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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for January 30, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 1997 Honda Accord EX 2.2L engine VIN: 1HGC05638V I have this Honda (daughters car) with an oil leak at rear of engine.I thought that it was coming from rear main seal area. Removed trans but rear main does not appear to be leaking. leak is coming from under head down.Valve cover dry and dist area dry. I am t... |
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| 1998 Lexus GS400 4.0L variable timing components VIN: JT8BH68X5W Hi everyone! I am in dire need of assistance. While replacing the cam seals I needlessly disassembled the variable cam timing components in the front of the enigine where the timing belt is. I know now that these units are never to be taken apart but it is to ... |
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| 1993 Mazda 626 LX 2.0L horn VIN: 1YVGE22A7P Hello Group, I have this 626 in here that is giving me a bit of a problem. The horn operates intermittanly (worse when cold)due to a poor ground at the steering wheel.There does'nt appear to be a ground wire through the clockspring for the horn, so it must re... |
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| 1999 Mitsubishi Diamante 3.5L Poor Idle Quality, Idles High VIN: 6MMAP47P2X customer complains of high idle after engine died once a week ago. i have checked egr op.,fuel pressure,cooling system,charging system,and induction.computer has no codes stored and all readiness monitors set.scan tool data through my master tech appears to be... Trouble codes: P0300 (When car originally came but cant duplicate) |
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| 1988 Nissan Sentra E 1.6L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1N4PB21S1J Hello group , I have this Nissan that was towed in for a no start . cust. started car and let idle to warm up , came back to the car a little while later to find it dead , couldnt restart . I found the battery dead and boosted it , started right up . drove int... Trouble codes: 21 |
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| 1998 Nissan Patrol 2800CC edc VIN: JN1TDSY61Z Good day!I have same problem described Carlos Saldoma(from 1/29 9.12 p.m).Beside that car have very slow increasing crank revolution from idle to 2000 rpm.Now i don't want to repeat my offer,writed in replies section Carlos's message only ask all,who working o... |
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| 1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara JS 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire VIN: JS3TE62V1X hello fellow techs. This suzuki has been a real head scratcher. 75% of the time it runs great, however once in awhile, it will idle rough as if 2 or 3 plugs were misfiring. When test driven, initially there is a noticible flat spot off idle that goes away aft... |
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| 1985 Toyota Celica Supra 2.8L Mechanical VIN: JT2MA67L9F Hey everyone, I got this 85 Toyota supra that keeps leaking oil. Are shop had replaced both front and rear crank seals along with the valve cover gasket, cam seals, and oil pan gasket. This service was done last march of 03. I checked cranshaft end play and g... |
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| 1995 Toyota 4Runner SR5 3.0L Misfire VIN: JT3VN39W0S Evening, Misfire on this 4 Runner at 1500 rpm under load. With Brand new EGR (and modulator) unplugged, misfire disapears. Car recently had full valve job (intake leaking coolant, and heads done to complete the common repair. Head gaskets were fine but done a... |
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| 2000 Toyota Tundra Limited 4.7L low brake pedal VIN: 5TBBT4816Y Hi all got one thats kinda giving me a hard time. Got this Tundra that has a greatbrake pedal while in the shop. But if you drive the truck over about 5 mph and come to a stop the pedal goes down 3/4 the way or more. It almost goes to the floor. After you come... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1992 Acura Legend L 3.2L Oil Pan VIN: JH4KA7662N I want to thank everyone for turning on the idiot light for me. I never even thought of using a heli coil for this. Dropped one bar off to get access with an angle drill, drilled it out, then flushed the shavings out. Tapped the hole and installed the new coil... |
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| 2002 Hyundai XG350 3.5L cluster VIN: KMHFU45E22 Hello : thanks for all your support. The fix is the cluster it's self. Thanks again. |
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| 1992 Mazda 929 3.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1HD4614N This organization is one of the best tools available today. All of you are wonderful to share your years of experience and insight. several of the replys that came mentioned checking the signal at the computer. This is what i did initially. most of you mention... Trouble codes: 02 (no crank signal), 03 (no cam signal). |
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| 1994 Nissan Sentra E 1.6L timing chain VIN: 1N4EB31FXR Thanks to all for the needed info. I replaced the two timing chains, guides and tensioners and all is well with the car. There isn't anymore rattling noise. I was sure glad to find out it was not necessary to remove the cylinder head. Mike |
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| 1995 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L steering VIN: JN1CA21D2S most of the replies suggested flushing system and or replacing steering rack. we flushed system and have not heard back from customer... thanks for all the replies. |
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| 1997 Nissan Pathfinder LE 3.3L egr VIN: JN8AR05Y1V I have to call it a fixed. Customer been gone for week. what I did is to clear the air flow sensor. The egr system test to be O.K. so is no reson to chang the part in that system. By look at the freez farm on scanner it only set the code at idle. And the readi... |
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| 1998 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L Surge, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: JN1CA21A7W well this one is fixed,special thanks to kenneth you were right on the money scantool values were lying.replaced o2s sensors and running good.thanks to all... Trouble codes: 0134 (ho2s no activity). |
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| 1999 Subaru Legacy Limited 30th Anniversary 2.5L Excessive Emissions VIN: 4S3BD6857X Thanks for all the replies, they all confirmed what I thought. We have a conditional pass situation here where the customer doesn't have to spend more than $450 to improve emissions, so the MAF wasn't replaced at this time due to cost. I ended up replacing jus... |
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| 1992 Toyota 4Runner SR5 3.0L power assist VIN: JT4VN36H9N finally had a chance to work on this one. most replies said to remove and drain the reservoir, and clean the internal filter screen. this one was pretty clogged, but after i cleaned it and flushed the system, it works perfectly. thanks for your help! |
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