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Less Weight, More Challenges

|Date: September 14, 2016

Less Weight, More Challenges

Neil Kidby, Service Tool Specialist at Sealey, looks at why aluminium suspension components are more freq ...

Neil Kidby, Service Tool Specialist at Sealey, looks at why aluminium suspension components are more frequently used in vehicle designs and the new challenges this has created for the workshop technic ...

September 14, 2016
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Front Shock Fitment: Alfa Romeo

|Date: September 12, 2016

Front Shock Fitment: Alfa Romeo

Step by step replacement guide for 01.11 Mito Model With nearly 18,000 of these models on the road in the ...

Step by step replacement guide for 01.11 Mito Model With nearly 18,000 of these models on the road in the UK, the chances that your workshop will be faced with a shock absorber replacement are fairly ...

September 12, 2016
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How to Fit a Clutch on a Skoda Octavia

|Date: September 10, 2016

How to Fit a Clutch on a Skoda Octavia

Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket (UK) provides a full replacement guide for the 2006 1.6 petrol model Sk ...

Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket (UK) provides a full replacement guide for the 2006 1.6 petrol model Skoda introduced the Octavia in 1996, before releasing the the generation 3 in 2013. The Octavia ...

September 10, 2016
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Vehicle Troubleshooter – Why Was The Passat Smoking?

|Date: September 09, 2016

Vehicle Troubleshooter – Why Was The Passat Smoking?

VW Passat 2.0 D; Black Smoke Emitted and Misfire on Idle. I was recently presented with a VW Passat 2.0 D ...

VW Passat 2.0 D; Black Smoke Emitted and Misfire on Idle. I was recently presented with a VW Passat 2.0 D that had 225K miles on the clock and was fitted with a Bosch EDC 1.5 system. The main symptoms ...

September 09, 2016
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A/C – A Strategy For Success

|Date: September 07, 2016

A/C – A Strategy For Success

A ‘best practice’ approach to air conditioning service will help your business to thrive this summer, as ...

A ‘best practice’ approach to air conditioning service will help your business to thrive this summer, as Steve Hudson, Head of Business Development at BEHR HELLA SERVICE explains. Today, virtually eve ...

September 07, 2016
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How To Remove Brake Bleeder Nuts

|Date: September 06, 2016

How To Remove Brake Bleeder Nuts

A safe and easy way to overcome issues with removing seized parts. Removing brake bleeder nuts is often a ...

A safe and easy way to overcome issues with removing seized parts. Removing brake bleeder nuts is often a lengthy, difficult and frustrating task. The nuts rust easily and, as they’re usually placed i ...

September 06, 2016
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“We Want to Improve A/C Expertise Across the Industry.”

|Date: September 05, 2016

“We Want to Improve A/C Expertise Across the Industry.”

Following the announcement of its dedicated A/C Training Concept for technicians, we talk to Nissens abou ...

Following the announcement of its dedicated A/C Training Concept for technicians, we talk to Nissens about what delegates can expect to encounter. PMM: Why is it so important for workshops to have ded ...

September 05, 2016
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Are you Filling Blue? – AdBlue Systems

|Date: September 04, 2016

Are you Filling Blue? – AdBlue Systems

Although workshops are yet to see high volumes of vehicles fitted with AdBlue systems, this number will s ...

Although workshops are yet to see high volumes of vehicles fitted with AdBlue systems, this number will soon increase. We talk to Chris Knight, MD of Permex to find out why the correct equipment is vi ...

September 04, 2016
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Why Do A/C Components Fail?

|Date: September 02, 2016

Why Do A/C Components Fail?

Are you a serial A/C compressor killer? These days customers are a much savvier breed. The internet provi ...

Are you a serial A/C compressor killer? These days customers are a much savvier breed. The internet provides them with more information and this has led to a growing need to understand why a certain p ...

September 02, 2016
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How to Improve Your KTS Diagnostic Capabilities. Part 8: Understanding the built-in multimeter and oscilloscope.

|Date: August 31, 2016

How to Improve Your KTS Diagnostic Capabilities. Part 8: Understanding the built-in multimeter and oscilloscope.

KTS Diagnostic Made 'ESI' from Robert Bosch This regular series of technical articles from Bosch focuses ...

KTS Diagnostic Made 'ESI' from Robert Bosch This regular series of technical articles from Bosch focuses on how to get the best out of its ESI[tronic] 2.0 software, which is used in conjunction with ...

August 31, 2016
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Gear Oils – How Do They Work?

|Date: August 30, 2016

Gear Oils – How Do They Work?

Why the correct application is so important to the vehicles health. While everyone recognises that it’s i ...

Why the correct application is so important to the vehicles health. While everyone recognises that it’s important to identify and fit the correct engine oils by application, it’s no less critical to f ...

August 30, 2016
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Brake Fluid – What to Use and When to Replace

|Date: August 25, 2016

Brake Fluid – What to Use and When to Replace

A technicians guide to brake fluid- What spec should you use and when should replacement take place? Flui ...

A technicians guide to brake fluid- What spec should you use and when should replacement take place? Fluids come in many guises, but the vast majority of vehicles coming into a workshop have a glycol ...

August 25, 2016
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How To Spot Clutch Bearing Issues

|Date: August 23, 2016

How To Spot Clutch Bearing Issues

Clutch release bearings: Fault diagnosis and replacement advice. Despite its apparent functional simplici ...

Clutch release bearings: Fault diagnosis and replacement advice. Despite its apparent functional simplicity, a vehicle clutch is a complex system comprising many individual components, including the r ...

August 23, 2016
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Understanding Hybrid Wiper Blades

|Date: August 22, 2016

Understanding Hybrid Wiper Blades

Confusion can sometimes reign amongst garages when technicians are faced with hybrid wiper blades, accord ...

Confusion can sometimes reign amongst garages when technicians are faced with hybrid wiper blades, according to global manufacturer TRICO. To assist, Product and Brand Manager, Sam Robinson, answers f ...

August 22, 2016
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Pressure School – Part 2: A Running Diagnosis

|Date: August 21, 2016

Pressure School – Part 2: A Running Diagnosis

Following directly on from Pressure School – Part 1, where we discussed the benefits of in-cylinder press ...

Following directly on from Pressure School – Part 1, where we discussed the benefits of in-cylinder pressure analysis with an engine cranking, we now move on to in-cylinder analysis with an engine run ...

August 21, 2016
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