Need help interperting OBD II information

aarcuda69062 > wrote in news:nonelson-
:

> In article >,
> "TeGGeR®" > wrote:
>

>> "Ping-pong cars"?
>
> Cars that were being ping-ponged back and forth between the
> repair shop and the test station.
>
> After the second failure, the customer could bring the car into
> one of two diagnostic facilities in Milwaukee and have free
> diagnostics performed to assist in getting the car to pass.



Now that's a nice touch. In Ontario Canada they saddle you with the
test, then leave you high and dry if it fails.



>
> We also did technician outreach, answered a diagnostic hotline
> and did damage investigations.
>
> Pulling rabbits out of a hat 80 hours a week... ;-)


Busy fellers, I'll bet.

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Tegger

"TeGGeR®" > wrote in news:Xns9883C2A97AD97tegger@
207.14.116.130:

> aarcuda69062 > wrote in news:nonelson-
> :
>

>>
>> After the second failure, the customer could bring the car into
>> one of two diagnostic facilities in Milwaukee and have free
>> diagnostics performed to assist in getting the car to pass.
>
>
>
> Now that's a nice touch. In Ontario Canada they saddle you with the
> test, then leave you high and dry if it fails.



Hmm... I think this is called "mixed metaphors".

Apologies to any literally sensitive readers...


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Tegger

Regardless of anything else, who else thinks that IAT temp looks high
for closed throttle idle?..When I see that I start thinking the EGR is
hung open.

The crank pickup is one of those 'fast start' systems that GM used?..
6x and 18x triggers?.. If I'm remembering correctly, I remember reading
that failure of part of that system would cause a no-start, but
wouldn't cause a stall.. but, admittedly, this is stuff from *years*
ago for me.

I don't know what to think about techs anymore (and this is from
someone who was one for >10 years).. talked to one tech that couldn't
troubleshoot a basic Ford DPFE system, and when he asked me about a
high idle problem on an 88 5.0 FI and told me everything he's done so
far, and I asked what the KOEO and KOER tests showed, responded that he
hadn't done those tests.

But, I've also seen someone else crimp a brake hose with a pair of
vise grips and break the hose.. dealer part; will be in Monday.

There are some good techs out there.. and, like with so many other
occupations, there are some real losers out there.

Jim