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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for January 29, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 1994 Audi 90 S 2.8L heater core VIN: WAUCJ88C6R No coolant flow through the heater core, clear hose has been sustituted for the heater core to make viewing of coolant flow possible. coolant will only flow through hose above 2500 RPM. there is NO FLOW at idle. engine does not over heat, thermostat and water ... |
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| 1998 Audi A6 2.8L engine VIN: WAUED28DXW the wiring harnesses are different along with a few other minor components. i am wondering if it is possible to swap these two engines and some components without having any problems. it looks like i can swap the intakes with throttle body and a few sensors an... |
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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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| 1988 BMW 735i 3.5L abs module VIN: WBAGB4317J Hi Guys Need your help, this BMW is long time customer, vehicle is well kept and I have done all of the services, vehicle had a front end collision (I was driving) brakes were applied very hard, after vehicle was repaired, when driving at parking lot speeds, p... |
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| 1992 BMW 735i 3.4L battery VIN: YF123ABX12 Trying to help a body shop buddy fix a customers car. Battery will go dead overnight. If left longer than overnight will discharge battery to where it can't be recharged. Is 450 millamps unusually high for this car. Pulled all the fuses with the meter hooked u... |
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| 1994 BMW 530i 3.0L rt tail lt and dash lights VIN: WBAHE2324A removed under hood fuse and relay box, found that some one has been toying around in there. repaired melted wires. still blows number 5 fuse. any insight greatly apreciated. 2 days and now all i have accomplished is a dead battery. after sitting over night. th... |
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| 1994 BMW 740iL 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAGD8327R good afternoon all,hope your day is better than mine.initially this did not appear to be a huge problem,but now its killing me.cust brought veh in,said that intermittently would run rough and had no power but now does it all the time,and undrivable.verified cu... Trouble codes: 65 (a/c comp. cut off relay), 203 (02 sensor control 2), 201 (02 sensor control), 12 (02 sensor 2), 13 (02 sensor 1) |
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| 1989 Jaguar Vanden Plas 3.6L Cuts out, Misfire VIN: SAJKY154XK Hello group This car has been giving us a fit. It came in with a burnt valve and missing. we took cylinder head off and sent out for valve job with guides and valves. Put it back together. The engine now will miss and cut out very bad starting at 2300 rpms in... |
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| 1976 Mercedes-Benz 280S 2.7L Rear glass defoger VIN: 1160201205 Have looked for this problem for some time. I at this point suspect that there is a relay somewhere that controls the window but I don't have a component locater or a diagram for a vehicle this old. I have a full twelve volts at the switch for the rear defogge... |
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| 1996 Volkswagen Golf GTI 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWDA81H1T Car returned 3 months after previous repair for MIL on, checked codes and found the same as before. Coolant not reaching temp within specified time. This time freeze frame shows CTS @ 68C at time of failure/code set. Problem is intermittant, I've typically see... Trouble codes: P0125 (Insufficient coolant temp. for closed loop fuel control) |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L heater Well this is a good one. This diesel has no heat. No body seems to know what input triggers the PCM to ground the 2 relays for the coolant glow plugs. When commanded by Vag-Com, the relays close and the glow plugs for the hot water work fine, but, they never c... |
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| 1987 Volvo 740 GLE 2.3L Accessories VIN: YV1FA8756H hi techs this volvo came from trans shop for the above reasons;in the morning speedo,tach and other gages dont work.also while driving, the o/d light comes on.cust plays with the o/d knob at the shifter,then dash starts to display.we duplicated 1 time and veri... |
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| 1999 Volvo S80 T6 2.8L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G4CW52K7W Hello, gentlemen! This vehicle came in with long initial start. Verified complaint: the engine does not start for about 3-10 sec. first time and usually O.K. if you start engine again right after successful start. On the long crank engine may have kick back wi... Trouble codes: P0335 |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1999 Land Rover Discovery Series II 4.0L engine VIN: SALTY1243X had a too lean mixture code for each bank. could not find anything wrong. replaced the air mass sensor and this rectified the problem. |
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| 1968 Mercedes-Benz 600 6.3L No Start VIN: 1000122200 Many thanks to all of you that replied to my post. A few of the replies wrongly thought this car had CIS injection as in later models. Special credit to Steve from Florida, David from Northern California and Toby from North Carolina. Not only were you spot o... |
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| 1996 Mercedes-Benz E300 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBJF20FXT Thanks to all who replied. We replaced the glowplug relay, removed the complete intake manifold and crossover-pipe. Yes, engine was almost completely clogged with carbon, mainly the one cylinder that also blows the crankcase vent in. We cleaned and lubed all t... Trouble codes: P0200 (injector circuit malfunction), P1615 (unkown), P0380 (glowplug heater circuit). |
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| 1996 Saab 9000 Aero 2.3L Heating VIN: YS3CH65R5T I have advised the client of the suggestions and have not had the vehicle back in for inspection and/or service. The general thought, and thanks to so many who took the time to reply, was that the heater core is defective. Certainly makes sense to me, I ha... |
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| 1998 Saab 900 SE Turbo 2.0L No Start VIN: YS3DF58N6W We suspected crank sensor with not a clean wave on lab scope, replaced cranks sensor from saab, customer reported did not start the next morning. We recomended he bring to saab which he did. Found out this norning saab dealer installed crank sensor and his no ... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Beetle GL 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out VIN: 3VWBC21C2X good morning: we have finally fixed this car. it was a two fold problem. first the ignition coil was leaking, but only some times, and it showed up when we sprayed it with a mist of water. we had previously replaced the air flow meter, but that didn't help i... |
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