Workshop Activities

For many people the garage workshop is somewhere only visited when the vehicle has a problem. The vehicle performance may become poor, oil leaks develop and intermittent problems reduce driving comfort to a state that forces professional maintenance.

The spaghetti that exists under a modern vehicle bonnet is, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical and electronic controls, employed on both diesel and petrol vehicles. All these controls operate a puzzle of plumbing which maintains the vehicle operating parameters within very tight limits.

When you require the professional services of a motor technician remember that a crystal ball is not part of the tool box. Try to make a note of any fault symptoms and the vehicle conditions when they occur:

·        Engine temperature, from the gauge if you have one

·        Engine speed

·        Engine noise

·        Weather conditions

·        Does the radio crackle

·        Any help is better than nothing.

Many technicians are unfairly criticised because a customer will enter the service bay and ask for an electronic engine tune, failing to advise the technician that there is an intermittent fault with the vehicle. Then when the diagnostic service is complete and the fault was not present during the test, the customer is given a bill and drives off only to find that the fault re-occurs.

If you have a fault own up to it and try to help the technician with all the information available relating to the problem, saving time and money.

A partnership established 1983

Telephone 01443 231135

Pratt's Garage, Unit 5 Cambrian Ind. Est. Coed Cae Lane, Pontyclun, CF72 9EW

The web site sets out typical work undertaken and some technical topics which may interest you.