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Open Help Requests for European
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| 1998 BMW 528i 2.8L water pump VIN: WBADD6329W I have 98 bmw 528 that came in late on Friday. Complaint was that car was overheating, gauge in red and temp lite on. Car Had just came off 20 mile highway run and temperature gauge was normal. She stated car had been running hot for the last three days interm... |
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| 1993 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign 4.0L noise from fuel pump VIN: SAJHW1744P The car came in due to a customer request for fuel pump replacement due to a loud, low frequency groaning coming at intermittant times from the fuel tank. I removed the fuel tank to access the pump expecting to find a lot of rust contamination around the pump ... |
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| 1995 Jaguar XJ12 6.0L Cooling Systems VIN: SAJMX1346S The car experienced an expansion tank explosion last night as the customer was bringing the car to our shop. According to a previous invoice, there have been appr. 2400 miles since the 1st repair. The tank separates at he seam where the top is bonded to the bo... |
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| 2002 Other European Tuscan 4.0L rear indicators Hello again Gentlemen I have reposted this under the title TVR Tuscan in the hope it catches the eye of a TVR mechanic who can give me the information I require.All I need are the pinouts of the rear indicators of a 2000/03 TVR Tuscan harness plug,what I have ... |
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| 1993 Saab 900 S 2.1L Excessive Emissions Saab Techs, The car was towed into shop with a no start condition. Custoer reported that the car ran fine.The next morning she couldn't start the car. She had filled up tank the night before. Gas smells like gas ... not diesel.Customer heard no noise and no c... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen EuroVan GLS 2.8L egr VIN: WV2KH2703X euro time... long story long, customer came in with engine light on. code po440. egr insufficiant flow. i have vacuum to selonoid but not to egr. egr is good. no current to selonoid. alldata does not give alot of info on this system. so i hooked up noid light ... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Golf GL 2.0L Intermittant cruise OK.I've got an intelligent customer telling me her car a:just stayed at the same speed when she released the throttle at 100 kms and b:accelerated on the 401 also starting from 100 kms.She had a car w/ cruise and said it felt like she was pressing the accel bu... |
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| 1989 Volvo 244 DL 2.3L No Start VIN: YV1AX8844K hello group this volvo from hell was towed in as a no start,charged battery changed oil(fuel fouled)replace spark plugs(fuel fouled)and adjusted belts car started and everything seemed ok it sat in parking lot for 3 dayes before customer picked it up and start... |
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| 1997 Volvo 850 2.4L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: YV1LS5546V This vehicle is clearly running rich. It will not enter closedloop. Black smoke is rolling out of the tailpipe. If you review the related repair data you will see that an new O2 sensor brought the vehicle into closed loop. I neglected to check the O2 sensor ... Trouble codes: 212 (o2 sensor 1 bank 1) |
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| 1998 Volvo V70 GLT 2.4L service ligh VIN: YV1LW5644W Hi all I hope you can help me I have this v70 that I put a new ign. lock cyl. in and now the service light flashes constantly.alldata has no info on this the owners manual has no info on a blinking service lightand a call to volvo got nowere Please Help if you... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1998 Audi A6 2.8L engine VIN: WAUED28DXW i must have deleted the one help request i got b/c i never saw it. probably my mistake, sorry. i did end up swaping the engines though and, besides that engine having bent valves, everything is ok. just had to swap over components to match up with the diff wir... |
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| 1990 BMW 735iL 3.5L Hazard Lights VIN: WBAGC42060 Hi group, Thanks for the responses to this help request. Most hit the nail on the head. The problem was the crash relay. I have included a copy of one of the responses below..As per BMW Bulletin 61 02 93(3812) 'Emergency flashers self activate' There is a fail... |
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| 1992 BMW 735i 3.4L battery VIN: YF123ABX12 Thanks for all the replies but the customer took the car without allowing us to diagnose the problem. He said he would just buy batteries as needed. |
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| 1994 BMW 740iL 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAGD8327R we have not fixed this veh. yet,i need to close this due to time limitations.the owner of this veh. is a long time customer,and this is an extra veh.for him.we did replace the pcv plate on the rear of the intake,as many had suggested,this did not help,we tried... Trouble codes: 65 (a/c comp. cut off relay), 203 (02 sensor control 2), 201 (02 sensor control), 12 (02 sensor 2), 13 (02 sensor 1). |
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| 1995 BMW 318i 1.8L ABS warning light on VIN: WBACA0Z030 Hi all, this vehicle is yet to return to the workshop. It belongs to a friend, so I will get to the bottom of it eventually. I had two responses to this help request, one stating that the main modulator is a known problem. The other is copied below. . I had a ... |
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| 1995 Land Rover Range Rover County LWB 4.2L front crank seal VIN: SALHC1344S Thanks alot guys. I know this was a simple question. your help maid it go a lot faster. The seal comes out the front, I also found my knock. I had to replace transmission cooler lines, power steering lines, engine oil cooler lines. you know i got my oil bath f... |
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| 1997 Volkswagen Golf GL 2.0L clutch cable VIN: 3VWFL81H3V Thank you one and all. All of you had valuable input to resolving this problem. There was no retainer on the cable to hook onto the bales of the round sleeve that needed to be secured before removal. My roll of mech. wire took care of that. By tying to one ear... |
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| 1964 Volvo 122s 1.8L valve adjustment specs VIN: 13244DD861 Thanks to all who posted, I greatly appreciate it, I trashed all those 25+ year old books years ago. here are the specs if anybody else ever needs them, I had one of those about 27 years ago. Unfortunately my leftover Chilton book does not show which 1.8L engi... |
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