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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for February 4, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 2000 Honda Accord EX 2.3L acclerates on its own VIN: 1HGCG325XY Customer states: driving vehicle approx 50 mph when the car started acclerating on its own..Driver mashed gas pedal several times to no avail...Vehicle continued to acclerate brake pedal was hard(low vacum??) customer tured off street and turned ign off and co... |
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| 1995 Isuzu Trooper LS 3.2L No Start hey guys, I think I need a pcm hears why. the car floods imediately when trying to start. map, key on is 29" normal for my altitude. the baro pid below map shows 3.1" it also has a voltage pid for baro. according to aldata their is a baro sensor but all i foun... |
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| 1996 Lexus ES300 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT8BF12G9T hi everyone, i have this lexus that runs great only to have a check engine lite on. we have a code p0441 (evap system purge flow low.) we check related components for a leak and restiction and found no problem. at first we did find the purge solenoid intermitt... Trouble codes: P0441 (evap system purge flow low) |
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| 1996 Mazda Protege DX 1.5L No Start, Hard Start Cold VIN: KM1BB141XT As far as I can tell, this thing floods itself out. When I originally got it, it was running but poorly. LTFT was -25% and Lambda was 0.775. The idle was way off so I re-adjusted the TPS to just over 0.35 volts closed throttle and adjusted the idle to 750 rpm ... |
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| 1991 Mitsubishi Montero 3.0L No Start VIN: JA4GJ31S0M Salutations, we have recieved,(via tow truck) a no start, no spark, no injector pulse. Analyzing waveforms from the distributor showed a normal waveform from the cam sensor, but no pulse from the crank sensor (photoelectric sensors). We installed new oem distr... Trouble codes: 11 (02 sensor), 13 (intake air temp), 25 (Baro pressure sensofur) |
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| 1994 Mitsubishi Montero SR 3.5L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: JA4RM41H8R This Montero came to us with a idle problem. Sometimes the idle stays at 1800 RPM, sometimes it idles so low that the vehicle dies. If it is idling at 1800 and we shut off the engine & restart it - it still idles at 1800. After vehicle came back after cleaning... |
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| 1987 Nissan Maxima SE 3.0L rack and pinion Hello, A customer brought in an 87 Nissan Maxima with a badly leaking rack that obviously needed a swap. As I looked at the situation of removing the old rack, it looks to me like on this car it will be a major pain in the neck due to lack af access to get my... |
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| 1995 Nissan Pathfinder LE 3.0L Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JN8HD17Y8S Runs very well, hard on fuel 14mpg (us gallons), city driven, 10-15k to work and around city. warmup times and idle included. Can't find spec on usual expectations for mileage on this vehicle. Customer frustrated with expense to run vehicle. |
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| 2001 Nissan Sentra GXE 1.8L No Start VIN: 3N1CB51D41 We have followed the procedures for testing the cam sensor and crank sensor, but those procedures seem to be for a running engine not a dead one. We can not find a no- start procedure. I feel like we are not getting anywhere. We tried a new cam sensor, because... Trouble codes: P00, 335 (crank shaft position sensor fault), P00, 340 (cam shaft position sensor) |
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| 1998 Subaru Forester S 2.5L cooling system VIN: JF1SF6557W hi all need help on a overheating subaru. customer had vehicle towed in, said was experiancing poor heat for a couple of days, and a noise with heater on. was driving all lights came on and vehicle died? we found cooling system very low, filled, and found syst... |
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| 2000 Suzuki Vitara JX 2.0L obd-2 inop VIN: 2S3TD52VXY hello i have gained a suzuki vitara witha no start and burns out the ecm checked the wiring harness for damages and not found a promblem in that areawas hoping to get some answers to my problem the ses light is inop when i replaced the ecm the car ran great fo... |
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| 1998 Toyota 4Runner Limited 3.4L No Start VIN: JT3HN87R3W Long cranking times prior start usually after long sit via 1.5 hours, and after driven via hot soak. Fuel pump and filter have been replaced before then comes to me. very difficult to get symptoms to play up. had drove and hot soaked many times leaving around... |
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| 1999 Toyota 4Runner Limited 3.4L electronic VIN: JT3HN87R3X Toyota techs please help,have 4runner with eletronic transfer case. Will go into 4x4 when button is pushed but will not come out of 4x4 with button released. Have been though diagnostic tree of Mitchell's. Replaced ECU and actuator. Tested all switches. What a... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1988 Honda Civic 1.5L Brake booster VIN: JTB4FJ59JR For some reason the reman booster did not have an adjustable booster rod (master side).I turned the booster back in and got another booster than did. I just needed to be able to shorten the rod that connects to the master. Problem solved. |
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| 1991 Honda Accord EX 2.2L no fire VIN: JHMCD5652R She lives! First, thank you to all who answered. Thank you very much! to all those that gave it a grain of thought ;P It WAS the coil. After a refresher lesson on checking the igniter signal, I found the coil was bad. Igniters are so common on these, I jumped ... |
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| 1996 Honda Accord EX 2.2L torque convertor VIN: IHGCD7238T We adjusted the TV cable and flushed the hydraulic system with Honda ATF. The transmission straightened out and is smooth again. Honda techs recommended 15-30,000 mile transmission fluid changes. |
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| 1996 Honda Odyssey EX 2.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: JHMRA187OT Thank you all very much for the rapid responces ! I certainly took the advise to consult Manufactures warranty as being extended in Maryland ! As it was stated Honda, extended there warranty on these models for the O2 sensors !! IT WAS ! covered ! Thanks again... Trouble codes: P0171. |
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| 2000 Honda Accord EX 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCG1657Y Thanks everyone who replies.The customer will contect Honda customer assistance for help.One thing I should not have done is turning mil light off before sending the customer to dealers,but I did that before I found out about tbs.Let's hope it will end well,if... Trouble codes: P1492 (egr valve insufficient lift detected). |
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| 2001 Honda Accord EX 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCG16581 We recieved eleven replies to this problem Most of you were right on. As decribed, the EGR port was partially clogged causing code P0401 to be stored in the ECU. We double checked Alldata and found they have not listed this TSP.. ((How many more have they not ... Trouble codes: 1491 (EGR Insufficent lift detected). |
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| 1998 Isuzu Rodeo LS 3.2L fuel gauge VIN: 4S2CM58W6W replace complete fuel sending unit with fuel pump.disconnected battery TO CLEAR MEMORY and everything works great.thanks to all who responded with great info. iatn, you rock!!! |
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| 1999 Lexus LS400 4.0L all windows the replies i received were greatly appreciated. i knew this would be a bear. customer was in a pinch and could not wait any longer for repair. after 2 days at dealer it was diagnosed as a bad body ecu. thanks again, this such agreat resource. |
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| 1999 Mazda Protege DX 1.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1BJ2222X i had hard hours with this mazda,the code 1170 was for a wire overheated from the front o2 sensor(the car was in an accident)and the one for the vcts was some of the vaccum lines missing.i cuoldn`t fix this code earlier cause the vaccum routing diagram was mis... Trouble codes: P1170 (p1512-), P1512. |
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| 1993 Nissan Altima 2.4L No Start VIN: 1N4BU31D5R Thanks to everyone.Ray [...] a special Thank to you'll.This car had multi. problems.1st problem no power to fuel pump was the ECM.I sent ECM off and had it repaired{fuel curcuit in ECM was bad }that fixed power to fuel pump. 2nd pro... Trouble codes: 34 (knock sensor). |
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| 1997 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L Engine VIN: JN1CA21D7V Customer has declined to go further with repair (costs). I had a couple of 'check the PCV system' and 5 telling me about the o-rings behind the timing cover (which is what I suspected). Most mentioned allowing about 15 hours for the repair. The 15 hour time ch... |
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| 1999 Nissan Sentra GXE 1.6L No Start VIN: 1N4AB41D5X thanks guys for all help the problem with this car it no injector pulse. the start fuse in the fuse block driver side was lose and cousing all my problems. there are two start fuses one for starter and one for start signal to ecm the start signal to ecm was lo... |
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| 2001 Suzuki Swift GA 1.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2S2AB21H11 The customer decided to take the car and drive it since we couldn't find a problem. Perhaps the fuel cap had been left loose or we had an intermittent purge solenoid. I was referred to the Suzuki website where I found and ordered some info just in case the car... Trouble codes: P0455 (Large Evap Leak). |
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| 2001 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L Mechanical VIN: JART443KRR Hi guys. I went to 0w-40 but next oil change i will switch back to 10w-30 all year round as you s recon. |
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| 2001 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L oil VIN: JAC12CEIHT Hi guys. I went to 0w-40 and on next oil change i will use 10w-30 as you guys recon. |
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