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A practical approach to motor vehicle engineering and maintenance / Derek Newbold and Allan Bonnick.

By: Newbold, Derek.
Contributor(s): Bonnick, Allan W. M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, 2005Edition: 2nd ed.Description: vii, 360 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 9780750663144.Subject(s): Motor vehicles -- Design and construction | Automobiles -- Design and constructionDDC classification: 629.23
Contents:
Introduction -- Engines and lubrication -- Cooling systems -- Fuel systems -- Engine air supply and exhaust systems -- Transmission systems -- Suspension systems -- Braking systems -- Steering, wheels and tyres -- Electrical and electronic principles -- Electrical and electronic systems -- Ignition systems -- Electrical systems and circuits -- Measuring instruments and measurement -- Organisations and qualifications -- Answers to self assessment questions.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This text covers all the mandatory and popular optional units of the IMI Technical Certificates and NVQ Level 1 & 2 syllabus, from health and safety regulations to fault finding and replacing components. Fully updated, it also has vehicle maintenance procedures integrated throughout, making it the indispensable first classroom and workshop text for all students of motor vehicle engineering, apprentices and keen amateurs. The text is made accessible to all levels of ability through its clear, logical approach, excellent illustrations and step-by-step development of theory and practice. There is guidance on preparing portfolios of evidence, and practical exercises are included to demonstrate actual workshop practice.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Engines and lubrication -- Cooling systems -- Fuel systems -- Engine air supply and exhaust systems -- Transmission systems -- Suspension systems -- Braking systems -- Steering, wheels and tyres -- Electrical and electronic principles -- Electrical and electronic systems -- Ignition systems -- Electrical systems and circuits -- Measuring instruments and measurement -- Organisations and qualifications -- Answers to self assessment questions.

CIT Module AUTO 6004 - Core reading.

CIT Module AUTO 6015 - Supplementary reading.

CIT Module AUTO 6008 - Supplementary reading.

CIT Module AUTO 6014 - Supplementary reading.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword (p. viii)
  • Foreword to second edition (p. ix)
  • Acknowledgements (p. x)
  • Introduction: to the retail motor industry and Health & Safety at Work (p. 1)
  • Detail of the motor vehicle maintenance and repair industry
  • An introduction to Health & Safety at Work
  • 1 Engines and lubrication (p. 11)
  • Engine construction
  • Four stroke and two stroke cycles
  • Valve timing - variable valve timing
  • Combustion
  • Lubrication and lubrication systems
  • 2 Cooling systems (p. 58)
  • Cooling system terminology
  • Liquid (water) cooled system
  • Air-cooled system
  • Anti-freeze
  • Specific heat capacity
  • Fans and pumps
  • 3 Fuel systems (p. 85)
  • Petrol fuel system
  • Petrol injection
  • Carburettors
  • Diesel fuel systems
  • Direct injection - indirect injection
  • Common rail fuel system
  • 4 Engine air supply and exhaust systems (p. 128)
  • Engine air supply - air filters - manifolds
  • Exhausts systems - silencers
  • Oxygen sensor
  • Air flow meters
  • Turbo-charger
  • 5 Transmission systems (p. 141)
  • Clutch
  • Gearbox
  • Fluid flywheel and torque convertor
  • Transmission systems - drive shafts
  • Hub types - semi-floating, fully floating, three-quarter floating
  • Gear ratios - torque multiplication
  • 6 Suspension systems (p. 170)
  • Non-independent - leaf spring suspension
  • Independent suspension
  • Leaf spring construction
  • Dampers (shock absorbers)
  • 7 Braking systems (p. 186)
  • Hydraulic braking systems
  • Drum brakes
  • Disc brakes
  • Master cylinder
  • Wheel cylinders
  • Brake fluid
  • Braking efficiency
  • 8 Steering, wheels and tyres (p. 200)
  • Ackerman principle
  • Steering angles
  • Steering geometry
  • Track adjustment
  • Steering boxes
  • Toe-out on turns
  • 9 Electrical and electronic principles (p. 224)
  • Principles of magnetism and electricity
  • Introductory electronics
  • Computer controlled systems
  • Networking and CAN
  • Multiplexing
  • Meters
  • 10 Electrical and electronic systems (p. 243)
  • Alternator
  • Battery
  • Charging system
  • Starting systems
  • Electrical principles
  • 11 Ignition systems (p. 260)
  • Ignition systems - coil, capacitor (condenser)
  • Electronic ignition systems, non-electronic ignition systems
  • Fault tracing and service and maintenance procedures
  • Sensors and pulse generators
  • Ignition timing
  • Diagnostic trouble codes
  • 12 Electrical systems and circuits (p. 297)
  • Central locking
  • Screen wipers
  • Vehicle security alarm
  • Electric windows
  • Screen washers
  • Electric mirrors
  • Vehicle lighting systems
  • Supplementary restraint systems - airbags and seatbelt pre-tensioners
  • 13 Measuring instruments and measurement (p. 331)
  • Micrometers
  • Vernier calipers
  • Feeler gauges
  • Number approximations - typical motor vehicle measurements
  • Electrical test meters
  • 14 Organisations and qualifications (p. 348)
  • Organisations in the motor trade
  • Qualifications and careers
  • Answers to self assessment questions (p. 351)
  • Index (p. 353)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

He was formerly at Hinckley College, UK.

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