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2015 Audi A8 Quattro L 4.0L Oil pan VIN: WAU32AFD9F
I'm hoping somebody else has experienced something like this. About 6 weeks ago one of our lube techs serviced this Audi. When he loosened the oil drain plug the weld-nut inside the pan broke loose, requiring a replacement oil pan...shockingly expensive fo...
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2009 Mini Cooper Clubman 1.6L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge VIN: WMWML33509
Vehicle came to shop with a surging idle on cold start. Idle will fluctuate from 800-1700 rpm's cold start, won't do it if weather is above 45-50 degrees. If you put it into drive or reverse, rpm's drop to normal and will not fluctuate if put back into dri... Trouble codes: 2783 (Combustion misfires several cylinders), 2773 (Misfire cylinder 1), 277F, 2777 (Misfire cylinder 3), 277B
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2011 Subaru Outback 2.5i 2.5L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 4S4BRBKCXB
This Subaru arrived with engine problems, the water pump was stuck and a timing belt idle pulley broke. We replaced the engine. After that, it had problems starting and when it started it started to fail. We turned it off and then it never started. I did r... Trouble codes: P0303, P0301
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2012 BMW 535i xDrive 3.0L Instrument Cluster VIN: WBAFU7C56C
Thanks for the help on this, unfortunatly at this time still not repaired. Attempted a reprogram/calibration update on vehicle but was unable to get programs to run, error issues in BMW technical information system. Spent many hours online and on phone with th...
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2008 Chevrolet Express 1500 4.3L No Start VIN: 1GCFG15X28
Customer took van to another shop a month ago and they have yet to fix it either, they haven?t done an ecu yet and the customer was against it with my diagnosis, I appreciate all the help and have learned a lot with this one but unfortunately it is not fixed y...
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2014 Chevrolet Trax LS 1.4L Cam timing VIN: 3GNCJPEB8E
So since it was a shot vehicle it got bumped and bumped before I got back to it. I was able to get it back together today and get it started up just fine. Thanks for the tips on timing. This engine. For whatever reason, I've never done timing on one of these t...
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2017 Toyota Tacoma SR 2.7L Mechanical VIN: 5TFRX5GN2H
Thank you for the replies. This one is fixed. I went ahead and replaced both cam phasers and the chain tentioner. Both new phasers came in the locked position, I marked everything before removing anything. Carefull though when re installing cams, those rockers...
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