Saw a guy diagnose a fuel pump with a scope once. One bad spot in the pump and you could see it in the scope pattern. Saved a lot of time, less invasive, and found an issue that could have been missed testing pressure. It was really impressive.

We have a guy in the shop. he won't show you unless he's paid to. so i'm looking forward to this series! thank you.

@tonyfremont

3 жыл бұрын

He's lucky he isn't working for me. He's being paid, he should spend free time teaching.

@JamesValentineBaja1000

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonyfremont 😂😂😂

Thanks. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Great Job! Love the clear and concise presentation style. I’m really looking forward to the rest of the videos in this series.

The feeling when you over sleep and can’t watch a FRM video when you first wake up. I can’t miss my FRM content but I really hate when I can’t start my day with it. Dude you’re content is top notch and I can’t thank you enough for it.

Loved the video and very excited about the series, I'm in the deisel field but do automotive also. Recently purchased a Verus and want to learn the scope features so I don't get left behind in the industry, I feel scopes are becoming more and more needed. So I'm very greatful to be able to learn about their functions thx.

Thank you very much for sharing. Great information presentation Mike.

Great introduction video! Thanks for sharing! Meant to mention in previous videos. Sweet setup with the diag cart!

Great start. What I would find really helpful is some more intermediate to advanced stuff. What parameters do you need for a good scope? What is Bandwidth and the role of Bandwidth? How is sampling rate related to timebase, and what specs do you look for to make sure you have a high enough sampling rate at the relatively long time bases used for Automotive work .. ie a lot of scopes deliver high sampling at very short timebases, micro and nano seconds. But in Automotive you need good sampling rates around 1 to 10 MS/s in the millisecond range, especially for ignition work. Be great to work through all these variables in action.

VERY HELPFUL ! Thanks for taking your time to teach

I see teaching in your future! Congratulations. Oh, enjoyed the vid a great deal also!!

Great video. I’ve been waiting for someone to to make videos of this in a easy to understand way thanks

looking forward to learning more. And there are so many choices out there for scanners and scopes and all...

Longer than I'm used to from you, but great content...keep it coming.

@flatratemaster

5 жыл бұрын

Normally I would break a longer video up into 2 parts, but just needed to get this one out, so we can get to the fun stuff:)

Great series Mike!

@flatratemaster

5 жыл бұрын

High Praise coming from you Dan :)

Excellent job on this video. Keep them coming!!!

Love the series, keep it up sir and thank you.

Great introduction and explanation Mike

Thumbs up Mike 👍nice editing as well. Looking forward to some more.

Very thankful for this video. Alot of good info.

Good video mike. Can’t wait for the rest of them.

Thanks Mike. Look forward to more like this.

Great instructional video learned some new things . I work at a dealership and never really use a scope. Just live numbers !!I should try it out the next time I have a problem car.

Great Video. I want a better scope. I have been able to make my little crappy USB scope do a lot. Mine has no storage, is only two channels, and only does +10V to -10V. A 10x and 20x attenuator helps to overcome the voltage limitation but you have to just do the math to know 1.2 volts equals 12 or 24 volts. I use screen recording software to be able to play it back, but of course I can't change my time base or voltage and "zoom in" on a play back. I don't have a amp probe but I have found you can do a pretty good relative compression with just a voltage measurement. The voltage will sag on the good compression cylinders but will stay higher on the low cylinder. I've ordered a low amp probe so I can see the divets in the fuel injector waveform to see if an injector is actually opening and closing, which you just cannot see with voltage alone. Two channels isn't really enough anymore for cam crank correlations, because so much stuff has more than on cam sensor. Every car I work on though I try to get a known good correlation screen shot of crank and cams sensor 1 and then crank and cam sensor 2. I haven't' got to work on any can bus problems yet, but I can't wait to have one to do. I used my scope a while back to diagnose a HVAC blower problem in a Porsche. The customer was sure it needed a blower motor, and the symptoms made me guess it was a motor too. I was able to prove with the scope it was a fan speed regulator issue in 10 minutes. I was still really hoping I was making the right call when ordering the part, and I was right. Saved the customer a lot of money. I found that is is super handy for seeing duty cycle signals on things like a IAC to verify the computer is sending the signal to adjust the idle under different loads. I have all my parts ordered to make my own pressure transducer (which is pretty cheap to make), but I haven't got them together yet. I want to do a video on that. My point to all this is if you can't afford a Pico, get something. I am probably still just going to a Hantek next. An 8 channel Hantek can be had for $120 on Amazon. You can work around a lot of stuff and save a lot of time on diagnosis even with a crappy scope. The whole time you are learning how to use a scope and when you do get a Pico you will know what all those extra features are that you've been wanting and when you need them. I have learned all this as a DIYer in my drive way. It just takes playing with it and figuring it out and soon it becomes second nature.

As cars become more electrical over time (hybrids, electrical, or even fuel cell), Being able to use a lab scope will be an essential skill. Thanks for the important series frm, will be waiting for more content on this topic.

Thank you, awesome explanation.

Vantage was my first graphing meter... have one of all the others as well. I should use them more often! Looking forward to picking up some pointers / tips in your series!

Got a Vantage Ultra , still new to scoping . Can always use pointers on use of a scope. Looking forward to the series.

Love this topic. Keep it going

Thanks for this! Great explanations. Ironically, I'm getting into scopes to start probing vintage Bosch EFI systems. The 40 year-old diagnostic procedures no longer apply now that the parts are 40 years-old, too!

Looking forward to more videos. Awesome job man

Great information .I believe that if you have a scope use it on all the cars you service to get familiar with your tool . MOST IMPORTANT make sure you get some top notch test lead and probes .

Thank u, trying to better myself. And learn this. As I’m trying to advance higher

Enjoyed the video , like to see more scope vid”s

Nice introduction to the series

thankyou for simplifying excellent video FRM

Good info and will be a great series Mike thanks for sharing. cheeeeeers

I like the new content Mike, keep up the good work

Good video.... hope u do more!!!

Good stuff!!! Learned some stuff

Good stuff Mike this will help a lot of us DIY'ers.

@flatratemaster

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wyatt

Make more of these videos! Tool hoarders explain theory the best 👍 We've got a massive oscilloscope in the workshop. My boss is 60 fyi 😂

Nice job on this video 👍.

Im a complete novice to scopes. I currently don't own one but before I go spending hard earned cash I want to know more. Thanks for a simple and great intro

Great video

U know I want to poke at you for doing this only after getting a pico ... but I still love this lol great video buddy ! 2 thumbs up

@flatratemaster

5 жыл бұрын

Part of the reason i got the Pico was for this series😉

Good job !

Yes! I wanna learn more

Great series Mike

@flatratemaster

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Leon!

Thanks 👍 From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧

Love my scope!!!

Thank you!!

I like it!

I'll be scoping out more FRM vids!

For camshaft sensors (3 prong) I use innova 3320 volt meter ($20) and watch the voltage from the sig side. If it is constantly changing between 1v and 5v, it's good. If it moves a within 1v range, it's no good. I know they say you cant do this but I do and it works

I'm considering just buying a snap on scanner just to get their scope because I do like how it holds you hand and will walk to through everything. does the matco scanner do that to?

Very nice Mike. I still have a counselor 11. It's actually my avi for now. Recently picked off a slightly bent tooth on a 24× crank pully 3.8 GM. How do you like the Verus scope feature? I do have a Hantex with my Autel and it's pretty good. Of course I'd love the Pico. Thanks

@flatratemaster

5 жыл бұрын

Verus scope will do most everything a tech needs

I remember the big box scopes!

The Snap-on tools do have a known good way form that you can look at under guided component test

Just came across this presentation and really enjoyed it. I'll ask a question that other beginners are wondering about but probably too bashful to ask: Why can't a bench scope like Atten, Rigol et al be used effectively in automotive? What are we not understanding?

@flatratemaster

3 жыл бұрын

All comes down to sample rate, how fast the scope looks for a signal most of those "scopes" will work for some automotive signals but not all

Thank you

Please please please keep them coming and thanks again .

Here we go

Still have my vantage and still use it and my vantage pro.

or ac couple your scope and hook it up to the battery terminals for the relative compression testing....

Hey mike im currently in school about to graduate and i am curious as to what a 2 channel scope means

@flatratemaster

5 жыл бұрын

Channel is simply the number of hook ups you can make and look at data, 2 channels means you can scope 2 different sensors at once with a 4 channel you can scope 4 different sensors

@yianniboulas9315

5 жыл бұрын

@@flatratemaster good to know thank you for the reply

your thoughts on the vantage ultra scope?

@flatratemaster

5 жыл бұрын

Same scope as the Modis Ultra, good 2 channel scope

Roughly how long would you say it should take the average person to be a diagnostic guy? 5 years?

@flatratemaster

5 жыл бұрын

It depends on so many different factors. So it varies considerably

How often do you need to use more than 2 channel scopes? Sort of a survey I'm doing.

@flatratemaster

5 жыл бұрын

Most times 2 or 3 channels but for those times you need 4, you need 4 of more channels

@cliftonsr

5 жыл бұрын

@@flatratemaster Sounds like a job for Pico but Pico doesn't seem to react as quick on a laptop as apposed to one built in to a scanner like a Modis Edge, maybe there is some kind of delay working through the Windows operating system

Ooooooooooright I’m the flat rate mechanic

you for got to men chine the snapon ls 2000 i have trained a lot of tecks on that scope

@flatratemaster

5 жыл бұрын

Lol never seen one of those in person, but yes it was a good scope

@randygould4109

5 жыл бұрын

i still have mine and the new guys in shop that is what they use a simple scope . i have it for over 20 years

Yeaaaa!!

I'll try and keep up but I can't make any promises.

nice job .... you don't have to edit so much in my opinion . Sometimes the good stuff is in the rambling.

@flatratemaster

5 жыл бұрын

more like dead air, traffic noise or i just screwed up my lines;)

Counselor 2 had firepower

He is one in a million, best among many, most trusted , I almost gave up on trading then I met him through a friend, Austin is the most trusted trading expert who helped the life of my family and I ,.

@bodhibriar9683

3 жыл бұрын

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Gotta say... Your channel is one of very few that I slow down to 1.25x Max. Thank you for helping me graduate from "Paper-tech 🗞️” to figuring out out tech. God Bless 🇺🇸 (would a Confederate Flag be racist¿>)