6 STEP DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS - HOW I FIX CARS

That's a big tool box I didn't realize the back ground was the tool box.

This dude is just promoting the scantool. He is no mechanic, he probably think that all car run on electricity

Got no power to coil pack on opel corsa b what can I look at

This expensive snap on lmao. I wish I had money. I don't think this is a job for me

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Loose the overlong intro and over loud rubbish music .

A mechanic is someone who understands and has the ability to diagnose and repair a mechanical device. I.E. older mechanical controlled engines and transmissions(that’s what I’m better at than diagnosing the electronic controlled systems) there are able to diagnose and fix/repair the mechanical device without a fancy scanner, but instead rely on analog devices and tools! Thule the technitian can diagnose and repair a vehicle that is electronically controlled or operated using sophisticated tools to read and calibrate components.

This is certainly a good vid, so thankyou for it, I think from this video I need to study more on car electrical components to be able to handle auto diagnostics

He sounds like he has a process and knows what hes talking about but he says “might be” too often for me 😂

I could get a car going in the desert with my hands and a rag while this fellas looking for an electrical outlet.

I was deeply offended by this video 😂. Im a mechanic 90% of cars and all there working i can get fixed with my hands and head. A complete master of the “combustion engine”, electronics i have to work at but can also diagnose these problems through process of elimination. In my mind a technician is someone who cannot do this and relies on one computer to fix another computer. After the year 2000 cars got computer chips and now we need “technicians” or “fitters” who find a faulty part and replace it(THEY DO NOT FIX THE ENGINE).

Alot of people hung up on that mechanic vs. Technician debate...

How might we find out that the cowel was leaking, and causing the corrosion to the ground though???

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Can't handle that Thin Blue Line.

To be honest, a mechanic can figure out most problems and figure a way around them. A technician is a glorified parts changer. A diagnostician is a vehicle magician when it comes to electrical anything. Myself, I’m in between mechanic and technician. I struggle with with electrical shit quite a bit

What’s the best way for an up incoming mechanic to get into dealership

While I was driving my Jeep rubicon I ran into the speed bump and got abs light come up and goes away after few minutes..

Thank you for this. Great video. Would you recommend a book for this to learn the basics.

Wait so a mechanic does small parts in a car but a technician does all parts from everything?

Ship it lol

A mechanic works on cars. A technician is someone who tries to make their job sound more complex than it is!

I'm new in the line....am still taking my time to understand how it works..

If a 2001 caddilac comes in with 8 codes, I should be paid 8 diagnostic codes! But my shop will only pay for 1!

I’m in school to be a tech and working, doing both full time. My car had a DTC It was a P0328 code. I did the bare minimum of replacing the knock sensor, and that didn’t fix it. With school and work I didn’t have more time to mess with it, so I took it to a shop.
They got back to me the next day with a diagnosis. When I dropped it off I asked them if they were going to check the electrical and mechanical sides of things and they said yes. Their official diagnosis was: needs new knock sensor. I asked AGAIN: “are y’all certain? Did y’all do a resistance test on the sensor and check the wiring harness?” The guy said yes… I told them to go for it (mainly for the warranty) he calls back 30mins later saying that it was an electrical issue and they went ahead and fixed it. I told them to save the old sensor for me, they did.

I know as a customer it is my responsibility to give as much info as possible to the service writer. But also as a customer I expect the tech go through all the steps to rule out issues and properly diagnose something.

Mechanic vs. Technician. Why do so many get this wrong?

You're a tradesman. You are a Mechanic by trade because you fix machines. has no bearing on skill level.

As a mechanic you happen to be a GM (or whatever) technician meaning you specialize in repairing GM products. That is your Job, not your trade. You could fix Caterpillars or airplane engines, you're still a mechanic.

Someone who fixes washing machines is an appliance repairman, doesn't matter if he's employed by Kenmore or Maytag.

Lube Tech, General Maintenance Tech, Technician, Master Technician. Those indicate technician skill level in automotive.

Here is a puzzler, please help if you can. My Car battery just died completely zero recognition of any power. I was going about my errands with the car when I tried to start it in a store parking lot and it just fizzled to nothing in one second. After about an hour I was going to give up and have the car towed when my mother said try it, it will work so I did and it did ! It started up again like a powerful new battery. When I got home, I turned it off after a while I thought why not so I turned it on several times. It just goes on like a powerful new battery. Does anyone know what happened? Will it happen again? Can someone please explain and help me to understand what is going on? Will it happen again? Mercury Sable LS Premium year 2002 35,000 miles, one owner,me. Battery is 2 1/2 yrs. Old. No crud on terminals and tight, no play on terminals.

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I have been working on cars professionally since 1976 when I was discharged from the U.S, Navy as a Diesel Mechanic. I passed the Master ASE test in December of 1977. I have seen the evolution of ignition systems from points and condensors to what we have today. So I think I might have the right to an opinion. In the late 1970s ANDY GRANATELLI and Tune Up Masters coined the term Automobile Technicain. The reason was with the advent of Sun Electric inventing diagnostic scopes that could do realtive cranking compresion and KV test with the other 4 gas test and print a report that could be given to a customerwith an estimate of what was required to restore a vehicle back to proper operation. Thus we have the the dictionary definition of technicain. It was automated and the same testing was done on every vehicle. I will let you look it up. Now a mechanic is defined as "A worker skilled in making, using, or repairing machines, vehicles, and tools." the Free Dictionary. I don't mind being called a technician since the marketing has been to redefine the title of my profession but really I am a mechanic. Best regards, TIm Roland ASE Master L1.

Great content

Nice

Mechanic fixes anything no matter how deep the problem. Technicians just swap parts with there scan tool😂 don’t get it twisted

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You say come and take it while flying a back the blue flag? How does that compute?

Just remember new techs...a good education is expensive. I learned by "helping" Master Techs by doing their work for them between my oil change appointments.

how much a the computer

tanx bro very helpful

Actually its easier to diagnose today because computers do all the work for you. The only issue older mechanics have is when its an electronics in newer cars but in time computers will make that a lot easier as well. Truth is you'll never stop learning in the car diagnostic's/mechanic field. Technology is always changing. When I was young OBD had just came out. On-board diagnostics didn't get used by GM until 1980 & it was just 12 years earlier that Volkswagen started using it. What people should be questioning is why is the Government allowed to mandate these systems in cars? That's a ton of freedoms people have given up. Its just like the idea of "Government Property". The US Government is supposed to be owned by the Citizens so how could they ever obtain there own property? Anyway its a never ending cycle with technology.

Done

CLOSE: mechanics swap parts (& follow instructions), technicians diagnose problems others cannot (even when novel to them).
(requires logic and IQ). You need to fix that acronym, because the words are ambiguous. Terms like:
Communicate, identify, confirm, [rca] (root-cause analysis),
Doing a temp fix if possible is best so you know before you doing an hours work only to find it's not the cause.

But, the ones that are crucial for those techs talking to customers ... getting AUTHORIZATION that's clear if the communication is by phone (text may be preferred if they're squirrely). In diagnosing, a word that may be good is "falsifiable" ... (check out Karl Popper) ... another point to consider is the "NECESSARY & SUFFICIENT" criteria against a solution.

Is it a sufficient cause of the issue?
Is it a necessary cause of the issue?
If it's lacking either, you have at least an additional problem, or, you just have a false-start (mistaken cause).

Sometimes my techs would test something that could've been the issue and falsely rule out a potential category of problem just because they tested an affiliate issue. If the test isn't definitive, people will falsely conflate them as being so. This falls into the category of epistemology. What do you know, and when can you be sure you do..?

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Do voltage drop testing
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The way you broke your video down into chapters....GOD BLESS YOU!!! I wish others would do the same!!! GREAT JOB, and VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO!!!!!!!!! I just SUBSCRIBED!!!

I'm technician & mechanic 10 years experience. You are working good 👍 keep it up

Any voltage drop videos?

Can you fix my van

My issue is what is a true diagnostic at a dealer . I had one mechanic scan my car and say it was just a sensor and when it wasn’t I told him If I had to pay him full since he gave me a bad diagnostic, he says he never did a diagnostic . So I realized the scan isn’t a true diagnostic , he said he’d have to pull apart the engine and get a wiring schematic and see the oil pump for the p06da code on the Pentastar 3.6 engine .

So I took it to the dealer instead , they told me they don’t look at just the code but isolate the issue . Yet I get a call in an hour about all these things that need to get fixed, one being the oil pump.

When I checked online for the p06da code I saw it can be the solenoid at the oil pump or ground wiring issue , and PCM.

So if a diagnostic is more than a simple scan and actually getting in and testing the part, how is it possible to get the the pump and truly diagnose in an hour .

Seems to me they just scanned it and charged me 155 for it and essentially did no real work .

They apparently checked my whole car yet told me to diagnose odd rocker arm issues it would be another diagnostic issue. Also told me my wipers were fine on their checklist and one wiper doesn’t even move. So what am I really playing for.

This is so enlightening 👍

As someone who knows a little but not the most about cars, this was a helpful video. Thank you!

Diagnooosetics!!!