For Roachie the Eco destroyer and No one Else.
Just had to peek didn’t you.
Had the JEEP booked in for its 60,000km service yesterday and SWMBO duly dropped same off at the
Brighton JEEP Dealership Service Centre in the heart of
Brighton, arguably THE second most toffy, fancy , very nice and very expensive suburb in
Melbourne.
I picked her up in the old Bluebird Station wagon,which was covered in dirt, muck, bird chit (magpie) cob webs , including two farting dogs, hair and crap inside. Talk about not happy Jan, she just slunk down below the dash board like in the film ‘Uncle Buck’
Anyway told the service guy, the only thing of note was a noise when turning the engine off that sounded like Roachie starting his Chev-issan.
Piece of cake he says, I reckon I know what it is and if so will have to keep it for another day while we get the part in to replace the defective one.
Oh! Had a few of these before have you.
Nooooooooo! (Bull-chitting coota)
Later on in the day, he confirms the above so I get to take SWMBO obeyed to work that night, (nurse) and pick her up in the morning in full view of her colleagues in the Bluebird with the two farting dogs etc etc. More Uncle Buck antics.
This afternoon – phone call come and get it, all is
well.
Back in the Bluebird ,
bright blue sunshine, very nice day, with SWMBO and the two farting dogs etc etc back down to
Brighton.
As we approach the said suburb, the bitching starts about the Bluebird, my good self who hasn’t a shave for a week, covered in chit and bricks from doing something 4WD , dressed in old work clothes that a Tramp wouldn’t wear apparently, etc etc etc.
Arrive at JEEP and put her in the JEEP and she is gone like fart in gale.
Settle back and shoot the breeze with the service manager re what it was that was making the noise.
Idler motor on the throttle body he says.
Oh! Yeah! What’s that.
Because it is a fly by wire vehicle (Shut up Roachie) when you put the pedal to the metal , nothing physical happens. A signal is sent to this idler motor that operates the throttle body somehow. Anyway it was cactus and they changed it.
Later on tonight I get the use of my JEEP and try it out., and it is apparent that that idler motor thingy has been faulty since day one, cause that JEEP is now a F1 compared to the masseratti it was before the changeover.
The response to the pedal is now absolutely fantastic. There has been a funny noise in the vicinity of the aforementioned part from day one, however no one could identify it until yesterday , after it had change tone/pitch in the last month or so.
All under warranty and pleasure to deal with Chrysler (JEEP) as usual.