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Man i get the boot question all the time. I will even pull the ball joint and jingle it like its a bell in front of the customer and they just dont get it.
Also lots of people just wanting me to add oil. Ugh. The Century i did new heads on last week looked like 30k oil change intervals while running Penzoil. LOL I tried to tell him a new motor was only $230 more and by the looks of his, i would go that way. Nope. heads only. He gave me hell on them too saying "My brother is a mechanic and says its just head gaskets!" No sir, here is the head. See this large crack in the combustion chamber? "You can weld that!" No. Its a $200 head. Sell the car or buy heads if you want it to run again.
On the downside i really felt bad for a dude today. Pulled in the lot in a 2008 Passat that I thought was a diesel with a leaky exhaust. As he parked i saw the oil GUSHING out from the bottom. I run out to tell him shut it down and then saw its the FSI 4 banger turbo. They shouldnt sound like that. Big hole in the oil pan. He said he hit something on the highway an hour ago or so, stopped at his appointment and saw the big puddle but was heading out for Mesquite anyway. He made it as far as my shop. Got it in the air and drained the last 1/2 quart out into a rag and it was like I wiped myself off after going to a nudie bar.
I told him its gonna be over 5 grand. He asked if I could JB weld the hole and refill it with oil. Needless to say I pushed the car out into the lot and told him to call a truck.
Also lots of people just wanting me to add oil. Ugh. The Century i did new heads on last week looked like 30k oil change intervals while running Penzoil. LOL I tried to tell him a new motor was only $230 more and by the looks of his, i would go that way. Nope. heads only. He gave me hell on them too saying "My brother is a mechanic and says its just head gaskets!" No sir, here is the head. See this large crack in the combustion chamber? "You can weld that!" No. Its a $200 head. Sell the car or buy heads if you want it to run again.
On the downside i really felt bad for a dude today. Pulled in the lot in a 2008 Passat that I thought was a diesel with a leaky exhaust. As he parked i saw the oil GUSHING out from the bottom. I run out to tell him shut it down and then saw its the FSI 4 banger turbo. They shouldnt sound like that. Big hole in the oil pan. He said he hit something on the highway an hour ago or so, stopped at his appointment and saw the big puddle but was heading out for Mesquite anyway. He made it as far as my shop. Got it in the air and drained the last 1/2 quart out into a rag and it was like I wiped myself off after going to a nudie bar.
I told him its gonna be over 5 grand. He asked if I could JB weld the hole and refill it with oil. Needless to say I pushed the car out into the lot and told him to call a truck.
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