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LearnnallnthenskillsnyounneedntonpassnLeveln3nandn4nVehiclenDiagnosticncoursesnfromnIMI,nCity nandnGuildsnandnB
TEC,nasnwellnasnhighernlevels,nASE,nAURnandnothernqualifications.
AdvancednAutomotive nFaultnDiagnosis nexplainsnthenfundamentals nofnvehiclensystemsnandncomponentsnandn
examinesndiagnosticnprinciplesnasnwellnasnthenlatestntechniquesnemployedninneffectivenvehiclenmaintenancena
ndnrepair.nDiagnostics,nornfaultnfinding,nisnannessentialnpartnofnannautomotiventechnician’snwork,nandnasnauto
motivensystemsnbecomenincreasingly ncomplex,ntherenisnangreater nneednforngoodndiagnosticsnskills.nFornstuden
tsnnew ntonthensubject,nthisnbook nwillnhelpntondevelopnthesenskills,nbutnitnwillnalsonassistnexperiencedntechnician
sntonfurther nimproventheir nperformancenandnkeepnupnwithnrecentnindustry ndevelopments.
▶n CheckednandnendorsednbynthenInstitutenofnthenMotornIndustry ntonensurenthatnitnisnidealnfornbothnindependentnan
dntutor-basednstudy
▶n Diagnosticsncasenstudiesntonhelpnyounputnthenprinciplesncoverednintonreal-lifencontext
▶n Usefulnfeaturesnthroughout,nincludingndefinitions,nkey nfactsnandn‘safety nfirst’nconsiderations
TomnDenton nisnthenleadingnUK nautomotivenauthor nwithnanteachingncareer nspanningnlecturer ntonheadnofnauto
motivenengineeringninnanlargencollege.nHisnrangenofnautomotiventextbooksnpublishednsincen1995narenbestsell
ersnandnledntonhisnauthoringnofnthenAutomotiv enTechniciannTr ainingnmultimediansystemnthatnisninncommonnu
seninnthenUK,nUSAnandnseveralnotherncountries.nTomnnow nworksnasntheneLearningnDevelopmentnManager nfornt
henInstitutenofnthenMotornIndustry n(IMI).
,Automotive Technology: Vehicle
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Maintenance and Repair
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Fourth Edition
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Tom Denton
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, Fourthneditionnpublished n2017n
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