Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. | Training: 8:30 a.m.—5:00 p.m. EST
Join this hands-on, in-person training hosted by Dorman Training Center and Motor Age Training—a full-day event designed to sharpen your diagnostic skills and deepen your understanding of advanced vehicle repair. Learn directly from some of the automotive aftermarket’s most respected instructors as they guide you through real-world scenarios, present detailed technical classes, and answer your questions on critical topics like air-fuel sensor testing, advanced electrical troubleshooting, and effective techniques for diagnosing complex vehicle issues.
Note: Breakfast and lunch are included.
EVENT CLASSES:
Attendees must choose one class to attend per session. | View event flyer
MORNING SESSION:
Diagnostic Strategies
This course provides training in OBD-II system diagnostics using common test equipment, covering essential first steps, scan tool techniques and fuel system analysis.
Topics covered include:
OBD-II systems-based repairs using common test equipment
Diagnostic first steps
Scan tool diagnostics, fuel systems, common tests and useful testers
Converting Mode 6 data for diagnostics
Interpreting Mode 6 data and using Mode 6 test results
Tips and techniques centered on common problems, typical systems and predictable pattern failures
Instructor: Pete Meier 🡢
Upping Your Diagnostic Skills
This course equips automotive professionals with the skills to diagnose and troubleshoot driveability issues efficiently, even when no diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) are present.
Topics covered include:
Building a “Game Plan”
DTCs and 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 and voltage drop
Relative compression, gas analysis, fuel flow testing, fuel trim and current ramping testing
PCM testing, pressure transducer, reprogramming
Instructor: “G” Truglia 🡢
AFTERNOON SESSION:
Driving Down the Rabbit Hole
This course streamlines the diagnostic process with a structured eight-step sequence, helping technicians quickly establish an accurate approach from the initial test drive for efficient troubleshooting.
Topics covered include:
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
Instructor: Josh Weaver 🡢
Building Your Diagnostic Worksheet
This course explores the fundamentals of building a diagnostic game plan, using various testing methods and equipment to ensure an effective troubleshooting process.
Topics covered include:
Engine mechanical
Ignition
Fuel system testing
Fuel trims suggested technique
Instructor: Ken Zanders 🡢
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