Professional Motor Mechanic

EGR System Faults

|Date: September 25, 2017

EGR System Faults

PMM catches up with Joshua Jones, who recounts a couple of EGR system faults that he has recently encount ...

PMM catches up with Joshua Jones, who recounts a couple of EGR system faults that he has recently encountered. ...

September 25, 2017
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BMW EWS Tampering

|Date: March 06, 2017

BMW EWS Tampering

Autologic, fault to fix - BMW E6X, E8X & MINI R56/55/57/59/60; Non starter, but will crank. This faul ...

Autologic, fault to fix - BMW E6X, E8X & MINI R56/55/57/59/60; Non starter, but will crank. This fault will often trigger a EWS anti-tampering fault code message (as well as various other codes) a ...

March 06, 2017
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How to Improve Your KTS Diagnostic Capabilities. Part 10: The Maintenance and Equipment Tabs

|Date: November 21, 2016

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 ...

November 21, 2016
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How to Check For Faulty Air Mass Sensors

|Date: November 18, 2016

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. ...

November 18, 2016
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Why Was the Taurus Temperamental?

|Date: November 16, 2016

Why Was the Taurus Temperamental?

Ford Taurus 2001 3L V6 Engine; Non-starting problems In this example Power Probe show us how to quickly s ...

Ford Taurus 2001 3L V6 Engine; Non-starting problems In this example Power Probe show us how to quickly solve a non- starting Ford Taurus by using the Power Probe IV while following the basic steps of ...

November 16, 2016
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How to improve your KTS diagnostic capabilities. Part 9: Global OBD II, emissions based system diagnosis

|Date: October 24, 2016

How to improve your KTS diagnostic capabilities. Part 9: Global OBD II, emissions based system diagnosis

This regular series of technical articles from Bosch focuses on how to get the best out of its ESI[tronic ...

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 the KTS range of diagnostic tools for vehicle ...

October 24, 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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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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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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What Caused the Volvo to ‘Brake’?

|Date: August 15, 2016

What Caused the Volvo to ‘Brake’?

2008 Volvo V70 D; EMS & ABS light on, but only airbag DTCS present A 2008 Volvo V70 with a D5 turboch ...

2008 Volvo V70 D; EMS & ABS light on, but only airbag DTCS present A 2008 Volvo V70 with a D5 turbocharged diesel engine was towed to a garage after breaking down on the road. The car wouldn’t cra ...

August 15, 2016
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How to improve your KTS diagnostics capabilities. Part 7: Customer support, ESI ticket and KTS product enhancement

|Date: August 13, 2016

How to improve your KTS diagnostics capabilities. Part 7: Customer support, ESI ticket and KTS product enhancement

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 ...

August 13, 2016
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BMW/Mini – K_BUS system errors

|Date: August 11, 2016

BMW/Mini – K_BUS system errors

Autologic Diagnostics' Technical Help Desk looks at a common diagnostic complaint on BMWs and Minis. ...

Autologic Diagnostics' Technical Help Desk looks at a common diagnostic complaint on BMWs and Minis. ...

August 11, 2016
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Mercedes-Benz AFM issues – what’s the cause?

|Date: August 07, 2016

Mercedes-Benz AFM issues – what’s the cause?

Thijs Jasnik, COO, ACtronics, explains the technology behind a Mercedes-Benz A-Class (W168) with VDO ECU. ...

Thijs Jasnik, COO, ACtronics, explains the technology behind a Mercedes-Benz A-Class (W168) with VDO ECU. ...

August 07, 2016
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Pressure School Part 1: Introduction to the pressure transducer

|Date: August 05, 2016

Pressure School Part 1: Introduction to the pressure transducer

The demand for equally advanced test equipment and measurement techniques has increased. ...

The demand for equally advanced test equipment and measurement techniques has increased. ...

August 05, 2016
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