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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for January 2, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 1996 Audi A4 2.8L Control head VIN: WAUDA88DXT Original Climate control panel was not functioning correctly. Replaced climate panel, coded with correct code #(00062) and now it flashes for 2 minutes and then works fine. Car has Zexel compressor. no codes stored. basic settings block 01 is supposed to calib... |
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| 1998 BMW 540i 4.4L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBADE632XW Hello BMW Techs Also it has the following codes #68 misfire cylinder #6, #70 misfire cylinder #8, this car has a lack of power under load,going uphill, the codes that were set indicates,that the left side catalytic converter is malfunctioning, but my concern i... Trouble codes: 45 (catalytic converter damaged bank 2), 54 (misfire detection 5), 62 (misfire detection to exhaust), 67 (misfire 7), 75 (damaged catalytic converter), 147 (electric thermostat control) |
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| 2000 BMW 740iL 4.4L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAGH8341Y I obviosley need to test the knock sensor, but I cant locate them. The alldata gives a poor picture. Can you give wire locations Trouble codes: 213 (Knock sensor circuit 4), 26 (fuel trim out at partial load) |
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| 1986 Fiat X 1/9 1.5L Poor Idle Quality, hard start VIN: 2BBBS00A2G Happy holidays all. Ive got one i've been fighting for a while now. this little fiat has an intermittent hard start/Long crank. Usually in the morning but once ina while during the daytime. The customer said the plugs and wires helped but it went back to the s... |
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| 1987 Mercedes-Benz 300SDL 3.0L engine VIN: WDBCB25D7G Hello all, This is my Benz. I changed the oil into a clean drain and 3 steel ball bearings approx.5mm in diameter rolled out of the pan with the oil. Does anyone have any ideas as to where these might come from inside the engine, as it is running normally and ... |
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| 1993 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 2.3L Wipers VIN: WDBDA28DXP The windshield wiper and washer run constantly while the car is running. They work normally when is accessory position. When the lights turn on the headlight wiper and washer are also running constantly. The car also came in with the warning light staying on w... |
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| 2000 Saab 9-3 SE 2.0L Smell VIN: YS3DF58K1Y Hi there Techs, We seem to have an unsolveable problem. This 2000 9-3 has an odor coming from the vents when stopping and idling. The smell is like pungent exhaust or a chemical burning smell, or something like that. We wouldn't notice it, but the customer is... |
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| 1996 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWRA81H4T This car has a problem in the VSS circuit that is very intermittent. It sets the MIL and causes the speedo to act irratic for a moment or two. You can also see the speed signal drop out on the scanner when this happens. The problem is this is very intermittent... Trouble codes: 16885 (VSS-vehicle speed sensor) |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L Cruise control VIN: WVWMA63BXX Wondering if anyone has had a similar problem with the cruise on this vehicle. It originally came in with a cruise intermittantly inoperative. Tested the vaccum pump and the switches and replaced the cruise module. Now the customer complaint is that over a per... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1983 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce 2.0L VVT intake cam VIN: ZARBA54180 Thanx to Stephen,Scott,Alan and especially Chris [...] for faxing some info I could not get hold of...All agreed that red loctite is the way to asemble this item..let set 6 hours before use.Alan sugested using regular type cam and timing to marks on front ca... |
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| 1997 BMW 528i 2.8L Indicates Overheating VIN: WBADD6325V Sorry it took so long to close on this one. We had many replies mostly air bleed vents plugged up or headgaskets. We had replaced the temp sender also, but that was not the problem. What we finally did was blow out the vent hose with the air bleed open and the... |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz ML320 3.2L unkown VIN: 4JGAB54EXX Thanks to all 13 people who have replied. Yes, the cooling fan in the module box,was makeing the noise. Happy New Year! Uli |
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| 2000 Mercedes-Benz E430 4.3L srs light on VIN: WDBJF70GXY Thanks to all that replied,iatn is a godsent! After reprograming the radio & windows the false code was gone & SRS light went out. Thanks Again! |
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| 1998 Volvo V70 GLT 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1LW5673W it turns out that the ground circuit to the p.a.i.r system(pluse air pump)was not operating...the ground from the ecm B38 to the ground 85 on the little yellow relay, under the hood next to the air filter cannister...so no output via the ecm to the air pump re... Trouble codes: 448 (pulsed secondary air inj system flow fault), 446 (valve leakage), 442 (flow fault). |
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| 1998 Volvo S70 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1LS5588W after pressurizing the evap system...there was a leak on top of the fuel tank...on the triangle looking hose assemby that goes from the tank pressure sensor(map sensor) to the fuel tank ...replaced it and the system passes the self test on the scan tool...than... Trouble codes: 612 (po442 tank system small leak intermitten). |
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| 2001 Volvo V70 2.4T 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1SW58D91 We found the gas tank was leaking by way of smoke testing it. Thank you to all who gave descriptions and suggestions. Other signs are slight moisture coming from the top of the tank(left side near rear wheel). This has been the third gas tank leak we have had.... Trouble codes: P0442 (Small leak detected/ecm code 430D no description). |
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