Professional Motor Mechanic

Why Fitting a New Cat Doesn’t Always Fix the Real Issue

|Date: February 20, 2017

Why Fitting a New Cat Doesn’t Always Fix the Real Issue

Are you masking the problem? Stuart Still, Technical Trainer, EEC has the answers. Why are the new vehicl ...

Are you masking the problem? Stuart Still, Technical Trainer, EEC has the answers. Why are the new vehicle emissions regulations getting tougher? I thought they were designed to reduce pollution but, ...

February 20, 2017
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How to fit TPMS sensors

|Date: August 09, 2016

How to fit TPMS sensors

Mobiletron UK replaces problem components in six easy steps. ...

Mobiletron UK replaces problem components in six easy steps. ...

August 09, 2016
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Bosch helps to close the gap for MOT training

|Date: May 03, 2016

Bosch helps to close the gap for MOT training

Technicians looking to become MOT testers have found it more difficult to achieve the qualifications they ...

Technicians looking to become MOT testers have found it more difficult to achieve the qualifications they need. ...

May 03, 2016
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Garage owners and testers imprisoned for carrying out fraudulent MOTs

|Date: May 02, 2016

Garage owners and testers imprisoned for carrying out fraudulent MOTs

Following a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) investigation, the garage owners and two MO ...

Following a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) investigation, the garage owners and two MOT testers have pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently issue MOT certificates. Shorab Jadu ...

May 02, 2016
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Teenage Cancer Trust set to receive thousands from MOT initiative

|Date: January 03, 2016

Teenage Cancer Trust set to receive thousands from MOT initiative

Didcot based Scotlands Ash Garage has revealed that for every MOT it undertakes during 2016, it will dona ...

Didcot based Scotlands Ash Garage has revealed that for every MOT it undertakes during 2016, it will donate £1 to the Teenage Cancer Trust, with the grand total expected to top more than £2000. ...

January 03, 2016
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Online MOT testing service successfully delivers 10 million tests

|Date: December 23, 2015

Online MOT testing service successfully delivers 10 million tests

MOT garages across the country have carried out over 10 million MOT tests using DVSA’s new online MOT tes ...

MOT garages across the country have carried out over 10 million MOT tests using DVSA’s new online MOT testing service since its launch on June 26 2015. The new service allows more flexibility for gara ...

December 23, 2015
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RMI to open MOT training centre

|Date: December 17, 2015

RMI to open MOT training centre

The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) is opening a new training centre in the midlands next spring t ...

The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) is opening a new training centre in the midlands next spring to act as a leading industry resource for MOT tester training. The DVSA is taking a new approach ...

December 17, 2015
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IMI to deliver MOT testing qualifications

|Date: November 24, 2015

IMI to deliver MOT testing qualifications

IMI, the awarding organisation for automotive qualifications, will be delivering new qualifications for D ...

IMI, the awarding organisation for automotive qualifications, will be delivering new qualifications for DVSA MOT Testers and MOT Managers and continual assessment process across their network of IMI t ...

November 24, 2015
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Don’t fail the MOT equipment test

|Date: April 29, 2015

Don’t fail the MOT equipment test

MOT stations in the UK are facing a major headache this year when the switch to MOT 'Modernisation' takes ...

MOT stations in the UK are facing a major headache this year when the switch to MOT 'Modernisation' takes place. ...

April 29, 2015
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Setting the record straight

|Date: April 29, 2014

Setting the record straight

PMM has recently received correspondence from the office of Catherine Bearder, Liberal Democrat Member of ...

PMM has recently received correspondence from the office of Catherine Bearder, Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for South East England, reacting to the recent spate of stories regard ...

April 29, 2014
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MOT test lane installation – a garage case study

|Date: March 26, 2014

MOT test lane installation – a garage case study

After taking the decision that he wanted to improve the service that he was offering to the people of Bod ...

After taking the decision that he wanted to improve the service that he was offering to the people of Bodmin and the surrounding areas, Justin Roberton – franchisee of a well-known ‘fast-fit’ chain – ...

March 26, 2014
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DPF MOT legislation changes – what do they mean?

|Date: March 24, 2014

DPF MOT legislation changes – what do they mean?

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March 24, 2014
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Sitting it out?

|Date: April 09, 2013

Sitting it out?

Computerisation has been accepted within the MOT scheme for some time now with the statistics collated re ...

Computerisation has been accepted within the MOT scheme for some time now with the statistics collated regularly assessed by VOSA. Site managers and nominated testers now monitor their performance rep ...

April 09, 2013
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