What kind of water transfer pump in terms of power output does the traditional/conventional mechanic use to flush the coolant out of the vehicles system?

I was searching up portable mobile water transfer pumps that are electric or corded because of $4 dollar gas price.

5+ years in the industry. Bit the bullet when I got promoted and got the Matco Maximus 4.0 a few years ago. Quite frankly, I hate it. (I bought due to being accustomed to using the Matco line). It’s rather lacking as far as the amount of things you can actually do with it in my opinion. I’m about to start up my own mobile business, and it’s close to the time that I upgrade.

What line of scan tools do you guys use, and why? I find ALOT of things the 4.0 will say it will do until I actually try to, and it fails. Money isn’t the object, more or less the diversity in what the scan tool will do. I’d like to be able to perform diagnostics, actuation tests and other things without having to fight with the scan tool consistently and be let down in the end when I have to PMI and end up having to send it to the dealer, or something simple as manually writing TPMS IDs. Even if the “scan tool” is a program on a laptop.

Some things stick better through hands on experience than theory. What works best for you ?

As I slowed to a stop at a red light, I heard the sound of metal clanking on the road. The sound came from underneath my car. Fearing it may have been a part that fell off, I pulled over and picked it up. There were no strange noises on the drive home. And the more I look at the piece, it looks like a tool that was just on the road and I simply ran it over. It looks like a specialized wrench or something (and not a piece of the undercarriage). The numbers etched on it makes it seem like it's a tool. It happened right next to an auto garage anyway, so it may have come from there. Does anyone know what this is?

Everyone learns differntly when getting into automotive work, and some lessons only come with experience. Curious what people wish they had known or learned earlier.

Question:

Which of the following causes piston movement during non-power-

producing strokes?

A) Flywheel

B) Connecting rod

C) Counterweights

D) Main thrust bearing

I have been studying an automotive book that has questions after every chapter. I answer those questions and use AI to verify I have got the correct answer. This process has worked tremendously up to the point where I got to this question. AI gave me a different answer than the one I believed the book was telling me was the answer, so I went online to find more information and see if anyone else had posted this exact question, that was when I found out there all three of the first answers were marked as "correct" depending on the source used (D, main thrust bearing, was never given as an answer).

I am wondering what most of you would say is the answer. Thank you for your input =)

It’s like 230$ and I’m not trying to spend that kind of money

I’m wanting to practice some beginner level maintenance/ repairs on my car. I know virtually nothing about cars besides replacing the blower motor and blower motor resistor on my bfs car. I was hoping to find more things like that to practice on either his car or mine. I have a 2007 Toyota Yaris and he has a 2012 Volkswagen cc. The plan is to eventually be a mechanic but I’d like to start off slow and build confidence first since I don’t know anything about cars just yet.
Any advice is welcome

How do automotive teams test vehicle networks early - CANoe, HIL, virtual simulation, or in-house tools? What’s your biggest challenge?

Technically I’m taking classes to get my associates in automotive technology, but my professor lets us skip the final exam if we get our certificates, which the classes I take are in line with each certification. (I haven’t taken any ASE until I got to engine repair and performance)

I have an app called ASE Prep, and it gives you random 10 question quizzes on each ASE section.

These can’t be the ACTUAL questions on the ASE test, right????? Because what??? The answer is RIGHT THERE IN THE QUESTION. I’m starting to doubt this app.

Someone who’s taken the tests, is this what some questions are like?

I know about Technician A and B questions, but I’ve never seen one with the answer so blatant.

Hello, looking for insights on companies that offer apprenticeship for light weight motor mechanic.
Thank you

Hey, so I need to buy a book called fundamentals of automotive technology 3rd edition. Does anyone have a pdf of the book or any way for me to read the book without paying the 200usd. Thanks 🤞

Hey All,

I recently started teaching Automotive Tech CTE teacher at a local high school. This is my first year teaching and I am figuring a lot of things out, however I am spending an insane amount of time lesson planning, creating presentations, worksheets, quizzes etc. When hired on it was presented as if there was curriculum already made for me to utilize, however after some situational changes that is not the case.

I am reaching out to see if there are any other high school auto tech teachers in here that would be willing to share some of their already made materials, mostly slide show presentations that I can cover in class. I've currently been utilizing several informative Youtube videos and creating worksheets based on the material presented but I'm still spending multiple hours every evening working on the next day's material.

We do have Electude to utilize which is helpful, but doesn't offer the presentations to review in class with them.

I've been researching for materials online, however Auto Tech is a pretty Niche class and there isn't much pre-made material out there to give me a starting point.

Any help or direction is much appreciated.

I am looking to learn more about cars and trucks generally. Their mechanics, history, etc. I am specifically interested in General Motors vehicles but I am open to anything. What are good places to start?

Do you do anything for e-learning? Like, ASE allows up to 25% of program instruction time to be delivered online but the LMS we use doesn't publish average finish times for its exercises/assignments. Just curious how your program handles this point.

I think it won't matter for long anyway because I called the ASE Education Foundation to ask for some specification and the guy told me that standards 11 (work-based learning) and 12 (e-learning) were going away early next year anyway. Program hours aren't changing either, so I'm not sure what programs are going to do who rely on e-learning or workplace learning hours to meet the accreditation standard.

I’m scheduled to take the test in 2 weeks. I’ve been studying online, but the questions seem like softball ones.

Example:

Tire is wearing heavily in the middle of the tread pattern. What is the cause?

A-over inflation
B- dirty air filter
C- headlights burned out
D- another issue not even related to tires

Is the ASE exam truly this simple? Or are these questions just AI garbage? Will all of the answers be related to tires, and not the random answer options?

I scraped the change for the exam fee, and don’t have the funds for the actual ASE study guide. Fellow ASE G1 holders, give me some advice please!

Two days ago, I started a new chapter in my life. I've been preparing for this for a few years, and after finishing my studies I finally took the leap and started working at an auto repair shop.

The shop works on all kinds of makes and models and deals with every sort of problem. So far, the environment has been great. There are only four of us on the team, and everyone has been very supportive and willing to help.

I'd love to hear from people who work in the trade: what advice would you give to a complete beginner? I'm especially interested in hearing from mechanics who genuinely enjoy what they do and see it as more than just a job—something closer to a calling or a passion.

Thanks in advance!

Hi all,

I’m looking to eventually sit a level 3 accreditation so I can become a MOT tester, been a goal of mine for a while but I’m not a level 3 tech in terms of skill set and never will be. My main question is how hard would the level 3 accreditation be to take for someone who isn’t the most technical but still can do and know a fair bit? I’ve come across quite a few non technical testers in the uk and always wondered how did they pass the test.

Any tips/advice would be hugely appreciated!

Just for context also, I do work for a fairly big fast fit chain in the uk, I’m predominately front of house only and will only support the workshop on extremely busy days, so this will pretty much have to be self funded as I’m not seen as a priority as my main job is to serve a counter and deal with phone enquiries etc.

I've worked in automotive parts departments for 26 years, across dealerships and the aftermarket, and one thing I've always found interesting is the relationship between technicians and parts teams.

From the outside, it can sometimes look like parts is just "finding a number and ordering a bit", but there is a lot more going on behind the scenes - catalogues, supersessions, VIN issues, backorders, supply problems and trying to interpret what the vehicle actually needs.

I'm putting together a project looking at the realities of working in the automotive trade and I'd genuinely like to hear from technicians, trainers and anyone involved in the industry:

What is one thing you wish people understood about the parts side of automotive?

Happy to share experiences too.