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| 2001 Audi A4 1.8L Oil Pressure VIN: WAUDC68D51 Hello all..I'm wondering if anyone has seen these cars with low oil pressure. The car came in not running with a bad turbo. The turbo was replaced, and once started, we had low pressure warning lites coming on. Mechanical test shows oil press at about 20psi at... |
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| 1988 BMW 735i 3.5L No Start VIN: WBAGB4315J Vehicle will not start. Floods out while cranking. Has broken two starters. Plugs 2,3,4 fuel fouled originally. Now all plugs fuel fouled. Cranks ok with no compression.Compression check 175 all cylinders. My problem is that I feel I have checked everthing b... |
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| 1994 BMW 525i 2.5L shift indica VIN: WBAHDGJ215 Greetings all, This car was in last week with no reverse lights. Had reverse indicated at the inst cluster but no power on the blue/yellow line to the rev lights. Traced to burned/melted transmission range switch in console. I replaced it- now the rev lights ... |
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| 1999 BMW 740iL 4.4L Cuts out VIN: WBAGH8339X thanks in advance this car we got it from auction with dead battery put the new battery it start and cuts off in less then min pull codes 115 for hot flim mass air sensor have no idea what that is all knid of help is wellcomed please help me this time as you d... Trouble codes: 115 (hot flim-massair sensor) |
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| 1997 Jaguar Vanden Plas 4.0L Clutches & driving components VIN: SAJKN6243V Transmission in this is a ZF-4HP-24. Vehicle has rather severe 3-4 shift at 55-60 kmh under normal acceleration. all other shifts are immaculate. When it enguages into 4th it feels like the tail shaft housing comes up & lightly hits the floor. There is definit... |
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| 1996 Land Rover Range Rover SE 4.0L Starting VIN: SALPV1246T The monster was towed in with a no crank condition. Upon inspection of the system we determined that the starter relay was not getting the start signal, in this vehicle the start circuit runs through the body computer, the computer grounds the starter relay an... |
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| 1969 Mercedes-Benz 1969 2.8L Excessive Emissions VIN: 1130441200 It's been along time since I worked on one of these.I removed the injection pump for repair,I can't find my book with the specs as to setting the timing before installing the pump.I think that it is [...] btdc.Could someone please verify this?Thank You. |
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| 1975 Mercedes-Benz 450SL 4.5L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out VIN: 1070441202 I have a 450SL in the shop with some of the vacuum lines off and missing. Does anyone have a vacuum diagram for this vehicle? Any help would be aprreciated.Thanks. |
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| 1994 Mercedes-Benz S320 SWB 3.2L cooling fans VIN: WDBGA32ERA Auxilary Cooling fans do not opearte when a/c on!! Hi there, when a/c switched on pressures soon rise and switches off, cooling fans in front of rad do not come on with a/c, If we "jumper" the fans, pressure stays lower and a/c appears good. In archives, there... |
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| 1992 Volkswagen Cabriolet 1.8L power windows VIN: WVWCB5159N This vehicle has about 100mAMP draw on the battery. If you interupt the ground circuit it returns to about 6.5 mAMPS. Then if you open either door and close it the draw will stay at almost [...]. Also, If you unplug the B connector to the control unit it wi... |
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| 1994 Volkswagen Jetta 1.9L clutch disc VIN: 3VWRP01HXR Hi folks i have this diesel with a worn out clutch again a year ago i removed trans because clutch was slipping it had a sach clutch, german flywheel #[...] the disc was completely worn customer claims clutch was not old. I then machined flywheel ordered ... |
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| 1998 Volkswagen Golf GL 2.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WWWZZZJ025 Hi Tech's, this golf4, came with no engine power at all, its great at idle, but at full accelarating the highest rpm is 4600 . and the highest at drive is 2500 rpm, not more.I expected the toothed gear at the rear of the engine where the oil seal.we took the g... Trouble codes: 17852 (potmeter for egr -212 not a plausible signal), 17833 (tank vent. valve-n80 short with ground), 17526 (02 heater circuitbank1-sns2 open circuit), 17524 (02 heater circuit bank1-sns1 open circuit) |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Cabrio GLS 2.0L alarm VIN: 3VWDC21V4Y Customer brought vehicle to us after taking it to the dealer for a intermitent alarm going off. Dealer said that the control module needed replaced. She said she wanted a new unit put in even though we told her we wanted to look at it first. We put it in and i... |
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| 1995 Volvo 850 2.4L No Start VIN: YV1W5514S2 This is a non-turbo 850 GLT Volvo wagon that cranks normally when engine is cool or sits for a period of time. Engine will run normally for an extended period of time until shut off. Engine will not restart until something cycles out or off. Are there security... |
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| 2002 Volvo S40 1.9L MIL Lamp on VIN: YVY1VS2952 I am hoping that a savey Volvo Tech will be able to point me in the right direction with this car. It runs very well with no symptions - a road test with a scan tool attached in Generic OBDII didn't show me any values that seemed out of line. The code - PO128 ... Trouble codes: P0128 |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1996 Audi A4 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUEA88D5T hey guys i thank you for your time it was the left side back sensor i received 9 very helpfull tips thanks and have a great week |
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| 1992 BMW 525i 2.5L Heater core VIN: WBAHD5319N Apparently the information in Alldata, although brief, is correct.Perhaps like the instructions you might recieve for building a skyscraper (first, you dig a large hole...). I don't know firsthand just how involved this job is, because the owner declined to ha... |
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| 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 3.0L daytime runninglamp VIN: WD3FA61E3M I guess I'll just have to end this without a fix, all I can do is share what I have learned, and pass it on. There is no Benz test equip. at the shop so all I have to work with is a test light, multimeter. I've went with the idea that if I unplug a component i... |
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| 1976 Porsche 911 S 2.7L melted fuel lines VIN: 9117200708 I recieved many replies suggesting that I could buy the fuel line from Wurth or even Napa. After a month of trying, I still haven't made a bit of progress trying to find the line. Wurth doesn't know what I'm talking about when I called them and the same for Na... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L "Manual Mode" tiptronic VIN: WVWMA63B3X Thanks to all seven who responded. Most of you indicated a problem with the hall switches under the shifter. Part of our problem was that the thing was so thoroughly destroyed, it was hard to know what was there and what was not. The sliding piece that holds t... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWSE29M9X Hi Guys,the problem with this car was the computer wasn't recongnising the rear 02 sensor heater circuit,with help from my local vw dealer we installed a new computer and it fixed the problem.now the car has a weak cat and is setting a cat effieciency code,ano... Trouble codes: P1198. |
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| 1994 Volvo 850 Turbo 2.3L Hesitation VIN: YV1LW5719R everyone that sent me a e-mail helped it has a pcv.valve of sorts but a little different than the ones the talked about.I ordered some lines and cleaned some other ones. Replace the uper inercooler hose.The car left on the 16th so fare its doing good no more o... |
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