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    BorgWarner stresses the importance of OE parts

    BorgWarner is stressing the importance of OE parts for the aftermarket. If you want your car to run well ...

    BorgWarner is stressing the importance of OE parts for the aftermarket. If you want your car to run well and last longer, the quality of the parts matters. BorgWarner, a leader in vehicle technology, ...

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    BorgWarner: OE Competence for the Aftermarket

    If you want your car to run well and last longer, the quality of the parts matters. BorgWarner, a leader ...

    If you want your car to run well and last longer, the quality of the parts matters. BorgWarner, a leader in vehicle technology, provides advanced products—like ignition systems, diesel cold-start tech ...

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    Niterra UK unveils 50th Anniversary livery

    Niterra UK has unveiled its 50th Anniversary livery, with the design taking inspiration from the product ...

    Niterra UK has unveiled its 50th Anniversary livery, with the design taking inspiration from the product that ignited it all - the spark plug. The commemorative livery integrates key elements from Nit ...

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    Identifying spark plug issues

    Champion Spark Plugs offers the PMM audience a handy guide to spark plug diagnosis. Oil Fouling Appearanc ...

    Champion Spark Plugs offers the PMM audience a handy guide to spark plug diagnosis. Oil Fouling Appearance: Firing end of spark plug is ‘wet’ with lubricating oil. Cause: Usually a sign of advanced en ...

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    Product Test: Traction Charger MPL50-Li

    Tony Powell AEE MIMI, owner of A P Autodiagnostics has spent a month with Traction Charger’s MPL50-Li. He ...

    Tony Powell AEE MIMI, owner of A P Autodiagnostics has spent a month with Traction Charger’s MPL50-Li. Here’s how he got on. On first opening the box and on first sight of this charger my expectations ...

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    Autoelectro offers ignition advice

    Autoelectro’s UK sales manager Nick Hood offers his advice to technicians diagnosing and replacing igniti ...

    Autoelectro’s UK sales manager Nick Hood offers his advice to technicians diagnosing and replacing ignition parts. Technicians faced with replacing alternators should be wary of delicate data connecti ...

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    Valeo outlines battery challenges

    Valeo outlines the challenges facing batteries and alternators in modern passenger vehicles and what the ...

    Valeo outlines the challenges facing batteries and alternators in modern passenger vehicles and what the company is doing to meet those needs. As vehicles are becoming increasingly complex and additio ...

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    AS-PL investigates starter faults

    AS-PL investigates some common issues surrounding starters. The starter does not stop turning The most co ...

    AS-PL investigates some common issues surrounding starters. The starter does not stop turning The most common starters used in vehicles with internal combustion engines are electric starters. These ca ...

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    NGK outlines spark plug issues

    Spark plug specialist NGK offers the PMM audience its advice on the most common spark plug issues. UK wor ...

    Spark plug specialist NGK offers the PMM audience its advice on the most common spark plug issues. UK workshops carrying out service and MOT work on their customers’ cars need ignition components they ...

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    How to deal with carbon build-up in GDi engines

    With an increasing number of GDi engines rolling through garage doors over the next decade, Carwood gives ...

    With an increasing number of GDi engines rolling through garage doors over the next decade, Carwood gives some expert advice on how to deal with an old service issue – carbon build-up. In a traditiona ...

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    Ford Focus: Intermittent starting issues

    PMM ’s diagnostics expert Andy Horwat works out why a customer’s Ford was intermittently starting – but i ...

    PMM ’s diagnostics expert Andy Horwat works out why a customer’s Ford was intermittently starting – but is that where it ends? A lady phoned me up recently about her 1.6l petrol Ford Focus on a 57 pla ...

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    NGK offers best practice advice

    NGK offers the PMM audience some advice for working on spark plugs, glow plugs and NTK Lambda sensors. Sp ...

    NGK offers the PMM audience some advice for working on spark plugs, glow plugs and NTK Lambda sensors. Spark plugs Most issues in relation to spark plugs are invariably down to a plug being affected b ...

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    The evolving relationships of parts

    Autoelectro UK’s Sales Manager Nick Hood outlines the evolving partnership between battery, starter motor ...

    Autoelectro UK’s Sales Manager Nick Hood outlines the evolving partnership between battery, starter motor and alternator. The relationship between the vehicle battery, starter motor and alternator is ...

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    GYS outlines company processes

    PMM visited GYS’ HQ in Rugby to find out a bit more about what goes into making one of the most recognisa ...

    PMM visited GYS’ HQ in Rugby to find out a bit more about what goes into making one of the most recognisable brands in European automotive workshops. ‘‘Over the last five or six years, it has become v ...

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    How to properly maintain batteries

    Sometimes technicians need to educate customers on how best to treat their cars and maintain their batter ...

    Sometimes technicians need to educate customers on how best to treat their cars and maintain their batteries. Ecobat explains. Although it’s tempting to take the easy route and just give the customer ...

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