Spiff and I decided to treat our 13-year-old Mazda 626 to a new radiator today. We decided that it deserved one, after putting on almost 200,000 miles. That and the fact that its old radiator had a hole in it and was leaking antifreeze, an issue we discovered when our car started overheating on our way to church yesterday.
On the plus side, we found a repair shop two blocks from our house, and the guy actually seems to know what he's doing. He's close and competent. And he fixed our squealing car! The belts have been squealing off and on for a year and half. All of our neighbors know when we leave, and everyone we visit can hear us coming from two miles away. Every mechanic we have taken it to hasn't been able to fix it. They claim, "We didn't hear it squeal, so there's nothing we can do." He found a loose bolt that wasn't allowing the belts to stay tight, and he replaced it.
New radiator, new bolt, tight belts...What a good day for our car! I'm hoping that if we occasionally treat it to new parts, it will feel loved and continue to run for us for a long long time.
2 comments:
Good mechanics are hard to find. Treasure this guy & develope a good working relatonship withhim. Then give his number to Dan & Maggie, please.
I hope this mechanic is as awesome as the one in Portland so after a few hundred miles you'll get that comfortable, powerful grinding vibration which is a sign of quality work. Wasn't that road trip a gas?
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