Is Mechanic giving me a BS story?

[Maroon 5.0 LX]

Originally posted by PKRWUD
Excellent point! I gotta say, though, that's a pretty crappy mechanic that would return a car to the owner in that condition if in fact that is the cause!Take care,
~Chris

Most of the mechanic's I've run into are parts replacement specialists. Trial and error, and the customer gets charged for all the new parts, needed or not.

My '94 E-150 4.9 needed an EGR. I took it to my friendly Ford dealer, and had a new EGR and EVP installed. New parts were installed and the check engine lite still came on. He fooled around with this thing for hours and hours.

He finally found the pin on the EVP was just a tad too short, and would not activate when the EGR told it too. There was a part number change along the line somewhere on the EGR, but the new part number wouldn't work with the old part number EVP.

This guy was about to pull his hair out, but he stuck with it, and the labor charge was only for R&R the EGR. They charged the extra labor to warranty, because FOMOCO screwed up on the parts. Now that's unusual!