AutoDiag

08/06/2026

🔧 Mechanic Wanted, Rugby, no weekends, £30k to £40k

Autodiag is looking for a good mechanic to join our workshop in Rugby.

This is a Monday to Friday job in a small family run independent garage. No weekends, no main dealer pressure, no bonus chasing, and no endless service bay treadmill.

The work is mainly mechanical repairs, servicing, brakes, suspension, timing belts/chains, clutches, MOT repairs and general workshop jobs.

Electrical and diagnostic experience is useful, but not essential. If you are a good mechanic with the right attitude, we can train you in diagnostics properly.

What we are looking for:

✅ Good mechanical ability
✅ Reliable and sensible
✅ Takes pride in clean, accurate work
✅ Can work properly without rushing jobs
✅ Willing to learn
✅ MOT tester would be a bonus, not essential

What we offer:

✅ Monday to Friday
✅ 08:30 to 17:30
✅ No weekends
✅ Family run garage
✅ Good workshop and equipment
✅ Diagnostic training available
✅ £30,000 to £40,000 depending on experience

You do not need to be a master tech. You just need to be a good mechanic who wants a decent place to work.

Based at Laughing Dog Industrial Estate, London Road, Rugby.

Message the page, call 01788 877660, or email [email protected]
for a confidential chat.

Call now to connect with business.

12/03/2026

🔧 Big news for Ford Ranger, Transit Custom & Transit owners.

We've cracked it. The Continental SID212 ECU, found in a wide range of Ford vans and pickups, can now be read and written entirely in-house here at Autodiag. What a breakthrough!. Its been years in development but its finally done.

No sending your ECU away. No lengthy delays. No extra costs. Just fast, professional ECU work carried out right here in our workshop by someone who actually knows what they're doing.

✅ Full bench capability, in-house
✅ No ECU shipping required
✅ Faster turnaround
✅ Transparent, honest pricing

Whether it's a performance remap, economy tune, or ECU diagnostics on your Ford, we've got the tools and the knowledge to get it done properly.

📞 01788 877660
🌐 www.autodiag.co.uk

Give us a call or drop us a message to find out more. 👇


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08/02/2026

“Just plug it in and it tells you what’s wrong.”
That’s what a lot of people think diagnostics is.
Others think if you throw enough parts at a problem, it’ll eventually fix itself.
Reality?
Diagnostics is tracing intermittent faults, chasing wiring issues, understanding system logic, researching known failures, and putting in the kind of time most people never see.
This is a perfect example.
This 2015 VW Sportwagen TDI came in with an intermittent buck, odd shifting behavior, and occasional limp mode. The only fault stored was a vague communication error. Prior to coming here, the VW dealer had already thrown a transmission and a mechatronics unit at it… and still couldn’t solve it.
I dug in deeper.
The root cause turned out to be a shorted wiring harness to the low-pressure EGR valve, which shares the same V-REF circuit as the crankshaft position sensor. When that harness would short intermittently, it would pull down the crank signal (blue trace on the oscilloscope).
Because this is a UDS system, no traditional fault code is set. Instead, the ECU quietly drops into backup CRS mode—the engine keeps running, but power is reduced and the car behaves badly.
No warning lights.
No clear codes.
Just symptoms.
This is exactly why we charge for diagnostics.
It’s not just plugging in a scan tool. It’s experience, system knowledge, advanced equipment, and the patience to follow a problem all the way to its source—not just the most expensive guess.
Fix the cause, not the symptoms.
That’s diagnostics done right.

12/01/2026

🚗 Senior Mechanic Wanted – Rugby

Autodiag (Rugby) is looking for an experienced Senior Mechanic to join our workshop team.

✅ Mainly mechanical work
✅ Minimal admin (phones only when needed)
✅ No weekends – because family time matters
✅ Monday–Friday, 08:30–17:30
✅ £30k–£35k salary (DOE)
✅ Diagnostics training provided

Family-run garage, supportive environment, no franchise pressure, no rubbish.

📩 Send CV to [email protected]

📞 01788 877660
📍 Laughing Dog Ind Est, London Road, Rugby

13/06/2025

🚗 Join Our Team at Autodiag – Manager / Light Technician Opportunity!

Autodiag is excited to announce a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and versatile individual to join our growing team as a Workshop Manager / Light Technician.

We're looking for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys both customer interaction and hands-on work, and is ready to play a key role in the smooth running of our workshop.

Key Responsibilities:

Front-of-house management and customer service

Taking bookings and managing workshop schedules

Liaising with customers, preparing estimates, and generating invoices

Ordering and managing parts inventory

Overseeing the workshop team and allocating daily tasks

Carrying out light technical duties as needed, including occasional MOT testing

What We Offer:

Competitive salary – negotiable based on experience

Work-life balance – Monday to Friday, 08:30–17:30 with weekends off

A friendly, professional team environment

The opportunity to make a real impact in a well-respected and growing business

If you're an organised, hands-on individual with strong people skills and a solid technical background, we’d love to hear from you!

Apply today and drive your career forward with Autodiag. Please email your CV to [email protected]

24/11/2023

Another Jaguar XJ in for repair today.

Confused other garages but not us.

Straight to the failure in 10 minutes of water ingress into the badly designed door module.

Bench repair holding but new module to be safe and back to its happy customer 😀

Give Auto-Diag a call 01788 877660 and we can help with all of your garage needs.

16/10/2023

Autodiag are pleased to announce we now test motorbikes.
class 1,2,3,4,7