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Re:What a Year at a Mechanic Shop Taught Me About Process (2... by m0zg on Saturday November 16, 2019 @03:56PM (#21554896)
They'll just wait until it breaks. My car clanks sometimes when doing sharp turns at a low speed. Something in the steering or wheels. Not very loud, but disconcerting. 2 visits to the dealer - zero progress. To be fair, it's probably harmless. Or it could crap out at 80mph and kill me, I don't know. And that's BMW, where mechanics are expensive AF.
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Re:What a Year at a Mechanic Shop Taught Me About Process (2... by westmeal on Sunday November 17, 2019 @08:56AM (#21557917)
Is it a 'tuk tut tut tut tuk' sound? If so, try going to a parking lot and holding the wheel all the way to the left and accelerating slowly in a circle. same for the right. If it makes that noise it's most likely your CV axles. If it's only when you hit bumps then it may be a ball joint that is coming loose.
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Re:What a Year at a Mechanic Shop Taught Me About Process (2... by Scoundreller on Saturday November 16, 2019 @04:44PM (#21555173)
Take it to a non-dealership? My (slight) expérience with the BMW dealership is that they’re mindless flow-chart followers that can’t/won’t use their brains to think.

They certainly didn’t read my notes that indicated that I already swapped around the plugs and coils but the problem stayed in the same cylinder.

Their first course of action was to replace all plugs and coils.

Ugh.

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Re:What a Year at a Mechanic Shop Taught Me About Process (2... by maxerickson on Saturday November 16, 2019 @04:50PM (#21555208)
Was it warranty work?

They are going to do it the way that makes sure they get paid.

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Re:What a Year at a Mechanic Shop Taught Me About Process (2... by Scoundreller on Saturday November 16, 2019 @07:34PM (#21555827)
Nope, well out of warranty.

Ultimately, they missed out on a lot of work. Actual issue was a broken exhaust valve spring.

Indy got the same notes as me, immediately did a compression test and easily knew it wasn’t plugs/coils.

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