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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for December 23, 2016 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 2000 Chevrolet K3500 LS 7.4L Hesitation, Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3CEZ9AF008 Vehicle keeps throwing a po300 code, when you go to the misfire counter history there are high numbers an most cylinders. At idle it very rarely showed any misfires also when you drive hard under loading you will not feel or see any misfires. The only time the... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Equinox LS 3.4L No Start, EGR Monitor VIN: 2CNDL13F55 The suv came in for the EGR monitor not running to completion. All other monitors are completed and there is no DTC code neither any pending. All the DTC tests for the EGR had run except the P0401. The criteria for DTC P0401 are decelerating from 55 MPH and th... |
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| 2008 Chrysler Town & Country Limited 4.0L Brake Pedal VIN: 2A8HR64X38 We have done extensive work on this repo vehicle but cannot get the pedal to firm up. It originally had this soft pedal, and among other things we found rotted brake hoses, and a physically damaged master cylinder. These have been replaced, and the pedal feels... |
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| 2004 Ford F-250 Super Duty King Ranch 5.4L Electronic VIN: 1FTNW21L94 Customer called to set a appointment because running lights would not turn off unless the fuse was removed. He dropped the truck off and stated he now had another problem. When he put it in reverse it would shut off. We replaced the Neutral Safety Switch think... |
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| 2004 Ford F-350 Super Duty Harley-Davidson Edition 6.0L Hesitation VIN: 1FTSW31P44 2004 ford f350 6.0 auto intermittant hesitation/surge under load between 70 and 80 mph. P0299 icp low code. Monitoring fuel pressure and icp pressure during test drive and duplicating fault shows no out of range data. Vehicle is not a hard start/long crank. Mo... Trouble codes: P0299 (Icp pressure low) |
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| 2005 Ford F-550 Super Duty Lariat 6.0L Surge, Stall VIN: 1FDAF56P55 Hi every body, this f550 came to me with a coolant leak under turbo so i had to take turbo off and fix the hose that it was leaking and i put it back together, but i noticed a noise inside turbo and when i did the test drive one of the tubes from turbo comes o... |
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| 2007 Ford Explorer Limited 4.0L No Start, Stall VIN: 1FMEU65E77 massive amount of multiple computer & codes set when failure occur. vehicle may turn over sometimes and not start right after failure, it may not turn over sometimes. most of the time if you let it set a few minutes it will restart. another thing is the securi... Trouble codes: 0000 (see attachment too many codes to list) |
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| 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 6.4L Runs away VIN: 1FTWW31RX8 Hi all Im at a loss with this one. Came in for a run away condition(would accelerate on own to full throttle) Came in with 30qts of oil. changed oil and filter,Replaced intercooler due to leak. Has aftermarket tune and dpf delete. We found a leaking fuel pres... |
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| 2001 GMC Sierra 1500 SL 5.3L low pedal running VIN: 1GTEK19T81 We started this project out with a typical bad flex hose on the Rt. front which caused an excessive brake drag. We replaced both rotors, new pads and flex hoses for both front sides. We bled the system and got all air out without engine running. Pedal was hard... |
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| 2013 Kia Soul ! 2.0L instrument cluster VIN: KNDJT2A63D Car came in to have Winter Tires installed, after installing the tires the car starts and runs but the instrument cluster does not function, no lites no tach etc, only thing that works is the signal lite indicators and the seatbelt lite, the gear shift interlo... |
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| 2008 Mercedes-Benz R320 CDI 3.0L replaced inj. no srt VIN: 4JGCB22E78 Replaced fuel injectors ,not starting, looking for bleed instructions or scan tool start instructions |
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| 1987 Toyota Pickup SR5 2.4L Smoke VIN: JT4RN67S1H Truck smokes going up long steep grades. Drove the truck approximately 8 miles to find a steep hill. Went up the hill in second gear about 3 blocks and then all of a sudden lots of smoke out the exhaust. And I do mean LOTS. Looks and smells like oil. Turn arou... |
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| 2002 Toyota Camry LE 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 4T1BF30K62 Car came in for maintenance, did timing belt, water pump, valve cover gaskets. Vehicle had no symptoms of running issues before work. Check engine on prior to service. Vehicle came back due to stalling, and surging mostly when cold, to warm. Engine hot runs pr... Trouble codes: P1155 (A/f sensor heater circuit malfunction b2s1), P0300 (Random misfire) |
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| 2003 Volkswagen Passat GLX 2.8L Instrument panel, windows VIN: WVWRH63B93 Customer put used engine in and now this vw has electrical issues. Shortly after starting car all lights and gauges on instrument panel go dead and power windows stop working. With Koeo It will not act up but once it's started the I/p goes dead after 3 to 5 se... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2010 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L Misfire VIN: WAUDFAFL3A I forgot to mention that the Audi dealer had the intake manifold off several times. It would have been nice if they reinstalled the dividers in the intake ports; they were missing. We bought 4 new ones. Also, the Audi dealer said that the #3 exhaust rocker a... |
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| 2011 Audi A6 3.2L Tpms VIN: WAUEKAFB1B My bad I should listen to what I preach and stop overthinking.fix what you no is bad. This car did have signs of rodent so we were focusing on wire damage with the ABS couldn't find any. After thinking about it last night I thought there might be a corolation ... |
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| 1998 Buick LeSabre Limited 3.8L headlights VIN: 1G4HR52K4W Hello All and thank you for all the posts. I did finally fix this issue. The switch on the driver door was getting power intermittently - but even when getting power did not trigger the headlights. long story short - i replaced the module (near the gas ped... |
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| 2009 Chevrolet Impala LS 3.5L Heating VIN: 2G1WB58K79 First of all, I'm sorry it took so long for me to get back to everyone. Been a very busy couple weeks. Thank you to everyone that replied. We did remove the water pump to inspect the impellers. They looked fine and the pump felt pretty good. Reinstalled the sa... |
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| 2000 Ford F-150 Lariat 5.4L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTRX18L2Y I went and smoked the intake and sure enough was leaking on both sides, don't know why I didn't get a change spraying carb cleaner along there, but changed the gaskets and the truck runs great Trouble codes: P0131 (Voltage low Bank1 sensor1), P0151, P0136, P0156. |
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| 2008 Ford Escape XLT 2.3L Starting VIN: 1FMCU03Z28 Thanks for all of the ideas and comments. We replaced the housing, transferred the tumbler and everything now works just fine. Hope everyone enjoys a few days off. |
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| 2003 Honda CR-V EX 2.4L Timing chains VIN: SHSRD78873 Thank you to all the participants in helping me with my issue and especially to ctrevizo foe emailing me the pictures on the timing location marks. What had me startled was the fact that the vehicle came in and the customer asked that I replace the chains stat... |
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| 2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI SE 2.0L No Start, VIN: 1VWBN7A35D Vehicle is repaired. Pulled the lower inlet to the Air Charge Cooler and a mixture of water and oil came out. I was surprised on how little water and oil came out but it would not take much. I also had taken it on a "hard" road test the night before and may ha... Trouble codes: P026A, P1592 (IMplausible correlation 5168 - altitude sensor/boost pressure sensor), P0111 (IMplausible signal 552 - intake air temperature sensor), P13D0, P13D6, P13D9. |
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