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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for February 19, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for Asian
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| 1991 Honda Accord EX 2.2L Starting VIN: 1HGCB7665L was driving down the road and hit a big bump in the road and the car quit running. it has no spark.it is geting fuel and has good fuel press timing is right is it possible that there is a cut out switch in the car some where if so where |
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| 1992 Honda Accord EX 2.2L wont shift VIN: 1HGCB9870N s enors seem ok ohm are within spec. trans overhaul needed |
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| 1992 Honda Accord LX 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, vibration VIN: 1HGCB7658N Honda gurus out there I have a small problem with a vibration in this car at idle in gear.Engine runs great no noise no problems driving,just at idle?Also vibration worse in reverse.My tech checked the mounts and tested rear sol and mount and sol worked ok and... |
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| 1997 Infiniti J30 3.0L No Start VIN: JNKAY21D6V the eccs relay is working properly.cam-shaft position sensor waveform at ecm is good.security light flashes when motor is cranking?is this right?the crankshaft sensor waveformed and ohmed good,info shows the sensor is primarily used for missfire.we have a long... Trouble codes: 100 (mass air flow code) |
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| 1994 Lexus ES300 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT8GK13T9R Thanks in advance to all. This car has a code po 120 for the throttle position sensor. When reading the tps % with the scan tool, it shows 99.6%. Alldata says it should be 10% at closed throttle and 70% at wide open throtle. If I disconnect the sensor it goes ... Trouble codes: P0120 |
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| 1999 Lexus RX300 3.0L master key VIN: JT6HF10U7X Hi and thanks for reading my post. Our sales department sold this car today and noticed it only had a valet key. NO remotes. So they said they would get 2 new masters to the customer. So I (being service department)have to get the new keys. In calling the deal... |
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| 1989 Mazda B2600 2.6L Hesitation VIN: JMZUF614XK This may be a stupid help request but this customer has spent about 3k on engine work in the past 6 months and I'm trying to be extra thorough. We recently replaced a cracked cylinder head and are trying to solve a lack of power problem. The catalytic converte... |
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| 1999 Mazda Protege DX 1.6L fan belts VIN: JM1BJ2229X Hi all, Not sure but I think I have a bad alternator on this Protege.Charging ok but I think the spacing is incorrect. It looks slightly set back. The owner says the alternator belt has snapped 4 times recently. The pulleys look ok. No sharp edges or bent pull... |
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| 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST 2.0L head light circuit VIN: 4A3AK54F6S HELLO FELLOW TECH. I GOT THIS CAR IN WITH A COMPLAINT. THE BATT. GOES DEAD AFTER IT SITS FOR 3 DAYS. ALT. OK I HAVE A PARA. DRIAN OF ABOUT 250 m amps. (we have alldata) when i got to main fuse for the head lamps pull fuse drain goes down to 18 m. amps. fuse it... |
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| 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS 2.0L 1st gear VIN: 4A3AK34Y5S wont shift into second gear untill about 3000 rpm all other gears seem to be fine, why a late shift? |
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| 2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport LS 3.0L engine, door locks, alarm VIN: JA4LS3187Y Mitsubishi techs, the owner lost the ignition key along with the remote keyless entry/alarm transmitter. He had a spare key that came with the car and he bought a new remote transmitter. I need to know how to program the new transmitter as the car will not sta... |
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| 1992 Nissan Maxima GXE 3.0L Misfire VIN: JN1HJ01P9N This car came in with an engine misfire. Scoped ignition and determined #2 was not firing properly. Narrowed concern down to injector. Connected MotorVac and cleaned injectors. Concern has become an intermittent misfire. All of the injector connectors are corr... |
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| 1998 Subaru Legacy Outback 2.5L Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 4S3BG6855W engine sounds like timing retarded - wont rev over 1,200 rpm . checked cam timing - all marks on . checked for restriction in exhaust - is clear. tried different air flow meter - no change. fuel pressure acts strange = initial pressure with key on is 35 psi. w... |
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| 2003 Suzuki Aerio S 2.0L mil,no communication VIN: JS2RA41SX3 This vehicle has a service engine soon light on. I have a Genisys scan tool and a snap on. Tried to get into obd II system with vehicle info and generic. No communication. Checked wiring and fuses, all looks fine. Haven't seen any bulletins on this happening. ... |
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| 1989 Toyota Pickup 2.4L Misfire VIN: JT4RU01P2K I need help figuring this out. The truck will start and idle fine, but if you snap the throttle, it will pop back through the intake. When driven,it has no power at all,and will not go over 55 mph.You can hear the air "moan" through the MAF when you try to acc... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1993 Honda Civic LX 1.5L Surge VIN: 1HGEG8650P I disconnected the coolant hose to the fast idle valve underneath the throttle body and suddenly cold water started coming out and it started getting warm. I think I had air trapped in the fast idle passages. The car was running and surging when I disconnected... |
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| 2002 Isuzu F FRR 7.8L Stall, Loss of Power VIN: LAST8-1770 So far, we believe we have temporarily repaired this vehicle by cleaning the pass/thru connectors going to the injectors (full of oil). Did not replace them, figured if it messed up again, hopefully we will find oil in the connectors again. I will post another... Trouble codes: 0158 (TWV Driving System Error B Short Circuited). |
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| 2001 Kia Rio 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: KNADC12331 i did as kevin from taiwan suggested.i tested voltage drop at the ecm and its body grounds.it was a little higher than normal,so i cleaned them and re-tested the voltage drop.the car has not re-turned with this problem.thank you for the replies Trouble codes: P0101, P0171. |
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| 1994 Mitsubishi Montero SR 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JA4MK51M3R This car is finally fixed. When the smoke and dust settled it turned out to be the EGR solenoid which is a frequency valve as we suspected. This system uses ported vacuum from the throttle body (the nipple marked 'E') The hose (green stripe) goes to a tee and ... Trouble codes: CDE43. |
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| 1995 Nissan Pathfinder LE 3.0L Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JN8HD17Y8S Most posts from techs suggest he will have to live with mileage as this is common with these, one suggested coolant sensor wire problem, another wiring to map sensor (believe he meant mass air flow), no map to be found on this, had already verified ground circ... |
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| 1999 Nissan Altima GLE 2.4L MIL Lamp on, EVAP Malfunction VIN: 1N4DL01D5X It's amazing how we tend to look over the basics and go to a much more indepth approach at fixing cars. This was still hard to find but had I started with seeing if the EVAP system would hold vacuum, I wouldn't have had to bother with IATN. Hopefully this will... Trouble codes: P0440 (EVAP Control System Malfunction), P1448 (Manufacturer Controlled Auxilary Emission Controls). |
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| 1997 Subaru Legacy 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4S3GB6854V After finally getting the car back, checking all the vacuum lines & the exhaust tube, it turned out that the EGR Valve itself was sticking. Trouble codes: P0106 (MAP/Baro Circuit Performance/Range), P0400 (EGR Flow Malfunction), P0403 (EGR Circuit Malfunction). |
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| 1999 Subaru Forester L 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JF1SF6358X As it turns out, we most likely had a valve guide problem. It seems that folks in the field have experienced this with both the 2.2 and 2.5 litre motor. We also may have had a misadjusted set of valves, but unfortunately, the customer declined any further repa... Trouble codes: P0304 (misfire cylinder 4). |
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| 2000 Subaru Outback 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 453BH6753Y Thanks to John Thomason at pacific Rim! After all of my searching of TSB's at smalldata, (there were many-none applied) Brad sent me a TSB in pdf. It is numbered WXW-80 and it in no uncertain terms says to renew the 02 sensor (B1) and that is pretty much that.... Trouble codes: 1133 (front ox. sensor- high input). |
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| 1994 Toyota 4Runner SR5 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: JT4RN36S2R thanks to all that replied it seems this may be common, the owner had used a rad sealant at one time and while the head was off the sealer blocked off the coolant passages in the throttle body to the thermowax valve for the idle air and the valve was not openi... |
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| 1998 Toyota 4Runner Limited 3.4L No Start VIN: JT3HN87R3W Thanks for the few replies sent which were as follows. 1.) Use only oem fuel pumps 2.) idle air control suspect 3.) intake and coolant temp sensor suspect 4.) possible cylinder head gsk seap into cyls on hot soak. Unfortunately I am at wits end. Explanatio... |
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| 2000 Toyota Celica GT 1.8L Hesitation, Surge VIN: JTDDR32T7Y Got some useful info, but customer took car over the weekend and has not brought it back, so I'm in limbo |
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| 2003 Toyota echo 1.5L 3rd gear shift VIN: JTDBT12333 Techs informed me that this model has a temperature controlled overdrive which will not let it kick in until sufficiently warmed up. Will advise customer next service when I see him. Dealer info to customer was right, customer mistook overdrive for 3rd gear. |
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