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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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1993 Honda Civic EX 1.6L a/c VIN: 1HGEEG8542
Changed expansion valve and accumalator. charged system but no cold air and the high side line at the condensor is very, very HOT!!! I can't figure out why this car is not cooling and why the high side is so hot. All the lines have been disconected, cleaned...
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1997 Honda Prelude 2.2L Stall VIN: JHMBB6163W
This car came in dying at stops when clutch is depressed, interestingly, at idle, when the clutch is depressed, the idle drops 200 to 300 rpm. I have no idea what is causing that, but i think it has something to do with the stall. I dont see any erratic readin...
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1999 Kia Sportage EX 2.0L Mechanical VIN: KNDJA1237X
Good Afternoon, We are working on this Kia Sportage which came in for just a check engine light, and a timing belt replacement last week. Today the customer returned to finsih the repaires for the check engine light and ask that we check a ticking type noise ...
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1990 Mazda 626 2.2L trans VIN: 1YYVGD22BX
Hey guys, I just wanted to see if I was missing anything before I recommend replacing the transmission in this thing. The car will not move at all and the fluid is full. Not being a trans tech, I was wondering if, since this is an electronic trans, if I'm miss...
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1993 Mazda 626 LX 2.0L lifter noise VIN: 1YVGE22A8P
Hi fellows, I have this 93 626 2.0L that has lifter noise at idle. Replaced oil pump control plunger as per TSB, with a little longer one, no difference in noise. These lifters are really expensive so I was wondering if someone out there had been with this pro...
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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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1994 Nissan Altima GLE 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1N4BU31D1R
I sure could use some input on this one. I have a #35 EGR sensor code. The valve/transducer and soloniod work well. Motor responds and I get a good RPM drop. MY Snappy is showing 5 v for ERG voltage. I checked the resistance of the sensor at about 100 degrees.... Trouble codes: 35 (ERG Sensor circuit)
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1998 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: JN1CA21D9W
Good evening fellow techs. This car came in from a local used car dealership the complaint was the check engine light on scanned and found code po 325 knock sensor according to mitchell it says to test sub wire at connector for resistence I did that it came up... Trouble codes: P0325
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1994 Toyota Pickup DLX 2.4L MIL Lamp on, over fueling VIN: JT4RN93P4R
hey everyone i am new to this program and so far this is the best thing going !!! Trouble codes: 31 (mass air flow open or short detected)
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1998 Honda Civic EX 1.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGEJ8248W
Thanks for all the responses. I recieved three different anwsers. first was a pgroblem with the egr. This model does not have a egr .The other response was to adjust the valves to the max side of the spec. and the other was to switch the injector with another ...
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1998 Honda Civic EX 1.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGEJ8248W
I am sorry this is a duplicate post i must have pushed the send button twice . I left a detailed fix on the othe post i just closed five minuits ago. Mike P
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1992 Hyundai Sonata 2.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: 2HMBF21F6N
Thanks to techs replies, some mentioned timing, this vehicle is DIS, some said to check crossover speed of o2 sensor, head being milled when gasket done causing highet compression (we didn't get the head milled), one tech mentioned air being drawn in ahead of ...
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1990 Mazda Miata 1.6L compressor VIN: JM1NA3510L
Well, the customer decided to hold off on this repair. The general consensus is that the part in question is a thermal heat switch, not available separately from the compressor. When faced with the prospect of a very expensive bill, he decided against repairin...
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1993 Mazda 626 LX 2.0L Stall VIN: 1YVGE22AXP
egr solenoid took out control circuits for transmission shift solenoids, let the smoke out of the computer. tried to repair computer at repair facility, was not successful. original problem was dieing when vehicle was put into gear, after first repair to compu...
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2001 Mazda Tribute ES 3.0L Unknown VIN: 4F2YV081X1
I have not been able to fix this SUV yet but I am sure of the fix. The RBC (rotory blade coupler)unit that is mounted to the front of the diff is bad. Joel from Virginia said:'The rear RBC mentioned only works when slip is occuring in the front drive system. I...
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1983 Nissan 280ZX 2.8L Cuts out VIN: JN1CZ04S90
Thanks for taking the time to reply. My repair ended up being straight foward, once I reaized where the problem was coming from... I checked the wiring harness diagram and found the Vehicle Speed Sensor. Turns out it's in the speedo cluster, followed the wire ... Trouble codes: 00000 (NO Codes available Old Bosch type injection).
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1994 Nissan Altima SE 2.4L Mechanical VIN: 1N4BU31DOR
Good morning to all and thanks for all the suggestions. Most replies thought we had a head warp problem but we saw no evidence of a siezing cam, so we replaced cam , gears, chain and tensioner and all is well so far. We've got our fingers crossed on this one.
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1998 Nissan Sentra 1.6L No Start VIN: 3N1AB41D5W
After talking with the customer more we learned that the car had been started and shut off quickly two times with the third time they tried to start it it flooded which Mike from Georgia said was a common problem. There is a TSB for this problem on 96 & 97 mod...
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1996 Toyota Camry DX 2.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1BG12K5T
The customer hasn't returned for the fix. The overwhelming response was the control solenoid has a intermittant fault. It was suggested to move the solenoid from the engine to the strut tower to lessen the heat load. When the customer returns I will reclose th... Trouble codes: P0401.
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