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| 2004 BMW X3 3.0i 3.0L TransferCase VIN: WBXPA93414 This vehicle came in to us with an active misfire on cyl #3. We found the #3 plug carbon tracked and because the customer questioned the others, we replaced all plugs and coils. We took it out for a test drive afterwards and noticed the abs and 4x4 lights on... |
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| 2000 Buick Regal GS 3.8L Fuel Pressure VIN: 2G4WF5516Y Hello , this car was towed in had dead battery we tested then warrantied it out.Tried to start ,crank no start,found low fuel pressure changed fuel pump. good pressure but now it will only run for 5 seconds then die out like theft system is activated.did relea... |
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| 1996 Chevrolet C3500 Cheyenne 7.4L starter VIN: 1GCHC33J6T Was hoping someone could help us out with a hair puller. We have a dually 3500 Chevrolet 454 truck that originally came in with a starter grinding symptom. Flywheel teeth were worn so replaced the starter only to have the same symptom. Tried another starter an... |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx LT 3.5L Bcm VIN: 1G1ZU64895 One for you GoodWrench boyz. Programmed lots of BCMS' in GM products. When you program the options sometimes the TECH2 does not show the RPO codes associated with the option. A lot of them you can figure out by looking for them on the vehicle but not always. A... |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Impala SS 3.8L left axle VIN: 2G1WP55145 Vehicle came in for leak. Fluid was leaking from the left axle seal. When I removed the seal, needle rollers from the axle support bearing in the case were laying behind the seal. I'm not having any luck getting the bearing race out of the case. Apparently the... |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Cruze LT 1.4L temperature guage VIN: 1G1PE5S93B This came in with an overheat problem on the highway. The thermostat was stuck and would not open and the waterpump was leaking. I replaced the thermostat and waterpump. Drove it for about an hour on the highway and one time it went to the red almost instantly... |
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| 2000 Ford Ranger XL 4.0L starter VIN: 1FTYR14XXY This has got me stumped, customer bought a blown engine truck and had me install a used motor so no history beyond that. A few weeks later its towed in with a no crank condition. Confirmed it did not crank with the key, after tapping on the starter i jumped ou... |
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| 2005 Ford F-250 Super Duty King Ranch 6.0L No Start VIN: 1FTSW20P65 Customer called and said they were having problems with the diesel. Said it would not start on it own, but would with a very small shot of ether. I warned them the dangers of this. Said the truck runs perfect otherwise. Customer installed ICP sensor before we ... Trouble codes: P0341 (Cam position performance), P2284, P2614 (CMP output/open), P2617 (CKP Output/ open) |
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| 2008 Ford F-150 XL 4.6L charge guage VIN: 1FTRX12W98 this vehicle came in with a intermitant over charge & under charge with light. have not been able to duplicate in shop & customer says is random. while checking right side fuse panel noticed floor was wet, pulled up sill plate & wire rail/track was full of wat... |
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| 2008 Ford Taurus X SEL 3.5L No Start VIN: 1FMDK02W48 No start w/ security light blinking. Can not communicate with ecm air bag and abs, can intermediately communicate with tcm. Codes are stored in instrument cluster and pats module. Tcm codes are p1260 theft detected, engine disabled. Also had tps codes and forc... Trouble codes: U0100, U0121, U0151, U2023, U0073 |
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| 2000 Honda Accord SE 2.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: JHMCG6690Y The problem I am having on this Honda is with the upstream O2 sensor. On a lab scope, the sensor signal is fixed at 2.5 volts. If the sensor is disconnected, on the harness side, the signal wire has 2.5 volts (Coming from the PCM, to the sensor). So does the o... Trouble codes: P0420 |
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| 2004 Land Rover Range Rover HSE 4.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: SALME11444 I have remove valve covers and used timing tools to ck cam timing twice you start up cold no light when engine warms up and you turn engine off and restart light comes on with codes p1114,p0443,p0011 Trouble codes: P0011 (Bank 1 overretarded) |
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| 1987 Lincoln Mark VII LSC 5.0L ABS controller VIN: 1LNBM93MXH This is a request to anyone from before my time in the business. I have power on the fuse #5 in the fuse box under dash. No power at the controller pin #2 Grey/yellow wire. My diagram shows a 20 GA Blue fusible link in between. I need to find this link. My inf... |
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| 2001 Mercedes-Benz CL600 5.8L Battery VIN: WDBPJ78JX1 This car will drain the battery in four days according to the customer. He has been charging it himself. The battery is new and tests good. The alternator is charging good. I measure a 350mA draw for 30 min., then it drops to 125 mA for another 30 min., then t... |
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| 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 6.3L reverse gear VIN: WDDRJ7HA4B Hello all! First I want to thank you for taking your a time to read my post! This car come to my shop for two different problems. First customer complain was about message on dashboard - oil pressure system, with Fault code 3805 - I fixed this problem, reset... |
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| 2011 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 2.0L Starting VIN: 3VWPL7AJXB o.k. vw diesel tech's. I have this Jetta towed in no start battery dead. jumped it cranked over and started for about 3 seconds. pulled codes and got 00665, 00897, 00257, 00258, 08449,01674. cleared the codes left the battery on charge all night. came in this ... |
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| 2014 Volkswagen Passat S 1.8L battery drain VIN: 1VWCS7A35E this car has an intermittent battery drain about once a week the owner comes out to his car with a dead battery. this car is driven every day battery draw test shows 8 milliamps well within spec have left ammeter on min max for several hours with max around 70... |
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| 2007 Volvo S80 V8 4.4L Misfire VIN: YV1AH85217 Thank you in advance for your help. 1st time hear had multiple misfire codes (5 differant cyls and general misfire and both lean codes) cleaned maf, replaced plugs and smoke test checked and cleaned coil grounds. Erased codes and did battery reset. 3 days late... Trouble codes: P0302, P0304 (Cyl 4 misfire), P0303 (Cyl 3 misfire), P0305 (Cyl 5 misfire), P0300 (General misfire) |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2011 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L Mechanical VIN: WAUFFAFL7B First I want to thank everyone for there time. After educating my customer we decided to go with used engine for budget reasons. I did contact Audi and tried to get some help there were unable or unwilling to do anything since the car was over 80k. We inspecte... |
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| 2011 BMW 328i xDrive 3.0L transfer case servo VIN: WBAPK5C59B Found water in passenger floor board. Sent to dealer for ecu replacement. |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Aveo LS 1.6L Clutch VIN: KL1TD66668 Thanks for the help. It was hard to tell if either the lever or the fork were bent but I replaced both of em and now clutch works as it should. They were fairly inexpensive so figured it was worth a try. |
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| 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie 4.7L Starting VIN: 1D7HU18N63 Ended up replacing the crank sensor, sat outside in the cold this past weekend, started right up and has not acted up since, customer picked up truck...so far so good. Thank you all for the help!! |
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| 1999 Ford E-350 Econoline Club Wagon XLT 5.4L Excessive Emissions, Rich VIN: 1FBSS31L5X As the saying goes; "You win some and you lose some". Unfortunately, we've lost this one. We've checked to determine that the injectors weren't leaking, that they're the correct injectors. They weren't leaking and they're the right ones. We pulled the evap l... Trouble codes: P0172 (Fuel System Too Rich Bank 1), P0175 (Fuel System Too Rich Bank 2). |
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| 2007 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 6.0L alternator VIN: 1FTWF30P57 Thanks to Louie, and Doug, who both were right. However, Louie called on the phone and kept telling me that the "new" batteries might not be fully charged, and that the Glow plugs might be pulling 60 amps or something, for a few minutes after start up. I check... |
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| 2012 Ford F-150 FX4 3.5L Misfire VIN: 1FTFW1ET0C thanks for the tips the one turbo hose had a leak replaced it all good.replaced all spark plugs with motorcraft spark plugs Trouble codes: P0236. |
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| 1998 Nissan Altima GLE 2.4L Misfire VIN: 1N4DL01D3W This Altima is fixed! No more misfiring...emissions test done! I was not able to clean the port directly with a wire or with solvent without removing the intake due to the design. There are at least two 90 degree bends to get to each port and they are 6-15 i... |
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| 2002 Subaru Outback 2.5L Ignition cluster VIN: 4S3BH67502 Thank you Calvin. You gave me the info I needed. Turns out there was no power going into the ignition relay. That is why I had no power to the instrument cluster. After questioning the owner further, he finally admitted that he had tried to install an aftermar... |
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| 2003 Toyota Camry SE 2.4L Compressor VIN: JTDBE32K13 I finally got a message from my customer, stating that his air conditioning is doing fine after I replaced new ac clutch relay at the fuse box. He has been waiting to make sure that his ac is really fixed this time. Now it's confirmed. I do appreciated to al... |
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