Your car’s engine is controlled by a computer called the Engine Control Unit (ECU). This computer reads data from dozens of sensors—throttle position, boost pressure, intake temperature, oxygen levels—and decides exactly how much fuel to inject and when to fire the spark…
To understand why your BMW or Mercedes is acting up, you have to understand CAN-BUS (Controller Area Network).
When you press the brake pedal, hydraulic pressure clamps the brake pads onto the spinning rotors. In a perfect world, those surfaces are perfectly flat. When they aren’t, the pads bounce over high and low spots thousands of times per minute. That bouncing travels through the…
If you drive a modern Audi, chances are you love how quickly it shifts. That snap-crackle-pop on an upshift is thanks to the DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox), also known as S-tronic. It’s basically two manual transmissions controlled by a computer robot.
When it works, it’s magic. When it breaks, it’s a nightmare.
At Eurocore Motorworks…
