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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for March 12, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for European
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| 2000 Audi A6 Quattro 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUEH64BXY Hi Group, Well I may have bitten off more than I can swallow on this one. 2000 A6 in for major oil leaks from cam adjuster gaskets and seal carriers.Did timing belt,tensioner and idler rollers, and waterpump as well.(Belt was oil soaked).I DID NOT USE THE AU... Trouble codes: P1519 (intake camshaft control malfunction) |
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| 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... |
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| 1993 BMW 325i 2.5L sunrrof VIN: WBACB3311N When this bimmer came in the sunroof partially opened and then jammed. While operating it to see what the cause was, one side stayed up while the other was properly closed. We disassembled the sunroof, replace the cables and a slider that was broken. We then r... |
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| 1997 BMW 528i 2.8L oil VIN: WBADD632XV Looking for some input from you bmw techs, car came in with folowing complaint, "car lost power on highway and started smoking badly". we got the car in and it smokes very heavily, blue smoke smells like buring oil, pulled plugs 5 of 6 plugs show signs of oil ... |
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| 1998 BMW 528i 2.8L General Module VIN: WBADD5323W BMW Techs I could relly use some input on this one. Im not a bmw tech and with little available info I find them very challenging.In 1999 this vehicle came in with a dead battery and it was a simple fix.Last month we warrantied the battery. the car came to me ... |
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| 1994 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L torque convertor VIN: SAJHX1748R Problem is very intermettent only stalls when engine is cold.it feels like converter is holding car tries to move at idle speed when shifted from P to R or R to D any help will be appreciated my EMAIL addr. is [...] |
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| 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... |
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| 1991 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 2.3L Blower VIN: WDBDA28D7M Hello All, I am hoping someone could tell me the strategy the pushbutton control uses to control the blower relays to be on or off. If you do not start the engine, the blower will run continuously at any speed or with any button pushed. If you start the engine... |
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| 1996 Mercedes-Benz C220 2.2L cruise control VIN: WDBHA22E1T Hi Techs, This car came to my shop for an inoperative cruise control, it is equipped with the basic cruise model without ETS. The first thing I did was to check for any physical damage but didn't find anything wrong. Secondly I got to the module and check for... |
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| 1998 Volvo S70 2.4L coolant VIN: YVILS5678W Hi Guys, Well this volvo is a strange one, It will loose about a pint to a quart of coolant in a month at about 300 to 400 miles useage. Has been doing this for 6 months. I tightened all the hoses I could find ,some showed signs of seepage. The turbo has a sta... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1990 BMW 735iL 3.5L No Flow VIN: WBAGC4316L This one is figured out. When I thought this one was not getting combustion gases in the cooling system becasue it was only pushing coolant out of the bleeder, I was wrong. I found that the combustion gases were displacing the coolant and causing the problem. ... |
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| 2001 BMW 325i 2.5L Alignment VIN: 3AVAM38261 The specifications are as follows: regular suspension: caster 5.3+/-.05 camber -.33+/-.13 (cross tol. is .0-.5) toe .12 +/- .07 sai 20.0/18.4 +/-.5 Rear- Camber -1.5 +/- .25 toe- .13 +/- .05 trust= .1 Sport suspension: caster-5.6 +/-.5 camber -.72 +/-.33... |
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| 1996 Land Rover Range Rover SE 4.0L right front turn signal lamp VIN: SALPV1245T Finally one of two owners of Range Rover decided to fix the problem. I did order new unit from Atlantic British.In order to replace the Body Control Unit ( BeCM), remove and put aside Passenger seat. There are many connectors, be sure to mark ground and supply... |
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| 1983 Mercedes-Benz 380SEC 3.8L Mechanical VIN: WDBCA43AAC sorry for the late fix, but this one is a back burner car. i guess after siiting for three months the fuel pump decided not to pump to capacity. replaced the fuel pump all is well. thank you very much for all the replies. steve |
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| 1992 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 3.6L oil leak VIN: WPOCBB2964 Thanks for your insight on the possable causes of the oil leak, in the end it was the middle cylinder jug was leaking betwen the block and the jug. so I ended up removing the engine and replacing the seals Thanks again Dan Luna C/O LVCMW |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Beetle GL 1.8L Speedometer VIN: 3VWCC21C5X Robert hit it right on the head! Thanks for the excellent information. Here is the procedure to inspect and replace the gear. First we removed the differential cover in car and were able to visually inspect the speedometer drive gear on the pas side of the... |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWPD63B82 Thanks to everyone for suggestions.The noise that I was hearing was air leaking out of a torn boot on the air injection pipe where it joins to the valve on back of cylinder head.When I got through with this repair I was listening to engine and heard a noise th... Trouble codes: P411/. |
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| 1984 Volvo 244 DL 2.3L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: YV1AX8841E First I'd like to thank all the members that helped with this help request. The customer declined replacement of the MAP. He said he was going to get a 'Bone Yard' part and fix it himself. Too bad, but thanks to this network we had the part lined up and the co... |
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