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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
If I took my car to a shop and they told me I needed CV axles and there was a "check for no heat" complaint on the RO, I would leave immediately.
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Mech, "RO" is short for Repair Order?
They are still fixing the coolant leak.
I had ripped CV boots on my first car. I was told that for $25 I could purchase replacement boots and fill them with grease myself. No, that would not have been good, but it would have delayed full replacement. I periodically checked for clicking and it was probably three and a half years before I heard anything. I may have mentioned this story before.
On my first car, after four years, I hit something and tore out my crossmembers. A good friend told me that it was not worth fixing the car, but my mom persuaded me to take it to our mechanic, who replaced that part, but told me that the fuel injectors were bad.
After he replaced the crossmembers.
Over the next few months I was convinced to replace my fuel injectors, motor mounts, alternator, half-axles, rack and pinion, and possibly other parts.
One at a time.
Each time I was told that whichever part of the day was the last part that I needed to have a good and reliable car and this was from a few different shops, not a single business that coaxed $2,400 out of me.