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2001 Audi S4 2.7L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on
I work at a used car dealer and inherited this audi s4. Has
misfire at idle. Runs great over 3000RPM. Compression drops
to 75 PSI when misfiring all other cylinders 175psi. Tryied
Motorvac, plugs, and coils prior to compression checks. Not
sure of service hist... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random Misfire), P0012 (Cam Over Retarded), P0340 (Cam Sensor Fault). |
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2000 Land Rover Discovery 4.0L sensor
customer brought in speed sensor and asked us to replace rf
abs speed sensor. curious where the best routing is for
harness from wheel to ecm ? around firewall or ??? alldata
does not address this. any thoughts ??thanks |
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1997 Mercedes-Benz SL320 3.2L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall
This car was brought in for inop soft top, but obiously
was worked on by 2 other shops in area. Was able to to
determine leaking piston lifts at passanger rear
pillar(which we replaced).The car was shipped out to dealer
for flash/reset with STAR scanner.Every ... Trouble codes: po100 (mass air flow volume air circuit). |
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2001 Mercedes-Benz ML320 3.2L Compressor
Customer picked up truck and returned in approx. 15 min. -
A/C not cooling. Compressor was short cycling. Evacuated
and rechecked for correct charge -2.5 lbs -ok. Compressor
coming on at 70 lbs/off at 50 lbs. We can not access sensor
/ switch readings w/our sc... |
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2006 Mercedes-Benz E350 3.5L steering wheel buttons
can came in with inop horn and steering wheel buttons
(radio, telephone etc.)
We have replaced the clock spring, and the button module
(located along side the airbag).
we have volatge and data to the button module thru the
clockspring.
When looking at the v... |
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1998 Peugeot 406 3.0L Cruise control
This cruise control only works intermittently and more
often off than on. The dealer have diagnosed it with their
scan tool without detecting any fault. I tested the vacuum
pump and valves hoses etc on the bench and all seems ok. I
thought the brake light swit... |
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1977 Volkswagen Beetle 1.6L Excessive Emissions
Hello All, Vehichle came in with a lean condition at start
up. I found the cold start injector had no pulse. Changing
the computor solved that problem. From ther it only got
worse. Vehichle would not start the next morning, turned
out to be the pump relay. Now... |
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2000 Volkswagen Jetta 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on
VW Techs- Subject vehicle was in storage for a number of
months. It was brought to us for brakes and the like. It
ran fine when it was brought to us, but as we were
repairing inspection items, it started running poorer and
poorer, until it just can't be driven... Trouble codes: P300 (Multiple Cylinder Miss-fire). |
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2002 Volkswagen Passat 2.8L MIL Lamp on
This passat has code p2096 Post catalyst fuel trim system
too lean bank 1. cleared several times and comes back in
couple days. have used vag to set all readiness and all
system complete and pass. have done all adaptations. have
done "stuck on stupid" removed ... Trouble codes: P2096 (post catalyst fuel trim system too lean bank 1). |
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1996 Volvo 850 2.4L cam timing
When cylinder head returned from machinist both camshafts
and cam gears were unmarked and put into a box. It appears
to me that the cams are not interchangeable nor are the cam
gears. I have checked Mitchell and Alldata and they assume
that parts are marked be... |
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1998 Audi A4 2.8L radio code
Thanks for all the replies , but it didn't not help me further with radio code, the customer has to go to the dealer !
If any Audi & VW tech want to get pay for the time they spend .
Please do not hesitate and let me know ! Thanks !!! |
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2000 Audi A4 1.8L Reverse gear
The problem turned out be internal to the transmission. A replacement tranny solved the problem.
We believe that the Reverse gear would disengage due to an internal leak that pulled the line pressure down. When disconnecting either the multifunction switch ... |
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2000 BMW 323Ci 2.5L tank leak diagnose pump
Unfortunately this car ended up by the dealer to test the tank leak and some another electrical test.
I can't wait until the car is fixed due to the time.
When the car is fix and pass the emission test , I'll repost the fix.
So far thanks to all the replies, ... |
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2004 Jaguar X-Type 3.0L Transfer case
Thanks to Clint, Stan and Daniel. All three agree that we screwed up when we pulled the right inner shaft all the way out of the transfer case thereby damaging an internal seal that is not serviceable. Therefore, we get to install a $1955 transfer case on this... |
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1999 Mercedes-Benz ML430 4.3L dies
Thanks to Mike for his suggestion to check engine wiring harness, removed all engine covers and started "wiggling" harness with engine running, chaffed on right side, started blowing fuse. Repaired harness, suggested replacement, but with 281K miles customer ... |
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2003 Mercedes-Benz CL500 5.0L auto door close
This one is fixed. Turns out the latch was the problem. The actuator for the door closing had a leak. When the PSE detects there is a leak, it shuts off that leg. I made the mistake of assuming that since the door locks worked ok that there wasn't a problem wi... |
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1987 Saab 9000 2.0L Surge, Stall
thanks to all who replied--some with some excellent, detailed information. it seems as though the throttle stop was set way to high, causing the iac to stay open. backed off the screw and cleaned the valve and throttle body and that did the trick. thanks again... |
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1975 Volkswagen Beetle 1.6L No Start, Floods
John from California hit this one right out of the ball park - THANKS!. Turned out that one of the injectors was internally shorted to ground. This would back feed the ground to the other injectors and open them all up. Disconnecting them one at a time until t... |
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2002 Volkswagen Jetta 1.8L MIL Lamp on
this vehicle is finally fixed. It turns out out didn't change the pcv on this car. I changed the suction pump which I was told usually takes the place of the pcv, but this car actually has a pcv and it looks like a pcv. It was staying open causing my probl... Trouble codes: p1297 (pressure between throttle body and turbo low), po171 (system lean). |
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2002 Volkswagen Passat 1.8L No Start
Well, finally we got this car running. Not exactly did we do it. After calling a tech line to make sure we had all the possible causes tested, we determined that the engine module was bad. We tested all the feeds to the module & all the out going power suppl... |
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2000 Volvo C70 2.3L engine
Recommend replacement of catalstic convertor OEM as many replies said. Our local Volvo repair facility suggested trying 93 octane fuel might keep light off. Our customer, a car dealer, is going to try that first. Fine with me. Thanks to all members who replied... |
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