Mechanics: Value-added servicing can help your business thrive

Put yourself in your customer's shoes for a moment: You take your car/truck/boat to your local mechanics for a standard logbook service. You pick it up and it sounds, runs and drives so much better than you expected. You wouldn't just be satisfied. You'd be delighted. So much so, you'd probably mention it to...

Biodiesel: Mitsubishi Triton run on chicken fat!

“You fed your Mitsubishi Triton diesel chicken fat? And now you tell me it’s feeling sick?” Well I have to admit, I felt a bit sick too when Gene from Queensland told us what he'd done to his Mitsubishi Triton that he was running on chicken fat. Before we get started, I...

My diesel has black oil after an oil change.

One of the most common questions we regularly from owners of diesel engines is, "My diesel engine gets black oil again quickly after I do an oil change... Why is it doing this, and is it normal?" It’s very common, and while a lot of our customers believed it was...

Tractor spits oil out the exhaust

My old Fordson Major tractor spits oil from the exhaust!

I look like a bloody Dalmation after driving it for an hour! When Trevor rang us up we had to laugh as he told us how his tractor spits oil out the exhaust! There are plenty of old Tractors out...

Blowby in trucks… Does it mean a rebuild?

My truck has blowby and Cummins says it needs a rebuild…

This is a very common complaint Jimmy and I hear from truckies. Their engines are performing well, but the blowby is bad. Wear around piston rings, grooves and liners will certainly account for excessive crankcase pressure which is characterized by...

“I filled my common rail diesel with petrol! What can I do now?”

Don’t laugh! A diesel filled with petrol is more common than you think... Especially if you’re refueling at an unfamiliar outlet, and are in a hurry. (Admittedly, I’ve done it myself!) It’s true that common rail diesel engines (CRD’s) have incredibly fine tolerances, operate at extremely high pressure, and are...