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Thought a $12 fuel pressure gauge was a gimmick until it found a dead pump in 10 minutes
A guy brought his 2003 Silverado into my bay in Reno two weeks ago and I was about to start swapping parts by feel like I usually do. I hooked up the cheap gauge I bought on a whim at a swap meet, saw it hold at 38 psi when it should be 55, and had the diagnosis in 10 minutes instead of the usual hour of guessing. Anyone else got a cheap tool that ended up doing the job better than the fancy stuff?
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riverp3712d ago
Man that line about swapping parts by feel hit me right in the gut because that was me for way too long, just throwing money at a car until something stuck. It's wild how we convince ourselves the cheap stuff can't be any good when half the time it's the $12 tool that saves your whole afternoon. I feel the same way about my $20 vacuum gauge, it caught a clogged cat on a Civic that three shops had already missed. Honestly the fancy scan tools can make you lazy, you stare at live data forever instead of just checking the basics first. Good on you for actually using the thing instead of letting it sit in a drawer like most of my impulse buys. Ten minutes versus an hour of guessing is the kind of win that keeps you sane in this line of work.
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