Rotating electrics remanufacturer, Autoelectro, has urged technicians to avoid a fitting error that leads engine coolant to cause alternator drive belt slip on Mini 1.4 and 1.6 petrol engines models (2001-2009) and all models featuring the W10 engine code (2003-onwards).

Workshops using Continental’s VDO Workshop Tablet will soon be able to use the multi-brand diagnostic system W.EASY of the WABCOWÜRTH Workshop Services GmbH.

Ring Automotive has added a new under bonnet lamp to its lighting range.

Martins Industries has launched a new 96-inch TOR tyre inflation cage. According to the company, it has been designed, tested and manufactured to exceed OSHA standards (29 CFR 1910.177) for inflation to 130 PSI.

MEYLE's commitment to truck racing is a rewarding investment: At the Nürburgring Truck-Grand-Prix racing weekend held in early July, the company-sponsored "tankpool24" team claimed a total of four podium positions. Excited by their live-experience of the Truck-Grand-Prix's thrills and chills, the "MEYLE Mechanics" are dedicating their latest video to this event offering motorsport enthusiasts exclusive interviews and a fascinating glance behind the scenes of truck racing. MEYLE has been supporting the "tankpool24" team with MEYLE brake discs and pads since 2014. As of this year the company also supplies MEYLE engine mounts.

A truck than can automatically drive itself into a bay for loading or unloading could save drivers critical time and reduce the risk of accident or injury, claims the manufacturer.

This year’s IAA commercial vehicle show in Germany will serve as the launch venue for the new Pneuscan Onground system from Ventech Systems. The floor-mounted system can perform automatic tyre pressure and tread inspections on a range of vehicles, including passenger cars, vans, buses and multi-axle trucks. The portability of Pneuscan Onground is expected to be a major selling point for the system.

Performa Lubricants Europe is the sole importer for Performa Lubricants across, Ireland, the UK and Europe, offering the complete range of lubricants, garage equipment and products exclusively to automotive professionals.

Retrofit add-ons like big bore exhausts, aftermarket alloys and tinted glass can put off potential used car buyers and destroy values, says Glass’s. Andy Cutler, forecast values editor, explained that these non-manufacturer options suggested that the previous owner was a boy racer and the car would have been driven hard.

Recently, the National Association of Motor Auctions (NAMA), the UK’s leading representative body for vehicle auctions, sent a letter to the newly appointed secretary of state for transport, Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, raising the subject of odometer fraud, or ‘clocking’; the practice of altering a vehicle’s odometer to show a lower mileage than that actually travelled, thereby increasing the re-sale value of the vehicle.