Posted to Emissions Forum on 8/15/2012
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Rereading my post, I realized that I should have probably
said 'thousands'.
Check this one out. A nice young Hispanic guy came in for an
inspection. It failed, and we offered to diagnose it for
him. He declined, paid for the inspection, and left.
[Failed VIR]
The next day, he returned for his free retest, claiming that
he had fixed it. I retested it with the same exact routine,
on the same exact equipment, and, lo and behold, it appears
that he did exactly what he said!
[After "repairs" VIR]
I did NOT do anything differently from the first test to the
next. I did not participate in the diagnostic or repair
process whatsoever. I have no idea what he did to 'fix' it;
maybe a fresh set of Bosch "supers" and/or some "Sea Foam",
but that's just conjecture.
Scenarios very similar to this are weekly, and sometimes
daily occurrences at my shop. I can easily imagine this kind
of nonsense having a negative effect on my FuPR, but what
can I do about it? When I am asked to re-test a vehicle, I
re-test the vehicle. It passes or it fails, with no personal
prejudices. I added the sarcastic comment at the bottom of
the second test, for those sarcasm connoisseurs amongst us.
The guy thanked us and went about his merry way; I don't
think that he 'got' my comment, but English probably wasn't
his first language anyway. He is a nice guy, and I wish him
well; I doubt that he would have been offended by the
comment anyway, since he got what he needed.
Sincerely,
Michael Barry Technician Quick Stop Smog & More Sacramento, California, USA
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