And we do welcome you to the CNC Auto Show. This is going to be a great show today. We got some. Two fantastic guests to kind of, I call them show contributors because they contribute so much to this show all the time. And it's not unusual to have one.
It's not unusual to have the other, but to have both at the same time, this is absolutely amazing. We have Jamie Bridges here. She is, she's just is always a lot of fun, contributes so much to the show, does so many great things. And then we have Jim Pate here with us. He's the same thing.
Somehow I found my way in. Yeah, you did. And this will be a lot of fun because not only will we be able to answer a lot of automotive questions, but we will also be able to have some fun and. We plan to also contribute some springtime. Tips as we go.
Does that sound like a great idea? Yeah. Yeah. It's our favorite season down here in the south. Oh, it is.
I like that winter quite a bit. I kind of lean towards spring. I like both, but to be honest with you, we don't get very much winter, just a little short burst of it, enough to. To kill a few bugs and do some things there. Then, this time of year, we have a slight issue with the pollen.
We do have pine trees. This is our version of the snow, is what this is. Green. Yeah. Yellow.
But you're absolutely right. Springtime is absolutely wonderful time of year. We always, the flowers are coming out, grass is getting green, and that's going to be doing that in many, many places around the country. And that is a great time to start thinking about your car. It is.
Yep. And the things that you might do because.
Something goes with getting your car ready in the springtime. That Jim just got. Through doing, and that would be, can we say it together? Road trip. Yep.
Road trip. Road trip. A lot of people enjoy going on road trips this time of year.
So if you're already planning your road trip, get ready for it. I hope this show will help you just a little bit on getting things together and maybe a little reminder of things that you may want to. You may want to check, or you may want to do before you leave just to make sure you don't forget. Because we want you to have a good time. But as you go, we want you to remember.
That wherever you go, you can still listen to the CNC Auto Show on Facebook. Just Facebook forward slash CC Auto Show, and we will be right there on Saturday mornings, 8 to 10. And then also, if you're out of range, you can go to iHeart, W-J-G-A-C on iHeart. iHeart, and you can listen to us live that way.
So, a lot of ways you can pick up the show, and we want you to enjoy each and every one. What would y'all think if we was to start the show with a tech tip quiz? Let's make it a good one. Let's make it a good one. Don't hurt him too bad.
No.
Well, last week we had the unanswered tech tip quiz. That will go in the tech tip quiz hall of fame as an unanswered tech tip quiz.
So, this one, we hope that somebody will get this. This one when we mention it, John lives in Georgia and found the car of his dreams. In California. It was a 1964 Jaguar XKE. And it had not, he had not even seen a picture of it.
The person didn't really have it for sale, he was just he had heard about it.
So he sent the guy an email, and the owner replied that it would be for sale. He would consider selling it. And in the email, the owner had a selfie thumbnail of himself sitting in the car. John noticed in that picture. That it was a right-hand drive car, and he just didn't want it after that.
But the owner said that he could fix that problem in less than three days. and it would not cost any extra money. How in the world can the owner change it from a right hand to a left hand in less than three days and not charge any extra money? I mean, you're talking about things like gas pedals and brake pedals. Yeah.
All of that.
So if you know the answer to that question, you give us a call. The number is 800-224-9090 and we are ready for your phone call. And in the meantime, we are going to be talking about some tips to help you get ready for springtime. and your road trip if you have one planned. If you don't have a road trip planned, then we want to make you safer wherever you're at in your vehicle.
Okay. Are we ready to discuss the first item? Let's go. Let's go with wiper blades. That's a that's uh that's what I would consider one of those safety items that you really don't think that much about, yeah.
You don't think about them until you turn them on and they're crap, yeah.
So they're crap. One of the things that kills them, as I understand it, is ultraviolet rays and.
So if your car's out, it's in the sun a lot, it's going to die early. But also when they It used to be that uh particularly in GM cars They had wiper stops, so the off position of the wiper was. A half inch or inch or so further than the Bottom of the sweep, so it drove themselves up on these little ramps and it raised the wipers up off the glass. The two things. Yikip.
The debris, the pollen this time of year for us, or sand or grit from. Damming up on the top of that blade. When that happens and you turn that blade on and it hasn't rained real hard, say you you're going to push off some dew, you just grind that grit right across that glass.
So that Shortens the life of the blades, surely shortens the life of your windshield, but also that. Curving over that they now suffer from. If the wipers don't actually go past and come back a 16th of an inch or so. They stay bent like that, and then you go and turn them on if they dried out a little bit. It sounds like a woodpecker on the windshield of the car trying to get in, skipping, hops all the way up, comes back.
You know, Jim, out of that whole deal that you just mentioned, all of it was good, but one of the best parts of it that I think is a reminder that when you keep good wiper blades and keep your windshield clean. Then you extend the life of your windshield itself, which is more expensive than the wiper blade. Oh, my gosh. And it can be bad news when you're riding down the road at night and you see those little streets. The streets, yeah.
And there's some wiper blades out there. Peak makes a variety of them, and they make one of theirs, actually has. About five characteristics that have to do with the effectiveness of the blade, and one of them is it has a chemical application in there. That gives you a water repellency feature in the sweep area of the blade. And that reduces that bleariness in between passes and makes visibility through the wiper passing much better off.
I'm glad you mentioned that name because Pete does make some fantastic wiper blades. I mean, You want something that really clean and lasts a long time. And they make, like you mentioned, several different kinds. Then we should go to the cause. Please.
Let's do it. All right, here we go. I think we have a gentleman. Hey, Emma. Is that Chris?
Christopher. Chris, welcome to the CNC Auto Show. What can we help you with? I think I want to answer the tech tip quiz. Oh, now here's the big question: now: do you think you want to answer it or do you want to answer it?
That's the question. I want to answer. All right.
Now, did you know that if you win, you could win a TTQWB. water bottle and all the paraphernalia that goes along with that.
So, this is kind of a huge bomb for you.
So, be still. Uh Here we go. I'm a sick puppy. You know, all right, here we go. John lives in Georgia and found the Carvis Dreams in California at 64 Jaguar SKE.
He had not even seen the. car at all. It wasn't listed for sale. He just had a contact to call him. God said, Y'all sell it.
Send them an email. And uh, he noticed in the thumbnail that the car was a right-hand drive. But the guy said, No problem, I can fix that in three days, and it won't cost you more money. Let me put you on stage. All right, take your sunglasses off.
And don't worry about the bright lights, it'll be okay. And what is the answer to today's Tech Tip Quiz? Plus. Selfie in the thumbnail was mirrored to where to make it look like the car was right-hand drive.
So he needed to take another selfie to improve in fact that the car was not right-hand drive. Wow. That's pretty. That's a good answer. Let's think about this.
Jim, what's your thoughts on it? Is that possible? But well, sure, it's possible, but would that take three days?
Well, there may be there.
Well, maybe he just wants it to sound expensive.
So instead of 30 seconds, he gave it three days to sell it better. All right.
Well, let's read the answer. Let's see what the judges put down in his answer. That is right. The 64 Jaguar XKE was already a left-hand drive car, but the picture and the way our brains are wired to see these type things made it look like a right-hand drive. And it took donor three days to get to where the car was stored because he had it in storage.
So he had to drive to wait until he was off work, all that stuff. It took about three days. When he got there, he changed the setting on his iPhone.
Now, each iPhone or each phone has different ways of doing it, but iPhone, you just go to the mirror front camera setting and it changes it. And actually, it. Puts it in a way that our brain can better interpret it as a left-hand drive car. And, Christopher, this is huge for you. Oh, this is huge for me because I got to take a break.
Congratulations, stay on the line. Jacob's going to get all your information and enjoy that TP. QWB water bottle. We'll be right back. Thank y'all so much.
Little GGO You're really looking fine. Three deuces and a four speed and a three eighty nine Listen to her tacking up. With you with the CNC Auto Show. If you have a problem with your car, your truck, your SUV, you give us a call. And the number of the call is 800-224-909.
nine zero and we have a uh we have Co-host Jamie Bridges here with us. And we have co-host Jim Paid here with us, and we're having a great time. We are answering questions.
Somebody did get our tech tip quiz, and that was good. And we're giving tips about the springtime also, along with answering your automotive questions. Again, the number 800-224-9090. And you can watch us on Facebook. Just give us a call.
Okay, we uh we like from time to time. Mention some interesting tips that come up. And one of the things that I ran across Was the first speeding ticket. Oh, yeah. Yeah, you have a rough idea when that might have been?
Early nineteen hundreds.
Well Maybe was it on a horse or was it on a car? Because you like the car.
Well, the person driving was on a car. All right, actually. It was in 1886, and the first speeding ticket was Mr. Arnold, and he was cost. Caught racing down the street.
at roughly Eight miles an hour. Oh my gosh, speed even. Yeah, he was.
Well, actually, he was what, about. Two or three times over the speed limit, something like that. Yeah, threatening life and limb there. Yeah, he was.
Yeah, the speed limit was actually two miles an hour. And the person chasing them. Chased him for several miles. And Yeah and and finally called him. And it was um he chased him on a bicycle.
For several miles. Yeah. So that was a, he, he was a, he was a speed demon. I don't know. That policeman was a trooper.
I would have fell off the bicycle after a quarter mile or so. Yeah. But that. That evidently was a heck of a high speed. Pursuit that he had on doing that.
And we'd like to know how they were able to calibrate that speed. That would be a challenge. Yeah. Yes. Yes.
I guess you just eyeball it. All right.
All right.
So we go to the next one here: Tesla Cybertruck Owners. with 10,000 those that have driven over 10,000 miles Are you saying that the range is not exactly what Tesla says it is? Yeah. It's a lot less than what they're saying. They're saying it's roughly about 164 miles.
As to compared to what Tesla told them, it would be 206 miles. Is it is the battery's degrading over time? I am. Does it break it down that much?
Well, actually, they had promised them 320 miles. And they were getting somewhere between 165, 200 miles on a charge. Yeah, but the news. line there suggests that Before ten thousand miles, they might have been getting more than what they got. After $10,000.
Yeah, that is true. Could there be designed obsolescence in there? No.
But I mean, they've been doing that with gas engines for years. I mean, they'll say, yeah, you get 30 miles to the gallon. You buy the car and you get 18 or 19. Yeah, but remember. There's actually some engineering in gas gauges to make people feel better.
Uh-huh. You fill the tank. and that gauge drops real slowly For the first half a tank. Yes. And after that, Like a rock, it seems.
My car does that. Yeah, and I think it's. It's nothing but a real stat. You can get it to do whatever you want. Yeah.
Depending on how you Why are the things?
So I think That was looked into at one point and it was found that, yep. You feel real good for that first half of tank, and then watch out.
So you're saying they might be doing that. It got them wired in a way to make the person feel comfortable. And then in reality, it may show that they got plenty. And if they go charge, they never know the difference.
Well, they could have a problem with the meter.
Now, since it apparently, see, the theory I'm, or the theory, the observation I'm talking about. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe. Maybe not. But in gas gauges, it would do that all the time, the life of the car, until they.
Sanding unit fails or something, but this might have a situation where actually. the battery life is a bit higher. Then it's indicating where it would still continue to go, maybe 320 miles, but maybe there's a problem. With the reading of the uh So they're giving them a little reserve to so that they won't Run it run it down and be stuck on the road. But that would have happened when the car was new, too.
So I'm saying maybe there's something going on with the life cycle of the meterings that the vehicles Gotta know. That's an age problem, let's say. It's only 10,000 miles, and maybe it's. It's not behaving properly due to a Error, not a designed end feature. Yeah, that's the benefit.
Yeah, I guess it's the benefit of the double. They didn't fudge it on purpose. They accidentally fudged it and it just degrades. Just worry about it. Just put gas in my car and I'm fine.
If they want to find out, they just keep going and find out when does it actually stop moving? Of course, that's not a convenient thing. You'll know. Ready to go to the cost?
Okay. All right, here we go. Let's go over. I don't have a name here, but we're going to go over and talk to this person that's got a vehicle with some type of. Issue with the changing the coolant cooler.
Welcome to the CNC Auto Show. And we got, we'll talk for about 30 or 40 seconds. And then we'll take a break and we're going to pick you right back up. But we want to get an idea of what's going on first.
Well, I understand that some vehicles are prone when you're changing the cooling system to trap air, and that can be a problem. I want to know how to know what vehicles are prone and how to prevent that. Oh, that is a lovely question. I like that. And what type vehicle do you have?
Or Just in general.
Okay, sounds good. We will uh we're gonna put you on hold just for a little bit. We'll be right back and we would love to answer that question. And we'll be right back with more of the CNC Auto Show. When you've got rust to bust, you use PB Blaster.
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Oh rapid roar that He the bills dropper in the lamb He said they learned to raise the stock call by running shine out of Alabama. And we are back with you at the CNC Auto Show. I'm here with co-host Jamie Bridges and co-host Jim Faik. And we are answering questions, having fun, giving springtime tips. and talking to a person up with a car question.
And welcome back to the CNC Auto Show. And I missed your first name. What was that again? David. David.
David, we really appreciate you calling. And if I'm not mistaken, your question had to do with a would vehicles now, many vehicles. Have a bleed procedure in order to make it to where, if you were to change your own coolant, that you you wouldn't get air trapped in different areas. Does that sound correct? Yes, I'd like to know how to do that.
And I'd also like to know is there any way of knowing if your partic a particular vehicle is prone to that? Oh, that is a great question.
Well, I can tell you that most vehicles now are prone to that. A lot of the older model vehicles that had the regular radiator cap, and the cap was a little bit higher than the rest of the system, that would make it to where any air that's trapped in there would kind of float to the top of where the radio is.
So you could normally just leave the radiator cap off and you'd. See a little bubble here and a bubble there, and eventually it would bleed itself out. Boom, you would be fine, no problem.
Now, with many vehicles, the cooling system, the front part of the cooling system is actually a little lower than the back part of the cooling system. And then you got a heater core that's even higher up than that.
So many times a vehicle can get air trapped in other systems.
Now, I'm going to mention how a professional shop does it first, and then I'll mention some other options. Professional shops have found that the vacuum bleed procedure is the way to go. There's pieces of equipment that we have. that we actually it's like uh anywhere from one to four tubes that you can put different types of antifreeze in and you fill it up with your 50-50 mix And then you hook a hose to either the radiator cap area or someplace on the coolant system, normally the highest point that you can get. And then you push a button and it puts a vacuum on the system.
And Once a vacuum has been there and it's had a chance to pull everything out real nicely, put a vacuum on it, then you turn a little valve and boom.
Well, let me see. No, it goes. My puppy doesn't sound quite like that. Yeah, it goes more. It goes more.
Shoosh. And it all flows in there. And of course, you don't get any air in it that way.
Now, Uh, there's some vehicles out there, I would say that. A huge number of later model vehicles, including your Mazda that you mentioned, does have a bleed procedure that they say you can do. And some of them have a little bleed valve near the cooler neck.
Some of them have a hoe that says disconnect this little hose and do it. To be honest with you, I'm for. People doing as much of their own stuff as they can. Matter of fact, Jim does a huge amount of stuff himself, but owned a vehicle that requires a system. that uh a bleed procedure i believe i would recommend just going ahead and Letting a shop that has the proper equipment A bleed, a coolant flush or a coolant exchange machine, let them do it.
I believe in the long run, you could be ahead because all it takes is one little air pocket up inside a cylinder head somewhere, and you'll get a hot spot right there and melt it. Does that sound right to you too, Jim? Yeah. And then because that way you can go ahead and open the system up at your shop, with your shop, and you can get the thermostat changed while you're at it. Oh, if it's been a long time.
And of course, I love the Motorad Thermostats. That's the way to go with them. And anything to do with any of the belts that they got, that little, we can do the sound effects again. You give them the little squeeze, and it's got that little crinkly sound to it. I can't do it.
You do it. It does it much better. A crackly sound. That's it.
So that way, you've opened up all sorts of things that will generate. Check your belts and hoses, another word. Yeah. And I think. Probably the reason is you've got these air pockets now is because I suspect, again, this is the skepticism day here.
That styling of vehicles has caused that. Because back when it didn't matter, that radiater could be as tall as you wanted because the hood was tall. But now sleekness, space requirements. Engines up here. You said the heater core is up high, the radiator's down low.
But the man's got to. Excellent question. Yeah, the cars are built around the style that the people want. It used to be the. You'd have the engine transmission coolant system and all that, and then they would build a car kind of around that.
Now they find out what type of cars the consumer wants, and they find a way to make it fit in there. Yeah, so David's got a good point, and you can almost probably look at a car's engine compartment and give it the squint and say, Yeah, look how high the radiator top port is relative to the rest of the car. I think I'm okay, but still, that's a big chance you take.
So, the man David here is good to be on the lookout for that. Yeah, and David's doing good to look into getting his coolant flush. Because so many That causes so many problems later on down the road when you don't. And of course, I love peak. coolant, engine coolant, because they make all makes all models and they make a just a just a large number of different type of products for the coolant system and visibility.
But Jamie, now David, if you don't mind, I'm going to let Jamie touch on this part because on a vehicle like yours, Frushing the coolant system is important. But Jamie, what does that do on the larger vehicles like some of the trucks that they don't get their coolant flush when it should? Uh it'll damage an engine just like it will in a a smaller vehicle, a pasture vehicle. I mean the the cavitation, the oxidation, it all the I mean, it's it's the same thing. You have to be You have to be as well informed as possible, you know, about the type of coolant that you're using.
If you're going to buy concentrate to save a couple bucks, don't stick your garden hose in the radiator and fill it up the rest of the way because there's minerals and other things that are in your tap water that you don't want to throw off the balance of the coolant itself.
So just. Do as much research as you can and then be as informed as you can and then move forward with whichever direction you feel is best for you. And that, and where that makes the difference is not now, and probably not even at 100,000 miles. But when you start hitting 150, 175, 200, then you don't get phone calls from your technician saying, Oh, you need a heater car, you need a radiator, you need a water pump, you need this. Yeah, and then instead, you're riding down that springtime day with the flowers blooming on the side in your car, saying, Wow, they did my uh service and everything's looking good.
Yep, and I didn't have to dispose of the old antifreeze gallons of it.
So, David, that was a great question, man. It opened up a chance for us to talk a good bit about that. And now, Don't let it discourage you if you decide to do your own coolant flush. Do it, but do go through that bleed procedure and be very careful to get all that out.
Well, you know, Peak makes a flush and feel kit too. You can get it at AutoZone. Oh. Wow, that's a good one. Yeah, it's hanging up on the.
Oh, and that's a. Does a vacuum fill? It's like a. Oh my gosh, what used to came? It was it was a nozzle that you could put in and it would help you fill the refill system.
I bet you if you talk to them at AutoZone, I bet they make a vacuum. Pipe.
Well, they do. It's as a loaner tool. You can rent a you might have to have an air compressor to do it.
Well, they have the radiator, the pressure tester for the radiator cap, and all of that you can get as a loaner tool. You'll just have to, you know, go on their website and see what they have available. And just before you leave the auto part store, make sure you check the kit to make sure all the components are in the kit and they're all functional. You don't want to get all the way home and then discover you're missing a bolt or the rubber seal is bad off on this. David, there might be hope for you being able to do a vacuum.
Refill yourself then.
So check into that. And if you find out you can, definitely let us know so we can let others know that. I have another question. Absolutely. If you do this vacuum bleed procedure, The engine's going to be cold and the thermostat's going to be shut.
So, how do you get past a closed thermostat?
Well, you got to figure it's putting a vacuum on every side of the system. It's putting a vacuum on the pressure side, and it's putting a vacuum on the suction side. And when it fills it, it will be filled.
Now, I do always like to monitor the vehicle once it's done. I like to monitor the temperature gauge until it gets up to operating temperature. Oh man, this is great, and we got time to mention it. As you're doing it, it's important to check the electric cooling fans on the vehicles when you're testing the coolant or when you're doing a coolant exchange. Or even if you're checking your AC system, whatever you're looking at, check that electric cooling fan.
We have meetings with all the technicians on a regular basis, and that's one of the things I've already told them for this time of year. When the vehicle comes in, let's check those cooling fans because if one fails, you can burn out an air compressor, you can even blow an engine.
So, make sure the cooling fan works with the AC on and make sure it works if the engine's off and it gets up to about halfway with the temperature gauge, it should cut on, cool it back down.
So, go through that process when you're done just to make sure everything did right.
Well, thank you very much. Oh, great questions. Thanks so much. And we'll be right back with more of the CNC Auto Show. The CNC Auto Show is brought to you in part by New Hampshire Oil Undercoating.
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Well, if you ever plan some motor west, a tract take my way, that's the highway that's the best. And we're back. I'm Jamie Bridges here with fellow co-host Jim Pate and the legendary Aaron Clements. Here to help you and answer any automotive questions that you have and offer tips and tricks that we've picked up over the years. Keep you guys on the road.
Yeah, we're going to have a great time. And you did a little bit of research having to do with the flushdown. I know that you found a pressure. Tester that you can get at AutoZone, which is a great thing if you're looking for a leak in a vehicle, you can find that. I don't know if we found the vacuum.
Feel type unit, no, uh, but I do know those are available, and they're not. You can, the machine that we have is cost a fair amount, a lot of money. But I think they make a little small kit where you can just do the vacuum side of it. And do it.
So, hopefully, people will check into that. But I think the key to that whole conversation. If you plan to change your own coolant, just be careful, uh, do some research before you do it, uh, because you can literally toast an engine if you're not careful.
So, I'm uh so happy that David called in with that question. You ready to go to another caller? Yeah, let's go. I think that'd be great. Let let's do it.
And welcome to the CNC Auto Show. And what can we help you with? Good morning, guys. This is Ron and Aflin. Look, staying with that subject on your cooler, what do you guys charge at CNC for a compact car?
uh coolant exchange. Oh, I can tell that real easily. We run those on special 119.95. That includes that's now going to the CNC automotive. Yeah, that includes doing a 28-point inspection, looking at the car.
In other words, adjusting the tire pressure, topping off all the fluids, checking the belts, checking the hoses. And then it also includes removing all of the old coolant, doing a vacuum refill with new 50-50 mix cooler, the proper type of coolant for the vehicle. And that does two things. A lot of times people think coolant's only good for the you only need to do it because of the winter time to keep it from freezing. But coolant plays a critical part in transferring the heat away from the engine.
Regular water will not transfer it, and regular water will build up a huge amount of corrosion very quickly. uh through electrolysis.
So uh getting that old antifreeze out of there, all those old uh Different types of metals that are used on the system, getting all those out of there and fresh cooling in. Definitely extends the life of everyone. Yeah, 119. That's real reasonable. The reason I called, I need to get your things off my.
Go ahead. I got you. I was going to call and just get a couple of things off my chest.
Well, off my drawers. I've got chest I've got furniture disease when my chest has fell into my drawers. But have y'all seen the advert or it was an advertisement? It was in the news here just recently about A new air service is coming to Augusta. That's doing like metropolitan transportation with a small E.
uh electronic uh uh helicopter. They can carry up to, I think, three or four people. And uh they do little short runs to um just take people all over the town. Have y'all heard that? Oh, I haven't seen that.
I've heard it in different areas, not necessarily in Augusta. Matter of fact, I was researching a little. I I um A little drone type copter that you could fly. They were going to be taking given rides in Orlando, and I signed up for it to go take a test drive. Only the person, you fly it, you go to a little short class, and you get in it and fly it.
And there is a lot of people that. Going in that direction. As a matter of fact, in a lot of other countries, they're talking about doing that to be able to have an air taxi from here to there. Uh and they are at the point to where they can. I mean, they're they're safe to do it, but the the range is very limited.
I think most of those have uh very, very short ranges, 10, 15 minutes, but in many cities, if you're going from one large building to another large building, That can save 30, 40 minutes, or an hour. Yeah, just to hop. Yeah, if you're hopping from building to building.
So, in short, I hadn't heard it in Augusta, but I have heard it in a lot of other cities that they plan to do that.
Well, they're saying that this one's supposed to come to Augusta in 2026, which is just a couple of years away.
So they're moving pretty rapidly on this. And look, my last belly ache is with insurance. Automobile insurance is getting out of hand. Uh they've already said this you have another increase in our automotive insurance. The one person that they interviewed on the business news about this.
was saying the main contributor to this is irresponsible drivers. And I can attest to it by just going out and driving on a day-to-day basis. How I've got these people passing on double yellow lines on the crest of hills. Uh blowing red lights. What why do I have to suffer?
Other people's stupidity. That's what you would say. Guys, I haven't had it. It I want to mention this part real quickly.
Now, it used to be that the insurance companies really didn't know when somebody was driving like that.
Now many cars are manufacturers are turning over data to the insurance companies to tell a person how that person has been driving. And so that a lot, there's been a lot of controversy there because they say, is that. Is that that insurance company's information? Should they have access to how another person drives? I say no.
I don't want them messing with my car. I don't want them reading how I drive. You probably. Consented to that when you signed on to turn the system on in your car. You just didn't know it.
The fine print's too huge. I mean, if you're going to do it that way, then penalize the bad ones and then give me the break for my safe driving. You know, don't exactly, exactly. That's what I'm saying: is that if you're going to. And I know Aaron's against it, but if they just harder the bad drivers, that's what I'm saying.
I don't want them messing with my car. Oh, I understand. I understand. But if it's going to reduce my insurance premiums by half, I will go for it. I guess it's that easy way we slip into socialism.
I don't know. But this thing got so ridiculous with this whole mess about. You know, look, I've been driving for 60 years. I started driving back in the 50s, in the late early 60s. I have never, and I can put my hand on the Bible and say, I have never.
Caused an automobile accident in my life. And it seems like we get penalized every year. That was the crux of it, guys. Look, y'all have a great weekend and make it safe. Hey, Ryan, great call, man.
You got us fired up. Hey, thank you. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Okay, I want to mention something before we go.
We're almost out of time for the first segment, but I have to give a shout out to someone. That is Joe DeLoach. He is the manager over there at the Warrenville store in Aiken store. In Aiken, South Carolina. And this is kind of huge.
You know, they have the world-class ASC certification that someone can get. And we've had a person. That's on this show received that. That was Taylor Bryant.
Well, Joe has been on this show also. And he also received. The ASE World Class Certification, which is huge, only Only 2,200 people have had it in the last 30 years. That's a whole deal. That's a tremendous deal, yeah.
And only 64 people got it out of the whole country. And out of those 64 people, we have two that have been on the show before, and they say that one is within 30 or 40. A third one is within 30 or 40 miles. I don't have that person's name. But This is uh this is a certification that you get where you uh have to Mm-hmm.
study a huge amount, you have to pass a large number of certifications and very, very few people can get that.
So congratulations, Joe DeLoach, on the world-class certification of ASC. And uh We got to take a break.
So, thank you, Jacob, in there for all you do. Jamie, Jim, and we'll be right back. And yes, we do welcome you back to the second hour of the CNC Auto Show. I'm here with co-host Jamie Bridges and co-host Jim Pate. And this is kind of amazing that we're all three here at the same time.
Trifecta. Yeah, yeah. Double trouble co-hosts. Yes. Yeah.
We normally, normally I'll have one of the two here. And that's always a lot of fun. But now it's double fun. That's right. Double pleasure, double your fun.
We had a lot of great conversations during the last hour. We discussed the importance of bleeding out a coolant system. Whereas years ago, you didn't have to worry about that.
Now you do. And we also discussed how. The car manufacturers are sharing data, your driving habits. with the insurance companies. And many of them are using that to increase your rates.
And I think there was a lot of debate on that. I mean, like for you, Jamie, you mentioned that, hey, that's I drive safe, so I should be getting a benefit. And I look at it, I don't want them to have my information on my car because I don't drive that great.
Well, I mean, if they're going to do it anyway, because they're going to, I'm sure their argument for it is: hey, it's going to help us make better cars in the future. But at the same time, they're also double dipping by selling the data. To the insurance companies or whoever that they're selling it to.
So they're getting your money for the vehicle and then their money for the data. They're just, you know. Yeah, make it a killing.
Well, yeah, and all of this data collection from these vehicles, to me, in my opinion, it belongs to the owner unless there's life's at stake. I mean, if it's something. That Uh, is critical uh to save lives, is there, but if not, I think it belongs to the much of that data is can be subpoenaed in criminal investigations, yes, but. The notion that the car manufacturers might just be providing the information without your permission. Is a little cloudy.
I suspect that you've signed something. Yeah, the fine print. Yeah. Hit this one little button on your screen that you agree to terms and conditions, and who reads them? Yeah, nobody.
Because they're 20 pages long. Nobody's had time for that.
So that's probably part of it. All right.
You ready to go to the calls? Let's go. All right.
Let's go to the calls. We'll go to someone with a 2012 Jeep. Let's see what it's doing. And we do welcome you to the CNC Auto Show. And what can we help you with?
I've got a 2012 Jeep Wrangler six-cylinder. I think it's a three point six liter. I put a new thermostat in it. The fan works extremely well. The top radiator hose does get hot when you're driving down the road.
You can hear the fan coming on. Both the heater hoses get hot, and I have no links.
Now the problem I'm having is that the gauge will go all the way up to the center, middle of the gauge. And as you drive down the road, it goes over to three quarters, and then it comes back to center. it goes back to three quarters. It does this back and forth the whole time I'm driving it. And I was wondering if you could give me some ideas of what to look for to how to fix the gauge.
Well, you may not necessarily have a gauge issue. First, I'm going to mention something that a technician would be doing if he was looking at that, he or she was looking at that vehicle. And that would be to have a scan tool connected to the inside of the vehicle so that that person would be able to look at the actual temperature that the computer is seeing. Also, then you can compare the two. You can look at the gauge and look at what the computer is looking at.
If they're both fluctuating, You do have an issue there. If one is not, then you may not, you may. Have a temperature type sending unit problem or a gauge problem. My guess is, you probably do have an issue there that needs to be addressed because we really don't run into that many temperature gauges. Or computer receiving the wrong information on that type of vehicle.
So, and of course, some of the things it sounds a little bit like is you may have air in the system. Did you bleed or was the system bled out really good? And when you uh had those parts installed. What I did was I put the Jeep with the radiator hose cap higher than the rest of the Jeep for twenty four hours with the cap off. And I squeezed the the heater hose and got all the bubbles out of it that I could.
Now my understanding that you can crank that vehicle up, wait till the thermostat opens up and then the bleeder hose on the thermostat housing can also help in bleeding the air out of that system too. It is possible to do that. But also, you can do all the things that you mentioned. there. And I've seen cases where you could still have some air inside the system.
So I am a little bit concerned that you may still have air. There's I've seen people try to remove like a Heater hose at one area and try to let the air out. You're gonna, you will go through a lot of, um, A lot of issues trying to do that. I would consider uh having the system vacuum. A field.
And again, we were talking during the last hour if they make any kind of do-it-yourself vacuum fill unit. I bet somebody does. Yeah, I'm sure they do. I've never looked myself. I would check on that, but also I would consider if you've got a proper thermostat.
I mean, do you. I don't know what brand you got. I like motorad thermosets because they put them in. in the factory on a lot of vehicles. Motorad's been real good, or get a factory, one or the two.
Uh but I would ensure that you've got a good thermostat and I would uh vacuum field the system. To make absolutely sure there's no air in it. And that's a critical deal. It really is. I've seen some.
horror stories when vehicles have air in them.
Okay. All right.
Well, I certainly do appreciate it. Thank you.
Well, I hope it helps, and thank you very much.
Okay, and the number to call is 800-224-9090. If you have a question about your car, your truck, your SUV, you want us to throw just a real quick tech-tip quiz out there. Oh, you got another one? Yeah, I got it. I always have another one.
Keep them in your pocket. They grow all week long. Yeah, with them. Throw it out there real quick. A person that was a.
A big golf tournament going on in an area. What? There's a big golf tournament? Yeah, a big golf tournament that was going on, and it was kind of close by here. But anyway, somebody.
Stole something out of somebody else's vehicle. There were a lot of cameras around, and they found that it was a black SUV.
Well, they put out a security alert looking for a black SUV. But the person Uh d yeah Just drove right out of the gate. The gate, right through the gate, and nobody said a word. Security officers everywhere. Drove right out.
with the vehicle. How could everybody know to look for a black SUV and the person just drive out the gate?
So, if somebody knows the answer, they can give us a call, and the number is 800-224-9090. And red We will go to The next caller. Let's see what we have here. And welcome to the CNC Auto Show. What can we help you with?
Hello, good morning. I have sort of two strange scenarios. We're on the cooling, the coolant issue. Had a a truck, I have a two thousand seven Dodge Ram. Uh, took it to it was overheating, took it to the cooling, to the mechanic, said, Yes, you need a new radiator, new stuff, it's got a bunch of uh It was a a truck given to me.
They said, Yeah, there's some Stop seal, you know, the leak seal stuff down in there, you need to do it.
Well, I took it home. flush it all out myself. Put a new thermostat in it, and I've literally never had a problem with it since. And that's been two years ago.
Now. Yeah. My other car, nineteen ninety nine Nissan Pathfinder, Overheated, took the same mechanic, said, Yep, you need a new radiator, new stuff. I went ahead and did the whole thing, spent about $1,200. Uh Fast forward two months, hey, it's overheating again, took it back and they said, Oh, we've got to replace these other two hoses.
We didn't do that the first time. Spent another eight hundred dollars.
Now it's overheating again. And I don't know what's wrong with it. Wow. We're going to try to help. We're going to pull over just for a second, and I'm going to put you on pause just for a second or two.
And as soon as we get back, we will, I'll hear the rest of the question, and then we will give an answer. We'll be right back with more of the CNC Auto Show. On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, warm smell of Khalid dust rising up through the air.
Well, hello there, and welcome back to the Full House. Today, the CNC Auto Show, we have Aaron Clemens. leader of the band. And here with Jamie Bridges and myself, Jim Pate, we always enjoy being on the show, and today it's extra special because there's three of us, and the fourth person. Is Jacob, and don't forget number five, our important caller today.
Oh, David. No, Jacob, Jacob, our technician, but also person is John. John is our caller. Correct. And he has issues with his vehicle.
On a repetitive overheating condition after several visits to the Repair facility. Radiator's been put in. Went back. Overheating still. Hoses have been put in.
He's gone back again, and he's going to fill us in if we've missed any of the high points there of where he is and how to fix it. And John, you mentioned after they replaced the radiator, they replaced some hoses. Then you went back and they said it needed some more hoses. And fill us in from where you're at now of. when it runs hot or how often it runs hot.
Uh wait one second. I hope you got to let him back in. You left him outside. It's house cold out there. John.
Yes. Jamie told on me. I forgot to push the button to open the door to let you back in. Welcome back to the show. And I'm sure you heard me kind of open everything of where we were at.
Tell us a little bit about when it's running hot and. Uh are you going down the road? Are you sitting still? No, it's uh it just you know, you you start up and find and then You know, you get a few minutes down the road and it just starts to overheat again. It's almost like it did the first time.
Well, I don't know the first time it started, you know, when I replaced the radiator, I mean, we were down. Uh Down near near rooted coffee house, way down on near Riverlo River Parkway, and it couldn't even hardly make it up to The Walmart We had to stop three times to stop in the Kia dealership just to let it stop for a minute.
So we couldn't get any distance at all. Once we did that, replaced the radiator hoses. it was okay. And then a couple of months later, nope, now it did it again and now it was new hoses.
So we got more new hoses, which I thought we did the first time, but now it's doing it again.
So it just I don't know what else there is to fix.
Well, we were talking a little bit during the break, unless the hoses were actually leaking some.
Now if they were leaking, it could let it push coolant out of where they leaking at. And then when the fluid contracts and cools down and contracts, it would suck air back in. which could cause a air pocket, which could cause It to overheat, but it would have to lose. a fair amount of coolant to start doing that.
So I think one of the next steps is to You you mentioned that it does. Get hot going down the road, and you mentioned that the thermostat has been replaced. Is that correct?
Okay. The next step on that vehicle is one I hate to mention, but it does need to be run, and that's a block test.
Now, what a block test is, it's a little chemical that you pull for air from inside the radiator And it pulls it across this chemical. The chemical starts out blue if it turns yellow. Then you have combustion gases entering the coolant system, which normally means things like bad head gaskets and things like that. That needs to be rugged. Yeah, and do you know if that's been run yet?
If they've run that test. If it has been run, that we have not had that conversation, so I'm pretty sure they have not.
Okay, if you circle back to the DIY side and the loaner tools. They uh they do have a block tester with the the chemical At the auto parts store. Oh, okay.
So you can do you can DIY it. You have to buy the chemical, the dyes yourself.
So they're not going to buy those back, but you will get credit back for the tool itself.
Okay. I didn't know that they rented out a block tester. Yeah, they do. Which is good.
So I would recommend either running that test yourself or having that test run because you want to, if it's bad news, it's better to go ahead and know it. But if it passes that test, it's not a sure thing that you don't have. any other internal damage on there, but at least It with it passing that, you can move on to the next steps, which would be to find out if just bleeding the system out. It will first pressure test it, make sure you don't have any leaks in the system. And you mentioned that you can rent one of those for sure or a loaner program through AutoZone, but if.
If there's no leaks, then bleed the system out. And see if your problem goes away for a period of time again. And if it does, that means you're getting air in the system some way. And you would want to determine what that is, but and you would have to have a leak outward to be able to pull air inward.
So those are the steps I'd go. I hope it don't show anything. Any issues when you run the block test? I hope it passes that test okay. And then after that, re-bleat it, see how it does.
Will do. Thanks so much, guys. Great question. Thank you so much for calling. You call back and let us know.
Always interested. Yeah, we always love feedback. Thank you.
I'll do it. Do it. The number to call is 800-224-9090. If you have any questions about your car, your truck, your SUV, And we will, I tell you what, we're going to be running real quick.
So we'll just mention another item here and then. Then we will take our break. We mentioned that Elon Musk announced that he's got a way to put a cyber truck on a little pontoon boat. You can buy a kit. Yeah.
Float your cyber truck across a lake. You're shaking your head, Jamie. That's what is what is that? The Darwinism at work? That just, that's a terrible.
I just, you're putting an electric car in water, like on top of water. Yeah, I mean, it just, I'm imagining the thing flipping over and turning into like a toaster in a bathtub. I've heard a lot of people say they like that truck, but I just hadn't warmed up to it yet. I think it's hideous. In the 50s or 60s, they made what's called an anthocar, I think it was pronounced.
And it was a car with propellers on it, and you steered it with the steering wheel, and it was a watertight body. Much better than that. Yeah. Just drive right in the water. That one just kind of floats on it.
Hey, we're going to go to a break. Since we return, we are going to be going to James, and he has a. 2,500 truck with a problem. Jamie, that's up. You're easily.
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I'm Jamie Bridges here with Jim Pate and Aaron Clements. We're going to switch over to the calls. We have James on the line. Hey. Hey, good morning.
Hey, can you hear me? Yep. Good morning. I like your bumper music there. Nothing like golden earrings from way back then.
I'll tell you what. They don't make them like that no more. No, they don't. Anyway. Fun times.
I just recently purchased a used Uh 2003 Dodge pickup truck with the Cummings diesel with 167,000 miles. I've put about 2,000 miles on it. And I pull heavy loads daily. And I hadn't pulled anything super heavy, but even with a seven thousand or eight thousand pound load, My temperature, I just glanced, and instead of it riding right there on 200 or 210, somewhere most diesels run. It was almost on the red.
And I'll let off the guests out over the hill. And it comes back to Momi. But even unloaded, if you're running seventy five or eighty, kind of moving on down the road. It seems to move up and down, up and down. And uh I've never had a diesel or even a gas sitting fluctuate like that.
And um I'll check the coolant and it seems to be fine. The one suspect thing that a friend mentioned is the air intake Somebody's taken the airbox, I guess. And and bypass that and But that comb looking shape thing looks almost like a big funnel. Yeah. I think it's one you can clean.
That's on me. Um And I don't really know if that one is one clean, or you throw that away and buy a new one. Um But he a friend of mine knew how to dodge trick. He said, make sure that it the air filter is not clogged, that could cause into the unwarmed Wait a minute. I haven't really fiddled with it.
I just try to watch it and I haven't really had to push the truck, but it's I don't know clear up my fairly low mileage. I don't know what it is. Yeah, no, that uh that thing's a baby. If you if you tore up that motor now, you wouldn't get the the same one back again with the emission standards haven't changed. They you just cannot buy that motor new anymore.
And this and I didn't know this existed uh The person I bought it from said that was the first year you could have ordered a high output. five point nine. And so I looked it up and sure enough, it's got a A more powerful 5.9 than the years prior.
Well, ordering the order it's a little bit more powerful. It's the 24 valve. I lean toward some of the information that you're mentioning, though. Of course, with the coolant level good, one of the first things I would definitely consider is first pressure testing the coolant system to make sure there's no external leaks anywhere. Of course, if it's not low, high probability you won't have any external leaks.
But next step in the process would be to replace the thermostat. and make sure that a good thermostat is in the vehicle. And then confirm that the, I was trying to remember, does that one have the fan clutch or does that one have the electric cooling fan on that model? Um, I can't remember. I would make sure that you have good airflow through the radiator, whichever direction.
And Jim mentioned something about this earlier, actually, during the break when we were talking about cooling systems. With it being a truck, there's always a chance of that. Jim, mention what you were saying about. Between the radiator or in front of the radiator, what could happen? Because if you look at the through the grille, you'll say, Wow, I can see my air conditioning condenser fine, it's all clean, few bugs, no big deal.
But you've got this little narrow channel between the air conditioning A condenser and then the radiator. And I've, when I buy a used car, I always try to look. In there by taking off a valence panel, usually on the top of the engine, there, and make sure that there's not organic material, grasses. Fuzz. I've had cars where it looks like it's sucked a poodle up in there.
It's all full of stuff that just. It keeps the unit from breathing. And it's sincere. If you've been on a farm, you can just about bet. I mean, for some reason, I'm not saying that one has been, but many vehicles that are used on farms, those are the ones that I get in and find them just completely.
Taked up with that. And of course. Like Jim mentioned, there also make sure there's not, it's not loaded with bugs all across the front. Because what you want in whatever you have to do to make sure you have the proper airflow across there. And now, if you were having this problem only at idle, then I would say, well, high probability either fan clutch coolant fans something like that But since you're having it going down the road also.
It could have to do with airflow, could have to do with thermostat. And of course, no doubt. bleed the system real good. going to the next now always that That vehicle, 170,000 miles, it could be. The next step is to consider if your radiator is restricted on the inside.
You have to have, it has to flow a certain amount of gallons per minute through the radiator. Let's say that it's supposed to flow 15 and it's only flowing. Done. Then it would do great under some circumstances, but on a hot day, pulling something, it would need that extra airflow. Temperature would go up.
So your radiator may be restricted on the inside also.
Well, Cummins is really particular about the type of coolant that you use. In their engines.
So, if somebody along the lines has just topped it off with. you know, old yellow universal type antifreeze that But to me, really, it sounds more like It's having trouble breathing, cried. Kind of the direction you were going in because it has low miles. There you are. Mm-hmm.
The air intake I mentioned You cannot today, like I'm driving it now. And I just take that up. Um um the uh the the air filter off. Basically just run it for Half an hour with no air filter whatsoever and see if it changes the temperature reading. I mean, c could you?
I mean, you could, but I mean, you're you you have a turbo in there. I mean, you you It wouldn't take a whole lot to take that turbo out if you sucked up something decently sized. A little pollen or dust off the road is a bad idea.
Well, top pollen or dust is not so bad, but you know, if you had a a candy bar wrapper or something that somebody's kid chunked out and you it kind of goes up and under and through and you know, the dust isn't Isn't so catastrophic for a few minutes. I wouldn't want that to happen. I just figured if I hooked to a load and even drove 10 miles and was running 65 with a fairly heavy load and hit a hill, I would know based on what I've seen so far, if that temperature starts crawling, because it goes immediately. Up as high as it can go in the black, and the red is only like a tenth of an inch farther. Never gets in the red, but it goes as high as it can go in the black.
which is ha over there on the far right side, it's only two forty five, so it's not you know, I guess bowling over and I haven't But uh I just don't want to tear it up because uh even though it's an older truck, Uh, I thought it was a nice find to work out of with only a low amount of miles.
Well the and it's a word truck. Roll up windows, vinyl inside. Four doors. If it were four-wheel drive, it'd be the perfect truck. Yeah.
But I can get by with it. And I didn't, and I paid less than $10,000 for it. Were you doing good to be cautious and go through those steps that. Both steps that we had talked about on there, and really keep a close eye on the thing. That's the way to do it.
Don't forget about it. Uh, you know, I don't think nobody answered yet, did they? No, you want to take a shot at it real quick? Yeah, tell me the question one more time, please.
Okay, question was: person was. at a golf tournament And someone in a black SUV stole something out of another car. They caught it on camera and all the security guards were looking for a black SUV. But the person that did it drove right out of the gate past the security guards. Nobody said a word.
Why?
Well This is not going to be accurate, but I think um Somehow it might have been when Ronald Reagan was playing golf there. And the SUVs that flew out of there when there was some kind of thievery or anything going on, they were actually Secret Service. Hey, pretty good shot now. That wasn't bad, but. Mm.
But you You know, that was about the best answer, alternative answer that I could think of. Good shot. Yeah, I don't remember anybody stealing anything there, but right, that's what I love. Anyway, well, a great show. I enjoy listening, and y'all have a good day.
Fantastic. Thank you.
Yeah, I'll agree. That's some of the more most crime-free area you could think of. Oh, my gosh. Okay. Oh, we need to pull over just for a second or two.
And then when we get back, we have some other, let's see here. We got other phone calls to go to. We got someone email to call in, all kind of stuff. We'll be right back. We're going to see auto show.
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Well, welcome back. This is not the Hotel California, but it's still a lot of fun. We're here in the CNC Auto Show here with Aaron Clemens, Jamie Bridges, and me, Jim Pate. And we're Taking the calls and giving out answers. We're having a great time.
We're going to get right to it. We've had some very interesting conversations, and we have a lot more to go. For instance, we might have someone. With an answer to the Tech Tale quiz, we'll find out. We'll go to Raymond.
Raymond, welcome to the CNC Auto Show. What can we help with? Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.
Can you hear me? We can hear you, and we are ready for you. What can we help you with? Well, this time of year, we all have to deal with it. And I say that that wait wait wait wait wait wait wait a minute Wait.
It sounds like you might be trying to answer our tech tip quiz, is that right? Yes, sir. Oh, anybody who even attempts to do that has to be on stage.
So Don't move.
Okay. Ba-ba-ba-da-da.
Alrighty. You are officially on stage. And we need to give just a real quick synopsis of the question here. A person in a black SUV. Stole something out of another car at a big tournament, which would be very unusual if something like that happened.
But. Um they caught the they caught it on camera. And it was a black SUV, and they put out all points all over the whole area. To keep an eye out for a black SUV.
Well, The person in the black SUV drove right out the front gate. Nobody said a word, just boom. Why?
Over?
Okay, are you ready? We are ready for you now. What is the answer to today's tech tip quiz?
Well, this time of year, we all have to deal with it. I say that there's so much potlin. was on that car they couldn't tell the what the color was. Oh my goodness. Let me wait.
What do you think, Jamie? I'm just glad it rained yesterday and washed it all off. I think you might contrive something like that for the audience to delve into. I think it's a possibility. Find out what they say.
Thank you very much. All right, we have a winner. All right, uh, all right, now you uh you'll be staying on the line, and so that we can uh we can get uh Jacob can get all your information. Get your pollen-colored water bottles, yeah, you know what it is. A little bit like pollen, looks a little bit like pollen.
Now, of course, the only thing is it does change colors, never seen it happen. Yeah, here it does, it does change colors at a certain time, and this is the TTQWB water bottle, and uh, and it comes with a lot of other paraphernalia. uh in the kit uh on there and Raymond, this is a big day for you, man. This is a game-changing life-changing event. Yeah, it is.
Yeah, you'll never be the same.
So so They Jacob, I'm going to get you to stay online. Jacob will be getting your information, and he'll be sending you out all that good stuff there. And thank you very much for calling in, answering our tech tip quiz. All right, thank you. All right, we did get an answer to our tech tip quiz today.
Okay. We have a question. Yep, this one came off the internet in some fashion. I'm not sure how they submitted this question. This one is from Sam Tweed.
And he says, I'm hoping you can answer. On your show, I have a 2006 Jeep Brand Cherokee. Occasionally, it won't start unless you give it a little gas, then it runs fine. seems to happen usually after the car has been run for a while. For example, I drive to the store and then try to start it.
I have to give it a little gas to start. Any ideas? Oh, I think we have some ideas there. A vehicle to be able to start needs a little air. And what happens, Jim?
Well, we had a chance to look at this book. Yeah, we did this. We got all heads up. And I thought that that might be some throttle body challenges there. Yeah.
And that just to open the throttle a little bit above the at-rest position was required because of buildup. Carbon buildup inside the throttle body, which goes hand in hand with. Carbon buildup. Further down in the intake manifold. And of course, you get carbon on top of your valves, on top of your pistons.
So we like to do a BG induction service from time to time. And that goes in and chemically removes it.
Now, many, many years ago, I used to have to take our vehicles out and floorboard them and run them and get them wide open and try to blow all that carbon out. You'd look behind, it'd be a big gray smoke.
Now we chemically remove all of that. Oh, and by the way, we used to have to do valve jobs many years ago because they would just go get microcarbon.
Now we can chemically remove it, and that's a chemical that is blown through the intake manifold system. It goes around the throttle body, cleans around the throttle body, cleans the top of the pistons, top of the valves, gets it all out.
Now, if somebody wanted to do it theirself, they could. This would only do the part that you can see, but it would help their problem. Is they can take a very soft cloth, preferably a micro fiber rag. and spray a little Cleaner in there, and many places make the cleaner. You get beriaman, you get BG, just something you can go to AutoZone and pick a chemical that will get that out, spray it down, wipe it down with that soft rag.
Clean it out. And doing that, be very, very careful. on many cars on doing it because now most throttle bodies are electronically controlled. If you got your key on and you push on that little flap, you could do some damage inside that throttle body. Uh so do a little research before you just go in there and just start moving that flap around.
Definitely make sure the key is in the off position before you move the flap around. Make sure you're buying an aerosol cleaner for what you're doing. Don't use brake cleaner, don't use carbon choke cleaner. It can damage sensors, temperature sensors, and airflow sensors. Yeah, definitely.
Good point. Yeah, I mean, that's worst-case scenario. Best case scenario is it leaves a residue, but either way, you're still buying a new sensor.
So I hate to mention it, but that's moving into another category. I'd recommend a professional going in and do it. You don't have to do it, but every 30, 50,000 miles.
So. A few times in the age of a car getting 200,000 miles, you're only doing it three or four times, normally runs in the $200 range to do it. But it gives better gas mileage, better performance. It's just something that needs to be done from time to time on a vehicle.
So that's a great question. Yeah. Okay. We had another. Springtime tip we were talking about before too, and that was battery time.
Oh, that is true. Because batteries fail when it's cold, batteries fail when it's hot. We're in that sweet spot. Go check it, have it measured. Before the heat kicks in and wipes it out.
Whether it fails a load test or it fails the calendar test of a certain number of years. And of course, there's newer technology and batteries out there that Aaron's real familiar with. Wow. I'm going through a dilemma with that because we test every battery on every car that comes in. We have machines to do that.
And it used to be when a battery was like four or five years old, I'd just say, hey, no need to test it. I'd recommend replacing it. But now with the AGM batteries. Those are coming in. Those batteries, they can be four or five years old, still test perfect.
And then sometimes six years old, still testing perfect.
So I don't automatically recommend them now. But when we do, I do, especially if it already came with one, I at least give the option of an AGM battery from Clarios because you put those in and they just plain last longer.
So. That's a um that's Been something I've been going through, but I believe I got a solution to it now because I give the customer the option. You got a choice, and you could say it costs this much more, but I'm. Lifespan's greater than the increased cost. Oh, great point.
Yeah, and there's no doubt that the AGM battery by Clarios is much better. Oh, yeah. Good batteries.
Okay. Wow, it is hard to believe. Where did that time go to? The fuel gauge is now officially on E and we need to pull over. I'm Aaron Clements here with Jamie Bridges and co-host Jim Pate and producer Jacob Johnson, who done a fantastic job for us in there.
And we will see you again next week with more of the CNC Auto Show. The CNC Auto Show is brought to you in part by Clarios, the world's largest producer of automotive AGM batteries, which are precision engineered to meet the electrical demands we put on today's vehicles. Learn more at autobatteries.com.
