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| 1992 Honda Civic VX 1.5L Excessive Emissions VIN: 2HGEH2360N This 92 Civic VX , V tech 1.5 L Has failed the 2 speed loaded emission test. It came in with new factory LAF sensor and Factory spark plugs. Using my Genesis 5 gas portable analyzer, All gasses are within normal limits except O2 which is sometimes 2-4 perc... |
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| 1999 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5L Stall VIN: 2HKRL186XX driven vehicle 50 miles unable to recreate stalling scanned for codes found above cannot find what area problem is in fuel pressure and flow good crank sensor scopes good cust say it is getting worse engine will start right back up after stall and may go 2 mil... Trouble codes: P1739 (3rd clutch pressure switch), P0420 (catalyst efficiency low bank 1), P1457 (evap system leak) |
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| 2003 Honda Civic EX 1.7L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGEM21943 Did a 60k service (essentially oil change and filters) on this car 1 month ago, customer returned within 1 week with misfire codes for all cylinders, replaced four plugs, customer called within a day or so and said "light was back on". Scanned for codes...agai... Trouble codes: P3004 |
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| 2001 Kia Sportage 2.0L Misfire VIN: KNDJA72301 Vehicle was brougth in with intermittent misfire. Modis does not reveal a misfire code(no SES lamp on )nor could I find misfire data. Upon removal of coil cover we found oil on top of valve cover.Either gasket leaking or oil fill cap leaking. Rear coil boot an... |
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| 2002 Kia Spectra 1.8L Misfire VIN: KNAFB12152 This car was towed in as a no start, found that the #22 coil fuse was blown replaced and it blew out right away. Inspected the coils to find out that the #2-3 coil was blown out litterally..was also the new coil...replaced it and the new one blew out as well..... |
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| 2004 Lexus ES330 3.3L control arms VIN: JTHBA30G14 I need to replace right lower control arm, due to customer hitting curb. Mitchell and Alldata say that engine removal in required. Has anyone been able to replace without removing engine. Its looks like there is no reason to remove engine. Am I over looking so... |
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| 1999 Mazda Protege ES 1.8L wont go into gear VIN: JM1BJ2216X Hey guys, ive got this 99 mazda protege here and it will not go into gear. the shifter does move very easily into the correct drive, however, all we get from the tranny side is a buzzing noise coming from the neutral switch area and no reaction from the tranny... |
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| 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST 2.0L timing belt VIN: 4A3AK54F0W thanks in advance for any and all help. Customers vehicle towed in cranks no start.had a crank sensor code, scoped sensor and found no waveform. pulled timing covers off to find the balance shaft belt broken, which also took out the crank sensor. timing belt o... |
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| 2002 Mitsubishi Montero Limited 3.5L Misfire VIN: JA4MW51R2J hi guys, this montero limited is misfiring for few seconds on cold start up with code p0300. i changed plugs +wires + valve cover gaskets because oil was getting on spark plugs through the spark plug holes. few days later, the truck came back with the same cod... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 2001 Nissan Pathfinder LE 3.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, VIN: JN8DR09X11 Hello to all those NISSAN techs out there, I need your help on this one. I have this Pathfinder that just wont find its path any more. I got the job after it came in barely running and tech #1 diagnosed and replaced the fuel pump for low fuel pressure. Fuel pr... |
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| 2003 Nissan Altima 2.5L spark plug VIN: 1N4AL11D93 CAME IN WITH MISFIRE, EXHAUST LEAK, SMELL OF GAS. i FOUND CODE P0301, NO OTHER CODES. THE CAR WAS RUNNING ROUGH AT IDLE AND SMOOTHED OUT A LITTLE UNDER ACCELERATION. I FOUND THE CAT LEAKING EXHAUST AT WELD AROUND FRONT O2 SENSOR. THERE WERE NO GAS LEAKS. WHEN ... |
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| 2000 Suzuki Esteem GL 1.6L engine VIN: JS2GB31S1Y hi guys! the engine has been changed and since then...no start. cranks o.k,good fuel pressure,no signal to the injectors,no spark,i have signals on both cam and crank. I checked all the grounds---ok all the connectors are ok what can it be! |
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| 1991 Toyota Pickup DLX 3.0L Engine idle Check engine light VIN: JT4VN13D2M Hello fellow tech's! Thanks in advance for your advice. This truck runs great!! The check engine light comes on from time to time and once in a while it will idle at around 1800 to 2000 RPM. There are 2 codes, 43 No "STA" signal to ECM untill engine reaches 80... |
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| 2000 Toyota Corolla VE 1.8L lean condition VIN: 1NXBR12E4Y thanks to all in advance, this toyota came in with a 171 system lean, checked for vac leaks found small leak at intake replaced gasket cleaned throttle body and mass air flow, replaced 0-2 sensor somewhat slow, no exhaust leaks found, reset system code 171 res... Trouble codes: P0171 |
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| 2003 Toyota Prius 1.5L ready light VIN: JT2BK1ZU13 Found 100 amp main fuse (broke didn't look burned)bad repaired it power came back but will not go to ready checked codes c0278 c0279 c1213 c1259 plus several that come and go also when taking off trailer car started twice for just seconds tested c0278 and c027... |
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| 2004 Toyota Camry XLE 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: JTDBE32K84 This car came in with a cel light with codes P0 455 /P0441 / P0446 . These code are for a flow problem in the canister area. As soon as we installed the smoke machine we saw a lot of smoke coming from the gas cap area. We removed the cover in the wheel well an... Trouble codes: P0455 (gross leak), P0441 (evaporative system flow), P5446 |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 2000 Honda CR-V LX 2.0L drive shaft VIN: JHLRD1846Y U-JOINTS NOT REPLACEABLE ON THIS DRIVE SHAFT. ALL THE REPLIES WERE GREATLY APPRECIATED. DECIDED NOT TO REMOVE FOR LIABILITY ISSUES. IF IT WERE MINE I WOULD HAVE PULLED AND DROVE LIKE THAT, BUT IT WASN'T. YOUR REPLIES PUT ME BACK IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND, LIA... |
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| 2003 Honda Accord EX 3.0L compressor VIN: 1HGCM66563 Thanks to all memmbers that replied,everything mentioned was very helpful.The one who hit it right on the head was William [...] it was the pcm. Changed it and reprogramed it and everything is good now... |
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| 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GST 2.0L Excessive Emissions, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 4A3AX55F3V sorry it took so long to reply,i received very little help but thank you 4 the 3 techs who took the time to help.What i found wrong was the vehicle was loosing spark and injector pulse at the same time the miss was happing until the car would stall and not run... |
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| 1977 Nissan 280Z 2.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: HLS3040777 Thanks to every one that took the time to reply to my message. Most techs. suggested timing issue. Timing chain has been replaced already. Double checked timing marks all is good. Customer decided to take car back to his home. thanks again. |
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| 1988 Subaru Justy DL 1.2L water pump VIN: JF1KA72A9J Got the Justy done after my worst day in about a year! What a pain. Yes, the pan has to come off to get the front cover off. But I hadd to pry hard on the side engine mount to get enough clearance to get the cover out of there. I had 3 replies. One gave adv... |
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| 2002 Suzuki XL-7 2.7L engine VIN: JS3TX92V23 Techs, It seems that removing the pcv from the engine eliminates the smoking and oil usage. however, customer has traded car off, so I haven't been able to diagnose further. Scott from Oregan has a similar problem, so I am waiting to see how he makes out. than... |
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| 1996 Toyota Corolla 1.6L A/C Compressor VIN: 1NXBA02E6T This took some time because no one was able to answer any of my question. I had to do a lot of searching to find the answers. To make a long story short the A/C AMP. fixed the problem, when the AMP. was replaced the light in the A/C switch started working agai... |
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| 1999 Toyota Solara SE 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2T1CF22P4X hello all: It is finally fixed! After trying most of the suggestions offered, we finally tried a good used ECM. This model year did not need to be reprogrammed. We tried a unit with the same part number and problem solved!. Engine now purrs like a kitten! I ... Trouble codes: P0300, P0505 (idle control). |
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