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| DigitalMP |
| quote: | Originally posted by _Nut_
Yes they do. I had to foot a 700 dollar bill to replace 2 o2 sensors.... :( |
Did he use lube? |
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| klingklang77 |
i have a VW turbo, too. i cant say i have major problems with the engine, transmission, or brakes etc. (knock on wood). Maybe b/c the mileage is low and i dont drive it that much. But i can say that i have had problems with minor things like electrical, the seals on the doors going, something with the window, the lever on the seats fell off to get into the back seat, etc things like that. i had another VW before that and same exact stuff. mine is a 2001 and the warranty sucked back then. 2 years- wtf is that?
but i still like the way it drives. but all the little things piss me off. |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by _Nut_
Yes they do. I had to foot a 700 dollar bill to replace 2 o2 sensors.... :( |
wtf?! what kind of car do you drive? i thought o2 sensors were one of those things that you don't really need to replace, haha... but i don't know about cars anymore so i'm probably totally wrong. it just seems like one of those things that you wouldn't need to replace unless you drove a super-expensive car or if they were really ing something up.
last year, RIGHT after i got my tax returns, i had to spend the entire return on car repairs... i was so pissed. |
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| kid nyce |
| quote: | Originally posted by _Nut_
Yes they do. I had to foot a 700 dollar bill to replace 2 o2 sensors.... :( |
o2 sensor's are a mechanic's greatest line, that means they are pulling a fast one over your head. You probably got a CEL (check engine light) on your dash and took it in to get it checked out. An o2 sensor usually resides near our Catalytic Converter, it measure the o2 coming out of your engine and then throws a light if there is an irregularity in o2 (rich or lean). Well to get o2, it's a combination of gas and air (Air/Fuel Ratio), alot of times there are small things that throw a CEL for o2, internal combustion when you step on it/floor it your car runs rich with gas and lean with air throwing a CEL. Most if not all the time an o2 sensor can throw a CEL for really stupid things, even a rock knocking the cat can throw a CEL for o2.
He might charge you for a replacement o2 sensor and really just reset your CEL, go under your car and clean the sensor casing a bit to make it seem like its brand new. So essentially he didn't replace anything, just reset your CEL so it doesn't appear and wait it out. If you come back within a given period of time with an o2 sensor issue or another CEL, he'll probably then go ahead and change it for you without any cost as if he's warranting on labor.
There are plenty of things that can affect an o2 sensor from throwing a CEL, under carriage knocking, internal combustion, bad gas, unclean air filter, just a bunch of things. Hope I educated you on what I know at least, and i'm pretty sure i didn't touch upon all the specifics here (someone else can do it) and i might not even be fully correct, just that my knowledge of cars stems back a few years since I haven't owned a vehicle in over 4 years (I moved into Manhattan and take the train every day =P).
Good luck =) |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by klingklang77
i have a VW turbo, too. i cant say i have major problems with the engine, transmission, or brakes etc. (knock on wood). Maybe b/c the mileage is low and i dont drive it that much. But i can say that i have had problems with minor things like electrical, the seals on the doors going, something with the window, the lever on the seats fell off to get into the back seat, etc things like that. i had another VW before that and same exact stuff. mine is a 2001 and the warranty sucked back then. 2 years- wtf is that?
but i still like the way it drives. but all the little things piss me off. |
yea same here. mine is a 99. i mean it's cute and the body style is the newer kinda and it's got leather and a sweet sound system with a custom CD player w/ a remote, sunroof, all that stuff. but still, pain in the ass!
my ex had a brand new benz too 2004 sl500. OVERPRICED piece of crap. all the little gagets went wrong with that car too. what's the damn point??? and plus the service sucked at the dealership. you pay 110k for a car, there shouldn't be ANY problems...not on a brand new one like that. his buddy has a 2002 BMW 745 Li (one of my favorite cars on the road) but he had trouble with it a lot too.
screw german cars.
oh yea, and i just got a call from Pepboys...it's ready and it's going to be $180 as opposed to the $350 they were trying to charge me yesterday.
damn straight! |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by kid nyce
o2 sensor's are a mechanic's greatest line, that means they are pulling a fast one over your head. You probably got a CEL (check engine light) on your dash and took it in to get it checked out. An o2 sensor usually resides near our Catalytic Converter, it measure the o2 coming out of your engine and then throws a light if there is an irregularity in o2 (rich or lean). Well to get o2, it's a combination of gas and air (Air/Fuel Ratio), alot of times there are small things that throw a CEL for o2, internal combustion when you step on it/floor it your car runs rich with gas and lean with air throwing a CEL. Most if not all the time an o2 sensor can throw a CEL for really stupid things, even a rock knocking the cat can throw a CEL for o2.
He might charge you for a replacement o2 sensor and really just reset your CEL, go under your car and clean the sensor casing a bit to make it seem like its brand new. So essentially he didn't replace anything, just reset your CEL so it doesn't appear and wait it out. If you come back within a given period of time with an o2 sensor issue or another CEL, he'll probably then go ahead and change it for you without any cost as if he's warranting on labor.
There are plenty of things that can affect an o2 sensor from throwing a CEL, under carriage knocking, internal combustion, bad gas, unclean air filter, just a bunch of things. Hope I educated you on what I know at least, and i'm pretty sure i didn't touch upon all the specifics here (someone else can do it) and i might not even be fully correct, just that my knowledge of cars stems back a few years since I haven't owned a vehicle in over 4 years (I moved into Manhattan and take the train every day =P).
Good luck =) |
wow.
lol
i wish i could ride a train every day. actually, i just moved to miami and i live about 2 minutes from the miami location of my school (i plan on transferring there before fall) and it happens to be right next to the metrorail station which goes right into downtown miami.
so yea, i definitely want to go to that school and get a new job in downtown miami so i'd hardly ever need my car. |
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| kid nyce |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
wow.
lol
i wish i could ride a train every day. actually, i just moved to miami and i live about 2 minutes from the miami location of my school (i plan on transferring there before fall) and it happens to be right next to the metrorail station which goes right into downtown miami.
so yea, i definitely want to go to that school and get a new job in downtown miami so i'd hardly ever need my car. |
isn't florida known for travelling from "air condition to air condition" lol, owait, maybe the metro stations have air conditioned rooms....god blessed nyc underground train stations!!!!! |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by kid nyce
isn't florida known for travelling from "air condition to air condition" lol, owait, maybe the metro stations have air conditioned rooms....god blessed nyc underground train stations!!!!! |
yea the metro rail is the thing above the ground. it's not like a subway system.
and you'd want to go from AC to AC if it was friggin 90 degrees with like 80% humidity:wtf: |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by kid nyce
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wow, thanks for writing all of that out... my CEL has been on in my car for about a year now, and i haven't gotten it fixed because the code that comes up when they checked it for me (420, haha) means the o2 sensors were setting it off. they told me it wasn't something that required fixing, just as long as i didn't care about having the CEL light always staring me in the face.
here's a more perplexing question though... ever since i got new tires put on my car last fall, my Parking Brake light has been stuck on ever since, even when the brake is disengaged.
so yah... i've got the CEL light and the parking brake light stuck on all the time but the car runs fine! |
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| kid nyce |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
so yah... i've got the CEL light and the parking brake light stuck on all the time but the car runs fine! |
check your emergency brake, you might be driving with it on LOL |
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| jonze234 |
| moral of the story, cars suck |
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