Vehicle Maintenance and Garage Practice
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Vehicle Maintenance and Garage Practice Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Vehicle Maintenance and Garage Practice (subject code 3160210) as prescribed for Auto · Semester 6 divides the course into 6 units, covering 47 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3160210)Unit 1 Maintenance Basics
- Need for maintenance
- types of maintenance: preventive and breakdown maintenance
- requirements of maintenance
- safety precautions in maintenance: General safety
- tool safety
Unit 2 Tools, Equipment and Instruments
- Study and application of hand tools
- power tools
- Special purpose tools
- measuring and gauging instruments
- Study of Service/Repair equipment with operating process
Unit 3 Workshop management practices
- operations and activities of service stations
- Layouts of modern service station/workshop
- Study of workshop documents & records like Inspection schedule
- job cards
- parts catalogue
- parts price list
- vehicle history sheet
- warranty card
- bill & billing procedure of vehicle
- logbook of vehicle
- customer satisfaction sheet
- service book, etc
- Activities and responsibilities of workshop management
- Study of workflow in service station
- Customer complaint Handling & consumer cases in case of any dispute
Unit 4 Maintenance & Overhauling of engine
- Engine disassembly
- dismantling of engine components: cylinder head
- valve train
- cylinder block
- connecting rod, piston and crankshaft assembly
- cleaning and inspection of engine components
- reconditioning of components
- Engine assembling process
- causes and remedies of Engine related problems
- Lubrication and Cooling Systems: Servicing and maintenance of fuel system
- Engine tune-up
- cooling system: water pump
- Lubrication system maintenance
- Anticorrosion and anti-freeze additives
Unit 5 Maintenance & Overhauling of Transmission Systems
- Servicing and maintenance of clutch
- gear box, universal joints
- propeller shaft
- differential and final drive
- causes and remedies of transmission related problems
- Maintenance & Overhauling of Braking System: Maintenance of hydraulic brakes
- brake adjustments and bleeding of brakes
- Maintenance of air brake