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| 1997 Acura RL 3.5L cruise control VIN: JH4KA9653V high i need help from some of you acura buffs . this acura has no cruse control . found bulbs on main swith burnt replace and check the switch and it switches. check all fuses ok. check actuator for vacum ok and electricaly ok retacting all the way. set switch... |
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| 1997 Acura RL 3.5L cruise control VIN: JH4KA9653V high i need help from some of you acura buffs . this acura has no cruse control . found bulbs on main swith burnt replace and check the switch and it switches. check all fuses ok. check actuator for vacum ok and electricaly ok retacting all the way. set switch... |
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| 1988 Honda Civic DX 1.5L Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGED3643J I have a strange problem with this honda. I'm not that familuar with this system. The check engine lite comes on when cruising. O2 sensor code. The O2 sensor stays high most of the time. decel will cause it to drop slightly but goes back up to .890 mv . Pulse ... Trouble codes: 1 (O2 Sensor) |
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| 1993 Honda Civic DX 1.5L No Start VIN: 1HGEG8644P this car was driving fine. customer stopped at a store,when she came out, the car would not start. will turn over, but will not start. checked for spark...none. checked for fuel...none. no injector pulse either.i jumpered the main relay connector and the fuel ... |
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| 1997 Lexus LS400 4.0L tiltsteeringcolumn VIN: JT8BH28F4V Hello all...This vehicle's tilt/telescopic electronic steering column will only operate sporatically when engaged by the control switch. When switch is commanded to tilt or extend in/out, the unit will start then randomly stop on it's own although switch is st... |
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| 1998 Lexus GS400 4.0L variable timing components VIN: JT8BH68X5W Hi everyone! I am in dire need of assistance. While replacing the cam seals I needlessly disassembled the variable cam timing components in the front of the enigine where the timing belt is. I know now that these units are never to be taken apart but it is to ... |
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| 1991 Mazda Protege DX 1.8L heater VIN: JM1BG2248M Car came in for prevntive maintainance replacement of timing belt and water pump.Now the heater is not hot,only about 70 deg. We have backflushed the heater core and tried everything to bleed the system,including jacking the front way up.When we did this the h... |
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| 1993 Mazda RX-7 1.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JMIFD3311P We had the engine rebuilt to being worn out. After installation the car is running extremly rich. We have checked fuel pressure 34 psi -ok. pressure sensor(map) - voltages ok. water temp sensor - readings within range. intake air temp ensor - reading within ra... |
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| 1997 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.4L engine VIN: 4A3AJ56G5V this car came to us with a bad vibration on acceleration. vibration worse from 30 to 50 accelerating , no vibration on decel. inspected drive axles , hub assemblys all looked good. inspected engine mounts ; engine movement to great replaced all mounts with mit... |
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| 1997 Mitsubishi mx saloon 1500CC transmission VIN: E-CK2A-SRX vehicle came to shop with a no drive condition when hot,when vehicle cools down ,vehicle drives again until hot again.Transmission was removed from the engine and overhaul ,no components in the trans looked defective .pressure test were carried out on instalat... |
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| 1985 Nissan Maxima GL 3.0L No Start VIN: JN1HU15S2F Car came in for tune-up, maintenance only, ran fine. Replaced parts as listed in repair history. After unplugging coil wire to check compression, the engine wouldn't start. I have fuel pressure & spark, but the ECU isn't firing the injectors! If I spray anythi... Trouble codes: 21 (coolant sensor) |
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| 1993 Nissan Maxima SE 3.0L Clutch VIN: JN1EJ01F7P Once the vehicle is at operating temperature, the clutch grabs and vehicle just revs high without movement. System thoroughly bled and checked but to no avail. I need to know what I'm overlooking. |
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| 1988 Subaru GL 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: JF2AN53B9J Vehicle was towed in from a brake shop. Timing belts were replaced, I am not sure why. My Tech reinstalled timing belts and has recheck alignment. Distributor has been lined up with TDC and will not run with distributor in any other location. Tech says timing ... |
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| 1998 Subaru Impreza L 2.2L Cuts out, Stall VIN: GF5-005763 hello, this subrau has a strange injector decel cut out, when you drive the vehicle and decel the injector cut out starts until the engine speed reaches 825rpm and the injector ms returns to normal as it should the problem being when you free rev the engine in... |
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| 2001 Suzuki Grand Vitara XL-7 Limited 2.7L abs mil VIN: JS3TX92V71 The customer says that the ABS MIL is coming on intermittently. I have restored normal braking performance with new linings only. The vehicle will not communicate with my Snappy 2500 with 2001 software cartridge and K2 personality key. Is there anyway to retri... |
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| 1994 Toyota Camry LE 2.2L No Start VIN: 4T1SK12E9R hey group, this camry was towed in,no start. we had spark,pulse,fuel pressure,125lbs compresion.noticed no check eng. lite,check it out and the bulb was bad,which i've rarely seen. replaced bulb,checked codes had code 14. removed distr. cap and cover found pol... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1999 Acura Integra LS 1.8L Excessive Emissions closing this with a fix double checked every thing and again didnt find any problems so i did a fuel injector service and the car passed with flying colors. thanks to everyone |
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| 1991 Honda Accord EX 2.2L Cooling fan VIN: JHMCB76500 Thanks for the prompt replies, much appreciated. suggestions were: normal operation, defective relay, defective sensor in top hose outlet, defective timer, or a thermostat fitted of too high temperature. I was under pressure to resolve this problem before all ... |
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| 1997 Honda Civic EX 1.6L no electricity VIN: 1HGEJ8148V Sorry for the delay on the fix guys. Well after a little looking at the situation i decided to go back under the hood and recheck the underhood fuse box again and this time it was dead also. Then i realized that i was using the strut tower to ground my test li... |
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| 1997 Lexus ES300 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT8BF22G5V I tried various tips as requested, and didn't seem to get the problem fixed. I let the vehicle go, and told the customer to return later. They did not come back. Trouble codes: P0441 (Evap System). |
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| 2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport LS 3.0L switches VIN: JA4MT31H8Y The fix was to replace the transfer case detection switches per TSB-01-23-011. The part numbers were [...]. |
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| 2000 Nissan Frontier SE 3.3L Stall VIN: IN6EA27T2Y Good evening Techs, Calling this one a fix. Got two responses with one saying check fuel pressure and regulator and the other saying check distributor components. After some extensive testing we found the mass airflow out of calibration but only slightly. Gues... |
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| 1986 Toyota Van Wagon Crg 2.2L Poor Idle Quality VIN: JT4YR29V4G hi guys this vehicle was a bear did confirm lean condition on start up . one reply suggested a tsb were you get at temp switch at 60 c will up the idle insted of 112 c . also a fuel pressure regulator with soleniod to alow 45 psi on starup after hot soak. th... |
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| 1990 Toyota 4Runner SR5 3.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: JT3VN39W0L Like Jim and Hiro said the voltage was too high from the THW terminal. I cut the wire at the ECM and then the voltage was reference voltage 5v. With the coolant temp sensor disconnected and measuring the voltage on the green/blue wire (with it cut at the ECM) ... Trouble codes: 22 (water temp sensor). |
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| 1991 Toyota Celica ST 1.6L lo beam VIN: JT2AT86F7M Well the fix is in, The two replies were greatly appreciated one of which was to check voltage drop and the other was to check relays. I backed up and started at the headlights, trying to trace the low beam wires (red (read pink) with a lavender (read blue) tr... |
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| 1997 Toyota Carina -E 1800CC Piston Rings VIN: SB164ABK10 Hi All, Thank you to everyone who responded. On reading the responses it confirmed the fact that the Rings were to blame. I suggested ring replacement to the customer, but he declined, saying he didn't want to spend any more money on the vehicle. so I renewe... |
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