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| 1996 Audi A6 2.8L Accessories VIN: WAUGA84A0T Hello, everyone. I replaced this Audi's ignition cylinder and switch. The radio now doesn't shut off when the key is taken out, if you push the power button off it will. I didn't notice before I changed the switch whether the radio stayed on or not, but accord... |
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| 1990 BMW 735i 3.5L temp control VIN: WBAGB4314L Hi Gang, I get the pleasure of working on this beauty, we are Subaru specialists and this not necessarily similar. The customer complaint is that the passenger side output temperature is always opposite the drivers selected temperature (heat is on passenger s... |
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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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| 1995 BMW 325is 2.5L drive shaft VIN: WBABF33205 looking for bmw advice. this car has a clunk that seems to be coming from the rear end when shifting. it sounds like a shock mount or diff mount but all look good.(dont think it is inside diff?) tried pry bar in all and no change. replace r/r half shaft and no... |
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| 1999 BMW 523i 2.4L radiator and cooling hoses VIN: WBADM420XO Hi All We had this vehicle come in with the hoses rubbed through and found that the radiator had been pushed back on the lower mounts which pushed the hoses into the air cond compressor.We replaced the faulty parts and put the man back on the road. He is now ... |
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| 1995 Jaguar XJ12 6.0L Cuts out, at freeway speeds VIN: SAJMX1346S After returning the car to the customer, she only drove it a very short while before she called to say that it wouldn't go up hills at freeway speed, or accelerate past about 45 mph. I test drove the car and found that it would reach free way speed on level gr... |
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| 1995 Mercedes-Benz S320 SWB 3.2L all shifts VIN: WDBGA33E0S This car came in from another shop who looked at it for slipping in all gears. They removed the B2 piston and stopped. The car came to me on the hook with the B2 piston in a bag. I reinstalled the B2 piston and test drove. The car would shift fine until it hea... |
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| 1997 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBJF55F9B mb after market techs. we replaced the two 02 sensors on this mb with generic bosch o2 sensors. now the car comes back with codes for o2 sensor circuit malfunction on both sensors. this car did not have o2 sensor codes before we did this. do late model mb s ha... |
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| 1997 Mercedes-Benz E420 4.2L first gear only VIN: WDBJF72F2V Hello fellow techs. I need help with this transmission code p0730. Mitchell does not have any diagnosis for this code. Can Somebody help!! Also there is a factory code 55 for i believe is also for first gear. thanks in advance for your help. note: we also rese... |
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| 1998 Mercedes-Benz E430 4.3L engine VIN: WDBJF70F8W We have a 1998 E430 here with a loud lifter-like clatter, especially when cold. We are familiar with the problem of oiler tubes going bad on 1997 and older cars that causes this problem, but this is one of the newer dual-spark-plug engines, and we have not see... |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz C280 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBHA29G5X Sorry for the lack of benz knowledge. Car belongs to longtime friend. MIL comes on every couple of weeks, then goes of after a day or so. Is always stored when I get it, never active. Don't have the diag info for this, but i assume its seeing trim go max for t... Trouble codes: P0173 |
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| 1989 Other European vantage 326CID Excessive Emissions, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: SCFCV81V3K what i'm really looking for are some specs..surprisingly dealer was not very helpful..i need injector resistance,fuel pressure and timing specs..as always any and all help is appreciated.. |
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| 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.6L dme problem VIN: WPOAA2996T Hello porsche techs. This car won't pass smog because of the obd 2 ready status won't achieve. We drove the car and tried to set the monitors acording to the all data printout drive cycle procedures three times and the customer has put over 1000 miles since th... |
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| 1994 Saab 900 SE 2.5L Camshaft Timing VIN: YS3DM55VXR I know these motors can be tricky due to the timing belt,cams and too many timing marks!!!. I had a problem installing the belt because I did not know what timing marks to use for the cams. Sunday I went to the saabtech web site paid my 10 bucks and got a pict... |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 2.0L imbolizer VIN: 3VWCA21C1Y I got a new beetle in today with a dead battery when trying to jump car would start and stall and imbolizer light would flash the customer gave me paperwork from local dealer had codes for imobolizer 01316,1176,stored and an engine code of 17978 engine control... |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.8L control panel VIN: 3LWTE29MXY customer complained about heat coming from climate control panel when set to 68 degrees. check for codes at one time no problem found. reset control head with scanner and was ok for 2 months. now i checked it again and it came up with a code for a vehicle spee... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L brake pedal VIN: VWSP29M91M Hello IATN Members, When coming to a stop or when driving in stop and go traffic the brake pedal will intermittenly drop suddenly and then push back up against my foot as the car lurches forward. There is also a loud hiss noise under the dash at the same time.... |
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| 1989 Volvo 740 GL 2.3L engine VIN: YV1FX8842K vehicle drove in, customer shut car off in drive way and car will not restart. we replaced cap, rotor, wires, spark plugs, ecu, the pick-up, the black relay on the coolant bottle, and the relay on the d/s fender well, and swapped out the mafm, and still nothin... |
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| 2000 Volvo S40 1.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1VS255XY Good morning group. I have an 00 s40 volvo that came in with a check engine lite on and no symptoms. The code is p0128 (coolant temperature is below thermostat regulating temperature)It was on about 2 months ago and i cleared it for her and now it has come on ... Trouble codes: P0128 (coolant temp below tstat regulating temp) |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1999 Audi A4 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUGB28D8X Thanks for all the great replies, sorry it took so long to post a fix. I wanted to be sure the vehicle was fixed. I found a cracked vacuum hose going to the fuel pressure regulator. I also found a vacuum leak at the 90 degree rubber elbow at the back of th... Trouble codes: 17544 (P1136 Bank 1 LTFT system too lean). |
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| 2000 BMW 323i 2.5L shifting is abrupt in all gears VIN: WBAAM3344Y 3 replies were received: one suggested that transmission detected slippage and maxed shift pressure, causing hard shift. rpm and mph tracked together on tests and driving felt normal except for the abrupt shifts. one reply suggested bad rear carrier bearing. i... |
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| 1997 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Hesitation, Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBJF55FOV Well this one is put to bed. Almost everyone said mass air meter.We went for it and car has been on the road for two weeks. One reply was about cam timing because we did have it apart.We did recheck and was good. Alos had a reply about a clogged cat. Good idea... Trouble codes: P0170. |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz E300 3.0L engine VIN: WDBJF25H1X We pulled the fuel injectors and had them tested, found them clogged. We installed new nozzles and the car was more powerful and a bit quieter. The customer was satisfied with the result. |
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| 1999 Other European FERRARI 360 3586CC Throwout Bearing VIN: ZFFYR51B00 For all you Ferrari techs waiting to hear how I made out, here is the final fix. Why Ferrari would have designed and installed such an under engineered guide support in the manual transmission is beyond me. I was reminded in an email that sometimes we need to ... |
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| 1998 Porsche Boxster 2.5L Soft Top VIN: WPOCA2980W Ok there were two things going on with it. We found the 2 stage micro switch to be lose causing the window not to roll up completely. We replaced and than adjusted the microswitch. Unfortunatly it's a bad design by porsche so we were able to modify it with som... |
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| 1999 Porsche Boxster 2.5L Glass VIN: WP0CA298XX The door latch assembly is responsible for recognizing whether the door is open or closed. If the door is open the window should be slightly lowered. The signal from the latch always shows the door as closed so as soon as the handle is released the window rise... |
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| 2001 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.8L noise VIN: 3VWSG29M01 Nearly all responses pointed out that the noise is probably the intake manifold changeover valve. The fix would be to replace the entire valve and bushings. The customer (used car dealer) is now deciding what to do with the car. Thanks for the advice it was ex... |
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