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| 1989 Cadillac DeVille 4.5L Excessive Emissions VIN: 1G6CD5153K Hi Techs, This vehicle came in with a rich running complaint. Customer purchased vehicle one month ago. Has been using a lot of fuel since they first got it. I inspected the vehicle for the rich running complaint and found c0. to be between 7.80 and 9.26. Ins... |
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| 1993 Chevrolet K1500 Cheyenne 4.3L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 1GCEK14Z1P Customer complained this thing has a hesitation and somewhat of a miss only on tip in of throttle. Truck sat in excess of a year, reasoning why I do not know. The exhaust system was replaced due to a rot-out. New plugs, cap, rotor were replaced prior to arrivi... |
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| 1998 Chrysler Town & Country LX 3.8L cooling fans VIN: 1C4GP54L7W The coolant fans run all the time, even when the key is off. Our scanner {snap on} shows the fan relay is bad. Changed it twice along with the coolant sensor, no luck. Used a different scanner with same results.Anyone had this problem before? Thanks in advance... |
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| 1996 Ford F-350 Special 7.3L Brake Pedal Hi guys, I have a problem Ford here. Customer complains of pedal slowly sinking to the floor. Felt like a master cyl starting to go, so I replaced with a brand new jobber unit, and bled the entire system thoroughly. No real change in pedal feel. When key is of... |
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| 1998 GMC K1500 Suburban 5.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GKFK16R1W performed test document #187927 in the si program , could not find any thing wrong ,maybe i missed something any one got any ideas would apreiate the help , cleaned throutle plate and iac chanel, new air filter , checked screen on the maf, a little dust but no... Trouble codes: 1072 (fuel trim system rich bank 1), 1075 (fuel trim system rich bank 2) |
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| 1992 Honda Accord LX 2.2L Clutch VIN: JHMCB7557N (img src=) === Hi honda PRO's, my problem is that I can NOT locate pilot bushing / bearing / sleeve ... whatever you like to call it ... Honda will sell the complete flywheel with bushing, but NOT separate... Wordwide... |
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| 1999 Mazda bj 1500CC No Start VIN: BJ10465-44 HI Mazda TECHS: car came to the shop for no start condition.Vehicle was check and not current was found at the spark plugs .Two coils were replace and vehicle started fine .Next day car broke down same problem no current at plugs.I check my autodata again but ... |
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| 1990 Mercedes-Benz 560SEL 5.6L Poor Idle Quality VIN: WDBCA39E0L This car belongs to my friend who is also a technician. Neither of us have much experience on Mercedes, but we have an extensive knowledge of VW and Audis. The problem with this vehicle is the poor idle, it feels like a misfire, but the entire ignition system ... |
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| 1994 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L Cuts out VIN: WDBFA67E2R Good Afternoon. The car has a distinct symptom :on occasion the ASR (Acceleration Slip Control) light illuminates. When this happens, the engine speed will drop to idle and the engine will not respond to the accelerator pedal but continues to idle. If the engi... Trouble codes: 7 (Stored code in diagnostic module no CAN data transmission with EA/CC/ISC control module N4/1 or CC/ISC control module N4/3.) |
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| 1990 Nissan Axxess SE 2.4L Front seal VIN: JN1HM16S6L Customer brought vehicle in and decribed an oil leak to me. As we talked, a puddle of oil formed under the engine near the front. Customer was in a hurry and did not leave me time to do proper diagnosis. Any techs out there with a similar problem? Never done a... |
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| 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 3.1L Hesitation VIN: 1G3WH51T3P Vehicle has bad tip in hesitation upon acceleration when cold.Seems to get slightly better when warm.If vehicle is allowed to idle or fast idle at a standstill until well warm, then hesitation will disappear altogether. Have tried warming pcm but no change.Cou... |
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| 1996 Plymouth Breeze 2.0L cylinder head VIN: 1P3EJ46C7T number one plug blew out of the cylinder head-the threads are stripped-are there any tech tips i can use to restore the threads without pulling the head -thank you |
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| 1992 Pontiac Grand Am GT 3.3L Starting VIN: 1G2NW14N2N I need your help again guys. I have a 1992 grand am with 3.3 cid. I have this car for about 3 years with no problem. all of a sudden it started to act up. It runs fine for about good 10 minutes or a little more and it just quites all together. with about 30 mi... |
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| 1998 Saturn SL2 1.9L warning lamp VIN: 1G8ZK5270W We have rebuilt the transaxle on this vehicle successfully( primarly trans shop) and our customer requested us to look at there warning lamp that has been on for a year now ! SERVICE light with a wrench next to it. Snapon scanner code is P1695 . Keyless entry... |
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| 1996 Toyota T100 2.7L brake light, left tun signal & hazard lights VIN: JT4JM11D1T Hi All. I have this lighting problem with the brake light circuit, hazard flashing light and left turn signal. Here is the problem... Left turn signal works fine(flashing), as soon as you step on the brake pedal. Left turn signal(front,rear and dash indicato... |
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| 2003 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L Radio/Antenna VIN: 3VWSP69M83 Hi everyone. I cannot find any information on this car. Even alldata isn't telling me what I want. I'm putting a Sattelette Radio in my wifes Jetta. It's installed like a FM Modulated CD changer. About ahour into it, I figure I need more info. How Does the... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1999 BMW 523i 2.4L radiator and cooling hoses VIN: WBADM420XO Thanks to all that responded, I have had a few discussions with the owner of this vehicle but he still refusses to accept my claims and so will probably have to be settled in court. Not a nice way to end but i think i di need to go through with it on principle... |
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| 1998 Buick Regal 25th Anniversary Edition 3.8L Hesitation VIN: 2G4WF5211W Hello all.i want to thank the 8 people who replied to my request for help.The suggestions were (2) faulty MAP sensor,Faulty CAT (2)1 said they read a post on a Gran prix about a blocking resistor.however I wasn't able to find this post.The other 3 replies ment... |
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| 1999 Cadillac Seville SLS 4.6L trunk & fuel door release Hello - Well the Cadillac is fixed. I gave it 2 weeks to see if everything was okay. Called customer and replied that everything was working fine. I received 4 replies and I appreciate that. Gary from Ohio stated to pay particular attention to the battery cabl... |
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| 1987 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Iroc-Z 5.7L rough idle/no power Well the fix is finally in on this IROC. I recieved 20 replies to this help request and all where checked into again just incase I had misread a reading or overlooked something.13 replies said to check the fuel pump pressure, volume, regulator,injectors resist... |
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| 1990 Chevrolet K2500 Cheyenne 5.7L Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 2GCFK29K61 Well most of the replies stated that it was probably a bad egr valve. When I started thinking along those lines I realized that the feedback port was probably clogged. The customer has not responded to my requests for him to return so I am stuck at this time. ... |
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| 1990 Dodge Daytona 2.5L turn signals and hazard flashers VIN: 1B3XG24K7L First and foremost thanks to each and every one that replied to this help request your input is much appreciated. This vehicle had quite a few problems with connections at the main bulkhead connections at the rear lights, cleaned and tightened connections repl... |
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| 1982 Ford F-150 Custom 5.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: 1FTDF14G3C Hello everyone and thanks for the help on this one. This vehicle was a mess. This had the holley replacement carb on it. This was a california vehicle and in fact was a feedback system with oxygen sensor. We advised the customer that the carb needed a rebuil... |
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| 1997 Ford F-150 4.6L Steering This truck just came in for some front end work{lower ball joints and tie rods]and the problem was solved!The customer had indicated earlier that he would live with the steering problem but loose parts caught during an LOF and replaced solved the problem.My gu... |
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| 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FTWW32FXX These trucks obviously have cmp sensor problems - they fail when hot. I hooked up lab scope to grn/wht wire (signal) started truck up and had nice square waveform which did not get glitchy until it failed. Once it stalled it would try to send a signal and truc... Trouble codes: P1670, P0340 (CMP Circuit), P0476. |
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| 1999 Ford Escort SE 2.0L engine VIN: 1FAFP13P0X Thank you for the suggestions. The engine runs fine. I had seen the previous posts about valve seats, but I appreciated ALL the input offered. I have checked the crankshaft endplay and not found any problem there. The oil pressure is ok. BTW, the noise see... |
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| 2000 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L Excessive Emissions, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FAFP71WXY Well, our problem seems to be under control. Every car that came in with a CEL on caused by stuck fuel regulator got the full treatment (a combination of in-house and iATN suggestions): new OE regulator, fresh fuel filter, and the fuel rail flushed. No one els... Trouble codes: P0172 (system too rich bank 1), P0174 (system too rich bank 2). |
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| 1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera 3.1L Cuts out, Stall hi again this car was an absolute mess # 1 it had no coolant in it at all the repair was the intake gaskets & 2 oil changes then came wiring by the blower motor that got chewed up by a power steering line that was not connected to the back of the alternator br... Trouble codes: 0706 (trans select out of range). |
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| 1998 Pontiac Sunfire SE 2.2L Hesitation VIN: 3G2JB5243W First thank you all for the help. A quick review of the advice i was given: check for a bad PS pressure switch, which would cause a fluctuation in idle speed on turns, check for egr operation and egr coming on too quick. Check for anything that could be ground... |
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| 1993 Subaru Impreza L 1.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JF1GC2447P Received six replies which pointed to clogged exhaust or maf-o2 sensor problem. Backpressure checks and maf swapping were not mentioned but were done-checked ok (hard to remember everything after three techs have been working on vehicle!). Traced problem to in... Trouble codes: 23 (air flow sensor), 24 (idle control). |
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| 1993 Toyota Celica GT 2.2L Cruise control VIN: JT5ST87K1P Hello everyone and thanks for the help on this one. There was in fact a cruise unit on this vehicle. The unit mounts up near the radiator on the drivers side. We tested the system out and found the cruise actuator unit completely inoperative. The customer de... |
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| 1998 Toyota Camry CE 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BF28K5W thankyou for all the replies we replaced the egr position sensor owner has car for 2 weeks and states all is well thankyou to all that helped us Trouble codes: P1410 (egr position sensor circut), P1411 (egr position sensor range). |
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