‘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.’
📝 ‘Hi mate, first of all I’d like to thank you for your time on Thursday. I managed to get the thermostat and the sensor done today. The temperature went up great 👍🏻 I can tell it drives better, it smoked a little but the revs was high (doing a
⚠️ Vehicle not as quiet, smooth, responsive or economical as it used to be? Engine light on or been on recently? 🚗 Here we have a BMW 120d (2009 – 107,857 miles) booked in for diagnostic consultation and potential Engine Carbon Clean or DPF Clean based on the findings. ℹ️
💬 ‘All seems good, even the very slight hesitation after putting my foot down, which I thought was normal, has gone…Its definitely miles better, feels like I’ve got my car back again. The warnings have stopped and it feels like it did when I first bought it six years ago.
📝 ‘Cant fault the service from Adrian who was very pleasant and explained everything he was doing. I also learnt that I need to keep at least a quarter of a tank of fuel in the car otherwise the DPF doesn’t get a cleaning cycle, something I was not aware
⚠️ DPFs can block up for lots of reasons including temperature sensors, pressure sensors, thermostats, low fuel levels, EGRs and pretty much any other code logged in the engine section. This one was due to a turbo actuator fault. We originally came to see this one a couple of weeks
⚠️ DPFs can block up for lots of reasons including temperature sensors, pressure sensors, thermostats, low fuel levels, EGRs and pretty much any other code logged in the engine section. This one was due to a turbo actuator fault. We originally came to see this one a couple of weeks
🌡️ Does your vehicle take a long time to warm up? Does the heating not work very well? If so may well be running cold and need a new thermostat. ❗ A cold running vehicle may look fine on the dashboard and present no engine codes when scanned, but will…
💬 ‘Drives nice and sweet, I could say I can feel car is sharper quicker response. Big thanks! Yes I’m happy, I wasn’t expecting a lot but after 15mile drive I could say it is sharper smoother drives perfect now 😉’ 🚗 Here we have a VW Passat CC 2.0
💬 ‘Runs nice and quiet now . Thought it had cut out at the junction lol . Top bloke that really knows his stuff 🥳’ ⚠️ Just bought a vehicle? Get it checked out and cleaned up with our Which? Trusted Traders approved service. ❗ Multi-vehicle booking = multi-vehicle discount.
🌡️ Another misbehaving #thermostat (Ford Transit 2.4 TDCi) and giving the owner no clue that it is running cold ❄️ ℹ️ A cold running engine will not run efficiently, will lower #MPG and raise #emissions levels. ❗ This will cost you money in wasted fuel, dirty up your engine causing
