Quote Originally Posted by dr. d View Post
some mechanics get irritated, when a total stranger comes around and asks question after question. i'd get irritated, too, if this stranger even hints that what i am explaining out of the goodness of my heart, is incorrect. i mean, i am here in the shop, to make a living, not to teach.
TS might not be hearing what he wants to hear from the mechanic, but that does not mean the mechanic is doing it wrong. perhaps he is doing it right, but he just can not explain it well enough. but that's fine with me. i pay him for what his hands do.

videos of how to bleed brakes or power steering systems, are plentiful in the internet. i am sure these audio-visual presentations will prove to be more effective than my monologue here. i am sure TS can easily download a few of them, to view over and over again, until he "understands it right".

good luck, po.
i hope casa allows you to stand by as they service your vehicle. observing mechanics at work, is always an educational endeavor.

btw, be mindful of the pedal free play.
Well.. the problem was I didn't ask enough questions. I mean.. I just entered the shop and told them to replace the steering system pressure hose as Honda told me the diameter was so small and I told them to replace the black steering fluid. I nearly left the car there but just stayed to watch. After replacing the pressure hose.. he was not sure how to flush the black fluid...



What he did was remove the pressure hose pressure switch sensor valve partially and let the steering fluid drain a bit while filing up the reservoir.. but after doing it for 2 minutes and closing the valve.. we can no longer turn the steering wheel with engine on. He thought sira na pump. Buti bumalik steering but with huge noise after 20 minutes. I didn't know what happened.. but after analyzing for days the mechanics of a rack and pinion.. kanina I realized what if he pumped so much air the rack and pinion no longer works because it's compressing air instead of hydraulic fluid?! Is this possible. i'm still analyzing what happened...

But i'll focus on the brake master first bukas. I'll buy a black paint and sandpaper and have the new service center sand paper the flaked off paint of the brake booster caused by the corrosive leaking brake fluid before doing the bench bleed and reconnection to the steering system.. someone suggested this early here.. tama to sandpaper it right.. hindi papasok debris sa loob ng booster?

After the brake master is successfully installed and bleed. I'll leave the car at Honda to flush the black steering fluid costing 3k (with chemical daw).. then continue analyzing what happened last week when the steering wheel stopped turning after he drained the pressure hose partially.. dapat sa return line mag drain. He also risked damaging my pump.

Maybe he is not really the head mechanic but just an apprentice whom I thought is the head mechanic.. just not to put the company at bad light.. they have few customer and kawawa naman to give them bad advertisement but need to share what they did for education and learning.