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| 1998 Chevrolet Blazer 4.3L frt differential hello to all and thanks in advance for what Iam sure will be very valueable info; sorry don't have complete vin currently but I believe third fifth eight and tenth are n-t-w-w, : any way vehicle has nasty noise comming from right side of front differential onl... |
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| 1989 Dodge Dakota 3.9L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall VIN: 1B7FL26XXK Hello group. This Dakota has been checked by a couple other shops but no one has been able to pinpoint the problem. It will perform well except when slowing down and coming to a stop. Then the engine will idle rough and will stall; or may surge and keep runnin... |
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| 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie 5.9L abs VIN: 3B7HF13Z6X This one's got me. It has the amber ABS light on along with the red brake light. The code I'm getting is 72 - ROM Checksum Error. It originally came in with Codes 72 along with 71 (Read/Write Rom Error). I cleared Codes, and since then 72 keeps returning. I'll... |
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| 1996 Eagle Vision TSi 3.5L spark plug tubes VIN: 2E3HD66F6T Hello everyone, my problem is removing the spark plug tubes on a 3.5L Chrysler engine. This is the first time that our shop has seen this problem and I am afraid of damaging a cylinder head trying to remove them. I am aware of the fact that Chrysler makes a to... |
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| 1995 Ford F-250 XL 7.3L No Start, 8 qts low on oil VIN: 1FTHF26F4S This is a neighbors truck it has had a intermintant stalling/no start problem for about 10 months. I could never get it to act up. Sometimes it would die before he got out of his drive way sometimes it would last a week or two then leave him stranded. It would... Trouble codes: P1219 (cylinder ID), P0261 (1 injector circut low), P0279 (7 injector circut low), P0267 (3 injector circut low), P0273 (5 injector circut low), P1271 (1271-1278 high to low side open) |
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| 1996 Ford Ranger STX 4.0L Brake feel VIN: 1FTCR15X0T Hi fellow techs, This unit is wasting much of my time. The brakes feel spongy (pedal goes halfway to the floor before any resistance in felt). I bled the brakes with air continually coming through. I replaced master cyl and rebled. Found pedal hard and at the ... |
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| 1997 Ford Taurus SHO 3.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP54N9V I posted this car for a cam problem and it all worked out well, now car is back with air code. customer said wasn't there before, oh well, I get a code p0411 air problem, I checked all hoses to pump and all vaccum lines and all elec connections all are connrec... Trouble codes: P0411 |
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| 2000 Ford Explorer XLS 4.0L transmission delayed engagement in drive 30 seconds to 1.5 minutes trans recently serviced filter and seal in place delays in drive reverse ok.5r55e trans new to us . looking for direction. will post vin tomorrow. thanks joe |
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| 1998 GMC Yukon SLE 5.7L auto headlights VIN: 1GKEK13RXX I need some infortmation to verify excactly how to test the timer on this system. The original complaint on this SUV was the headlights would just turn off at times when the switch was in the on position so I replaced the headlight switch. A week later it come... |
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| 1987 Jaguar XJ6 4.2L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: SAYAY1343H ..Chester [...] RE: 1987 XJ6 Vanden Plas I HAVE SPENT TOOO MANY HOURS TROUBLESHOOTING THIS DEMON CAR FROM HELL, PLEASE HELP Initial problem with car – runs for 30 mins then stalls, will restart when cools down Check after it stalled out, no spark Order new... |
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| 1987 Nissan 300ZX 2+2 3.0L high beams VIN: JN1HZ14S5H Hi techs, this Nissan has low beams that work fine, but when you put it on high beam, one or the other will come on very briefly, then go out. I thought it would be a simple fix, but there is several "black boxes" that are involved with the head lights. After ... |
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| 1991 Nissan Pathfinder SE 3.0L Lower control arm front VIN: JN8HD17Y4M We found that the front lower control arm rear rod bushings were bad. Upon removing the rods to replace the bushings the rod looked like a beaver had eaten away the sleave wich was rusted to the rod, also it wore the hole in the frame that the rear part of the... |
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| 1992 Toyota Camry LE 2.2L interior heat VIN: JT2SK12E1N Hello All,We have this Camry in the shop that we just finished getting it running again,water pump locked up and took out the timing belt with it.Car now runs perfect but there is no heat coming out the vents at all.the heater hoses are very hot at the firewal... |
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| 2001 Toyota RAV4 2.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JTEHH20V31 toyota techs please help. this car came from my other shop and sounded like a kitten. my tech said it backfired coughed missed then drove over fine. and so it did. after 1hr of testing and ever since the symptoms have returned. customer said it happened 6 mon.... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1998 Audi A4 1.8L Drive-axles VIN: WAUBB28DOW Hi group, the Audi A4 is fixed, special thanks to Phil, Paul , Greg and Justin, the problem was contact strip,located under the shift lever, in order to remove the shift lever handle, first to slide crome sleve down, pull realease button toward out and then pu... |
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| 2000 Audi S4 2.7L Cruise Control VIN: WAUDD6809Y This post is being closed because no useful information was received and the vehicle has not returned. The only working parts in this system are the ecm, wiring, and switch. Since we replaced the switch at the customers request (the dealer diagnosed that part)... |
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| 1997 Cadillac DeVille 4.6L Lifters VIN: 1G6KD54Y1V Another one down the road. I had 6 good replies, from suggestions that this is a carbon knock-sorry but I have experienced carbon knock on these and this is definitely lifters clacking- to filling with 24 quarts of oil temorarily, to several thoughtful respons... |
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| 1994 Chevrolet K1500 5.7L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 2GTEK19K4R Thank you for all your help, customer has not returned yet. I hope to have this fixed soon. |
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| 1996 Chevrolet Astro 4.3L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GBDM19W1T Hello all, Unfortunately I am going to close this inquiry with a summary. We drove this van until it needed gas and after putting gas in it (AMCO mid grade) the problem went away and has not returned in over 200 more miles of testing. The thing that always p... Trouble codes: P0106 (Map sensor system problem). |
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| 1997 Chevrolet K1500 5.0L Air Control VIN: 2GTEK19M0V After talking to customer and finding out that he put a power steering pump on, I got to looking. The A/C low presure switch that MOD said was on the low side line near the drier actually was at the back of the compressor. When he bolted compressor back down h... |
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| 1997 Dodge Dakota SLT 5.2L No Start VIN: 1B7GG23Y1V Thanks for all the replies, harness had chefed through between rear of cab and front/top corner of fuel tank. very tight spot for harness to run through. Found and repaired 3 other wires that had worn through in that section of harness also but had not broken ... |
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| 1991 Ford Bronco Custom 5.0L harsh shifts-harsh4-3 downshift Customer has yet to return for repair. I feel very confident that the problem will be with the RPM sensor. When he returns I will give a final report. |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMDA5144T I ended up removing intake and manually cleaning it. I would have to assume that the carbon buildup was not letting the runners open quickly enough. Trouble codes: P1516, P1517. |
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| 1999 Ford Windstar 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMZA514OX Thanks for everyone help. Customer took car was going to return with and has not as of yet.I know I will fix the car when it shows up.Thanks all for your help. ED Trouble codes: P0171, P0174. |
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| 2000 Ford Ranger XL 4.0L reverse VIN: 1FTZR15X2Y Thanx to all that took the time to read the post and give some input.I think the problem was in the valve body because of the really low pressure and the fact that once I installed the valve body there was no more drive either.I have learned more about auto tr... |
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| 2000 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L brake pedal I want to thank everyone who took the time out of their busy schedules to help me, there was 20 replies total. What the final fix was to let the vehicle sit over night and bleed it again in the morning. Some of you suggested this and I thought it would be the ... |
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| 2001 Ford E-150 Econoline 4.6L #3 spark plug hole VIN: 1FTRE14WX1 Thanks so much to everyone. I received 26 replies by the next morning and 33 total. I used a kit that Napa had (they just didn't know it) from KD tools part #2125. Had to use a diferent spark plug. O.E. uses 1/2 threads. Just find one with threads all the way ... |
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| 1990 Honda Civic DX 1.5L Excessive Emissions, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2HGED6341L Well its fixed with the help of 12 replies. Thanks to Jamie [...], Jay, William, Ken, Micheal, James, Lars, Mario, Barry, Robert. I finally got the car back today and checked the valve adj. They were slightly tight. I readjusted and replaced O2 with factory u... Trouble codes: 1 (Oxygen sensor circuit), 7 (Throttle Angle circuit). |
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| 1997 Isuzu NPR 5.7L ignition VIN: 4KLB4B124V we found an open in the harness that feeds the computer with battery voltage. repaired wire and vehicle started. thanks to all who helped us. |
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| 1989 Jeep Comanche Pioneer 4.0L slave cylinder VIN: 1J7FT36L8K Thanks for all the help. But nobody hit the problem. The weld on the pedal had cracked and was opening up under a load. Removed the pedal and rewelded it and everthing works fine now. |
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| 1997 Lexus LS400 4.0L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: JY8BN28F0V being a tech for 30 years has it's positives & negatives, my negative was being stuck in the thinking igniters only control spark, after doing some homework,and 2 good responses from phillip from mass, and stewart from arizona, scoped signal right from igniter... Trouble codes: 1305 (no igf2 signal to ecm for 8-11 consecutive). |
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| 1993 Mazda MX-6 LS 2.5L warning lights VIN: 1YVGE31B5P basically a alternator rebuild and adding a few extra grounds to be sure was the fix. There is still a problem in the cluster blown diodes to seperate the lights and loose connections but the customer was not interested in spending any more so he'll have to li... |
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| 1994 Mazda 626 LX 2.5L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1YVGE22D9R well folks the car is fixed-had some good information in the replys.one said map sensor,one said dist or ignition last one said pick up in tank-two of these dont really apply because it only happened under 1/2 tank i was thinking fuel sender[pickup] but i had ... |
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| 1970 Mercedes-Benz 114 130.9CID window VIN: 1140231200 closing post could not find the parts but did get some good sources for older mercedes parts thanks to all who replied richard |
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| 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 3.4L Engine VIN: 1G3WH54XOM Thanks to Dave [...] they had it right. The problem was the cam timing was off. How the car can idle and run with power is beond my knowlegde. The fix was to have the firewall side camshafts flat spots pointing down and the radiator side camsh... |
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| 1999 Oldsmobile Silhouette Premiere 3.4L cooling system VIN: 1GHDX03E2X thanks to every one that responded (16). most said intake gaskets. 2 responses said head gasket. removed intake & rear head. found no problem with head gasket. the blue rubber seal on all 4 water passages on intake gaskets on the lifter galley side of the gask... |
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| 1995 Pontiac Bonneville SE 3.8L no communication VIN: 1G2HX52K3S Sorry about the delay in closing this I have been having trouble with my EMail. A GM tech told me that some of the 95s with OBDII connector do not have the treminals in the correct posiitions and you can read them with a Tech I only. I also was told that they ... |
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| 2003 Toyota Tacoma Pre Runner 3.4L No Start VIN: 5TESN92NX3 The problem was determined to be the fuel pump and fuel pump regulator. Both were replaced. Part numbers the fuel pump is: 23220-0C010 Fuel pump regulator is: 23280-62030 Thanks for the assistance! |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Golf GL 1.9L No pwer VIN: JZXP399524 Hi I would like to thank all who replied - all 20 ! This vehicle had all the faults that were mentioned - We changed old air filter, cleaned out ERG & inlet, repaiared poor vacuum pipes & tried PCM - all looked as they would improve it - but didn't. We got ano... |
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| 2001 Volvo S80 2.9 2.9L Surge, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1SZ59D21 the problem ended up to be bad gas after all. the more road testing on the vehicle, the better it got. We also checked the mass airflow meter and found to be very dirty, cleaned it also just in case. other suggestions including taking out the throttle and clea... Trouble codes: P0300. |
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