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Show Me, Tell Me preparation

Engine Bay Diagrams

Choose your vehicle to view a labelled engine-bay diagram and revise the under-bonnet checks that may be included in your practical driving test.

Know your test vehicle

Master your under-bonnet checks

The practical driving test may include a question requiring you to open the bonnet and identify the engine oil, coolant or brake-fluid reservoir.

The exact layout varies between vehicles, so use the diagram for the car you expect to take to your test.

Engine oil

Identify the dipstick or electronic oil-level system.

Engine coolant

Locate the expansion tank and its level markings.

Brake fluid

Find the reservoir and check the minimum and maximum marks.

Hybrid and electric-vehicle safety

Many modern tuition cars use hybrid systems. Bright orange cables usually identify high-voltage components.

Do not touch, disconnect or interfere with high-voltage cables or components. For test preparation, you only need to identify the normal fluid-checking points shown by your instructor.

Select your tuition car

Choose an engine-bay diagram

Open the vehicle guide that best matches the car you use during lessons.

Practise safely

How to use these diagrams

Use the images to learn the general location and appearance of each component, but also practise with your instructor’s actual car.

1

Open the correct guide

Choose the model that matches, or most closely resembles, your tuition vehicle.

2

Learn the component names

Be able to identify the oil, coolant and brake-fluid checking points.

3

Practise with your instructor

Open the bonnet and point to each component in the real vehicle.

4

Explain the check clearly

Practise describing how you would check the level safely.

Vehicle layouts can vary

Engine-bay layouts may differ by model year, engine type, trim level or hybrid system. Use these diagrams as learning guides and confirm the exact locations in your own test vehicle.