My 19-year-old son is interested in working on cars and going into a trade, so it seems like becoming an auto mechanic would be a great career for him. He heard that if you like working on your own car, you should avoid doing it for your job. Can any mechanics on here please share your experience?
Won’t start there was no dash lights on for the engine or battery ever worked fine the night before
My 2016 Kia Soul seemed to be running okay. I had replaced the cat on it about two months prior. I suddenly got a flashing engine light. No low oil as I had just did that two weeks prior. No odd noise, seemed to be running okay. Google said this was a knock sensor picking up engine knock or similar or possibly a knock sensor failure. Dealership said I am still under the 150k engine warranty but it’s going to be two weeks before they can even diagnose it. About to start a new job. Need the car. They floated a loaner being possible and I hoping that is free. Has anyone else gone down this rabbit hole?
My buddy gave me a 2012 jeep liberty that had been sitting for a year and a half. These are the things I’ve done,
New brakes, rotors and calipers
Oil change
I started it and it sounds great.
It had 3/4 tank of gas, the internet is telling me to siphon that gas out or I will ruin the engine. It is also telling me to do a coolant flush. It is also telling me to do a coolant flush or again I will ruin it all. The internet always makes everything seem like life or death and you’re gonna die.
The heat doesn’t work, but I can hear clicking and pretty sure it’s the acuator.
So the coolant flush and gas siphon is it necessary? I already started it did I ruin everything? The engine sounded great. So thoughts??
I had taken my vehicle to a repair shop after it broke down... Come to find out I need my alternator replaced. I get it replaced... now I drive my vehicle for about 2 weeks. I noticed while starting up my vehicle that it was kind of a hard start. but I assumed possible low battery, and it needed to be replaced. I continued driving with really no problems and I go to put gas into my vehicle and when going to start I got nothing. I then proceeded to open the hood of my vehicle and noticed that around the battery my wires are fried and the electrical tape is falling off my ground wire/ I am still naive and think this can't be my alternator I just had it replaced. Just to be sure I purchased and installed a new battery and wrapped new electrical tape. but that does nothing. I have triple aaa test my alternator and comes back bad!! I just had it replaced 2 weeks ago. I tow it back to the original shop and explain that my alternator is bad and something is wrong with my wires. The guy says he will replace my alternator for warranty and check the wires... and I get a call from him, and he states that my vehicle will not start after replacing the alternator and my fuel pump needed to be replaced. I sign an agreement to replace the fuel pump... and then the next day he calls me saying that this is a bigger problem than what it should be and the electrical wires caused my fuel pump to go. and I am thinking well of course... I explained this already my wires were fried... and he already mentioned that he was going to look into it. and then tells me he is going to order these parts to fix it. now it's going on a week I call after no updates, and he goes on to tell me give me 2 more days I need to order special parts from the dealership. I tell him okay. now I give him the benefit of the doubt and give 4 days no calls so I make the call. and of course, he picks up and tells me nothing was done and nothing can be done basically. he goes on to ask me how much I am willing to dish or pay into this vehicle.. and I tell him that the cause for my wires being fried is because he installed a bad alternator. and he says I can assure you that this has never happened before to any of the alternators I have installed and that is not the reason. So, I ask him to explain why then for what reason would my harness and alternator wire fry. and he goes something was done with the BATTERY... and he doesn't do electrical repair...(even though it says it on his website that they do special electrical care) and then I said you should have told me this immediately instead of having me wait and his excuse was that he wanted to know what was wrong with the vehicle too. but mind you I work right down the street from the shop and every day I drove by my vehicle did not move from the same spot it was in. he didn't bother trying or ordering the so-called parts he spoke of before. Now I am stuck having to pay for a costly repair and towing it somewhere else. for a reason or fault, I believe he should of fixed. I believe there is no other reason but the bad alternator he installed in my vehicle has caused the entire electrical system and fuel pump to fry out... I also spent a grand for this alternator repair initially. If I have never taken it to this shop I wouldn't have no car and a large bill I now have to deal with.
I also was having so much doubt it was the alternator because I was saying it was just replaced it can't be. I should of just went with my gut and sent it back to the shop immediately than trying to install a new battery.. because now that is what he is using it as leverage and blaming it on that. but even before the battery was installed my wires were fried. so that was not the cause, and I have explained this over and over to him and he states that he can argue this back and forth all day. I am highly disappointed in humanity and people. I just feel like this is huge set back and I don't even know how to move forward. any thoughts? thank you.