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  • EDITION:
    3rd Edition
  • ISBN:
    1418037583
  • ISBN-13:
    9781418037581
  • PUB. DATE:
    July 2007
  • PUBLISHER:
    Cengage Learning

Automotive Service: Inspection, Maintenance, Repair / Edition 3 by Tim Gilles

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Automotive Service

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  • Pub. Date: July 2007
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning

Synopsis

The newly revised 4th edition of AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE: INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR contains all the knowledge and skills necessary for readers to be successful in a number of automotive careers. This text covers all eight major course areas of automotive technology by progressing students through an introduction to shop management and then covering theories of vehicle systems operations with step-by-step procedures for troubleshooting and repairing automobiles. Technically reviewed by instructors and industry experts, the 4th edition of this popular text is designed in particular for the needs of those readers enrolled in NATEF-certified programs. Updated and expanded content in this edition includes coverage of hybrid vehicles, HTHS viscosity ratings, latest coolants, ejector cycle systems, dynamometer, and turbochargers and superchargers.

Biography

Tim Gilles has been active in professional associations for many years. He was President and board member of the California Automotive Teachers (CAT), a board member and election committee chair of the North American Council of Automotive Teachers (NACAT), a member of the California Community College Chancellor's Trade and Industry Advisory Committee, education committee chair for the Santa Barbara Chapter of the Independent Automotive Professionals Association, and has served several terms as a board member of the Santa Barbara Automotive Service Council. Mr. Gilles is also active in Industry associations including AERA, The Automotive Repair Coalition, and IATN and is a frequent seminar presenter at association conferences. He has been an automotive teacher since 1973 and is currently a Professor in the Automotive Technology Department at Santa Barbara City College. Mr. Gilles is an ASE Master Automotive Machinist and an ASE Master Automotive Technician.