OnDemand Live Tips for the 'March 2009 Winners' Category

1995 Toyota 4Runner SR5 - HARD STARTING HOT, by Jeremy G at Village Center Auto Care

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Problem vehicle is a 1995 Toyota 4-Runner 3.0L.  Seems to start ok on cold soak overnight, but once running it was hard to restart. Vehicle seemed to run awful rich but failed to set any codes. The overall condition of this vehicle was poor, so we needed to keep it going cheap as it is […]

2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited - IAC Wiring, by diesel man at Brad’s Rebuild

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

jeep comes in has a stalling prob.  hook it up and has numerous codes but only has to do with the stalling.  po505.  i let it run with a moniter in the pids and a graph of the iac actions.  never died or anything until i wiggled wiring at the back of the head coming […]

2004 Dodge Pickup R1500 - Throttle cut out when driving w/5.7 drive by wire, by ButchK at Butch’s Automotive Service

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Codes P0703 and P2299 are stoplight switch codes , but when stoplight switch goes bad it can knock out electric throttle when driving .  Does not have to be on cruise , or at high speed . Computor senses throttle is applied and then that brakes are applied and knocks out electric throttle . Sometimes […]

1991 Toyota Previa DX - Engine will rev up to 2300 RPM than cut out until 1400 RPM, by Matt A. at 10 Mile Telegraph BP Amoco

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Took about 3 days to figure this out.  Engine ran fine otherwise, no check engine light or anything.  Found out that the wire for the idle switch (blue/yellow wire off of TPS) will rub and short to ground - that’s when the computer thinks you are coasting with the foot off the gas so it […]

2001 Toyota Tacoma - Rear axle bearing seal leak, by Tim__G at Jay’s Car Repair

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

We had a Tacoma that had the rear axle bearing and seal replaced at another shop.  Customer came to us because previous shop attempted to repair several times to no avail.  Upon initial inspection , it appeared that the inner seal was damaged.  so I replaced inner seal and brake linings.. A few weeks later […]