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Open Help Requests for European
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| 2000 Audi A4 Quattro 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUDH28D5Y Hello Group!!! This Audi has recurring codes P0421 and P0431. These are low cat eff. both sides. The system will go into readiness but the codes will return eventually. Before I go and replace cats and/or monitoring O2s I was wondering if anyone has seen this ... |
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| 1997 BMW 540i 4.4L pressure plate VIN: WBADE5329V We are installing a new clutch assembly and discover the disc is not correctly placed after the lock is released from the new pressure plate. And...we don't have the box full of special pilot tools used on this model. So the question becomes, how do we unload ... |
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| 1995 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: SAJHX1741S This is the second time this car is with us with the air injection code. We were not able to find a problem when we first looked at the car, so we subsituted the air pump with a known good one. Three days latter the car is back with the same MIL code. There ar... Trouble codes: P0411 (Secondary air system insufficient air flow to exhaust.) |
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| 1999 Jaguar XJ8 4.0L Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: 5AJHD1040X we have determined that this car needs a fuel pump. this is my first jaguar in the shop. my shop key information merely says to "raise and support vehicle. disconnect fuel lines from tank." my question is: where are the connectors? at the tank, above the diffe... |
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| 1995 Land Rover Discovery 3.9L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: SALJY1246S I have no info from anyone on this vehicle alldata and mitchell are of no help either.Trying to pull codes with little luck.If anyone knows how to pull codes without a scanner please help. |
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| 1997 Mercedes-Benz C230 2.3L Master Cyl.? VIN: WDBHA23D9V Hi all you Benz Techs, This is a strange one, car came into shop with a complaint of brake pedal sinking while standing at a stop light.Sounds like a typical case of a bad master cyl. bypassing seals,WRONG,Replaced master cyl,TWICE,with NEW not REBUILT,ATE Bra... |
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| 1999 Other European 360 3586CC bearing guide support VIN: ZFFYR51B00 Ferrari Techs Only Please. 3,000 miles ago I replaced the complete clutch assembly because the throw out bearing guide had broken(Why use such a cheap piece of plastic?). The owner says that the clutch has just started acting up. It is sometimes sticking in ne... |
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| 1998 Saab 900 S Turbo 2.0L Speedo inop ABS lit VIN: YS3DD38N5W The issue now that has come up, all the dash lights and cluster guages etc. stopped working briefly, everything came back except the speedo and now the ABS light is on now. The help we are looking for is the speedo and ABS light. The ABS sensors all check out ... |
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| 1999 Saab 9-5 2.3L Cables VIN: YSE3F45EOX We have had an unusually cold winter here, and we saw our first 9-5 with frozen brake cables a couple of months ago. Since then we have noticed that almost every 9-5 we put on the lift begins to drip water out of the brake cables (wheel end) after they are up ... |
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| 1994 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.0L motor/trans VIN: 3VWSA81H9R Looking for help whith this jetta. There is a bad vibration from engine/transmission when trans is in drive.Igniton systen checked good and no vacuum leaks.There was an A/C compressor installed on 6/13/03.Vibration is there with A/C on or off. Replaced motor m... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 2.0L park lights and instrument lights VIN: 3VWCC21C5X Hope everyone is having a fine day. This morning I took in a 99 beetle with no tag park or dash lights. I checked all fuses and found 3,4,22,and 23 had no power on any of these fuses. My problem is I have no experience with track diagrams. I just wondered if t... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L timing belt VIN: 3VWSP29M11 the tech removed the crank pulley, there are no marks to line it back up, previously we mark the belt and the pulleys and have had not had to use the special tools ( we dont have them ). can any of you vw experts out there help with pulley line up procedure- ... |
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| 1995 Volvo 960 2.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: NOT AVAILA hello all this 960 will set the mil after about 40 miles of hiway driving sets a 2-1-2 I have checked the wiring of all sensor circuits heater works perfectly the sensor at idle and 2500 will vari form 0 to .7v volts which looks to be lean biased check for vac... Trouble codes: 212 |
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| 1995 Volvo 850 2.3L mil VIN: YV1LS2845F Trans had delay in engagement,flushed fluid, shifted OK for us, customer says on occasion, it will delay in R in AM. We have gotten several trans codes, but only one repeatedly for the engine speed sensor, which we replaced (it looked ok on Volvo scan tool whi... |
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| 2001 Volvo V70 2.4T 2.4L Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1SW58D61 this vehical goes in to reduced perfomance mode intermittently,sometimes right after start up and sometimes after being driven a while. found code p1238 no definition available, i searched for code info and could not find anything. vehical had no symptoms or p... Trouble codes: P1238 |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1997 BMW 528i 2.8L oil VIN: WBADD632XV This car is fixed, thanks to Steve from NJ, this engine uses a oil suction seperator located under the intake manifold to do the job of crankcase venting, it seperates the oil from the air and flows the oil into the dipstick tube, it wasnt seperating the oil a... |
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| 1998 BMW 323i 2.5L exhaust camshaft VIN: WBABJ8329W We used a new exhaust camshaft. If we were sure the older used cam would have worked we would have used it. It would have saved the customer money and would have been more profitable for the shop also. Comebacks are expensive and our reputation is only as good... |
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| 1999 BMW 740i 4.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAGF8327W Thank you for all your helpful replies. We ended up replacing the the thermostat, which included the housing. Check engine light has not returned. Trouble codes: P1622 (Manufacture error controlled computer and auxuliary outputs). |
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| 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300E 3.0L Excessive Emissions, Hesitation VIN: WDBEA30D1H sorry about the delay in closing the help request, we have had a lot of trouble with our dsl line. thanks to the people who replied. it turned out to be the overvoltage protection relay. although it appeared to be trying to control fuel, the pcm was not even c... |
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| 1991 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 2.3L No Start, first start hard VIN: WDBDA28D4M Thanks to all who replied and the great information from your emails. It turned out to be the overvoltage relay but when we tried a new one with no success, it seems that the socket that the relay pluggs into (which is almost impossible to see) moves downward ... |
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| 1994 Saab 900 S 2.3L Driver Side Rearview Mirror VIN: YS3DM35B5R Mirror replaced. Getting the switch cover on the inside of the door was the hardest part with the plastic nubs being brittle. Thanks for your help. |
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| 1997 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L Steering VIN: 3VWRA81H5V Most of the responses I received were related to loose a power steering belt or water getting on the belt and causing it to slip. We have not been able to duplicate the problem and the owner's father drove the vehicle with him and they weren't able to duplicat... |
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| 2003 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L airbag light VIN: 3VWRK69M83 thanks to Paul Carter the correct code for this module is 12340 we put it in & the car is gone. The frustrating part is a large sum of money went into this car in body parts & the local dealer didn't even have the courtesy to call us back. We understand that t... |
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| 1985 Volvo 760 2.4L Fuel leak VIN: YV1FX7654F I receivedd two replies to this post. Both helpful. One suggested a place in Colorado. Too far, and the other suggested calling Errickson Industries in CT. Thay recommended a shop called H&L Diesel in Deep River CT. Thanks for the help. |
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| 1989 Volvo 244 DL 2.3L No Start VIN: YV1AX8840K Thanks for everyones help. Put a new Set of plugs in & it fired right up. Seems Like the O2 sensor was pegged rich. So a new O2 and it is on its way. Trouble codes: 113 (232 -), 232. |
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