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| 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Monza 2.4L front brakes VIN: 30827W2377 customer brought in after doing dual port master cyl. conversion and could not get brakes to bleed out. after repairing their leaks and leaky wheel cyls. vacuum bled brakes but could not get proper pedal and stopping power. has clear ,clean fluid and good pres... |
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| 1998 Chevrolet Blazer 4.3L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out VIN: 1GNDT13W2W I have this 98 chev blazer that will not accelerate past 1/4 throttle.if I slowly accelerate sometimes it will. it feels like its running out of fuel.fuel trims go way lean.also when I open the valve on the fuel pressure guage to check voluum it kills the engi... |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe LS 5.3L engine VIN: 1GNEK13Z84 first thanks to all who reply. this vehicle was brought in for overheating. water pump was dumping out of vent hole. now i was not informed till after repairs that this vehicle was sitting over a year. i replace pump, hoses,t/stat, and flushed system. i also r... |
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| 2006 Chevrolet Express 3500 LT 6.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GCHG35U06 Thanks in advance for all your help.This vehicle can be driven below 45mph with out any problems,but if you get above 50mph ...even with cruise control on,the SES light will start flashing and it sets a P0300.Checked for TSB's and found that a bad ground at G1... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random MissFire) |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche LTZ 5.3L exhaust smoke VIN: 3GNFK12367 Installed customer supplied longblock due to a lower end knock and excessive oil use. Vehicle runs perfect with one problem. After sitting it will blow oil smoke out of tailpipe upon startup, It goes away fairly quick. Thought of oil residue still in the exhau... |
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| 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 5.7L No Start VIN: 1D7HU18D04 no communication with tcm and pcm and truck will not start costumer stated he power wash the engine bay ran fine all day next day didn't want to start |
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| 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 TRX4 5.7L Starter relay VIN: 1D7HU18266 The truck engages starter for approx. 1/4 of a second then retracts. Relay loses power from the TIPM to the #30 terminal of relay. The key always sends b+ to relay pull in coil. Computer grounds relay coil. Replaced TIPM and have the same problem with the adde... |
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| 1989 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L No Start VIN: 1FTDF15N5K tested everything still no spark brand new dist new coil new ecm still no spark can pull pip snout still no fire new eec reley all powers and grounds at ecm fuel pressure 40 psi it has injector pules while cranking over truck I'm at a lose even checked all gro... |
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| 2002 Jaguar X-Type 3.0L Engagement VIN: SAJEA51C72 Hi I have this Jaguar X type that is giving me a hard attack! so this vehicle came in the hock with no reverse and forward gears will move but it will stop moving after a mile or two acting like if the filter was plugged up! turn the car off wait a few seconds... |
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| 2010 Kia Forte LX 2.0L No Start VIN: KNAFT4A26A Vehicle was driven to shop with hard start complaint. Customer said if he tried and then waited for a bit it would eventually start. Has been a no start since arriving here. Code P0340 was stored for cmp sensor. Scoped sensor and had good signal, scoped it and... Trouble codes: P0340 |
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| 1990 Lexus LS400 4.0L alarm VIN: JT8UF11E6L Good afternoon everyone, This is Mike [...], from D&S Automotive LLC, and I would like to ask all the other techs out there if they think my recommendation to proceed is right or not. After turning on vehicle and letting it warm up, we noticed that the al... |
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| 2012 Lexus ES350 3.5L Brake Pedal VIN: JTHBK1EG5C Brake pedal goes to floor. Replaced master cylinder and bled using scan tool procedure. After master cylinder replacement pedal still goes to the floor. Vehicle has no ABS codes. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
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| 2007 Lincoln MKZ 3.5L air bag ocs VIN: 3LNHM28T27 Air bag light on. Air bag module code B2290 R/ front seat. occupancy classification code B1342 calibration fault. Internal micro controller OK. OCS rail fault OK. OCS sensor #1 internal fault. OCS sensor 2 OK. will not let me do zero seat calibration reset. wi... |
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| 2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK500 5.0L compressor VIN: WDBTK75G15 I have a bit of a weird one here I'd like to get some input on. The car came in with no A/C, duct temps were warm. I did an evac and recharge to check the freon level and it was right on the money. This car has an A/C compressor that is constantly turning and ... |
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| 2011 Subaru Outback 2.5i 2.5L shift VIN: 4S4BRBKC0B The customer came in with a concern of a harsh shift when starting out in first gear only when it warmed up. This is a CVT transmission and there are of course no gears but i could verify what they were trying to explain. You are able to give it throttle, it w... |
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| 2007 Toyota Tacoma 2.7L timing chain VIN: 5TENX22N27 Getting ready to replace the timing chain on this gem,Mitchell says to remove engine,My question is Can these be serviced without engine removal or do I do it by the book? |
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| 2008 Toyota Sequoia Platinum 5.7L Mechanical VIN: 5TDBY67A68 Need help.ticking noise on the rt bank. Sounds like lifter.we try to flush the engine using bg product. No help. We had thundra about month ago similar noise.we flush the engine and used synthetic oil and no more noise.but this no help.has anybody run into thi... |
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| 2012 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VW3L7AJ8C hello everybody. I have a Jetta here giving me fits. came in a few months ago with a apparently plugged dpf. soot load of 70ish grams. i put a new one on cleared cel reset adaptives test drove car ran and passed dpf test.(dpf light went out) problem solved. no... Trouble codes: P2459, P2463, P2453 |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2008 BMW 528xi 3.0L left rear wheel speed sensor VIN: WBANV13538 The car is fixed,it was a bad bearing.I will rephrase that,it was a damaged bearing.Frank from fla. kinda nailed it when he said an incorrect adaptor will damage the tone ring.I thought back and remembered my guy pressing it with an adaptor dancing around t... |
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| 2004 Dodge Sprinter 2500 2.7L Cuts out, Turbo fail safe mode VIN: WD2PD74314 Have not repaired this one yet. Purchased multiplexer from another iatn network member and card to use drbIII for diagnosis. Boost pressure definitely lags behind desired but when you get after it it will match. I suspect turbo is hanging up in variable geomet... Trouble codes: P2359 (001- turbo under boost), P2359 (001- turbo under boost). |
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| 2009 Hyundai Accent GS 1.6L Mechanical VIN: KMHCM36C39 WELL,I PULLED IT APPART OVER THE WEEKEND,AND DISCOVERED AS SOON AS I GOT THE VAVLE COVER REMOVED,THAT THE VVT ASSEMBLY HAD SOMEHOW MOVED OFF ITS LOCATING PIN.LONG STORY SHORT IS THE BRAND NEW HEAD WILL HAVE TO BE SENT OUT TO HAVE BENT VALVES REPLACED.I HAD A S... |
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| 2001 Jaguar XKR 4.0L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: SAJDA42B31 This car is finally fixed. After much searching and testing we found the fuse for the #2 fuel pump blown. We also replaced both fuel pump relays as I found out they have a history of going bad. They are in the rear fuse box along with the fuses. The codes for ... Trouble codes: P1646 (Fuel Pump 2 Relay Malfunction.). |
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| 2010 Mazda 3 i 2.0L Starter no engagement VIN: JM1BL1SF4A OK so I have to close this by 8-7-16 & here is what has happened since I updated this help request on 7-11-16. Since 7-11-16 the car worked fine for me for several days after, then the Customer took it out of here. All was well until yesterday 7-31-16 the car ... |
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| 2006 Mercedes-Benz ML350 4Matic 3.5L Mechanical VIN: 4JGBB86E66 Well after a few very good leads and tips- I'm calling this one fixed. I went back and did the tensioner unlock deal where you hold the drivers side exhaust camshaft and rotate the engine backwards from the damper bolt to set the tensioner. That seams to have ... |
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| 2007 Mercedes-Benz GL450 4.6L transfer case VIN: 4JGBF71E27 turns out that this was not a shudder but a slide in the shifts..car has 158k and trans was never serviced..adaptation numbers were way out of bounds on the offending shifts and re teaching did not help..this will turn out to be mechanical issue so he will dri... |
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| 2011 Mini Cooper 1.6L No Start VIN: WMWSU3C50B Thank you for your replies. It ended up being the DME. Our tech had run the engine without the ground wire hooked up. We procured a used DME and sent it to RPM Motorsports who is reprogramming it. |
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| 2005 Toyota 4Runner Sport 4.7L Electronic VIN: JTEBT14R15 Finally showed up for a check engine light secondary air system ( soon to be a new post) found 28 ohms resistance from MG relay to ground, cust is thinking about a compressor $$$. Relay is fried. Too much cycling, my guess. |
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