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It's all about the personnel. If you hire bad seeds, they do poor work. No shop in the world will be worht a crap if you don't hire good people. We see our ups and downs with personnel. CSI goes up with good techs. Drops with crappy ones. My thoughts on the water pump: Do you wait until the timing belt breaks before you replace it? Do you wait for cords to show on all your tires and lose air everyday before replacing them? Do you...

I have always ran Gates belts, and never had any problems. One of your belts is probably just a little loose. Check the alternator one like Only1db said.

Quote: Originally Posted by Robert1955 Bob, I am really wondering what you have read here. I am not, and have not, tried to sell or even recomended using ATF in our Hyundai's, after the first posting I made way back when about the Amsoil products that would, according to Amsoil's recomended fluids list be usable in our cars. When cclngthr posted the information about the damage that was claimed to be from the ATF I stated back then...

coastal hyundai had a csi score of 920+ while i was there...and why would a customer PAY for something that is still under warranty?? that is stupid and wastefuf and shows that the dealership is ripping off the person buy selling them parts and labor that is unneeded. i can see why cypher's shop would do it because they are NOT a dealership...but a dealership ( i have been at three of them and none of them did it) doing it is just...

Well $2 later I have a set of Autolite class E wires from the yard. I saved $50 returning the new Autolite wires. I agree it might NOT be the best idea BUT wires don't go bad on me that often and they were were the same brand and looked in good shape. I did read somewhere else the difference in class E and F was that F was better when it comes to heat. Keep ya posted if things don't work out.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cypher Since you't seem to wrap your head around this, the reason to replace it even though there isn't a problem is this: PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. It means taking care of things before they break. This is especially important if you don't do your own work on your vehicle, want to know why? Because labor charges are a *****. If a tech is in there already doing a timing belt job it takes maybe an...

Quote: Originally Posted by SuperGLS Considering I don't wash or wax the car in any temperature or conditions I really can't say it's a dumb idea. You do at least clean the old Mcdonald / Taco Bell wrappers out from under the seat occasionally right?

Quote: Originally Posted by WytchDctr you are correct. It can also say Kia or maybe even Mitsubishi. Ya got me . But you also understand what I am saying.

With out going out and looking under the hood I dont know off hand.

Yeah if i was gonna change it i'd change it all at the same time. Labor price is gonna be a beetch though