Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, 5th Edition

Tools and equipment

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of the end. Your knowledge of this system tells you that water should come out

providing the tap is on, because the pressure from a tap pushes water through

the pipe, and so on. This is where diagnostic skills become essential. The

following stages are now required.

1.Conrmthatnowateriscomingoutbylookingdowntheendofthepipe!

2. Does water come out of the other taps, or did it come out of this tap before

you connected the hose?

3. Consider what this information tells you, for example, the hose must be

blocked or kinked.

4. Walk the length of the pipe looking for a kink.

5. Straighten out the hose.

6. Check that ...