2009 December Articles

Auction to Help Fund the AVI Scholarship

Posted on December 12, 2009 in Recent News

Auction to Help Fund the AVI Scholarship

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5.9 Cummins Diesel Diagnostics

Posted on December 12, 2009 in Product Releases

Automotive Video has released a long awaited 5.9 Dodge Cummins diesel training program on DVD. This class with Dave Scaler will help diesel technicians who are interested in learning more about the Cummins system and gas technicians who would like to get into diesel diagnostics and repair. The program covers complete system operation, testing and diagnostics of one of the easiest diesel systems to work on.

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Cummins 5.9 Diesel Diagnostics Tip Clip

Posted on December 12, 2009 in Tech Videos

Cummins are one of the easiest systems to work on, if you are not doing diesel repairs this is a great way to get yourself involved in the diesel market.

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Management Donuts

Posted on December 12, 2009 in Tech Videos

Do's and Donuts, management tips and tricks with George Witt. Watch now.

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New Twist on an Old Story: GMs Variable Valve Timing

Posted on December 12, 2009 in Technical

Powertrain engineers continue to extract more power from and reduce emissions on conventional internal combustion engines. When both intake and exhaust camshafts get involved, GM’s variable valve timing system meets both goals.

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Testing Injector Flow With a Scope

Posted on December 12, 2009 in Technical

By Peter Meier. Fuel flow and injector faults can result in drivability problems. Some OEM scan tools, as well as some high end aftermarket tools, allow you to perform power balance and/or injector balance tests on those OEs that support such a test. Injector balance can also be done using a tool that fires the injectors individually while you measure the drop with your fuel pressure tester, but this can be a time consuming task. There is another way to check this flow, and it uses a DSO and a special pressure transducer.

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