Comma Oil has added a new Technical Enquiries Helpline to its range of support services available to independent vehicle servicing workshops and Comma distributors.
As the only aftermarket supplier Wulf Gaertner Autoparts is to launch a range of approximately 60 glow plug repair kits to fit Mercedes Benz, VW, Citroën, Peugeot and Opel models.
A collaborative project between automotive engine component and system supplier Schaeffler and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT), Germany, is researching new technologies for improving the energy efficiency of assisted steering systems on electric vehicles.
Road departures can be fatal, especially since the majority of them happen on highways and rural roads. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, approximately 55 percent of traffic fatalities in the U.S. involve a vehicle crossing the roadway or center line. In Germany, 60 percent of fatal road accidents and 25 percent of non-fatal road accidents occur on rural roads, according to the German Federal Statistical Office DESTATIS.
In its 123 timing belt kits plus water pump the ContiTech Power Transmission Group covers more than 90 percent of all European vehicle models in which the water pump is driven by the timing belt.
Bosch Automotive Service Solutions says the Robinair AC1234-6 is the only product available that fully meets SAE's requirement for recovering, recycling and recharging vehicle A/C systems that use the new R1234YF refrigerant.
BorgWarner's regulated two-stage (R2S®) turbocharging technology improves the performance and fuel economy of Ford's new powerful 2.0-liter diesel engine, the first Ford engine for passenger cars equipped with a two-stage turbocharging system.
Gates Corp. has introduced a wrench for removing stubborn accessory pulleys. The new Micro-V Pulley Strap Wrench is designed to grasp and hold automotive SAE v-ribbed belt driven pulleys.
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