Thanks Danny, next time I have a misfiring engine injector relalated I do just that. That is provided I can remember cylinder 1 is at the flywheel end

I also invested in the sonic belt tensioning tool by Gates, this was the same as above picture going back to the late 1990's. The selling point for that tool at the time was, "Any engine that fails in service because of our belt fitted and tensioned by our tool, we will replace the engine for free"....

Car came in two weeks ago and boss looed at it said it was misfiring on cylinder 3. I used the scanner Apolo 8 read codes and live data and the information advised cylinder 3 injector circuit fault. I was asked to fit a new injector into cylinder 3. Not checking the technical data first and thinking...

Thanks Roman yes I've found that function now.

I'm not using PicoScope anywhere as near as should be so will probably tell people why I'm asking this question. My own car started to become difficult to start a few weeks ago and gradually got worse. Over the last couple of days misfiring and smoke from the exhaust tailpipe were present. As the en...

Thanks, but at the moment I haven't got an old spare injector to do that with. I was looking at the Pico TA323 and thinking should I take a heater plug out, but then looked at my old compression test kit and can see they are similar if not the same as Pico TA323. So I started to try and see what wou...

Thanks for the replies. $700 might be a little out the price range though for a single job! What I've thought about is having a die made similar to the injector intself and using that to make a compression reading. My neighbour is a tooling engineer and advised he can make me one. I'm going to go wi...

No its the worry about plugs breaking when being removed. Some plugs are carboned in and difficult to remove.Sometimes access is also questionable. These plugs on this model are down the rear side of the cylinder head. If one were to break it could end up major surgary that I'd rather avoid if possi...

Okay I'm looking for what might not be available? I'm presently looking at a Kia Carens 1700 direct injection diesel engine. Technology has moved on somewhat since I bought my diesel compression tester kit. Is there anyone who might know of a manufacturer that makes a direct injection diesel compres...

Car came in running but the customer advised that the engine cut out when hot after a run. Initially I did not have that information which was later given to me from the boss. After taking the car for an extended road test the engine did cut out and has never restarted. The engine cranks okay but th...