TROUBLE-SHOOTING

What is Trouble-Shooting
Trouble-Shooting
is the Step by Step set of Procedures to logically
determine the cause of an Engine Problem&
thenDetermining the Corrective Maintenance
Action(s) to resolve the problem in a Timely Manner
 APPROACHES to Trouble-Shooting

SHOTGUN
 APPROACHES to Trouble-Shooting

Solution
or
Poindexter Approach
 APPROACHES to Trouble-Shooting

Analytical
To Be a Good “that-a-Boy” Trouble-Shooter, YOU MUST

• Read

• Keep a Log

• Get off your

• Seek out Experience

• Don’t Be a Baby
 It’s What you Need !

• How “Stuff” works.

 TROUBLE-SHOOTING
• Clarify the Problem
• Go Out & for Yourself
• Check History
• Use the “stinkin” Manuals
• Diagnose / Analyze
• You gotta have a plan
• “TEST” the waters to eliminate the causes
• Assimilate / Analyze
• Select Corrective Action &
 TROUBLE-SHOOTING ( More Stuff)
• Confirm Fix

If Good, It’s
Wash Up First ( before coffee)

Go to Bathroom & Read ( after coffee)

Sign OFF

Follow Up
IF Not, @#**#$
&
Start Over
Trouble Shooting a “No Go” with “No Time”