A battery in a car is like a big rechargeable battery that helps start the engine and power things like lights and radio. It's important to check it before winter to make sure it works well in the cold.
Fluids in a car are liquids that help it run smoothly, like oil for the engine and coolant to keep it from overheating. It's important to check these before winter to avoid problems.
Tires are the rubber parts that allow your car to grip the road. They need to have enough tread, or grooves, to help with traction, especially in snow or rain.
A seized engine means the engine won't move anymore, usually because something inside is broken or stuck. This often happens if the engine runs out of oil or gets too hot.
Connecting rod bearings are parts that help connect the pistons to the crankshaft, allowing them to move smoothly. If they're in good shape, it helps the engine run better.
Restoration is fixing up an old car to make it look and work like it did when it was new. It can take a lot of time and effort, especially if the car has been sitting for a long time.
The cylinder head is the part of the engine that sits on top of the cylinders. It helps control the air and fuel that enters the engine and the exhaust that leaves it.
PB Blaster is a special spray that helps loosen stuck parts in cars. It's useful for getting bolts and other pieces to move when they're rusted or stuck together.
A paint chip is a small spot on your car where the paint has come off, usually because of scratches or damage. It can make your car look less appealing, and people often want to fix it to keep their car looking nice.
A full paint job means repainting the whole car, which can be expensive and take a lot of time. People usually do this to make their car look new again or to change its color.
Octane is a number that tells you how well a fuel can prevent engine knocking. Higher numbers mean the fuel is better for powerful engines that need more performance.
The Honda Pilot is a family SUV that can carry several passengers and has a lot of space for cargo. The 2020 version has some modern safety features and is designed for comfort.
An oil change means taking out the old oil from your car's engine and putting in new oil. It's important to do this regularly to keep your car running well.
Kia is a car company from South Korea that makes different types of cars. Some of their cars have had problems with the engines that people are concerned about.
The check engine light is a warning light on your dashboard that tells you something might be wrong with your car's engine or emissions system. It's important to get it checked out if it comes on.
The exhaust pipe is the part of your car that lets out the gases produced by the engine. It helps keep the car running smoothly and quietly by directing those gases away from the engine.
An engine rebuild means taking apart the engine to fix or replace parts that are worn out. This helps the engine run better again instead of replacing it completely.
The Chevrolet Corvette is a fast and stylish sports car that people love to drive. It's famous for being powerful and has a unique look that makes it stand out on the road.
The Mercury Comet is an older, smaller car that people used to drive a lot. It's known for being easy to fix and is often remembered fondly by those who like classic cars.
The Chevrolet Silverado is a big truck that can carry heavy loads and is great for work or outdoor activities. Many people like it because it can handle tough jobs while still being comfortable to drive.
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Good afternoon. Welcome to the car show. I'm Dane Donovan, taking all of your car questions.
The number here, 5137495500. That number again, 5137495500.
Sometimes forget the phone number because I give out so many different numbers. But
yeah, again, it's not too, it's cloudy, but we've had some great weather and it's time to start
thinking about that winter weather, thinking about getting our cars ready for winter.
So that is something that we need to talk about today and love to take your car questions again.
They're going to call 5137495500. So, yeah, so listen, we need to start
thinking about and prepping for the winter time and getting our cars ready for winter,
making sure that we're getting the batteries tested, making sure that our fluids are checked.
You know, again, I've talked about this a lot of times on the radio show and, you know, when I
got into this business 25 years ago, man, it was a thing that every around this time of your
October, November, primarily November, I'd have just this, you know, we'd have this massive influx
of people that wanted to come in, they wanted their car looked at, they wanted it ready for winter,
and, you know, all the fluids checked, the battery, the belts, the hoses, and although that most of
that you don't see too much of, there still are things that you need to take care of, especially
the battery, getting alternator tested, the starter, you know, just making sure that you're
ready, especially tires. That is that, you know, we get a massive influx, again, that first snow
that we always get, you know, everybody can't get to work because they don't have any tread on their
tires. And it's, I know that we don't like to spend money on tires, but we have to have them in
order to get back and forth to get our kids to school, to get them to work. They're, it's important,
and they, yes, they are expensive. I mean, since COVID, they've doubled, the cost of tires is doubled,
but it's something that we have to have, and it's something that we should be thinking about,
something that we should be looking into. So think about that as we get into the winter season,
you want to make sure that your car is ready to go. So taking your phone calls, I don't want to
call 513-749-5500. Let's go to the phones. We've got Paul. Hey, Paul, welcome to the car show. How
can I help? Well, this may be an oddball question. I've got a engine that was seized. I got it in
trade for a used one I sold, and I'm trying to see if it's rebuildable. And the three of the pistons
so far are stuck in the cylinders. It was, you know, when I took it apart, there was water and
a couple of the cylinders. I cleaned up the bore as much as I could above them and been spraying
some, you know, lubricant on them. I guess I'm wondering if you got any other tips for
what to do with it to try and get the pistons to come out. Oh man. So you said several of the
cylinders had water in them? Yeah, I don't know. Like I said, I had a fairly high mileage engine that
was still running that I sold the guy and he gave me his old one in trade and it was, it wouldn't
turn over. I've got the crank and, you know, I got the head off and the crank out and the crank
bearings seem to be in reasonable shape as well as the, as well as the connecting rod bearings.
So the only thing that's holding it up is, you know, with the pistons. So I don't know how long
it sat like that. There was some rust on the, you know, the top end of the cylinder is that I
was able to kind of lightly wire brush off so the cylinder board there don't look so bad.
But when you leery of just hammering away on the pistons to drive them out. Right, right.
Was the engine just sitting outside with the spark plugs out there? I don't know.
I'm not, I'm not sure. I mean, I had it when I got it, I had it in the garage and it's got plugs
in it. So it must have had a head gasket leak or something. Yeah.
Oh, you know, I'll be honest with you. I've never gotten that question before.
I've never, I mean, I know that that happens. I know that it happens, you know, on these cars
that some people that try to restore a car that's been sitting out in the field for, you know, 30
years. Right. I don't, I mean, the only thing I could think of is you said you've got the cylinder
head off and you've just got the pistons. So one, so when you try to turn that crank just,
it just, it's locked. Oh, the crank, I took the crank out of it. The crank, you know, I had to take
the lower block off to get to the connecting rod bolts. So all, you know, all it is now is the
upper block with the pistons in it. And you got one out. I got one out with relatively light
tapping, but it appears to be taking more effort for the other three. So I just, I guess, soak them,
let them soak a while longer with, you know, WD-40 or whatever. Yeah. Well, I played on the underside,
you know, I've got the block upside down so I can spray stuff in there and let it kind of
soak through the ring. Yeah. Well, you could do WD-40. Have you ever, have you ever used or
tried PB Blaster? Yeah. Yeah, I've got some PB Blaster silicone, but I don't have the, I don't
have the regular stuff. I can go get some. Yeah. No, I'd recommend try the PB Blaster,
which is the penetrating oil. Try that. I'd soak those bad boys for at least a, you know,
a couple of days, probably. I think the only thing that you can do is you're going to just
have to hammer them out. I mean, you're going to probably need to get it. What I would do,
if you can get them out, I got a, or, you know, I got a great machinist that little damage is
possible. Right, right, right, right. I get it. I mean, I've got a great machine. I don't have,
well, I have a great machinist that I could recommend that could probably take care of you
and get it fixed correctly. But I would soak them in that PB Blaster and let them sit for a couple
of days. And I think you're just going to have to use a bit of force and knock them out. I don't,
personally don't think you're going to do a ton of damage, but I think once you knock them out,
you want to make sure that somebody, you know, takes care of those cylinder walls and make sure
that they're not scored or whatnot. Right. So I have to go, I have to bore it over if I want to
rebuild it. Yeah. And if you need somebody that can do that, I've got a great machinist here near
me. It's, it's a Burton's collision. They've got a machine shop. I was there. I was there.
I got a car. I got a cylinder head there right now.
I don't know. Do you have, do you have anybody that does any type of machine work?
Yeah, there's a smite's on move up here in, you know, the Westchester area. It's done some work
for me before and I never had a problem. So. Okay. All right. No, I mean, soak them and then
just knock them out. I don't think that you're going to get, I think it'll be fine. I really do.
I think it'll be perfectly fine, but that's what I would do.
All right. All right. Paul, call me back and let me know how it went. Okay.
All right. Take care. Bye-bye. All right. Taking your car questions. I'm going to call
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to call 513-749-5500. That number again, 513-749-5500. Love to hear from you guys and please, if you've
got a question whether or not it pertains to, obviously pertains to the vehicle, but if it is,
you know, even just getting advice about buying a new vehicle or used vehicle, there's a lot of
the questions out there that people have and I love to hear from you. So if you've got a question,
please give me a call. So let's go back to the phones. We've got Andrew. Hey, Andrew, welcome
to the car show. How can I help? Hey, thanks for taking the call. I, you've helped me in the past
with like transmission issues, kind of things, stuff on the interior car. Now I have an exterior
question. All right. Keep in mind, I'm not a do it yourself first. I know a lot of people who are
would probably go, why, why is this a big issue? But for someone, I tend to go to the expert to
get them to work on the stuff. And in this case, it's a paint issue, went through one of the car
washes. They, and it's a car. It's not that old. It's only a few years old. I had a, basically,
I have a, almost a dime size chip in the paint that's come off. And I know in the past, yeah,
you can go to the dealer and get these little do it yourself paint, but it looks terrible,
whatever I've tried to do it myself. I want to get it, I want to get it done, but I also don't
want to get a full paint job. And I think out, if I go to a paint place, they're going to try to
sell me on a, you know, a thousand dollar, you know, paint job, just, just like if I had a fender
bender or something. And, and I don't want to do that. Do you, can you envision whether it'd be
like a detailer or somebody else is kind of an in between where I could spend like maybe a hundred
bucks or something and have it done and have it done nicely that it actually doesn't have to look
perfect, but has to look good and be, and be, and not, and fail again within another year and start
chipping or appealing again. Oh goodness. Great question. Not really an expert on paint, but
man, I think, like you said, I mean, yeah, if you get the touch up paint and you try to patch it
up, it's never, it's not going to look right. I honestly, I mean, I'm not a body guy, but I think
personally you're probably, they're going to need to sand that down and they're going to have to try
to blend it and, and, and paint the whole thing. I don't know. I mean, you know, if it was a dent,
you know, you could, there's dentless repair or whatnot, but as far as like a paint chip,
I mean, I've got one on my truck now, my left, my right rear fender, somebody hit me with a door
or whatnot and there's a huge chip and, to my knowledge, the only thing that you can do is
sand that all down and paint that whole thing and blend it. I don't know that there's any other
solution. You can either do the touch up or, I mean, are you trying to do it yourself?
Well, that's what I'm saying is I've done those things in the past and other cars myself,
and as we talked about it, it just doesn't look that good. And this is a pretty good size one,
so it's not like a real tiny one where you can kind of get away with it. And, and it's like,
it may be it's just having someone who does use the touch up kit, but can do a good job.
That's why I didn't know whether detailers would do stuff like that. I have no idea. So I was just
curious if you knew if anybody would do something. I don't know of any detailers that would do it.
I'm sure that there are body guys out there that could probably do something
relatively inexpensive, but it's, man, I, it's just not my forte. I just don't know much about
body and I don't know anybody personally don't know anybody that that could, you know,
try to do it in a cheaper fashion. Yeah. Well, maybe one of your listeners,
if they hear and they know, yeah, and chime in. Sure. Okay. Are great.
Yeah. Thanks so much. Absolutely. Have a great day. Bye bye. Yeah. Unfortunately, body work is
even though it pertains to a vehicle, right? It's just something that we don't really master and
don't have a ton of knowledge of. It's a completely separate division when we're working on these
vehicles. It's kind of like if you go to your dentist, you know, you don't ask them for knee
advice, right? It's just one of those things that we just don't specialize in. That's all. So,
and I don't know anybody that could just try to patch that typically,
typically they, I lost my train of thought, but anyways,
typically they have to just sand it all down, excuse me, and repaint it. It's just nothing that I
don't think. And again, if somebody's listening and has advice for him,
he greatly appreciates him. All right. Let's go back to the phones. We've got John. Hey,
John, welcome to the car show. How can I help? Hey, John, you there?
Hey, John, you there? Hey, sorry about that. Yeah, I'm here. That's all right. I'm starting to see
88 octane pop up around the place. I'm curious if that's safe to use or not.
So, here's your opinion. Sure. You know, as far as like, I haven't,
the 88 octane would be fine. I haven't seen, to be honest with you, between the 88, the,
I don't know, 89, 93, I really haven't, I haven't seen any issues, problems, or concerns about
what, you know, gas you use. I mean, a lot of times people go, oh, will my car ask for premium
and calls for premium? Well, that's recommended. But I've never once, and in 25 years, I've never
once had a car that came into me that had an issue running with, you know, an injector issue
or a running issue or anything like that due to cheap gas. I mean, the only time I've ever seen it,
if there was water in the gas or somebody put something in the, you know, the tank, sugar,
or something like that. But listen, if you use 88, it's fine. I typically will recommend that you
do maybe once a month use premium. It's supposed to burn better and you're supposed to get better
fuel mileage on it. But 88 would be fine. What kind of, what, what you're making models your vehicle?
Oh, I've got a 2020 Honda pilot. So 2020 Honda pilot. Yeah, you'd be fine. I have not, again,
I've never seen a car come into my shop. That's like, oh, you know, you need new pistons because
you put cheap gas in it. So I think it'll be perfectly fine. But again, I would recommend maybe
once in a while put, you know, put the premium in and I put premium in my cars, all my cars,
and everybody tells me I'm crazy, but I just always have. But I mean, I've never seen anything,
any problems with somebody putting in cheaper gas, lower octane.
Okay. Thanks. All right. You're very welcome. You take care.
All right. Taking your phone calls and I'm going to call 513-749-5500. That number again,
513-749-5500. It was a great question about gas. And like I just told John, listen, I've never
really had an issue with people putting in cheap gas causing car problems. What I do see a ton of
every single day now is cars coming in with no oil in them. And it's something that I've talked
about so many times on this show and I'm rebuilding, well, not me personally, my technician is rebuilding
another. He had to replace pistons in two outies this week due to oil consumption and burning
oil and whatnot. And it's a huge problem that needs to be talked about. And I know
for those of you who listen every week, I know sometimes it sounds like I'm
talking about it every week. But it's something that it's a conversation that we need to have
because I recently purchased a new vehicle and it tells me that at 10,000 miles, I need to change
my oil. And I'm sorry, I'm not going to do that. Our cars, do the cars run better nowadays? Sure.
Do they run longer nowadays? Sure. Has oil progressed to the point where your car can
go 10,000 miles on oil change? No, not my opinion. It is a constant, constant problem.
And I'm telling you, if you want to keep your car going, you want to get 200,000, 300,000 miles out
of your car. The best and cheapest and easiest thing that you can do is change your oil regularly,
5,000 miles. I don't care what kind of oil, I don't care what the car says,
5,000 miles on the sticker. It is something that's the most important thing that you can do
to get the longevity out of your vehicle. So ironically, we've got Donald.
Donald, welcome to the car show. How can I help?
I just want to know if you heard anything about Kia's 2015 Kia engines and replaced the whole
engine because of using so much oil. That's why I was like, ironically, I'm talking about this.
And yeah, I see it pop up. Your cars, yeah, absolutely. Hyundai's and Kia's have a known
problem that these things burn oil just like the Audi's do. A lot of the manufacturers nowadays
burn oil due to fuel efficiency and making sure it's, but there is a Hyundai and Kia,
you would have to verify this with your VIN number. You'd have to call the dealer, but
there is an extended warranty on these engines. If they lock up, they're out of oil and they lock
up. I mean, just two, yeah, just two years ago, I had one at my shop and when I called,
I said, Hey, when can you guys take a look at this? He's like, well, this would be number 99
in line. So there was 98 cars in front of this car that needed an engine. So it's a very, very
large known problem. And that's kind of why I led about it. It's a huge problem.
Right. Well, something's going wrong because look at the Kia and they said that needs a
catalytic converter, one to charge $3,000. I kid you not. Really? Yeah. Was the check engine
light on or anything? Yes. Check engine light on. It burns about a quarter oil a week.
A quarter of oil a week? Yeah. So put your hand over the exhaust pipe and you can actually,
you know, your hand will be sticky. Yeah.
All right.
So it's something that was machined under size from the factory or something?
Well, think about it too. All that oil that's coming out of that engine and going through
that exhaust is going to that catalytic converter. So yeah, of course the converter is going to be
flagged that it's not doing what it needs to do.
Right. That's their fault. They don't want to fix it.
Wow. Well, how many miles are on the vehicle?
It's less than 100. Okay. So what I would recommend is 86. Okay. And have you made this
aware? I mean, is this the dealer or no? Yeah. All right. Take a turn. That's what they said.
Just cause the catalytic converter is clogged up and they want a $3,000. No.
No. What I would recommend that you do is you get it in and you say, hey, listen,
I want an oil consumption test done. So typically what you go in there and say, hey,
my vehicle is burning oil. I want an oil consumption test done. So what they'll do is
they'll top the oil off. They'll cap the oil cap and the dipstick and they'll tell you to
bring it back in 1,000 miles or whatever their recommendation is. And if it is burning more
oil than what they say is normal, then typically what they'll do is they'll replace the engine. Now,
they're going to fight you on it. But again, I would go in there. Oh, yeah. You call them,
make an appointment and say, listen, I want an oil consumption test done. Period. But the fact that
them trying to sell you a converter is not going to fix your problem. Your problem,
you've got, the engine needs to be rebuilt or replaced.
It's supposed to be a recall where they replace it for free. I don't think they want to do it
because they've had so many. Yeah. So typically, so there isn't a recall, but
I do know that if it does come in, and I'm not advising this, but I do know that if it does
come in locked up, that's where the kind of the extended warranty kicks in and you have coverage.
Now, I'm not advising you to do that. I would get the oil consumption test done,
half proof that you were there saying, hey, listen, this thing is burning oil. I want this test done.
So it protects you. So you've got a little bit of leverage. So if it does lock up or you do have
issues, go, hey, listen, I've been here multiple times for this issue. And now, you know, it just
gives you a little bit more leverage, but it's a known problem. And the only thing they can do is
rebuild or replace that engine. Right. And wouldn't it care? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You're
Listen. And like I said earlier, this is a these key is and Hyundai's and I'm not knocking Hyundai
and Kia. I like Hyundai's and Kia's. I think they're a great car, but they do have oil consumption
issues. I would say you're probably your biggest Audi Hyundai Kia and probably Subaru. Those are
your largest consumers. And they're all they're all great cars, but they all burn oil. And it's
something that we have to have a conversation about and something that people need to be aware of
and be checking it. And again, you can bring any of your vehicles to any of our three locations
and combine just say, hey, can you check my oil? And if it's low, we'll top it off for you. I mean,
it's not worth. I mean, you invest a lot of time and a lot of money into your vehicle. And if you
want to get the life out of it and the most out of it, it's something that you need to do. It's
imperative because these cars are just they're not built, you know, 30 years ago, this wasn't an
issue, right? 30 years ago at 100,000 miles, you got rid of your car. Now, here we are 30 years later.
Yeah, you can get to 300,000 miles out of your car, but it's going to use oil like it's nobody's
business. So it's something that we always have to talk about. And I'm always going to talk about it
because I got, you know, I had a young college girl, you know, our new store across the street
from Xavier University. She lives her parents live in California. She's here on college and she's
like, I'm constantly having to add oil. It's making this engine noise. And, you know, we had to put
pistons in it and timing chains and it's $8,500. And, you know, these parents are like, well, you
know, what are they going to do? Right? Because they're, you know, halfway across the country and
they need their daughter to have transportation at school. And it wasn't anything that she did
wrong. But when she brought it to me, it had a quart of oil in it. That was it. And the damage
that was done to the car was because it was being ran low on oil. Now we fixed it and she's good to go,
but again, had it been checked or, you know, and here's the thing. The thing is, is like a lot of
people don't understand. They don't know that they have this problem. Right? You don't know it. You
just get in the car and it's like, oh, well, again, I purchased a new vehicle not too long ago and
in the first recommendation of repairist at 10,000 miles. I'm sorry. I'm not going 10,000 miles on
an oil change. So sometimes I, you know, I'm not a conspiracy theorist or whatnot, but sometimes I
do feel that we're misled as to how often these cars need to be in and be checked and make sure
that, you know, they're up to par and making sure that we're keeping the oil topped off and the
fluids checked and the brakes done and because I'll be honest with you, the cars were car repairs
are getting very, very expensive and you got to make sure that you protect your investment. I know
it's not necessarily an investment per se because it's going down in value, but if you spend, you
know, 50, 60, $70,000 on a vehicle, I can assure you that everybody wants to get the most out of it
and that's just getting in and getting it in and getting it checked regularly. So
all right. Taking your phone calls and we're going to call 513-749-5500. That number again,
513-749-5500. Coming up, we've got Ted and John. You're listening to the Car Show on 55KRC,
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Taking your car questions, the number to call 5137495500. The phone lines are lighten up. I
really do appreciate it. Do appreciate the phone calls and I want to get to everybody. So let's
go back to the phones. We've got Ted. Hey Ted, welcome to the car show. How can I help?
Can you hear me? Yes, sir. Ted, how are you? I'm good. How are you doing today? I'm all right.
Stayed up too late watching that Mike Tyson fight. You watched the fight? Yeah, okay. I did too.
I didn't think it was much of a fight myself. No, no, it wasn't. I'm talking to my
boss here, Tony Bender. And I was like, man, I stayed up for that. And I was like, geez,
pizza. Yeah. Could you utilize my time better? Oh, yeah. You know, I was getting tired too. And
you know, it kept buffering on me because so many, I guess so many people was watching.
Oh, we were just talking about that. Mine was buffering all night. It was blurry. It was cutting
off. And I'm like, geez, there's no way that many people are watching it. But maybe there
were. Maybe there was. I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. But anyway, how can I help you? I've got a 1998.
It's a Ford Mustang GT. It's got the 4.6 liter in it. It's pretty much stock.
I put, I wanted it louder. So we took the, we took all the Cadillac converters off of it.
It had four of them on there. And I put the Corvette mufflers on it and redone all the exhaust
and everything. Well, it started smoking on me when I take off. And I'm just wondering,
you know, do I need to, the car runs excellent. It's excellent gas mileage. You know, if I stay
out of it, it'll get 25, 26 miles a gallon. But I'm wondering, there's no engine noise or anything.
The timing chains are not slapping or anything. I don't have a
lifter noise, a valve or anything like that clanging. But I'm just, I've got 199,000 miles
on the car. I'm just wondering, do I need a new motor? Should I rebuild that motor?
Should I get a junkyard motor? Should I get a crate motor or what?
So the smoke that you're getting, is it kind of like a white, is it white smoke?
No, I'd say it's kind of old. Kind of a bluish.
Bluish, yeah. Yeah, okay. Yeah, that's better. It's used a little bit of oil. And I just put,
I just changed the oil and this time I went with full synthetic. And I don't know if that helped
it or anything, but I just checked oil. I just checked the oil and it's still full.
But I haven't noticed the smoke issue as much now. Could that have something to do with it? I don't
know. Yeah, I mean typically sometimes a vehicle that's using a little bit of a heavier weight of
oil can reduce that. But to go back to your question, as far as new or used, I would do one
of two things. I mean, what are you looking for? Is the car, is the rest of the car, is it in great
shape? And it, I mean, is the garage capped or is it a daily drive? I only drive it in the summertime.
Okay, all right. I'm getting ready to throw the cover on. I've got $11,000 invested in this car.
That's a convertible. I put a new top on it. I've had the interior completely redone. It needs
a paint job, but it's the only thing it needs right now. All right. You know, it's got to rid of
no paint. The paint's starting to flake off of it. But I keep it, you know, in the winter time,
I keep it covered up. So, and I put a battery center on it to keep the battery charged up.
Yeah. So, I mean, I think two options. Don't put a used one in it. Option number one,
to keep the value of the vehicle, you know, a lot of times people when they go to resell something
like this, not saying you're going to sell it, basically to keep it authentic as you possibly
can and to get the most value out of it, probably what's best is to have the engine rebuilt by,
you know, a good machine shop, which I have one. Option number two is if you're going to do it,
kind of go big or go home. If you're going to put a crate engine in it, I'd put a bigger motor in it.
You know, do a, you know, a coyote or, you know, do something kind of big, which would increase
the value of it too. But it all depends on what you want and what your thoughts are for the future.
If you want to keep the car, you know, forever,
I'm, I'm not, you know, yeah, I get, I get on it every once in a while, you know, but
my, my plan is when I'm 71 years old, so my, my plan is I'm going to give it to my grandson,
you know, when I pass away, he can have the car. So, and he's a mechanic and
he knew I made me have his own plans is what he wants to do with the car.
Yeah. Well, well, here's, well, think about, well, think about this then. Why don't you
make it a pro, if he's a mechanic, you, you and him make it a project of yourselves and you two
figure out work together on it. And I think that'd be, that'd be more memorable sitting there,
you and him working on it, replacing that engine and replacing maybe what he wants for instead of
you doing something. Well, he, he wants to do a lot of stuff that I don't want to do.
You know, turbochargers and stuff like that, you know, I'm, I'm just, I'm, I'm really into keeping it
original, you know, pretty much original. Yeah. Yeah. Just having it rebuilt then.
But I mean, it's, you know, when I'm dead and buried, he can do whatever he wants to do with it,
you know, I'm just not into that, you know, you want to keep it, you want to keep it stock and
just keep it simple, right? Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, he's, he's, and he's, uh, he's got a
Volkswagen getter, you know, he's in the, he's into them kind of cars. And I said, do you really,
do you really want this much thing? Cause if you do, you know, I'll just, I'll just leave it to you.
He said, yeah, I want it. I said, well, okay. I said, you'll, you'll get it when I pass away there.
So, yeah, but I just didn't know, you know, I wanted to keep the car in, you know,
somebody else told me put a crate motor in. I said, well, yeah, I can do that. But then, you know,
it takes away from the originality of it, because it won't be original. You know, the numbers won't
match up. Correct. Yeah. And that's why I said your, I think your first option, I think,
I think, you know, kind of, I agree with you. You want to keep it simple. You want to keep it
authentic. You want to keep it original to the vehicle is I'd get it to a machine, I'd get it to
a, uh, have the engine just rebuilt. I mean, yes, it's going to have to come out. It's going to
have to get rebuilt, but everything would be original to the car. And I think that's what's
going to keep it's the, the, the most value of that vehicle is by having it rebuilt.
Okay. I got it. Yeah. That's, that's pretty much what I was thinking. Yeah. Yeah. I've got a great guy.
The car, the car, I mean, I just, the car runs so good, you know, I mean, I just
like to pull it out there and just start, start doing stuff. Yeah. When actually,
I mean, all the only thing it is doing is it uses a little bit of oil, but, you know, I can live with
that. Right. Exactly. If you know that and you're checking it, there's nothing wrong with the,
just add some oil. I mean, you know, I try to, I try to harp on all, on my listeners about
checking your oil because nobody knows, a lot of people don't know that their car is using
the oil and then they run it out of oil and then they do damage to the vehicle to destroy the car.
If you know about it and you're checking it regularly, I don't have a single problem with
you just topping it off. I don't have a single problem with that. I drive it the way it is.
I know. Yeah. My, my, my daughter, you know, you know, and I'm a professional truck driver.
So, you know, I'm checking the oil all the time on my truck and we get guys in there that don't
even know how to check the oil. They don't even know what a dipstick is. Now, can you believe that?
Sadly, yes. Sadly, yes.
One guy, I said, well, I used to train drivers and one guy told me,
well, I said, you got to check your oil in your vehicle, you know,
because we're running all these miles on these trucks, you got to check the oil regularly.
Well, I don't know how to do that. I said, well, how do you, how do you check the oil in your car?
He says, I don't, until the oil light comes on.
I know. When the oil light comes on, it's too late. I know.
I know. But I mean, that's the mentality of these people nowadays.
I know. And that's why, you know, yes, I'm in the business of fixed cars, but I'm also in the
business to try to help people get the boast life out of their vehicles. And, you know,
the simplest and easiest thing that you can do is check the oil on these cars. You got to check
the oil. Everybody always says, well, my car says it's not due and my dealership says I don't need
to change until 10,000 or my manual. I was saying earlier in the show, I bought a newer vehicle
this year and it's 10,000 miles before it needs an oil change. No, it ain't happening. It's not
happening. Exactly. You know, in 2000, I've had him tell me, I've had him tell me the same thing,
or you can go five, six, seven thousand miles on an oil change. I changed my oil at 3000 miles.
That's what that's the way I was taught to do it. That's the way I do it. And I'm faithful about it.
Three thousand miles, I don't like to go with three thousand miles. I have gone, you know,
four thousand, but no more. Yeah. I mean, the oils, the oils that are out there today,
a lot better than they were. Correct. But they're not that good enough that they can go 10,000
miles. I mean, unless you want to buy a car at 100,000 miles because it's a ragged out because,
you know, but man, if you want, it's just one of those things that gets under my skin. It's just
so many people are misled and there's just so much confusion behind when you should change it.
Don't worry about what the car says. Don't worry about what your dealer says. Don't worry about
what the manual says. Look at that little sticker up in your window. Every five thousand miles, I
don't care what grade of oil you have every five thousand miles. I do it on all of my vehicles,
all of them. And it's, you know, and, you know, my wife just got, my wife gets 200,000 miles out
of her cars typically and then we buy her a new one, right? Yeah. And all of the cars when I sell
them, they all still run for, you know, I don't obviously don't know exactly how long, but I sell
all my vehicles. I just sold one this week. Like I sell all my vehicles and people get many, many
years out of them because I just do the simple basics and the simple maintenance of just, you
know, three Mercury Comet that has inline six in it. But that thing was an oil guzzard, man. It
would, and it got, it used to be much old. I just, I would just drive it. But that was when you had
everything. You had the cast iron head on it and everything, you know, it would take the heat.
And when the thing started rattling, that's when I knew it needed oil.
Well, yeah. Hey, Ted, I got over 100,000 miles on it when I got rid of it. It's still running.
Yeah. Well, hey, say, I'm sorry to cut you off. I got to get, take a break here, but I really do
appreciate the phone call. Taking your phone calls. Coming up, we've got John and Ben. You're
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Thank you for listening to the car show. I'm Dane Donovan, taking all of your car questions
and number to call 513-749-5500. However, we are running out of time, so I want to get to these.
John and Ben have been patiently waiting. I do appreciate it. John, welcome to the car show.
How can I help? Hey, Dane, just a quick question. You were talking about gas and premium fuel,
and my understanding was premium would add more of the pre-detonation compound.
So if you have an engine with a high compression ratio and you start putting in lower octane fuel,
you're going to get pre-detonation, where if you put premium fuel into a vehicle that doesn't
have a higher compression ratio engine, you're fine. So, you know, premium will always work,
but isn't a lower octane risking a higher compression ratio engine? Because I used to have a Dodge
Stealth, and that was you could not put anything other than premium in that car, otherwise you
could really screw the engine up. So I was just wondering what your thoughts were on that.
I mean, you're right. And like I led to too, it's like I put premium in all my cars. I always do,
but I constantly have the argument that everybody always, you know, I would probably say this,
there's no proof this, but I bet you, I don't know, 90, 95% of my customer base or my customers
or people that I know put in the absolute cheapest thing. And yeah, I think, do you,
you know, does it? I think the other thing that we have today, we've got the computers that are
monitoring the parameters coming out of the engine, you know, so they can sense the knock
sensor, get an input from the knock sensor and then adjust the timing to compensate for it.
Yeah. So, you know, you've got that advantage, but still, you know, the engine wasn't designed
for the lower octane fuel, even though we have a run on it. Correct. I understand. Yeah. I agree
with you, you know, but I'm just, from my perspective on the, on the backside of it is, look,
my, I've never seen or ever, ever been able to prove that somebody's car that came into me was
damaged due to the fact that they've used cheaper gas. I've just never seen any proof that. Again,
I use premium and all everything that I have and I would have recommended same as I would
as a high synthetic. I mean, can you, if your car calls for a 5W20 is a full synthetic better than a
synthetic blend? I'm like, well, sure. I mean, full synthetic is going to be better for you, but
if you put the synthetic blend in, is it really going to do damage to the vehicle? I, I, I can't
prove that. I've never been able to prove that, but yeah. But yeah. How would you prove, yeah,
how would you prove the lower octane fuel caused engine damage anyway? Yeah. You'd be able to do
it. No. And that's just kind of why I don't want to always, you know, I would always defer and
recommend people go with what the manufacturer recommends, right? If your car calls for premium,
I would put premium in it. I mean, I do, but again, if you deviate from that and you put a
lower octane, are you doing damage per se to the engine? No, I can't prove that. Maybe. Probably
not as long as it's a computer controlled engine, but if you go back in time before the computer
manages it, then yeah, yeah, yeah, you're probably right. I mean, I think with the sophistication
of the, the computers and whatnot and how they run today, I think you're at an advantage.
If we go back 50 years ago, I mean, you know, probably yes. You know, so I agree with you.
I just want the customer or the, you know, the listeners to know that, listen, if you put lower
octane in, is it really going to damage your car? I can't probably not. I can't prove that.
If it's a newer, a newer, you know, model car, yeah, you're probably fine. You're probably fine.
But okay. Well, I know you got, you got one more guy in line here. All right. Thanks, John. I
appreciate it. Have a great day. All right. Let's go to the phone. Hey, Ben, Ben real quick. I'm so
sorry, man. I'm running out of time, but I want to get to you. How can I help? Okay. Thanks for
having the show. You do a good public service. Thank you, sir.
I've got a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.3. It's a lot of style to work truck, whatever. Anyway,
it's got a hundred and maybe 120 on it. I changed it. Hey, Ben, can I put you on a brief hold and
I got to go. I'm going to put you on a hold and then I'll answer, I'll answer your question here
in just a second. I really do appreciate you holding. I got to go. I really do appreciate
everybody's questions. Please I'll be back next week to answer all of your car questions. Everybody
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About this episode
Dane Donovan dives into essential winter car preparation, emphasizing the importance of checking batteries, fluids, and tires as the cold season approaches. He addresses listener questions about engine issues, oil consumption, and paint repairs, providing practical advice and insights from his extensive experience in auto repair. The episode features engaging discussions on maintaining vehicle longevity and the significance of regular oil changes, while also touching on the impact of fuel types on engine performance. Listeners gain valuable knowledge on how to keep their cars in top shape during winter.
