Steve wrote:
> jim beam wrote:
>
>> what is smarter?
>>
>> 1. doing the same thing you did before, and expecting a different
>> result [retesting]? or
>>
>> 2. fixing the freakin' car, /then/ retesting???
>>
>> denial will only get you so far dude. it certainly won't save you
>> money or stop wasting electron on usenet!
>>
>
> C'mon, Jim....
>
> Its a CHEAP test, and there's certainly reason to question the first
> test (yes you CAN screw it up... its not easy, but it can be done, and I
> mentioned one way- getting the tach pickup positioned incorrectly so
> that its off by a factor of 2).

very hard to mess it up. and you won't get a "factor of 2" on this
vehicle.

the test is kosher. the op's description is flawed. spending more
money on a test would have been a waste.


>
> If this were an OBD-II system resetting a code repeatedly, I'd agree
> with you 100%, just fix the problem. But it WAS a suspect test procedure.
>
>