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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for March 22, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 1998 Honda Accord EX 2.3L Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCG5658W vehicle came in not running. checked for fuel, fire, and compression. vehicle only had 30 lbs of compression on all cyl. removed timing covers and engine was in time. performed cyl leak test and found air going into intake and exhaust. removed head and found c... Trouble codes: P1259 (vtec system malfunction) |
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| 2001 Honda CR-V EX 2.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: JHLPD184X1 Vehicle has engine light on and stalls. The code indicates a rich condition. I hooked up the scanner and saw the fuel trim was -25 through -29.3 at idle and -8 through -14 at 2500 rpm's. The map sensor was reading high due to low engine vac. At the proper vacu... Trouble codes: 172 (system too rich), 1399 (undocumented code) |
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| 2002 Isuzu Bighorn 3.0L No Start VIN: UBS73GW721 This Vehicle is a Japanese domestic market import.It has electronic diesel injection. Customer say driveing along engine shut off with out any warning and now it wont start .I have fuel going to the injectors.Timing belt is good Ive swapped the cam sensor and ... |
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| 1994 Lexus ES300 3.0L instrument cluster VIN: JT8GK13T8R vehicle came in with left side of instrument cluster characters not illuminated. removed cluster, instrument cluster computer board damaged (smoked). replaced instrumnet cluster computer, now have all characters lit with headlights on but left side characters ... |
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| 2001 Mazda B4000 SE 4.0L 4wd VIN: 4F4ZR17E21 Customer came to shop with noise in 4wd. First we ran on hoist and found bad rattling out of transfer case. Checked transfer case fluid, was terribly burnt. Pulled and insepected transfer case, was found to be quite burnt at forks, planetary, but no "chunk" et... |
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| 1995 Mitsubishi pajero 2.5L no 1-2 shift Hello fellow techs. By the way this vehicle is similar to the mitsubihi montero.It came with the transmision slipping baddly in reverse when hot, not as much when cold. slips also in forward gears but only a bit.enough to cause increase fuel consumption. A tra... |
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| 1987 Nissan Pathfinder SE 3.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JN8HD16Y3H As you can tell, some information is missing and here is the reason why- The vehicle came in with a no start condition- cranks, but will not start. With the ignition on, with tester connected to the coil wire, it would pulse a spark off and on, continuously. T... |
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| 1995 Nissan Sentra 1.6L shifter VIN: 1GCEC14ZXS This truck will rattle the shifter when letting the clutch out in 3rd gear after driven hard.. Driven normally (like I drove truck first time) there is no noise.. The customer stated it was real bad when he was pulling his pontoon boat. After driving the truck... |
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| 2000 Nissan Xterra SE 3.3L ABS Light ON VIN: 5N1ED28Y5Y Hello everyone and thanks in advance for the help on this one. I have this Xterra in with the ABS light on. I have been able to retrieve 4 codes(21,25,35,61)the lower codes indicate open speed sensors on 3 wheels and the 61 is for the motor pack and or relay.... |
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| 2000 Nissan Sentra GXE 1.8L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3N1CB51DBY Hello Nissan Techs. I have a cranks but no start, no spark or injector pulse. Supply voltages are OK. No signal to inj or 5v digital pulse to coils. I am doing the recall replacement of the camshaft and crankshaft position sensors. But I can't locate the Cran... Trouble codes: P1140 (Varible Valve Timing Position Sensor) |
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| 2002 Subaru Impreza RS 2.5L reverse I have a subaru with a manual trans. problem.I have not removed trans yet but i think the rev. idler gear is broken, when put in reverse car may or may not move and will grind very loud, during test drive after cust (dad , taking sons car to shop) while explai... |
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| 1992 Toyota Pickup DLX 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT4VN01D7N Vehicle presents with MIL illuminated. Has diagnostic connector under the hood. Is there a quick and easy way to pull codes from this little truck? Thanks in advance for the info. |
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| 1994 Toyota Camry LE 3.0L engine VIN: 4T1GK12E4R hi all need some input from the toyota gods we can not get left cam seal (back) to quit leaking have tried 3 factory seals and a fed mogul that finally slowed it to a slooooow leak cam looks fine old seals were rock hard any one seen a problem front was leakin... |
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| 2003 Lexus GX470 4.7L Variable Gear Ratio Stearing(VGRS) system VIN: GH-UZJ100W The vehicle is almost new. After purchase, customer discover the problem that the steering wheel tilt to left approx 10 degree. He brought it to Toyota dealer and they adjust it by using Toyota scanner and reprogram the VGRS electronic module and they did not ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1990 Acura Integra GS 1.8L shifts ok VIN: JH4DB1668L I know a noise problem is a POS , obviously if you cant hear the noise it hard to get a handle on it.Bottom line I recieved 1 response. I replaced the trans with a junkyard unit and its healed.I havent taken time to tear down the afflicted unit, my guess is ex... |
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| 1984 Honda Accord 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1HGA5334EA this one kicked my but and it was my own fault. we replaced the ignitor with a aftermarket (standard) brand we use alot well this time it backfired. i know to use oe parts in asian cars but it had to do with profit margin. i wont make this mistake again and i ... |
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| 1988 Honda Civic DX 1.5L Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGED3643J customer doesn't want to spend any money on this car. serveral techs said there is a updated injectors for this problem. some said check rotor and cap or dist which was fine. thanks for all the help and sorry it took so long to close this fix Trouble codes: 1 (O2 Sensor). |
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| 1998 Honda Civic DX 1.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGEJ6122W for some reason the search in the archives did not match any thing on the p0171, but when the cust mentioned a severe drop in gas mileage, I researched the fix database and found the answer.It was a cracked exhaust manifold where the top o2 sensor screws in. I... Trouble codes: P0171. |
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| 2000 Honda Civic DX 1.6L Dead Battery VIN: 1HGEJ6126Y Thank you for all the suggestions. The majority suggested a 1- 1.5 amp trickle charger. We suggested that to the customer. Time will tell if the problem is cured. Thank you for you help. |
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| 2001 Honda S2000 2.0L No Start VIN: JHMAP11451 Well the car is running again. It turned out to be 2 things reset the cams and repair a wire on the map sensor. Well we live and learn Thanks to all |
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| 1997 Mazda Protege DX 1.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1BC1436V A plugged vac. port on the egr valve was found and repaired. The fix was done on Mar. 19 and the car has been ok for 4 days. Thanks to every one for your help Trouble codes: P1195 (egr boost semsor open or short). |
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| 1998 Mazda 626 DX 2.0L 1st, reverse VIN: 1YVGF22C4W The suggestions ranged from 'buy a Camry' to 'if it isn't broke don't try to fix it'. Most agreed that the problem had to be in the modified valve body since putting in another valve body restored it to normal operation. Jerry from VA suggested contacting Valv... |
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| 2002 Nissan Altima S 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1N4AL11E02 Stephen hit this one on the head. After trying multiple times to reset/learn idle the Code would reset. We sent the car to the dealer to have them use the consult on it. They perform the Idle reset procedure and released car back to us. I let the customer ... Trouble codes: P0507 (IAC To High). |
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| 1992 Toyota Camry LE 2.2L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 4T1SK12E3N Thanks for all replys to my problem, I have fixed it, the problem was the PCM, because I checked the timing, the exaust pressure, the igniter the coil and the dist, it have an aftermarket coil but wasn't the problem, because i have tried another dist for anoth... |
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| 2000 Toyota Celica GT 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: JTDDR32T9Y Sorry that the Celica did't return for the 'FIX'. Don [...] indicated that the CCV valve that I was searching for is attached to the air cleaner. While he's probably correct, we had the air cleaner off and didn't find it. I have to assume that the CCV nee... Trouble codes: P0441 (Incorrect eva purge flow), P0446. |
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