How long does it take to get a response to your question?

Did you have a particular question about a vehicle?

It would be unrealistic to expect all questions to be answered.

While we have a strong core of people, there are always questions that will be passed on from a variety of reasons. The two biggest reasons I pass on a question, is lack of information that is asked for upfront, and it may be a question that I can not provide valuable help with. While I spend a considerable amount of my free time here, I just can't do it all the time. I volunteer for this to try to help people, provide some understanding of the industry and learn.

Sadly there are some posts that go un-answered. That's life. Especially when you take the free route.
It is better to get no response than a response that takes one in the wrong direction. That would be a tradgedy to do if our goal was to just "answer every post"

I can spend hours trying to help just one post. Sometimes I spend an hour researching a problem, that I only learn I am not able to adequetly help, and therefore do not post a reply.

And then, some questions just plain do not deserve a response. For example, When someone posts that they can't find the oil pan on a car and want to know where it is, you have to ask yourself what are they going to do with this information. Is it reasonable to respond? Are we going to actually help someone. This is easily learned through a google search should they really need to know.

Furthermore, I don't go into questions that are more than a couple days old. Most auto repair problems are not a casual situation, it is more often needed information almost as soon as the question is posed. I am better off helping a fresh question than responding to somthing that may already be solved or given up on.

Do you answer all of our questions?

Hi Chuck,

Thank you for the feedback, it is much appreciated as we strive to better our site.

One of the problems we face is the technical ability of the person posting questons.

When we go too technical, it sometimes is a lot of time down the drain as the answer is not fully comprehended. If we are too basic with replies, we get misunderstood.

The motor vehicle has only so many working parts but the symptoms and variety of the problems can differ by a lot.

You mentioned looking for someone who has pesonal experience with the problem but we might not have any on the staff as the symptoms might be different and then again similar symptoms might not have the same answer.

Some items do not provide a code even though it is not working correctly. The ECM sees a reading that is within specs but it is not within the conditions as specified for that particular running condition.

This can be examplified by dirt contamination. If the idle air passage is clogged, the IAC is working within specs but the idling speed is not. Dirty MAf seldom triggers any codes.

We always try our best to provide the answer as best as we can and in the process we would need to understand the problem better. That would require interaction between you and whoever was attending to you.

If there is any problem that is not resolved by the person attending, it would be brought up in the moderators forum from where we try to find an answer by pooling our resources.

Personally I hate to let a question go without providing an answer and I believe so do any of the other technicians.

If you have any other feedback, we would like to hear them so we can improve.

Thank you.

We are very sorry for not responding rapidly as you expect and TY for the donation

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