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      08-21-2018, 10:50 AM   #5
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Some thoughts on servicing "mysteries".

On the one hand those service men have their instructions they violate for their own benefit only: you should let them do their job. On the other hand some of them appear to believe bolts and nuts are some "gadgets" to be turned with a master computer rather than a wrench.


Once I tried to replace my current car's cabin air filter myself. It's a simple procedure minding limited access in the passenger's foot well. Being a clean freak I declined kneeling and accidentally extracted the cabin fan instead. I put it back but it stopped working. Feeling a bit tired I called the official service just to be told they'd have to do some computer diagnostics. "-Look, I just told you...". They hung up. I said what they refused to hear aloud and fixed it myself by reinstallation of the fan.


Or most recent. I found my "underbody panel (#7)" hanging down. When having the car serviced I pointed that too. They listed some "diagnostics" (at a price of a computer one, at least! ). "-I've diagnosed it myself. I just need it (fucking) fixed! -All right, we just have to charge something...". It went like that: the mechanic diagnosed missing clips. I called the service man and he told him to fix it (for free).
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