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    Why Do Actuators Go Wrong?

    Melett take us through some common problems that can cause a turbo to fail Common turbo failure modes cre ...

    Melett take us through some common problems that can cause a turbo to fail Common turbo failure modes create much discussion between our customers and technical department. To help identify common fai ...

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    Why Thinner Engine Oils Can Help VMs Meet Targets

    Thin is the new thick. As more aggressive CO2 rules loom, we find out why thinner engine oils can help VM ...

    Thin is the new thick. As more aggressive CO2 rules loom, we find out why thinner engine oils can help VMs to meet these targets. Driven largely by last year’s ‘diesel-gate’ fall-out, VMs are now bein ...

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    Fuel Filter Fitment Made Easy

    How to ensure trouble-free installation and performance. Miten Parikh, Product General Manager, Comline s ...

    How to ensure trouble-free installation and performance. Miten Parikh, Product General Manager, Comline shares some insight into one of the aftermarket’s most popular replacement filters. As a proud B ...

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    Should You Be Fishing Upstream?

    Stuart Still, Technical Trainer at EEC explains why a faulty turbo can lead to DPF damage. I regularly re ...

    Stuart Still, Technical Trainer at EEC explains why a faulty turbo can lead to DPF damage. I regularly receive calls from workshops complaining that a customer’s vehicle is suffering from a ‘faulty’ o ...

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    Product Test - Pro-Cut Brake Lathe

    Technician Ed Grimley, Staffs, test drives the Pro-Cut Brake Lathe - "The finish on the disc was incredib ...

    Technician Ed Grimley, Staffs, test drives the Pro-Cut Brake Lathe - "The finish on the disc was incredible." The Pro-Cut brake lathe has always been one of those pieces of equipment that I've wanted ...

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    How to Fit a Clutch on a VW Golf

    A full clutch replacement guide for a 1.6 petrol VW Golf FSI model; BLF engine code. The Volkswagen Golf ...

    A full clutch replacement guide for a 1.6 petrol VW Golf FSI model; BLF engine code. The Volkswagen Golf is a very popular vehicle on the UK’s roads, with many engine and model options available to ch ...

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    Copy Gets A Pasting

    Drivers who opt for cheap copy turbos could pay the price when it comes to performance, as BTN Turbo expl ...

    Drivers who opt for cheap copy turbos could pay the price when it comes to performance, as BTN Turbo explains. A series of independent tests carried out by the Millbrook Group in the UK has shown that ...

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    Is Your Hand Brake Adjustment Out?

    How to reset the handbrake mechanism when fitting calipers If the hand brake lever is moved prior to fitt ...

    How to reset the handbrake mechanism when fitting calipers If the hand brake lever is moved prior to fitting and adjustment to the vehicle it will throw the automatic hand brake adjustment out. If thi ...

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    What's In A Warranty?

    DPFs and Catalytic Converters can fail for various reasons but, in many cases, it has little to do with t ...

    DPFs and Catalytic Converters can fail for various reasons but, in many cases, it has little to do with the unit itself and will be due to another fault elsewhere within the car. As a result, we belie ...

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    What Causes Early Pump Failure?

    Andrew Vaux, Technical Support & Training Specialist at Gates talks us through the most common reason ...

    Andrew Vaux, Technical Support & Training Specialist at Gates talks us through the most common reasons for water pump problems. Following recent analysis of our inspection data we’ve been able to ...

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    How to fit a rear wheel bearing

    A rear wheel bearing replacement guide for a Land Rover Freelander TD4.E In this step-by-step tutorial we ...

    A rear wheel bearing replacement guide for a Land Rover Freelander TD4.E In this step-by-step tutorial we’re replacing the N/S rear wheel bearing on a 2010 Land Rover Freelander. Land Rover introduced ...

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    Regulator Terminals - What Do They Mean?

    Tony Bhogal, Managing Director, Autoelectro runs us through the meanings for regulator terminals. Do you ...

    Tony Bhogal, Managing Director, Autoelectro runs us through the meanings for regulator terminals. Do you know your ‘C’ from your ‘D’? F/DF: (Field/Digital Field) Bosch alternators with internal fan – ...

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    Timing Belt Tutorial – Renault Megane

    Timing belt replacement guide for a Renault Megane II D - Dayco timing belt kit KTBWP5320. The 1.5-litre ...

    Timing belt replacement guide for a Renault Megane II D - Dayco timing belt kit KTBWP5320. The 1.5-litre diesel engine used in the Mégane II features a timing belt driven water pump. As replacing the ...

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    How to Improve Your KTS Diagnostic Capabilities. Part 10: The Maintenance and Equipment Tabs

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

    KTS Diagnostics 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 ...

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    How to Check For Faulty Air Mass Sensors

    Simple steps to identifying a defective component. Nowadays, almost all vehicles have an on-board diagnos ...

    Simple steps to identifying a defective component. Nowadays, almost all vehicles have an on-board diagnostic,which records faults in the vehicle and stores the possible causes in a fault code memory. ...

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