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    How to detect microscopic leaks

    Microscopic leaks in engines can be detected utilising UV technology. Richard Doran, Managing Director of ...

    Microscopic leaks in engines can be detected utilising UV technology. Richard Doran, Managing Director of Primalec, goes into further detail. Fluid leakage that goes unstemmed or undetected is a major ...

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    What you need to know about EGR valves

    BORG Automotive explains all you need to know about EGR valves. The concept of Exhaust Gas Recirculation ...

    BORG Automotive explains all you need to know about EGR valves. The concept of Exhaust Gas Recirculation was developed by General Motors in the 1970s. The goal was to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxid ...

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    How does oil affect the turbocharger?

    Tom Wright, Product Manager at Melett, outlines the core purpose of oil in relation to the turbocharger. ...

    Tom Wright, Product Manager at Melett, outlines the core purpose of oil in relation to the turbocharger. There are many ways in which oil-related issues can damage the components, and in that respect, ...

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    Autoelectro offers ignition advice

    Autoelectro’s UK sales manager Nick Hood offers his advice to technicians diagnosing and replacing igniti ...

    Autoelectro’s UK sales manager Nick Hood offers his advice to technicians diagnosing and replacing ignition parts. Technicians faced with replacing alternators should be wary of delicate data connecti ...

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    Valeo outlines battery challenges

    Valeo outlines the challenges facing batteries and alternators in modern passenger vehicles and what the ...

    Valeo outlines the challenges facing batteries and alternators in modern passenger vehicles and what the company is doing to meet those needs. As vehicles are becoming increasingly complex and additio ...

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    AS-PL investigates starter faults

    AS-PL investigates some common issues surrounding starters. The starter does not stop turning The most co ...

    AS-PL investigates some common issues surrounding starters. The starter does not stop turning The most common starters used in vehicles with internal combustion engines are electric starters. These ca ...

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    NGK outlines spark plug issues

    Spark plug specialist NGK offers the PMM audience its advice on the most common spark plug issues. UK wor ...

    Spark plug specialist NGK offers the PMM audience its advice on the most common spark plug issues. UK workshops carrying out service and MOT work on their customers’ cars need ignition components they ...

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    Comline answers brake questions

    Comline’s brake doctor – aka Dr Keith Ellis – answers some of the most frequently asked questions surroun ...

    Comline’s brake doctor – aka Dr Keith Ellis – answers some of the most frequently asked questions surrounding brakes. What are the main causes of brake noise? Brake noise has been a common problem for ...

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    Rozone provides brake guide

    Rozone provides a guide to the safest and most environmentally friendly methods of brake servicing and cl ...

    Rozone provides a guide to the safest and most environmentally friendly methods of brake servicing and cleaning. When we focus on brakes, the issue at the very front of our minds is driver and passeng ...

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    Schaeffler discusses steering & suspension

    Schaeffler outlines why technicians should be fitting steering & suspension components which are OE r ...

    Schaeffler outlines why technicians should be fitting steering & suspension components which are OE replacement parts and highlights the benefits. “The first question that technicians working on a ...

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    The issues surrounding brake lubricants

    Scott Irwin MIMI, head of technical training at TMD Friction, discusses the issues surrounding brake lubr ...

    Scott Irwin MIMI, head of technical training at TMD Friction, discusses the issues surrounding brake lubricants and which types are best suited for which jobs. Although brake lubricant is often an ine ...

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    Best practice: timing chain

    FAI Auto guides the PMM audience through the twists and turns of the timing chain. In the 30 years before ...

    FAI Auto guides the PMM audience through the twists and turns of the timing chain. In the 30 years before the millennium, engine timing was the work of the chain, not the belt. Whilst the technology h ...

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    Schaeffler delivers training session

    Schaeffler REPXPERT visits Rayment’s Garage in Great Shelford to provide a one-to-one training session. S ...

    Schaeffler REPXPERT visits Rayment’s Garage in Great Shelford to provide a one-to-one training session. Schaeffler’s stated long-term aim is to equip the independent sector with the original equipment ...

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    eBay discusses green parts

    eBay discusses how garages can be more eco-friendly in the running of their businesses and encourages the ...

    eBay discusses how garages can be more eco-friendly in the running of their businesses and encourages them to use green parts. In our day-to-day lives we’re increasingly told to strive to be more eco- ...

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    The issues surrounding cybersecurity

    Is cybersecurity being used by vehicle manufacturers to force the hand of the independent aftermarket? Re ...

    Is cybersecurity being used by vehicle manufacturers to force the hand of the independent aftermarket? Recently, PMM’s Kieran Nee and UK AFCAR’s Neil Pattemore visited Tonbridge’s Nev’ll Fix It to mee ...

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