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Speaker 1 (00:00):
On those a Windshiel w stepping out of temple, keeping rhythm.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Of the song on the radio.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
I gotta keep baby a song. You maybe want to
row my windows down and close.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the car show on fifty
five KRC. I'm Dan Donovan from Donovan's Auto entire Center
taking your car questions. The number to call five one
three seven four nine fifty five hundred. That number again,
five one three seven fifty five hundred. It is a
gorgeous Saturday afternoon, and I barely made it. As usual,
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I lived my life one one minute at a time.
I am here and uh uh my son had a
football game, so they're in the pl and uh so
it was.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
It was fun. I unfortunately got roped into.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Being on the chain gang, so I had to run
the chains, and towards the end, I'm like, hey, I
gotta go.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Somebody's gonna have to take over.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
I'm like, I'm not gonna I'm not gonna make it
on time, and then Tony Benner's gonna be mad at me,
and nobody wants that. So uh but my wife just
updated me. They won their game fourteen to nothing. So
and my middle it's my middle son, Nolan. So he
had a great sack, great tack, tackle, did a great job.
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The whole team did a phenomenal job. So good job
to uh the All Saints football team. They move on
in the playoffs, so also our Bengals. I I didn't
see that coming.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
I'll be honest with you. I have not lost faith.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
But on a Thursday night, you know, I I turned
into a pumpkin after nine o'clock, so I wasn't gonna
subject myself to watching it in hopes that they do win.
And they pulled it off to a phenomenal job, so
kudos to them as well. So and then after this,
I'm heading to a car show. It is unfortunately it's
(02:12):
it's invitation only, but it's it's for a great cause
for Him County Police Association.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
So gonna head there.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
So I'm gonna bolt out of here as soon as
i can, head home, change and head down in there.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
So so gorgeous day.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
And again in studio taking your phone calls again the
number to call five one three fifty five hundred and
number one more time five one three seven fifty five hundred.
Let's go to the phones. We have Jimmy Hey, Jimmy,
Welcome to the car show.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
How can I help? Good afternoon, Good afternoon. How are you?
Speaker 5 (02:49):
I have a solution for you? Always talk about oil consumption.
My wife is I bought her a twenty eleven Toyota
around four wonderful vehicle. It has one hundred and almost
one hundred and ninety thousand miles on it. So the
oil rings wore out. Originally associate five W twenty oil
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and it kept using oil. So I drained it out
and changed the filter and I put ten W forty mobile,
one synthetic oil and one can of STP and it
don't use a drop of oil.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Now that works, okay? So can you do you have
your radio on?
Speaker 6 (03:30):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (03:30):
Me?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
K yes? Please? Yeah, sorry, I'm getting yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:35):
You got everybody yell at you.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Yeah. Yeah, there's a lot of feedback some all right.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
So you you changed the oil just to STP, I
mean stay still the same?
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Is it still five W twenty?
Speaker 7 (03:54):
No?
Speaker 5 (03:54):
I put ten W forty and can of STP. It
doesn't need one drop of oil.
Speaker 6 (04:04):
It means oil ring.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
I could pulled out from ring it, but I feel
that something else wrong.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
What it is?
Speaker 4 (04:12):
So mobile?
Speaker 5 (04:14):
One yeah, and one can of STP. You know what
that is?
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Is it? Is it some type of oil out of it?
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Is?
Speaker 5 (04:22):
It's a thickened petroleum. I drag raced all my life.
You get seven five or six hundred thousand miles out
of an engine. Every time I change you off, I
put two cans STP in it.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
One way.
Speaker 5 (04:36):
That's where I was. You don't remember that. You don't
remember the commercials they.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Used to have. Oh no, no, no, I know.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
I'm sorry, Yes I do. I'm sorry. It's just I'm
getting so much feedback. It's just hard to hear you.
I apologize. So I was just getting so much feedback.
I don't know if it was a phone or as radio.
So I do apologize. But yes, I am familiar with
the STP. Uh, And yes, oil consumption is a something
that we deal with on a daily basis.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
Now again again we've talked about this.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
It is a wildly, wildly not talked about issue, which
I always talk about it on the show because we
need to talk about it.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
Everybody needs to be aware of it.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Is that these newer cars, and I don't care if
it's you know, I've seen cars with forty thousand miles
that start using oil. It happens to most of these cars,
and it's the way that it's the way that they're designed,
and we all need to be aware of it, because again,
back in two thousand and eight, it was you know,
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we all talked about changing oil every three thousand on
conventional oil, every five thousand on synthetic, and then all
of a sudden, at the drop of a hat overnight,
when we were in that financial crisis and the automakers
were needing to sell cars and doing anything they could,
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a lot of them were giving away free lifetime oil
changes or you know, free five or six or ten
oil changes. And I mean my father in law included,
you know, when he bought his new vehicle, they they
gave him several oil changes, and when he took it
in at five thousand miles, like, oh, you're not due,
we're not going to change it. And these cars burn oil,
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and you should continue to stay on the path of
changing that oil every five thousand miles. These cars are
burning oil. I just had a Honday and I talked
about this. I just had an Ahunday in two weeks ago.
Gentlemen came in check engine light was on, the vehicle
was running rough. He just had the engine replaced from Honday.
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I'm talking brand new, not used, that remnufactured, brand new
engine from this was the car's first oil change. And
he brings it to me because the car is running rough,
check engine lights on. It brings it to me there's
no oil in it. None, and that Hyundai just replaced
the engine. And you know, we're told and taught that, hey, look,
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focus on the light, focus on when the car tells
you need oil.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
And so so.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Many people come to me and I say, hey, you
know you need an oil change, and they're like, oh no, no,
my car says, I still have thirty percent life left.
I'm not going to change it right now. Well again,
let me reiterate that that is not the level of
the oil.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
That is the life of the oil. Your car literally
can come to me with a quarter oil in.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
It, and everybody assumes, and rightfully, so, you assume that
that oil light's gonna come on, and I'm here to
tell you that they don't. I cannot tell you in
the past ten years the last time I saw a
car come into my shop or any of my shops
with a low oil on.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
They don't come on.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
They're there, but I literally have cars come in with
I'll pull a half a quart of oil out of them.
They hold four or five courts, no oil light, cars
running rough because there's no oil in it.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
And you know, I'm not.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
A conspiracy theorist and thinking that the you know, it's
it's designed that way.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
But we need to talk about it.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
It's something that we need to discuss because it's something
that is here. I don't think it's going away anytime soon.
And I understand that oil is an oil change today.
I mean years ago, it used to be. You know,
I remember when I got into the business, it was,
you know, twenty thirty bucks for an oil change.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Well, some of these cars are one hundred, one hundred
and fifty dollars.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
I get it. It's expensive. The oils are, you know,
more sophisticated, they're they're better. Do I think that they're
good enough that you can go ten fifteen thousand miles
change them once a year? No, because the vehicles are
consuming it, okay, And a lot of people assume that, oh, well,
I'm not seeing any white smoke out of the tailpipe
or I'm not seeing anything. It happens, you don't see
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it if you ever pay attention to get on the
high When you're getting on the highway, look at the
car in front of you. Now, obviously, stay safe, focus
on the road, but at the same time, look at
the tailpipe. If you see a big old puff of
black smoke coming out of that tailpipe, that is oil,
that is soot that is burning through. And again you'll
see it. I promise you you'll see it if you
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just focus on it. And the problem is is we
focus on the oh, I've got thirty percent life. Well, yeah,
you've got thirty percent life, but you only have a
quarter of oil in your car, and it does substantial
damage to your vehicle. And I understand that we don't
want to be at a repair shop. It's it's like
going to the doctor or the dentist, right, you don't
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want to be there. But we need our cars to
get our kids to school. In my case, you know football,
this morning, work, and you know they're expensive. I get it,
but you want to make sure that you keep up
on it. And I harp on this all the time.
And a gentleman just talked about it opening up the
show with Hey, I've got an oil consumption issue. And
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there's a lot of things out there that will tell
you try this, try that, and you can try them.
I have not, in my opinion, found a product that
I have can wholeheartedly back and promise you that it's
going to take care of your problem.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
But what I can do with this platform is tell
you need to.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Be aware of maybe making sure that you check your
oil regularly and making sure you're changing it regularly. Now,
that's not focusing on you want to focus on that
little sticker up in your window.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
That's it. Don't focus on what the car.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Salesman told you to do, not your neighbor down the street,
Bob who's been a mechanic for thirty years, and what
he says. You want to focus on what that little
sticker says. And again we all have to most of
us all have to stop at the gas station and
get gas in our car. So take that time instead
of getting on your excuse me, getting on your phone
(11:06):
and checking social media or what, get out of your car,
pop your hood and check your oil level. It's important,
you know. And you can come by any Donovans. You
can come by any of our locations. You can go
to Donovantire dot com. Find your nearest location. We'll check
it for you for free. We'll just swing on by
and just say, hey, Dan can check my oil.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
We'll do it for free. Not a problem.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
I'd rather do that and you get the longevity out
of your vehicle. Then you blow it up right because
there's no oil in it, or you're causing all kinds
of other issues. Right, So it's important, it's imperative. We
talk about it, and I can't harp about it enough.
So it's it's it's important. So all right again, taking
your phone call, so number call five one three seven
four nine fifty five hundred. That number again, five one
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Taking your car questions.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
The number to call five one three seven nine fifty
five one hundred. I'm Dane Donovan from Donovan's Auto entire
Center and for those of you out there and join
the wonderful weather we're having.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
It's it's great, and.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
But everybody still has car problems and uh, in fact,
I even had one myself off this week. So I
have I have some older vehicles and I get picked
on all the time by my cousin. I don't like
to let things go. In fact, my wife even makes
fun of me as well because I have a car
that I bought when I was eighteen, and she's like,
can you just sell that car? And I have a
(13:17):
hard time parting with my stuff now.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
I by no means am I hoarder?
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Maybe a car hoarder, but not like a hoarder hoarder, right,
So I'm not like keeping old clippings and newspapers and
trash or whatnot. But I do like the cars that
I've purchased. I like to keep because.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
I don't owe anything on them.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
And you know, so again, I'm forty one years old
by the car that I have as a civic, had
it since I was eighteen, bought it when I was
a senior in high school, still running great, runs like
a top. Now, the battery might be currently dead at
the moment, but but I had. After that, I could
no longer get my wife and three children in a
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Tudor Honda City coop, so I bought my father's old
F one fifty. It's an O seven. It's impeccable shape
to an extent. Now, and this goes to and we
talk about this all the time when you're buying a
used vehicle. Okay, I'm gonna use this as an example.
You might look at the outside of it and go,
(14:19):
oh man, this thing's impeccable shape looks great. I mean,
if you look at my truck, it my dad's old truck,
it looks impeccable.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
It's great.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Yes, there is some rust on it. It's not perfect.
Inside's perfect. But my parts guy, my driver was driving
it earlier this week and he says, hey, Dane, some
of your back glass is rattling, and so that's weird
because it shouldn't be.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
So I lo and behold.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
I go back and sure enough, the frame right there
where the bed and the cab meat has completely rusted through.
I mean it's hanging by a thread. So the bed
was beating up against the cabs. So took the that
off of it, and lo and behold it is. Unfortunately,
it's shot. I mean, there's I don't think that there's
much that I can do. Can't get a frame for it,
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it's obsolete. Can't buy a used one. It's just way
too much work. So you look at my truck. It
looks in great it's looks like it's in great condition,
but the rear end of it's about ready to fall out.
So if you're buying a used vehicle, it's important and impeccable.
It's important now even if it's impeccable shape, it's important
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that you get it inspected. Now, whether you're in the
tri state area, or you're buying out of town, find
a reputable shop and do what's what we what we
call a used vehicle inspection. Get it inspected by somebody
who's reputable and can have it inspected. Make sure you
check the carfax report, and you want again, I don't
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even if the carfax report. I see that so often
that people go, oh, well, I checked the carfax report.
Speaker 4 (15:57):
It's good.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Well that's not necessarily the case, because guess what if
I wreck my vehicle and I totaled the whole front
of adelf which did happen last year.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
I got a buddy of mine that has a body shop.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
I had him fix it, and guess what doesn't show
up on the carfax report because I had my buddy
do it, and I paid him to do it, and
it's not on a carfax report. So that doesn't If
it's not on the carfax report, it doesn't always necessarily.
Speaker 4 (16:20):
Mean it hasn't been wrecked.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Years ago, I had a Lexus that was a pre owned,
certified one hundred thousand mile and customers still brought it
to me, and lo and behold, I found that at
the dealership it was completely totaled on the front end
that did like I think they did like thirty thousand
dollars damage to the front end of this vehicle. And
I found it and unfortunately the lady took it back
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and they're like, oh, well, we weren't aware of it,
and we're not going to make it certified anymore. So
it's important that you do that and get it them
inspected because if I sell it, If anybody wants to
buy lightly used de F one fifty, let me know,
but please get them inspected. If you're buying a used vehicle.
Always it's important. And like I said, we all have
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car problems. I had one this week and unfortunately, I
think my truck's going to probably end up in maybe
a heap of metal. So all right, again the number
to call five one, three, seven, four, nine fifty five hundred.
Let's go to the phones.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
We have Paul. Hey, Paul, welcome to the car show.
How can I help?
Speaker 10 (17:21):
I don't selvacivic. I still miss my ninety A Cord
that I sold at three hundred and ninety four thousand miles.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Anyway, yeah, yeah, mine's are two minds are two thousand,
and she only has like one hundred and forty three thousand.
She's still she's but it's just it's just so difficult
with haul and three boys back and forth.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
To sports and schools and everything like that. So now
I'm going to keep it.
Speaker 10 (17:45):
Anyway, we talked a few weeks ago about my two
thousand and eight element. The engines started making a racket
and you.
Speaker 4 (17:53):
Had a low oil pressure issue.
Speaker 10 (17:55):
Yeah, oil pressure. I wound up. I pulled the pulled
the chain cover and the valve cover and didn't see
any issues. And to get the pan off to check it,
you got to almost take the engine out. So I
wound up pulling the engine and putting in one I
had rebuilt, and I had had some missfire problems with it,
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and tried to call last couple of weeks. I think
he took those off.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Yeah, yeah, I apologize. Yeah, a little bit of football
going on.
Speaker 10 (18:31):
So yeah, So I wound up pulling the injectors from
the engine. I pulled out and put those in the
engine I installed instead of the ones that had been
sitting around for a while. And that that's cured my
Your missfire cured my misfire. So I'm I'm bagging business
(18:53):
with us oil. I still haven't pulled the Still haven't
pulled the pan off the old engine to diagnose it.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Yeah, but your oil pressure is back up and and
everything around oal pressures.
Speaker 10 (19:04):
Oil pressure is like twenty five at idol and it's
like seventy or eighty by the time you get to
two thousand rpm.
Speaker 4 (19:14):
And how many miles we're on that engine that you.
Speaker 10 (19:16):
Pulled, well, two hundred and sixty son?
Speaker 4 (19:20):
Maybe wow?
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Okay, and you rebuilt this engine that you just put in, Yeah,
like new sleeves, new new uh well.
Speaker 10 (19:30):
Not new sleeves. I just wound up board over twenty
twenty fouls. So I put new pistons and rings and
rod berrings and crank berries and wow, you know, seals
and all that good stuff.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
So do you is there somebody that you take to
have that machine?
Speaker 4 (19:48):
Or do you machine it yourself?
Speaker 7 (19:50):
Oh?
Speaker 10 (19:51):
No, I don't machine it myself. I had Smice Automotive
is done on a lot of machine work for me. Okay,
I've had good success with it.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
So well, good for you. Well, I appreciate the follow up.
Uh and yes, I was, I was gone. I apologize,
but I'll be here for a while now. So all right,
all right, Paul, Well, thank you very much. Every great weekend.
Speaker 10 (20:16):
I'll still call you back when I diagnose the old engine,
just for fun.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
All right, I want to know thank you sir. So
that's the thing. If you want to invest the get
on again.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
I if you want to invest your time and your money. Now,
you know, we all get to that point where we
decide whether or not it's worth it. Right And you
know again, the guys at work were like, I just
junk it, just junk it.
Speaker 4 (20:43):
I get it.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
Most people would, Uh, but I don't own anything on it.
It doesn't have any sentimental value. But hey, you know
it's a good truck. I know what I have in it.
It's you know again, it was my dad's. He bought
it brand new, and I know what I have in it.
Put a tremendous amount of work into it.
Speaker 4 (21:03):
Now.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Unfortunately, the frame is something that can be fixed. Now
it's whether or not I want to put the time
and money into it.
Speaker 4 (21:11):
Now.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
You might sit there and go, well, Dane, if you
you know, have the frame fix or whatnot, it's going
to exceed the value of the car.
Speaker 4 (21:17):
It might.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
And most people, nine out of ten times people sit
there and go, it's not worth it.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
I get it.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
But for me, I think it's worth I think it's
worth it because I know what I have now. If
I turn around and go buy a ten thousand dollars
truck tomorrow, I don't know what I have. I don't
know who had it, I don't know if anybody changed
oil in it regularly. I don't know what. I don't
know what I'm getting into. So in my opinion, it's
worth investing a little bit more money and knowing what
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I have, opposed to going out and buying something that
I don't know what I've got, right, So you know,
and that's something that even and I'm here to tell
you too, Even if you have a car that you
bought brand new, you've had its whole life, and you're
in the predicament that I'm in, you have to tell yourself.
I don't care what Joe Shmoe says down the street,
I don't care what your neighbor says or anybody else.
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You have to just confide in yourself and decide whether
or not it's worth it to you. And in my opinion,
it's worth it to me. Whether it exceeds in value
of the car or not.
Speaker 4 (22:24):
It's worth it to me. Okay.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Now, yeah, granted I have the ability to have it
fixed and that does save some time and money. But
I've had customers that have spent I mean, I had
a gentleman, one of a great customer of mine. He
had a Buick Riviera and I'm telling you what it
was like. It was a ninety three Buick Riviera. And
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I want to say, in our old system we kept track,
but I want to say he total what he spent
with me was like thirty thousand dollars over the course
of this vehicle fixing it.
Speaker 4 (22:59):
Now again it was a nine.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Now this he made this thing all the way up
till I want to say, like twenty twenty. So, I
mean he got a tremendous amount of life out of it,
and it was still an impeccable shape, but it just
got harder and harder to find parts for it, you know.
So it's one of those things where you just have
to not take anybody else's opinion and focus on whether
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or not it's worth it to you and if you
want to invest the time and money period. So for me,
I think it's worth it. Somebody else it might be not.
So Already again, taking your phone calls and number to
call five one, three, seven, four nine fifty five hundred.
Coming up, we have While we've got the phone ones,
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Taking your car questions. The number to call five one
three seven fifty five one hundred. Let's go back to
the phones. We have Warren, Hey, Warren, Welcome to the
car show. How can I help.
Speaker 6 (24:38):
I got a twenty ten BMW X three Scott one
of those three leaders sexes in it, great car. Got
a valve cover apparently that's sleeking, and got a phenomenal
number just to replace the valve cover, like fourteen hundred bucks.
That sounds a little weird to me. They say, it's
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a plastic valve cover. It's on the top of the
BMW and it cracked, and it's got to be a
way to fix that thing cheaper. Also, it does not
have a dipstick. You press this button on the dash
and it tells you where the oil level is at
just one. If you've had any experience with those.
Speaker 4 (25:23):
Yes, there.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
I have quite a bit of experience with them, and
so on the BMW's Yes, So I'm not familiar with
them cracking. I don't know that I've ever seen one crack.
But the plastic valve cover.
Speaker 4 (25:37):
On ten thousand miles, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
The plastic valve cover. What happens to them is they warp.
So what we've done in the past, okay, what you
can do as an alternative, but just be aware of it.
We have in the past. The gaskets fail. Okay, on
the valve cover gasket or on the valve cover. However,
the valve cover is plastic, they warp from heat. They
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don't they don't always sealed properly. So in the past
there have been times what we've done is we've replaced
just the gasket and you know, it's it's a fifty
to fifty shot. So sometimes that takes care of it.
Sometimes it does not. It continues to leak and you
have to replace the valve cover because it still continues
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to leak because it's warped.
Speaker 4 (26:25):
My suggestion is, I'm sorry, does that save money?
Speaker 3 (26:31):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Absolutely absolutely, it would probably save you about it probably
save you about four or five hundred dollars by just
putting a gasket on it. Again, I have not seen
one crack. Now, just because I haven't seen it doesn't
mean it can't happen. But what I would tell your
mechanic is say, hey, listen, understand, tell him, I understand
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that this valve cover that's plastic could be warped, but
can we just try to put a gasket on it first.
I understand that it may not repair it, it may
not fix it, but let's try that first. Now again,
if it doesn't fix it, you're back in the same
boat and then they're taking a back apart and you're.
Speaker 4 (27:11):
Doing the whole job.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
And at my all of my shops, if we have
a BMW with a valve cover gasket leaking, we do
recommend replacing the gasket and the valve cover, and it
is about fourteen hundred dollars. But again, as an alternative,
you can have them just replace the gasket. It's a
fifty to fifty shot. Sometimes we're successful with it, sometimes
we are not. But if I think, if you know,
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going into it, I mean, it's not gonna leak immediately,
so they they're gonna put a gasket on it and
it might be a year or two before it starts
leaking again, and then.
Speaker 6 (27:44):
I score it for a while.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Yeah, So just tell them, hey, listen, I'd like to
just replace Let's try the gasket. I understand that it
might not one hundred percent fix the vehicle, but I'm
willing to take that sacrifice and that chance of just
replacing in the gasket and see where we're at and
go from there. So it is labor intensive, but again
it probably would save you about four or five hundred
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dollars if you just did the gasket okay.
Speaker 6 (28:11):
Second question, is there any way to put a put
a g not instead of a gauge showing whether it's
off a gallon of oil or gallon a cord of oil?
Is there any way of putting the dipstick in it?
Speaker 4 (28:27):
No, sir, okay.
Speaker 6 (28:30):
Second related point, got an eighty eight corvette runs terrific
and still goes like that like it originally did a
good bit simpler and less expensive to work on than
the BMW. Yeah, eighty eight and we'll still spend the
tires rolling a twenty mile hour. It goes like crazy. Yeah, well,
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thank you.
Speaker 4 (28:56):
Well, thank you much that.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Yeah, try try, just try the gasket. Just ask him
just when you go into the court, when you go
in there, just say, hey, listen, I understand the implications
that this might not one hundred percent fix it, but
I'm willing to take the chance of just replacing the
gasket for now and go from there. And again, you're
gonna have success to You're gonna have success to a point.
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It will stop that oil from leaking. It's just a
matter of how long do you prolong it? And again,
it could be could be six months, it could be
two years. But if you're like, hey, Dane, it's worth
me saving four or five hundred dollars and just trying
to put a gasket on it and knowing that you
might it might not work, and telling your mechanical that too. Say, listen,
I understand that this isn't the the you know, the
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the one hundred percent fix, but I'm willing to take
the opportunity to just fix the gas.
Speaker 4 (29:47):
Just replace the gasket. Let's start there.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
And I understand that if it doesn't fix it, you know,
that's that's on you, right, you should say, hey, put
it on me, But I want to try this first.
Let's let's try to treat it with a little bit
of medicine before we do surgery.
Speaker 6 (30:03):
Right, what sounds good? Good advice?
Speaker 1 (30:06):
All right, Well, thank you very much. You take care,
bye bye. So that's the thing, and I've talked about
this all the time. I want to get to all
these callers, but you know, when it comes to cars,
and I always kind of relate to the human body
because we most of us can relate.
Speaker 4 (30:23):
Right if you wake up.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
One morning, you know, and I'm forty one years old,
I'm not old, per se, I feel like I am,
but you know, you get up and you're like, ooh
that that ankle hurts or ooh that knee hurts. Right,
you don't just ultimately call your doctor and go, hey,
we know we're going to do surgery, right, you might
need to walk it off, or maybe you need some advil,
or maybe there's another underlying issue. But your doctors, you're
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not going to go to your primary doctor and he's
just going to say, up, yep, go ahead and replace it.
Speaker 4 (30:52):
No, let's treat it with some medicine first.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
Let's see if there's something that we can do on
our end to treat it with some medicine before we
do any type of sir. Right, And in his case, again,
we do at all of our Donovan entire locations do
recommend replacing the gasket and the valve cover. And again
it's because the valve covers are plastic. They warp. BMW's
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are notorious for that. Now again, have we had success
by just replacing the gasket? Absolutely, And if you know
that going into the matter that you're like, hey, listen,
I'm taking a gamble here, I'm taking a chance.
Speaker 4 (31:31):
Now it will seal his his his oil leak up.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
How long is where we're at right. Again, it could
be six months, could be two years. But if and
again at Donovan's we always try to reiterate that hey, listen,
we can we can do this, or we can do this.
Speaker 4 (31:50):
You know it's it's again.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
I'm gonna go back to if you had to have
open heart surgery and you're like, hey, doc, why you're
in If you see anything else, let's go ahead and
knock it out. Let's get it done, because you don't
want to go through that again. Most people will look
at it that way. Other people go, you know what,
let's just fix what's wrong with my heart and then
if there's something else that pops up down the road,
I'll worry about it later. I mean, that is a
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scenario that most people can understand. Everybody has a different
thought processes how they want to approach it and what
the cost involved is and what the risk is.
Speaker 4 (32:23):
So it's just something that when you take your car
to mechanic.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
I had a young lady, a customer of mine that
we did some work on her car, and then later
on down the road it developed a coolant leap. And
again she was very polite and respectful, but she goes
thing I don't know cars. I didn't have this problem before,
(32:48):
and can you help me and can you walk me
through why I'm having this issue now after you've done
what you've done, and I explained it all, and I'm like, hey, look,
it's a separate problem. It's a separate issue, and I
do believe that it's imperative. It's so important that you
explain that to your customer. And if you and if
you are a customer in your car is at the mechanic,
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ask those questions, and you know, if they're a good
mechanic and they can walk you through the process, it'll
help you understand what's going on with the vehicle.
Speaker 4 (33:21):
And I did that with her and she understood.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
And I and she was very again, very respectful in plight,
but she was a bit frustrated because she says, I
didn't have this problem before, but now I have it
after I've I've done some other work to my car.
Speaker 4 (33:36):
And she goes, I'm just.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
You know, I'm confused as because I don't know anything
about cars, and a good mechanic and a good automotive
repair shop should and should be able to explain all
of that to you, lay it all out and help
you and guide you through that process. I don't know
anything about you know, if my knee hurts her, you know,
(33:59):
I've got a pain in my chest, or my head
hurts or whatnot. I go to my doctor and he
tells me what's wrong with me, right, and I, you know,
I don't know anything about the human body.
Speaker 4 (34:12):
He does. I take his opinion and I roll with it.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
So uh, you know, and again I understand that there's
a million other repair shops out there, and some people
are some repair shops are not reputable.
Speaker 4 (34:27):
We are been in business for sixty eight years. Take
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I love what I do, and in fact so much
that I'm here every Saturday to answer car questions, so,
you know, not necessarily to gain your business, but it's
to have this platform to talk to you and explain
to you what's going on with your vehicle and help
you out in the best way that I possibly can,
and just give you the right right information so you
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Okay, So all right.
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Speaker 1 (37:31):
You're listening to the Car Show on fifty five KRC.
I'm Dane Donovan from Donovan's Auto entire Center. Here every
Saturday from one to two most Saturdays. As I producer
Daniel I pointed out that I was not here a
couple of weeks, and you know, I'm just just busy schedule.
So for those of you real quick, I'm gonna get
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back to the phones. For those of you who are
out there, my wife reminded me today which I forgot,
but today is sweetest day. So if you have a sweetheart,
make sure that you go out get her some candy
or a card.
Speaker 4 (38:06):
However I did not. I did, though, get up early.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
I went out, got her her coffee that she wanted
and her coffee cake, and she goes, what's the occasion,
And I said, well, just you know, just trying to
take care of my wife. And she's like, oh, I
thought it was for Sweetest Day. I'm like, yep, that's
what it was for, absolutely, so, so don't forget.
Speaker 4 (38:26):
So I was like, well, you know, I was honest
with her. I was like, no, I did not know that.
Speaker 1 (38:32):
It's just something that we just you know, I don't
forget Valentine's Day, but sweetest Day.
Speaker 4 (38:36):
Eh. But I said, hey, how about later this afternoon
we go to dinner.
Speaker 1 (38:40):
So don't forget that this afternoon sweetest Day. If you haven't,
If you're listening and you forgot, go out there and
get some flowers and cards or candy, whatever your wife
prefers or your significant other, make sure you get them
taken care of them.
Speaker 4 (38:54):
All right, let's go to the phones. We have Mike. Hey, Mike,
welcome to the car show. How can I help.
Speaker 3 (39:00):
Dane. I have two thy eighteen f one point fifty
it's three two coyote motor. I have the simplest repair
that I cannot do. I've had this truck to two
different mechanics and the dealer, and no one can find
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my ambient air sensor. So I did some digging myself,
and there was I guess, if this truck was built
before March of twoenty eighteen, they put it in the
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passenger mirror, not in the passenger mirror. The wires are there,
but it's not there. And then if it was built
after March of two thousand and eighteen or whatever, it
is in the center real support of the radiator.
Speaker 6 (40:08):
The whole is.
Speaker 3 (40:09):
There, but the ambient air sensor is not. My check
engine light is on and the code that it throws
is the ambient air sensor. And no one can find
it on this truck, not even the dealer. Not even
the dealer. They actually even sent me the the printout
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of the location and their location. I gave him the
VEN number and their location showed the center stud of
the radiator and it is not there. Man. I one
day I drove past a off road place and I
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kind of know this guy somewhat, and he's a Ford
guy through and through and for free. He came out
and searched for about forty minutes and he goes, Mike,
I ran the code. It's coming up, ambient air sensor
and I cannot find it. He said, I don't know
what to tell you, and The only reason is with
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the hot weather and stuff, it's affecting my air conditioning
and I'm at a loss. They even showed me the book.
It's like only one hundred and twenty three dollars repair
at the dealer to do this, and no one can
find it.
Speaker 4 (41:43):
Well, would you let me look for free?
Speaker 3 (41:47):
I sure would. Where are you located?
Speaker 1 (41:51):
So I am, I'm just from I just looked up
melbourneause I wanted to see how far you were.
Speaker 4 (42:01):
I'm fifteen.
Speaker 1 (42:02):
I am twelve to fifteen minutes from downtown Cincinnati, so
it looks like maybe where you're at you're about fifteen
minutes from downtown Cincinnati, right, So I'm about thirty minutes
from you. Like I said, if you just go up
Nor seventy one, you get off with the Ridge Road exit.
Speaker 6 (42:21):
Got it?
Speaker 1 (42:22):
Just again, it's my Ridge Row location. I've been there lately.
I have a multiple I have other.
Speaker 4 (42:27):
Locations, but the Ridge Road location.
Speaker 1 (42:30):
I'm fifteen minutes from downtown, so I'm again thirty minutes
from you. I'll look at let me look at it.
I always love a good you know, this is where
I I'll put four or five guys on it. I
want to try to find it. Like I said, I
won't charge you. Well, let's let's try it. I want
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to be that guy that finds it.
Speaker 3 (42:53):
Man, I want you to be that guy. I am
at a loss because I'm pretty good. I love this truck.
It just I got a camper I haul around, known
a couple small dogs, my wife, and you know that
ambient air sensor is definitely affecting my air conditioning. And
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I just can't believe. I have been over this thing
one hundred times. I've traced wires.
Speaker 14 (43:24):
I've unless it's maybe a sensor that I'm not recognizing,
but every ambient air sensor, even this when when I
looked it up to purchase, it had like.
Speaker 3 (43:36):
The little nippolgue pretty easy to recognize. And I can't
find it. The dealer couldn't find it. And I've had
three different auto mechanics, and like I said, the one
off road guy, which I thought he would be able
to find it, no problem. None of us can find it.
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And and I didn't want to get into taking the
electric mirrors off.
Speaker 6 (44:04):
And all that.
Speaker 4 (44:05):
You know you don't want to do.
Speaker 3 (44:08):
The passenger mirror has the little service store under it
that you just pop off and it just has the
uh factory wires uh in there, but no ambient air sensor.
I'm at a loss.
Speaker 4 (44:23):
All right, Well, bring it by. I'll take care of you,
all right.
Speaker 1 (44:27):
I will much uh huh bye bye. All right, let's
go back to the phones. We've got Terry. Hey, Terry,
welcome to the car show. How can I help?
Speaker 6 (44:36):
I'll keep it quick so you can take more callers
because everybody's bapped up and.
Speaker 7 (44:42):
Nobody can get through.
Speaker 6 (44:43):
Yeah, and I'm playing an electric or a hybrid vehicle?
What can I expect the life expectancy of a battery
on a fully electric or a hybrid? How many years?
Speaker 1 (44:58):
So typically on a electric, they haven't really been out
long enough that I've seen one come in that has
one hundred hundred fifty two hundred thousand miles. So for
the electric, I don't to be honest with you, I
don't know what you can't expect on a hybrid I
just bought. I mean, I've seen priuses go two hundred
three hundred thousand miles and still on the original battery.
Speaker 4 (45:21):
If you're gonna buy.
Speaker 1 (45:22):
A hot between the two, if you're gonna buy a
hybrid or electric, my opinion hybrid. If you're gonna buy
a hybrid, buy a Toyota.
Speaker 6 (45:32):
Okay.
Speaker 7 (45:33):
The other question I have real quick is if is
there any mechanics or any shops like other than the
dealers that work on these games.
Speaker 4 (45:43):
Absolutely?
Speaker 1 (45:44):
Yeah, I mean as far as electric, I mean like electric.
Speaker 4 (45:47):
I can do tires and brakes or whatnot.
Speaker 1 (45:49):
But when it comes to electric, no, Unfortunately, it's gonna
pretty much go to the dealer. Now, if it's a hybrid, yes,
I can work on hybrids to an extent. I do
have a buddy of mine that has that owns Cincinnati
hybrid down in down on Madison Road in Madisonville. But there,
if it's a hybrid, yes, there's people out there that
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fix them. As far as electric, most of them have
to go back to the dealer.
Speaker 4 (46:14):
Okay, all rights, all right, thank you very.
Speaker 1 (46:16):
Much, Jared. I do apologize. Please call me back next week.
I gotta get I thank you so much for wait,
and I really do appreciate it. I've got to skidaddle.
I'll be back next Saturday to answer all of your
car questions. You're listening to this, I'm Dane Donovan from
Donovan's atto Entire Center. See you're back here. Next Saturday,
you're listening to the Car Show on fifty five krc
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D talk station
Speaker 14 (47:00):
Two.
On those a Windshiel w stepping out of temple, keeping rhythm.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Of the song on the radio.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
I gotta keep baby a song. You maybe want to
row my windows down and close.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the car show on fifty
five KRC. I'm Dan Donovan from Donovan's Auto entire Center
taking your car questions. The number to call five one
three seven four nine fifty five hundred. That number again,
five one three seven fifty five hundred. It is a
gorgeous Saturday afternoon, and I barely made it. As usual,
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I lived my life one one minute at a time.
I am here and uh uh my son had a
football game, so they're in the pl and uh so
it was.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
It was fun. I unfortunately got roped into.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Being on the chain gang, so I had to run
the chains, and towards the end, I'm like, hey, I
gotta go.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Somebody's gonna have to take over.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
I'm like, I'm not gonna I'm not gonna make it
on time, and then Tony Benner's gonna be mad at me,
and nobody wants that. So uh but my wife just
updated me. They won their game fourteen to nothing. So
and my middle it's my middle son, Nolan. So he
had a great sack, great tack, tackle, did a great job.
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The whole team did a phenomenal job. So good job
to uh the All Saints football team. They move on
in the playoffs, so also our Bengals. I I didn't
see that coming.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
I'll be honest with you. I have not lost faith.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
But on a Thursday night, you know, I I turned
into a pumpkin after nine o'clock, so I wasn't gonna
subject myself to watching it in hopes that they do win.
And they pulled it off to a phenomenal job, so
kudos to them as well. So and then after this,
I'm heading to a car show. It is unfortunately it's
(02:12):
it's invitation only, but it's it's for a great cause
for Him County Police Association.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
So gonna head there.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
So I'm gonna bolt out of here as soon as
i can, head home, change and head down in there.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
So so gorgeous day.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
And again in studio taking your phone calls again the
number to call five one three fifty five hundred and
number one more time five one three seven fifty five hundred.
Let's go to the phones. We have Jimmy Hey, Jimmy,
Welcome to the car show.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
How can I help? Good afternoon, Good afternoon. How are you?
Speaker 5 (02:49):
I have a solution for you? Always talk about oil consumption.
My wife is I bought her a twenty eleven Toyota
around four wonderful vehicle. It has one hundred and almost
one hundred and ninety thousand miles on it. So the
oil rings wore out. Originally associate five W twenty oil
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and it kept using oil. So I drained it out
and changed the filter and I put ten W forty mobile,
one synthetic oil and one can of STP and it
don't use a drop of oil.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Now that works, okay? So can you do you have
your radio on?
Speaker 6 (03:30):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (03:30):
Me?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
K yes? Please? Yeah, sorry, I'm getting yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:35):
You got everybody yell at you.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Yeah. Yeah, there's a lot of feedback some all right.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
So you you changed the oil just to STP, I
mean stay still the same?
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Is it still five W twenty?
Speaker 7 (03:54):
No?
Speaker 5 (03:54):
I put ten W forty and can of STP. It
doesn't need one drop of oil.
Speaker 6 (04:04):
It means oil ring.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
I could pulled out from ring it, but I feel
that something else wrong.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
What it is?
Speaker 4 (04:12):
So mobile?
Speaker 5 (04:14):
One yeah, and one can of STP. You know what
that is?
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Is it? Is it some type of oil out of it?
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Is?
Speaker 5 (04:22):
It's a thickened petroleum. I drag raced all my life.
You get seven five or six hundred thousand miles out
of an engine. Every time I change you off, I
put two cans STP in it.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
One way.
Speaker 5 (04:36):
That's where I was. You don't remember that. You don't
remember the commercials they.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Used to have. Oh no, no, no, I know.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
I'm sorry, Yes I do. I'm sorry. It's just I'm
getting so much feedback. It's just hard to hear you.
I apologize. So I was just getting so much feedback.
I don't know if it was a phone or as radio.
So I do apologize. But yes, I am familiar with
the STP. Uh, And yes, oil consumption is a something
that we deal with on a daily basis.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
Now again again we've talked about this.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
It is a wildly, wildly not talked about issue, which
I always talk about it on the show because we
need to talk about it.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
Everybody needs to be aware of it.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Is that these newer cars, and I don't care if
it's you know, I've seen cars with forty thousand miles
that start using oil. It happens to most of these cars,
and it's the way that it's the way that they're designed,
and we all need to be aware of it, because again,
back in two thousand and eight, it was you know,
(05:47):
we all talked about changing oil every three thousand on
conventional oil, every five thousand on synthetic, and then all
of a sudden, at the drop of a hat overnight,
when we were in that financial crisis and the automakers
were needing to sell cars and doing anything they could,
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a lot of them were giving away free lifetime oil
changes or you know, free five or six or ten
oil changes. And I mean my father in law included,
you know, when he bought his new vehicle, they they
gave him several oil changes, and when he took it
in at five thousand miles, like, oh, you're not due,
we're not going to change it. And these cars burn oil,
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and you should continue to stay on the path of
changing that oil every five thousand miles. These cars are
burning oil. I just had a Honday and I talked
about this. I just had an Ahunday in two weeks ago.
Gentlemen came in check engine light was on, the vehicle
was running rough. He just had the engine replaced from Honday.
(06:54):
I'm talking brand new, not used, that remnufactured, brand new
engine from this was the car's first oil change. And
he brings it to me because the car is running rough,
check engine lights on. It brings it to me there's
no oil in it. None, and that Hyundai just replaced
the engine. And you know, we're told and taught that, hey, look,
(07:17):
focus on the light, focus on when the car tells
you need oil.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
And so so.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Many people come to me and I say, hey, you
know you need an oil change, and they're like, oh no, no,
my car says, I still have thirty percent life left.
I'm not going to change it right now. Well again,
let me reiterate that that is not the level of
the oil.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
That is the life of the oil. Your car literally
can come to me with a quarter oil in.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
It, and everybody assumes, and rightfully, so, you assume that
that oil light's gonna come on, and I'm here to
tell you that they don't. I cannot tell you in
the past ten years the last time I saw a
car come into my shop or any of my shops
with a low oil on.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
They don't come on.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
They're there, but I literally have cars come in with
I'll pull a half a quart of oil out of them.
They hold four or five courts, no oil light, cars
running rough because there's no oil in it.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
And you know, I'm not.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
A conspiracy theorist and thinking that the you know, it's
it's designed that way.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
But we need to talk about it.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
It's something that we need to discuss because it's something
that is here. I don't think it's going away anytime soon.
And I understand that oil is an oil change today.
I mean years ago, it used to be. You know,
I remember when I got into the business, it was,
you know, twenty thirty bucks for an oil change.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Well, some of these cars are one hundred, one hundred
and fifty dollars.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
I get it. It's expensive. The oils are, you know,
more sophisticated, they're they're better. Do I think that they're
good enough that you can go ten fifteen thousand miles
change them once a year? No, because the vehicles are
consuming it, okay, And a lot of people assume that, oh, well,
I'm not seeing any white smoke out of the tailpipe
or I'm not seeing anything. It happens, you don't see
(09:06):
it if you ever pay attention to get on the
high When you're getting on the highway, look at the
car in front of you. Now, obviously, stay safe, focus
on the road, but at the same time, look at
the tailpipe. If you see a big old puff of
black smoke coming out of that tailpipe, that is oil,
that is soot that is burning through. And again you'll
see it. I promise you you'll see it if you
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just focus on it. And the problem is is we
focus on the oh, I've got thirty percent life. Well, yeah,
you've got thirty percent life, but you only have a
quarter of oil in your car, and it does substantial
damage to your vehicle. And I understand that we don't
want to be at a repair shop. It's it's like
going to the doctor or the dentist, right, you don't
(09:50):
want to be there. But we need our cars to
get our kids to school. In my case, you know football,
this morning, work, and you know they're expensive. I get it,
but you want to make sure that you keep up
on it. And I harp on this all the time.
And a gentleman just talked about it opening up the
show with Hey, I've got an oil consumption issue. And
(10:12):
there's a lot of things out there that will tell
you try this, try that, and you can try them.
I have not, in my opinion, found a product that
I have can wholeheartedly back and promise you that it's
going to take care of your problem.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
But what I can do with this platform is tell
you need to.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Be aware of maybe making sure that you check your
oil regularly and making sure you're changing it regularly. Now,
that's not focusing on you want to focus on that
little sticker up in your window.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
That's it. Don't focus on what the car.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Salesman told you to do, not your neighbor down the street,
Bob who's been a mechanic for thirty years, and what
he says. You want to focus on what that little
sticker says. And again we all have to most of
us all have to stop at the gas station and
get gas in our car. So take that time instead
of getting on your excuse me, getting on your phone
(11:06):
and checking social media or what, get out of your car,
pop your hood and check your oil level. It's important,
you know. And you can come by any Donovans. You
can come by any of our locations. You can go
to Donovantire dot com. Find your nearest location. We'll check
it for you for free. We'll just swing on by
and just say, hey, Dan can check my oil.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
We'll do it for free. Not a problem.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
I'd rather do that and you get the longevity out
of your vehicle. Then you blow it up right because
there's no oil in it, or you're causing all kinds
of other issues. Right, So it's important, it's imperative. We
talk about it, and I can't harp about it enough.
So it's it's it's important. So all right again, taking
your phone call, so number call five one three seven
four nine fifty five hundred. That number again, five one
(11:48):
three seven four nine fifty five hundred.
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Taking your car questions.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
The number to call five one three seven nine fifty
five one hundred. I'm Dane Donovan from Donovan's Auto entire
Center and for those of you out there and join
the wonderful weather we're having.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
It's it's great, and.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
But everybody still has car problems and uh, in fact,
I even had one myself off this week. So I
have I have some older vehicles and I get picked
on all the time by my cousin. I don't like
to let things go. In fact, my wife even makes
fun of me as well because I have a car
that I bought when I was eighteen, and she's like,
can you just sell that car? And I have a
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hard time parting with my stuff now.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
I by no means am I hoarder?
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Maybe a car hoarder, but not like a hoarder hoarder, right,
So I'm not like keeping old clippings and newspapers and
trash or whatnot. But I do like the cars that
I've purchased. I like to keep because.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
I don't owe anything on them.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
And you know, so again, I'm forty one years old
by the car that I have as a civic, had
it since I was eighteen, bought it when I was
a senior in high school, still running great, runs like
a top. Now, the battery might be currently dead at
the moment, but but I had. After that, I could
no longer get my wife and three children in a
(13:58):
Tudor Honda City coop, so I bought my father's old
F one fifty. It's an O seven. It's impeccable shape
to an extent. Now, and this goes to and we
talk about this all the time when you're buying a
used vehicle. Okay, I'm gonna use this as an example.
You might look at the outside of it and go,
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oh man, this thing's impeccable shape looks great. I mean,
if you look at my truck, it my dad's old truck,
it looks impeccable.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
It's great.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Yes, there is some rust on it. It's not perfect.
Inside's perfect. But my parts guy, my driver was driving
it earlier this week and he says, hey, Dane, some
of your back glass is rattling, and so that's weird
because it shouldn't be.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
So I lo and behold.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
I go back and sure enough, the frame right there
where the bed and the cab meat has completely rusted through.
I mean it's hanging by a thread. So the bed
was beating up against the cabs. So took the that
off of it, and lo and behold it is. Unfortunately,
it's shot. I mean, there's I don't think that there's
much that I can do. Can't get a frame for it,
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it's obsolete. Can't buy a used one. It's just way
too much work. So you look at my truck. It
looks in great it's looks like it's in great condition,
but the rear end of it's about ready to fall out.
So if you're buying a used vehicle, it's important and impeccable.
It's important now even if it's impeccable shape, it's important
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that you get it inspected. Now, whether you're in the
tri state area, or you're buying out of town, find
a reputable shop and do what's what we what we
call a used vehicle inspection. Get it inspected by somebody
who's reputable and can have it inspected. Make sure you
check the carfax report, and you want again, I don't
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even if the carfax report. I see that so often
that people go, oh, well, I checked the carfax report.
Speaker 4 (15:57):
It's good.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Well that's not necessarily the case, because guess what if
I wreck my vehicle and I totaled the whole front
of adelf which did happen last year.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
I got a buddy of mine that has a body shop.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
I had him fix it, and guess what doesn't show
up on the carfax report because I had my buddy
do it, and I paid him to do it, and
it's not on a carfax report. So that doesn't If
it's not on the carfax report, it doesn't always necessarily.
Speaker 4 (16:20):
Mean it hasn't been wrecked.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Years ago, I had a Lexus that was a pre owned,
certified one hundred thousand mile and customers still brought it
to me, and lo and behold, I found that at
the dealership it was completely totaled on the front end
that did like I think they did like thirty thousand
dollars damage to the front end of this vehicle. And
I found it and unfortunately the lady took it back
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and they're like, oh, well, we weren't aware of it,
and we're not going to make it certified anymore. So
it's important that you do that and get it them
inspected because if I sell it, If anybody wants to
buy lightly used de F one fifty, let me know,
but please get them inspected. If you're buying a used vehicle.
Always it's important. And like I said, we all have
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car problems. I had one this week and unfortunately, I
think my truck's going to probably end up in maybe
a heap of metal. So all right, again the number
to call five one, three, seven, four, nine fifty five hundred.
Let's go to the phones.
Speaker 4 (17:17):
We have Paul. Hey, Paul, welcome to the car show.
How can I help?
Speaker 10 (17:21):
I don't selvacivic. I still miss my ninety A Cord
that I sold at three hundred and ninety four thousand miles.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Anyway, yeah, yeah, mine's are two minds are two thousand,
and she only has like one hundred and forty three thousand.
She's still she's but it's just it's just so difficult
with haul and three boys back and forth.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
To sports and schools and everything like that. So now
I'm going to keep it.
Speaker 10 (17:45):
Anyway, we talked a few weeks ago about my two
thousand and eight element. The engines started making a racket
and you.
Speaker 4 (17:53):
Had a low oil pressure issue.
Speaker 10 (17:55):
Yeah, oil pressure. I wound up. I pulled the pulled
the chain cover and the valve cover and didn't see
any issues. And to get the pan off to check it,
you got to almost take the engine out. So I
wound up pulling the engine and putting in one I
had rebuilt, and I had had some missfire problems with it,
(18:22):
and tried to call last couple of weeks. I think
he took those off.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Yeah, yeah, I apologize. Yeah, a little bit of football
going on.
Speaker 10 (18:31):
So yeah, So I wound up pulling the injectors from
the engine. I pulled out and put those in the
engine I installed instead of the ones that had been
sitting around for a while. And that that's cured my
Your missfire cured my misfire. So I'm I'm bagging business
(18:53):
with us oil. I still haven't pulled the Still haven't
pulled the pan off the old engine to diagnose it.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Yeah, but your oil pressure is back up and and
everything around oal pressures.
Speaker 10 (19:04):
Oil pressure is like twenty five at idol and it's
like seventy or eighty by the time you get to
two thousand rpm.
Speaker 4 (19:14):
And how many miles we're on that engine that you.
Speaker 10 (19:16):
Pulled, well, two hundred and sixty son?
Speaker 4 (19:20):
Maybe wow?
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Okay, and you rebuilt this engine that you just put in, Yeah,
like new sleeves, new new uh well.
Speaker 10 (19:30):
Not new sleeves. I just wound up board over twenty
twenty fouls. So I put new pistons and rings and
rod berrings and crank berries and wow, you know, seals
and all that good stuff.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
So do you is there somebody that you take to
have that machine?
Speaker 4 (19:48):
Or do you machine it yourself?
Speaker 7 (19:50):
Oh?
Speaker 10 (19:51):
No, I don't machine it myself. I had Smice Automotive
is done on a lot of machine work for me. Okay,
I've had good success with it.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
So well, good for you. Well, I appreciate the follow up.
Uh and yes, I was, I was gone. I apologize,
but I'll be here for a while now. So all right,
all right, Paul, Well, thank you very much. Every great weekend.
Speaker 10 (20:16):
I'll still call you back when I diagnose the old engine,
just for fun.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
All right, I want to know thank you sir. So
that's the thing. If you want to invest the get
on again.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
I if you want to invest your time and your money. Now,
you know, we all get to that point where we
decide whether or not it's worth it. Right And you
know again, the guys at work were like, I just
junk it, just junk it.
Speaker 4 (20:43):
I get it.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
Most people would, Uh, but I don't own anything on it.
It doesn't have any sentimental value. But hey, you know
it's a good truck. I know what I have in it.
It's you know again, it was my dad's. He bought
it brand new, and I know what I have in it.
Put a tremendous amount of work into it.
Speaker 4 (21:03):
Now.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Unfortunately, the frame is something that can be fixed. Now
it's whether or not I want to put the time
and money into it.
Speaker 4 (21:11):
Now.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
You might sit there and go, well, Dane, if you
you know, have the frame fix or whatnot, it's going
to exceed the value of the car.
Speaker 4 (21:17):
It might.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
And most people, nine out of ten times people sit
there and go, it's not worth it.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
I get it.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
But for me, I think it's worth I think it's
worth it because I know what I have now. If
I turn around and go buy a ten thousand dollars
truck tomorrow, I don't know what I have. I don't
know who had it, I don't know if anybody changed
oil in it regularly. I don't know what. I don't
know what I'm getting into. So in my opinion, it's
worth investing a little bit more money and knowing what
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I have, opposed to going out and buying something that
I don't know what I've got, right, So you know,
and that's something that even and I'm here to tell
you too, Even if you have a car that you
bought brand new, you've had its whole life, and you're
in the predicament that I'm in, you have to tell yourself.
I don't care what Joe Shmoe says down the street,
I don't care what your neighbor says or anybody else.
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You have to just confide in yourself and decide whether
or not it's worth it to you. And in my opinion,
it's worth it to me. Whether it exceeds in value
of the car or not.
Speaker 4 (22:24):
It's worth it to me. Okay.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Now, yeah, granted I have the ability to have it
fixed and that does save some time and money. But
I've had customers that have spent I mean, I had
a gentleman, one of a great customer of mine. He
had a Buick Riviera and I'm telling you what it
was like. It was a ninety three Buick Riviera. And
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I want to say, in our old system we kept track,
but I want to say he total what he spent
with me was like thirty thousand dollars over the course
of this vehicle fixing it.
Speaker 4 (22:59):
Now again it was a nine.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Now this he made this thing all the way up
till I want to say, like twenty twenty. So, I
mean he got a tremendous amount of life out of it,
and it was still an impeccable shape, but it just
got harder and harder to find parts for it, you know.
So it's one of those things where you just have
to not take anybody else's opinion and focus on whether
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or not it's worth it to you and if you
want to invest the time and money period. So for me,
I think it's worth it. Somebody else it might be not.
So Already again, taking your phone calls and number to
call five one, three, seven, four nine fifty five hundred.
Coming up, we have While we've got the phone ones,
we have Warren, Mike, Terry and Paul. You're listening to
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Speaker 1 (24:25):
Taking your car questions. The number to call five one
three seven fifty five one hundred. Let's go back to
the phones. We have Warren, Hey, Warren, Welcome to the
car show. How can I help.
Speaker 6 (24:38):
I got a twenty ten BMW X three Scott one
of those three leaders sexes in it, great car. Got
a valve cover apparently that's sleeking, and got a phenomenal
number just to replace the valve cover, like fourteen hundred bucks.
That sounds a little weird to me. They say, it's
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a plastic valve cover. It's on the top of the
BMW and it cracked, and it's got to be a
way to fix that thing cheaper. Also, it does not
have a dipstick. You press this button on the dash
and it tells you where the oil level is at
just one. If you've had any experience with those.
Speaker 4 (25:23):
Yes, there.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
I have quite a bit of experience with them, and
so on the BMW's Yes, So I'm not familiar with
them cracking. I don't know that I've ever seen one crack.
But the plastic valve cover.
Speaker 4 (25:37):
On ten thousand miles, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
The plastic valve cover. What happens to them is they warp.
So what we've done in the past, okay, what you
can do as an alternative, but just be aware of it.
We have in the past. The gaskets fail. Okay, on
the valve cover gasket or on the valve cover. However,
the valve cover is plastic, they warp from heat. They
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don't they don't always sealed properly. So in the past
there have been times what we've done is we've replaced
just the gasket and you know, it's it's a fifty
to fifty shot. So sometimes that takes care of it.
Sometimes it does not. It continues to leak and you
have to replace the valve cover because it still continues
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to leak because it's warped.
Speaker 4 (26:25):
My suggestion is, I'm sorry, does that save money?
Speaker 3 (26:31):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Absolutely absolutely, it would probably save you about it probably
save you about four or five hundred dollars by just
putting a gasket on it. Again, I have not seen
one crack. Now, just because I haven't seen it doesn't
mean it can't happen. But what I would tell your
mechanic is say, hey, listen, understand, tell him, I understand
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that this valve cover that's plastic could be warped, but
can we just try to put a gasket on it first.
I understand that it may not repair it, it may
not fix it, but let's try that first. Now again,
if it doesn't fix it, you're back in the same
boat and then they're taking a back apart and you're.
Speaker 4 (27:11):
Doing the whole job.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
And at my all of my shops, if we have
a BMW with a valve cover gasket leaking, we do
recommend replacing the gasket and the valve cover, and it
is about fourteen hundred dollars. But again, as an alternative,
you can have them just replace the gasket. It's a
fifty to fifty shot. Sometimes we're successful with it, sometimes
we are not. But if I think, if you know,
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going into it, I mean, it's not gonna leak immediately,
so they they're gonna put a gasket on it and
it might be a year or two before it starts
leaking again, and then.
Speaker 6 (27:44):
I score it for a while.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Yeah, So just tell them, hey, listen, I'd like to
just replace Let's try the gasket. I understand that it
might not one hundred percent fix the vehicle, but I'm
willing to take that sacrifice and that chance of just
replacing in the gasket and see where we're at and
go from there. So it is labor intensive, but again
it probably would save you about four or five hundred
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dollars if you just did the gasket okay.
Speaker 6 (28:11):
Second question, is there any way to put a put
a g not instead of a gauge showing whether it's
off a gallon of oil or gallon a cord of oil?
Is there any way of putting the dipstick in it?
Speaker 4 (28:27):
No, sir, okay.
Speaker 6 (28:30):
Second related point, got an eighty eight corvette runs terrific
and still goes like that like it originally did a
good bit simpler and less expensive to work on than
the BMW. Yeah, eighty eight and we'll still spend the
tires rolling a twenty mile hour. It goes like crazy. Yeah, well,
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thank you.
Speaker 4 (28:56):
Well, thank you much that.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Yeah, try try, just try the gasket. Just ask him
just when you go into the court, when you go
in there, just say, hey, listen, I understand the implications
that this might not one hundred percent fix it, but
I'm willing to take the chance of just replacing the
gasket for now and go from there. And again, you're
gonna have success to You're gonna have success to a point.
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It will stop that oil from leaking. It's just a
matter of how long do you prolong it? And again,
it could be could be six months, it could be
two years. But if you're like, hey, Dane, it's worth
me saving four or five hundred dollars and just trying
to put a gasket on it and knowing that you
might it might not work, and telling your mechanical that too. Say, listen,
I understand that this isn't the the you know, the
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the one hundred percent fix, but I'm willing to take
the opportunity to just fix the gas.
Speaker 4 (29:47):
Just replace the gasket. Let's start there.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
And I understand that if it doesn't fix it, you know,
that's that's on you, right, you should say, hey, put
it on me, But I want to try this first.
Let's let's try to treat it with a little bit
of medicine before we do surgery.
Speaker 6 (30:03):
Right, what sounds good? Good advice?
Speaker 1 (30:06):
All right, Well, thank you very much. You take care,
bye bye. So that's the thing, and I've talked about
this all the time. I want to get to all
these callers, but you know, when it comes to cars,
and I always kind of relate to the human body
because we most of us can relate.
Speaker 4 (30:23):
Right if you wake up.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
One morning, you know, and I'm forty one years old,
I'm not old, per se, I feel like I am,
but you know, you get up and you're like, ooh
that that ankle hurts or ooh that knee hurts. Right,
you don't just ultimately call your doctor and go, hey,
we know we're going to do surgery, right, you might
need to walk it off, or maybe you need some advil,
or maybe there's another underlying issue. But your doctors, you're
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not going to go to your primary doctor and he's
just going to say, up, yep, go ahead and replace it.
Speaker 4 (30:52):
No, let's treat it with some medicine first.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
Let's see if there's something that we can do on
our end to treat it with some medicine before we
do any type of sir. Right, And in his case, again,
we do at all of our Donovan entire locations do
recommend replacing the gasket and the valve cover. And again
it's because the valve covers are plastic. They warp. BMW's
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are notorious for that. Now again, have we had success
by just replacing the gasket? Absolutely, And if you know
that going into the matter that you're like, hey, listen,
I'm taking a gamble here, I'm taking a chance.
Speaker 4 (31:31):
Now it will seal his his his oil leak up.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
How long is where we're at right. Again, it could
be six months, could be two years. But if and
again at Donovan's we always try to reiterate that hey, listen,
we can we can do this, or we can do this.
Speaker 4 (31:50):
You know it's it's again.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
I'm gonna go back to if you had to have
open heart surgery and you're like, hey, doc, why you're
in If you see anything else, let's go ahead and
knock it out. Let's get it done, because you don't
want to go through that again. Most people will look
at it that way. Other people go, you know what,
let's just fix what's wrong with my heart and then
if there's something else that pops up down the road,
I'll worry about it later. I mean, that is a
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scenario that most people can understand. Everybody has a different
thought processes how they want to approach it and what
the cost involved is and what the risk is.
Speaker 4 (32:23):
So it's just something that when you take your car
to mechanic.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
I had a young lady, a customer of mine that
we did some work on her car, and then later
on down the road it developed a coolant leap. And
again she was very polite and respectful, but she goes
thing I don't know cars. I didn't have this problem before,
(32:48):
and can you help me and can you walk me
through why I'm having this issue now after you've done
what you've done, and I explained it all, and I'm like, hey, look,
it's a separate problem. It's a separate issue, and I
do believe that it's imperative. It's so important that you
explain that to your customer. And if you and if
you are a customer in your car is at the mechanic,
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ask those questions, and you know, if they're a good
mechanic and they can walk you through the process, it'll
help you understand what's going on with the vehicle.
Speaker 4 (33:21):
And I did that with her and she understood.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
And I and she was very again, very respectful in plight,
but she was a bit frustrated because she says, I
didn't have this problem before, but now I have it
after I've I've done some other work to my car.
Speaker 4 (33:36):
And she goes, I'm just.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
You know, I'm confused as because I don't know anything
about cars, and a good mechanic and a good automotive
repair shop should and should be able to explain all
of that to you, lay it all out and help
you and guide you through that process. I don't know
anything about you know, if my knee hurts her, you know,
(33:59):
I've got a pain in my chest, or my head
hurts or whatnot. I go to my doctor and he
tells me what's wrong with me, right, and I, you know,
I don't know anything about the human body.
Speaker 4 (34:12):
He does. I take his opinion and I roll with it.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
So uh, you know, and again I understand that there's
a million other repair shops out there, and some people
are some repair shops are not reputable.
Speaker 4 (34:27):
We are been in business for sixty eight years. Take
pride in what we do.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
I love what I do, and in fact so much
that I'm here every Saturday to answer car questions, so,
you know, not necessarily to gain your business, but it's
to have this platform to talk to you and explain
to you what's going on with your vehicle and help
you out in the best way that I possibly can,
and just give you the right right information so you
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can make the best decision for you, your family and
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Okay, So all right.
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Speaker 1 (37:31):
You're listening to the Car Show on fifty five KRC.
I'm Dane Donovan from Donovan's Auto entire Center. Here every
Saturday from one to two most Saturdays. As I producer
Daniel I pointed out that I was not here a
couple of weeks, and you know, I'm just just busy schedule.
So for those of you real quick, I'm gonna get
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back to the phones. For those of you who are
out there, my wife reminded me today which I forgot,
but today is sweetest day. So if you have a sweetheart,
make sure that you go out get her some candy
or a card.
Speaker 4 (38:06):
However I did not. I did, though, get up early.
Speaker 1 (38:10):
I went out, got her her coffee that she wanted
and her coffee cake, and she goes, what's the occasion,
And I said, well, just you know, just trying to
take care of my wife. And she's like, oh, I
thought it was for Sweetest Day. I'm like, yep, that's
what it was for, absolutely, so, so don't forget.
Speaker 4 (38:26):
So I was like, well, you know, I was honest
with her. I was like, no, I did not know that.
Speaker 1 (38:32):
It's just something that we just you know, I don't
forget Valentine's Day, but sweetest Day.
Speaker 4 (38:36):
Eh. But I said, hey, how about later this afternoon
we go to dinner.
Speaker 1 (38:40):
So don't forget that this afternoon sweetest Day. If you haven't,
If you're listening and you forgot, go out there and
get some flowers and cards or candy, whatever your wife
prefers or your significant other, make sure you get them
taken care of them.
Speaker 4 (38:54):
All right, let's go to the phones. We have Mike. Hey, Mike,
welcome to the car show. How can I help.
Speaker 3 (39:00):
Dane. I have two thy eighteen f one point fifty
it's three two coyote motor. I have the simplest repair
that I cannot do. I've had this truck to two
different mechanics and the dealer, and no one can find
(39:24):
my ambient air sensor. So I did some digging myself,
and there was I guess, if this truck was built
before March of twoenty eighteen, they put it in the
(39:45):
passenger mirror, not in the passenger mirror. The wires are there,
but it's not there. And then if it was built
after March of two thousand and eighteen or whatever, it
is in the center real support of the radiator.
Speaker 6 (40:08):
The whole is.
Speaker 3 (40:09):
There, but the ambient air sensor is not. My check
engine light is on and the code that it throws
is the ambient air sensor. And no one can find
it on this truck, not even the dealer. Not even
the dealer. They actually even sent me the the printout
(40:36):
of the location and their location. I gave him the
VEN number and their location showed the center stud of
the radiator and it is not there. Man. I one
day I drove past a off road place and I
(40:57):
kind of know this guy somewhat, and he's a Ford
guy through and through and for free. He came out
and searched for about forty minutes and he goes, Mike,
I ran the code. It's coming up, ambient air sensor
and I cannot find it. He said, I don't know
what to tell you, and The only reason is with
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the hot weather and stuff, it's affecting my air conditioning
and I'm at a loss. They even showed me the book.
It's like only one hundred and twenty three dollars repair
at the dealer to do this, and no one can
find it.
Speaker 4 (41:43):
Well, would you let me look for free?
Speaker 3 (41:47):
I sure would. Where are you located?
Speaker 1 (41:51):
So I am, I'm just from I just looked up
melbourneause I wanted to see how far you were.
Speaker 4 (42:01):
I'm fifteen.
Speaker 1 (42:02):
I am twelve to fifteen minutes from downtown Cincinnati, so
it looks like maybe where you're at you're about fifteen
minutes from downtown Cincinnati, right, So I'm about thirty minutes
from you. Like I said, if you just go up
Nor seventy one, you get off with the Ridge Road exit.
Speaker 6 (42:21):
Got it?
Speaker 1 (42:22):
Just again, it's my Ridge Row location. I've been there lately.
I have a multiple I have other.
Speaker 4 (42:27):
Locations, but the Ridge Road location.
Speaker 1 (42:30):
I'm fifteen minutes from downtown, so I'm again thirty minutes
from you. I'll look at let me look at it.
I always love a good you know, this is where
I I'll put four or five guys on it. I
want to try to find it. Like I said, I
won't charge you. Well, let's let's try it. I want
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to be that guy that finds it.
Speaker 3 (42:53):
Man, I want you to be that guy. I am
at a loss because I'm pretty good. I love this truck.
It just I got a camper I haul around, known
a couple small dogs, my wife, and you know that
ambient air sensor is definitely affecting my air conditioning. And
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I just can't believe. I have been over this thing
one hundred times. I've traced wires.
Speaker 14 (43:24):
I've unless it's maybe a sensor that I'm not recognizing,
but every ambient air sensor, even this when when I
looked it up to purchase, it had like.
Speaker 3 (43:36):
The little nippolgue pretty easy to recognize. And I can't
find it. The dealer couldn't find it. And I've had
three different auto mechanics, and like I said, the one
off road guy, which I thought he would be able
to find it, no problem. None of us can find it.
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And and I didn't want to get into taking the
electric mirrors off.
Speaker 6 (44:04):
And all that.
Speaker 4 (44:05):
You know you don't want to do.
Speaker 3 (44:08):
The passenger mirror has the little service store under it
that you just pop off and it just has the
uh factory wires uh in there, but no ambient air sensor.
I'm at a loss.
Speaker 4 (44:23):
All right, Well, bring it by. I'll take care of you,
all right.
Speaker 1 (44:27):
I will much uh huh bye bye. All right, let's
go back to the phones. We've got Terry. Hey, Terry,
welcome to the car show. How can I help?
Speaker 6 (44:36):
I'll keep it quick so you can take more callers
because everybody's bapped up and.
Speaker 7 (44:42):
Nobody can get through.
Speaker 6 (44:43):
Yeah, and I'm playing an electric or a hybrid vehicle?
What can I expect the life expectancy of a battery
on a fully electric or a hybrid? How many years?
Speaker 1 (44:58):
So typically on a electric, they haven't really been out
long enough that I've seen one come in that has
one hundred hundred fifty two hundred thousand miles. So for
the electric, I don't to be honest with you, I
don't know what you can't expect on a hybrid I
just bought. I mean, I've seen priuses go two hundred
three hundred thousand miles and still on the original battery.
Speaker 4 (45:21):
If you're gonna buy.
Speaker 1 (45:22):
A hot between the two, if you're gonna buy a
hybrid or electric, my opinion hybrid. If you're gonna buy
a hybrid, buy a Toyota.
Speaker 6 (45:32):
Okay.
Speaker 7 (45:33):
The other question I have real quick is if is
there any mechanics or any shops like other than the
dealers that work on these games.
Speaker 4 (45:43):
Absolutely?
Speaker 1 (45:44):
Yeah, I mean as far as electric, I mean like electric.
Speaker 4 (45:47):
I can do tires and brakes or whatnot.
Speaker 1 (45:49):
But when it comes to electric, no, Unfortunately, it's gonna
pretty much go to the dealer. Now, if it's a hybrid, yes,
I can work on hybrids to an extent. I do
have a buddy of mine that has that owns Cincinnati
hybrid down in down on Madison Road in Madisonville. But there,
if it's a hybrid, yes, there's people out there that
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fix them. As far as electric, most of them have
to go back to the dealer.
Speaker 4 (46:14):
Okay, all rights, all right, thank you very.
Speaker 1 (46:16):
Much, Jared. I do apologize. Please call me back next week.
I gotta get I thank you so much for wait,
and I really do appreciate it. I've got to skidaddle.
I'll be back next Saturday to answer all of your
car questions. You're listening to this, I'm Dane Donovan from
Donovan's atto Entire Center. See you're back here. Next Saturday,
you're listening to the Car Show on fifty five krc
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D talk station
Speaker 14 (47:00):
Two.
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