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Open Help Requests for Asian
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| 1996 Acura RL 3.5L No Start VIN: JH4KA9640T To all valued techs.this Acura cranks but no start ,no IG coil pulse or injector pulse.it has power at injectors and coils( 12.4v) also mil light is on at keyup but no codes .there is no IG pulse from igniter to coils or from pcm to igniter. It has a new ckp/c... |
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| 1985 Honda Civic CRX Si 1.5L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: JHMAF5333F Customer drove car in, heat guage maxed out, fan not running, was so hot, front timing cover melted. shut off and found when pressure testing (after cooled off) with coolant massive leakage at head gasket. As engine was obviously baked, we didn't even consider... |
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| 1988 Honda Civic DX 1.5L No Start VIN: 1HGED3546J greetings. this Civic occassionally won't restart after hot soak. spark is present, but no fuel system operation - no pump operation or injector pulse. code 16 is present, but since vehicle will restart after cooling off for several minutes, Honda says it's in... Trouble codes: 16 (fuel system) |
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| 1990 Honda Accord LX 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1HGCB7658L This Accord has a dead miss in cylinder #3 after it warms up. As it is warming up on fast idle, engine speed hunts rhythmically as speed exceeds high limit and computer turns off injectors then rises again and again... The miss is still there with EGR blocked ... |
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| 1998 Isuzu Trooper S 3.5L trans fill procedure VIN: JACDJ58X5W Hello to all and thank you in advance can somebody plese tell my wath is the transmission fill procedure on this troopers. i looked all over the trans for a fill hole with no luck any help will be appreciated thank you |
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| 1997 Mazda Protege ES 1.8L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: JM1BC1426V The problem with this vehicle is intermittent and only acts up while driving. I test drove it and found that the engine would cut out completely - fall on it's face, but would not stall. The power would come back and then cut out again. As soon as the engine r... |
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| 1997 Mitsubishi Montero Sport LS 3.0L brake pedal VIN: JA4LS31P9V Hi group. This vehicle has had a low spongy pedal for many months and had this problem since the customer bought it. The pedal is low and spongy while the engine is idling but does not sink to the floor as it would on a defective master cylinder. I replaced th... |
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| 1996 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: JN1CA21D6T see related repair history BELOW for more information. after replacing the cam sensor with an after market sensor the code comes back but intermittently , sometimes this vehicle seems not to have good ignition switch upon initial start up. the code does not co... Trouble codes: P0340 (camshaft position sensor phase curcuit) |
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| 1997 Nissan Sentra GXE 1.6L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 3N1AB41D9V the vehicle has very little spark- close to none and weve put a new distributor in it. there is power to the coil. while cranking it drops to 10v. we are checking spark at the dist. cap (thinking there was bad plug wires) and the cap and rotor were replaced be... |
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| 2000 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JN1CA31D2Y Hi This engine is running lean, has normal fuel pressure. Thought we located an intake leak with propane so we replaced upper and lower intake gaskets. this did not solve the problem. We cannot find anymore leaks, yet it continues to run lean and it pings. the... Trouble codes: P0171 (System lean) |
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| 2002 Nissan Altima S 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1N4AL11E02 Computer is setting code P0507; IAC to high. We checked for vacume leaks and could not verify any. We performed an idle learn process per other tech line. If we clear the code and go on a road test it will set a pending code by the time we get back to the shop... Trouble codes: P0507 (IAC To High) |
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| 1990 Subaru Legacy L 2.2L cooling VIN: 4S4BJ63CXL customer brought vehicle in for over heating and thermostat replacement. we put vehicle on lift to access thermostat housing. the housing was barely attached customer tried to rig it up. customer said car ran hot. we don't know how hot he let it get. we replac... |
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| 2001 Toyota Tundra SR5 4.7L MIL Lamp on, throttle in limp in VIN: 5TBBT44141 We have tested the throttle motor and clutch on the bench and they work ok. The wiring is ok between the computer and the throttle motor. We have tried another comuter to no avail. We have connected an ocilloscope between the cl+ & cl- pins of the computer an ... Trouble codes: P1126 |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1989 Honda Accord LX 2.0L turn / hazards VIN: JHMCA5533K Thanks for all the input , The problem ended up being whoever put the last multi-switch in it did not push the plug-in in straight, bending one of the term. off to one side, in a place not very visible with out taking the dash panel off to see it!, bent the ma... |
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| 1990 Honda Accord LX 2.2L transmission VIN: 1HGCB7655L I checked the trouble codes when the sports light was flashing. It showed a bad VSS (vehicle speed sensor). Replaced the sensor with one from Honda. So far no problem, customer happy. Thanks for the help to all who replied. |
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| 1997 Kia Sportage 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: KNDJB7232V Thanks for the greaat help to all that helped.\ I found the Main problem this afternoon. The dealer sold us the wrong Intake Gasket at the Thottle Body and the Tech didn't see the diffence between the old gasket that had fell apart. Had a vacuum leak at the lo... Trouble codes: P0300. |
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| 1993 Lexus SC400 4.0L Excessive Emissions, MIL Lamp on, missing R O2 signal VIN: JT8UZ30C9N Thanks to David [...] (Iowa)for taking the time to reply! Jim you got it! I was testing the wrong O2 sensor! There was a dead sensor, the right pre cat sensor, which I knew, and MY PERCEPTION of what I found in Alldata, had me access ... Trouble codes: 25 (B1S1 O2 signal lean). |
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| 2000 Nissan Sentra GXE 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3N1CB51D0Y Thanks for the quick and accurate response. Code P1140 is for the intake valve timing sensor. We were told to pull it out and check for debris around it and to check the resistance. It should read 600-740 ohms. Ours was closer to infinity. we were also told th... Trouble codes: P1140 (undocumented code). |
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| 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX 2.0L pressure plate VIN: JF1GD29692 we actually dont know what fixed it we let the vehicle sit for the day and when we came back to it we put it in reverse first we think as on response the release bearing may have been bound or we had too many air bubbles in the clutch system. |
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| 2000 Suzuki Grand Vitara JLX 2.5L engine VIN: JS3TD62V3Y Generally I'm hearing that the timing chain tensioner assy is common problem on these. Also heard that chain sprocket pin has tendency to shear off, as has happened here. Sprocket was walking around, hence the noise. Cust has chosen to replace complete motor a... |
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| 1992 Toyota Camry XLE 3.0L actuator/Ecu VIN: 4T1VK13E4N Thanks to all who replied. The fix ended up being an open In the wire from CC ECU terminal #10 to actuator terminal #5. By fault of the stop light switch. All circuit tests that michell provided for the switch passed, however! when i checked for continuity bet... |
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| 1995 Toyota Camry DX 2.2L Oil pressure VIN: 4T1SK11E8S Well first of all pulled off the valve cover and very dry upstairs...little or almost no oil getting here! Pulled off oil pan next and pick up screen OK...no blockage. Pulled off 2 main bearing caps and plastigauged them. Clearance max was .003'. These measure... |
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| 1998 Toyota 4Runner 2.7L rear drum brakes VIN: JT3GM84R12 Thanks to Robert,Ed,James,Marty and esp.Jay [...](Bendix answerman)I believe this truck is fixed.I replaced the linings w/Bendix new(not relined)shoes and the problem has not recurred.According to Jay they are designed to avoid water soak problems and so far... |
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| 1998 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BG22KOW Well ,this thing is outta here. I received many helpful replies and I am very grateful,YOU GUYS ROCK. I replaced the iac after much cleaning and testing but it didn't fix it. So I went back to basics and this time I used my dso instead of my multimeter and saw... Trouble codes: P0505 (idle control system malfunction). |
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