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| 2005 Audi S4 4.2L cylinder contribution VIN: WAUPL68E35 so, audi guys I need your help here on this one. this is a long time customer of ours from a fleet account of ours, he likes to tinker with his own cars but he did a number on this one, he said all he did was install new cam plug seals. front and rear. it made... |
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| 2005 BMW X5 3.0i 3.0L Ac VIN: 5UXFA13505 Odd test results and I hate guessing alone. My thought is expansion valve stuck open? I have one ordered along with a receiver dryer, but seems odd. |
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| 2006 BMW 325xi 3.0L Overheats VIN: WBAVD13586 Vehicle came to me overheating after another shop put a used engine in the car. I put a new IBS cable because I was getting a no communication error on the BSD bus. I checked the bus with a lab scope after replacing the ibs cable & battery. I was getting seria... Trouble codes: 2E83, 2DEC, 2E81, 2E8B |
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| 2000 Jaguar XKR 4.0L Electronic VIN: SAJJA42B8Y A quick question for the Jaguar experts. Car came in with codes P1517 and P1632. We checked and found these all referred to a bad neutral safety switch. Ordered the part, put the car up on the lift and couldn't find the N/S switch. Jaguar says it is on the sid... |
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| 2002 Mercedes-Benz ML320 3.2L Engine Timing Chain VIN: WDC1641862 This ML350 with 272 engine. The engine making laud rattling noise at the right bank during cold start or after sitting for an hour or so. The rattling noise lasted only for a few seconds sounded very much like oil pressure building up too slow. After that the ... |
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| 2004 Saab 9-3 Aero 2.0L Sentronic Steering Wheel Controls VIN: YS3FH49YX4 Tcm shows that steering wheel controls are functioning. However, no shifting occurs when using steering wheel controls in manual mode. Console shifter functions correctly in manual mode. |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1999 Audi A8 Quattro 4.2L First and reverse VIN: WAUBG34D2X We finally figured this one out. We had to pull the unit back out and disassemble. There is a valve in the pump. It was stuck just off seat. It was enough to let the pressure bleed off enough to cause the problem. We freed it up, reassembled and reinstalled t... |
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| 1998 BMW 328i 2.8L Abs Module VIN: WBABK8324W Thanks guys for the help. I have discovered a control module installed and incorrectly coded to car. car was at dealer and coded a new module and problem gone... |
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| 2003 BMW 745i 4.4L Motor VIN: WBAGL63493 Got codes yesterday for both cam sensors bank 2, swapped actuators; no change. Noticed rattling noise from underneath valve cover. Pulled valve cover found timing chain tensioner rail broken. Thanks for all the help |
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| 2004 BMW X3 3.0i 3.0L battery VIN: WBXPA93494 Thanks to all that replied, its was indeed the bluetooth/telecommunications module. I unplugged it and started right up after 4 days sitting. Customer picked up no call back for dead battery. |
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| 2005 BMW X5 3.0i 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5UXFA13535 thanks guys right on the money replaced oxygen sensors road tested completed monitors all good thanks! |
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| 1985 Mercedes-Benz 500SEL 5.0L hard start VIN: WDBCA37D3F thanks to all that replied. talked to steve in fla. and helped me set up fuel distributer. made vehicle run better overall. still has hard start hot. without testing fuel pressure correctly and proper equipment we decided to send this to a euro. shop.thanks ag... |
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| 2005 Mercedes-Benz E320 CDI 3.2L starter VIN: WDBUF26J55 the problem turned out to be the ground control on relay kI.it is controlled by pin 44 from the n3/9 cdi unit..bob beckmann had looked at it before for a ground issue for relay kL which is controlled from pin 58 in the cdi unit.he said that the connections lo... |
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| 2012 Mini Cooper S 1.6L Jbe, Radio VIN: WMWSX3C59C This one is going home un fixed. Customer declined to leave us any more time, I suspect CHAMP went bad due to rodent issues, but I no longer can prove it. Thanks for the help! |
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| 2012 Porsche Cayenne S 4.8L Steering vibration VIN: 92Z9LA3123 We had to release the car as customer needs his car.. Almost all front axle suspension, steering, brake parts cannibalized.. We couldn't solve customer concern.. However thanks a lot for your valuable suggestions.. |
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