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| 2016 Chrysler Town & Country LX 3.6L Cooling Systems VIN: 2C4RC1BGXG This van came in with a loud noise that was due to a water pump bearing failure. Replaced water pump and test drove. Found that under load, it started to run a bit hot. It got to about 240. The coolant does not boil over. It being a pentastar, the first th... |
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| 2002 Dodge Dakota Sport 4.7L Backfire VIN: 1B7HG38N32 Vehicle has come back this time with the front and rear of the intake manifold blown out and customer said it backfired on cold start (60F) after sitting all night no other complaints and this guy lives in his truck he is very in tune to every noise or mis... |
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| 2016 Dodge Durango R/T 5.7L suspension noise VIN: 1C4SDHCT0G Having some trouble with this vehicle. It came in because it's been to 2 different shops and had the parts cannon shot at it. Whenever you brake hard the front suspension makes a loud popping noise on both the passenger and driver front. All the control ar... |
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| 2004 Ford Focus ZX3 2.3L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 3FAHP31Z54 This car will drive fine when light on the throttle, but as soon as you push harder than about 1/3 on the pedal, it jerks back and forth, revs and then cuts out but does not die. It continues to rev and jerk until you let off the pedal and use less than 1/... Trouble codes: P1237, P0411 |
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| 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour EX-L 3.5L Idles high VIN: 5J6TF2H57B I did all of the repairs and after warming it up the idle will not go down below 1500. If I pinch off either breather hose coming from the valve covers the idle will go down like it should. I changed out the PCV valve just to see if it did anything. I did ... Trouble codes: P0507 |
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| 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque SE 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Misfire VIN: SALVP2RX1J Thank you for your help. I am stumped at this point. Run smoke test and no leaks at this time check compression and leak down test coming with good result for # 3 Trouble codes: E2170 (11- Exhaust pressureregulator vent short to ground), P3417 (00- Cylinder 3 deactivation/intake valve control-circuit open), P3030 |
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| 2015 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring 3.7L Misfire, MIL Lamp on I'll fall on my sword here to start. I'm kind of halfway retired these days! I'm looking at this 2015 CX9 3.7 that developed a sudden dead miss on #4. I don't have my scope available, but have done all the basics. Compression is perfect, spark plugs were o... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2012 Chevrolet Malibu LT 2.4L Vses VIN: 1G1ZD5E09C Thanks to those who responded. SPS not available for this module, only setup with scanner. GM catalog sows only one part number for 2004-2012, 2013 moved motor to rack. Ordered and installed another module/motor assembly. It setup normally all codes gone, assi... |
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| 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth 1.4L clutch pedal VIN: 3C3CFFFH5D I spent more hours bleeding the system every which way as suggested here, but got no improvement. Then I checked something I should have checked from the get go, the clutch pedal. Turns out the clutch rod was disconnected from the pedal. The end of the plastic... |
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| 2017 Ford Escape SE 1.5L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: 1FMCU9GD0H Well Fred hit the nail on the head. My guy didn't use the crank holding tool like I specifically told him to. So I had the pleasure of ripping this thing apart to verify timing. Once it was apart it was very obvious that the timing was off because with the ... |
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| 2004 Hyundai Elantra GLS 2.0L Charging VIN: KMHDN46D64 well, car is not fixed, customer did not want to give me more time with it so she picked up her car and left. I want to thank everyone that tried to help me with it. it eats me alive the fact i was not able to get it fixed but I know we cannot always fix every... |
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| 2017 Kia Forte EX 2.0L Timing chain Thanks for all the good suggestions. Is it possible to wedge the tensioner rail with the main timing cover installed? I was familiar with the old Porsche 911 piston clamps but didn?t need to try that. We talked to a Kia tech,he said don?t turn it by hand... |
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| 2013 Nissan Titan S 5.6L No Start VIN: 1N6AA0EJ7D This may be fixed soon. The Tech talked some Nissan Techs, and tried to heat the PCM first thing in the morning with a hair drier,for several minutes and it would fire right up. We have sent the PCM to a repair facility to have it repaired. They have said that... Trouble codes: U0100, U0100, U0100, U0100, U0100. |
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