Engine Diagnostics & Engine Care Blog from the experts at f5ecc
Blog posts about all the different types of vehicles we have performed Engine Diagnostics on, and carried out DPF and Carbon cleans on. Please use the search function below to look for a vehicle make, a running issue or anything else of interest.
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With years of hands-on experience in diagnostics, carbon cleaning and DPF work, we share practical advice to help you keep your vehicle running smoothly and avoid unnecessary repair costs.
What You’ll Find in Our Engine Diagnostics Blog
- Real customer case studies
- Live data engine diagnostics
- DPF faults and fixes
- MOT emissions failures
- Running issues and symptoms
- Engine carbon cleaning examples
- Fault code explanations
- Performance loss and smoke issues
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Popular Vehicle Brands We Diagnose
Diagnostic consultation and Engine Carbon Clean on a VW Beetle 2.0 petrol (2004 – 145,036 miles)
⚠️ Vehicle not as quiet, smooth, responsive or economical as it used to be? ️…
Diagnostic health check and Engine Carbon Clean on a Honda Civic 2.2 diesel (2010 – 95,853 miles)
️ ‘Running perfect, had a good run out to give it a stretch and all…
Diagnostic health check and Engine Carbon Clean on a Vauxhall Astra 1.4 (2016 – 41,296 miles)
⚠️ Just bought a vehicle? Get it diagnosed and cleaned up with our Which? Trusted…
Diagnostic consultation and Engine Carbon Clean on a Subaru Impreza STI (2007 – 70,991 miles)
Own a performance petrol? Restore it back to its best. Here we have a Subaru…
Diagnostic consultation and Engine Carbon Clean on a Volvo S60 (2014 – 85,368 miles)
⚠️ Buying a vehicle? Have peace of mind by getting it checked out and cleaned…
Diagnostic consultation and Engine Carbon Clean on a Volvo C30 (2010 – 68,637 miles).
️ ‘Quicker off the mark…all good thanks' ⚠️ Own a vehicle? Running issues? Get it…
Diagnostic Consultation and Engine Carbon Clean on an Audi A5 TDI
️ ‘Driving great! Engine is lovely and smooth and very quiet! Thank you very much.Yeah very…
Diagnostic Consultation and Engine Carbon Clean on a Skoda Fabia 1.9 TDI with just over 250k miles
️ ‘Really noticeable, quieter, crisper and wafts along with little need to thrash it.' Good to…
VW Crafter XLWB on 146,062 miles booked in for diagnostic health check and Engine Carbon Clean
Rely on a vehicle for work? Get it checked out and running quiet, smooth, responsive…
Engine Carbon Clean on a Ford Mondeo ST 2.2 Diesel (2005 – 132,323 miles)
⚠️ Engine Management Light on? Here we have a Ford Mondeo ST 2.2 Diesel (2005…
DPF Issues?
ℹ️ DPFs require a number of prerequisites to regenerate properly. When struggling with DPF issues…
A Vauxhall Vivaro 1.9 diesel booked in with some black smoke issues and an occasional erratic idle.
⚠️ Here's one from earlier where we did not proceed with any cleaning. A Vauxhall…
Performance petrol? Get it back to it's best. Diagnostic consultation and Engine Carbon Clean on an Audi S3
️ ‘Drives and sounds amazing. Thank you…Quicker to boost nice and smooth and sounds even better….
Just bought a vehicle? Get a diagnostic consultation and Engine Carbon Clean – Audi A3 2.0 TDI
️ ‘Cheers for that, feels much better ☺️ Very happy, car feels it can breathe…
Having vehicle running issues? Diagnostic consultation and Engine Carbon Clean on a Citroën C4 HDi
️ ‘Super at the moment really quiet on tick over and seems to be a…
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