Services

Warranty of Fitness (WoF)

We have a great reputation for doing fast, reliable WoFs. We want to see you safe on the road!

No one wants to fail a WoF. However, they are there to keep you and others safe on the roads. We are straight up about any issues we find and always work with you to find the best solution to get you back on the road in the fastest and most affordable way possible, without compromising your safety or your cars performance.

We always discuss issues first to avoid any nasty surprises.

Cooling System Flush

If coolant looses its buffering ingredi-ents it becomes extremely corrosive, literally eating holes in cooling system components. By-products of corrosion damage, plus rust and scale, clogs the passageways that conduct the water through the radiator and block off the flow. This may result in an overheated (cooked) engine. The leading cause of radiator failure is corrosion due to lack of cooling system maintenance. The corrosion inhibitors strength in antifreeze is gradually weakened over time, so the recommended coolant change interval has traditionally been every two years for preventive maintenance.

Check Engine Light On

The Check Engine light — more formally known as the Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) — is a signal from the car’s engine computer that something is wrong. It’s a scenario that’s befallen drivers everywhere: They turn on the car and start to fiddle with the radio and the air. They glance left and right over their shoulders while buckling up to check whether they’re clear to back up. They put the car in gear, ease it down the driveway and go on their way. Then suddenly they glance down at the dash and notice with horror — the check engine light is still on!

The list of things that can trigger the check engine light is pretty lengthy. With modern day diagnostic/scan tools it is relatively simple to access what the fault is, or at least point you in the right direction as where to start looking for the repair.

Just because a check engine light is on does not always mean an expensive fix. But the longer you leave this problem, the possibility of doing damage to certain components and even the engine is greatly increased.

Engine Oil Change

The main function of oil is to reduce wear on moving parts; it also cleans, inhibits corrosion, improves sealing, and cools the engine by carrying heat away from moving parts. In engines, there is some exposure of the oil to products of internal combustion, and microscopic coke particles from black soot accumulate in the oil during operation. Also the rubbing of metal engine parts produces some microscopic metallic particles from the wearing of the surfaces. Such particles could circulate in the oil and grind against the part surfaces causing wear. The oil filter removes many of the particles and sludge, but eventually the oil filter can become clogged, if used for extremely long periods.

The motor oil and especially the additives also undergo thermal and mechanical degradation, which reduce the viscosity and reserve alkalinity of the oil. At reduced viscosity, the oil is not as capable of lubricating the engine, thus increasing wear and the chance of overheating. Reserve alkalinity is the ability of the oil to resist formation of acids. Should the reserve alkalinity decline to zero, those acids form and corrode the engine.

We recommend oil changes for every 10,000km on petrol engines and 8,000km on diesel engines. On a lot of modern day vehicles they try and push these service intervals out but variants come into play like ambient temperatures, stop start driving and hard driving. These variants bring there long service intervals down to times which can be even less than your regular 10k service.