Problems With Your Vehicle?

[Alan-currie]

Hey there just thought I'd make a little forum thread asking if any of you have problems with your motor vehicle and your not 100% sure on what your local garage is telling you.

firstly My name is alan currie and I am a fully qualified light vehicle and heavy vehicle motor mechanic based in Scotland.

if you have any problems msg here

[Joxun2]

Details about my car!

Year: 2003
Make: Mitubishi
Model: Eclipse GT
Mileage: 191k on body, 160kish on motor
Check Engine light on: Yes but its only Oxygen sensors
Automatic or 5 speed: 5 speed manual

Explanation

i have a problem with mine, I was doing a tune up on my 2003 mitsubishi Eclipse GT, and i replaced my whole upper intake manifold, Upper intake manifold gasket, EGR gasket, Distributor cap and rotor, all plugs and wires with NGK platinum Iridium gapped at .036 i believe it was. After putting everything back together, i started it up, idled nice waited till it warmed up, drove it down the street and then it died at the stop sign.. Then i brought it back home to see what happened, tried to start it again and wouldn't keep an idle. So my first thoughts were that it was an IAC Valve motor. Replaced that and now the Idle is minimum 2,000 RPM and when its cold its all the way up to 2800-3000 RPM. Since i replaced my iac valve (yes it is an OEM valve made for this car) when i drive then put it in neutral it revs up and down at around 1200 to 1500 rpm until i come to a complete stop and then it stops jumping up and down, then goes all the way up to 2000 RPM again then slowly drops to 1000 RPM then jumps back up to 2000 rpm and stays steady. When i start rolling again it repeats the process i explained above.

[Alan-currie]

Sounds like it's drawing in air make sure all the gaskets u put in are properly sealed might have nicked the intake gasket when putting on the new manifold check all the pipes Incase they have a cut in them aswell

[Pretty Reckless]

Good shit, i such when it comes to anytinh with motors.

Well, i have an old Golf 3 and sometimes when i break, it basically jumps forward.
All i can tell you about it.

[Alan-currie]

Good shit, i such when it comes to anytinh with motors.

Well, i have an old Golf 3 and sometimes when i break, it basically jumps forward.
All i can tell you about it.

Hmm maybe front wishbone bushes are worn go to the front of the wheel when the car is on the floor and try push the wheel to the back of the car if it moves a lot then that's the problem

[Yewchyn]

i got a 1993 mazda RX7 right hand drive and every time i start it it squels for about 30 seconds. any suggestions as to what might be wrong?

[Alan-currie]

Fan belt slipping Yewchyn

[Byrd]

I got a Ford Explorer Sport Trac. 2003. I have already replaced the part that caused it to mess up. Wondering if you can solve the problem ha.

Anyways, I was driving down the road and it just shut off. Completely. Thought I might have ran out of gas so I put more in it and nothing! Would turn the engine over but wouldn't crank. Any ideas? I work on all of my vehicles.

Good luck Alan!

[Alan-currie]

I got a Ford Explorer Sport Trac. 2003. I have already replaced the part that caused it to mess up. Wondering if you can solve the problem ha.

Anyways, I was driving down the road and it just shut off. Completely. Thought I might have ran out of gas so I put more in it and nothing! Would turn the engine over but wouldn't crank. Any ideas? I work on all of my vehicles.

Good luck Alan!

Is it petrol or diesel?

[Byrd]

Petrol/gas. 4.0L v6 SOHC.
Alan-currie

[Alan-currie]

I would say possibly the cam/crank position sensor? I dunno if u tested too see if it was gettin a spark? or checked theres fuel pressure?

[Spectrus]

1998 VW Golf (Automatic)

Does not shift when it should. Constantly gets up to 4-5k rpm before shifting. Seems to shift easier when I let off the gas for a moment. Not very auto inclined, so don't know what other details to give.

[xiaospike]

1998 VW Golf (Automatic)

Does not shift when it should. Constantly gets up to 4-5k rpm before shifting. Seems to shift easier when I let off the gas for a moment. Not very auto inclined, so don't know what other details to give.

Now, I'll look out for your car.

[Y2Quakepc2]

Really good to see people spending their time in helping.

Im thanksful with you, even tho i dont have car

[Byrd]

You're on the right track with the fuel pressure. Which led me to think of 2 things that caused that problem.

1) The fuel pump

2) The fuel pump emergency shut off switch ( Inertia Switch )

I wasn't sure which one it was at first and didn't wanna pay for the Ford dealership to run the codes. So I dropped the tank, drained it, checked the pump, which had no signs of being fucked up. So I cleaned the tank and put that shit back. Then found the inertia switch behind the passenger kick panel near the bottom of the door. Bingo. Cost me 150$ ish to repair. Running smooth now

[HolmaN]

1998 VW Golf (Automatic)

Does not shift when it should. Constantly gets up to 4-5k rpm before shifting. Seems to shift easier when I let off the gas for a moment. Not very auto inclined, so don't know what other details to give.

As a VW tech, I'd check if there's any software updates for your gearbox electronics.

[samm3]

BMW 535/560L

The left main headlight is a bit yellow/orange-ish while the other one works perfectly and shines bright (xenon). The headlight are automatic. The problem occured after a long vacation trip on roughly 5,5-6k kms.

[Spectrus]

As a VW tech, I'd check if there's any software updates for your gearbox electronics.

Hey HolmaN! Good to see you.

Are you sure? It's a relatively new problem, never use to do it. The car is 16 years old now, so a software update seems unlikely? I could be completely wrong.

[aer0zz]

Audi A8 2004 / Diesel

Turbo not working tried 10 garages no one can help

[Byrd]

Spectrus I'm not sure if that specific car has a TPS sensor. But I helped my dad replace his and it fixed the shifting problems with his Ford. Not sure if that's any help at all ha

[Alan-currie]

1998 VW Golf (Automatic)

Does not shift when it should. Constantly gets up to 4-5k rpm before shifting. Seems to shift easier when I let off the gas for a moment. Not very auto inclined, so don't know what other details to give.

Torque converter basically the auto box clutch

Check gearbox oil

[Alan-currie]

Check for burst hoses? Should make a woosh noise if Theresa hose burst that will stop the turbo boosting also check the actuator on the turbo isn't seized (waste gate) aer0zz

[Alan-currie]

Haha fuel cut off! So many times those have fucked me Byrd

[aer0zz]

we checked actuator and bought new one and nothing

[Sam]

Hey HolmaN! Good to see you.

Are you sure? It's a relatively new problem, never use to do it. The car is 16 years old now, so a software update seems unlikely? I could be completely wrong.
I used to have a 94 VW Golf. Euro Auto Sport in PoCo always did free scans for me and fixed stuff for a reasonable cost. They usually put refurbished stuff in.

[The Truth]

I bought a

Hyundai i30 Coupé 1.4l CRDi (Diesle) brand new at April 2013 with 5 years guarantee.

Since this time my turbocharger sometimes do not give me power if the outside temperature reaches more then 18°. I've been @4 car service stations from Hyundai itself but they do not find the problem and they do not allow to change any part before they decides what it could be. They already drove my car and the failure came up.

If you need files you can read out look here I uploaded them on Dropbox

DropBoxLink (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ptfl15p3krjzd68/Hyundai%20Fehler%20Final%20Release.rar)

[Alan-currie]

Hyundai i30's are prone for the turbos breaking also they are really bad for the steering wheel peeling off The Truth

[The Truth]

Hyundai i30's are prone for the turbos breaking also they are really bad for the steering wheel peeling off The Truth

Any suggestion what I can do mate ?:(

[Alan-currie]

get it into Hyundai and tell them the turbo's fucked, is there any engine management lights coming on? is it boosting still? kinda need too get the codes read and see what comes up but to me I know they are bad for turbos The Truth

[The Truth]

get it into Hyundai and tell them the turbo's fucked, is there any engine management lights coming on? is it boosting still? kinda need too get the codes read and see what comes up but to me I know they are bad for turbos The Truth



No light coming on when this happens and they do not have a failure code. I have the files if you need I can send them to you