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| 1998 Buick Century Limited 3.1L rack & pinion VIN: 2G4WY52M9W We installed an AC Delco remanufactured rack #36-16509. The problem now is the right wheel is rubbing on the inside on a hard turn. Left side is fine. Has anyone experienced this? It is master-splined. Is the reman. rack 1 spline off? Thanks in advance, Pat Mu... |
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| 1998 Buick LeSabre Limited 3.8L Vats VIN: 1G4HR52K2W Hello group I need to know is there anyway to check the vats system with out taking car to a dealer.. This car is my sons baby setters and she is low on funds. The security lite flashes and it wont crank . I checked for codes none present I checked battery . G... |
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| 1971 Cadillac Deville 472CID Climate control VIN: 681691Q200 This older Cad has a bad climate control--we are looking for a good used one or a reman unit or?? Any help would be great--This a really clean older Cad that is owned by the orginal owner. Thanks--Jim |
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| 1969 Chevrolet engine 350CID coolant on underside of valve covers this motor seams to be getting a lot of water or coolant under the valve covers,all usual test seam to be good no sign of coolant in crankcase or oil in radiator checked alldata |
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| 1993 Chevrolet Astro 4.3L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GCDM15Z9P Hey Guys, I have this Astro van with the ck engine light on. It has code 43. The scanner says to ck the knock sensor circuit for 5V at the sensor which it has. I replaced the sensor and cleared codes, the light comes back on immediately.I also checked the timi... Trouble codes: 43 (ESC Problem) |
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| 1994 Chevrolet Lumina 3.1L No Start VIN: 2G1WL54T8R Good afternoon Techs, Got this car in after a shop replaced engine and could not get it to start. I have found the injector ground circuit (D-3) is grounded all the time and holding all 6 injectors open all the time. I disconnected the D-3 circuit from the PCM... |
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| 1995 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 5.7L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 1HDHHSJUIU whith fuel gauge hooked up and eng runs for about 15 min, fuel pressure will start dropping down to 10 psi for a few min.and somtimes it will stall or fuel pressure will pick back up to 41 psi and run fine. we did find when fuel pressure drops,we removed purge... |
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| 1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic 5.7L seems to be temp switch VIN: 1G1BL52P1S The air does not cool, yet is does not get very hot. Got a tech who swears it is the actual temp blend door getting jammed by something, such as a pen that fell into the vents, says he has seen it before. Other tech is stumped as he says everything checks out.... |
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| 1996 Chevrolet C1500 4.3L No Start VIN: 2GCEC19W9T timing is set as it has a crank sensor (not in the dist.) the only work customer said had been done lately was a belt. the fuel from the tank seem to burn fine and the gas i used was from a different gas station. i hope you can help me with this and thanks for... Trouble codes: P0300 (radom misfire), P0108 (map sensor high voltage), P0134 (o2 b1 s1), P1133 (o2 b1 s1), P1106 (map sensor hig voltage) |
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| 1997 Chevrolet Venture LS 3.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GNDX03EXV car came in for miss fire code cyl #6 found no comp from bent camshaft replaced cam now ot has the crank sensor code ive replaced both crank sesors and the cam sensor no change if you moniter the crank sensor 24x it always reads 168 checked the wires from the ... Trouble codes: P0336 |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 8.1L engine VIN: 1GCC23G92F has anyone had any experience or see any excessive oil consumption in these engines? if so were you able to repair it and if so how did you repair it? any advice would be greatly appreciated |
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| 1996 GMC Jimmy 4.3L front diff or transfer case VIN: 1GNCT18W8T hello techs I have a bearing noise sound like its in the front diff. noise is there only in 2 wheel drive as soon as you push 4 high button noise is gone. I disconnected the vacumn to the front diff. and noise still goes away when put into 4 wheel drive so I r... |
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| 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera 2.8L engine VIN: 2G3AJ51WXK i want to replace engine i herd that there are to different engine one with oil pressure switch at the rear of intake manfold one with switch on front side of engine block will these engines interchain |
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| 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva S 2.4L Starts and imediatly VIN: 1G3N152T3V Vehicle was towed in. it will start and die. Code 1629 came up on snap on scanner. Troubleshooter said it was problem with insturment pane or wireing. Checked continuity on related wires and all was fine. Also the door locks do not work properly. I supect secu... Trouble codes: 1629 (lack of comunication between inst panel and computer) |
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| 1970 Pontiac GTO 400CID Rear Main Seal VIN: 242370Z120 Good Day To All, I am looking fo some insight and different opinions from the group. This GTO is the owners and bought last spring and is is mint condition. We had a slight oil leak from rear main seal , was dripping more than what I thought was normal for a ... |
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| 1990 Pontiac Grand Prix SE 3.1L Surge, Cuts out VIN: 1G5WT54V5L As you can see we have tried & tried. Idls perfect-start to move the car in gear and it stalls (not die) then lurches forward. On hiway runs good, accelerates fine. Speedomoter about 20 - 25 miles fast. We found 3 grounds checked, cleaned and tightened. Anyone... |
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| 1995 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2.3L rocker arms/ lifters VIN: 1G2NE55D2S Hello Group. Need some advice on this one. This grand am is making a noise that sounds like lifters that are worn out. The engine carrys good oil pressure, cold or warm. I have talked to a few local gm techs and they say that thay have never replaced lifters i... |
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| 1996 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2.4L Engine VIN: 1G2NE52TOT HI Group! This is my first posting, hope you can help. This car came in with a bad head gasket and timing chain noise. Replaced head gskt. and had head resurfaced. Replaced all timing components. Replaced oil pump with GM replacement. Had contamination in eng... |
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Fixes & Summaries for GM
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| 1993 Cadillac Seville STS 4.6L alternator VIN: 1G6KY5291P To sum it up, the customer is getting rid of this car...didn't want to spend the time to check for bad grounds...His decision...Thanks for all the help... |
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| 1954 Chevrolet Panel Delive 235CID MAin Bearing and Head bolts VIN: 2354565545 Hi and thanks for the numerous replies, I was able to find what I needed thanks to the many places you people sent info on. Here is a list:Patrick's Chevy Parts in Casa Grande, [...] Obsolete Ch... |
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| 1990 Chevrolet MH P30 7.4L power steering and auto park brake VIN: 1GBKP37N1L had many different replies,ten in all,thanks to eveyone, the problem was in the park brake valve not allowing full pump pressure to get to steering box,removed valve and repaired all seems well now |
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| 1992 Chevrolet Astro 4.3L No Start, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1GNDM19Z3P I got 9 replies, most of them said replace ignition module and others said to scope it. We dug out the scope and sure enough firing pattern was strange. Change ignition module and it look good now. Didn't even occur to anyone in the shop to scope it, even ... |
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| 1993 Chevrolet Lumina APV 3.1L Door locks VIN: 1GNDVO610P Well it came back after a few days to let me dig deeper and the thing wasn't doing it anymore and the door locks started working. Thanks to all that replied. |
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| 1997 Chevrolet Lumina 3.1L Compressor VIN: 2G1WL52M8V This was a very difficult one to find due to diagnostic trees and wiring diagrams from mitchell and all data were incorrect. The diagnostic tree for code P1639 says if you have code PO530 stored, follow PO530 diagnostic tree. On this vehicle you have two five ... |
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| 1997 Chevrolet Lumina 3.1L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2G1WL52M8V This was a very difficult one to find due to diagnostic trees and wiring diagrams from mitchell and all data were incorrect. The diagnostic tree for code P1639 says if you have code PO530 stored, follow PO530 diagnostic tree. On this vehicle you have two five ... Trouble codes: P0530, P1169 (5 volt reference). |
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| 1997 Chevrolet K1500 Suburban 5.7L rear brake update VIN: 3GNFK16R2V Some suggestions were replace rear shoes with softer linings, ck front brake hoses for collapsing hoses, use severe duty pads in front. Thank you for all the replies. GM told me that the proportioning valve listed in service bulliten is ok for this truck. I ma... |
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| 2000 Chevrolet Impala 3.8L No Start VIN: 2G1WF55K9Y Thanks to all of you that replied. The car only had the factory anti-theft system. What I did to it was inspect the connections at the switch and the BCM and reconnect. We made a follow up call to the customer today and she said it is working fine. Wanted to w... Trouble codes: B2958 (Security system sensor data circuit high), B2960 (Security system sensor data incorrect but valid), B2618 (Pass. compartment circuit dimming circuit high), B2647 (Ambient light sensor circuit low), B2655 (Pass. compartment dimming circuit high), B2712 (Gear shift lock circuit low). |
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| 1994 Geo Tracker 1.6L check engine VIN: 2CNBJ18VXR Thank you all that answered my e mail there was no problem with a car it was just a maintenance reminder, i reset the switch and did 50,000 miles maintenance. |
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