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| 1994 BMW 740i 4.0L Customer Irritation VIN: 28RDE66322 Hello, I have this 94 740i that has a wierd noise primarily when cold and on decel that sounds like a fan motor rubbing(loose brg or something stuck in it) took awhile for me to hear it on drive with customer. It sounds like maybe a fan motor and seems to orig... |
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| 1995 Chevrolet Impala SS 5.7L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1G1BL52PXS got this one after dealer gave up not been fun at idle #2 3 5 8 are not working until it reaches 2200 rpms or a min of run time did pin test from mitchell it said bad pcm but did not fix after the min or 2200 rpms it rum fine until you cut it off no matter if ... Trouble codes: 18 (injecter circit does not set mil) |
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| 1998 Chevrolet Malibu 3.1L No Start, Anti-Theft VIN: 1G1ND52M9X Help! This vehicle is an intermittent no start. When the vehicle won’t start the anti-theft light is flashing. The red brick will not access the anti-theft system. So I have been researching the system and here is what I have learned about Passlock The Sys... |
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| 1998 Chevrolet Express 3500 5.7L Engine VIN: 1GBJG31R1W Dear friends,good day. Please help me.I have this truck just can't find the problem.This truck start for about 2 seconds every time.It just woun't idle.This truck was brought in on the rig.It was not starting,found one ten amp fuse blown,replace and it started... |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Express 3500 5.7L high idle VIN: 1GCHG39R01 problem is as follows;engine will idle at 1350 rpm,with throttle closed.scan testing shows tps sensor voltage at .5 volts,throttle opening percentage at 9.8%,iac counts at 154,desired idle at 625 rpm,vehicle in park,key on engine running.engine computer seems ... |
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| 2001 Chevrolet Blazer LS 4.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNDT13W51 I am in the Dayton Ohio area and we just had a change in our I/M testing procedures. Before the car is allowed to be tested, the MIL must NOT be illuminated AND all Readiness Monitors (except Evap) must have RUN and PASSED. Ohio EPA just sent me a newsletter ... Trouble codes: P0410 (AIR pump failure) |
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| 1996 Chrysler Concorde LX 3.5L no mil no start VIN: 2C3HD56F7T customer states,car will take up to 30 mins to start.The check engine light does not come on car will not start until light comes on.Scanned comp, no codes more pronouced when cold,customer claims this will happen at anytime, may not occur for one month.There ... |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L Mechanical VIN: 2FMDA51437 oil pressure light comes on at idle |
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| 1997 Ford E-250 Econoline XL 4.2L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTFS2425V customer complains of intermit poor idle on deceleration. sometimes goes for a week or two with no problem. Problem seems to be intermit, I have never seen it do it myself. All vac lines to imrc servos are fine, imrc vac solonoid tests out fine. Runners open a... Trouble codes: 1537 (IMRC stuck open bank 1) |
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| 1998 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Mechanical VIN: 1FAFP6531W Car quit running and was towed to shop.When I first tried starting it would start and kill, start and kill,then finally by pumping, feathering throttle was able to get into the shop.Was running very poorly and I tapped on MAF and it smoothed right out. Tap aga... |
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| 1999 Ford Escort SE 2.0L engine VIN: 1FAFP13P0X Hello group and thank you in advance for your input on this question. This ESCORT has what I will call a "hollow knocking noise" that sounds to be coming from low in the front of the engine. The noise does not occur when the engine is cold. The noise changes... |
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| 1999 GMC Savana 3500 5.7L fuel pump relay VIN: 1GDHG31ROX Good morning! Been working on this one for a few months. Intermittent no start.First time no fuel pressure,checked voltage at pump connector, had voltage,(did not check voltage drop), replaced fuel pump module. Started and ran fine for a couple weeks. Towed in... |
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| 1999 Honda Accord EX 3.0L shifting VIN: 1HGCG1652X AFTER DRIVUNG A WHILE , I GET A CHECK ENGINE lIGHT AND "D4" STARTS FLASHING. PULL CODES. GET A CODE P0715. SOMES TIMES SCAN TOOL WILL RED ZERO FOR MAINSHAFT SPEED SENSOR. SOMETIMES CONTINUES TO READ RPM'S WHILE SETTING CODE. PULLED CONNECTOR "D" FROM PCM. OHME... |
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| 1992 Hyundai Sonata 2.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: 2HMBF21F6N vehicle runs well, hc and co always good, doesn't run hot, nox reduced only by 100 ppm after cat replaced. limit is 518 ppm and fails at 731. |
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| 1999 Land Rover Discovery Series II 4.0L Rod Bearings After installation and successful startup,a "rap" is present in the block at 2,500 RPM's. We pulled the oil pan and discovered that the rod bearings were getting chewed up. Inspected the crankshaft, which was rough. Pulled the engine, replaced the crankshaft a... |
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| 2004 Mitsubishi galant 3.0L srs lt/radio Hopefully someone can help, or suggest how to find out for sure the code/description. I am a ford eec IV tech by training,and am unsure how to proceed,without spending an exhorbitant amount of money.. I put an aftermarket radio in this vehicle,and in the proce... |
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| 1996 Pontiac Firebird 3.8L No Start VIN: 2G2FS22K2T hello GM techs. we have a 96 firebird we replaced the computer because of internal faults inside the old ecm. the key has the little resistor on the it. with the old computer the car will start and run it does'nt run well but it will run. With the new ecm the... |
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| 1999 Toyota Camry CE 2.2L No Start VIN: 4T1BG22K1X Hi every one! This Camry was towed in for no start. Initial testing showed sparks on #3 and #4, but no sparks on #1 and #2 wires, strangely only one of two in each coil/igniter. In short, Only #4 sparks from Coil for #1 & #4. Only #3 sparks from Coil for #2 & ... |
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| 1977 Triumph Spitfire 1.5L HUGE backfire This car originally had a problem with the original carburetor flooding, and the choke assembly was just flat broken. A replacement Weber DGV conversion was ordered from Victoria British, and installed by us. I am no stranger to these Weber conversions. We use... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1996 Cadillac DeVille 4.6L power antenna VIN: 1G6KD52Y6T finally had time to run complete gm diagnosis found an open in circiut 1250 made nessassary repairs verified fix thanks for all the replies |
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| 1989 Chevrolet C1500 Cheyenne 5.7L engine VIN: 1GCDC14KXK Thanks to all who replied. Sometimes its good to have problems like this to help keep us modest. Although nobody hit it right on the head, the replies lead me down the right path of thinking, especially one from Brian in Wisconsin. I pulled the spark plug out ... |
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| 1994 Chrysler LeBaron LE 3.0L Erratic Throttle Thank you to all who suggested looking at the Ignition Rotor. I found it to be severely cracked, and upon replacing it, cleared the problem right up. What an in-expensive fix to such a strange problem. |
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| 1996 Chrysler Sebring LXi 2.5L No Start, Stall VIN: 4C3AU52NXT Had about seven replies. One mentioned crank sensor and that what it was. It finaly quit on our parking lot. We replaced sensor and it has been running since. Thanks to all for all the help. Trouble codes: P0340, P0134. |
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| 1997 GMC Safari SLE 4.3L power steering pump VIN: 1GKEL19W7V Well Surprise, surpiise. NEVER get raman. pumps for newer G.M. vehicles. One replywa on the money. ven though we switched agan, the only thing that worked, was a NEW pump from the dealer! Installed new pump, problem solved. Thanks to all who offered to help, w... |
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| 1992 Nissan D21 2.4L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out VIN: 1N6SD11Y8N All replies from IATN members suggested a problem in the distributor/cam sensor / cap/rotor area. A known good distributor was tried to no avail. We had the vehicle for one day to check this, customer took vehicle back and we have not been able to get it back ... |
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| 1998 Nissan Quest XE 3.0L doorlocks&powerwindows VIN: 4NZZN1110W We had a combination of a bad Master Switch and the Smart Entrance Control Unit. The Master switch repair the power door lock issue and the Smart Entrance Switch repaired the power windows and the alarm not working. |
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| 1987 Pontiac Sunbird 2.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G2JB51K4H I would like to thank everybody that has taken the time to reply to my post and help me out. But unfortunantly I have not been able to figure this one out. everything on the car checked out that it was good. I am sure that the problem with the car was the ecm ... Trouble codes: 45 (rich exhaust). |
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| 2000 Subaru Forester L 2.5L transmission VIN: JF1SF635OY & out 8 were right! Thanks to all. Although the forward clutch seals look fine, they were apparently shrunk. Replaced them, problem solved, and customer says it has shifted this well, ever, even when itwas new. Thanks to all |
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| 2001 Volvo V70 X/C 2.4L Surge VIN: YV1SZ58D81 I received 4 replies. The customer has not come back yet. I will check his MAF one more time. We cleaned throttle body, still a problem. Cust may have to take to dealer. When problem is fixed I will let you know. |
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