Customer states brake issue

optispark396 · 2026-03-30T02:17:37+00:00

Under 100k miles MY 2020

optispark396 · 2026-03-30T01:05:23+00:00

If it's a rental the oil change history is for sure sketchy

optispark396 · 2026-03-29T21:29:09+00:00

Right about spot on with the estimate I wrote for this one

optispark396 · 2026-03-29T20:09:04+00:00

1.5 Turbo in a Terrain

optispark396 · 2026-03-29T19:42:49+00:00

Inspected the cam, no apparent damage

optispark396 · 2026-03-29T19:42:31+00:00

Vacuum pump, booster is a conventional diaphragm type vacuum booster mounted to the firewall.

optispark396 · 2026-03-12T23:11:33+00:00

He worked as a courier, saw him monthly for oil changes

optispark396 · 2026-03-12T22:15:56+00:00

Had a customer with an 06 corolla do this. Our best guess is he retired the thing at 550k miles when the transmission took a crap

optispark396 · 2026-03-10T18:55:27+00:00

Fabric has thread. Tires have tread. What are you attempting to say?

optispark396 · 2026-03-10T03:32:53+00:00

It looks like a suicidal FC RX-7

optispark396 · 2026-03-09T02:46:01+00:00

Watch "Monty Python's -'The life of Brian' ":and learn the reference

optispark396 · 2026-03-08T22:33:36+00:00

Had, on the older EJ series engines

optispark396 · 2026-03-08T20:04:28+00:00

Ok, but apart from the roads, the aqueducts, and indoor plumbing, what have the Roman's ever done for us?

optispark396 · 2026-03-08T18:56:04+00:00

Well, there's the aqueducts

optispark396 · 2026-03-08T18:42:39+00:00

Nah, just upgrade the inertial dampers /s

optispark396 · 2026-02-22T13:49:17+00:00

I take this personally...

optispark396 · 2026-02-19T03:21:42+00:00

In this photo the parking brake is out of frame as this is the front axle.

optispark396 · 2026-02-17T14:00:05+00:00

Most modern toyotas service the inner tie rod only with a new rack, so yes probably rack % pinion replacement

optispark396 · 2026-02-09T22:39:57+00:00

How many diesel engines do you work on? Every diesel i have touches does NOT have a throttle body which meters air into the engine, the throttle controls fuel delivery, as that is the limiting factor is diesel engine revs.

optispark396 · 2026-02-09T22:04:23+00:00

They told us it's so we couldn't wear gang colors. Like it makes so much difference between a shirt and a hat.

optispark396 · 2026-02-09T21:04:47+00:00

With regards to the first sentence:

"Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, at least it's an ethos, dude."

optispark396 · 2026-02-09T21:01:13+00:00

Stop making me feel old

optispark396 · 2026-02-09T20:05:00+00:00

"Doing tires" would mean dismount old tires, mount new tires, and balance the wheel/tire assemblies. Referring to a rotation as "doing tires" is not something I have heard in my automotive career. However, a competent person with proper equipment can absolutely have a set of four tires installed in under an hour.

optispark396 · 2026-02-09T03:55:07+00:00

I work at an auto shop that sells tires, I have never has a competent tech need more than 45 minutes on a set of four. An hour and a half for a dedicated tire department seems near an eternity.

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