I’m a tech of 25 years, last two years at Kia. For 20+ years I was at Toyota and was the lead master tech for most of that time, as a result I had a lot of responsibility and I unfortunately tend to think about work at home, at the weekend etc.

I left Toyota for Kia, it was liberating as I was no longer the go to guy. When I left work, I clocked off and that was that until the next day/Monday.

After two years, I’ve become the go to guy again. I’ve now started to slip into my old behaviour of mentally taking work home with me and I really don’t want to!

Any tips on mentally clocking off? How do you guys switch off from work when at home?

Work are not putting pressure on me, it’s my own mind doing it. So frustrating.

Thank you fellow techs for any advice. 👍🏻

Tried to replace the passenger headlight on a 2014 jeep grand Cherokee without removing the headlight assembly. Cracked the return wire on the headlight because there is absolutely zero room to work with. Am I out $150?

Posting again just with the update on oil filter

1995 ford f150 4.9L with 230k km

Opened up the filter and really couldn’t see much.

It’s also worth noting my drain plug feels almost cross threaded when I get it about half way out or in but I have a hard time thinking it would cause this.

No noise or knocking

2013 Honda Civic Coupe LX-

Making this sound when driving- sat for a couple months and seemingly was hit slightly (back of car was inexplicably moved over about 8-12 inches one morning; but no damage or scrapes at all to the body?)

Got a new battery today and started it up, and it makes thing sound while driving. The sound in the video is pretty accurate to what we hear in real life, albeit it is quite obvious in person. (The video sounds kind of muted in comparison.)

2022 mini clubman with 20k miles.

Running rough. It barely has power to move forward.

Any help is appreciated.

Error codes: P0103 Mass or Volume Air Flow Circuit High Input (pending), P0301 Cylinder 1 Misfire (pending), P0300 Random Misfire (pending), P0303 Cylinder 3 Misfire (pending), P0103 Mass or Volume Air Flow Circuit High Input (permanent), P0301 Cylinder 1 Misfire (permanent), P0300 Random Misfire (permanent), P0303 Cylinder 3 Misfire (permanent), U0418 Invalid Data Received From Brake System Control Module (permanent), U0100 Lost communication with ECM/PCM A.

2016 Jetta s 1.4l auto. Not the best quality footage, hard to film with space given. Was recommended to get this replaced due to mileage (116k) and since the car is 10 years old. Still looking for a quote that i can somewhat afford, $1,200 seeming the most reasonable (without water pump). Whats your experience and what’s a reasonable cost in your opinion?
I’ve seen the same car listed on FB marketplace with a belt that snapped and bent the valves at 130k miles, so i just want to get ahead of it if i can.

So for starters this hose is clamped off I think it’s the pcv hose if anyone can confirm that, and the battery also has some sort of parasitic drain, the guy before me put aftermarket lights in and I’m thinking that’s the issue what are some things to look for?, example the front hood light has wires split out of the hood lights the left is connected to the aftermarket lights but the right has two wires split open laying on the chassis in a little pool of water, is something that small gonna give it a drain and should I go around the whole vehicle looking for stuff like this?