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1984 BMW 533i 3.2L idle
when i first start the car the idle is fine. after the car
gets to the running temp, when its in nuetral the idle will
jump back and fourth anywhere from 13 to 18 hun rpm. tested
a bunch of nemerous sensors, switches and what not and
everything has tested to s... |
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2003 BMW 325i 2.5L Starting
customers complaint is every 5-6 weeks he will go out first
thing in the morning and car will not crank over, all of
the dash warning lights will come on, customer will go to
crank and get a rapid clicking noise, just like low battery
voltage, he will boost it... |
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2002 Jaguar X-Type 3.0L No drive when hot
OK, this one is a bit of a mess. I am looking for an
experienced jag tech that can help us out. Car came in
without any fluid and were asked to replace automatic
transmission. We replaced the trans w/factory rebuilt.
After several road tests and when vehicle w... |
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2003 Jaguar S-Type 4.2L MIL Lamp on
Hello
This supercharged S type R is setting lean codes for both
banks. Car is very clean.
LTFT 1s about 17 to 19%. STFT is always near 0%.
It is easy to see that under high load fuel supply is ok.
Both O2 sensors above 900mV. Very nice performance.
Probl... Trouble codes: P0171 (lean - bank 1), P0174 (lean - bank 2). |
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1994 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L timing chain
I hope there is a mercedes tech out there that can help me.
We are replacing the cylinder head gasket on this vehicle
due to an oil leak at the back of the head. Our mitchell
guide said to just mark the chain to the cam gears for
reinstall. After removing the ... |
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1995 Mercedes-Benz E300 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out
Hello all, have a 606 engien came in overheating with no
power and super stiff brake pedal...first we pulled the
vacuum pump and found it broken in many pieces,installed a
new vacuum pump and that cured the hard brake pedal,still
no power.we pulled the valve c... |
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2002 Mercedes-Benz S55 5.5L etc transmission
This car is driving good for the first 15 minutes after
cold start, after that trans goes into limp home mode. Shut
engine off and everything go back to normal and after 15
minutes or so, same thing. Scanned all systems and in the
engine module we go codes to ... |
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2005 MINI Cooper 1.6L Restraints
I was checking headlights and fog lights. The Air bag light
came ( noticed it) on after I was finished. I have check
connectors, I could not see any dislodged. I am unable to
find any info about this code. Shopkey claims all this info
is in the BMW scanner, so... |
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1985 Porsche 928 5.0L Interior
Hello Fellow Techs. I have a 1985 Porsche 928 currently in
the shop with an Oil Pressure Guage that is intermittently
working. While the Oil Pressure Guage was inoperable when
the vehicle came in last week, the Original Oil Pressure
Sending Unit was also leaki... |
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1999 Saab 9-5 2.3L Crank Sensor Shutter Wheel
Hello all - This 4-cyl 9-5 automatic was towed in after the
engine quit on the road. Testing showed that the crank
sensor signal was absent. New crank sensor, no change. I
took the crank sensor out and found that I could twirl the
crank sensor's shutter wheel ... |
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1999 Volkswagen Jetta 2.0L Battery Drain / Draw
Guys and Gals, I need some advice on where to go with the
VW Jetta. If it sits over night the battery will go dead.
It has a huge draw that I have not been able to locate. I
have taken EVERY fuse and relay out of this car, I have
removed the radio, unlpluged t... |
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2000 Volkswagen New Beetle 2.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation
good morning, this beetle came in running very rich. spark
plugs black, exhaust very rich. the fuel pressure regulator
is not leaking, no vacuum leaks found.the upstream o2
seneor is showing .889 volts all the time if you unplug the
sensor it drops to .230volt... |
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2001 Volkswagen New Beetle 1.8L comfort module
there is current drain from comfort control module, about
150ma. from scan tool data, all switches from all doors,
trunk and hood are opperating normally. tested all
functions of the comfort and window system, all in spec.
according to vw's technical informati... |
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2005 Volkswagen Jetta 1.9L MIL Lamp on, NO POWER
need some help diesel vw techs out there: this is a fairly
new car with only 42K. this people run biodiesel. this car
came in with a NO POWER complaint. the acceleration is very
sluggish, and sometimes it gets to the point where it wont
climb hills. also found... Trouble codes: 16512 (valve coolant circuit n21a temp. below control limit), 16618 (turbo pressure control limit exeeded p0234 intermittent). |
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2001 Volvo S40 1.9L Stall, MIL Lamp on
Towed in for no start, determined it was a no start when
cold, but it would run if you gave it some throttle for a
bit on cold startup. Pulled codes, got a P0102, did a
little research, and cleaned the MAF. Parked it outside
(BIG mistake), rechecked it a coupl... Trouble codes: P0102 (MAF signal too low). |
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2002 Audi A6 4.2L Pressure control valve
Hello, and thank you to all that replied. Many of you suggested that I check for water accumulating in the passenger footwell. Unfotunately, I was not so lucky. I did however find that this problem was more common in cold weather. So, I hooked up an ammeter to... |
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1994 BMW 840Ci 4.0L No Start
Thanks for all the replies, although there was not an overwhelming response on this one.
The general consensus was that 11 amps (or close to it, as it was just under 11) was too much. One reply (Thanks Delmar) said spec was 8-10 amps.
Just to be sure tha... |
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1997 BMW 740iL 4.4L not sure
I would like to thank all the people who replied to my help request. Replacing the oil pump fixed the vehicle. Customer happy!!! |
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2001 Mercedes-Benz C240 2.6L Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on
we put new air mass meter on from world pac. still had problems. vehicle ended up at the dealer. they said they found a vacuum line off of egr valve, and said they had to put new airmass meter on it. ran fine after that. thanks for all your responses Trouble codes: p0170 (fuel trim). |
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2001 Mercedes-Benz C320 3.2L MIL Lamp on, ESP/ABS/BAS fail
Greetings.
The Mercedes C320 is fixed and has gotten its inspection sticker. Thank you for the many quality responses.
The fix was to replace the MAF sensor as almost all of the responses suggested.
When P0170 & P0173 codes are stored ("Fuel trim malfunctio... Trouble codes: P0170 (Mixture adapt. at limit at Idle Bank 1), P0173 (Mixture adapt. at limit at Idle Bank 2). |
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2002 Mercedes-Benz C230 2.3L intermittent tapping
Thanks again all- Wednesday morning we replaced the canister purge valve- that was the only thing electrical in the area and since the noise happened after stopping for almost a minute it seemed the most logical thing to do. I replaced it and performed numerou... |
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1994 Volkswagen Jetta III 2.0L Cuts out, Stall
Thanks to all that replied.Most of you said that the crank code KOEO will be there sure enough KOER no code.I was hesitant to install crank sensor on theory only especially because of price.I looked at fuel pump pattern it starting to flatten out it pulls 9amp... Trouble codes: 513 (engine speed sensor g-28). |
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1999 Volkswagen New Beetle 1.9L MIL Lamp on
Sorry for the long delay.
Turns out after checking everything I could I found a crack in the flex pipe that goes from the EGR valve to the turbo. Once the pipe was replaced everything is fine, the customer even stated it started better and seems a bit quicker... Trouble codes: 17964 (P1556 17964 Charge Pressure Control Negative Deviation). |
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2000 Volkswagen New Beetle 2.0L Electronic
At this time I have not solved this mystery. The transmission goes through the gears correctly as far as the number of shifts and transitioning from hydraulic to mechanical. At this time all I can say is that this vehicle must have a weird ratio transmission ... |
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2003 Volkswagen GTI 2.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on, COOLING FAN INOP
Thank you to all who replied, I did replace the coolant temp sensor, it was the original black one, replaced with the updated green one. Did find the fuse panel on top of the battery nuked, replaced it. Still had no fan or a/c compressor operation after fuse p... Trouble codes: 19537 (engine coolant temp too low), P3081 (manufactures specific code). |
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1989 Volvo 760 2.8L No Start
thank you all who offered help it turned out to be a bad ignition amplifier and a weak coil thank you again |
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1997 Volvo 850 2.4L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on
an overwhelming amount of excellent advice was given on this vehicle. unfortunately the customer elected to take the vehicle and install used parts themselves. I am pretty confident that the vehicle needed a MAF sensor, but they didnt want to fix it properly.
... Trouble codes: 212 (front o2 signal), 444 (acceleration sensor signal), 451 (misfire 1), 452 (misfire 2), 552 (misfire cylinder 2 twc damage), 551 (misfire cylinder 1 twc damage). |
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1997 Volvo 850 2.4L No Start
Hello All,
Sorry this has taken so long to post, I was waiting for the car to come back on a hook. No news is good news?
Thanks to all of the great responses. Most suggestions we had already tried and tried again. To recap : ignition switch, cam sensor... |
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2001 Volvo V70 2.4L MIL Lamp on
Thanks to all who replied. The car went to the dealer and they replaced the cat under warranty. The car is fixed. My friend is happy and so am I (that I didn't have to do it). Trouble codes: P0420 (Catalyst below efficiency). |
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