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Plugged into the network

1 March 2022

My name is Ryan Colley, and I am the owner of a small diagnostic specialist independent garage based in Taunton, Somerset called Elite Automotive Diagnostics. Read More

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Brake Life

21 February 2022

A customer arrived at the garage and said that their brakes were making a scraping and grinding noise. Brakes shouldn’t really make a noise at… Read More

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Diesel emissions

14 February 2022

Diesel exhaust emission reduction systems do not have a good reputation, and with justification. Can we improve on their reliability? Will understanding how they work… Read More

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Are you experienced?

20 January 2022

In this article I am going to go over a recent job I had which initially looked to be much more complicated than it turned… Read More

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Diesel emissions

14 January 2022

With the COP 26 global environment talks recently taking place in Glasgow, I thought I would revisit how diesel vehicles perform with a much more… Read More

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E10: Teething trouble?

5 January 2022

As part of the UK’s pledge to meet its net-zero emissions target by 2050, and to align with European fuel standards, E10 is now the… Read More

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Wireless EV charging on the way?

6 December 2021

With recent studies showing that the ratio of plug-in vehicles to each public charge point has become worse in the UK in the last year… Read More

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Current measurement, past, present and future

1 December 2021

I think it is very easy, with the fast pace of technology, to focus on the present while forgetting the lessons of the past. With… Read More

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Common people

1 December 2021

How do you go about diagnosing a common fault that you have seen before and all the symptoms match? Do you go ahead and fit… Read More

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The heart of the matter

1 December 2021

The most valuable component part by far of an electric vehicle is its battery. Yet it is the one component that regular mechanics are not… Read More