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| 1987 Cadillac Seville 4.1L Speedo Illumination VIN: 1G6KS518XH All systems seem to work except for the inst. pack lighting, It is very faint in park, and not on at all when in gear. No speedo/tach reading or turn signal warning lights. Just a black panel? before I delve into this repair, is there a particular area that I ... |
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| 1997 Chevrolet C1500 Cheyenne 5.7L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 1GCEC19R1V My personal vehicle has had intermittent codes over the last couple of weeks with no drivability problems. I was thinking because the fuel pump has been very noisy, I thought I had a loss of fuel pressure intermittently causing the codes. Then today, it starte... Trouble codes: P0134, P0154 |
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| 1989 Ford Ranger Custom 2.9L No Start, Hesitation, Stall, Misfire Hi all, this one is driving me crazy..original complain was running bad after new plugs installed by owner..found fuel pressure was 90 to 100 psi so installed new regulator and road tested..car ran perfect. 2 days later its back same complaint.. after several ... |
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| 1990 Ford F-250 Custom 7.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTHX25G2L The worst kind of repair.. Family! Dad's F-250 would occasionally throw a check engine light last spring while towing, just now got to start on it. I figured it would be easy. Our shop has limited test equipment and I'm still trying to learn them so please be ... Trouble codes: 32 (EGR open/erratic or valve position sensor too low), 41 (No exhaust gas oxygen switching detected-always indicating lean) |
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| 1995 Ford Escort 1.9L Kills engine in reverse VIN: IFASP14J6S Hello all Thanks for taking the time to read this . I have a escort that we replaced the outer CV Boot. Just removed the outer axle shaft from the inner joint. Replaced boot and reinstalled. BACKED OUT OF stall and road test for noises and all was ok. Custome... |
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| 1995 Ford F-250 XL 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FTHX25F9S this truck will start up cold just fine, runs great cold, and hot, runs perfect, but turn the key off when hot, and try to start it back up, it just spins over, has to sit for about three hours than it will start back up, and run great till you kill it again, ... |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L extended crank VIN: 2FMDA5148T greetings...this windstar has a very serious extended crank first thing in the morning. customer states that often he has to crank for 8 to 10 minutes before it will fire. i have not had the vehicle overnight to experience the problem myself. it was in yesterd... |
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| 1988 Honda Accord LX 2.0L Stall VIN: 1HGCA5536J We need some help from some of you Honda guys. This car builds up to much vacuum inside the tank on a long drive, eventually the pump can no longer deliver fuel so the engine dies. Get on and remove the cap and then it runs again just fine until you drive long... |
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| 1996 Mazda Protege DX 1.5L No Start Customer brought vehicle in after they tried to change the EGR valve and he broke the outer mounting bolt. Vehicle was also loud, cracked exhaust manifold. The car ran good when it was brought in. We had to use a drill to get the broken part of the bolt to go ... |
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| 1990 Mitsubishi Mirage 1.5L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Poor Fuel Economy, poor performance col VIN: E-C15A-MKJ Help I would like to know if anyone has got teck information on how these systems operate.I have got some information on how to set up the carb ie float levels ,idle, mix etc. i would like to know tps setting and vaultages and jet sizes and power valve operat... |
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| 1991 Mitsubishi Galant GS 2.0L alternator belt VIN: JA3CR56R7M This may be one of the stranger help posts you've read lately. The car affected is a 91 mitsu. galant that we recently installed a low mileage used engine in. Ever since the engine job was completed the customer has been throwing alternator belts every 200-500... |
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| 1988 Oldsmobile 98 Regency Brougham 3.8L No Start, Misfire VIN: 1G3CW51C8J car came to me with no spark, no paulse. found broken crank sensor/bent vane on damperner, new crank sensor used damperner. it started and had many other problems!! custermer had no money to fix any thing else. got five miles away and began to miss bad! he com... Trouble codes: 43 (Knock sensor threr isnt one on this used engine), 42 (EST sets during cranking and it back fire in the air box) |
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| 1984 Other European Mondial Cab 3.0L No Start VIN: Z2435YGEGE Greetings Ferrari men. I have a Crusty Mondial in my shop giving me a headache. The vehicle has a no start condition, to be more exact a NO spark condition. So far I have replaced all three speed sensors which usually fix this. I have no spark on either bank, ... |
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| 1995 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2.3L No Start VIN: 1G2NE55D85 Hello everyone. I hope your New Year is off to a good start. Well I need your help once again. A customer pulled this car to our shop with a crank but no start problem. He said the car had started running rough and had progressively gotten worse. We tested the... |
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| 1990 Toyota Tercel 1.5L Stall VIN: JT2EL31F5L Hello to all,I've got this Toyota towed in,customer stated that she left it idling in the driveway,came out it had stalled,would not restart.Had good healthy spark,found plugs fouled with gas.Threw away the Autolites,put in a set of NGKs,checked cap for moistu... |
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| 1996 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: WVWKA01G3K When the car is cold and is first started it runs very very rich, it runs very rough and you can smell alot of fuel. It does that for about 30 seconds to a minute. Once it warms up a little it is fine and runs great. I have tested the fuel press,M.A.F. sensor,... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L el.power loss Hi techs, have this passat which has interminently no power from Batt. terminal 30 - no start,no other accesories works. I have heard there is a bulletin concerning this problem. Can anybody help me with this or send me a copy of bulletin ? [...]@mikroservi... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1989 Chevrolet Corvette 5.7L No Start VIN: 1G1YY21811 Thanks for all the help. I traced the voltage drop to somewhere in the harness. Rather than tear the whole car apart I installed a relay that applies battery voltage to the injectors when cranking. This has solved the problem and the car starts every time. |
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| 1993 Chevrolet K3500 Silverado 6.5L temperature gauge climbs VIN: 1GCHK33FXP Thanks for all the replies. Most said head gasket or cylinder head. At this time the customer will not authorize a teardown and is going to drive it more until the problem becomes more pronounced. I will post further information when the customer is ready to... |
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| 1994 Chevrolet K1500 5.7L Speedometer Had 6 Quick Replies. Thanks To All Who Helped. All Said Go To The Dealer And Order A New Drac Module. You Can Order It Blank And Have A Speedo Repair Place Program It To Your Gear Ratio And Tire Size Or If You Are Using Stock Gears And Tire Size You Can Order ... |
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| 1995 Chevrolet S10 4.3L coolant temp First off , thanks to all who responded. The suggestion of bypassing the heater core was the greatest help.Driving with core bypassed kept temps in prefect line.The core was plugged. Backflushing it blew lots of sluge out.In most designs the flow through the c... |
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| 1995 Chevrolet Lumina 3.1L heater core VIN: 2G1WNS2M3S thanks for all the help once again car has a blown head gasket as about 8 of you had said well live and learn thanks again for your time from sunny florida |
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| 1995 Eagle Talon TSi 2.0L Excessive Emissions, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 4E3AL54F6S We and the customer gave up for now on us finding this problem. The customer is taking it to the dealer and we are on good terms so I am confident he will let me know what happened. From the posts, there seems to be many problems with plug wires on this type... Trouble codes: P0300, P0340. |
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| 1987 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: 2FTEF14NCH Great news -- New TPS and diconnecting bat for 10 min did the trick. Performed idle relearn and a good long road test prove to be the end of my problem.. Thanks to everyone.. Trouble codes: 23 (KOEO-TP/FIPL Sensor out of range), 46 (KOEO-Thermactor air valve not switching), 13 (KOEO- cant control RPM-low rpm check), 53 (KOER- TP/FIPL Sensor out of range), 63 (KOER- TPS/FIPL too low). |
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| 1995 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L Accessories VIN: 1FALP52U3S after a few more tests that were suggested from others I replaced the door lock switch assembly. i also tightened all the ground wires near and under the drivers seat. all seems well after 3 weeks. thanks to all who had great thoughts and ideas of where to loo... |
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| 1996 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Turn signals VIN: 1FMDU34X5T Thanks for all that responded to my request for help. Sorry it took me so long to respond it was a very busy month. A quick review of the problem I had, when ever the owner of the explorer turned the headlamps on in the morning both directionals would light up... |
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| 1997 Ford Ranger XLT 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FTDR15X1V Most of the replies I recieved, was to check the crank sensor, vehicle has rpm while cranking. Some said to check ingition control module, but it is part of the pcm, So that is what I decided to try, so I ordered a pcm installed it and it started. Everything w... |
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| 1993 GMC K1500 Suburban SLE 5.7L Cuts out VIN: 1GKFK16K4P had about 25 responeses//all great and thanks everyone for your time//the fuel volume was off not even 1/2 pint in 30 sec or at all///pulled tank and looked like the sender line was kinked from a previos job even though none aware of///replaced pump sender and... |
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| 2000 GMC Sierra 1500 SL 5.3L abs VIN: 2GTEK19T1Y well had lots of answer about the front wheel speed sensors mounting area on the spindle rusting. removed the sensors which are in the back of the spindle after removing a few compontents to access the sensor, put a small amount of grease in the hole where the... |
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| 1998 Honda Accord EX 2.3L front end VIN: 1HGCG5643W A majority of you suggested the sway bar bushings which is what it turned out to be.Replaced sway bar bushings and the noise was gone -Thanks to all that replied. |
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| 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L Axle seal VIN: 1J4GW48SX2 Vehicle has not returned as of yet. Will see it when returns for next oil change and reinspect at that time. Some good info on other items to look at more closely are the mounting plate and the axle itself. Thanks again. |
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| 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis 5.0L overdrive thanks for the help the guys that said tv cable were right on the gromet had fallen apart and it was totally disconected. i did not personally diagnose this car a national transmission store said it was an internal problem. HMMMMM!!!??? anyway zip tied in plac... |
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| 1995 Mercury Villager GS 3.0L passive restraints VIN: 4M2DV11W2S hello, we were able to fix this vechile after convincing dealer that the dealer that the control module they sold us was defective. the reason for not posting fix sooner was it took 10 days to get new part. i had an excellent response from don [...]. he explai... |
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| 1996 Saab 900 S 2.3L intermediate shaft VIN: YS3DD58BXT Hello all - I received three replies on this one. Kirk [...] told of intermediate shafts that were hard to get out but which ultimately came out after a bit of work. Mine has resisted all such attempts. We have gotten it to move a little farther... |
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| 1996 Toyota Tacoma DLX 2.7L oil pan removal VIN: 4TAWM72N7T Thanks everyone for the quick repair info. When everything else fails, its nice to have you people 'watchin my back'. Yes, the proper($$$) oil pan R&R is to drain & drop that front diff. Only the lower ball joints need to be unhooked, not the tie rod ends, t... |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L starter VIN: VW12345678 Well its not a fix, the body shop towed it to the dealer, they replaced 'various fuses'?? I dont think so we had checked all fuses related to the cranking circuit, I suspect they reset the comfort module as was suggested in the replies. I guess its time to loo... |
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| 1994 Volvo 850 2.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: YVET1245FR Greeting, thanks to Anders and Steve who both helped me fix this Volvo. I had been sent the wrong oxygen sensor and it was causing this volvo to run strangely and set the light off. Installed the proper sensor and all is well, Ill blame this on worldpac. Thank... |
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