Computerized Engine Controls (9th Edition)

✍ Scribed by Hatch, Steve V.

• Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc.
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 720
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Delivering solid coverage of both domestic and imports, this book equips readers with the foundational knowledge needed to successfully diagnose and repair vehicle electronic systems. Reflecting the latest technological advances from the field, the Ninth Edition offers updated and expanded coverage of the approach of diagnostics, air/fuel ratio sensors, OBD II, and much more. This text includes in-depth insight into such cutting-edge topics as hybrid and fuel cell vehicles, GM’s 42-volt system, hexadecimal conversion, multiplexing, and logic gates. Key concepts are reinforced with ASE-style, end-of-chapter questions to familiarize you with the types of questions you are likely to see in certification testing.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
1. A Review of Electricity and Electronics
2. Computers in Cars
3. Common Components for Computerized Engine Control Systems
4. Common Operating Principles for Computerized Engine Control Systems
5. Diagnostic Concepts
6. Diagnostic Equipment
7. Exhaust Gas Analysis
8. Understanding OBD II
9. Multiplexing Concepts
10. General Motors' Electronic Engine Controls
11. Advanced General Motors Engine Controls
12. Ford's Electronic Engine Control IV (EEC IV)
13. Ford's Electronic Engine Control V (EEC V)
14. Chrysler Corporation Fuel Injection Systems
15. European (Bosch) Engine Control Systems
16. Asian Computer Control Systems
17. Alternative Power Sources
18. Approach to Diagnostics
Appendices
• Glossary
Index