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Sion · 07-07-2003, 09:09 PM

"People would always want a bottle of liquid that they could pour in their engine,tank trranny, etc that would fix busted seals, bad sensors or injectors or other major failures, used to crack me up."

the bad thing about the "mechanic in a bottle" type of products is that some of them DO work, sometimes. but, unfortunately, most of them dont, and those few that do help only work in very specific situations. for example, if you have a slow seepage leak from a gasket that is beginning to go bad, there are products that will swell the gasket and stop the leak, even though it is only a temporary fix.

my worst pet peeve from my parts counter days though are these two:

1. people who always want to go the absolute cheapest possible route to fix their brakes. it's almost as if they WANT to kill themselves (and possibly others). I actually told one guy "A car that wont start can't kill you, but a car that wont stop is almost certain to kill you." stupid bastard still did not take my advice. (note: my advice was NOT to use compression fittings to repair a rotted out steel brake line.)

2. the guy who says "just gimme the cheapest tires you got. no, dont balance them. I'm selling the car in a couple of months." if I have heard this excuse for not repairing a car properly once, Ive heard it 10,000 times. and it is for this reason that I will not buy a used car without spending 2 or 3 hours going over it with a fine toothed comb.

07-07-2003, 09:09 PM	#46 (permalink)
Sion Dumb all over...a little ugly on the side Location: In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.	"People would always want a bottle of liquid that they could pour in their engine,tank trranny, etc that would fix busted seals, bad sensors or injectors or other major failures, used to crack me up." the bad thing about the "mechanic in a bottle" type of products is that some of them DO work, sometimes. but, unfortunately, most of them dont, and those few that do help only work in very specific situations. for example, if you have a slow seepage leak from a gasket that is beginning to go bad, there are products that will swell the gasket and stop the leak, even though it is only a temporary fix. my worst pet peeve from my parts counter days though are these two: 1. people who always want to go the absolute cheapest possible route to fix their brakes. it's almost as if they WANT to kill themselves (and possibly others). I actually told one guy "A car that wont start can't kill you, but a car that wont stop is almost certain to kill you." stupid bastard still did not take my advice. (note: my advice was NOT to use compression fittings to repair a rotted out steel brake line.) 2. the guy who says "just gimme the cheapest tires you got. no, dont balance them. I'm selling the car in a couple of months." if I have heard this excuse for not repairing a car properly once, Ive heard it 10,000 times. and it is for this reason that I will not buy a used car without spending 2 or 3 hours going over it with a fine toothed comb. __________________ He's the best, of course, of all the worst. Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...