Automotive Engine Repair — NATEF guidelines for the ASE Engine Repair (A1) Certification Exam

This complete and concise guide takes a realistic look at the services typically performed in today’s modern automotive shop, detailing everything you need to know to repair automotive engines.

Current and relevant practices are fully covered, and each engine repair topic is broken down by theory and operation, followed by diagnosis and applicable service and repair procedures. Interesting facts, engaging artwork, and friendly language all welcome readers into the material. Issues of health and safety, as well as soft skills such as communication and professionalism, are stressed throughout.

Material in this book is developed in accordance with NATEF guidelines, and takes into account all the criteria needed to adequately prepare readers for the ASE Engine Repair (A1) Certification Exam.

Features

Concise, relatively short chapters and a simple, orderly writing style expedite the learning process
Abundant pictures of current equipment and procedures, depicting automotive technicians and trainees, allow readers to truly "see" how components work, how they wear or are broken, and how service and repair procedures are performed
Review questions at the end of each chapter follow the ASE-style format and familiarize readers with the style used on the Engine Repair (A1) exam
An appendix of all ASE-style questions will help prepare readers for the certification exam in engine repair
Each TechOne title begins with a section on Safety and Communication that stresses safe work practices, tool competence, and familiarity with workplace "soft skills" for success as an automotive technician
A bilingual glossary offers Spanish translations of technical terms alongside English counterparts

Table of Contents

SECTION ONE: SAFETY AND COMMUNICATION
Safe Working Practices | Engine Diagnostic and Repair Tools | Engine Hardware, Gaskets and Sealants | Working as an Engine Repair Technician

SECTION TWO: ENGINE OPERATION AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Engine Operation | Engine Measurement and Ratings | Engine Fuels and Combustion | Lubrication System Operation | Lubrication System Service | Cooling System Operation | Cooling System Maintenance, Diagnosis and Repair | Intake and Exhaust System Operation and Diagnosis | Turbochargers and Superchargers

SECTION THREE: ENGINE EVALUATION
Vacuum Gauge Diagnosis | Spark Plug Evalutaion and Power Balance Testing | Compression Testing | Cylinder Leakage Testing | Engine Smoke and Noise Diagnosis

SECTION FOUR: ENGINE BLOCK CONSTRUCTION, INSPECTION AND REPAIR
Engine Removal | Engine Disassembly | Engine Block Construction | Block Measurement and Analysis | Block Repair and Assembly

SECTION FIVE: CYLINDER HEAD CONSTRUCTION, INSPECTION, AND REPAIR
Cylinder Head Construction | Cylinder Head Component Relplacement and Disassembly | Cylinder Head Component Inspection | Cylinder Head Service and Assembly

SECTION SIX: TIMING MECHANISM CONSTRUCTION, INSPECTION, AND REPAIR
Timing Mechanism Construction | Timing Mechanism Inspection | Timing Mechanism Repair and Assembly

SECTION SEVEN: ENGINE ASSEMBLY AND BREAK-IN
Valve Adjustment | Final Assembly | Engine Installation | Engine Startup and Break-In

Appendix A: ASE Practice Exam for Engine Repair | Appendix B: Metric Conversions | Appendix C: Special tool Suppliers | Bilingual Glossary | Index