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| 2009 Audi Q7 3.6L No Start, Misfire, backfires VIN: WA1AY74L69 when we first fired it up it backfired and blew the intake apart. we purchased a new intake for it and upon cranking it starts backfiring. fear of blowing another intake we are not going any further until we get some help |
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| 2010 BMW X5 xDrive35d 3.0L Lighting VIN: 5UXFF0C56A Hey Guys. I replaced this footwell module due to license bulbs inop, windows inop and mirrors inop. After replacement and coding all items work. I am now getting a warning on the dash saying |
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| 2011 BMW 328i xDrive 3.0L engine VIN: WBAPK5G57B car makes a chirp squeal noise from front of engine. if you remove the oil cap there is a quick rush of air into the crank case and noise goes away. the cap is not that hard to remove like others i have seen but there is vac in the crank case. so i replace... |
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| 2011 BMW 750i xDrive 4.4L Mechanical VIN: WBAKC6C57B Vehicle came in with misfire on cylinder #7. Tested ignition coils, checked spark plugs; all okay. Fuel pressures were correct. Replaced injectors due to common problem/previous experience (replaced spark plugs for good measure). Misfire still present. ... |
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| 2014 BMW 328i 2.0L Mechanical VIN: WBA3C1C57E Towed In won't run: We had a bunch of codes in the DME that wouldn't clear. We reprogrammed the DME then we were able to clear the codes. We did get the car running and drove it but it stalled out. We had a returning code for the Valvetronic 3 Motor. We fo... |
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| 1998 Chevrolet K1500 Cheyenne 5.7L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GCEK19R7W Purchased this vehicle in April 2018. Initially bought with rough idle and lack of power. Replaced plugs, wires, cap and rotor, alternator, fuel pump, fuel filter, fuel injector spider, complete clean out of fuel tank, up stream and down stream oxygen sens... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random Multiple Misfire) |
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| 2014 Chevrolet Malibu LT 2.5L Cuts out VIN: 1G11A5SL6E Hello all i have this malibu with a 2.5 thats kicking my behind.after driving a little bit it starts surging and cutting out and when it does it sets codes p0171 and p2097,both lean codes.i had a map sensor code at first but replaced the map and havt got that ... Trouble codes: P0171, P2097 |
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| 2001 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9L Park? VIN: 1B7MF33621 Need some mopar advice. This vehicle has a leaking cooler line again. That's only part of the problem. Customer calls says he thinks its leaking again & I tell him bring it in Ill take a look at it. About 1/4 mile from the shop it quits pulling itself. Its... |
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| 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie 4.7L Stall VIN: 1D3HU18N63 This one has me stumped, I have check for voltage at the PCM when it dies and the voltage does not drop out.The ASD relay only shuts off after the engine has died.The camshaft and crankshaft sensor I have not scoped yet, but they never say out of sync on t... |
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| 2007 Dodge Magnum SE 3.5L stays in first VIN: 2D4FV47V77 Hello all, I have a magnum that's got me. Its staying in first gear. At first I had no speedo, no rpm from either rear abs sensors and zero out of the output speed sensor. All the lights are on, on the dash. After a few drive cycles the speedo would start ... |
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| 2012 Dodge Journey SE 2.4L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 3C4PDCAB4C Vehicle came in with complaint of "jerking and missing" upon acceleration. So, I road tested the vehicle to confirm their complaint. Sure enough, upon acceleration I could feel what they were talking about. From a stopped position, while accelerating you c... |
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| 1998 Ford F-150 Lariat 5.4L No Start VIN: 1FTRX17L2W Hello truck is all stock owner said will run on new pcm just at 6 hours then quit loss of communication company fixing pcm in miami said memory board overheated we check all outputs,inputs all with in normal range. Has has recall for brake pressure switch ... |
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| 2004 Ford F-250 Super Duty Harley-Davidson Edition 6.0L No Start VIN: 1FTNW21P84 truck is back after my related history and wants me to check electrical system for problems which could be making his cam sensors go bad. I know sometimes parts are junk these days but I have never had 2 cam sensor failures in that short of time. called a ... |
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| 2006 Ford F-150 XLT 5.4L Ac system VIN: 1FTPW14586 Vehicle came in replaced full AC system and went to restart truck and ac system would not engage. Checked compressor and it did not have 12v going to it. Followed fellow chart and checked all circuits to the relay and found all circuits that are 12v refere... |
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| 2006 Ford F-150 XLT 5.4L AC compressor won’t engage VIN: 1FTPW14586 Replaced the compressor, drier, orifice and condenser. Turned on truck and pressed the AC button on the electronic automatic AC control and it did not come on. Then went down the ac compressor and checked for 12v reference. No 12v reference. Followed flow ... |
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| 2012 Ford F-250 Super Duty King Ranch 6.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FT7W2BT9C Vehicle came in with mil.customer just purchased it 2 weeks ago so no history. Perform tsb 16-0064. Does have fuel knock at idle.pefrom injector balance test with ids # 4 injector is at neg 0.03gr and rest of the injector are hanging at 0.after the tsb # 4... Trouble codes: P02D3 |
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| 2014 Ford Transit Connect XL 2.5L battery light on VIN: NM0LS7E76E Hello I have a real head scratcher here. This vehicle came in with the battery light on. There were no other symtoms. A quick test of the charging system showed that it was charging at 13.8 volts which seemed ok to me. At that point I was told to take it t... |
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| 2000 Jaguar XKR 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: SAJJA42B5Y This code is in a weird format and I cannot find any info anywhere on it. Scanner is a Launch x431 and is pretty good with euro stuff, so I don't think its a scanner issue. Will not communicate via generic obd function on scanner. All other previous codes ... Trouble codes: 0X160 |
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| 2003 Jeep Liberty Limited 3.7L Crank but no start, no injector pulse, no spark VIN: 1J4GL58K63 Famous Chrysler crank but no start, have checked and found no fuel pressure, no injector pulse, no spark. Found no power coming from ASD relay to several fuses. Found no ground from PCM to ASD relay. Started checking sensors for 5 volt reference. Sensors h... |
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| 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 5.7L Module VIN: 1C4RJFCT8C Left rear bag had a leak . Replaced the bag , compressor would not run , had compressor over temp code , diagnosed the code back to a faulty ASCM . Replaced the module , no more temp codes and the compressor will run . However for the system to function pr... |
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| 2004 Mazda 6 i 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 1YVHP84C34 The timing was mechanically checked and is dead on, it was also scoped and also dead on. These codes only occur after a test drive and a heavy decelerate. It also has a rough cold idle upon start up for 10 seconds. Trouble codes: P0340 (Cam Position Sensor Fault), U2516 (Can Wiring Open or Short), C1119 (TCS Transfer Case Input Signal), U1900 (ABS CAN Communication Bus Fault) |
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| 1978 Mercedes-Benz 450SLC 4.5L No Start VIN: 1070241202 Hi was hoping for some assistance on this old slc. We have done a lot of work to this car over the last year fixing many running issues among other things. We have removed the intake and replaced all the seals and gaskets, vacuum lines and injector holders... |
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| 2006 Mini Cooper S 1.6L 1-2 2-3 shift VIN: WMWRH33506 Group, This car came in with banging into gear and once hot you could barely get back to shop. Customer wanted transmission replaced with used low mileage unit. We installed one with high 60 k mileage remaining fluid looked good. On scan found no codes. Te... |
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| 2000 Nissan Pathfinder LE 3.3L Cuts out VIN: JN1TAZR501 I did a partial rebuild on this motor and changed bearing in distributer shaft. After getting it going again it presented this problem. Starts perfectly but when it reaches 1900 - 2000 rpm it cuts out till around 1000 rpm and picks upagain. In Park or driv... |
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| 1991 Volvo 240 2.3L Head Gasket VIN: YV1AA8854M We're putting together an estimate for a head gasket on this vehicle. (due to an external oil leak) I've never had one of these engines apart. Does anyone have any pointers? Anything we should look out for while we have it apart? Anything we should just re... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2009 Acura RDX 2.3L Electronic VIN: 5J8TB18559 Thank you for all of the replies. The problem was an open thermal switch on the reman compressor. I grounded the res/black wire at the compressor and the compressor engaged right away. I next grounded the blue wire next to the red/black and there was no res... |
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| 2007 BMW X5 3.0si 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, will set codes VIN: 5UXFE43587 We are closing this fixed as whistling noise and missing fixed. We finished with changing the valve cover - we diagnosed by monitoring crankcase vacuum at filler cap customer went as far as willing to go car runs much better BUT still has intermittent Vanos ... Trouble codes: 2A82, 2A87. |
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| 1991 Chrysler LeBaron 3.0L Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1C3XJ4538M car is running and driving perfect. i have not repaired anything. that is the biggest problem. thanks for all the replies that i received. i chased all replies and all was good. compared scanner readings match with its brother ( i have 2 lebaron convertibles) ... |
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| 2009 GMC Savana 2500 4.8L No Start VIN: 1GTGG25C79 Thanks for the help. Remembered having this issue on several other vehicles, ground cable rusted off passenger side frame rail to engine. Common up here in the land of rust. Can cause all sorts of faults and codes and no start conditions. Replaced cable, good ... Trouble codes: P0230 (primary pump circuit). |
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| 2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i 2.5L engine VIN: 4S4BRCKC2A I am going to close this and will re-post when I am finished. I have received 36 great replies which I greatly appreciate but I don't want people spending their valuable time responding now that I have the info that I need. I am up to date on this model 2.5 Su... |
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| 1988 Toyota MR2 GT 1.6L Excessive Emissions, Surge, Stall VIN: JT2AW15C5J With high hydrocarbons I knew I had incomplete combustion but vehicle ran very well. Ended up running compression test and 1,3,4 cylinders had 160psi and cylinder number 2 had 60psi. Performed cylinder leakdown and air coming back through intake. recommende... |
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