Learn how to inspect, maintain, diagnose, and service modern cars with confidence.
The Complete Guide to Car Servicing by SB Luwang is a comprehensive practical handbook covering the essential knowledge needed to understand and maintain petrol, diesel, hybrid, and electric vehicles.
Beginning with vehicle fundamentals and workshop safety, the book gradually progresses through routine servicing, engine maintenance, cooling systems, transmissions, brakes, steering, suspension, tyres, electrical systems, ECU diagnostics, OBD-II troubleshooting, emission systems, hybrid technology, electric vehicles, and professional workshop practice.
Rather than encouraging random parts replacement, the book teaches a systematic diagnostic approach:
Complaint → Confirm → Inspect → Scan → Test → Diagnose → Repair → Verify
Readers learn how to identify symptoms, select suitable diagnostic tests, interpret results, perform servicing procedures correctly, and document completed work.
Inside the Book
- Fundamentals of modern vehicle systems
- Workshop safety and essential tools
- Complete vehicle service inspection
- Engine oil and filter servicing
- Petrol and diesel engine maintenance
- Cooling-system servicing
- Automotive air-conditioning fundamentals
- Manual, automatic, CVT, DCT and AMT transmissions
- Driveshafts, CV joints and differentials
- Brake-system inspection and servicing
- Steering and suspension diagnosis
- Tyre servicing, wheel balancing and alignment
- Automotive electrical fundamentals
- Battery, starter and alternator testing
- ECU and engine-management systems
- OBD-II diagnostics and live-data interpretation
- Systematic fault diagnosis
- Engine no-start troubleshooting
- Misfires and performance problems
- Exhaust-smoke diagnosis
- Vehicle noise diagnosis
- Timing belts and timing chains
- Turbocharger servicing
- Exhaust and emission-control systems
- Hybrid vehicle maintenance
- Electric vehicle servicing fundamentals
- Workshop job-card and service procedures
- Service estimating and documentation
- Workshop setup and management
- Car-service business operations
- Mileage- and time-based maintenance planning
Practical Workshop Resources
The book also includes 12 practical appendices, including:
- 100-point vehicle inspection checklist
- Car servicing job card
- Vehicle maintenance logbook
- Dashboard warning-light reference
- OBD-II terminology
- Automotive abbreviations
- Fluids and lubricants reference
- Torque-wrench guide
- Troubleshooting charts
- Used-car pre-purchase inspection checklist
- Workshop safety checklist
- Service cost worksheet
Who Is This Book For?
Ideal for:
- Car owners
- Beginner mechanics
- Automotive students
- ITI and vocational learners
- Apprentice technicians
- Workshop employees
- Garage owners
- Automotive enthusiasts
- Anyone planning to start a vehicle servicing business
Why This Book Is Different
The focus is not simply on replacing parts.
Readers are taught to:
Inspect before replacing.
Measure before guessing.
Follow manufacturer specifications.
Use the correct tools.
Work safely.
Document the repair.
Verify the result.
This makes the book useful both as a learning textbook and an everyday workshop reference.
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