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Open Help Requests for Asian
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| 1998 Honda Civic EX 1.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGEJ8248W Thanks in advance. This honda has been at the dealer 3 times for a check engine light with misfire codes. It has triggered all for but always number three cylinder. dealer replaced plugs and belt (aftermarket belts can trigger misfire codes) it came to me and ... |
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| 1998 Honda Civic EX 1.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGEJ8248W Thanks in advance. This honda has been at the dealer 3 times for a check engine light with misfire codes. It has triggered all for but always number three cylinder. dealer replaced plugs and belt (aftermarket belts can trigger misfire codes) it came to me and ... |
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| 2000 Honda CR-V EX 2.0L air bags Hello friends:we have a customer that has a crv and 2 suburu outback wagons,they along with other people use these vehicles to transport kids to and from school,they would like to disconnect the passenger side air bags on these vehicles,they would like to have... |
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| 1986 Isuzu Impulse 2.0L No Start VIN: JABAR07F7G Guys, I am sending this one in for a friend at another shop, this car was towed to him as a no start, the customer replaced the dist. due to no spark. It has no spark and no inj. pulse, and he does not have alot of info on it. I know this is not alot of info ... |
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| 1990 Isuzu Trooper S 2.6L No Start VIN: JACCH58EXL I'm having trouble with this one. The vehicle came in with a no start situation. Check fuel pressure and there was none. Sprayed go juice down the intake and the vehicle started. Put a new fuel pump and the vehicle will still not start. I've checked power to t... |
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| 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GST 2.0L engine VIN: 4A3AX55F6W This car came in for an oil change and the customer returned with the complaint of smoke coming from the tailpipe. I found the oil to be a half of a quart over full. I removed the extra oil and roadtested the car. After the engine idles for a while blue smoke ... |
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| 1989 Nissan Sentra E 1.6L Mechanical VIN: 1N4GB21S5K Hi and thanks in advance for any assistance. This high milage Nissan belongs to my friends kid.It has no power and sounds like restricted exhaust (back presure ok)I removed the valve cover and brought the crank to tdc, there is a dot on the cam gear but I do n... |
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| 1995 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L Hesitation, Stall VIN: JN1CA21D1S this vehicle is driving every one crazy , it stales and/or misfires usually under deceleration but can happen any time , restarts every time but cranks slightly longer than normal (starter is grinding) , vehicle drives from San Diego to L.A. daily in very heav... |
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| 2001 Nissan Xterra SE 3.3L abs light VIN: 5N1ED28T3Y Customer arrived with the abs light on and a complaint that she was having uncommanded abs events under light to normal stops. Other than seeing the abs light on we could not recreate the abs event. Tried to pull the codes by following the retrieval procedure ... |
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| 1992 Subaru SVX LS 3.3L Surge VIN: JF1CX3536N This Subaru is kicking my butt. There are no codes stored. What happens is the vehicle surges when taking off from a stop at a very light throttle. When brake torquing engine in stall, surge will occur at about 1800 rpms at a steady throttle. O2 activity incre... |
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| 1994 Toyota Corolla 1.8L No Start VIN: 1MXAE09B3R cust. called and said her car wont start, checked it and there was no spark, so we towed it to the shop, checked the coil, the air gap, the pick up coil, and the igniter, they all checked out good, also noted that there was no fuel pressure, while crankingt en... |
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| 1994 Toyota Corolla DX 1.8L engine VIN: JT2AE09V5R Repaired bad vavle to fix misfire. all Cylinders were at 175 except #4 with burnt bad vavle. C/S oil consumptions was also present. After repair car burned worse oil and now blue some was visible from tail pipe. Theory was, good comression rings, and bad oil c... |
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| 2000 Toyota Solara SE 2.2L engine VIN: 2T1CG28P2Y engine has a tick, tick sound when you accelerate only. near the rear of engine. i have read about a adjustment for silent shaft backlash. has anyone had to make this adjustment to cure a ticking noise? or has someone out there had a similar problem? |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 2000 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Hesitation, Stall VIN: 1HGCG1657Y We weren't able to fix this vehicle. We never did duplicate the symptoms. A couple of the replies suggested a TSB that may have covered this concern involving ECM replacement. So, the vehicle was sent down to the local Honda dealer. Thanks again for all your r... Trouble codes: P0000 (no failure). |
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| 1999 Lexus LX470 4.7L cabin filter VIN: JT6H00W8X0 Remove the glove box...and find the filters stacked on top of each other... Thanks EVERYONE for the timely replies!!! |
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| 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX 2.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality VIN: 4A3AL54F6X I received tips recommending possible: timing belt jumped, injector stuck open, ECT bad, and more great ideas. One person (Claudio [...]) mentioned a loose intercooler duct. That was it. Here's what I did. I had smoke checked the induction based on standard... Trouble codes: P0170 (Fuel Trim Malfunction), P0120 (TPS Pending Code). |
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| 1997 Nissan Sentra GLE 1.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1N4AB41D9V First of all i like to give thanks to Corey,David and specialy Mike that gave me the fix. ok here it is: tsb#NTB97-027 MIL ON DTC PO450,PO443 OR PO446 STORED DUE TO EVAP SYSTEM PRESSURE SENSOR. MY EVAP VENT CONTROL VALVE WAS STUCK OPEN BY REPLACING THIS I SOLV... Trouble codes: P0440, P0446. |
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| 2002 Nissan Frontier SE 3.3L temp gauge VIN: 1N6ED26Y02 Greetings, The customer finally came back with the truck so I could spend some more time testing. I kept in mind all the test you guys told me about, starting with the flow test at the heater core hoses. all the test passed. I monitored the knock sensor with d... |
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| 2001 Suzuki Grand Vitara XL-7 2.7L Timing Components VIN: JS3TX92V91 We recieved 3 great replies on this job. Thanks to Rick, Rod [...], and Eric. Basically, the problem is usually the tensioner on the main timing chain. Additional suggestions (on 100K engine) would include carefull inspection of all of the chains, guides ... Also s... |
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| 1988 Toyota Land Cruiser 4.0L Hesitation, long crank cold VIN: JT3FJ62GXJ Got a code 51 switch signal. Checked tp sensor found not reading idle. Removed tp sensor found spring sticking from old grease buildup. Cleand tp sensor with brake cleaner which allowed tp to return to rest. Adusted tp to spec and let set overnight and started... |
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| 1989 Toyota MR2 GT 1.6L Headlamp retractiorn VIN: JT2AW15J7K First of all thanks so much to all of you that replied to this request for help. I find this quite embarassing but the problem was just a fuse located under the hood. [...] hit it exactly. Again thanks to all that replied,your time is very much appreciated. |
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| 1996 Toyota CARINA E 1600CC Poor Idle Quality, Misfire Thank you to the replies this vehicle is now out of my hair. Special thanks to Anthony from New Zealand and Don from Kentucky and you too Mark. It turned out to be a broken feed from the computer where it came through the bulkhead(firewall). I spliced in a new... |
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