Do shops ever fix something on the first try?
Is it my bad luck or do others have to go back to mechanics to get a repair done right? I get tired of paying people to learn how to fix something . Nobody ever says this is the price and I'll fix it...
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I had taken our Bounder(now for sale)in for the same problem to some very highly acclaimed shops here and even in Hesperia. I have no idea how much I spent and finally found the correct diagnosis on the forum and IRV2. It cost me less to buy tools and materials to verify and fix the problem than any of the shops charged me to repair things that weren't broken.
A very reputable shop told me over and over that it was an electrical problem and not a lack of fuel as I kept insisting it was. I finally put a temporary fuel pressure gauge on the dash and drove around and found that I lost fuel pressure intermittently. The part needed cost $18 dollars and was almost impossible to find. I installed a relay of my own choosing and that was in my tool box as a spare and have not had any problem since.
When I stopped by and told the owner of this very reputable shop what I found, his reply was, "See it was an electrical problem". Two months he had the RV and couldn't find it, I found it in four hours by doing what he said would prove nothing.
No I do not feel they are very good the first 20 times around. If the vehicle doesn't have OBD port where they can plug in their computers, they are lost
A very reputable shop told me over and over that it was an electrical problem and not a lack of fuel as I kept insisting it was. I finally put a temporary fuel pressure gauge on the dash and drove around and found that I lost fuel pressure intermittently. The part needed cost $18 dollars and was almost impossible to find. I installed a relay of my own choosing and that was in my tool box as a spare and have not had any problem since.
When I stopped by and told the owner of this very reputable shop what I found, his reply was, "See it was an electrical problem". Two months he had the RV and couldn't find it, I found it in four hours by doing what he said would prove nothing.
No I do not feel they are very good the first 20 times around. If the vehicle doesn't have OBD port where they can plug in their computers, they are lost
