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Thats true. Maybe I'll venture further away from my safety zone in the future. Problems get harder to diagnose in the engine, though. I find the diagnosing the
by blackguardx 18y ago
Thats true. Maybe I'll venture further away from my safety zone in the future.
Problems get harder to diagnose in the engine, though. I find the diagnosing the problem is where the skill is.
Also, as repairs become more complicated, I have discovered that the chances of needing to replace something that you don't have a spare for go up. It sucks to have to bike down to the auto parts store and retrieve 40 lbs of parts in my backpack.
- vaksel 18y agoTo tell the truth engine problems fall into two categories...serious ones, like engine knock which you really can't do anything about to something simple like a heat shield rattle or a loose gasket. There is really no middle ground. And for the "serious" problems, its usually cheaper to replace the whole motor, than to do the repairs. Granted that mostly applies to japanese cars. You drive a BMW and to replace an engine will cost you 10 grand. While even the most rare JDM swaps will run you at most 5K. For example, one guy I know never changes the oil on his daily driver civic. Why? Because he figured out that its cheaper for him to replace an engine every 80K miles, than it is to spend the money on an oil change.