Damaged Diesel Particulate Filters Since lockdown we are seeing more and more damaged DPF ‘s a lot more than normal. It’s very tempting in these tough times to try and save money and cut corners when your car goes wrong especially where DPF’s are concerned as most people realise that when that dreaded DPF…
During what has been a very challenging year probably the hardest I have seen since I started my business in 1981, we have been privileged to work on some fantastic Audi and VW vehicles including a vast array of Audi R8’s, a new RSQ8 and a new RSQ3 and a new RS3 alongside a constant…
VW Audi Add blue \ SCR faults Having Ad Blue faults with your VW or Audi group vehicle? we are seeing more and more issues with these systems and have invested considerable time and money in research and tooling to enable us to fully understand, diagnose and repair the Adblue systems. We have carried out…
We have a nice example of a Subaru Type R in the workshop which has just been taken out of dry storage after twelve years. Most of the work required is routine service items and we quickly had the vehicle up and running The one unusual fault was that we couldn’t select reverse gear all…
We have taken the difficult decision to close our business from Wednesday the 25th March to protect our customers and staff in these difficult times . We are not sure when we will reopen but will post here and on our web site when we know. If you have any inquiries please e mail us…
In the workshop this week a Mercedes E350 2012 CRD We were asked to help diagnose a very Smokey Mercedes E350 that seemed to be a problem that several garages had struggled to get to the bottom of. After a discussion with the owner we ascertained that the vehicle had always had this issue…
We were contacted by a rather desperate lady asking if we could fix her car. After an initial conversation we took on the task but could we succeed where others had failed? We carefully interviewed the customer and got a complete background to the faulty vehicle. The issue started not long after a service at…
In the workshop this week our first stage 2 upgrade on the newer Audi S4 B9 turbo. This vehicle has a Wagner up-rated inter-cooler Milltek de-cat exhaust section and high flow carbon intake system. Audi B9 S4 Tuning on the dyno.. De-cat exhaust.. Bench flashing ECU.. Ecu remapping at the moment is a bench flash…
We were asked to investigate a problem Ford Fiesta ST 1.6 turbo. The customer had recently purchased the car second hand and had immediately experienced problems where the car would go into a limp home mode with the engine warning light coming on making the car difficult to drive. Initially the car was booked into…
In the workshop this week a Ford Focus ST2 2.0 Turbo for a Revo stage 2 conversion . This vehicle already had a Milltek cat back exhaust but required the Milltek down pipe with high flow cat fitted . A much larger Airtec inter cooler is required to keep the charge temperatures at a sensible…
