Vehicle maintenance detailed syllabus for Automobile Engineering (AUTO) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the AUTO students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Automobile Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit AUTO 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to AUTO Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of vehicle maintenance is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
MAINTENANCE, WORKSHOP PRACTICES, SAFETY AND TOOLS 9 Maintenance – Need, importance, primary and secondary functions, policies – classification of maintenance work – vehicle insurance – basic problem diagnosis. Automotive service procedures – workshop operations – workshop manual – vehicle identification. Safety -Personnel, machines andequipment, vehicles, fire safety – First aid. Basic tools – special service tools – measuring instruments – condition checking of seals, gaskets and sealants. Scheduled maintenance services -service intervals – Towing and recovering.
Unit II
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Unit III
TRANSMISSION AND DRIVELINE MAINTENANCE 9 Clutch- general checks, adjustment and service- Dismantling, identifying, checking and reassembling transmission, transaxle- road testing- Removing and replacing propeller shaft, servicing of cross and yoke joint and constant velocity joints- Rear axle service points- removing axle shaft and bearings- servicing differential assemblies- fault diagnosis.
Unit IV
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Unit V
AUTO ELECTRICAL AND AIR CONDITIOING MAINTENANCE 9 Maintenance of batteries, starting system, charging system and body electrical -Fault diagnosis using Scan tools. Maintenance of air conditioning parts like compressor, condenser, expansion valve, evaporator – Replacement of hoses- Leak detection- AC Charging- Fault diagnosis Vehicle body repair like panel beating, tinkering, soldering, polishing, painting.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Ed May, “Automotive Mechanics Volume One” and Two , Mc Graw Hill Publications, 2003
- Vehicle Service Manuals of reputed manufacturers
Reference Books:
- Bosch Automotive Handbook, Sixth Edition, 2004
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Automobile Engineering 6th Sem, visit AUTO 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Automobile Engineering results, visit Anna University AUTO all semester results direct link.