Advice

The WMM team are constantly amazed by the way some tyre companies treat their customers.             A little Citroen did not meet the requirements for an MOT pass at a branch of a national chain. It required remedial work on a driveshaft boot and new front tyres. The customer bought…

WMM director Dave’s staff keep telling him he is old. The truth is, we all are though Dave does admit to having a lot of tools in his tool box that are older than most of the staff!             The age comment was made when he was explaining to a…

Motorists who own an LPG vehicle have had the vehicle converted to use dual fuel and save money.             At WMM we are LPG trained and always tell customers the system should have an annual service. A vehicle we fitted the system to in 2013 came in for us to find…

A while ago, WMM were called by a customer who had an imported Nissan with a drivability issue.               After talking on the phone, we suspected the cause. The customer took it to his local garage who stated that, before they could diagnose the fault, a full service needed…

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…