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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for January 28, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for European
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| 2000 Audi S4 2.7L No Start VIN: WAUDD68D4Y Hello Techs. I have an Audi S4 Twin Turbo with a crank no start.Car was a theft recovery from body shop.Ignition lock was replaced do to damage.Car does not have immobilizer.Car cranks and backfires through exhaust and intake and sometimes seemingly will run f... Trouble codes: P0341 (cam sensor circuit), P0346 (cam sensor circuit) |
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| 1990 BMW 735iL 3.5L Hazard Lights VIN: WBAGC42060 This BMW 735iL has a strange problem with the hazard lights. I can get the fault to occur by not locking the door with the key and then returning to the car and trying to start it. The hazard lights will start flashing and not turn off until I press down on th... |
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| 1995 BMW 318i 1.8L ABS warning light on VIN: WBACA0Z030 It seems to be BMW week in our workshop! This 318i came in to our shop with the low pad indicator light and ABS lights on while driving. A quick test drive revealed that the ABS wasn't operating. I hooked up our Snap-on scan tool and pulled out a code 177-Fuse... |
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| 1996 BMW 328i 2.8L conv. top VIN: WBWBK8320T car came in with the conv.top not working at all. We replace the conv. control module. Now you get in car, close door, step on brake, release top latch, push top up, windows go down, the rear deck lid will move in a very intermittent fashion, when the deck lid... |
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| 1998 BMW 328i 2.8L outside temp. reading VIN: WBACD4326W Hi, BMW specialist, We need help on this unusualy problem. Customer States that the outside temperature reading is always the same summer or winter, reading -32dgs We checked Alldata, Mitchel manual & IATN fix data, found no help. As per Alldata we found the s... |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz E300 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBJF25H3X Since replacing the turbo and inner-cooler, the vehicle will set a check engine 'MIL' light. Reading the codes has revealed mostly EGR code P0400. By tracing through the system, and noting its simplicity, I found the EGR, which sits in something MB calls "alum... Trouble codes: P0243 (According to OBD11 this is turbo waste gate A), P0400 (egr) |
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| 1996 Saab 900 S 2.3L intermediate shaft VIN: YS3DD58BXT Hello all - this car was towed to my shop a couple of days ago after losing drive on the road. We found that the passenger-side axle half-shaft had stripped its inner spline. On the passenger side on these things, there is an intermediate shaft from the gearbo... |
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| 1994 Volkswagen Golf GL 2.0L door locks VIN: 3VWFA21H9R Hello! I wonder if somebody had similar problem. Customer stated, that air pump was working continouisly, so he disconnected it. I did find leaking air hose at one of the door hinge, connected the pump and central locking works fine, but one thing: after closi... |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L Cuts out VIN: 3VWSF29M2Y Customer brought car in for lack of power and no/low heat. Was driving car in very cold (-10 deg. F,yep, it's cold in Vermont right now!) The code shown indicates problems in the turbo boost circuit. Fuel filter was changed; leaking air at O-ring. Checked oper... Trouble codes: 17965 |
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| 1986 Volvo 740 GLE 2.3L No Start VIN: YV1FX8841G Customer states that when temps are cold this car cranks for a long long time. Sometimes battery will run low & require a jump start to start. We saw the symptoms once but not for long (started on 4th attempt). We did have time to find out 2 things: -the dash/... |
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| 1998 Volvo S70 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1LS5574W Hi all! I've got an volvo here setting a code for air injection failure (P0410). Checked system and found that ecm is not grounding the pump or the solenoid. Control valve and pump are working. Valve is seeping alittle when closed. I'm familiar with the proble... Trouble codes: P0410 (Secondary air injection malfunction) |
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| 1999 Volvo S80 T6 2.8L Instrument Panel VIN: YV1TS90D1X Our shop doesn't have Vadis, so after the instrument panel failed to come to life, we took it to the local dealer to be re-burned. Dealer Tech stated that the DIM (Drivers Information Module) would not respond. They tried to re-program the dim and all attempt... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 2001 Audi Allroad Quattro 2.7L Cuts out VIN: WA1YD54B33 I have to re-post with more info. I have already added to this post and can't add more. Look for my new post soon. |
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| 1997 BMW 328i 2.8L coolant VIN: WBACD4325V received several responses from blown head gasket,lots of responses of a bad water pump.i did remove the water pump and the impellor was metal not plastic.eventually i got some help elswhere and found that topping it off with engine rpm at 2000 would get the j... |
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| 1992 Mercedes-Benz 400E 4.2L door locks,alarm VIN: WDBEA34E0N Customer took car to dealer were they repaired a vaccum leak in trunk(sorry this is as detailed info I have received). Thanks to all that replied! |
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| 1989 Saab 900 S 2.0L No Start VIN: YS3AS35D4K This is great! It is just like having a shop full of Saab technicians looking over my shoulders helping me getting the problem solved. Thank you all. For now, the car still runs. The real cause is not sure. After back probing/checking the crank sensor and EZK ... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L Warning Lamp VIN: WVWNA63B7X Hello everyone and thanks for the help on this one. I received some replies on this one pointing to probable causes of an instrument cluster, abs module, or abs relay. The fix ended up being the abs control unit. These are very expensive, so the customer reque... |
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| 1992 Volvo 240 2.3L Poor Idle Quality VIN: YV1AS8805N Hello all. Volvo fix was MAF bad. Got one reply telling me to unplug MAF and see if idle improved. I have done that before, however this one was diferant. When MAF was unpluged the idle did not get better however when you would leave unpluged for 2 or 3 minu... Trouble codes: 113 (fuel injectors or fuel presure). |
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| 1992 Volvo 740 2.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: YV1FW8836N thanks for all the help . I went back for another look at the timimg I was thinking the fly wheel had broke and gotten out of time . it has a tone wheel on the fly wheel with two wide places for top dead center I alined the marks on the fly wheel up and it was... |
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| 1994 Volvo 940 2.3L Winter sumer shift VIN: YD1LW5521R Replaced PNP switch as most replies said and it is fixed. thank you |
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