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	2003 Honda Civic EX 1.7L variable valve timing VIN: 1HGES26723 This car has 60psi oil pressure at idle and goes up from there. Oil is full and clean. Oil screen was clean. Valve timing solenoid replaced with Honda part per initial diagnosis. Have Good oil pressure to the valve timing solenoid. Oil pressure at valve timing...	View
	2008 Honda Accord EX 2.4L Rear tire wear VIN: 1HGCP26858 2008 Honda Accord with very bad rear tire wear. Both rear tires are cupped badly on inside. Has had recent alignment and it is in speck. Rear struts/suspension checks good. At first thought I would say replace the rear struts since alignment was in spec, but I...	View
	2004 Kia Sedona EX 3.5L Cv Shaft VIN: KNDUP13164 Van came in with badly worn front brakes. Upon inspection needs new pads, rotors, struts and tie rod ends. Customer does not know if or when any front end work had been done before, bought used. The drivers side CV-Shaft and nut is very corroded. The other sid...	View
	2000 Mazda Protege ES 1.8L No Start VIN: JM1BJ2211Y Car came in on hook. NO start, customer had a "shade tree" mechanic working on it. Computer was fried, before installing the new one I checked for shorts and found both coil packs busted and the snot running out. All else checked out fine. Replaced coils, plug... Trouble codes: P1141	View
	2003 Mazda 6 i 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1YVFP80C63 Thanks to all for the help. Customer got out for gas Got back in and on freeze frame at 45 mph at 1959 rpm the check engine light came on and the a/t light came on. Towed vehicle and had p2101 code. Pulled flow chart and checking wiring from app to throttle an... Trouble codes: P2101 (Tac motor circuit range/performance), U0073, U0100	View
	2005 Mazda 6 i 2.3L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1YVFP80CX5 Vehicle came in for stalling under acceleration. If you step on the throttle like you are pulling out in traffic the check engine light, battery light, and security light will light up like someone has switched the car off. Car will start back up immediatley. ...	View
	2005 Nissan Altima S 2.5L No Start VIN: 1N4AL11D95 Replaced engine with rebuilt long block. Car ran before engine swap now we are not getting any fuel. Was able to jump over fuel pump relay and get pump to come on. Car will start after doing this but there is no throttle response from the pedal. Checked all gr... Trouble codes: P1122, P1126, U1000	View
	2007 Nissan Xterra X 4.0L fresh/recirc. door actuator VIN: 5N1AN08W17 Customer complaint of clicking noise in dash upon ignition cycle. Clicking noise goes for around 10 seconds and then stops for duration of that particular ignition cycle. Removed glove box and partial dash panels and verified clicking noise is coming from fres...	View
	1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo 2.0L No Start VIN: SW20006770 Vehicle drove in to a transmission shop, have the clutch replaced, after that no start, no spark, no injector pulse, no RPM, I check and clean all the ground wire, check all the power and ground to ECM, check wire between distributor, ignitor ignition coil and...	View
	1993 Toyota Pickup DLX 2.4L Mechanical VIN: 4TARN13P3P check for leaks no leaks recharge system and a lot white smog come from tail pipe and engine stars to running rough need help tanks	View
	2004 Toyota Camry XLE 2.4L Mechanical VIN: 4T1BE32K84 We have this Camry that needed to have the valve seals replaced. We removed the head and sent it to the machine shop and had them perform a valve job. (Customer requested this) After our mechanic reassembled the engine it started and ran great. He ran the engi...	View
	2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser 4.0L Engine VIN: JTEBU4BF3B Engine ingested water and mud while four wheeling. Alldata says to remove engine and transmission together. On 4WD will engine come out the top if unbolted from the trans? It looks like the front differential will need to be removed. Anyone have experience wit...	View
	2011 Toyota RAV4 2.5L a/c compressor VIN: 2T3BF4DV0B vehicle came in with intermittent ac issue compressor only works once in a while, pressure is good filled by ac machine, did flush, entire system clean, switched ac compressors worked at first for a few hrs of testing then customer brings it back next day same...	View

Fixes & Summaries for Asian

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	2003 Honda Odyssey LX 3.5L compressor VIN: 5FNRL180UX Thanks guys for the many responses, it took a new rear expansion valve and flush both lines going to the rear a/c unit, possibly restricted [...] side on rear a/c. It was a tough one like I posted we previously had replaced condenser and front expansion valve w...	15
	2003 Honda Accord EX 2.4L timing chain VIN: 1HGCM72643 Cust wanted engine replaced.Had many replies saying the engine would be fine but cust opped for engine replacment based on the miles.	12
	2003 Hyundai Elantra GLS 2.0L o2 sensor VIN: KMHDN45D43 Well after several trips around the shop, I think we have it fixed. we live in a day of the "silver bullet" fix "has " to be the problem. New parts installed were the plugs, ground strap, flexpipe, intake gaskets, fuel pressure regulator 02 sensor 2 times and...	11
	2002 Infiniti Q45 4.5L Accessories VIN: JNKBF01A92 I took my chances & order a LAN Moudle located in the left driver side by the kick panel $850.00 Part, But this one fixed my problem, On this model Infiniti Call it LAN Module , its the same as BCM	1
	2002 Mazda Tribute ES 3.0L noise VIN: 4F2YU09122 the fix turned out to be alternator mounting bolts loose, one of which was very loose. duh!	3
	2002 Subaru Impreza WRX 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JF1GG29662 well after doing the compression test found that all cylinders were at about 150 psi and cyl # 3 was reading 0. so im sure that was causing the miss well send it out to have someone tear it apart Trouble codes: P0303.	2
	2002 Toyota Sienna LE 3.0L sliding door VIN: 4T3ZF13C62 would like to thank all that replied. tested power and ground to module. scan tool does not display data for sliding door. after replacing sliding door module and performing relearn sliding door now operates correctly.	3

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