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by Technician
Mon Oct 24, 2022 12:11 am
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 14152

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: 14152

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: 14152

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: 14152

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: 1441

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!
by Technician
Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:18 pm
Forum: PicoScope 7 Automotive software
Topic: Filtering
Replies: 2
Views: 1441

Filtering

Does anyone know where the filtering function has been moved to on PS7 by any chance? Just can't find it anymore and sometimes the noise does need a clean up. Thanks
by Technician
Mon Sep 19, 2022 5:14 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 14152

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

Thanks Picowight. Just wished I'd of been afforded the opportunity to see it through to the end.
by Technician
Sat Sep 17, 2022 4:41 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 14152

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

Thanks Picowight, referring back to the CNG graph when I put the bung in and the step up in pressure started, I allowed that pressure to rise just a little while, but then the coolant started to boil in the reservoir so I stopped the engine. The coolant did continue to rise while the engine was runn...
by Technician
Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:34 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 14152

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

Thanks Ron. I'm never afforded the time at work to investigate and find out the root cause of faults like this because my boss thinks everything is two minutes to find. I went in work Thursday last week and the car had gone, nothing said. I've not studied the scope traces above but the PNG copy trac...
by Technician
Sat Sep 10, 2022 2:51 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010
Replies: 34
Views: 14152

Re: Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 2010

From the start I carried out a compression test, the results I recorded in a previous post. I was not convinced the losses in compression were the cause of the overheating, however, that now seems I was incorrect. Numerous times in my life have I seen engines with varying compression problems and no...