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| 1993 Audi 90 S 2.8L Axle VIN: WAUEJ58C4P Greetings - Vehicle came in for right front wheel bearing - r/r'd knuckle - replaced bearing on bench using hub-tamer. Replacement bearing is from SKF WKH1356 kit. When I snug up the axle nut - not torqued, just snug - abs tone wheel binds up against knuckle. ... |
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| 1999 Audi A4 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUED28D6X Rear Oxygen sensor faults. No obvious reasons why. Any help appreciated, maybe a more detailed expaintion of faults, or requirements to set fault would help. Trouble codes: P1198 (17606 035 - O2 sensor heater circuit Bank1 sensor 2--electrical fault), P1199 (17607-035 Ho2s heater circuit Bank 1 sensor 2) |
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| 1997 BMW 740iL 4.4L Rear Brakes VIN: WBAGJ8326W Hi, This car was towed in with the rear brakes locking up. I raised car in the air and saw the paint was burned off the backing plates and the pads and rotors looked like they had been very hot. I dissassembled and did not see anything that would cause this. I... |
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| 1997 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Hesitation, Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBJF55FOV Hello members, cust. bought car with known leaking head gasket but seemed to run well We pulled the head had new guides and seals installed and reinstalled head. All seemed well but cust. said that while driving at high speed(60-70) and then tried to speed up,... Trouble codes: P0170 |
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| 1998 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L ses light on VIN: 3VWRF81H9W This is probably a no brainer but I am looking for info that just doen't seem to be in All Data and I think it is the problem. The car came in with no real drivability problems but the Ses light on DTC 1550 (we use Genisis)All data says to look for vac lines--... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Golf GL 1.9L Surge VIN: WVWBP21J31 This Golf TDI came in wiht the customer complaining of a surging problem on acceleration, especially in 3rd gear. Hooked up a boost pressure gauge and noticed that the boost pressure oscillates when accelerating, most noticable in 3rd gear. -Tried a new boost ... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Passat GLX 4 Motion 2.8L No Start VIN: WVWTH63B01 Hello to everyone. I have this 01 Passat, the engine is actually a 3.0 V6. The customer is complaining that after the vehicle is driven for a while, enough to get completely warmed up, the engine will often not re-start. The no start condition will occure when... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Beetle GLX 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWDC21C81 A used car lot brought in this car with the MIL on and the EPC light comming on intermittently. I pulled the throttle ass. and clean it as I do with many of the Volvos. Re set the codes and the car was fine for a week. Now its back, same problem. My local deal... Trouble codes: 17579 (angle sensor 1 throttle motor), 17950 (angle sensor 2 throttle motor) |
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| 1980 Volvo 245 DL 2.1L Poor Idle Quality, hard starting VIN: VC24545A32 I would like to thank you all in advance for taking the time to read this. And if you have any suggestions, that would be great too! Well I've got this good customer with a Volvo wagon. His problem 1st appeared several years ago, hard to start. If I recall ini... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1996 Audi A6 2.8L engine VIN: WAUGA84A5T First, I would like to thank the 5 techs who replied. They all mentioned that I should change the thermostat which I did and that did solve engine temp problem. I was told by a Audi tech in the city to flush the engine oil and then use 15w-40 castrol oil to so... |
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| 1998 Audi A8 Quattro 4.2L temp gauge reading 3/4 VIN: WAUBG34DXW Only received 3 replies on this one. I never did find the relay panel that I was looking for. What I did was let the engine run at idle with the A/C on and listen at the fan speeds. On initial A/C engagement condenser fan came on in low speed. After a few minu... |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWSP69M52 Dana [...] said code #17057 was glow plug #3 code. Todd [...] said try thermostat for ECT code. Tested all glow plugs. #2 plug bad. Replaced all glow plugs. Were going to replace 'Bus bar' but dealer sent old style with two wires. Newer style has four wires and... Trouble codes: 17057 (Unknown), 16502 (ECT out of range). |
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| 1998 Volvo S70 2.3L Service Ligh Thanks for the many Replys! ALL replys said A Reset tool that plugs into OBDII Connecter MUST be used! The sequice that i was using is for 1999 and newer! One reply sent a link to Ebay where someone was selling a tool. With Just one customer that does no... |
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