Professional Motor Mechanic

Can providing for vintage vehicles be profitable

|Date: April 27, 2026

Can providing for vintage vehicles be profitable

Think those rubies in the rubble are a waste of time? Well, JLM is here to tell you how you could be coin ...

Think those rubies in the rubble are a waste of time? Well, JLM is here to tell you how you could be coining it in by offering vintage vehicles a new lease of additive-powered life. According to the ...

April 27, 2026
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Win a motor racing day out with JLM

|Date: January 08, 2026

Win a motor racing day out with JLM

We’ve got a fantastic opportunity to win a pair of weekend tickets as guests of the JLM UK Legends Racing ...

We’ve got a fantastic opportunity to win a pair of weekend tickets as guests of the JLM UK Legends Racing Team at the amazing Brands Hatch American Speedfest on 6-7th June 2026. You’ll be welcomed by ...

January 08, 2026
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Why the Citroen 4 Picasso 1.6 HDi had DPF Issues

|Date: December 19, 2025

Why the Citroen 4 Picasso 1.6 HDi had DPF Issues

PMM hears from AJ Fleetcare, who recently received a blocked-up Citroen, and turned to JLM for help. AJ F ...

PMM hears from AJ Fleetcare, who recently received a blocked-up Citroen, and turned to JLM for help. AJ Fleetcare have recently launched The AJ Fleetcare Training Academy, with a mission to help fello ...

December 19, 2025
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WIN! Motor racing day out with JLM

|Date: November 13, 2025

WIN! Motor racing day out with JLM

We’ve got a fantastic opportunity to win a pair of weekend tickets as guests of the JLM UK Legends Racing ...

We’ve got a fantastic opportunity to win a pair of weekend tickets as guests of the JLM UK Legends Racing Team at the amazing Brands Hatch American Speedfest on 6-7th June 2026. You’ll be welcomed by ...

November 13, 2025
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The relationship shift between drivers and diesels

|Date: October 29, 2025

The relationship shift between drivers and diesels

JLM explores the shifting relationship between drivers and diesels. As they’ve said before, diesels aren’ ...

JLM explores the shifting relationship between drivers and diesels. As they’ve said before, diesels aren’t dead yet! In December 2023, we contributed an article to PMM: ‘Electric Dreams or Diesel Dema ...

October 29, 2025
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JLM Lubricants’ liquid solution for turbo issues

|Date: September 29, 2025

JLM Lubricants’ liquid solution for turbo issues

JLM Lubricants UK takes a look at the hard life turbos are sometimes subject to and proposes a liquid sol ...

JLM Lubricants UK takes a look at the hard life turbos are sometimes subject to and proposes a liquid solution before any drastic measures are taken. There’s no doubting the tenacity of the diesel tur ...

September 29, 2025
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How to fight against emissions

|Date: July 21, 2025

How to fight against emissions

Are gasoline particulate filters, GPFs for short, the unsung hero in the fight against emissions? JLM Lub ...

Are gasoline particulate filters, GPFs for short, the unsung hero in the fight against emissions? JLM Lubricants UK’s Mike Schlup argues that they are. Petrol cars fitted with a gasoline particulate f ...

July 21, 2025
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Can customers be wrong?

|Date: June 30, 2025

Can customers be wrong?

JLM looks at how changing customer behaviour and rising costs are forcing technicians to dig deep. Motori ...

JLM looks at how changing customer behaviour and rising costs are forcing technicians to dig deep. Motorists are neglecting their cars; hardly a startling statement for any time served technician. Joe ...

June 30, 2025
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How can workshops upsell additives?

|Date: April 08, 2025

How can workshops upsell additives?

Mike Schlup, managing director of JLM Lubricants UK, explains the upselling opportunities present in the ...

Mike Schlup, managing director of JLM Lubricants UK, explains the upselling opportunities present in the world of additives as the UK car parc continues to age. As a trusted technician you’re the unsu ...

April 08, 2025
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The opportunity upselling provides

|Date: December 02, 2024

The opportunity upselling provides

Kalimex, the UK distributor of JLM Lubricants, discusses the valuable opportunity upselling provides to t ...

Kalimex, the UK distributor of JLM Lubricants, discusses the valuable opportunity upselling provides to the independent workshop. Building new income streams for your workshop is within your grasp. Ta ...

December 02, 2024
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JLM shines the spotlight on exceptional technicians

|Date: October 10, 2024

JLM shines the spotlight on exceptional technicians

JLM Lubricants has recently launched the Friends of JLM campaign, aiming to shine the spotlight on except ...

JLM Lubricants has recently launched the Friends of JLM campaign, aiming to shine the spotlight on exceptional technicians in the 46 countries where its products are distributed. In this special featu ...

October 10, 2024
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Top products for classic car maintenance

|Date: July 25, 2024

Top products for classic car maintenance

The team at Kalimex share top products that will keep a classic car motoring nicely and on the road for m ...

The team at Kalimex share top products that will keep a classic car motoring nicely and on the road for many more years. Maintaining a classic car whether it’s an early veteran, a true classic like a ...

July 25, 2024
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Kalimex discusses the demand for diesel vehicles

|Date: February 21, 2024

Kalimex discusses the demand for diesel vehicles

Mike Schlup, managing director of Kalimex, UK distributor of JLM Lubricants, argues that the rumours of t ...

Mike Schlup, managing director of Kalimex, UK distributor of JLM Lubricants, argues that the rumours of the death of the diesel engine have been greatly exaggerated. The initial fanfare for electric v ...

February 21, 2024
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JLM Lubricants unveils latest campaign

|Date: December 06, 2023

JLM Lubricants unveils latest campaign

JLM Lubricants has unveiled a campaign which is being launched in the 46 countries where its additives an ...

JLM Lubricants has unveiled a campaign which is being launched in the 46 countries where its additives and lubricants are sold, with the UK being the first country as part of a pilot initiative. The ‘ ...

December 06, 2023
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JLM celebrates Mechanex success

|Date: November 23, 2023

JLM celebrates Mechanex success

The JLM UK team has revealed this years' Mechanex show was “incredibly positive and incredibly busy” afte ...

The JLM UK team has revealed this years' Mechanex show was “incredibly positive and incredibly busy” after attending the two day event at Sandown Park, Surrey. Mike Schlup, CEO of Kalimex, the UK dist ...

November 23, 2023
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