Professional Motor Mechanic

Pico runs through a BMW fault

|Date: October 12, 2020

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 ...

October 12, 2020
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Pico readdresses a cabin fault issue

|Date: July 24, 2020

Pico readdresses a cabin fault issue

With Pico technician Steve Smith zeroing in on the cause of excessive cabin vibration in a BMW 320D M Spo ...

With Pico technician Steve Smith zeroing in on the cause of excessive cabin vibration in a BMW 320D M Sport xDrive Touring, PMM picks up where we left off from April’s issue. Here’s what Steve uncover ...

July 24, 2020
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Pico solves a cabin vibration problem

|Date: May 29, 2020

Pico solves a cabin vibration problem

Pico technician Steve Smith examines a BMW 320D M Sport xDrive Touring after the owner complained of sign ...

Pico technician Steve Smith examines a BMW 320D M Sport xDrive Touring after the owner complained of significant cabin vibrations when travelling at motorway speeds. As a technician, there are a numbe ...

May 29, 2020
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It’s a marathon, not a sprint

|Date: February 28, 2020

It’s a marathon, not a sprint

Pico Technology recently received a case study from Daniel Black, a US Mercedes Benz technician, which sh ...

Pico Technology recently received a case study from Daniel Black, a US Mercedes Benz technician, which showed the process of diagnosing a Mercedes Benz Sprinter 906 suffering from a lack of power. The ...

February 28, 2020
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The 2019 PMM Awards

|Date: December 04, 2019

The 2019 PMM Awards

PMM recognises the products and services that have made waves in the garage industry this year. MEYLE - M ...

PMM recognises the products and services that have made waves in the garage industry this year. MEYLE - Meyle-HD Control Arm Kits To improve vehicle stability and driving comfort, Meyle has refined it ...

December 04, 2019
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A Camry quandary: part 2

|Date: December 02, 2019

A Camry quandary: part 2

We begin where we left off in last month, as Steve Smith, Automotive Application Specialist at Pico, cont ...

We begin where we left off in last month, as Steve Smith, Automotive Application Specialist at Pico, continues his task of correcting a camshaft correlation error on a Toyota Camry… Thanks to our coll ...

December 02, 2019
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A Camry quandary: part 1

|Date: October 15, 2019

A Camry quandary: part 1

In the first of a two-part diagnostic marathon, Steve Smith, Automotive Application Specialist at Pico, d ...

In the first of a two-part diagnostic marathon, Steve Smith, Automotive Application Specialist at Pico, describes how he went about correcting a camshaft correlation error in a Toyota Camry (import) w ...

October 15, 2019
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Faulty Piezo Injector on a Nissan X-Trail

|Date: May 15, 2019

Faulty Piezo Injector on a Nissan X-Trail

Ben Martins, Automotive Applications Specialist at Pico, tries out some new testing methods on a Nissan X ...

Ben Martins, Automotive Applications Specialist at Pico, tries out some new testing methods on a Nissan X-Trail where two fault codes pointed to a problem with all four injectors. ...

May 15, 2019
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Bring the Power of PicoScope into Your Workshop

|Date: April 30, 2019

Bring the Power of PicoScope into Your Workshop

See Pico at MECHANEX Sandown 2019! ...

See Pico at MECHANEX Sandown 2019! ...

April 30, 2019
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Process Makes Perfect: Part 2

|Date: March 15, 2019

Process Makes Perfect: Part 2

Following on from last month’s article about the importance of a clear diagnostic process, technician Ben ...

Following on from last month’s article about the importance of a clear diagnostic process, technician Ben Martins finishes the job. ...

March 15, 2019
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Turbo Under-Boost & Air Flow Meter Drift

|Date: March 06, 2019

Turbo Under-Boost & Air Flow Meter Drift

Technician Simon Littlejohn shares an interesting case study of where the parts cannon failed to fix the ...

Technician Simon Littlejohn shares an interesting case study of where the parts cannon failed to fix the problem and further diagnostic work was required. ...

March 06, 2019
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Process Makes Perfect

|Date: February 14, 2019

Process Makes Perfect

Technician Ben Martins emphasises the importance of a clear diagnostic process, which is particularly use ...

Technician Ben Martins emphasises the importance of a clear diagnostic process, which is particularly useful when diagnosing those more unusual faults. ...

February 14, 2019
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Pico Practical: Cylinder Identification & Relative Compression on CRD Engines

|Date: February 01, 2019

Pico Practical: Cylinder Identification & Relative Compression on CRD Engines

Pico recording from its live stream of its first GoToMeeting webinar that took place in January 2019. ...

Pico recording from its live stream of its first GoToMeeting webinar that took place in January 2019. ...

February 01, 2019
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Audi A6 Quattro S-Line with Parking Brake Failure

|Date: December 12, 2018

Audi A6 Quattro S-Line with Parking Brake Failure

Pico’s Steve Smith walks us through a detailed diagnostic procedure that he recently carried out on a cus ...

Pico’s Steve Smith walks us through a detailed diagnostic procedure that he recently carried out on a customer’s Audi A6 Quattro S-Line. ...

December 12, 2018
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Land Rover Range Rover Sport L320 | Brake Booster Failure

|Date: July 03, 2018

Land Rover Range Rover Sport L320 | Brake Booster Failure

Technician Steve Smith looks at a brake booster failure on a 2007 Land Rover Range Rover Sport L320. ...

Technician Steve Smith looks at a brake booster failure on a 2007 Land Rover Range Rover Sport L320. ...

July 03, 2018
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