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Under The Hood show

Nordstroms Automotive Inc.

How To, Education, Automotive, Leisure

4.7 • 700 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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We are the Motor Medics working in our shop every day for decades now and broadcasting on over 250 radio stations and podcast helping people fix their cars and trucks since 1990. The call cost nothing but could save you thousands. Call us any day 866-594-4150 and leave us a message to get back to you or call live during the show. Thursdays from 9-11am Central. Here are today's callers.1. 09 Camry rough idle 2. 2016 Tahoe idle fluctuates 3. Do serpentine belts fail less these days? 4. F150 transmission recall 5. 21 F150 Rough idle 6. 12 Chevy 1500 locks itself 7. 20 f150 dash clicking 8. Discarding used parts 9. 09 Sierra brake leak 10. Choosing the right battery tender

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0:00.0	Welcome to the End of the Hood Show podcast. Thank you for joining us. We have some podcast sponsors.
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0:18.5	used parts ready to ship to you fast. Thank you for subscribing. Wherever you listen to your podcast, we would love if you'd subscribe and rate and review us. We appreciate it. Here is The Under the Hood Show podcast. This is Under the Hood. Welcome to the Under the Hood show. We are glad to have you with us. Russ Evans is here to answer your automotive questions. Thanks for joining us Under the Hood. Shannon Nordstrom is here to do the same. Welcome, hoodies. Thanks for tuning in so we can help you tune up. I'm Chris Carter here to answer your calls at 866-944-4-1-50. Like this. Watch this one. You ready? You guys ready? I think so.
0:54.7	Let's do it.
0:55.4	Let's go to California and talk to Tony.
0:57.2	You're on the end of the hood show.
1:18.5	Tony. What can we do for you? Hey, guys. Thanks for the show. I listen to you guys all the time and learn a lot. Thank you. You do. So I have a 09 Camry with a four-cylinder, the 2.4 cylinder, and it's got a rough idle only when I'm stopped at a light and I'm in drive.
1:22.5	As soon as I shift to neutral, for example, it goes fine.
1:26.6	And it's definitely worse with the AC on.
1:31.8	So it's been going like that for a while.
1:37.5	I've cleaned out the throttle body and the mass airflow sensor.
1:40.6	It didn't seem to help very much at all.
1:48.2	So kind of scratching my head, checked a few trims. They're good like around two or three percent. Chat GBTGPT suggested that maybe ignition coils could be like just
1:57.7	marginal only having a problem, you know, when it's when it's idling and there's no codes or anything and it drives fine perfectly every other instance.
2:08.0	It's only when you're stopped out of light with your foot on a brake.
2:11.8	And it's really bad with the AC on.
2:13.7	It's like the car shakes.
2:16.6	Well, you're with a coil, you're either going to get a misfire or you're going to get a complete fire on a car like that.
2:24.0	So if it's misfiring, you should have a misfire code in a dead cylinder.
2:29.0	If it's a coil, but you may have a weak cylinder, you may have a valve that's a little weak leaking by there or low compression in a cylinder,
2:37.9	making it run rougher.
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