Using care and following OEM procedures will help you to avoid unnecessary parts replacement and comebacks.
As mileage accumulates on a vehicle, so does carbon in the throttle body. This can cause idle fluctuation, hesitation and poor idle quality. Servicing the throttle body can solve these complaints (see Photo A).
As with any electronic throttle body, care needs to be taken when cleaning it. There are delicate mechanical and electrical components inside the assembly.
The alternator produces an AC current that must be converted into DC current by way of a rectifier.
A misalignment of the plane of the belt can occur when a pulley is not parallel to the other pulleys on the belt drive system.
What if there are no codes and a misfire is intermittent? This is where it gets complicated.
The area of contact between the lifters and cam lobes is the highest loaded surface inside an engine.
There are opportunities your shop can’t pass up just because the car or SUV has a hybrid badge on the back.
To see inductance inside the primary windings, use an amp probe placed around the positive wire for the ignition coil.
Two specifications can be used to justify replacement — the condition of the additive package & the freezing point.
Getting nostalgic about the good old days is easy, but many forget the struggles of the time.