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| 1994 Acura Legend LS 3.2L engine VIN: JH4KA7670R Car will over heat intermittently and the lose heat and ac |
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| 1994 Honda Civic EX 1.6L wheel speed sensor VIN: JHMEH9694R greetings - this Civic came in for ABS light on. pulled code 5-4 for wheel speed sensor issue. ohmed all four. front two within spec, right rear gave weird readings, from 2.8Kohms one minute to within range at 870ohms the next. left rear tested ok. replaced ri... |
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| 2000 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Hesitation, Stall VIN: 1HGCG1657Y Thanks for reading this message. We are a Ford dealer working on this used Honda we sold a few months ago. The customer dropped it off with a complaint of the engine wanting to die after a hot restart. We cruised the fix database and found some messages pertai... Trouble codes: P0000 (no failure) |
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| 1994 Mazda B2300 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4F4CR12A5R Truck has come in shop with a misfire problem.We have tried 3 different ignition module (O.E.M and Dealer components)They will not start the truck. Only the original module will keep the truck running. This is the frustrating part.We have also checked Timing,C... |
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| 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX 2.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality VIN: 4A3AL54F6X I tested several items, and scanned for causes of such a rich mixture. Found only one probable cause, the MAF. The spec for air flow per Alldata factory data is 4-5 g/sec at idle; & 22 - 44 Hz at MAF. I see(per scan data) 12 - 13 g/sec, and at MAF measure 160 ... Trouble codes: P0170 (Fuel Trim Malfunction), P0120 (TPS Pending Code) |
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| 1989 Nissan 240SX 2.4L speedo VIN: JN1H534P7K hello, need some advice working on this 240 has in-op digital speedo sometimes comes on when key turned on and reads 10-14 k then goes out i ohmed sensor on tailshaft appears good i assume i have a circuit board problem have no info on how to if possible to ch... |
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| 1995 Nissan Maxima SE 3.0L Clutch hydraulics - slave VIN: JN1CA21D95 Vehicle first came in having to pull clutch pedal up with your foot after applying. We found the clutch reservoir empty. We filled it and bled the system, the clutch didn't slip when driving, although it seemed to be nearing the end of it's useful life cycle. ... |
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| 1997 Nissan Pickup XE 2.4L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1N6SP1156V We have this truck in for rough idle. Idle hunts around a few hundred rpm's but never stalls or really struggles. The timing drifts around as the idle hunts between 5 and 15 deg. The vac. also drifts, 12-13 in. HG. we are at 5000 ft. and would like to see at l... |
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| 2002 Nissan Frontier SE 3.3L RS axle VIN: 1N6ED26Y82 On cold mornings-freezing or below-back the truck approx 30 ft and then roll forward aprox 50-1200 ft there is a loud thumping noise coming from the right front hub. At this point the four wheel drive hubs are engaged. When I back the truck up aprox 3-5 ft the... |
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| 2000 Subaru Impreza RS 2.5L manual transmission VIN: JF1GM6750Y Our problem is a mystery leak out of the front bell housing area of the manual transmission. We recently repaired the transfer unit for noise along with the other repair work mentioned in repair history, and the car has come back in under 2 weeks for a leak an... |
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| 1986 Toyota Tercel STD 1.5L Cooling Systems VIN: JT2AL31G8G hi need help. have this tercel that boils over in the reservoir bottle.customer said this happens intermintently. head gasket looks fine as there is no coolant in the oil or no steam out of the exhaust, spark plugs were not wet.any help is appreciated. thx ric... |
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| 1992 Toyota MR2 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: JT2SW21N3N Hello all This car has a severe idle surge after car gets to operating temperature. No codes in system. We found a broken cold start injector timer switch in the water jacket and replaced that but have not found anything else of use. Our scanner suggested a ch... |
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| 1992 Toyota Camry LE 2.2L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 4T1SK12E7N car stalls at idle or while driving and sets codes #12 & #13 distributor signals. codes don't always set, when problem occurs. have been driving it now for 2 weeks with lab scope to check distributor signals to ecm, has always been ok for me. our parts driver ... Trouble codes: 12 (rpm signal from distributor), 13 (rpm signal from distributor) |
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| 1994 Toyota Celica GT 2.2L motor, etc VIN: JT25T07N2R hi folks, this toyota just lost a rod and a head/headgasket. we service mercedes and volvos, and one tech did toyotas for several years. we have been asked to replace the motor and everything we can get to while we're in there, for some really great customers ... |
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| 1995 Toyota Pickup SR5 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: JT4VN13D85 Hello, Thanks in advance for any help. This truck for some reason is holding the EGR valve open until you come to a stop. I watch the vacuum with my gauge and it will hold 5 inches until you come to a stop. This causes a lean miss and makes the idle rough and ... |
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| 1996 Toyota Avalon XL 3.0L Intake manifold VIN: 4T1BF12B2T Buzzing noise in intake manifold(or so it seems). Tone goes up when revved up, down when idled down. I have pinched & pulled all vacuum hoses, but no difference. Anyone ever run in to this before? |
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| 1996 Toyota Camry DX 2.2L Stall VIN: 4T1BG12KIT I am having trouble with this one. Customer comes in and states that car will stall at times or act like it. I know that these cars have trouble with the IAC. So I recomended one and the laddy bought it. I drove the car proir to me installing the part and neve... |
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| 1997 Toyota Corolla 1.6L Excessive Emissions VIN: 1NXBA02E9V This vehical runs rich , has no codes, fuel presure and volume is in spec. Ignition sistem is working as it shod. puled up normal scan data values, off alldata and all info was with in specs. we performed other test with labscope tps, map, we did a injector am... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1994 Honda Accord LX 2.2L Transmission VIN: 1HGCD7231R I ended up putting in a used tranny (japan import).Seems to work good now.BTW the noise was major,not something a tranny oil change would solve.Plus I forgot to metion it wouldn't go into hi gear. Most replies caution about the use of Dexron in Honda transmiss... |
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| 1999 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCG2522X Customer was supposed to return today for repair, but hasn't. I'm going to consider it fixed if he does return. Very sure IAC is the problem. It's locked full open. ANyway, thank you William and Richie(both from Florida)and Scott from Tennessee for the answer ... Trouble codes: P0505, P0508. |
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| 2001 Kia Sportage EX 2.0L sparkplug VIN: KNDJAJ2391 Out of the 4 emails I received, 1 of them recommended using different style heli-coils. These heli-coils are larger & grip more of the cylinder head. Another one recommended replacing the cylinder head...saying that repairing the head would not stand up. As I ... |
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| 1999 Lexus LX470 4.7L igntion switch VIN: JT6H00W8X0 Yep...turned out to be the steering column upper bracket (commonly known as a the steering lock assembly on Euros); did not have to get another igniion clyinder lock...was able to transfer it ease enough...small relelase button...also changed the igntion switc... |
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| 1994 Mazda Miata 1.8L Lifters VIN: JM1NA3532R Wouldn't you know it, car showed up, no noise at all, still performed manual oil pressure test and it is within spec, 32 psi at 1000 rpm and 52 psi at 30000, test drove numerous times and no noise. I did drain oil and put synthetic 10W-30 valvoline with B&G MO... |
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| 1996 Mazda Millenia S 2.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: JM1TA2229T It turned out to be the Air Bypass Valve which is basically a blowoff valve to keep the supercharger from creating to much pressure in the intake manifold. There are three vacuum lines that go to the ABV. If you have any vacuum on the terminal that is vented t... Trouble codes: P1540 (ABV valve cicuit malfunction), 83 (TCM communication problem), 84 (HACPSZ line open or shorted). |
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| 1990 Mitsubishi Mighty Max 2.4L No Start VIN: JA7FL24WXL the ecu was the problem. it was not burnt and looked pretty good but no 5 volt output was found. it sterted up when the rebuilt unit was installed ( $345) thks to all bob |
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| 1996 Toyota RAV4 2.0L No Start VIN: JT3XP10V97 Aloha everybody! Well, I found the problem on Monday morning. I finished assembling the car today, took it for a test drive, and it runs great, I got 4 responses, thanks soo much to everybody, the recommendations were: corrosion on computer, bad pins, dissasse... |
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| 1999 Toyota Corolla CE 1.8L overdrive VIN: AE110-3004 hi techs: I received four replies ,all of them said almost the same thing ,check thermostat ,ensure proper cooling of engine ,coolant temp sensor .I had already change the coolant temp sensor but the costomer has not brought back the car to complete the job .t... |
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| 1999 Toyota 4Runner Limited 3.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT3GN8R2X0 I cleaned the MAF with brake cleaner, installed a factory air filter, then looked at the fuel trims on a 15 mile road test. The numbers were good. I just called the customer and she reported 'no mil; the truck is running great!' Case closed Trouble codes: P0171. |
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