Category Archives: Diesel Vehicle Owner’s Advice

What do you think about Catch Cans?

Clinton Brett

Read Clinton’s advice for Diesel Vehicle Owner’s: Catch Cans have their benefits, but they can also be a band aid effect, covering up existing problems or future failures. In recent years, they have become a familiar piece of jewelry on diesel vehicles with most owners not understanding what their purpose is, other than ‘me mate What do you think about Catch Cans?

Is it ok to make my diesel go faster?

Clinton Brett

Read Clinton’s advice for Diesel Vehicle Owner’s: It’s not unusual to go from driving a petrol combustion engine car to driving a diesel car and feel like you have just bought an underpowered vehicle. People who have owned diesels since their existence would not agree, as there has been a significant improvement since the first Is it ok to make my diesel go faster?

I’m told diesels are fuel efficient. Is this true and why?

Clinton Brett

Read Clinton’s advice for Diesel Vehicle Owner’s: Yes, the diesel engine is a more fuel-efficient engine than petrol. They have been since the introduction of the diesel engine in the early 1900s. They were not as popular as they are now because in the past diesels were less appealing to the average passenger car owner I’m told diesels are fuel efficient. Is this true and why?

Common diesel faults and repairs

Clinton Brett

Read Clinton’s advice for Diesel Vehicle Owner’s: If you Google a fault code and check the engine light in search of a common problem relevant to your car, you are likely to find the answer—well, a hundred or more answers. So how do you determine if it’s a common fault? It’s taken 10 years to Common diesel faults and repairs

What happens if I put petrol into my diesel vehicle?

Clinton Brett

Read Clinton’s advice for Diesel Vehicle Owner’s: Petrol in diesel – it’s a mistake some diesel owners do make and, in the 90’s, a problem we’d see weekly. Today, it’s even more common thanks in part to Australia’s love for diesels. Petrol is contamination in a diesel fuel system and there is no sure way What happens if I put petrol into my diesel vehicle?