SMP To Award $10,000 in Prizes During Intermotor Scholarship Contest
Standard Motor Products, Inc. (SMP) announces the Intermotor Import Leader Automotive Scholarship Contest, which will present two deserving students with a $5,000 scholarship each. The contest runs through July 31, 2015. To enter, students are asked to visit www.IntermotorImport.com/Scholarship, complete an online questionnaire and submit a current photo of themselves. Entries will be evaluated based
Dayco Announces Scholarship Recipients
The Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium Scholarship (GAAS) Fund has announced the two recipients of $1,000 scholarships provided by funding from Dayco. Dayco established its scholarships through the GAAS Scholarships in memory of its late president Don Bethune and Gerald Bugenhagen, its former North Eastern regional sales manager, both of whom died in 2012. Wesley Wilson
WD-40 Company Partners With UTI To Support Students And Technical Education
Students will have opportunity to work with WD-40 brand products in the classroom.
April 2015 Crossword Puzzle
Across 1. Air wrench attachments (6, 7) 8. Major auto battery brand 9. DIY auto paint container 10. Word following crash or road 11. Starter adjunct 13. Item under horn pad 15. Alternator’s stationary windings 18. Safety inspection failure cause (4, 4) 19. Nat. Automobile Dealers Assoc., briefly 22. Alignment bay adjustment, sometimes (4, 3)
March 2015 Crossword Puzzle
Across 1. Uncontrolled engine explosions 6. Upper limit of piston travel, briefly 8. Motorcycle drivetrain component, often 9. Engine-incontinence inhibitor (3, 4) 10. With 24-Across, standard equipment abbr. 11. Service pauses at the track (3, 5) 13. Gasoline thief’s tool 15. Oxygen ____, exhaust-manifold item 18. Irritating tire pressure problem (4, 4) 19. Sparking ignition
Finish Line: German Engineering for American Lifestyles
At the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volkswagen displayed its five-seater Cross Coupe GTE concept. This stylish and upscale SUV uses a plug-in hybrid system with a maximum output of 355 hp and an all-wheel-drive system that uses an “electric driveshaft.” The hybrid has a manufacturer-estimated fuel economy rating of 70 MPGe.
Under the Hood: DTC P0301 – An Advanced Misfire Story
This article will document code P0301 — Misfire Activity on Cylinder No. 1 — a code many of you have run into, but sometimes we have case studies that are worthy of mention. Our subject vehicle is a 2007 Mercury Mountaineer. The vehicle has a P0301 stored in its memory. The lead tech working on
Emissions Codes: Mercedes-Benz Case Study
If the MIL is on, or even commanded on, with no current code related to emissions, it can be cause for a failure. The vehicle will still be scanned for codes and readiness flags will be checked, but an MIL on with the engine running will almost always spell “failure.”
Service Advisor: Diagnostic Tests for Catalytic Converters, O2 Sensors
The X1 ASE Certification Test has a section (eight questions) focused on emissions system diagnosis.
Undercover: Hybrid Brakes
A hybrid vehicle is a different animal than many of us are used to seeing. After all, if the engine of a typical vehicle stalled out at a traffic light, the driver of that vehicle would know something was wrong with it. If that same vehicle still drove with the engine off, then that would
