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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 diagnose a P0300 with the uScope live on Thursday December 17, 2015 at 12 noon for each time zone. They will also give away an AES EAP probe kit.

AutoEnginuity ScanTool 14.0 update improves overall coverage and features for enhanced Mercedes, Mazda, Nissan, and Ferrari 599 / 612 and Maserati Gran Turismo and Quartroporte.

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 it dissects and discovers P0443 Case Study at its next lunch and Learn webinar.
 

A 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser continually sets a P0172 (rich condition bank one). There are no other codes. When trying to start you must hold the throttle wide open or you will fuel foul the spark plugs. Once it finally starts running, the vehicle will stumble, yet, it can be driven if kept above about 1200 rpm. If you let it idle it will blubber down and try to stall. A tremendous amount of work by several shops has been performed on this vehicle to no avail. For this case study, Adam Robertson, instructor for the CARQUEST Technical Institute, Western United States, uses the QTT of outputs to develop a diagnostic direction that results in a surprising diagnosis.

The iATN (International Automotive Technicians Network) has released two new features for its members: iATN Mobile App for iOS devices (iPhone and iPad)  and the iATN Auto Pro Wiki, a product & services guide for the auto service industry that can be curated by all members. 

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 it dissects and discovers Tire Pressure Monitoring System: TPMS.

Grab your smart phone or tablet and check out the next Wells Tech Webinar. This thirty-minute presentation gives you direct access to the Wells Tech team of ASE-certified technicians. This week's topic covers how to use a wiring diagram to diagnose a power window.

Veejer is offering a 5-Day Workshop for December, 2015, in Dallas Texas with VInce Fischelli. When? December 7-11, 2015 in Dallas, Texas, $1400.00 per seat. (12 seats only). As of Friday Nov 13th there were only 4 seats available.

Gary Goms received one of his most challenging e-mail requests from a shop foreman of a Honda dealership. This service manager had read a column he’d written on PCM diagnostics for ImportCar and was asking his opinion about why three PCMs would consecutively fail on a 2002 Honda Civic equipped with an automatic transmission with 137,000 miles on the odometer. Find out how Gary solved this diagnostic dilemma with the AES LineSPI.

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 it dissects and discovers Hybrid work you can perform without being certified at its next lunch and Learn webinar. 

John Rogers is a mobile tech in the Medford, NY area and writes about his work. In this post he uses his brand new PicoScope to view crankshaft and camshaft sensors on a 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser after the shop installed an aftermarket PCM and now runs worse than before with code P2302.

Bartec USA has released version R53.2 for their line of TPMS tools. This update offers Placard Pressure Readout and Changing, Chevrolet Aveo OBDII Relearn, along with updates to sensor programming coverage, MY2016, and other enhancements.

ScannerDanners says, "A basic scan tool, a voltmeter and a little bit of knowledge of the workings of a thermistor circuit are all that is needed to troubleshoot any temperature sensor problem." This video involves an intake air and coolant temp sensor on a VW.

Grab your smart phone or tablet and check out the next Wells Tech Webinar. This thirty-minute presentation gives you direct access to the Wells Tech team of ASE-certified technicians. This week's topic is about dual trace lab scopes.

Pulling a P0135 Oxygen Sensor Heater Circuit Malfunction (Bank 1 Sensor 1) code means you’re dealing with a possible oxygen sensor heater element and/or associated components in this circuit. In this article, author Carlton Banks will attempt to provide a game plan for diagnosing a vehicle with this code using TechStream and a Pico scope.

Due to constant request, Morton’s Automotive Technical Services (MATS) will be conducting an all day Saturday Diagnostic Seminar on Saturday Nov 14th @ the Holiday Inn Express in Warminster, PA.

AutoEnginuity 13.2 Giotto update offers full coverage for the BMW i3, i3 Rex, and i8, Kia Soul EV, and Prius Plug-In; completes the 2014MY coverage; improves data rates for Mercedes and Nissan / Infiniti powertrain and transmission controllers; improves Windows 10 support, includes touch support (Windows 8 and 10 equipped devices only), and other minor fixes.

Is  your Snap-on Vantage (MT2400) randomly shutting off? Not powering up? Losing memory? You're not alone. ScannerDanner likes to use his Snap-on Vantage (MT2400) on his mobile jobs but after years of use it has reliability issues. In this video he shows us how to get the unit back to work.

Grab your smart phone or tablet and check out the next Wells Tech Webinar. This thirty-minute presentation gives you direct access to the Wells Tech team of ASE-certified technicians. This week's special guest is Jim Bates. 

The Tech400Pro & Tech500 TPMS Scan Tools with software 53 or newer can adjust the TPMS Placard Value.
When "plus sizing" on some vehicles, a change in recommended tire pressure is needed to maintain the original equipment load rating, this fact sheet shows you how to make the change and create a report.

Jerry Esmay of Auto Service Systems in Fresno CA tells us how to proceed when a vehicle fails a BAR-OIS test when a sufficient number of monitors are not complete.

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 it dissects and discovers Lab Scope: Dual Trace at its next lunch and Learn webinar.

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 it dissects and discovers Hybrid work you can perform without being certified at its next lunch and Learn webinar. 

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Lab scope and lunch time with the Snap-on Verus and the uScope! Lean about digital signals with the Wells Tech team of ASE-certified technicians. 

On July 29th Microsoft will begin releasing their highly anticipated Windows 10. But don't update your OIS computer just yet.

Lab scope and lunch time! Watch the Wells Tech team of ASE-certified technicians as they discuss a testing procedure for an intermittent on a 2008 Pontiac G6 2.4L with a P0340 code. Thursday July 16, 2015, at Noon

Mario shows us how to assemble the COP Paddle, boot up and setup the uScope by adjusting the time base and trigger to get a steady signal off a Dodge Charger. He also offsets the ground (GND POS) to position the waveform up and down the screen.