Re: Inspection question

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 12:46:01 EDT Slavscreem@aol.com writes:
>I got a new exhaust put on my car and the guy at the place wrote a whole
list 
>of things that he saw that needed fixing. Im wanting to get the car on
the 
>road as soon as possible, and was wondering if any of these things could
wait 
>until I had the money to fix them. And at the saem time wouldnt cause
the car 
>to fail the inspection:


He's a mechanic, right? His job is to work on cars for which he gets
paid. These items could very well need attention however im always
suspicious of mechanics motives. I do all my own work. I replaced both my
inner and outter CV's. I took it to an alignment shop to get aligned
(duh) and the guy tells me I need NEW outter CV's. Its sort of like going
to the dentist. You sit there in the chair and he rattles off a long list
of big words that you NEED to have done. Its all about generating income.
I found another dentist, you should consider finding another mechanic.
(Unless you agree with his findings.) 



>Converter rattling inside, 


Possible bad cat. ($$$)


>Outer drive belts,


Huh? Belts dont drive. -Picking. 
How do the belts look? Do they need replacing?


> water pump, 


Is it leaking? Does it make noise? 


>some water hoses, 


Some? 


>rear struts, 


The rear doesnt have struts. Never did.


>left inner and outer cv boots, 


Possible.


>right rack boot. 


This is a common thing. Boots tear and rip all the time. 


>Also he put valve adjustment and timing belt, 
>both with question maks, i guess meaning he 
>wasnt sure. Any info greatly appreciated, Ken


Depends. Is it an 8V or 16v?
8V's can always use a valve adjustment. 

How old is the timming belt? If you dont know, replace it. Its no big
deal on an 8V motor but if its a 16V then you run the risk of valve
damage in the event of a belt breaking. 

The bottom line is, ALL of these things can wait til later.


              Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm

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