Comments on: $40 for 3 Minutes Worth of Time https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/40-for-3-minutes-worth-of-time/ Earn, Save, and Live Joyfully. Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:51:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: One Frugal Girl https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/40-for-3-minutes-worth-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-5252 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:51:04 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=3576#comment-5252 In reply to My Frugal Miser.

It wasn’t an oil related issue. My husband changes it regularly. Thanks for the tip about resetting the light though. I had no idea we could reset it ourselves.

]]> By: My Frugal Miser https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/40-for-3-minutes-worth-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-5250 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:16:09 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=3576#comment-5250 That friendly mechanic was smiling all the way to the bank. I drive a Toyota and the most common reason the light comes on is to remind me when it is time for an oil change. Google your car and “turn off check engine light” and you’ll find instructions on getting the light to turn off (usually by pushing a sequence of buttons inside your car). In my experience the check engine light is almost never an indication of an urgent issue.

]]> By: One Frugal Girl https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/40-for-3-minutes-worth-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-5246 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:02:43 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=3576#comment-5246 In reply to Liam.

I agree with the observation about tech folks and the fact that mechanics know a whole lot more about my car than I do. I like the idea of being better informed about my vehicle. I’ve always wanted to take auto mechanic classes. No joke!

]]> By: One Frugal Girl https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/40-for-3-minutes-worth-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-5245 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:01:16 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=3576#comment-5245 In reply to Jenny.

I read your comment to my husband and he laughed out loud. I’m not a big fan of mechanics or doctors. I think a lot of their work involves guessing.

]]> By: One Frugal Girl https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/40-for-3-minutes-worth-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-5244 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:00:32 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=3576#comment-5244 In reply to John J.

I guess it’s a good way to A) determine what’s wrong with the car and B) keep your mechanic honest. I hadn’t thought about the second point. Very interesting!

]]> By: One Frugal Girl https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/40-for-3-minutes-worth-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-5243 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:59:22 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=3576#comment-5243 In reply to Kasey.

Hmmm. I’d have to look up how to unplug the car battery. Is that tough to do?

]]> By: One Frugal Girl https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/40-for-3-minutes-worth-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-5242 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:58:57 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=3576#comment-5242 In reply to Justin @ The Family Finances.

I so wish I had known about this before we took the car to the mechanic!

]]> By: Jenny https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/40-for-3-minutes-worth-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-5240 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:46:37 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=3576#comment-5240 I’m not sure how much I’d trust these machines. My old Nissan Sentra had the check engine light on ever since I bought it (told it had been on for years with no problem). When I brought it to a shop for something else, the mechanic hooked it up to his machine and it said there was a problem with the fuel injection system. And there sure was, the fact that my car was carbourated, and built a few years too early to have a fuel injection system.

]]> By: John J https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/40-for-3-minutes-worth-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-5239 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:49:17 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=3576#comment-5239 I actually purchasaed one of these “code pullers.” It was on clearance for $97, and it does diagnose every kind of engine problem. I keep it in my garage and use it when I have the “need to know.” Actually, if you bring your car to the shop and tell them the code you pulled, they tend to watch what they do, because they think that you know your way around a car’s engine compartment. And I do!

]]> By: Kasey https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/40-for-3-minutes-worth-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-5238 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:19:37 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=3576#comment-5238 I believe unplugging your car battery and waiting a few seconds and then plugging it back up will reset the light. this also means you lose your preset radio stations but it’s saves you $40.

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