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| 2009 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L oil pressure VIN: WAUXF78K49 This Audi 2.0t has a reduced oil pressure code. checked oil pressure and at idle was .3bars hot...2.2 bars@ 2000 rpm..and 4.0 bars @3700 rpms. Specs are...1.0 to 1.2 bars at idle...1.6 to 2.2 bars @ 2000 rpms...and 3 to 4 bars @ 3700 rpms. replaced oil pump an... |
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| 2001 BMW X5 4.4i 4.4L Abs Module VIN: WBAFB33541 After we installed new master cylinder, repaired corroded brake lines, installed new front and rear pads with wear sensors, did the electronic bleed procedure, we get these codes 5A DSC BRIEF POWER INTERUPTION and 80 BRAKES OVERHEATING. The master cylinder had... |
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| 2009 BMW 335i xDrive 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAPL335X9 Alright fellow BMW techs I have a head-scratcher here, and any help is greatly appreciated. This is a twin-turbo vehicle that uses a single MAP sensor for speed density and intake air temp. This vehicle came in with a stored 29E0(p0171) - Bank 1 lean. Fuel tri... Trouble codes: P0171 (System Lean - Bank 1), 29E0 |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS 4.2L blower motor VIN: 1GNDS13S15 On this Trailblazer the blower keeps blowing with the key out & the blower off. With blower fuse 35 under hood pulled blower turns off with key off but still works when key is on & blower is on. I look at the diagram & seems that power must be back feeding thr... |
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| 2007 Dodge Sprinter 2500 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WD09E74597 This 2007 Sprinter 2500 is driving me crazy... The vehicle came to the shop with a no power complaint and check engine light on, found 10 diagnostic trouble codes. I have repaired 8 of the 10 codes. The 2 reoccurring codes are 2510 and 2089. The truck is driva... Trouble codes: 2089 (Exhaust pressure sensor voltage too high), 2510 (Boost pressure regulator control position error) |
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| 2009 Ford F-150 XLT 5.4L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 1FTPW14VX9 This F150 has an issue where it runs rough and sometimes dies on initial start cold. When it dies it can be difficult to restart but always does. Problem only lasts for 15-20 seconds. I have reflashed to latest ECM calibration from Ford (We have the IDS). Fuel... |
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| 2012 GMC Savana 3500 4.8L Radio CD player VIN: 1GD374CA7C good afternoon we have a 2012 GMC Savannah 3500 - it is a rental vehicle, bought new and used as a rental from day one. It found its way to us recently. Problem: The radio / CD player does not work, the display reads: LOCKED we are unable to unlock using o... |
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| 2016 GMC Yukon 6.2L MIL Lamp on Please bear with me on my lack of info here. I'm currently snowed in and the vehicle is at the shop. I am modifying this 2016 Yukon for handicap access. Somehow, someway I have lost comms with the Multi Axis Acceleration Sensor, the Electronic Brake Control Mo... Trouble codes: U0432 (u0151-), U0151 (u0125-), U0125 |
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| 2009 Honda Odyssey EX 3.5L VSA, and Brake light VIN: 5FNRL38489 I have worked on this van a couple of times only, brakes, and a few oil changes. However I have worked on the couples other cars for a number of year's. I feel pretty confidant I'm getting an accurate account of what is happening. I have seen a few postings wi... Trouble codes: 261, 271, 611, 651, 831, B1163 |
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| 2002 Kia Sportage 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: KNDJA72382 Good morning KIA techs. Code 0128 x several years, finally brought our way. initially looked like all parameters met so code should not occur. Logic for code pretty straight forward except for time of coolant rise to the 176F, and what kind of rise/considerati... Trouble codes: 0128 (coolant temp insufficient) |
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| 1998 Mercedes-Benz E320 3.2L Blower Motor VIN: WDBJF65F4W Car came in with blower motor not working. Diagnosed bad blower motor regulator, had 12 volts to motor, varable voltage coming from control panel aprox. 1 volt to 6 volts depending on setting on control panel, 12 volt on small red wire and ground. Changed syst... |
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| 2000 Mercedes-Benz S430 4.3L Fuse 62 VIN: WDBNG70J8Y Mercedes Tech's This S430 keeps blowing fuse #62 which is in Rear Fuse panel under rear seat. Once I found the fuse blown the first time I replaced it and sent vehicle on its way. Wrong. 2 days later blown fuse. Looked at wiring diagram and BELIEVE fuse 62 onl... |
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| 2001 Mercedes-Benz CLK55 AMG 5.5L vibration VIN: WDBLJ74G81 Car has a troublesome vibration on deceleration . it is felt in the drivers seat around 35 to 40 mph .the wheels have been balanced and it is not a road vibration it is definitely in the drive train . all the usual suspects have been replaced mounts drive shaf... |
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| 2002 Mercedes-Benz S430 4.3L vac lines VIN: WDBNG70J62 Can anyone tell me what MKL and SK stand for in reference to the PSE module? I'm trying to locate leaks before replacing a burned up PSE pump. The large yellow line(SK) and the gray line(MKL)will not hold vacuum at all. The KAF(headrest) line won't hold also b... |
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| 2008 Mercedes-Benz C300 Sport 3.0L Exterior Lights VIN: WDDGF54X78 Hello, any Mercedes techs. Out there. I have this car that needs a front SAM. I have talked to Mercedes parts dept. and have been told there is a updated part. SAM #[...]. I have a few questions and need ... |
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| 2004 Nissan Frontier XE 3.3L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1N6ED26Y34 this truck has been a nightmare, we replaced parts due to customer request and codes that computer was showing. Now customer complaints are that the truck wants to die with the blower motor on high, or with the wheels all the way turned to the left it will act... |
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| 1996 Toyota Avalon XL 3.0L idle VIN: 4T1BF12B0T hi guys and thank you in advance, i got this avalon, with an idle concern, came with a high idle, we installed an idle control motor, and idle was still high, then with my snap on i close and open the idle, as a relearn, and the idle, is good with the exeption... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2007 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WAUDF78E97 Thank you for all the replies. We end up figure out on that year of model, Audi have 2 different part # for the high pressure sensors. Orange one is the update one for our Audi. Confusion is the original one pull out from vehicle is black & the first one Audi ... Trouble codes: P2177, P1093. |
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| 2004 BMW X3 2.5i 2.5L engine size VIN: WBXPA73414 We did not find the engine ID but where able to rewire the new harness to the diagram for a 2.5 end the engine runs now |
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| 2001 Dodge Intrepid SE 3.2L cooling fans VIN: 2B3AD56J31 Thanks for all the help on this one,come to find out the customer had packed this thing full of stop leak and it had stopped up the ports in the back of the engine so after a lot of flushing this car is out of my hair thanks again for all your input. |
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| 1985 Ford F-150 XL 5.8L transfer case VIN: 1FTEX14H9F Thanks for all the input from everyone. I agree there may be increased rate of wear in 4H versus 2H but unlocked shouldn't have hurt anything. He is glad to hear this. Thanks everyone. I really think the shift pattern is 2H 4H N 4L as well. I know there was so... |
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| 2000 Ford F-450 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L Starter system VIN: 1FDXF46F5Y I checked the fuse block and it was full of green death. At this point all was ok ,so he brought it to the glass shop for repair. I checked the GEM and it was ok-no green death etc. Thank you for all your replies-It was driving me nuts. John |
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| 2001 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FTNX21F11 Thank you for all the advice , my gut was right on this one, pulled the glow plugs out and did a comp test on the eng at 70 degrees ,, 300-350 Tops!! after long crank times , when cold I'm sure this droped even further, this low of compression will not create ... |
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| 2006 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 6.0L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTWX31P36 First off, yhank you all for your time spent thinking about this. I checked PIDS against the info I was provided and everything was within spec. I then brought the truck to the local Ford dealer to check for available updates which there where and they did to ... Trouble codes: P0336 (CKS performance), P0341 (CMP circut performance), P2614 (CMP signal output circut open). |
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| 2012 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 6.2L Hesitation VIN: 1FTRF3D62C I PULLED THE VALVE COVERS AND THERE WERE 3 BROKEN INTAKE VALVE SPRINGS.AFTER REPLACING THE COILS I WAS ONLY GETTING MISFIRE CODES ON CYL.8 BUT WAS RUNNING LEAN ON BOTH BANKS.I KNOW MODE 6 WAS ONLY FLAGGING CYL.8 BUT I COULD NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK TO SEE ABOUT THE... Trouble codes: P0307, P0308, P0301. |
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| 2004 Land Rover Discovery SE 4.6L No Start, Stall VIN: SALTY19424 It fixed crank sensor space was install in corrected.Please read my update post for the explanation.Thanks guys |
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| 2008 Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE 4.4L heating system VIN: SALSF25428 HELLO, WELL THE CUSTOMER CHOSE NOT TO REPAIR AT THIS TIME, BUT THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE WAS THE HEATER CORE. AFTER WE HAD CONFIRMED THAT BLEND DOOR MOTOR WAS WORKING AND IT FELT LIKE THE DOOR WAS MOVING FREELY WHEN MOVING IT BY HAND, WE AGREED THE CORE WOULD... |
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| 2007 Mini Cooper S 1.6L No Start VIN: WMWMF73557 Okay well we realized that we were looking at the wrong relay for the injectors,thanks to the better diagrams you guys suggested. We swapped out the relay and its been running for 2 hours now. Thanks for all the help. Some guys may want to read the post before... Trouble codes: 2D6A, 2D6B, 2D68, 2D69. |
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| 2005 Mitsubishi Galant GTS 3.8L engine light VIN: 4A3AB76S85 MAF fixed the problem, fuel trims back to normal and oxygen sensors fluctuating normally. no MIL or hot soak start/stall the spec for the MAF sensor is 2-6 g/sec at idle and at 2500 rpm the spec is 8.0-16.0g/sec with engine at operating temp I cant remember ... |
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| 2008 Saturn Vue XE 2.4L Starter VIN: 3GSCL33P38 referd vehicle to local gm dealership for repair no details known on what they did to fix vehicle other then pcm updates |
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| 2009 Volkswagen CC Luxury 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWHL73C29 Ecu fixed this car. Ground signal from Ecu to heater returned to normal. It is important to note that live data block 41 on vcds still had no resistance value of the heater for b1s2. However, testing of the ground wire that controls the heater showed me a n... Trouble codes: P0141 (heater circuit B1S2), P0140 (B1S2 no activity detected). |
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| 1952 Willys m38 134.2CID fuel pump lobe on cam I want to thank all of you for responding to my help request. Learned a few things that I will store in my memory bank.The cust. is thinking about electric fuel pump. Not sure yet what he wants to do. Thank you Richard [...] |
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