Car care

Feb. 17th, 2005 12:52 am
vettecat: (blue vette)
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For a while now, our "check engine" light has been going on at irregular intervals. When it started it was diagnosed as a faulty oxygen sensor, and not worth worrying about unless it became constant. But as of a couple days ago it had been on for almost a week, and I noticed that the resting temperature was much higher than usual... yet the heat wasn't working. So I brought it in this morning to be examined. Diagnosis was that it needed a water pump, which they replaced. Quite reasonable; I don't think I'd ever replaced it, these things do go after a while. But we didn't really need the added expense right now. (Nothing on a car is cheap.) On the other hand, not fixing it would have been a lot worse. And I have my car back, and it's healthy. So on the whole it's probably not a bad thing... I just hope it doesn't need any more major repairs for a while.

Date: 2005-02-17 11:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pandorahunter.livejournal.com
hope she stays well:)
my"new" car died a hole in the block would cost over 2k so we are on 1 car for now!!
Good Luck

Date: 2005-02-18 05:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com
Actually my car is a "he"... but thanks! And, sorry about the new car. :-(

Date: 2005-02-18 10:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pressburger.livejournal.com
I was a sucker and paid for the new oxygen sensor.

Date: 2005-02-20 04:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com
Oh, you had the same problem? I was actually going to tell them to replace the oxygen sensor if that was the problem, b/c it was too annoying to not know when something was really wrong... but it turned out to be something else.

Date: 2005-02-20 05:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pressburger.livejournal.com
Mine was the actual oxygen sensor. It was expensive to replace. I did it for the same reason.

Date: 2005-02-20 05:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com
I guess that must be a common problem.

Date: 2005-02-20 02:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pressburger.livejournal.com
Or a coincidence.

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