SparksAbout the work
A closer look.
Send the written quote or estimate a shop gave you (parts, labour, the complaint it's for) and the car. I tell you what I think is actually wrong, whether the quoted work matches the symptom, and what that job typically costs so you can tell a fair price from a pumping. If the quote is fine, I'll say so. If it's not, I'll say which line is wrong and what to ask instead. One revision included.
Before you order
Shop policies
Free first read, every time: give me the car (year, model, engine), the symptom, and what you've already tried. I send back the most likely cause and the one check that confirms it, no charge and no pitch. If you want the full write-up, it's $25: the diagnosis, the order to test things in so you don't throw parts at it, and what a fair price looks like if it needs a shop. One revision included. If I genuinely can't narrow it from what you send, I say so and you owe nothing.