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• Technical Bulletin

• Alternator/Starter Failure Caused by Fuel and Water Ingress

• Sep 17

• Autoelectro (21)
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...Alternator/Starter Failure Caused by Fuel and Water Ingress The number of failures caused due to fluid contamination is rising. Many applications now have starter motors and alternators installed under or around some form of lubricant/fluid component or pipes. Fuel filters, power steering...

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• Technical Bulletin

• Known Faults - Alternators and Starters

• Oct 17

• Autoelectro (21)
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...Alternator/Starter Known Faults Renault Clio 2.0 Petrol 2000 – 2013 AEA4200, AEK2100 & AEK3386 The vehicle this alternator is fitted to has a known fault with the drive belt system which causes the belt to slip and come off. The fault is caused due to the failure of the bearings...

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• Technical Bulletin

• Known Faults - Alternators and Starters

• Nov 17

• Autoelectro (21)
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...Alternator/Starter Known Faults Vehicle: Rover 214/414 1.4 1992 – 2000 Part number affected: AES7108 There are known faults with the vehicle this starter motor is fitted to which cause the starter motor to burn out and fail prematurely. The symptom can be either the engine cranks...

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• Tech Tip

• Time to inject some sense

• Apr 15

• Autoinform (109) Contact
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...Time to inject some sense Understanding injectors can lead to more revenue for your garage, but there are some things you will need to know and understand. Autoinform’s Frank Massey describes the basic functions and diagnostics of an injector. How do we test injectors for both func...

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• Tech Tip

• A Citroen Relay on and off again

• Mar 15

• Autoinform (109) Contact
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...A Citroën Relay on and off again A Citroen Relay on and off again A second-hand engine, a replacement gear box, and a new EGR valve and probably even more to consider. Autoinform’s Frank Massey describes a Citroën Relay with some interesting problems, and the clues and fixes that...

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• Tech Tip

• Common Rail Diagnostics with Frank Massey

• Feb 15

• Autoinform (109) Contact
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...Common Rail Diagnostics The efficient and complete combustion of an oil based fuel is fraught with problems. It’s pretty much certain that additives, rather than thermal emission control, will dominate the current and near future diesel development. Autoinform’s Frank Massey describ...

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• Tech Tip

• Diagnostics: Having a good process

• Apr 15

• Autoinform (109) Contact
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...Diagnostics: Having a good process If a car doesn’t have any Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs), does that mean that there isn’t a problem? A long cranking Polo didn’t have any DTCs, but there was obviously something wrong. Autoinform’s Frank Massey explains his diagnostic process t...

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• Tech Tip

• Petrol Injection systems explained

• Oct 15

• Autoinform (109) Contact
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...Petrol Injection systems explained While there has been a significant swing to diesel engines, both diesel and petrol engines have been changing, as more restrictive emissions standards come into effect. Autoinform's Frank Massey explains some aspects of petrol injection, which is set t...

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• Tech Tip

• 50 Shades of Carbon

• Jun 16

• Autoinform (109) Contact
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...50 Shades of Carbon Cleaning engines is a dirty game, as Autoinform's Frank Massey explains. Hoping to improve on my personal finances I decided to write something dirty this month, having written many times reflecting on problems associated with diesel combustion and its post combustion...

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• Tech Tip

• Modern Battery Testing

• Oct 18

• Autoinform (109) Contact
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...Autoinform Live Ireland Frank Massey Autoinform's Frank Massey talks about current battery technology and testing. Not only has the battery's importance been elevated, its construction has also changed and therefore, testing and servicing batteries has become more technically challeng...