Rihm is VERY Demure
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Rihm is VERY Demure
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The kids figured out the vacuum routing for the diverter valve on the front of the blower and relocated the 3 bar map sensor to the back of the blower this morning. After letting the car idle for 10 mins to figure out the new injectors this thing sounds like a monster!
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Toyota of Corvallis is Proud to Support Old Mill Center!
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$5000 sign on bonus for experienced/skilled technicians. Come join our team!
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Staying long-term at an automotive shop provides career stability, continuous skill development, and opportunities for advancement. It also fosters a strong sense of community within the shop while offering specialized training and higher earning potential!
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Porsche Restoration Challenge 2025 Update
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What’s your favorite way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?
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Happy Birthday to our customer experience manager Joe!
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Junior Certified Tech, Luis, replacing the window regulator on a Volkswagen Atlas.
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How do you think potential tariffs will affect service and parts departments?
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At UTI Top Tech Challenge. Second year in a row Park Vista came in 1st place again.
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Our Service Manager; Russ Stevens, received another great email from one of our customers, regarding the service he received from Service Advisor; Todd VonBlon.
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Happy Birthday to our detailer Myles!
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Entry level technicians. Depending on your level of schooling and training, current experience level, and variety of what you repair (or even lack of variety). You may find that your schooling and training doesn’t doesn’t always help you properly repair the car, truck, or equipment you’re working with. Maybe you don’t even understand the fault that you’re being asked to repair. Theory & operation is one of the most overlooked and underused sections of a service manual. It’s one of the most important as well. Ask yourself, is it realistic to be able to repair a system if you don’t know how it operates? Clearly not. The direct purpose of the theory & operation section of service information is designed to equip you with the knowledge to understand the function and use of the system you are working with. As a tech if you are equipped with proper information it will become much easier to determine what’s wrong vs what’s right to save you valuable time.
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Description and operation as gm calls it, and the wiring schematic are the two things I need to diagnose anything. If I know how it is supposed to work, I know where the components are, and I know how they are connected (schematic) I can figure it out and fix it.
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Wiring diagrams don’t always win. There’s plenty of circumstances where you may attempt to test the circuit. And find a missing power and ground. This is where theory and operations comes in to verify if a computer controlled circuit you’re work with is controlled by the driver activating power and ground. Or if the circuit is even being commanded to operate.
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