{"id":668,"date":"2025-02-21T01:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/?p=668"},"modified":"2025-02-21T01:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:20:11","slug":"en-cochabamba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/en\/2025\/02\/21\/en-cochabamba\/","title":{"rendered":"Repaired a motorcycle in Cochabamba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was planning to stay in Cochabamba for a long time, and since it’s a fairly large city, I thought they might have the parts I needed, so I looked for a repair shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I tried to start my motorcycle, the engine wouldn’t start again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I searched for nearby repair shops on Google and went directly to three that came up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One was closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One had no staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last one had the owner come out right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were a lot of off-road motorcycles in front of the store, so I thought this shop would be familiar with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I told him about the problem, the symptoms, and what the mechanic in Potosi had told me, and I decided to get a quote first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told me, “I won’t know until I see it first,” so I had him come and pick up the motorcycle that didn’t work and take it back to his repair shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A day later, I received a message from him with a photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You’re right, the fuel pump is broken,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, he also told me, “The gas tank is dirty, so I think the injector is clogged.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I asked him, “What do you think about the fuel pump and the injectors, which are not available here?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a shame because I thought they were available in Cochabamba<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought I would buy them at the Mercado Libre in Argentina, have a friend in Argentina pick them up and send them to Bolivia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were supposed to arrive in about two weeks, so I was thinking of doing that, when the mechanic told me, “Let’s clean the injectors and change the fuel pump to one I have.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the amount at the rate at that time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labor cost: Bs. 400, about 56 USD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Injector cleaning: Bs. 200, about 28 USD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuel pump: Bs. 1100, about 153 USD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuel pump filter: Bs. 200, about 28 USD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pickup and shipping cost: Bs. 100, about 14 USD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total: Bs. 2,000, about 280 USD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I assume the labor costs are normal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I buy the genuine injection product, it costs about 666 USD in Argentina, and the compatible product costs about 46 USD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I thought it would be a good idea to try cleaning the genuine product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The fuel pump is about 666 USD for the genuine product, and about 133 USD for the compatible product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was told that the replacement product was a DENSO product, so I was fine with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The genuine fuel filter is about 28 USD, so this is the same price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided to ask the mechanic to do it because of the total cost of international shipping and the fee to my friend, and because it would be faster if I asked him to do the repair here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a few days, he said “the repair is complete,” so I went to pick up the motorcycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I checked, the FI light was on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it was always idling at a high speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n