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The following are our archived case studies. For the latest case studies visit here.
Dear reader
In the menu below you will find some interesting articles we published over the years. Most articles are extracts from technical assistance calls to our help desk, and how they were brought to a proper conclusion.
The articles with a J are added May 2015.
124. Different point of view. Oct 2014 newsletter.
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J Looking at diagnostics from a wider perspective.
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123. Exhausted E-Class. Nov 2014 newsletter.
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J 2003 MB E-320 CDI The vehicle became harder and harder to start, untill no more.
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122. P(r)oxy Voxy. Oct 2014 newsletter.
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2002 Toyota Voxy. The vehicle has a bad surge at light throttle below 2500 RPM, and intermittently at idles.
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121. Polo don’t Go…. Sept 2014 newsletter.
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This car refuses to fire up, it winds over, but not one beat of fire.
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120. Closed Loop Common Rail. Aug 2014 newsletter.
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2008 Nissan Vanette CR diesel with a misfire at about 1300-1500 RPM.
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119. Sly Sylphy. July 2014 newsletter.
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This car with direct injected QR20DD, has been hesitating on acceleration, pinks under load and the engine check light comes on intermittently.
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118. Making money, diagnosing. June 2014 newsletter.
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"We are running a workshop here for many years already, but we shy away from getting into electronic faults.... "
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117. FSI Fizzle. May 2014 newsletter.
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2005 VW Golf GTX 2.0 Ltr FSI (AXX engine). Engine starts and idles fine, but as soon as you try to accelerate, the engine fizzles away.
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116. Bizarre XR. Apr 2014 newsletter.
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A 2003 Ford 5.4L 260kw Boss XR8 with a light surge at cruise and under slight acceleration up gradients.
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115. Sorento Sorrow. Mar 2014 newsletter.
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A 2007 Kia Sorento common rail Diesel was presented with a massive oil leak and a badly smoking engine.
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114. Training with AECS Jan 2014 newsletter.
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A candid look into how we gather information for our training.
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21. 1994 Holden Commodore VR 3.8 V6.
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Emission introduction in WoF testing with "good" Holden.
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20. 1995 Mercedes C280 petrol.
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Occaisional stalling problem fixed, but garage wanted to deliver true quality.
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19. 1994 Toyota Hi-lux 2.4 L Turbo Diesel.
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The pump checked out fine, the injectors where fine, the compressions are fine. Still the injection timing seems too much advanced as the engine knocks really badly.
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18. 1995 Holden Astra 1.6L 16V (X16XEL).
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Car was towed in and it wont start but is winding over and does not fire-up.
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17. 1995 2.0L 16V turbo Coupe.
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Car behaves really well, except sometimes in the warm-up phase it will stall.
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16. Diesel Emissions.
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A nice bit of insight in Diesel emission diagnostics.
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15. 1991 Toyota Soarer 4.0L V8 (1UZ-FE).
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Intermittently back firing, and occasionally stalls.
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14. 1996 Mazda Marvie 2.6L petrol.
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Car starts fine, runs fine but uses oil and far too much fuel.
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13. 1991 Nissan Skyline 2.8L .
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The car starts, runs briefly, than stalls. The running period is not steady, it some times does not start at all. No data available.
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12. 1996 VW Golf GTI.
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Car starts fine, runs fine but will run rich between 2500 and 3500 RPM.
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