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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for April 22, 2016 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for European
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| 1999 BMW Z3 M Coupe 3.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBSCK9337X It came in with codes for tps, and tank pressure sensor. Testing found the 5 VOLT reference was missing to TPS. Instead of pulling apart harness, simply cut wire at PCM and TPS and put a jumper. Now the throttle works/reads perfectly and won't code for this an... Trouble codes: 253 (shutoff valve vent system jammed closed) |
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| 2009 BMW X5 xDrive30i 3.0L No Start VIN: 5UXFE43529 Owner's "friend" replaced valve cover gasket and did something and it fried the DME, no comm, nothing. Found 5 out of 6 coils not plugged all the way, my guess is he cranked and cranked and spiked the DME. My question is, can a used DME be programmed into th... |
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| 2011 BMW X6 xDrive50i 4.4L smoking out of tail pipe VIN: 5UXFG8C56B Vehicle smokes. Especially if sitting idling for a while. Vehicle came in for "running hotter than normal" message, so let it idle and noted that exhaust was starting to smoke. Would give gas and smoke would come out like leaking valve stem seals. Open turbo i... |
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| 2008 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.4L Tpms VIN: SALME15418 TPMS warning light flashes about every 10 seconds.Edited new sensors ID ,performed drive cycle and acknowledged new sensor using Autologic but light continues to flash.Vehicle has full spare and pressure is correct.Cannot edit spare tire out of configuration.T... |
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| 2002 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 2.0L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 3VWCB21C02 This poor thing has been to three shops including our local VW dealer. It will run great but just stall out like you turned the key off. Sometimes it will restart, most times its a 20 minute wait before it restarts. The code P0321 will set each time this happe... Trouble codes: P0321 (G28 this crank sensor code is all that resets every time it dies) |
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| 2006 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T 2.0L no communication Car came in with no communication with TCM, no gear indicator on instrument cluster, shift lock inop, and factory radio missing. Verified battery, ground and ignition to TCM located in passenger fender well. Then checked shared data line with pcm to dlc and ha... |
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| 2005 Volvo XC90 V8 4.4L noise VIN: YV1CZ85225 Customer complaint is an intermittent noise from what sounds like the fuel fill cap area that repeats about every 30 seconds. Confirmed the noise and it is coming from the fuel cap. What is happening is it is bleeding off vacuum every 30 seconds after it has r... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 2000 BMW 528i 2.8L radio VIN: WBADM6344Y Ok got a closer look at the back of the nav unit in trunk.turns out the two harness connectors were not seated properly. I removed inspected pins and re secured harness to nav unit correctly.the radio will no longer go death after 2min 40 sec. The nav screen n... |
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| 1993 Mercedes-Benz 500SL 5.0L Starting thanks for all the help,problem was in the base control or GM module as sometimes called.,replaced with used unit starts ok now. |
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| 2005 Mercedes-Benz C230 Kompressor 1.8L compressor pulley VIN: WDBRF40J85 Thanks to Mark for being the only one who answered to confirm direction to turn. My mistake was in assuming I was holding a bolt stationary when in fact it is part of the compressor shaft. Again, Thanks to Mark. |
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| 2010 Mini Cooper 1.6L exhaust camshaft VIN: WMWMF3C57A Vehicle is fixed. Received 2 replies, both suggesting to reference parts views. I had mentioned Alldata showed two rings on the end of the camshaft, but the illustration showed (hook type) end gaps. Alldata also warned to use a special tool to hold down the ca... |
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| 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg Edition 2.0L cylinder 3 VIN: 3VWRJ71K69 thank you to all that replied. . this car came from another shop that put a timing chain and tensioner in it. naturally we started looking at the most recent previous work. chain, tensioner, vvt, etc. after removing the chain again, tensioner, and verifying ti... |
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