 Prev |
Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for April 9, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
Next  |
| (Also Available: All, Asian, Chrysler, European, Ford, GM.) | ||
| Vehicle Owners: If you are seeking an automotive repair professional to service your vehicle, visit the iATN Repair Shop Finder. | ||
Open Help Requests for European
| Help Request | Answers | |
| 1996 Jaguar XJ6 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: SAJHX1743T car came in this moring with mil lite on. used gds510 jaguar scanner and it wont go past the system ready test. alldata has a flow chart that tell me to drive the car for 7.5 miles at differant speeds for differant times up to 23 minutes. i just talk to a serv... |
View | |
| 2002 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.6L ABS Light TC Light VIN: SALPM16402 The abs and traction control lights stay on when car is started. When driving down the road they will go out but when you step on the brakes the lights will come back on and stay on. This problem all started after the brake job. Any advise would help. 818-988-... |
View | |
| 1998 Mercedes-Benz SLK230 Kompressor 2.3L Exterior Lights VIN: WDBKK47F2W New client and first time we have seen this car. The owner stated that the headlight switch was defective, “causing the lights to come on and then the battery dies. This makes the alarm sound." We checked the car and noted that the headlight switch functions a... |
View | |
| 1991 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 3.6L Noise VIN: WBOCB2960M This vehicle has two noises, one is a gurgling sound like water is running under the floor mats, It appears to be the oil circulating thru the pipes, Is this normal? I have never heard it on other 911s before. also the convertible top rattles on the locator pi... |
View | |
| 1995 Saab 9000 CS 2.3L trans cooler VIN: YS3CD68U2S This car is back again for the same problem that it originally came in for about 6000 miles ago---mixing of trans fluids and coolant. It appeared to be a failure of the transmission cooler inside the radiator so we replaced the radiator with a dealer unit (mad... |
View | |
| 1994 Volkswagen Passat 1.8L Poor Fuel Economy VIN: WVWZZZ317N hill tech members, this car have been with me for a few days now i have tested all the nessary earas but sitll not inprovement in the car performance, that is not pulling and fuel consumption is little bit high and sound of the engine is look like laking power... |
View | |
| 1999 Volkswagen Beetle GL 1.8L abs hydraulic pump VIN: 3VWDD21CXX this car has been to many other shops and has had very poor workmenship done. |
View | |
| 1993 Volvo 940 T 2.3L fuel guage VIN: YV1JW8702P Hey volvo techs and beyond...I'm struggling with this 940 turbo wagon. It originally came in with an intermit. fuel guage. I tested at inst. cluster and good signal from sender. I replaced guage and it worked fine. Came back with same problem a couple weeks la... |
View | |
| 1994 Volvo 850 Turbo 2.3L No Start VIN: YV1LS5718R Hallo and welcome to my world ! ... No, you wouldn't like it ! My ex has ... Well, that's not what I'm here for. This confounded Volvo will not start. I put in a Bosch reman' starter AND a PRND switch for intermitent no start, that is, no crank. Whenever it d... Trouble codes: P0120 (Throttle switch. Snap-On Scanner. Generic OBD11) |
View | |
| 2001 Volvo V70 X/C 2.4L Surge VIN: YV1SZ58D81 I suspect possible maf. Did all background research including calling my tech line. No vacuum leaks, all hoses are secure. |
View |
Fixes & Summaries for European
| Fix/Summary | Answers | |
| 1994 Audi 90 S 2.8L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUBJ88CXR vehicle started when we got it here.Put a lab scope on the cam and crank sensor's and looked good.Vehicle never stalled or didn't start here so we could not pinpoint the problem.most responses said to look at the cam sensor. Trouble codes: 00515 (hall sensor g-40). |
5 | |
| 1988 BMW 750iL 5.0L Check engine lite VIN: WBAGC83L27 Well I got a hold of a ETM manual for that 1988 750il BMW and for that year up to 8/88 only the 735i and il only have a check engine lite not the 750. Thanks |
1 | |
| 1990 BMW 735i 3.5L temp control VIN: WBAGB4314L This beauty is now diagnosed, I did not want to wait for the owner to decide if he wants to spend the money to repair it before I posted my fix. Seth [...], the actuator motor for the passenger side blend door had broken out... |
6 | |
| 1994 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Front of the Engine VIN: WDBEA32E6R First of all I like to express my sincere appreciation to every one who took their time to help a fellow Tech crying for help. I'm not sure if I could call this a fix but here it goes. Almost every body told me to recheck the preset on the T-chain Tensioner, b... |
10 | |
| 1967 Other European TIGER 289CID engine VIN: B382002665 engine and trans come out thru the top all together-after removing radiator,rear trans mount-not to bad of a job-thanks for all replies-deke |
9 | |
| 1997 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: WPOCA2991V Cleaned MAF, codes went away, passed Emission test (OBD II). I have not heard back from client. No news is good news? Trouble codes: P1126 (O2 Sensor adaptation range 1 enrichment limit cyl 4-6), P1124 (O2 Sensor adaptation range 1 enrichment limit cyl 1-3), P1123 (Fuel/Air mixture is so rich that the control is up to the lean limit). |
3 | |
| 1997 Volkswagen Passat TDI 1.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWGG83AXV thanx every one for the help Replacing the glow plug harness took care of the mil light Trouble codes: 1266 (glowplug relay -j52- Open or short to ground Intermittent), 1050 (glow plug monitoring Intermittent). |
4 | |
| 2000 Volkswagen Passat GLS 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWND23B5Y Well, a new maf brought the readings in block 32 to -3.0/-3.9. We sent the customer on his way while waiting for his cats to arrive. Once he returned, we checked trim again, and it was back up to -7.0/-7.8. :-( We went ahead and replaced the bad cats and did r... |
14 | |
| 1980 Volvo 245 DL 2.1L Poor Idle Quality, hard starting VIN: VC24545A32 I 1st,would like to apologize for the long delay in closing this help request, and to thank everyone who took the time to answer my question, there were 13 of you, and I'm sorry, I forgot all of your names. But the vast majority of them were to go ahead and re... |
13 |
