7thdarkangel
Breaking Sh*t
Did you by chance check your timing? Possible chain jump?
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I think you can take them to court over malpractice and such. Firing the parts cannon isn't diagnosis work, that's child's play and sounds like how I usually fix stuff. I sure as hell wouldn't pay a guy like me to do any work haha. I watch South Main Auto all the time and Eric O. is a great example of a hard working, honest tech. The guy will test things sometimes three times before making the call as to if the car needs a certain part. I'd gladly pay him his labor rate for the amount of time it took him to reach that conclusion. That dude is a wizard.It's always best to put them on the spot before you authorize the repair. Make them explain exactly what troubleshooting steps they took and the results that lead them to this conclusion! I always agree that techs should be paid for their diagnostic work... but I have always been on your side of the argument when they replace something that doesn't fix the issue. But doesn't that always happen in life? You pay the Dr. even if his/her diagnosis and treatment is completely wrong...
I took it to another shop. They diagnosed that the MAF was way out of spec, reading nearly double what it should be, 9 grams at idle rather than 4 grams. So they swapped it out. $480 for that MAF part. Plus it needed fuel system intake cleaning.
Still had the backfiring. Turns out the distributor was a tooth off, and because the previous shop that worked on the distributor stripped out the screws that hold the cap, so they could not align the distributor correctly.
I took it to another shop. They diagnosed that the MAF was way out of spec, reading nearly double what it should be, 9 grams at idle rather than 4 grams. So they swapped it out. $480 for that MAF part. Plus it needed fuel system intake cleaning.
Still had the backfiring. Turns out the distributor was a tooth off, and because the previous shop that worked on the distributor stripped out the screws that hold the cap, so they could not align the distributor correctly. They say the distributor is fine, other than those stripped screws. So they spent like three hours pulling the distributor turning it slightly putting it back in, checking the timing trying to get it right. Since I had been there from them opening at 8am till 4pm, I decided to just leave it and get back home 3 hours away.
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