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| 1994 Audi 100 S 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUBK84A8R for audi-vw gurus. car came in w code set for "egr temp irational" cked w baum + egr temp was 0c -- engine was 44c air was 26c started to ck + it came to life while cking voltages + resitances at sensor plug , cked reference voltage + wiggled + tuged + voltsta... Trouble codes: XXX (egr temprature irational) |
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| 1988 BMW 325is 2.5L Clutch VIN: WBAAA1302J Hi BMW experts, I need help with this 88 325iS. The clutch pedal sticks down. If you pull it back with your toe the clutch will work okay for a while & then stick down again. We replaced the master & slave cylinders. The customer came back after a few days...s... |
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| 2000 BMW 750iL 5.4L Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAGJ0347Y Customer driving at freeway speeds - loses power (presses accelerator - no response) sees 'Engine failsafe' and 'Trans failsafe' in display. Coasted to stop, turned key off - started immediately and continues to run perfectly since. Of course I have tried to d... Trouble codes: 140 (Engine Torque Bank Comparison left bank), 140 (Engine Torque Bank Comparison left bank), 10 (O2 Sensor befoe cat cyl 7-12), 254 (No Description), 147 (EGS - No Description) |
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| 2000 Jaguar S-Type 4.0L noise for valve cover VIN: SAJDA01D1Y help |
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| 1997 Land Rover Discovery SD 4.0L High Idle Speed VIN: SALJY1249V Hi techs, The Land Rover came in w/ check engine lamp on and high idle speed around 1500rpm but sometimes upon startup idle will stay at 2000. The oxygen sensor codes were addressed according to a bulletin which has you check transition period of sensors and i... Trouble codes: 130 (O2S1B1 fault), 150 (O2S1B2 fault) |
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| 1994 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L ASR system VIN: WDBEA92E9R This car came with "ASR" light on instrument cluster. Poor acceleration' limp mode. Pulled code 022 with Baum 2000. Test drove the car. Initial acceleration is poor, then the car picks-up speed. Tested ABS on gravel- works fine. Cruise control doesn't work. Id... Trouble codes: 022 (CC or EA indicates limp- home mode) |
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| 1994 Mercedes-Benz C280 2.8L Cruise Control VIN: WDB2020282 Imformation is very scare on this vehicle as it is a Japannese import second hand. I have checked the steering column and brake switchs, they are both testing ok. Thats as far as i can go, I have no wiring circuit or component location daigrams. Can anyone hel... |
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| 1996 Mercedes-Benz E300 3.0L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out VIN: WDBJF20F8T To all Mercedes diesel technicians, Customer came in complaining car hesitate and looses power driving on highway. I drove the car and feels like an ign misfire driving at about 40- 50 mph or about. Since is a diesel engine i changed both main & secondary fuel... |
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| 1986 Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera 3.3L ignition/cranking VIN: WPOJBO939G I was looking for suggestions in regards to a front wiring harness labor time. If a front harness is available can you offer any supplier info. We have a pretty badly burnt harness and the more we open it up the worse it becomes. Our damage starts around the l... |
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| 1998 Porsche Boxster 2.5L Soft Top VIN: WPOCA2980W When this vehicle is driven and you hit a bump the windows would roll down about half way. It would also cause the top not to operate. We replaced the microswitch and the top and windows were ok for a bit. Now the windows roll down half way at times by themsel... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.0L Everything powered by the Central Locking Module VIN: 3VWSC29M0X Vehicle starts if power is applied to fuse 14 with key in crank position but power windows, locks, interior lights, starting system all inop. Pulled connectors out of Central Locking Module and short disappeared. Isolated short to Red/blue wire in connector T2... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1991 BMW M5 3.6L timing cover leaking VIN: WBSHD9305M thankf for the input,we subscribed to alldata which had the correct procedures outlined.with this rare engine i definately wanted the correct information up front instead of during the job. thanks |
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| 2000 Jaguar S-Type 3.0L dash VIN: SAJDA01C1Y My thoughts are that both replies here probably are real close to being right. The customer declined to proceed when faced with the potential repair cost. |
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| 1986 Mercedes-Benz 560SL 5.6L Expansion Valve VIN: WDBBA48056 Wow, what great responses. Definately need to pull the cluster as a newbie and then still wanted to torch my wrenches! While popping the IP back in, the little chrome button on the speedo dial popped off, jeez, another hour and a half for that! As usual, I don... |
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| 1993 Mercedes-Benz 300E 3.2L fuel pump VIN: WDBEA32E4P i received a lot of useful feedback from the guys at iatn , if nothing else i learned that mercedes can't make up their minds where to put their fuel pump relay's. no, seriously i would have liked to have had a chance to tackle this one but the customer decide... |
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| 1988 Other European ESPRIT .0L engine lid VIN: SCCFC20A9J thanks for the help. finally got into engine compartment. had to get in from underneath. was able to trip latchs from under car. thanks again!! |
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| 1999 Saab 9-5 2.3L Cables VIN: YSE3F45EOX Thanks to the three of you that replied. The concenses is that no real fix exists, other than replacing the cables with original. We dried these out by disconecting the wheel end, clamping a 14mm hose over the sheath and forcing low pressure air through each c... |
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| 1983 Volkswagen Vanagon L 1.9L Cuts out VIN: WV2YB0259D Hi, i discovered the cut-out to be the computer limiting feul to the injectors due to over-run rpm (Don from Ok mentioned calif. ecm limits at around 5300 to 5800 rpm). the base of the problem was that i didn't have time to take the van on a thourough test dri... |
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| 1997 Volkswagen Passat GLX 2.8L Trip odometer and MFA milage counter VIN: WVWEE83A1V Well thanks for all of your help. We found that the trip odometer and mfa resetting is an instrament cluster problem and totally unrelated to the 'no start' problem. As far as the no start problem, it was actually diagnosed and repaired by the niece of the 84 ... |
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| 2001 Volvo V70 2.4T 2.4L Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1SW58D61 Sorry for the delay closing this, I had a hard time getting this vehical back into the shop as this problem was very intermittant. After going over everything that we had touched on this volvo we could not find anything wrong except the fact that we used bosch... Trouble codes: P1238. |
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