SJM Autos Worcester, VW Audi group specialist

22/04/2026

Just had this little beauty come through the doors. I’ve done loads on the van, so when the owner decided to sell it I had to have it..

10/04/2026

Another beautiful mountain bike for sale..NOW SOLD

The rear shock is a RockShox deluxe ultimate with a 500lb spring. The front wheel is a DT Swiss FR 1900 rim on a DT Swiss 370 hub. Both tyres are Maxxis DH casing, Assegai upfront and shorty on the rear.

10/04/2026

A customer had just had a steering rack replaced on their VW Golf at another garage. After getting the car back he stated the steering felt vague and and there was a loud knocking.. someone needs a talking to. Simply dangerous!
I poly bushed the lower arms then corrected the front alignment

09/04/2026

An Audi S2 with a leaking rear differential. The diff lock actuator boot was split, however these things are like Hens Teeth. Audi Tradition make many parts now for these cars , however the parts aren’t cheap, the postage and bureaucracy to get them from Germany is ridiculous. However the part was needed. Group buys on the S2 forum share the cost of the postage making prices better..
I got lucky to get the pin out of the plastic coupling.. I’ll finish off with stainless Oetiker clip, grease the pin and top up the oil.

09/04/2026

Another DSG DQ381 mechatronic repair…

09/04/2026

I’m selling another Downhill mountain bike. This a Canyon/ FMD factory race team bike in custom paint, a one off. £3000 it’s a bargain.. NOW SOLD…..

For sale 2023 Canyon Sender CFR mullet wheels. This bike is an Ex FMD team factory spec bike, with custom paint. The spec is as follows. Fox 40 factory forks 29” with the Grip X2 damper. the rear suspension is a Fox DHX2 factory shock with a 450lb SLS spring.

28/03/2026

I have recently purchased a little twin charged Polo GTI, I’ve known the car for a few years and completed many jobs on it.
I’ve have just poly bushed the lower front lower control arms with excellent Problem Solving Bushings. I have them set about deep cleaning the interior. The outside was treated to a thorough wash. When I get a couple of hours I’ll get all the fallout off the white paint and a couple of coats of wax..
watch this space

27/03/2026

SJM autos is now closed
Until the 7th April 2026. I’ll be taking a well earned break.. as always I’ll respond to emails and messages, there just may be a delay. Happy Easter….

27/03/2026

2013 Audi TT tdi Quattro in today 105k miles , the coolant looked like sludge, the temperature gauge sat at 70 degrees and no evidence of the cambelt being done..
I hate doing the thermostats on this engine, they are buried and my hands show the marks.. I was right it was on its original cam belt and water pump. Someone had added radweld as the water pump had been weeping, no wonder the coolant was so filthy.. all is well now, the temperature gauge sits at 90 and every nut and bolt tensioner pump and guides have been replaced.

26/03/2026

On Tuesday I received a call from a new customer. He was the proud owner of an Audi A7, a genuine 55k model he had owned a matter of days. He had broken down on the M42 and the car delivered to me on a flatbed truck. The poor cars dashboard was lit up, a fault code scan showed a large number of control units weren’t communicating. A quick check and I found coolant in the TCU wiring plug. A known fault where the coolant valve leaks into the harness, this coolant tracks along the harness at the transmission control module. In most cases this causes the pins in the harness and worse still the TCM to crumble away. This owner was lucky, the harness and pins at the TCM were clean.
So the revised valve, a couple of repair wires and a plug later and the car was operating perfectly. One happy car, an even happier owner…

25/03/2026

I had a 2019 Audi A1 in with a front radar fault. The sensor was reporting restricted view. I inspected the front bumper for damage and had a feel through the grill and the sensor was in the clips. I looked at the live readings and both the horizontal and vertical readings . They were both way out, I zeroed them and took the car out for a dynamic adaptation. The vehicle refused to do the basic setting.
Today I called on the services of Alex at “Autocalibration” . Alex went over the same ground as me and came to the conclusion the front bumper needed to come off. Before we did so I reached down behind the crash bar and found the radar felt odd. In short someone had put the radar in the grill facing inward… I swapped the radar so it faced out and did a basic calibration, and all is well. I spoke to the owner and he claimed the vehicle hadn’t been in an accident and the problem began 18 months ago. It’s an odd one as there’s no way these sensors can fall out the grill and go back on their own, regardless of which way it’s pointed.. oh well it’s working now.