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| 1990 Volkswagen Golf 1.8L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 3VWFA01G5L Vehicle runs ok until it gets hot, and then it runs poor and stalls.Feels like it is running out of fuel,but the fuel pressure is good and so is the fuel volume.It appears that something is causing the injectors to lean the fuel right out because spraying a li... |
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| 1989 Audi 100 2.3L Excessive Emissions, No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUBB0442K First I replaced the collasped breather hose from engine block to breather pipe, then I replaced the damaged breather hose under the intake manifold. I then replaced the 3 prong sensor at the water flange on the head because I thought it was triggering the col... |
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| 1999 BMW 328i 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAAM5334Y This vehicle has been gone now for a week with no reports of a MIL light on so I'm going to call it a fix. Codes 144 & 146 are large and small EVAP leak codes and code P0441 is low purge flow. The leak codes are pretty straight forward but we are betting that ... Trouble codes: P0441 (Evap low flow), 144 (Evap large leak), 146 (unknown). |
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| 1997 Land Rover Discovery SD 4.0L High Idle Speed VIN: SALJY1249V Thanks so much to those who replied, this was the first Rover I had the opportunity to repair. I was informed that these vehicles need the factory scan tool to properly reset the idle adaptations. I found a large amount of carbon formed to a cone shape on the ... Trouble codes: 130 (O2S1B1 fault), 150 (O2S1B2 fault). |
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| 1985 Mercedes-Benz 380SE 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: WDBCA32COF Well, at last, some resolution to the problem. It turns out that the injectors that I installed had three defective ones in the batch. I replaced the three that were leaking down and the problem has gone away. Customer informed me that the MB is running very w... |
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| 1994 Mercedes-Benz C280 2.8L upshift delay valve VIN: WDBHA28EXR After reading your replies I became 'mentally' prepaired for this job...to make things even worse two (2) of the six (6) tranny pan bolts were seized solid and I was forced to use the 'needle nose' trick to pull & hold the rod up to hook it up to the cable - f... |
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| 1999 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.4L sliding roof VIN: WPOZZZ99ZX Thanks for the replies guys, turns out the sliding roof has a control unit built in to the motor drive assembly which is faulty. The vehicle comes in this week for a new one. |
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