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  Technical Bulletin

• Alternators with an S terminal

• Nov 19

• MAHLE (139)
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...WWW.MAHLE-AFTERMARKET.COMA battery temperature sensor can prevent the vehicle's battery from overheating and becoming damaged. Depending on their application, some alternators are fitted with an additional connection for this sensor. This is the case with MAHLE alternators MG 207 and MG...

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  Technical Bulletin

• Alternators with an S terminal

• Nov 19

• MAHLE (139)
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...WWW.MAHLE-AFTERMARKET.COMA battery temperature sensor can prevent the vehicle's battery from overheating and becoming damaged. Depending on their application, some alternators are fitted with an additional connection for this sensor. This is the case with MAHLE alternators MG 207 and MG...

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  Technical Bulletin

• Alternators with heavily oil-fouled vacuum pump

• Nov 06

• Hella Ireland (1757)
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...Technical Information Alternators with heavily oil-fouled vacuum pump Damage In the case of some vehicles with diesel engines, the vacuum required for the brake booster is created by a vacuum pump fitted to the alternator. A frequently-occurring problem is that these alternators are...

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  Tech Tip

• An Astra lacking power

• Dec 15

• Ryans Automotive (14)
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...An Astra lacking power A 2003 Opel Astra 1.7DTI was lacking power, and the customer had been told that the engine ECU was suspected of being faulty, as it wasn't switching the boost control solenoid. Seamus Ryan of Ryans Automotive recounts how the true cause of the problem was easily d...

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  Technical Bulletin

• An Introduction to CAN Bus

• Jun 15

• PicoScope (102)
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...An Introduction to CAN Bus with Frank Massey CAN bus is becoming increasingly common on today's vehicles. In this video Frank demonstrates the power of the PicoScope automotive oscilloscope, including the advanced zoom feature that lets you see every detail of the CAN bus waveform....

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  Tech Tip

• An Overboosted Mitsubishi L200

• Dec 14

• Blue Print (201) Contact
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...An Overboosted Mitsubishi L200 The Mitsubishi L200 pick-up is well known for its ruggedness and load lugging capabilities. The example in question is a 2003 model, which is regularly put to work pulling a mini digger in addition to other ground work duties. The vehicle had covered over...

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  Tech Tip

• An Overboosted Mitsubishi L200

• Jun 14

• Blue Print (201) Contact
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...The Mitsubishi L200 pick-up is well known for its ruggedness and load lugging capabilities. The example in question is a 2003 model, which is regularly put to work pulling a mini digger in addition to other ground work duties. The vehicle has covered over 140,000 miles and was still going...

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  Component Description

• An unusual Ford TDCi failure

• Jul 11

• eXponentia (29)
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...Steve Carter of eXponentia takes us through a not uncommon fault that he observed in a Ford Mondeo TDCi, and shows how to identify and repair the fault in a timely manner.  Although this fault was unusual in its severity, the fault itself is not uncommon and given that this par...

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• Analysing Diesel Fuel

• Mar 11

• Autoinform (109) Contact
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...Analysing Diesel Fuel In this video, Frank Massey of Autoinform explains why we need to know what is in the diesel fuel when diagnosing faults in the diesel system. Dirty diesel dodgy diesel contaminated diesel contaminated fuel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_voxJslGew...

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  Installation Instructions

• Anti-rotation protection in use

• Apr 13

• MAHLE (139)
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...MAHLE LX 1780/3—anti-rotation protection in use Every air filter element exhibits greater fl ow resistance around the pleated paper joint compared with other areas, as it acts as a seal. If the air mass fl ow meter is in close proximity to the filter element, metering of the air f...