VE Commodore V8 Alternator light, no charge p0621

Vehicle

Holden Commodore VE SS V8, Series 1

Symptom:

The alternator light comes on on dash board that warns you that the alternator is not charging, The late model vehicles have ECU controlled, charging circuits and no longer just use the battery for sensing, the alternators are pulse width controlled by the ECU for charge rates from the alternator. When the alternator lights comes on you now have to ask your self is the battery not being charged due to a faulty alternator or is the Engine ECU not sending a signal, or worse both,
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Fzj80 landcruiser no start no spark

We started to test spark coming out from the igntion coil at the distributor and no spark, we tested the coil had power and that the efi relay and fuse was ok, then it became a matter of using a scope to test that the crank sensors in the distributors where working, we scoped and found that all was good and that engine ecu located behind the glove box was receiving the signals, we then found that the ignitor next to the coil controls spark to the coil and the injector power, so we checked that there was power to the injectors was was present we then used a wiring diagram to pin point output the ignitor grin the ignition coil, the reading where not a normal output that you would expect so of course we blamed the engine computer for being silly and not doing what we wanted off course just blaming a part will get you into trouble if you don’t first test all the power and ground circuits to the engine ecu, so we did that and still nothing , we replaced the engine computer and still the same thing, by this stage I was shaking my head thinking I have really missed somthing, so it was back to scoping all the componentry again to check that I hadn’t missed something buy mistake

Timing belt light reset kun16 hilux

Have you ever done the job on the car and realised where do i find the information to do the simple reset for a light?

How the TBELT light works

The TBelt light on the KUN16 Toyota, Hilux become activated at 150,000kms there is two different dash board models, the standard and the large lcd display, listed below is the reset procedure to cancel the tbelt light after the timing belt job has been done. Read More

BA Falcon missing at idle and underload

Vehicle

Ford Falcon BA XR8 5.4L 4 valves per cylinder 2004

Symptom:

The vehicle drove into the workshop running the vehicle was running ok, but a miss was noticable at idle, the vehicle was then test driven to confirm the customer complaint that it hesistates and misses during takeoff.
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Subaru Forester Electronic Throttle faults p2109

Vehicle

Subaru Forester 2004 ej25 turbo series 1

Symptom:

The vehicle drove into the workshop running poorly at that but running, the client advised that if he cleared the fault codes related to the throttle he would be able to drive it a little while before it goes into limp mode.
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Mercedes w208 clk200 tail shaft coupling

Vehicle

Mercedes CLK200 w208 with a 2.0l Kompressor engine

Symptom:

Vehicle came in with noise shifting from reverse to drive a clunk was audible and a thud/bang was noticeable especially when cold as the engine rpm was higher during cold start. Read More

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ML320 w163 passenger seat airbag sensor

Fault is the passengers seat occupational sensor, inside the seat there is a module and seat weight pad that measures the weight of the occupant to determine the speed of which the air bag deploys during a collision, the sensors and module become faulty very often, the seat pad can become faulty when the pad has not been stuck properly and this folds the circuit board like pad.
The fixes for this fault are one of 3 options
1. Replace the occupational seat sensor with new or second hand parts.
2. Replace the sensor with an emulator.
3. Do nothing and have no insurance when things go wrong Read More

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