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The Car Show with Dane Donovan - 8/30/2025
The Car Show with Dane Donovan - 8/30/2025
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About this episode
Dane Donovan tackles a variety of car-related questions from listeners, offering practical advice on issues ranging from coolant leaks in classic cars to ABS sensor problems in modern vehicles. He emphasizes the importance of proper maintenance and troubleshooting techniques, including checking spark plugs, ignition wires, and using products like Blue Devil for temporary fixes. The episode also highlights the significance of community support for local auto shops and the personal connections formed with customers over the years. Dane's approachable style makes car care accessible to everyone.
Topics:
coolant leaks
ABS sensors
spark plugs
ignition wires
head gasket issues
Blue Devil product
customer service
auto maintenance
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Good afternoon and welcome to the car show on 55 KRC.
I am Dane Donovan taking all of your car questions.
The number to call 513-749-5500, that number again, 513-749-5500, that is my favorite intro.
Just I don't know.
It gets me going.
It's a perfect intro.
I love it.
So all right.
It's a beautiful Saturday afternoon and I'm here to answer your car questions.
So again, if it's a maintenance question, if it's an oil change question, if it's
a, you know, you've got, everybody's got car problems, right?
Even on these newer cars, even these cars that are two or three years old, you've got questions.
So that's what I'm here for again, here every Saturday from one to two to take your
car questions.
I'm again, Dane Donovan from Donovan's Auto and Tire Center and love to hear from
you.
Phone lines are wide open.
Again, I'm going to get out the phone number is 513-749-5500, that number again, 513-749-5500,
again, it's a gorgeous Saturday afternoon.
So after, after I leave here, I have to immediately, I literally have to run out of the building,
pick up my son and he's got a baseball game.
So he's in a, a wooden bat tournaments this weekend.
So you think three days off your, oh man, we'll be in great shape.
We'll get some stuff done around the house.
Now, last night was a baseball game this afternoon's a baseball game.
Tomorrow's a baseball game and it's got to, he's got to, he's got to try to fit in.
Well, he's supposed to serve at church and have a game, but we don't know when this
game will be.
So it's the, I might, I might not have anything to do on Monday.
So we'll see.
But, but again, it's Memorial Day weekend and want to shout out to all those who
paid the ultimate sacrifice for this country.
I appreciate everybody that's in all military police, first responders.
And but again, it's, it's about Memorial Day weekend and those who, again, who've made
the ultimate sacrifice.
So I want to send, you know, just really do appreciate what people do for this country
and keeping us safe and protecting us.
So, but again, the number to call 513-749-5500.
It was a little, a little steamy this week and, believe it or not, so then my new location
that I purchased in Norwood at the corner of Montgomery Road in Dana, it was formerly
called Auto Foreign.
And so it's, it's still auto foreign.
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So it's Donovan's auto foreign, man, again, what a great customer base, what a phenomenal
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And like I said, the owner was just looking to retire.
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the decision and being able to, I can't tell you how many people have, you know, have come
in auto foreign customers and just said, hey, thank you for being here.
Thank you for opening back up and being able to serve our vehicle, service our vehicles.
We really do appreciate it.
And, you know, that really means a lot to me, you know, whether it's a Donovan tire customer
or a new auto foreign customer, the fact that these, you know, a lot of people are like,
hey, I've been coming here for 20, 10, 15 years and I just wouldn't, I wouldn't know
what to do if you guys were permanently closed.
So I had a young lady yesterday just said, hey, thank you for opening this place
back up.
And, you know, that means a lot to me.
I do enjoy, again, I've said it multiple times.
I do enjoy what I do and I want to continue to grow and expand and, and, and again, service
people's vehicles.
I mean, that's all I know what to do.
That's all I, that's all I've wanted to do and it's important to me and, and so great
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So really, really do enjoy it.
So all right.
Again, the number to call 513-749-5500.
Let's go to John.
Hey, John, welcome to the car show.
How can I help?
Well, yeah, thank you for taking my call.
No problem.
I've got a, I've got an older Jaguar.
It has classic insurance and I take care of it.
It's totally pristine, no rust, garage kept all its life.
76,000 miles on, I'm going to do a lot of the work out of myself to light work and
I'm losing coolant and it's not in my oil.
It's not leaking.
I mean, I've looked at it several times after a hot drive and it's not coming out and I don't
see anything coming out the tailpipe, but it's, it's obviously not in the oil, which is relatively
good news.
But could it be it's going into, into the cylinders and going out the back?
That's all I can think of.
Yeah.
That's initially what I'm thinking too.
So let me ask you something.
When you say it's using coolant, I mean, how often are you adding coolant?
Every time I drive now, and I don't hit it hard, I'm very careful with the 4.0 engine.
It's a beautiful car, beautiful engine, but it turns out that I know I put in, every time
I drive about, about a quart, maybe half a quart.
So it is going somewhere, usually it's pretty stationed and it doesn't get hot.
It's right at the normal range, slightly cooler, where it's supposed to be.
And then the other thing I'm thinking, well, because of its age and everything what I have,
is there a trustworthy fluid to put in the cooling system that you bet any, you know,
I hate to clock anything up.
Right.
You hear all these nightmares about an additive to put in.
Yeah.
How long, John, how long has this problem been going on?
About a year, because I don't drive as much.
I put about 2,000, 3,000 miles on a year or less.
And so I've had it several years.
I bought it at about 52,000.
It's about 76 now.
OK, so you're driving at about 2,000 or 3,000 miles a year and it's been going on
for about a year, you said?
That's correct.
OK.
And you don't see anything on the driveway or nothing?
Nothing.
Have you had a mechanic just inspected or do a pressure test or get it up in the air?
Have you had anybody look at it?
Yeah, we had a pressure test.
He left it out overnight and he said, I don't know where it's coming from,
but he said it's probably coming out the exhaust pipe, but just a little bit.
And so, you know, just be careful with it.
I don't want to die.
I can't take it on any trips.
Right. You don't know what's going on.
I'm wondering, is there any attitude I could put in?
Otherwise, it's pulling the top off, but I don't want to do that.
That's just running the series dollars.
Yeah. So I mean, gathering what you're telling me and you don't see anything
leaking and it's it's using a quarter, half a quart of coolant.
I would probably would tend to agree with your mechanic and that it's
probably going out the tailpipe.
There's probably a crack in the head and one of the cylinder heads
or a head gasket issue where a little bit of coolant is getting through there,
going in the cylinder and a lot of a lot of times, I mean, you think about
if you drive it a small distance, but it's using coolant.
A lot of people will tend to think that, yeah, you're going to see all this
smoke and there's going to be signs of it.
And that's not always necessarily the case.
Right.
And you said it's never it's never overheating.
It's never overheated or anything.
Never, never, never.
Okay.
And it's no rust underneath anywhere.
It's pristine and the insurance company gave me classic insurance.
They came out, we had to take all kinds of photos and it's got up.
It's got a stated price on it for replacement, you know, so it looks like a new car.
But, you know, it could be any of the things to mention.
And so is there any reliable, any reliable additive to put in there?
So the, yeah, so great question.
So the only thing that I would recommend, there's a, there's a, there's a product
out there, it's called Blue Devil.
Okay.
And it's typically, Blue Devil is typically a head gasket repair.
We have had success with it for those people who just don't want to do the
repair and I get it.
I haven't seen it clog up radiators or, or, you know, evaporators
or anything like that.
And then it's, it's something that you can do at home and just basically, you'll
have to read the instructions, but basically you got to get the car up to
normal operating temperature, right?
And then, you know, remove the amount of coolant that you need in order
to add the Blue Devil.
And then you let this, you know, you let the vehicle run.
And we've had success with it.
I've had other customers that have used it, that have had success with it.
And I've not heard of anybody saying that the radiator or the evaporator,
the heater core, I said evaporator earlier, I'm sorry, heater core.
A lot of times some of these products will clog up these systems, but I've
not seen that.
Right.
That's what I'm worried about.
Yeah.
So when you do this, do you, do you put it in?
Do you put the radiator cap back on?
Let it ride home?
Can you drive it, right?
Yeah.
Um, so typically I, it's been a while since I've used it, but I think
you get the car, you, um, remove.
It'll tell you as far as what the, you know, how much coolant your system
holds on, it tells you exactly how much you need to add.
So you need to remove that coolant, add the product, get it up to normal
operating temperature where the fans are kicking on or whatnot.
The instructions are on the bottle, but the only product that I know of
that I've seen work and not cause any type of coolant issues as
far as the radiator or the heater core is, um, the Blue Devil.
And you can find it pretty much at any, you know, uh, shops.
Do you, do you then drain the cooling system and put fresh
coolage in after that or just leave it?
I think you just leave it.
I don't think you drain the whole coolant system.
I just think you remove the amount of coolant that you need
in order to add the Blue Devil and then you just keep it in there.
But again, it's, it's, it's on the back of the bottle.
It will, it'll walk you through the whole process and it's
pretty, like I said, you could do it at home in your driveway.
Oh, sure.
Yeah.
That's good advice.
And do you, do you turn off the, make sure the heater, the
heater itself is closed or no, typically, no, typically, you
want the heat on high so that the system so that it's just
circulates even through the heater core.
Correct.
Yes, sir.
Yeah.
Well, thank you very much.
I appreciate your advice.
And I really love your show.
All right, John.
Thank you.
All right, thanks.
All right.
Take care.
Bye bye.
He was calling from Chicago, Illinois.
So, all right.
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The number to call 513-749-5500.
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morning, 55 KRC, the talk station.
Taking your car questions is the
number to call.
513-749-5500 phone lines are wide open.
Love to hear from you.
So earlier there was, I got to
turn this fan off.
Sorry.
It's hot in here, and I turned that
fan on and I forget to turn it off.
Earlier there was a young lady that
called.
She dropped off.
Her name is Kristen, but she was
calling.
Wanted to know how to properly
dispose of coolant, which I thought
was a great question.
Most repair shops, all of our
Donovan tire locations, you can, if
you have obviously you've got it in
a bottle or something.
But if you just bring it to any of
any Donovan tire locations, and again,
most repair shops would be able to,
you could just bring it to them and
they can recycle it for you.
So we use a company that, you know,
recycles that coolant and properly
disposes of it.
So again, any of our Donovan
tire locations, my new store,
auto foreign and at Montgomery of the
corner of Montgomery Dana or Ridge
or Blue Ash, you can bring that
coolant to us and we'll dispose of it
properly.
So and
there is a lot of times you'll see
on on your receipt and environmental
fee and that's to cover properly
disposing of oil and coolant and all
the other chemicals.
And sometimes people have questions
about that, want to know why
that why they're being charged
that and that's because we want to
make sure that we're properly
getting rid of these chemicals.
And again, you should never ever
dump it in a sink or in a drain
or anything like that.
Again, most repair shops would be
able to take care of it.
I could tell you that all of my
locations would be able to handle
that and dispose of it properly
because that's that's important.
And again, the company that we use
for our coolant is actually they
supply our coolant, they recycle it
and then we basically reuse it now
to an extent.
I mean, not all of it, but you
know, it's a way to make
sure that we're doing the right
thing and environmentally taking
you know, taking care of the
environment at the same time
and not just dumping.
So again, you should never ever
dump coolant or oil or any type
of chemical products, power
steering fluid, brake fluid, nothing.
You could bring it to any repair
shop and then we'll be able to
properly dispose of it.
And again, any of our
down of entire locations, you can
bring this product.
We don't charge you anything.
You don't need to call in advance.
You just bring it down and say,
hey, I've got these, you know,
a lot of times that people are
cleaning out their garage or they
buy a new house or whatever.
And, you know, I've got all this
old oil or power steering fluid
or whatnot and we'll take it for
free because the other thing
that we do to not with coolant,
but with your oil, your power
steering fluid, your transmission
fluid, those fluids, we have a
furnace.
OK, most some, well, I would
think that a lot of repair shops
have them, but there is a
furnace out there.
It's called a clean burn.
And basically what we do is how
we heat the building in the
winter is we use those products
to heat the building.
So they are there.
It's a wonderful way to dispose
of the product.
And that's how we heat the
building is by using old fluids
like that.
So it's a really great system
environmentally safe and clean
burn is there's a lot of shops
that heat their building this
way. And it's a great
alternative to, you know, natural
gas and whatnot.
So again, you can bring any of
your products, any of your used
car products, you can bring them
to Donovan's and we'll dispose
of them properly.
So I thought that was a great
question.
She just she dropped off.
She may may not have been
able to wait.
So all right, let's go back
to the phones.
We've got Keegan.
Hey, Keegan, welcome to the
car show.
How can I help?
Hey, thanks for taking my
call.
Not a problem.
Yeah, I've been for over
a year now trying to track
down this mystery problem
with my car.
I got a 2007
Infiniti G35 sedan.
Love the car.
I've got about 250,000 miles
on it.
I'm trying to get it to over
300.
I think she can do it.
Yeah.
But I've got this sporadic
thing.
So I got a check engine
light and it threw a code
and the code was P0174,
which is a lean on bank
too.
On bank too, yeah.
Yeah.
And one of the the mechanics
that I took it to said, oh,
you need a new oxygen sensor.
So I was like, OK, so I
replaced it.
I did all OEM.
I replaced the upstream
sensor.
I haven't done the downstream,
but it's still still
thrown this code.
So I'm I also discovered
an oil leak at the same time.
Realized that my valve cover
was leaking oil and I had oil
in one of the coil packs
surrounding the spark filling
the tube inside the spark plug.
Yep.
And so I pulled that off,
cleaned it all out.
I did all new coil packs,
all new spark plugs.
I also changed out the throttle
bodies.
I got new throttle bodies
and it's still thrown this code.
It'll obviously like during
the closed loop session of the
after I reset the ECU,
it'll run fine
and then all of a sudden
go down the highway, boom,
check engine light
and it's run like crap again.
And it's running almost
like it's misfiring.
And I'm I I mean,
I've checked the the wiring
harness, thinking that it's a
short there.
I've done so much of this.
And I don't know where to go
with that.
All right, well,
so typically.
What about so I would I
would tell you so, you know,
you've got, you know,
you've got oxygen sensors
that are before the cats
and after the cats, right?
So and what they do is
you know, that cattle, the the
Matt or Jesus, Pete,
the oxygen sensor will
will test the exhaust
to find out if there's too much fuel
in it. If there is, it goes into
the catalytic converter
where it burns off in there.
And in the second oxygen sensor,
we'll then test it again.
So if that back O2 sensor
is getting lazy,
that could set your code as well.
Because it's on one bank,
my next step for you
would tell you probably to replace
that rear O2 sensor on bank.
You said bank is one seventy four
bank two, right?
Yeah. And and the other thing, too,
is which I have that on order.
So that's the next, you know,
hundred bucks that I'm throwing it.
Thanks.
It's also throwing a code of like a
you one thousand or whatever,
saying like there's a can bus
miscommunication.
And I don't know if those two
are related or not.
Now, can bus is going to
that's going to be part of your
all of your module.
So all of the modules in the car,
there's it's called a can bus system,
which basically each module
needs to be looped together
and talking to one another, right?
So that's that's part of the mod.
I mean, you know, you could
have a software issue or what not.
But typically, I mean,
if you've got a can bus issue that would
shouldn't be related
to why you're getting these
why you're getting these this this one seventy four code.
The other thing I would tell you to do
is I know on these infinities
does it have two air filters
or just one?
Some of them have two.
I changed the air filter.
I changed the math air flow sensors out.
OK, so you did change out the mass air flow sensors.
Yeah, OK.
Did you use OEM or what what what what line?
What yeah, OK.
Like did you use like Denso or?
I can't remember.
I bought it on Rockado.
I just went off the thing that was OEM.
But yeah, off my half.
Sure. OK, all right.
So I yeah, if you've done the mass air flow sensors,
you've done the air filters,
you've done the front two sensor.
I would probably my next step,
your next step, like you said,
you've got to order would be the rear two sensor.
You there?
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
All right, sorry.
I could hear the air in the background and it just stopped.
So yeah, your next step is to do to do the
that rear two sensor, because again,
it tests that that exhaust before it goes into the converter
and then it tested after the converter.
Now there's a potential that the converter
is not burning off the fuel like it's supposed to,
which again, if if you replace that rear one
and you're still getting the code might be a converter issue, too.
That's what I was going to be my next question
if there's a danger that the I guess the rich,
the rich environment might have found one of the cats.
Yeah, well, no, I mean, one seventy four is a lean code.
Or lean, I'm sorry.
Yeah, yeah, I mean, if it was rich, then it could have.
But with it being lean, it's just basically,
you know, too much air, not enough.
It's too much air, not enough fuel, basically, right?
So but if it was the opposite,
you have too much fuel, then yeah, it'd be running rich.
But no, it could be a converter.
It could be a converter issue.
But I think before you go down that route down that rabbit hole,
which could be extremely expensive, is I'd I'd I'd put that rear two in it
and then call me back.
Let me know if that took care of it for you.
OK, but I think that's I certainly think that's your next step.
You're you're on it.
You're on it.
You've done the mass airflow sensors.
You've done that front two sensor.
And again, it's only on one side.
So which the next thing that you need to do is that rear, that rear O2.
And I should take care of it.
If not, you call me back and we'll we'll we'll go we'll get after it.
All right, I appreciate it, man.
All right, thank you.
Take care. Bye bye.
All right, again, taking your phone calls.
The number to call 513-749-5500.
That number again, 513-749-5500.
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And oh, man, we've we've had some great questions.
So let's go back to the phones.
We've got Jim.
Hey, Jim, welcome to the car show.
How can I help?
Hi, thanks.
I've got a 2000 GMC Safari.
I've come a few months ago.
I went out to start it and it just cranked over until the battery went dead.
So I checked in to try to figure out what that was because I thought it was either
no spark or no fuel.
I pulled the hump off and I checked the fuel pressure and I had great, great fuel pressure.
So it must be a spark.
And I started looking, looking around.
I ended up at that time changing out the crank position sensor.
And and I checked the wires.
I did all that first.
I checked.
I checked to see if I was getting spark into the into the distributor and from the
distributor and that seemed to be checking out.
OK, so I ended up changing out this this sensor and it started up after that.
And it ran for a few weeks.
It was it was good and then it started doing it again.
What I what I figured, well, I went into it after that as well.
And it that that particular car, I don't know, you've probably worked on them,
but they are just a monster to try to work on.
Yeah.
And I I got a couple of the spark plugs out.
Check those out.
And they look great.
They were fine.
I had those iridium spark plugs and they looked almost brand new.
So I don't think it's the spark plugs.
I also changed out the distributor cap in the in the rotor.
So you OK.
So you did the rotor button in the distributor cap.
Yes. OK.
And and now and then again, it was running for good for a while.
And then it started doing it again.
I even had it out this morning.
It it runs real rough a lot of times.
And and then as it warms up, it gets better.
And then and then finally, after it's all warmed up and everything, it's running normally.
I still think it's it's something to do with with the spark or.
Yeah, because you said you're getting you're getting good fuel.
I mean, did you use a gauge to check the fuel pressure?
Yeah, I used the gauge.
OK. And it was right in spec.
OK. And you said you did the crank positioning sensor as well.
Yes. All right.
So spark plugs look great.
Cap and rotor button have been replaced.
Fuel's good and you've got a new crank positioning sensor.
The crank positioning sensor.
What do you you may not have even had access to it.
But was it an aftermarket part?
No, it was it was a AC Delco GM.
It was a GM part. OK. All right.
Good. Good for you. Good job.
All right. And then the the cap and rotor.
Cap and rotor after market after market. OK.
And with it running bad.
When it won't start, you said you are still good.
I mean, are you pulling?
How are you checking spark?
Are you pulling that spark plug wire out and using a how are you checking spark?
Yeah, basically pulling the spark plug wire and just checking the arc.
Yeah, ground and about spark there.
OK.
Another thing I noticed, though, was it happens more.
It happens almost all the time when it does happen during wet weather or.
Wet, humid weather.
If it rained the night before chances are go out there and if it starts,
it'll you know, run real rough.
That's when it runs rough, but usually if I go out there like like now, you know,
it's dry, it's been dry for at least several hours and it's hot out.
It'll start right up. OK.
Well, how how old are the ignition wires?
I don't know that they've ever been changed out. OK.
So a lot of times it's a 2,000 and it's got two hundred and sixty eight
thousand miles and you don't think they've ever been replaced?
I don't I don't I bought the car one at sixty thousand and I can't remember
every place in the spark plug wire.
All right.
So what I want you to do next, if this is the case, we want to start with
the basics, the fact that you tell me it's it is you're all over it.
I mean, you're you're you're on it.
You're you're making the right choices.
You're buying the right parts.
You're doing the right thing.
I think it is either.
I would start with and it would be something that you could do is
the wires. OK. Here's why.
The wires will break down. OK.
And if there's moisture in the air, that why, you know,
those wires are going to arc onto the block.
They're going to arc to anything.
They're going to take the path of least resistance.
Right. So they're going to arc onto the block.
They're going to arc.
So I want you to replace the spark plug wires next.
OK. That should be very inexpensive.
I would get a good spark plug wire get an AC delco if you can. OK.
Another thing that you can try to do is when you get it started
and it's running while it's running, get a get a spray bottle full of water.
OK. And I want you to I want you to spray those wires
spraying while the car is running.
And I want you to pay attention to notice whether or not that car starts
misfiring or running bad after you spray those wires, because again,
you start wetting stuff down again, it's going to take the path of least resistance
and it's going to go to the next and it's not going to, you know,
those wires are that sparks not going to make it to the plug.
It's going to go to again to any close, you know, piece of metal.
Right. So a lot of times when we would in those older cars, you know,
because now all the cars nowadays, they all have coils, right?
But, you know, we're going back to distributors or whatnot.
So get that thing running and I want you to again, just spray it.
You don't have to, you know, hose it down.
I just, you know, a light mist on all the wires and just see if it starts
running bad or you notice a misfire if that's the case.
And OK, now our next step is let's replace the wires.
OK.
If you're still experiencing an issue, I would probably your next step
will probably be replacing the distributor itself.
OK.
That would be my next step.
But again, the wires that get things started, get it running.
And again, light little mist on those wires and see if it starts running bad.
If that's if it does, we got a wire issue, go to the store,
replace the wires and see if it changes.
If it's still the same,
I want you to go ahead and replace the distributor if you can find one.
That's going to be the other problem that you're going to maybe run it.
I mean, you might you should be able to find one.
Probably not an AC Delco, but like a remanufactured or
you could find a new one, but by a good quality part, if you do the distributor.
So but try that next.
You need to do the wires, spray them down, see if it runs bad.
If it does great, we're on the right track.
Let's replace the wires.
If not, you still have the same symptoms.
Then I would go to the distributor next.
OK, let me ask you one other thing about that.
Is is it possible that that could be caused by something from the intake manifold
or the where the air goes into the engine?
Are there some sensors in there somewhere that?
I mean, you could have it.
You could have an intake manifold issue,
but it's usually going to be present all the time, not in wet conditions.
Yeah.
You could take like like an intake cleaner or some type of like throttle body cleaner
or whatnot, if it's running, you could spray the intake and just see if
it's sucking in sucking in that air.
I mean, it could be an intake manifold gasket.
But when you told me like, hey, almost almost doesn't start every time it
rains and there's moisture in the air, 10 I lean more towards, you know,
an ignition issue, not, you know, intake manifold is because the intake manifold
is just going to it's going to run.
It's going to run bad when it's when the car is cold.
So if it's, you know, 30 degrees outside, that thing's not going to run at all.
Where if it's, you know, wet, that really shouldn't have an effect on it.
But it could, I mean, you know, but I think it's an ignition issue.
I really do.
OK.
Because once you said it almost every time when it's wet or rain the night before
it won't start, leads me to believe you've got an ignition issue.
So I think wires is your next step, especially as many miles that are on it.
Do that.
And like I said, if it if if it's still the same symptom, then
go to the distributor.
OK. All right.
Sounds good. Great, Jim.
Thank you. I appreciate it. Have a great weekend.
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All right, let's get back to the phones.
We are running out of time here, so we're going to go to more and more.
Hey, welcome to the car show. How can I help? Did I say that right?
That's close enough. Thank you very much for taking my call.
Well, thanks for holding on. I really do appreciate it. How can I help?
2012 Chevrolet Impala.
I get the anti-lock brake system.
I've got the codes.
One code is left front wheel speed sensor circuit.
Left front wheel speed sensor circuit signal erratic.
I've replaced three left front wheel bearings.
And every time it continues, I think it's engaging the anti-lock.
Do you feel it when you're applying the brake? Do you feel that the ABS?
You do not. But if you when you stop the vehicle,
and go to accelerate, something locks.
I think it's the anti-lock engages.
Not all the time.
Yeah, I mean, well, the analog is only going to engage when you're
applying the brake, not when you're accelerating.
Is there any is there any other lights on or just the ABS?
ABS, no traction control.
Sometimes that comes on.
It comes on with different traction control and the brake assist.
It stays a lot of track.
OK, all right.
And you for you said you saw most GM's, it's a 2012 Chevy Impala.
Correct.
Yes, most GM's, I'm assuming most GM's have that the sensor is built
into the wheel hub assembly.
Is that correct?
Yes, sir. OK.
So that eliminates what's called an excitering in the sensor.
If you had those done.
Probably and it's not going to be something that probably you're
going to be able to do, but there could be I know on those
Chevy Impala's and whatnot that the wires would break.
Inside the harness, which it would be very difficult to try to
find that.
So what you would need to do is own out the sensor and figure
out if, you know, there's a break in the wire.
I do know GM.
I'd have to see the car, but I do know that GM for years
would run that ABS wire like at the control arm.
And when that control arm is moving up and down, those
wires would break inside the harness.
It could break.
Inside the harness, it could be an actual ABS module issue as
well. So I think the next step would be to you need to own out
the sensor.
Again, you might not be able to do that.
You need to own out the sensor and find out if the sensor
is good and then find out if there's a break in any of the
wires going to the module.
And if it's still and if that all checks out, then most
likely it could be a bad module or bad ABS computer.
But you're going to probably need to get that to a mechanic
that has the proper software to do that.
Is the computer an expensive part?
Yes, sir. Yeah, it's built into the ABS pump.
So with with the age of it, it's probably going to be hard
to find it, even if it is available.
But I mean, those modules sometimes can be anywhere
between 800 to, you know,
$1,200 just for the part.
So what else can I tell you that I haven't that you think
might be beneficial or have you pretty well covered it?
I pretty well covered it.
I mean, so you've got you if you've replaced three sensors,
three of those bearings and your problem is still there,
then there's either a broken wire somewhere.
And that's why it's saying it's erratic because again,
it's getting a signal, not getting a signal, getting a
signal, not getting a signal, which I again would think
that we need to we need to, you know, test the wiring
and make sure that there's not a break in any of the wires.
And other than that, it's it's a module issue.
Plain and simple.
I guess it's it's pretty.
It's a pretty simple concept that you got the sensor,
which again, you've done three times still getting the same code.
So there's either a break in the wires or the module itself
is is shorted out.
And that's what's causing it.
And it's other than that, there's nothing much more
than you can check.
OK, I think you're first.
Yeah, you know, I'm sorry, it's not I'm I wish I could help you out a little bit more.
I mean, you're more than welcome to bring it to it.
It says here you live in Harrison.
I know that's not, you know, that's not close to me,
but I'd be more than happy to hook it up to the scanner
and try to help you out there, buddy, and and get it figured out.
I mean, without physically seeing the car and and see, you know,
because we can we can hook it up to a scanner, drive the car.
I mean, we we would be able to I could I certainly you bring it to me.
I certainly can tell you what's going to fix it.
But over the over the radio here, it's it's either got to be
a either has to be a broken wire or the module itself is bad.
But you give me an hour with it and I'll figure it out.
Well, I have the codes, right?
I'm looking at the codes.
Will that help you make it?
I could. Yeah, it could.
Can you call me, obviously not on Monday.
Can you call me on Tuesday at my my new shop?
Call me and then I can have the I'll be able to run those codes
in my in my system and be able to try to help you out and determine.
I just don't have the access to it here.
But so if you go to you want the number.
Please. All right.
When you're ready.
I'm ready. All right. Of course, it's five on three.
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But Michael, if I don't answer the phone, Michael will.
And you just tell him that you spoke with me on Saturday on the radio show.
And I told you to call and then you give me those codes
and I'll try to help you out a little bit more. OK.
I appreciate it. I don't want to take any of your time.
And I'm I'm here every Saturday to try to help you out
and help everybody out to try to get their cars fixed.
So no, you're not bothering me.
You call me and I'll do the best I can to get you back
get you back out on the road and get this problem taken care of.
Great show. Thank you for your courtesy.
All right. Now, absolutely.
So you have a great weekend.
So again, never feel like if you call me at work,
I had had a lady call me this Friday, maybe Thursday, she called me.
Never ever feel that you're bothering me. OK.
That's what I'm that's what I'm here to do.
I'm trying to help you out the best way that I can.
And, you know, that's why I take this
Saturday out in the afternoon to try to help you out and get your car fixed.
That's that's what this is about.
It's my job. And again, I enjoy doing it.
So all right, let's go back to the phones real quick.
We've got John. Hey, John, welcome to the car show.
How can I help?
Yes, sir. How are you doing today?
I'm good, sir. How are you?
I'm great. I have a broken set in Lincoln, M.K.Z.
I was about 70,000.
It started losing it pretty soon.
The heat reservoir.
So I've been obviously keeping it tilled up as much as possible.
But I noticed that most were leaking into one of the cylinders
because I don't see any water on the ground anywhere.
And also occasionally, you'll feel a mist
when it starts up sometimes. OK.
And then later is running perfect.
So I've been told and I may have to replace the head gasket.
I've also been told that this particular engine
is going to a lot more problems coming in the near future.
It plays.
I broke up a little bit.
Yeah, so so two things he was breaking up.
Sorry. So here's here's the deal.
So again, this kind of goes back to earlier.
A caller, if you've got a head gasket issue,
the way to fix it is to replace head gasket.
It's very expensive, thousands and thousands of dollars to fix this thing.
OK, probably to fix that thing is if I had to guess four or five,
six grand to fix the head gasket.
Now, earlier caller called and there is a product out there.
It's called Blue Devil.
You can introduce that into the system and it's supposed to.
In theory, it's supposed to seal it up and it's supposed to be a permanent fix.
But, you know, I've seen it work, but it's not always the case.
The other issue, especially on the it was a 17 MKZ, the Ford.
I know I said Lincoln, but Ford and Lincoln are the same company, right?
Ford did a wonderful thing years ago and they.
The water pump is internal.
OK, so in order to replace the water pump, the engine has to come out of the car.
Why those engineers would do that is beyond me.
I just want to bang my head up against the wall because what happens is a lot of times, too,
if the gentleman again was saying that he was using coolant.
You know, if it's using coolant on those vehicles, sometimes what happens is the water pump goes bad.
It leaks internally inside the engine, which then coolant goes into the engine oil
and wipes out the engine.
So that's the other thing that I would have you check is just check the oil.
Make sure the oil doesn't look milky.
It should look again like a dark oil.
If you've got a Lincoln MKZ and you're using coolant and you don't know why,
again, sometimes those water pumps will go bad leak internally and go into the oil,
the engine oil, which at that point, it's toast.
The engine needs to be replaced.
But this gentleman said that when he starts it in early, it runs rough,
which means coolant was probably leaking into the cylinder.
Once that coolant burns off, then he's fine.
So again, I would probably recommend you could try the product Blue Devil.
Try that. We've had success with it.
It's not the right way to fix it.
The right way is obviously to replace it.
But again, with the cost,
it's a choice and you'd be able to possibly
fix it and save yourself a lot of money.
I don't always recommend that, but it depends on where you are with the vehicle
and how long you want to keep it.
You want to drive it for another 100,000 miles and fix the head gasket.
If you're like, Dane, I just need to get another six months out of it,
then that might be an option for you.
All right. Listen again.
I do really do appreciate all the callers.
Everybody have a great and safe Memorial Day weekend.
Again, thank you so much.
I just want to thank those who served our country
and again made the ultimate sacrifice.
That's what this weekend's about.
So when you're spending time with family and friends,
just remember those who lost their life for our country.
So thank you everybody.
I'll be back.
I'll be back next Saturday to answer all your car questions.
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