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	Help Request	Answers
	1996 Audi A6 2.8L engine VIN: WAUGA84A5T Hey Techs, This customer comes in for regular oil changes every 5000 km. He justs uses reg 10w-30 castrol oil. About a month after his last oil change he came back concerned about 2 things. His engine is starting to make some ticking noises and his oil temp g...	View
	2001 Audi A4 1.8L alarm/teft system VIN: WAUDC68D41 Hi Audi techs! This A4 will not indicate alarm system arming by blinking red diodes, hazard lights and sounding alarm horn. At disarming, using remote transmitters, hazard light will be activated. Both components red diodes and alarm horn is working when comma...	View
	1990 BMW 735iL 3.5L No Flow VIN: WBAGC4316L Just curious if anyone has any suggestions. The only thing that bothers me is that at the water pump, the pump impeller is flush with the gasket surface, but on the engine, there is a cavity that is about a 20mm below the gasket surface. In my mind the impelle...	View
	1993 Jaguar XJS 4.0L fuel guage VIN: SAJNW4745P tried my local dealer for help, none. So I realized I needed "professional" Help. I need to know if anyone has had this experience or knows if there is a module of some sort in the circut? The wiring changes from green/brn to solid green at the sender so I sus...	View
	2000 Land Rover Range Rover SE 4.0L left side signal lights stay on all the time. VIN: SALPF1549Y This vehicle is just out of warranty and the dealer will not do repairs. The left side signal lights stay on all the time. You have to unplug them to shut them off. We do not work on these vehicles, however it belongs to a very good customer of ours. We have t...	View
	1984 Mercedes-Benz 380SL 3.8L starter VIN: WDBBA45A1D I drove this car into the shop to replace the trans.with a benz rebuilt. Everything works great but the starter will make a bad noise when starting, sounds like the bendix is set to tight to the flywheel. I double checked the shim location and thicknes. this i...	View
	1986 Mercedes-Benz 300SDL 3.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: WDBCB25D3G Hello group, I could use some help on this unit. This vehicle (300sdl 6 cylinder, not 5 cylinder as indicated above) has a idle problem and I have not been able to "lay my hand onto the problem. Vehicle came in this afternoon from another shop with the compl...	View
	1997 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: WPOCA2991V Vehicle appears to run very well. Oxygen sensors are very responsive to creating a vacuum leak as well as to adding propane. Not sure where to go next. It appears that it will be very difficult to test the fuel pressure, but i think that may be my next step. Trouble codes: P1126 (O2 Sensor adaptation range 1 enrichment limit cyl 4-6), P1124 (O2 Sensor adaptation range 1 enrichment limit cyl 1-3), P1123 (Fuel/Air mixture is so rich that the control is up to the lean limit)	View
	1999 Volkswagen Beetle GL 1.8L Speedometer VIN: 3VWCC21C5X Noted no waveform output from the speedo sensor. Is this vehicle noted for internal transaxle problems leading to this failure/fault? Or is this a problem with speedo sensor itself? The dealer informed client that they needed to remove and rebuild the diff and...	View
	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...	View
	2001 Volkswagen Beetle GLX 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWDC21C81 A used car lot brought in this car with the MIL on and the EPC light comming on intermittently. I pulled the throttle ass. and clean it as I do with many of the Volvos. Re set the codes and the car was fine for a week. Now its back, same problem. My local deal... Trouble codes: 17579 (angle sensor 1 throttle motor), 17950 (angle sensor 2 throttle motor)	View
	1992 Volvo 940 GL 2.3L No Start hello volvo techs, I am working on no start vehicle, I found no fuel, car need a fuel pump, the fuel system has only one fuel pump in the tank, I took the sending unit of the tank, my problem come now, the wires for fuel pump are soldered with this in line coi...	View

Fixes & Summaries for European

	Fix/Summary	Answers
	1997 Audi A4 1.8L seal VIN: WAUCB88DXV Received 4 replies on this one. Both Jack [...])sent the proper part # 018-409-399B for just the seal and an O-ring part # 01V-409-133B for behind it. Ordered parts from dealer(less than $...	4
	1979 BMW 733i 3.2L Poor Idle Quality, Stall most of the replies that i recieved suggested a problem with the engine control unit.not having a way to test it, i verified that first it was the correct one for the car, that was where i stopped,the control module was not correct for the fuel injection syste...	3
	1999 BMW 740iL 4.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAGH8337X Thanks for all the replies on this. In the end we ran a new heavy duty fuse to the air pump relay up under the hood after finding the contacts on the original fuse burnt. I've been waiting to see if the car came back but it seems to have stayed fixed. We w...	10
	1988 Lancia Integrale 8v 2000CC Hesitation, Surge VIN: ZLA831AB00 Repaired wiring harness to engine control unit & replaced overboost switch	4
	1992 Land Rover Range Rover 3.9L Alternator & tachometer VIN: SALHV1248N The fix for this vehicle was to use an new alternator from Rover. Apparently, no one is able to rebuild these units sucessfully. I went through 2 Bosch rebuilds and each had its own problems. The parts supplier said to use OEM. John [...] gave us a lead to ...	6
	1998 Land Rover Discovery LE 4.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: SALJY12U7W Sorry for the long delay on the fix. After lots of testing, and a couple people suggesting to inspect the PCM for water damage my technician found that there was indeed water from the washer reservoir in the electrical connector. The problem was there are thre... Trouble codes: P0301 (Misfire Cyl 1), P0306 (Misfire Cyl 2), P1316 (Catalyst damaging event), P1313 (Catalyst damaging excessive emissions).	7
	1988 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 3.0L starter noise VIN: WDBCA25D4J Upon long inspection and checking and testing. We replaced the starter with a known good starter from another vehicle. With no luck that wasen't the cure. We ended up removing the transmission and checking the runout on the flywheel. (per a transmission shop) ...	5
	1993 Peugeot 306 XTdi 1.9L Starting VIN: VF37AD8A23 One reply from Derek who said look for a square button on the side of the steering column. Switch on ignition and press button within 5 sec. This did the trick everything up and running thanks to IATN Iain	2
	1995 Volkswagen Passat GLX 2.8L Electric windows VIN: WVWEE83A9S Thank you to thoses who responded. All five responces either said that window module was problem or possible broken wire in door acordion connector. I was already convinced that module was bad but after seeing price wanted some confirmation. However I was happ...	5
	1972 Volvo P1800 ES 2.0L No Start VIN: 1836363-00 Well, the relay, fuses, wiring all checks out. Seems the new pump that was put on 3 years ago went for a crap because the customer finally told me that he hadn't started this vehicle in 3 years. I love it when they give you all the info! I haven't done it yet,...	11
	1990 Volvo 740 2.3L No Start VIN: YV1F8754L2 The car needed a new ECU, and we found a faulty suppression relay. It now starts cold without a hair dryer, but only after 3 trys. Also fault codes can now be cleared. Seems there are several smaller problems contributing to the big problem. Still tinkering wi...	10

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