‘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.’
⚠️ Black smoke issues? Poor fuel economy? Noisy engine? Vehicle not running right or just interested in restoring it back to former glory? 🚗 Here we have a Toyota Hilux 2.4 diesel (2000 – 236,222 miles) booked in to investigate black smoke issues and an Engine Carbon Clean. ℹ️ The
⚠️ Struggling on emissions for MOT? 🎯 A rare pre-production Aston Martin DB7 now passed its MOT, plus a rather nice Impreza. 📝 ‘After a narrow emissions fail at MOT followed an online recommendation to have my father’s DB7 looked at, and had my own 1997 Impreza (with a post-pandemic
⚠️ Vehicle not as quiet, smooth, responsive or economical as it used to be? 🚗 Here we have a Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi (2008 – 106,780 miles) booked in for diagnostic consultation and Engine Carbon Clean. The owner had recently repaired an exhaust to eliminate cabin smells and now wanted
📝 ‘I had Adrian come to run diagnostics and do a carbon clean on my Volvo XC90 a couple of months ago, unfortunately on the day he couldn’t do the carbon clean as the diagnostics found quite a few fault codes that needed rectifying. Now knowing what problems I had
⚠️ Sticking turbo, limp mode and poor fuel economy on this Volvo XC90 (2007 – 180,632 miles) 📝 ‘I’ve booked Adrian’s services because I was at the point of selling my Volvo XC 90. I was sick and tired of engaging limp mode just when you wanted to accelerate. Adrian
📝 ‘Amazing job sorting it all out and gave the right help and information to sort out a small problem I was having with my car could not recommend him enough amazing product and very very professional’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⚠️ Engine Management Light on? Vehicle not running like it should? Get
⚠️ Vehicle failed or struggling to get through emissions on MOT? Poor fuel economy, smoke issues and general poor performance? 🚗 Here we have a VW Caddy 2.0 SDI (2007 – 95,208 miles) booked in for diagnostic consultation and Engine Carbon Clean. ℹ️ The vehicle was booked in for investigation
💬 ‘Brilliantly, thanks for working your magic!..no smoke! Maybe a tiny wisp but massive improvements…Very happy. I expected a more responsive car, smoother engine and better fuel economy. I got all of that plus EGR problems sorted too. Thanks bud‘ ⚠️ Vehicle not as quiet, smooth, responsive or economical as
📝 ‘Thank you Adrian for my carbon clean car performance is brilliant.’ 🚗 Here we have a Vauxhall Astra 1.9 CDTi (2007 – 133,537 miles) booked in for diagnostic consultation and Engine Carbon Clean. ℹ️ The owner had reported loss of power, low MPG and black smoke issues. 🔎 Initial
📝 ‘Adrian done my T5 VW Transporter – very knowledgeable man! Since then the engine is a lot quieter, runs better, feels more responsive & don’t smell of unburnt fuel. His machine picked up I need a new thermostat & a cylinder injector pressure valve was faulty jobs are booked
