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| 1998 Audi A6 Quattro 2.8L engine oil leak VIN: WAUBA24B1W hey guys how goes the battle, this a6 has an oil leak behind rt cylinder head area, it leaks onto oil pipes, but pipes do not seam to be the leak, i can see oil above these 2 pipes on rear of head, posible cam seal, or ??? i can not pin point exactly. if you h... |
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| 1995 BMW 740iL 4.0L blower motor VIN: WBAGJ6324S Hello BMW Techs The blower motor on this car is not working now, but customer stated that with the blower switch on and while driving, the blower motor will come on intermitenttly . I do not have a wiring diagram or procedure for troubleshooting, if somebody c... |
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| 1998 BMW 323i 2.5L SRS (airbag) MRS system VIN: WBABJ7320W Need help from BMW techs.Have a BMW from a local bodyshop with the SRS light on. It was in a frontal collision with NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT.Scanned for codes and found #17(pass seat belt buckle- MRS system). Replaced seat belt buckle but code would not clear out(... |
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| 2001 BMW X5 4.4i 4.4L rotors VIN: WBAFB33571 Need front & rear brake rotor factory minimum thickness specifications for 2001 BMW X5 4x4 SUV. Can't find anywhere! |
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| 1999 Jaguar XJ8 L 4.0L compression VIN: SAJHD6049X Here we are looking at the second XJ-8 in as many days, - sort of an unusual occurrence for us. This one came to us on the tow-truck, with the complaint that it would not start. Its sound when cranking indicated low compression, - this at 49,538 miles, - but t... |
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| 1996 Land Rover Discovery SD 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on, Hard Start VIN: SALJY1247T Hi there Land Roveristas, We have this Discovery here with a check engine light. The customer complains of hard restarts sometimes when hot, and when it does start, it runs rough until it clears out, sorta like its flooded. It also will stall occasionally whe... Trouble codes: 1177 (Maximum Negative FMFR Correction Fault) |
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| 1996 Land Rover Range Rover SE 4.0L Ride Control VIN: SALPE1241T Hello Group, This car has been giving me fits for several weeks.It will set a code for front left valve permantly closed.After clearing the code the compressor will run randomly in 30 second spurts but not long enough to inflate the system.If I use my scanner... |
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| 1998 Land Rover Range Rover SE 4.0L Transmission ECU VIN: SALPV1245W Hello Group, This car came in in January of 2003 with a check engine light on.The code was P1775 gearbox fault.The problem turned out to be a bad Trans ECU not retarding the timing on upshifts The ECU was covered by the 7/70 emmisions warranty. It came in a c... |
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| 1988 Mercedes-Benz 560SL 5.6L timing VIN: WDBBA48D7J Hello I have here a 1988 MBZ 560sl that just had valve job,and now it's due for a smog inspection,Ignition timing is at 40btdc vehicle pings badly and has a miss.I pulled both valve covers to check camshaft timing and suspect the left(driver bank) camshaft is ... |
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| 1992 Mercedes-Benz 500SEL 5.0L Radio VIN: WDBGA51E4N Hi group, I have a question regarding a radio code on this vehicle. The car was parked for some time and recently it was brought back to life and dropped of at my shop with the note "radio not working, please fix". Well I got the radiocode, but the radio does... |
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| 1993 Saab 9000 CS Turbo 2.3L Poor Idle Quality VIN: YS3CL65M6P Hello, This car has a rough idle and appears to be running rich. The plugs will foul with carbon quickly after cleaning. Fuel presure checked good. We did an injector balance test and they all came up even although one had an extremely small leak. Map sensor ... |
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| 1999 Saab 9-5 2.3L engine check engine light VIN: YS3EF48EOX We think fuel pressure is too low, s/b about 3 bar (45psi) The car runs and idles rough and lots of soot on plugs, trim is always -17 to -36%. Thanks for your help. |
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| 1998 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L No Start, Stall VIN: 3VWRA81H2W This should be a simple fix, i came across this before on other 94-97 era 2.0 jettas and golfs. Car will start and run great until it becomes nearly warmed up. Car will regularly stall and not restart. Car will crank but no start condition will last about 3 ho... Trouble codes: 16706 (engine speed input circuit no signal intermitent) |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 1.9L No Start VIN: 3VWCP21C72 Hi All This Diesel was filled with gas(unleaded) and run about 4 blocks until it quit. The dealer gave her an estimate of 4600.00 to fix it which included things like fuel tank,injectors,fuel pump. Nothing on the engine side. She said she heard no funny sound... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1997 Audi A4 1.8L cam chain tensioner VIN: WAUCB88DXV Thanks to the replies received. As several of you mentioned and sent contact info for Baum Tools, they do and did supply us with the necessary tensioner compressor. Dealer and Snap on were of no help. Got a lot of varying opinions on procedure from not removin... |
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| 2000 Audi A6 Quattro 2.8L oil leak VIN: WAUEH24B4Y Will go ahead and close this posting. We have not performed the repairs on this vehicle as of yet. Customer is trying to get this covered under warranty. Many thanks to all that responded especially Angelo from Florida who went out of his way to get us informa... |
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| 1989 BMW 535i 3.5L temp guage VIN: WBAHD2314K Finished? I would like to thank all of you that replied to my request, THANKS. We ended up installing a new fan clutch and temp guage sending unit, used an air lift to vac bleed and fill the cooling system. So far the car has been running fine with no overheat... |
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| 2000 BMW 528i 2.8L Hesitation, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBADM6344Y we found out that the cam sensor was covered under warranty. the customer took the car to the dealer. i found out that cam sensors are a common failure. there are two cam sensors however, the one i needed had a wiring harness built into it (aprox. 8'). i f... Trouble codes: P0340. |
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| 1998 Jaguar XJ8 4.0L Battery VIN: SAJHX6246W Thanks to all who replied, and thanks most particularly to Bob out in Santa barbara, who supplied corroborating data as to current draw. The car in question was sent off with a fully charged battery, and also with the understanding that since the customer woul... |
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| 1994 Land Rover Range Rover County 3.9L brake bleeding VIN: SALHV1243R THanks to all that sent replies after trying to bleed brake system with all the different approaches and we still were not able to get any kind of brake pedal we reinstalled the old unit and bleed the brakes. Brake pedal was perfect then, sent unit back as def... |
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| 1986 Mercedes-Benz 420SEL 4.2L No Start VIN: WDBCA35DGA Thanks to all that replied. The transmission had been out of the car, The FLEXPLATE was not indexed properly therefore the engine would not start. I am glad to have this one behind me. Paul [...] |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Golf GLS 2.0L Excessive Emissions, MIL Lamp on VIN: 9BWGT21J71 First off, I would like to thank everyone who responded to my post. The customer thought that since the vehicle only has 58k that VW should do something under warrenty. Thanks to Robert from Oregon and the others who informed me of the 7/70 extended warrent on... Trouble codes: 17573 (vag code bank 1 long term fuel trim range 1 leanness lower limit exceeded), P0172 (generic code system to rich bank 1). |
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| 1991 Volvo 940 GLE 2.3L Hesitation, Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1KA8746M Hello Folks, Sorry for the long wait but I do believe weve got this one solved. First I want to thank Jimmy, Peter, Paul, Mike, John, Robert, Skip, Jim, & Dave for all their help. Now for the dirt. Jimmy suggested the RPM sensor, checked and the insulation w... Trouble codes: 232 (long term fuel trim too lean/rich at CTP), 311 (VSS signal absent), 413 (EGR temp sensor signal absent or faulty). |
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