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| 1991 Acura Integra GS 1.8L Slight misfire VIN: JH4DA9370M Hi all, I have a slight misfire on mild acceleration, most noticeable in first and second gear. No MIL/trouble codes. I'm a whisker away from installing a set of known-good injectors, but before I do, I'd love to hear any ideas you might recommend in addition ... |
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| 1994 Acura Legend L 3.2L brakes VIN: JH4KA8L79R Hi, Group Ididn't think I will need to came back so soon but I need your help again. This time it's 94 Acura Legend .The problem is brake pedal is too hard to press and braking is very poor . All checks are normal, good vacuum to the power booster ,not leaking... |
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| 1989 Honda Accord LX 2.0L very high idle cold VIN: 1HGCA5531K need help on this 89 accord. when starting cold idle is very high 2500-3500 and wont kick down until engine temp is up. choke is open and have replaced choke heater. the colder the outside temp is the worst it gets |
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| 1992 Honda Prelude Si 2.3L 5th & reverse VIN: JHMBB1177P when car came in it had no reverse. it would not shift into reverse and everything else was ok. we removed it and pulled the case apart and found that reverse sync and collar and were worn to the point that the collar would not slide over the inner spline and ... |
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| 1998 Honda CR-V EX 2.0L control VIN: 1GHEJ8241W This car starts to pull as you are driving, to one side and then the other. When you hit the brake it does the same thing, almost pulling the wheel out of your hand ,left & right, not necessarily in that order. Thanks for all your help. |
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| 1999 Hyundai Sonata GLS 2.5L Excessive Emissions VIN: KMHWF25V8X This vehicle is failing for nox on california asm test.Vehicle has only 52,000 miles and runs perfectly.o2 sensors working good,no egr on this car.Am stumped at this point,tech hotline i use thinks possible cat problem,but they are not sure.Customer rushed out... |
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| 1992 Infiniti Q45 A 4.5L compressor VIN: JNKNG01C7N Compressor is not coming on. Found that I am not getting a ground from the ECM to the relay. Can ground relay and compressor works. I checked for diagnostic codes and found 25 - sunload sensor. Check through archives and found that a code will form if the sens... |
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| 1999 Infiniti I30 3.0L Hesitation, Surge VIN: JNKCA31A2Y Engine running very lean. Both front O2s stay at or near 0 volts. Surges and hesitates on acceleration, but idles pretty well. Better as the STFT goes to 25%. STFT between 0% to 25% in increments. Stays at 25% for a few seconds and the cycles back to 0% and r... |
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| 1999 Infiniti QX4 3.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: JNRAR05Y0X Even with the vauge Mitchell component locator, Knock sensor is still invisible to me. Cant see or find it. DTC comes back right away. As soon as close loop is achieved. Where the hell is it?? Under the upper plenum?? Looked from underneath, still no see. Trou... Trouble codes: P0325, P0440, P1448 (Mfr Controlled aux emminsions controls) |
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| 1990 Lexus LS400 4.0L front suspension VIN: JT8UF11E5L Need an opinion for this vehicle, this lexus has lots of front end noise going over bumps and uneven roads. Sound like bad ball joints or linkages. Raised car up and inspected complete front end. Everything is good and tight, all ball joints, stabalizer links ... |
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| 1996 Lexus ES300 3.0L leak- flex pipe VIN: JT8BF12G4T need some help from some exhaust specialists- we have this customer's car with a crack & leak in the flex joint in the exhaust Y-pipe under the engine- remainder of pipe is in excellent shape- has anyone ever had sucess in replacing just the flex pipe & not ha... |
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| 1993 Mazda 626 LX 2.0L Surge VIN: 1YVGE22A2P engine idle fluctuates from 1800 to 2000 all the time. we cleaned throttle body & idle air control & set timing that was off & still same thing. no vacuum leaks found. any responses appreciated. Thanks. |
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| 1995 Mazda Millenia 2.3L TCS OFF on VIN: JM1TA22275 After running some time when the engine reached the work temperature, sometimes the "TCS OFF" lamp will turn on and then the engine rpm is limited. If the ignition is turned off and on again the problem is reset till the next failure. Reading TCS codes there ... Trouble codes: 82 (TCS code for TCS - ECM communication line) |
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| 1997 Mazda Protege DX 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1BC1436V fault code p1195 keeps returning. i have replaced the egr boost sensor and the problem remains. i think that my flow chart is mixing up the boost sensor and the egr boost sensor solenoid. alldata shows a picture of the boost sensor solenoid but a picture of th... Trouble codes: P1195 (egr boost semsor open or short) |
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| 1999 Mazda Millenia S 2.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1TA2229X Does anyone have any suggestions on this. I only have a generic scanner. I have checked the vacuum lines. The car came in with a P0105, I fixed that and now the P1540 comes on after two-trips. Thanks! Trouble codes: P1540 (Air Bypass Valve Open or Shorted) |
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| 1990 Nissan 300ZX 2+2 3.0L Timing belt tensioner VIN: JN1RZ26A2L Disaster strikes! We have a dire situation with this nissan and I would like to know if this is an isolated case. We replaced all of the timing components on this low mile but 13 year old car October of 2003, 1200 miles ago! It just came in on a hook with a br... |
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| 1998 Nissan PATROL SGL 3.0L Cooling Systems does anyone in nissan patrol diesel tech may help me to find out if there is a problem (recall or service update)with engine overheating due to head or head gasket problem in this model of vehicle with turbo intercooler diesel electronic fuel injected motor. m... |
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| 2000 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L MIL Lamp on, Slip& tract off Lt. VIN: JN1CA31AXY Vehicle came into shop with SES light on, along with "SLIP" Light" and "Traction Off" lights also on all of the time. Scaned for codes and found code 1605 and 92. Found Traction Control button inoperative. Performed diagnostic tree test for code 1605 and 92. F... Trouble codes: P1605 (A/T Diag Comm Line), 92 (LAN Communication Start Procedure Incomplete) |
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| 2002 Subaru wrx 2.0L 1-2 shift fork VIN: JFL6D29662 This is for Subaru techs working at the dealership level. We have recently seen 2 WRX's with similar shift fork failures. The second one has had 2 transmissions that failed within 5000 miles of each other. Are you guys seeing a similar repair history with this... |
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| 1990 Toyota Cressida Luxury 3.0L Excessive Emissions, BLOCKED EGR COOLER VIN: JT2MX83E4L Has anyone found a way to clean the EGR cooler (mounted on back side of head) when plugged. I've used speedo cable and can't get very far; I've blown compressed air- "not". I've sprayed X-66 into it and will try in the morn. Can't get the Cooler off the head s... Trouble codes: 11 (Ign. sw. Main Relay or circuit) |
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| 1991 Toyota Land Cruiser 4.0L No Start VIN: JT3FJ8OW8M Hello All, We have this Land cruiser that we changed the EFI relay on app. 4 months ago and it's back again with a bad EFI relay. I checked archives and found a simular post in which the posting tech replaced the fuel pump due to high amp draw however that di... |
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| 1991 Toyota Corolla LE 1.6L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire VIN: 2T1AE97A1M Hello guys, I hope y'all can give me a hand on this one. I have a 91 corolla with an Intermittently missing problem. The car idles really rough and won't get any power below 3000rpm. So we replaced a set of plugs and it seems like to run a little it better b... |
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| 2000 Toyota Tacoma Pre Runner 2.7L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4TASM92N2Y after customer had installed dealer spark plugs the po302 returned. customer brought back vehicle to use for re check. confirmed customer replaced spark plugs and rechecked #2 plug found to be ok. swaped igntion coils(coil over) with #1. physically can feal th... Trouble codes: P0302 |
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| 2004 Toyota Sienna XLE 3.3L pwr. sliding doors VIN: 5TDZA22C94 Hey all Toyota techs this 04 sienna has both power sliding doors inop, the rear power door is functional. Checked data list and active tested all switchs (main switch, B pillar, door handle and satellite switch) all are functining. You can hear the motor, clut... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 2000 Hyundai XG30 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: KMHFU41DR1 thankyou to michael,james and donovan for their replies, the hyundai website was very useful. as it turns out the vehicle has an extended warranty with hyundai and the local dealer now has the vehicle and is fitting a new air flow sensor, i think that they hop... Trouble codes: P0101 (AFS Range/performance), P1159 (Variable Induction Manifold). |
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| 1998 Isuzu Trooper S 3.5L timing belt VIN: JACDJ58X1W Well this one is fixed and will be going away. The timing belt set-up on this engine is very different from all of the other engines I have ever encountered. The timing belt set up in AllData and other sources is not complete. The procedure is ok for routing t... |
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| 1991 Lexus LS400 4.0L blowing fuses VIN: LSDFKDUVHP well iatn was no help to me on this one, thanks to the two gentlemen who did reply. in the end it took 2 days of wire tracing to find that the power antennea grommet was broken and leaking water onto the telephone transeiver module which caused pins 9,14 and 2... |
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| 1991 Mazda B2600 2.6L Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: JM2UF6142L Great response on this one, Thanks to all! The ECM has a nice little burned spot on a transistor. Fixed and gone! again Thanks to all.tr Trouble codes: 9 (coolant temp sensorcleared and did not return). |
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| 2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport XLS 3.0L 4wd VIN: JA4MT31HOY first... thanks to everybody for the good info. we flushed the tranny and used mits fluid,i grounded the 4wd switch and the 4wd works so we know the switch is bad.unfortunately the cust needed vehicle back to go to north carolina. so we could not check the hor... |
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| 1996 Nissan Maxima SE 3.0L catalyst monitor Here in Illinois from 2004 you can not have even one OBDII monitor not ready. So I gave the car to the customer told him to drive it a week and we will see . In a week he stoped by tthe shop I pluged the scanner and what ,, cat monitor was ready after 320 mls ... |
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| 1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo 2.0L electronic steering VIN: JT25W22NXP Sorry it has taken so long to close this help request.I recieved some replies which mentioned the electronic controls on this system,However we eliminated them as a possible cause before we asked for help,The cause of the unrestricted boost on the power assist... |
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