My vehicle has started overheating
Over the years Cost Effective Maintenance have heard from hundreds of frustrated vehicle when their vehicle have started overheating. Owners have spent thousands of dollars on cooling system components and cleaning, yet have not solved their vehicle overheating problems. It’s something we hear all the time… My vehicle has started overheating, ...
Xtroll Rust Conqueror
Stop rust easily with Xtroll Rust Conqueror.
Xtroll Rust Conqueror is designed to prevent, treat and stop rust! Minimal preparation is required. Xtroll Rust Conqueror can be applied directly to rusted surfaces or used as a rust preventative by brush, spray gun, misting bottle or even a rag. Xtroll Rust Conqueror is...
Black diesel smoke causes wear
That’s because the same abrasive soot particles that make up black diesel smoke also get into the oil, where they act as a grinding paste, slowly but insidiously wearing away metal from every lubricated part of the engine. But just by using the FTC Decarbonizer in the...
Clean diesel oil – is it achievable?
The answer is YES. Clean diesel oil is achievable, and maintainable, when using the correct products. At Cost Effective Maintenance we practice what we preach... and part of that is keeping our vehicles much longer than normal. This allows us to demonstrate the real potential for improved reliability and exceptionally long service life...
CEM products boost local mechanic’s business
4WD mechanic John Hams, from Off Road Autos (Mackay, Qld) facebooked us to tell us how he's going since starting to use CEM products 12 months ago. Here's a couple of the things he had to say about our products:
"The entire range of CEM products have really impressed me since I started using them almost 12 months...
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
