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75,000 Strong
Scott Brown
iATN crossed a milestone this past quarter when the active membership exceeded 75,000, pushing our combined experience to over 1.75 million years! That is quite a remarkable measure that you can take advantage of by simply participating in many of the various areas of iATN. With your membership, you have access to a vast array of industry knowledge. Thank you to everyone that participates on iATN!
As you may know, we conduct a member poll on the members-only homepage every month or two, and generally get tremendous feedback. Our latest poll on scan tool form factor preferences was no different, with over 4,000 respondents, 775 of which left comments to expand on their poll choice (view the results). Our current poll asks about WiFi access in the repair shop, and all polls are archived for your reference.
In this edition of the Review we have highlighted several highly-rated posts by iATN members, which include a tip about repairing DLC Terminals, Ford IDS Triggering, MAF Sensor Analytics and a look at CAN from a new perspective. We hope you find these interesting and useful!
As we head into the fourth quarter and round out the year, all of us here at iATN wish you and your families the best. We are very excited about what is in store for 2012! Stay tuned by following the latest iATN News via your preferred service: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or RSS.
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Scott Brown
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Low Cost COP Ignition Pickup for Pico Scope
Tool & Equipment Forum
Martin from New Zealand
For those who have a Waekon 76562 COP ignition tester, it can be converted very to make a very impressive COP tester for your scope, I have tested it on a few cars and found it very good, You may have one of these in your tool box and can revitalize it buy connecting it to your scope.
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6.0L Misfire with Injector Circuit DTCs
HD/Fleet Forum
Robby from Alabama
This ambulance came in with a running rough concern. I first pulled DTCs and found P0262 & P0265 (#1 & #2 injector circuit high). I performed a KOEO Injector Electrical self-test got this: [2005 Ford E-450 Super Duty, ECM/Inputs/Outputs Scan Data] This is the power balance: [2005 Ford E-450 Super Duty, ECM/Inputs/Outputs Scan Data] FICM voltage PIDs: [2005 Ford E-450 Super Duty, ECM/Inputs/Outputs Scan Data] I looked up the pinpoint test for the DTCs.
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DLC Terminal Repair
Technical Tips Forum
Tony from Missouri
I've had to do this to three cars in the last year. These vehicles were all in poor state of repair so I will make a broad assumption that the cause of this occurrence was the use of a cheap and/or poorly made code reader/cable. The symptom is no communication or loss of communication with scanner.
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IDS Record Triggering
Technical Tips Forum
Robby from Alabama
Setting up IDS to record when certain conditions occur is another way to let the scan tool work for you. Today, I had an 03 Explorer with the O/D light flasing and P0741 in memory. I cleared the DTC and wanted to take a 2 minute recording (1 min pre/1 min post) when the PCM set a DTC.
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How to Diagnose a Bad MAF Sensor in 10 Minutes
Technical Tips Forum
Matthew from Illinois
A few months ago this vehicle came in with the MIL on. I scanned it and this is what I found. [1999 Chevrolet Express 3500, Scan Data] [1999 Chevrolet Express 3500, Waveform] This van has a P0131 and a pending P0151; the code descriptors and definitions are important here.
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1998 Nissan Pathfinder 3.3L Intermittent No Start
Technical Tips Forum
Danny from California
Tip: Injectors do not operate while cranking, check the EGI (main) Relay. A shop I occasionally deal with called and asked for direction on an intermittent no start on a Nissan Pathfinder. The tech asked how I would start diagnosing the problem. I told them that he should check scan data and make sure that nothing is grossly out of spec, such as TPS, Coolant Temps, RPM, or Injector Pulse Width.
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Using Music to Understand CAN & Vise/Versa
Technical Theory Forum
Robby from Alabama
Over the past few months, there have been several very interesting threads on CAN that's really pegged my interest. CAN is an extremely reliable communication network. One reason is it's resistance to interference due to using the voltage differential between the High & Low CAN lines.
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