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This less than 30-minute webcast gives you direct access to the Wells Tech team of ASE-certified technicians as they explore in depth into fuel trims  - Fuel Trims--Mass Air Flow (MAF) diagnostic procedures.

One way to accurately check the A/F sensor is with a gas analyzer. It allows you to compare the actual air/fuel ratio to what the sensor thinks. Using the gas analyzer helps reduce the guessing when replacing an A/F sensor. Matt Shanahan uses a Techstream and the EMS 5003-5 to diagnose a A 2005 Toyota Prius 1NZ-FXE that needs to pass emissions by the end of the month.

The 14th annual TST Big Event was bursting at the seams as more than 360 shop owners and technicians were on hand for a single-day training event featuring some of the nation’s best instructors.

This less than 30-minute webcast gives you direct access to the Wells Tech team of ASE-certified technicians as they teach you about wideband air/fuel sensors and how they relate to fuel trims. 

How quickly does the Ross-Tech VCDS® HEX-NET autoscan a 2015 VW Jetta?
5-minutes?  4-minutes?  3-minutes?  2-minutes?  Let’s find out.

This less than 30-minute webcast gives you direct access to the Wells Tech team of ASE-certified technicians as they teach you about oxygen sensors and how they relate to fuel trims. 

Engine mechanical issues are becoming more common in our repair bays today, and they can be difficult to diagnose.  Engines are built with more valves, camshafts and complex variable valve timing systems.  Guessing is not an option for these failures, if you are wrong it could mean a lot of expensive parts and many hours of lost labor. Shanahan explains the DSO techniques that allowed him to accurately diagnose a Ford in about 45 minutes, a lot quicker than tearing the engine down on a guess.

Ross-Tech (the creators of VCDS®, formerly known as Vag-Com) has released a new device: the Hex-Net interface. This interface has wireless capability and works with their new VCDS-Mobile® software across any platform that runs a modern browser.

If you want to take an electrical measurement or catch a pattern on your scope, you need to access the circuit. How do you do that without causing future problems? Watch this video to find out!

This less than 30-minute webcast gives you direct access to the Wells Tech team of ASE-certified technicians as they explore in depth into fuel trims!

Brandon Steckler and Jim Morton (Morton’s Automotive Technical Services (MATS)) will be conducting an all day diagnostic seminar on Saturday April 22, 2017 at Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, FL.

An NVH diagnostics case study featuring the Pico NVH kit with screenshots provided by Matt Shanahan. When it comes to recording and analyzing NVH data, the Pico software is capable of keeping it simple with bar graphs or getting excrutiatingly detailed with 3D plotting on the most complex or even the simplest of jobs such as this case study.

AutoEnginuity 15.0 scan tool update includes 2016 MY coverage along with improvements in BMW / MINI, Chrysler-family, Ferrari / Maserati, GM-family, Honda / Acura, Mercedes / SMART.
 

This less than 30-minute webcast gives you direct access to the Wells Tech team of ASE-certified technicians as they dive into the generic side of the scan tool. Including showing how to use Mode $06 diagnostics.

Perhaps one of the toughest jobs in the automotive field is diagnosing small leaks, especially A/C and Fuel Vapor (EVAP) leaks. Finding these leaks can be time consuming 

From the iATN Review, a case study covering the use of the Pico's NVH analyzer by Martin Smith, educator at British Columbia Institute of Technology.

ScannerDanner uses the uScope with a low amp probe on a 99 Honda Civic with no spark. He inverts the signal, adjusts time and trigger levels, changes the "Horizontal Position" of the signal, and takes cursor measurements.

Grab your computer, smart phone or tablet and check out the next Wells Tech Webinar. This less than thirty-minute presentation gives you direct access to the Wells Tech team of ASE-certified technicians as they explore Scan Tools: Data Graphing Diagnostics live on Thursday October 6th, 2016 at 12 noon for each time zone. 

Scott Shotton explains how to create a repeatable diagnostic procedure that covers the bases to make sure all other systems are working correctly before pulling the trigger on a new catalyst on pre-OBD II and OBD II compliant vehicles.

Thanks to AutoMechanika's generous sponsors, such as Pico Technology, event attendees are able to attend these training events for FREE:
- Fox Valley Technical College on Saturday, October 15th 
- Joliet Junior College on Saturday, November 19th