iATN Member European Auto Repair Tech Exchange for November 19, 2009

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	Help Request	Answers
	2002 Audi A6 Quattro 2.7L MIL Lamp on Vehicle has been to 3 shops for repair. Last shop was Audi dealer, who informed customer to replace pedal position sensor. He pulled car and replaced it himself. Of course codes returned. Scanned car and found 1.06 volts on both downstream O2 sensors, with no ... Trouble codes: P0138 (O2 Bank 12 Voltage High Voltage), P0158 (O2 Bank 12 Voltage High Voltage), P2128 (Accelerator Pedal Position Sensor 2 High Voltage).	View
	2001 BMW X5 3.0L lights replaced engine and trans (with new trans computer). everything is hooked up ok. had completely dead battery. with jumper on battery, put key in pos. 2 and all lights flicker, and can hear (relay?) inside click loudly. try to start it and all i get is starter ...	View
	2002 BMW 525i 2.5L batt dies Hi all I hope some one can help me with this I got this car from a body shop they replaced the hood ,roof,and trunk lid due to hail damage . Now the battery goes dead new battery and blower resister still have a 266 mv draw.cleared codes in all the modules i c...	View
	2006 BMW 650i 4.8L oil leak Vehicle presented for oil leak repair. BMW replaced valve cover [...] weeks ago. ON cold start up has noticable oil drip on both sides on engine at the lower motor mount pedastal bolts. After about 10 minutes leak goes away. Do these bolts go into oil passa...	View
	2006 BMW 525i 3.0L MIL Lamp on thanks in advance for looking,i have this beemer that is kicking my butt,it keeps setting mixture codes.i have replaced mass airflow sensor with a bmw part. smoked engine several times and no leak found.this car has been everywhere, dealer (i dont have record ... Trouble codes: 2d06 (air-mass system), 2A2F (mixture control 2), 2A2E (mixture control).	View
	2006 BMW 325i 3.0L Collision Repair Help please BMW collision Techs!! This BMW was sublet to us after body shop replaced steering wheel air bag, driver seat belt pre tensioner and battery saftey terminal.The fault for the battery safety terminal will not reset and the new part appears to be ok a...	View
	1995 Jaguar Vanden Plas 4.0L drivers window drivers seat and mirrors found many articles on mirrors and drivers seat inop but they say nothing about the drivers window. could it still be the drivers seat control module?	View
	1993 Land Rover Range Rover 4.2L Excessive Emissions, No Start, Poor Idle Quality Vehicle came in for a crank no start, poor running when it did start. Inspected the vehicle and found it had the Bosch fine wire plugs and they were carbon fouled. Replaced the plugs and the vehicle would now start and run but was loading up. Verified timing a...	View
	1987 Mercedes-Benz 560SEL 5.6L Ignition SW Hi all, I'm back on this project replacing the ignition switch(electric). What's the best way to get at it? Pull the dash up and the cluster out like All-Data says, or can you get at it from underneath? There's a big sewer pipe air distribution duct that doesn...	View
	1994 Mercedes-Benz S420 4.2L Mechanical I need help on 94 Mercedes S420 I need to know how to time the timing chain Not much help from Alldata, not clear pictures. Thanks Marco	View
	2003 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L convertible top Good morning Mercedes benz techs everywhere.This big SL came in with a lf window that would not go down and a left rear window that would not go up ,convertible top that will not work,In the dash it shows an open trunk,also the ESP is deactivated.I scanned for...	View
	2003 Mini Cooper 1.6L No Start I've got a head-scratcher here. This Mini starts and runs fine cold, has never died while driving. After being driven for 10-20 miles it intermittently won't start. As you crank it, it starts briefly and dies. If you keep cranking, it just doesn't start. Every...	View
	2000 Volkswagen Beetle 1.9L engine Tech replaced T-belt and Water pump using Mitchell procedure but did not loosen the injector pump pulley or install pin in injector pump (marked all 3 pulleys before removing belt). Put back together and will just crank. Recheck timing marks 3 or 4 times and t...	View
	2000 Volkswagen Jetta 1.8L MIL Lamp on Have 2000 Jetta with 1.8 turbo. Came in with check engine light found P0411 code for sec air flow. Checked vac. hoses and found hose broke at deverter valve. Replaced hose and tested valve was ok. Ran pump motor and operates normal. Tested bypass valve and hol... Trouble codes: PO411.	View
	2004 Volkswagen Touareg 3.2L Monitor "not ready" Vehicle was brought into shop last week of October for service, engine light on, tires, brakes, new york state obd2 inspection. Camshaft sensor b was why the code was set and repaired. Cleared the codes and gave vehicle back to customer and told to drive as mu...	View
	2001 Volvo C70 2.4L Electronic Transmission speed sensor code TCM-0023 and ECM-530d code stored in TCM module,check engine lamp and trans go's into limp home,very intermitten issue. Clean and tighten related pins,pull both speed sensors and inspected. Replaced ABS controller. Install lastes...	View

Fixes & Summaries for European

	Fix/Summary	Answers
	2004 Jaguar XJ8 4.2L Lighting Thanks for all the input we got on this one. We pulled all wireing diagrams and check all grounds and powers again. Found three fuses that were not powering up traced back to fuse box in trunk. The fuses are powered by a relay that is not replaceable (located ...	6
	2005 Mini Cooper 1.6L base brakes/rotors Thanks for all the replies. All were worth considering and I appreciate the time everyone put in. Bottom line was that there were three problems overlapping and ALL were attributed to customer being "cheap" and not giving very good information as to what was...	9
	2003 Saab 9-3 2.0L ignition key I found out that both the ignition switch module and cim column itegration module are troublesome on this first year sport sedan and probably both parts will require replacement in the future,but for now car runs so customer doesnt want to spend $. thanks to ...	5
	2008 Saab 9-3 2.0L Safety THANK YOU GUYS I FIX THIS SAAB THE PROBLEM IS THAT 2 GUYS SAY YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THE ACM AND THEN ADD THE ACM BACK TO THE CAR I DID IT WITH THE TECH2 AND THE TIS WEB THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN	2
	1999 Volkswagen EuroVan 2.8L Poor Idle Quality Thanks to everyone that responded, all replies were very helpful. The problem did turn out to be a bad PCV Valve. It took a while to actually obtain this part, but I installed it yesterday, cleared the codes and drove it. After a few miles the EGR Readiness... Trouble codes: p0400 (egr sys problem).	3
	2002 Volkswagen Passat 4.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on Hello Everyone A search on the internet shows that this engine was a VW mistake. I found some info that reccomended unhooking the electric solenoids that operate the four camshafts and apply full 12volts to them, you can hear a distinct click, I then draine... Trouble codes: P1340 (Camshaft Engine speed sensor Incorrect correlation), P0301 (Cylinder 1 Misfire), P0302 (Cylinder 2 Misfire), P0303 (Cylinder 3 Misfire).	6
	2003 Volkswagen EuroVan 2.8L Slow fuel fill Replaced Evap canister- was saturated with fuel. Thanks for the replies and the knowledge here on iATN!	3

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