"The biggest turning point is whether you think you can do it if you do it" is the best motto of my life.
It's been 8 years since I bought FIATDUCATO. Among them, there were no breakdowns, and I spent half of the 4 years in peace. The other half has been repaired every year in response to large-scale breakdowns. Fortunately, the event has never collapsed due to a breakdown, and it's like repairing it between the event and the event and somehow making it in time. The first trouble was that the engine could not blow against the accelerator. That was certainly 4 years ago. Next is the fuel leak from the fuel filter. Next, the coolant leak due to the physical destruction of the water pump. And the engine power loss due to DPF clogging and all kinds of failures continue to occur after 70,000 kilometers. And this time, a combination of turbochargers and sensors from DFP.
Operating two European cars, Volkswagen and Fiat, one thing can be said for sure, is that it hardly breaks down from 50,000 to 70,000 kilometers, and even if there is a major failure, the warranty often works, so no trouble no stress It can be operated with. However, if you pass there, you will enter the devil's zone at once. Probably a lot of European cars are like that. Still, the factory that accepts repairs is about one-fifth of domestic cars. In addition, the repair by the dealer costs so much that the eyeballs pop out.
In particular, this Fiat Ducato model before 2022 is a parallel imported car, and in the first place it is only distributed as a camper (RV (Recreational Vehicle)) in Japan, so I bought it. There are no factories that can be entrusted with repairs other than the shops you entered. Even if you can, it's not easy to tow a huge camper. In other words, the shop I bought like me has disappeared, and a person who lives about 400 km away from the nearest shop that is another manufacturer dealing with the same type of base car is not able to respond to the breakdown using a general method. It's possible.
In the past, car repair can only be done at specialized stores, and I spent my time thinking that I should do so for safety. But it was an excuse to make it easier. You can do it if you do it. Especially in Japan, there is no incentive to repair it yourself. In order to continue to operate such a useful vehicle for the family, the only way is to repair it yourself. With such an incentive, I have done all the repairs by myself so far. And I got the results properly. However, the breakdown that occurred in 2023 was exhausted. It happened just when I finally solved the problem caused by the clogging of DPF, and I was really tired of breaking down every time.
Even the eldest daughter, who was not supposed to be directly damaged, said, "This car is broken every time." To this, "That's right, that's really true." I had no choice but to answer.
At such a timing, it is a 1m longer size than now, with a layout that I wanted before it was a bed side-mounted type with a garage, and the same year's car with 31 large displacement engines and 6MT, almost the same mileage is cheap. I found it for sale. There will probably never be a chance like this again. For me, who is familiar with the pros and cons of this car and all kinds of defects, I'm not afraid no matter how cheap it is and it has initial defects. I immediately considered transferring. That's the end of luck. Like an eyaching husband, it became immovable the moment he started to consider it. With this, the assessment was also greatly reduced, and as it moved, the road to entering the factory of an acquaintance who was 1000 km away was closed for a full overhaul. I mean, I haven't cheated on you yet.
You were just excited when you saw a picture of a slightly glamorous adult-entertainment girl of the same age group on the Internet. And yet, what a treatment.
All the exit routes have already been cut off. The car may have told me that there is nothing to gain even if I choose an easy road. Face one car all the way. Isn't that the ultimate way to enjoy riding a car? If that happens, it's too early for the switch to switch. Okay, if this happens, let's go beyond the limit of the repair that the father of three children can do in the blue sky parking lot of the rental house.
So I decided to put down the engine of the 2008 FIATDUCATO Multijet 160 between work, child rearing and housework, and thoroughly overhaul it in the garden without a garage.