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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for August 15, 2018 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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| 2013 BMW 135i 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: WBAUC9C58D Customer brought car in for oil leak repairs. Removed engine and transmission assembly from bottom of car. Replaced oil pan gasket, valve cover gasket, oil filter housing gaskets, intake gaskets just because, front crank seal and rear main engine seal. All... Trouble codes: P054B, P052B |
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| 2001 Buick LeSabre Limited 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G4HR54K01 Scoping both banks look like pre and post O2s with no cats except for a brief difference in which one may be higher or go the opposite direction in the order of 88.34us when there is a difference. I have looked at both scoping both AC and DC coupled and ca... Trouble codes: P0327 (KS bank 1) |
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| 2000 Chevrolet Express 3500 6.5L Cuts out, Stall, stiff brake pedal VIN: 1GBJG31F9Y bus was towed in for hard/ no start shortly after getting fuel. tested hi lift fuel pump on frame rail. working good and filter had been replaced. attempting to bleed fuel lines, couldn't get any significant fuel from injector lines to injectors. Customer ... |
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| 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4.3L Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 1GCEC14X94 Hey guys, hoping someone can point out what we missing here. 2004 1500 4.3 liter. Bogs down on acceleration, doesn't matter hot or cold. Feels like restricted exhaust. Has new cats on it. We checked for excessive backpressure and none found. Has new delphi... |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Avalanche LS 5.3L Hesitation, Misfire VIN: 3GNMCEE02C I'm stumped at this one. Came in last week for regular service. Spark plugs were replaced. Customer requested to clean the injectors due to noticing a slight lack of performance. 2 of his other vehicles recently had dirty fuel system so he figure he might ... Trouble codes: P219A |
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| 2008 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 4.7L Compressor VIN: 1D7HA18N38 Ok so I have this dodge that the ac just won’t get it to where we need it low pressure is at 50 high 200 and just so y’all know I’m in Houston tx hot and humid. Filled the system as needed I’m scratching my head now seeing if I missed something. All had be... |
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| 2000 Ford E-350 Econoline Club Wagon Custom 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FTSS34F8Y Hey guys thanks in advance! I have been trying to get the van to start and it wont. It will try to start on some starting fluid just a dab to see and it trys. it has brand new oem icp and ipr and cmp. it will sometimes randomly start like nothing happened ... |
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| 2011 Ford Taurus Limited 3.5L ac system VIN: 1FAHP2FW0B Hi all.Have 2011 Tarus that will not cool very well.Have replaced comp.-drier-exp. valve.Pressures are strange-10 on low side and 120 on hi side.Vehicle had almost same pressures before parts replaced.Can add (in increments)up to 1 lb refrig.over charge(ho... |
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| 2013 Nissan Titan S 5.6L No Start VIN: 1N6AA0EC7D vehicle brought to us by a local used car dealer so no vehicle history this truck will intermittently not start more often than not. However when it starts it starts right up and runs great another shop attempted to fix this one and gave up after putting s... |
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| 2002 Subaru Impreza Outback 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JF1GG68532 We are about out of things to try to fix this car. We have replaced the cat with a Dealer OEM cat, replaced both front and rear 02 sensors twice. Test driving the rear o2 readings stay right around .6v they don't vary much but I would expect to see a highe... Trouble codes: P0420 |
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| 2011 Volkswagen GTI 2.0L Unknown VIN: WVWHV7AJ4B Got a p1927 (6439) aux coolant pump j496 circuit open. Also noticed under hood fuse f23 5amp is blown(replaced fuse and blows right away). Alldata has almost nothing to tell me what this is about. Need advise where to go with this. Gooogling it comes up f2... |
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| 2013 Volkswagen Jetta S 2.0L Unknown VIN: 3VW1K7AJ8D Left front, and right rear wheels lock up at random on application. The other wheels are fine. If you turn off the car for a few minutes, it seems to reset and all is fine, until the next time it happens. Disabled the ABS system and it seems fine. Am conti... |
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| 2015 Volkswagen Passat TDI SE 2.0L Driver Seat Belt Ignitor VIN: 1VWBV7A30F This 2015 VW Passat TDI came to our shop for a smell of a fuel leak, which we could smell, but could not find any fuel actually leaking. We did an oil change, and inspection, and never did find the cause of the fuel smell. Took it for a test drive and ever... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2006 BMW 530xi 3.0L starter VIN: WBANF73526 thanks for the replies you answered what i needed to know that terminal 50 was ign signal ,traced back to cas no signal from there replaced cas all is good thanks again |
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| 2011 BMW 335i 3.0L engine VIN: WBADX7C57B thanks to all. the valvetronic is the issue. no misfire when in default full lift. can't see the problem visually but will be replacing eccentric shaft and all rockers/levesrs |
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| 2011 Chevrolet Traverse LS 3.6L Differential VIN: 1GNKV9ED9B Thank you to all that gave great suggestion , i did a 90% fix by using MOPAR limited slip additive and problem has subsided ,just wonder how long . Thanks again to all . Happy wrenching people .. |
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| 2003 Ford Thunderbird 3.9L Misfire VIN: 1FAHP60A73 Thank you all for your input. soooooo... I went forward with testing for coil "e" code (coil #5) 1) did a compression test- passed... all cylinders are in spec. 2) Fuel pressure normal 3)smoke tested intake - no leaks 4) swapped injectors- switched injector #5... Trouble codes: P0355 (coil e primary circuit). |
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| 2007 GMC Canyon SLT 3.7L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1GTDT13E57 thanks for everyone that responded back, since customer spent $500 on bcm and reflash at dealer and symptom came back after 100 miles talked over with him and told him what else we could do he didnt want to pursue so he traded in the vehicle. Thanks again for... Trouble codes: U1300 (Class 2 data link low), U1016 (Generator battery control module), U1096 (Lost communication with instrument panel cluster). |
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