“Stories from the Road 9”

The book series, “Stories from the Road – An Automotive Case Studies Series” is a real work in action about the intricacies of modern automotive diagnostics. It is based on actual real life situations. From this book you may extract real-life lessons, which will help you as an automotive aficionado, DIY mechanic and professional technician. The work is divided into narrated stories representing real-life applications of diagnostic technology, equipment usage, repair techniques and knowledge based information. Here, you’ll get input on how to use the automotive scan-tool, OBD-2 ECM/PCM readers, oscilloscope, graphing multi-meter, signal tone injector and many other diagnostic tools. You’ll also get deep insights on testing all kinds of sensors and actuators, such as injectors, solenoids, transmission components, motors, fuel pumps, CAM and crank sensors, TPS, MAF, Knock and pretty much every component seen today. All the content is presented on a narrated, story like format to make the knowledge easy and fun to comprehend. With that in mind, enjoy your readings. Stories from the Road 9 – Content * – The PTC Learning Curve What’s a PTC? Found on Dodge vehicles, it is here to stay and can through a diagnostic out of bounce. This vehicle would start then stall and afterwards it would not start again until some time had passed. The ECM was replaced, but nothing worked. See what this case diagnostic can tech you. * – The Sputtering Malibu A Chevy with a drivability complaint and a misfire code that was hard to diagnose. See how this diagnostic developed from using a Tech-2 factory scanner to the logical path that made the tech repair the issue. * – The Tachometer Coil Affair A no-spark condition on a Dodge, but what does that have to do with a tachometer? Ignition and coil assemblies were replaced, but the issue remained. See how it all worked out from dedicated CG video diagrams to expose the issue. Also get a grip on using the graphing mu