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The Show with Dane Donovan - 9/13/2025
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About this episode
Dane Donovan dives into essential car maintenance tips, focusing on the importance of used vehicle inspections and the pitfalls of aftermarket warranties. He shares a cautionary tale about a certified pre-owned Lexus that had hidden damage, emphasizing the need for thorough inspections before purchasing. Listeners call in with questions about oil consumption in high-mileage vehicles, rust protection for new cars, and strategies for dealing with stale gas in older trucks. The episode is packed with practical advice for both new and seasoned car owners.
Topics:
used vehicle inspections
aftermarket warranties
oil consumption
rust protection
stale gas removal
maintenance tips
pre-owned vehicles
mechanic advice
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Good afternoon and welcome to the car.
So that's a new one for me.
Yep, I didn't know when my intro was.
But hey listen, you are listening to the car show.
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then I'm going to call 513-749-5500.
That number again, 513-749-5500.
As I usually do, it's good to be back.
I took a little...
I was gone for the past two weeks.
I do apologize.
I want to be here every Saturday.
I really do it just with work and three boys all in sports.
Man, it's just really hard to always get here.
But I'm here again every Saturday.
Most Saturdays to take all of your car questions.
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It's a gorgeous Saturday afternoon
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But yeah, man, it's a great Saturday.
And again, happy to be back.
And again, here every Saturday
to take all of your car questions.
So I do want to encourage anybody to call
as far as whatever car question you may have
or car maintenance issue or again,
buying a new or used one.
I was actually...
I was watching as somebody I follow on social media
and talking about cars and whatnot.
And this guy, man, he was talking about used car inspections.
And I tell you what, it's something that I feel like
in the industry, most people don't think about or talk about.
But man, if you are in the market to buy a used vehicle,
and let me tell you with the price of these cars nowadays,
if you're buying a used vehicle,
man, you really, really need to get it inspected
by your mechanic, a mechanic, or by me,
anybody that needs to put...
somebody needs to look at this vehicle, okay?
These cars have a lot of, you know,
components that can break easily
and can be very, very expensive, okay?
Now, if you're like, well, Dan, you know,
I'm looking at a car and it's coming from Florida
or Georgia or whatever,
you know, you've got to think about finding a shop
down there near that place where it's coming from
and get it inspected, find a reputable shop
and wherever it's coming from and get it inspected.
Now, we at Donovan's, we typically will...
it depends on the, you know, depends on the age,
it depends on the mileage, of course, right?
So if you've got a car that's 20 years old
and 200,000 miles, we're going to typically charge you more
simply because we're going to have to spend a lot more time
opposed to a car that's one year old
and it's 13,000 miles on it, right?
You need to be...
and just because it's a newer vehicle
with less miles does not mean it's not a headache
or doesn't mean that it's got problems, right?
Because a lot of times, you know,
these cars can get wrecked and these cars can get damaged
and, you know, you can be buying somebody else's problems, right?
A classic, classic example.
I had a young lady that was buying a vehicle
that was a pre-owned certified...
pre-owned certified, right?
Lexus, right?
So it was certified up to 100,000 miles.
Well, guess what?
I found out that we...
she brought it in regardless.
It had low miles.
I think they wanted $40,000 or $50,000 for this vehicle
and it was low miles.
I wanted to have it inspected anyways.
We looked at it and I did inspect it.
And sure enough, I noticed that a lot of the components
in the front end weren't factory.
They weren't normal.
You could see there was a shift in some of the material,
the bumper and stuff like that.
So come to find out it was wrecked at the dealership.
It was wrecked the whole front end.
I think it...
I think it was like $11,000 with the damage
to the front end of this vehicle.
I was selling this thing as a pre-owned certified vehicle
and it wasn't.
And they did all kinds of damage.
It wasn't original.
It had been wrecked and a lot of us sometimes will...
we get complacent, right?
We say, oh, the car facts showed no accident report.
Well, it doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't an accident.
Okay?
Point in case my vehicle...
if I wrecked my vehicle, right?
Or you wrecked your vehicle and you've got a buddy
that's going to fix it for you on the side
and doesn't run everything through car facts,
it's not going to be on there.
So you've got to be...
make sure, especially in today's vehicles,
if you're buying a used vehicle, it's imperative
and it's important that you get it inspected.
I feel like we don't talk about this enough.
I feel like it's something that...
because I get the phone call all the time,
do you guys look at cars before I buy a used one?
Absolutely.
And whether you bring it to Donovan's
or you bring it to your mechanic
or if you're listening from, you know, really anywhere,
any time you're buying a used vehicle,
you need to get it inspected by a reputable mechanic.
The other thing that I want to talk about real quick too
is if you're buying a new vehicle, okay,
there is an option to buy like an extended factory warranty.
Okay?
That is okay.
If you're buying a new vehicle and you haven't...
they have an option for an extended factory warranty,
if you have the ability to in the money to do it,
buy it, okay?
It will save you money down the road,
especially with these new cars.
If you're buying a used vehicle with a aftermarket warranty,
listen to this, factory warranty or aftermarket warranty,
if you're buying a used vehicle
with an aftermarket warranty, do not buy it, okay?
Do not buy it.
Now, you can buy the car,
but do not buy the aftermarket warranty.
They are not...
it's, in my opinion, criminal what they do to people.
They leave you to believe that,
hey, if anything breaks on this car,
you're going to be covered,
and I've seen it time and time again.
They run people through the ringers on these things
and you don't get your money back.
So, again, if you're buying a new vehicle
and they have an availability...
if you have the availability by a factory warranty,
go ahead and if you can afford it, go ahead and do it, okay?
Because it's a factory warranty.
But if you're buying a used vehicle, again,
and it's an aftermarket warranty,
I don't care who it is.
I don't care what the name of the company is.
I don't care what they promise you.
Do not buy it.
Take that money that they want to charge you.
Let's just say the aftermarket warranty is, I don't know, $5,000.
Take that money and put it in and invest it, okay?
I can assure you you'll get way more for your money
if you invest it than buy the aftermarket warranty
because everybody is duped to think that this is going to take care of you
and everything that breaks on this car is going to be fixed
and I'm telling you, they don't.
I see it time and time again.
And again, in my opinion, it's criminal what they do to people
and we don't even...
we don't even work with any of those companies
because they spent a waste so much time and money
and your money, really, and they're a headache.
So please, if you're buying a used vehicle,
do not buy an aftermarket warranty.
All right, again, taking your phone calls
and we'll call 513-749-5500.
Let's go to the phones.
We've got Jim.
Hey, Jim, welcome to the car show.
How can I help?
Thank you.
I finally got ahold of you.
I'm going to talk to you about the oil usage problem
with high-mildest vehicles.
Yeah.
My wife is a 2011 Toyota Royal 4, a wonderful car.
I've got 187,000 miles on it
and they recommend 5W20 oil.
So that's all.
And my baby's to death.
It's like, no.
And then it starts to use it to court.
My wife goes, she knows how to check your old cars
and all that.
And she says it's...
Again, I looked at, well, so I bought a 5W30
and put it in it and just slowed it down.
And it's still used oil, so I put a bottle of STP
and it don't use oil anymore.
It don't.
So rings are wore out.
What did you put in it?
STP.
So you put...
So the STP...
Was it just...
Was it an additive or was it actual STP oil or...?
It's STP.
It's second oil.
Okay.
All right.
Okay.
It used to be in a can that we had a zip top on it
and that now it's in a plastic bottle.
But anyway, it don't use oil anymore.
Really?
No.
Really?
Huh.
I mean, what's the...
The oil that...
The STP, what's the...
What is the viscosity of it?
It's real thick.
If you put it up, take a screwdriver
and stick it in there and you cannot hold it.
You cannot hold that screwdriver with that stuff.
That's slick.
Wow.
I dragged it.
I dragged it all my life.
And this one guy used to go all the way around the country
and he'd get 4,500,000 miles out of it.
An engine.
And I said, what do you do?
He said, well, every time I change oil,
he said I put two cans of STP in it
and it doesn't last for a long time.
And that's all I have to say.
Well, I will look into that.
Okay.
Well, thank you, Jim.
Thank you.
And I'll tell you what,
I administrated those aftermarket warnings for years.
They do everything they can.
Man.
Everything they can.
They'll say, well, I didn't get a copy of this.
I didn't get to copy of that.
And they didn't beat me.
You got to see it.
Some places won't even mess with them.
I don't mess with them.
They're a nightmare.
But they tell people they're a bumper to bumper warning.
That's only a brand new car.
But they tell them that they think everything's free.
I know.
But I'll tell you what, it's a pleasure speaking to you.
All right.
All right.
Thank you.
But yeah, we get a little bit of feedback there.
So listen, I'm here to tell you,
I just like Jim was saying,
two things, and this is a great,
and we talk about this all the time on the show is listen,
oil consumption is a very,
very common problem on most of these vehicles.
And I just had a customer in not too long ago and he goes,
hey, I'm going through a quarter oil every,
every thousand miles.
And we're like, yeah, well, that's pretty common.
And you could just see the look on his face.
He's like, he just wasn't having it.
And he just was like, there's no way this car is burning oil.
I'm like, man, we do a lot of it.
That's, that's the other thing is it's burning oil.
And we talk about this all the time on the show.
But I wanted to talk again.
You know, I was watching that gentleman on social media and I just,
you know, I wanted to emphasize to you,
especially with the cost of these new,
these used vehicles, right?
They're expensive, right?
It's the second most expensive,
you know, item you're going to have other than your house, right?
You want to make sure you take care of it.
So if you're buying again, if you were, when you buy a house,
what do we do?
We get it inspected by somebody, right?
Same thing.
If you're buying a used vehicle,
you need to get it inspected by mechanic to protect you
because again, it can be,
it'll save you a lot of money and a lot of headache
if you get it inspected.
So a lot of times we don't talk about it.
And I kind of want to emphasize on that today.
Is it something that should be done?
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Taking your car questions to the number to call
513-749-5500.
Listen, the phones are lightening up.
I really do appreciate it.
Again, I was busy the past two weeks,
but I am back
and should be here for quite some time.
So I really do appreciate it.
So again, the number to call 513-749-5500.
Let's go back to the phones.
We've got Opie.
Hey, Opie, welcome to the show. How can I help?
Welcome back.
And I'm going to tell you right now, enjoy them
youngins while you can because they grew up
too fast.
I know, man.
My daughter, I just had a grandbaby
about six weeks ago.
Congratulations.
My daughter gave me a grandbaby,
and six weeks ago I told her how to drive.
So,
talking about then
pre-purchase inspections,
my wife's 07-F250
that I bought out
eight, ten years ago
found a really good deal on it.
It was a truck out of Texas, low miles,
but it was all the way up by Cleveland.
We drove up there
and I called the Ford dealer,
took it over to Ford dealer.
They charged me 75 bucks.
They went over this thing
and now, mind you,
it's a 6-0, which, you know, 6-0s
were notorious for popping the head studs.
So, the shop
that had it, they had that
in order to change the head studs,
you have to pull the cab and the doghouse off.
Yeah, you gotta pull the whole...
So, they did the head stud, bullet-proofed it,
did everything that Ford should have done to begin with.
Well, I took it over to this Ford dealer
and they looked at it and they said,
the radiator's leaking
and I said, that's a $2,500 job
to put a radiator in this thing.
And they said, oh, by the way,
the bearings in the turbo were on their way out.
Took it back to the place
where we were buying it from
and I gave them a report from the Ford dealer
and I said, you don't want to fix this
or the deal's over with it.
And they said, well, you know what,
we can't sell it if we don't fix it.
They fixed it, we still got it for the same price
and down the road we went.
Yeah.
Great, great point.
And I tell my customers this all the time,
you know, when you're...
What you do is when you're looking
at a used vehicle and you get it inspected
and you're mechanic
or whoever you take it to finds something
wrong with it, it gives you
the upper hand, it gives you the leverage, right?
So, if they find these problems, right,
you can go back there and say, hey,
can you fix these things?
I'll buy the truck, can you fix these things
or can you take it off the price of the truck?
Can you go around and spend, you know, another
you know, $5,000 or $2,500
like you said, another $2,500
to fix this radiator.
Can you take the price off the car
or the truck or can you fix it?
Well, they not only replaced the radiator,
they also replaced the turbo.
Which that was probably another,
that was probably five grand
there too.
Yeah, yeah.
So, it worked out.
I mean, and it wouldn't look, it wouldn't look,
I mean, I took it to the Ford dealer
and they had that thing for three hours
and like I said, they only charged me 75 bucks
and they gave me a laundry list of stuff.
You know, there was a few connectors
that weren't plugged in from where they had the cab
off of it and all that stuff
which they fixed some of that
and as they found it and then, you know, they gave me
a laundry list and they said, well,
yeah, we'll fix it, we'll do the deal,
come back in a week and pick it up.
So, my wife and my mom went up there
and picked it up and brought it back.
I mean, it's a great example.
And again, you know,
a lot of people too think that
hey, if you're buying a car from a used car lot
or a deal, even a dealership,
you're buying a used car from them
and you're like, oh, it should be in good mechanical.
No, these people are,
I'm sorry, but they're salesmen,
their job is to sell cars.
There are three people, there are three people
that I don't trust,
politicians, lawyers and car salesmen.
Yeah.
Ain't that the truth?
And not necessarily in that order.
Right, right, right.
Yeah, and listen.
I'll let you take some other calls.
I can figure that out.
I appreciate it. You have a great weekend.
You too.
So again,
when you're buying a vehicle
used or from a dealership,
it doesn't really matter because a lot of people
will buy it from a dealership so it should be good.
That's not always the case.
And I'm not picking on
used car salesmen.
I'm not picking on used car lots.
These people, their job is to sell cars.
They're not mechanics, right?
And again, I'm not picking on,
I'm not saying that they're trying to deceive you.
I'm not saying that everybody's dishonest.
I'm just saying,
if you're buying something,
especially with the cost of today's cars,
make sure you get it inspected.
And again, I'm not saying that they're
trying to pull the wool over your eyes
or a piece of crap.
I'm just saying, get it inspected.
Again, their job, they're not mechanics.
They don't look at these cars.
When they're selling these cars, they don't pop the hood.
They don't get it up on the lift
and take a look at it.
They don't know what they're looking at, right?
Their job is just to sell the car.
It's not to find out if there's anything wrong with it.
So again, it's imperative, it's important
that you get it inspected.
And again, let me reiterate,
do not buy an aftermarket warranty, period.
So, all right, let's go back to the phones.
We've got Jim.
Hey, Jim, welcome to the car show. How can I help?
Hi, how you doing?
I'm good. How are you?
Good, good.
Hey, I've got a 23
four-runner that we bought recently.
And
I was just wondering
as far as
buying rust protection from
I turned it down as a dealership
but like Z Bart's been around here forever
and so forth.
I know these things, these
vehicles today are
better protected as they're
built from rust and whatnot.
But what's your opinion on
the Z Bart's of the world
out there
in terms of added rust protection?
You know what?
Great question, great question.
And listen, I had
this conversation with my brother earlier this week.
I said, you know, we were talking about
the car and
my truck actually, because
my older truck and it's just so rusted.
I'm like, well, you know, we live in the rust belt here and
everything that's
out there, you know, with the
Brian they put down, the salt and everything that we deal with.
It's something that should
we can talk about now.
I think with it being a 23,
how many miles are on it?
We bought it
with $5,000.
So I want to say it's got 7
on it now.
And
I think there's some factors that we need to think about
here. It says you're in
Alexandria, Kentucky.
Yeah, uh-huh.
And is this vehicle, does it stay,
is it going to be outside
its entire life or is it garage kept?
Garage.
So I think
if a vehicle
is staying outside
its whole life, I think it's something
that you should look into. If it's being garage
kept, I don't
think that, and it's being, is this
a daily driver for you?
Yes. Okay.
I see a lot of cars that come in that have
the Z-bar on and they're protected and whatnot.
I think if you're going to do it,
I'm not against it. If you're going to
do it, I would do it sooner than later.
And here's why. Sometimes
once they spray that stuff,
a lot of times, too, it just traps
if there's already, like, if you've got
a car that's 10 years old and you want to
do it, I would not recommend it because
all you do is just trap it.
You just trap the water and you trap it
in there. And in my opinion,
you're not really blocking it.
You're just capsulating it, but then it continues
to continue to rust.
So, um,
on the
four-runner, though, I would have
to
have to look at it because the older
four-runners and the older
Tundras and Dakung was, man,
I tell you what, I've seen,
I can't tell you how many of those cars
that have come into my shop with the
frames rotted out on it.
I think Toyota... Yeah, it was a problem.
Oh, yeah, it was a massive problem.
A massive problem.
Yeah, you know, and they did
honor some of the frames
in some of the frames, but not all of them.
I think that Toyota's gotten away
from that. I would have to, because,
again, with it being a 23, I'd have to
look at it.
I don't think it's a bad thing, but
hear me out on this, too. When they
do that, you know, they hit all those
bolts and everything like that. So, if there's
the fuel lines and brake lines
and everything like that, so going down
the road, if you have to remove
those bolts, well, you can't get a,
you know, a socket on it because the
car's covered in that Z-Bart stuff.
So, you know,
I'm not against it.
I just...
If you're going to drive it
and keep it in the garage,
if you're going to drive it daily, keep it in the garage,
I wouldn't do it.
I'd leave it the way it was.
Well, what's the difference
of leaving it in the garage?
I mean, we're still going to drive it on the
salted road and then pull it in the garage
versus leaving it in the driveway.
Yeah, correct, but here, because what happens
is, when it sits outside,
okay,
that moisture that's on the
blacktop or on the concrete, that moisture
obviously when it evaporates,
it rises, right? So, it goes up
and it just collects there, right?
So, if it sits in the garage,
obviously the frame or whatnot is going to drip
and whatnot, and yes, that water
will evaporate, but it's not
exposed to the elements the way it is
if it sits outside. You know what I mean?
I mean, I added moisture.
Correct, and I had a gentleman that had a
97, unfortunately,
his parents passed away. It was like a 97
Cadillac and had like 30,000 miles
on it, right? This thing
sat outside its whole life. It was a 97.
This was, I don't know, probably about five years ago,
right? So, it was pretty old cars,
20 years old, something like that.
And, you know, he's like,
I said, man, this thing is an absolute
rusted mess. You need to get rid of it.
And he's like, well, it's only got 30,000 miles
to understand that. But it sat outside on the
blacktop, outside
its entire life, and it's a rusted
mess. Now, if you've got a car that's sitting
in a garage for that amount of
time, it's not getting
that exposure to the elements of the weather.
So, it's really,
that's really key is
keeping a car in a garage. That's how
you're going to get the longevity out of a vehicle.
So, I think
with the age of it, and again,
I would have
to see it to, I don't know
if Toyota's got a way, some of these,
I mean, they still have a frame.
But I just, I wouldn't do
it. Yeah, let's put it this way.
If I buy a new vehicle, I'm not going to
do it.
I just, I don't like
covering all that stuff up
because if there's any type of repair
that needs to be done down the road,
you've kind of just created another
problem. So,
but I mean,
you know, again, I'm not against it,
but I just, I'm not going to do it
to my, I don't do it to my vehicle.
So,
what about
do you have an opinion on, you know,
they got paint protection
and different types of that, you know,
where they put a coating on
the ceramic coating?
Yeah, yeah, I would do that. Yeah, absolutely.
Okay.
The ceramic coating I would do
I mean, even some of your kind of
your local car washes will offer
some type of ceramic. It's not really
a ceramic coating. Like, you need
to take it to a professional and have it done.
No, it's pretty pricey, but
yes, I mean, as far
as the paint goes, I think
especially with the debris and
rocks and salt
and everything like that, yeah, protect the paint because
it can be, body
work is very expensive, but I would
do, I would recommend that. The Z-Bart,
I just, again, I'm, you know,
I don't have a problem with it,
but I just wouldn't do it to my vehicle, so.
Okay. All right.
Well, that helps a lot. Yeah, thanks a lot, man.
All right, you're welcome, Jim. Take care.
So, you know, the thing is too, and
I'm going back to
the whole get-the-car-inspected, right?
You look at these cars
and the top, you know,
the rest of the whole body's like,
oh man, this car's great. The inside's perfect,
what not.
The problem is you get it up in the air, it's a whole
another story. And I
time and time again
I'll get these cars that come into our shop to
get inspected, get them up in the air,
and they do look great. You get them up in the air and
they're an absolute rusted mess and come
to find out if they come from
Michigan, you know,
Northern Ohio, New York,
you know, up
all those, again, Northern states,
these things are absolute
rusted messes. They are messes
and it creates a tremendous
amount of problems, right?
So, again, if you're going back
to buying a used vehicle and it is out
of state, you want the Southern states,
you want Georgia, Florida,
Texas, somewhere like that
because it's not exposed to all
the elements of the salt
and the brine and everything else they put in the streets
these nowadays up here in the
North. So that's important too. Just because
the interior's perfect
and the exterior's perfect and it looks great
underneath tells a whole other story,
right?
So, it's something to think about when you're buying
a used vehicle. So I thought Jim's questions were great.
So, and again,
if your car's 20 years old
and you're not familiar with
Z-Bart, Z-Bart kind of basically
capsilizes
and
supposed to prevent
the rust from getting any works, right?
But what happens though too is it
also traps the moisture and the water in there
too if it's not
done perfectly well,
okay? Now I've seen some jobs that are done
well. I've seen some jobs that are done horribly
and
you want to make sure that if you do want to do it
you make sure, one, the car's
fairly new
and then two, you want to make sure that you
find a reputable guy that can do it,
alright? Again, I'm not
too familiar with who's the best
in the Cincinnati area, the Tri-State
area that can do it
but it is an option for you.
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Michael has been patiently waiting
Hey Michael welcome to the car
show how can I help
well you and I spoke a couple weeks
ago about my 2020 pathfinder
about the alternator
you remember that because I called
followed up with your shop and I
think you were correct but however
it went out again
and I had to have it towed as a matter of fact
AAA said this is your fifth so you're not
getting more toes so I did actually
take it to the place
I go out here in Eastgate Ohio
and they said no you need to take it to the dealership
and it turns out it was
the alternator
now I haven't said that
and if you remember I told you
I had about a thousand miles left
for the warranty the extended warranty
I purchased went out
and
believe it or not the car went out
it got fixed
and my deductible
was $100
and that's what I paid for a
$1,500 alternator
was $100 deductible
I've had other extended warranties
where they're idiots like you said
okay but for
whatever reason and I'll tell you the insurance company
with fidelity warranty
and I purchased this car
from over on Loveland
when it went out of business
because they were giving away these cars
but it actually
it actually worked
I was totally shocked too
but it actually worked
that I only paid $100 deductible
to have the entire alternator replaced
well I mean that's
that's great
and that's absolutely great
and listen
when I was working with these companies
I just don't do biz with them anymore
because it's an absolute headache
but what they do typically
is they say hey listen we don't
pay any diagnostic
we don't pay any shop supply fees
we don't pay any taxes
we don't pay
what's your labor rate and you're like
we only pay $50
and then what happens is
and then if it's a big repair
like yours typically
they'll sit there and go well we need to send our own guy
out there to basically
diagnose it and make sure that you know what you're doing
so then you're waiting two or three days
for somebody to come out
and verify that yes the car
does need the alternator
and then all in all
what I see primarily is
okay well we'll pay
$1500 but we'll pay $750
and I just don't
I don't think that's right
I mean in your case
that's great and who was the
the company through
well it's through
fidelity and who I took it to
was my I'll tell you
dealership and escape
and it was like okay yeah yeah
we've got this approved I was like
wow okay
but the cool thing is
they had my car for a week
so they gave me a courtesy car
so I had one of these little
the kicks
I don't know we've got like 9 million miles to the gas
I don't know
five bucks to fill it up
so I was like but still
I like my Pathfinder
I like a little bigger piece
a little more metal around me
but I was shocked that they did it
but it was fidelity
and it was I bought a love them in the air
it was a rental car that used to be there
you know what I'm talking about right
yep yep
yeah so I was like I mean
they were giving these cars away
and in 2020
I got a 2020 Pathfinder
for $23,000
and I typically do not get
extended warranty
but that little Magnum PI voice
if you remember that
it was going off it was like
you know you can get in this car almost from nothing
go ahead and get it
and like I said
like we talked a couple weeks ago
it was right before the warranty expired
and I was like I don't even know if they're going to cover this
but they went ahead and covered it
I was totally shocked
yeah
I mean that's awesome
and like I said I have seen
I have seen people where it does work out for them
but nine out of ten times it doesn't
but in your case it worked out for you
I'm happy for you man
no I agree I agree with you
because I've got extended warranty on other cars
that I've owned
and they're like oh no this isn't covered this isn't covered
this isn't covered this isn't covered
I'm like for real
yeah I had a customer
one time that had a Chevy
I can't remember what kind of car it was
but anyways needed a compressor
and so if you read the fine details
it says AC Compressors Covered
right so call them up
call the insurance company
yep it's AC Compressor
yep I was like is it covered
yep it's covered I was like alright
what's wrong with the compressor
I said it's leaking out of the front seal
of the AC Compressor
and they're like oh that's not covered
I said the compressor is covered
but the front seal is not
so you gotta replace
I was like well I have to replace the whole compressor
to replace the seal
in the fine print
it said the front seal wasn't covered
and that's that
that's not right
yeah that's petty
so the customer still had to pay $1200
for a compressor because the front seal was leaking
and again listen they've got lawyers
they've got
people writing all this stuff out
they've got this stuff all figured out
and I just feel that
it's just very deceiving
to the general public so that's kind of why
I get turn off
just turn off from it
and again yes
it can work in some people
if you do have one out there and you're like oh shoot I shouldn't have bought it
it can work out in your benefit
especially in your case
it can work out
but if you can avoid doing it
I would because it's a whole bunch of
and again in your case
so if you would have brought it to my shop
and I had it for a week
I wouldn't have the ability
to give you a loaner car right
so you'd be without a car for an entire week
so that's the other side
we have three cars
we have an extra car
as a matter of fact my wife's driving it now
but I'm sitting here looking at it
and it says fatality paid
$1,271.82
the labor was
$999.75
and the parts were
$372.07
so yeah I was like
why I got you on a phone
let me ask you another question about brake fluid
I was told
because when they checked my car
it was like you got a little
coloring going on your brake fluid
I guess it's copper
but they call it copper
where it's not your traditional red
brake fluid
well the brake fluid
the brake fluid should look
the brake fluid should look like yellow
it should look like
apple juice
okay
it's actually lighter than that
but when it starts getting
darker or starting to look like
apple juice or darker colored
it should be changed
so I mean typically most manufacturers recommend
every two years
that it should be changed
and listen
we do it at our shop
brake fluid absorbs moisture
over time you'll get a fading
pedal because that moisture
obviously again
it's
are you going to have some type of catastrophic failure
if you don't do it? No
but if you want to upkeep your car
you want to keep it going and you want to have a more responsive brake pedal
and prolong the hoses
and the calipers and that thing
you should
you should change it
all my vehicles
get oil changes with synthetic
at 5000 miles at last
I don't play around with vehicles
so
I'm going to throw this out there
I'm not
advocating
or going against anybody
but I was told that
my fog when they brought it in
they did a video
and serviced it
but then the service guy was like
your fog lights don't work
I was like really
when I brought it in they worked
but I checked them the night before last
I said you had
my fog lights turned off
instead of turned on
because they wanted to replace my fog lights
yeah
so buyer beware I guess on that one
yeah
but I wanted to follow up with you
but it actually turned out to be the alternator
and you and I
we've had two discussions on this prior to this
so
I do remember it
well great man that's awesome
I'm glad it worked out for you
I appreciate the phone call
alright man have a great day
alright you too bye bye
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hey Bill welcome to the car show how can I help
thank you for patiently waiting
no you're welcome thanks for taking the call
sure how can I help
I picked up a
94
Chevy truck
trying to restore it
and it's been sitting with gas
in it for how many years
I just want to get your opinion the best way
to get the gas out would it be
to take the fuel filter off
and let it pump out or somebody suggested
taking it off of the
fuel injection
you know in the engine
and let the relay pump it out
or
I'm not sure which way
we said you wanted to restore it
yeah I mean it's a full size truck
and I don't see too many others around anymore
no no you don't
how long has the truck been sitting
how old do you think the gas is
I would say about four or five years
maybe a little
there's nothing worse than the smell of
stale gas
I just ordered
before I had a toad
and then once I gave a gas
it died and I haven't been able to start it since
yeah
well
typically I mean you could
you could take the line off
at the one of the lines off of the
fuel filter and just pump it all out
you could do that I mean the way we
would do it at my shop and you may not be able
to do this but what we would typically do
is
and the easiest way to do it is we would take
the bed off the frame
and again typically
most trucks there's three
there's six bolts that hold
there's three on each side of that frame
that hold that bed in there
typically
that's what we would do
is we would just
and the beds are really really light
I mean it usually only takes about two
guys
just take those six bolts out
and lift that bed off that
off that frame
and then the tank is right there
and then it's got a plastic most likely
well it's a 94 so it's got probably
a metal lock ring
you just take a screwdriver or a chisel
and a screwdriver would be recommended
you don't want any sparks
and you want to knock that locking ring off
and just pull that pump out and suck it out
I mean I think that would be
the best but again that's a lot of work
I mean you could
take it off of the fuel filter and have it
pump out but
the pump could be bad too where it's not going
to pump out you know what I mean
yeah you got a point there would that be
better than dropping the tank
no I wouldn't know
because those straps the
typically
the straps are
completely severely rusted the bolts
that hold the straps in are severely rusted
and they typically will break off
and you can't get the straps off and
where the bolts
for the bed you can get out
I've never ever
ever had a problem getting the
bed bolts out
always have a problem getting the
fuel tank straps so I would
not drop the tank it would be
easier if you're going to drop the tank
don't just take the bed off but
if the pump is working
yeah obviously get
a bucket or a pail
or something underneath it
and try to pump it out but
man back in those days
GM and forward were notorious
for bad fuel pumps
but you could try it
and then the other thing though too is
if that fuel filter itself that line
the nut that screws into that filter
if it's all rusted
if it's all rusted it won't come off
then you can't get it off
then you break the fuel line
you're not going to be able to get fuel lines for it
and it could
open up a can of worms
I would probably just
take the bed off make it a Saturday project
take the it's six bolts
I mean most trucks have
just three bolts on each side of the frame
yes it would require
a little bit more work but you're taking that
bed off you're going to restore it anyways
take that bed off the pump is right
there it would make your life so much
easier by going
that route that's the way I would do it
and I'd siphon it out that way
oh okay instead of siphoning it
through the filler too
as well you know like it says pump
and pumps that siphon it out
so most I don't
on a 94 I'm not sure but most vehicles
they've got like a
ball that's in the filler
neck so if the truck was to flip over
the gas doesn't pour out of there
and so people can't siphon the gas out of it
on a 94
you probably still can't siphon the gas out of it
I'm not quite sure
I know on these newer cars
most of the cars that are out there today
they've got a ball that won't allow
so again if the car does tip
the gas doesn't pour out of it
you know
yeah so
I mean you can try
there's a
it's on Amazon there's a pump
it's like a manual pump
it's just got a little marble at the end of it
you would run it down there and then
you just shake it and it
man the things you can get them for like
they're cheap I want to say like
26 bucks you can try
to siphon it out that way
but I think the best way
would be just take the bed off
the frame and
and go that route
so all right wouldn't
wouldn't be good to change that filter anyway
and put some on it would be
absolutely it would be
but I would recommend
if you're going to do it you make
I would get some PB Blaster from WD40
and get some type of
penetrating oil and you soak that thing
for a couple of days soak it
let it try to work its way in there
so you don't
get one of those lines
that's all rusted
and create a headache
for you so hey listen I got to go
I really do appreciate it thanks for holding all right
all right take care Randy I apologize
please call me back next Saturday I'll be back
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