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| 1989 Chevrolet Corvette 5.7L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 1G1YY2180K hello again-i have this corvette in my shop which idles rough at times-and while driving and coming to a stop or cruising down a hill decellerating it wants to die-it will restart every time-somebody has already done a full ignition tunep-injection service-iac... |
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| 1991 Chevrolet Caprice 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, cannot set base time VIN: 1G1BL5370M this car is a police package car, there are two wires in the timing spout connector, (white , and tan - blk stripe).I had to advance the distributor alot to get the car to start.I set timing by ear before using timing light. Then I used timing light, with spou... |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.6L No Start VIN: 1GTHK29151 This truck was towed in for a no start. I pulled the fuel filter, and found that it was full of dirt. I dropped the tank to drain & clean, but the fuel in the tank looked clean and smelled good, so I replaced the tank & filter, primed, and sent him on his way.... Trouble codes: P0093 |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Blazer LS 4.3L radio VIN: 1GNDT13W32 Hi everybody I have this 02 Blazer in the shop with a radio that will not work with the key in the run position, but will work with the key in the acc. position. Also if the key is turned to the run position and slowly turned to the off position there is a po... |
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| 1997 Chrysler Concorde LX 3.5L # 5 cylinder VIN: 2C3HD56FIV I have this 97 chry concord , that missed fire on the #5 cylinder I have a code po 305. 135Lb of compression new plugs & wires new coil pack. swaped injector from a good cylinder, clean injector , we get the same result.missed is only at an idle, it seem to go... |
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| 1978 Dodge W150 5.2L dash gauges,lighting VIN: W14BE8S329 customer complains of burnt smell, no dash gauges, interior lighting, or rear lighting, underdash wiring and gauge circuitboard wires and circuits covered in green powder,vehicle constantly loses voltage thru wiring system: faulty wiring or relay suspected, ... |
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| 1993 Dodge B250 5.2L cooling system VIN: 2B6HB21YOP Hello, WE HAVE A 93 DODGE 250 VAN I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT NOT HEATING RIGHT. THIS VAN HAS A REMOTE STARTER FOR 2 YRS ON IT. WHEN THE CUST. STARTS THE VAN WITH IT OR STARTS IT WITH OUT REVING IT UP THERE IS NO HEAT UNTIL YOU HIT THE GAS. THE TEMP GAUGE WILL B... |
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| 1993 Dodge Intrepid 3.3L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 2B3ED46TT3 Well i will start off by saying thank you in advance this is my second request in two weeks not good. Car came in from another shop was told customer over heated and needs head gaskets. so i pulled heads off sure enough gaskets blown put back together and find... |
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| 1998 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie 5.2L intake manifold I feel real stupid about this post. After putting this engine back together for a couple of cracked heads and a blown intake pan gasket I noticed I put one of the intake gaskets on with the manifold side towards the head. I didn't see the imprint on the gasket... |
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| 2000 Dodge Intrepid 2.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2B3HD46R7Y haye to everyone. 2000 doge interpid fail emission obd-2 test.check engin light on and code p0442,p0455 and p0456 these are failer code for evap system leak. fuel cap test pass. check visualy any line or hose crack or missing ,kink, broken. all are ok. there w... Trouble codes: P0442 (leak monitor .040 leak detected medium leak), P0455 (evap leak monitor large leak detected), P0456 (evap leak monitor .020 leak detected small leak) |
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| 1992 Ford E-350 Econoline 7.3L ball joint VIN: 1FDK630A1R Hi - have a minnie winnie on a ford econoline e350 The n/s upper ball joint is worn. We do not usually work/see any of these vehicles overhear. My request is are there any problems replacing upper and lower ball joints ? It looks fairly straitforward. any advi... |
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| 1993 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L Surge, Stall VIN: 1FACP57U9P Hey Guy's...Please help. This car was run through a ditch and suffered minor damage, mostly cosmetic. The vaccume resevoir with about 24" of broken, rigid plastic line was knocked off from somewhere in the front. Now the car "searches" for an idle speed, and w... |
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| 1997 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Misfire VIN: 2FMDA5146V van came in needing head gaskets. made repair and put on the new wires,new plugs, and new coil at that time. Van seemed to run fine when first started after repair. After running van for awhile, noticed "booming" sound while sitting in van. Ran van on scope (S... Trouble codes: P0304 |
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| 1998 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMZA5147W Customer complaint: CEL-ON engine dies at idle, Engine miss. Compression good intake vacuum leaks none found. Cam position sensor found to be literary destroyed Replaced cam sensor virtually no improvement (DUH WHAT)? Replaced upper & lower Intake manifold... Trouble codes: P0340, P1537, P1538, P0171, P0174 |
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| 1999 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L abs light VIN: 1FTRX17W9X abs light on after very short trip. tried to pull codes - no codes. will pinout wire voltages at brake module on monday. question - will oversize tires set abs light? if oversize tires set light - how can i repair system? |
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| 2000 Ford Explorer XLS 5.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMZU72X3Y I have a 2000 ford explorer with a SES light on. Has a code p1507 stored in memory. Have no books and very little knowledge on ford vehicles. Woulad appreciate it if some one could give me a description of code and diag. procedures. Thanx in advance for all he... Trouble codes: P1507 |
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| 1996 GMC K3500 Sierra SL 7.4L 2-3 shift VIN: 1GTHK33J2T Vehicle came in with no 2-3 shift.At about 30-40 mph the trans just slips.1-2 shift is poor also.There seems to be a relation to the tach and speedometer not working when the trans act up.Had a trans range error so the trans range sensor was replaced.Vss looks... |
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| 2001 Honda S2000 2.0L No Start VIN: JHMAP11451 Hi Well here is one for all you high tech guy's. Car come in with eng light on and code for rich fuel mixture. Checked fuel pressure and all lines (feed and return) all looked ok. Checked 02 sensor stuck at .9v no cross counts. Installed new Honda 02 and went ... |
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| 1989 Jaguar XJS 5.3L Excessive Emissions VIN: SAJNA5840K Hello all techs with an idea on this Jag as we are stumped. This car failed The dyno test with extremly high co and hc readings. The air and colant temp sensors test ok the tps has good voltage and good sweep voltege. The fuel preasure and injection pulse is r... |
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| 1997 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.6L compressor VIN: SALPV1442V Hi first time user hear hope you all can help. this range rover came in with the a/c not blowing cold and the book lit up in the display panel.I use mitchell on demand and it is little to no help.and we are so far out in the woods that the near est dealer is t... |
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| 1992 Lexus LS400 4.0L trac light VIN: JT8UF11E9N Hi all, i was given this car to sort a trac and check engine light issue that i was told started when a left rear wheel bearing was changed. I drove the car and found that from start up the check engine light would come on and stay on for about 4 miles and whe... |
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| 1994 Mazda Miata 1.8L No Start VIN: JM1NA3537R Hello This miata have no signal from the computer to 2/3 coil(brown/Yellow wire)1/4 coil(Brown wire) signal is ok I when ahead and get a used computer . Same problem Have someone come across something like this?. Is hard to belive two computers will have th... |
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| 1987 Mercury Cougar LS 3.8L head torque VIN: 1MEBM6033H This is my second help request.be gentle..problem is..my manuals conflict on the recommended procedure on torqueing these heads ...year specific Mitchell's(1987) says no added degrees after 4 step torque..37...45...52...59...just loosen 2-3 turn...then same 4 ... |
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| 1994 Nissan Sentra SE 1.6L Hesitation, Stall VIN: 5BAYB13124 Hi Folks, i have this one that hesitate under acceleration when cold, i read code 12 who i don't know what it means but i'm sure its the problem because i erased DTC and did road test after that code 12 came back again. Any help will be greatly appreciate. Trouble codes: 0012 (Idont know what it means) |
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| 1997 Nissan Pickup 2.4L MIL Lamp on Hello Nissan techs.I have this(4 cyl) truck that came to me from other meachanic in shop,had a charging system lamp on(glowing).Sent to me fuse for ecm kept blowing.Traced to rear heated HO2 sensor harness on manifold/pipe was all melted and shorted together.D... Trouble codes: P0141 |
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| 1986 Plymouth Horizon 2.2L ride VIN: 1P3BM18C3G hi group the vehice came in with the complaint of a howling noise in the front. it makes the noise when you are above 25 miles an hour. we found that all the engine and trans mounts were bad. replaced the trans mount and the mount down by the radiator the part... |
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| 1995 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2.3L runs hot Car runs hot only when you move ac-heater controle to heat.Radiator,thermostat,heater core,heater hoses with build in by pass valve,which I have never seen on these cars before,have all been replaced.Cooling fan motor comes on at 225 right where it is supposed... |
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| 1994 Subaru Legacy L 2.2L Sensitive VIN: 4S3BJ6336R Recently bought this car for my daughter; went through it; and drove it from Indiana to California. Car ran great but my daughter complains that the throttle is too sensitive and results in a lot of lurching. I suspect that she will get used to it. Seems to m... |
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| 1997 Toyota Corolla DX 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2T1BB02E2V hello all toyota techs.I have this 97 corolla code 077 trans solenoid fault,I test them on a road test they all seem to be working fine, I even replace them , still dont help , according to freeze frame data ,engine load at 77%, RPM at 2456, TPS at 2.75v.I jus... Trouble codes: 077 (shift solenoid lock solenoid) |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1998 Audi A8 Quattro 4.2L exhaust valves VIN: WAUBG34DOW Hello AUDI techs This time we sent the cylinder heads to a different machine shop, had the heads repaired and as per machine shop advice replaced all exhaust valves and 2 intake valves, we also purchased the camshshaft locking tools. Install the heads back in ... |
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| 1998 BMW 323i 2.5L SRS (airbag) MRS system VIN: WBABJ7320W Srs light is out and vehicle is back to customer.We took it to the BMW dealership and they fixed it with their 'GT 1'. Obviously it must have locked up sometime when it was installed and I tried to reset/clear codes with my other scantools(MODIS & CS2000). I w... |
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| 2001 BMW 325Ci 2.5L No Start VIN: WBABS33481 Thanks for all who took the time to reply to this post. I did glean some pertinent information from all. What we found is that there are in fact two pumps on this vehicle. One is called a sucking jet pump (BMW's term, not mine), which is actually a transfer pu... |
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| 1993 Buick Regal 3.1L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 2G4WB51T9P It's time I closed this one. No, it is not fixed, sorry to report. I made the mistake of putting on an aftermarket module, and 3 aftermarket coils. Car started great, on I went on a test drive. Ran great for 10 miles, and on the way back to the shop, it starte... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet K2500 6.5L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1GBGK24F3Y Recieved 3 replys, The general consenses is that it will be a dealer thing. Customer has not returned to do any futher checking. Thanks for your time & replys. Regards Mike |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Malibu LS 3.1L high idle VIN: 1G1NE52JX1 This vehicle has been fixed. The new computer did not fix the problem. The fix was a new TPS. On Saturday it did not idle right all day. I had a code for low TPS voltage. Went to the local A C Delco warehouse and got a TPS. Replaced the TPS and also cleaned th... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe LS 5.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 16NEC13Z32 Replaced fuel filter, cleaned MAF sensor. I did not find any evidence of vacuum leaks. Fuel filter was restricted. Replies were fuel filter, fuel pump, intake o-rings and MAF. Thanks for all the help Trouble codes: P0171 (too lean bank 1), P0174 (too lean bank 2). |
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| 1996 Dodge Grand Caravan ES 3.8L starter VIN: 1B4GP54L3T I'd like to thank all who took the time to read my post & reply (15 in all). Your efforts are appreciated. We released the vihicle to the customer last night, after extensive road testing and no reoccurance of the problem. It appears the repair for the 'no... |
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| 1989 Ford F-250 Custom 5.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1FTHF26H0K Thanks to all of the recomendations...only a couple were on...Well the intake air sensor was all junked up. So, I changed it and it seemed to help alot...Customer is alot happier...Thanks for all the replies... Trouble codes: 41 (ego not switching). |
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| 1990 Ford F-250 Custom 7.5L Hesitation Thanks to all! I discovered intake air temp sensor specs out of range even though no codes.Replacement fixed it. |
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| 2000 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMZU74E9Y Thanks to all that replied. We replaced the intake gaskets and inspected the plastic manifold closely-found no cracks. Customer has been driving vehicle for almost two weeks with no complaints. Thanks for all the help. |
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| 1987 Honda Accord 2.0L Cuts out Well sadly this customer never came back. So for now there is no fix. What I did learn from all the replys is that this carb has a lot of faults. The main one is the choke pull off .Hope this helps some one out there. Thanks to all |
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| 1990 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign 4.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall VIN: SAJHY174XL The customer decided to tow the Jaguar away. The last check was low fuel pressure - 10 to 25 PSI. The pump might just failed. I believe a new pump should get it runniing again. Thank you. |
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| 1988 Mercury Sable LS 3.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1MEBM53U5J thanks to the help replies - i replaced the tps & so far so good. |
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| 1994 Oldsmobile 88 Royale 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G3HN52L3R Thanks for your replies to my problem. I have repaired the problem. It seems that for some reason the pcm had a PROM for a VIN 1 engine(supercharged} so it was looking for a voltage at pin BE10 which is boost control. Quad driver 1 controlboost as well as evap... Trouble codes: P1640 (Quad driver 1 TCC apply and evapcanister purge). |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 1.8L mil VIN: 3VWSD29M41 Well the jury is in! 1st let me appologise for taking so long, it is a very hard car to get from the owner. I only recieved 3 responces on this one butall were right. The Vw DTC flow charts are very poor in leading you down the right diagnostic path on this on... Trouble codes: P1200. |
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