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| 1990 Honda Accord LX 2.2L Parasitic Draw VIN: JHMCB7655L Hey there Honda Pros, I have this Accord that came in and was running the battery dead after sitting a day or two. We found the battery weak and replaced it. We checked for draws and are baffled at this time. There appears to be a 180 to 190 mA draw that goes... |
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| 1991 Honda Accord EX 2.2L Cooling fan VIN: JHMCB76500 After a coolant change, the radiator cooling fan cycles normally at operating temperature but runs continuously when the key is turned off, until the engine has cooled substantially - at least 20 to 30 minutes. The fan stops if the key is turned back on again.... |
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| 1991 Honda Accord EX 2.2L Stall VIN: 1HGCB7669M Need some help from you Honda gurus out there.This Accord came in with a complaint of stalling when coming to a stop when cold or after sitting for a few hours.No problem when car is fully warmed up. After letting the car cool for about 4 hours,started car and... |
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| 1993 Honda Civic Si 1.6L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 2HGEH3385P Owner complains of driveability problem after engine warm up (like someone throws a switch). Always happens, very predictable. Especially noticeable at idle or under load. Seems like an intermittant misfire. I removed plugs. All look good except for #3 plug w... |
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| 1993 Honda Accord LX 2.2L No Start, Stall VIN: JHMCB7659P car will die going down the road or at idle when stall occurs the ses light will stay on and not cycle off and then after it cycles off after sitting awhile it will start and run again until next stall found bulletin it said to replace ignition switch did thi... |
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| 1994 Honda Passport EX 3.2L Excessive Emissions, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 4S6CY58V3R This Passport has a flooding problem. Will start only on occasion if you hold accelerator wide open and get it on the first try after it's been sitting a while. If you manage to get it running, it smokes very black and will not reach above 3500 RPM due to the ... |
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| 1995 Infiniti J30 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: JNKAY21DOS "IT RAN FINE TILL THE BODY SHOP HAD IT!"when the vehicle was recieved from the body shop customer states vehicle was stalling at idle . the check engine light was on prior to the timing belt repair. there was a large list of maint items to be performed on this... Trouble codes: 32 (egr malfunction), 34 (knock sensor circut) |
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| 1984 Mazda B2000 Sundowner Base 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: JM2UC1215E Have a dead/very weak cylinder on this thing. Have run compression test both cranking and running. Cranking compression is between 150 and 155 psi on all cylinders. Running compression is between 75 and 80 psi on all cylinders. Vacum is very steady no fluctuat... |
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| 1987 Nissan Stanza E 2.0L Starting VIN: JN1HT2114H This one is a terrifying thing, a car that the starter will not come out of. We've spent a day and a half trying to remove the starter. The starter is unbolted but will not come out of the car, there is too much in the way. Yeah, I know that Real Mechanics nev... |
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| 1996 Suzuki Sidekick JX Sport 1.8L Hydrulic system VIN: JS3TD21V9T Customer complained of "difficult to shift". I found that the clutch was not fully disingaging. the vehicle will move when started in gear. I inspected the system visually for leaks and any other oddities and found the master cylinder to be leaking. Installed ... |
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| 1991 Toyota Celica ST 1.6L lo beam VIN: JT2AT86F7M Hi Techs, No low beams. Tried new multifunction switch to no avail. The fix still avoids me. I've yanked, wiggled swapped and probed.I remember fixing one of these a looong time ago and since then I guess too many problem childs have gone under the bridge. Tha... |
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| 1993 Toyota Pickup DLX 3.0L fan VIN: JT4VN13D3P The cooling fan on this truck keeps breaking. We are obviously missing something here. It all started after we replaced the alternator and belts. The customer drove home and his fan disintegrated. We didn't have to remove it when we replaced the alt & belts, b... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1993 Infiniti G20 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: JNKCP01P4P turned out to be a idle air control valve sticking /bad replaced and run like new thanks all |
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| 1991 Isuzu Trooper LS 2.8L No Start VIN: JACCH58R79 The customer has not returned to complete the analysis of this problem. (They have learned how to start in 'clear/flood' mode.) I can add some (hopefully helpful) information. Jeff [...] gave me the information I believe will turn out to be the most helpful.... |
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| 1997 Isuzu NPR 5.7L Starting VIN: 4KLB4B1R4V Well, only got three replies on this one. Special thanks to the three that took the time out of their day in a sincere effort to help on this one. Dan from SO CAL, Sam from Oklahoma and Ramon from Delaware. . .thank you for the effort. I have to be honest, I d... |
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| 1997 Isuzu Rodeo S 2.6L No Start, Stall VIN: 4S2CK58E5V thanks to all who replied but all where over looking the codes with some lucky diagnosis the fix was found turned ouit to be a bad crank moving front to back i started it up and let clutch out ran great died and ran bad with clutch in needs a engine too much e... Trouble codes: P0336 (58X reference signal circuit), P0341 (CMP sensor circuit performance). |
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| 1998 Isuzu Rodeo LS 3.2L Shift lock VIN: 4S2CM58W43 The truck is not 'properly' repaired, as customer does not wish to proceed any further at this time. Mike from GA gave me the best advice, but in the end the cable adjustment just did not do the trick. Now that the weather is warmer, the shifter seems to be wo... |
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| 1999 Mazda 626 ES 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1YVGF22C9X it appears that the car is fixed for now anyways. After getting 4 replies to this stating that there are some problems with caps not sealing off(although it seemed to be sealing at the time) the customer saw the replies and wanted to try one to see if that wou... Trouble codes: P0455. |
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| 1995 Nissan Maxima SE 3.0L No Start VIN: JN1CA2104S After excessive test, believed valve timing to be off. Customer declined furthur work at this time, thanks for the thoughts .. |
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| 1999 Subaru Legacy Limited 30th Anniversary 2.5L speedometer VIN: 4S3BG6859X This problem was so intermittent that we had to let the customer drive the car for awhile to make sure it was fixed. Just to repeat our course of repair, the first time we sent the dash in for repair, the instrument repair company had told us the dealer had se... |
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| 1993 Toyota Supra 3.0L 3200rpm max when hot Thanks to all 7 techs who took the time to reply. A good used ecm was installed and all is now okay. I do belive that an important factor pointing to the ecm was the constant retarding of the ignition timing. |
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| 2002 Toyota Camry SE 2.4L right lower control arm VIN: 4T1BE32K62 Thanks to all who responded! Scott [...] of Canada gets the grand prize for his detailed description of the repair process as follows... The subframe can be removed without first removing the engine and transaxle from the car. Suspend the engine and trans... |
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