ACDelco Provides Spring Car Care Tips: It May be a Good Time to Inspect Your Shocks and Struts
Most owners know their vehicles require routine maintenance, including periodic inspection of their batteries, spark plugs, tires, windshield wipers, filters and fluids. But often the parts drivers can’t see – such as shock absorbers and struts, located under the vehicle – don’t get the attention they deserve.
Editor’s Notebook: Deflating a Growing Crime
If you think air bag theft is a bunch of hot air, think again. Insurance and auto industry reports indicate that vehicle air bags can fetch hefty sums on the black market and are becoming increasingly attractive to thieves. There’s even a growing Internet market for air bags. Insurance industry statistics show that approximately 50,000
The Future of Diagnostics Is In The CAN
Since model year 2003, a growing number of domestic and import vehicles have been built with a new onboard communications protocol called CAN (Controller Area Network). CAN is essentially an engineering standard for how computers and modules talk to one another via the serial data bus in a vehicle’s wiring system. It’s a high-speed standard
Diagnostic Dilemmas: Diagnosing Rodent Damage
Of all the technical innovations of the past century, the plastic-insulated copper wire is one of the most dependable components found in the modern automobile. Sure, this summer I had three different cases of the copper wire actually being broken inside the plastic insulation. In the first two instances, I had the intake air temperature
Vision Racing Expands Team/Driver Lineup; Welcomes Actor Patrick Dempsey as Co-Owner
It could well be a case of double vision and second looks around the paddock for followers of Vision Racing in 2006 as the IndyCar Series entry recently revealed a series of announcements designed to enhance its appeal and opportunities both on and off the racetrack.
Guest Editorial: Issues that Could Impact Your Business and Our Industry in 2006
Ed is the editor of Underhood Service Magazine, ImportCar’s sister publication, as well as editor of Tomorrow’s Technician magazine. He has been employed at Babcox for 11 years. Issues That Could Impact Your Business and Our Industry in 2006 As we usher in a new year, we thought we would take a look into the
Import ABS Diagnostics: Customer Input Can Help Pinpoint System Culprits
The ABS warning light is on in your customer’s car and he wants you to check it out. So where do you start your diagnosis? Because the ABS warning light is on, you know the ABS system has detected some kind of fault. But are there other problems that may be affecting the ABS system?
Getting Tanked: Flex Fuel Engine Modifications Allow for Alcohol-Based Fuel
In case you haven’t heard, Flex Fuel technology is really starting to take off in the U.S., becoming more popular in late-model vehicles than technicians may realize. If you haven’t had any training on these vehicles, you may find some of the technical changes OEMs have made to the engines will alter the way you
Team ASE Partners with Germain Racing and 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion Ted Musgrave for 2006
Germain Racing and The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) are pleased to announce their partnership for the upcoming 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race season. Team ASE will be the primary sponsor of the No. 9 Germain Racing Toyota Tundra, driven by defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, Ted Musgrave.
DENSO Develops New ECU for Adaptive Front Lighting Systems
DENSO Corporation has developed a new electronic control unit (ECU) for adaptive front lighting systems (AFS), which is approximately 70 percent smaller in volume compared to DENSO’s conventional ECU for the AFS. The new ECU is installed on the Toyota Estima launched this month in Japan.