Posts by Teresa Green

During spells of hot weather Worcester’s Mobile Mechanic are inundated with air conditioning enquiries.               This condenser was on a 62 plate MINI. The customer wanted to know why the air con was not working when it was only regassed a month ago! How it was “regassed” was a…

We are aware of a few garage owners who think that additives are a waste of money. However, we know that they work really well and actually give improved performance. This story is a perfect example.               The car in question, a Porsche Boxer that belongs to a car…

WMM recently had a vehicle in the workshop that had been diagnosed with likely head gasket failure.               When WMM was contacted, we advised the customer to allow us to check the vehicle out. The fault was that the engine overheated in minutes and director Dave explained that a…

If illuminated, the ABS warning light is an MOT failure. The only “cure” is to find out why the light is on, fix the fault and hopefully the light should go out.               Motorists are unaware that the modern ABS system was invented in 1971 by Mario Palazzetti. Needless to say modern vehicles…

A small imported camper van came to WMM with a problem that was interesting for us to solve but infuriating for the van’s owner. They had planned to tour Europe, but had lost confidence in the vehicle.             Occasionally the bonnet felt hot and at other times there were absolutely…

After one of our customers recently experienced an automatic gear change fault, WMM removed the sump and cleaned the filter.             We advised the owner that the gearbox would need a professional overhaul as while we were cleaning the sump, swarf was spotted. Cleaning the sump did help, but the…

This Vauxhall Zafira had a coolant leak and looking at the car after the customer drove it to the garage (against our advice) showed the leak was above the gearbox.             When the car arrived, there was steam bellowing out from under the bonnet and anti-freeze everywhere. Under pressure it would…

WMM work on many imported automatic vehicles and always question what vehicle manufacturers would like you to believe, for example that automatic gear oil will last forever.             We have experienced at first hand poor gear change from an automatic gear box and the gear oil is usually the cause.…

Sometimes we think people are happy in their ignorance, and sad to say, in these difficult times we see more cars with brakes in this sorry condition.             This car was presented for an MOT test and the customer was shocked when it did not meet the required standard for…

All motorhome owners will be aware that space is important, especially if you own a micro camper.             A heater is vital if you use the camper in the winter. WMM directors David and Sue have a heater in their motorhome and go camping all year round. The customer who…