Read's Car Maintenance

24/04/2026

Unfortunately we will be closed Saturday 25th April and Saturday 2nd May, sorry for any inconvenience,
Andy

23/04/2026

We have lots of amazing customers, but when one of them buys take out for everyone it does warm your heart 🥰, and fill your belly 😜, many thanks, it was delicious ###

20/04/2026

Another Ford wet belt on the brink of snapping, if you look closely at the first picture you can see the heavy cracks and in one place the belt almost split apart😳, this Ford had only done 65,000 miles, please don’t leave your wet bet to chance! Give us a call to book in.

02/04/2026

Happy Easter everyone, we close at 2pm today for the whole weekend.
We will be back as normal on Tuesday 7th.
Hope you all have a very blessed weekend.

26/03/2026

You may have seen Lounge Eleven next door to us, Lauren & April both offer exceptional beauty services. While your cars with us you can pop in next door while you’re waiting!

Give them a try, you won’t be disappointed 😁

A little bit about us at lounge eleven✨

18/03/2026

Another Mini Cooper D in today, seeing alot more of these faults now!

The vehicle was diagnosed with a siezed swirl flap system which is inside the inlet manifold, you can see the excessive carbon build up 😮 exactly the same situation with the last cooper D we had in.

Unfortunately modern diesels just aren’t made for short journeys anymore and this is quite often the result.

17/03/2026

Been abit quiet on the socials lately, we’ve been incredibly busy it’s hard to find the time to show some of what we do!

Forgot to take the before pictures but we had this lovely transporter in for a set of coilovers & new wheels, all supplied from the customer!

We can source various makes of coilovers if you’re looking to enhance your vehicles suspension 😎

17/03/2026

Wet Belt Warning!
If your car has a wet belt, give us a call to see if it’s due a replacement.
Due to running in oil they tend to break down earlier than expected.
We have done 5 so far this month, the one pictured had teeth missing and had jumped teeth too, but luckily it was caught just in time.

18/02/2026

Today we had a Mini Cooper 1.5 diesel in for some diagnostic work, showing a total of 9 fault codes in the ECM 😬 after some test work we traced the fault to swirl flaps stuck & not moving, upon removal we could soon see why! This excessive carbon build up is often due to diesel cars not being driven the distance they need to.

Unless you’re regularly doing long distance journeys we highly advise against buying a diesel car, the short journeys can build up into a multitude of different problems, this being one of them for the Mini Cooper D.

If you’ve got an engine light or any other warning lights on the dash, pop us a message or give us a call on 01493 662166 & we can take a look for you 😁

05/02/2026

When we posted the last air filter, this wasn’t a competition of who’s got the dirtiest air filter 😂

If this one doesn’t encourage you to get booked in for a full service, I’m not sure what will 😅

Call us on 01493 662166 or pop us a message on here for an instant price 😎