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1990 Nissan 300ZX Turbo 3.0L shift interlock VIN: JN1CZ24A7L
hi, the problem is the shift interlock wont release. the bypass switch on the front of the shift lever] works ok. car sat outside all winter not being run . i cant find any info in mitchell on-demand or a service manual that the customer dropped off. i dont kn...
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1996 Nissan Maxima SE 3.0L obdii moniters VIN: JN1CA21DOT
Hi This Maxima won't run the EGR,Cat,O2 moniters. It had a po325 so I replaced the knock sensor. I tried the revised drive cycle as per Alldata but no luck. Anyone know what would prevent these three from runing? I read that the O2 could prevent them but the... Trouble codes: P0325
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1996 Nissan Pickup 2.4L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JN6NDO6Y6G
THIS VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS RAN GREAT, IT RUNS GREAT WARM. IN INITIAL WARMUP, IT WILL START FINE THEN OVER FUEL UNTIL IT STARTS TO ACCUALLY WARM COOLANT. POSSIBLY 30 SECS TO 1.5 MINUTES. AFTER IT WARMS UP IT SMOOTHS OUT, NO BLACK SMOKE. iTS STUMPING US. THANKS FOR...
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2000 Acura Integra LS 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: JH4DC4350Y
well we got the car back a weel later to try some of the ideas from the emails. thanks to Dave [...] who said he found a tsb about a soft wear problem with the ecu when clearing codes. we removed the ecu for about 5 minutes and road test the car and the miss f... Trouble codes: P0304, P00, 132 (high o2 readings), 1457 (evap control cansister).
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1992 Honda Accord DX 2.2L Unknown VIN: 1HGCB7649N
The problem turn out to be the radis arm bushing were weak. Don't know if it was from the accident or from changing the front crossmember. Thank you for all your help.
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1998 Isuzu Trooper S 3.5L trans fill procedure VIN: JACDJ58X5W
Hello and thanks to Ian,Peter,Tommy,Harold and Brian that responded to my help request. well it is a simple and messy procedure here it is to check oil level: 1. Park vehicle on level ground and apply brakes check fluid level with engine running if oil does ...
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1999 Isuzu N NQR 4.8L Exhaust Brake VIN: JALE4B14XX
Thank you Luis, Joe, and Mike for the replys. Luis sent diagrams that helped me understand there is an ECM output for the exhaust brake. Since I have no Tech 2 scan tool I had to say 'Uncle' on this one and send it to the dealer. Thank you for your time.
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1994 Lexus ES300 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT8GK13T9R
Thanks to all for the help. I got several replies relating to the black/yellow ground wire at the tps. Unfortunately the customer has not returned the car for diagnostics. I will post a fix if he returns and I fix it. Trouble codes: P0120.
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1992 Nissan Sentra SE 1.6L No Start, no spark on cranking VIN: 3N1PB21S5N
Thanks to everyone who replied. The problem was based on the fuel pump not being energized. The car was towed in from another shop with a no spark problem. When i checked for injection pulse, there was none, I checked the fuel pressure and none. Get fuel press...
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1996 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JN1CA21D2T
i believe it will be a wiring problem as pointed out in my replies but, still waiting for the car to return, thanks to everyone who replied Trouble codes: P0135 (b1s1 heater circuit out of normal range).
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1999 Subaru Legacy L 2.2L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 4S3BK4255X
Thanks to all who replied. I scanned the MAF like suggested and it was at 8 grams at idle. We cleaned it and it dropped to 3-4 grams and the rich running went away and the 'power' came back. Thanks again for taking your time out to help us. Kevin
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1999 Subaru Forester L 2.5L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: JF1SF6355X
The problem turned out to be a bad mass air flow sensor just like Dan from Oregon and Joe from Virgina wrote. I did also learn where to find normal scan-data values on alldata which did give the spec that Dan gave me of 3.5 grams per second.It was all right th... Trouble codes: P0301 (missfire 1), P0302 (missfire 2), P0304 ([...]).
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