Maximizing Tools: Using the CSS Script for Unconventional Diagnostic Methods
In order to successfully diagnose and repair different engine designs, a shop needs access to many different pieces of diagnostic equipment. In this article, the authors show and analyze examples of using your tools’ CSS script to diagnose vehicles.
Maximizing Tools: It’s Just A Phase; Oscilloscopes Help Find Intermittent or No-Code Problems
As cars become more technologically advanced, the number of electronic units, sensors and actuators steadily increases. However, control modules may not recognize all faults. In order to accurately and correctly diagnose problems, it may be necessary to rely on data from a DMM or an oscilloscope.
Maximizing Tools: Unconventional Diagnostic Methods, Part III
By thinking “outside the box” and using our tools to their fullest potential, we can diagnose more of the perplexing problems without spending an undue amount of time on them. In this article, our writers conclude this popular three-part series of Unconventional Diagnostic Methods, with more time-saving techniques.
Maximizing Tools: Unconventional Diagnostic Methods, Part II
In this second installment, Riverland Technical and Community College Instructors Olle Gladso, Vladimir Postolovskyi and Andrew Bezhanov provide more unconventional diagnostic procedures to try with your digital mulitmeter.
Maximizing Tools: Unconventional Diagnostic Methods, Part I
Explore some unconventional uses of a digital multimeter that will allow you to diagnose problems without a significant investment of time and effort.
Tool Tip: Maximizing Tools: Diagnosing ABS/ESC Hydraulic Control Units
Brake & Front End Editor Andrew Markel finds the root cause of a brake pull using Innovative Products of America’s Brake System Analyzer.
Maximizing Your Tools
When it comes to investing in an oscilloscope, the biggest question is ROI. Is it going to make you money?
Smoke Diagnostic Machine from OEMTOOLS
The 24534 features single-button operation, flow control and auto power-off. It uses mineral oil and workshop air supply to generate smoke at low pressure.
Maximizing Current Ramping Techniques In The Shop
Although modern on-board diagnostic systems are becoming far more comprehensive than in years past, it’s still important to know how to use a lab scope and inductive current probe to analyze the amperage flow through the primary ignition and fuel pump circuits.
Training Tip: Maximize Use of Your Scan Tools
Delphi combines the importance of education and scan tools by providing training courses such as its Gasoline Powertrain Training Seminar Series, which specifically incorporates diagnostic scan tools for troubleshooting and diagnosis. The following courses are examples of Delphi’s scan-tool-related offerings.