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One Minnesota-based diagnostic technician’s top 10 tools for PTEN Magazine

Matt Fanslow, a tech in Minnesota, listed his Top 10 Tools for PTEN Magazine. His list includes the quickest automotive lab scope along with the most powerful automotive lab scope, a wrench, a light, scan tools and a few additional items, and of course, information sources.

 


 

Number 9... iATN Waveform Library
Having access to vehicle-specific files is advantageous, “but the real gold to iATN is the forums, especially looking up archived conversations,” Fanslow says. 

AESwave has been an iATN sponsor since 1999.

 

Number 5... uScope 1-channel DSO
It's Quick.

 

Number 4... EMS Exhaust Gas Analyzer, No. 5001
“I still feel that the best way to flow test fuel injectors on a vehicle is with the exhaust gas analyzer, watching lambda rather than watching pressure drop.”


 

Number 3... Pico Technology PicoScope Advanced Automotive Kit, No. 4425
“PicoScope and a combination of their accessory offerings allow me to view raw data, and in some cases, help me analyze it and find issues that are difficult to make an accurate call on strictly based off codes or scan data.”
 

 

 

 

Number 2... Aftermarket Scan Tools 
Fanslow often turns to aftermarket scan tools first because many are handheld and faster to use. He says in addition to improved speed, many times aftermarket scan tools perform required tasks better than an OE tool.

 

 

Number 1... OE Scan tools
"Programming, coding and initializing modules... access to all available modules,” says Fanslow.

Pictured: the Chrysler MicroPod II

Read the full article at http://www.vehicleservicepros.com.

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