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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for February 2, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 1999 Daewoo Leganza SE 2.2L windows,turn signals,horn, and interior/exterior l VIN: 1J4FJ68S53 This one is a weird one customer was comlaining of a problem w/ her power windows, horn, and parking light when she would turn on her lights. She also mentioned that if she didn't use her keyless entry it wouldn't act up. So we attemted to duplicate her prob... |
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| 1991 Honda Accord LX 2.2L No Start VIN: 1HGCB7656M This Accord will not start when engine tempature is under approx. 60 degree. It will start with an assist from a propane bottle. The car came in with fresh Denso plugs, Bosch wires and a new fuel filter, all installed in an attempt to cure the no start. It doe... |
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| 1998 Honda Accord LX 2.3L Surge VIN: 1HGCG5541W Hey Guys I am going crazy with this Honda with a bad idle surge. I just replaced the sparkplugs with NGK and cleaned the throttle body and ran a motorvac injection cleaning and replaced the timing and balance shaft belts with Gates belts. It was not doing this... |
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| 2000 Honda Accord EX 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCG1657Y Hi,iatn members.I have this Honda with P1491 code.I have checked in fix database,this problem should be under warranty(under 80,ooo miles). I've printed out the code and gave it to the customer to take it to Honda dealers in Houston.The customer went to 2 Hond... Trouble codes: P1492 (egr valve insufficient lift detected) |
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| 1989 Isuzu Trooper S 2.8L battery VIN: JACCH58RK8 We have had this 1989 Trooper in the shop several times. The battery, charging system and starting system have been checked each time. After three days or so of no use the battery is dead. There is a .3amp draw on the battery which goes away when we pull the #... |
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| 2001 Kia Rio 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: KNADC12331 freeze frame shows fuel trim st.-10.2%,and lt.at -20.3%.freeze frame set at 43mph.no vacume leaks found.i tested maf with my vantage and passed. Trouble codes: P0101, P0171 |
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| 1992 Lexus LS400 4.0L power steering VIN: JT8UF11E1N Hello Techs, This vehicle is making a very loud buzzing noise at the pwr steering pump. It seems to be coming from the air control valve and I have replaced this once with what I believe is a good used one. I still have the noise. The noise is worst when the ... |
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| 1997 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L No Start VIN: JN1CA21D5V hi folks i been working on this car for a few days was sent to me by another shop no history on this car car will not start backfires through the intake it sounds like timing is really advanced, this is coil on plug i checked all grounds tested for spark at ea... |
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| 2002 Nissan Altima 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1N4AL11D62 Any of you Nissan techs familiar with this? Car came in with the MIL illuminated, had a code P0420 (catalyst efficiency) stored. Looks like they look for too much oxygen sensor variation on the post cat O2 sensor. Watched O2 sensors on a scope on a road test, ... Trouble codes: P0420 |
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| 1999 Subaru Legacy Limited 30th Anniversary 2.5L engine VIN: 4S3BG6857X car came in with defective headgasket, performed repair & now engine is extremely loud when cold. It sounds like valves are out of adjustment. rechecked valve adjustment & is within spec.,removed timing belt covers & noise appears to be coming from center of e... |
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| 1993 Toyota Supra 3.0L 3200rpm max when hot Calling all Toyota techs, what i have here is a Toyota Crown(had to list as a Supra as Crown is not listed as a choice and the running gear is very similar). This car came from another shop with the complaint that it would not rev over 3200 rpm when hot, does ... |
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| 1997 Toyota 4Runner 2.7L auto diff. disconnect (A.D.D.) VIN: JT3HM84R9V customer states they can only shift out of 4wd by turning ign. on and off. confirmed complaint. a distinctive clunk (select motor ?)can be heard when vehicle shifts out of 4wd. in conjunction w 4wd ind light going out and relay clicking. once the car is drivin... |
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| 1999 Toyota Tacoma Pre Runner 3.4L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4TASN92N8X Vehicle came in with bad hesitation and CE light on. Will only pick up RPM when accellerating slowly, falls on it's face with hard accelleration. Code PO171 lean system was retreived. Thought it was a no brainer, clogged fuel filter. We replaced a partially re... Trouble codes: P0171 (System too lean bank 1) |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1998 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCG2254W Thanks for the input guys, most said check connection real close,other said possible valve or carbon problem, I dont think its that because when I had sound scope on injector it was cutting out, good ideas, I back probed wire, I did not pierce wire, I also per... |
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| 1998 Honda Accord LX 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1HGCG5548W I have not finished this vehicle yet. I can let you know many things I have learned. I did a static compression test in which all cyls were at 160 psi. I did a running comp test as suggested which yielded 70 psi per cyl. I did a cyl leakdown test which told me... |
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| 1999 Hyundai Accent L 1.5L over charging VIN: KMHVD14N7X thanks to all who replied.installed factory reman unit is working fine,car made it to vermont and back no problem.i hade replaced the battery 1 month prior and retested again and ck out fine.the charging voltage on the bad unit was 14.49 and on the oe it was 1... |
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| 1993 Infiniti Q45 4.5L timing chain set up VIN: JNKNG01D9R the Vehicle fix was done solely for the people that are involved in iATN. Throught the net I was able to get the service manual procedure so everything pretty much was straight forward. I would also recomend for all you people out there to get the services fro... |
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| 1991 Lexus LS400 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JT8UF11E3M I had many good suggestions,after blowing out every electrical connector with the same problem,I then left the car sitting for about 7 days hoping evaporation would get rid of the rest of the water,no luck. I ordered a wiring harness from lexus which was reaso... Trouble codes: 24 (intake air temp sensor open). |
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| 1996 Mazda Protege DX 1.5L No Start Two problems were found. The new plug wires were to short, weren't long enough to reach the plugs in the wells. Solution was to get wires from mazda. The new egr valve was pluged with metal. Cleaned this out. Car runs good now. |
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| 1992 Mitsubishi Diamante LS 3.0L door locks VIN: JA3XC57B1N recieved seven responces to this one and was suprised to find all of them were the same. it seems mitsubishi has a real problem with the drivers side door lock actuator. i wish i could say we fixed this one but the customer declined repairs. these cars have a ... |
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| 1999 Subaru Impreza Outback 2.2L Hesitation VIN: JF1GF4850X Well Sry guys, I didn't recieve any more usefull info reguarding this timing ECU problem. I only ran across the one Fix article for a different Subaru but I couldn't get any one to comfirm that it would fix our car even though the symtoms were identicle. The... |
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| 1990 Toyota Camry DLX 2.0L No Start VIN: 4T1SV21E9L Our Toyota is repaired and we got excellent replies from fifteen iATN menbers to make it happen. They overwhelming said the coil was at fault, that under compression the spark was to weak. We had checked for and found what we thought was a strong spark, so we ... |
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| 1996 Toyota Camry DX 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BG12K6T Hello to All Techs. I would like to thanks to all techs. to helping me solve the problem on this vehicle, it was the EGR valve Stick open, sometime it close on idle, it's only open when the vehicle coming from accellerate to decelerate, it was a good expirence... Trouble codes: 300 (Random Multiple Cylinder Misfire Deteced), 301 (Cylinder 1 Misfire), 302 ([...] Misfire), 171 (Lean System). |
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| 1997 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L speedometer, odometer, power windows VIN: JT2BG22K3V the problem came out to be a short in the trunk wiring. most of you guys are right. fix the short and everything is well. thank you again and more power to you guys. |
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| 1999 Toyota Corolla CE 1.8L No Start VIN: 2T1BR12E1X First I would like to thank everone for the help. Fixing electrical problems can be tough enough with the vehicle in front of you, helping someone repair a vehicle site unseen can be more challenging. So once again thanks for all the help. Especilly Andrew [...]... |
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| 2000 Toyota Echo 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JTDBTT235Y hello everybody just got back from holidays and came back to good news. The engine light has not illuminated since we took air sensor and cleaned it. Customer appreciated it. Thanks to all that responded your help was greatly appreciated. Trouble codes: P0172. |
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| 2001 Toyota Corolla CE 1.8L lubrication VIN: 1NXBR12E61 The consensus for repair for excessive oil use was to re-ring & also to replace valve stem seals. Some said proper bore prep/honeing for best ring seating is critical. Also a few techs replied the warranty [...]/60k miles would cover this at the local deale... |
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