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Cellar Scribblings
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on August 09, 2017, 10:48:47 pm ---Hello Bettermost Friends!
I continue to believe my car is psychic. It knows I'm on vacation this week, so it decided to surprise me today with the "Service Engine Soon" light. It was almost time for another oil change, so I just dropped the car off at the shop, had them do a new oil change, and had them look into the engine light.
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Those damn lights can be scary. My and and I both have experiences with them. Sometimes the problem can be with the light instead of with the engine! :laugh:
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 10, 2017, 09:59:05 am ---Those damn lights can be scary. My and and I both have experiences with them. Sometimes the problem can be with the light instead of with the engine! :laugh:
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Well, it was at the mechanic today, and was OK when I picked it up, (they changed the spark plugs and some coils) and now the stupid light is back on. I have to run some errands tomorrow, and then I can bring it back.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 10, 2017, 09:59:05 am ---Those damn lights can be scary. My and and I both have experiences with them. Sometimes the problem can be with the light instead of with the engine! :laugh:
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Does my brain move faster than I can type? Of course that was supposed to read "My dad and I both." ::)
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on August 10, 2017, 07:41:17 pm ---Well, it was at the mechanic today, and was OK when I picked it up, (they changed the spark plugs and some coils) and now the stupid light is back on. I have to run some errands tomorrow, and then I can bring it back.
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I hope they really solve the problem for you. It's annoying when they don't fix it right the first time.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 10, 2017, 10:11:15 pm ---I hope they really solve the problem for you. It's annoying when they don't fix it right the first time.
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Thanks! I trust my mechanic, they do great work there, and are not bad price-wise.
To be honest, when I picked up the car he told me the light may come back on. He said the computer they hooked the car up to showed three issues, spark plugs, coils, and I forget what the third was. He only fixed the spark plugs and coils because (according to him) when those two items are off, they can cause a "false positive" for the third item on the list, and he didn't want to do the work on it, and charge me for it, if it wasn't needed.
Being that the light came back on, I guess the third item is a true issue now, so the truck is going back.
serious crayons:
Lee and Jeff and anyone else with an ailing parent, I highly recommend Atul Gawande's Being Mortal. I'm in the middle of reading it now. You know Atul Gawande from the New Yorker, I'm sure. The book is beautiful but it's also kind of depressing, as this subject tends to be.
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