Diagnostic consulting for Orange County shops and vehicle owners working through hard-to-diagnose Asian and domestic vehicles — by phone, or on-site when it's needed.
Prefer to call now? (714) 371-0619
A 20-minute call before you start pulling the vehicle apart can be the difference between a diagnosis and a day lost chasing the wrong system.
A second opinion before ordering catches the parts-cannon approach before it costs you — and your customer — money that doesn't fix anything.
Getting it right the first time keeps trust intact — no comebacks, no blown timelines, no explaining why the first fix didn't hold.
Every engagement starts with a phone conversation. From there, it's whatever the vehicle needs.
Walk through the complaint, codes, and what's already been tested. Get a clear read on where to look next before more labor goes into the vehicle. On-site follow-up is available when a phone call isn't enough.
A second set of eyes for the comebacks and no-code intermittents that eat up bay time.
Considering a used Asian or domestic vehicle? Get an independent read on its condition before you commit — in-shop or on-site, worked out based on where the vehicle is.
For cases where a phone call isn't enough — direct, in-person diagnostic support at the shop or vehicle location.
Starting ranges below — confirmed with you before any work begins.
Flat rate for a focused 15–20 minute consult. Longer sessions billed hourly.
Test plan creation, waveform review, and pre-parts second opinions.
1-hour minimum, plus travel outside the local service area.
In-shop or mobile — rate depends on vehicle location.
Final pricing depends on vehicle complexity and time involved — confirmed with you up front, always before work starts.
The more of this you can provide up front, the more useful the first call will be.
Year, make, model, and mileage. Trim or engine size helps if you have it.
What the vehicle is actually doing, and when — constant, intermittent, cold start, under load, etc.
Any DTCs pulled, freeze frame data, or scope captures you already have.
Parts replaced, tests run, and what came back — this is what makes the call efficient.
Over two decades of hands-on experience as a mechanic, now focused on the diagnostic side of the trade — the intermittent faults, the comebacks, the vehicles that have already been to two other shops.
Work is limited to Asian and domestic vehicles, which keeps every consultation grounded in deep, specific platform knowledge rather than spread thin across every make on the road.