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1997 BMW 740iL 4.4L Poor Idle Quality, Stall I have a BMW that will is hard to start. The vehicle cranks
over fine and will sometimes start but the anksvehicle will
barely idle and will not respond to changes in throttle
angle. When the vehicle starts it acts like it is
struggling to stay running.
There... |
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1998 BMW 740i 4.4L MIL Lamp on well guys this bmw came in with engine noise left bank
"rattle" cheaked it out found chain guides all broken up
from lack of oil apparantly it was a leese car and the oil
wasnt ever changed it was full of sludge could bearly see
the cam lobes after valve cover... Trouble codes: p0340 (camshaft pos sensor). |
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2000 BMW 528i 2.8L driver seat trim this car has been difficult to repair the driver seat lower
trim breaks off & the position switch plug breaks loose.
When this happens the seat position switches,steering wheel
position control & cruise control all stop working.
We have replaced the seat trim... |
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2001 BMW 740iL 4.4L No Start Customer complained it has been hard starting lately. All I
have is a snap on scanner with no european cartridge, only
generic. when he drove it in, and I started it after
sitting a half day, it seemed like it was waiting for fuel
to the injectors, Found reall... |
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1989 Buick Reatta 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire Friends Fathers car, Just my Luck. Anyways, This Reatta
loses injector pulse to cylinder #3 after running for about
2 or less minutes. I have tried 2 remanufactured computers.
Both with the same results. All the wiring looks good.
However I don't understand th... |
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1998 Buick Regal 3.8L injectors This is a strange one, we have in our shop a 98 Regal with
the 3.8 - it had the supercharger melt down and caused a
fire under the hood (not too bad) anyway, the customer had
another 98 Olds Intrigue with a 3.8 that had rear-end
damage but ran good. he had ano... |
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1999 Buick Regal 3.8L 1-2 shift hI guys I have a 4t65e trans. blues. Has a 1-2 shudder med
to heavy throttle. light throttle don't seem to notice. the
trans has been recently rebuilt by our shop and someone had
been in there before. the unit was tore up pretty good and
we did have to replace... |
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1996 Cadillac Eldorado 4.6L Theft Lock I have a 1996 caddy that will crank but not start,the IPC
sets a B2750 Pass Key data communication failure,and the
PCM sets a P1631 Password not correct.Have tested the
resistor in the key at 1.5k and tested the two little wires
at the base of the colum to see... |
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1989 Chevrolet G10 5.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, Poor Fuel Economy Alright I have run out of ideas on this van. I bought this
van to use as a service vehicle. It has been sitting for
two to three years. I put a batterry in in and it started
after a few cranks, but ran very poorly, as expected. It
only had a few gallons of fue... Trouble codes: 45 (o2 sensor rich). |
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1989 Chevrolet Camaro 5.7L Cuts out, Stall car will start and stall. will restart after a few
min.happens usually when car is cool.seems ok when car is
warmed up.when it stalls,sounds like its sucking excessive
air,this may be normal. |
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2000 Chevrolet Impala 3.8L Differential test drive and found bump/bounce appears to be in
transaxle.in drive and under light acceleration can be
felt. in neutral can not feel. checked tire pressures and
runout ok. axle runout ok. believe problem to be in drive
gears in transmission. has anyone else ... |
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2000 Chevrolet S10 4.3L Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on 02 sensor stick on lean an bank i runs rich Trouble codes: P0171. |
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2000 Chevrolet S10 2.2L MIL Lamp on s10 from hell changed ckp no wave form ?
did crank relearn all ok until 2 key starts later losses
sync do relearn again all ok until 2 more key cycles then
code and bucks hard during start i sill have good waave
forn just persistant code and buckinking during... Trouble codes: 335 (ckpcircuit). |
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2000 Chevrolet Blazer 4.3L MIL Lamp on We did a routine intake job on this blazer for a coolant
leak. After getting put together be were one tooth off on
the distributor so we pulled up #1 cylinder on tdc and re
dropped the distributor and the engine fired up but not
before hesitating to start but ... Trouble codes: p01345a. |
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2002 Chevrolet Impala 3.4L security light We need some help with this car. The car came in for a no
crank no start situation. I was contacted prior to this
happening of the lock cylinder binding and not operating as
it should. When it came in on the hook, we confirmed that
the lock cylinder did bind a... |
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2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.3L Cuts out, Stall, die intermittently This truck came into the shop with an intermittent dieing
problem. When it did die, I found that I lost spark due to
loss of power to the coil. Another shop had replaced the
connector tothe coil which ended up being the problem I put
on another connector and t... |
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2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.6L driveshaft or diff This truck is a 4 door short box. The worst part is I
cannot duplicate the problem on the hoist. This problem
starts with a slight vibration at about 62mph,felt in the
floor boards sounds like behind rear seat. light accel to
65 and stay steady vibration gets ... |
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1999 Chrysler Sebring 2.5L No Start, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire Hello All we have a strange one as ussual, this car came in
on a hook 2 weeks ago for highway breakdown, security was
activated and no fuelpump, sent to dealer and they said bad
key, after another key was used it started and ran fine for
about 10 days , now it... |
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1998 Dodge B3500 5.9L speedo Hello techs, we have this van that the speedo is irratic -
reads much higher at times than actual speed. Scan test
shows speed is also irratic when speedo acts up. Cluster
self tests reveals no fault codes - passes self test. We
replaced VSS in diff. housing -... |
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2001 Dodge Neon 2.0L MIL Lamp on scaned & documented code p1687 missing bus message to
cluster cleared the code.check engine light came back right
away.tried to scan again will not scan.recieving an error
message like there is no communication to pcm. Trouble codes: P1687 (no bus message in digital portion of cluster). |
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2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Truck 5.7L Cuts out, Stall Hey guys once again my smog guy is not with us and im am
stuck with trying to figure this one out vehicle came in
for starting to run rough and then dies out. We have
Mitchell here and the steps for this flow chart start with
tps sensor but it has a smooth tra... Trouble codes: p0172 (fuel system rich). |
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1998 Ford Taurus 3.0L Excessive Emissions Good morning Ford Tech's, I have got this 98 Taurus that
keeps setting a p0443. I have replaced the Purge valve
ck'ed the wiring to the computer (ok). It has 12 volts at
the connector and when I ground the wire 56 gy/y at the ECM
I have ground at connector, Bu... Trouble codes: p0443 (Purge Valve Circuit). |
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1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty 7.3L no start sometimes we have a no start,when we do the oil in the
reservoir has no oil in it.If we fill with oil it starts
and runs.The reservoir intermentially will loose oil the
oil level on the crankcasae is full,the oil was just
changed.The custermor says he has noti... Trouble codes: p0605 (internal control module error). |
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2001 Ford F-250 Super Duty 7.3L Poor Idle Quality okay power stroke guys i need a little help truck has
slight rough idle and rpm varies up and down about 50 rpm
have checked all the normal areas for problems also seems
to have slight shudder when leaving from stop other than
that truck runs great and gets ve... |
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2002 Ford Escort 2.0L MIL Lamp on thanks in advance for any replies. i have this vehicle it
came in for the stated code but foolowing mitchell
procedures for this code i could not regenerate it with the
ford selftest, so we put a cam sensor in it. a week later
back with the same code. go throu... Trouble codes: p-0340 (cmp signal circuit). |
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2002 Ford F-550 Super Duty 7.3L Misfire OK Guy's I ready for some other idea's Got this F550 super
duty in with engine misfire on cylinder #1 and 3 Been
through all the basic procedures, Replaced the under valve
cover harness and the valve cover gasket for the amount of
milage. Checked the injectors... Trouble codes: 1271 (open high low cyl 1), 1273 (same cyl 3). |
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2003 Ford Expedition 5.4L cylinder head Would like to know if the cylinder heads can be removed
without removing the engine on this beast. Anyone done one
of these? Flat rate is 21 hours with removing the engine to
replace head gaskets. Thanks for any and all help! |
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2005 Ford E-450 Super Duty 6.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out hey guys got another fine ford 6.0 diesel running problem
came from another sevice station had acyl contribution code
for #1 compression was good so we replaced the #1 injector
anyone who has done this on avan knows what a nightmare it
is started truck ran goo... |
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2005 Ford F-150 4.2L Hesitation, Cuts out I have a question for you Ford Tech's.Ive got an '05 F-150
that has a complaint of losing power after having been on
the road for about an hour of highway driving. The customer
states that if he pulls off the road and shuts the vehicle
off and restarts it will... Trouble codes: 171 (Lean 02 Bank 1), 174 (Lean 02 Bank 2), 191 (Fuel Rail Pressure out of range). |
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2005 Ford F-550 Super Duty 6.0L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out Hi i have a 2005 ford f 550 superduty 6.0l diesel i have a
lot of experience on them but have never seen this before
the unti will cut out and surge all the time whil monitring
pids the ficm main power will spike from 17 to 227 volts
and the logic power from 4... |
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1999 GMC Yukon Denali 5.7L 4wd hello friends. we have this 99 yukon with inop. 4WD. the
switches on the dash seem to work,as they all light and
blink once with ignition cycle. we found a bad connector at
the transfer case encoder motor, and replaced it. fuses are
good and circuit is getting... |
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2001 GMC Yukon XL 1500 5.3L Suspension Hi,
I don't work on many of these so I need a bit of help. This
vehicle has the self leveling rear suspension and it is
raised up. It will not come down to its normal ride height.
Consequently it rides very hard and is quite bouncy. What
can I do to diagnose ... |
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2003 GMC Sierra 1500 5.3L Stall, MIL Lamp on Hey guys I have a real problem and need some new direction.
customer went camping with this truck and during the night
a rodent chewed an injector wire, next morning he went to
start the truck and it had a misfire, he mickey moused a
repair on the wire and whe... Trouble codes: P0607 (trans range sensor out of range). |
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1995 Honda Accord 2.7L Poor Fuel Economy need some help here car doesnt seem to want to go into
closed loop, o2 seams to be working fine, has new t-stat
ect sensor reading good operating temp good, but it never
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1996 Infiniti J30 3.0L starting I could really use some help with this one. This car was
towed into my shop with the security light flashing while
cranking. To disengage the security system i tried to use
the key in the door lock but there was a broken key in the
lock. I removed the lock and... |
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1989 Isuzu Pickup 2.6L Surge Hey everyone, I've been around and around with this older
2.6 and it's about to get my goat! The customer complaint
is that it surges at stop lights after hiway speeds.The
idle speed oscillates up and down from 1100 to 1700 and
just keeps it up. I've been to t... |
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2000 Jaguar S-Type 3.0L battery I traced the circuit to fuse #7 and this is what is
connected; PCM, Active Security Sounder, Security
Indicator, Driver Seat Switch Pack, Driver Seat Control
Module, Driver Door Control Module and Driver Door Switch
Pack. Circuit #18 has the following units th... |
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1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0L 4th gear original trans issue ,trans front pump and seal
failed,removed trans sent out for rebuild,installed
trans,now over drive light will come on all by itself
without command.and shift back into 3rd gear,we can turn on
o.d. and it will go into 4th gear,no patterns ... |
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1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation Unit idles erratic when cold, but not consistently. When
the idle is erratic it will almost die and than race about
1500 rpm. Driven after a short warm up (two minutes at
idle)it will hesitate and almost die, will not take
throttle, pops under hood for about 1... |
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2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7L Rear axle area noise Hello fellow techs i have this jeep grand cherokee limited
with quadra drive system about 800 miles ago before i saw
the truck the customer had taken it to another shop just
after they bought it for a complaint of noise on turns the
other shop inspected it and... |
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1996 Mazda Millenia 2.5L Emmisions monitors We replaced an O2 sensor, knock sensor, and clean EGR ports
for a check engine light concern. We are now trying to get
it to pass an emmisions inspection but it won't pass three
of the monitors. We have not been able to get it to pass
the EGR, O2, and EVAP mon... |
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2003 Mazda MPV 3.0L Misfire van has a miss fire under load at part throttle when hot
not cold and not at full throttle. checked ohms reading on
all 6 coils primary 0.8 ohms cold 1.0 hot secondary is 5.6
k ohm cold 5.9 hot. code 305b cyl #5 mise fire was present
moved cyl #5coil to #7 cyl... Trouble codes: 305B (cyl5 miss fire). |
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1993 Mercedes-Benz 500SL 5.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality Got this 93 500sl. Trying to get the car to pass emissions.
Just barely failed HC Standard is .80gpm readings were
.98gpm. But here is the weird thing. When looking at the
MAF the KG per hour its all over the place. It will be at
20 then shoot up to 50 then go... |
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1994 Mercedes-Benz C280 2.8L Wont crank Key wont turn so we decided to replace tumbler and cylinder
together. Harness part came off pieces and not sure how
they go back. Any good wiring diagram or if someone out
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1997 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L MIL Lamp on this vehicle has no drivability problems other than the
check engine light being on. runs fine with just a little
hesitation off the line. looked at the ckp sensor signal at
the computer and it looks good. was wondering if any one
has seen this cars computer m... Trouble codes: P0341 (bank 1 camshaft position sensor). |
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2002 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Hesitation Hey fellow Benz techs, I need some help with an E class.
Car came in running poorly on acceleration. Check Engine
light not on and no history codes present. Felt exactly
like an air mass meter that was out of range, choking and
hesitating on acceleration. I've... |
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2004 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Heather I have no heat out of vents. Coolant hoses are hot in and
out of core ,aux water pump is working, vents work. A c
works |
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2001 Nissan Quest 3.3L No Start Intermittently blows 10 amp injector fuse.Ohm and amp
tested all injectors. Peeled apart harness and checked all
wiring. My wiring diagram shows the fuse to power injectors
and pin # 80 at pcm. I dont find any solinoids that use
this fuse. Im sure the pcm may ... |
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1999 Oldsmobile Silhouette 3.4L abs and tcs This vehicle is getting to me. It came in with a code for
the right front wheel speed sensor, checked the sensor, the
pigtail was broken right off. Replaced the hub assembly
with abs sensor, cleared codes. Started vehicle a few
minutes later the abs and tcs li... |
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1989 Pontiac Grand Prix 3.1L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on here is my problem, I can start it fine. Ok but not so
great idle. when i hit the gas pedal it stalls out on me.
fuel pressure is ok and car has spark. MIL light comes on
once like every 3 minutes. i hooked up a Actron Scan tool
and i could not talk to the ECM... |
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1999 Saab 9-5 2.3L Serpentine Belt We seem to be having a lot of serpentine belt/pulley
failures. What we surmise is happening is that on the cars
where the center pulley is eliminated and a shorter belt
and rerouting is used, at low speeds sometimes the a/c will
cycle and cause the belt to whi... |
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2001 Subaru Outback 2.5L low power Hi Guys, hope for some help on this one, I called identifix
and didn't get much, maybe someone has seen this. This is a
2.5 sohc with NO MAF. The complaint is low power, and it
does. no codes, and everything checks out. It accels slow
(not deadlly slow)just un... |
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2000 Toyota Sienna 3.0L MIL Lamp on I keep getting this van back in the shop for an 02 [...]
Bank 1 upstream. I have checked fuel pressure and injectors
for leakage replaced 02 and MAF. Checked for vacuum leaks
but I cannot figure out why my fuel trim on bank 1 goes-15%
negative and eventualy... Trouble codes: P1130 (o2 sensor bank 1 sensor 1). |
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1999 Volvo V70 2.4L brakes hi averyone. we already replaced the wheel speed sensors in
question and checked the wireing to the module. we have
been seeing alot of bosch abs modules on audis but not on a
volvo. has anyone seen this one? codes 312 rf wheel sensor
313 lr wheel sensor
314... |
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