Workshop Takeover 2024 – Save the date!

Independent technicians are invited to our next Workshop Takeover at Cleevely EV in June 2024 to gain practical advice on fault-finding across various systems and to hang out with like-minded guests and trainers who want to share their tips honed over many years of training and head scratching within the workshop!

Email Nicola@autotechnician.co.uk if you’d like to register your interest in the Cheltenham event which will take place on Saturday 16th June 2024 and is guaranteed to get your fault-finding mojo flowing! Register now to be offered the first round of limited tickets, available soon.

Autotech Online library of video content

If you’re looking for some free online training in the meantime, we have a bank of video case studies and technical presentations available on our YouTube channel…

Volume 1

Andy Crook presents a video case study on an Audi S3 suffering from a running fault within his 28-minute presentation. The customer’s vehicle was stalling occasionally, would not idle smoothly and had a coolant leak. The fault codes, live data and subsequent tests are explained in this workshop case study to determine the underlying issues.

Volume 2

Matt Cleevely describes three faults he’s encountered on the Nissan Leaf: Car won’t turn off or go into ‘park’; ECU comms fault on the braking circuit; faults on the Power Delivery Module.

Andy Crook presents a BMW X5 with an intermittent starting issue, which has a fault code relating to the camshaft sensor. He compares the outputs from a scope and multimeter to highlight what information can be gained.

Volume 3

Pete Melville, of HEVRA, investigates the communication between an EV and the charging point, demonstrating the source of potential charging faults on a Renault Zoe.

Volume 4

Andy explains how to use time-based triggers to analyse the live data on a camshaft sensor fault on a BMW X5.

Pete compares the thermal management systems on Nissan Leaf and Tesla models and highlights the importance of following VM re-gas procedures as some models need to be connected up to diagnostic equipment to ensure valves are in the right position.

How to run an EV workshop –Saturday 16 September 2023

Matt Cleevely and trainer Alistair Finch are running an event at Cleevely EV from 10am to 3pm on Saturday 16th September to explain what is required to run an EV workshop. They will talk openly about the kind of work they do, the opportunities available, what equipment you ACTUALLY need to safely work on electrified vehicles and how to safely operate, work and move vehicles, even ones that need to be, or have been, recovered.

Tickets are priced £75, to book your place, visit www.eventbrite.co.uk

Autotech 2023, in association with:

ACtronics, Alldata, Bosch, JLM Lubricants

Watch this short video to get a feel for autotechnician magazine's Workshop Takeover at Cleevely EV in June 2023, where technicians from across the UK brainstormed live faults within EV, Diesel & Petrol workstations. Register your interest in Autotech Live 2024 by emailing nicola@autotechnician.co.uk.