SkodaMart
SkodaMart
Why? By your own admission, they never blow, so why bother checking?
*checks location*
You don't happen to work as a mobile mechanic?
Please at least have the courtesy to read my posts before insulting me.
A mechanic on watchdog..
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Please at least have the courtesy to read my posts before insulting me.
He proved himself to be a crook with lying about the brakes (amongst many other things). Total crook no matter how bad a mechanic you think he is. Bear in mind this was three car's, three times, imagine what he's doing to other people. Hell of a good income that guy has got.
I've had to fix problems on my car's from garages that were respectable when they came back to me, basic stuff.. like distributor timing etc, not doing up air filter clamps properly (so sucking in unfiltered air) etc etc. Oh the best one being the replacement brakes I needed for the MOT, where they hadn't even bled the brakes after replacing them, and then I could barely stop. They had the nerve to tell me that I needed to be careful as the brakes might be quite 'sharp' now when I pressed them LMAO!!! Totally unsafe as they barely worked.
I enjoy working on car's (and have completely rebuilt from the ground up) and often I feel I'm the only one I can trust frankly, with the exception on some mates, whom I'd rather give them money when they help me out.
I've had to fix problems on my car's from garages that were respectable when they came back to me, basic stuff.. like distributor timing etc, not doing up air filter clamps properly (so sucking in unfiltered air) etc etc. Oh the best one being the replacement brakes I needed for the MOT, where they hadn't even bled the brakes after replacing them, and then I could barely stop. They had the nerve to tell me that I needed to be careful as the brakes might be quite 'sharp' now when I pressed them LMAO!!! Totally unsafe as they barely worked.
I enjoy working on car's (and have completely rebuilt from the ground up) and often I feel I'm the only one I can trust frankly, with the exception on some mates, whom I'd rather give them money when they help me out.
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Please at least have the courtesy to read my posts before insulting me.
Lighten up, it was a joke, hence then
it's pretty obvious that it's not yourself. I'm well aware of what you wrote.The initial point still stands though, you check fuses and so should he.
SkodaMart
SkodaMart
Lighten up, it was a joke, hence then
HaHa, sorry, I am fresh from the GPU forums
I don't profess to be an expert mechanic, but fuses don't blow for no reason, as I am sure you are all well aware.
He's being paid to do a job though, he shouldn't be leaving things out just because they don't happen for 'no reason'. He should replace any fuses and take the car for a drive or let it run and see what happens. Simples.
Asking for an explanation of when the lights came on and under what circumstances would help too.
Asking for an explanation of when the lights came on and under what circumstances would help too.
SkodaMart
SkodaMart
The fact is replacing a fuse is one of the easiest jobs on a modern car.
BUT
They don't just fail, I am sure that the diagnostic approach is still 'standard practice' in the trade and any faults would be evident before the fuse had actually blown.
The need to check a fuse is usually obvious and I will admit, I personally have never done it 'just to check'
BUT
They don't just fail, I am sure that the diagnostic approach is still 'standard practice' in the trade and any faults would be evident before the fuse had actually blown.
The need to check a fuse is usually obvious and I will admit, I personally have never done it 'just to check'
SkodaMart
SkodaMart
In any trade, there is no substitue for experience.
A true mechanic has seen the most obvious routine problems many times.
There are specialist mechanics that earn a living looking for electrical problems, particularly on expensive presitge cars and usually faults caused through accident damage.
It would be very interesting to place a blown fuse in your car and take it to a garage, I wonder how many would find the 'fault'
'Scratches head Aah the old, i've put a blown fuse in trick'
WTF?
A true mechanic has seen the most obvious routine problems many times.
There are specialist mechanics that earn a living looking for electrical problems, particularly on expensive presitge cars and usually faults caused through accident damage.
It would be very interesting to place a blown fuse in your car and take it to a garage, I wonder how many would find the 'fault'
'Scratches head Aah the old, i've put a blown fuse in trick'
WTF?
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Whilst it's true that fuses don't just blow for no reason, with things like abs faults it's something that I almost always check before looking for the (usually obvious) cause. Even if he read the codes, he would clear them and see the light was still on despite the car not having moved (so not knowing if it had a sensor problem)....as an example- the guy's incompetent and greedy
The planted "faults" were daft, but basic methodical checks would have identified these quickly...which should have then made him question why someone had unplugged components / fuses.
lambda for example, diagnostic says bank 1, sensor 1 - what's the first thing you do? look at it, the wiring and the plug.
Christmas tree lights on the dash? Check fuses, check fault codes, investigate fault. Even if you didn't do this you'd check the charge from the alt - on discovering it was fine you'd then check other potential issuse
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SkodaMart
SkodaMart
I agree 100%, he isn't a nice man! In fact I was quite surprised that he was capable of any physical work due to his size.
Fault finding follows a systematic and logical path. Just because it's not the way you wouldn't do it, it doesn't mean that your way is correct.
SkodaMart
SkodaMart
I don't profess to be a mechanic, I merely have experience of fixing my own cars, but in 22 years of driving I have not yet had a problem I was unable to fix, sometimes I have needed to visit a garage for a fault diagnostic.
The guy is a disgusting charlantan, but placing a blown fuse in a car isn't a fair test.
I have known mechanics replace discs and pads all round when it wasn't needed.
'Smileys' cough cough!
The guy is a disgusting charlantan, but placing a blown fuse in a car isn't a fair test.
I have known mechanics replace discs and pads all round when it wasn't needed.
'Smileys' cough cough!
Various bits on my own car and, yes, I always check the fuses. Which have never been at fault. Neither has a garage or dealer ever phoned after I took my car in to say 'We found the fault sir, a fuse had blown for no reason' 
Neither has the fault ever been the common old 'non-user serviceable part randomly and unexplicably not plugged in' problem
Neither has the fault ever been the common old 'non-user serviceable part randomly and unexplicably not plugged in' problem [TW]Fox;23034830 said:Various bits on my own car and, yes, I always check the fuses. Which have never been at fault. Neither has a garage or dealer ever phoned after I took my car in to say 'We found the fault sir, a fuse had blown for no reason'
But in this case the fuse could have blown for a reason. You don't just remove parts without testing.
This is all pretty much common sense stuff.
But if a sensor is faulty then you check to see if it's getting power a both sides.
SkodaMart
SkodaMart
What's your trade sigma?