Reddit’s Just Rolled into the Shop is a veritable cornucopia of the many wonders and oddities of shop lyfe. You never know what’s gonna roll in. Here’s what caught my eye this week.
Vehicle is an E90 if anyone is curious
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And I quote” I didn’t really hear it over my subs”
Ok... now what
It was originally diagnosed as an injection pump because there was no pressure to the fuel rail. After removing components to be able to reach the injection pump, this pile of shavings was discovered behind the starter...
...case decided those bearings didnt need any zerks.
I would also like to point out that the wholeass Honda [early 00s civic] was promptly tossed into the nearest scrap metal bin at the request of the customer.
...there’s a steep drop into a ditch on the other side, the only way to get to the little trailer is to move one of the ones beside it and grab it from an angle...
...got all of the bolts out of the block no problem had to cut 2 but that was only because the bolt head ripped off and the strip socket wouldn’t grab it any more. No bolts broken or anything.
...From what I could tell it blew a hose and ran the coolant dry, and with the coolant sensor reading atmospheric air temp it didn’t shut down. Probably all caused from being ran with the isolation valves closed. Who knows, though? The failure wasn’t reported by an operator, I just found it like this during a service.
Sure. Sounds like a good start to the parts list...
“Wasn’t my fault; I was framed!” -the trailer, probably
Holden commodore v6.
Video: thebrendan312
Please be kind, rewind
That’s the pits...
Lmao it’s on a flatbead headed somewhere down by the texas coast junkyard
...Good news is she’ll be back on the road in less than a week with a new tailgate.
...The guy brought this in, which is his wife’s car. While she was driving it. A tree fell on it while she was driving...
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Was looking through the service history on a car when I saw this, 1 hour diag at my shop would have cost the lady $135, plus like another $8 for the one gallon.
6 years old, 70,000 miles. Trans pan.
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Obligato- ...uh, hmm...
Obligatory brake post
Obligatory tire post