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Open Help Requests for Asian
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| 2000 Honda Accord EX 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCG1652Y Hey Honda techs. This low mileage car is in our shop with a check engine light on and code P1491 egr insuffcient lift. We checked for proper voltages and grounds and suspect the valve is bad. Customer also complains of a rough idle at times with an occasional ... Trouble codes: P1491 (EGR insuficient lift) |
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| 1993 Isuzu Trooper S 3.2L Hesitation, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JACDH58V4P Hello. This came in from a brand new cust with what he said was a check engine light on and when going up hills the exhaust dumps out black smoke like a diesel. Checked system for any codes and got a 44 exhaust lean code. Test drove and no problem found while ... Trouble codes: 44 (exhaust lean) |
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| 1999 Isuzu N NQR 4.8L Exhaust Brake VIN: JALE4B14XX Hello fellow techs, Had this truck in 5000 miles ago for service and driver complained of poor exhaust brake. I checked it out and all was well. Owner then said "sometimes it doesn't work". Awhile ago I was notified that it does not work at all. I powered up t... |
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| 1997 Kia Sportage 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: KNDJB7232V Vehicle came into shop for regular maint. Customer also claimed vehicle was no start at times (cranked long), loss of power, and doggie. We installed Timing Belt. (Old Timing Belt Was three teeth off) We installed to correct marks. (Maint. Only) Vehicle ran fi... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 1993 Lexus SC400 4.0L Excessive Emissions, MIL Lamp on, missing R O2 signal VIN: JT8UZ30C9N Good Evening Friends (or is it Good Morning? it's 2 AM east coast time) Above readings were in open loop. unable to achieve closed loop until code was cleared. Code will not return for 2 trips I understand. I'm pretty certain the ECU is seeing a lost signal ... Trouble codes: 25 (B1S1 O2 signal lean) |
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| 1999 Subaru Forester L 2.5L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: JF1SF6355X After replacing all ignition components thinking the burned coil pac was a no brainer, the engine still misses very bad at idle,CO and HC are out the roof.I still can't get a good ignition secondary waveform on #1 and #2 but I can on #3 and #4 checked both coi... Trouble codes: P0301 (missfire 1), P0302 (missfire 2), P0304 (missfire4) |
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| 1990 Toyota 4Runner SR5 3.0L No Start VIN: JT3VN39W5L HELLO- this is a sob story, i got this 4/runner in with multiple oil leaks , looked like a complete oil bath, rotars all bad, axel bad, i replaced oil pan gskt, front oil seal, T belt, oil pump seal,power steering pump, new rotars ,brakes,brake system flush,wh... |
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| 1990 Toyota Corolla DLX 1.6L Surge VIN: 2T1AE94A1L Hello all, hope someone has an answer for this. Customer complains of "loss of power". We found a few problems right off the bat (faulty connections, incorrect 02 sensor) and repaired and replaced as needed. Test drive vehicle, and in second gear (automatic), ... |
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| 1999 Toyota Tacoma DLX 3.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: JHTA493X7N this tacoma is having a problem with po171 lean bank one code. it idles good, but on snap throttle test for o2s it will ping. it also pings under load. the code sets when long term fuel trim goes 25+ or_- of 0. while driving under moderate load i've seen +34! ... Trouble codes: P0171 |
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Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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| 1989 Acura Integra RS 1.6L Poor Idle Quality VIN: JH4DA3448K Everyone said to replace the rear motor mount and that was most of the vibration. Also should check the other motor mounts. Thanks again |
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| 1999 Acura TL 3.2L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: 19UUA5649X All 6 replies said to replace the iac. that fixed the idle fluction and high idle problem. everyone also said to always check for air in the coolant system opening the bleeder usually near the thermostat and topping off the coolant. Thanks again |
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| 1991 Honda Civic DX 1.5L MIL Lamp on, NO PERFORMANCE LOST VIN: 2HGED6354M Thanks to all, The ecu did fix trouble codes that I could not erase.test drove mil light came back on w/ code 1. I replaced o2 sensor to get rid of that problem. thanks again, Nate [...] Trouble codes: 2, 16 (fuel inj. malfunction). |
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| 1992 Lexus LS400 4.0L Battery VIN: JT8UF11E3N Thanks for quick responses.Jim from Lexus in Des Moines and James [...] both see alot of Lexus product and informed me that this was a normal amount for this vintage. We see such a wide range of vehicles that it is hard to let one go out the door when they... |
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| 1988 Nissan Pathfinder SE 3.0L Misfire VIN: JHSHD1643J thanks for the replies on this. customer declined repairs & since it was running good at this time he was going to trade it. i told him that it was probably the dist. breaking down when hot. also igniter was rusty & just laying loose along with coil. recommend... |
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| 1997 Nissan Maxima GLE 3.0L No Start VIN: JN1CA21D5V i am closing this post without a fix, this car is going to take longer than i expected. were waiting on another computer this computer was probably off of an automatic car. one thing i forgot to mention is that timing is being advanced as much as 28 degrees on... |
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| 2001 Nissan Pathfinder LE 3.5L Poor Fuel Economy, Pinging- Sluggish VIN: JN8DRO7Y41 I received 4 replies to this request. All were good but only one seemed to do the trick. I ended up flushing the injectors with a 3M injector flush. Right away I noticed an improvment in vehicle response. The true test came when the customer picked vehicle up.... |
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| 1986 Toyota Pickup 2.4L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JT4RN70D30 Thanks for all your help. 18 out of 20 responses suspected the AAP diaphragn and were correct. Unplugging the vacuum line to the AAP revealed leakage through the diaphragm. Thanks again. |
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