Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. | Training: 8:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m. EST
This in-person training, brought to you by Motorage Training and the Dorman Training Center, is a value-packed, full-day event for advancing your technical skills. Learn from some of the automotive aftermarket industry’s top instructors as they present classes and answer questions on key topics including air-fuel sensor testing, electrical troubleshooting and diagnosing problem vehicles.
Note: Breakfast and lunch included
EVENT CLASSES:
Attendees must choose one class to attend per session.
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:30—4:50 p.m.
Building Your Diagnostic Worksheet
Instructor: Ken Zanders 🡢
Engine mechanical,
Ignition
Fuel system testing.
Fuel Trims suggested technique
Building Your Diagnostic Worksheet
Instructor: Josh Weaver 🡢
Variable valve -timing
Mechanical Testing
Different types of CKP and CMP sensors
Related diagnostic trouble codes
How the computer uses these sensors as inputs
Testing techniques with DSO
Case studies and a lot more..
MORNING SESSION
8:30—11:50 a.m.
Upping Your Diagnostic Skills
Instructor: “G” Truglia 🡢
Building a “Game Plan”
DTCs - No code driveability
Sharpen your diagnostic skills
Using PCM strategies and Enabling Criteria
Use of meters, lab scopes and other diagnostic tools and equipment
Batteries including coding and reprogramming - parasitic draw - voltage drop - engine
Relative compression - gas analysis - fuel flow testing - fuel trim - current ramping testing
PCM testing - pressure transducers – reprogramming
Diagnostic Strategies - OBD II - Monitors - Mode 6
Instructor: Pete Meier 🡢
OBD II systems-based repairs using common test equipment
Diagnostic First Steps
Scan Tool Diagnostics, Fuel Systems, Common Tests, Useful Testers
Converting Mode 6 data for diagnostics
Interpreting Mode 6 data & using Mode 6 test results
Quick Hitters (Tips and techniques centered on common problems, typical systems, and predictable pattern failures)
Tech Tips
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