Recently in the workshop a Mini cooper with no power steering , this vehicle had quite a history of repair and unsuccessful attempts to resolve this issue . The vehicle had already had two secondhand steering racks and on arrival was fitted with a reconditioned steering rack non of which had effected a cure ….
We recently had a 2014 Golf R in the workshop with running issues and both lean and rich mixture faults . After elimination external mixture control and seeing that the engine management could not control the mixture via fuel trim and having seen multiple injector issues on these engines we decided to remove and test…
Modern Diesel engines are operation at incredibly fine tolerances in order to achieve low tailpipe emissions injector are operation at ever increasing pressures and with small multi nozzle configurations to atomise the fuel. As manufactures keep increasing service intervals including the mileage to change the diesel filter we are seeing more issues with restricted filters…
We had booked in this week an Audi A1 1.6 CRD with a malfunctioning dash display . The described fault was a faulty fuel gauge along with a message indicating the fuel gauge fault and also the outside air temperature display was misreading . The fault was repeatable and a complete global scan of the…
We were asked to take a look at a Mercedes C220 that had a history of turbo boost faults . Initial questioning of the customer revealed it had already had new sequential turbos fitted but it would go into a default operating mode when held under load for a period of time causing a low…
In the workshop recently we had a Mazda 3 with an ongoing engine management light coming on . The fault first occurred on a long journey and emergency RAC services were called. Diagnoses was vague and consisted of a list of items that may be causing the engine light to come on. We were asked…
