Can You Supercharge An AC System?

Welcome to the Under the Hood Show podcast.

If you haven't checked us out on our YouTube channel or seen our Facebook live videos, we'd

love for you to go check us out there.

Who brings us the Under the Hood Show podcast?

Like Berkeley won classics, your key to collector car insurance.

And road ready wheels, replica OEM wheels add huge savings.

Use the offer code hoodie for even more.

And by car dash part, over 200 million used parts ready to ship to you fast.

Thanks for listening to the Under the Hood Show podcast and subscribing to the podcast

and downloading the podcast and disseminating the podcast amongst your loved ones and your

not-so-loved ones, your brother, you know, your in-laws.

Thanks for all the good to, uh, subscribe them to, yeah, but you know, they're fine.

And don't forget, yeah, YouTube and Facebook.

Thanks for subscribing to that.

The numbers keep going up.

I love it.

Here is the Under the Hood Show podcast.

This is Under the Hood.

Welcome to the Under the Hood Show.

We are glad to have you with us.

Russ Evans is here to answer your automotive questions.

Welcome to Under the Hood.

Shannon Nordstrom is here to do the same.

Welcome, hoodies.

Thanks for tuning in so we can help you tune up.

I'm Chris Carter here to answer your calls at 866-594-4150, 866-594-4150.

We got calls coming in from all over, so let's go right to the phones.

And we'll start in Pennsylvania and talk to Rodney.

You're on the Under the Hood Show.

Rodney, what can we do for you?

I have a 2017 Ford Explorer, actually my wife has it.

It's got 81,000, 2,000 miles on it.

My question is, would a transmission fluid exchange be right or transmission flush?

And the only way to get the flush done is at a dealership, and it's very expensive.

A private garage will do a fluid exchange.

Well, you know, a private garage is going to dump the fluid, take the pan off, dump

it, or pull the drain.

It's got a drain and fill in the same hole, so they're going to drain it and they're

going to refill it.

They can flush it too.

In the same hole?

Yeah.

You don't have to flip it upside down.

It's got a standpipe.

Do you know what a standpipe is, Chris?

Like at the bottom of a sink?

Yes.

Kind of.

If you put a standpipe in the drain, it essentially raises the drain, so when

you fill it up, it gets like a bathtub overflow, when it gets so high, it spills

over.

They have a standpipe in there.

So what you're doing is you take the center bolt out, you take the whole bolt out to

drain it.

You put it back in, you take the center out, and it goes up into a pipe, let's say

two inches high.

You fill it through there, and then when it's completely full, it runs back out

that pipe so you know it's full.

Standpipe makes it hard.

But it also has a thermostat, which most vehicles do now.

So if it was a Chevy, and I'm in an independent garage, somebody wants their

fluid exchanged in a Chevy truck, I say, we got two things we're going to do, our two

reasons we're going to do this.

We're going to bypass.

We're going to do a thermal bypass.

I'm going to take your thermostat out, and I'm going to put a bypass kit in it,

so it's always cooling the fluid because these transmissions get hot and burn

up.

So we're going to save your transmission.

It's going to run you $100 extra, and we're going to flush it.

Next time we don't have to do that because it's already in it, but it also allows us to

flush it because when we hook the machine up, if you've got a thermostat, you have to wait

like 45 minutes.

Now it's hot enough to move a quart of fluid, and now it's cool again because it ran through

the cooler.

I've got to wait another 45 minutes.

I guess you see that restriction that it recreates live when you do that.

Yes.

So Ford and us, it's just as hard.

We've got to take the thermostat off.

We have an adapter fitting.

We unhook the cooler lines.

We bolt our adapter fitting right to the transmission, and we flush it, and then we flush the cooler

out.

We put it back on.

You're good to go.

But that's a pain in the butt.

You might as well just put the cooler bypass in it while you're doing that and hook up

to the lines up front and flush it, and then it's better on the transmission.

So in this case, I would ask that independent shop if they could put the cooler bypass on

it and flush it because that's what happened to me the first time.

They said, well, could you just put the cooler bypass on it so we could just flush

it instead of drain and fill?

And I said, sure, it's this much.

And they were like, let's do it.

And it saves a lot of transmissions in our opinions.

And if the mileage you're at is a good mileage to do it, you flush it though.

Don't just drain it and fill it.

If you're going to do it, flush the whole thing, and you've got to look at that cost.

Ask your independent shop.

Is the reason you can't flush this and you're saying I need to go to the dealer

is because of the thermostat in there?

Or is it because you don't have the equipment?

Yeah.

And if you don't have the equipment, say, maybe you know a shop that does do this

because there's plenty of them out there that do it.

As an example, we have a flush machine at our shop, but we didn't have a flush machine

a number of years ago.

The one that was as good.

20 some years ago.

Right.

So I mean, you don't not every shop has one.

Yep.

Yeah.

And at that time, we were doing a different that's why we said he doesn't have a

machine.

Yeah.

You'll find a shop that has one.

You can go to another shop that has it.

But they're still going to want to do the thermostat bypass.

Otherwise, they're not going to be able to flush this out.

The fluid's expensive for this Explorer.

I'm guessing probably close to $20 a court where you're at and then you figure that

times 12 courts, you know, just got expensive.

Yeah.

So I mean, if you're and then then the cost of flushing it.

So you might be 380 bucks, something like that.

But on the other hand, oh, no, the dealership wanted the dealership wanted

to flush almost 1200 bucks.

Okay.

Yeah.

That's too much.

Get a second opinion.

For them, it's probably okay price.

But I think I think you can get it at a better price.

But if you pay, let's say you pay five, 600 bucks, some of the, uh, the

Chrysler products, because we have to change the pan on them the first

time, they might be 720 bucks.

If you do that at say 80,000 miles, 720 bucks.

If you get to 150, 160 and that transmission fails, that might be

a $8,000 remanufactured transmission.

So now that first time flush, it's 700 something.

The second one at 300, his transmission is a $3,000 remanufactured

transmission plus labor 30.

We put one in.

I think it's 3450.

But I just, the math makes no sense to me.

It's pretty high $1200 to flush a $3200 transmission to me.

That math doesn't work.

No, that's too.

That's a third.

I mean, it's just too much.

And, and the cost of flushing that is, is very high because you

could put a bypass kit in that with the cost of the fluid, even

20 quarts, which would be way overkill.

It's still going to be under 600 bucks.

So I shop around.

I think you'll find somebody that can do it.

I mean, in the worst case, if nobody, if they just all refuse

to flush it and your fluids in good shape, just drain and

fill it.

Yep.

Drain and fill it twice.

Pull the plug.

Drain it.

Once it's good and warm, you drive it.

Once, fill it back up, run it for another 50 miles or so, drain it

again, change it.

That's the way Honda does a lot of changes.

They want to change it twice.

And then it'll be 500 bucks.

No.

No, no, no.

Yeah.

Because you're doing 20 gallons twice.

No, no, no, not 20.

It's 20 was exaggeration.

Okay.

Oh yeah.

You use less if you drain.

Typically 8 to 12.

Okay.

All right.

Quarts, not gallons.

Oh yeah.

But when you're doing a drain and fill.

Excellent Valdes.

You're talking, you're talking five or six quarts on a

drain and fill.

Okay.

All right.

Less than a flush.

A flush is a complete system, torque converter and everything.

But in Rodney's case, you would go for it.

Right.

You would not.

Remember the old Ford, Shannon, C4 and C6, they used to have a drain plug and the E4ODs

had the drain plug and the torque converter?

I forgot all about that.

Yeah.

They had to be like, why is there is a drain plug?

So we would, in the Ford garage, we would pull the drain plug, pull the pan off

and we would get all that fluid out the same way as a flush and we didn't have

to hook a machine up.

The machines were pretty rare back then.

They had the old Wins machine.

It didn't.

Yeah.

That was a lot to hook up.

So we would just train them.

Rodney, thanks very much for the call.

Good luck.

866-594-4150.

That's the number to reach us here at the end of the hood show.

Let's talk to Josh in Minnesota.

Josh, you're on the end of the hood show.

What can we do for you?

Hi.

I've got a 2005 Chevy Silverado.

That's a 1500 HD.

I noticed the spring that it sounded like there was like an exhaust manifold leak sound maybe.

That was my guess.

Coming from, I could hear it mostly from the passenger side feel well.

And I had a couple of the manifold bolts that were broke off.

So I did end up putting new manifolds on, getting all the bolts fixed.

That didn't fix it.

I still heard the sound, but it was basically when it was parked.

So then we thought maybe it was a cracked flywheel.

Yes, I'm just looking to put on that without having to pull the transmission on and that's

not the problem.

All right, I'm going to, Josh, I'm going to pull you down because you sound terrible.

Ironically, the closest call so far sounds the furthest.

And I would like to ask him a question.

Okay.

See, Josh, if you have a different setting on your phone, if you're on your Bluetooth

or speak, go to something else while Shannon asks this question.

Well, I'll just give you some stuff right now.

If he hangs up, he'll have to go back and listen to the podcast or watch us on YouTube.

But he's still there.

He's still there.

It'll come back.

We just can't hear him.

So noise you thought was an exhaust leak exhaust leaks typically go away as the engine

warms up.

Piston slap in an O5 Silverado is very common when the engine is cold.

You know, so as it warms up, it'll go away.

Almost never continue in the motors completely when an engine's hot, you know, like

up top 200 degrees operating temperature.

There's no AFM active fuel management shutting cylinders down on this engine for that problem.

Lifters and cam where can be enough to cause a little tick, slight tick in these engines

in the top end as they get old, but not so much to kill.

Pretty identifiable.

Yeah.

And it's constant transmissions.

They had a little bit of noise.

I had to hear a couple of them that would have a little tick, tick, tick in the transmission

that would do that.

I've got an O3, O4 and O4.

Same basic truck.

Yeah.

That engine always has a very slight tick, tick, tick, and it's got 295,000 miles on

it.

I don't care.

It's not going to do anything weird.

It doesn't use any oil.

I'll just keep driving it.

So I wouldn't be too alarmed about it until you go to a mechanic that says, oh, that's

cool.

We're not hearing this noise.

That's what I was just going to ask is just...

If a mechanic listens to it and says, oh, I hear that all the time.

Don't worry about it.

No trouble heart or whatever Shannon says.

Let not your heart be troubled.

There you go.

Let's check Josh.

Is he better?

Are you better, Josh?

Yeah.

Is that better?

Perfect.

Much better.

He climbed the tower.

So is this thing quiet down when it gets warmer or is it just there all the time?

No.

It's all the time.

It's got about 170,000 miles on it.

Oh, does it go...

We pulled the...

Yes.

Yeah.

That's normal.

And it's back towards the back of the engine?

Yes.

Yeah.

That's probably the piston start.

It just started.

If you pull...

And you could pull the inspection cover and just try to get up in there with a light

and look at the flywheel.

But I don't think you're...

I bet that's the normal noise.

They kind of go...

Yeah.

The cover's off and we haven't found any cracks in the flywheel.

That's why we really don't want to pull the transmission out.

That's piston slap.

That's not the problem.

Yeah.

That's piston slap.

Well, I haven't heard it myself, but I'd almost bet money it's piston slap and that's fine.

It won't hurt it.

It'll do that forever till the motor's done, which could be another 100,000 or more.

Yeah.

I'd, like I said, rust is hitting it right on the head.

I've been doing that for over 100,000.

I have to hear it to see if it's like...

If I walk up to him and go, oh my God, what's that?

Or if it's just like, oh, another GM making some noise.

That sounds great.

Does that help you out there, Josh?

Yeah.

So when we pulled that cover off of the front of the transmission, it wasn't making the

noise anymore.

So I drove it all summer and now it's starting to finally make the noise again.

Of course.

So then, I don't know, I'm confused.

It could be, too.

I mean, so you get some wear in that, if that transmission's never been apart, it could

be some wear on that front bushing in the transmission.

I don't know.

I guess not.

You just got to have someone listen to it.

Yeah.

You just got to have someone listen to it that has been around with a lot of those trucks

and say, is this a normal 170,000 mile noise or is this an abnormal 170,000 mile noise?

Yeah, for sure.

Josh, thanks very much for the call.

Good luck.

866-594-4150.

We're going to Mississippi.

Talk to Neil.

You're on the end of the hood.

Show, Neil.

What can we do for you?

Yes.

I have a 20-23 F-150 with the 3.5 EcoBoost, and within the last few days, last week, fuel

mileage has dropped almost five miles per gallon from average in the 20, low 20s all

around.

All of a sudden, I'm around 14.

I reset it just to make sure it wasn't my wife the way she drove it or something and drove

it myself, and it's showing no signs.

Engine seems fine, runs just like it always has, and it's only 35,000 miles on the

vehicle.

I was just curious.

We hadn't looked into it yet.

No check-ins and lines.

Just curious which way would you start.

No flames on the road behind you while you're driving?

No.

Okay.

It's not coming out.

And it's driving the same pattern of where you're driving and everything, correct?

We haven't done anything different or just pulled anything, or any different fuel stations

or gas stations being used?

Just anything different?

Right.

No.

Nothing's different.

Everything's very same on everything.

This thing's still under warranty, right?

It is.

All right.

I would have them go at it, tell them what it is, because that's pretty substantial

and you're measuring that like Shannon would say.

You are filling it up with fuel, writing down the number of gallons, then looking

at the miles and dividing it to make sure that you've got it right and you're

not looking at the gauge on the dash, correct?

Well, honestly, I'm looking at the dash.

That could be lying to you.

That happens often.

It could be off.

I would definitely fill it with fuel and divide it and see exactly what that number

is because the dealer's going to ask you that right away.

They're going to want to know that because you could have a software update

that would help with that dash issue.

Could have a vacuum leak that would affect that dash drastically.

Those are things they'll want to do.

They'll want to perform.

I mean, they figure that calculation a lot differently now using engine load,

which is derived from a lot of different areas in order to get that mileage

because they know how much fuel per hour per minute that engine should burn

under a certain load and it's built into the algorithm where the old one

used to have a vacuum gauge that would, they literally had a gauge

that would flop back and forth on old cars with the vacuum.

So it may not have changed in fuel mileage.

Although, does it feel like it's changed?

I mean, are you filling it up more?

Did you go, whoa, I used to drive across town and now I'm filling it twice.

Well, honestly, it hadn't been going on long enough for me to really say,

you know, just, just noticed in the last week.

Check that, check it out by actually dividing it, drive it for two

or three weeks, get those numbers down.

And then if you say, whoa, I'm getting 18 miles of the gallon.

Why does my dash say 14 all the time?

Then you can ask the dealer or if it's getting 10 miles of the gallon

and the dash says 20 or whatever, you know, just look and see what the

difference is and ask them because a lot of times they will release

software updates to help with those kinds of things.

And we're making a very large assumption based on what you said

that this vehicle is still running the same and hasn't got any check engine

lights on because if anything like that changes, go in immediately

and have them check it because then there's something, right?

But if it's still running just the same and you have no check engine lights,

I they're going to, they're going to do some verification before

they'll, they'll put any parts on that vehicle for sure.

Right.

It's just saying very unusual.

I mean, it's a big drop and just turns out.

Yeah.

Without feeling it, that's, that's highly unusual without going, whoa,

it's all sudden feeling weird.

Neil, thanks very much for the call.

Good luck.

866-594-4150.

Going to California and talking to Tom.

You're on the end of the hood show.

Tom, what can we do for you?

Hi, I'm not in California.

I'm in Kansas.

Okay.

It just happened.

I have a California number.

We're tracking you.

I'm having an issue.

I have an issue with my car door on my 2000

Camry LE.

It's a four door.

The driver's side door won't open from the inside or outside.

All the other doors function correctly.

The key lock that you put the key in, it unlocks all the doors

effectively, but I can't open the door inside or outside with the handle.

I believe I'm supposed to remove the inner panel of the door to get at the mechanism,

but I can't seem to do that without having the door open.

And I'm starving to death, so I need your guys help.

I thought, I was just going to make a good NASCAR to do a condor.

How are you doing about getting in and out through that driver's window?

Yeah, go do it, boys.

I don't, I don't pull a duke's a half or didn't do that.

I come into the passenger's side door and fortunately I'm spry enough and still young

enough at almost 70 years old.

I can climb over the center council, the center divide there.

So yeah, it's a pain in the neck when the winter comes.

Yeah, yeah, it is.

Okay.

First, I got to know because I always ask my customers this question.

Did both of them fail at exactly the same second like you went, oh,

I can't open the inside.

Oh, I can't open the outside either.

Or was one of them broke for a while?

It was intermittent.

It, at times it would stick and then I'd have to nudge it and it wouldn't come

open or sometimes it would.

Now it's to the point where that little locking device that's on the door

itself is holding on and won't let go.

I have a feeling either a spring in the door or a lever in the door has

become old because it's 25 years old.

So it was both the outside and the inside that every time it wouldn't work.

They go, oh, good, good for you because I was going to shame you.

If you said, oh, well, the outside's been broke for two years and now the

inside, because that is the common 99 out of 100 say, well, yeah,

the outside's been broke for a while.

I just didn't want to fix it.

And then, then when I tell them it's going to be 800 bucks to fix it

because we've got to get another door panel, take the seat and the

console out to get the inside one off, which we're going to have to cut

and rip off the door and then put a latch in it because they didn't want

to spend 125 bucks to put a handle on the outside of it.

When it broke years ago, they're, they're like, well, I'll just climb

over the console.

I'm like, yeah, you will.

But in your case, that's not your fault.

I think what happened is your latch failed.

And I've seen this before.

And I'm going to be going for trying to find ways to get a really

good shop who's got experience at this.

Somebody knew is not going to get it.

It's going to be somebody with some experience to know how to get

that to open one more time.

And then all you got to do is take the panel and what I do is you got

to, you don't force it, you will break it.

But if you kind of play with it, pick up the handle on the outside

like you're going to hold it open and then push the lock down, pull

the lock up, try it both ways, you know, just mess with it faster.

Drop the handle.

Just let it go.

Like you're dropping a clutch on an old Corvette, you know, but you

just keep doing that.

And eventually you're going to get it and get somebody inside

flipping it at the same time, the handle out, drop it as

you have somebody banging on the same thing that happens when

you try to unlock a door and somebody's pulling up on the

passenger handle as you unlock it.

And then they're like, I can't get in.

It's like, it's unlocked.

Nope.

The handle is not working.

You want to try to get it to reset.

And then once it's open, take that panel off the inside.

Even if you don't put the part on it, get it off.

But I think you will be able to play with it.

I think he's going to get it open.

Yep.

And usually if you mess with that thing enough, you can get lucky.

And if you've been crawling over the center console for any

amount of time, you're patient enough to try, try the door

handle, just keep trying it for a while.

I will.

I'll try that.

I'll open up the window, do that.

But a slim gym wouldn't between the window and the door panel.

That won't work.

You're probably just going to make a bigger problem.

Yeah.

It's an integrated latch assembly that's inside of there.

And you can't actually get at that latch piece.

Tom, thanks very much for the call.

Good luck.

I have a question for you.

What year did you start this show?

1990.

Okay.

Yeah.

On that show, if you'd gotten a call about a 1965, would

that have been a Berkeley classics at the time?

Yes.

Why isn't this Camry a Berkeley classics?

It's 26 years old.

Cause it's got electronic door latches.

Cause cars are better nowadays.

The end of the hood show podcast is brought to you by

exclusive sponsors like Berkeley One Classics, celebrating

50 years, your key to collector car insurance.

And by car-part.com with over 200 million parts.

Find them online at car-part.com and by road

ready wheels, OEM replica wheels at a huge savings.

roadreadywheels.com.

Thanks for listening to the under the hood show podcast.

When you need parts for your car, finding them is half the

battle and we have a great source for you to find those

parts you need at great prices.

If you need parts, whether it be for a brand new car or going

back about 20 years, it doesn't matter.

Check out car-part.com.

It's fast and it's easy.

Over 200 million parts strong all across North America, over

4,000 recyclers to choose from, giving you the largest

selection available.

Whether it's an engine, transmission, doors, seats or

wheels, you can find them on car-part.com.

We even let you know what parts from other models and

years fit your car.

Many recyclers supply pictures of their parts too.

We even have a mobile app search us in Canada or buy

from your local independent recycler, whichever you

choose buying recycled is good for the environment and

good for your wallet.

If you're a repair shop, there is a professional version

available for you at no charge.

That's car-part.com.

Car-part.com.

Check it out today.

We want to tell you about our partner at Road Ready

Wheels.

Road Ready Wheels has the very best aftermarket OEM

replica wheels available with a direct fit of the

factory center caps and TPMS sensors so you don't

need special caps and sensors.

Simply transfer yours over when you replace the

wheel with near perfect ratings on Google, Amazon

and eBay, consumers like you are extremely satisfied

when it comes to Road Ready Wheels.

Maybe your wheels leak air or maybe you want to upgrade

from an old rusty steel wheel.

Road Ready Wheels has both aluminum alloy and new

steel wheels to fit many cars on the road today.

They stock thousands of wheels ready to ship and

have free returns and shipping plus save 10% more

when you use the code hoodie at checkout.

Aftermarket wheels can be very expensive and

it's so hard to choose what you want.

With Road Ready Wheels, you get an OEM looking

wheel that fits like it should, but costs much less.

Save money today and get yours at RoadReadyWheels.com.

Special discounts apply for large quantities and

dealers and they have a special electronic data

feed and online portal waiting for you.

Find out more by going to RoadReadyWheels.com where

you can use their online vehicle selection tool to

find your Road Ready Wheels today.

That's RoadReadyWheels.com.

When I got my first specialty car, I called up

my agent and had him put it under my regular

auto policy and had very minimal coverage, even

dropping coverage in the storage months to keep

the cost down.

That was before I met the professionals at

Berkeley One Classics.

I'm Shannon Nordstrom, host of the Under the

Hood Show with Russ Evans and Chris Carter.

Berkeley One Classics ensured me with an

agreed value policy.

That means if you suffer a loss, there's no

haggle over the value of your vehicle.

They also show me that I could ensure my

vehicle for what it was really worth and

keep my coverage year round and still save money.

I did not know that my homeowners policy did

not cover my car when it was stored in my

garage for the winter.

For 50 years, Berkeley One Classics has ensured

a wide range of vehicles from sports cars

and rare exotic cars to antique vehicles,

including cars, trucks, tractors, and motorcycles.

Berkeley One Classics makes it easy to get

a quote.

Just visit them on the web at

BerkeleyClassics.com and use their

online quote tool or give them a

call 1-800-603-3330.

That's 1-800-603-3330.

Welcome back, everybody.

It's time to get back under the hood

with our motor medics.

866-594-4150.

Don't forget, if you miss an episode, you

can always catch it wherever you get

your podcasts and you can watch the

show on our YouTube feed.

If you subscribe to the YouTube channel

and join the Hoodie fan club at

UnderTheHoodShow.com, you could win a

hoodie.

Like Bart Kellogg.

Congratulations, everybody, here at the

UnderTheHoodShow and our friends over

at Berkeley One Classics.

They're celebrating 50 years of

collector car coverage and Universal

Technical Institute.

Find them at UTI.edu.

Let's talk to Dave here on the

UnderTheHoodShow.

Dave, what can we do for you?

I have a 2004 Dodge diesel with a

48 RE transmission and code 973 came

up to the day talking about shift

solenoid A.

Is that something I could tackle in my

own shop or should I take it to

somebody that knows what they're

doing?

Well, a lot of times it is just the

solenoid on that that has failed and

you can replace it at home and fix

it.

You know, I would look at the

connector, make sure the pins aren't

corroded, that everything is tight.

There's no fluid coming out into the

connector.

And then, yeah, you could put a

solenoid in it.

I mean, the worst case, if you put

a solenoid in it, put the pan back

on, add fluid and it still doesn't

work, then you can take it in.

But if it does fix it, which in a lot

of cases it does, you're going to

save a lot of dough.

That's what I was thinking.

Then I have a second problem.

We overhauled it, put the engine

back in in March, got about 3,500

miles on it at about mile 1,500.

Anytime I go over 2,200 RPM, it

starts to heat up.

But if I run it 22 or less, it

stays cooler.

We've changed it.

We had a new thermostat, changed it

to another new thermostat, but a fan

clutch control on it, put a tighter

belt on it in case that was

slipping.

Is that maybe the front control

module not controlling my fan?

Did, no, it shuts the fan off at

highway speed, unless you're under

a super load, it kills it.

So it just lets the air flow

through.

But have you put a new radiator

in it yet?

We showed up when we had it

overhauled here about, like I

said, 3,500 miles ago.

See if you see if you put a radiator

in it because if the radiator is

is not

perfect, it will overheat

because it can't, it can't take

away the heat at that higher

RPM and higher flow.

So at 2,200 under tow haul,

it's where it shuts the fan

off, 2,200 RPM.

No, it's road speed.

It's about 30 miles an hour,

33 miles an hour.

It kills the fans.

Oh, the electric fans.

If it does this, this one's got

a this one got the electric fan,

which is as a oh, oh, four.

That's got a that's got a fan

clutch, that's what he said.

Electric fan clutch.

Yeah, that's that'll disable

it. It'll disable it unless

it's under a very heavy load,

then it'll kick in.

But at that speed, though, it

still should stay cool without

pulling a trailer at 2,200 RPM.

It shouldn't need that fan to

stay cool.

I am pulling a trailer.

So that's why I was.

Yeah, with the trailer, it's

going to have to kick in and

you'll hear it because it's

loud.

It should roar.

And if it's not kicking in and

out, then, yes, that front

control module could have a

problem now that we're getting

around the we're getting back

to the beginning of this.

Yeah, so that fan, yeah, it

should be kicking in and out

as you're towing down the

road. And you should be able

to see that on the scanner.

It should say fan commanded on

or fan commanded off and

the percentage. It'll have

zero to 100. You should be

able to watch that on a

scanner. So have somebody

watch it that's riding and

see if it's if it's

commanding it on when you're

going down the road because it's

commanding it on that's not

coming on, then either your

fan is bad, but you could

probably you could turn that

on with a scanner and see if

it's working or the control

module is not commanding the

fan on.

That sounds like a good idea

to try that.

Scan tool to see if it's

kicking on up. I can hear

sometimes that it's kicking

on and off correctly.

So it's yeah, it's

2400.

RPM is nothing to do with

anything in particular, just

that that's not sure that

it's running cooler.

No, I'm going the route of a

regular electric fan.

Electric fans are shut down

when the vehicle hits road

speed.

Dave, thanks very much for

the call. Good luck.

866-594-4150.

Let's go to Mississippi and

talk to Howard. You're on the

end of the hood show.

Howard, what can we do for

you?

Yes, sir. I've got a

2019 Silverado.

I'm wondering about a chill

for it.

I found a vortex

chill

up to 35 horsepower

and up to nine miles

per gallon of other field

mileage.

That's hard to believe without

it laying the engine out too

much.

You found an amazing

opportunity that I can't

believe GM missed.

I want to make sure you say

those numbers again, right?

Their claim is what?

Up to 35 horsepower

addition and up to

nine miles per gallon

of other field mileage.

The claim on the fuel economy

gets me very concerned

that this is not good

marketing because you can

get power programmers not true

marketing.

I'm just concerned because I

mean a 19 Silverado first of

all for other people listening

there is not a your

technology that you

are used to when you were

first hearing about this stuff

is the same as mine.

It's not a diesel.

You'd put a chip in it.

They'd remove a you

remove a problem out of the

computer and you'd put a chip

in it. And nowadays

everything is done through

manipulation of the engine

computer and the control

systems.

So that's about it's a

programmer that you put in

and it drops a program into

the computer to modify

it.

Right. That level of

modification sounds

illegal.

I don't know how without without

you without tuning the engine

different and you need

different fuel you need.

Yeah.

Really premium fuel to

make it work.

Did you find this on the dark

web somewhere or is it a

is it a widely known brand?

It's just on the on the

internet.

You know.

I can't remember what it was

but you probably just put in

more say

performance field.

And I find it.

Yeah, I don't I'm not

I'm not I wouldn't buy it.

I mean I'm not I wouldn't go.

I don't think it's going to do

that because we've had

partnerships with companies

that are are name brand

power programmers.

And matter of fact, Russ

has got one on his Tahoe yet

that you guys still use.

You did take it off.

Yeah. It only gave me about

two miles of the gallon and

I had to run premium all the

time. I forget that.

But there was adjustments you

could make to run a program

that would be for better fuel

economy. There was another one

you could get for more power

off the line.

Another one for towing.

And they would slightly modify

those parameters within the

computer.

And you can notice a little

difference.

Yeah, I had it on the economy

only.

And that particular one had a

driving coach that kind of

could help you.

That's where most of it came

from. Yeah, it would teach you

how to not hammer the throttle

and that sort of stuff.

And that driving coach could

help you gain fuel economy.

But a claim of nine miles per

gallon is not

even close to attainable

with it.

If it is.

Yeah, it's there's something

going on there.

Those well known companies

told us that

two is about the max

that they could ever achieve.

They couldn't even do it in

testing, not with regular

pump fuel.

And there's a lot of things

out there that were being

promoted that the Federal

Trade Commission came down

pretty hard on for different

gadgets and different ideas.

So I am going to do a little

Google search in on the way

you presented that name

because on that

particular vehicle that

nineteen Silverado, if it's

a is it the newer generation

with the LT one engine in it?

Oh, it's got.

It's a five or a lot.

OK, yeah, yeah, they had the

nineteen could be a classic

that looked like a 14

or it could be a or it

could be the new generation

that is an actual Silverado

nameplate that has the

unibody front structure.

And it's kind of it's the

newer looking truck.

Which one is yours?

I just wanted the newer

looking truck.

It's.

Oh, I didn't know we'll drive

yesterday.

Fifteen hundred L.T.

Yeah, it looks more modern.

It's more rounded in the front.

And yeah, they're definitely

I don't know of anything

I've heard of with that

particular engine that you

could do that.

Howard, if you find that,

if you find that again,

send that to us on our

Facebook page, would you?

I'd like to look at that

website and see.

I mean, if you find that

actual ad or whatever it was,

I also just came up with

a terrible idea.

I mean, a good idea.

But I got a

let's start a performance garage

for trucks and put it

on a really, really high

far hill.

And then the trucks come in.

We fix them and then I

got awful mileage coming here.

But on my way home,

you guys are great, right?

We'll put it up in the shop.

I get better fuel economy.

You guys have to when I leave,

I better come more often.

It'll be a subscription service.

What's the name of it?

This is a great idea.

Mile high.

Rocky top.

866-594-4150.

That's the number to reach us

here at the end of the Hood Show.

Let's go to Oklahoma

and talk to Jacob here

on the end of the Hood Show.

Jacob, what can we do for you?

Hey, how's it going?

Great Jacob.

So I've got a 1994

Lexus ES 300

and it's been doing this

weird thing where

it'll seem to run just fine.

But after I drive it for a little bit,

when I when I let it idle,

when I'm like a red light or something,

it'll sort of sound like it's canned.

The RPM will fluctuate up and down

and sometimes in those dips

in the fluctuation, it'll die.

But then I'll start up just fine.

And this is the V6

motor in there, correct?

300.

Yes.

Yeah.

Similar car to a Camry.

Yes, very.

Sounds like it's got either a vacuum leak

or a mass air problem.

They'll they'll do that.

They'll had that on several of the

four hundreds.

They would do that

when they would get a bad mass air

flow or just dirt on the mass air

flow sensor and we'd clean it off.

They would they would do that a lot.

They would they would idle up and down surge.

Any check engine lights or any any

other indications inside the car

other than you're obviously having symptoms?

No, yeah, no check engine lights.

What I did, what I should add is I

recently replaced the timing belt

and water pump and I did it with my

with my brother-in-law, but we got

no check engine lights after that

and it ran just fine.

But that that's the only thing I could

think of is like, you know, sometimes

when something breaks, it has something

to do with the most recent thing you did.

We always ask where of the human

if it's if it's off a tooth,

it can cause issues like that, too.

He doesn't want to hear that, Russ.

And it may not be it may not be

picking it up as a cam crank correlation code.

But I would definitely before you touch

any of that, I would I would look at

the mass air flow and make sure it's

clean and that the air intake tube

is is connected on there.

No, yeah, no air leaks on that

air cleaner intake setup.

Make sure to check all those intake

tubes are very common to fail.

In fact, they fail so often that our

partner over at dormant products

sells a ton of different air intake

tubes because they just they crack

with age and they tear because the

motor moves and those don't necessarily

move because they're mounted to the

air box. So as they're moving back

and forth, they they get little holes

in the bottom usually where you can't

see them. And then they're sucking

air and then it makes them, you

know, as it picks up RPM, it

sucks more and then it slows down

so the leak seals up and then it

goes up and it pulls us like

every time. It's okay. Yeah.

And they're OK. I'm I'm hoping it's

that. Yeah, go for that.

Because it's a ninety four.

It could definitely.

I mean, it's an antique now.

It's 30 years old.

There you go, Jacob.

Thanks very much for the call.

Good luck.

If the timing's off, so you have to get

out a light or is it not that old?

No, no, if the timing's off, he

has to physically take it apart

again. Right.

And I took one of these apart.

What's the last basically the same car?

But when was the end of the strobe

light for timing?

Ninety nine two thousand and one.

Oh, really?

Yeah, ninety nine for some of the

like the suburbans with the with

the Vortech. I mean, we're setting

them at zero, but still you had the

the Vortech engine.

But the true I'd say ninety four

for the for most stuff with it

with like in GM trucks with the

true distributor. But the end of

the strobe light for timing, we're

still using them today for all the

cars. Did you bust it out for the

sixty eight Land Rover?

Did you ever find the timing mark

on there? I couldn't find a timing

mark. So I gave it up.

Shannon's got. Oh, yeah, I figured

it was still around for older cars.

But yeah, I mean, it's it's not.

So you folks out there are heard

to say Shannon bought an electric

car and y'all went, oh, he also

bought a Land Rover series to

be to a to a because it's got

I'm acting like an expert now.

I didn't even know what I bought.

It was just cute. Yeah.

And we should it's yeah.

You you have when I heard he bought

one, I wanted to make sure that I

didn't say I knew anything about it.

Sixty eight. Sixty eight.

Sixty eight. All right.

So don't it doesn't.

Did you see it up the shop?

I've seen it out.

Oh, that's right when it was here.

Yeah, it's adorable.

It is so ugly.

It's cute. It's not exactly right.

It's got the it's got the roof

cooler option, too.

Did you see that? No, it's got

a hat. It wears a hat like you.

You'd love it.

So the Safari of it would it would

absorb the heat so that it didn't

get so hot in the cat.

It's got an umbrella.

A steel umbrella.

It's not fancy.

No, I mean, it's just it's not like

no, no, it's a rugged little

workhorse, but we'll never see

work. It looks like a male jeep

from England.

In the 60 from Africa.

866-594-4150.

Let's talk to Tom here on the

end of the hood show. Tom, what

can we do for you?

And I'm looking at buying a

2023 Nissan Rogue and I hear

all these stories about the CVT.

I was going to wonder if you could

give me some stuff to look for

before I buy it.

For problems.

How many miles are on the road,

Tom? A spare transmission.

Now you're being dramatic.

I only get only get twenty

three thousand. That's what you

look for. All the talk makes me

worry.

Go ahead, Russ.

Here's my opinion on CVTs

in these vehicles.

I believe that if every single

owner of one of these would

change the transmission fluid

at fifteen thousand

miles once

that transmission has probably a

ninety percent.

Chant better chance of lasting

longer.

I think it's like a rebuilt

engine that you need to change

the oil at five hundred miles

and then regular oil changes

after if you would change

that and clean out

all the stuff that's wearing

in there right away.

And I've seen this.

I've seen multiple people that

have done this and reported

that their transmission has been

fine as I've seen people change

them every thirty five thousand.

And let's say we had a control

group of a hundred people and they

all changed them at thirty five

thousand.

There were still a lot of those

that failed close to

a hundred thousand miles compared

to the ones that changed at

first at ten to fifteen

and then started changing it at

regular intervals.

So I think the first change is

important.

That's that's my suggestion for

people. I had somebody recently

with a new car and they said

what should I be doing with this.

And I said you're ten thousand

mile.

You know that they want a ten

thousand mile oil changes on it

and the first one we did I said

yes the first one let's go ten

and then let's knock that back

to five and then on the CVT

let's get this thing changed at

fifteen thousand and then every

thirty five from there and they

said all right we'll we'll give

it a shot as they plan on

keeping it it's not a lease.

And they sold and sell and

continue to sell a billion of

these cars.

There are so many out there

they're not all they're not all

failing at all.

And but there's so many on the

road that you hear you hear

about everyone because of it.

It's expensive because there you

go because they're so

expensive to fix.

But well the miles were gallon

and an all wheel drive really

is attractive.

So that's what's got me

wondering.

I've got friends that have them

and they love them.

They're a great car.

They're a good value for the

money.

And I think Russ hit it right

on the head.

If you go ahead and do that

fluid.

I change it at let's say 15

right now it's got twenty

three thousand miles.

So I change now you're a

little late for the first one

but let's get it done now

and then every thirty five

thousand.

It's a drain and fill.

It's a few courts and you

have to use the Nissan CVT

fluid.

Don't change that.

Right.

OK.

I'm the wrong.

You're around and what

is that something I can do at

home or do I need to go to a

shop.

No you can you can do it

because it's just a drain and

fill right.

Yeah it's a drain and fill.

Getting nothing specific like

they used to have.

Dealer dipstick whatever.

No there's no there's no

dipstick on this one.

Just put in what you get out

or what.

No there's a there's a

there's a high fill mark

and a low fill mark.

But our trick is you know

one of our guys learned

drain the fluid

into a container.

So you know exactly how what we

do is we drain we drain it into

a container.

We mark the container so we

know exactly how many drops

came out.

And then we dump that out

clean the container out fill

it with brand new fluid to

that mark and then we dump it

in because we know exactly

what came out as what goes

in.

They vary from car to car as

much as a half a court.

OK.

And you know how much a court

is Chris it's it's a quarter

of a gallon.

There you go.

Boom broke my mind.

Is it.

What was I going to ask.

Oh how much is coming out.

How big of a container do I

need.

There's about two and a half

courts somewhere in that

neighborhood.

OK.

So it's not very likely bigger

than a beaker.

You buy you can buy a

professional type shop oil

fill container for about 25

bucks.

OK.

It's got graduations up to

eight courts and you just

pour it in.

It's two gallons.

You're on this.

You'd use a pitcher too.

I mean you can only use it

probably once.

You don't want your pitcher.

Yeah.

A big one.

Like if you got a big cooler

there's one in the house from

Tupperware that's for iced tea.

You just grab that is the

Tupperware.

Use Rubbermaid.

Just it'll always be that use.

Yeah you can't.

Oh no we're going to bring up

the whole Tupperware rubber

rain thing.

Don't put it back in the

kitchen.

No no just you keep it for

that use.

You mark it and you write on

the side of with a sharpie.

CVT.

Tupperware.

Only Rubbermaid.

Nissan.

Avon.

Come on.

Only tomato tomato.

You don't want to bring it

back in and start using it

I have had people put

everything in these CVTs.

80 90.

It'll kill it.

Automatic transmission fluid.

What are you thinking?

Matter of fact you don't even

want to.

I think if you take the Tupperware

you got to just get rid of it.

Use it and then you got to

get rid of it.

Get rid of the evidence

and then never say anything.

You can't say oh I used it

to change the.

What was your favorite Tupperware

Chris out of all of them.

Is there one to jump right

out at you?

I don't mind.

The round one with the

push button.

No with the the lid was like

a sun ray.

It had a round hole around

middle.

Yeah.

Mine was the push button

freshness saver lid on the

like the lemonade dispenser.

You put the lid on and then

you push the little button

down in the center

and it vacuum seals it.

When we were kids I don't

know if this was Tupperware.

I think it was.

But we ate a lot of pickles.

OK.

And we had a you pulled

it out with a handle

and the juice would stay in

and you grab the pickles

and I think that was Tupperware

and then it had a lid

on top to seal it.

The only reason I

this comes up that we watched

a documentary on something

the other night

and then we watched

a documentary on Tupperware.

It was so cool.

Things that things that have

gone away that are both

both your documentaries

had a lot of plastic in them.

They sure did.

My favorite Tupperware

field for freshness

because the first time I

saw one was my mother-in-

laws and she gave it to us.

Oh my gosh.

That was the name

of the documentary

sealed for freshness.

She gave it to us full of dessert.

So my first experience

with this round Tupperware

was it was filled

with a delicious fruity dessert.

So that's just what I think.

Right. Yeah.

Yellow tight strawberry

type foamy thing.

When I was a kid,

we had the cereal bowls or bowls

and the lids of here's what

this is what we had.

Colored ones.

We had four bowls.

We had four boys

and then the lids

of those bowls were our plates.

That's it.

That's the only plates

we had other than big plates.

The only small plates

we had were the bowl lids.

We took those to school.

You take the lid off, flip it over.

Just remember that we're having

a lot of good memories here.

I want to have a pickle right now.

I want to I'm going to the store

and buying hamburger slices

is all we ever had in there.

I'm going to make that fruity dessert

today is what I'm going to do.

Eat a lot of them.

I don't know why.

Oh yeah.

All right.

Aftershock.

This is the aftershock.

Thanks to Alex, by the way,

if you're still in there.

He's working on our tech

while we're doing it.

He cannot hear us.

Kenny, if he's in the program right now,

he'd have to be on YouTube to hear us

because that software for video

is not taking audio.

OK, the microphone switch,

but they're separate.

There's a box outside

and it sends it through anybody

who wants to buy a system.

It's called HDV mixer.

It's pretty slick.

But unless he can read lips,

he's probably he might be on YouTube

just trying to see if it lines up.

Oh, that could be.

Yeah, because we we do notice

that on YouTube,

the lips and the voice

are a little off, not much,

but a little bit very so slightly.

I mean, it was way off.

If you notice, last few weeks,

we're having a video card issue

and it just finally said,

hey, instead of fixing the video card,

let's just go spend a buttload of money

and buy a whole new computer, right?

Yeah, but that it it's definitely

wow night and day difference.

I just see the notice that Alex has left.

He heard us.

He's like, Alex has left the building.

Let's go to Kansas City

and talk to Rock.

You're on the end of the hood show.

Rock, what can we do for you?

Hey, guys, just a quick follow up

and then I have a question on AC.

I called earlier on the skid

skier that's yellow and it was

a running after you shut the key off.

And you guys suggested

that it might be a seal in the turbo.

Just curious how critical is that?

Is that something that I need to look at

and fix immediately or can I get to it?

This winter, what's what's the thought?

If it's been doing it this long,

you said it was doing it before you owned it.

So it's probably not that critical, whatever it is.

OK, if you if you take that,

oh, if you take that hose off

and you find that it's got quite a bit of oil in it.

Plus pours out.

Yeah, plus you've been losing a little bit of oil

and having to add oil back into it.

If that ratio changes, stop,

because then all of a sudden you're going to suck the oil

out of the engine and kill the engine.

OK, if that seal completely go.

If that's what it is, we're totally.

This is wild speculation right now.

Right, we're guessing.

Yes, but that does make sense

because it does smoke a little bit.

And, you know, I don't know what else it could be

because it does just run, you know, five to 10 seconds.

So that'll be something to check.

Hey, I got to I got to tell you,

though, if if you find that is the issue,

I would like you to tell me

because it would really make me feel good

because I took a swing at that as a guess.

And I'd like to know if that was right

because I just had a friend of mine recently

that had a semi his son had.

He just told me the story yesterday.

This probably wouldn't even have been in my head

that they were driving and they had his family with

and they were doing a semi run to haul something

wherever they were going, Kansas City or whatever.

And all of a sudden they got out of the truck

and it took off and it was in runaway mode

and he couldn't stop it.

And he sat there with his kids

and watched his engine blow up in his semi fire.

Extincture and pull it out of the bag.

And what it was was a what it was what had happened

is a seal had went out of the turbo

and it started pulling oil out of the engine

and it just kept fueling it and they couldn't stop it.

Did you have another question on it?

Yes, I did.

So on the AC, you know, this is a 2006,

you know, my my 99 Ford F 350,

the the AC unit is fantastic on this one.

I still have to kind of go through

and make sure everything's clean.

It's got good airflow.

The fans are working, but I'm just curious

if you can use supercharges.

Can you put a bigger compressor on it?

Or is the R 134 and that you are good

if everything's working and it should provide

decent AC cooling?

I've just heard that they've never really worked that well.

And I'm wondering if I can, you know,

do a mod on it to get a bigger compressor or or something to,

you know, or do I need to change the the dryer on it?

Or, you know, what what's what's the problem with it?

Is this is an R 12 truck.

It's an R 12 system that they have put one 34 and from the factory

because that truck body style was R 12.

Yeah, same thing happened with the Chevy's.

And now they're they're even doing it.

So the the Silverados, the new Silverados,

when they switch from one 34 to 12 34,

they both use the identical condenser.

Both trucks, same fitting, same everything

because there's no valve on it, but same fitting.

So they use the same.

So those perform very similar, the the coldness.

But an R 12 and a 134 system is drastically different.

I have a truck with 134 in it.

And I was actually thinking about reverse converting it to R 12.

But the obtaining of the 12 is difficult.

It uses a 12 compressor.

It uses a 12 condenser.

It uses a 12 evaporator, and it would just be so much better

because a 1993 truck is like, wow, this thing really cools at at idle speed.

Highways fine, but how many pounds do you need?

2.5 I'll bring my cake over.

Yeah, you can you can have that.

You've been helping me. I can trade you out some R 12.

But I want to convert that back because it's all brand new.

So I know it's leak free, but I want to convert it back to 12.

It will work better at idle.

Now going down the road, yours probably works fine, right?

If you're on the highway.

Well, yeah, and again, this is a skid steer.

So they don't like me taking it on the highway.

I thought you're talking about your 94 truck.

Yeah, I thought you're talking about your truck.

No, the 99 works fantastic.

That that's the diesel.

I would just compare it.

The 99 works fantastic.

This is a 2006.

So are you talking about air conditioning in the skid steer?

Yes.

Ah, we we missed that trip you took us on there.

Let's let's start this over because

I I yeah, because this got way out of control.

They were talking about the truck.

Yeah. All right.

So you show us how quick we can go for a ride.

Yeah, let's let's go back.

I'll re ask that question.

Did you have another question on this skid steer?

Yes, I do.

I have AC in it and it doesn't work as well as I would like.

Is there can I put a bigger compressor in it?

Can I is there anything I can do?

OK, you can.

So it's probably got like a nip on Denso,

like an Nd7 or something compressor on it.

There's two different compressors that may fit that.

I think it's a 10 in the seven, but maybe a 12.

But there's different compressors you can put on them

that have different numbers of pistons in them,

different displacements that will pump more refrigerant.

And then you can switch the

expansion valves on those.

I mean, there's lots of different things you can do to upgrade them.

There's not a lot to them.

You've got a universal evaporator up in the top of the cab there

in the roof.

And then you've got a compressor on it.

You've got a condenser and a fan.

So there are different size condensers you can get.

What you need to do is find out what the weak point is.

You take a temp gun and you check the inlet and outlet

temperature on that if that condenser and see what that is.

If it's not dropping sufficiently,

you can put a bigger condenser in it, bigger fan if you need to.

Make sure it's all clean for sure.

And there's airflow.

Airflow can be a big problem on those,

even if you've got big enough components.

But yeah, you can get a bigger compressor, too.

If you're not flowing enough, you got to watch the gauges

and see where you're at.

You know, you want enough differential.

And usually if you're like 175 to 185 on the high side

and 35 to 38 on the low side,

that's the optimum efficiency for that system

that you're going to get out of it.

If it's running those numbers,

you're not going to get anything better

until you go to a bigger system.

It's like a house, more tons, more air.

You know, you can get you can get bigger, bigger systems.

I have another suggestion.

If you got everything clean, it's all working.

Have somebody tint the windows.

Oh, that's a huge difference on those things.

Interesting.

Not the front window would be hard to see out,

but just side windows for sure make make a difference.

And if it's got a roof, if it's got a glass up top

or something, have them tint it.

You take it, there's guys that will come out,

commercial guys that do windows and stuff for offices.

They could come out and do that.

It might make a big difference.

OK, sounds good.

Yeah, it's just, again, it's 2006.

I got to replace, you know, fans in the top.

And, you know, just so I'm going for it.

So, yeah, that's a good idea I may look at.

So does the amount of refrigerant change

if I put a bigger condenser in it that I need?

Yes, that's what we charge by.

We start off with the original amount

and then we look at the gauges and we see if we need to add anything.

I might not might not need to add any

because it's not a whole lot of difference.

Sometimes they'll work a little better with a little less refrigerant.

And that can be adjusted to.

And even with what you have now, you might adjust the refrigerant.

You know, you take it out, take a like

two ounces out and see if it cools better.

And then maybe add two ounces and see if it cools better.

Find out what that sweet spot is because they're just given the best

from what they found for that system.

And their system is on a bench.

It's not installed in the vehicle when they've tested it.

They just have a system that's X amount of cubic inches inside.

They're like, OK, run it.

This is what's going to work.

They don't have it in the machine operating

because that system may go on 50 different types of units.

Sure. Forklift, little truck.

Rock, thanks very much for the call.

Good luck.

You know what I think? Our partner, Gunk, one of the things he's

having problems with is air conditioning.

He's having problems with the fuel system and all this stuff.

And it's a skid steer.

That thing's probably covered in dirt.

You know what I would have done when I was a kid?

I mean, I still do it today.

But when you're a kid, remember Gunk?

Yeah. Gunk. Everybody loves Gunk, right?

You just hose it on, spray it off, hose some more on spray.

I love that stuff.

I mean, I put it on everything.

I remember my dad when I was a kid.

He was like, we've got to clean the mower every single time we mow the lawn.

It was like, wheeled over, had to be on the concrete, couldn't get it too close

because we'd get the crap off into the grease into the...

It was getting it.

My mom would walk through it and it was my fault because it was.

But, you know, Gunk, he should hose that thing down, clean it off

because if you've got any dirt in the air conditioning system on that,

like we were talking about the condenser, it's not going to cool very efficiently.

So talking about supercharged and air conditioned, that might be a way to do it.

All right. Are we ready?

I think we're ready.

We got stuff to do here.

My launch time to go with the family, they're waiting at one o'clock.

That's why they don't believe me that I'll be there and ready to go by then,

especially since I'm not packed.

Heck yeah. Oh, yeah.

It'll be close. Not completely packed.

It'll be partially packed, my personal stuff.

You like to make things interesting.

I'm going to go home packed tonight.

It'll take me 10 minutes.

Bring the rattlesnake revolver.

I'm going to bring my hat to.

They say, who's that dork?

Bring a machete at the door.

You know what I realized?

I know how to get to the hotel,

but I don't know where I'm going for the wedding.

I just got a picture of the venue.

I don't know if it's it's on the card, I think the card.

She was trying to find it last night.

I can get that information for you.

I might want to send me the text again.

That's going to do it for the Under the Hood show.

All right, see you guys later.

Thanks, everybody.

And thanks for hanging out with us for the technical stuff today, too.

If you're on YouTube, we're getting some stuff handled here.

And I think we've got it handled.

So there you go. Thanks, everybody.

With Russ Evans, this is Shannon Orts

from thanking you for tuning into the Nordstroms Under the Hood show.

Have a great day and remember PTLA.

The opinions heard on this program

based on the many years of experience of Russ and Shannon

are offered for entertainment value only

and as a guide to your repair needs.

No claim to repair or cause is given or implied.

Always consult with your own certified technician

and follow all safety procedures before attempting any repair.

To be a part of the show, call 866-594-4150.

Find out more by visiting Underthehoodshow.com.

Under the Hood is produced by Prairie House Productions.

All content is the property of Nordstroms Automotive Incorporated

and may not be used without our permission.

Copyright Nordstroms Automotive, Inc.

Can You Supercharge An AC System?

About this episode

Ford Explorer

Chevrolet C6

Ford F150

Toyota Camry

Nissan Rogue

Tesla Semi

Ford F350

Request an Explanation

Want to learn more?

Help improve this episode

More from Under The Hood show