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Open Help Requests for European
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| 1994 Audi 90 S 2.8L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUBJ88CXR Car is from a used car lot.We towed it in a month ago and we found the water pump leaking and the timing belt was off causing it not to start.Car ran fine for a week and then had to be towed in again,found no fuel pressure so we replaced the fuel pump.Car star... Trouble codes: 00515 (hall sensor g-40) |
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| 1998 BMW 318i 1.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBACC032XW Customer stated she left gas station with nozzle attached. Cannot find any cracks on filler neck or elsewhere, do the tank sensors go bad sometimes? I cant ignore what she is telling me but I cannot find any evidence of a leak at filler neck, replaced cap but ... |
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| 1998 BMW 528i 2.8L coolant VIN: WBADD6328W We have this E-39, 528I in right now and the original comlaint was a pinging or knocking noise from engine on accell. Complaint was verified,pings almost all the time on accell. So I proceeded to check the car out further and discovered a lot of oil in the coo... |
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| 1999 BMW 740i 4.4L engine VIN: WBAGG8339X car wont allow any mosquitoes anywere in my shop when we started it this morning . seemed to have been a resent development in car . thot i say a post a while ago on this and they said it was the cyclo valve . we did this bout 6 months ago for a whisle . oil i... |
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| 1990 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign 4.0L Dash Instrument Lights VIN: SAJHY1745L I don't usually work on Jags. but could use some help on this one. The dash gauge lights don't work. The battery, seat belt, etc. lights all work but no instrument illumination. Mitchell manuals isn't any help. This seems to be a low voltage type system. I can... |
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| 1996 Land Rover Range Rover SE 4.0L wiper VIN: SALPV124ST front wipers wont shut off. customer was told by land rover parts house to replace the front wiper motor, he did with a new unit, but still the wipers wont shut off. we got it in and tried replacing the relay, no change wipers will only shut off if you pull th... |
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| 1990 Mercedes-Benz 300SE 3.0L shift points VIN: WDBCA24D6L is there a modification to the transmission that will enable it to start in first gear? i have adjusted bowden cable some what tighter to obtain a faster down shift at start, but customer finds it to be too jerky, any info would be helpful. trans number is 722... |
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| 1993 Mercedes-Benz 300E 3.2L fuel pump VIN: WDBEA32E4P hello to all, this 300e came in yesterday customer states that battery goes dead overnight, he has been disconnecting the battery cable at night so the veh will start the next a.m. after a couple of minutes of checking the car out we found that the fuel pump ... |
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| 1982 Porsche 928 4.5L battery drains VIN: WPOJA0924C I've traced the drain to the Z harness connection at the fuse relay block. Problem is I have no idea what this connector feeds. It does supply battery voltage to something at all times. The connector is black and has six terminals. Alldata shows no wires going... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1993 Audi 100 CS 2.8L starter motor VIN: WAUDJ84AXP Thanks to all who answered, actually I went back and found another post for an Audi 90 that talked about removing the front crossmember. I chose to go that route, it comes right down and gives you plenty of room to fish the starter out. You also have to detach... |
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| 1993 Audi 90 S 2.8L Axle VIN: WAUEJ58C4P Received three good replies to my quandary. One suggesting double-checking the thickness of the snap ring, one to make sure that the bearing was completely seated in the housing, and a third regarding the fact that these are asymetrical bearings - the id is la... |
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| 2000 Audi A6 Quattro 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUEH64BXY Hi Group, Only received a few post's on this one.Mike from Illinois gave me the best clue, 'code p1519 sets when the bank#1 measured camshaft advance is not the same as the engineering value'. This led me right to the adjuster(pass. side) that fell out of ... Trouble codes: P1519 (intake camshaft control malfunction). |
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| 1998 BMW 740iL 4.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAGJ8328W GREETINGS, This beast is fixed, and Ron was the lucky winner with his responce and his telephone assistance. The plug for the throttle swith and the IAC were reversed leading to an electrical code for the IAC. Ron also gave me the procedure for resetting the... Trouble codes: 1550 (manufacturer controlled idle speed electrical per alldata). |
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| 1999 BMW 528i 2.8L ABS Lite on Code 30 VIN: WBADM6342X Wow, What a service, Most everyone was right on the money. We installed a new module and perfect. Just a shame that BMW has to program it. Thanks again, Joe [...] |
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| 2000 BMW 323Ci 2.5L door mechanism VIN: WBABM3348Y This job was relatively easy once you know what to do. Everyone says you have to remove the inner panel, which will damage it with the door closed. Try lowering the window all the way down. Take a long thin screw driver and press on the outer latch while at th... |
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| 1989 Jaguar Vanden Plas 3.6L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: SAJKY154XK Many replies said to look for vacuum leaks and EGR problems. As I already stated, this car doesn't have an EGR system. One reply said that these cars are noted for intake gasket leaks. Others said to adjust the base idle. I did adjust the base idle and the sur... |
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| 1995 Jaguar XJ12 6.0L LF window. both side mirrors, lf seat VIN: SAJMX1346S This is somewhat embarrassing. I shouldn't have posted before I checked the fuses out. I did install a new driver's door window switch, because, as I'm sure I remember, all the windows worked but the front left. When the switch failed to restore that function,... |
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| 1999 Land Rover Discovery Series II 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: SALTY1245X 4 replies on this one 3 out of 4 said to look that valve cover was not leaking onto 02 sensor connector, well the valve cover was leaking right into the connector of that o2 sensor, replaced both valve cover gaskets, installed new o2 sensor(old one kept turnin... |
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| 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300SE 3.0L other throttel VIN: WDBCA24E6M This car did not have any self checks. From what wireing diagrams I could find I hooked up a break out box to the control unit and checked for power and grounds ohm check wires to motor. Could power up motor and make it move. This car was purchased with this a... |
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| 1982 Porsche 928 4.5L Poor Idle Quality VIN: WPOJA0924C First I don't know why but eight people responded to my help request but I received none of them. Thanks to all of you. The aux. air valve receives its power from the fuel pump relay. Also Mitchell and Alldata both showed it in their diagrams but it was called... |
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| 1998 Volkswagen Beetle 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWCA21C1X Hello all! A VERY BIG THANK YOU to all who helped on this one! Every reply pointed to the mass air flow meter. Put a new one in and retested, within 2 miles the trim dropped to 3.9 and after clearing code and retesting, the trim only came up to .8% Apperently ... Trouble codes: P1128. |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 1.8L Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWCD21C5Y Thanks again to all that replied to my post on this VW. I received all sorts of possible answers, but I want to note some of those that helped the most. Richard from GA and Alex from NY both said these cars have problems in the wiring harness next to the start... Trouble codes: 302 (Misfire on Cyl 2), 1238 (Manufacturer specific fuel/air metering). |
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| 1996 Volvo 850 GLT 2.4L abs module connector VIN: YV1LW5543T Thanks to the replies, the custmer called Volvo which at first said this was covered under the Bulletin (see replies above), but then Volvo called him back and said the vehicle is NOT covered. Still looking for a pigtail connector to replace with. |
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