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| 2004 Audi A6 Quattro 2.7L engine mount VIN: WAUCD64B74 Hello. Have this Audi 2.7 in here that needs engine mounts. Aldatta says to remove engine to replace mounts. Just curios if someone has replaced the mounts with the engine in the vehicle or if someone has some tips. Thanks |
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| 2013 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LT 5.3L Radiato fans VIN: 1GNSKJE77D Radiator cooling fans don't work on low or mid range. Fans work on high only when commanded on with scanner or turning on AC. Substituted all relays and known good fues box. Powers are good, PCM grounding all three relays but fans won't work on lower speed... |
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| 2005 Dodge Ram 2500 ST 5.7L ckp VIN: 1B7KC26C15 This Cummins 12V presented with tach dropout and erratic shifting intermittently. CKP sensor showed dropping out and erratic pulse waveform. Sensor supply, ground and bias all test good. Mounting gap was .050". Replaced sensor with OE. Set gap to spec, .05... |
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| 2016 Ford F-150 XLT 5.0L heater VIN: 1FTEW1EF0G Truck only has 77,000 km on it. Truck vent temperature drops to 135°F driving down the road(it's -20C here today). Tried a 2010 truck and it got so hot in the cab I had to roll down the window. Goes to 165°F at idle in the shop. Drops down if I park outsid... |
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| 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE 5.3L Low Coolant Light VIN: 1GTR2VE75D Low coolant light is stuck on, fixed these in the past by removing coolant tank and getting air out of sensor. This model has no sensor in the tank. Looked on Alldata and Prodemand, could not find any info on coolant level sensor, how it worked or location... |
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| 2005 Honda Civic EX 1.7L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2HGES26745 Got this civic that keeps setting a P2646 rocker arm oil control valve (A) stuck on/off. Engine shudders or cuts out around 4000 rpm. Customer states problem started after another shop preformed a head gasket replacement and dose not want to go back. Test ... Trouble codes: P2646 (rocker arm oil control valveA stuck on/off) |
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| 2003 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J4FA69S63 Customer complained of check engine light and failed emissions. Only code is P0301. Cylinder 1 misfire. Vehicle has 180k and had factory plugs. Replaced all spark plugs with OEM NGK. Cleared codes. Has a VERY slight misfire at idle, anything above 1,000 rp... Trouble codes: P0301 (cylinder 1 misfire detected) |
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| 2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i 2.5L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 4S4BRCGC5A been seeing this customer come in with complaints of the car loosing power and stalling. states that lights come on before it all happens. (unable to describe lights) we had this car at are shop for some time driving many miles every day with no stall or c... Trouble codes: C0231 |
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| 2010 Subaru Impreza 2.5i Premium 2.5L Starting VIN: JF1GE6B69A Hi guys this Subaru came to me with the customer complaining of smoke coming from under the dash and from the Ignition lock cylinder when they started the car. They shut the car off and let it set for a few hours and restarted the car with no smoke, drove ... |
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| 2010 Toyota Camry XLE 3.5L Transmission VIN: JTNBK3EK1A We installed a new transmission and new torque converter, we now have a hissing noise between the trans and engine, in gear at 12000 rpm and up, we disconnected the pcv valve and removed the oil filler cap, sounds like a massive vac leak, fluid level perfe... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2009 Audi Q7 3.6L fuel injection VIN: WA1CY64L39 We did not fix this one but we found the problem. Thank you Dallas, Stephen, Adrian and Stanley, the winner. It was the engine ECU ! Water enters through the vent hole. Located under wiper cover and drenched every time it rains. Circuit card badly rusted. We c... |
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| 2009 Audi A3 Quattro 2.0L Suspension VIN: WAUKF78P59 Thanks Norm for your reply although that was not our issue. After recoding, setting all adaptions and review of the temperature pids we determined there was something about the emulators the module did not like. The most critical adaption has to do with the te... |
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| 2011 Cadillac DTS 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G6KH5E6XB Thank you for all of your replies. I agree with you all that the ports in the head are probably clogged. Unfortunately I will not get to see this through as I have recently lost my job. We put some "product" down the AIR pipe and into the exhaust manifold ... Trouble codes: P0411 (Air Injection system incorrect flow). |
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| 2010 Chrysler Town & Country Touring 4.0L Front Heater VIN: 2A4RR8DXXA Thanks Mark, you hit it right on the head. The oil cooler was plugged. Bypassed the cooler and has heat every time. |
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| 2006 Dodge Charger R/T 5.7L front end noise VIN: 2B3KA53H46 Thanks for all the help turn out to be front sway bar bushings to frame , they did not move much with pry bar . but solve the problem thanks joe a |
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| 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 3.8L sliding doors VIN: 1D8HN54P98 Thanks to all who responded. I was also thinking the same, the door handle is manual. To the one that commented about having codes, if I had codes, I wouldn't be asking if the door handle is automatic or manual. |
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| 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac XLS 4.0L Unknown VIN: 1FMZU77K65 I want to thank everyone for taking time to try to help with this truck. We removed both front and rear driveshafts and didn't find any problems with the u joints, we measured the circumference of all four tires with a string and they all the same size, then w... |
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| 2015 Ford Explorer Sport 3.5L Interior VIN: 1FM5K8GTXF Bottom line, it's not fixed, customer is trading in the vehicle and decided not to narrow down the problem. It's also due for brake work and tires, so all things considered he's moving on. I appreciate the replies, and here's a summary of them. Al [...] sugg... |
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| 2007 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5L Auto up & down VIN: 5FNRL38647 So vehicle is not fixed at this point, tried other suggested programming procedures they did not work, have new Honda Regulator ordered but on national back order with no expected ship date (the reason it wasn't done before I posted) Thanks to all that gave me... |
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| 2009 Hyundai Genesis 3.8 3.8L drive cycle egr/vvt monitor VIN: KMHGC46E69 The fix for me on this vehicle was to go on Hyundai website and pay 20 for a 3 day sub. After looking around I found a OBD2 folder with a drive cycle for this vehicle and other Hyundai vehicles. This was specific for Genesis BH?BK 3.8l vvt.egr. It ran first ... |
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| 2004 Lexus LS430 4.3L Display VIN: JTHBN36F14 Thank you all for your input. After looking further into how it worked before and not now I found out the phone book was loaded from a previous phone. With my Android phone I could use a third party bluetooth file transfer app and load my contacts to the car a... |
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| 2006 Lexus RX400h 3.3L Dead battery VIN: JTJHW31U76 At power master switch pin 6 orange wire PWS circuit, had 12 volts all the time keeping the window switch on. Traced to junction box 3 (JBS) behind IP right side mounted on underside of dash pad. JB3 was bleeding voltage internally to the PWS circuit. Know I h... |
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| 2010 Mazda 5 Sport 2.3L No Start VIN: JM1CR2WL4A Today I am out of time and have been able to observe zero "wet belt" or no-start events; the car has operated for me flawlessly for 4 weeks straight, and the customer will receive the car back with my test harness still attached. I have sprayed the belt with m... Trouble codes: P0335 (CKP sensor circuit A malfunction). |
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| 2005 Pontiac Grand Am SE 3.4L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G2NE52E05 Thank you all for the replies. It is fixed. For clarification: -Robert, there are no upper dogbone mounts on this car. The ECM is inside up in the drivers footwell. -Yannick and Gregory, Alldata shows that these 5V reference outputs are bussed internally tog... Trouble codes: P0641 (5V reference voltage). |
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| 2011 Ram 1500 Laramie 5.7L Misfire VIN: 1D7RV1GTXB Thank you for your replies, turned out to be a defective lifter on this brand new rebuilt engine. Apparently the rebuilder had issues with these lifters so pulled both heads and had the machine shop install different brand all new. Problem solved. Trouble codes: P1416, P1416. |
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| 2006 Toyota Avalon XLS 3.5L Differential VIN: 4T1BK36B66 car is done 11 hrs. thanks for the help not to bad of a job |
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