Once the mechanic worked it out. Today it is only one who disassembles and reassembles the spare parts ยป. I heard this claim for the first time in 1992 from a retired car repairer. Since then it has never left my mind.
Years later – and reflecting on the technological evolution of modern cars – the replacement of spare parts takes the upper hand on real and pure repair . I give an example taking as reference the post published on Facebook by a friend of mine.
Fabrizio was assisted a few months ago by one of the workshops of the Pit-Stop group that collaborate with us for the maintenance of automatic transmissions . He contacted us about a problem with the failed DPF cerina valve . Some mechanics offered him the removal of the DPF which – despite the 200,000 kilometers – had never caused clogging problems .
Another time, he turned to us for another vehicle with the warning light on the instrument panel indicating an anomaly (not perceptible while driving). Concerned, he went to different mechanics, receiving different diagnoses and with expensive solutions. For example, the replacement of the EGR or even the turbine . Fortunately, he found a mechanic who checked the air filter which was so dirty that it did not allow the correct flow of the mass-air meter. Problem solved!
Rereading this post and several emails that reach us every day, I think of too many components replaced but still fully functional . This image below, represents the comment released by Cristina under one of our articles on car consumption .
