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| 2007 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L engine VIN: WAUDF78E17 hello,i have an 07 2.0 belt drive 2.0L A4 that has had the motor replaced due oil pressure problems.new/used motor looked ok.removed and inspected the timing components and they look ok.removed and replaced the flywheel due having to pry it off the old engine.... |
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| 2002 Buick Park Avenue 3.8L a/c compressor VIN: 1G4CW54K32 Everything seems to work properly on HVAC system,except compressor comes on in heating mode w/temp set at 90°F. Never did this last winter as best I can tell. It seems to work normal in all the a/c positions with temp control at low temps,but it also comes on ... |
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| 2002 Cadillac Seville STS 4.6L coolant light VIN: 1G6KY54942 Hi everyone. I am new to this. S I have a 2002 cadi Seville 4.6L. A few weeks ago it came in for a coolant leak and I found a pin hole in the coolant bottle. I replaced the bottle with an aftermarket bottle now the coolant light keeps saying coolant level low.... |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 6.0L No Start VIN: 1GCHK24U53 Hi guys I have in my shop this 2003 chevy 6.0, its owned by the local elevator here. It came into my shop with an intermittent no start or start and die like the security system shut it down right away. The ignition key and tumbler was shot so I replaced that ... Trouble codes: P1518 |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Aveo 1.6L speedometer VIN: KL1TD52654 have this aveo at shop for a while came in for check engine lite and preformed replacement of vavle guides cust also stated speedo not giving correct road speed. speedo reads 10 mph and actual speed is 30 mph tried new sensor from dealer and also new cluster a... |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Classic 2.2L Auto Lights VIN: 1G1ND52F35 Vehicle belongs to a used car dealer, it came in with a complaint of lights flickering at times. Vehicle has auto lights, upon checking have found out that when problem occurs you can turn lights on manually with headlight switch and lights stop flickering, wh... |
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| 2010 Chevrolet Express 3500 4.8L No Start, Stall, with wipers on. VIN: 1GB3G2BA0A Towed in no start, check fuel pressure-none. Replaced burned out pigtail and bad fuel pump. Starts up runs great. Customer came to pick up the truck, it was raining. Vehicle would not run enough to leave the parking lot. We discovered the vehicle runs fine wit... |
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| 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 ST 5.9L Cold Starting VIN: 3D6WU26C94 Okay we are at a loss on this vehicle. Customers original complaint was vehicle hard to start cold or wont start at all. Plug block heater in for one hour. Starts fine. We have done all the pin point tests per direct hit. Everything was a pass. The fuel heater... |
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| 2004 Ford Focus ZTS 2.3L battery VIN: 1FAFP38ZX4 this focus drains the battery within 72 hours. my problem is the draw comes and goes. when I hook up an amp meter I get the usual 0.30 amps for about 30 min until all modules go to sleep. after that meter shows 0.005 which is good. then it may be 2 hours may b... |
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| 2011 GMC Sierra 3500 HD SLE 6.6L No Start VIN: 1GD423CL4B Towed in for no start shut off while driving.no fuel pressure what so ever.push the valve to see if any fuel there none found.pump the fuel prime pump on th fuel filter and purge air out and engine starts and ran for few second.prime it again and starts.so i h... Trouble codes: P0087 (Frp too low), P128E |
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| 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 5.2L gauges,windows compass VIN: 1J4GZ58Y3T If you hold the key towards start a little past run the gauges will operate but stop when releaseing the key back to run.Power windows will work during holding key forwards as well. No communication at ALDL with any module even when key is held and gauges work... |
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| 2007 Lincoln Town Car Signature 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1LNHM81W27 Got this linc when i drive and back off the gas all 02 sensors go to zero and stay there for a while then they start switching again the car runs just like normal only had two lean codes cust brought a used maf sensor and now it has a fuel deliverty error code... Trouble codes: P0148, P0171, P0174 |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Beetle GL 1.9L No Power VIN: 3VWLP21C62 This TDI beetle will not get out of it's own way, basically 0 boost. (I have a 2001 with same engine so borrowed parts to diag). All preliminary checks ok, including cam timing and injection timing. I've come down to a possibility of an ECM issue and here's ... |
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| 2006 Volkswagen Beetle TDI 1.9L Starting VIN: 3VWRR31C76 I have this TDI 2006 that came in with a no start. Check codes and there was a 16705-P0321 Crank sensor - replaced the crank sensor with a vw sensor and checked the voltage to sensor at plug. i got 2.5V on white and brown wires and no volts on black- Black wir... |
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| 2012 Volvo S60 T5 2.5L srs VIN: YV1622FS8C Car came in from a body shop. Had a small fender bender but driver's air bag deployed. Body shop replace bag. Steering column was replace with used one, I don't know why. We replaced blown belt retractor and any other code setting stuff. We are now down to lot... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2007 BMW 335xi 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAVD535X7 Well, this car never returned. I guess the check engine light did not turn back on. Thank you for the replies. Some clarification. This car doesn't have an air flow sensor so there isn't one to check and/or replace. Many of you said to replace or switch the ... Trouble codes: P0171 (Sytem lean bank 1), P0420 (Catalytic Converter Efficiency Bank 1). |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Malibu LT 2.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G1ZH57B88 I told the customer to come back if there were any issue or not but she never showed up again. Her car has other problems and I thought she may have looked for the other car already, OR I fixed it with the new sensor and thermostat but she would not like to le... Trouble codes: P0128 (Engine Coolant Temperature Below Thermostat Regulating Temperature). |
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| 1987 Ford Ranger Custom 2.9L Stall VIN: 1FTCR11T2H Thanks to all who responded to request 4 help.Ignition switch a very good answer, I did open and clean sw. previously but didn't change. I also by passed the fuel cut-off sw. rechkd and cleaned grounds at battery. replaced coil with used coil,I did replace ign... |
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| 2003 Ford F-550 Super Duty XL 6.0L throttle VIN: 1FDAW57P73 Thank you for all the answers. After road testing and watching the pedal pids I got glitches from two potentiometers and truck went to idle mode. So the other shop put new pedal which was defected. Install new accelerator pedal problem solved. Thanks everybo... |
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| 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid 1.3L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JHMFA36276 Hello all, sorry to say times up and I never got another look at this car. It does seem that two things were prevalent in the replies, batteries and valve adjustment. Will test further when possible. Thanks. Trouble codes: P0300. |
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| 2005 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4.0L hard start VIN: 1J4FA44S25 Thanks to all that replied !!! This one is FIXED - after many test along with many good drives - we were hesitant to return it to our customer Then it happened, started pushing connectors tighter as my tech watched and then as a pushed the TPS connector tight ... Trouble codes: P0123 (Throttle position sensor no. 1 high). |
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| 2008 Jeep Liberty Sport 3.7L blend door VIN: 1J8GN28K48 Thanks to all who replied I ended up replacing the air distribution box it had warped door and goo from foam gaskets causing doors to hang up. The new dealer part has all rubber seals no foam tape that turns to goo. |
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| 2008 Kia Rio5 LX 1.6L no power windows.no blower fan,no rear defrost Thank you for the feedback guys.There are no issues with the car and the customer is picking it up Monday.My thoughts originally were also reverse hook up of cables causing the main 125 fuse to blow.When BCAA replaced the battery,it wouldnt start as the damage... |
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| 2011 Ram 3500 Laramie 6.7L Shifter VIN: 3D73M4HL8B Sorry for the delayed fix. We tried a few different things and it took some time to test each attempt at repair. The clutch worked so well except for the disengagement issue that the owner and I decided to try some things before we removed the clutch. We tried... |
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| 2002 Toyota Camry SE 2.4L counter balance shaft VIN: 4T1BE30K52 thanks all for your replies, the customer is getting a new vehicle, but still wants me to do the job knowing that it might lock up. i did not know we where only allowed 1 update per post,but i will state what i am going to do. my goal was to find out if anyone... |
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