Driveability Analysis
Linder Technical Services DATA Center is Indy's Only Dyno Equipped Injection Shop
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The DATA Center is equipped with a Computerized Dyno and the most advanced diagnostic equipment available, including most OEM Scan Tools and a multitude of specialized diagnostic tools. We have the information, tools, ability and staff to analyze and repair your "tough to solve, problem vehicles".
Driveability Troubleshooting
We analyze vehicles by appointment ONLY! Because many driveability problems are time-consuming to analyze, we ask that all vehicles be dropped off with us in the morning with the understanding that we will have your vehicle for the entire day. During a normal week, we schedule vehicles on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. When you schedule an appointment for analysis, you are essentially buying a block of our time during which we will analyze your problem using some of the most up-to-date tools that are available. At the end of that block of analysis time, we may or may not have pinpointed the problem, but we guarantee we will be able to tell you many things that are NOT the problem.
Linder Technical Services is also a training facility for technicians who are already working in the field. Each vehicle that is analyzed is well-documented with printouts of scan data, scope patterns and waveforms. This information is used to put together “case studies” that are used in our training programs. This allows our instructors to maintain hands-on experience and gives us a “real world” approach to technician training. It is very likely that your vehicle may become a “case study” that is used in our training programs, both locally and in seminars abroad.
Flash Reprogramming
Beginning with OBDI vehicles as early as 1994 and 1995, and on all OBDII vehicles, the removable PROM was replaced with a non-removable EEPROM. The Flash EEPROM is an integrated circuit within the PCM. This integrated circuit contains the program used by the PCM to control the powertrain. The Flash EEPROM can be electrically erased and then reprogrammed without removing the PCM from the vehicle. If a change needs to be made to the PCM strategy, you no longer need to replace it, but have it reprogrammed. Any NEW PCM purchased for an OBDII vehicle must be flashed before it will start the vehicle!
As with our analysis services, all flash reprogramming will be done by appointment ONLY! We currently have on-car flash programming capability for:
*General Motors with the Tech-2 and Vetronix Mastertech
*Ford and Chrysler with the EASE J-2534 Pass-thru Device.
On General Motors vehicles only, we also have the capability to reprogram computers off-car with Ease software. In order to reprogram off-car, we only need the new computer and the vehicle’s VIN.
Technical Assistance "Hot Line"
Our technical assistance “hot line” is available Monday thru Friday from 8am to 5pm. This service is made available to all technicians who are currently enrolled in our local one-year training program, have attended our one-week “Guru” school or have attended any of our remote technical seminars across the country. These calls are fielded by Doug or Jim, depending on the type of problem. Fuel injection technical information is also available to any of our customers.