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| 1996 Infiniti J30 3.0L knock sensor VIN: JJNKAY21D7 not a technical question here.need to know where knock sensor is exactly located on yhis car.couldnt find the exact location in alldata or any other sources.the labor time i see is 8 hrs.is this a misprint or is this thing located in a really bad place.any hel... |
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| 1991 Isuzu Trooper LS 2.8L No Start VIN: JACCH58R79 Following a hot soak, engine will crank but won't start. Can see lots of fuel from injectors, spark jumps wide gap on spark tester, fuel pressure good, reluctor tight on distributor shaft, firing kv, ignition timing and idle speed ok. MAP values OK as per Alld... |
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| 2001 Kia Rio 1.5L Stall VIN: KNADC22331 Hello Technicians, I have a Kia Rio that has been stalling on and off for the last six months. I have check ignition and injection related parts and cannot recreate the problem. I am at present driving around with the scan tool in flight recorder mode hoping t... |
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| 2002 Kia Sedona EX 3.5L alternator VIN: KNDUP13142 a diagonstic flow chart for the charging system, for this 2002 Kia. This car dosn't charge. Our information system is not updated for this make and year of vehicle. Thanks |
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| 2000 Lexus ES300 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT8BF28G3Y The evap codes listed below have been pulled. The vsv's for the pressure sensor, purge control and outside air have all been tested and at the moment they work, are not restricted, and close thoroughly. The outside air and purge hoses have been tested and are ... Trouble codes: P0441 (Low purge flow), P0442, P0446 (vent control system malfunction) |
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| 1993 Mazda 626 LX 2.0L No Start VIN: 1YVGE22A3P Hello Techs, I inherited this Mazda from another shop. Hope someone has seen a simular problen I have here. The car has no spark or injection pulse. I have comfirmed 12 volts to the Distributor. No codes in the computer. Ck grounds and powers at the computor. ... |
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| 1995 Mazda 626 DX 2.0L No Start VIN: IYVGE2ZC4S After cheking fuel pressure and finding 19 psi we changed the pump and sock. We then got a no start again and pulled the regulator we had 59 pound's to regulator and nothing coming out. We tryed to open the regulator with vacum gun and it would not open to let... |
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| 2000 Mazda B2500 SE 2.5L Electronic VIN: 4F4YR12C8Y Okay Ford and Mazda guys - This pickup came in with a P0500 DTC. The speedo is inop. and the transmission shifts eraticly. Now according to alldata, the PCM uses the ABS wheel speed sensor for transmission operation and speedo head operation. I check the trans... |
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| 1996 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.4L compression VIN: 4A3AJ56GXT this car came in on a hook. customer complaint is that after a loud noise while driving it lost power and died. did not start for us. we checked codes and found a 4g64 engine code. we checked compression and found the two middle cylinder had only 30psi but the... |
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| 1993 Nissan Sentra 1.6L power loss Hello, I was wondering how other techs figure out definitevily when a plugged catalytic converter is the cause of power loss. This car runs , it just seems to have about 30 to 40% power loss. Compression, timing advance all OK. I know the clues are heavy bla... |
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| 1999 Toyota Corolla CE 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1NXBR12E7X This car sets a evap code intermittently [p0446-VSV for vapor pressure sensor]. We tested the VSV and it passed both the continuity test and vac. tests. Fuel cap doesn't leak. We pressure tested the evap system with our new tester and it seemed to hold pressur... Trouble codes: P0446 |
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| 2001 Toyota Sienna LE 3.0L Oil VIN: 4T32F13C71 This toyota van with very low miles is using a quart of oil in less than 100 miles. It does not smoke. It was leaking from the rear valve cover but not that much. I told the customer to take it to the dealer since it is still under powertrain warranty. Dealer ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1995 Honda Accord EX 2.2L No Start, Misfire VIN: 1HGCD5536T Thank you guys for all of the replies. After two weeks of mind boggling with all of the parts we replaced it is finally fixed.We received a nice tip on the checking of the electrical portion of the ignition switch. Because of that tip we verified that the swit... |
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| 1999 Lexus LS400 4.0L 1-2-3 shifts VIN: JT88H28F8X This one still has problem. Vehicle was purchased with about 36000 miles on it we pulled major service at this time for we didn'i know history. The three responses were of no help as one was one sentence asking if problem was there before, The other two asked ... |
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| 1992 Nissan Maxima SE 3.0L Engine VIN: JN1EJ01P0N It seems that the noise I described can be caused by the VTC assemblies. There are parts available to rebuild those components, but there are also updated parts available if you change the entire assembly. Several respondents mentioned that running some Rislon... |
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| 1994 Nissan 300ZX 3.0L Remote Entry Transmitter VIN: JN1RZ2605R Even though we received several different procedures, this Z defied learning the remote. It turns out that the ‘Key in Lock Cylinder' switch was intermittent enough that it was impossible to flash the circuit 6 times in 10 seconds using the key - so it never m... |
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| 1996 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L Speed Sensor VIN: JN1CA21D3T Received 7 replies on this vehicle. All indicated a problem with the speedo head in the dash. Three recommended tightening screws on speedo head. Tightened screws and code went away. Thanks to all, |
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| 1983 Toyota Corolla DLX 1.6L Cuts out VIN: JT2AE72E2D First thanks so much to all who replied. Turns out many of you had the right idea! This vehicle has a faulty vacuum switching valve on the coolant pipe that controls vacuum to accessory fuel pump. The switching valve malfunctions and switches the vacuum at the... |
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| 1995 Toyota T100 3.4L gas leak VIN: JT4VD12E0S Thanks to all who replied however I never did find an exact problem but I did put a new gas cap on and replaced the fuel filter( it was extremely clogged & looked OE). I asked the customer to return in 500 miles but haven't seen him yet. Will post more info wh... |
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| 1998 Toyota RAV4 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT3GP10V2W This one stomped me with all the vsv valves I have replaced in the pass. It did show a little high on resistance but the vacuum that was coming out is the same as the new one. I did install a new vsv valve and the moniters did run and no more ck engine lights.... Trouble codes: P0401. |
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| 2002 Toyota 4Runner Limited 3.4L alarm VIN: JT3GN66RX2 Thanks to all for the help.Iwill fix this one of these days[She still brings us doughnuts]but as the problem has not reoccured in the last two weeks it may be a while.I'll re-post at that time with actual fix.Had many good suggestions.A few of you suggested a ... |
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