What is "scoping the car"
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Originally Posted by DD_545i' post='995193' date='Sep 1 2009, 04:12 PM
Well, I learned something today. It makes total sense of course, but I never imagined the mechanics had that kind of equipment available to them.
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Originally Posted by Furious_g' post='995189' date='Sep 1 2009, 05:07 PM
Generally, scoping means to inspect with a flexible camera. Much like in knee surgery.
It allows them to see areas that they normally can't inspect. For diagnosing engine problems, they can put the camera down the spark plug (or glow plug) holes and inspect the combustion chamber and also use it to inspect things like the intake tract - they can do non hostile environments with the car running (such as inlet tract) to diagnose problems in "real world" conditions.
The cameras often have LED lights built into the end to see in dark places.
If you are having steering problems they probably use it to inspect all the steering components that they can't see on the hoist.
They use something like this:
It allows them to see areas that they normally can't inspect. For diagnosing engine problems, they can put the camera down the spark plug (or glow plug) holes and inspect the combustion chamber and also use it to inspect things like the intake tract - they can do non hostile environments with the car running (such as inlet tract) to diagnose problems in "real world" conditions.
The cameras often have LED lights built into the end to see in dark places.
If you are having steering problems they probably use it to inspect all the steering components that they can't see on the hoist.
They use something like this:
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Originally Posted by Furious_g' post='995189' date='Sep 1 2009, 02:07 PM
Generally, scoping means to inspect with a flexible camera. Much like in knee surgery.
It allows them to see areas that they normally can't inspect. For diagnosing engine problems, they can put the camera down the spark plug (or glow plug) holes and inspect the combustion chamber and also use it to inspect things like the intake tract - they can do non hostile environments with the car running (such as inlet tract) to diagnose problems in "real world" conditions.
The cameras often have LED lights built into the end to see in dark places.
If you are having steering problems they probably use it to inspect all the steering components that they can't see on the hoist.
They use something like this:
It allows them to see areas that they normally can't inspect. For diagnosing engine problems, they can put the camera down the spark plug (or glow plug) holes and inspect the combustion chamber and also use it to inspect things like the intake tract - they can do non hostile environments with the car running (such as inlet tract) to diagnose problems in "real world" conditions.
The cameras often have LED lights built into the end to see in dark places.
If you are having steering problems they probably use it to inspect all the steering components that they can't see on the hoist.
They use something like this:
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Originally Posted by jfk92' post='996258' date='Sep 2 2009, 04:45 PM
Interesting as I asked the advisor about this last visit as it was mentioned previously. He indicated it was a computer diagnostic....as in a technology audit of software, codes and performance of components...looking for failing or non responsive pieces...he did not mention a physical search. I think this makes much more sense of BMW technician's time than peeping around the hard to see places with a flexible camera end.....
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