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majorgator
Dec 18, 2015Explorer
I personally have the AutoEnginuity ScanTool for my Ford truck. It works like a dream. On newer vehicles, if/when it sets a code, you get a readout as to what the conditions are when the code was set. That's more valuable than people might think.
Last week, my grandmother had a bad shake and loss of power in her Camry. She was in town and stopped by the local AutoZone store. They plugged it in and told her it was a...get ready..."spark plug" code and that all the spark plugs needed replacing. So they sold this old woman 6 spark plugs (for her 4 cylinder engine). She came over to my house, and in about 10 minutes I correctly diagnosed it as a bad ignition coil on cylinder 1. Replaced it and life is good again.
DO NOT TRUST AUTO PARTS STORES SCANNERS OR EMPLOYEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last week, my grandmother had a bad shake and loss of power in her Camry. She was in town and stopped by the local AutoZone store. They plugged it in and told her it was a...get ready..."spark plug" code and that all the spark plugs needed replacing. So they sold this old woman 6 spark plugs (for her 4 cylinder engine). She came over to my house, and in about 10 minutes I correctly diagnosed it as a bad ignition coil on cylinder 1. Replaced it and life is good again.
DO NOT TRUST AUTO PARTS STORES SCANNERS OR EMPLOYEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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