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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for June 26, 2018 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for European
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| 2008 Audi A6 3.2L Seals VIN: WAUAH74F58 Hello Audi Techs, This car has some oil leaks. We have pressure washed the engine down. We have added dye. It appears to be collecting oil in the valley of the engine. It could have a main seal leak as well, but I'm inclined to fix the upper leak first. My... |
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| 2011 Audi Q5 Premium Plus 3.2L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WA1DKAFP9B Car came from another shop that put plugs in it and asked us to perform walnut blast service because they felt it was all carboned up, we did service and it made no difference. Car has misfire codes on all cylinders and fuel trim codes on all cylinders, no... Trouble codes: P0304, P0303, P0306 (Misfire 6 cylinder), P0305 (Misfire 5 cylinder), P219F, P21A1 |
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| 2006 Land Rover LR3 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: SALAE24406 Shame on me for thinking I could work on a Land Rover. I got this fellow's LR3 a month ago with both P0172 and P0175. MAF readings seemed unusually high at idle. And at the time LT trims were around -15 and ST trims were around -5%. I replaced the MAF with... Trouble codes: P0172 (Fuel Trim Rich Bank 1), P0175 (Fuel Trim Rich Bank 2) |
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| 1975 Mercedes-Benz 450SL 4.5L Excessive Emissions, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1070441202 Hello: I've been on iATN with Brent and Warren's Technet startup and this Mercedes has us stumped. Nice little 450SL (red of course) with the Electronic injection which was dropped soon after for the CIS. Too bad for us. We can do the CIS but this system i... |
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| 2011 Porsche Cayenne Turbo 4.8L Hesitation, Hesitation VIN: WP1AC2A22B After performing valve cleaning, road tested the car. Car had ALOT more power and was running good until driving it for a little while more, then it would start to buck/misfire under partial load. Feels like it got worse as I kept driving the truck. Cannot... Trouble codes: P0068 |
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| 2008 Volkswagen GTI 2.0L Clutch Pedal VIN: WVWEV71K28 I have a GTI that is puzzling me. The car just underwent a overhaul with new connecting rods, pistons, clutch etc. After about 900 miles the customer complained that the clutch pedal would randomly not fully return. I have been able to replicate the issue ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for European
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| 1999 Mercedes-Benz E300 3.0L Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: WDBJF25H6X THANKS TO ALL FOR THE HELP- THE FUEL THERMOSTAT WAS CAUSING THE AIR- ALL OK NOW! WE DO RECOMEND DOING ALL HOSES- THIS IS A PAIN TO LOCATE! GREG AND CREW Trouble codes: P0300 (Random misfires). |
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| 2011 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 3.0L Hesitation, Misfire VIN: WDYPE7CC2B All of the replies were for possible fuel injector failures. What we found was a very slight air leak in the turbo induction hose. This was causing an inaccurate reading for the incoming air flow which cause the computer to lean out the mixture. We had to r... |
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| 1999 Volkswagen Cabrio 2.0L wiring harness VIN: 3VWCB61E9X Most of the replies affirmed that it is possible to fix this leak at the trans wiring harness with a replaceable o-ring, which we did Part # 095 325 381A It seems to have stopped the leak - some of you cautioned that if the oil is leaking along the wires an... |
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| 2011 Volvo XC90 V8 4.4L Electronic VIN: YV4852CT5B This car had a large stereo system. CEM module sent out for testing was found to be good. We later found out that a previous shop had made some modification to the alternator to support the large sound system the customer had installed. We ended up putting ... |
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