Jim Warman Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 In another thread, we see a tech innocently get caught up in a diag gone sideways.... see "Do you guys think this is right?". Now, I don't know how much time he has into this job... but it does look like he started checking stuff in an order that wasn't as fruitful as it could have been.... And that brings us to OASIS... how and when should we use this resource? I'm not much of a TV watcher so some of my time is spent just furbling around looking for stuff to read. And I have come across TSBs for the goofiest stuff.... every day (for those that bother with broadcast messages), we see some another TSB "announced".... and this has driven home a singular point.... Check OASIS for EVERYTHING!!!! Not wanting to offend Mike, but wanting to improve things all the same, let's pick that deal apart.... Step one would be verify the concern.... Simple enough... Next, since a module is involved, we check for codes.... The we go to OASIS... select the appropriate condition codes and add any DTCs we have (better yet, use OASIS Quick Start) to the list. We will be presented with a lot of info.... warranty status, repair history (more important than some think), open recalls (easy money), TSBs and SSMs. Look at it this way.... we get into a PPT and we get to a part about checking at a difficult to reach connector or ice and snow or mud get in the way... or we get involved in one of Fords inadequate tests... in frustration, we throw up our hands and consult OASIS... only to find the job we have 2 hours into pays 0.7 on a TSB... worse - if we had been sharp, we might even have gotten a couple of points of gain time out of the deal. Sh!t happens in this business... it is up to us to make the best of it for ourselves... Learn how to use our wits and our resources... How many times a day does anyone think I say "Did you check OASIS?"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I've been burnt by not checking OASIS once. I make an effort to run EVERY vehicle now. Sometimes I forget, or just flat out don't do it. I didn't run OASIS on an F-150 I was working on, and missed the TSB for the IWE solenoid causing the front IWE's to drag, and make noise. Chased that one for awhile. Pays something like .5 to diag and replace the IWE solenoid. Live and learn. This is in no way a shot at the poster of the other thread, as I haven't even read it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 Aaron... the furthest thing from my mind was a "cheap shot".... We have this valuable resource... and it is, I firmly believe, under-used. We can all bitch about shrinking SLTs... but that only proves that we need to work smarter instead of harder.... Back in the day (oh, how I love that term), we could listen to a car or drive it or feel it.... maybe take a manifold vacuum reading or watch the spark snap from a plug wire to ground and make a complete diag... Those days are gone.... long gone. It didn't take a whole bunch to repair an abacus... but now we are dealing with computers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 OASIS strikes again. Had a Fusion in with MIL illuminated, P0606. TSB to reprogram PCM/TCM to latest cal. (AND TAKE IT IN THE HOOP, TO FIX IT LOL). Like you said, GREAT resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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