Happyflowerlady
Vagabond Flowerchild
- Location
- Northern Alabama
Recently I traded my lo-rider Chevy Cavalier for a Ford Taurus wagon that I can get in and out of a whole lot easier. It is a 2000, and has over 187k miles, so the engine light was on when I got it, but on Sunday, I was going over to see my daughter, and the light started flashing off and on, and then went back to a steady "on" light again.
I was telling Robin what happened, and , to my surprise, she said we needed to read the computer codes for it, went and got a fancy little meter, and headed out for my car.
For almost the next half hour, she programmed the meter, and it chatted with my car computer, while she told me all about what my car was doing, and what might fix it.
Then, she reset all the codes, and we drove around for another half hour, with the meter connected, while observing what was happening as we drove.
Now, I always believed that my daughter was awesome, but who would have ever thought that she would turn out to be an automotive computer technician !
I was so totally impressed with how much she knew, and I have been to shops where the mechanic was not that good with the diagnostics, so I told her that I am sure that not one woman out of a thousand can do what she just did.
She just laughed, and said it was a lot of fun.
So, now my light came back on again, and she said I need to get a new PCV valve to try first, and if that doesn't fix it, then we go on to the next recommendation on the list.....
I was telling Robin what happened, and , to my surprise, she said we needed to read the computer codes for it, went and got a fancy little meter, and headed out for my car.
For almost the next half hour, she programmed the meter, and it chatted with my car computer, while she told me all about what my car was doing, and what might fix it.
Then, she reset all the codes, and we drove around for another half hour, with the meter connected, while observing what was happening as we drove.
Now, I always believed that my daughter was awesome, but who would have ever thought that she would turn out to be an automotive computer technician !
I was so totally impressed with how much she knew, and I have been to shops where the mechanic was not that good with the diagnostics, so I told her that I am sure that not one woman out of a thousand can do what she just did.
She just laughed, and said it was a lot of fun.
So, now my light came back on again, and she said I need to get a new PCV valve to try first, and if that doesn't fix it, then we go on to the next recommendation on the list.....