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2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 5.7L valve springs VIN: 1G1YY12S42
According to an article in June 2015 Corvette magazine, these Z06 engines are prone to valve spring breakage. This condition effects Z06 (LS6) engines only. In an effort to ward off catastrophic engine damage I started to replace springs with Comp cams beehive...
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2003 Dodge Caravan SE 3.3L starting
checked this vehicle on the road, won't turn over, sometimes will start and run for a few seconds and die, red dot on dash on steady before this happened (anti theft sys) checked all fuses and relays, bypass relay for starter cranks ok, checked for codes, no c...
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1995 Ford Taurus SHO 3.0L Pressure Plate, Throw out bearing VIN: 1FALP54YXS
The customer showed us pictures of when he replaced the clutch. The T/O surface was gone and you could see the bearings. Some of the fingers on the P/P diaphragm were broke off and other were ready to break off. It was obvious to me the cable was adjusted so t...
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2002 Honda Civic EX 1.7L ac compressor VIN: 1HGEM22952
manually power ac compressor works good but i have no ac activation on scanned tool
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1993 Lexus LS400 4.0L tail lights VIN: JT8UF11E6P
Need help! This car came to shop because no tail lights. We did some basic check. Found tail light fuse pop out, and replaced new 15A tail light fuse, pop the new fuse again. Tried to get this tail light diagram from Alldata(no Mitchell at shop now), but no us...
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2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature L 4.6L Airbags VIN: 1LNM81V76Y
Airbed light on code B 2292 I check wiring at right fasten your seatbelt no problem phone trying to find restraint control module and all the wiring not much information on how to check what could be the problem thank you for your help
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1995 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Electronic VIN: WDBEA32E1S
Hello techs.. Working on this e320 with code 26 upshift delay valve. Do not understand how it work.. I had 2 vacuum to trans ( 2 valve on both side of trans ) the one on the left have vacuum all the time, the other do not have any and that vacuuum line go thro...
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2014 Other Chrysler 3500 6.7L maintenance VIN: 2C63K3EL8E
dealer or diesel tech.'s..please clear up my confusion with filter maintenance for the fuel system. customer was hear 8000 miles ago and asked us to change the fuel/water separator.We called the dealer and got the filter that is next to the fuel tank and chan...
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2006 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S 3.8L convertible top VIN: WP0CB29966
i replaced the left cylinder and tried to operate the roof but the roof would only open half way and stop there, the hydraulic pump was working fine but it would stop half way, i hooked on the scan tool but found no fault code, so i thought it needs calibratio...
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2006 Saab 9-3 Aero 2.8L Misfire VIN: YS3FH46U06
When you drive this car nomally it runs fine. You can put the pedal to the floor and it has full power. The problem happens when you are in third gear and you are going a littlle too slow. If you step on the gas it begins to missfire. Sometimes afetr this happ... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random missfire)
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2008 Toyota Prius Touring 1.5L Hesitation VIN: JTDKB20U48
hi every one out there ,I have these car for check engine light for po341 cam shaft position sensor . we did replace cam sensor inspect wires and drive car in the freeway drives normal until gets 75 to 80 mil and starts jerking and check engine light with cam ...
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2010 Toyota RAV4 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2T3BF4DV0A
I would like to thank all those who take the time to read and respond to this post. I am working on a 2010 Toyota Rav4 4wd 4 cyl car cam in with Dtc p043e, p043f, p2401, p2402, & p2419 on 5/2015 44k local Toyota dealer that said was bad charcoal canister and ... Trouble codes: P043E, P043F, P2401, P2402 (leak detection low), P2419 (switching Valve)
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2006 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWAK93C76
P0171 was original problem with surging idle. Found excess vacuum in crankcase, replaced noisy crankcase pressure regulator on valve cover. Fuel trims looked great at idle and cruise and idled well. Few days later back with p0171 again. Setting code at idle on... Trouble codes: P0171
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2008 BMW 328i 3.0L windows VIN: WBAVC53568
thanks a lot guys, the problem was in the left rear view mirror, i think it had an internal short , when i stated disconnecting wire from the master switch for the left mirror the switch started working , then i replaced the motor on that mirror and it was fi...
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2005 Chevrolet Blazer ZR2 4.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNCT18XX5
Hi techs: finally have this vehicle repaired. problem turned out to be injectors #1 & # 2 noit opening. used a can of injector cleaner screwed to fuel test port and increased pressure to 90psi to get injectors unstuck. than used another can just to run thro...
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2002 Dodge Grand Caravan ES 3.8L No Start, After warms up VIN: 2B8GP54L82
Owner stopped. He did tell me it came from Florida and had water damage. I could see it on the suspension. Also dealership wanted 900 for a reman PCM. At that price vehicle is toast. I was leaning towards that. But further testing I could see signs of wiring h...
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2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie 5.9L Insturment Cluster VIN: 1D7HU18Z83
Edward, the circuit for the start relay finds ground through the range switch, no PCM involvement on this one. The fluid leak is certainly something that needs to be addressed and I think we will treat it as a maintenance issue if it continues to crank every t...
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2007 Dodge Ram 1500 TRX4 5.7L 4x4 VIN: 1D7HU182X7
Ok, so this is not really a fix, but a workaround. I followed the diagnostic procedures with no success, mostly because the problem only happened once for 1 second while I was driving it. Neither the customer nor myself were willing to do what the dealer did a...
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1999 Ford E-350 Econoline XL 6.8L No Start VIN: 1FDWE30S2X
Everyone that said it was a bad ground was correct..Eric gave me good info on locations, and it was G101..Sometime in the past, someone put the wire terminal on the ground stud (G101), but it was not tight and sometimes worked, and sometimes not..Correcting th...
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2004 Nissan 350Z Touring 3.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation VIN: JN1AZ36A24
We followed Nissan's P0300 code Diagnostic Procedure. While checking the MAF g-m/sec at 2,500 RPM, the ECM set a P0302 code. We moved coil #2 to #4 spot and up came P0304 code. The power balance test showed a problem with #3 cylinder, but at idle! For some rea... Trouble codes: P0300.
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2003 Saab 9-3 Vector 2.0L Hesitation, Stall VIN: YS3FF49Y93
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP, I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE CONTROL UNIT TO FIX THE PROBLEM Trouble codes: P0606 (Control unit internal fault), P2122 (Pedal position sensor circuit), P0411 (Secondary air injection system incorrect airflow), P0691 (Cooling fan 1 control circuit open), P1312 (Ionization siganal implausible sooted sparkplugs).
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