iATN Member Asian Auto Repair Tech Exchange for June 12, 2008

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	Help Request	Answers
	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
	2002 Mazda MPV 3.0L no mil light new customer came in for ny inspection .found no check engine light with key on engine off.started vehicle still no sign of engine light.can't communicate with any of the modules ,transmission or abs.or powertrain.question if bulb is blown or was removed, coul...	View
	2002 Mazda Protege5 2.0L 3rd gear Hello fellow tranny gurus. I'm pulling my hair out here and thankyou in advance for any help you can offer. This vehicle came back several days ago with 3-4 clutch and 2-4 band obliterated. I went through the trans carefully trying to find a reason that it fai...	View
	2001 Mitsubishi Diamante 3.5L lights electric windows the car starts and runs fine does not have high beams but has indicator light does not have parking lights or wiper high speed ac only works at 65 degs. pass. front and both rear power windows do not work	View
	1997 Subaru Legacy 2.5L Stall, MIL Lamp on Thanks to all for taking time and reading and helping out!! Car orignally came in with three codes stated above P1540, P0500, P1507 customers complaint was MIL was on and vehicle would intermittently stall. Pulled codes got above codes test drove car with scan... Trouble codes: P1540 (Vehicle speed sensor malfunction low speed), P0500 (Vehicle speed sensor malfunction), P1507 (Idle control system malfunction).	View
	2001 Subaru Outback 2.5L Timing Belt thanks for reading my request I'm replacing a timing belt on this engine and I'm having problems trying to find timing marks on cams the left side is plain mark on the gear and notch on the back cover the right side I can't figure out where the cam needs to be...	View
	1989 Toyota Pickup 3.0L Starting This vehicle came to us as a no start. We checked it out and found out that we have fire, fuel pressure, but no injection pulse. We had a rebuilt distributor here. so we plugged it in and spun it by hand. The coil fired and the injector pulsed, so we installed...	View
	1994 Toyota 4Runner 3.0L engine Vehicle came to us with blown head gaskets on a freshly rebuilt motor(motor had only 5,000 miles on it). Customer wanted to completely change the engine. We purchased an engine from Jasper. We installed the engine with new timing belt, idler, tensioner, water ...	View
	1997 Toyota RAV4 2.0L crankshaft gear I'm doing a crank seal on this rav4, crank gear doesnt want to come off. It does not have bolt holes to pull out. Just wondering if anybody has any tricks before i put the torch on it. Thank you	View
	2002 Toyota Sienna 3.0L Suspension Thanks for taking the time to read my post. This vehicle came in with a vibration that starts around 65 and gets worse the faster you go. We initally replaced the tires because they were worn and one had a separation. This slightly reduced the vibration but it...	View
	2003 Toyota Avalon 3.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Stall Hello Toyota techs, This car is from a fleet account and this is their only Toyota. Car came to us with the complaint of lacks power cold.Pulling the car into the shop,noticed the idle was good but when the throttle was opened the engine would fall on it's fa...	View

Fixes & Summaries for Asian

	Fix/Summary	Answers
	1998 Honda Accord 3.0L fuel gauge Thanks to all techs who helped. It was the sending unit causing the problem.	5
	1999 Lexus RX 300 3.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on A special thanks to Blair on the fuel trim tutorial, very informative. Most responses pointed to fuel problems and A/F ratio sensors, which was where I was going... She has taken it for two 2000 mile trips and insists it runs perfect and the mil hasn't come ba... Trouble codes: PO172 (System too rich bank 1).	6
	1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L Air Bag The airbag control module on this vehicle is up high under the dash pad, we found the heater ductwork was out of position and was up against the ACM. We relocated the duct away from the ACM and so far that has solved our problem. Special thanks to Wade [...]...	2
	1998 Mazda B2500 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Stall Thank you for your time and responses. The fix for this vehicle was the airflow sensor, we had absolutely nothing that would indicate a problem with the maf, all data was in spec, fuel trims and baro were normal and the sensor had a fast response time. The mai...	3
	2001 Nissan Pathfinder 3.5L MIL Lamp on MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR FIXED IT. tHANKS TO ALL THAT HELPED! Trouble codes: PO171 (bank 1 lean).	10
	2001 Nissan Pathfinder 3.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, I am so sorry for taking this long to close, the new format for the techhelp page had me lost. I am also so sorry for misleading all of you, and that is the lesson learned with this post. The fix was a mass air flow sensor as many other posts with similiar c...	7
	2001 Subaru Forester 2.5L head bolts The bolts were all the same length but Tim was right about the size of the washers. The replacement bolts all had the same size washers. Everybody said it didn't matter where the bolts went so we just put it together and it worked fine. We have always thought ...	9
	1994 Toyota Camry 3.0L 1-2 shift Some good suggestions were to check the throttle valve cable for sticking and adjustment, a possible solenoid or a short in one of the speed sensor harnesses. I took the valve body out and checked all the valves for sticking and found none. When I was benc...	3
	2003 Toyota Avalon 3.0L ac lines THE QUESTION I POSTED 6/11/08, I WAS ABLE TO RESOLVE BY MYSELF. I WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED THE BLOWER MOTOR CASE. FAIELY EASY JOB. TOOK ABOUT 2 HOURS. SO THE JOB CAN BE DONE WITHOUT REMOVING THE DASH. HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE ELSE IN THE FURTURE.	None
	2004 Toyota Camry 2.4L MIL Lamp on Thank you to the eleven people that responded to my help request. Ever reply was of some help and good information. This Toyota is fixed. When you smoke test this car it is normal to have smoke come out of the filler nick. The reason for this is the canister... Trouble codes: P0455 (gross leak), P0441 (evaporative system flow), P0-5446 (same as p0-441).	12
	2004 Toyota Sienna 3.3L cruise control Thank you joe and dan for your info regarding this issue, both had said that the sensors are known to fail and or I have elected to send the van to the dealer. I hate giving in but without the factory tooling this repair is not possible. Thanks again for yo...	2

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