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   Rod Speed to micky   
   Re: 02 sensor and better gas mileage   
   09 Apr 21 13:43:26   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   "micky"  wrote in message   
   news:ijhv6g9s4ltgekqgbgkoq9kb9dqumqamk5@4ax.com...   
   > In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 08 Apr 2021 22:46:39 -0400, micky   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>> Or try the smoke tester.   
   >>   
   >>I think we talked about this last year, but I was not despairing yet.   
   >>They have one for sale for 100, another for 120, and one for 900.  WRT   
   >>rental, autozone and advance don't have it, but there was a PepBoys   
   >>page, so I called the local Pepboys and he knew almost nothing about it.   
   >>I called maybe a bigger Pepboys and he didnt' either but he asked   
   >>someone and indded they have such a machine.  He didn't even know how   
   >>much it costs, but the web page said $30.   Well worth it if it works. I   
   >>hope they have someone there who stills knows how to use it.   And they   
   >>want two hours.  Maybe more.  I guess I can just go and keep busy.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> I've never used one, but have read of   
   >>>other people using them and sounds like in principle it would work.   
   >>   
   >>Yes, it does.   
   >   
   > There certainly are a lot of videos about car repair. I haven't watched   
   > it yet but this one is about how to make your own smoke machine!  "Easy   
   > and fun to build"  What could be better than that.   
      
   > I'm sure it's satisfying to make a good video and have   
   > people watch it, but do they also make money somehow?   
      
   The ones that do a lot of it do.   
      
   It also is striking how bad most of them are production   
   quality wise than what the pros produce.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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