Glossary
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- A Pillar
- ABS brakes — How does ABS work?
- Absolute oil viscosity versus KInematic oil viscosity
- Accumulator — What is an AC accumulator
- Active motor mount
- Adaptive cruise control
- ADAS — What is it and how does it work
- AEB Automatic Emergency Braking
- Anti-rattle clip
- Automatic Emergency Braking — Autonomous Emergency Braking
- Autonomous Emergency Braking: What You Need to Know to be Safe
- Change a car battery without losing settings using a memory saver
- Here’s what makes an AGM battery so desirable
- How Active Wheel Speed Sensors Work
- What is an Alternator in a Car and How Does it Work?
- Why carmakers use an alternator decoupler pulley
- Why the shop recommends fuel induction service
B
- Ball Joint Guide: Understand Your Car’s Suspension
- Blind Spot Warning 101: What You Need to Know
- Blowby
- Boost Pressure System Monitor
- Brake dust shield — what does it do?
- Brake pad backing plate types
- Brake rotor cooling vanes — Why they’re important
- Noise Reduction Shims — how they reduce brake noise
C
- Catalyst Monitor — What does it tell you
- Catalytic Converter — What is it?
- Cavitation
- Cold cranking amps — What are they and how many do you need
- Cold start
- Comprehensive Component Monitor
- Cranking amps — What does the term mean?
- Crankshaft Sensor
- Crankshaft Sensor Relearn
- CV Joints — How they work and how they fail
- How Camber Angle Affects Tire Wear
- How Negative Camber causes tire pull and wear
- Oil catch can — Should You Install One on Your Car?
- What is a camshaft position sensor?
- What is a tire contact patch
D
- Detonation
- Dielectric grease on spark plugs and electrical connectors
- Distributorless Ignition System (DIS)
- Double fine wire electrode spark plug — Why it’s better
- Drag reduction clips save gas
- Understanding Dexos oil: The Standard for GM Engine Oils
- What is a drive cycle and how to perform one
Dashboard Warning Lights
Honda
VW
E
- Diesel Exhaust Gas Readiness Monitor — How it works
- EGR Readiness Monitor — How it works
- EGR valve operation
- Engine coolant Temperature Sensor — What is an engine coolant temperature sensor?
- Getting the Evaporative Emissions System Monitor Ready
F
- FNC Brake Rotor
- Forward Collision Warning
- Freeze plug, core plug, expansion plug
- Fuel System Monitor — I/M Fuel System Monitor
- What is fuel trim?
- Why the shop recommends fuel induction service
G
- G3000 Cast iron brake rotor
- GAP insurance — What is it?
- How galvanic corrosion affects your car repairs
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I
K
L
M
N
- Catalyst Readiness Monitor In Diesel Vehicles — What it checks
- Noack Test: Measuring Evaporation Loss in Motor Oils
- NOx Aftertreatment Monitor Not Ready
O
- OEM what does it mean?
- Oil catch can — Should You Install One on Your Car?
- Oil shear and viscosity
- Oxygen Sensor Heater Monitor — I/M Oxygen Sensor Heater Monitor
- Oxygen Sensor Monitor
- What is oversteer?
P
- Parasitic battery drain
- PCV Positive Crankcase Ventilation
- Peak amps
- Pour Point Depressants — Understanding how they help motor flow better
- Preignition
- Projected square platinum electrode spark plug — Why it’s better
- Understanding a Diesel Particulate Filter: How They Work
Pillar
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S
- Oil shear and viscosity
- Salvage Title
- Secondary Air Readiness Monitor — What it does
- Selective Catalytic Reduction — What is it?
- Shift interlock solenoid bypass
- Stabilizer bar, Sway bar
- Steering Angle Sensor
- Steering angle sensor calibration
- Superheat AC
- What are struts on a car?
- What is battery sulfation and what causes it
T
- Automatic transmission fluid and how it differs from other fluids
- Throttle body and throttle plate
- Tie rod end — inner and outer
- Tier 1 Supplier: The Basics of Automotive Parts Manufacturing
- Tier 2 supplier
- Timing belt tensioner — Everything you need to know
- Title Washing
- Tone ring
- TPMS System
- Transfer layer and brake pad bedding procedure
- Treadwear rating
- TTY bolts
- Turbocharger
- Understanding Torque Steer
- What is a tire contact patch