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Technician A says other codes should be diagnosed before replacing the converter for a P0420 code. Technician B says an upstream exhaust leak can trigger the code. Who is correct?
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Politics Ain’t Politic
If you have to have them in the shop, endeavor to make politics polite.
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Assessing tire damage in order to make a repair decision, which technician is correct with the right repair?
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Using your shop’s Cost of Doing Business (CODB) as a baseline for labor rates.
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