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The day a 2002 Civic taught me to always check the simple stuff first
Had a car come in last week with a rough idle and a check engine light, owner was convinced it needed a new throttle body. Spent about an hour running diagnostics before I just popped the air filter box open. Found a mouse nest the size of a softball clogging everything up, problem solved in five minutes. Anyone else have a story where the fix was way simpler than the customer thought?
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jade322d ago
Gotta disagree a bit here. Sometimes the simple check is obvious, but a lot of times it really isn't. Like a rough idle could be a dozen things, from bad plugs to a vacuum leak. You can't just open the air box first on every car that comes in. The diagnostic steps exist for a reason, to rule out the complex stuff. That mouse nest was a lucky find, not the standard procedure.
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christopher_west11d ago
Tell me about it. Spent a whole weekend chasing a weird electrical drain on my truck once. Turned out to be a glove box light that wouldn't turn off.
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