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Lockdown car battery drain could provide workshop opportunity

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Idle vehicles around the UK as a result of Coronavirus lockdown measures introduced in late March could lead to considerable damage to car batteries. In-vehicle electrical systems and alarms drain the battery continually, alongside the natural loss in charge. These factors could result in significant numbers of batteries requiring recharging or replacement in the coming months. Aftermarket supplier The Parts Alliance is encouraging garages to offer a battery testing service to their customers proactively. The company has produced a range of marketing materials to help promote such an offering.

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EDT Automotive HQ expansion helps facilitate network growth

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Following its recent relocation, award-winning engine decarbonising specialist EDT Automotive has increased the size of its premises at the company’s purpose-built site in Kent. The expansion will provide the ever-growing business with better facilities, such as a director’s suite, and increased storage space, the company states. With a fully-equipped office and workshop to service EDT’s […]

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Barton Garages becomes EDT’s best performing partner in just 6 months

EDT Automotive says that Barton Garages has achieved “incredible results” with its range of engine decontamination machines, becoming the EDT network’s highest performing garage-partner since joining in January. According to company co-director Tracey Barton, the Yelverton-based workshop was seeing an increasing number of customer vehicles which were suffering from a high concentration of carbon build-up, putting their engines under undue strain.

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Hella Gutmann Solutions introduces ADAS certification

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Underlining its prominent position in the field of advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) calibration, Hella Gutmann Solutions (HGS) now offers an Institute of the Motor Industry Quality Assured Programme (IMI QAP) certificated ADAS camera and radar training course, to equip workshops to handle this important technology with complete confidence.

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Carbon Clean launches ‘revolutionary’ DCS-16 DPF cleaning solution

Carbon Clean, the engine decarbonising solution that works with tap water, has launched yet another ground-breaking, affordable garage workshop offering: the ‘DCS-16’ DPF cleaning system. The company states that DCS-16 will “transform the way workshops across the country tackle DPF cleaning, providing a fast and convenient solution for all types of DPF.”

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Summer offers from Autoparts UK

Autoparts UK has released a number of customer deals this summer, including its scratch card promotion offering customers the chance to win Matco tool vouchers, beer, wine, snack packs, cool boxes, tents, table & chair sets, sun loungers, BBQs, firepits, trampolines and Laz-Z spas.

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Sonne appoints new business development manager

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Hella’s paint brand, Sonne, has grown exponentially in the past year, which is why the team behind the popular brand is introducing Colin Thompson into the Sonne group, as its new business development manager, Thompson has a wealth of knowledge and experience that has been accrued in successful roles within the automotive industry. He specialises in refinishing, tools and equipment and service segments.

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Revive to exhibit at Autosport International 2018

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Revive has announced its intention to exhibit at Autosport International 2018, Europe’s largest pre-season motorsport event.

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GSF Car Parts saves motorists millions with DPF professional cleaner

GSF Car Parts say the Vetech DPF Professional Cleaner they launched in 2015 has already saved UK motorists millions of pounds in replacement parts.

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Angry Jester’s ‘best ever’ air con package deal

Angry Jester, The Parts Alliance’s exclusive automotive equipment brand, says the Kheos Plus R134a Air Conditioning Machine is the trading group’s lowest-ever priced air con package. The unit comes with a database of oil types and refrigerant charge weights for most UK vehicles. The price also includes onsite commissioning, training and an F-Gas licence for one operator.

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Clean engines mean more profits for garages – Carbon Clean

Carbon Clean say they can tackle the growing problem of carbon deposits in engines, to help motorists whilst also driving profit into their Carbon Clean Centre garage network. The decarbonising and engine cleaning system debuted at Automechanika in Frankfurt last year and more recently drew crowds at the Commercial Vehicle Show in April.

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Terraclean helps NHS fleet clean up

Advanced vehicle engine cleaning brand, TerraClean, is helping vehicle fleets save serious money off their fuel bills and reduce vehicle emissions output. TerraClean products have proven exceptionally important to public sector fleets, namely: The TerraClean Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) and Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) cleaning tool and, diesel engine cleaning machine.

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SMMT welcomes new member Univar

Univar Speciality Consumables, a UK-based distributor of specialty products and lubricants, announced it has joined the membership of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

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Terraclean in motorsport sponsorship deal

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Consumables and components distributor Randstad – sole distributor of the TerraClean engine decarbonising brand – is sponsoring both PP Motorsport in the UK Clio Cup and double British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) champion, Colin Turkington during the current series. With the brand growing at a rapid pace, TerraClean is eager to promote its service within the motorsport community to gain even greater media coverage.

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Call for lower alcohol limit and French-style breathalyser law

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Following the debate of a Private Members’ Bill in the House of Lords on Friday 29 January, which sought to lower the drink-drive limit in England and Wales to the same as Scotland, alcohol safety experts say more lives could be saved with the introduction of a breathalyser law.

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