Live from the Car Care Studios, it's the CNC Auto Show.
With your personal on-air and online automotive service advisors, Aaron Clements and John Ryan Mooney. So climb in, buckle up, and enjoy the ride on the CNC Auto Show. And we do welcome you to the CNC Auto Show. I have a co-host with me today, and it is none other than Joe Delos. Joe is an awesome automotive technician.
He manages the CNC Automotive Store in Aiken, South Carolina, and he's been helping with the store in Columbia. Joe was also an automotive technology instructor. Joe, welcome to the show. Good morning, Aaron. Thanks for having me.
Well, I really do appreciate you being here, because what's going to be fun is you're going to be able to join in and answer all of those questions. In short, the whole deal boils down to is Joe knows his stuff. He's been around cars for many, many, many years.
He is even, like I mentioned, was an instructor on working on the cars. Here's the good news. Today, you have Joe at your disposal. He is here. So I recommend taking advantage of that. He is here to help share some information on ways to make the car, truck, or SUV safer and to make it more dependable and make it last longer for less money and less hassle. And we would like for you to call in and share a concern that you may have had with your car or have with your car.
And also, if you have an automotive question that you have about your car right now, now is the time, because he would be able to answer some really good stuff. The number, all you have to do is pick up that phone, dial 800-224-9090. Or you can call 706-8635-800.
And that's on any Saturday morning, 805-10 Eastern Time. Listen right here. Or you can listen on iHeart. You can watch us live on Facebook.
You can send a question to Aaron at ccautomotive.com. Whatever you want to do, you just come on and let's do it. So buckle up and let's ride. And we will talk about the first item.
And then right after that, we'll be going over to Tony. Okay, what one of the things that a question that I get from time to time, Joe, is person says they're sitting in a traffic light, and they hear something clicking on and off under their hood. And sometimes they describe it as a little vibration comes along with it, and then it quits. Then it does it again.
What's your ideas on that? You know, it sounds like to me, you're probably talking about the AC compressor cycling. You know, it can do that for a lot of reasons. You know, sometimes it just does it if it's not that hot outside. The compressor just, you know, doesn't have to work at 100% cycle. Or, you know, if it's a little low on charge or possibly a cooling fan issue, not performing like it should. But sometimes it's cycling is just totally normal and something that you may also feel in the vehicle, a little surge as it cuts on and off.
And that's still, to some degree, pretty normal. But if it's doing it pretty fast, or especially if the AC is not as cold as it should be, once it hits a warmer day and you cut it on, AC don't feel that cold, I would definitely recommend going in and having it serviced. Because what happens is if the refrigerant is the only way that that system has to get in the oil, the oil is mixed with the refrigerant. So when it's low in refrigerant, not getting as cold as it should, it's not lubricating the compressor like it should. So that's just like running your engine low in oil. So eventually you're going to burn something up. So if it's nice and cold, and then when it warms up, it stays on for a reasonable amount of time, then you may very well be fine. But if that thing's clicking on and off and it's just not as cold as it should be, then I would recommend having the system checked.
And probably serviced if it hadn't been done in a long time. You ready to go to the calls? Let's do it. All right. Let's go over here to Tony. Tony, welcome to the CNC Auto Show.
And what can we help you with? Good morning, gentlemen. Thank you very much for taking my call. And I really enjoyed your show and appreciate the information that you all provide. Okay.
We don't have Tony on the line here. I've got everything like I'm supposed to have it. I did the right button. Can you hear me? All right. So I'm going to try one thing real quick.
Try one more time. Tony, welcome to the CNC Auto Show. Good morning, gentlemen. Can you hear me?
We don't have Tony. Okay. We're going to go ahead and lay the tech tip quiz back on the table. We had a tech tip quiz last week. We did not get an answer to it. I heard about that.
No winner. And so we had to recycle this tech tip quiz, bring it back out. And here's the question. William was driving from Bakersville, California, to watch the Super Bowl game. They were carrying, they had a lot of snacks with them in the car because they had planned a picnic. So when they stopped for the nice picnic, they found that someone had opened up their chips.
How could this happen? And if someone knows the answer, we'd love for you to give us a call. And again, that number 800-224-9090. Let's try Tony again. Let's see what we got here. Hey, Tony, welcome to the CNC Auto Show. Good morning, gentlemen. Can you hear me now?
Okay. We're having some phone issues there. And one thing I'll mention that we run into is Tony, welcome to the CNC Auto Show.
Good morning, gentlemen. Can you hear me now? We got you now.
Tony, I don't know what happened, but I got a feeling that it could have been Mason because he said, try it now. And that's a good sign. That's good.
I didn't know whether it was the smell of fresh coffee and bacon cooking here in the kitchen that may have been interfering with the communication there. No, we're good now. What can we help you with today? All right. Well, good morning, gentlemen. Thank you very much for taking my call.
And I really appreciate the information that you all provide. So here's the problem. I have a 20, I have a 2011 Toyota Corolla. And on Wednesday of this week, the car would not start. So we jumped it off, took it to an auto repair shop. They said the battery and alternator is working fine. And yesterday when we went to use the car again, everything was totally dead again.
And I just want to get some thoughts on what you think might be a problem. Well, it sounds like you could have either one or two things more than likely. First off, do you know how old the battery is in that vehicle?
I do. It's less than two years old. It was replaced a little over a year ago, about a year and two months ago. So it's not quite, it's just a little over a year old.
Okay. Typically that it wouldn't fail that early. The other thing that I can think of is obviously something killing it. I have run into on some of those that you'll have maybe a relay or something like that that sticks on at times and maybe doesn't at times. Because it may not always kill the battery overnight. It may do it at random times.
If you shut the car off, maybe the AC compressor happened to be on when you shut the car off or something of that nature. One of the best things to do in that situation, and Aaron likes to tell this story so I'm going to steal it from him. Sneak up on the car at night. Yeah. I'm going to let you carry on with that one. No, you go ahead.
You do it so better. You put on your detective coat and sneak up on it at night. But seriously, one of the best ways to see if you've got something that has a draw. A lot of times it is a light bulb. It could be a map light or something like that or a glove box light that's stuck on could be killing it. So go out there one night and walk up to it real quiet.
Yeah. Slip up on it. But no, just doing a little detective work and sneaking around the car at night. Putting your hands on a few things to see if anything's warm or any lights on. Maybe touch the radio and see if it's warm or anything like that. Or some good things to do at first to kind of get an idea about what may be the problem. If not, you may have to get a technician to perform a parasitic draw test.
And most shops should be able to do that for you with no problems. And sometimes they do take some time, so give them some patience with that. Because you have to eliminate circuits and test them and eliminate things that aren't the problem. Define the problem sometimes doing that.
And I agree with Joe 100%. And there is that high probability if you do that slip up on it and you don't see anything. Then the next step, I would let a technician that can run an amp draw test on the vehicle, a parasitic draw, and also ask them to load check the battery. And with that, they will also check the charging system. And if you check all of those items, then you would be able to be sure that your alternator's putting out what it should. And that the battery is okay, load test. So that's the route I would go. The charging system is not a huge amount of money as far as testing it.
So I would have all those tests run if nothing shows up on that slip up test. Okay? Good deal. Thank you so much. Have a great day. You too, sir.
Oh, you do the same. Okay, I am here with expert Joe Deloach. We need to make a quick pit stop. But as soon as we're back on the road, we will answer any automotive question you might have.
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Drive to BearmanProducts.com for more information. See, that was quick. I'm here with you with co-host Joe Deloach. We're back on the road and ready to answer your automotive questions. We're also discussing common car questions. So give us a call if you have a question of some kind that you've had with your car or if you want to ask a question about your car now, something that it's doing right now. Give us a call at 800-224-9090.
You can also watch the show live on Facebook, listen on iHeart, or send questions to aaron at ccautomotive.com. One of the questions that I have had in the past, I can't say I've had it within the last month or so, but a person says my service advisor told me that my transmission fluid is discolored and they recommended that I replace the fluid. Is that something that I need to worry about?
What do you think, Joe? Absolutely. Transmission fluid maintenance is incredibly important. You know, I'd say even as early as 50,000 miles would be a considerable time to start thinking about transmission maintenance. And transmissions today last so much longer than they used to. I mean, they really do. They do, yes.
It is incredible. And one of the things I think that is helping with that, along with new technologies and computer controlled and all that, is just doing maintenance on transmissions. I think that's made a big difference too. I think there was a time to where when people would just run their transmission, mainly, and correct me if you think I'm wrong on this, Joe, I think that there was a time that people were scared to have their transmission service.
Oh, I agree. Yeah, there were so many stories about when you change your transmission fluid that after that you would have problems, which was true. That did happen because what was happening, if you think about it, we were pulling the pan off.
We didn't know any better, and we didn't have an alternative. We would pull the pan off, and there would be roughly five quarts of fluid would come out. We would put a new filter in and put the pan back up and put five quarts back in. Well, you were mixing five quarts of new high detergent fluid in with old fluid. And there's probably five or more quarts of old fluid in there, five or seven.
Yeah, at least seven. And so you were mixing that new fluid with that old fluid, and that was bringing up any debris that was floating around that was breaking it loose, and it would hang up the valve body and do a lot of other bad stuff. Well, then you don't have new fluid. You've got half dead fluid, really.
You know it's half, once it mixes it all in there. I remember very clearly when they first started to come out with the fluid exchange, and that was because four transmissions had a bad shutter. At about 40, 45 miles an hour, you would give it a little slight gas, and the whole car would shutter. So they found that you could drain the torque converter and get every ounce of fluid out of the car, which was about a three, four-hour job, and it would solve the problem if you put all new fluid back in. Well, that's when they come out with the fluid exchange machine, which has been fantastic.
You hook it up, and as the vehicle was pushing its old fluid out toward the cooler, it just goes under a piston, and the new fluid goes in to take its place. So you're replacing every bit of the fluid, and there's no risk in it making something worse. Now, it's not going to solve worn-out clutches on a transmission, but it's not going to get worse. As a matter of fact, it almost always extends the life of a transmission. So I agree with you.
Right around 50,000 is when we start thinking about it really heavily. Some go longer, but if you look at your fluid, and you get like a Kleenex or something, and you put that fluid on that Kleenex, and it's discolored. It's not like a red color on most cars.
It's not like a bright red color, then high probability you're at the point where you need to have it done. And heat is what affects transmission fluid. It breaks it down badly.
When it gets hot, you can look at a chart, and when you look at that chart and you see that heat, boom, the fluid life drops way down. And of course, it's got to make it last longer. You've got to figure, you've got all those fast-moving parts. They have to produce some metal, so when the metal gets in there, you're going to have more wear, you're going to have more metal, then it's not going to lubricate more.
It's going to actually act like sandpaper. Next thing you know, boom, you've got transmission issues. So I agree with you. I think one of the reasons transmissions last so much longer is because of the maintenance that's being done on them now. People's aware that that's something that if they have done, it'll make it last longer.
Okay, we'll cover this one real quick. Tire rotation. How often would you recommend tire rotation? You know, typically we say on a conventional oil change, you're doing about every 3,000, maybe to 5,000 miles on a conventional oil change. I would recommend at least every other oil change on that. If you're doing the synthetic intervals that maybe is a 7,500 interval, I'd say every oil change you probably need to do it. And of course you do run into some cars that you can't rotate because rear tires are a different size than the front tires, but when you can, it will definitely extend the life of your tires if you keep them rotated. Absolutely. It's definitely an investment in the cost of costly tires.
Yeah, definitely. Okay, we're going to lay the tech tip quiz back on the table, and it is. William was driving from Bakersfield, California to watch the Super Bowl game. They were carrying lots of snacks. When they stopped for a nice picnic, they found that someone had opened their chips. How could this happen?
If you know the answer, give us a call. And I'll go ahead and throw something out there that the same thing would have happened if they were in the Blue Ridge Mountains. You said the M word. You might give it away.
Yeah, that is true. I might have messed up. Okay. Yeah, but you had a dry week last week. Nobody got it.
Yeah, nobody got it. Okay. So if someone knows the answer to the tech tip quiz, give us a call.
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Got a tech tip quiz laying on the table also. Yeah, they might have a little cheat though. Yeah, I might have threw a little too much out there. That's a big bone to throw. Yeah, well, we'll find out.
We'll find out soon. Give us a call. 800-224-9090. You can also watch us live on Facebook, listen on iHeart, or send your question to aaron.ccautoshow.com. You ready to go to the cause?
Let's do it. Who was next? I believe that would be Eric. Eric, welcome to the CNC Auto Show, and what can we help you with?
Well, I wanted to give a shot at the tech tip quiz. Oh, Eric, you know we have to put you on stage, right? Yes, sir. All right, be still.
All right, and quit fidgeting. All right, Eric, I'm going to read the question real quick. William was driving from Bakersfield, California to watch the Super Bowl game. They were carrying lots of snacks when they stopped for a nice picnic. They found that someone had opened their chips.
How could this happen? And if you know the answer, lay it out there. Eric, all eyes are on you. The judges are ready. They got their pens in their hands because they want to judge whether you did answer or did not. It's a great big room full of people waiting on pens and needles for your answer.
What is it? There's a change in differential pressure when you're driving through the mountains that could cause the bag to hyperinflate and burst open. What made the bag come open? It hyperinflated and there's a differential shift in pressure when you drive through the mountains. What, did the bag inflate? I believe so. It caused it to burst open.
Well, in a way, yeah. And you're right, nobody really opened the chips. When they took a scenic tour through the mountains so that they could have a picnic there, the air inside the bags and that air was put in the bags closer to sea level and the altitude went up and the pressure in the bag stayed the same. But the atmospheric pressure outside the bag drops what looks like the bag is inflating and when you keep going, they'll just pop. Now, they'll usually pop at 4,000 to 5,000 feet and so they were closer to 8,000 feet. But actually, they don't know exactly when they pop. They thought they heard a funny noise out there.
And I'm going to mention that Mason here, he is the one that gave the idea for that because from what I understand, when he was younger, his family would go to the mountains and they would wait for the bags to pop. So I thought that was good. And actually, Eric, you're good too because you got the answer. You're now a winner. Listen to him.
Listen to him. And that was the judges, Eric. That wasn't even the normal people. They're going crazy in there and you are the winner. So you will receive a coffee mug that you can have.
And as you're sitting there, you can have a smug look on your face because it'll say official Tech Death Quiz winner as you're talking to everybody. And you can just go like that. You couldn't see me do that.
It was a smirk. All right, go ahead. I also had a question with the fluid exchange on the transmissions.
What about the filter? I mean, I know you leave me in there. Oh, I love that question. Yeah, great question. Here's what happened.
Probably it was a good while back. Ford Motor Company did a study and they found that even after 100,000 miles, that filter was only 10% restricted. Now, that's on a transmission that's been taken care of. And plus, I'm going to tell you that once you break that seal on that transmission pan, it is hard to get the factory seal back.
They'll tend to leak. And adding to that, since many manufacturers have found out that the filter does not need to be replaced, they only put a screen in there anyway. So in short, if your filter needs to be replaced, you've got a lot more problems than fluid or a filter is going to solve anyway, because you've got enough debris to clog that thing up. So no, I would not remove the pan unless it's leaking, or you have to change a part in there like a shift solenoid.
And from time to time, you do. There's electronic parts inside the transmission that fail at times, and you have to go in there. In those cases, I would take the transmission pan off. But other than that, if it's just a normal routine maintenance, even at 100,000 miles, actually you meant 125 or more, I would not take the pan off.
Okay, that makes sense. Yeah, that was a great question, because this machine is actually, what's good about it is it's getting all the fluid out of the transmission. What's in the torque converter comes out, what's in the moving part, around the moving parts of the transmission, and what's in the pan all comes out of there, and then you're going in with new fluid, so you don't take that chance of debris breaking loose from inside the fluid and hanging something up, because it's just got all new fluid. I kind of go too far on this, because I get excited when I talk about transmission fluid. If you was to take old transmission or even transmission that's even a little bit discolored and put it between your fingers and kind of rub it, you'll feel heat build up pretty quick. You take new fluid and put it between your fingers, you rub it together, and it's very slick, and it almost feels cool.
It has a cooling effect when you do it. So new fluid, in my mind, it has to make the transmission last longer. If you've got something that's slicker and cooler and all of that, it's got to help the moving parts to last longer.
So I would say that don't worry about the filter unless you're having to pull it off for other reasons, but keep that fluid changed, and you can add years and many, many miles to the life of a transmission. Yeah, I would agree with what you said too about creating a leak too, because those factory gaskets are usually sealed so well. And really some of the aftermarket gaskets, you get one of those cork ones or those flimsy rubber, they just don't do as good of a job.
And of course you can get the replacement factory gasket again, but a lot of times those things are expensive. And Eric, I will go ahead and mention this while you're talking about transmission fluid and all that. A lot of people think that they quit putting dipsticks on cars because they want it to cost people more money if they go somewhere and have it done. But the theory is on transmission fluid, if it's not leaking, it's not going to be low. A car don't use transmission fluid. So you can go 200,000 miles and if it's not leaking, it's going to have the same amount of fluid that it had from the factory.
But what was happening is people would check their fluid with the engine cold and they'd fill it up to the high mark. And then when it gets hot, that transmission fluid expands pretty good. So what would happen is it would expand and get up to the area of the moving parts. Then those moving parts would move around inside the transmission fluid. That would create foam.
And foam, of course, you have areas of no lubrication at all because when the foam goes through there. So people were burning up their transmission because they were adding too much fluid. And then, of course, some people were adding the wrong fluid because the correct transmission fluid is very, very important because some fluids have certain additives in them that they have to have to work properly. So they didn't put that in there because you don't have to touch your transmission fluid as far as checking it unless you have a problem, have a leak or something like that. We do a refill procedure on some cars because they've been in an accident and it lost transmission fluid in an accident so we have to refill it.
But other than that, unless it's leaking, you don't have to do it. But, Eric, great questions. Congratulations on being the newest Tech Tip Quiz winner. All right, I'll enjoy your show. I really appreciate you. Well, we appreciate the call. Okay, here we go. I'm here with Joe DeLoach and we are having a great time. I hope that you are. We will return shortly and ready to answer your automotive questions.
Just dial 800-224-9090 or you can dial 706-863-5800. We'll be right back. Welcome back to more of the CNC Auto Show with Airman Clements and John Ryan Mooney. And welcome back to the CNC Auto Show. We're here with Joe DeLoach and we are discussing...
I had a cough drop in my mouth, I'll go ahead and tell you. We're kind of informal here. We have a good time and even during the breaks we have a good time because we hear about a lot of... I try to keep track of our producer, Mason, on what he's done during the week and we just have a good time.
I'll put it that way. Okay, I want you to give us a call. And that number 800-224-9090 and we are here to answer your automotive questions. This is a great opportunity for everyone because Joe DeLoach is an awesome technician. He has worked in many shops, managing shops, also been an automotive instructor. So he is able to answer all sorts of questions. And he is here at your disposal today. He can answer those questions.
So give us a call. Alright, we're talking about common automotive questions that we get. And one that I get from time to time has to do with a person wondering about their timing belt. They say, Aaron, when do I replace a timing belt? Do you get that question from time to time, Joe? We do.
And one of the things that's important too, obviously they're crucially important because most engines these days are interference engines, which means if the timing belt is to break, internal engine parts usually have a collision and it's bad. Usually catastrophic or at least a head having to be replaced or something of that nature. But... Define bad. Bad. Bad.
All life as we know it explodes at the speed of light. Yeah, it's nothing you can limp home if it breaks. It's you are where it broke. Interference means that at one point in time the piston and the valve would occupy the same space, but it's the timing belt that keeps them timed. And if the belt breaks, they occupy that space at the same time.
Yeah, they have a little collision going on there. But no, the maintenance of that is so important because you can go from... I know timing belt repairs are expensive. Some of them are around $1,000. Some are more than that, unfortunately. But you're talking a $5,000 to $7,000 engine easily if you didn't do that.
So it's definitely in your favor to do it. And most intervals I would see are usually around 100,000 miles. Some are early at 60 and some are as high as 120 I've seen. Here's something I see, Joe, and see if you've run into this before yourself. Okay, someone buys a car new or they buy a car 30, 40, 50,000 miles. They love the car.
It's been a fantastic car. They're looking through the owner's manual. They're trying to... They're doing everything it says.
Then it comes across 120,000, whatever it says. And they shoot right on down there. They say, I love this car.
I want it to last a long time. I'm going to replace the timing belt. They do it. They do the water pump with it.
Everything's done perfect. It's great. Okay, they keep the car longer. And over a period of time, they start saying, well, this car is getting a little old.
I'm not going to worry about it as much. But it provides great transportation. It does good. So I enjoy driving it. I'm going to keep driving it. Next thing you know, they have 200,000 miles. All right, now they're not looking at the owner's manual.
They're not caring about it. And then they're riding down the road, timing belt breaks. They took a vehicle that could have lasted another three, four, five years or another 50,000 miles or more. And it's pretty much unrepairable now because you're not going to put an engine in the car in most cases. Not every.
Some people do. But you're not going to want to spend that amount of money, four or five thousand dollars, on an engine on a car that's got 200,000 miles on it. So you pretty much totaled the car, whereas you could have spent a thousand dollars and had that same car. And with the price of used cars, it still would have had a lot of value.
So I've seen that happen so many times. Another thing to consider with timing belts, and I don't know your exact opinion on this, but I see cars, say you got a Miata. You had one for a while, didn't you?
I did. I love that car. And it had a timing belt. So you got a Sunday driver Miata that you put two or three thousand miles a year on maybe.
Yeah. You may never get to the mileage market, but that belt is rubber and it does break down over time. I would say probably every 10 years, but at least every 10 years. I normally tell people 10 years also, even though they don't have the mileage, just like a tire. And you think about it, what's tires, belts, timing belts, all of these other things, what do they all have in common? Rubber, rubber, rubber. Yeah.
They go bad and they get cracked in the end. The big thing on a timing belt is the consequences when they go bad. Absolutely.
Yeah. And so you definitely want to go in there and have that, have the time belt replaced. Talk to your service advisor and find out if your car has a timing belt or a timing chain. If it has a chain, if you keep your oil changed on a regular basis, high probability you'll never have to worry about a chain.
But if you have a belt, then I wouldn't know when it was changed last or when it's due to be changed. Okay. Ready to go to the cops? Let's do it. We're going to head right on over there to Tony. Tony, welcome to the CNC auto show. Good morning guys.
Yes, sir. First, let me say I've already done the boo-boo of my transmission, I guess. I just recently dropped it and did the fluid change, what have you, gasket, and the filter inside.
Let me back up a minute. It's a 2003 GMC Sonoma 4x4 pickup, awesome little truck, 4.3 liter. But the problem I'm having with it, I'm driving down the road, it's driving just fine. I go to pass a vehicle, or pass a car, truck, what have you, then it starts to stall down on it, and then it's just crying to get back home, barely getting back home. I don't know if it's the catalytic converter has clogged up on it over the years, or... That was the reason that I changed out the transmission fluid and what have you. I've always done all my maintenance on my vehicle since, I guess, about 1970.
And these newer vehicles, of course, they're more automated than the computer at home. I am just at a loss of what's going on with my truck now. Now once it gets to where it won't go, does it continue not to go? In other words, all the way home, you don't have any power after that? Yeah, all the way home, you get up the next morning, crank it up, runs just fine until I do the same thing. You know, does it more or less bog when you do that? It's not the RPMs aren't getting up high like the transmission's slipping or anything like that, is it? No, no, it doesn't seem like it's a transmission. That's where the loss for me is. Feels like you got a big old trailer hook behind you way more than you should or something like that, just dragging a stomper and anchor? Yeah, that's a good summation right there.
There we go. You know, there's a couple of things that you did mention. Obviously, a catalytic converter, if you can't breathe, you couldn't run a mile, so your engine has to breathe as well, and if your catalytic converter is restricted, that could absolutely make it bog, and they tend to do it more when they get hot, so that's also kind of a thing that you're in line. But another thing is, you couldn't run a mile if you were thirsty either, so low fuel pressure can cause a similar symptom like that of a bog and a hesitation and low power.
Those are the two things that come to mind real quickly for me, I don't know about what you got, Aaron. About the same thing. You have to have, well, a restriction of air coming in. You have to have the air coming in, you have to be able to let the air out, so anything to do with a restriction in the air filter box, but usually, that would be constant. It would do it from the time you crank up until the time you out. It exhausts, like you mentioned, it tends to be more, get worse as the engine gets hot. Fuel pressure, that can do it pretty much any time. I believe I would recommend, instead of trying to take a chance on spending money on parts you don't need, you may be ahead to go ahead and have some diagnostic tests run on that, and a good technician can go in and check the fuel pressure and tell you whether it's fuel pressure. He can run an exhaust back pressure test and tell you whether the catalytic converter is clogged up, and look at readings on the computer and tell what's going on. So that's the route I would recommend going.
Right, right. Many, many, many, many moons ago, I had an AMC Concorde wagon. Loved that car, and I wish they still had them today. 2.8 liter, it did the same thing on me, and it turned out, it was the catalytic converter. I cut the pipe out, or cut the converter out, dropped it, put a piece of pipe in. I've actually purchased the pipe already, and I was getting ready to do just that, but I think I'm getting ready to do what you just recommended, just get a back pressure test check on it. Okay, the fuel gauge you'll need, Tony, I really appreciate the call. And we'll see you next hour on CNC Auto Show.
