I heard from the shop around 11am. They finished the lube service and were getting ready to look at the grid heater. I got another call around 2 or so asking what I meant by “two grid heaters”. The service manager also commented that it “smoked like a chimney” when it’s first started. My response was that’s why I brought it in. Plus, it needed an oil change anyway. I mentioned that the previous owner took the RV to a shop last year and they replaced the injectors and the HEUI pump as an attempt to fix the cold start problem. Which didn’t fix anything except lightened their wallet. I think that’s when they got fed up and sold the RV.
Later - It is not 80°F at 2:45pm. Still nice in the shade with a little breeze. We received a box with our mail since Mid-March. (Thank you, Kyle, for sending it!) I had a few Amazon orders that I had planned on picking up back in May on my cancelled trip home.
Since this repair will probably take longer than we originally planned, I stopped at Fred Meyer to pick up some stuff. I asked the employee “manning” the entrance what was he supposed to do for those unwilling to comply with the mask requirement. He said that there was very little that they could do but, fortunately, most people are complying.
I called the shop today and asked for a status and they said that they were waiting for authorization from me. They misspelled my email address when they sent the message last night. (Grrr) Anyway, they are going to continue troubleshooting the smoke on cold start. I’m almost afraid of what they are going to come up with…
Good luck on the smoke on cold start issue....
ReplyDeleteI don’t have very high hopes for an easy, cheap fix...
DeleteWe do no longer have security or employees enforcing the mask requirement, just signs at the entrance. So far it still seems to work and people respect the rules.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn’t seem work around here. Many still believe “masks yes/no” is a political statement...
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