March 3, 2014 Stop by the iATN booth at Vision Hi-Tech Training & Expo, and talk with Scott Brown and Javier Cedeño. They can walk you through what iATN has to offer, including our new options for educators, instructors and students. This week, March 6-9 in Kansas City: https://www.visionkc.com/

We'll also be broadcasting a live think tank panel discussion via YouTube on March 7 at 4PM Central: http://iatn.net/live

February 27, 2014 The latest iATN Review quarterly newsletter is out, packed with 15 great posts made on iATN in the past quarter, including: some perspective from a tech turned service writer, compression waveform analysis, volumetric efficiency discussion, shop management insights, a tip on how to install IMRC bushings, pre-ignition vs. detonation, CAN bus diagnostics, Duramax DEF & NOx, technician communication and more! http://autop.ro/6NQ


iATN Review Newsletter: First Quarter 2014 Edition
Includes: The Field Blotter Oil Testing for Objective Analysis and CYA. Don't be a Hero. Compression Waveforms, Part 13. Learning Difficult TPMS Sensors. Volumetric Efficiency. IMRC Bushing Install Tip. Pre-Ignition vs. Detonation... and more.

February 24, 2014 iATN will be live-broadcasting an Educator Think Tank Panel Discussion at Vision Hi-Tech Training & Expo, moderated by Rick Escalambre. You can watch it LIVE on March 7 at 4PM Central time here on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXt1LBS6E94

More details about the panel and the event here: http://autop.ro/6MF


Educator Think Tank Panel Discussion from ASA Midwest Vision Hi-Tech Training & Expo
www.youtube.com From the 2014 Vision Hi-Tech Training & Expo event in Overland Park Kansas, iATN is broadcasting the scheduled 1hr panel discussion on Friday March 7th @ 4:0...

February 18, 2014 Sometimes during a programming session you may encounter errors due to unwanted network activity. Reid from New Jersey provides his work around for module isolation when issues like this arise. http://autop.ro/5Ke


Isolating Modules From the Data Bus for Programming
Some of you probably know this trick so for you this is review. I recently read a Tech Help request from a tech that was having difficulty programming a BCM in a 2000 Saturn. Typically a module will fail to program and you will get an error message and the dre

February 11, 2014 Automotive Educators: We've started a new program to provide you — as well as ALL the instructors and students on your campus — with iATN premium access for only $45/month, total! http://autop.ro/6Gv


New Program Announcement for Educators
Hello everyone, I wanted to give the educators reading this forum a heads-up on an exciting new program offering for schools, and a small change to the age requirements for student accounts. If you have any questions on this new offering, please let us know.As

February 3, 2014 Technician licensing is a topic that never seems to rest on iATN. The summary within the opening post and the ensuing 50+ responses within this discussion are quite interesting: http://autop.ro/5wE

Around the same time this was posted on iATN, we also had a poll on the topic that had over 7000 respondents and over 400 comments: http://autop.ro/5C0

Technician Licensing
Andrew makes an extremely good point about the power of licensing and regulation in other trades. I think it's obvious that the reason other trades prosper while the automotive sector languishes is because they have standards and we don't.

January 27, 2014 Cracked flywheels/flexplates on two GM truck platforms sounded like valve lifter noise. Upon further examination, Roy from Iowa discovered the real issue. http://autop.ro/6jT

Nailing down a broken flywheel
Up until a couple of weeks ago we had never replaced or had any problems with broken flywheels on the newer, to us, Gm full size pickups. A customer came to us with 04 2500 HD 6.0 with a 4l80e trans. The complaint was a tick in the motor.

January 20, 2014 1999 Camry DTC P0441: proper diagnosis and repair with the right tools and knowledge appears to be fairly straight forward only after the customer had a non-qualified person attempt repairs. http://autop.ro/6jS


$1500 and it still won't pass
Hi EmFer's, The customer paid a mechanic to get her car to pass it's smog inspection. The mechanic is a person that grew up with her son, and she thinks of him as family. Here's a list that he made. 1999 Toyota Camry CE, Photo I have no idea why all those re

January 13, 2014 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan CAN IHS Bus issues caused by a wiring harness rub-through. Skyler from Nebraska illustrates the symptoms and the root cause of the intermittent network communication problems. http://autop.ro/5Lx


CAN IHS BUS
Ran into a [2009 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT], customer states very intermittently the wiper will sweep and headlights turn on. Code tested, multiple stored faults for loss of comm. with interior body modules IHS BUS. So CAN IHS (Interior High Speed) bus is shorting or loosing connection.

January 8, 2014 We have a new member poll: "After reviewing 2013, what is your shop's top initiative planned for 2014?" You can participate here and see the live results: http://members.iatn.net/

Our previous poll asked, "Does your company provide a monetary annual bonus for most employees?" Of the 3,476 respondents, 50% answered "Yes," 18% answered with a qualified "No," indicating compensation came in other ways, and 32% answered "No, but I wish it would." This wasn't a simple Yes/No poll, as there were 8 different response choices. Read the detailed break down, including 79 comments, here: http://autop.ro/6uo