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That would be a half hour for finding the fuel smell. LOL I had one like this a few weeks ago. Very bad vibration while driving. Took the car out and promptly came right back in. Put up on lift and only tire that hadn't been changed was so badly worn it was coming apart. We had a great laugh over this one.

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Repair Ticket Complaint: Clunk//Thump in rear when turning.

Technician's Diagnosis : Test drove, noise confirmed. Removed bowling ball from trunk. Test drove, noise corrected.

 

Or once when I was first starting in this career I worked at a Cadillac dealership a very attractive single woman brought her Eldorado in for the rear suspension not working properly. Of course in order to diagnose the performance Cadillac tells the technician to put weight in the trunk. So the tech who had the job called us "Quick Service" dweebs over to sit on the rear bumper. When he opened the trunk (with us dweebs standing there) we found her collection of "toys." You can use your imagination as to what I mean. No, none of us could look her in the eyes when she came in to pick it up.

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On Saturday we installed a cooling fan assembly in a 2001 Honda Accord as a fix for an overheating problem. I received a call this morning from the young lady saying that on Sunday she noticed a strong smell of gasoline in her car. I told here I couldn't imagine that anything associated with the repair was the problem but to bring it in and we would check it out. She brought her car in and we found the problem. We found a can of gasoline in the trunk leaking. She is blonde! :lol:

 

 

I once got a man who dropped his Chevy S-10 off to find out why the AC didn't work. WE found out that the truck he bought during cold weather never had AC to start with.

 

 

 

You have issues with the water in your area? wacko.gif

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