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Automotive Technical Discussion Forum

Professional automotive forum for all types of vehicle repair discussion that does not fit into one of our more specific technical forums. Discussions include both OBD and OBD2, engine performance analysis, diagnostic best practices, service information, vehicle standards such as J1962, J1939, J2534, OBD2 modes (e.g. MODE$06), ignition and fuel system analysis, alternative propulsion (e.g. hybrid, electric, natural gas), and more. This forum is for experienced automotive repair professionals only, membership required.

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Recent Automotive Discussions in the Automotive Technical Discussion Forum

37 Pontiac Straight 8 Fuel Pump
05/23/2013 in the Technical Discussion Forum
I feel pretty dumb having to ask this but we have this Pontiac (shop car) I'm trying to put a fuel pump in it cut and dry pull the lines remove the bolts pull it out. No help from the manual but I have tried every position I can and I can't get the arm ou...
Chrysler DDM (driver door module) issues
05/23/2013 in the Technical Discussion Forum
[Electrical: 06 Chrysler Pacifica 3.5L] I am reasonably sure on my diagnosis on this one, but cannot confirm 100% til I get the part,which is on backorder. This 2006 Pacifica lost control of both driver's side power windows during the winter after a dea...
Engine Removal
05/23/2013 in the Technical Discussion Forum
[Engine: 03 Lexus IS300 3.0L] Good Morning TDF, I am going to be removing the engine from this vehicle to install one that runs. As you know, this is a rear wheel drive vehicle and there appears to be plenty of room under the hood. Alldata and Mitchell s...
bmw programming
05/23/2013 in the Technical Discussion Forum
[Body: 97 BMW 328i 2.8L] replaced the air bag computer and am now trying to program the computer to the vehicle. error message I receive is "the vehicle order import failed due to a missing or incorrect vehicle order. ready the correct vehicle order for ...
stray voltage, circuit K900
05/23/2013 in the Technical Discussion Forum
[Electrical: 04 Chrysler Town & Country (Van) Touring 3.8L] Hello, we got a head scratcher here, the van is a no start, the IAT, ECT, MAP, TPS readings are all skewed,the codes set [...],p0340,p0335,p0118,p0108,p0123. Another shop replaced the cam & cran...