AVI On Demand Power Play

October 24, 2012

AVI On Demand is unleashing a new training package built just for your shop. Power Play is our newest training bundle designed for your shop to help get your techs up to speed on the newest technology out there.

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Working with Generation X & Y Now Available

October 23, 2012

Ramp up your understanding of Heating and A/C systems with the A7 Test Prep Program, coming soon from AVI. Dive deep into the extensive refrigeration system, heating system, engine cooling system, and manual and automatic HVAC control system diagnostic information.

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Tip Clip: Capacitor Testing with Your Fluke Meter

With a 25 volt electrolytic, 3,300 microfarad capacitor, Dave takes a look at what capacitors do. Using a fluke meter Dave runs tests the capacitor and shows you what symbols to look for, and shows you various schematics in this tip clip.

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Tip Clip: Ford Key on Engine Running

October 22, 2012

With a 25 volt electrolytic, 3,300 microfarad capacitor, Dave takes a look at what capacitors do. Using a fluke meter Dave runs tests the capacitor and shows you what symbols to look for, and shows you various schematics in this tip clip.

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Diagnostic Dilemmas: Solving Late-Model Charging System Problems

By Gary Groms. I’m no doubt showing my age, but the phrase, “it’s not your father’s Oldsmobile” keeps popping up in my head each time I get a call to solve some type of modern-day Diagnostic Dilemma.

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Are you gonna be in Vegas for AAPEX?

October 15, 2012

Are you gonna be in Vegas for AAPEX? Well, if you are you had better be at our training event, but either way Team AVI invites you to stop past our booth at the AAPEX Show and see whats new in the world of technical training at AVI.

If your going to be in Vegas at the AAPEX show but missed out on signing up for our event, now is the time to do so! The AVI Training Conference is only a few days away! If your already planning to be at AAPEX or SEMA our training event is a must see. Join us for world class technical training in Vegas along side AAPEX at the Sands Expo Center, October 31 – November 1, 2011!

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Diesel Fuel Tips: Biodiesel, Ultra Low Sulfur: Benefits and Potential Problems

September 11, 2012

Watch this excerpt from the AVI training program on Ford 6.0 Powerstroke Diagnostics, taught by instructor Tony Salas, to gain insights and tips on diagnosing Biodiesel and Ultra low Sulfur fuel related problems on these engines.

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TPMS Tips: Nine Tips to Increase Productivity and Reduce Comebacks

By Andrew Markel. Join Andrew, a former technician and service writer, and uncover nine great tips you should consider when performing TPMS work. Find out how to create more revenue, boost productivity and best of all, reduce customer comebacks.

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Ask the Customer Again

By Bob Cooper. When your service advisors recommend additional services that are outside of the customer’s original concern, and the customer initially declines those additional services, in most cases, your advisors should call the customer back at the appropriate time to re-offer the services. For example, ask your service advisors to follow up and say something along the lines of, “Hi, Jim? This is Bob at Elite Auto Service. Do you have just a moment?

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Tech Update: Key Cycles and Codes

By Scott ‘Gonzo’ Weaver. Do you remember a time when we didn’t have a malfunction indicator light on the dash? If you do, then you would also remember the thick, heavy smog of California’s valley cities and the stench from an exhaust pipe while sitting at a traffic light. Technology and the family vehicle have come a long way from the days of belching high amounts of NOx, CO and HC out of the tailpipes.

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MACS Worldwide Technician Training Program for (HFO) R-1234yf 
First to Certify to SAE Standard J2845

September 10, 2012

Taking proactive steps to serve the mobile air conditioning industry, the Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS) Worldwide has successfully become the first Section 609 certification provider to certify a new technician training program to SAE J2845 under the SAE J2911 program.

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New AVI OnDemand Classes and Bundles

We have a new training course bundle along with several classes being added to the selection of online training courses available at AVI OnDemand. We have a brand new training bundle – the new Shop Training bundle contains 26 hours of online training. Inside this Bundle, you will find a little of everything from technical training to management training, that will help train yourself and your employees.

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AVI Conference: Sign Up Today for top notch technical training along side AAPEX

The AVI Training Conference will take place alongside the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) to give attendees the opportunity to participate in two industry events at one time and one place. AVI’s Training Conference is slated for Monday, Oct. 29 and Tuesday, Oct. 30 during AAPEX 2012, set for Oct. 30 through Thursday, Nov. 1. Both events will take place at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas.

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Tip Clip: How to Properly Use the Sniffer

August 8, 2012

Let’s go ahead and do an A/C system leak test now with our equipment and electronics, we can also put on our glasses and look at refrigerant for dye presence in the vehicle. In this tip clip excerpt from the A7 HVAC Test Prep class, Delphi Product and Solutions instructor Dave Hobbs discusses and demonstrates various leak detection strategies for automotive A/C systems.

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Toyota/Lexus – VSC (ESC) Tech Tip

In this technical tip clip from the Electronic Stability control training program, Dave Scaler talks about some tips and tricks to consider when working with ESC systems on Lexus vehicles. He discusses the reset procedures and the tips that you need in order to get those vehicles properly rest and on the road again.

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Diagnosing Murphy’s Law Under the Hood of a Ford F-150

By Gary Goms. Most of us working in the automotive service trades are very familiar with Murphy’s Law and how it affects our shop’s cost of doing business. Murphy’s Law says, “Everything that can go wrong usually will go wrong.”

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Getting Employees to Adopt the Right Culture

By Joe Marconi. How many times during the day does a customer stop by or call, and ask to only speak with you, the shop owner? Do you know why? It’s because in general, the experience the customer has when dealing with the owner of a business is much different than when dealing with an employee. The owner goes out of his or her way to make the customer feel special and important. The owner has a vested stake in the customer relationship, and an attitude of appreciation is expressed toward the customer. The customer picks up on this, and thus the tendency is to seek out the owner. You, the shop owner, have a culture of ownership.

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Register Now for the 2012 Vegas Training Conference

August 7, 2012

Register today for the 2012 AVI Training Conference in Las Vegas! Head out to industry week for top notch training and more at AAPEX October 29th – 30th 2012. All […]

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A7 Test Prep Now Available

Ramp up your understanding of Heating and A/C systems with the A7 Test Prep Program, coming soon from AVI. Dive deep into the extensive refrigeration system, heating system, engine cooling system, and manual and automatic HVAC control system diagnostic information.

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MACS Announces Fall Mobile A/C Boot Camp

The Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS) Worldwide has announced the dates for its fall Mobile A/C Boot Camp. The two-day boot camp is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 28 and Saturday, Sept. 29 at the MACS Worldwide training facility in Lansdale, PA (suburban Philadelphia).

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Getting To Know VCI: Tips Using Demo Mode With EZpro 2.0

July 25, 2012

In this tip clip excerpt from Bob Pattengale’s training course ‘Getting to know VCI,’ Bob demonstrates the usefulness of the tool’s demonstration mode. Demonstration mode’s power lies in its capability to allow you to go anywhere in the tool just as if you were connected to the car allowing you to check ahead of time to see if your software will perform a specific function before the vehicle even arrives at your shop, saving you and the customer time and headaches.

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Tech Tip: An Easier Way to Repair AC Lines

Dave Hobbs of Delphi Product and Service Solutions talks to us about the benifits, concerns and procedures involved in splicing and repair A/C lines and hoses in this tip clip excerpt from AVI’s A7 HVAC Test Prep course.

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Diagnostic Solutions: Ignition Coil Diagnostics

By Gary Goms. During the past century, ignition coil configurations have evolved from oil-filled canister to epoxy-filled to e-core to waste spark and to the most modern coil-on-plug or “pencil” coils. Whatever the configuration, an ignition coil creates a spark by transforming amperage into volts.

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A/C Update: Risky Business

By Frank Walker. As you may know, the air conditioning compressors in many hybrid vehicles are operated by an electric motor instead of a drive belt. The motor’s insulated windings are immersed in the compressor’s lubricating oil. The oils used in these compressors are formulated to have high dielectric properties, that makes them non-conductive.

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Registration Now Open for the 2012 Vegas Training Conference

July 24, 2012

Registration is now open for the 2012 AVI Training Conference in Las Vegas! Head out to industry week for top notch training and more at AAPEX October 29th – 30th […]

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Getting to Know your Mastertech VCI Coming Soon

Bosch trainer Bob Pattengale brings you up-to-speed on the Mastertech VCI in the Getting to Know your Mastertech VCI class, coming soon from Automotive Video. He reviews the VCI hardware, demonstrates how to setup and connect the hardware to your PC. He goes on to review Shop foreman Pro and the new ESI 2.0. Bob get you up to speed on the basics then dives into some hands on diagnostics and case studies to show you how to use the VCI in real work situations using several different vehicles.

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ASE Jobs Website Coming Soon

June 27, 2012

If you are ASE certified, we know you are serious about your career. You might be looking for something new, more challenging, or even a better job. That’s where ASE Jobs can help you. You already know that Team AVI takes ASE Test Prep training seriously and provides great training tools for technicians to succeed. Now let AVI and ASE Jobs help you find the right job where you can successfully apply what you have learned.

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Tech Tip: Sign of Low Refrigerant

June 25, 2012

Join Dave Hobbs of Delphi Product and Service Solutions as he discusses some signs of low refrigerant in moodier automotive AC systems. He goes on to discuss how environmental factors such as ambient air temperature, and the AC system’s ‘cycling switch can cause low refrigerant like symptoms.

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2.4L Toyota Misfire Under Load Tech Tip

Bill Fulton presents this tip clip video on what would seem to be a basic, simple problem. A 2.4 liter Toyota in a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck with an intermittent misfire under load. You can feel a slight hiccup, jerking, bucking type sensation and know there are a lot of things that could create that problem– dirty injectors, contaminated mass airflow sensor, lean density misfire, excess of EGR, secondary ignition problem. Watch to find out.

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The Ins and Outs Of VVT

By Scott ‘Gonzo’ Weaver. By the early 1990s, almost all import automotive manufacturers had a successful variable valve timing (VVT) system in production. These systems offered higher performance from smaller displacement engines at higher rpm. As these vehicles exceeded their new car warranties, technicians learned the ins and outs of these systems and how regular oil changes could increase the life of VVT components. Now, the VVT is playing a direct role in vehicle emissions and the way gases are burned in the combustion camber.

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Be Prepared for Failing Wheel Sensors

By Jim Piraino. Over the past couple of months, it has come to my attention that auto repair professionals are seeing a rise in the failure rate of the wheel sensors that supply the signal to Tire Pressure Management Systems (TPMS). Most of these failures are due to dead batteries, as each of the four sensors has a non-replaceable battery built into them. In most cases, these batteries have a life expectancy of 5 to 6 years. Although some upscale vehicles, such as BMW, have sophisticated systems that allow the technicians to monitor battery life as a percentage (using a scan tool), most will give no warning of pending failure. For the millions of vehicles rapidly approaching this 5 to 6 year age bracket, it’s not a question of if the sensor will fail, but rather when it will fail.

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2012 Vegas Training Conference Lineup

June 24, 2012

Checkout the course lineup for the 2012 AVI Vegas Training Conference on October 29th – 30th 2012. All classes are geared towards the needs of the installer, technicians, and shop owners to help them become efficient with diagnostics.

This year’s schedule is packed with exceptional training from the industry’s top instructors. Read on to learn about a few of our classes.

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Quick Check Diagnostics Now Available

AVI and Instructor Jim Wilson have put together a must have class for every technician out there. The newly released Quick Check Diagnostics class will help you when it takes longer to diagnose a job than you would like. This covers a step by step approach to engine diagnostics: analytical troubleshooting-where to start, preliminary tests you can do to be the most accurate with your diagnostic time-deciding which tool is best to use for which type of job. In-depth coverage on scanners, labscopes, graphing meters, low amp probes.

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Tip Clip: Right Amount of Refrigerant

June 11, 2012

Years ago, the common thing was hook up your AC machine, or hook up your apparatus that you have–a scale and a refrigerant canister, let’s say a 30 pounder of 134a–and give it a half a pound, just to ‘top it off.’ You can’t do that nowadays because these newer AC systems have changed so much. Join Delphi Instructor Dave Hobbs for a short tech tip for you guys out there servicing A/C systems.

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Coming Soon: A7 Test Prep

Ramp up your understanding of Heating and A/C systems with the A7 Test Prep Program, coming soon from AVI. Dive deep into the extensive refrigeration system, heating system, engine cooling system, and manual and automatic HVAC control system diagnostic information.

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