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1992 Honda Accord 2.2L shifting into 1st
Hi, customer said car ran fine until couple of days ago when it began slipping while going into first. The d4 light flashes also. The problem seemed to be intermittent and not happen when I first got the car. The fluid level is good and smells not to bad, i've...		 View
1997 Honda Passport 3.2L TID failure
I'm trying to find out Mode 6 info for this Passport. Honda's Mode 6 info doesn't include Passport and I can't find any Isuzu info. I've got 3 TID failures, but no DTCs. Can anyone tell me what these failures are? TID$04 CID$20 TID$04 CID$30 TID$07 CID$0D I th...		 View
1998 Isuzu Trooper 3.5L Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on, LACK OF POWER
Customer states the engine has poor power and doesn't run as well as it used to. The check engine light came on and went off after a few days. He also states he used to get 20 MPG on the road and now only gets 15 MPG on the road and 12 MPG in town. He also sta... Trouble codes: P0137 (heated o2 sensor 2 bank 1 - low voltage), P1171 (fuel system lean during acceration).		 View
2001 Kia Rio 1.5L crankshaft
I have replaced an engine in this KIA. With the new engine in, I try to start it, starter and battery have enough power but the engine is not rotating. The engine will not rotate by hand either. I have a DTC for the crankshaft position sensor circuit malfuncti...		 View
1999 Lexus RX 300 3.0L MIL Lamp on
i have 1999 lexus rx300 with check engine light on.po440 evap code was stored in pcm. i reset the light and tighten the gas cap and 2 days later light came back on again.i hooked up the smoke machine and checked for leaks at the system and no leaks found.i che...		 View
2004 Lexus GX 470 4.7L Steering
Lexus Techs, or anyone else who can help out.I have a gx 470, 2004 with a very slight hiss/whistle noise that can be heard inside the vehicle while turning to the right while stopped or slowly rolling, turning left all is quiet.No applicable tsib or anything l...		 View
1997 Mazda B2300 2.3L no power
customer brought truck to me after they had put timeing belt on and had tuned it up.truck has no power at all.it acts like if i could rase timeing up it would do good;the frist thing idid was check timeing,fireing order,timeing is good checked 2 times.made sur...		 View
1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse 2.0L No Start, Cuts out
This vehicle was towed in, customer stated that the vehicle shut off on the freeway, a brief drive on the dyno and i was able to recreate the symptom. when you restart the vehicle it cranks but does not start i checked in data stream and found no rpm signal so...		 View
1991 Nissan 240SX 2.4L Excessive Emissions
the customer installed a japanese 2.4 turbo into this car. i went to some nissan performance sites and found out the ecm and the sensors are used from the none turbo motor. the only differance i see is the o2 is differant and it has 4 injectors and no distr. i...		 View
1993 Nissan Maxima 3.0L slipped any gear
good morning guys.i have a good one for you.this car has a problem with atranny slipped after driving for about 1 mile,if turn the key off and start the car right away i be able put in gear and drive for about 1 mile then the tranny start to slip again.i think...		 View
1997 Nissan Maxima 3.0L excessive crank time
Car would crank for an extended time until the fuel pump built enough pressure. We replaced the fuel pump, did not help? Checked fuel pump relay and ecm, still not working properly. The car will start eventually?		 View
2001 Nissan Pathfinder 3.5L Misfire, MIL Lamp on, p1320
the vehicle came in with customer concern of runninh rough and light comming on intermitantly. at that time we found the 2 pending codes. p0420b p1320. we replaced the b1 cat and returned vehicl to customer. car came back with hard failures p0302 #2 missfire a... Trouble codes: p1320 (ignition signal primary), p0302 (cylinder 2 miss), p0420 (cat eff was pending gone know with new cat b1).		 View
2001 Nissan Xterra 3.3L No Communication
I have this Nissan Xterra in. It won't communicate with my scanner (snap on Solice) or with our state Insp. machine. The check engine light comes on with key on engine off. I checked to see if i'm getting power to the dlc - OK, So is the ground. I see in fix d...		 View
2003 Nissan Maxima 3.5L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on
Hello Nissan Techs, We have a situation where we cleaned the throttle body and fuel injection system on this '03 Maxima. The car came in with a low idle. After cleaning the throttle body and fuel injectors the car was fine. The client came to pick up the car b... Trouble codes: p0506 (idle speed low).		 View

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2000 Acura 3.2TL 3.2L Surge
This has left town.. (moved to Texas). But before it did , I tested & by-passed the EGR system. I am pretty certain the EGR was not the problem, But I will never know. Thanks to all who replied.		 7
2002 Acura RSX 2.0L MIL Lamp on
I replaced the original Denso sensor with an after-market Denso component. The replacement sensor heater circuit value was 1 ohm, the original was open. Thanks for the interest. Trouble codes: p1166 (af heater malfunction), p1167 (af heater malfunction).		 6
1998 Honda Passport 3.2L abs
THE ECU (MOUNTED TO HYDRALIC VALVING) FIXED THIS ONE. ITS EASY TO REPLACE AND NO BLEEDING REQUIRED. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PART # BUT NOT FOR MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE. JUST A NOTE THERE IS A BULLETIN FOR CLEARING CODES MANUALLY 97-084. THANKS GUYS.		 4
1999 Hyundai Accent 1.5L Parking lights
Thanks everyone! You were very good and new what was going on. The left rear brake/parking lamp bulb was installed by someone else and was not turned in quite all the way and was allowing a cross feed to the parking light filament which turned on all the parki...		 13
1998 Mitsubishi Diamante 3.5L Misfire, MIL Lamp on, Lack of Power
Well, I got no responses on this one but it is fixed. This morning I started fresh and test drove it cold. It ran great. As it got hot it started missing worse and worse. Eventually losing power again. I was convinced it was a distributor. So, we replaced the ... Trouble codes: PO300 (Multiple Misfire), PO302 (Cyl 2 Misfire), PO304 (Cyl 4 Misfire).		 None
2002 Mitsubishi Galant 2.4L balance shaft bushings
First of all, I would like to say thanks to all that replied. Both responses were that I couldn't remove the balance shaft. I found out that Goodson offers a balance shaft eliminator kit for a 2.0L and they said it would work with the 2.4L if you have a cogg...		 2
1995 Nissan Maxima 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall
Thanks to everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to give pointers on this job. No distributor cap on this engine, it has coil on plug type ignition, but the possibility of a bad CKP did pique my interest. I also had quite a few MAF suggestions and ...		 13
1992 Toyota Tercel 1.5L Surge
Well guys adjusting the valves helped quite a bit, but still slight hesitation until 3800 rpm, but customer says can live with it a lot better now. Thank you so guys for the great help.		 7
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