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1994 Honda Civic 1.6L Poor Idle Quality
hi to all the techs, let's start by saying thanks to all who will take the time to help us with this.a few weeks ago we have a civic who came in with a no start no spark. we changed his dist assembly,the car started and left no problem. yesterday customer came...		 View
1998 Honda Accord 3.0L MIL Lamp on
Car has just had an aftermarket cat installed and the light came back after 8 days. Has anyone seen anything else cause this on an Accaord before I bite the bullet and buy a dealer cat? Just don't want any comebacks... Thanks in advance Brian Trouble codes: p0420 (Cat efficency below threshold).		 View
2005 Honda Accord 2.4L D4 light blinking
Greetings: Customer states that hard to start and D4 light flashes. Had young tech pull codes; came up with p0700 (transaxle fault) which led to scanning for trany codes and came up with 5-01 (transmission range sensor shorted). Codes obtained with OTC Genys...		 View
2003 Hyundai Santa Fe 3.5L power steering fluid
hello fellow tecs this is my problem customer brings in this santa fe with powewr steering fluid coming out the resovoir filled to proper level. still fluid leaking out. seems like there is to much activity in the resovoir lots of flow any suggestions would be...		 View
2000 Lexus LS 400 4.0L Screen
Hi my best group , can any one tell me how to unlock the audio unit which have security lock after intering the code wrong meny times ? any reply will be agreat help thanks Sameh		 View
1992 Mazda B2600i 2.6L No Start
Truck was towed in with no start problem. It has injector pulse but no spark. I tried a differant distributor and coil. Also tried an ignitor off a running vehicle. Still no spark.I have followed the diagnostic charts on alldata several times and all cicuits a...		 View
1991 Mitsubishi 3000GT 3.0L No Start
vehicle is a crank - no start no pulse , no spark. when the crank cycle stops the computer fires the injectors and coils. if you tap the key in the crank psition rapidily you can get the engine to catch at the stop of the crank cycle - it will run , idle and p... Trouble codes: 22 (crank signal fault), 23 (no cyl 1 tdc signal).		 View
1995 Mitsubishi Mirage 1.5L Excessive Emissions, MIL Lamp on
Hi all. This was lobbed in my lap against my wishes after a service writer who thinks hes smarter than me basically challenged me to fix what the previous tech and him couldnt(after 2 weeks of trying). I told em nothing crawls out of here till I make it run ou... Trouble codes: p0340 (CAM sensor circuit failure).		 View
2001 Nissan Pathfinder 3.5L MIL Lamp on
after 30 miles of driving mil light comes on with trouble code po171. smoked the intake - no vacuum leaks found, fuel pressure ok. o2 sensors ok - i suspect the mass air flow sensor but when testing: 4 g/s at idle, 10 g/s at 2500 rpm within test limits. i also... Trouble codes: PO171 (bank 1 lean).		 View
2004 Nissan Armada 5.6L ABS Module
Hi I have a 2004 nissan amanda came in with the brake light on and customer say that the brake grips and vibrate was able to put ABS code C1179 speed control actuator. I check everthing possible but no luck. if i turn engine off then restart engine the light...		 View
1986 Toyota Van 2.2L Unknown
This van has no A/C operation at all. We have replaced the HVAC module behind the glove box. We also converted to R134 and charged. Compressor will not come on. We have very limited technical info on this vehicle and to be honest do not really understand how i...		 View
2003 Toyota Avalon 3.0L ac lines
fellow techs. we have this avalon with the ac lines leaking at the firewall. my question is can these be replaced without removing the dash.it looks to me it might be possible to do by removing the blower case. removing the dash looks like a nightmare. thanks ...		 View

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1999 Honda Civic 1.6L MIL Lamp on
Hello group: James, Winston,Chris and Leopoldo and others replied to help request. The answer to my question about whether the evap shut valve is energized with the key is turned on is no. The solenoid is only on when the pcm decides to sheck the evap system.... Trouble codes: p1456 (EVAP leak).		 9
2002 Honda Odyssey 3.5L climate control
i want to thank paul from tenn. and steve from cali because they were both right. put in resister for blower motor and compressor came on.		 2
1997 Infiniti Q45 4.1L Power Assist
I have tried everything that was suggested except using Nissan PS fluid which I will try in two days...Thank you all for the info you sent. David		 5
2005 Mazda 6 2.3L No Start
I was told that there may be differences in the California Emissions engine, and the Federal. There are internal differences that can be changed just by switching a couple sensors, like I was informed by the place I received the engine from. I have sent the e... Trouble codes: P0335 (CKP Sensor Curcuit Malfunction).		 4
1991 Toyota Pickup 3.0L Engine idle Check engine light
Thank you so much for your replies!! I think most of you hit it on the head. But we havnt had the truck back so we havnt been able to check it. Thanks again for your help!!!		 8
1997 Toyota Avalon 3.0L compressor
We renewed the Magnetic clutch relay and cleaned the ground connection at the right side kick panel. Had some great replys check the clutch gap, check for evaporator freeze up, temp sensor in evaporator case, check temp. sensor on bottom of comp.(wasnt one on ...		 13
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