Originally posted by FMXhellraiser
Hah, I know what you mean TRUCKGUY. I watched that crappy fake show Monster Garage when they made the bee drifting car and on there the guy put a fuel injected and computer OBDII I think it was engine and Jessie said how he hates new engines and I am afraid to say it but I agree with him. Why the hell do they say they are easier to maintain and don't break down as much, etc etc? Who cares because when they do breakdown you have to pay a ton just to fix some stupid computer thing or go through a million different steps to find a problem in the wire or anything like that. They should have just stuck with the plain old carb even if you do have to jet a car but hey, it will get lazy people off their butts to go tune their car up once in a while.
new Computer controlled cars are great for dealers mechanics paychecks, the check engine light comes on at 50,000 ( some vehicles ) for a routine checkup ( all they do is reset the system ) and then again at 100,000 ( most vehicles ) and then they MIGHT pull the wheels off to check the brakes or somthing and then reset the system. Do it yourselfers get it easy for the checkup, just disconnect the batt, then turn the car in the on position and then off, reconnect the battery and vwiola, system reset, along with raido presets though but, that's not a big deal. on my car, I know if it starts running rough or such that I should check the plugs and replace dizzy cap and possibly points and condensor, if it's running rich, it's easy diagnostic, you can smell it, both of these things on a newer car, about 100 bucks for them to put a decoder to it and find a possible problem and another 300 for labor and parts to fix it.