Stories from the Road 8

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Stories from the Road 8

(A Narrative About Modern Automotive Diagnostics)

An Automotive Case Studies Series

By Mandy Concepcion

This book, "Stories from the Road - Automotive Case Studies" is a real work in
action about the intricacies of modern automotive diagnostics. It is based on
actual real life situations. From this book you may extract real-life lessons,
which will help you as an automotive aficionado, DIY mechanic and professional
technician. The work is divided into narrated stories representing real-life
applications of diagnostic technology, equipment usage, repair techniques and
knowledge based information.

Here, you'll get input on how to use the automotive scan-tool, OBD-2 ECM/PCM
readers, oscilloscope, graphing multi-meter, signal tone injector and many
other diagnostic tools. You'll also get deep insights on testing all kinds of
sensors and actuators, such as injectors, solenoids, transmission components,
motors, fuel pumps, CAM and crank sensors, TPS, MAF, Knock and pretty much
every component seen today. All the content is presented on a narrated, story
like format to make the knowledge easy and fun to comprehend. With that in
mind, enjoy your readings.

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Stories from the Road 8

* - Starter with Teeth Issues
A Nissan Maxima with sequential fuel-injection and a COP ignition system with
no spark. This was a nightmare of a diagnostic. Lots of parts had been
replaced and to no avail. Was it the entire wiring harness? That wasn't
logical. Se what happened next.

* - Suffocating Eclipse from Inside
An Eclipse that had an EVAP system issue that wouldn't go away. See how in
this diagnostic case various equipment was used, from the smoke machine, scan
tool to the water manometer (electronic). Also learn how this system operates
on the inside.

* - Technician Crankshaft Horror
See the issue with this Rodeo after an engine swap and a no spark condition.
The injectors were not triggering and the whole wiring harness was checked,
but nothing panned out. The engine swap was done superbly. See this diagnostic
path from beginning to end and coving lots of CAM and CRK waveform analysis.
Finally the issue was solved. See how...

* - The Exploding VW Golf
A VW with serious acceleration issues. Apart from the lack of power the engine
would backfire every few seconds or so. This car was a turbo, but all turbo
components checked fine. See how a pressure transducer connected to the intake
manifold was used to solve this issue.

* - The Flight Recorder
A Chevy Blazer with a buck on sudden acceleration problem and also
intermittent cut out and hard restart. See how this lean running vehicle was
diagnose with the help of a multi-channel scope. See what it means when we say
a lack of current buildup when voltage goes low. See how it was done here...

* - The Hard Starting Cherokee
A Jeep Cherokee with a common rail Diesel that would not start. Get the scoop
on this modern electronic Diesel injection system from state of the art
animation diagrams and testing techniques. See what happened...

* - The Italian Stallion Timing Issues
Fiat is now sold in America as well as most of the world. This Fiat had issues
with hard starting half the time. An intermittent issue with a tough solution
to find. A CAN networked issue was suggested since all dash communication went
out during cranking, but was it a CAN issue? See what happened next...

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Feb. 15, 2013

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