...42 June/July 2020 AUTOBIZ See this and 1,000s more Tech Tips on TechTips.ieTech BitsJOBSJOBSWith Tim StockIt has always been important during diagnostic testing to perform electrical testing in a running state. This means when checking circuits, it is best practice to load test...
...Having covered nearly 300,000 miles in his 2005 VW Caddy van, the owner was not too sure how much more he wanted to spend to keep the workhorse on the road. It did normally breeze through the NCT, and was pretty reliable. Just recently, the brake pedal had begun to sink slightly in use. Ou...
...Having covered nearly 300,000 miles in his 2005 VW Caddy van, the owner was not too sure how much more he wanted to spend to keep the workhorse on the road. It did normally breeze through the NCT, and was pretty reliable. Just recently, the brake pedal had begun to sink slightly in use. Ou...
...Having covered nearly 300,000 miles in his 2005 VW Caddy van, the owner was not too sure how much more he wanted to spend to keep the workhorse on the road. It did normally breeze through the NCT, and was pretty reliable. Just recently, the brake pedal had begun to sink slightly in use. Ou...
...46 August/September 2020 AUTOBIZ See this and 1,000s more Tech Tips on TechTips.ieAfter the recent easing of lockdown conditions and drivers returning to using their vehicles, we have had a large volume of calls for non-functioning Stop-Start systems. Stop-Start is a system tha...
...46 August/September 2020 AUTOBIZSee this and 1,000s more Tech Tips on TechTips.ieAfter the recent easing of lockdown conditions and drivers returning to using their vehicles, we have had a large volume of calls for non-functioning Stop-Start systems. Stop-Start is a system that ha...
...Automatic climate control means that the system can be set to a given temperature and forgotten. On this 2005 Mazda3, it was designed to be set at a comfortable temperature and then left to ensure the interior of the vehicle remained at the selected steady temperature. The system on this m...
...Automatic climate control means that the system can be set to a given temperature and forgotten. On this 2005 Mazda3, it was designed to be set at a comfortable temperature and then left to ensure the interior of the vehicle remained at the selected steady temperature. The system on this m...
...Automatic climate control means that the system can be set to a given temperature and forgotten. On this 2005 Mazda3, it was designed to be set at a comfortable temperature and then left to ensure the interior of the vehicle remained at the selected steady temperature. The system on this m...
...Tales from the Workshop Steve Rothwell The owner of this 2008 VW Caddy van was having problems stopping the vehicle, he complained that it was taking a lot of effort to push down the brake pedal. Giving the van a quick road test confirmed that it was the brake servo which was not...