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November 28th 05, 03:40 PM posted to sci.electronics.design,rec.crafts.metalworking,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,sci.engr.joining.welding
Keith Williams
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Uses for Old UPSes
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lid says...
Once my wife's car developed some sort of a fault light. Since I had
this code reader, I determined that the problem was with the fuel tank
and after googling, it turned out that her fuel tank cap was not fully
screwed in. Properly tightening it took care of the problem. Had I
not owned it, it would be a whole evening ruined, at least $50-100
paid to a car mechanic (that's assuming an honest car mechanic who
would not ask for unnecessary repairs), etc.
An honest mechanic would first tell you to tighten the fuel cap
before they look at it and charge nothing for the advice. This is
a *very* common proglem; BTDT. Here, most of the bigger auto parts
stores will read out the computer as a free service. They won't
reset the codes, but will tell you what the computer "thinks".
OTOH, my '93 Eagle Vision had an intermittent in the flywheel
sensor (no RPMs - no ignition/fuel) that didn't show up on the
computer until it failed with the computer attached. The shop
drove the thing for a week before the failure occured.
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Keith
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