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TRAPS FOR THE UNWARY: AVOIDING 10 COMMON DIAGNOSTIC MISTAKES BY SAM BELL Regardless of whether you’re a master tech or a first-year apprentice, it’s all too easy to fall into unproductive habits. These tips will help you stay on the straight and narrow. always buy pencils with erasers. only to discover that the real cause of The new part. A great many FIX I’ve been around long enough the hesitation was a faulty module 1posts on iATN confirm my observa- to know that I’m going to need ground. Or perhaps you replaced an in- tion over the years that one of the most those erasers from time to time. tegrated control relay and later found a common diagnostic mistakes is assum- Most of us, if we’re honest, have bad splice in the wiring harness. ing that a new part is a good part. While Imade diagnostic mistakes and My goal with this article is to help parts quality certainly has risen industry- have accumulated a stash of so-called you increase your diagnostic batting av- wide in recent years, there still are occa- known-good replacement parts. You erage. If together we can keep your sional defects. Some are due to poor may, for instance, have replaced an igni- stockpile of known-good parts from manufacturing methods or simple mate- tion coil you thought might be weak, growing, that will be a good start. rial flaws, while others are the result of 38 April 2006 y r r