saved my self $260, covers most of my SAFC2's cost Options

[97sccelica]

well, i took the car in to toyota for a CEL, and also as a pre turbo checkup, well, after they stole $72 for a diagnostic check, they told me that the EGR VSV was leaking. so they said it would be an estimated $260 for parts and labor, in addition to the $72 for the diagnostic.

what really pissed me off is that it was not covered in the toyota gold warranty that i have on my car.

btw, shouldnt emissions equipment be covered? its drivetrain right?

any way, i was pretty pissed. so i said no to the repair, went and did a computer job, got some panda express and went to work on the car.

turns out that none of the auto parts stores around here have the part, all say its a dealer only part

the dealer had it for $113 + tax, but it would take a week to come in.

i took the part off and using my chiltons manual, i tested it and it passed all the tests. cleaned the connectors, and put it back on. started the car, and BAM, CEL was gone, and after driving 100 miles today it did not come back on. w00t! so now that $260 covers most of the cost of the SAFC2 i should be getting tomorrow

so yeah now im gonna get myself an obd2 scanner and do the $72 diagnostic by myself.

This post has been edited by 97sccelica: Jul 18, 2003 - 4:14 AM

[macavely]

yea you would be supprised by all the money you can save when you do the work yourself....like my boy he got a 91 jeep and the transmission was acting up... the shop he took it said the would put in a new tranny for 900... so he asked me if i would do it for him... i told him let me check it out .... so i did.. and the first and only thing i did was clean one of the sensors on the transmission... that was 8 months ago.... hes jeep hasn't had any transmisson problmes since.... saved him 896 buck... i made him buy me lunch... lol

[HyperDeathKill]

Yea! fight the man! Don't let those stealerships take any more of your hard earned money!

[97sccelica]

QUOTE (macavely @ Jul 18, 2003 - 3:17 AM)

yea you would be supprised by all the money you can save when you do the work yourself....like my boy he got a 91 jeep and the transmission was acting up... the shop he took it said the would put in a new tranny for 900... so he asked me if i would do it for him... i told him let me check it out .... so i did.. and the first and only thing i did was clean one of the sensors on the transmission... that was 8 months ago.... hes jeep hasn't had any transmisson problmes since.... saved him 896 buck... i made him buy me lunch... lol

now that is saving money.