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| 1989 Audi 80 2.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: WAUEB0892K Hello, when car is warm, idles fine and then suddenly begins to lope badly because the ecu quits operating the IaC motor. If you shut the key off and immediately restart, it idles fine for about 60 seconds or so and then, for no apparent reason, the IAC motor ... |
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| 2000 BMW 323i 2.5L Electronic VIN: WBAFB33551 hi tech i have a .a/c promblem the front blomer is not blowing only the back one is blowing . can you help me out with this car |
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| 1982 Jaguar XJ6 4.2L Stall VIN: SAJAV1344C i have installed a cold start injector & a thermal time switch takes to long to start sometimes when cold & sometimes starts after only 20 seconds of cranking. sometimes after stopping it will start & stall & take 10 minutes to finally get it going it just see... |
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| 1995 Jaguar XJ12 6.0L LF window. both side mirrors, lf seat VIN: SAJMX1346S With the replacement of the switch pack failing to effect the repair, I resorted to a diagram in AllData which shows a body control module in the circuit, but we are unable to come up with the module location as we are having trouble with navigating their web ... |
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| 1997 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L idle seems to hang VIN: SAJHN1748T Hi guys I am not a jag tech ,but the boss has bought this for his own use.what happens is under light accel if he lets off the accelerator the idle seems to hang up. the throttle only hangs up when the car is running. I cannot get it to stick when the car is s... |
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| 2000 Jaguar XJ8 4.0L Accessories VIN: SAJDA14C3Y Hi group. This one has me puzzled. Vehicle came in because tilt\telescopic steering wheel did not work. Found out that also the power mirrors and interior lights did not work (glove box, trunk and interior dome lights). The memory function for the mirrors, sea... |
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| 1994 Land Rover Discovery 3.9L transfer case VIN: SALJY1241R This Land Rover Discovery has developed a "Clunk" that seems to be coming fron the transfer case. It occurs when making a hard turn, particularly when making a u-turn. It sounds and feels like the same kind of problem when a positraction differential clutch is... |
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| 1987 Mercedes-Benz 300E 3.0L start but no run VIN: 1016059041 no fuel at injectors. fuel dist is working on imput but not output |
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| 2000 Saab 9-3 2.0L Vacuum Booster VIN: YS3DD78H8Y Hello all - This car came in with a 'check-engine' light, had fuel mixture and cylinder misfire codes. We found the plastic tube from the intake manifold to the brake vacuum booster broken, causing a big vacuum leak. This plastic vacuum pipe is actually a thre... |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWSP69M52 Need help with unknown code #17057 and/or generic #673. Freeze frame on 17057, was vehicle stopped, engine at idle, and warm. Also ECT code has reset, but has fairly new ECT sensor. Our Snap-On scanner cartridge is only good through 01. Had to fool it to read ... Trouble codes: 17057 (Unknown), 16502 (ECT out of range) |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 2000 BMW 528i 2.8L Stall VIN: WBADM634XY thanks to all who replied, Finally after checking through every hole we found a crack in the airboot going to the manifold at the 'T' which connects to the idle stabilizer, right inside the bellow. this crack can not be seen from the top or button you have t... |
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| 1990 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign 4.0L combined Pressure Switch VIN: SAJHY1742L My boss bought a switch locally and we installed it. All is good now. We checked other places that were suggested to us and the weren't any chaper than $550. Thanks for the help guys. -Rob |
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| 1995 Jaguar XJ12 6.0L Cooling Systems VIN: SAJMX1346S The head gasket replacement has been completed, and, after a suitable replacement radiator is installed (the original was found to have a damaged left upper hose outlet when the system was filled), it will go for a smog test and be delivered. |
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| 1995 Jaguar XJ12 6.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: SAJMX1346S No one replied with the schematic, but I was able to get another car to compare to, and I had it right. The miss was traced to a not quite seated fuel injector plug on #5A. The wiring arrangement is as follows: The front 6-pack coil serves 'B' bank. The right ... |
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| 1996 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.6L eas ride control VIN: SALPV1440T Hi everyone: From all 10 replies the concensus was to leave it for the dealer. The system is proprietary and unless you have the sofware there is no way to fix the problem. If the system detects a fault it shuts down completely. Faults have to be retrieved, pr... |
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| 1994 Mercedes-Benz C280 2.8L Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBHA28EAR robert form penn. hit it right on the head he suggested the overvoltage protection relay. Thanks for everybodys input on this problem. The relay fixed the problem Trouble codes: 35 (p0505-), P0505 (224 -), 224. |
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| 1997 Mercedes-Benz E420 4.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBJF72F8V I would like to thank all the techs who responded, almost all suggested wiring problems, but I could not find any problems there. After fixing the exhaust leak the fuel trim was slowly coming back to normal values, after turning off light 2 times cust. took ca... Trouble codes: P0133, P0140, P0115. |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz SLK230 Kompressor 2.3L whinning VIN: WBDKK47F5X Hello all i,m sorry for the delay it took me a week to get all parts it was the planetarry gears and bearings there is an updated version available at the mb dealer.thank to all. |
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| 2000 Mercedes-Benz ML430 4.3L Stall VIN: 4JGAB72EXY A new BAS/ESP unit fixed this car for the strange lights coming on & speedo stopping. A slight misfire also came about. #2 spark plug wire was open. No more codes also!!! Thanks for the input! |
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| 1999 Porsche Boxster 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: WP0CA2989X Turned out to be a very simple problem. A new gas cap solved the problem. When I first checked for the problem and pressure tested the gas tank, there was no problem and holding pressure. But OBD tests the tank under vacuum and there the cap was leaking. WITH ... Trouble codes: P0445 (Tank ventilation system major leak). |
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| 1999 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.4L cases? It turns out these engines do have casting problems.The fix is to replace the engine with a Porsche reman. unit.The reman. engine comes complete including Alt.,water pump, P.S pump,pulleys.fuel rail and injectors,intake, plugs and coils, exhaust manifolds,harn... |
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| 1990 Saab 9000 CD 2.0L abs VIN: YS3CL48L7L This car was fixed by replacing the accumulator. To verify this was the problem I took the car to a hill and shut off the engine. I then applied the brakes consecutively and counted the number of times I could apply them before it ran out of boost as felt by a... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWSA29M4X customer declined any more work at this time and i am also going on vacation so will continue at a later date Trouble codes: 17990 (idle adapt at limit). |
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| 1996 Volvo 850 GLT 2.4L Hesitation, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1LS5541T Thanks to all that replied. An OE Volvo MAF fixed the problem. The Bosch unit my aftermarket supplier gave me (twice !)did not match the OE Bosch part number. Just goes to show you, OE is usually the best. Trouble codes: P0103. |
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| 1999 Volvo S80 T6 2.8L abs and stc light on VIN: D1X10V8636 thank you to all that replied, we replaced the ecu, took care of the abs and stc light. sorry that it took so long to reply. |
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