If you encounter a no-start with good spark and proper fuel pressure, check the throttle position sensor voltage. If TPS voltage is higher than 3.5 volts, some computers will enter clear-flood mode. This is often the result of TPS damage caused when carburetor spray cleaner enters the sensor through the throttle shaft during throttle bore cleaning.
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There are opportunities your shop can’t pass up just because the car or SUV has a hybrid badge on the back.
There are more than seven million hybrid vehicles on the roads in the U.S. The one thing they all have in common is that they will need maintenance. Even EV vehicles will require maintenance and potentially a certain amount of service at some point.
Many hybrid vehicles will have more maintenance items than a conventional internal combustion-only vehicle due to the hybrid drivetrain. These are opportunities your shop can’t pass up just because the car or SUV has a hybrid badge on the back.
To correct this condition, reprogram various modules one module at a time.
Customers generally look to superchargers for the instant throttle response, not fuel economy.
Twenty-two new import part numbers, as well as 39 new pulley and tensioner part numbers, are immediately available.
The release provides new coverage in 75 product categories and 80 part numbers for 2023 and 2024 model-year vehicles, SMP said.
The joint research project seeks to utilize a new process for recovering critical battery materials.
To see inductance inside the primary windings, use an amp probe placed around the positive wire for the ignition coil.
Timing chain guides are designed to wear, but the guides are designed to last the engine’s life.
It will strengthen EV supply system and capability with an eye toward a future increase in EV demand in North America, Honda said.
