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| 1995 Audi S6 2.2L Misfire VIN: WAULA84A7S Slight misfire felt under moderate to heavy acceleration. Doesn't feel like a dead misfire, more like incomplete combustion, irratic. You can just kind of feel the car holding back then let's go and accelerates ok. This has been going on for over a year and it... Trouble codes: 544 (Engine speed sensor but problem present for a year previous to code) |
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| 1971 Austin mini 1275CC cam timing this is supposedly a minisport stage 3 engine but that is NOT verified. The customer said that it has been bored out and has an after market camshaft (cust originally thought it was a kent cam now they are unshure) and now has a belt drive on cam customer purc... |
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| 1973 Jaguar XJ12 5.3L Timing chain tentioner VIN: UD1P51685B We are doing a valve adjustment to this V12 kitty, and can't get the chain tentioner to release far enough to the point of latching in the release position. We have the 2 tools for the job at hand but it can't be pulled up quite far enough to stay in position.... |
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| 1999 Jaguar XJ8 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: SAJHD6036X Long story short - Customer overheated his Jag to point of engine seizure. Came in on hook with no compression and coolant in three cylinders. Purchased new engine from local Jag Dealer. Installed and had misfire on cylinder #3. Traced to no valve clearance on... Trouble codes: P0171 (lean bank one), P0174 (lean bank two) |
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| 2000 Land Rover Discovery Series II 4.0L abs, tc, hdc VIN: SALTY1246Y Thanks in advance, I believe this will be short and quick. After reading the techmails, it seems this is dealer all the way, yet I love to bang my head against the wall occasionally. All lights on and suspect a wheel speed sensor problem, after reading previou... |
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| 1992 Mercedes-Benz 300SD 3.4L compressor operation VIN: WDBGB34E2N When vehicle is first started and a/c is first engaged it comes on for half a second then shuts off. Will not come back on until key is cycled and the same reoccurs.System has plenty of freon.We do not have ability to scan this early of a model. |
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| 2000 Other European DB7 Vantage 6.0L Airbag-Light on VIN: SCFAB2239Y I am looking for a way to diagnose the SRS-system on this car. It seems that the SRS-light has it's own flash-code after starting up the car, and when a fault is registered. The warning-light flashes 3 times,and then 2 times, then this squence repeats itself 4... |
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| 2000 Other European DB7 Vantage 6.0L Evaporator VIN: SCFAB2239Y I have no idea how to start on this one (well, the dash will have to come out, I guess), and how many hours are usualy involved. What are the tricks to watch out for? Will I need any special tools/resetters(SRS?) for this job? I just want to be prepared before... |
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| 1973 Porsche 911 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire VIN: 9113111561 hello all i am not to famaliar with the cis system on an old porsche so any help would be greatly appreciated.the car sits alot and was running fine for a while then it got to about a 1/4 tank and starting missing at idle a little filled car to alittle past ha... |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Golf GL 2.0L windows,alarm, interior lighting, etc VIN: 9BWGB6IJX2 The windows do not operate except for the driver's door very intermittently. And I have notice when it does work the dome light comes on and then goes off. And when the dome light goes out the window quits. I did find that the can bus wire running to the left ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1996 BMW 318is 1.9L noise VIN: WBABE8322T well it turns out that checking for a vacumm leak the old fashion way with a can of carb clean does not work,we initially suspected the intake gasket because the noise was tremendous on the #1 intake runner but when we could not pinpoint the source with carb c... |
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| 1997 BMW Z3 Roadster 1.9L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 4USCH7328V Sorry for taking soooooo long to close I was waiting to see if customer was going to let me go farther. The customer seems content with vehicle, so we wont be addressing it farther. The replies for this one seemed to be very smart techs.Some replies mentioned ... |
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| 1992 Mercedes-Benz 400SE 4.2L Rear dome lights VIN: WDBGA42E8N Well guys I got beat on this one. After even more hours checking things you told me to that I hadn't thought of I still am unable to find the source of the problem with this car. Couple of you mentioned the lighting control relay and one said to check the wire... |
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| 2001 Mercedes-Benz C240 2.6L esp VIN: WDB2030611 Hi everybody, i like to thank all the people who helped me, i replaced the Lateral Acceleration Sensor located in the rear boot and all is well. Best regards. |
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| 2000 Porsche Boxster Roadster 2.7L battery VIN: WPOCB2981Y thanks group for help & replies. soory for my delayed responce. the information i recieved was accurate that the f - fuse block - was inside at passenger footwell on firewall behind the bottom of the evaporator box. - remove positive cable & 2 anchor nuts unde... |
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| 1998 Volkswagen Beetle 2.0L No Start, Cuts out VIN: 3VWBB61CXW Well it's fixed after many frustrating hours.As it turns out it was the code-16706 engine rpm sensor.It was loseing ground after about 15-mins of running with was the triger for the fuel pump-ecm relay.We would love to thank MR David [...] and all the others ... |
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| 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L Hesitation, LACK OF POWER VIN: 3VWRH09M4Y after days of working in this car, i had the opportunity to get a vag and tried to go into adaption mode. the ecm never let me do it. so, replaced computer (ecm) and i could do the job. maybe the small broken gear inside the tvcm made a short inside the ecm. i... Trouble codes: P1580 (throttle actuator malfunction bank1). |
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| 1996 Volvo 850 GLT 2.4L Excessive Emissions, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: YV1LS5546T i would like to thank those who replied to this post. we replaced the oxygen sensors in this car with the factory sensors that came with the extended wiring as part of the sensor kits. i drove the car home (20 miles round trip) without a problem. the emmission... Trouble codes: 231 (this is the volvo code for long term fuel trim part load). |
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| 1999 Volvo S70 2.4L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: YV1L5SSA7X First, the fix: Replace the cam sensor! I know, I know . . . How can replacing the cam sensor solve three crank sensor codes? Apparently the ecm strategy is to compare the cam and crank sensor signals and timing, then use an algorithm to compare the two, and d... Trouble codes: P0335, P0336, P0339. |
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| 2000 Volvo V70 2.4L Running Rich VIN: YV1LZ5609Y MAF sensor fixed it. Fuel pressure was ok at 55-58 lbs. Glad I checked here before trusting specs in Mitchell manual. PO172(system too rich)really means it's too lean and fuel trim has enrichened mixture to it's adaptive limit. Clearing codes reset fuel trims ... Trouble codes: P0172 (System too Rich). |
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