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• Installing the Correct Belt Tensioner

• Jun 12

• Dayco (52)
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...Installing the Correct Belt Tensioner Dayco’s technical team provides some important technical advice about auxiliary belt tensioners for some Alfa Romeo, FIAT, GM, Saab and Suzuki engines. For the Irish aftermarket, Dayco provides two seemingly identical auxiliary belt tensioners...

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• Ford Focus - 2.0 litre 16V timing belt guide

• Jul 15

• Contitech (157)
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...Significant errors are frequently committed when changing the timing belt. ContiTech Power Transmission Group provides fitters a step-by-step explanation of how to change the belt correctly in a Ford Focus 2.0-liter 16 V with engine code EDDB, EDDC, EDDD. The manufacturer recommends ins...

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• Lambda Sensor Basics

• Oct 12

• DENSO (4)
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...Lambda Sensor Basics Without a lambda sensor monitoring oxygen in the exhaust of an engine, controlling the fuel delivery would be impossible, to the exacting standards required by a modern engine. Denso provides details of lambda sensor function and their importance and maintenance. A la...

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• Mercedes E220 CDI Turbocharger Troubleshooting

• Jul 12

• Autobiz (321)
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...Mercedes E220 CDI Turbocharger Troubleshooting When Bernard Clarke of Clarke’s Garage, Co. Cavan, was confronted with a suspected faulty Variable Nozzle Turbine (VNT), he eliminated all other possibilities before deciding to replace this costly item. Here is what he did and learne...

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• Online Vehicle Manufacturers Information

• Jun 11

• Autobiz (321)
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...Online Vehicle Manufacturers Information As more and more service information is made available on-line, Damien Curran from the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) navigates his way through some of the data and lets you know where you can find it. Technical documentation has always bee...

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• Opel 1.8i 16V Timing Belt Replacement Guide

• Mar 12

• Contitech (157)
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...Opel 1.8i 16V Timing Belt Replacement Guide The 1.8i 16V C 18 XE engine – with varying engine displacement – is used in a number of Opel models. Serious mistakes can be made when the tension pulley is adjusted. To ensure that changing these belts goes smoothly, ContiTech Pow...

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• Function of the Secondary Air System

• Jun 20

• Pierburg (199)
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...Function of the Secondary Air System The secondary air system supplies ambient air to the exhaust when the engine first starts up, until the engine is warm enough for the oxygen sensor to take control over the combustion mixture A "rich mixture", i.e. a mixture with excess fuel, i...

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• Opel Evergreen 1.7D Setting Correct Belt Tension

• Sep 12

• Dayco (52)
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...Opel Evergreen 1.7D Setting Correct Belt Tension The Opel evergreen 1.7-litre diesel engine has been a regular fixture in a number of configurations in many Opels for more than a decade. The design of the timing belt tensioner has gone from fully fixed, to a spring-loaded version, requi...

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• LuK Clutch Academy Nissan Qashqai 1.5 dCi

• Jun 20

• LuK (131) Contact
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...LuK Clutch Academy Nissan Qashqai 1.5 dCi This month, REPXPERT, Alistair Mason, replaced the clutch assembly in a 2014 2WD Nissan Qashqai. The repair time is four-and-a-half hours, with the following workshop equipment required: two-post vehicle lift, engine support, transmission jack...

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• Overrunning Alternator Pulleys (OAP)

• Jun 11

• INA (25)
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...Overrunning Alternator Pulleys (OAP) Dealing with an OAP Steve Carolan of INA & FAG explains the purpose, testing and replacement of Overrunning Alternator Pulleys (OAPs) and their cousins, the Overrunning Alternator Decoupler(OADs) The function of the Overrunning Alternator Pulley...