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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for April 28, 2017 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 4.9L Hesitation, Stall VIN: 124379N558 My boss bought this Z28 at auction. He says it is a numbers matching car although I have not verified. The underhood tag says set timing at 4 btdc. At this setting it has to be idled up to 1000 rpm to stay running. When you 'floor it' it stalls. I have verifie... |
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| 1987 Chevrolet R10 Custom Deluxe 5.7L engine performa VIN: 1GCDR14K3H engine dies |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3L heater blower and loss of power light VIN: 1GCEK14T93 This truck has been a nightmare for me. First time this truck was here I found bad grounds behind the engine. I ran all new grounds and fixed the problem. About three weeks later...the truck comes back with loss of power on instrument cluster and check engine ... |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Venture LS 3.4L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1GNDX03E54 I'm reopening this help request per I have pissed off a few college perfesers it seems. I apologize for my ignorance in my last help request. Some times it's hard to get everything perfect when your frustrated and the boss is turning the light out as your writ... Trouble codes: P0128, P0141, P0300, P0446, P0446, P0520 |
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| 2010 Chrysler Town & Country LX 3.3L Ride Control VIN: 2A4RR4DE6A Vehicle brought in with a wobble. Test drove the vehicle and the vehicle and driver wobble back and forth (left to right) once above 40mph. Hitting a bump doesn't change anything, it is a consistent wobble once above 40mph. After replacement of parts listed, n... |
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| 1999 Ford F-150 XL 4.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTZF1824X This customer with this truck came in with a p0171 that autozone had scan and they sold him a 02 sensor that he just wanted us to replace so we did but we had to take off the exhaust manifold to remove the 02 because not even our 02 socket could get it out. we... Trouble codes: P0171 (System too lean bank one) |
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| 2011 Isuzu NPR-HD 5.2L Excessive Emissions VIN: JALE5W160B Filled up def tank with def fluid after driving about 20 miles start smoking heavy and the def tank went to empty any idea/ |
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| 2011 Jaguar XF 5.0L Excessive Emissions, MIL Lamp on VIN: SAJAC0548B Hi guys i need a bit of help with this Jaguar.This has a 3.0 V6 twin turbo common rail diesel engine.The dpf light came on 3 months ago and the filter was to blocked to perform a forced regeneration.The oxidation catalyst and particulate filter were replaced 3... Trouble codes: P2463 |
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| 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT 3.0L Stall VIN: 4A3AC84H62 Posting this for a fellow mechanic, he has an eclipse that is intermittently stalling, for no apparent reason, no pattern, engine can be cold or hot, can be going 5mph or 70 mph. when it stalls he can turn key off, wait a few seconds and fire it right back up,... |
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| 2010 Pontiac G6 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1G2ZA5E09A Both cam phasers and cam sensors have been replaced. Oil and filter changed with the correct oil. fuel pressure and volume are in spec. timing components have all been replaced. Oil passages were blew out thru both cams. If you unplug the exhaust cmp the engin... Trouble codes: P0017 (ckp to exhaust cmp correlation), P0106 (map SYMPTOM 00) |
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| 1978 Toyota Land Cruiser 4.2L Excessive Emissions, high idle VIN: CANTF1ND0N these diesel land cruisers were not sold in usa,therefore absolutely no info .I did not remove injector pump another tech did.but my problem now.just reaching out to see if anyone seen one of these things.we are not a diesel shop,but I don't think it would mat... |
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| 2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 1.9L cruise control VIN: 3VWST71K56 Hi group The cruise control on this car works fine up to 70mph but above 70 it starts surging real bad then shuts off. Speedometer needle holds steady and seems to be working fine. We i connect a scan tool and monitor vehicle speed the reading is several mph ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2008 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L left headlamp VIN: 1FMEU73E58 Thanks for the responses! It is always good to do load tests. Found the wire from the underhood fuse box to smart junction box was losing voltage under load. Couldn't locate the problem so we ran a new wire. *Just a note: Easy to get confused on pin location... |
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| 2008 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5L no commication VIN: 5FNRL38718 Well, customer couldn't wait any more and I didn't get much info on this odd problem. He took it back and on a whim decided to try again and it passed inspection now. I don't know if I really did anything specific to fix it or not, although consider he had tri... |
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| 2015 Hyundai Elantra SE 1.8L Starting VIN: 5NPDH4AE3F So after reading replies talked with customer. He replaced headlight AND LED REVERSE BULBS. upon close inspection led rev lights were flickering very faintly with headlights on. Removed led lights still no crank with headlights on. Installed 2 921 bulbs all se... |
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| 2004 Nissan Altima S 2.5L lights/wiper VIN: 1N4AL11D44 Thank You Steve for the information I needed to properly diagnose this vehicle. No voltage on output wires to switch. I verified power and ground to BCM. I ordered and replaced the BCM. The vehicle is fixed. |
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| 2011 Saab 9-5 Turbo4 2.0L No Start VIN: YS3GN4AR0B Thank you all for your help. Unfortunately, we have not had an opportunity to check this car. The owner decided to have it shipped from CA to here, as he is afraid to drive it, and it has not yet arrived. When it does, I will update this post with what I fi... |
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| 2005 Toyota Land Cruiser 4.7L a/c compressor VIN: JTEHT05J55 Well fixed the problem after sleeping on it. All goes back to the basics. Found the cooling system was a gallon and a half low due to a slow leak from the water pump. The temp would get up in the 220'f ish range. But not over heat. Toped off the cooling system... |
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