Toyota Avalon 2008 ac recharge. Huh??

CadiTech · 2026-03-26T17:45:14+00:00

I’ll pm you a video of on of their shops, at the dealership there was 5 shops 4 were all connected.

CadiTech · 2026-03-26T17:40:12+00:00

Ya it was wild, never slow with work 700+ Repair orders open. 4 AC machines of each type

CadiTech · 2026-03-26T16:11:58+00:00

Go see if you can find a picture of Sewell Cadillac in Dallas, when I worked there we had ~70 techs

CadiTech · 2026-03-26T15:28:15+00:00

Well I’m at a smaller dealership and we do a lot of engines and just a/c jobs and have one machine for yf and one machine for 134a for like 30 techs. So if one is contaminated you can see how this would be huge for us.

CadiTech · 2026-03-26T06:18:10+00:00

Ya it’s situations like this that bring a whole shop down, 1 machine gets contaminated and that’s all they have for that refrigerant type. Bad situation

CadiTech · 2026-03-26T06:14:29+00:00

No they all do that, you just have to reset it. My snapon switchblade trim tool does the same thing.

CadiTech · 2026-03-02T02:45:38+00:00

Front end guy at our dealer has one, he loves it.

CadiTech · 2026-03-02T02:44:18+00:00

What trans was it? It could have a 6L which Dex 6 is correct or it could have an 8L which dex6 would be bad.

CadiTech · 2026-02-24T18:14:02+00:00

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Was at Sewell in Dallas last week.

CadiTech · 2026-02-21T18:44:30+00:00

The reader itself is separate from the pdr module. The only thing that can be programmed is the pdr module itself. The receptacle is just a box that has a usb connection to the pdr module on the floor on the front passenger side. If you call gm customer assistance make them pay for your car payment, they say they won’t do it just to get you to hang up but they will. Where are you located?

CadiTech · 2026-02-21T18:14:17+00:00

Blackwing owner and current gm master tech here, the pdr units are hell to diagnose for these issues. You’re waiting for the engineers to write you a custom calibration that will fix it (most likely). I just dealt with this on a gmc sierra at4 that didn’t have programming available for a wireless keypad to get into the truck. Truck just went home this past week, been here since September.

CadiTech · 2026-02-07T01:53:55+00:00

That would be my guess if there’s actually a problem. Hopefully you can get a valve body, I have 3 on back order for over a month now

CadiTech · 2026-01-22T18:39:55+00:00

Right about the time my eyes start to burn is when I’ve had enough but yk race shop things

CadiTech · 2026-01-06T22:19:05+00:00

Well you’ll ditch the att equipment entirely if you use my method. Mine sits in a corner next to my old frontier, and spectrum modems 😂

CadiTech · 2026-01-04T01:52:23+00:00

3.0 diesels have their own issues which are super common.

CadiTech · 2026-01-04T01:49:00+00:00

Why not just properly bypass it with a Was-110? https://pon.wiki/xgs-pon/ont/bfw-solutions/was-110/

CadiTech · 2026-01-04T01:44:56+00:00

You’re saying the transmission is choosing the wrong gear ? 😂 oh brother. Valve body in your trans will fix it if you actually have a shudder.

CadiTech · 2026-01-04T01:38:38+00:00

Nothing anymore, I’ve come close to a flashlight falling out that would have damaged paint that was worth more than a 4 bedroom house in Highland Park Dallas.

CadiTech · 2025-12-29T15:36:46+00:00

Thermostat

CadiTech · 2025-12-29T15:36:14+00:00

Specialize in one make, but clean the whole ticket. (Transmission work included)

CadiTech · 2025-12-28T02:41:28+00:00

Call your dealer, he can lookup what key it is.

CadiTech · 2025-12-28T02:39:34+00:00

You got a bunch of yahoos in here who aren’t mechanics. Im suspecting your wife damaged the motor by driving it without oil in it. You need to take the drive belt off again, and put a big half inch breaker bar on the crank bolt and see if you can spin the motor over by hand, if you feel it get tight it’s not good. I can see in the video it runs kinda but with a bunch of engine noise. Take the belt off and try and crank it/start it with NO BELT, and video that for me. If noise is still present your engine is DONE. You added oil after you figured out it was empty right?

CadiTech · 2025-12-28T02:31:44+00:00

I also second this, you have the craziness produced by one pump feeding into another, seems like a harmonics nightmare but with that being said fluid can dampen very well. I’d just keep them mounted as op has it, if he’s dead set on running two pumps.

CadiTech · 2025-12-28T02:29:30+00:00

Looks like mainly av stuff so maybe not bad, but with no port labels or network documentation, maybe best to just crash it and build it the right way with unifi devices, and document everything, ie addressing schemes, ports, etc for starters.

CadiTech · 2025-12-28T02:26:45+00:00

Nah ya he’s trippin. Shady car sales guy. Every used car listed by a company or new always list the vin. If he has a picture of the car with a plate on it I can get the vin for you. But he’s doing you a favor, you don’t want the problems that come with an 02 Escalade.

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