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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for February 26, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 1997 Hyundai Accent GS 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: KMHVD34N2V High All. This accent has me thinking PCM, but at 750.00 I would like to be sure I'm not missing somethig. I bench tested both O2s. They test good. In the car, at 200*f at idle, I get 4 transitions in 10 seconds. At 2500, I get 8. If I blip the throtle rapidly... Trouble codes: P0133 (O2 Sensor Or Sensors Not Switching) |
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| 1995 Infiniti J30 3.0L Weak Assist VIN: JNKAYZ1069 HELP... Family Vehicle:Driven vehicle for several years, developed loose banjo fitting at rack & pinion, tightened and refilled the sytem with Lucas Addittive and Dextron III. Steering now has little assist and pump has gurgling noise at times. This vehicle ha... |
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| 1993 Mazda MX-6 LS 2.5L Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1YVEG31B2P This one is tough. no codes, runs fine cold, half-warm it starts to have a sharp misfire/cutout which it maintains as long as we keep it under the same moderate load condition. sometimes it will rev high at stop sign (3000 rpm,) sometimes it is normal, sometim... |
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| 2001 Mazda Protege ES 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1BJ22581 car had a high front end hit - easy repair - went well - car off road for 3 weeks - after returning to customer CEL would go on on highway - p.o.401 low egr flow detected. visual inspection revealed no problems - cleared code - will reset after highway cruise.... Trouble codes: P.0.4 |
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| 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS 2.0L Stall VIN: 4A3AK34Y7S Hello, everybody!! This Eclipse came in for stalling intermittently. I could duplicate the problem in the shop 4 times. It idles fine, runs fine. Just passed California Smog Check. It always starts right away after stalls. It dies like someone turns off the ig... |
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| 1989 Toyota Pickup DLX 3.0L high CO at Idle VIN: JT4VN01D2K hello everyone,, the customer complain sulfer smell at idle and 02 is at .9 and CO 2.5 % and HC 350 ppm off idle.. prefect CO and HC and O2 working normal off idle have checked cold start injector ok.. Fuel pressure 35 psi checked 2 injecters 14 ohms ( the one... |
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| 1991 Toyota SURF 2400CC Excessive Emissions, No Start, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: LN13060992 This vehicle smokes so bad that it is not drivable on the road, it has been to many repair workshops in this country (uk) problem being that to us this is a grey import and therefore we cannot access any imformation as how to test further. Compressions are goo... Trouble codes: 11 (ecu live feed not found not sure if correct vehicle) |
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| 1991 Toyota Tercel STD 1.5L Mechanical VIN: JT2EL43B7M Cae was towed in after stalling on the road.Found no compression in one cylinder.Upon removing cylinder head found a broken valve had put a hole in the piston.The rebuilt cylinder head was put on 9000 miles ago.The engine was full of oil and coolant.Just wonde... |
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| 1994 Toyota Camry LE 2.2L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 4T1SK12W4R Good morning everyone, This one came in two weeks ago with an intermittent stalling complaint and a code 12 (distributor signal issue). It was long over due for maintenance and the connector at the distributor was cracked. We performed the maintenance (major ... |
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| 1997 Toyota Corolla 1.6L MIL Lamp on I got this 97 corolla with the check engine light on and 2 codes stored one for egr and one for O2 sensor. So i figured I would replace the O2 and hope for the best since I figured the oxygen sensor reports a change when the EGR is open maybe I could kill two ... Trouble codes: P0133, P0401 |
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| 1998 Toyota 4Runner Limited 3.4L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JT3GN87RXW This is my first post. I sure hope you humans can help us. When driving this truck, the MIL will flash for about 15 seconds at a time & put misfire codes in pending. After truck is shut off, then restarted and driven a second trip, the MIL will finally come on... Trouble codes: P0300 (random misfire), P0302 (cyl. 2 misfire), P0305 (cyl. 5 misfire) |
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| 1998 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BG22KOW Pulled a 98 Camry in the shop today with a P0505 idle malfunction. The engine always idles high (around 1100 rpm)but when I hook up my Genisys to it I can only make it go down to 950 rpm. If I unplug the connector at the iac and run B+ and ground to the iscc t... Trouble codes: P0505 (idle control system malfunction) |
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| 2000 Toyota 4Runner Limited 3.4L MIL Lamp on this 4runner just lacks power. po171 present. the long term fuel trim is at 39 in freeze frame. no vac leaks, fuel pressure is ok. I'm going to look at the mass air flow sensor real carefully tomorrow. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Trouble codes: P0171 |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1998 Acura Integra RS 1.8L Left Front Window sorry have not got car back to work on owner has been out of town with car. thanks for the help. Brian |
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| 1989 Honda Accord LX 2.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: JHMCA5631K Hey guys Got this one fixed. Thanks to everyone who replied. I got 7 excellent replies. I checked the ground on the t-stat housing and only had a 0.01 voltage drop so that was not the problem. I decided to look deaper into the IAT sensor in the aircleaner hous... |
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| 1993 Honda Civic DX 1.5L No Start VIN: 1HGEG8644P The main relay was bad but the ECM was also bad. After replacing the ECM, the vehicle runs fine. The old ECM was burnt to a crisp. All replies were very helpful especially Alex. |
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| 1996 Honda Passport EX 3.2L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 4S6CM58V7T Thanks to all who replied. The customer demanded the vehicle before I was able to implement the suggestions; however, I am very confident that two of them would have fixed the vehicle. The Oxygen Sensor wiring harness is constructed with long leads that allow ... |
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| 1989 Mazda 323 1.6L no upshift when cold VIN: JM1BF232XK Well the car has been gone for 3 weeks now with no complaints from the customer. I drove the car several mornings when cold and it shifted fine. The pressure regulator valve was definitely the culprit and cleaning it up seemed to do the trick (at least to the ... |
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| 1989 Mazda 626 DX 2.2L reverse VIN: JM1GD2227K This problem was simply a assembly error. The 3 clutch packs(coast, forward, reverse) have a dished plate that if installed incorrectly will cause a binding or forward motion in reverse. The ATSG Bulletin is 90-50, which illustrates the correct stacking of the... |
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| 1993 Mazda RX-7 1.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JMIFD3311P Thanks for the input. What we found was when the motor was rebuilt, it was also ported. What we learned was that porting on a rotary motor is like installing bigger cams on an otto motor, Less vacuum signal due to overlap. We installed a programmable ECU and w... |
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| 1993 Mazda MX-3 1.8L Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1EC4349P My code 16 was for the 'egr' - Thank you to evryone who replied! We replaced the 'egr' and the code is gone. The second part of my question was for intermittent stalling. We replaced the distributor (from dealer) and I was dragging my feet closing this request... Trouble codes: 16 (Not Found). |
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| 1993 Nissan Pathfinder SE 3.0L Transmission Thanks guys, finally with your help and after changing 3 trannys and 3 used converters we found out that the splines in all 3 converters were worn out and were not meshing with the input shaft so there was no action inside the tranny. Thanks again. Pat |
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| 1993 Toyota Land Cruiser 4.5L Hesitation, Stall VIN: JT3DJ81W2P I received a lot of helpful information of areas to check - TPS, EGR, Secondary Ignition, Fuel FIlter, Fuel Quality, O2, and harness near EGR. None of them panned out. The Landcruiser died when I was running some tests - no spark at all. I traced it down to th... |
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| 2001 Toyota Solara SLE 3.0L caliper lock-up VIN: 2T1CF22P31 Thank You to all who replied. The problem was what so many of you had suggested, rust build-up between the booster & master cyl. causing the rod to stick sometimes. We replaced the booster & master and the problem went away. Thanks again! |
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