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| 1993 BMW 325i 2.5L No Start VIN: WBACB4312P Greetings to all we had this bmw towed to us two weeks ago for a no start we checked for spark and found no spark.I searched archieves and found many listings about water getting into ecm so i proceeded to remove ecm and found water in the ecm.I found a used o... |
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| 1994 BMW 540i 4.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality VIN: WBAHE6325R Hi Folks, This car floods to the point of not starting if it sets a few days. It still has the nickasil block and one cly. is weak, but this problem affects all 8 cly. We replaced the pcv plate which pretty much eliminated smoking from the tailpipe.Scan tool ... |
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| 1994 BMW 530i 3.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: WBAHK2310R This one won't pass inspection for emissions. It shows high CO and HC, good NOX and CO2. Fuel pressure is ok, Iguess. Nobody has any data on this engine. I have MOD and it says that no codes or other data are available from the manufacturer. I tried the bmw t... |
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| 1998 BMW 740iL 4.4L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: WBAGJ8320W this car was droped off not running the battery was dead it wouldnt crank. recharged battery would crank no start pulled plug was soaked in gas cheked no fire hooked scan tool up to check for codes was no codes but no rpm signal when cranking . installed new c... Trouble codes: 139 (electronic thermostate circut), 75 (misfire several cyl with cutoff), 67 (misfire cyl 5 with cut off), 66 (misfire cyl 4 with cut off), 68 (misfire cyl 6 with cut off), 62 (misfire several cyl) |
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| 1999 Jaguar XJ8 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: SAJKX6244W this jaguar drives ok, but atempting to engauge the cruise control the "fail safe mode light comes on and cuise control does not work. checking with a shop who works on alot of jags says they have throttle body problems that cause this, but that has been done.... |
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| 1995 Land Rover Range Rover SE 4.0L Warning Lights VIN: SALPV12445 This Rover already had the air suspension changed over before the current customer bought it. Probem is the warning message center continues to broadcast "35 mph max speed" caution. (I assume that this is being caused by the absence of the inputs seeing the sy... |
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz ML320 3.2L power steering VIN: 4JGAB548EX This clean ML320 just lost power steering all of a sudden today. The owner parked the vehicle, went into a place of business, and from the time she restarted the vehicle it has had no power steering. The pump reservoir is full and the pump is obviously making ... |
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| 2001 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Unknown VIN: WDBJF82J9Y Hi M/B Tech's We have a weird symptom in this 4Matic sedan, Customer complains of a low speed shimmey/vibration (20-35mph)especially felt thru seat area, (Not in steering wheel) It is very slight but always there. I have felt it too. It almost seems that the c... |
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| 1965 MG MGB 1.8L generator VIN: GHN3L47344 Six months ago, a wrecker driver jumped this car off by attaching the negative cable to ground. This car is a positive ground, so the generator, the regulator, and a fuse were destroyed. Now, the generator has gone out again, and I have 'fitted' three new gene... |
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| 1986 Porsche 944 2.5L air bag lamp VIN: WPOAA295IH We can't seem to find any info on how to reset the air bag light. Does anyone know how? Is this one that should reset itself? I'm posting this for a fellow tech, car came in dead, and now after getting it running, the air bag light is on. We want to reset it a... |
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| 2002 Porsche Boxster Roadster S 3.2L Cuts out VIN: WPOCB29872 Have an elder customer who feels he got some bad gas in his low mileage toy. We have indeed found some trash in his fuel rail. All other tests are normal. What we need to know is, where and the heck is the fuel filter? According to our information its in the c... |
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| 1993 Saab 9000 CS Turbo 2.3L No Start, Originally stall VIN: YS3CL68M2P Hi Guys, This Saab is enough to make me tear the rest of my hair out. The problem started with it occasionally stalling on the road. When it stalled the TCS trouble light would come on and the tach would drop to `0', but still had a crank signal from the crank... |
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| 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon Campmobile 1.9L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall VIN: WV2ZB0256E the van has a rough, surging idle, and fuel mixture problems. can watch the O2 on the scope when you have the O2 connected the voltage is .4-.6 with a cross count every second at idle, the compression is in spec, vacume reading is stable, less than .25 inch fl... |
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| 1997 Volkswagen Jetta GLX 2.8L Cruise This vehicle had a VW aftermarket Cruise Control system installed by the dealership. It is currently not working. The system is unlike the FACTORY installed system because the wiring does not match the diagram in our Alldata database. We called 2 different dea... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWSE29M5X Car came with MIL light on Pulled 2 codes: Code 17536 P1128 long term fuel trim mult. bank 1 Code 17545 P1137 long term fuel trim addit. bank 1 Do I have a Air Mass problem? I use Baum 2000 Can someone tell me how to check Air mass meter? Thanks for your help ... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L Poor Idle Quality Does computer need idle reset after battery removal and replacement, or is there another method? No codes are present. |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 1.9L compressor clutch VIN: 3VWCF21C1Y I have another european eating my lunch. The compressor clutch will not engage. I have replace the fan module but still nothing. Not much info available for this vehicle. The fan module I recieved from the local VW dealer had been installed by one of their tec... |
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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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| 1999 Volvo S70 2.4L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1L5SSA7X Thank you for reading this. Original complaint was intermittent poor running and mil. We found a code for the cps. We checked the pattern with a lab scope, but found no problem. Cleared code, and car was OK. As the problem was intermittent, we elected to repla... Trouble codes: P0335, P0336, P0339 |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1994 Audi 100 S 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUBK84A8R thanks to all 1 sugested that it might be a etc code because of wording ' implosable in baum code description -- the rest (3) sugested cleanining manifold -+ pipe -- remove manifold to clean is usualy nesasary -- cose sets evrey 5 to 10 days , wating for retur... Trouble codes: XXX (egr temprature irational). |
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| 2000 Audi A6 Quattro Avant 2.8L instruments VIN: WAULH24B1Y I can't post this as a fix, but I'am sure the info I received will fix the car if I could only get the customer to bring car back. Thanks to Chuck [...] For the help. You can reset the display to english by going to adderess 17 and checking t... |
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| 1995 BMW 325is 2.5L drive shaft VIN: WBABF33205 I got alot of good replies. thank you all for the help. it ended up being the sub frame mounts to body. replaced them and all is well. thanks again. |
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| 1997 Jaguar XK8 4.0L bad fuel pump VIN: SAJGX2743V This particular Jag XK8 (contrary to what the service info and Jag dealer told us) did not require the use of the collar tool to release the lines. By removing the access cover on the top of the tank, we could reach inside and remove the pump without removing ... |
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| 2000 Jaguar S-Type 4.0L noise for valve cover VIN: SAJDA01D1Y had no replies to this problem. did finally find variable timing gear on right bank bad. part on order! thanks again! |
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| 1995 Mercedes-Benz S320 SWB 3.2L all shifts VIN: WDBGA33E0S Hi All, Thanks for the replies. All suggestions were noted and after checking these things, I still had no fix. Out of desperation I called one of my favorite clients and offered them a free transmission service for the use of their valve body for a couple hou... |
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| 1995 Saab 9000 CS 2.3L trans cooler VIN: YS3CD68U2S We have no real good answer as to why this cooling system behaves this way but we have fixed the vehicle by eliminating the water cooling of the trans fluid and replaced it with an air cooling system from a different year Saab. Obviously, with no water to reac... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Jetta GLX 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWTD81H3X Thanks to all that replied, all were good advice. Hoses were ok, secondary air pump motor was full of water and rust, seized up. Outrageously priced from dealer, found a used one and now everything works properly. Trouble codes: P0411 (Secondary air injection system incorrect air flow detected). |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWSE29M1Y thanks for all that replied. i replaced both o2 sensors and this repaired the problem. this was much cheaper tha a new vw cat. thanks again, don [...] Trouble codes: P1256, P0420. |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 1.8L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: VWG2864P70 This vehicle is still under warranty for the MAF sensor. I have referred the customer to the local VW dealer for a new MAF. Thank you to everyone that responded, All of your information was right on. Trouble codes: P0300 (Muleiple Misfire), P0301 (Misfire 1), P0302 (Misfire 2), P0303 (Misfire 3), P0304 (Misfire 4), P1128 (Leak Bank 1). |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L oil warning light VIN: WVWPD63B42 well the oil pump pick up tube was clogged. I replaced the pump and cleaned the pick up tube-problem fixed. Thanks for all the input. My main questuion was why does the light still come on with the switch unplugged and the answer is that there are two sending ... |
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| 2003 Volkswagen Jetta GLX 2.8L battery Many thanks to all who answered this post. The replys were as follows: Two replys dealt with a faulty radio - see dealer with serial number of radio; One reply was a defective battery; One reply suggested a faulty comfort module that was looking for 4 doors on... |
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| 1995 Volvo 850 2.3L mil VIN: YV1LS2845F Sorry I have no fix to post, but the consensus of several was that the trans has an internal problem. The burnt fluid and rare slippage on startup are signs. Several suggested a gear position sensor, but that always has a specific code and associated symptoms.... |
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