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EVs Also Have Diagnostic Rabbit Holes

For this month’s tech resource, Martin from British Columbia reminds us that EVs can present difficult diagnostic challenges just as much as ICE vehicles. In his post on diag.net, he recounts how his students allowed themselves to be taken down the wrong diagnostic path by

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Chasing the Diagnostic Path to the Injectors

For this month’s tech resource, Juan dives into a tricky diagnostic rabbit hole, where he was trying to figure out why, after a repair performed at another shop, a 2007 Chevy Tahoe was experiencing a misfire and hesitation with codes P0174 and p0300 set. He

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Get to Know NASTF!

Here at Clore Automotive, we have been a member of NASTF for several years, supporting their mission to serve as a bridge between automobile manufacturers and the service industry. In a recent committee meeting, several of us tool and equipment manufacturer participants suggested that it

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Auto Stop-Start Mystery

For this month’s tech resource, we’ve got another electrical mystery, this time on a 2019 Chevrolet Impala equipped with Auto Stop/Start function, from of William in West Virginia. The complaint was that the vehicle wouldn’t resume operation after a Stop event. The initial diagnosis found

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The Case of the Finicky Flatbed

Here’s a diagnostic case study involving all the critical elements of a great electrical system who-done-it: vehicle started fine when first brought in but wouldn’t start after the repair was completed; aftermarket equipment plays a key role in this mystery; the vehicle owner had tinkered

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Amazing Reference for Techs and Shops

For this month’s resource piece, we are spotlighting the resources archive on Diagnostic Network (Diag.net). The resources archive is a place where technicians share information that can be useful for their peers, everything from known good wave forms and known good sensor data to reference

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In-Vehicle Network Technologies

Diagnosing communications issues within and among vehicle networks can be very tricky business. A key component to successfully pinpointing and addressing these issues is having a solid understanding of how the vehicle network is designed and operates. This is a daunting task, considering how many

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Rooting Out a Stall

This is a great example of just how tricky it can be to resolve an intermittent electrical system issue. Robert from New York submitted this great case study, which illustrates many of the concepts we have seen emphasized by the experts since we started this

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Got Cardboard? Maybe You’ve Got a Fix.

Here’s a great drive-ability case study that required some serious sleuthing to get to the root cause of the complaint, which was intermittent bucking or skipping (later determined to occur around 2500-3000 RPM) on a 2012 Hyundai Elantra. Bob from Massachusetts donned his detective cap

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