Swinburne

22/04/2025

Well that didn’t last long did it.

We are back to normal opening hrs.

Until the next one. Have a good week everyone.

17/04/2025

That’s us almost done for the bank holiday. I can smell that deserved beer in the pub already. 😎

Haven’t done a failure of the week for a while so have a little collection of photos for you all.

Hope you all have a great wknd. Stay safe and 🤞🏻 no one has any car problems. See you next Tuesday. 👌🏻

15/04/2025

With the bank holiday coming up, I would like to remind all our lovely customer we will be closed for the 4 day wknd.

We only have a couple of MOT only slots remaining this week so check your dates. Be quick and call Adam to get booked in.

28/03/2025

Aaron’s gone a little bit overboard trying to find his 10mm socket 😳

20/03/2025

18/03/2025

🔥 MOT REMINDERS 🔥

We are now booking into April for MOT’s. Give us a call if you know yours is due. Do not delay ✅

You can check your MOT expiry by entering your reg at www.check-mot.service.gov.uk

Hit the Call Now button to be put through to Adam.

15/03/2025

Had a few broken coil springs this week. This one on the front of a Ford Focus made failure of the week. Have a good wknd everyone.

14/03/2025

The old faithful Van 2 in for MOT today. Will it make the failure of the week? Or will it pass the MOT?? Place ya bets. 😂😂

12/03/2025

Another successful headlight restoration. Failed the MOT due to no beam pattern.
Can clearly see the difference in this picture of the nearside being done and the offside to do. ✨
Both completed picture in the comments.

If your headlight lenses are looking a bit cloudy and worse for wear, we can normally get them looking better again for no more than half an hours labour. Give Adam a call and he’ll help you out.

07/03/2025

That’s one deep cut!! Made it to this week’s failure of the week.

Thanks to all our lovely customers for what has been another busy week here at Swinburne’s. That’s me done for the week. Have a great wknd all.

Jamie.

06/03/2025

Wow 👀
That’s one clean strainer. One of the cleanest we have seen for a while on this engine.

11 year Old Ford Focus 1.0ltr Ecoboost wet belt engine. With 54,000 miles on the clock.

Goes to show that if you change your oil regularly on these engine, the wet belt will not fall to pieces.

Get yours booked in if it’s due. Pretty important.

Regards

Jamie

03/03/2025

5 years ago I started my Swinburne Journey. 😳
They say time flies when you’re having fun!! I cannot confirm or deny what they say is true, but here’s to putting up with these choppers a little while longer!! 🤣

Cheers 🥂

Jamie

28/02/2025

Happy Friday peeps.
Here is this weeks MOT Failure of the week. Nothing to exciting. Rear coil spring on a fiesta. Quick easy fix and car was back on the road in no time.
Hope you all have a good wknd. Fingers crossed no car issues for any of you? You know who to call if you do 😜

26/02/2025

Another Fiesta Ecoboost Engine saved. Customer booked in with low oil pressure light on. Stripped down and removed sump to find oil pick up clogged up in strainer with degraded wet belt. (Picture in comments)
New belt later, cleaned oil pump strainer and cleared Vac pump. All good to go again. Done by yours truly 😜👍🏻

Don’t forget to get yourself booked in or even call us if in any doubt over your engine.

Regards Jamie.

21/02/2025

Happy Friday peeps. Hope you’ve all had a good week. Usual busy week for us here at Swinburne’s.
This week’s MOT failure (Or 2 weeks ago failure, as I wasn’t here for that week 🤣🤪) done by Matt, was this prop-shaft bearing bush on a Landrover. A little bit too much movement in it for our liking. Good spot Matt. 👍🏻👌🏻

21/02/2025

‼️⚠️ATTENTION FORD OWNERS!!!⚠️‼️

Ford have recently changed their wet belt replacement schedule on Transit Customs, if you're not aware, it could cost you an entire engine replacement!
This new interval is every 6 years or 100,000 miles (whichever comes first)
If you miss this, the wet belt could fail, leading to engine damage!
I have confirmed this with my old Ford colleagues.

If your Ford Transit Custom is approaching this mileage/age, get it checked ASAP! A belt replacement is a fraction of the cost of a full engine rebuild or even replacement.
Could be a costly surprise if not done and we wouldn’t want that for our customers.

Get in touch with us if you have any questions. Adam on front desk will be happy to help.

I have attached a call now link to directly call us. 👍🏻

Tel: 01329 237062
E-Mail: [email protected]

Regards

Jamie

19/02/2025

Will upload a few more through the week. Not an MOT Failure but certainly a clutch failure. Aaron had a broken pressure plate causing obvious clutch issues last week. If you have any clutch issues, give us a call and we are happy to help.