Overheard a shop owner say 'just slap a reman on it' and it hit me different

I was at a parts counter last Tuesday picking up injectors for a 6.7 Powerstroke and this older shop owner in line ahead of me was on the phone telling someone to just throw a reman engine in a truck without even pressure testing the original. He said it like it was nothing, like the whole diagnosis process was a waste of time. It got me thinking about how many engines probably get swapped out when the real problem is something dumb like a cracked oil cooler or a bad sensor. I've seen it happen at my own shop where a guy spent $8k on a used motor only to find out the original just needed a new HPFP. Has anyone else noticed shops jumping straight to replacements instead of actually digging into the root cause?

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coran635d ago

Think people are making too big a deal out of one random comment honestly.

charlesanderson5d ago

Well, you say "one random comment" but that's not quite what happened here. It wasn't just a random offhand thing, it was a direct reply to someone's question about the issue. Kind of like if you said something dismissive to a person asking for help and then called it random, you know? I think the bigger problem is that it shows a pattern of not taking concerns seriously, which rubs people the wrong way. Also, one comment can spread fast online (especially if it's from someone with a big following) so it's not like people are imagining things.