Automotive Diagnostic Podcast

315: Clayton Olive & Vasko Serovski

Sun, 24 Aug 2025

Vasko and Clayton Join Tomi and I this week all the way from Australia! We chat about what's going on in automotive on that side of the planet and discuss Tomi's trip.

PS- I'm out of town and didn't bring a mic to record the intro/outro!

314: Crank-Start-Stall

Mon, 18 Aug 2025

Expanding on the topic from last week's episode on tips for determining if a vehicle is immobilized or not, this week I touch on the car exhibiting a crank-start-stall symptom. While an immobilizer system CAN cause this in some vehicles, there are several other possibilities as well, and today I'll share my thought process on working through this type of problem.

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313: Is This Vehicle Immobilized Or Not?

Mon, 11 Aug 2025

Quite often we get called into shops for a vehicle that does not start or starts but does not continue to run and it's a perceived immobilizer issue. Sometimes it is immobilized for various reasons, but frequently, there is no actual issue in the immobilizer system, only a lack of understanding how it works normally. Today I share some helpful tips for identifying where you problem is and if the Immo system is active or not.

312: Mario Rojas, Family, Faith, & Taking a Step Back

Sun, 03 Aug 2025

This week on the show Mario Rojas of Super Mario Diagnostics joins us to share his personal journey of taking a step back from the spotlight of the automotive world to focus on his family and his faith. This is an open and honest conversation about challenges that many people in our industry face.

311: CAN BUS Diagnostic Tips

Sun, 27 Jul 2025

This week on the show I share some key diagnstic tips on diagnosing CAN bus faults! So much of our diagnostic work centers around communicaiton faults, and we've developed an efficant way to get to the source of the problem quickly. Join me to learn how to do the same!