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| 1990 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: ZARBA12G9L Hi to Everyone, Please Help. Have no information on Code #1245. Could someone please send me a description and diagnostics for Code #1245. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Mark [...] |
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| 1998 Audi A4 2.8L remove VIN: WAUED28D9W hi guys, how dow you guys change the fuelfilter on the 4 wheel drive models? Do you drop the tank? How much labour do you charge? Conviniently, the Bentley Books DO NOT show how to change the ff on the 4 wd. models. But,they show in detail how to change the ... |
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| 1999 Audi A8 Quattro 4.2L Cruise Control VIN: WAUBG34D8X We typically work on VW and Audi cars, mostly the lesser A4-A6's, but this is the first A8 we had in. Not that this is A8 specific, but when using cruise control and setting it at any given highway speed, it gradually loses speed at he rate of about 1 mph ever... |
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| 1988 BMW 750iL 5.0L Check engine lite VIN: WBAGC83L27 Hi I have this 1988 Bmw 750il(porduction date of 2/88). This car went for a smog test and was failed for the check engine, lite would not come on. I have check the bulb and that is ok. I can get the lite to come on if I ground the wire in connector x21 termina... |
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| 1992 BMW 525i 2.5L Heater core VIN: WBAHD5319N Hello gang, I have this 1992 BMW 525i that I have diagnosed a leaking heater core (antifreeze smell,film on windshield). Alldata and MOD both give 10-12 easy steps to replace the heater core, yet state flatrate time as 7-8 hrs.I have been advised by my BMW par... |
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| 2000 Jaguar S-Type 3.0L dash VIN: SAJDA01C1Y Hello, we have this Jag with a wierd noise that seems to be affected by either turning off the HVAC system or by adjusting the temperature setting up to 85 deg,(HI) or below 68 deg. It is a clunking noise that repeats itself every 2-3 seconds. It's a kind of "... |
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| 1995 Land Rover Range Rover 2.5L not starting, door locks do not work, alarm does n VIN: SALLAAMW3T Hello How do you all do. Firstly a big thanks to you all in allowing me to join this group I have found it a most rewarding place to spend an hour or so every evening on the side lines reading about what you all get up to. How ever, I seem to have a problem wi... |
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| 1967 Mercedes-Benz 230sl 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1130422201 Can anyone help with a detailed/ comprehensive proceedure for setting / adjusting the throttle linkage and the relativity between the injector pump, throttle, air bleed, and mixture adjuster etc. I'm having troubles making proper adjustments. Eg, when i have t... |
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| 1972 Mercedes-Benz 280SE-4.5L 4.5L springs rear VIN: 1080671200 Dear Friends, this customer had 8 years ago, the rear coil springs replaced and the shop removed the hydraulic compensator and installed the "COIL" spring compensator. After that the car was standing to high and had excessive positive camber (like 1,5 deg pos... |
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| 1984 Mercedes-Benz 380SL 3.8L Surge VIN: WDBBA45A4E A cry for help from all Mercedes Techs. This vehicle has a stumble when cold during acceleration until warm. I have little experience with this early of a design but this is what I've found. System pressure or supply is correct after I adjusted the shims in th... |
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| 1985 Mercedes-Benz 380SE 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: WDBCA32COF Hey Folks, This Benz is a vehicle that is mis firing fairly severely under hot condition at idle. It only occurs after an extending driving period and becomes more unstable as time passes. Spark plugs were replaced because they were carbon fouled. The vehicle ... |
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| 1993 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 2.3L No Start VIN: WDBDA28D4P this car came in with no start at any time, question is car won't start untill you let off key, then it trys to start. we have repaired the fuel system & it runs good after starting & air to fuel is right, some times it starts right up no problem, it's like th... |
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| 1995 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBEA32EXS Hello group. This car has coded EGR on a very intermittant basis. Physical inspection and testing of the EGR valve and controls all show normal. Driving symptoms which do not always occur at the same time as the mil lamp illuminating are a loss of rpm at a ste... Trouble codes: 05 (egr hfm sfi), 04 (Secondary air injection) |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz ML320 3.2L transmission oil pan gasket VIN: 4JGAB54E7X hello group. this truck was perchased on auction. it came in the shop with very low oil level.the oil was leaking from oil pan gasket ( very slow leak).we've replaced gasket & filter using dealer parts,did service,inspected & send the truck. after a few days t... |
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| 1976 Porsche 911 S 2.7L melted fuel lines VIN: 9117200708 Short and sweet: we had a little fire mishap trying to get this porsche running and I need to replace the injector lines from the fuel distributor to each injector. It's a CIS system and the only damage was that the injector lines melted at the fuel distributo... |
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| 2000 Saab 9-3 2.0L Master cylinder VIN: YS3DD58H8Y This car came in to us for the first time with a falling brake pedal. You had to pump the brakes to stop. The first time the pedal was pressed it would go almost to the floor, then the next two pumps it would come up to normal pedal height. We bleed the system... |
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| 1983 Volkswagen Vanagon L 1.9L Cuts out VIN: WV2YB0259D Greetings All, question for the vw gurus. this van cuts out under full throttle but only at the top end of rpm, is this over-run protection? first thought it was fuel delivery as if the pump could not provide volume and pressure. swapped pump, filter, fuel hos... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1991 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 2.3L Blower VIN: WDBDA28D7M As it turns out we got a bad pushbutton control. We ordered another and the car is fixed. Thanks to everyone who replied. |
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| 1997 Mercedes-Benz C230 2.3L Master Cyl.? VIN: WDBHA23D9V To all you benz techs that helped me with the sinking brake pedal on the 97 benz C230 THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. The info that you all supplied was extremly useful and informative in diagnoising the problem. It turned out that the ABS Hydraulic was bad,but unfor... |
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| 1995 Volkswagen Jetta GLX 2.8L reverse gear VIN: 3VWTE81H0S We went thru the shifter cable adjustment procedure using the set up tool (available online from Baum Tools) had to do it a couple of times but now it seems to be fine cheers Joe |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Passat GLX 4 Motion 2.8L No Start VIN: WVWTH63B01 After doing many tests including fuel pressure drop, dead heading pump, low amps probing the fuel pump, and various other tests, the problem is either gone or temporary gone. I took the advice of one individual who mentioned if the vehicle were poorly mainta... |
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| 1987 Volvo 240 2.3L very high idle VIN: 4785687566 Thank you all for your help,the t-body was bad ,replaced it with one i had in the shop and the car ran like a dream, the only thing i can figure is that the cleaner got to one of the gaskets in the body ,there is not much in them that can go wrong. anthony |
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| 1995 Volvo 940 T 2.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1JW8618S thanks to everone who replyed, the code was for the egr temp sensor. we checked the connector & it was green with corrosion!! clean as needed & recheck system = ok it seems that both codes are the same thing,soooo i learned a thing or two. thanks again this is... Trouble codes: 413 (good question), 232 (f.i. lambda ajustment). |
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| 2000 Volvo V70 GLT SE 2.4L oil pressure VIN: YV1LW56D4Y thanks for the help on this. replaced all o-rings on pickup tubes & in pan. car now has good steady oil pressure. thanks again!!! |
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