A tale of a Tigra

摘要

This is a tale of how not to do diagnostics. It was probably not the least efficient way to get to the problem, but maybe not far off. Perhaps others may learn from it? Ian Marsh MIDiagE explains.Some years ago I moved to this small village on the eastern seaboard of England. A place where there is little skilled engineering work, except fixing cabbage harvesters, and perhaps the odd gas rig work. I used the local garage to MOT my car, and did the odd 'horrid' job (like front wheel bearings). After a few visits I started talking to the proprietor (well it was hard not to get talking, the difficulty was making an escape), and foolishly mentioned that I'd been involved with the development of engine management systems.