Ashbourne Auto Technik

09/04/2025

06/01/2025

A returning Range Rover came back to us for investigation into the dashboard lighting up like a Christmas tree with multiple warning messages on the dash.

After carrying out a fault scan, we found multiple faults reporting open circuit/short circuit to ground mainly stored in the engine control unit.

After carrying out an inspection on the vehicle, we noticed some wiring loose behind the O/S/F wheel arch. We removed the wheel & liner to find the earth point had corroded so much, the wiring & nut had become detached.

To rectify this we created a new earth point by drilling a new hole in the chassis, cleaned off the paint, added a riv-nut insert, cleaned up both terminals, refitted them with a stainless bolt & covered with a corrosion inhibitor.

05/01/2025

This Ford Ranger came to us after failing its MOT due to the rear fog light being inoperable.

After confirming the old unit had failed due to water ingress, the customer opted to upgrade to a heavier duty light.

We also replaced the old bracket as well & joined the wiring into the existing factory wiring. After replacing the rear fog light worked correctly & the vehicle passed its MOT.

04/01/2025

A new customer brought their BMW to us after we were recommended to them. The initial fault was the coolant warning light kept appearing on the dash & the owner noticed coolant dropping from the under tray in multiple places.

While pressure testing the cooling system we quickly found the plastic coolant pipe which connects to the cylinder head had split almost in half.

A replacement was ordered from BMW next day & the vehicle was stripped ready for it to be fitted. Unfortunately the inlet manifold needed removing as well to access one of the bolts.

Once replaced we pressure tested the cooling system again to make sure there wasn’t any other leaks & filled the system with fresh coolant.

03/01/2025

Another post from last year! We had pleasure of working on this stunning AC Cobra kit car powered by Chevrolet Corvette LS3 V8!

We helped the owner remove the propshaft & gearbox to replace a worn thrust bearing & then carried out a pressure bleed on the clutch hydraulics.

Normally low cars need extra clearance around the sills when on the ramp but this time it was the absolutely monstrous duel exit exhausts we had to be careful of & they sounded incredible!

02/01/2025

Well our New Year’s resolution is to try & keep posting customer jobs, well the interesting ones at least!

A good customer & friend of ours brought their Toyota Hilux back to have a pair of rear reversing/flood lights fitted after seeing a similar set up on our own Isuzu.

We sourced a pair of Hella Black Magic 2.7” Cube flood lights as requested by the customer & tucked the wiring underneath interior trims following the factor wiring loom to a switch on the dash.

31/12/2024

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all our friends & customers! 🎆 Looking forward to 2025! 🎉

19/05/2024

A good friend of ours brought their lovely MK2 Audi TTS to us with the ABS & EML warning lights on the dash. A quick fault scan revealed an open circuit with the MAP sensor.

While checking the connector & the sensors itself we found a previous wiring repair which had unfortunately broken causing the open circuit. We chopped out the old repair & replaced the wiring & terminals to the connector, checked the fault & confirmed it was no longer active, cleared it from the memory & confirmed the sensor was now reading correctly.

It was a similar fault with the ABS light, the N/S/R wheel speed sensor had a short to ground, a quick check of the connector confirmed this & underneath the boot wheel well trim, we found the offending wire.

Luckily there was enough wire spare so we could cut & trim both ends to apply a heat shrink connector. Again, we checked the fault & confirmed it was no longer active & the N/S/R wheel speed sensor was now reading correctly & the warning light was no longer on the dash.

24/02/2024

A new customer brought us their lovely Audi TT for an oil change service & VHC.

We fitted genuine parts, supplied from TPS & the only item to report back to the customer was for both of the rear tyres being very close to the road legal limit of 1.6mm.

With the vehicles MOT coming up soon, the customer asked if we could get the rear tyres replaced so we sourced a pair from Tyre Miles & they promptly replaced the tyres & we returned the vehicle back to the customer the same day.

24/02/2024

This was a first for us, this Vauxhall Vivaro was booked in for a suspected alternator fault. The customer had already replaced the battery & still found the battery light was on.

We confirmed the alternator was not changing the battery at all & the customer authorised us to replace it. After stripping most of the front off the van, we had loads of room to replace the alternator.

After fitting the replacement, we tested it & confirmed the battery was now being charged correctly, with it being supplied 14.5V.

24/02/2024

A friend of ours brought their Audi A3 back to us for a replacement nearside front spring & rear brake discs & pads.

The spring was an MOT failure so that was the first job to do & the customer was going to do the rear brakes themselves but after we mentioned the rear callipers needed to electronically wound back using a diagnostic computer, they asked us if we could do them instead & we were happy to.

24/02/2024

This Ford transit was brought to us after the customer noticed a loud clicking noise, coming from the offside, while driving & turning.

We put the van in the air on our ramp & after carrying out an inspection, we found the outer CV boot had spilt entirely, resulting in all of its grease leaking out. This then caused the bearings & shaft to wear excessively resulting in the constant clicking noise.

Due to the vehicle being the customers work van, they needed it repairing asap so we managed to source a complete driveshaft for delivery next day, getting it all fitted & returned to the customer promptly.