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| 1994 Audi 80 2.0L door locks VIN: WAUZZZ8CZR Vehicle locks doors by itself when put in P or N. No alarmsystem fitted.I have not been able to find the exact wiring diagram.I scanned the gearbox and data-streamed it:no faults.Unable to scan central locking system(I believe on this model not possible)I do n... |
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| 2000 Audi A6 Quattro 2.8L oil leak VIN: WAUEH24B4Y trying to resolve an oil leak problem with this AUDI. Oil leaks from both cylinder heads at front and rear from what appear to be camshaft end bearings or caps. Have read some postings on both cam adjuster gaskets and using a high quality sealant under cam end... |
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| 1990 BMW 325i 2.5L Coil signal VIN: WBAAD1317L Good morning people. Symptoms are intermittent. When occuring, off idle only(Always idles fine) the tach. and economy guages drop, Pin 31 from ECU to guages goes dead. Also pin 1 from ECU to ignition coil goes dead. Powers and grounds stay up. Relays stay up. ... |
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| 1995 BMW 525i 2.5L Excessive Emissions VIN: WBAHD5321S Help!!! This 5 series has me going in circles! This fellow was recommended to my shop by one of my long time customers. He had failed the emissions test and is close to having his tags lifted. He had previously been quoted on a new oxygen sensor and catalytic... |
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| 1998 BMW 528i 2.8L Vanos System VIN: WBADM6338X Hello, I could use some help on this engine rebuild, specificaly the Dual Vanos system. I followed the motor rebuild by the book step by step and when fully assembled it would not start. I think that the Vanos System is at fault becuase after taking the engine... |
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| 1992 Mercedes-Benz 230E 2.3L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: WDB1240232 This car belongs to a saleslot. It has come to me from a collegue workshop.They had a look at it,and an autoelectrician,and they have "given up" on it now and brought it to us to get fixed!After start up with a cold engine(it is summer her now,about 20 degrees... |
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| 1998 Mercedes-Benz ML320 3.2L No Start, Stall VIN: 4JGAB54E4W while driving car hot for fifteen to thirty minutes engine shuts off and won't start back up until half hour later. check charging system nominal at 13.86 vlts. check fuel psi nominal at 4.o bar check leak down of fuel system good at 2.8 bar in thirty minutes.... |
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| 1996 Volkswagen Cabrio 2.0L 1-2 shift VIN: WVWBB81EXT hello vw techs! this cabrio came to use with a very, very hard 1-2 shift, especially after engine warms up. we serviced the transmission & refilled w/ vw fluid, but alas no better - the shift is smooth on a cold engine but as it warms 1-2 shifts gets increasin... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1995 BMW 325is 2.5L Excessive Emissions VIN: WBABF3321S Sorry about the late reply, have been a little swamped. Found couple of vacuum problems after useing a friends smoke machine, 1.hose from throttle body to purge valve was bad 2.PCV valve nipple was cracked Replaced and repaired items and and problems were fixe... |
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| 1995 BMW 540i 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAHE6328S Thanks to all who responded, We found a broken vacuum line behind the intake and under the coolant reservoir that lead to the breather plate. This leak caused the poor running and pegged the O2 sensors at zero volts. After we repaired the vacuum leak, we rec... Trouble codes: 1213 (Oxygen Sensor At Lean/Rich Stop), 1222 (Oxygen Sensor At Lean/Rich Stop). |
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| 1996 Jaguar XJS 2+2 4.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: SAJNX2749T Well I got a lot of responses to this problem. Most of you said I needed to reset the throttle parameters but I also needed the Jag scan tool to do it. I called the dealer to see if the egr recall was performed on this car since the owner had just bought it an... |
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| 1995 Land Rover Discovery 3.9L Oil Pressure VIN: SALJY1243S This vehicle is not in my shop anymore. I am going to court and in the original I needed verification as to weather or not a 'cam button' installed 'backwards' could cause insufficient oil pressure. This is what another shop said and that caused major engine p... |
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| 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560SL 5.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBA48D1KA hi everyone thank you so much for your responce. we replaced the EZL controler so far no problem. Trouble codes: 03 (coolant temp sensor open o shorted circuit). |
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| 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300TE 3.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality VIN: WDBED90EXM Here is a example of checking the basics. While I had replaced the Overvoltage Protection relay, the coolant temp sensor and the O2 sensor. The shop that did the cylinder head gasket had installed the #1 exhaust gasket in backwards. This allowed a exhaust/air ... |
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| 2000 Mercedes-Benz S430 4.3L Electric window VIN: WDB2201652 We are still working on this car. don't know what the hell is going on. Swapping DCM's, replacing driver DCM and switch module, Cleaning up regulator motors did not work. One other funny thing we found is the seat control of the rear left DCM and Front left DC... |
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| 1999 Saab 9-5 SE 2.3L heat VIN: YS3EF48E6X thanks for the replies on this. the heater box does have to come out along with dash removal(major repair). i took a piece of wire & rigged the flap so they would have heat. after pricing the job to the customer & them complaining of the 2 hour charge for diag... |
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| 1996 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L transmission VIN: 3VWRA81H9T Thanks to all the people who replied. The trans. control module was bad . I had a used one and when installed the open circuit codes would go away. The trans i think also is bad as the kid severly abused. He was driving in only low for a month. He bailed and i... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 1.9L No Start, Poor Idle Quality VIN: 3VWCP21C41 You guys made our Friday!! Want to thank Paul and Russell for their input on this problem. This little puppy was unbelievably carboned up. The likes of what we had never seen. We pulled the intake and separated the throttle body from it and the amount of carbo... |
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| 1993 Volvo 940 2.3L No Start VIN: YV1J5870XP Thanks for all the emails on this one!! Most replys said to check the temp. sensor. That I had not done so I installed a new one No help. The air mass meter was a bosch new unit so that was a miss also. So I had to go back to ALL My Training WHEN ALL ELSE FAIL... |
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