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  Technical Bulletin

• Opel Astra H - Engine overheats, defective thermostatt

• Mar 13

• Hella Ireland (1757)
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...Opel Astra H Model year: 2009 - 2010 Engine: Z16XEP+Z16XER+Z18XER+A16XER+A18XE Engine overheats / defective thermostat The above vehicles can experience engine overheating due to a defective coolant thermostat. Micro-cracks in the thermostat housing can allow wax filling to es...

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  Tech Tip

• Diagnostics - Don't Always Believe the Diagnostic Trouble Code

• Mar 13

• Ryans Automotive (14)
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...Diagnostics - Don't Always Believe the Code A diagnostic tool can give a fault code that sounds very precise about where the fault lies, but the important thing to remember, is that the tool can only give out the information it receives from the vehicle’s ECU. A.D.S reminds us that the...

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• Thinking Through DMFs

• Mar 13

• LuK (131) Contact
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...Thinking Through DMFs When a car comes into your garage and you think the Dual Mass Flywheel (DMF) is the cause of the rattle, do you jump right in and change it? Or would you take a few moments and analyse the situation? Schaeffler’s Malcolm Short, has some thoughts about what you...

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• Nissan Navara Fuel Pump ECU Reset

• Mar 13

• Blue Print (202) Contact
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...Nissan Navara Fuel Pump ECU Reset 1. Take the vehicle for a drive until the engine is up to operating temperature 2. Turn everything off and keep the doors shut 3. Turn on the ignition so that all the dash lights come on 4. Wait 3 seconds 5. PUMP the accelerator pedal 5 times within 5 se...

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  Service Information

• Chain Driven Water Pump Problems

• Mar 13

• Gates (127) Contact
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...Timing belt drive systems come with a variety of tensioning methods and components. In the past, engines used a manual tensioner (or eccentric pulley) for the drives, which had to be installed and then locked in place. Over time the belt tension would change as there is no self-adjustment...

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• Drive Belt Wear

• Feb 13

• Dayco (52)
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...Dayco Technical Series - Belt Wear In this Tech Series video we focus on Belt Wear. Belts wear out differently than they used to so it's important to be able to identify the different signs of wear. We provide tips on how to identify worn belts, highlighting our free aWEARness gauge....

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• Mazda 5 DPF issue, Jim investigates...

• Feb 13

• Blue Print (202) Contact
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...Jim investigates... Mazda 5 DPF issue Written by Jim gilmour Blue Print’s Technical Consultant. Part of my job is to support customers who have bought a blue Print g-Scan and there’s nothing better than working through a real life situation to really get to grips with it. on one vi...

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• A closer look at the Volt/Ampera

• Feb 13

• Blue Print (202) Contact
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...A closer look at the Volt/Ampera Written by Jim gilmour Blue Print's Technical Consultant. Volt /ampera toyota, lexus and honda have dominated the hybrid market for the last 12 years but recently we have seen a flurry of hybrids emerging from manufacturers including Porsche, Mercedes...

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  Technical Bulletin

• Oil Circuit Pressurising Procedure

• Feb 13

• Pierburg (204)
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...© MS Motor Service International GmbH – 02/13 ENSI 0012www.ms-motor-service.comMS Motor Service International GmbH · 74196 Neuenstadt · GermanyPOil Circuit Pressurizing ProcedureFor technical personnel only!P age 1/2Situation: At the first start-up after a complete overhaul of an eng...

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  Part Info Sheet

• Timing Belt Kit with Water Pump TIP0024 - 36415

• Feb 13

• febi (170)
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...Timing belt kit with water pump and camshaft gear febi no. 36444 Repl. no. 77 01 477 023 S2 (7701477023S2 ) Fits Renault 1.6 16V (K4M) engines In the engines referred to above, the camshaft gear or the dephaser pulley responsible for adjustment of the variable timing sits on the intake c...