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2000 Daewoo Leganza 2.2L engine
Anyone have experince with repair work on these engines? Timing belt can off do to bad tensioner. Expecting to do a head job, customer ok with that, question is do the valves have a tendency to punch holes in pistons when belt comes off? Also looking for a goo...		 View
1995 Honda Accord 2.7L Dash Lights
The speedometer head was replaced by me about a month ago because it didn't work. Now it works fine. The customer now says that he can't see the speedometer needle at night to see how fast he is going. He also says that with the old speedometer, the needle wou...		 View
2001 Honda Civic 1.7L p1457
this vehicle has been a headache for the shop. the vehicle has a mil light on p1457. other techs replaced two way valve, canister, canister vent soleniod, gas cap and o-ring at top of fuel tank. vehicle has returned several times. now its my turn to try. genis... Trouble codes: p1457 (evap leak).		 View
1998 Hyundai Elantra 1.8L convertor
hello everyone, this trans works great until it gets warm enough for lockup. it commands lockup on after 2nd gear, which jerks the vehicle and then commands off. the car will do this several times then will set a p1744 code.if you clear the code and drive it a...		 View
2002 Hyundai Elantra 2.0L Excessive Emissions, No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy
What the heckt!? This Hyundai leaks fuel out of the charcoal canister vent valve when it is sitting parked on a slight incline, in the heat of the day. At first I thought that it was just overfilled so we replaced the canister and told her not to do that. I pe...		 View
2002 Kia Optima 2.7L IGN#1 Circuit
The 30amp fuse for ign1 under the hood blows at random, it can be in park idling or running down the road,,,with all the loads on (ac, radio, defrost, ect.) or no loads at all. did check amp on the circuit adn normal between 3 to 5. did wiggle test on harness ...		 View
1992 Mitsubishi 3000GT 3.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on
we have replaced coil and power transistor, i loose spark on 3-6 for 25 secs then i get spark back and the injectors are disabled for 3-6, some times it misses for about 1 hour then bam it runs great. thanks bruce Trouble codes: 53 (igintion power transister unit coil 3-6).		 View
2001 Mitsubishi Montero 3.5L inst odometer
The dealer said the dash had to be sent out to have the odometer origional miles installed. I cannot believe this. Can you do this with a MUT or another scanner. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.		 View
1998 Nissan Sentra 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire
This car was running fine before we tuned it up(plugs/wires/cap/rotor/fuel filter/air filter/ trans svc.) Anyway, we're not sure if that has anything to do with it or not. The car will run fine under load, no misfires. At idle it will have a very slight, but d...		 View
2000 Nissan Maxima 3.0L No Start
hi, every one, thanks in advance to fellow members for taking time and read my request. this is what happen. this car was towed to our shop. the customer states won`t start. the fuel press. is 36 psi, the cmp. the ckp. both were checked with the vantage, all r...		 View
2003 Subaru Forester 2.5L Misfire
I took Subaru in for leaking headgasket leaking oil on drivers side head, no other problems. I removed heads, had a valve job and resurface done on both heads, and reassembled with Subaru gaskets. Got car running, and drove out of shop last night. Drove car in...		 View
2001 Toyota Highlander 3.0L abs
This vehicle came in after being at three other shops one of which performed rear brake service(pads and rotors) the car exhibited early abs activation intermittently we all have seen this with bad wheel speed sensors,rust build up under the sensor and cracked...		 View
2007 Toyota Tundra 5.7L side mirrors
customer has the towing package with telescoping side view mirrors with turn signals. He wants to change to regular mirrors with or without turn signals. Has any one done this conversion? Is there another mirror model that attatches to door well, and electric ...		 View

Fixes & Summaries for Asian
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1996 Acura 3.5RL 3.5L speedo/ odom
located defective instrument cluster; caused from short. Thanks		 7
1997 Honda Civic 1.6L a/c system
thanks for replies. still not fixed. original problem was a/c not cold.first thing i did was recover to ck. charge. idon't remember how much freon was recovered but i think it was about a half pound low. added leak dye & recharged & compressor was loading up h...		 14
1998 Toyota 4Runner 3.4L Surge, Cuts out
After running all indicated tests, I found that the problem was that the keyway in the crankshaft had failed. I fixed it accordingly and the vehicle runs fine now.		 2
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