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Originally Posted by MAXUM
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Hi MAXUM: I just had a chance to read your entire post this afternoon. Interesting stuff.
In a perfect world, the OBDII computer can be a useful device. On my old truck when the CEL first came on at around 50K miles, (Warranty expired) I took it to the dealer and they "sniffed" the computer and found nothing. They charged me $35 to do it.
The next time it tripped, I reset it (battery disconnect) and started a Logbook with the mileage everytime the CEL went on, I would write down the mileage. For 40K miles or so I did this with NO decernable pattern. Miles between tripping were random..sometimes a couple of thousand miles apart..sometimes only a hundred. The only work I did on the truck ('95 Taco) that would have any connection to OBD were replacing O2 sensor Gaskets & Nuts in the exhaust pipe. The sensors themselves
May Have been bad but it didn't have any effect on the way the truck ran....AND State Inspection didn't use the OBD then.
MY Problem is, I have never really Trusted Dealers to be
Honest mechanics. This was reinforced on my last LAST TWO consecutive visits to the dealer where I had purchased my last three NEW vehicles, and had had almost all my service done for the previous 14 years.
So I'm back to changing my own oil again..@ 69 years old.
I have not been back to that dealer since. Almost two years.
MAXUM..My apologies for not reading your entire post last night.
NB