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Old 02-26-2009, 08:50 PM
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Old 02-27-2009, 03:04 AM
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the shop did a compression check and everything inside is ok. he said hes 95% sure that its an injector. its a good shop. ive taken all my cars there for a long time.
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Originally Posted by myslows2k,Feb 27 2009, 06:04 AM
the shop did a compression check and everything inside is ok. he said hes 95% sure that its an injector. its a good shop. ive taken all my cars there for a long time.
Good News!! (except for the ~$150 part to replace...)
Old 03-01-2009, 08:40 AM
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Do we have any updates?
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it goes in the shop on thursday for the fix
Old 03-04-2009, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by myslows2k,Mar 2 2009, 06:22 AM
it goes in the shop on thursday for the fix
Old 03-05-2009, 07:25 AM
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ONE MORE QUESTION.

im really nervous about my car. since they did the compression check on the motor that should mean that everything on the inside should be good right>?
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Compression is usually the first to go, does not diagnose everything
Old 03-05-2009, 08:30 AM
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Hope everything works out for the best that it could be man, keep us posted.
Old 03-05-2009, 08:31 AM
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so would you think the internals are fine since the compression was good?


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