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n n n
Automotive Technology: Vehicle Maintenance and Repair
n n n n n
Fourth Edition
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motivensystemsnbecomenincreasingly ncomplex,ntherenisnangreater nneednforngoodndiagnosticsnskills.nFornstuden
tsnnew ntonthensubject,nthisnbook nwillnhelpntondevelopnthesenskills,nbutnitnwillnalsonassistnexperiencedntechnician
sntonfurther nimproventheir nperformancenandnkeepnupnwithnrecentnindustry ndevelopments.
▶n CheckednandnendorsednbynthenInstitutenofnthenMotornIndustry ntonensurenthatnitnisnidealnfornbothnindependentnan
dntutor-basednstudy
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▶n Usefulnfeaturesnthroughout,nincludingndefinitions,nkey nfactsnandn‘safety nfirst’nconsiderations
TomnDenton nisnthenleadingnUK nautomotivenauthor nwithnanteachingncareer nspanningnlecturer ntonheadnofnauto
motivenengineeringninnanlargencollege.nHisnrangenofnautomotiventextbooksnpublishednsincen1995narenbestsell
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seninnthenUK,nUSAnandnseveralnotherncountries.nTomnnow nworksnasntheneLearningnDevelopmentnManager nfornt
henInstitutenofnthenMotornIndustry n(IMI).
,Automotive Technology: Vehicle
n n n
Maintenance and Repair
n n
Fourth Edition
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Tom Denton
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, Fourthneditionnpublished n2017n
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and nby nRoutledge
711nThird nAvenue,nNewnYork,nNYn10017
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accordance nwithnsections n77nand n78nof nthenCopyright,nDesigns nand nPatents nAct n1988.
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rmnornby nanynelectronic,nmechanical,nornothernmeans,nnownknownnornhereafterninvented,ninclu
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permissionninnwriting nfromnthenpublishers.
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nand nare nused nonly nfornidentificationnand nexplanationnwithout nintent nto ninfringe.
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n n n
Automotive Technology: Vehicle Maintenance and Repair
n n n n n
Fourth Edition
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LearnnallnthenskillsnyounneedntonpassnLeveln3nandn4nVehiclenDiagnosticncoursesnfromnIMI,nCity nandnGuildsnandnB
TEC,nasnwellnasnhighernlevels,nASE,nAURnandnothernqualifications.
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examinesndiagnosticnprinciplesnasnwellnasnthenlatestntechniquesnemployedninneffectivenvehiclenmaintenancena
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sntonfurther nimproventheir nperformancenandnkeepnupnwithnrecentnindustry ndevelopments.
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▶n Diagnosticsncasenstudiesntonhelpnyounputnthenprinciplesncoverednintonreal-lifencontext
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TomnDenton nisnthenleadingnUK nautomotivenauthor nwithnanteachingncareer nspanningnlecturer ntonheadnofnauto
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seninnthenUK,nUSAnandnseveralnotherncountries.nTomnnow nworksnasntheneLearningnDevelopmentnManager nfornt
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,Automotive Technology: Vehicle
n n n
Maintenance and Repair
n n
Fourth Edition
n
Tom Denton
n
, Fourthneditionnpublished n2017n
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and nby nRoutledge
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©n2017nTomnDenton
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accordance nwithnsections n77nand n78nof nthenCopyright,nDesigns nand nPatents nAct n1988.
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rmnornby nanynelectronic,nmechanical,nornothernmeans,nnownknownnornhereafterninvented,ninclu
ding nphotocopyingnandnrecording,norninnany ninformationnstoragenornretrievalnsystem,nwithoutn
permissionninnwriting nfromnthenpublishers.
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nand nare nused nonly nfornidentificationnand nexplanationnwithout nintent nto ninfringe.
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