Comments on: The Service Engine Light: Your Mechanics Dirty Little Secret http://20somethingfinance.com/the-service-engine-light-your-mechanics-dirty-little-secret/ Personal Finance Blog for Young Professionals Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:08:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nk http://20somethingfinance.com/the-service-engine-light-your-mechanics-dirty-little-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-28969 Nk Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:19:56 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=1166#comment-28969 This make sense too. This make sense too.

]]> By: Nk http://20somethingfinance.com/the-service-engine-light-your-mechanics-dirty-little-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-28967 Nk Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:04:40 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=1166#comment-28967 Wow...great advise, they usually charge us $89 at the dealership to diagnose the problem and $49 at Firestone but one good thing about Firestone is that they will wave the diagnose fee if you get your vehicle fix there and the dealership wouldn't. Thank you so much! Wow…great advise, they usually charge us $89 at the dealership to diagnose the problem and $49 at Firestone but one good thing about Firestone is that they will wave the diagnose fee if you get your vehicle fix there and the dealership wouldn’t. Thank you so much!

]]> By: Mike http://20somethingfinance.com/the-service-engine-light-your-mechanics-dirty-little-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-28587 Mike Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:06:33 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=1166#comment-28587 I have read a few comments on here and other sites too. People are tired of being ripped off by shops and dealerships and paying over $100 for them to just scan to see why there engine light is on. If there was a business out there that offered to scan or turn off your engine light and give you the codes to and what is wrong with it for only $15 to $20 and they came to you. Would you call them? I have read a few comments on here and other sites too. People are tired of being ripped off by shops and dealerships and paying over $100 for them to just scan to see why there engine light is on. If there was a business out there that offered to scan or turn off your engine light and give you the codes to and what is wrong with it for only $15 to $20 and they came to you. Would you call them?

]]> By: Anthony http://20somethingfinance.com/the-service-engine-light-your-mechanics-dirty-little-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-27565 Anthony Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:38:08 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=1166#comment-27565 I'm with this guy. I’m with this guy.

]]> By: Roland http://20somethingfinance.com/the-service-engine-light-your-mechanics-dirty-little-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-27318 Roland Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:50:55 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=1166#comment-27318 the new mercedes have now 12 PC on board each talkinbg to one an other the owner will pay what ever a mech tellls them is wrong. seen to much rip off and the engine light is the biggest rip off, like isaid if a simple oring or presure cap is leaking that should be made readable on the dashboard for a consumer to read, and not some pc odbii reader, to the guy that said we pay doctors go and read once what they get ,for diagnostic check the bill the doctor get from insurance companie and wha t he //she gets. you may consider to be well overpaid, specially when we have to come back in a week then told well something else gone wrong, with the reader they can reset the engine light will go off and stay off till a fume is acumalting again ,, right u guys are ovedr paid and have mostly no idea, ((( could but many dif things great diagn,,,,,, bye for now the new mercedes have now 12 PC on board each talkinbg to one an other the owner will pay what ever a mech tellls them is wrong. seen to much rip off and the engine light is the biggest rip off, like isaid if a simple oring or presure cap is leaking that should be made readable on the dashboard for a consumer to read, and not some pc odbii reader,
to the guy that said we pay doctors go and read once what they get ,for diagnostic check the bill the doctor get from insurance companie and wha t he //she gets. you may consider to be well overpaid, specially when we have to come back in a week then told well something else gone wrong, with the reader they can reset the engine light will go off and stay off till a fume is acumalting again ,, right u guys are ovedr paid and have mostly no idea, ((( could but many dif things great diagn,,,,,, bye for now

]]> By: Roland http://20somethingfinance.com/the-service-engine-light-your-mechanics-dirty-little-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-27313 Roland Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:55:25 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=1166#comment-27313 Kacie ,, i had the same on nissan sentra 1.8 ltr 2002 came on off some time turning a uturn to fast the light came on then went off stayed on for 1 day and as mucha s 2 weeks then i turned the engine on in the morning and simultanesly turned on my garden hose with showerhead whille engine runnnig it keept engine longer cool thsia must have cleaned out some airflow or othe r glooged valve now driven 80 000 miles and it never came back on again it si a p*** the diagnistic is a money making crap nothing to do with passing the car in test,, regards roland Kacie ,, i had the same on nissan sentra 1.8 ltr 2002
came on off some time turning a uturn to fast the light came on then went off stayed on for 1 day and as mucha s 2 weeks then i turned the engine on in the morning and simultanesly turned on my garden hose with showerhead whille engine runnnig it keept engine longer cool thsia must have cleaned out some airflow or othe r glooged valve now driven 80 000 miles and it never came back on again it si a p*** the diagnistic is a money making crap nothing to do with passing the car in test,,
regards roland

]]> By: Roland http://20somethingfinance.com/the-service-engine-light-your-mechanics-dirty-little-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-27312 Roland Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:51:27 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=1166#comment-27312 tO YOU MY FRIEND ((( Rick says: October 30, 2009 at 3:00 pm ))) YES I WOULD PAY A MECHANIC FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE BUT BUT BUT, would u agree that the check engine l should be a serious matter and a Gas Cap not locked or has gasket leak that should show in your dash board, what check gascap or like we have it on the brakes brake sensor, Now to your so called educated mechanic he wanted to take engine head of and clean it ,, iwent home in july and the next morning i got up started car and use a gentle shower sprayer garden hose then let the car run for an other 1 miinute and then turn it off went to work light wa no loner on and since then i drove car 80 000 miles so much for that, i think regardless of new price if they all use ODBII system reader it should also includ a owners info what could be wrong a gasket on a oiltippin stick or intake air flow thyeh are s narrow so why then build something and have owner spend money on stuff the PC does not tell them or the costumer ?>??? i think that is a rip of from dot not passing the car when they can not diagnose quickly heere you say it can be this abnd that if the codse has several meaning that is not a code reader that is guessing okay, why should the car not pass test just because the gascap is leaking fumes,??? while i see cars parked leaking engine oil or transmission, fluid which then makes the blacktop to disintegrate okay and i am not angry just amassed at some dumm remarks here, thanks roland tO YOU MY FRIEND ((( Rick says:

October 30, 2009 at 3:00 pm )))

YES I WOULD PAY A MECHANIC FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE BUT BUT BUT,

would u agree that the check engine l should be a serious matter and a Gas Cap not locked or has gasket leak that should show in your dash board, what check gascap or like we have it on the brakes brake sensor,

Now to your so called educated mechanic he wanted to take engine head of and clean it ,, iwent home in july and the next morning i got up started car and use a gentle shower sprayer garden hose
then let the car run for an other 1 miinute and then turn it off

went to work light wa no loner on and since then i drove car 80 000 miles so much for that,
i think regardless of new price if they all use ODBII system reader it should also includ a owners info what could be wrong a gasket on a oiltippin stick or intake air flow thyeh are s narrow so why then build something and have owner spend money on stuff the PC does not tell them or the costumer ?>???

i think that is a rip of from dot not passing the car when they can not diagnose quickly
heere you say it can be this abnd that if the codse has several meaning that is not a code reader that is guessing okay,

why should the car not pass test just because the gascap is leaking fumes,???

while i see cars parked leaking engine oil or transmission, fluid which then makes the blacktop to disintegrate okay

and i am not angry just amassed at some dumm remarks here,

thanks

roland

]]> By: Kacie http://20somethingfinance.com/the-service-engine-light-your-mechanics-dirty-little-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-27089 Kacie Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:28:19 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=1166#comment-27089 My check engine light has been on and off for a year and a half. Ive been told that it is an 02 sensor awhile ago, no money to fix it. Ive been running ARCO gas in my car. Seemed always to be fine. But I heard recently that Chevron was better and on my first tank last week, after driving 20 miles that light has gone off and stayed off. Is this a fluke or does it have to do with running better gas in my car? My check engine light has been on and off for a year and a half. Ive been told that it is an 02 sensor awhile ago, no money to fix it. Ive been running ARCO gas in my car. Seemed always to be fine. But I heard recently that Chevron was better and on my first tank last week, after driving 20 miles that light has gone off and stayed off. Is this a fluke or does it have to do with running better gas in my car?

]]> By: Charlie http://20somethingfinance.com/the-service-engine-light-your-mechanics-dirty-little-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-26256 Charlie Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:17:42 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=1166#comment-26256 Mike that is exactly what happened to me at the hONDA DEALER. tHEY REPLACED THE V TEC SOLENOID AND COOLANT TEMP.cOST ME 500.16 DOLLARS. tWO DAYS LATER LIGHT GOES BACK ON. i FEEL ROBBED. Mike that is exactly what happened to me at the hONDA DEALER. tHEY REPLACED THE V TEC SOLENOID AND COOLANT TEMP.cOST ME 500.16 DOLLARS. tWO DAYS LATER LIGHT GOES BACK ON. i FEEL ROBBED.

]]> By: Tom http://20somethingfinance.com/the-service-engine-light-your-mechanics-dirty-little-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-19856 Tom Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:30:27 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=1166#comment-19856 Hi Jay does the Jay stand for James Bond (007)? Whats an SLK does "Q" work on your car and does it have a rocket propelled ejection seat? Is SLK short for oil slick deployed ? Hi Jay does the Jay stand for James Bond (007)? Whats an SLK does “Q” work on your car and does it have a rocket propelled ejection seat? Is SLK short for oil slick deployed ?

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