In this video I bring you along the process of diagnosing a customer complaint of surging and poor running on a Buick 3.8. In our shop I always give the full hour of time set aside to duplicate the customers complaint but at the end of my time if I can’t get the car to act up I move on. I am curious to know what you do in your shop. What’s you go to method?
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That is all you can do at this point…
You know what the problem is.
Upstate NY is beautiful.
During the test drive, I could almost hear in the "Chevrolet!" voice, "Eric O, suckin gas and haulin ass!"
AllI know is that traffic would be heaven here as since the hurricane 10 months ago has made it seem like everyone from around the country seems to be OVERUSING THE ROAD AROUND THESE PARTS.
Wow beautiful country there in New York!! Didn't know you were so far out in the country!
maybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the customer got some bad gas and ran it out before he got to the shop-
Eric, I'd love to see you in a Crimson Tide hat. I'd love to send you one to remind you of how easy we have it in the South… 🙂 Let me know and I'll throw one in the mail to the PRNY
Also, did I miss it, or was their no talk or mention of the classic Bosch factory scan tool? Eric, how are you going to use a beauty like that without an introduction? lol.
A classic SMA visual inspection could've saved ya 40 minutes, aye? That or the customer could actually tell his mechanic that they "installed" a non factory catalytic converter on the vehicle and that's when the weird troubles began lol.
So that was you driving by my house five years ago ( I live in the west end of Montréal ) 😂
My 06 Lexus is intermittently throwing the knock sensor code (PO328). Problem is they are buried under the lower manifold. Debating if I'm in over my head on this one.😞
Bosch Tech 2 ? Dam bro I'm haven a hard time keepin up with your tool purchases😂
Going to tell Royal on you! you said retard ! LOL
CODE 420 IS A BAD CAT
What a nice place to do test drives! I would change 1 plug an go for a drive, wrench & repeat
That is generally one of the more reliable GM products from the last 20 years. The engine will last twice as long as the junk they put under the hood in 2025.
Simple case of spiders in the spark boots, when the engine gets hot they go away. You should know this by now. Intake icing got me a couple times.
NY compliant 😠ðŸ˜
Hey lady, put your foot on the brake pedal and I bet it’ll start, anybody ever had this happen?
I was a fleet mechanic for decades, every now and then a driver would come in with a complaint & I would check it out, road test etc. & find nothing. Most drivers didn’t like to hear that. I would have 10 other vehicles waiting for repair, move on & forget it.
Had a wagon that was a mystery. My mechanic said he couldn't find the issue I described. I asked him to keep it and take it home and to work for a week. On day 7 he felt the issue and fixed it. I moved, I sure as he'll miss him. 😢
oldie bump! 😀
nice job.