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09-27-2016, 10:25 AM | #29 | |
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I definitely don't to people how to do their job. Nobody likes that. I do, however, ensure that I know enough about the problem with my $30,000 investment that I'm not taken for a ride. Why anyone wouldn't want that kind of "insurance" is beyond me. |
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Wasn't implying you did tell them how to do it. Do love the "hot spot" clutch claim though. That is a good one.
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Neither one speaks to anything to do with a "cam valve" so the dealer may not have been addressing the real issue. That is the challenge. Get them to do the repair that their own head office says to do!
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Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down there, mister. Do you mean to tell me that he might need to step in and use his own knowledge and research, based on the CEL code he read, to get the proper parts replaced by the dealership? Sounds highly unlikely... dealerships ALWAYS know what they're doing!
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"Scanned all systems and found that when the passenger side exhaust VVT data was compared to the drivers side VVT exhaust data it was sluggish to respond and would over correct causing the ecm to set the code. After studying the data i determined that the passenger side exhaust oil switching valve (OSV) wasn't operating inside its parameters, removed and replace with the new OSV valve with the new rubber and hard 0-rings." I think it's my second or third ecu as well, honestly i don't remember. |
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So were the ECU replacements just attempts to fix the problem before they discovered the source, or were the ECU replacements for other reasons?
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Case in point: the very last repair I had done at a dealership. The technician seemed to have no idea what he was saying, as he claimed the faulty part was my clutch, when not only was the clutch perfectly fine, but even if it had been "hot spotted" as he had suggested, it still wouldn't have explained the problems I was having. Had I don't no research beforehand, I would have probably not known enough about the issue to be able to point that out to them. |
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Really? Because that is exactly what I read when you posted this: Right after someone suggested that the OP should take it to the dealer.
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I was recommending that as a first step. I guess I should have clarified. You were suggesting he go to the dealership immediately. I was merely stating it makes more sense to get the code read ahead of time for free, before committing to the more involved dealership experience. If it's something as silly as a loose gas cap, then you avoid all of the trouble. If it's more complicated, at least you walk in there with some basic knowledge of what is wrong.
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So now you're saying that a technician who is most likely ASE certified, has years of experience in automotive repair, has factory classroom training, access to every bit of information the manufacturer can give on a vehicle, and regularly communicates with OEM engineers to repair vehicles, can be trumped by any Joe who can manage to log onto an internet forum? Thank you, I needed that this morning.
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