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| 2012 Audi A4 Quattro Avant 2.0L balance shafts VIN: WAUWFAFL0C my question is.i took engine completely apart bearings etc look perfect.going to replace pistons rods etc as per audirepair for using oil.every thing I can find says theres a plastic tube that the balance shafts fit into,i have no tube.also alldata says balanc... |
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| 2000 BMW 528i 2.8L Wiper / Washer VIN: WBADM6348Y Got a E39 with wiper problems. No low speed / mist operation and intermittent high speed / washer operation. When high speed is working, it will not park. Signal from the switch is good (confirmed through scanner in the GM), relay is good. As i understand th... |
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| 2002 Buick Century Custom 3.1L No Start VIN: 2G4WS52J92 This buick when started after being off at least 2 hours will fire up & run all day till you shut it off & say go in the store for a minute & come back out it will crank but won't start till it sets for an hour or so. When it is cranking not starting I spray c... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet K3500 LS 7.4L Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTSM83F0A This truck has a po300 code, while monitoring misfire counters it show a misfire only on (very) light acceleration. If I try to stop and power brake it lightly is also will not show a misfire. I unplugged the egr valve and the misfire seems to go away on light... |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 5.3L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GNEK13T12 customer complaint, randomly misses at idle (at a light/stop sign) after highway driving when ck light comes on p0300. It doesn't happen all the time. I drove it for forty miles nothing, drove it again happened after about 15 miles of highway, light came on fl... Trouble codes: P0171, P0134, P0300 |
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| 2007 Dodge Charger SXT 3.5L heater VIN: 2B3KA43G17 hello to all, Have a strange one here that should be simple, but customer stated temp gauge not going up very much and heater is not hot mostly cool air coming out vents as it is pretty cold now. Found thermostat bad causing temp not to come up to temp now it ... |
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| 2005 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Tcc VIN: 1FMDU74E35 I completely overhauled this transmission 10,000 miles ago with no issues after overhaul. Overhaul included master overhaul kit, Servo pin bore re-sleeve, new torque converter, and new solenoid body. Vehicle was delivered with no issues. Vehicle returned 12 mo... |
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| 2013 Hyundai Sonata GLS 2.4L cooling system VIN: 5NPEB4AC9D Customer purchased vehicle a year ago and has gone no where for service and maint. Other than our shop. She came in the week before christmas complaining of a bad oil leak. There was oil nearly everywhere so we cleaned to told her to drive and bring back she w... |
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| 2003 Jaguar S-Type 3.0L front lighting VIN: SAJEA01T53 Unit does not have any front lighting, wipers, interior courtesy lights. Rear lighting works fine, which consists of the turn signals, stop lights, etc. Narrowed down to the general electronic control module, scanned for codes--b1676-battery out of range scan,... |
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| 2005 Kia Sorento EX 3.5L engine VIN: KNDJD73375 Hi guys, Have this Kia here with a strange issue. Customer came in for a maintenance timing belt, water pump, seals, etc... Also had a bad oil leak from driver's side valve cover (warped). Everything went ok until we started it up. It has a shake in the moto... |
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| 2004 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.4L starter VIN: SALME11444 Hi everyone, This Range Rover came in with a no crank condition. I have worked on these vehicles quite a lot but haven't came across this before. The key goes into the ignition and turns as normal and the steering lock does engage/disengage as it should. The s... |
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| 1996 Mercedes-Benz S420 4.2L key remote VIN: WDBGA43E4T Trying to find the IR module (N54). This is an S420 140.043 with 119.981 eng and 722.622 trans. Key remote quit working. Only one remote available, batteries good, can see IR signal from key (via my cell phone camera). Vehicle is 9/95, 1996 model, has DAS 2 (n... |
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| 2008 Mercedes-Benz E350 4Matic 3.5L Instrument cluster VIN: WDBUF87X18 I have a instrument cluster problem. The vehicle came in with a left front coil spring broken, replaced both front springs, all was fine and dandy but when i went to take the vehicle for its test drive when finished the instrument cluster was blank. I know it ... |
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| 2014 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 3.0L Exhaust VIN: WD3PE7CC1E There is a strong exhaust smell in the cab and engine compartment. No mechanical work has been done on this vehicle other than routine maintenance. I can see exhaust smoke in the engine compartment but can find no leaks. There is some soot build up around a cl... |
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| 2008 Mini Cooper 1.6L ignition button VIN: WMWMF33578 Hello, thanks for taking your time to help. I need some insight from a Mini tech. The customer started having issues with starting the vehicle he could push down on the remote holder and the car would start normally. He did this for couple days then nothing. T... |
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| 2005 Porsche Boxster 2.7L shifter VIN: WP0CA29855 drive indicator light flashes in drive only |
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| 2003 Toyota Camry SE 2.4L Compressor VIN: JTDBE32K13 Brought in for ac inop, ac light flashing, initial diagnoses shows low on freon, system discharged, evacuate, wait 30 mins, holding vacumme, recharged freon, ac system working normal, cool nicely, found not leaks. A week later car came back in and ac lamp flas... |
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| 2004 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.0L First and Reverse Only VIN: 3VWSK69M44 Hey all. I have this 2002 VW Jetta with 2.0 BEV engine and a 4 speed auto 01M transmission. Intermittently the transmission will not shift from first gear. It is NOT in limp mode I assure you. When the car is acting up, I can only get 20-25mph while the engine... |
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| 2004 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 2.0L AIR incomplete VIN: 3VWCM31Y24 Hello all, and thank you in advance for replies and thoughts! We have this 04 Beetle in the shop that will not pass the AIR emission monitor. We've ran the readiness tests manually with the Ross-Tech and once the key cycles for the third time, the monitor flas... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 1993 Bentley Brooklands 6.8L Starter VIN: SCBZE02DXP This vehicle had sat for 3 years and has been put on a back burner at the shop. We had a deluge of other work that had to get out. Thanks to all that have offered help and I have saved all of their advice and have a file for this vehicle. I will probably ha... |
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| 2007 Chevrolet Equinox LS 3.4L Heater VIN: 2CNDL13F17 This equinox is fixed. In the end it was a partially blocked heater core. Removed the core and cut it open to find it 3/4 blocked with dex-cool crud. What knocked me off track was the fact that flushing this core and watching the flow out it looked fine but i... |
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| 2005 Ford Freestar Limited 4.2L Mechanical VIN: 2FMDA58215 Thanks for all the replies. First of all, we totally agree on no customer parts but if we are slow and depend on the job, we take them in with no warranty and higher labor rate. The customer can decide if they still want to go for it. Back to the engine, like ... |
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| 2010 Hyundai Accent GLS 1.6L Misfire VIN: KMHCN4AC2A I replaced the spark plugs from the dealer and made the gap a little smaller. also check, cleaned, and added more grounds. hopefully this will take care of it. thanks a lot everyone. |
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| 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GT1 3.8L No Start, Stall VIN: 2G2WP52264 I found that the balancer teeth not to be center. There is two alignment holes on and they weren't straight through just a 1/16 off maybe, but replaced balancer and all is running well. Weird how a hard part can cause an electrical problem. Will remember for t... Trouble codes: P1374 (Crankshaft Position CKP High to Low Resolution Frequency Correlation). |
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| 2003 Saturn Vue 3.0L No Start VIN: 5GZCZ63B73 Replacing the bcm fixed the starting issue,always had bcm communication and all passlock data was correct,was unable to verify the circuit from bcm to pcm,should be class 2 serial data,could not find circuit in any schematics. Trouble codes: P1629 (Pass lock). |
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| 2004 Toyota Camry SE 3.3L Abs Module VIN: 4T1BF32K74 I want to thanks every body that took the time to help me, really your inputs opened my eyes on this problem, first thing that I found is that this car already was checked on other shop, so they removed the wire from the data link connector, after look around,... |
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