vw mechanic revisited

this will be a recurring theme i suspect because if i am able to write anything it will probably involve some aspect of automobilia.  i feel like the older i get the smaller my world becomes.  on to the autos before i turn fully morose.  so, todays victim is a 1997 jetta.  has a running problem in that the engine chugs along on two and a half of the four cylinders it was born with.  the trusty scan tool reveals a multitude of digital trouble codes stored in the engines electronics.  no surprise really.  i had seen the car not a week prior for a similar  issue.  last weeks “quick fix” had not been the solid, enduring repair i had hoped for, so the real hunt begins now.  after much poking, probing, scanning,  testing, etc., i was no nearer to a solution than at the outset.  then a collegue  randomly points out signs of a burnt looking wire.  yes, well, there it was. the beginning of the end.  that little burnt wire ended up taking out the whole stinking(literally)wire harness.  yeah lady, it can be repaired.  the main engine  compartment wireharness will need to be replaced.  that will run ya’ about $3000 to start.  and since we aren’t exactly equipped for forensics here, i can’t tell you what made it happen.  meaning that we replace the god awful thing to the tune of twenty hours of labor and hook up the battery, fire it up and pffffft, the things smoke just the same as before.  time for a new car.  it’s cool being unpopular.  i’m used to it.  yeah.  oh good,  more of the same coming up tomorrow.  stay tuned

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