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    Newer Vehicle Electronic Maintenance Nightmare!

    yea, ase's have questions like that but troubleshooting is something you have or you dont, not everyone can use an aquired knowledge to solve problems. you gotta have expirience and a good skill to build on and no amount of testing or simulated troubleshooting will give you that. i trained with...
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    Newer Vehicle Electronic Maintenance Nightmare!

    nope, its simple theory and operation. ase certs are very general. worst of all its mostly doesmestic technology. when someone tells me there an ase mastertech i kinda say that Sh#t that you say about the fiber optics "banter, sitting in the club bar after playing 18 holes will get you an...
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    Newer Vehicle Electronic Maintenance Nightmare!

    I understand where your coming from but its not as easy as it appears. there are times where techs will make mistakes, I dont condone throwing parts at a vehicle at any time to diagnose. But understand there is alot of pressure in this buisness, time constraints, MONEY, and customers..etc...
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    Newer Vehicle Electronic Maintenance Nightmare!

    In most reputable shops the customer will have that issue resolved and the technician or that service department will eat the cost.... In certain situations concerning your safety... or mechanical damage to your vehicle.... it is imperative to make sure that the problem is resolved. considering...
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    Newer Vehicle Electronic Maintenance Nightmare!

    As a tech we can test pretty much everything there are no gray areas just in the diagnostic equipment if something acts peculiure than we program the vehicle or affected module but everything has an expected reaction to a certain input.. most techs wont pinpoint and fix specific problems for...
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    Testing Knock sensors

    Use a hammer and a screw driver tap on the side of a block with an occillosope attach to both leads of the sensor if u get ac voltage ur good if u get none that its bad...

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