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- VW 2.0L CBDB Common Rail Engines Timing Belt Guide
Sep 11
- Contitech (176)
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...VW 2.0L CBDB Common Rail Engines Timing Belt Guide Large numbers of the VW 2.0L common rail engines (engine code CBDB) are installed in various models. When the timing belt is changed, serious mistakes are often made. To ensure that changing belts goes smoothly, ContiTech Power Transmis...
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- VW Golf 16 Valve Tensioner Problems
Jul 11
- Gates (127) Contact
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...VW Golf 16Valve Tensioner Problems VW Golf 16 Valve Tensioner Problems A VW Golf 16 Valve engine met a premature end when one of the timing belts broke. Gates Technical Support’s Andrew Vaux takes us step-by-step, as he examines all of the evidence to determine why the belt faile...
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- Wheel Speed Sensors
Jul 11
- Autobiz (397)
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...Wheel Speed Sensors Wheel speed sensors are the eyes and ears of the systems that control ABS and ESP. Joe Clarke, of the Dublin Institute of Technology, explains how to diagnose a problem caused by a fault in the wheel speed sensor’s input to the ECU. In the last decade, active v...
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- VAG Coolant Application Guide G12 G12++ G13
Dec 13
- Vaico (1)
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...VAG Coolant Application Guide G12 G12++ G13 The days when coolant was the same from car to car are long gone. The reason for the differences in coolant comes down to simple chemistry, as J&S Automotive explains. For many years, the same basic coolant was used for every vehicle on the...
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- 350Z with running problems
Nov 13
- Blue Print (217) Contact
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...Not fast & making them furious! Written by Charles Figgins - Blue Print Technical Consultant The car in question is a 350Z which is a high performance followed by the car going into ‘limp home wasn’t much fun to drive! engine management, ABS, and immobiliser systems – on th...
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- Jim investigates... EGR errors
Jul 12
- Blue Print (217) Contact
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...Jim investigates... EGR errors being blue Print’s in-house technical Consultant, i spend a large portion of my time on the road visiting customers and workshops, and recently i was faced with a 2003 toyota Avensis 2.0 diesel with a running problem. the complaint was of an intermitte...
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- Mazda 5 DPF issue, Jim investigates...
Feb 13
- Blue Print (217) Contact
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...Jim investigates... Mazda 5 DPF issue Written by Jim gilmour Blue Print’s Technical Consultant. Part of my job is to support customers who have bought a blue Print g-Scan and there’s nothing better than working through a real life situation to really get to grips with it. on one vi...
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- Mitsubishi AYC/ACD system
Aug 13
- Blue Print (217) Contact
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...Mitsubishi AYC/ACD system Written by Jim gilmour Blue Print’s Technical Consultant. electronic stability programmes by any other name have been around for over a decade and have contributed greatly to vehicle safety. Much has been written about them, and for the most part, their op...
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- Nissan Navara, Jim Investigates
Feb 12
- Blue Print (217) Contact
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...Jim Investigates... Nissan Navara Remaining Neutral Whilst at a recent garage visit, we met a technician who had a peculiar problem with a 2003 Nissan Navara 2.5TD. He’d spent many hours trying to figure out why it kept losing power, yet there was no fault stored in the ECU and no en...
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- Oxygen Sensors
Aug 13
- Blue Print (217) Contact
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...Oxygen Sensors is it really the sensor? lambda sensor 1 engine Control unit Working relationships... dear engine Control unit, recently i have been sending messages to you, to inform you that my voltage is low and unless there is something wrong with me, this is because there is far to...
