‘Our archive of posts about selected vehicles we have worked on in the past. Please use the search function below to look for a vehicle make, a running issue or anything else of interest.’
Not long to go before Christmas and no better time to get your vehicles checked out and cleaned up in advance of the festive season 🎄🎅 Here we have a 2009 VW Golf 2.0 TDI with 133,317 miles on the clock for a live data engine diagnostic and Engine Carbon
🚗 Ford Focus 1.6 diesel (2010 – 127,021 miles) 🙋 Reason for booking in…‘Recently bought this and had a couple of limp mode issues ‘ 🔎 Initial inspection found little of note with no excessive rattles, leaks, etc., but the tell tale bass rumble from the carbon buildup present. 📊
⚠️ Just bought a vehicle? Service or MOT due? Or maybe just not seen us for a while? 🚗 Here we have a recently purchased Mercedes A180 CDI (2013 – 101,685 miles) booked in for vehicle diagnostic inspection and Engine Carbon Clean. ℹ️ The owner had booked us to come
🚗 Ford Focus 1.6 diesel (2014 – 53,808 miles) 🙋 Reason for booking in…‘Hi my car has just failed it’s mot on emissions, do you have any advice that could aid this?’ 🔎 Initial inspection found an engine wobble and a significant amount of rumble and shake from the carbon
🚗 Kia Optima 1.7d (2012 – 73,046 miles) 🙋Reason for booking in…‘Engine shakes quite abit when idling, I’ve got loss of power with not much acceleration especially going up hill and it used to fly up hills, I’ve had EGR valve replaced but it’s not restored my power so I
🚗 Vauxhall Combo 1.3 CDTi (2010 – 79,731 miles) 🙋Reason for booking in…‘So the van just feels a bit clogged up and stutters occasionally when pulling off. So rather than me guessing what it is I’m hoping a good clean up would help.’ The owner had only bought it a
🚗 Audi A4 2.5 TDI (2005 – 139,944 miles) 🙋Reason for booking in…‘want to get it examined for issues and restore the fuel economy and running quiet and smooth again. Restorative/preventative maintenance really.’ 🔎 Initial inspection found no obvious issues in the engine bay with no excessive rattles and shakes,
🚗 Audi A4 2.0 TDCi (2017 – 94,462 miles) 🙋Reason for booking in…‘I have a 67′ A4 with an engine light on, code I’m getting is P2002.’ 🔎 Initial inspection found no obvious issues in the engine bay apart from a tell tale rumble in the engine from the carbon
🚗 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi (2018 – 80,162 miles) 🙋Reason for booking in…‘Engine Management Light has come on and local garage has said its a DPF issue’ 🔎 Initial inspection found no obvious issues in the engine bay apart from a tell tale rumble in the engine from the carbon
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Adrian was brilliant from start to finish, explaining everything he was checking and doing as he went along and suggestions for next steps. Nothing was too much trouble and he was happy to answer any questions I had. The advice he gave me was easy to understand and will
