Midland Mobile Mechanic

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29/03/2023

Last night on my evening walk, I completely lost my mind because ahead of me was a white rabbit sitting upright, waiting for me on my path. I could not believe it.

I took out my phone to take its photo. It didn't move, I wondered if it was an early Easter decoration, but it was too far down on the road and not in front of a home.

I thought - - it's frightened so it's staying still, take it slow. I walked up to it little by little, carefully, so as not to frighten it. Friends, I just spent a very slow ten minutes walking up to a plastic bag of dog p**p.

02/03/2020

*NEW* Ford 1.6 tdci, now with water cooled turbo ;-)

12/06/2019

OM651 strkes again. Why build a van engine from chocolate components, really?

04/06/2019

Cough, splutter, xmas tree dashboard...

*Checks fuel receipt*

FFS!

My phone rings :-)

06/04/2019

Pressure testing an oil cooler from an OM651 engine in a 2010 Sprinter, after it started sicking up oil emulsion from the coolant header tank. Didn't pass air til pressure was over 30psi, and average oil pressure is higher than that, as well as being higher than the nominal coolant pressure. Explains the 'one-way' nature of the leak, and also why it wasn't immediately obvious.

03/04/2019

Intermittent knocking and/or misfire, and occasional total shutdown has finally been traced to this little swine...

2000 Citroen Xsara Picasso 2.0 HDi 90

06/02/2019

Rectifier replacement on a Denso alternator, in the dark, at Lower Quinton...

27/07/2018

Good to see a fuel filter working at full efficiency...