...Diagnostics BMW X5, VW Golf Mk4 and a Fiat Punto Marea Nothing is as good as good information eXponentia’s Steve Carter recounts troubleshooting faults on three very different cars with one common key to a successful repair; the availability of vehicle specific information....
...Diagnostics Smart Charging and Battery Replacement Replacing a worn out battery in a car, would probably be ranked as one of the easiest repair jobs any mechanic would be asked to do. But in some cases, you would be wrong. New technology has come to most parts of a car, and now it has t...
...Diagnostics Mercedes AMG Ignition Coil Trouble codes - lost in translation An older model Mercedes that ran well failed the NCT on excessive emissions. The trouble code was less than straight forward in it’s attempt to explain the cause of the fault. A bit of good diagnostics and...
...Training Saves You Money Steve Carter from eXponentia, gives an example highlighting how too little knowledge will cost you a lot more than paying for training, by keeping your technicians’ skills up-to-date. When discussing training requirements for garages, it is often stated that...
...Diagnostics Fiat Ducato Will Not Start eXponentia’s Steve Carter tackles a Fiat that refused to start a replacement engine, thought to be identical to the failed engine. But sometimes things are not as they appear to be, and only knowledge and good diagnostics will get you to a ha...
...Steve Carter of eXponentia takes us through a not uncommon fault that he observed in a Ford Mondeo TDCi, and shows how to identify and repair the fault in a timely manner. Although this fault was unusual in its severity, the fault itself is not uncommon and given that this par...
...Diagnostics on a Volvo S40, VW Polo and a Citroen C8 Three cars put eXponentia’s Steve Carter through his diagnostic paces, but all is not as it seems. Sometimes the real problem is beyond the ability of the ECU to understand, other than to say that something is wrong. That&...
...Diagnsotics CAN Bus Citroen C8 A needle in a haystack eXponentia gets to grips with the Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus system and figures out an intermittent fault on a 2007 Citroen C8 climate control system. I am sure we have all become aware of the complex nature of wiring...
...Filter Air Particulate System eXponentia looks at the Filter Air Particulate (FAP) system, the aims of the system and the opportunities it presents for the independent garage. I suspect few technicians would argue that diesel engines have changed beyond all recognition within the last 1...