by Ian Oliver | Sep 30, 2021 | Car Service, Battery & Electronics, Thursday Tip
Thursday Tip: How Does My Car Generate Electricity? & What can go wrong? Your car’s electrical system consists of the battery, starter and alternator. The battery provides the power to the starter in order for the start to literally start your car. Then, once the...
by Ian Oliver | Sep 23, 2021 | Car Service, Battery & Electronics, Thursday Tip
Thursday Tip: Red Battery Light is lit on the dashboard Why you need to get it checked! It is that time of year again when the nights start to draw in and the darkness in the morning gets longer, and so we become far more reliant on the lights and, by default, the...
by Ian Oliver | Sep 16, 2021 | Car Service, Battery & Electronics, Thursday Tip
Thursday Tip: How to Jump Start Your Car and why sometimes it is best not to! Jump starting your car can be an easy way to get it going if the battery is flat. However, if they are not used correctly then using jump leads can cause damage not only to the leads but...
by Ian Oliver | Sep 9, 2021 | Car Service, Battery & Electronics, Thursday Tip
Thursday Tip: Doing A Battery and Alternator Test with an Electronic Battery and Alternator Tester In the last post we looked at how to test your battery with a multimeter. In this post we look at how to check your battery with an electronic battery and altenator...
by Ian Oliver | Aug 26, 2021 | Car Service, Battery & Electronics, Thursday Tip
Thursday Tip: How to test a car battery to make sure it is charging and discharging correctly Every car has one, and without it you’d be going nowhere! When you turn the key and hear a click, or nothing at all, here’s a few tests you can do with a simple...
by Ian Oliver | Aug 19, 2021 | Car Service, Tyres
Car Service: Checking Tyre Tread Depth Car Service: Checking Tyre Tread Depth Why is the depth of tyre tread important? Making sure that your car tyres are legal is a fairly quick and in-expensive operation. It usually involves a visual inspection of your tyres, not...
