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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for January 23, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 1996 Audi A4 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUEA88D9T Hi everyone. This is a lazy-man post. This vehicle was dropped off today as a "fix it when you get to it" repair, and well we've gotten to it late Friday. Complaint is check engine light on, runs fine most of the time, but occasionally is difficult to start an... Trouble codes: P0170 (Bank 1 fuel trim error), P0173 (Bank 2 fuel trim error), 16554 (VAG same as p0170), 16557 (VAG same as p0173) |
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| 1999 Audi A4 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: WAUBB28D7X This car came to me from a body shop. My scanner is a Genesis OTC and the generic OBD2 datastream is limited. I cleared the P1545 and it came back immediately. Alldata's instuctions for this code consist of 'check throttle control module'. Idle speed is very l... Trouble codes: P1545 |
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| 1986 BMW 325 2.7L No Start VIN: WBAAE6405H just tuned car and keeps flooding plugs and vehicle will not start until plugs are replaced |
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| 1986 BMW 325e 2.7L Poor Fuel Economy, Runs very rich VIN: 1WBE125858 Hi, hope someone can help me I'm having a problem with this Bmw that is running Very rich. It has constant black smoke coming out of the tail pipe. We changed the Air Flow meter and it helped about 60% of the over rich conditon. We changed the ECM and coolant ... |
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| 1998 BMW 740iL 4.4L Cooling Systems VIN: WBACJ8320W We have had a few of these late model BMW V-8's with the same symptoms. The car never shows overheat on the temp guage, in fact it always runs right in the middle of the range. BUT, if the bleeder on the radiator or the cap are cracked open, a large amount of ... |
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| 1999 BMW 323i 2.5L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAAM3335X hello again ALL. i have here a 323i with a random misfire. when i checked it out i found no obvious failures. i couldnt locate the mis. however it wasnt always present when i was attempting to fix it. i drove it a bunch and got no misfire. i decided to try a t... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 2000 BMW 540i 4.4L baro tank pressure sensor VIN: WBADN6349Y Hello all, this bmw sets code 164 (using the snap on scanner) scanner and alldata says this is a code for barometric tank pressure sender. However, we cant get any information on testing the sensor itself, and coditions for setting the code, etc. If we clear... |
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| 2000 BMW 528i 2.8L Hesitation, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBADM6344Y i have this 2000 528i that the customer is complaining of a hesitation on acceleration. customer says that sometimes it is a lot worse than other times. happens cold or hot. i drove it and experienced a slight hesitation, but thats it. check engine light is ... Trouble codes: P0340 |
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| 1990 Saab 900 2.0L cooling fan VIN: 2B4FK41K1J Hello one and all, I've got an electric radiator cooling fan on a customer's Saab 900 turbo that emits a loud squeal whenever it kicks on. My customer is wanting me to try to take it apart and grease it up to save money on the cost of a new one. Has anyone ... |
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| 1991 Volkswagen Jetta 1.6L Mechanical VIN: WVWPG01G8M Initially vehicle came in with low and mushy pedal found both rear wheel cylinders leaking..replaced them at that time bled brakes and sent it out, all appeared fine at that point except when car was started pedal seemed to go away more than I thought was norm... |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.8L Stall VIN: 3VWSG29MX1 intermittently all gauges will fluctuate / exhaust smells / and car will stall / no codes present / also lights on dash will flash / thanks jim |
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| 2002 Volkswagen EuroVan GLS 2.8L Shifter VIN: WV2NB47022 Hallo again, either I'm too close to this problem or I've gone crazy after fixing that Mercedes S320. This clean California spec' Westfalia came in for trans/engine oil change and check over post purchase. My current dilema is that this Westy will not allow yo... |
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| 1997 Volvo 850 GLT 2.4L mode control VIN: YV1LS5649V Greetings, I have a Volvo with an EEC problem. EEC light flashing, no defrost control. I was not able to scan the controler because of Workshop master limitations. Volvo dealer performed fault tracing stating " found damper motor floor/defrost has open/shortin... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1990 BMW 735iL 3.5L radio VIN: WBAGC4314L so far the radio seems to have nothing to do with the no start ..have got many replies to that ..going to go after this car with a no start condition and i hope to find my problem ..but have ran short of time to work on it as this to why i am closing the post ... |
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| 1994 BMW 325i 2.5L No Start VIN: WBABJ6323R well group got great replies on this, as many stated there were many problems with crank sensors and the relay issues also,finally caught this thing acting up with lab scope on crank sensor and signal would drop out at 30 degrees and not come back replaced sen... |
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| 1995 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L No Start VIN: SAJHX1749S Hello everyone, this jaguar is finally out of my hair. Thanks to all who replied, especially don from georgia who had the same problem that this jaguar had. What had happened is that the ecu's black connector was full of water and rusted and eventually broke p... |
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| 1985 Mercedes-Benz 500SEL 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: WDBCA37D3F i want to thank everyone who replied it turned out to be the fuel distributor most replies recommended switching fuel lines which helped in the diagnosis |
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| 1988 Mercedes-Benz 420SEL 4.2L Rear Brakes VIN: CA35D8JA38 Well It finally left without the squeal. I used a couple of the ideas that were presented to me. Dave [...] (no name left) Suggested BG Stop Squeal, and every one else suggested Mercedes rotors and pads. I used Textar Pads and Balo Rotors... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Passat GLS 2.8L Cooling Systems VIN: WVWKH63B81 Several replies said that headgaskets or stat. One reply stated that this may be a warranty issue if the head gaskets were leaking. Car went to dealer. They replaced head gaskets. |
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| 1987 Volvo 244 DL 2.3L Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: YV1AX8841H Thank to all how help. There was MORE then one prolem. The ignition computer and there was a wire behined the fuese box shorting to ground. |
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