Heavy-duty trucks, construction, and material handling equipment are the lifeline of any nation, moving goods and helping build large infrastructure effortlessly. However, if you have a fleet of such trucks and equipment, a heavy-duty scan tool should be a must-have for you.
What is the function of such a tool that helps your fleet always be on the job without frequent breakdowns?
All modern heavy-duty trucks and equipment have a central computer that tracks the health of the vehicle and equipment through the display of fault codes. These codes are shown on the display panel usually located below the dashboard on the driver’s side. Every code, also known as Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs), corresponds to a specific malfunction and is typically standardized in particular makes and models of trucks and equipment.
When a fault code shows up, you need a heavy-duty diagnostic tool to understand the nature of the fault. It might be related to the engine, transmission, hydraulics, or other systems. The tool will then guide you through the procedures to rectify the problem and bring your vehicle back on the road as soon as possible.
One of the most effective and optimized heavy-duty diagnostic software is offered by Jaltest. Our maintenance tool offers users two options to ensure that vehicles are performing well. One is the preventive process and the other is maintenance procedures.
In the first case, you can periodically carry out full system scans to check the status of your equipment. If a fault is found, quick action can be initiated to solve it immediately before it becomes a major issue. These are known as temporary fault codes and do not persist over time.
The other instance is when a fault code that is more permanent shows up and carries on over several driving cycles. Here, your Jaltest heavy-duty scan tool will guide you on how to correct the malfunction with dealer-level service and without the use of manuals.
Using the Heavy-Duty Truck Diagnostic Tool
The Jaltest heavy-duty truck diagnostic tool is a class apart from its competitors and caters to the maintenance needs of most major brands of heavy-duty trucks. These include Kenworth, Paccar, Mack, Freightliner, International, Allison, Peterbilt, Cummins, Detroit, Bendix Western Star, Volvo, and more.
If you have a mixed fleet, you do not need several versions of a heavy-duty scan tool, the Jaltest software is enough for implementing fault code rectification on all these brands and their various models. It covers various systems such as engines, brakes, hydraulics, transmissions, and truck bodies, and provides cutting-edge maintenance data that can be tracked through live data monitoring to clear fault codes.
With the Jaltest heavy-duty diagnostic laptop, you get in-depth coverage and detailed technical information about almost all fault code rectification processes. We even handhold you through component replacement procedures, how to remove the parts, and check whether they can be reused. You can also actuate body components, calibrate VGT and code injectors, calibrate transmissions, get wiring diagrams, technical information, and repair times.
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Jaltest Heavy-Duty Diesel Scanner And Forced Regens
Our heavy-duty diagnostic tool ensures that you can manage after-treatment systems and perform forced regens, system checks, calibrations, parameter settings, and more.
Forced regens is a very critical maintenance activity that must be carried out on heavy-duty vehicles and equipment powered by diesel engines. It is a very complex activity but is greatly simplified by the Jaltest heavy-duty diesel scanner.
All diesel engines face soot buildup in the diesel particulate filter and in severe cases, pushes the vehicle or equipment into limp mode. Forced regens is the highest level of DPF regeneration, burning away the soot when passive regens cannot clear the DPF. Soot buildup in the DPF is common when heavy-duty trucks and vehicles go through repeated start-stop cycles and not continuous long-haul operations.
When soot buildup is found in the fault code reader of our Jaltest heavy-duty diagnostic scanner, the solution is to run the engine on stationery vehicles continuously for about 40 minutes at a specific RPM as guided by our maintenance tool. This raises the temperature of the exhaust gasses and the soot is burnt off. You can choose between High and Very High forced regens depending on the extent of soot buildup.
While forced regens are carried out by certified engineers, they are guided by the heavy-duty diesel scanner. Along with forced regens, our software also advises you when the injector code in the Electronic Control Module (ECM) needs to be replaced or installed.
Full Coverage Of Paccar and Cummins Engines with Heavy-Duty Scan Tool
When you diagnose heavy-duty truck fault codes specifically for engines, Paccar and Cummins are the two leading brands that you will have to handle. Let us check what functions the Jaltest heavy-duty truck diagnostic tool performs for each of them.
Paccar MS11 – MX13 Engines
With our heavy-duty diagnostic scanner for Paccar engines, you can carry out full system scans to check various metrics like the central computer, chassis module, electronic module, climate HVAC, lighting, instrument cluster, and more.
Additionally, access our user-friendly diagnostic menu and select from a large range of metrics to modify. Then perform cutting-edge functions such as changing parameters of fuel consumption, engine speed control, power take-off control, activating and deactivating conditions of the brake pedal, and more. Our tool also offers maximized coverage of Paccar body modules and actuate components like switches and lights to test functionality.
Going through all these activities periodically makes sure that your heavy-duty trucks and equipment perform at peak operating efficiency.
Cummins Heavy-Duty Engines
Jaltest provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of engines, from Cummins X15 to Cummins L19 and more. We help you to go through reading and clearing fault codes, performing system checks, calibrating VGTs and turbos, completing after-treatment checks, and more.
Every action is supported by detailed wiring diagrams and maintenance data that make the fault code resolving task very easy for you. You can set parameters like maximum speed and idle speed, and perform checks on fuel and EGR systems.
Diagnosing any malfunction of the Cummins engines is a seamless affair. Our Extra-High-Pressure Injection and Common Rail includes a dashboard with all system technical information, diagrams, and vehicle data that allows you to either troubleshoot by symptoms or carry out full system scans.
Monitoring, maintenance, calibration, configuration, and actuating components of Cummins engines are all available in the Jaltest heavy-duty diagnostic laptop.
Read more about the power of heavy-duty Paccar and Cummins engines.
Jaltest Construction Equipment Diagnostic Tools
Our construction equipment diagnostic tools provide extensive coverage across a range of construction equipment of several makes and models. These include earthmoving equipment, forestry, cranes, mining construction equipment, wheel loaders, off-road dump trucks, excavators, and more. Among the almost 100 brands of construction equipment that are included in our heavy equipment diagnostic software are Caterpillar, Volvo, Case, Bobcat, John Deere, Hitachi, Komatsu, Kalmar, Liebherr, and many more. You can depend on our software to accurately read fault codes of construction equipment and clear them, all the time providing dealer-level services.
How To Read Fault Codes With Heavy Equipment Scan Tool
Jaltest construction equipment diagnostic tools read fault codes and initiate action to clear them. Several systems and components are covered, from electricals to transmission, hydraulics, ABS, electricals, and others. You can access the diagnostic menu and from the list of fault codes, check which one is relevant to you and start the recommended resolution.
Here is how you can read the fault code of construction equipment with our heavy-duty scan tool.
- Switch on the ignition without turning the engine on to running mode. All accessories will now be powered on.
- Find the connector plug of the onboard computer and connect the Jaltest heavy-duty diagnostic laptop to it.
- The Jaltest heavy equipment diagnostic software automatically reads the fault codes and displays them on a dashboard to scroll down. You will now be directed to the required system scans after you input the year, make, and model of your construction equipment.
- Now, scroll through various systems and diagnose the malfunction corresponding to the fault code.
After arriving at the problem, the next step is to clear the fault code. Start from the point where the laptop was plugged into the connector of the construction equipment. Ensure that the heavy-duty scan tool is ON and select “Clear Codes” from the main menu.
Now, the software will check for the issues and start the rectification procedures. The software will automatically guide you on the required resolution through a series of prompts which includes instructing you to repeatedly turn the engine On and Off.
After some time, you will either be given a Success message or otherwise in which case, other solutions must be tested.
Summing Up
The Jaltest heavy-duty scan tool is an optimized maintenance software that ensures that your fleet of heavy-duty trucks and construction equipment is always in top-performance mode without fault codes that lead to downtime. All systems and components are covered and you get technical information along with wiring diagrams to make the job easier for you.
We also update our software three times every year so that you can keep abreast of technological innovations made to heavy vehicles and equipment.
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