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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for January 14, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 1991 Honda Accord EX 2.2L Poor Idle Quality Timing marks checked and rechecked-all ok. Compression 155 all cyls. Car did not exhibit idle problem before belt change. Car now has a loping idle-up to about 8-900 then down to 400 or so.Will keep it up even after heated up. No visible vacuum leaks. Plugs an... |
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| 1992 Honda Prelude Si 2.3L hunts for idle VIN: JHMBB2258N hi honda techs this prelude came in for no spark we replaced the igniter with a honda oem part. cust picked up car and called two days later to report car was hunting for an idle .. cust states it never did this before.. cust also states some times it idles ok... |
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| 1998 Honda Accord EX 2.3L front end VIN: 1HGCG5643W Help from the Honda techs or anyone that has had this problem. I get a clunking noise from the front when traveling over bumps. Check entire front end for looseness - nothing obvious found. I replaced the left front strut and noise is still present. On the roa... |
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| 1999 Honda Accord EX 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCG1656X This car has had a new EGR valve after passages were verified clear.The flow chart test only "proves" the problem is intermittent.Great , but now what do I do.The customer is being patient, but for how long?I don`t want to just throw parts at it (computer), so... Trouble codes: P0401, P1491 (undocumented code) |
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| 1993 Isuzu Rodeo LS 3.2L Misfire, no power VIN: 4SCY58B1P4 Help Iam A GM man but get caught sometimes with other makes. I have this Isuzu the owner called me last week it was about 6 degrees his car would not start, I told him to hold the pedal down and try it he got it started but then it had A miss, he replaced the ... |
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| 2002 Kia Sedona EX 3.5L rear taillights VIN: KNDUP13182 This van has a interm problem where there is no taillights.Failure seams to be occuring regularly but not in the shop!I have no wiring diagrams in shopkey.I took apart the rear tail lights and all connections are free of corrosion and are appear fine.Any help ... |
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| 1991 Mazda MPV Passenger 3.0L all VIN: JM32V5223M This car came in with a high idle and a vibration at 60 mph, the vibration is so bad it feels like i'm driving over speed bumps, and it can be felt through the whole car. Any speeds slower or faster will make it go away. Found a broken fuel press. reg. solenoi... |
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| 1996 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L Speed Sensor VIN: JN1CA21D3T This vehicle came to me with two codes; P0500 and P0325 set. The knock sensor was replaced and P0325 has gone away. The speed sensor was removed and bench tested and showed a signal drop out so a new sensor was installed. After installation the P0500 reset. I ... |
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| 2000 Subaru Outback Limited 2.5L Pedal VIN: 4S3BH6866Y This car came in to me for a brake inspection last month, the customer complaint was "brakes felt bad". We pulled all four wheels and inspected the brakes. Pads all at least 3/4 pad remaining and wear pattern was even, all four rotors measure well within toler... |
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| 1998 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 4T1BG22K6W These are the symptoms. After a 20-30 minute hot soak, the engine will not stay running. It will only stay running if the accelerator is held at 1200+ rpm for no less than 15+ minutes. During this time of 1200+ rpm, the engine does not run rough nor does the c... |
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| 2000 Toyota Tacoma DLX 2.7L Surge, Cuts out VIN: 5TEPM62N8Y After o2 replacement, truck now goes into closed loop. problem is, under moderate acceleration, truck surges badly, and at a constant rythem. WOT is normal, all scan data looks okay. Will do this constantly as long as accelerating. Going up a hill makes it las... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1991 Honda Accord DX 2.2L Excessive Emissions, No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCB7246M I wanted to post the fix I finally found for this Honda. After doing some testing I was able to determine where the problem lied. I read all the great posts that I was so fortunate to recieve. I would like to share how I came to figure what was wrong with the ... Trouble codes: 15 (ignition output -defective ignition output), 16 (fuel injector-unplugged), 43 (fuel system). |
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| 1997 Honda Accord LX 2.7L Light on dash VIN: 1HGCE664XV Several replies said that low battery voltage could set this code, if OK the controller needs to be replaced. We checked the alt. & battery and both are good. The owner said they would drive it a while and see if this occurs again before replacing the controll... |
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| 1989 Mazda B2200 2.2L smoke on sta VIN: JM2UF3137K Thanks for all the help. I recieved 12 replies overnight. They all said the same thing. Worn or stuck oil control rings. I only have the head in my shop, customer pulled it off & brought it in. I will tell him to consider a ring job. I think he's determined to... |
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| 1989 Mazda 323 1.6L No Start VIN: JM1BF222XK After spending alot of time on this,I only had 1 option left and that was to try another computer. Customer has declined to continue,feeling the car is not worth the money. In regards to fixing it,most people mentioned the crank problem,but valve timing was ... |
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| 1996 Mazda 626 LX 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1YVGE22D5T Sorry it took so long to post a fix, but the customer could not get the car to me. Thanks to Terry and Glenn they both hit the nail on the head. There is a finger passage in the intake plenum that was clogged. We found the easiest way to clean it was to remove... Trouble codes: P0400. |
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| 2000 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JN1CA31D6Y Several replies said there is a problem with these vehicles and you need to replace all 6 of the coils. The owner said they would try to get the dealer to pay for this, so we didn't get the chance. Thanks to all that helped. Trouble codes: P1320 (primary ignition system), P0171 (bank 1 lean), P0174 (bank 2 lean). |
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| 2000 Nissan Maxima SE 3.0L Stall VIN: JN1CA31D41 no this car is not repaired yet. we now have a idle but all systems are not working properly. no high idle when cold. no maintaining idle when a/c is tunred on. there are two grounds that are not being grounded at thr proper time. reprogramming and replacing c... |
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| 1989 Suzuki Sidekick JX 1.6L wheel bearing VIN: JS4TA01C8K I posted an update a week ago but can't find it now.(?) Anyways the original complaint was wandering and after a front end check I found everything good except the wheel bearings have a little more play than I am used to. The right one was worse than the left ... |
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