Another Fun Fact: South Main Auto Repair is one of the reasons I no longer have to suffer through network TV car shows...Great entertaining content with a touch of pathos (I too have psoriatic arthritis so I dig your annoyances... ) with just solid mechanicing (as we say in the south).
I enjoy watching your videos and I do learn a few things from watching you especially on the computer scans. I do some things myself and also have psoriatic arthritis in my hands so sometimes it's tough for me to get it done and takes me some time. Keep up the good work on your channel here much respect for what you do.
After watching 30 seconds of this video, my advice for the no crank situation is "jiggle the handle and make sure it's in Park" Having now exhausted my supply of expertise I will watch you actually fix the problem. It's a good thing they brought the car to you instead of me
@@charliefox7206 Nah, it'd just tell them to jiggle it and when that didn't fix it I'd shrug my shoulders and tell them to call South Main Auto Repair. You'd be surprised how many things can be fixed by jiggling whatever handle they have. 😃
What you are saying is no joke. At least with older vehicles. Just recently I help out a guy with his truck. Turn the key nothing would happen. Push up on the shifter and it would fire right off.
Nobody's talking with each other. Sounds like one of my family reunions... Eric, only you are lucky enough to drop a 10mm socket in a salvage yard engine and not have it be swallowed. Great job!
A good number of years ago, I dropped a 10mm in my old truck, a '92 Ford Ranger replacing the thermostat if I recall and dropped the 10 mil socket down into the C channel rail that ran below the radiator. I bet it's still there, and I've long since traded that truck in.
Best line ever.....I met Paul Newman many moons ago and before I took his picture (yes he let me) I said that line. He gave me the biggest smile and a thumb up.
The rest of the story is that the p0318 rough roads was caused by the wheel speed sensor which there was also previously a code for. The computer uses info from the wheel speeds and correlates it to the crankshaft position sensor so that it can tell the difference between a misfire and the wheel hitting a pothole causing the engine to slow down. If the guy gets the wheel speed sensor problem fixed, no more lights no more codes....probably
I love it when you take us to Wilbert's. I'd love to have a place so close to be able to just hop over and pickup any replacement parts I happen to need.
I was thinking the same thing. Ever been to a Crazy Ray's or now it's called LQK pull your own part? The place it's pretty bad you're very likely to get a sprained ankle from all big rocks and little rocks and bigger rocks. Got to be careful walking through the place
I find it funny every time I go to the boneyard or even people on YT people only bring a handful of tools and then there's me who brings literally a wagon of my tools including an impact or ratchet.
I helped my buddy find a parasitic draw on his old shhhhevvrolayyy..... All thanks to the SMA archives ... It turned out to be the common issue with the instrument cluster... Man, a lot of folks here owe you a beer or ice cream....
As a retired mechanic (in the UK, where nearly all the cars are European or Asian), I enjoy seeing the way you diagnose and fix these problems, because I don't have to any more.
I love the fact that your viewership means so much to you that you intentionally took the wrong thing apart so that we dont feel so bad everytime we do it ... Great video as always one2BBq
Thank you Eric for another great video. Yes we are weirdos, work on cars all day then watch someone else doing the same thing after hours. It is a sickness!
Ladies and gents, we have the worlds greatest mechanic!! Been a fan for years, love your work!!! And u need to be teaching classes to shops all over!! Trust me, they need it!!
Rough roads cause torque on the tires that is transmitted to the powertrain. This slows down the crankshaft giving the appearance of a misfire. The electronic brake control module (EBCM) determines rough road surfaces using input from the wheel speed sensors. The EBCM then sends the rough road data to the engine control module (ECM) via class 2 serial data. The data allows the ECM to distinguish the crankshaft speed variations caused by rough road surfaces from those caused by true misfires. If a loss of communication occurs that causes the PCM not to receive rough road information while a misfire condition is requesting the malfunction indicator lamp (MIL), DTC P0318 will set. Basically one of his wheel bearings or the wheel speed sensor is fucked.....
I love the videos that start with troubleshooting and end up at the Junk Yard - it's just like home. My local yard (I call it my Gift Shop) is 20 miles away so I'm not able to visit as often as I like. They run the dogs right up until they open in the morning to discourage snakes from hanging around (it's AZ, after all). Please keep up the good work. ALL of your videos are valuable to so many people.
Eric, you know I love these diagnosis videos the best, and this was one of the best. I'm amazed at how you can focus in on the exact location of a problem, I've stopped guessing on the diagnosis, as I'm always wrong. However, in this case I hoped you would find a random wire ungrounded, which some knucklehead at another shop missed.
never been to the Bath location closer to Williamson, but love the place, saved so much cash going to yank it myself. Reminds me I have to get some rims for my daughter's prius this week
That powertrain was actually one of the better ones GM had back in the day. The 3.6 V6 with a four speed automatic can hold up for a long time. The question was always around the electronics back then, which is the case here. I always learn from these videos, thank you for sharing. Thanks for sharing while driving to an appointment your conclusion.
A very clean junk yard. I’m amazed. Here in central Alabama you take your life in your on hands in a junk yard. They are a mess. Enjoyed that one. Y’all be good.
What we have here, is failure to communicate!! Some cars you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week. Y'all know the rest. Thanks for the video Mr.O. God bless you and your family.
im recently disabled 30 year Kansas city Mechanic Barely any rusty parts but im going to say you and automatic transmission guy have taught me alot and have helped me relentlessly so i salute you sir
Love your videos. You are about the best and most honest mechanic I have ever seen. The one thing you say at the end of each video, “if I can do it so can you”, there is no way in hell I could do a tiny fraction of what you do.
The pool noodle at 30:14 for the exposed windshield edge is a genius idea! Can't believe I never thought of it, I'll definitely be keeping one in my work area moving forward.
Geeez....a couple of months ago, some thieves were able to bypass the theft deterrent on our 05 Buick Lacrosse....started, drove it to a neighboring town and left it in alley.....though thanks to an onboard vehicle tracker, I had the police find and recover it.....
I hope the first thing you did while we wasn't watching is check the battery connections. Anytime there is an electrical problem that should be first. Keep in mind there can be corrosion where you can't see it. Like inside the terminal lug and the only way you can find it is with a voltage drop test. I learned this the hard way while working on outboard motors. Unfortunately it was mine. But learning how to do a voltage drop test has been a very valuable tool since.
Great sleuthing, Eric! Your knowledge from your experience is worth a tremendous amount. You blew me away knowing where to zero in with 20 bazillion DTCs. Amazing diagnosis and repair!
WERA kits are great for small stuff. Nice work again Mr O. That is such a nice clean organized wreckers yard. Ours here in Alberta are mudpits with junk, broken metal, and fluids all over the ground. Some cars just sitting on the ground with no wheels, no category/inventory stickers etc, Stay gold.
Finally! i have something in common with EO.. the GP,,i work retail helping with plumbing, electrical,hardware ,, and yes!! never give the customer the "answer" to your questions, let them come to you, many times gentle verbal nudges to keep them on track,, this was a GREAT video, Eric!
Your dealing with the GP (general public) advice rings true to me. I led a team of technicians doing CNC machine maintenance. We had a lot of skill and experience, but frequently lacked OEM documentation. Troubleshooting particularly deep electrical failures could lead to the black hole of OEM secrecy. This juncture would get me on the phone with the manufacturer wizard "Shell Answer Man" (does that date me?). I was just smart enough to provide the wizard with exactly the data he needed to get stuck at the same place that us (me). I learned to filter the question and data to not lead the wizard down our problem rabbit trail and let the wizard "spill the beans". Most commonly, withholding information would allow the wizard to speculate down his own path and not detour where we got stuck. I usually aborted the phone conversation with, "Thank you. That is what I needed...", before he concluded his speculation musings. In this video, you easily could have started chasing pre-existing symptoms that the customer was satisfied to live with and didn't affect the issue that brought the Buick to your shop. Witholding information instead of leading the GP (customer) acheived the required confirmation without letting you wonder if you set the customer up to leave you with the same question. You are able to obtain OEM data, though at an expense, in the automotive world that was not available to us in the much smaller CNC world. Even when your service data is wrong, the specific error becomes obvious and gives you other valuable information. An old former boss self defense quote after I caught him documenting wrong information was, "A little bit of wrong information is better than no information." He was wrong in the self defense specific situation, but no information can be a dark hole of discovery difficulty. Armed with information you can save a lot wasted time and unnecessary work. I enforced our shop rule to accurately add or correct documentation when a discovery was made. Our shop kept machines for decades. Cataloging data for future reference for the entire staff was a daily requirement. We referenced this data base daily in subsequent troubleshooting. I had a particularly savey technician that wrote and in maintained our maintenance and repair software program. He created search engines to allow us to search tens of thousands of repair records in moments to find previous repair successes. This saved vast amounts of time and allowed moderately my skills technicians to effect successful repair while lacking personal technical troubleshooting skills. I labored as a technician and led the team for over 30 years. We created an interdependent team providing around the clock maintenance support to keep production equipment fully functional. You work in a "one man shop" and only need to document what you cannot remember. Around the clock production demands required us to routinely hand off incompletely diagnosed or repaired machines to subsequent shifts for completion. Logging repair documentation before leaving your shift allowed subsequent team members to understand how far you got or they could tell where you made a mistake and didn't have to go back to square one and start over. Smart technicians didn't easily see the need for "simple issue" documentation, but our less skilled staff was dependent upon this data. We set our company interest above our own egos. Maintaining this departmental culture required keen management attention. Your TH-cam video record uses a very different format to document troubleshooting struggles and successes. I have been retired for years and still enjoy sharing in your troubleshooting journeys. Modern vehicles parallel the CNC technologies that I dealt with. I regularly wished we had more complete documentation for our equipment. I don't like working on cars. The hobby mechanic doesn't have affordable access to required documentation. Industrial machinery designers give much more consideration to repair technicians than car builders. Repair access and documentation is impressively complete, even though I wished for better data. Thank you for continuing to post to TH-cam.
I hope that the manufactures start putting the ecm back in the cabin again. It's the best place for them. Once you put it under the hood all you do is cause them to cook.
@@ericspecullaas2841 heck yeah, especially down low in the passenger side footwell that leaks water in through the hvac system and floods the ECM. there's always planned obsolescence inbuilt at it's finest levels, no matter where they place them.
@@ericspecullaas2841 I watch Diagnose Dan as well and he had a BMW PCM cook once, it lived dead square right on top of the engine, no bloody wonder why it died.
Yeah I got burnt when I was younger with " HEY WAS YOUR CAR DOING THIS BEFORE I STARTED WORKING ON IT " of course the answer was "NAW ALL THAT WORKED FINE "
Long time ago while living with my Aunt and Uncle. My Uncle would have to pull up on the automatic column shifter to start the car because of a bad neutral safety switch. It was finally replaced.
When I graduated from GM Training Center in Burbank in 1973, I went to work for Century Oldsmobile in Van Nuys, CA in new car prep. I loved theses but we never stocked the Salons. We had two that were used for loaners, but I loved the Salons. Still do.
Holy cow Wilbert’s pick and pull is unbelievably organized! Awesome Dino. Love the the the bus man you the best! I always love a road trip too! Thanks for watching! Lol bye!!!!
@@albing1397 Yep, plenty of those in Eric's archives where he, and at one point Mrs O had to hit a pick and pull yard for something in inclement weather, though at least, it was not the dead of winter if I recall.
Dang that wear-a-kit unholsters smoothly! So jelly. Also it just struck me that your neighbor was mowing THE ENTIRE TIME you were working.. even after the u-pick trip. Always be mowin'.
Stairway to heaven has been played out unfortunately. Personally the song “No Quarter” has been under-rated. Good work figuring out/troubleshooting the wonders of Buick
Thank You so much for this video. it helped me so much having the same symptoms on a Verano, and not having the scan tool to diagnose the BCM. It ended up being the fuse plate connected to the battery. 🙏🏻
Good thing that you found the pcm problem, a bad ground can cause a lot of problems too. My neighbor has an 2006 Buick lacrosse and he's always chasing electric problems. I dont like the 3.6 engine always have problems with the timing chains and timing components. GM should have stick with the 3800 series engine.
Seems like Chevrolet is a popular patient of your automotive repair shop. It's so strange that an American made product could have so many issues. 😳 Your channel is the best so far. I do enjoy working on vehicles as a DIY home repair guy. I can watch your vids for hours and never be bored. The caliber and intellectual abilities in auto repair diagnostics are phenomenal even when you make a boo boo in diagnosis. Carry on and bravo...
Hi Eric i believe the p0318 code has to relate to a voltage issue also in the EBCM. If you have a wheel speed sensor code i would check for a wiring issue in the harness. Being a GM maybe worn through on the cv shaft or the lower control arm.
I wish I lived closer to you I’d bring you my 2011 VOLVO XC90, the brake lights stopped working on this sucker and now I’ve only got the 3rd brake light up top of the rear window working and I can’t seem to find fuses for them, I was told there was a relay in the cargo compartment on the left rear corner but no dice, the one single fuse I did find is good!
I remember first subscribed about 5 yrs ago. My daughter is 11 now, crazy seeing how fast they grow and in parallel. Your kid has to be about the same age. Your channel has saved me a ton of frustration and time, thanks eric o.
Another Fun Fact: South Main Auto Repair is one of the reasons I no longer have to suffer through network TV car shows...Great entertaining content with a touch of pathos (I too have psoriatic arthritis so I dig your annoyances... ) with just solid mechanicing (as we say in the south).
Those modern car shows have turned into glorified infomercials with over energy drinked up host.
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@Richard Cranium It's Coke Classic.
@Richard Cranium Ty Pennington comes to mind even though that wasnt a car show.
I enjoy watching your videos and I do learn a few things from watching you especially on the computer scans. I do some things myself and also have psoriatic arthritis in my hands so sometimes it's tough for me to get it done and takes me some time. Keep up the good work on your channel here much respect for what you do.
After watching 30 seconds of this video, my advice for the no crank situation is "jiggle the handle and make sure it's in Park"
Having now exhausted my supply of expertise I will watch you actually fix the problem. It's a good thing they brought the car to you instead of me
what, so you would put in a new handle. Pot handle, drawer handle...😅
@@charliefox7206 Nah, it'd just tell them to jiggle it and when that didn't fix it I'd shrug my shoulders and tell them to call South Main Auto Repair. You'd be surprised how many things can be fixed by jiggling whatever handle they have. 😃
sounds like a toilet that wont shut off- just jiggle the handle
@@charliefox7206 no no..the toilet handle...lol🤪
What you are saying is no joke. At least with older vehicles. Just recently I help out a guy with his truck. Turn the key nothing would happen. Push up on the shifter and it would fire right off.
I'm an old 8 bit computer programmer... You are the 1st auto technician I've ever heard who knew what a UART is! Well done sir!
That is the neatest most organized junkyard I ever saw.
You must shop at LKQ lol
All the junkyards I’ve been to have cars stacked on top of other cars. Sometimes 4 high lol.
And finally...the lawn mowing neighbour is right on cue 😎👍🇨🇦
Four times this week so far.... So it hasn't missed a day yet
I bet his lawn is immaculate
No situational awareness, just like about 89% of the current population.
@@jameslovitt994I bet it's scalped.
That guy cutting his grass stopped the moment you left for Wilburs, and started right back up the moment you got back lol
Nobody's talking with each other. Sounds like one of my family reunions...
Eric, only you are lucky enough to drop a 10mm socket in a salvage yard engine and not have it be swallowed. Great job!
It wasn’t the same 10mm only one that’s been there for ten years from the last drop 🤣
A good number of years ago, I dropped a 10mm in my old truck, a '92 Ford Ranger replacing the thermostat if I recall and dropped the 10 mil socket down into the C channel rail that ran below the radiator. I bet it's still there, and I've long since traded that truck in.
Been there lost a few and they never are seen again
@@earlestes8649 I've managed to drop them into various places, like the corners of fenders. Bet I'm definitely not the only one on that though.
Just when you thought it couldn't get any better it turns out Eric O appears to be a Led Zeppelin fan into the bargain.
Another great diagnosis - but hats off too to the 'other shop' who recommended the owner take the car to you.
“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” 😎
-from “Cool Hand Luke” (1967)
Best line ever.....I met Paul Newman many moons ago and before I took his picture (yes he let me) I said that line. He gave me the biggest smile and a thumb up.
Good old Strother Martin !!!
Trinity is growing so fast! Watched an old sma vid when she was like five. Damn I'm feeling old. Lol
That is the cleanest junkyard I have ever seen. Well organized and heck even the fence looked good
We definitly need a "rest of the story" on this one. Would love to see you solve all the problems on it.
The rest of the story is that the p0318 rough roads was caused by the wheel speed sensor which there was also previously a code for. The computer uses info from the wheel speeds and correlates it to the crankshaft position sensor so that it can tell the difference between a misfire and the wheel hitting a pothole causing the engine to slow down. If the guy gets the wheel speed sensor problem fixed, no more lights no more codes....probably
@@LargeMuscularTitties that era GM car with wheel hub sensor issues, go figure.
@ curiousgrandpa… You must be a listener of Paul Harvey… “ Good day!”
I love it when you take us to Wilbert's. I'd love to have a place so close to be able to just hop over and pickup any replacement parts I happen to need.
So true
Your integrity is evident in your work ethic. A man who knows he is truly blessed.
Love the long SMA videos!! (Heck, who am I kidding, I love 'em all). Bonus trip to Wilbert's!! Thanks as always, Eric!
I always feel like a better person after watching Eric’s videos. Good dude.
Wilbert's is nicely arranged. I like the gravel everywhere. No mud like most salvage (junk) yards this time of the year.
I was thinking the same thing. Ever been to a Crazy Ray's or now it's called LQK pull your own part? The place it's pretty bad you're very likely to get a sprained ankle from all big rocks and little rocks and bigger rocks. Got to be careful walking through the place
I find it funny every time I go to the boneyard or even people on YT people only bring a handful of tools and then there's me who brings literally a wagon of my tools including an impact or ratchet.
My goodness your daughter is grown up so big and looks just like her mom!! All the best from Surrey BC Canada
I concur with your statement! More of the best from Vancouver B.C
I helped my buddy find a parasitic draw on his old shhhhevvrolayyy..... All thanks to the SMA archives ... It turned out to be the common issue with the instrument cluster... Man, a lot of folks here owe you a beer or ice cream....
Sure sign of spring at SMA. The lawnmowers are out of hibernation. :) Thanks for another educational video.
Nothing as attention grabbing as a good ol' arbitrary deadline! I'm on the edge of my seat! 😂 Another great video!
EO I am very impressed at how clean and orderly that salvage yard is! Over any years at many junk yards and never seen one that nice n neat!
Great video, the ladies of the 'O' family are more lovely with each passing day...thanks for what you do.
As a retired mechanic (in the UK, where nearly all the cars are European or Asian), I enjoy seeing the way you diagnose and fix these problems, because I don't have to any more.
Amazing Mrs O is every bit capable of dealing with all Eric can dish out no doubt. What a lucky man.
You and Mrs. O Are quite a team. I truly love watching you guys.
I always enjoy a trip to the pick & pull. Great diagnosis and repair. 👍
I see the neighbor is back to his daily lawn mowing
I love the fact that your viewership means so much to you that you intentionally took the wrong thing apart so that we dont feel so bad everytime we do it ... Great video as always one2BBq
😂😂😂
You can tell summer has returned because the lawnmower guy is back at it. Love the videos.
Thank you Eric for another great video. Yes we are weirdos, work on cars all day then watch someone else doing the same thing after hours. It is a sickness!
Ain't that the truth! After working on all kinds of cars... Then between Eric and Raynman Ray's Repairs on here I get my fix of online Telly. 😁
Ladies and gents, we have the worlds greatest mechanic!! Been a fan for years, love your work!!! And u need to be teaching classes to shops all over!! Trust me, they need it!!
You had me cracking up with your mechanic's country song! Every light in the dash is on. That's gotta be the saddest song ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rough roads cause torque on the tires that is transmitted to the powertrain. This slows down the crankshaft giving the appearance of a misfire. The electronic brake control module (EBCM) determines rough road surfaces using input from the wheel speed sensors. The EBCM then sends the rough road data to the engine control module (ECM) via class 2 serial data. The data allows the ECM to distinguish the crankshaft speed variations caused by rough road surfaces from those caused by true misfires. If a loss of communication occurs that causes the PCM not to receive rough road information while a misfire condition is requesting the malfunction indicator lamp (MIL), DTC P0318 will set.
Basically one of his wheel bearings or the wheel speed sensor is fucked.....
cool theory but then this has to be one or both front wheel bearings if it's a front wheel peeler?
@@awaara24 All 4 wheels have wheel bearings, all 4 have wheel speed sensors .....
44:38 RR wheel speed sensor
Love the detailed analysis..then you drive home with the hammer on the last line..excellent!✔
Wow, sounds good to me 👍
Work fascinates me, I could watch it for hours….
I love the videos that start with troubleshooting and end up at the Junk Yard - it's just like home. My local yard (I call it my Gift Shop) is 20 miles away so I'm not able to visit as often as I like. They run the dogs right up until they open in the morning to discourage snakes from hanging around (it's AZ, after all). Please keep up the good work. ALL of your videos are valuable to so many people.
You the man Dr. O could watch your videos all day! Great entertainment!
Don't feel bad Eric. The PCM was in the airbox back in the old 3800 days. I still get burned on that once and awhile.
I remember decades ago when I lived in Rustchester, going to Arthur Wilberts for Buick stuff. "For a Buick part, call Art!" they said. 😄
Eric, you know I love these diagnosis videos the best, and this was one of the best. I'm amazed at how you can focus in on the exact location of a problem,
I've stopped guessing on the diagnosis, as I'm always wrong. However, in this case I hoped you would find a random wire ungrounded, which some knucklehead at another shop missed.
I'v come here for 7 years now, all for the mowing ASMR sounds. Sorry (my guy) Eric.O 🤣
ALWAYS love a good diag video.....and it's always best to learn from one of the best!!! Thank you thank you!
never been to the Bath location closer to Williamson, but love the place, saved so much cash going to yank it myself. Reminds me I have to get some rims for my daughter's prius this week
That powertrain was actually one of the better ones GM had back in the day. The 3.6 V6 with a four speed automatic can hold up for a long time. The question was always around the electronics back then, which is the case here. I always learn from these videos, thank you for sharing. Thanks for sharing while driving to an appointment your conclusion.
A very clean junk yard. I’m amazed. Here in central Alabama you take your life in your on hands in a junk yard. They are a mess. Enjoyed that one. Y’all be good.
What we have here, is failure to communicate!! Some cars you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week. Y'all know the rest. Thanks for the video Mr.O. God bless you and your family.
im recently disabled 30 year Kansas city Mechanic Barely any rusty parts but im going to say you and automatic transmission guy have taught me alot and have helped me relentlessly so i salute you sir
Great video as always. Just one question:. How big is your neighbor's yard? Takes them forever to mow it.😆
In upstate NY, mowing your lawn is a "pack a lunch" event.
A most pleasant surprise coming home from work, all of you O’s rule
These are my favorite videos, I love the troubleshooting ones. Thanks again for sharing 😊. Awesome job as always 👏
Love your videos. You are about the best and most honest mechanic I have ever seen. The one thing you say at the end of each video, “if I can do it so can you”, there is no way in hell I could do a tiny fraction of what you do.
The pool noodle at 30:14 for the exposed windshield edge is a genius idea! Can't believe I never thought of it, I'll definitely be keeping one in my work area moving forward.
Vanessa’s voice calms the Soul. Have a great day Mrs O ♥️
Geeez....a couple of months ago, some thieves were able to bypass the theft deterrent on our 05 Buick Lacrosse....started, drove it to a neighboring town and left it in alley.....though thanks to an onboard vehicle tracker, I had the police find and recover it.....
I hope the first thing you did while we wasn't watching is check the battery connections. Anytime there is an electrical problem that should be first. Keep in mind there can be corrosion where you can't see it. Like inside the terminal lug and the only way you can find it is with a voltage drop test. I learned this the hard way while working on outboard motors. Unfortunately it was mine. But learning how to do a voltage drop test has been a very valuable tool since.
Great sleuthing, Eric! Your knowledge from your experience is worth a tremendous amount. You blew me away knowing where to zero in with 20 bazillion DTCs. Amazing diagnosis and repair!
Only came to see a sight of Trin and Mrs. O, glad to see them, Trin is almost old enough to do a brake job!
WERA kits are great for small stuff. Nice work again Mr O.
That is such a nice clean organized wreckers yard. Ours here in Alberta are mudpits with junk, broken metal, and fluids all over the ground. Some cars just sitting on the ground with no wheels, no category/inventory stickers etc,
Stay gold.
Finally! i have something in common with EO.. the GP,,i work retail helping with plumbing, electrical,hardware ,, and yes!! never give the customer the "answer" to your questions, let them come to you, many times gentle verbal nudges to keep them on track,, this was a GREAT video, Eric!
Thank you for another awesome diagnosis Eric! You are the man😊😊😊
I have an 06 Buick LaCrosse 3.8 engine though pushing 200,000 been a great car
Your dealing with the GP (general public) advice rings true to me. I led a team of technicians doing CNC machine maintenance. We had a lot of skill and experience, but frequently lacked OEM documentation. Troubleshooting particularly deep electrical failures could lead to the black hole of OEM secrecy. This juncture would get me on the phone with the manufacturer wizard "Shell Answer Man" (does that date me?). I was just smart enough to provide the wizard with exactly the data he needed to get stuck at the same place that us (me). I learned to filter the question and data to not lead the wizard down our problem rabbit trail and let the wizard "spill the beans". Most commonly, withholding information would allow the wizard to speculate down his own path and not detour where we got stuck. I usually aborted the phone conversation with, "Thank you. That is what I needed...", before he concluded his speculation musings.
In this video, you easily could have started chasing pre-existing symptoms that the customer was satisfied to live with and didn't affect the issue that brought the Buick to your shop. Witholding information instead of leading the GP (customer) acheived the required confirmation without letting you wonder if you set the customer up to leave you with the same question.
You are able to obtain OEM data, though at an expense, in the automotive world that was not available to us in the much smaller CNC world. Even when your service data is wrong, the specific error becomes obvious and gives you other valuable information. An old former boss self defense quote after I caught him documenting wrong information was, "A little bit of wrong information is better than no information." He was wrong in the self defense specific situation, but no information can be a dark hole of discovery difficulty. Armed with information you can save a lot wasted time and unnecessary work. I enforced our shop rule to accurately add or correct documentation when a discovery was made. Our shop kept machines for decades. Cataloging data for future reference for the entire staff was a daily requirement. We referenced this data base daily in subsequent troubleshooting.
I had a particularly savey technician that wrote and in maintained our maintenance and repair software program. He created search engines to allow us to search tens of thousands of repair records in moments to find previous repair successes. This saved vast amounts of time and allowed moderately my skills technicians to effect successful repair while lacking personal technical troubleshooting skills. I labored as a technician and led the team for over 30 years. We created an interdependent team providing around the clock maintenance support to keep production equipment fully functional. You work in a "one man shop" and only need to document what you cannot remember. Around the clock production demands required us to routinely hand off incompletely diagnosed or repaired machines to subsequent shifts for completion. Logging repair documentation before leaving your shift allowed subsequent team members to understand how far you got or they could tell where you made a mistake and didn't have to go back to square one and start over. Smart technicians didn't easily see the need for "simple issue" documentation, but our less skilled staff was dependent upon this data. We set our company interest above our own egos. Maintaining this departmental culture required keen management attention.
Your TH-cam video record uses a very different format to document troubleshooting struggles and successes. I have been retired for years and still enjoy sharing in your troubleshooting journeys. Modern vehicles parallel the CNC technologies that I dealt with. I regularly wished we had more complete documentation for our equipment. I don't like working on cars. The hobby mechanic doesn't have affordable access to required documentation. Industrial machinery designers give much more consideration to repair technicians than car builders. Repair access and documentation is impressively complete, even though I wished for better data.
Thank you for continuing to post to TH-cam.
Seen equally useful ecm locations listed as "engine bay" and "outside of engine bay".
Real useful!
I hope that the manufactures start putting the ecm back in the cabin again. It's the best place for them. Once you put it under the hood all you do is cause them to cook.
@@ericspecullaas2841 heck yeah, especially down low in the passenger side footwell that leaks water in through the hvac system and floods the ECM.
there's always planned obsolescence inbuilt at it's finest levels, no matter where they place them.
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I watch Diagnose Dan as well and he had a BMW PCM cook once, it lived dead square right on top of the engine, no bloody wonder why it died.
@@michaelslee4336 planned obsolescence
Dude! your videos are awesome, I've gotten so much info, you really "Lay the Logic On" and it instantly just makes sense 👌
Wouldn't be a sma video without lawnmower running in the background. Another great video Mr.O.
And that guy must mow 40 acres, he was still at it when Eric got back from Wilbert's!
Just signs of the nice weather lol
Dude you have no idea how much this guy mows his 1/64 of an acre 😐
@@SouthMainAuto We should buy him a goat.
@@SouthMainAuto Holy cow, that is funny... I know a guy that bought a 50" cut riding mower for his lawn that I could push mow in 10 minutes.... LOL
Impressive Diagnosis, Persistent and you’re a Highly Skilled Mechanic. Thanks! 👍
Eric O, what about the wire by the oil filter? You left us hanging, my guy.
Sus.
Yes my guy what's up with that.
Yeah I got burnt when I was younger with " HEY WAS YOUR CAR DOING THIS BEFORE I STARTED WORKING ON IT " of course the answer was "NAW ALL THAT WORKED FINE "
Long time ago while living with my Aunt and Uncle. My Uncle would have to pull up on the automatic column shifter to start the car because of a bad neutral safety switch. It was finally replaced.
I drove a Mazda 3 that had the same issue.
When I graduated from GM Training Center in Burbank in 1973, I went to work for Century Oldsmobile in Van Nuys, CA in new car prep. I loved theses but we never stocked the Salons. We had two that were used for loaners, but I loved the Salons. Still do.
Holy cow Wilbert’s pick and pull is unbelievably organized! Awesome Dino. Love the the the bus man you the best! I always love a road trip too! Thanks for watching! Lol bye!!!!
Lucky it was a nice spring day and not in the middle of an Avoca winter.
@@albing1397 Yep, plenty of those in Eric's archives where he, and at one point Mrs O had to hit a pick and pull yard for something in inclement weather, though at least, it was not the dead of winter if I recall.
I really got a kick out of that "The Doors" melody take..the end...plus a Bobby Wayne tune...Eric you are a man of many talents!
Nice video Eric. This one felt more raw with it being outside the shop. Loved the trip to the "yard."
I enjoy watching you trouble shoot electrical problems, You make it understandable, because you are pretty good at it.
That guy cut that grass the entire video 😂😂😂
Dang that wear-a-kit unholsters smoothly! So jelly. Also it just struck me that your neighbor was mowing THE ENTIRE TIME you were working.. even after the u-pick trip. Always be mowin'.
Stairway to heaven has been played out unfortunately. Personally the song “No Quarter” has been under-rated. Good work figuring out/troubleshooting the wonders of Buick
" NO STRESS BOSS" Mr. O' Moagoo You did it again,!!!! thanks now I see in part, there we will see the whole.
Hey Eric I think we are all wondering what you were late for, anyway cool video
Thank You so much for this video. it helped me so much having the same symptoms on a Verano, and not having the scan tool to diagnose the BCM. It ended up being the fuse plate connected to the battery. 🙏🏻
Just to make me feel like I can contribute: Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter. 😁
Good thing that you found the pcm problem, a bad ground can cause a lot of problems too. My neighbor has an 2006 Buick lacrosse and he's always chasing electric problems. I dont like the 3.6 engine always have problems with the timing chains and timing components. GM should have stick with the 3800 series engine.
I always wonder if these other “shops” in town have South Main Auto videos playing in their shops! Another awesome video as always!
Thanks Eric! I bought three Wera tool kits after your recommendation. One for me and two for the kids. Very handy! $129 Canadian each.
cool hand luke, what we have here is a failure to communicate
Never been to Wilberts but my Dad went once and told me how organized it was. Used to be a Buick specialized shop
From looking at information you may need to fix the wheel speed sensor to fix the po318 code
That's correct 👍
Seems like Chevrolet is a popular patient of your automotive repair shop. It's so strange that an American made product could have so many issues. 😳 Your channel is the best so far. I do enjoy working on vehicles as a DIY home repair guy. I can watch your vids for hours and never be bored. The caliber and intellectual abilities in auto repair diagnostics are phenomenal even when you make a boo boo in diagnosis. Carry on and bravo...
One of the greatest bands of all time
Wow! Your channel somehow aspires me to be a better person today than I was yesterday. So I’m heading in the right direction.”
Thanks for another awesome video..i look forward to your videos, they are educational and fun to watch...its not boring like the Florida videos..
The vice grip test light blew my mind. I'm heading to the garage now to make some modifications.
Hi Eric i believe the p0318 code has to relate to a voltage issue also in the EBCM. If you have a wheel speed sensor code i would check for a wiring issue in the harness. Being a GM maybe worn through on the cv shaft or the lower control arm.
p0318 sets when a wheel speed sensor code sets, or when the EBCM isn't reporting rough road data to the ECM.
I wish I lived closer to you I’d bring you my 2011 VOLVO XC90, the brake lights stopped working on this sucker and now I’ve only got the 3rd brake light up top of the rear window working and I can’t seem to find fuses for them, I was told there was a relay in the cargo compartment on the left rear corner but no dice, the one single fuse I did find is good!
I remember first subscribed about 5 yrs ago. My daughter is 11 now, crazy seeing how fast they grow and in parallel. Your kid has to be about the same age. Your channel has saved me a ton of frustration and time, thanks eric o.
65 and sunny sounds nice. Been working on industrial equipment outside at 104 in west Texas
Now what we have here is a failure to communicate. That was in Cool hand Luke right ? You also know we like to watch. Thanks for posting Sir.
You're a good ole boy Luke.
Need a a Plastic Jesus on the dashboard
Also introduced to Gen X by Guns n Roses.
the attitude has picked up on the young one ... mine turn 9 and 10 this year; she felt good giving you sass with momma! :D