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The shape of things to come

2 November 2023

Engine and exhaust management can be a formidable task, including working through multiple symptomatic issues to finally reveal the heart of the fault. This can… Read More

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It’s Evoque-ative

13 July 2023

I was recently tasked with looking at a vehicle which had the dreaded 500-miles-or-less-until-the-vehicle-cannot-be-started warning on the dash display. We have all been there before… Read More

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Is it there or not?

26 January 2023

Intermittent faults are always the most difficult to find. Therefore, when I was tasked with attempting to diagnose and rectify an intermittent cutting-out fault I… Read More

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Comline provides automotive apprentices with handy tools

14 December 2022

Comline Auto Parts recently went above and beyond when responding to a college request for one of its common fault poster, by also providing tools… Read More

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Hide and seek

22 September 2022

Vehicles will always experience faults; It is inevitable. However, some choose not to repair the fault. They would rather play games by changing the ECM’s… Read More

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Common people

1 December 2021

How do you go about diagnosing a common fault that you have seen before and all the symptoms match? Do you go ahead and fit… Read More

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Third Time Lucky

4 May 2021

Today’s vehicle case study is a 2011 Vauxhall Insignia which came to us because of a loss of power. It had been looked at twice… Read More

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Fault codes: Cracking the nut

19 October 2020

A fault code can tell you a lot, if you understand what it is telling you. Then again, it can also leave you questioning what… Read More

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Diesel diagnostics for the workshop

11 May 2020

I’m mindful of several recent diagnostic topics that focused on cutting edge opportunities such as noise and vibration analysis. It also reminded me of the… Read More

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No codes, no clues?

17 March 2020

Have you ever had a car in with a running fault or an issue, and you plugged the diagnostic tool into the OBD socket then… Read More