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| 1997 Chevrolet K1500 Cheyenne 5.7L No Start VIN: 2GCEK19R8V Vehicle came in as a no start checked fuel pressure and found none and it made no attempt so start. check electrical and all was ok. replaced fuel pump and now i have good fuel pressure and it tries start but wont take off without a shot of carb cleaner. it wi... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet Astro 4.3L dome lights VIN: 1GNEL19W1Y Intermittently the dome/interior lights on this van go out, fuse blows. No previous work done or other repair history to report. Tried to find a problem in the easy to access areas and have been unable to. Just hoping maybe someone out there has seen this befo... |
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| 1996 Ford F-150 Eddie Bauer 5.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTEF15N4T HI I HAVE A FORD TRUCK IN MY SHOP With a p0401 egr flow. my question is where is the DPFE sensor on the truck. sanner is saying volts or 3.95 at idle. it is not on the egr valve & i have looked all under the hood does this truck have one ??? Trouble codes: P0401 (Egr) |
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| 2000 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTRX17W7Y The problem is I cant get any communication with the ecm , The key was missing and the auction had one made but could not program it , I have a check engine light , and have grounds, power, continuity , ecm is good had a truck in same year, motor, ecm number's... |
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| 2003 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 6.0L Wlndshield Wipers VIN: 1FTWW33P43 O.k. Ford genius' start truck up wiper not on. Start driving and wipers will make 1 pass, stop ,1 pass stop ,like intermitant wipers on . At other times they will cycle more frequently. Every thing works fine when switch is on including delay. Any help greatle... |
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| 2004 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 5.4L Lf Air Bag VIN: 1FMFU18L04 Car came in with air compressor burnt up found leak in front air lines replaced compressor and lines now vehicle rides low on left front performed relearn and turned system off and test drove still lf is 1 inch lower than the rest any ideas would help thanks... |
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| 2007 Honda Fit Sport 1.5L Hesitation, Stall VIN: JHMGD38697 cust sts when start up in driveway cold she puts in reverse and car dies it starts back up and is ok. till next cold over night start up . no check engine light and when warm runs good just had battery install and we found positive cable just laying on battery... |
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| 2002 Hyundai XG350 3.5L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: KMHFU45E62 Po305 at first actually missing on cyl #6 compression 140 psi only 10 % leak down new injector on cyl 6 good noid light good spark new coils and plug smoke tested no leaks vacuum at idle 17 not varying- more than .5 checked timing belt ok in time checked cam l... Trouble codes: P0305 (Cyl 5 missfire but actually missing on cyl 6) |
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| 2002 Jeep Liberty Sport 3.7L Mechanical VIN: 1J4GL48K02 We have a 2002 3.7 Liberty. Came in on the hook with a seized engine. We called our usual salvage yard and he sold us a 108,000 mile , run tested, engine from a 2003 Liberty. Plain vanilla installation but now it won't start. Pops and backfires like it is out ... |
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| 2007 Kia Spectra SX 2.0L A/C System VIN: KNAFE12167 Vehicle ran over a bale of hey and damaged the front bumper fascia, condenser and support. The parts were replaced by a body shop and came into us because the a/c didn't cool properly. The low side is at around 40 psi as well as the high side. It will cool to ... |
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| 2005 Land Rover LR3 SE 4.4L rear differential VIN: SALAA25405 The first rear diff we put in used with 47k on it was louder than the original. This is a locking rear end and we did not find another used one so we bought someones rebuilt and still had a noise. We talked to them they sent us another one and we were installe... |
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| 2010 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 5.0L MIL Lamp on, Noise/Lean Codes This vehicle's engine has a low "howl" when hot. The PCV system is built into the right side cover. Also there is a lean condition codes both banks. When you disconnect vacuum to the r/s valve cover and plug the intake connector the noise is gone. Cold engine ... Trouble codes: P0171, P0174 |
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| 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560SL 5.6L a/c COMPRESSOR Hello Mercedes Techs On this car we are not getting any power to the A/C compressor, we already replaced the push button unit(N22/2) with a reman unit and the A/C compressor control unit (N6) All power and grounds are OK, but still not getting power to compres... |
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| 2002 Nissan Maxima SE 3.5L No Start VIN: JN1DA31A32 Folks Im back with this thing again. I have made a few improvements since last time. It started out with a blown motor. Changed the motor. Put a new clutch and flywheel in. Had to pull it back apart cuz the flywheel was indexed wrong. Put it back together and ... |
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| 2005 Nissan Pathfinder LE 4.0L front suspension VIN: 5N1AR18W55 truck came in with very annoying squeak in left front. Sprayed front with silicon - squeak minimized when sprayed the sway buchings - so we replaced those. Squeak came back about 2 days later. It appears that the strut bushing is pretty bad - not sure if that ... |
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| 2008 Nissan Altima 2.5L transmission or brakes VIN: 1N4AL21E88 Customer stated that the previous day she had a hard braking event on the highway, car vibrated or shook at this point. It does not do it all the time like a warped rotor or rotors would do. I went for a test drive and noted a rather loud whine when driving, w... |
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| 2001 Toyota Tacoma Pre Runner 2.7L Unknown VIN: 5TESM92N81 Hi every body out there this vehicle after replace every thing on the front end but steel when driving on the free way you feel car is swaying on the road and felling not stable , did two times alignment and did swap tiers nothing got change , every help is co... |
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| 2006 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 2.5L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 3VWDF71K96 When cold the idle is fine, once it starts to build temp the idle will surge up and down from 900rpm to 2200rpm. Vehicle was smoke tested and found small leak at vacuum hose to pcv. Repaired and smoke tested again and no leaks. Idle continued to surge. Many ho... Trouble codes: P0507 |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2000 BMW 323i 2.5L Poor Idle Quality VIN: WBAAM3348Y I had replaced the pcv or oil separator before asked for help the valve and all hoses , after all you guys helped I decide replace the oil separated again this time I use oem before was febi it did solve the lean condition thanks to all of you. |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 Z66 5.3L No Start VIN: 3GNEK12TX4 ok this is my year for dogs .30 minute relearn is a no go.Installed a used radio that i could talk to .no go Did find that one of the two pink wires in the bus splice pack is pulling the bus down[wiring diagram says one is pink the other is orange, pinkest ora... |
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| 2003 Chrysler Town & Country Limited 3.8L Electronic VIN: 2C8GP64L83 pulled out 0-scope and put it on tps pin at tcm, saw tps voltage moving between .89-.99, found sensor bond wire between pcm to tcm had high ohm's ran a new bond wire alls well, thanks for the posts Dan |
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| 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport 5.7L Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1D3HB18T79 Stayed late last night and updated the pcm. So far no codes have come back and I have driven about 20 miles. Thankyou for the replies. The key here to determining it was a pcm issue was the codes were setting befour the criteria was met to set the code. I hope... Trouble codes: P1411, P1414, P1416, P1417. |
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| 2002 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L Hesitation, Stall VIN: 1FTWW33F82 It was IPR nut and spacer fell off and was in the engine valley!! Was waiting for customer to bring back truck is why it took so long. starts up and runs great. noticed on test drive, if you gas it, it would hessistate and sometimes stall. always starts up and... Trouble codes: P1211 (Injector control pressure not desired). |
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| 2001 Infiniti QX4 3.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JNRDR09Y81 We personally did not fix vehicle but I called customer to find out what happened. Turns out do to heavy carbon build up it jumped time. Customer opted to have a used engine installed vs fixing old engine. Thank you to those who took the time to respond. Trouble codes: P1490, P0300. |
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| 2006 Land Rover LR3 4.0L No Start VIN: SALAD24436 Still waiting on approval from customer. Will problably send down the road soon to get it off the lot. He wants a used installed. Not sure if it will work. Have had these come in with used parts & various incorrect part messages. Then there is security to get ... |
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| 1993 Nissan 300ZX 2 2 3.0L Surge, Cuts out VIN: JN1RZ26H7P yes the vehicle is fixed, now that the customer has had it for a while and is having no problems I am closing this. Arthur was correct the ignition control module was the problem. The replies were to check the O2 sensors, check the intake air boot, coolant sen... |
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| 1997 Pontiac Firebird Formula 5.7L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2G2FV22P2V Hi and thanks to all that replied. This owner decided they didn't want to spend the money to fix it and took it to the local school to hope they can for very little cost. After reading your replies, I'm convinced the Opti Spark is bad from the water pump lea... Trouble codes: P0100 (Maf check malfunction), P0103 (Maf circuit high), P0141 (O2 heater circuit bank 1 sensor 2), P0161 (O2 heater circuit bank 2 sensor 2), P0410 (Secondary air injection system), P0420 (Cat efficiency low bank 1). |
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| 1999 Toyota Camry LE 2.2L efi fuse VIN: JT2BG28K7X like usual one of the atn members had it right on the money..egr valve had wiring loom melted against it,pulled clear n kaboom,wrapped tube with asbestos and rerouted to make sure.thanks to all |
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| 2004 Toyota Sienna XLE 3.3L drivers side VIN: 5TDBA22C04 We got it. I verified the input to the actuator. All good. Actuator is inop will replace and re learn door. Thanks Everyone. |
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