The Car Isn’t Moving: How Auto Repair Shops Search for Lost ‘Horses’
- October 24, 2023
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Loss of power is a common problem with used cars and can be a symptom of many different problems. Usually drivers rush to buy new components and assemblies,
Loss of power is a common problem with used cars and can be a symptom of many different problems. Usually drivers rush to buy new components and assemblies, undergo expensive cleaning procedures and even think about selling. But sometimes you just have to be attentive and patient, without panicking.
Year after year, day after day, every car gets old, even if it doesn’t drive much and has very insignificant mileage. “Fatigue” manifests itself in many ways: suspension, rubber seals, cracks and holes. The list could be endless, but this list will certainly include a loss of power: “the horses ran away.”
By submitting such a request to a gas station today, you can help and literally lead more than one small business out of the crisis: depending on the state of the budget and the number of deferred salaries, the master will either manage the entire fuel system or just the injectors, remove the valve cover or disassemble the entire engine, wash or replace the fuel tank together with the neck of course.
Of course, this will not be possible without replacing the throttle valve, throttle position sensor, air flow sensor and many other components that are fabulously expensive by today’s standards. There is also no doubt that all these operations will be performed exclusively in the accounting department of the car service center, and the mechanic himself will follow a familiar path that does not require complex manual passes and expensive car parts.
First of all, he removes the air flow sensor from the air filter housing and washes it from a thick layer of dust with the cheapest “carb cleaner”. Then without hesitation, without even removing it, he sprays the throttle valve with the same carburetor cleaner – it’s a little dirty there. Then they will replace the air filter, which is tightly clogged with traces of summer trips to nature: it turns out that it can be replaced not only once every 15,000 km.
To fully impress the customer, you can take unprecedented measures: go to the fuel pump bottle in the gas tank and clean – again with “carb cleaner” or brake cleaner – the mesh of the fuel coarse filter. To complete the picture, we need the final touches.
If he looks at the accelerator pedal during a smoke break, he will notice with an experienced eye that the throttle cable has stretched and sagged due to frantic pedaling or just every now and then, so that according to the documents the accelerator pedal will be replaced, but in reality it will be the be cable. The new one opens the damper completely, allowing the lucky owner of the car to experience a rush of drive and adrenaline. Of course, ‘full throttle’ will literally put a citizen driving the car at 60% power into a trance. In addition, you will immediately feel the “tide” – in the very first 100 meters of the “test drive” after the repair.
The customer is happy, the customer pays without looking under the hood, where from the listed range only the same throttle cable appeared, which even in the original version costs 5,000 – 6,000 thousand rubles. No, of course they installed an analog – for a thousand. But the invoice for the work will be as original as possible. Besides everything else.
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Year after year, day after day, every car gets old, even if it doesn’t drive much and has very insignificant mileage. “Fatigue” manifests itself in many ways: suspension, rubber seals, cracks and holes. The list could be endless, but this list will certainly include a loss of power: “the horses ran away.”
By submitting such a request to a gas station today, you can help and literally lead more than one small business out of the crisis: depending on the state of the budget and the number of deferred salaries, the master will either manage the entire fuel system or just the injectors, remove the valve cover or disassemble the entire engine, wash or replace the fuel tank together with the neck of course.
Of course, this will not be possible without replacing the throttle valve, throttle position sensor, air flow sensor and many other components that are fabulously expensive by today’s standards. There is also no doubt that all these operations will be performed exclusively in the accounting department of the car service center, and the mechanic himself will follow a familiar path that does not require complex manual passes and expensive car parts.
First of all, he removes the air flow sensor from the air filter housing and washes it from a thick layer of dust with the cheapest “carb cleaner”. Then without hesitation, without even removing it, he sprays the throttle valve with the same carburetor cleaner – it’s a little dirty there. Then they will replace the air filter, which is tightly clogged with traces of summer trips to nature: it turns out that it can be replaced not only once every 15,000 km.
To fully impress the customer, you can take unprecedented measures: go to the fuel pump bottle in the gas tank and clean – again with “carb cleaner” or brake cleaner – the mesh of the fuel coarse filter. To complete the picture, we need the final touches.
If he looks at the accelerator pedal during a smoke break, he will notice with an experienced eye that the throttle cable has stretched and sagged due to frantic pedaling or just every now and then, so that according to the documents the accelerator pedal will be replaced, but in reality it will be the be cable. The new one opens the damper completely, allowing the lucky owner of the car to experience a rush of drive and adrenaline. Of course, ‘full throttle’ will literally put a citizen driving the car at 60% power into a trance. In addition, you will immediately feel the “tide” – in the very first 100 meters of the “test drive” after the repair.
The customer is happy, the customer pays without looking under the hood, where from the listed range only the same throttle cable appeared, which even in the original version costs 5,000 – 6,000 thousand rubles. No, of course they installed an analog – for a thousand. But the invoice for the work will be as original as possible. Besides everything else.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
Donald Salinas is an experienced automobile journalist and writer for Div Bracket. He brings his readers the latest news and developments from the world of automobiles, offering a unique and knowledgeable perspective on the latest trends and innovations in the automotive industry.
