Diagnosing the Aftermarket A to Z
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Diagnosing the Aftermarket A to Z
Matt Fanslow's Diagnosing the Aftermarket A to Z Podcast is a wide-open perspective on all aspects of the automotive aftermarket from a working diagnosticians' point of view. All topics and issues will be on the table.
Recent Episodes
257 episodes
The Most Controversial Tool in Automotive Electrical Diagnostics [E245]
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Powered circuit testers tend to produce strong opinions. Some...
Who Should Pay for Auto Repair Tools? Shop Owner or Employee? [E244]
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In this episode, Matt digs into a question that sits underneat...
The Danger of Tunnel Vision in Automotive Diagnostics: Anchoring, Confirmation Bias, and Premature Closure [E243]
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A Dodge Durango came into the shop for a second opinion after...
7.3L Power Stroke ICP Sensor Failure and the AI Skill Atrophy Debate [E242]
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In this episode of Diagnosing the Aftermarket A to Z, Matt Fan...
The Hidden Game Running Your Auto Repair Shop: When Systems Undermine Values [E241]
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Matt Fanslow continues his exploration of game theory by exami...
Why Customers Struggle to Trust Auto Repair [E240]
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In this episode, Matt Fanslow continues the conversation aroun...
From Bogeys to Blown Fuses: Navigating Self-Doubt [E239]
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In this episode, Matt starts on the golf course and ends up ri...
Game Theory for Auto Repair Shops: Pricing, Competition, and Strategy [E238]
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In this episode, Matt begins laying the groundwork for a large...
The Targaryen Technician: When Shop Owners Become What They Once Despised [E237]
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In this episode, Matt Fanslow uses Game of Thrones, specificall...
Normalization of Deviance: The Challenger Disaster and How Shop Standards Drift [E236]
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Matt Fanslow revisits the Challenger...
Corvette Customer Communcation Confusion [E235]
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In this episode of Diagnosing the Aft...
Mailbag Episode: From Quantum Physics to Flat Rate Pay Plans [E234]
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In this wide-ranging "mailbag" style...
From Smashing Pumpkins to Shop Floors: Lessons on Mentorship [E233]
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In this episode, Matt Fanslow starts...
Strength Isn’t What You Think: Lessons on Resilience, Recovery, and Asking for Help [E232]
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In this episode, Matt Fanslow reflect...
Your Shop Might Need Marriage Counseling: Fixing Communication in Auto Repair [RR 1087] - Remarkable Results Radio Podcast
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Recorded live at VISION 2026, host Carm C...
The Mount Rushmore of Automotive Trainers: Legends, Pioneers, and Rising Stars [E231]
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In this episode, Matt Fanslow tackles...
Wrenching and Recitals: Making Time for Family in the Auto Repair Industry [E230]
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Matt Fanslow reflects on overhearing...
Deadpool and Chuck Norris [E229]
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Matt opens with a run of classic Chuc...
Misuse of the Word Diagnostics [E228]
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Show Notes
In this episode, Mat...
Vision 2026 Recap [E227]
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In this episode, Matt recaps his trip...
Carving Out the Best: Matt Fanslow’s Mount Rushmores [E226]
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In this episode, Matt takes on a ques...
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished [E225]
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Matt opens with a home-repair “birthd...
Beyond Cognitive Distortions: Finding Common Ground in Conflict [E224]
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Minnesota’s been a pressure cooker la...
Aliasing: Why Your Oscilloscope May Be Lying To You [E223]
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Matt answers listener emails about oscilloscope aliasing—what i...
What Rob McElhenney Taught Me About Shop Management [E222]
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A random YouTube Shorts interview turns into a surprisingly sha...
Mr. Baseball [E221]
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Matt uses the movie Mr. Baseball (Tom Selleck as Jack, an aging Yankees pl...
Bubbles Everywhere: Cavitation and the Cooling System [E220]
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Matt goes down a rabbit hole on the science of bubbles and comes back with...
Common Cause and Special Cause [E219]
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Comebacks. Rechecks. Catastrophic parts failures. The stuff that makes eve...
The Part-Time Performer (And The Full-Time Lesson) [218]
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This episode uses professional wrestling’s “part-time performer” phenomeno...
A Lesson from Parkway Drive: Diamonds That Choose to Stay Coal [217]
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Episode summary
Matt Fanslow pulls a less...
What is the Most Misunderstood Concept in Auto Repair? And More: December 2025 Mailbag [E216]
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Matt digs into listener-submitted questions—sta...
Shop Local [E215]
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In this episode, Matt shares a post he wrote af...
Thanks Giving [E214]
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In this episode, Matt shares a personal Thanksg...
No Spoon: Breaking the Matrix [E213]
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In this episode, Matt uses The Matrix—especiall...
Stop Searching, Start Becoming: The Right Shop Philosophy [E112]
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In this episode, Matt takes a relationship quot...
Patience with Development [E211]
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In this episode of Diagnosing the Aftermarket A...
Boarder Patrol....I Mean Boundary Patrol [E210]
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We unpack what “boundaries” actually are—and ar...
Electrical Myth La Resistance! [E209]
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Matt Fanslow opens with “Resistance is futile”...
"Yo, Adrian!" What We Can Learn From Rocky [E208]
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Matt riffs on a surprisingly quiet moment from...
I Hope You're Proud of Yourself [E207]
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Matt wrestles with a lifelong pattern of shame,...