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| 2007 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0L Oil press warning VIN: WAUDF78E17 Customer complaint is oil pressure warning light comes on. engine is quiet. Usually around 1600-1800 RPM. Goes off at idle & over 2000 RPM. We checked oil pressure & verified 20 PSI at idle warm. Monitor sender w/pico, Voltage stays high until 1500 rpm. Switc... |
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| 2007 BMW 328i 3.0L Electric Windows VIN: WBAVA37507 We are at a loss on this one. I'm not a BMW shop, this is the first BMW we have had. We purchased this 07 BMW at auction. We noted that is needed an valve cover gasket, this has yet to be replaced, had a small radiator leak (Replaced radiator), and the blo... |
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| 2010 BMW 328i xDrive 3.0L RDC unit VIN: WBAUU3C52A Hell everyone. I have E91 chassis BMW with a issue with the TPMS (RDC) I had this car come in with 61 fault codes alot were CAN faults in various modules. I cleared them to see what would return and a few modules still had faults. I had CAN faults in RDC w... |
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| 1997 Chevrolet C1500 Cheyenne 5.7L ignition system VIN: 2GCEC19R6V Engine died while driving. Found it had no spark. Pulled cap and found rotor bolt missing. Found rotor mounting plate severed from shaft not allowing it to sync with timing. Put new spectra distributor in. Now there is strong spark from the coil but weak s... |
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| 2001 Chevrolet S10 4.3L Misfire, Long crank after hot VIN: 1GCCS14W81 Long crank when hot starts fine when cold just started miss firing two days ago fuel pressure is good but it drops fast when key is turned off Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT 5.3L CD manifold, MAF, EVAP VIN: 1GCEK24089 Customer came in with a bunch of seemingly unrelated DTCs that was tripping the Stabilitrac system and causing it to go into a limp mode. I researched it and thought that the CD manifold had a short in it, causing the other DTCs. I replaced the CD manifold... |
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| 2016 Chevrolet Spark EV LT .0L timing VIN: KL8CB6SA7G No dtc stored, the crankshaft trigger goes between crankshaft and flywheel, I dont remember to see marks on it so I just install where it was before, no pins or guides was at the moment of assembly. but thats where i think the ploblem is. cant find wavefor... |
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| 2004 Chrysler Crossfire 3.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1C3AN69LX4 Hi guys, I've been chasing my tail on this one, this car has a lean condition the long fuel trim is always high +20 and up for both banks, the short fuel trim is always close to cero, even when I reset the check engine light to start from cero the long fuel tr... Trouble codes: P0171 (bank 1 lean condition), P0173 (Fuel sistem out of limits) |
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| 2005 Chrysler 300 C 5.7L convertor VIN: 2C3AK63HX5 Thanks up front for looking at this. I have a 2005 Chry. 300c with a NAG1 trans.& all wheel drive. I am pretty sure the lockup converter is causing the problem but I want to run it by someone else before I jump in. This car will shudder, feels exactly like... |
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| 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 ST 5.9L Excessive Emissions, Misfire, smoke VIN: 3D7KU28CX4 hi group customer came in with the complain the truck runs rough at idle and smokes always. i like to replace all 6 injectors and fuel tubes because of the mileage from that engine. alldata and intefix show 3.7 hr to replace all injectors!? i think that is... |
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| 2015 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 6.2L timing chains Is there some way to confirm the timing components are installed correctly? Maybe with a scope? |
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| 2010 GMC Terrain SLE 2.4L Collision Repair VIN: 2CTALEEW1A replace irsdm airbag computer reflash failed it is a used 1 i can progrem the old 1 with no fail |
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| 2008 Honda Odyssey EX-L 3.5L tensioner bolt VIN: 5FNRL38608 Hi techs. Just wondering if anyone has come across this problem. The bolt ( the one that screws into the a/c compressor bracket) for the drive belt tensioner keeps breaking. We are on # 3 now and can't figure out why it breaks every two weeks. Everytime we... |
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| 1998 Infiniti QX4 3.3L will not start VIN: JNRAR05Y0W Vehicle was towed in for a no start. The timing belt tensioner failed and it jumped time. Installed a new timing belt, tensioner, and water pump. Had a little bit of a rough idle, checked the plugs and it had autolites in it. replaced them with ngks and it ran... |
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| 2010 Jeep Patriot Sport 2.4L Trans slips hot VIN: 1J4NF1GB9A Greetings!!! My first adventure with CVT diagnosis. Hang on... Customer experienced this situation twice, we have not attempted to duplicate it yet. Trans works fine on shorter trips. On 70 mile trip, initially works fine on flatter ground, last 25 miles a... |
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| 2007 Mazda 3 Mazdaspeed 2.3L VVT actuator VIN: JM1BK34L07 when under load starting about 2000 rpm, rattling noise from engine, lift off throttle and noise stops or continue accelerating and noise will go away. We could simulate noise running on rack and loading engine. With scan tool, can do active test for vvt a... |
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| 2007 Saab 9-3 Aero 2.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: YS3FH41U97 If code and history is cleared long term trim is at 0 % . Short term is at 25% . After running at idle for aooox. 5 minutes short term will come down to 0%. Drive the car 1/4 mile short trim will go to +7% long term will start climbing to appox. + 10% and shor... Trouble codes: P2187 (Bank 1 Lean) |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe Z71 5.3L steering angle sensor VIN: 1GNEK13ZX6 well i am not sure what is going on with this Tahoe. checked all other modules for wires for steering angle sensor. all wires present. no plug or sensor. took all back apart and was going to wire in my own pigtail and sensor but bottom of steering column would... |
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| 2006 Ford Taurus SEL 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: 1FAFP56U46 Once again you guys nailed it. Almost all of the replies said use OEM IAC. When the customer brought the car back I ran an IAC test. As the duty cycle went up 10% the idle would rise about 200 RPM until I went from 50% to 60%, idle went from 900 RPM to 1600 RP... |
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| 2008 Ford Edge SEL 3.5L ptu/front diff VIN: 2FMDK48C68 Finally got some chassis ears, seams loudest by left front axle on transmission, second loudest at rear output of ptu. Wheel bearings all quiet. Going to drive for another month or so and recheck fluids looking for particles. Never really liked the way this tr... |
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| 2011 Lexus GX460 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JTJBM7FX1B Bank number two timing was off by one tooth. On the second repair, I gave the technician a few pointers. Such as: put a paint Mark on the crankshaft sprockets. Both of them. The rear sprocket which runs bank number two is impossible to see the marks when asse... Trouble codes: P0302 (p0304-), P0304 (p0306-), P0306 (p0308-), P0308 (P0019- Camshaft Position-Crankshaft Position Correlation Bank 2 Sensor B), P0019 (Camshaft Position-Crankshaft Position Correlation Bank 2 Sensor B), P0018 (Camshaft Position-Crankshaft Position Correlation Bank 2 Sensor A). |
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| 1997 Volkswagen EuroVan Camper 2.8L 1st gear VIN: WV2EH8709V Thanks to Michael, Robert and Stanley for the replies! All 3 recommended valve bodies which we did purchase and install. After replacing the valve body the transmission was still slipping in first gear when taking off from a stop but when we power brake it hol... |
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