

| Subject: | Re: Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!! |
| From: | Geza Polony |
| Date: | Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:03:40 -0500 |
The fascinating thing about engine diagnostics is that the engine is an utterly and completely logical system, with no emotions, viruses, bacteria, gremlins, demons, or any of the other maladies we humans are beset with. That means you depend on your own powers of observation, testing, and logical concatenation in fixing them; and you're also faced with the classic logical fallacies inherent in "jumping to conclusions." The present case is a great example of the "post hoc, ergo propter hoc" fallacy, ie., "after I changed the injectors (the car wouldn't start), therefore, because of changing the injectors (it wouldn't start.)" It's right out of Aristotle. I'm always amazed at the little respect auto mechanics get when, compared to so many other lines of work, the field demands such a high degree of mental discipline. Congratulations on getting the rig up and running again, and careful of those logical potholes in the road!
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