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| 1992 BMW 325i 2.5L System VIN: WBACB3319N The customer returned with the car overheating. This time, it was easy to confirm the overheating condition. We bled the air from the system and drove it. It overheated within a few blocks. We tested for head gasket failure several times, but it was fine. We l... |
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| 1994 BMW 525i 2.5L No Start VIN: WBACB432RF Hello, This vehicle cranks but does not start. There is no injector pulse or spark. The code indicates a possible problem with the immobilizer, but it does crank. The display in the console is flashing "code" also. We tried 2 different keys, but it still does ... Trouble codes: 66 (Signal Burglar Alarm dwa) |
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| 1998 BMW 740iL 4.4L heater VIN: WBAGJ8323W To The BMW Techs. We have this car on our shop. customer compleint ,the heater on driver side hot & pass side cool. We replaced heater valve as per dealer suggested but we still have same problem.There is no information on Alldata system Or Mitchel. Signal to ... |
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| 1978 Jaguar XJ6 L 4.2L Blower motor VIN: UJ2T709510 Blower motor only works when the fan switch is on defrost position only. It will not work in low auto or high. Tried replacing fan relay, cked fuses, ok. If you drive car long enough sometimes the system will work by itself. Any help or input will help. Thank ... |
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| 1989 Jaguar Vanden Plas 3.6L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: SAJKY154XK This car surges mainly at idle when first started cold. It gets better when warmed up. The RPM will surge from about 900 to 2000 rpm when put in gear and also on a decel. The customer said that he replaced the idle air control valve with no change. The supplem... |
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| 1990 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire VIN: SAJFY1741L Im at my wits end with this cat...this started out as a poor running condition several weeks ago when we were having some rain. BTW this is one of our cars not a customer car. The ignition wires looked suspect and were the original wires. The weather dried out... |
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| 1992 Land Rover Range Rover 3.9L Alternator & tachometer VIN: SALHV1248N Vehicle came back in with similar problem-alt. light glowing at times and battery not being recharged. Also this time the tachometer would not work when the alt light was glowing. Retested system and found that it was charging ok but the tach signal was low (a... |
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| 1999 Land Rover Discovery Series II 4.0L abs traction con VIN: SALTY1240X Car came in with abs transion control and down hill decent light on We have scanner check all codes, scanner is capable of. No codes stored even in abs and abs light is on??? does anyone know of any common problems causing these sympthoms. |
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| 1988 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 3.0L starter noise VIN: WDBCA25D4J when starting there is a noise like the starter is sticking the starter is not the problem we took one from another car ,also the ignition switch and lockout switch are ok any idea,s thanks |
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| 1994 Mercedes-Benz S420 4.2L No Start, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: WDGBA43E7S A little bit of help on this one would be greatly appreciated. This vehicle intermittently will start missing then shut down and go into a cranks won't start mode. After sitting a short while it will restart and run normally until the next episode. When it is ... |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK320 3.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBLJ65G7X Mercedes Techs, found bad canister purge valve & replaced it. then found bad canister shutoff valve, replaced it & code p0443 did not come back but p0450 sets faster now than it did before. I looked in "fix data base" but could not find anything on code p0450.... Trouble codes: P0443, P0450 |
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| 2000 Mercedes-Benz ML320 3.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDC1631541 Howdy all; I have had this same problem on another ml320 and did a simular repair and it came back twice in about 200 miles with the same codes just like this one. Alldata is so vauge on repair info for MB. I even pulled the valve covers to check the crankcase... Trouble codes: 371 (fuel syst at rich limit b1), 374 (fuel syst at rich limit b2) |
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| 1997 Porsche Boxster 2.5L Alarm System VIN: WPOCA2983V Good evening group... I need a little help on this one. I had a 1997 Boxster show up on my lot today. The customer is in transit and we are about 100+ miles from the closest dealer. The customer left the top down during a rain storm and allowed a large amoun... |
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| 1984 Volvo 244 DL 2.3L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: YV1AX8841E After reviewing the archieves I thought I'd better post this before ordering a MAF. Car will barely run but when it does, it spits and sputters and backfires out the MAF. Runs well with the sensor disconnected, except for a surge at idle and slightly less than... |
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| 1989 Volvo 244 DL 2.3L No Start VIN: YV1AX8840K Car came in on the hook. No Start. I have good fuel pressure, injector pulse, & spark. When I ground a plug car acts like it is going to start. I cleaned the plugs and it almost Fired up. Plugs Were fuel soaked & black. Trouble codes: 113 (232 -), 232 |
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| 1990 Volvo 740 2.3L No Start VIN: YV1F8754L2 The car came into us for the first time with a cold start problem. The owner states that if you take a hair dryer to the engine for a half an hour, then the car will start. I have not tested this yet. All the ignition components check out fine, all plugs are g... |
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| 2004 Volvo S60 2.5T 2.5L power windows, door locks, sun roof , dome lights VIN: YV1RS59V94 When i first got the car the cluster,power windows, door locks, seats, and dome lights didn't work. I pulled the carpet and seats to dry them out. I replaced the driver seat ecm and switches for both seats and got them to work. I checked every thing i could wi... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1990 BMW 735i 3.5L No Start VIN: WBAGB4311L Seven very good replieson this one.Many answered my questions about cylinder ID sensor but I still dont know if I can scope it or what I should see? I have to assume its bad at this point. The no start on this was caused by a theft system. The battery had gone... |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz E300 3.0L MIL Lamp on, code 1470 VIN: WDBJF25H8X Hi All, After much testing, it was determined that the turbo was bad. Replaced the turbo and it runs like a champ. Thanks for the replies. Brian Trouble codes: 1470 (Charge pressure control erratic). |
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| 2000 Mercedes-Benz ML320 3.2L ignition sistem VIN: WDC1631541 thanks at all iatn technicans the ml 320 have new life in this car the problem are the air mass meter but the ovner run whith this problem many time (2 YEARS) AND The exauhst sistem in one bank are clogedd whith carbon the catalyst are fully closed i put new e... |
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