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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for April 26, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for Asian
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| 1987 Acura Legend 2.5L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JH4KA2632H Hello everyone. This car is killing me. It surges at idle. It has a hesitation. It gets worse when it gets hotter. And the cooling fan stays on constantly and so does the a/c fan. I checked fuel pressure, compression,ignition, the eicv. the coolant temp senso... |
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| 1988 Honda Prelude 2.0 Si 2.0L resivoir VIN: JHMBA413XJ hello techs. i could use a little help with this honda. the customer complains that the p.s. resivoir will occasoinally boil over. last time here we replaced the rack because of leakage and we did not exp. the complaint at the time although cust was sure it wa... |
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| 1991 Honda Accord LX 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall VIN: JHMCB7559M Please help! This Accord will run fine, then when you go to restart it, the engine will barely idle, backfire through the intake and stall. If you manage to get it through the rough patch, it will run great. Any suggestions will be appreciated. |
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| 1995 Kia Sportage EX 2.0L No Start, Cuts out VIN: KNDJA7236S This Kia came in as a hard start cold and poor accel. I checked the fix data base after installing new fuel filter which was clogged fairly well. As per previous fixes on this engine I have checked: Fuel pressure, injector flow on bench, disconnected the exaus... |
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| 1995 Mazda 626 DX 2.0L Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1YVGE22C05 One of our techs recently did a 60 k service including a timing belt, at the time the customer complained of an intermittant charging sys light coming on. We installed a reman alt, as well as all the preventative maint. After the cust left he returned with a c... Trouble codes: 3 (cam sensor) |
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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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| 1978 Nissan 620 2.0L starter solenoid Hello gentlemen and ladies. This one here is one of those problems where its easier to buy a "for sale" sign than to keep fixing a tired dog. Yes, the mileage is correct! Same engine! Problem is, i cant seem to find a good source for quality starter solenoids.... |
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| 1983 Nissan 280ZX 2.8L Cuts out VIN: JN1CZ04S90 Looking for a `Senior' Datsun/Nissan Tech. that remembers these... Problems is engine starts, runs fine, will rev to redline when vehicle is not moving. When shifted, runs fine to approx. 2,000 RPM, then dies out completely, when engine speed reduces below 2,0... Trouble codes: 00000 (NO Codes available Old Bosch type injection) |
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| 2003 Subaru impreza 2.0L clutch VIN: 1FLGD296X3 Car is not driven hard,I've been told that Subaru is having concerns with this clutch,is this true? I do not want to put another in and have a low mile failure.The clutch we put in was a master clutch kit (cust supplied).Are there concerns with clutch not full... |
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| 2002 Toyota Tundra Limited 4.7L master cyl VIN: 5TBBT48142 this truck was i a collision and has been repaired all lines show no signs if stress or pinching what happens is the truck holds fluid pressure ON THE FRT WHEELS after driving approx 4 stops left over night pressure releases or if i crack the master line fluid... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1995 Acura Integra GS-R 1.8L Surge VIN: JH4DC2396S As many of you Honda/Acura tech know, that the Integra's GSR does not come with a thermo idle valve only a idle air control valve. Anyways, I contacted the customer to get more info. The throttle body was replaced with a used one by his friend and that's when ... |
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| 1990 Honda Accord EX 2.2L No Start VIN: IHGCB7651L Thank you to all who replied to my first help request. The customer was fed up with the way management handled the situation and towed the car to the closest Honda dealer. I came in to work the next morning and checked the replies. In less than 24 hours I had ... |
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| 1997 Honda Prelude Type SH 2.2L disc VIN: JHMBB6159V Gentlemen, I'm calling this a fix. I was hard pressed for time and open for warranty liability, so the quick responses were greatly appreciated. We replaced the clutch disc, pressure plate and release bearing at a greatly discounted rate, and sold the parts at... |
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| 2000 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HKRL1863Y the fix to this post was a split hose found by the vent shut valve. many replied regarding the service port. every one said that it can be used to install smoke to check for leak. service port was installed for gov. satisfaction to test evap for smog test. if ... Trouble codes: 1457 (evap canister leak detected). |
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| 1994 Mazda 626 DX 2.0L cooling fan I am closing this request because the time has run out. unfortunately the customer hasnt returned with the car.thanks members for the replies. |
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| 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS 2.0L alt belt and p/s a/c belt VIN: 4A3AK44YXV I have not yet seen this car again but most replies said it is not uncommon to have a balancer separate and cause a problem like this. I have let the owner know what I ahve found out but have not heard from him as of yet. |
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| 1994 Nissan Altima GLE 2.4L flooding VIN: 1N4BU31D5R oil in dist. causing erratic injector pulse. cleaned with carb. cleaner to verify then replaced dist. assy. |
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| 2001 Toyota Highlander 3.0L Electronic VIN: JTEGD21A31 after several lengthy diagnostic procedures, replacing the ambient temperature sensor seems to have fixed the problem. thanks to 2 of the 3 respondents. robert |
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