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| 2006 BMW 325i 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge VIN: WBAVB17566 The car was here for oil leakage and we replace oil filter housing seal and valve cover with new spark plugs. Problem started after that - Engine start up rough and idle flares for a few seconds, but overall the idle is not too stable. Road testing is OK b... Trouble codes: P1415, P0305 |
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| 1995 Buick Regal Limited 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2G4WD52LXS Code p1640 ( qdm 1 failure. Test evap purge valve and it ok. Test power and ground for tcc enable solenoid and it ok. Has anyone have this problem before Trouble codes: P1640 (Qdm 1 failure) |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Express 2500 4.8L MIL Lamp on, limp mode VIN: 1GCWGFFA1C Vehicle towed in two Mondays ago. Customer complained of check engine,traction control,airbag, and abs lights illuminating service traction control,service air bag messages in information center all gages on instrument cluster showing zero and loss of tran... Trouble codes: P7000, U0730, U1000, U0140 (Transmission lost communication with bcm), U1007, U1017 |
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| 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 5.7L Tipm VIN: 1D7HA18267 Towed in, by me. Turn key, and nothing other than MIL bulb check. Cranks good, with power applied to solenoid. Has code P1279 in TIPM. Cleared codes and had assistant hit key while I Powered the starter with no success. I found that Chrysler is 30+ days fo... |
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| 1941 Ford Super Deluxe .0L Big end bearings Hello Gentlemen, I am in the process of rebuilding this old Ford Flathead 239 the engine has "floating big end bearings" the crank is new at std.size, my question is about the fitting of the bearings in the rods they run at 0015-0002 in the rods the cleara... |
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| 1994 Ford F-150 XL 5.0L Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTEF14N0R This Ford stalls if you shift into manual 2nd gear. Feels like a large load is dropped on the engine, instantly stalls. If you shift into drive, its ok no stall no engine performance problems. On a road test, at light throttle it runs rough right around th... Trouble codes: 334 (EGR Closed voltage higher then expected) |
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| 2005 Ford Freestyle Limited 3.0L TCM assembly VIN: 1FMDK06175 Sorry I listed this in the related repair |
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| 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo X 3.6L Alternator This Jeep has reached my workshop with a brand new alternator and drive belt. - Customer reported that battery drained after long driving and blindly accused the alternator leading to it's replacement. - I hence started the engine and charging displayed 12... |
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| 2004 Land Rover Discovery SE 4.6L Battery Draw VIN: SALTY19454 This land rover came in with a draw killing the battery in a week or so. After draw test found a 657ma draw. The culprit is fuse F11 one of the power supply fuses for the abs ecu/ level control ecu. The ecu Is under the right side of the dash has 4 connect... |
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| 2009 Mazda CX-7 Touring 2.3L Cooling hose routing VIN: JM3ER29L59 We inherited this job from another school. The engine was replaced, but all cooling hoses ,wiring etc. was not done. We have the cooling system hoses from the heater core, and turbo, connected. However, we have not been able to locate any routing picture o... |
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| 2004 Subaru Baja Turbo 2.5L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 4S4BT63C84 Ill be as descriptive as I can on a very strange problem. This car came to us with multiple driveability issues after the shortblock and turbo was replaced elsewhere. We smoke checked the vehicle and found numerous vacuum leaks, a torn turbo inlet and an... |
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| 2015 Toyota Tundra SR5 5.7L Hydraulic Brakes VIN: 5TFDW5F1XF REAR BRAKE NOISE AND SOFT PEDAL WERE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT. repaired the service brakes now unable to bleed hydraulics. BRAKE FLUID LOOKED GOOD and clean in master cylinder . DURING MANUAL BLEED UNABLE TO GET FLUID TO RIGHT SIDE CAN GET FLUID TO LEFT, (BOTH F... |
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| 2008 Volkswagen Touareg 3.6L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: WVGBE77L58 any help will be grate thanks Trouble codes: 08853, 02 (fuel pressure regulator valve n276 short to grn p2295) |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2007 Audi Q7 3.6L Starting VIN: WA1AY94L57 Hey Gang, Thank you for the interest. Kyle [...] provided the instructions to get the car started and inside the warm building where we performed the diagnostic. Code 0233 was found in the Kessy module. After checking TBAs we determined that this Kessy was no... |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 6.6L Transfer Case VIN: 1GCHK23193 Thank you to all that have applied. You confirmed what I was thinking. I was able to contact the referring shop and talked to the original tech. I was miss informed and it was the tccm that was replaced. Originally they had a no communication so they repla... |
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| 2005 Chevrolet Equinox LT 3.4L Misfire, Misfire on decel VIN: 2CNDL73F75 Thanks guys for all the input. After doing more diagnosing found that coolant was infact entering the cylinders. Replaced Head gaskets and all is fine. |
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| 2003 Ford F-150 XLT 4.6L Mechanical VIN: 1FTRW07693 THIS HEADACHE IS FIXED. I INSTALL NEW UPDATE ABS COMPUTER AND HYDRAULIC UNIT. THANKS FOR ALL THE INPUT. WHO WANT TO WAX THIS TRUCK |
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| 2012 Ford F-150 FX4 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTFW1ET0C Thanks to John [...] for taking time to help me with this.I have done many fords reprogramming used modules with no problem but this one would not change the vin#. I suspected that maybe the vin was locked on these ecms an... Trouble codes: P160:. |
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| 2008 GMC Sierra 3500 HD WT 6.6L Power Steering VIN: 1GTHK336X8 Ok, the customer took his truck while waiting for us to get the Kent Moore kit. Kit came in but customer said he's happy with the way it is working and doesn't want to bring it back in right now, we will perform the test when we see his truck back for service ... |
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| 2015 Mercedes-Benz ML250 Bluetec 4Matic 2.1L coolant level VIN: 4JGDA0EB6F Many thanks to Benny an jason and others, i did pressure test on cooling system and checked all areas that was sent to me.no leaks were found I have ordered a oem recovery tank and cap and will flush the cooling system and recheck |
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| 2013 Nissan Altima 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall VIN: 1N4AL3AP2D What I found was, The SOLUS I have will not show exhaust cam timing. If I swapped the Intake and exhaust solenoids, the symptom was still there, BUT I can now see the change. What was happening was when the coolant got up to temperature and cams were controlle... Trouble codes: N0NE. |
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| 1999 Porsche Boxster 2.5L Convertible top VIN: WP0CA2989X Thanks to all who responded see if the body module under the seat is wet ,, Ron [...] Consultant/Technical Information Specialist Automotive Diagnostics Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA Ron was the first of many to suggest the module under seat. There was n... |
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