Professional Motor Mechanic

How to diagnose a misfiring Peugeot 206

|Date: April 17, 2013

How to diagnose a misfiring Peugeot 206

VEHICLE: Peugeot 206 1.4 ENGINE CODE: KFW YEAR: 2006 SYMPTOMS: Misfire at cold start that clears quickly ...

VEHICLE: Peugeot 206 1.4 ENGINE CODE: KFW YEAR: 2006 SYMPTOMS: Misfire at cold start that clears quickly This car arrived in the workshop with some clear symptoms:when cold starting, the vehicle would ...

April 17, 2013
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Multiple warning light issues on a BMW Mini

|Date: December 20, 2012

Multiple warning light issues on a BMW Mini

Doing work for asecond-hand car salesman can be abit... well let’s say annoying at times! Their main conc ...

Doing work for asecond-hand car salesman can be abit... well let’s say annoying at times! Their main concern is their profit and the jobs I receive from car sales plots are often in-depth. What’s more ...

December 20, 2012
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Solving an issue on a poor running Vauxhall Vivaro

|Date: November 26, 2012

Solving an issue on a poor running Vauxhall Vivaro

Like any good garage, we start all of our diagnostic jobs with a customer interrogation to try and get a ...

Like any good garage, we start all of our diagnostic jobs with a customer interrogation to try and get a full picture of their complaint. The customer in this case was quite clear that his van had no ...

November 26, 2012
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Poor running VW Golf

|Date: November 25, 2012

Poor running VW Golf

Vehicle: VW Golf 1.9 TDI Engine code: ALH Year: 2001 Symptoms: Rough running on cold start–up, white smok ...

Vehicle: VW Golf 1.9 TDI Engine code: ALH Year: 2001 Symptoms: Rough running on cold start–up, white smoke and smell of unburned fuel. A lack of power and general poor drivability were also noticeable ...

November 25, 2012
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How to diagnose problems with VNT turbos

|Date: June 26, 2012

How to diagnose problems with VNT turbos

Tools: Pico WPS500X Pressure Transducer and oscilloscope I was fortunate enough recently to get hold of a ...

Tools: Pico WPS500X Pressure Transducer and oscilloscope I was fortunate enough recently to get hold of a WPS500X Pressure Transducer and looked forward to using it right away. It didn’t take long bef ...

June 26, 2012
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Poor running Mitsubishi Shogun

|Date: June 26, 2012

Poor running Mitsubishi Shogun

I was asked to look at a Mitsubishi Shogun that had come to us with the EML on. This had already been loo ...

I was asked to look at a Mitsubishi Shogun that had come to us with the EML on. This had already been looked at by another garage, the customer had taken it back to them twice with the same problem an ...

June 26, 2012
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Proton Impian with a camshaft sensor issue

|Date: June 26, 2012

Proton Impian with a camshaft sensor issue

The problem: A Proton Impian was suffering from intermittent starting problems, and the vehicle randomly ...

The problem: A Proton Impian was suffering from intermittent starting problems, and the vehicle randomly cut out. This caused the engine warning light to illuminate. The first stage of the investigati ...

June 26, 2012
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How to solve a common rail diesel fuel system issue on a Peugeot 307 HDI

|Date: June 26, 2012

How to solve a common rail diesel fuel system issue on a Peugeot 307 HDI

Given the self-diagnostic capability of modern diesel as well as petrol engine management systems, it ise ...

Given the self-diagnostic capability of modern diesel as well as petrol engine management systems, it iseasy for fault symptoms to be mis-interpreted as something more complex than they actually are. ...

June 26, 2012
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Poor running Ford Focus TDCi

|Date: June 26, 2012

Poor running Ford Focus TDCi

If you were to ask five different technicians what diagnostics is, it’s likely that you’ll get a number o ...

If you were to ask five different technicians what diagnostics is, it’s likely that you’ll get a number of different answers. Some will consider that the diagnostics are done by a scan tool, some will ...

June 26, 2012
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