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Case Study: How to prevent a broken adjuster

|Date: January 24, 2020

Case Study: How to prevent a broken adjuster

Gates traces the cause of a broken adjuster to a common fitting error and provides the ideal solution. En ...

Gates traces the cause of a broken adjuster to a common fitting error and provides the ideal solution. Engine: VAG 1.4, 1.6, 2.0L Fuel: Diesel, common rail Year: 2012 onward When the Gates Claim Handl ...

January 24, 2020
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How to replace the clutch on a Vauxhall Movano

|Date: January 17, 2020

How to replace the clutch on a Vauxhall Movano

This month, Schaeffler REPXPERT Alistair Mason replaced the clutch on a Vauxhall Movano 2.3 D, which has ...

This month, Schaeffler REPXPERT Alistair Mason replaced the clutch on a Vauxhall Movano 2.3 D, which has covered more than 140,000 miles. As is the norm with light commercial vehicles, the first job i ...

January 17, 2020
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Two sides of the same coin

|Date: January 13, 2020

Two sides of the same coin

Ross Kemp of Scantec Automotive has spoken in previous issues of PMM about when to use aftermarket tools ...

Ross Kemp of Scantec Automotive has spoken in previous issues of PMM about when to use aftermarket tools in the diagnostics process. However, he stresses that his businesses refuses to work on a vehic ...

January 13, 2020
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Best Practice: Specialist tools required

|Date: December 18, 2019

Best Practice: Specialist tools required

Richard Newman, Comline’s Product Line Manager, explains why having specialist tools available is not onl ...

Richard Newman, Comline’s Product Line Manager, explains why having specialist tools available is not only advisable, but often essential. When tackling the fitment of a wheel hub, such as the CHA045 ...

December 18, 2019
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Deconstructing the DTC

|Date: December 18, 2019

Deconstructing the DTC

Do you know your DTCs? If not, you may be surprised to hear that truly understanding a DTC can help you d ...

Do you know your DTCs? If not, you may be surprised to hear that truly understanding a DTC can help you deal with the fault it is representing. Autodata elaborates… A diagnostic trouble code, better k ...

December 18, 2019
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Case Study: Premature outer brake pad wear

|Date: December 16, 2019

Case Study: Premature outer brake pad wear

Apec Braking tackles the all-too-common issue of outer brake pad wear. The braking problem had endured ov ...

Apec Braking tackles the all-too-common issue of outer brake pad wear. The braking problem had endured over the course of a few months. It had started with the owner of the vehicle purchasing the vehi ...

December 16, 2019
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Porsche Cayenne technical fix with Autodocta

|Date: December 13, 2019

Porsche Cayenne technical fix with Autodocta

Autodata’s Technical Team share their fixes to common problems raised through Autodata’s technical helpli ...

Autodata’s Technical Team share their fixes to common problems raised through Autodata’s technical helpline, available to all UK customers. Fault: We are having difficulty finding the cause of a stick ...

December 13, 2019
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Peugeot 2008- TPMS warning lamp illuminated – Autodocta

|Date: December 12, 2019

Peugeot 2008- TPMS warning lamp illuminated – Autodocta

Autodata’s Technical Team share their fixes to common problems raised through Autodata’s technical helpli ...

Autodata’s Technical Team share their fixes to common problems raised through Autodata’s technical helpline, available to all UK customers. Fault: A customer is complaining that the TPMS warning lamp ...

December 12, 2019
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How to install a timing belt on a Volvo D5

|Date: December 05, 2019

How to install a timing belt on a Volvo D5

Dayco sets out the process required to accurately replace a timing belt and the auxiliary drive system on ...

Dayco sets out the process required to accurately replace a timing belt and the auxiliary drive system on a Volvo D5. The 2.0 and 2.4L diesel D5 engines used by Volvo in almost every variant in the ma ...

December 05, 2019
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How to replace the clutch on a Nissan Qashqai 1.5 dCi

|Date: December 04, 2019

How to replace the clutch on a Nissan Qashqai 1.5 dCi

This month, REPXPERT Alistair Mason replaces the clutch assembly in a 2014 2WD Nissan Qashqai, which had ...

This month, REPXPERT Alistair Mason replaces the clutch assembly in a 2014 2WD Nissan Qashqai, which had covered more than 88,000 miles. In the lead up to this clutch replacement, the customer had com ...

December 04, 2019
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