CS Autorepair

29/05/2026

23/05/2026

⭐ Customer Notice ⭐

As of June 2026, CS AUTOREPAIR will be open 4 days every week.

Working Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Closed on Fridays.

I will be spending a lot more time with my boys and on Fridays, Cash and myself will be doing sales and local deliveries for Beet This, while the girls run the factory.

Beet This Sauce factory is now in full swing 🙌🏻🫜

Thank you to my loyal customer base for their understanding and continued support over the last few years. Things proved somewhat difficult but are slowly getting easier.

Big thanks.

Much love.

Conor 💚

21/05/2026

⭐ Volvo XC60 2019 ⭐

This vehicle arrived with a few faults.

Soot sensor internal electrical failure ❌
EPB Inoperative ❌

The fault codes once again can be misleading. Many would have tried a rear electric caliper and hoped for the best.

Wiring loom for EPB OSR corroded/broken ❌

We identified another issue with the wiring for the rear height sensors for the suspension and rectified this also .

2 wiring repairs ✅
Replacement soot sensor ✅

Ready for the road ✅

20/05/2026

I'm now signed off with traumatic stress for the foreseeable.

13/05/2026

⭐ Ford Focus 2019 (38,000 miles!) ⭐

Here we have a ford focus 1.0 ecoboost with an automatic gearbox.

The vehicle came in with the EML and sluggish acceleration.

The faults showed a high circuit on the intake air temperature sensor.

This engine is fitted with 2 air inlet temperature sensors. One being part of the manifold pressure sensor and the other a standalone sensor in the pipework leading up to the air-box.

The data showed a voltage of around 4.8-5V which also defaulted to -40°C on the intake air temperature sensor at the air-box (sensor 1), on the data sheets.

You wouldn't expect a wiring fault on a vehicle with so little miles on it, however there was.

After strip down we noticed that the partial engine wiring loom which is bracketed at the front of the automatic gearbox, showed a broken wire.

No corrosion ❌
No water ingress ❌

A clear break ❌

Attaching a wiring loom to the gearbox, which moves and virbates on the gearbox mount, without a single millimetre of spare cable, ludicrous 🤦🏻

I'd say at some point, the wiring was guaranteed to break.

We repaired the wiring loom. Re-routed so this would happen again and the vehicle is ready for the road ✅

10/05/2026

⭐ Peugeot/Citroen/DS/Vauxhall ⭐

A common issue with these vehicles is something called the BPGA. The battery and supplies protection management unit.

For a failing BPGA, the symptoms are as follows 👇🏻

Electrical system fault warning on dash ❌

Charging system fault on dash ❌

Battery drain ❌

Folding mirrors intermittent ❌

Central locking intermittent ❌

No crank when turning the key ❌

There is an internal relay that either gets stuck closed (no crank) or sticks open (battery drain).

I have seen vehicles arrive with new batteries. New alternators and new engine fuse boxes and still present exactly the same symptoms.

It's time Stellantis modified these BPGA units and instead of having an internal relay which is resin set to the board, have an interchangeable external relay which is far more cost effective for the customer.

Stellantis

10/05/2026

Battery keeps going flat 🤔🤦🏻😂

09/05/2026

⭐ Peugeot Boxer ⭐

That's a few of these I've done now.

£2000 for an engine loom 🖕🏻

Wiring loom repaired ✅
New genuine fusebox ✅

We also noticed there was a battery drain on the vehicle caused by the common 'ghost lights' on the instrument panel. The instrument panel will require repaired at a later date. For now we fitted a remote controlled key-fob battery isolator ✅

The issue is commonly caused by a build up of corrosion on the main ground points accompanied by jump starting the vehicle. Sometimes from the wrong earth point.

I've seen wiring looms melted to both the wiper motor, engine ECU and brake fluid level sensors on the reservoir.

In my opinion the ground jump-start post is clearly marked, however it doesn't look like a jump start post, it looks like a bolt without a nut 🤷🏻‍♂️

The engine ECU mounting bracket or the wiper linkage frame are the common favourites 🤦🏻

These jobs are sometimes misdiagnosed as a faulty ignition switch as when you remove the key, the engine continues to run. When in fact the ground wires being melted to the loom and fuse-box are the cause.

08/05/2026

⭐ Mini Cooper ⭐

Many would have thrown a MAP sensor in this and sent it on its way, not realising that there's a reason the Map sensor was fouled.

Even the diagnostic codes once again were slightly misleading. Air leak? 🫠

Intake manifold removed ✅
Manifold, ports, swirl flaps and map sensor cleaned ✅

Built up and ready for the road 🚗💨💨