...Peugeot replacement BPGA comes incomplete A 2007 Peugeot 308 VTi was diagnosed, by a technician at an Autobiz Helpline member garage, with a fault code F56B. The customer's complaint was that there was a message on the display indicating a battery charge fault. On some models, this can a...
...48 April 2025 AUTOBIZ T his Opel Mokka X, with a 1.4 litre turbocharged engine, was suffering a water leak from the water pump. While changing the water pump, it was noticed that the thermostat had cracked. The dealership thermostat was on a long back-order, so an aftermarket...
...Autobiz Helpline Tim Stock An Autobiz Helpline member, had a 2014 Mercedes C350e in their workshop, suffering with excessive smoke from the exhaust. On initial investigation, the intake system was completely saturated with engine oil, and the intercooler was also full of oil. The diagn...
...Autobiz Helpline Tim Stock A 2007 Peugeot 308 VTi was diagnosed, by a technician at an Autobiz Helpline member garage, with a fault code F56B. The customer's complaint was that there was a message on the display indicating a battery charge fault. On some models, this can also be a mes...
...4 April 2025 AUTOBIZ A new customer brought their Peugeot Partner, with a 1.6 diesel engine, into our garage, Shanahan Auto Services in Gorey, Co. Wexford. This was after a “cheap” service, at some other garage. The customer had been contacted by the garage to let them know t...
...BMW has over the years, utilized a system called Valvetronic on their engines, to improve overall engine efficiency and control the idle speed. These engines did not require a throttle body to control the idle, but still have one as a backup in the event of the Valvetronic failure. The ba...
...This 2017 Jaguar E-PACE was booked in for a failure of the electric parking brake system (EPB). The system was scanned for diagnostic trouble codes, in the parking brake system, which is combined with the ABS control module. Each motor has 2 wires passing through 2 connectors, before arri...
...AUTOBIZ T his Opel Mokka X, with a 1.4 litre turbocharged engine, was suffering a water leak from the water pump. While changing the water pump, it was noticed that the thermostat had cracked. The dealership thermostat was on a long back-order, so an aftermarket part was fitted. An engine...
...Autobiz Helpline 44 February/March 2025 AUTOBIZ A Nissan Qashqai J11 with a 1.2 Dig-T HRADDT engine, arrived at an Autobiz Helpline member's workshop, running rough. The fault codes retrieved indicated a Cam and Crank signal correlation problem. The engine was also producing...
...Steve Rothwell The clutch on this 2009 Citroen Berlingo III 1.6 HDi was making a slight noise, but the owner decided that this could wait a couple of weeks before it would need attending to. The next day, the scraping sound had now become far worse, so he brought the car in. The job to re...