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FirstLook Automotive Diagnostic Sensors

TEACH YOUR OLD SCOPE NEW TRICKS.

Old or new, use your scope for dynamic compression, valve testing and on-car fuel injector diagnostics.  Know the basics of your engine.

For Dynamic Compression use the...

ADS ES 100

For Fuel Injector Diagnostics use the...

ADS ES 300

Find out more about applying FirstLook Sensors toward

Diesel Diagnostics

Third Party Applications using FirstLook Sensors

ACE Misfire Detective

 

Professional Automotive Technician Testimonials


Web Page by John Thompson on Smoothing Exhaust Pulses

Smoothing Exhaust Resonance In Pressure Pulse Waveforms

Attention FirstLook™ Users: Learn how to smooth a resonant exhaust signal

Sometimes (depending on application) exhaust system resonance creates an issue in clearly  identifying separate exhaust strokes picked up in a pressure transducer waveform placed in the exhaust and displayed on a lab scope.


Resonance    Resonance Smoothed

Click here to continue reading: Orifice Effect

Article Written by Bernie Thompson on Pressure Transducer Diagnostics.

"A pressure transducer converts an engine's operating characteristics to oscilloscope-ready electrical signals.  Skillful interpretation of these vital signs can save valuable diagnostic time".

http://www.motor.com/MAGAZINE/Pdf/022007_10.pdf


Comments by Wilf Breyfogle

"This mystery could not be solved without the First Look Sensor hooked up to a Pico Scope  and  the training and support from Tom Roberts (Autonerdz)"

Case History of Cam and Roller Problem


 

Articles Written by Mark Warren on The FirstLook Diagnostic Sensor.

Driveablity Corner - from Motor Magazine, Aug 2006
by Mark Warren

Identifying the source of a cylinder misfire can be very time-consuming. New software, running in partnership with a PC-based oscilloscope, does a big chunk of the work
for you.

Driveability Corner - from Motor Magazine, June 2006
by Mark Warren
(This article contains a very good description of how the FirstLook Sensor works compared to other types of sensors.)
An exhaust probe can save you time and improve your diagnostic accuracy. However, practice, common sense, experience and logical follow-up testing are required.

Driveability Corner  - from Motor Magazine, April 2006     
by Mark Warren
A sophisticated oscilloscope-based tool reminds us that automotive old-timers, with their rudimentary tools and deceptively simple diagnostic tests, might have been on to something after all.

Mark Warren was installed as the 1999 president of STS. Mark, a Senior Writer and columnist for MOTOR Magazine, served last year as president-elect of STS. He is the owner of Warren Automotive in Tucson, Arizona and travels the country giving seminars on driveability service


Comments by Jeff Kogan:

"Since the first time I used the impulse sensor I knew the way I will diagnose cars would change forever. There is simply nothing else that can give you so much information about engine condition and help locate problem cylinders with so little effort. The cost of the unit is so little and the time savings are so big. Being able to diagnose injectors is an added bonus, and it is all done with no disassembly. All that is needed is a dual trace scope and some time to learn it. I think SenX Technology has given technicians one of the most powerful testing devices that the market has seen in years.

Every scope owner should have one."

Jeff Kogan
Trainer and Master Mechanic
Syosset, N.Y.