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Open Help Requests for European
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| 1988 BMW M5 3.5L No Start VIN: WBSDC9302J the car came back into the shop on 03/09/2004 due to burrning smell coming from the motoronic control unit. And dieing, running rough, etc. Tested the charging system which apears to be charging normal. Retested the control unit's wiring harness to find no sho... |
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| 1999 BMW 740i 4.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAGF8327W This vehicle failed state inspection due to MIL Light on. Vehicle does not have any performance related problems and runs well. DTC #P1622, is a code which is not explained in detail. I would appreciate if anyone has any input concerning this code and descript... Trouble codes: P1622 (Manufacture error controlled computer and auxuliary outputs) |
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| 1999 BMW 328i 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAAM5331X Hello, I used a baum CS2000 scan tool and it gave me a tank leakage detected code (P1477) the problem has to do with the leak diagnosis pump, or the leak diagnosis pump module. I was wondering if there were any BMW techs out there with a test procedure for th... Trouble codes: P1477 |
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| 1996 Volkswagen Jetta GLX 2.8L Vacuum hose routing VIN: 3VWTD81HXT Hi All!! This Jetta came in with some of the vacuum lines cut by the electric cooling fan. The lines are for the electric air pump vacuum control solenoid and diverter valve. My question is as follows: Alldata shows a vacuum supply hose coming from the intake ... |
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| 1996 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L No Start VIN: 3VWWA81H3T Help! Thank you for taking the time to read this. I have been working on this car most of the afternoon and am about at my wits end. Here is what I do know. The customer said she drove it about 60 miles and shut it off and the next day went to drive it and it ... Trouble codes: P0341 (cam sensor) |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Passat GLX 2.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWPD63B7X Car was orginally brought in for an oil leak. Last oil change was 25,000 overdue. Replaced timing belt, waterpump, cam seals, tensioner gaskets, belt tensioner, idlers, changed oil, and added oil additive. Noted driver bank CHAIN tensioner sticky compared to p... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1992 BMW 735iL 3.5L motor VIN: WBAGC4311N This car is finally fixed,under some strange circumstances. Most replies suggested water pump, thermostat, or degassing line.The problem seemed to be caused by an air pocket, although we had bleed the system through the bleeder, by removing the temp sender, an... |
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| 1994 BMW 525i 2.5L No Start VIN: WBACB432RF Hello, Thanks to the 3 gentleman that offered advice. We took the path of least resistance, which was to disconnect the battery for a short time, then reconnect it and wait for the time out clock on thecenter console to run down. It started after we did that a... Trouble codes: 66 (Signal Burglar Alarm dwa). |
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| 1996 Land Rover Discovery SD 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on, Hard Start VIN: SALJY1247T Hi Techs, Thanks for all the good information. It is just as we thought, this is like a fuel trim reading. The suggestions included MAF sensor, vacuum leaks, leaking injectors, and leaking fuel pressure regulator. Unfortunately, we have not had the chance to... Trouble codes: 1177 (Maximum Negative FMFR Correction Fault). |
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| 1975 Mercedes-Benz 240D 2.3L No Start VIN: 1151170567 this repair is not complete. but i recieved all the info i asked for. injectors break at 1560-1650 psi. pump timing is 24 degress before tdc. the throttle plate creates vaccum to operate a diaphram in the pump to lean an enrichen the mixture. it had 3 bad inje... |
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| 1986 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 2.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: WDBDA24D4G Special thanks to Dan the German Man and Steve [...]. It was a bad wire connection at the coolant temp sensor. The coolant temp sensor is one of the main inputs that controls the current to the eha. The sensor tested good but the wire connection was poor.... |
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| 1990 Mercedes-Benz 300SE 3.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: WDBCA24D3L this vehicle is fixed, after I received 7 great replies (4 of them were right on the money). Steve [...] explained in detail what he calls 'prepare for idle condition'. the voltage from the airflow meter potentiometer must be below .7v & the throttle swit... |
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| 1984 Other European Mondial Cab 3.0L No Start VIN: Z2435YGEGE This crusty mondial is fixed, special thanks to Brian who suggested to check for a bad connection. This car only has 20k on it and I went to the connectors at the crank sensors and at the spark units and sprayed them with a cleaner and POOF, the thing started ... |
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| 1997 Porsche Boxster 2.5L Alarm System VIN: WPOCA2983V Well, it appears the only fix for this is the dealer. I was able to dry the old one out enough to make it run, but nothing else this unit controls work. The customer will pick it up and take it to the dealer for coding. Even if we did have the Porsche scan too... |
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| 1990 Saab 900 Turbo 2.0L ignition, key tumbler VIN: YS3AL75L6L Basically I was told to take a six sided 11mm or 7/16 socket and cut down every other wall. This worked like a charm. Now I have the Saab special tool no [...]. Thanks one and all. Mark |
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| 1996 Saab 900 SE Turbo 2.0L timing chain VIN: YS3DF55N9T I did some more investigating on noise, it definitely is behind the timing cover. Cannot determine if balance chain or timing chain, but will be doing both regardless. Only waiting for customer to make up mind on repairing or selling. Will post again when vehi... |
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| 1998 Volvo V70 X/C AWD 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1LZ5644W Thanks to everyone who replied,the fix was theair injection valve, or antibackfire valve as worldpac calls it. Chris correctly pointed out that the air pump does not run until the vehicle is going 10 mph.Everyone mentioned the valve, and since all other compon... Trouble codes: P0410. |
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