Rip Of Merchants

[gilenes]

G'day everyone - I own a 96 wide-bodied Camry which has 200,000 behind it and suddenly my first problem struck! Rough idling, Blue Smoke and in General a very sick Motor Car. Took it to #1 Toyota dealer who promptly told me that the Motor needed a Overhaul - Cost $4,800 - second dealer said "New Motor Mate" - $10,000! Called a Mobile Mechanic - same story - overhaul motor $4,800. Not to be bluffed I systematically replaced the following - New Spark Plugs and leads, New Distributor Cover and Rotor buttons,New Coil and new air flow chamber - performance improved but still was terrible. Mobile Mechanic #2 advised that the rings and/or valves needed replacing - $6,000. Following a discussion with a friend of a friend I had the car completely diagnosed (should have done this first), and it indicated a problem with EU - this resulted in a purchase of an exchange ECU UNIT which is located under the dash on the passenger side - cost $275!!! I fitted the new unit myself and the car is totally different to drive - Superior Power, Smoother Gear Changes and fuel economy has changed dramatically and is being monitored, As I said there are some sharks out there as well as persons who don't know what they are talking about!

[YinG]

Hmmm where about is this merchant located. I couldn't agree more regarding to there's sharks out there and people, :/ a friend of mine is like that. Thou I get your point mate. Beside is your car all fix now? Pics? :)

[benji4138]

Welcome to the club :D Good to see you didn't settle for those extravagant repair costs and did some investigating. Thankfully it didn't blow out in cost and was something nice and simple. Sometimes I wonder how good some mechanics are and how thorough there knowledge is. I suppose it's with everything, you'll always find there are good ones and bad ones

[Guest]

G'day everyone - I own a 96 wide-bodied Camry which has 200,000 behind it and suddenly my first problem struck! Rough idling, Blue Smoke and in General a very sick Motor Car. Took it to #1 Toyota dealer who promptly told me that the Motor needed a Overhaul - Cost $4,800 - second dealer said "New Motor Mate" - $10,000! Called a Mobile Mechanic - same story - overhaul motor $4,800. Not to be bluffed I systematically replaced the following - New Spark Plugs and leads, New Distributor Cover and Rotor buttons,New Coil and new air flow chamber - performance improved but still was terrible. Mobile Mechanic #2 advised that the rings and/or valves needed replacing - $6,000. Following a discussion with a friend of a friend I had the car completely diagnosed (should have done this first), and it indicated a problem with EU - this resulted in a purchase of an exchange ECU UNIT which is located under the dash on the passenger side - cost $275!!! I fitted the new unit myself and the car is totally different to drive - Superior Power, Smoother Gear Changes and fuel economy has changed dramatically and is being monitored, As I said there are some sharks out there as well as persons who don't know what they are talking about!

even if you needed a new engine, those prices are absolutely spastic. a 5SFE or 3VZFE can be has for less than 300$ these days...

[RedSportivo]

G'day everyone - I own a 96 wide-bodied Camry which has 200,000 behind it and suddenly my first problem struck! Rough idling, Blue Smoke and in General a very sick Motor Car. Took it to #1 Toyota dealer who promptly told me that the Motor needed a Overhaul - Cost $4,800 - second dealer said "New Motor Mate" - $10,000! Called a Mobile Mechanic - same story - overhaul motor $4,800. Not to be bluffed I systematically replaced the following - New Spark Plugs and leads, New Distributor Cover and Rotor buttons,New Coil and new air flow chamber - performance improved but still was terrible. Mobile Mechanic #2 advised that the rings and/or valves needed replacing - $6,000. Following a discussion with a friend of a friend I had the car completely diagnosed (should have done this first), and it indicated a problem with EU - this resulted in a purchase of an exchange ECU UNIT which is located under the dash on the passenger side - cost $275!!! I fitted the new unit myself and the car is totally different to drive - Superior Power, Smoother Gear Changes and fuel economy has changed dramatically and is being monitored, As I said there are some sharks out there as well as persons who don't know what they are talking about!

even if you needed a new engine, those prices are absolutely spastic. a 5SFE or 3VZFE can be has for less than 300$ these days...

+1 To that lol u can buy the same car with that amount lol maybe even two

[.gorgz]

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