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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for April 14, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 1990 BMW 735i 3.5L tail lights VIN: WBAGB62080 This vehicle came to us with the rear tail lights n/w. The front park lights and the rear number plate lights are OK. Fuses test OK and the globes are fine. I believe the fault may be related to a tail lamp check relay/module since the number plate lights are ... |
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| 1997 BMW 540i 4.4L convertor VIN: WBADE6328V Hi, By our iScan 2000 from Baum Tools and over 80 miles of driving the TCM never sends a signal to the torque convertor lockup clutch when moving forward at any speed( yeah "any"). It will very (and I mean very intermittant) intermittantly send the lockup sign... |
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| 1984 Mercedes-Benz 380SL 3.8L Hesitation, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: WDBBA45AA3 the frequency vavle on this car is in-op. i have power on both wires going into the vavle. i have checked the continuity between the brown green wire and terminal 15 on the ECU wich is good. the ground wire for the ECU is also good, i pulled the ecu out and in... |
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| 1989 Saab 900 Turbo 2.0L Clutch VIN: YS3AT75L1K Trying to remove the clutch from this vehicle and can't get it to come out because their is not room. We have Alldata and chilton manuals have followed the instructions but their is no clearance even with the pressure plate held depressed with tubing. Any repl... |
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| 1999 Volvo S70 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1LS55A3X I am having truble with this volvo. The check engine light is on with codes p0174 and p1017. My autodiagnos scanner will only go to 1998 modles. I am using the snap on scanner that gives littls info and alldata gives very little info also. Can some one tell me... Trouble codes: P0174, P1017 (unknown) |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1990 Audi Coupe Quattro 20v 2.3L No Start VIN: WAUGD08B9L Well I got this sucker fixed.After checking all grounds and trying a known good distributor and rechecking everything twice I sent out the computer for rebuilding.I finally recieved it yesterday,pluged it in and presto,we have ignition and it fires up every ti... |
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| 1996 Audi A6 2.8L Accessories VIN: WAUGA84A0T Well, I fixed it but not the way I would like. As some of you stated that in the ignition switch there is a pin that gets depressed to signal that the key is in the ignition. The pin hadn't fallen out of my switch, but the cylinder lock wasn't moving in and ou... |
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| 1994 BMW 325i 2.5L ABS Light on VIN: WBACB4327R Thanks for the help, I recieved three replies and all three were correct. It was suggested I check continuity of the circuits in the ABS hydraulic unit and I found an open in the left front inlet valve circuit, installed a new hydraulic unit and the car is fix... |
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| 1998 BMW 318i 1.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBACC032XW The black plastic fuel expansion tank that is mounted above the fuel filler neck had a very small crack in one of the large connection fittings, this apparently is very common. The new one is identified by the white colored fitting (the one that breaks) on top... |
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| 1995 Fiat BRAVA 1600CC cam timing VIN: ZFA1820000 Hi sorry for the late reply been away,beware if you take one of these on, you cannot set the cam timing without locking the cams so you must make or buy the tool. Both cams are locked in position from the rear by removing the covers and replacing them with end... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Passat GLX 2.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWPD63B7X Exchanged Cam Chain Tensioner with new unit. Customer has no complaints as of 4/14/04. |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 1.8L Unknown VIN: 3VWSE69M12 We found out this vehicle had been driven 20,000 miles with the original problem, We feel that the length of time this vehicle was driven with the damaged transmission '20,000 miles', warrants a transmission replacement. The other option was just doing the... |
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| 1994 Volvo 960 2.9L camshaft VIN: YV1KW9510R first off thank you ernest from florida and david [...] earnest from florida was right. it is not tdc to set cams and crank about. 60 degres off tdc. then david... thank you i knew i didnt need the special tools a little inginuty got the job done. without the... |
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