Service Seminar Offerings

ACDelco continues to offer service seminars as a part of the training offering. These seminars are taught by ACDelco sales personnel at local WD locations or other locations as directed by the WD. Seminars cover technical product content about automotive systems and components, with an emphasis on product features and benefits as well as the operation and serviceability of these parts. Actual vehicle parts and/or components are often used in these seminars to supplement demonstrations.

Seminars are designed to be delivered in full–length—about two to three hours—but also incorporate a modular design to be delivered in smaller (50–minute) segments for Lunch and Learn environments at TSS locations. The purpose of delivering this content in a Lunch and Learn setting is to allow the hosting facility an opportunity to provide technicians with quick, product repair–related training during their lunch hour.

These seminars are designed to keep technicians abreast of the rapidly changing technology built into today’s cars and trucks as well as provide you with additional product knowledge, up-to–date technical information and diagnostic tips on ACDelco’s top product lines. Each of these seminars will offer participants comprehensive service support while addressing a specific need. A few of the seminars include:

• Advanced Variable Valve Timing
  • Topics include: Variable Valve Timing (VVT), Spline Phaser system, Vane Phaser Overhead Cam (OHC) system, and Vane Phaser Overhead Cam (OHC) magnetically controlled system.
• Camshaft Variable Valve Lift Systems and Active Fuel Management
  • Topics include: camshaft variable valve lift systems and Active Fuel Management (AFM).
• Spark Ignition Direct Injection
  • Topics include: Spark Ignition Direct Injection (SIDI), the fuel delivery system, scan tool diagnostics and service, piezoelectric injector, and the SIDI start/stop feature.
• Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition
  • Topics include a future GM system referred to as Homogenous Charger Compression Ignition (HCCI) will be covered, as well as 2.2 Ecotec engines and the highlights and benefits of HCCI.
• Duramax 6600 Diesel Engine-2010/2011 LGH and LML
  • Topics include the two new Duramax diesel engines that were developed to meet the 2010 Federal emission standards for oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and particulate matter (PM).
  • Also covered is an overview of the engine mechanical features, the fuel delivery system, electronic control features, and the after-treatment system.
• Brake Noise Diagnosis and Service
  • Topics include evaluating brake noise, sources of brake noise, tips for preventing brake noise, and suspension noise.
  • Also covered are the service tools necessary to diagnose brake noises, including micrometers, brake lathe, measuring tools, and hydraulic pressure gauge.

The following seminars cover key service items related to various vehicle systems to prevent early failures of vehicle systems. The seminars provide proper service techniques to improve the technician’s skills when replacing various on–vehicle components. The seminars also cover some of the latest bulletins, service tips and diagnostics when servicing vehicle systems:

• Fuel System Servicing Tips
• Rotating Electrical System Servicing Tips
• Emission Control System Servicing Tips
• Power Steering System Servicing Tips
• Cooling System Servicing Tips
• Brake System Servicing Tips
• Battery Servicing Tips