Re: Sloppy - a return to a trifle.


"Skitt" <skitt99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:gmahe8$gto$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Robin Bignall wrote:
"Skitt" wrote:
Robin Bignall wrote:
"Skitt" wrote:

I learned about cars by attending courses that were required (in
Germany) before one could obtain a driver license. They were
comprehensive courses on automotive mechanics. I was thirteen at
the time. I learned driving on two-and-a-half-ton army trucks.
Later, in the USA, I rebuilt engines and manual transmissions,
taking care of my cars myself, instead of paying someone else to do
it.


It seems that way, but now there are computerized test rigs that can
point the mechanic in the right direction. The new part is that
there can be problems with the sensors. I had that happen with my
last year's Honda Civic. The "check engine" light kept coming on,
now and then. The Honda mechanics told me to make sure the gas cap
is good and tight (I already knew about that). After the next two
times, they replaced the gas cap, and when the problem kept
recurring, they replaced an associated sensor. That appears to have
fixed the problem. We'll see ...


I have a couple of friends who fix vehicles. Their main speciality is
Land Rovers of any type and age, but they'll tackle anything. They
have a friend in the trade who has one of these computers, with a
software library that is building up model by model. They get a
diagnostic for most vehicles for 50 UKP a time, and if the friend has
to get more software they pay for it and get the diagnostic free. It
seems like a good arrangement.

I have a code reader that I have used on cars other than my Civic. Since the Civic is still under warranty, I let the Honda people do their stuff.

Request your permission to print out your email to take to my auto sales place. They have been unable to fix the "check engine light", beyond telling me to open and close my gas cap. Now I can't recall who else also had problems with that light, but corrected it by diddling the throttle (oh yes, Brian's throttle position sensor. I will save his post, too.) And, having given them the car to fix 4 or 5 times in the past 3 years, they will pay for that fix. . . Of course, my KIA is nearly 8 years old.

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