My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 96

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
02/17/2019 at 13:00 • Filed to: justrolledintotheshop, reddit, wrenching, fail

Reddit’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is a veritable cornucopia of the many !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of shop lyfe. You never know what’s gonna roll in. Here’s what caught my eye this week.

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Truck was delivered from a dealer to the customer (a nationwide company), who noticed the fluid leak and drove it to us (a different dealer). I found that the transmission cooling lines were missing a seal between the lines and the transmission itself from the factory! What the fuck!

Since it was the customer who found it, this means that the fluid on the ground was never noticed at the factory, it was never noted on the delivery truck, and it was never discovered at the dealer who sold the truck to the company during their PDI.

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So that’s what they mean by trickle-down effect.

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Atleast 6,000 miles till I should next see it again if they take it back to whoever left the O. Plenty of time to think of a next move!

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I’m guessing the only reason it’s in a pan at all, is that he didn’t want to get it on himself or his tires.

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Username checks out! (I still can’t figure out how to embed these dang vids... as always, click link for video)

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Must not be pit rated, I guess.

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...he still found something to complain about. ...that we didn’t pull his car in for service as soon as he got there- with 4 other tickets on the board. He actually called our home office for that one!

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4.2 Touareg.

Update: The guy declined repairs (shocker) and is currently attempting to drive it 20 miles back to the sketchy used car lot he bought it from. Taking bets on how far he gets.

...it’s been like 4 hours since he took it so either he got lucky and made it or it’s stuck on the side of I-5 somewhere.

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The tech says that the plug wasn’t tightened and allowed combustion gas to leak out and melt the plug and burn up the coil.

The hole for this plug was obviously destroyed, but otherwise it was okay. They’re going to try to heli-coil it

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I’ve found that most suv/cars made after around 2005 require the bumper cover to come off to remove the headlight, ford just took it a step further by require the same for just bulbs

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oil pick up inside the oil pan. its clogged with gasket sealer

...found oil pan full of metal shavings as well. engines had no oil pressure

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Well that’s one way to look at it.

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No one was hurt. The transport driver was in it when it happened, but he was fine. Freaked out, and worried about getting fired, but healthy at least

...it was an auction car that we’d bought, I believe. Might still be for sale... You need an SUV, minor bumper damage?

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200 inline 6 in a 66 Mustang.

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This is how it was brought in. fuck my life lol.

Found 4 blown fuses. Was able to get the drivers low beam. Waiting on an answer as far as if they want me to go further. It’s a 03 Malibu with 253,000. We’ll see if it has sentimental value.

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Right after I finish with the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! a Ford goes and folds right up on my hoist... It’s one of those days... lol

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Bonus mold pic

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Good thing the duck was okay!

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He said he somehow sparked the cooling fan and the bottom of the car was drenched in brake clean.

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HVAC housing in a Grand Caravan...

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She didn’t have [a receipt] but there is like 50+ affected cars so the owner is making right and paying for repairs and rentals

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Audi s4 fuse box completely frozen in ice. Not a rare sight from what I’ve heard but a first for me

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Obligatory tire post

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Obligatory brake post

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DISCUSSION (9)

jimz > Urambo Tauro
02/17/2019 at 13:29

re: that CX-5 head, it sucks but porosity continues to be a problem for aluminum castings. usually they check for that and can fix it with a polymer sealer. possible that one wasn’t caught initially.

Urambo Tauro > jimz
02/17/2019 at 13:46

Who’s “they”, the factory or dealer? Do they try to catch this sort of thing as it rolls off the line, and if so, do they fix it on the spot or just ship it to the dealer with a note?

jimz > Urambo Tauro
02/17/2019 at 13:51

the casting plant. IIRC coolant and oil passages have to be pressure tested on a fixture in order for a head or block to be considered “good.”

Urambo Tauro > jimz
02/17/2019 at 13:56

Huh. I was under the impression that the only testing that happened at the plant was to check one out of every x number of units. Are they supposed to test every one then ?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Urambo Tauro
02/17/2019 at 14:34

In the 5 years I worked at a gas station we never had a diver put the wrong fuel in the wrong tank. Each tank is labeled with a color code.

But we did switch one tank, and two pumps from diesel, to no ethanol 87. Within the first month 4 people filled their diesel vehicles with gas, despite the labels being changed.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Urambo Tauro
02/17/2019 at 17:07

Obligatory tyre post was missing a tyre...

shop-teacher > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/17/2019 at 23:01

Sounds like in this case, diesel was put in a tank meant for gas. Error on the part of whoever filled that tank, not the drivers. Over 50 vehicles affected, apparently.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Urambo Tauro
02/18/2019 at 02:14

re the CX5 head, i’ve seen similar with Cruze 1.8L heads multiple times

i86hotdogs > Urambo Tauro
02/18/2019 at 09:27

We test every block that comes through. We get porosity pretty frequently. We remove the head, and send it back to machine shop for either repair or recycle.