So what is Diagnostic Assistance? Think of it as a text book that you could give to an apprentice on their first day in your garage, but it would also be useful to a master mechanic with years of experience. Unless you have learned everything, and cars stop changing, you will always need to learn more things as you go.

 

Diagnostic Assistance is a reliable source of information about all of the various systems that you come acrosss in cars every day. Diagnostic Assistance covers 414 topics, made up of 71 Fundamental topics; 141 Diagnostics and Testing topics; 196 Library (waveform and scan tool examples) topics; and 6 appendices. Any mechanic could benefit from the vast amount of information, all quickly searchable at their fingertips.

 

As technology evolves, so does engine and chassis control. Diagnostic Assistance keeps up to date with the latest technology that is coming into your garage every day, so that you can keep current and confidently servicing and fixing your customer’s cars. An example is Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR), a newer generation of emission controls that is found on many cars in the Irish car parc. Chances are very good that you have come across it, and sooner or later you will need to understand how it works and how to diagnose a fault. Diagnostic Assistance explains SCR, how it functions and how to diagnose a fault in SCR.

 

Another handy feature of Diagnostic Assistance is Technician Notes. This feature allows you to add your own notes to sections, so that if you want to add a note about a specific problem and solution you have encountered, that note will be searchable and will be easily found the next time you look up that information, just like writing in some notes on the edge of a page in a book.

 

Diagnostic Assistance covers body and chassis components, and explains how they work, what the electrical/vacuum/hydraulic connections look like, diagnostic tests and procedures and expected values and examples of what the signal from each sensor should look like on your oscilloscope. The software also has guided diagnostics, a feature that can help you through the process of identifying the source of a problem, as well as getting you to the correct solution as quickly as possible. You will benefit from the combined years of experience of the creators of Diagnostic Assistance.

 

Diagnostic Assistance demonstration videos can be viewed on their YouTube channel. For more information about Diagnostic Assistance software, you can visit www.diagnostic-assistance.co.uk or ring John at Autobiz on 091-523-292.