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    Why was the BMW M70 engine facing issues?

    Ben Johnson investigates another “classic” BMW with engine running woes. Ah, the delightful symphony of a ...

    Ben Johnson investigates another “classic” BMW with engine running woes. Ah, the delightful symphony of an M70 engine’s running faults! It seems the universe has bestowed upon me a generous dose of th ...

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    How can using an oscilloscope help diagnostics?

    Ben Johnson investigates how using an oscilloscope along with verified data can help you improve your dia ...

    Ben Johnson investigates how using an oscilloscope along with verified data can help you improve your diagnostic efficiency. This month, I want to emphasise the significance of building your personal ...

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    How to replace the transmission on a BMW i3 REX

    Ben Johnson tackles a tricky transmission replacement on a BMW i3 REX. I had always assumed the transmiss ...

    Ben Johnson tackles a tricky transmission replacement on a BMW i3 REX. I had always assumed the transmission on the BMW i3 was bomb proof. That was, however, until an i3 94 REX was towed into our fron ...

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    Why did the X5 40E start intermittently?

    Ben Johnson is driven to his wits’ end by yet another BMW X5 40E in the workshop. This time, the car refu ...

    Ben Johnson is driven to his wits’ end by yet another BMW X5 40E in the workshop. This time, the car refused to start, until it did start… meaning it wasn’t simply the fuse at fault. These days, the p ...

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    Why the BMW E61 M-Sport is losing power

    Ben Johnson investigates an (extremely) high mileage vehicle which left its driver stranded after losing ...

    Ben Johnson investigates an (extremely) high mileage vehicle which left its driver stranded after losing power and discovers that faults, like good things, come in threes… It has been quite a while si ...

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    Opus explains engine fault in Minis

    Opus IVS, a provider of diagnostics solutions backed by OE master technicians, explains a problem documen ...

    Opus IVS, a provider of diagnostics solutions backed by OE master technicians, explains a problem documented for the N12 engine used on 2006 to 2013 second generation Minis, in which the EML warning l ...

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    Why did the BMW F15 X5’s BDC fail?

    PMM ’s expert diagnostics troubleshooter Ben Johnson wonders whether a simple battery replacement could h ...

    PMM ’s expert diagnostics troubleshooter Ben Johnson wonders whether a simple battery replacement could have saved a customer a lot of money and hassle. A rather sorry looking X5 was dragged into the ...

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    PT-CAN 2 failure diagnostic

    PMM ’s diagnostics expert, Ben Johnson investigates a PT-CAN 2 failure on a vehicle perhaps a little too ...

    PMM ’s diagnostics expert, Ben Johnson investigates a PT-CAN 2 failure on a vehicle perhaps a little too close to home… The morning was crisp and chilly, but nothing could dampen my spirits as I prepa ...

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    Carwood discusses common rail injector failures

    With multiple injections during a combustion cycle, sub-micron tolerances and operating pressures of over ...

    With multiple injections during a combustion cycle, sub-micron tolerances and operating pressures of over 2,000 bar, today’s common rail injectors are having to work harder, making them more susceptib ...

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    DPF warning light diagnosis

    IVS 360 from Opus IVS is backed by over 100 OE-certified master technicians delivering live diagnostic re ...

    IVS 360 from Opus IVS is backed by over 100 OE-certified master technicians delivering live diagnostic repair guidance. Here, we follow the team as they diagnose a vehicle displaying a DPF warning lig ...

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    BMW headlamp failure diagnostic

    Diagnostics expert Ben Johnson investigates a recent headlamp failure on a BMW E60. It would be fair to s ...

    Diagnostics expert Ben Johnson investigates a recent headlamp failure on a BMW E60. It would be fair to state that, at Schmiedmann, we tend to get our share of BMW Exx generation vehicles of which som ...

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    How to fix a Ford Focus with intermittent starting

    PMM’s diagnostics expert Andy Horwat gets to the bottom of why a customer’s Ford was intermittently start ...

    PMM’s diagnostics expert Andy Horwat gets to the bottom of why a customer’s Ford was intermittently starting. A lady phoned me up recently about her 1.6l petrol Ford Focus on a 57 plate. She explained ...

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    ACtronics discusses Ford Transit fault

    ACtronics returns this month to discuss another van-related issue the team has come across. This time, it ...

    ACtronics returns this month to discuss another van-related issue the team has come across. This time, it’s the instrument panel on a 2017 Ford Transit Custom. At first, it seemed like a simple case: ...

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    ACtronics solves a Fiat fault

    This month, ACtronics shares its insights on a peculiar failure the team has seen cropping up on the Fiat ...

    This month, ACtronics shares its insights on a peculiar failure the team has seen cropping up on the Fiat Ducato 3’s instrument cluster. It has been 40 years (!) since the very first Fiat Ducato rolle ...

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    Part two: Pico outlines Honda Civic diagnosis

    We follow up on last month’s case study from Pico Technology detailing Ives Garage’s diagnosis of a Honda ...

    We follow up on last month’s case study from Pico Technology detailing Ives Garage’s diagnosis of a Honda Civic experiencing abnormal levels of vibration whilst accelerating. Welcome back. Hopefully b ...

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