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| 1994 BMW 325is 2.5L Air Bag Light on VIN: WBABF3327R Hello fellow Technicians. Today I am requesting help for a 1994 BMW 325is, with an Air Bag Light on. I scanned for codes, and found codes 71 & 72. Unfortunatly, the scan tool showed "unknown code" for both of them, and Alldata has nothing listed, nor do they h... |
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| 2000 Land Rover Range Rover SE 4.0L tranfer case, transmission VIN: SALPF1549Y I took the truck to land rover dealer to get diag on transfer case noise ,they told me that it needs a new transfer case . I took truck back to my shop & remove the case apart, found nothing broken all the gear look brand new,chain look good, the only part tha... |
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| 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 3.0L daytime runninglamp VIN: WD3FA61E3M hello and thanks in advace. sure could use some help with this benz, my alldata sure don't give much on it. head lights stay on , i did check headlight switch and fuuses and minor conponents, now i'm up to the monitor and could sure use some help to dia. it. a... |
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| 1998 Mercedes-Benz SLK230 Kompressor 2.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBKK47F5W dear fellow mb tech's. thank you in advance for any information or help you may be able to give. customer brought his slk230 in because the check engine light was on. we retrieved the following codes: * p0410 - secondary air injection malfunction * p0455 - b... Trouble codes: P0455 (bad leak in system purge or fuel tank pressure sensor), P0410 (secondary air injection malfunction) |
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| 1980 Porsche 911 SC 3.0L rich start hot VIN: 91A0140678 Dear fellow techs, This vehicle returned to our shop for replacement of the oil cooler hoses between the reservior and the oil temperature thermostat. (Yes I managed to save all the threads from galling thanks to lots of JB80 penetrating fluid) While here I de... |
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| 2000 Porsche Boxster Roadster 2.7L battery VIN: WPOCB2981Y Hello group: would appear as customer hooked up jumper cables backwards for an instant after car sat for winter. i replaced several blown fuses in c & d rows, but car runs with warning lights on. I cannot locate main F fuses to check. Can anyone tell me there ... |
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| 1995 Saab 900 SE 2.5L Engine VIN: YS3DF58V8S This car came in with a low frequency metallic knocking noise at idle, more so after it reaches operating temperature, heard from the rear cylinder bank. It sounds like valve lifter noise. The knocking noise stops while off idle speed and comes back at idle ag... |
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| 2000 Saab 9-5 2.3t 2.3L Hesitation, Surge, Stall VIN: YS3ED5837Y we are pulling our hair out on this one!!! no codes, checked all the simple things. replaced the di cassette and the throttle assembly. fuel pressure is good. any help with this one would be appreciated. thanks in advance |
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| 1994 Volkswagen Passat GLX 2.8L No Start VIN: WVWJF4314R This car was towed to me in need of a water pump...then I realized the car had been sitting for at least a year! After installing the water pump (it was seized), new belt, and new battery and some fresh gas the car will not start...just cranks. Found no spar... |
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| 1994 Volkswagen Golf GL 2.0L thermostat housing VIN: 3VWFA81H5S Just replaced water pump/timing belt etc. After putting it all back together with a new thermostat housing it leaked around the housing at the connection with the plastic piece that connects it to the lower radiator hose. Then I replaced the piece that goes be... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWSE29M9X Hi Guys,help,help,help,I have this jetta that is driving me nuts,it had a rear heater circuit p1198 code,I installed a new oem sensor,cleared code and roadtested,the same code came back,I installed another oem sensor and still the same,i tested the voltage bet... Trouble codes: P1198 |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 2.0L outside temp. VIN: 3VWCC21C1Y we replaced the radiator, which required removal of front clip. after the repair was done the outside temp. didn't read. the battery was disconnected for about a week. the reading on the gauge is --- thanks, doug |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1998 BMW 740iL 4.4L heater VIN: WBAGJ8323W I am sorry for the delay to close this post. customer complaint no heat at right side. We replaced the heater valve as per dealer suggestion but didn't solve the problem. We checked again the system and found that if we set the temperature at 90, we got heat a... |
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| 1995 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: SAJHX1741S Thanks to all for their input on helping with the problem. We looked at all the recommendations that we received, and everything checked out all-right. Turns out that the connector to the air pump motor would sometimes go open circuit. We repaired the connecto... Trouble codes: P0411 (Secondary air system insufficient air flow to exhaust.). |
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| 1968 Mercedes-Benz 280 2.8L Excessive Emissions, No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1130441020 the thermostat bulb and some cleaning of the piston did the trick. Thanks for all the help...steve |
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| 1996 Mercedes-Benz C220 2.2L engine leaking oil from rear main VIN: WDBHA22E0T thanks to all that help. we replace the rear main seal and also the end cover ( rear main housing), torque every single bolts and so far so good. no news is good news !!! |
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| 1988 Porsche 944 2.5L boost low VIN: WPOAA2954J My thanks to the 11 replies received - I had to remove exhaust downpipe/cat. in order to procedd with my testing - upon removal the problem was found - pretty evident - the front pipe, about 3 inches down, was nearly closed off entirely (double wall/air gap pi... |
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