My final tenants did so much damage that I was at Home Depot tool rental so often that not only did they greet me by name when I went in (as well as not having to place deposits, etc.), but when I sent my daughter in to pick something up, they recognized her!. I needed an extra air hose, and they didn't bother charging; just said "say hello to Dr. Hawkins for us."A few extra bucks - but I’m hoping they’ll greet me by name someday
Thanks, Your opinion means a lot to me since You work at a Ford Dealership.
The logic in this video (which I saw when it was originally posted) is sound, but doesn't match up to observed reality. When I sent off oil samples from 2017 Prius, both when doing heavy in-town (achieving an 880-mile tank), and abusive cross-country towing with the engine being wound out for long periods on hills, the oil report showed low wear, on an engine whose averages are below that for other engines.
No one ever made that request before. But you'd have to bypass all computers. Without me looking at the wiring diagram, my seat of the pants method would be to have a battery voltage running to your switch, and have the other connect to the power wire of the washer pump. Hopefully that way the module won't realize the that the pump is on and won't turn the wipers on.
Won't hurt. I'm guessing that Ford's motorcraft oil or any that meets the Ford specifications has the correct additives to address hybrid operating conditions. But I imagine oils formulated for hybrids have .a bit more of them
You jogged an old memory from decades ago.
This is true, my mechanic used to chide me for the way I drove my Ranger over the years. It's still going, but he'd shake his head and tell me to take it on the goddang highway once in a while if I wanted to keep it running as well as possible.Not getting your oil temp up above 212 is a problem for all vehicles. And has been known for decades that FREQUENTLY taking shorts trips is hard on ANY engine. This is not news since hybrids have been around for 20 years. In the video it clearly reads on the screen 80-90% of wear occurs at COLD startups, according to Mobil 1. But the dude making the video only said "at start ups" His felt marker graph also shows a hybrids oil temp dropping from 212 down to 140, during normal driving? Doubtful. Normal oil temp is 240. I have driven my hybrid enough to know the engine is never off long enough for the oil to drop 100 degrees, when I am driving around. Parked for an hour yes. The video is mostly true and good info but it is misleading that this is something to worry about if you own a hybrid. There is no pile of hybrid engines that have died because the water did not get boiled off.
Thanks. I may do that. It appears that the wiper is about 1/2-1 second later coming on following the spray. Once when I mentioned it to my driveway remote tech doing a module update, he laughed and said he had replaced a wiper motor just before he came to me because it had a 8-12 second delay in coming on. Said he had replaced several wiper motors for that issue. FYI: My remote tech asked to be transferred to the remote job because he was weary of having something torn down in his bay and having to wait for parts and not getting paid to wait. The remote job he gets an escape furnished and paid by the hour.
Our shop doesn't do mobile service. But we do offer pickup and delivery. However, early next month I am scheduled to go to a customer's business who has five or 6 trucks that a recall done that involves a software update. The customer's business is about 100 miles away. And they buy their fleet vehicles from us. So they don't want him to go to another dealership that's probably less than 20 miles from him.
ROAD TRIP!!!!Our shop doesn't do mobile service. But we do offer pickup and delivery. However, early next month I am scheduled to go to a customer's business who has five or 6 trucks that a recall done that involves a software update. The customer's business is about 100 miles away. And they buy their fleet vehicles from us. So they don't want him to go to another dealership that's probably less than 20 miles from him.
A few years ago, one of our club members had a 70 cadillac that was overheating, but wanted to attend a parade.
My mobile service tech lives about 15 miles north of my house which is 24 miles north of dealership. Once when he called to let me know he was headed my way he said it would take him about 1hr&15minutes to arrive as he was leaving a town north of my house on a mainly 75mph route. Once he called and said he was running about 30 minutes later than the start of his arrival window as he had diversion call to jump start a vehicle (he did not say MaverickOur shop doesn't do mobile service. But we do offer pickup and delivery. However, early next month I am scheduled to go to a customer's business who has five or 6 trucks that a recall done that involves a software update. The customer's business is about 100 miles away. And they buy their fleet vehicles from us. So they don't want him to go to another dealership that's probably less than 20 miles from him.
). He drives an escape. The dealership also has at least one gigantic mobile service truck/van that occasionally will be parked in front of dealership probably to advertise availability. Dang thing would probably cost over 100k plus tools, etc.
