Sunday, 9 April 2017

Rusty fuel tanks

A nice jag that has been stood for a long time was suffering from lack of fuel and avery noisy pump cause rust clogged fuel system

Tuesday, 4 April 2017

connecting an oscilloscope

Remember an oscilloscope is measuring voltage making the possibility of shorts a ll to  possible.
So common sense prevails



Sunday, 2 April 2017

Saturday, 1 April 2017

Injector cleaning fluids

D o injector cleaners work?in theory into the tank and your good.
No dont waste your money.
Only injector removal and ultrasonic cleaning actually works.We carry out this service so please enquire





Thursday, 30 March 2017

fuel injectors

they are basically pretty simple devices,but very well engineered.
2 thousands of a second is the typical opening time.A solenoid that can open close in such a time period is a very accurate piece of engineering and they go wrong very easily






Monday, 27 March 2017

running a car

its an expensive  game,but spend a little to avoid big bills


Sunday, 26 March 2017

collapsed CAT

A catalytic converter is a very reliable item but  they can collapse causing some major issues a quick of engine vacuum is a sure fire way of checking

Wednesday, 22 March 2017

thermal imaging

Our flir thermal camera is now one of mainstay tools for tracking  certain faults especially good for  looking at exhaust manifold branches for misfire detection





Sunday, 26 February 2017

A collection of scopes

Diagnosing modern engines without an oscilloscopes really is a  waste of time
Here at lunar we have an ever growing collection.NO1 among them is without doubt the pico








Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Its all in the exhaust

Your exhaust seems to be nice constant stream,seems to be.In fact there are  rises and falls in that  apparently constant stream
How do you detect them?
You need a signal generator and an oscilloscope which can detect very short time periods,ie 2 milliseconds,it a great diagnostic tool without  even lifting the bonnet.