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| 1999 Audi A6 2.8L Turn signals VIN: WAUDA24B3X hi, The turn signals on this audi A6 don't work,the hazard flashers work fine. When you turn on the turn signal it flashes for a split second then nothing. Is there a turn signal flasher,and a hazard flasher? and where is it? not much info in alldata on this c... |
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| 1993 BMW 325is 2.5L Electronic VIN: WBABF4314P Hi Guys, We cannot connect with engine, abs, or a/c control modules. We found a post for the same vehicle where the fix was a new a/c control module. This car has the older style controls with cables. BMW TIS is showing us a pushbutton style control. It also l... |
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| 1999 BMW 328i 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAAM5334Y Greetings fellow techs; After checking this bimmer we were left with a lot of unnanswered questions. The Baum CS2000 shows codes 144, and 146. The snapon scanner in generic OBD mode shows P0441. After checking nodata we became a little lost as P0441 low purge... Trouble codes: P0441 (Evap low flow), 144 (Evap large leak), 146 (unknown) |
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| 1997 Jaguar XJ6 L 4.0L OBD II monitors VIN: SAJHX6240V This car came in after a smog shop informed the customer his car couldn't be smoged because some of his OBD II monitors were not were not running.. We checked the monitors and it showed that the 1-air 2-o2 sensor 3-evap. and 4- cat. monitors were "not ready". ... |
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| 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SL 3.8L battery VIN: WDBBA45A5B Customer let us know last fall after we replaced to cable connector block under hood for current draw that battery went dead. Charged and tested battery, ok. Found a 6 volt draw, traced to a small red wire off of the power wire into the fuseblock behind passen... |
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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 camshaft VIN: WDBDA28D1P Car came in leaking oil .WE replaced head gasket [...] km. Towed back in for a no start at 119704 km. THE camshaft had broken at collar behind the gear. I replaced the camshaft with an aftermarket one. The car ran for two days and broke the second camt .Any... |
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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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| 2004 Mercedes-Benz e500 5.0L sound system VIN: WDBEA21107 Hi group. We have a very good customer of ours who just purchased a 2004 E500. He is not very happy with the sound system. The vehicle came with a Harmon Karden system. He does not believe the sound quality was worth what he paid for it. Is is possible to boos... |
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| 1967 Other European TIGER 289CID engine VIN: B382002665 have a vintage sunbeam tiger that the owner is starting to restore-looks like it has sat for 35 years-we need to remove the engine to rebuild-has anyone been there-does it come out the top or the bottom-front "nose"-the fenders and grille - are one piece and i... |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWSE29M1Y help folks, i am a fleet tech for verizon mostly work on vans,bucket trucks, and some american cars.this problem is with my daughters car. check engine lite was on so i pulled codes p1256 and p0420. i replaced ect sensor and found out volkswagon redesined it... Trouble codes: P1256, P0420 |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWRC29M2Y Hello guys, need some help here.I have this 00 volkswagon jetta that starts up and idles pretty good,whenever you give it more than 1/4 throttle it just boggs.you can hold the throttle to the floor and it never exceeds like 2000 rpm.Sprayng alittle carb clean ... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 1995 Volvo 850 2.3L mil VIN: YV1LS2845F Trans had delay in engagement,flushed fluid, shifted OK for us, customer says on occasion, it will delay in R in AM. We have gotten several trans codes, but only one repeatedly for the engine speed sensor, which we replaced (it looked ok on Volvo scan tool whi... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1990 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: ZARBA12G9L Hi to Everyone, This Alfa is fixed. Thankyou to my only reply from Aidan [...] who gave me a code description which was for the Variable Valve Timing Output. Unfortunately there were no diagnostics or wiring diagrams available, but by logic and luck we tra... |
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| 1988 BMW 325is 2.5L Clutch VIN: WBAAA1302J Well guy's, thanks for all the tips. We have replaced the fluid supply hose & so far so good. i drove it home last night & it did not act up. It's one of those jobs though, where we will only know after a few weeks whether it's truly fixed. I used an LPR part ... |
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| 1994 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L starter VIN: SAJHX1742R body control modjule fixed it!...we apoligize for the delay...my customer found one in scotland from e-bay for 75.00 and the darn thing works!...thanks for all who replied |
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| 1994 Saab 900 SE 2.5L Camshaft Timing VIN: YS3DM55VXR Much thanks to Anders [...] from SWEDECAR! He hit it right on the head. Here is his response: 'A compression test showed around 30-70 Psi spread unevenly over the 6 cylinders and I was sure I had bent the valves during my struggle. A leak down test als... |
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| 2000 Saab 9-3 2.0L Master cylinder VIN: YS3DD58H8Y Thanks for all the help. Here are the most helpful suggestions. 1. Clamp off all of the rubber brake lines, check the pedal, if high and hard-remove clamps one at a time to isolate which wheel is causing the brakes to need pumping. When we did this we found ... |
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| 1998 Volkswagen Jetta GLX 2.8L No Start, Stall VIN: 3VWTD81H0W I would like to thank everone who replied, lots of good suggestions but it was the responce from Elvir that tipped me off to the source of the problem. 'RPM SEnsor'= crankshaft position sensor. A resistance check showed excessive resistance. Running the vehicl... Trouble codes: P0322. |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWMA63B3X Yeah,I finally fixed this vehicle,received many replies relating ti this car and I thank everyone for their help.The throttle just needed readapting due the battery being disconnected which was not a problem.The turbo valve and evap leak pump were legitimate c... Trouble codes: 18010 (power supply low), 17953 (throttle valve controller malfunction), 17745 (camshaft position sensor short to ground), 17881 (evap leak detection pump open circuit), 16885 (speed sensor implausible signal), 17956 (boost pressure regulation valve open circuit). |
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