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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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    Scantec Automotive addresses vehicle diagnostics

    Ross Kemp, of Scantec Automotive, understands the difficulties of keeping a functioning data log. In this ...

    Ross Kemp, of Scantec Automotive, understands the difficulties of keeping a functioning data log. In this article, he outlines the system his business uses to ensure that he always has access to the i ...

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    How skilled will I be in 20 years?

    Regular contributor Josh Jones ponders this question after carrying out a particularly interesting vehicl ...

    Regular contributor Josh Jones ponders this question after carrying out a particularly interesting vehicle diagnosis. With cars changing as fast as they are at the moment, I ask myself this question p ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    Fault codes – symptom or cause?

    Ross Kemp of Scantec Automotive highlights a recent case where a DPF fault code turned out to be far more ...

    Ross Kemp of Scantec Automotive highlights a recent case where a DPF fault code turned out to be far more complicated than it first appeared. We were recently tasked with investigating a DPF-related f ...

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    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 ...

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