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| 1997 Audi A8 Quattro 4.2L Mechanical VIN: WAUBG84D6V This car needs a transmission rebuild. Does anyone do this beside the dealer? Thanks |
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| 1999 Audi A6 2.8L Air bags VIN: WAUBA34BXX Greetings Audi people and thanks in advance for any help on this topic. Car came in with air bag light on. Checked codes with Autodiagnos and have 65535/P9079 bad control module. I cannot clear this code and I am assuming the system will not let me because of ... |
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| 1982 Mercedes-Benz 380SL 3.8L engine VIN: WDBA45A5CB customer driving on highway and all of a sudden alot of blue smoke coming from tail pipe and smells like oil. had car towed in and confirm it is going through alot of oil.. hear in ontario,canada not to many machine shops want to tackle rebuilding the engine..... |
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| 1990 Saab 900 Turbo 2.0L Crank Pulley VIN: YS3AL75L6L Help needed from experienced Saab Techs, Hello, I rarely work on Saabs mostly because they don't come my way very often. However a customer brought in a 90 Saab 900 turbo that has a crank pully that has separated in two. (I quessing the rubber piece went out... |
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| 1995 Volkswagen Jetta Celebration Edition 2.0L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 3VWWC81H7S thanks in advance for any help, car came in cuts out, severe hesitation, while accelerating under moderate to heavy load vehicle cuts out,will continue to cut out until throttle is eased back then picks up right where it left off. can also duplicate problem wh... |
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| 1997 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VW5A31H6U customer brought car in with stated problem of check eng lite on{has been on for at least year and half}said he,d taken it to"A/Z" and they did tune up but could not figure out anything else,these codes have been set for long time.i replaced cap,rotor,wires et... Trouble codes: 16684 (random misfire), 16688 (cyl misfire), 17990 (idle adadation at limit) |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L Poor Acceleration VIN: 3VWSF29M9Y Hello all, I hope you can help me with this TDI. The turbocharger is not delivering any boost and therefore the car has no acceleration. I replaced the wastegate solenoid valve N75 because it ohmed "open" and clearly was non functional. I also decarboned the i... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Beetle GL 1.9L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VW123456X Good-evening VW techs.I am sorry about the bogus serial number,but I am writing this from home and I forgot to get the serial number..If anyone really needs it just e-mail me and I will give it to you.I am having a complete nightmare with this horrible little ... |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWM723B7Y This car keeps setting a lean code. I have checked for vacuum leaks, maf contamination, misfires, and did the throttle learn procedure. Current long term fuel trim is 16.4% and short trim will go as high as 21.5% under hard accel. i don't work on very many VW'... Trouble codes: P1128 |
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| 2000 Volvo S40 1.9L No Start, Stall VIN: YV1VS2555Y Need help with this valvo. Towed to shop with no start trouble. upon testing I can get to start by holding throttle open. But it will not idle.Customer states when trouble first started it would start and then die and then would not start at all. Have check co... Trouble codes: P0505 (Idle air control IAC valve no signal), P1446 (leaking diagnostic pump no signal), P0245 (turbocharger control valve signal too low), P0445 (canister purge valve signal too low), P0031 (front O2 preheating signal too low), P0037 (rear O2 preheating signal too low) |
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| 2000 Volvo S40 1.9L turn signals VIN: YV1VS2557Y Hello fellow techs. The hazards work fine on this car.When turning signal lever left or right you hear the flasher relay buzz faintley but no turn signal lights.I checked the turn signal switch which is ok.Also fuses ok.This car has multiplex system. Thanks i... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1998 Audi A6 Quattro 2.8L engine oil leak VIN: WAUBA24B1W thanks for all the help, did not repair vehicle yet waiting for customer to make a decision, according to all responses leak is comming from cam shaft adjuster on rear of head rt side of car, thanks. |
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| 1989 BMW 750iL 5.0L Hesitation, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAGC8313K many thanks for the 8 replies that we received. Most suggested to ckeck the fuel pumps. They were very close to the correct fix. The fix was to replace the fuel pump that supplies fuel to the left side of the engine. However, this was not the only fuel problem... |
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| 1990 BMW 325i 2.5L Coil signal VIN: WBAAD1317L Hey group. Since I'm being forced to close this, I will post all the pertinent info. Shirley did divorce Scott and is shacking up with his third ex-wife's brother in law. We still do not know who killed J.R. Kathy is pregnant but not by who she thought. Bill... |
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| 1997 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L column/mirrors VIN: SAJHX5244V We went online to a Jaguar site and found JAGBITS.COM, this site is awesome!! We found fixes and common problems. We got excellant service with no shipping charges! We installed the steering column/mirrors module and new motor. The vehicle is now working as de... |
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| 1996 Land Rover Range Rover SE 4.0L Ride Control VIN: SALPE1241T Gooday All, The fix for this car is a new air suspension compressor.The thermal cutout switch which is part of the compressor assy is normally open circuit and goes to ground when the pump overheats. When this happens the ECU cuts power to the compressor rel... |
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| 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SL 3.8L long crank time VIN: WDBBA45A8B i would like to take this time to say thanks to all the techs. that took time out there busy day to help us with this problem. sorry was so long closing this post but i was waiting to hear back from the customer. 97% of the resposes that we got was accumulator... |
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| 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300E 3.0L Calipers VIN: WDBEA30D7M I would like to thank everone for there replies. I found that the pistion in the mastrer clinder was bad after trying some of the tech replies whitch had try I removed the master clinder and found that the rear piston was damaged replaced the master and bleed ... |
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| 1998 Renault megane 2.0L starting VIN: VF1JAOG021 Thanks to the guys who replyed...Unfortunately customer had to take vehicle out of town and have factory scanner used to reset codes. There was just no other way... |
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| 1992 Saab 9000 CD Turbo 2.3L No Start VIN: YS3CL48M0N Thanks for your help. The problem was a defective fan switch that was causing the +54 relay to stay energized after the car was shut off. This did not affect the starting problem. The no start turned out to be the air mass meter, the other shop had tried it, b... |
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| 1993 Saab 9000 CS Turbo 2.3L Poor Idle Quality VIN: YS3CL65M6P Thanks to all who replied,Michael [...] was right on ,The cam timing was off by what looked like one half tooth.The exhaust cam mark lined up to the inside edge of the mark which is a 'v',and the intake cam was dead on the center of the mark.When this was ass... |
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| 1994 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 3VWRZ81H3R hey guys thank you for all your help i was able to buy softwear from my tool guy matco tools i puul codes from it and found 2 codes stored 00513 engine speed sensore [...] camshaft position sensor replaced sensors car good thank you and have a great yea... |
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| 1996 Volkswagen Cabrio 2.0L 1-2 shift VIN: WVWBB81EXT thanks to all replies! the cabrio went to the dealer & had a new valve body & solenoids installed - this has taken care of harsh 1-2 shift. thanks again !! |
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| 1998 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L No Start, Stall VIN: 3VWRA81H2W Whoops, let me rephrase the UPDATE part of this post. 2.0 VW's used an ECM relay from 93-96 or 97 I beleive, after that, the relay was deleted. Anyway, I installed a new CKP sensor and the car started and ran for an hour, as opposed to shutting off after 10 mi... Trouble codes: 16706 (engine speed input circuit no signal intermitent). |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L Oil Warning buzzer/light VIN: WVWNA63B3X A thanks to all 25 respondents. Overwhelming concensus said that these 1.8T passats are notorious for oil starvation due to plugged up pickup tube screen in the pan. I finally got to doing a pressure test with the following results: Cold(about 55 degrees) init... |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 1.9L No Start VIN: 3VWCP21C72 Well...overwhelming response to this one. I usually respond to each of you individually but since you all say the same thing I'll do it here...Apparently this happens alot. I removed the tank to be sure I drained it all out. This involved dropping some of the ... |
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