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It starts with my truck failing its smog check because of a P0507 which is "excessively high RPM" ... so after speaking w/ a family mechanic, we found a vacuum leak and changed the hose. Long story short, that didn't fix the problem; therefore we changed the IAC Valve with no success, so Dons Auto here we come on a referral.
Talked w/ Paul the manager, pretty charming guy and he states they need to perform a smoke check to locate if there's any other vacuum leaks. Okay after they inspected the truck, I received a call and Paul stated I need a IAC valve and the one I have is defective. "Scratch my head" but okay, if that's it go ahead.
I then go to pick my truck up at the end of day and the mechanic calls Paul to the back and then Paul calls me to the back & states look(he sprays starting fluid around the Intake manifold and shows me on their diagnostics computer the numbers jumping. Okay, not sure what that means but then he states you have a cracked Intake Manifold as well then walks me up front and quoted me 650.00 plus the cost of the IAC Valve at another 250 w/ labor, Wow!
After sleeping on it, something just didn't seem right, why wasn't the intake manifold leak found from the beginning after the initial smoke test ... long story short, there was no smoke test, all guess work @ the cost of 98.00 out of my pocket.
End of story is I took my truck to another Mechanic(Dave's Auto) on Pecos and they found a vacuum leak behind the intake manifold, replaced the hose/line reset the check engine light at the cost of 150.00 problem solved. No new intake manifold needed nor a defective IAC Valve.
STAY AWAY FROM DON'S DI AUTOMOTIVE!
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