By: Tenneco Europe

Actual situation:

- Due to the fast environmental changes that are taking place all over the world, Today more than ever the population and the governments are sensitive to the environmental damage caused by the exhaust gasses.

Actual situation:

- Year by year the Environmental Guidelines are becoming more restrictive.

EURO I
(1993)

EURO II
(1996)

EURO III
(2000)

EURO VI
(2005)

EURO V
(2008)

Actual situation:

- The car manufacturers are reinventing the emission control technology daily in order to follow the strict environmental guidelines.

Actual situation:

- The technology is developing at high speed and new developments are appearing daily in the automotive market: DPF, Wideband Lambda sensors, SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction converter) etc.

Actual situation:

- The knowledge normally is in hands of the OE manufacturers which hardly give it away.

Actual situation:

- The traditional installer situation in front of this new technologies is getting worse (due to the lack of good trainings and information).

Installers situation:

- In developed countries the installers very often are well equipped (Gas analyzer, EOBD code reader ,etc).

Installers situation:

- In the majority of the cases the installers are not well train in the practical use of this excellent tools. Normally because the suppliers assume that the installers have this knowledge up front.

Installers situation:

- One excellent example of this situation is the 4 gas analyzer, one of the best tool that a garage can have for determine the causes of the most common engine problems.

Installers situation:

- The correct methodology for the effective use of the 4 gas analyze tester is complete unknown in more than the 95% of the installers. - This tool is nowadays being used only to determine if the car is able to pass the MOT or not. But normally nobody can do an effective interpretation of the values of the tool. - This fact is the reason that the tool is normally used below 1% of its real capacity.

4 gas Analyzer tester: - A 4 gas analyze tester is able to immediately detect a vast number of engine problems, the most common are:
- Lambda Sensor failure - Rusted exhaust (Internal or external rust) - Non homologated exhaust (Wrong backpressure) - Melted catalytic converter - Worn out catalytic converter - Obstructed exhaust or catalytic converter - Problems in ignition system (Spark plugs, wires) - Engine compression problems - Temperature sensor malfunction - Air intakes in the intake system. - Dirty air filter - Obstructed intake valve ports - and much more

Installers situation:

- The problems detected by the 4 gas analyzer are more that 80% of the total problems that a mechanical installer have in the garage normally. -Due to the fact that the installers generally dont know how to use the tool in an effective way most of those problems are not detected and remain in the car for a long time. -The potential business lost due to this situation is enormous for the installer as well as for the spare parts suppliers.

The Solution:

- Having in mind this loss of business (more than 80% of the failures are not detected and repaired) Tenneco comes with the solution:

The Solution:

- This tool will do the job for us, just introducing the values obtained from the 4 gas analyzer in the 4G AGAR Software we will be able to:

The Solution:

1st- Determine if the vehicle is working properly or have some problem.

The Solution:

2nd- Identify the problem and receive assistance for locating it in the engine.

3rd- Once located the problem, receive professional help for solving it fast and in an effective way.

The Solution:

4th- Print a professional rapport for the customer showing the problems detected.

The Solution:

5th- Access to an internal EOBD code reader data base in order to help the installer to check the meaning of those codes.

The Solution: 6th- Access to an internal Encyclopedia fully dedicated to the Emission control world (Homologation guidelines, Exhaust, Lambda Sensors, DPF, etc)

Security:

- The 4G AGAR software is protected by copyright (And is property of Tenneco and Grup Eina Digital ) - The software is protected by password (the passwords are delivered by Tenneco to customers (in the Key Generator CDs) - The license expires in one year (365 days after it is activated) and can be activated again introducing another code.

What is Next:

- The software will have at least, two free updates a year, which can be activated Via internet (update button) or CD from the dealer. - Once a year (June-July) The software will have an Upgrade which will include new options and more powerful features. Every time the license is renewed the installer will receive the latest version. - The next upgrade will include direct connection to the principal 4 gas analyze testers, making the testing process much faster.

The End