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Autoworkz specialise in ECU Remapping , engine repairs, servicing, tyres , welding .

04/11/2026

Passed your MOT? That's the test passed, not the car looked after.

A new survey of UK garages found 72% of technicians say customers believe a pass means no further work is needed. It doesn't. An MOT checks your car meets the legal minimum on the day. A service maintains the car so it keeps meeting it.

The same survey found the most deferred repair of all is the dashboard warning light: 64% of garages say warning lights top the list of repairs drivers put off. Some of those lights end in a simple fix. Others end in a rebuilt engine, and the difference is usually how long the light was ignored.

The honest version:
• An MOT is a snapshot of the legal minimums: brakes above a threshold, tyres above a threshold, emissions within limits.
• A service replaces what wears out and checks what the MOT never looks at: oil, filters, plugs, coolant, belts, the things that keep a car alive between tests.
• An advisory is not a pass. It's a dated note from a tester who saw something starting to wear. Next year it's a fail; the middle of that year is the cheaper place to deal with it.
• A warning light is the car telling you before the damage spreads. Diagnostics take minutes, not days.

So if yours passed with advisories, or a light's been on since spring, now's a good moment. AutoWorkz: servicing, diagnostics, MOTs, brakes, timing chains, head gaskets and repairs in Yaxley since 2007. Trust My Garage member.

Call 01733 248500 or visit www.autoworkz.co.uk
Units 1 & 2 Willow Road, Yaxley, Peterborough PE7 3HT

03/11/2026

A flashing engine management light isn't a "keep an eye on it" warning. It usually means an active misfire, with unburnt fuel heading for the catalytic converter. Stop safely and arrange help.

A steady amber light is different: a fault has been recorded and needs prompt diagnosis. If the car runs normally, a short, gentle drive to the garage is usually fine. If it's juddering, smoking, overheating or losing power badly, stop.

And no, repeatedly restarting or clearing the code isn't a fix. The light going out doesn't mean the problem has.

Our new guide covers what the light means, what to do in the next 10 minutes, the common causes behind it and why a fault code is only a starting point:

https://www.autoworkz.co.uk/post/engine-management-light-flashing-what-it-means-and-what-to-do-next

Warning light showing now? Call AutoWorkz on 01733 248500. Diagnosis, live data, physical inspection and road tests carried out in-house, with findings explained before any work starts.

Units 1 & 2 Willow Road, Yaxley, Peterborough PE7 3HT
Established 2007, Trust My Garage member

02/11/2026

Dense fog has been rolling across Cambridgeshire this morning, and it's the kind of weather that catches people out.

A few things worth checking tonight, not next week:

Lights first. Dipped headlights at all times in fog, not just when it's dark. Rear fogs only when visibility really drops, because they can mask your brake lights from the driver behind. And if one of your fogs has failed, this is the week to fix it.

Wipers and washers next. Spray from a wet road plus a gritty screen is the fastest way to lose your view. If the blades are smearing or the washer jets have given up, it's a five-minute job for us and a miserable drive otherwise.

Then there's the one people always forget: cloudy, hazed-over headlamp lenses. They cut your light output massively on nights like these. We can restore them.

Nothing in that list is expensive. All of it is cheaper than the repair that follows a shunt in the fog.

If something on the car is letting you down this week, bring it in to us at Units 1 & 2 Willow Road, Yaxley, PE7 3HT, or give us a call on 01733 248500.

18 years of looking after Cambridgeshire's cars. Trust My Garage member.

02/11/2026

Batteries don't warn you anymore. They just die, usually on the first properly cold morning of the year.

Modern cars make it worse, not better. Stop-start systems, heated screens and seats, big electrical loads: everything leans on the battery, and a weak one often shows no symptoms until it's done. RAC patrols deal with over 400,000 battery-related faults every winter, and battery trouble is the top reason for cold-weather callouts. Only around 19% of drivers check their battery before winter.

So before the first frost arrives:

• Get the battery tested. A proper test takes minutes and tells you how much life is actually left, not how it feels on a warm day.
• Watch for the quiet clues: sluggish cranking on start-up, dimming lights at idle, stop-start cutting itself off.
• Keep terminals clean and tight. Corroded terminals can mimic a dying battery.
• If yours is over four or five years old with no test history, get it checked before it chooses the moment for you.

A battery test is one of the cheapest jobs in the workshop and one of the most useful this time of year.

AutoWorkz: battery testing and replacement, servicing, MOTs, tyres and repairs in Yaxley since 2007. Trust My Garage member.

Call 01733 248500 or visit www.autoworkz.co.uk
Units 1 & 2 Willow Road, Yaxley, Peterborough PE7 3HT

29/10/2026

Fiat Abarth dyno run at AutoWorkz, and the numbers don't lie.

203.32 HP and 217.05 lbs.ft on the screen. Strapped down on the rollers, engine roaring, live data on the dyno computer. Every map we develop gets proven like this: dyno-developed power, measured and verified on our rolling road.

Stage 1 & 2 remaps from £250. Cars, vans, motorcycles and karts, from 6 bhp to 2000 bhp.

Call AutoWorkz on 01733 248500 or visit www.autoworkz.co.uk
Units 1 & 2 Willow Road, Yaxley, Peterborough PE7 3HT

29/10/2026

Half of UK drivers now do basic car maintenance at home, according to new research. If that's you, we salute the effort, and a few honest pointers will keep it working in your favour.

What drivers are actually confident with:
• Topping up screenwash: 76%
• Checking tyre pressures: 73%
• Changing a wheel: about 47%
• Changing oil and filters: only 31%

So most people will happily check pressures but hesitate over anything deeper. Fair enough. What matters is knowing where the DIY line sits.

Worth doing at home: screenwash, coolant top-ups, bulb swaps, pressures and tread checks, battery terminals. Cheap, quick, safe.

Leave to a workshop: oil and filter changes with the right grade and torque settings, brake work, timing belts and chains, anything under a car on axle stands, and anything that needs proper diagnostics. Fear of causing damage is the number one reason people stop doing DIY, and that instinct is often right.

One more thing: spotting a problem at home is half the job. Getting it fixed properly is the other half, and delaying maintenance to save money tends to cost more in the long run.

AutoWorkz: servicing, repairs, tyres, brakes, timing chains, diagnostics, welding and more in Yaxley since 2007. Trust My Garage member. DIY-friendly, honest advice welcome.

Call 01733 248500 or visit www.autoworkz.co.uk
Units 1 & 2 Willow Road, Yaxley, Peterborough PE7 3HT

27/10/2026

The clocks go back at 2am tonight, and the evening commute goes dark from Monday.

It matters: collisions rise noticeably in the weeks after the autumn clock change, as drivers adjust to darker roads and lower visibility. The good news is that a lot of it comes down to simple checks.

The dark-commute checklist:
• Lights: test all of them, including indicators, brake lights and fog lights, and give the lenses a wipe. Darkness shows up every failed bulb.
• Windscreen: clean it properly inside and out. A hazy screen scatters oncoming headlight glare and makes it worse.
• Wipers and screenwash: worn blades smear, and cold nights can freeze a summer-grade mix. Top up with a cold-weather-rated screenwash.
• Visibility: are your mirrors and windows clear of mist before you set off, and do your number plates stay legible?

Dazzled on the way home? Dip your mirror, look towards the nearside edge of the road until the car passes, and remember: if you can't see, you can't react.

AutoWorkz: servicing, MOTs, tyres and repairs in Yaxley since 2007. Trust My Garage member.

Call 01733 248500 or visit www.autoworkz.co.uk
Units 1 & 2 Willow Road, Yaxley, Peterborough PE7 3HT

27/10/2026

Trick or torque? 🎃

This Halloween we're skipping the tricks and going straight to the treat: a FREE Autoworkz Voodoo ECU Tuning T-shirt with any ECU remap or vehicle service booked AND completed by Saturday 31 October.

Only 50 shirts exist. Once they've vanished, they've vanished. One T-shirt per vehicle.

Stage 1 & 2 remaps from £250.

Don't ghost us: the witching hour is Saturday. 👻

Call 01733 248500 or visit www.autoworkz.co.uk
Autoworkz, Units 1 & 2 Willow Road, Yaxley, Peterborough PE7 3HT

27/10/2026

Storm Austen and Storm Boelo have already brought wind, rain and travel disruption this half-term, and the season is only getting started. If you're heading out on the school run, a family trip or just the commute, a few checks now beat a breakdown later.

Before you go:
• Lights: test them all. Spray and gloom make visibility critical for you and everyone else.
• Tyres: check tread and pressures. Standing water and worn rubber are a bad combination.
• Screenwash and wipers: use a cold-weather-rated screenwash and replace tired blades. Winter grit turns a smeared screen into a blind one.
• Battery: cold, wet starts are the hardest work an old battery will ever do. If it's been slow recently, get it tested before it decides for you.

While you're driving:
• Slow down and leave much more space. Stopping distances on wet roads are far longer than you think.
• Expect gusts on open roads and bridges, especially in a van or high-sided vehicle. Keep both hands on the wheel.
• Watch for standing water and debris. If you drive through a flood, test your brakes gently afterwards.
• Check the Met Office warnings before long journeys, and postpone rather than push through the worst.

If the worst happens: torch, phone power bank, blanket and a hi-vis vest in the boot cost little and matter plenty.

AutoWorkz: storm-season checks, batteries, tyres, servicing and repairs in Yaxley since 2007. Trust My Garage member.

Call 01733 248500 or visit www.autoworkz.co.uk
Units 1 & 2 Willow Road, Yaxley, Peterborough PE7 3HT

26/10/2026

Dyno day at AutoWorkz: a race-prepped car strapped down on the rollers, engine screaming through the run.

This is what championship-winning performance looks like in the workshop: dyno-developed, run and proven on our rolling road. From 6 bhp to 2000 bhp, cars, motorcycles and karts.

Stage 1 & 2 remaps from £250, dyno tuning and performance work in-house.

Call AutoWorkz on 01733 248500 or visit www.autoworkz.co.uk
Units 1 & 2 Willow Road, Yaxley, Peterborough PE7 3HT

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Peterborough
PE73

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	10am - 2pm

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+441733248500

Website

http://www.autoworkz.co.uk/

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