Ok, so you cannot afford a new car, most people can't so they visit the local dealer to buy a second hand car. It can be exciting and being caught up in the sale can cost you money, and in most cases will cost you a lot more than the advertised price. The unseen extras that they sell you are totally unessessary and in my opinion one of the biggest rip offs out there. I'm not just talking about paint and fabric protection or overpriced window tinting. I'm talking about used car ...

Coming from Cairns, i see a lot of people doing the Cape trip, it's an amazing experience and i encourage everyone to do the trip and stand on the tip. It's a 'Must do' For most Aussies.

But don't be breaking down up there, a simple bog or change of brake pads can be very expensive getting these mechanics to come rescue you, and you are best to do the trip in winter, when it's cooler and a lot less rain.

I provide a Cape c...

This is in reference to a business in Cairns "Jap Motor and Carby Center" on Brown street Bungalow.

My customer purchased a Jap engine from this business, i was employed to fit the engine, the job was not yet finished and found a blown headgasket. Peter, the owner of the above business denied liability in the first 2 minutes of the phone call, i removed the radiator and had a condition report done on the rafdiator he claims to be the fault, an...

I see a lot of wheel bearings worn before the due date, and in most cases the hub, where the bearing sits is full of grease, so tightly packed between the outer and inner bearing, how can the bearing have any hope of cooling?

Grease is actually an absorbent of heat, so when you re-pack the wheel bearing, put a smear of grease in the hub, it's an old custom to pack a hub full of grease as we tend to believe that the grease, as it's heated wi...

O2 Sensors carry a wealth of information, i've been doing a lot of services lately and part of the service is a scan, i'm taking notes on the fuel burn readings i'm getting, and they are not good.

There's nothing wrong with the vehicles i service, a lot of mechanics would replace the O2 sensor, but getting readings of O2 sensor code m...

This car was serviced 12 months ago, as you can see the oil is sludge, in this case it's not just change the oil and filter. A seperate flush was needed.

1. Drain all sludge from sump, in this case it took 1/2 hour.

2. Buy some cheap oil, gulf western is good for this type of change and the onl...

What's this? you may ask, I'm committed to customer service and buy all the necessary tools to do the job right the first time, if you call a mobile mechanic and he shows up with a toolbox, get another mechanic, mobile mechanic's in my view need to have the right tool for the job. This little tool is a cylinder head diagnosis tool,...