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CAN Bus fault finding tips and hints – Part 1

|Date: June 26, 2012

CAN Bus fault finding tips and hints – Part 1

Since the introduction of the CAN (Controller Area Network) Bus in production cars in 1991, this technolo ...

Since the introduction of the CAN (Controller Area Network) Bus in production cars in 1991, this technology has grown from luxury models to virtually all levels of vehicle today. In the past few years ...

June 26, 2012
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CAN Bus fault finding tips and hints – Part 2

|Date: June 26, 2012

CAN Bus fault finding tips and hints – Part 2

In the previous article on this subject, we illustrated how to recognise a healthy CAN Bus using a PC-bas ...

In the previous article on this subject, we illustrated how to recognise a healthy CAN Bus using a PC-based oscilloscope to observe the CAN frames, and using a simple ohmmeter to check the bus connect ...

June 26, 2012
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How to replace a timing belt on Various Daewoo models

|Date: June 26, 2012

How to replace a timing belt on Various Daewoo models

Although perhaps not the most common of vehicles, there are still many Daewoo’s traveling the length and ...

Although perhaps not the most common of vehicles, there are still many Daewoo’s traveling the length and breadth of the country, so they are not infrequent visitors to the service bays of the independ ...

June 26, 2012
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Dealing with idler pulley failures on various GM models

|Date: June 26, 2012

Dealing with idler pulley failures on various GM models

One of the reoccurring repair issues that has become a problem for the independent workshop is the failur ...

One of the reoccurring repair issues that has become a problem for the independent workshop is the failure of the idler pulley on the 1.7 diesel engine fitted to many General Motors (GM) vehicles such ...

June 26, 2012
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