Tips From A Tech: Getting Ready with Readiness Monitors
Setting readiness monitors can be a frustrating task. Here’s how to ensure an accurate repair.
Changing The Oil On European Exotic Cars
When you start looking for oil for an exotic car, things can get confusing. Words like “approved,” “recommended” and “exceeds” are thrown around like a car in a four-wheel drift.
Reflashing And Reprogramming For Newbies
The choice to reflash is the hardest because there is no one solution or single path to follow.
Catalytic Converters: Efficiency Code Diagnostics
Understanding catalytic converter efficiency codes can be a long diagnostic road that can either lead to a happy customer or an expensive comeback.
Undercar Reflash: Stop Waiting, Wondering
At last count, more than 800 TSBs have been issued concerning reflashing or reprogramming over the past five years.
Spark Plug Fouling: Getting To The Root Cause Of Misfires
Spark plugs are the “canary in the coal mine” of the combustion chamber. The electrodes and porcelain can reveal short- and long-term problems if you know where to look.
Coil On Plug Ignition: The Wired Differences
For late-model vehicles, the norm is one ignition coil per cylinder, commonly known as coil on plug. The task of providing voltage potential to each spark plug is performed so reliably that it’s easy to take for granted.
Tips From A Tech: So You Want To Buy A Scan Tool?
If the title of this column caught your eye, that means you are most likely interested in purchasing a scan tool of your own.
The Complicated Truth Of Alternator Testing Diagnostics
One test is not enough if you are diagnosing a charging system problem. All too often, the alternator is condemned as the source of the problem if only battery voltage is present with the engine running.
10 Commandments Of Catalytic Converter Replacement
Catalytic converter replacement can be one of the most arduous repairs a shop takes on.
