Feature Articles

Multilink Alignment Inspection

Multilink Alignment Inspection

While Honda has modified its multilink suspension several times, the basic geometry as well as the inspection and repair services are the same. What’s more, most of what’s true for Honda is true for other manufacturers’ multilink suspension.

Gas It Part Two

Gas It Part Two

Look at the additional information to be gained from consideration of a third gas, oxygen (O2), the “lean indicator.”

Engineering Mysteries

Engineering Mysteries

To keep things interesting, perhaps we can look forward to hunting for oil leaks that refuse to drip on anything except a clean piece of paper on the owner’s garage floor.

Treadwear Troubles

Treadwear Troubles

Got one of those treadwear pattern charts on the wall of your shop? The ones with the different patches rubbed on the business edge of the tire, with corresponding diagnoses in the chart blocks? Guess what? Many of them are wrong.

OBD II-Are You Plugged In?

OBD II-Are You Plugged In?

The owner may or may not have some performance complaint that goes along with it; but you know this system, like engine control systems for some time, can compensate for most problems, can mask what would otherwise be driveability symptoms.

After The Flood

After The Flood

Shared inputs and outputs are passed between both units. What follows is a brief description of some of the LH system’s key components and functions.

Leading You On

Leading You On

There are many things to consider when you decide to hook up your lab scope. Just consider a few of the choices and decisions that must be made when we pull the scope out of the cabinet.

Great Tips

Great Tips

Here you will find a wide assortment of tech tips on a variety of import vehicles.

Twelve Step Program

Twelve Step Program

These techs also may not pick up a manual to consult the schematic diagram to see what the circuit contains and decide how to plan a troubleshooting strategy.

Shafted!

Shafted!

The vehicle in question had just over 162,000 miles on the clock, and a history of regular oil and filter changes and other scheduled maintenance.

Marketing Examples

Marketing Examples

You’ve been asked to create a marketing budget and set aside some time each week to work exclusively on marketing.

A Clutching Drama

A Clutching Drama

Remember when cars were fun to work on? No fuel injection problems, no computers to diagnose, no SRS systems, or ABS brakes. yes, things were simpler then.