The aspect I still enjoy most about working on
vehicles is being able to diagnose a fault that has
beaten others! This skill takes a few years to
develop but it is worth the effort. Diagnostic work
is much like that of a detective solving a difficult
crime, all the clues are usually there – if you know
where to look. I think it was Sherlock Holmes (a
fictional detective if you have never heard of
him!) who said:
When you have eliminated all which is
impossible, then whatever remains, however
improbable, must be the truth.
This is a great thought for a diagnostic technician
to keep in mind.
To help you learn ‘where to look’ for the clues
and to eliminate the impossible, this book combines
some aspects of automotive technology covered
in my other books. However, it goes much
further with a new approach to the art of diagnostics
as a science.
The skills needed to be a good diagnostic
technician are many and varied. For one job you
may need to listen to a rumbling noise as the car
corners, for another you may need to interpret an
oscilloscope waveform or a diagnostic trouble
code.
Vehicles continue to become more complicated,
particularly in the area of electronics. The need
for technicians with good diagnostic skills therefore
remains. This could be you and you should
be paid well!
Look on the bright side of having complicated
technology on vehicles – fewer ‘home mechanics’
and more work for you and me!
vehicles is being able to diagnose a fault that has
beaten others! This skill takes a few years to
develop but it is worth the effort. Diagnostic work
is much like that of a detective solving a difficult
crime, all the clues are usually there – if you know
where to look. I think it was Sherlock Holmes (a
fictional detective if you have never heard of
him!) who said:
When you have eliminated all which is
impossible, then whatever remains, however
improbable, must be the truth.
This is a great thought for a diagnostic technician
to keep in mind.
To help you learn ‘where to look’ for the clues
and to eliminate the impossible, this book combines
some aspects of automotive technology covered
in my other books. However, it goes much
further with a new approach to the art of diagnostics
as a science.
The skills needed to be a good diagnostic
technician are many and varied. For one job you
may need to listen to a rumbling noise as the car
corners, for another you may need to interpret an
oscilloscope waveform or a diagnostic trouble
code.
Vehicles continue to become more complicated,
particularly in the area of electronics. The need
for technicians with good diagnostic skills therefore
remains. This could be you and you should
be paid well!
Look on the bright side of having complicated
technology on vehicles – fewer ‘home mechanics’
and more work for you and me!
