VW Golf R in our workshop for a Revo stage 2 build . The required hard ware for stage 2 is a full Turbo back exhaust in this case we used a quality Milltek system . To fit this requires removal of the prop shaft and the engine bed to allow enough room to get…
We were asked to check this Nissan Qashqai that a local garage had recently carried out some repair to. When it arrived the DPF and engine warning lights were on .The history of repairs were that the vehicle had suffered a common turbo pipe failure which had been replaced . The faults stored were for…
We have recently completed a challenging diagnostic job that perhaps highlights just how difficult even the apparently simplest of diagnostic jobs can be . A Volkswagen Golf was booked in for a simple engine management light coming on , the car had a history of a brake light switch fault that had already been replaced…
We were presented with a Ford Focus 1.6 TDCI from another garage with a DPF issue. The vehicle had recently had a replacement turbo hose and the garage despite their best efforts couldn’t clear the DPF fault code. The DPF had been removed and cleaned off the car a year ago but the DPF can…
We were asked to take a look at a 2011 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Diesel with a blocked DPF and an engine warning light on this vehicle has covered over 100,000 miles . Diagnostics were carried out using the Ford dealer tool IDS . Faults stored were indicating that the DPF was at the end of…
We have a brand new service that is now available in Norwich . With the growing problem of DPF issues we have spent a long time researching the most cost effective solution to this issue . Currently it is illegal to remove emission devices from a road vehicle including the DPF and EGR. Whilst there…
We are seeing the long term results of long life servicing every day of the week . The long life service interval was introduced to benefit sales of new vehicle making them more attractive with the cost of running per mile dramatically reduced but is this really the best for the long term longevity of…
[fusion_text]We are seeing more and more issues directly related to long life or lack of servicing . In this week at our workshop servicing a VW Scirocco R upon draining the oil and removing the filter it was plain to see that this vehicle had not received the amount of engine oil changes that was…
We have developed our own technique when remapping vehicles which we have designed to cover the all aspects of potential problems that we have experienced over twenty five years . Our approach is to first carry out vehicle health check. This covers fault codes and live data stream , an inlet smoke test proves that…
[fusion_text]A rare Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution in our workshop recently for diagnostics . The symptoms were poor running , misfiring worst when cold and a very rough idle . The vehicle had already been worked on as is the case in most of our work. Most ignition parts had been substituted and the fuel filter had…
