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  • Tech Bits with Steve Rothwell April 2017

  • Apr 17

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...Ford Focus Blower - High Speed Only The resistor pack is fitted into the heater housing just above the passenger footwell Some owners will bring their motor in at the first hint of a problem. Others, like the owner of this 2003 Ford Focus, will happily drive around putting up with a few...

...Tank indicator faulty. Has the cable become detached from the fuel module? Can you hear a loud hissing noise when opening the fuel tank cap? The problem may be in the fuel tank ventilation system. Don’t want to miss any more videos? Then subscribe to this channel. 00:00 Problem: L...

...Tales fron the workshop with Steve Rothwell Ford Focus - A bigger power steering job The most notable thing about the problem on this 2003 Ford Focus was that the owner was unaware that he had a problem. The vehicle had come in for its annual service and the first thing we noticed wa...

...Intermittent Faults One of the most challenging issued faced by technicians is the intermittent fault that only occurs rarely, but has a big impact on the performance of a customer's car. It disappears just as fast, leaving behind it only a fault code. On investigation of the fault code,...

...BMW ABS issue BMW 1 Series E87 Case Study This vehicle was reported to have an ABS DSC light on and was diagnosed as a Left Rear Sensor Signal Missing. The sensor was resistance tested and compared to the opposite sensor. The resistance was not the same, so a new sensor was fitted, an...

...Sensor Confusion - What type of sensor is it? In 1993, it became law in the UK for petrol cars to be fitted with a catalytic converter, or cat, in the exhaust system. This was the demise of the carburetor for mass produced road legal vehicles. But the cat was only just the beginning of a...

...Always Verify… I recently had a call from a workshop about a 2009 Mazda6 MZR 2.2 Diesel with a running issue. The vehicle had been previously with another workshop, but the customer was unhappy with the ongoing diagnosis and decided to give it to a new garage for a fresh look. The fi...

...Alternators - Time for a rethink Vehicles have always needed electrical power to run various systems. In the beginning, manufacturers developed the dynamo to provide the energy required to run the limited systems like lighting, wipers and heating. For the luxury models, even a radio was f...

...3 System failures from 1 Actual fault Case Study - Peugeot 207 1.4 2008 KFU The customer complaint was that intermittently the engine warning light would illuminate and at the same time the ABS light and electronic power steering fault light. The speedometer would also stop reading. O...

...A recent call to the Helpline involved a Ford Mondeo misfire. The 2007 Mondeo 1.8 TDCi had a misfire on cylinder 1, with a code present for Injector circuit failure. On investigation, the injector circuit was shorted within the injector. A new injector was sourced from a local supplier and...



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