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by Technician
Mon Nov 21, 2022 6:20 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 86192

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

So the car came back today. I've carried out further engine cranking tests using the WPS500x and engine idle running tests froma cold engine. Nothing stood out as far as I've seen to now, however, just letting the engine run at idle and installing a temperature gauge in the cooling system, it has no...
by Technician
Thu Nov 17, 2022 7:54 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 86192

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

Well do we want the good news or the bad? Customer came back this afternoon and said that the car has been okay since collection on the 04th November, however, the car is now broken down in Manchester and the customer showed me a picture of the reservoir hose going to the engine, which has split! I'...
by Technician
Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:34 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 86192

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

That was part of the problem though, one hose hot and the other cold and the hoses going hard as the temperature rised. Misleading me to think of a pressure rise before the coolant blow out the cap and boiled.
by Technician
Fri Nov 04, 2022 12:51 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 86192

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

Thanks, I thought I found that place when I moved into the main dealers networks, however, I was sadly wrong. When I moved back to the aftermarket garage trade initially I was okay for about 12 months, then ownership changed, and the owner having no professional training or experience on the shop fl...
by Technician
Tue Oct 25, 2022 9:09 am
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 86192

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

Header tank cap tend to fail on these. Thermostat wont open before boiling point at atmospheric pressure, that’s for sure. Cap ensures it remains pressurised system. Hmm. And I’m self learned, not professional trained, I guess I do above the average professional diagnostician. Not everything is abo...
by Technician
Mon Oct 24, 2022 12:11 am
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 86192

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

The thought never crossed my mind. The biggest problem I've had in the last seventeen years is the attitudes of the men I worked with.Diagnosing faults on vehicles accurately only comes with time and effort. Research is something that should be carried out if unfamiliarity is present. Now although t...
by Technician
Sat Oct 15, 2022 2:31 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 86192

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

Let's see how this goes, I'll not conclude the issue just in case something odd reacurrs. Today I got the Pico WPS500x in each engine cylinder after running to normal engine temperature. I carried out engine idle running tests. Each cylinder produced exactly the same results. At the valve overlap ar...
by Technician
Thu Oct 13, 2022 8:10 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 86192

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

Guess what, the car has returned. Since I last worked on it the customer advised it had been okay until yesterday. The cooling system is now bahaving exactly as before. The lads in the workshop have decided to try another thermostat. let's see how it goes this afternoon? The boss asked me to take a...
by Technician
Thu Oct 13, 2022 12:13 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 86192

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

Guess what, the car has returned. Since I last worked on it the customer advised it had been okay until yesterday. The cooling system is now bahaving exactly as before. The lads in the workshop have decided to try another thermostat. let's see how it goes this afternoon?
by Technician
Thu Sep 22, 2022 12:06 pm
Forum: PicoScope 7 Automotive software
Topic: Filtering
Replies: 2
Views: 1907

Re: Filtering

Thanks, but I can't find that menu on PS7 ?

Thanks found it. Didn't realise that even when the channel is running I still had to click on it to bring up the menu. I don't remember having to do that previously!