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    Fiat 500 fix: Engine misfires from cold

    In this case study, Pico technician Steve Smith describes the diagnostic techniques involved when faced w ...

    In this case study, Pico technician Steve Smith describes the diagnostic techniques involved when faced with a misfire symptom during cold starts in engines that utilise TwinAir technology. Manufactur ...

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    Autodata solves Mercedes-Benz boot fault

    In this regular column, Autodata’s Technical Team share their fixes to common problems raised through Aut ...

    In this regular column, Autodata’s Technical Team share their fixes to common problems raised through Autodata’s technical helpline, available to all UK customers. Mercedes-Benz E-Class - Boot lid wil ...

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    The cause of a Range Rover suspension warning

    In its first contribution to PMM, the IVS 360 team explains how it went about supporting a workshop with ...

    In its first contribution to PMM, the IVS 360 team explains how it went about supporting a workshop with a 2013 Range Rover showing a critical suspension fault warning. Vehicle information Brand: Land ...

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    Scantec uncovers parasitic battery drain cause

    Scantec Automotive’s Ross Kemp explains how his team came to uncover the culprit of parasitic battery dra ...

    Scantec Automotive’s Ross Kemp explains how his team came to uncover the culprit of parasitic battery drain on a Mercedes C220 CDi Sport. We were recently asked to investigate an intermittent parasiti ...

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    Autodata looks at an engine misfire fault

    In this regular column, Autodata’s Technical Team share their fixes to common problems raised through Aut ...

    In this regular column, Autodata’s Technical Team share their fixes to common problems raised through Autodata’s technical helpline, available to all UK customers. Ford Ecosport - Lack of power and en ...

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    PICO takes a look at a vehicle charging fault

    PICO technician Ben Martins faces a Renault Kangoo that is refusing to charge. Here is how he tackled the ...

    PICO technician Ben Martins faces a Renault Kangoo that is refusing to charge. Here is how he tackled the problem… Vehicle information Vehicle: Renault Kangoo Engine code: 5AM 400 Year: 2014 Symptom: ...

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    PICO runs through a BMW fault: Part 2

    Following on from part one of this feature, we rejoin PICO Technician Steve Smith as he continues his bre ...

    Following on from part one of this feature, we rejoin PICO Technician Steve Smith as he continues his breakdown of how to locate the intermittent knocking noises coming from a troublesome BMW. After o ...

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    Scantec solves a Ford Fiesta issue

    Ross Kemp of Scantec Automotive wrestles with a Ford Fiesta that was exhibiting a central locking problem ...

    Ross Kemp of Scantec Automotive wrestles with a Ford Fiesta that was exhibiting a central locking problem. Here’s how he managed to solve the issue… As a German car diagnostic specialist, I often find ...

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    HELLA answers technician's queries

    Throughout lockdown, HELLA’s technical team has been working overtime answering the queries of troubled t ...

    Throughout lockdown, HELLA’s technical team has been working overtime answering the queries of troubled technicians. Here, the experts highlight two areas of particular concern. Vexing Vauxhalls HELLA ...

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    Pico runs through a BMW fault

    Pico Technician, Steve Smith, takes PMM readers through the following case study that looks at a known an ...

    Pico Technician, Steve Smith, takes PMM readers through the following case study that looks at a known and documented issue surrounding a knocking noise from the steering column area of a BMW. Vehicle ...

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    Diagnostics Tool

    The X-431 Euro PRO 4, an advanced automotive diagnostics tool, has been unveiled by Launch, complete with ...

    The X-431 Euro PRO 4, an advanced automotive diagnostics tool, has been unveiled by Launch, complete with a protective case and docking station. The product comes with a two-year warranty and two year ...

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    Dialling into diagrams

    PMM hears from Steve Scott, Founder of The SimplyDiag Network Ltd, on how to make the most of the data av ...

    PMM hears from Steve Scott, Founder of The SimplyDiag Network Ltd, on how to make the most of the data available to you when approaching a diagnostics dilemma. It’s all too common these days to see re ...

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    Diagnostics: reaping what you sow

    The ever-evolving market and its technology may make committing to diagnostics seem daunting. Steve Scott ...

    The ever-evolving market and its technology may make committing to diagnostics seem daunting. Steve Scott, Founder of The SimplyDiag Network, suggests otherwise, explaining the value of diagnostic wor ...

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    The ADAS effect

    These days, workshops have to take a different approach towards looking over vehicles, even in the most r ...

    These days, workshops have to take a different approach towards looking over vehicles, even in the most routine of services. With the increased fitting of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), to ...

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    Sitting in on Troubleshooting 101

    PMM recruited the help of Tony Powell AMIMI, Senior Technician at A P Autodiagnostics, to report back on ...

    PMM recruited the help of Tony Powell AMIMI, Senior Technician at A P Autodiagnostics, to report back on the training offered at the newly opened JLM Academy by diagnostics trailblazer Steve Scott. Ba ...

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