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

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    Following the recent growth in Motorpoint’s Peterborough branch, the company required a new, larger workshop. However, with this comes the headache of sourcing new equipment. Thankfully, Gemco was at ...

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  • The Power of Four

    |Date: December 12, 2018
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  • DS-Flash: A Pass-Through Case Study

    |Date: November 09, 2018
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    Burton Motor Workshop invested in Delphi’s DS-FLASH tool in 2017 and they are now enjoying the full benefits that pass-through diagnostic capability can offer. ...

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  • Malfunction Indicator Lamp Illuminated – Mercedes GL550

    |Date: June 11, 2018
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    Malfunction Indicator Lamp Illuminated – Mercedes GL550

    Scott Baylis of the Von Housen Automotive Group, looks at a Mercedes GL550 with the engine malfunction in ...

    Scott Baylis of the Von Housen Automotive Group, looks at a Mercedes GL550 with the engine malfunction indicator illuminated. ...

    June 11, 2018
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  • Audi Diagnose That?

    |Date: January 15, 2018
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    This month, Joshua Jones has teamed up with Volkscraft, an Exeter-based independent VAG group specialist, to bring you his account of an interesting diagnostic dilemma involving a 2009 Audi TTS 2.0 TF ...

    January 15, 2018
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  • How to Fit a Timing Belt on a Skoda Fabia

    |Date: December 15, 2017
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    Timing belt replacement guide on a 2013 Skoda Fabia, Monte Carlo Engine: 1.6 TDi, 16-valve (engine CAYC) following issues with timing belt noise. ...

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    |Date: November 15, 2017
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    October 26, 2017
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  • Fixing the Unfixable Car – 2009 Audi A3

    |Date: September 21, 2017
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    A couple of years ago, the owner of a 2009 Audi A3 went around to many garages in Ireland, in search of a ...

    A couple of years ago, the owner of a 2009 Audi A3 went around to many garages in Ireland, in search of a cure for a severe running problem. After many unsuccessful repair attempts, Train4Auto’s Steve ...

    September 21, 2017
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  • Equalisation Charge for a Hybrid

    |Date: August 30, 2017
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    Equalisation Charge for a Hybrid

    In this case study, Steve Carter describes a problem he encountered on a Prius. ...

    In this case study, Steve Carter describes a problem he encountered on a Prius. ...

    August 30, 2017
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  • What was Causing Nissan Nightmares?

    |Date: August 28, 2017
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    What was Causing Nissan Nightmares?

    Josh Jones, a Devon-based Garage Manager for the AA, reaffirms his beliefs about well-thought out diagnos ...

    Josh Jones, a Devon-based Garage Manager for the AA, reaffirms his beliefs about well-thought out diagnostic procedures. ...

    August 28, 2017
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  • Faulty ABS Operation on Subaru Legacy

    |Date: July 31, 2017
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    Case study of a faulty ABS operation on a 2005 Subaru Legacy SE. ...

    Case study of a faulty ABS operation on a 2005 Subaru Legacy SE. ...

    July 31, 2017
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  • What was Causing the Transit Troubles?

    |Date: June 16, 2017
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    What was Causing the Transit Troubles?

    Joshua Jones, a Devon-based Garage Manager for the AA, stresses the need for mechanics to take a step bac ...

    Joshua Jones, a Devon-based Garage Manager for the AA, stresses the need for mechanics to take a step back and not be driven by assumptions when looking for a vehicle fault. As I tried to describe in ...

    June 16, 2017
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  • ‘It’s Never the ECU’ – Or is it?

    |Date: May 26, 2017
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    Joshua Jones, a Devon-based Garage Manager for the AA, is back reporting for PMM this month, as he consid ...

    Joshua Jones, a Devon-based Garage Manager for the AA, is back reporting for PMM this month, as he considers the old adage, ‘It’s never the ECU’. I am sure that many of PMM's readers are familiar with ...

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