
the battery tested, get a good look at your tires.

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Because this first snowstorm that is, you know, right around
the corner, I feel, always seems to catch people off guard,
and you don't want to be one of those people.
So get in, just have your card checked out. It
doesn't generally cost you much, if anything, but you know,
just get a look at it. All right, let's head
over to Dean. Dean's got a question about diesel engines, Dean,

(14:20):
what's on your mind today?

Speaker 11 (14:23):
Good morning, Really enjoy your show. And I've been kind
of looking to get a diesel and a diesel truck, okay,
and it just seems with you know, one manufacturer's got
a good motor, one's got a good suspension, one's gotten

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good transmission, you know, but getting them all together is
kind of difficult.

Speaker 5 (14:50):
And I was.

Speaker 11 (14:50):
Just just kind of, you know, get some information kind
of what you were thinking.

Speaker 2 (14:57):
Okay, so what what kind of application are we using
this truck for? What are you looking for in a
diesel truck.

Speaker 11 (15:07):
It's just gonna toe about a nine thousand pound trailer, okay.

Speaker 2 (15:12):
So we don't necessarily need a big, duly sixty giant vehicle.
So yeah, no need for I mean, like you said,
I mean, you're kind of across the board. This manufacturer
has this, this one has this. As far as the
engines are concerned, Dodge had Commings for a lot of

(15:37):
years and now they were a very good engine and
then you know they gave that up. But I mean,
as far as I mean, because we don't really see
a lot of diesels, we have diesel tow trucks are forwards,
which we've had very good luck with for the most part.
I mean there's been some breakdowns there, it's been some
repairs needed. Of course it's a service vehicle, but for

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the most part, as far as engine and suspension were concerned,
they work very very good. Chevrolet is also, you know,
the Duramax has been a great engine to have. But
when you move up to a diesel, have you ever
had a diesel before or is this going to be

(16:20):
your first?

Speaker 5 (16:21):
No?

Speaker 11 (16:21):
I did have one.

Speaker 5 (16:23):
Yeah, okay, it was a.

Speaker 11 (16:26):
It was a Nissan. Okay it was it was a
Cummings and it had a ice and transmission in it.
They I didn't have it that long, but I didn't
have a trailer at that time. But I love the
air brake. We went to Atlanta and you know, going

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some of those grades that air brake is or that
diesel breke. You know, it's really nice kind of like
down shifting and oh yeah, yeah, I've got experience.

Speaker 6 (16:57):
You know.

Speaker 11 (16:57):
The maintenance is the one thing with the diesel. You know,
it's got twice the oil capacity and yeah.

Speaker 2 (17:04):
You know, and most repairs on a diesel are going
to be more pricey than you know what you would
see on your normal ice engines. So that's a factor.
I mean, I know that Nissan with that Cummings line
is a great truck, and I mean the Cummings line

(17:25):
itself is good, but I mean Ford and Chevy they
seem to be kind of the front runners that everybody's
going with. And I mean, do I have an opinion
really much either way? I would prefer a Chevy in
this scenario, but I'm a Chevy guy. So I mean,
I think the best advice I can give you is

(17:46):
I mean, because you're looking at by it new right, Yeah, yeah, okay,
So I mean do a little bit of research, go
and test drive all of them. I mean, just take
your time, test drive all of them, and find the
car that fits you the best. I mean, that has
the amenities that you want, that's comfortable for you to drive,

(18:06):
that you understand kind of what's happening on that you
have a good read around the car, you can see everything.
You're going to be comfortable towing this trailer with it,
because that's the important thing.

Speaker 11 (18:18):
Yeah, not to throw you a curveball here, but I
was looking at a five hundred and some of them
have you know, naturally aspirated engines like the Ford has
that Godzilla and oh yeah, Ram has the HEMI would
that be. I mean, you don't have to mess around
with the you know, the EGR and I mean, oh yeah, me.

(18:44):
That's the one major negative about the diesel is they
they restrict it so much, you know, and.

Speaker 2 (18:51):
It's oh yeah, any missions. I mean you have to
have a huge GGR system. You have to have a
death system. I mean, you have to have catalytic converters
that are the size of a trash barrel. I mean
it's it's a lot going into those to you know,
get them to meet emissions anymore. So I mean, if
you're going to just bite.

Speaker 11 (19:10):
The bullet and I know you're gonna paint. I know
that the gas engines don't get as much mileage, but
you kind of have to look at it in the
long term. I guess you're not going to have a
four thousand dollars you know, build to work on something
else because you know, people.

Speaker 2 (19:27):
Are pretty they're pretty priced to work on. Yeah. Yeah,
So I mean that being said, I mean, yeah, GM
offers the six to two, which I mean would tow
you're ten thousand pounds trailer. I mean no problem. And
the HEMY I mean also the same thing. I mean,
but I mean Dodgers had their issues with the HEMI

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and I'm not sure on their new line kind of
what's going on there, But up until recently, I mean
we see camshaft and valve train failures in those pretty often.
I mean, GM has had their share of issues, but
they've gotten them resolved actually fairly fast. Bob and I
did a piece about that recall a few months ago,

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and I mean they're just wiping them out left and right,
getting them fixed. So again, I mean, I'm a chevy
guy GM, but I'm also that's the car that's comfortable
for me, and you know, for everybody it's different. So
my advice, I mean, you'd be going into a twenty

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five hundred series truck anyway, so I mean, just pick
one that's comfortable for you, and you know, do a
little bit of research, see what's out there as far
as you know, modern or up to date recalls, anything
like that, And uh yeah, that would be kind of
the direction I would take.

Speaker 11 (20:51):
Okay, appreciate your time.

Speaker 2 (20:52):
You bad Dean, Thanks for the call. All Right, we're
gonna take a quick break here on the mister mechanics,
show five, five, eight to eleven ten of those numbers
to get in. Get in soon. We don't have a
crazy amount of time left, but I got time for
your calls. Speaking of that, let's jump over to Dave.
Dave's got a two thousand Chevy Blazer. Dave, what's happening today?

Speaker 5 (21:11):
Thank you for the call. I get a two thousand
Chevy Blazer and turn the turn sigma on in the rear.
Only all three of the brake lights blink, the one
and the left morn and the right one. Okay, So
place the turn switch and I've replaced the brake light switch.

Speaker 2 (21:31):
Okay. So here's what I want you to do. Have
you taken the bulb out?

Speaker 5 (21:37):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (21:38):
Okay. What does the bulb look like?

Speaker 5 (21:42):
Just a standard thirty one fifty seven?

Speaker 2 (21:44):
Okay, It isn't melted inside. It isn't shorted across into
the break into the other circuit.

Speaker 5 (21:53):
Not that they can tell anywhere.

Speaker 2 (21:55):
Okay. Have you tried swapping that bulb with the one
on the other side.

Speaker 5 (22:02):
Turn on the blinker and all three of them will
blink in the rear. I'll turn on the right side
and all three of them, but the front's normal.

Speaker 2 (22:10):
Okay. So we've got a turn signal up front indicating
a direction, and in the back we've got what looks
like four way flashers. Correct, Okay. So it's generally when
I see something like this, I see a light bulb
that's melted inside and shorting across the circuit. Now, not

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to say that that can't be caused by another issue,
but this issue is going to be a short in
that harness, either a light bulb or the harness somewhere
because something is feeding something that it shouldn't. So there's
a couple directions we can go with this. Like I said,

(22:53):
you can try popping bulbs out of there, replacing them,
you know, pretty inexpensive venture. So now when we're talking
about the wiring harness itself, is there a trailer hitch
on this car? Is there any trailer wiring? Okay, so
we need to look at Oh, is it factory or

(23:18):
aftermarket on that. I can't remember if they came with one.

Speaker 5 (23:22):
I'm pretty well I'm thinking it was fact because I
remember when my shister bought it new, okay, and it
came at the hitch.

Speaker 2 (23:30):
Sure, Okay, So at the back there behind the bumper.
If you find that plug in for your trailer lights,
kind of follow that up, because generally it'll go to
a junction block. I can't really remember on the two
thousand Blazer, but I know on the trucks it went
to what looked like just like a multiport plug in

(23:53):
where you plug in your tail lights for both sides,
your feed harness from the truck, and then your trailer
out of that. And those can cause this issue as well,
because generally they aren't sealed that great and it's right
there at your back bumper, and all the water, salt,

(24:16):
et cetera seeps into there over the years and you
get what looks like, if you crack it open, you
get you know, a bunch of corrosion.

Speaker 5 (24:26):
Yeah, okay, so.

Speaker 2 (24:28):
That would be the place that I would go. I mean,
aside from that, what you can, I mean, you can
kind of work from front to back. I mean, somewhere
down there on the frame there's a master my main
plug in for the rear of the vehicle, and you
can kind of unplug that and you know, maybe get
an O meter and check each circuit individually. But I mean,

(24:50):
I don't think.

Speaker 5 (24:50):
It's just gonna be familiar with that all. I thought
the wing ran up to the headliner.

Speaker 2 (24:56):
On that, Like I say, the blazer is kind of
I can't really remember on that one. There's gonna be
something underneath there that you're going to be able to
look at as far.

Speaker 5 (25:11):
As the trailer hitch and then look at the light
bulb again and then new grounds over to both sides searching.

Speaker 11 (25:19):
For a ground mm hmm.

Speaker 5 (25:21):
Sure and that didn't get turn signal switch or the
brake light switched. Okay, so fine, So it couldn't be
the flasher. I wouldn't think.

Speaker 2 (25:32):
I wouldn't think if your front's working fine, that flasher
doesn't really know front to back. Yeah, I mean, I
think we need to kind of just start with the basics,
you know, in a good eyeball inspection. You know, see
if we see if we get underneath there and we
find that splitter, kind of see, you know, is it

(25:55):
looking good? Is it healthy? Looking? Unplug it? Or do
all these plugins and spades look good? Or are we
shorting across somewhere?

Speaker 5 (26:03):
Okay, I'll do that. I appreciate your time. I think
if I was overthinking that replacing the switches and.

Speaker 2 (26:08):
Everything, maybe not I mean you'd be surprised. I mean,
we've seen weirder stuff happen. That's for Darden, sure. But yeah,
I mean, let's just kind of start with just kind
of checking over the basics and getting a good eye
on things, and like I say, just kind of pop
a couple bulbs out of there, and maybe you can

(26:29):
see if maybe you're feeding a ground side and that's
where it's lighting from on the opposite side that you're testing.
I mean, kind of see which wire is feeding it,
and you know whereas we got three wires going into
this light bulb, I mean, maybe we can narrow this
down to one and follow that one all the way
to our problem.

Speaker 5 (26:51):
Okay, well, I appreciate your.

Speaker 2 (26:52):
Time, you bet, Dave, thanks for the call. All right,
with Dave dropping off opens up the lines for you.
But yeah, I mean, shorts and wiring it can be
really tough. I had a Ford Ranger just yesterday that randomly,
I mean really randomly, like maybe once a month, it
would blow a fuse for the fuel pump and you know,

(27:14):
found the fuel pump was drawing a lot of ams.
But that wasn't our whole problem. There was a piece
of wire, you know, tiny wire that had just rubbed
through and was touching the frame and you'd hit the
right bump and it popped that fuse every time. But
I mean, finding them can be a real pain, but
I mean it's you just got to keep your patience

(27:35):
about you and just keep moving forward and you find them.
All right, We're going to take a quick break here
on the Mister Mechanic Show five, five, eight, eleven, ten
or the numbers to get in. It'll be right back.
Talk to Jeff with a twenty nineteen Jeep, Jeff, what's happening.

Speaker 6 (27:48):
Well, I'll tell you what. Guys, appreciate you talking with me.
This thing has that automatic restart. I think Jeep calls
it to e SS okay, and I've been getting a
warning light oh by a week ago saying it that's
no longer available. I mean that's fine with me because
they don't have to keep remembering to push that little
button down there. But then I did some reading. It
says one of the two batteries is going on. Is

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that typically the auxiliary yes? Or is it the main one?

Speaker 2 (28:15):
Well? So, the yeah, the start system, the start stop
system runs off of a very small battery about the
size of a lawnmower battery.

Speaker 6 (28:27):
Yeah, I got like a motorcycle battery, the one in
the front.

Speaker 2 (28:29):
Yep, yep, exactly.

Speaker 6 (28:31):
Now are those batteries. Are those batteries twinned? Because I
got the same voltage reading off both when I had
her shut down? Yes, yes, okay, so I got to
disconnect both positive and negative leads from the small one
to get a true test.

Speaker 2 (28:44):
Yes. Yeah.

Speaker 6 (28:46):
Now should that thing still be reading about you know,
thirteen or whatever, and well you should. I had down
to about twelve point twenty seven when when they were off.

Speaker 2 (28:57):
Yeah, they should be about twelve point five with everything off. Now,
when the car's on, you're gonna have charging system voltage.
But yeah, generally when we see lights like that, it's time,
you know, to get some batteries in there.

Speaker 7 (29:12):
And if it's still there, yeah, from what I can gather,
the code date on the main battery is the twelve
of twenty two, So I mean I only had this
think for like a year and a half, so I could.

Speaker 6 (29:23):
Not find a code date on the small battery.

Speaker 2 (29:27):
Yeah. Generally, if it's an original one, it won't have it. Okay,
you know, you can kind of tell if you look
at the part number on this battery. It should be
right on the top. You can tell right away if
there's a Chrysler stamp on it. It's going to be
the original one, which, being a twenty nineteen, wouldn't be

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terribly surprising to me. But it's probably time to get
it replaced.

Speaker 6 (29:55):
Yeah, I was thinking that too. Now, disconnecting a negative
on that auxiliary body won't be good enough, right, Will
it still feed from the positive side off the main battery?

Speaker 2 (30:04):
Yes? When I replace them, the first thing I do
is pop both negatives off, then move over to your
positive side, pop both positives off, get in there, do
your work. Hook up positives first, then hook up negatives last.

Speaker 6 (30:19):
Okay, beans, how you said that? Is it safe for
me to check the auxiliary better by removing the negative
and then the positive, but nothing on the main.

Speaker 2 (30:29):
Yep? Okay, just be sure you disconnect the negative first,
but your positive.

Speaker 6 (30:33):
I mean that's now. Now. Let's back up a little bit.
About a month or maybe a little longer ago, this
backup camera thing started going wacky. Could that be related?

Speaker 2 (30:46):
I doubt it, and I partially doubt it, Like, is
your battery being bad the initial cause of it? But
will replacing your battery fix this, maybe because a lot
of my wife had one of these. Hers was a
twenty twenty, and once in a while it would have

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this issue that you're talking about with the backup camera,
and generally speaking, like I only had to do this
twice in the five years we had it, But just
disconnecting the battery would reset this issue and you wouldn't
have it for a long time. I mean, because what's
happening there with your backup camera is no difference.

Speaker 6 (31:26):
I mean, I mean, I mean nothing. I mean, it
comes on, it's like a TV going haywire. It does
everything different every time it's on. So I just turned
it off. Yeah, and coming this winter time, it might
be kind of hard to you know, deal with climate
control and all that.

Speaker 2 (31:43):
Oh yeah, yeah, I know I've had one. Like I said,
but just disconnecting the battery remedied my problem and everything
would stop for a while. And like I said, I
had to do that twice in five years.

Speaker 6 (31:54):
So nice, Well, you know what, I'll give it a shot.
You know, it beats a fifteen hundred dollar computer from
Mopar or me. Turn to tear it down and put
a screen in for sixty bucks.

Speaker 5 (32:06):
Oh.

Speaker 6 (32:06):
Yes, everybody says it's delaminating or something like that.

Speaker 5 (32:09):
You know.

Speaker 2 (32:11):
Well, yeah, I mean just try disconnecting your battery. And
I mean it sounds like you need to service your
auxiliary battery anyway. So let's kill two birds with one stone.
See if it fixes it.

Speaker 6 (32:21):
Yeah. Now, if when that auxiliary battery fails, aside from
the start stop sys them, what else can go down?

Speaker 2 (32:30):
Oh on this car, I'm not one hundred percent sure.
There's a lot of I mean, because they tie it
into the fuse panel in the car and the BCM
things like that. So essentially, I mean you could short
voltage to or reserve voltage to a lot of different things.

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I mean, is your car gonna flat out die on
the side of the road. Probably not, because.

Speaker 6 (32:55):
It's robin power from the main.

Speaker 2 (32:56):
Battery, right, yes, all right.

Speaker 6 (32:59):
I appreciate you the guys. I listened to you every Saturday,
but I've never called in because I thought I could
do it, all right, Jess, not this time. All right,
thank you guys.

Speaker 2 (33:09):
You bet have a good day. All right, let's head
over to John. John's got an eighty five forward two
fifty John, what's happening?

Speaker 12 (33:17):
Well, I've got a one hundred and five thousand miles.
I just use this truck for big runs. It's always
got loads on it. But I've got a friend that
works at one of the major he's the manager of
a major auto parts store. And I told him, I'm
finally in my in my buildings, I'm getting down low

(33:37):
on my my ten thirty oil. And I said, should
I ship switch over to synthetic? And he said, well,
if you bought it new and started with synthetic, I'd
keep it with synthetic. But since you've got that many
miles on it, if you switch it over to synthetic,
now you got a good chance. You gotta make the

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mains and some of the different areas around the gaskets
they start leaking after you switch over to synthetic oil.
It just teaches them to be uh all right. They
just seem to always have more seal leakage.

Speaker 11 (34:13):
Is that true?

Speaker 2 (34:14):
That? Yep?

Speaker 12 (34:17):
It is in the vehicles they put. If you're worried
about it and want to get a lot of miles,
change your oil a little more often with your fielder,
but don't change over m h.

Speaker 2 (34:27):
Yeah, I mean any of these older vehicles, I mean,
I've never run synthetic in them, and I've seen a
lot of issues when people do want to put synthetic
in them. And exactly what he said rear main seal leakage,
you know, leakage from everywhere that you normally wouldn't find