09/26/2026
More happy customers out the door this week. Had a vw tdi in for a lookover and diagnosis of a rear suspension noise. Turned out to be the rear shocks creaking. Other than the duralast rear shocks the car checked out ok.
A friend of mine was trying to fix his car to save some money. Unfortunately he started struggling and needed my assistance. Brought the mazda 3 by so I could finnish the work it needed for inspection. New front shock, new lower control arms, and a new abs sensor.
Lastly had a big diagnosis job. 2015 vw passat had multiple codes and an EPC light on. Misfire on all 4 cylinders, evap code, bank 1 sensor 2 oxygen sensor, air intake leak, 3 different camshaft codes, and a boost pressure sensor fault.
Started by checking out the plugs/coils and turned out they were very worn. Replaced those then started the car to see how it reacted. Still had a very sporadic idle. I know these cars have tendencies for the evap purge valve and pcv system to fail. I started there next.
Hooked up my scan tool and commanded the purge valve to activate but it didnt register. Then I loosened the oil filter cap to see if the idle would change drastically. It got way worse so that told me the pcv system had a bad diaphragm. Took the car on a test drive after clearing the codes. It was still acting up.
Let it sit and idle for a good 15 minutes then took it out again after noticing the idle smoothed itself out. The passast was running like it should again and must have needed time to warm up/figure itself out after putting good parts on it.
Reach out to me with any car troubles you may have. Id love to be able to help!
