...When customers interfere and previous diagnoses are not accurate or correct This 2013 Golf VII 5G1 arrived having been doing the rounds at various garages trying to solve an SRS fault. Initial scan results showed a fault with the passenger pretensioner module A, no communication. The fa...
...Opel Astra - Common link arm knock One of the things that drives many motorists mad is when they get an infuriating knock from the suspension while driving. Many will put up with a whistle or a squeak, but when it’s a knock, they are straight in for me to try and find its source. Th...
...ALFA 147 - Suspension wear remote bolt One thing that any long term mechanic will soon get to realise, is that certain problems will occur with certain vehicles, and they will continue to occur for the life of that vehicle. I have seen quite a few Alfa Romeos which have suffered from to...
...LuK Clutch Academy - 2005 BMW X3 2.0D REPXPERT Alistair Mason replaces the clutch and dual mass flywheel in a 2005 BMW X3 fitted with a 2.0 diesel engine. The X3 shares the same platform as the 3 Series, so if you’ve replaced a clutch on one of these, everything will look pretty famil...
...BMW X5 - when the Fix is not the Fix Tales from the Helpline This is an interesting case of a non-starting BMW X5. The workshop was called to start a BMW X5 E70 that had sat unused for several months. Suspecting a flat battery, the garage sent a technician to jump start the BMW. The b...
...Checking Turbocharger Operation with a Scope Steve is here to show us how the intake manifold pressure for turbocharged vehicles works and how we can test the turbocharger operation with the WPS500X pressure transducer. Steve...
...Checking Intake Manifold Pressure with a Scope Steve is here to show us how to test the intake manifold pressure during cranking with the WPS500X pressure transducer....
...Checking Oil Pressure with a Scope Steve shows us how to measure oil pressure with the WPS500X pressure transducer, showing us how to connect to the system and how to perform the test....
...Blue Print ADB112108 To fit: BMW 2 Series (F45, F46), i8 (I12), X1 (F48), X2 (F39) and MINI (F54, F55, F56, F57, F60) models Oil Filter Attention! The BMW engines fitted to the vehicles listed above are equipped with a two-piece oil filter cap, which oil filter element ADB112108...
...febi 47224 Oil Filter To Fit: BMW 2 Series (F45, F46), i8 (I12), X1 (F48), X2 (F39) and MINI (F54, F55, F56, F57, F60) models BMW 2 Series, i8, X1, X2 and MINI Attention! The BMW engines fitted to the vehicles listed above are equipped with a two-piece oil filter cap, which oil f...