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Another Great video, informative and ,for me, extremely funny!! Keep on Wrenchin my friend!
Good job my friend. Worked outside in North Dakota for a lifetime. Keep warm and working and learning. A good mechanic will have to turn away work. Honesty is paramount and you get it. God Bless, continued success!
Thanks for the info, been burned before on a large job that involved an engine rebuild where half was paid upfront
Great info, wish all mechanics were as truthful as you
Hey I definitely liked the video, working for a main dealership we deal with a lot of “I took it here and now it’s got this problem” jobs. The car brand I deal with can have a lot of carbon build up on the throttle plates. Typically the ecu over time compensates for the build and it’s all good. But if the ecu loses power and gets reset like say the battery gets replaced, the ecu no longer has that compensation in the memory which cause stuttering at idle. That’s when we would recommend a throttle plate cleaning and EFI service. Always fixes the problem too.
I somewhat disagree on a timing belt change replacing everything, I wanted to save myself time, I know how to do it and have the tools, the shop near me I took it to. They wanted to change water pump, idler pulley, timing belt, sure thats normal. They also wanted to replace water pump pulley, claims it wears out, well first I've heard of that, told me they would also replace all 3 main drive belts, which seemed odd, I bought them 4 months ago because one failed and my dad always told me change them all when one breaks, and when I told them this their excuse was well those belts are under tension already and you need new belts that don't have tension already on them. They also wanted to replace my crank pulley and cam gear, all without looking at the car, I did ask them are you sure you don't need to do my power steering pump and alternator also, and their response was, "we will let you know"
I did my owning timing belt.
The last time I took my suv someplace to get the oil change they didn't listen to me on the oil. I told them 15-40 and they put what the suv called for it sounded really bad when the started it the suv has 236,000 on it
I got scammed Florida!
He kept telling me “if it’s not broken, then don’t fix it “ over and over all in 1 visit.
The parts that visibly noticeable needing repair, he told me they were good. Had me changing all the good parts.
Knowing that I would have to soon make the correct repairs.
He also created more problems!