Dunfermline MOT & Service Centre

Dunfermline MOT & Service Centre MOT & Service Centre. Members of SMTA Dunfermlines' newest MOT & Service Centre.

Our friendly, efficient and highly skilled mechanics have over 20 years' experience in the motor trade and offer the best service and the very best value for money.

This Scoda Octavia VRS was in with us a few weeks ago to have a full service with DMOTSC health check and 4 new tyres! D...
14/02/2025

This Scoda Octavia VRS was in with us a few weeks ago to have a full service with DMOTSC health check and 4 new tyres!

Dunfermline MOT & Service Centre, for your motors needs!

Some tuning work we carried out on this little 1.6TDCi Ford Fiesta van! This generation of 1.6 diesel Fiesta’s use a Bos...
27/01/2025

Some tuning work we carried out on this little 1.6TDCi Ford Fiesta van!

This generation of 1.6 diesel Fiesta’s use a Bosch EDC17C10 engine ECU and output around 95hp in standard form. They are coupled with a relatively small turbocharger which means power gains are not as brilliant as you might expect to see from a turbo diesel.

After a few revisions of maximising the power whilst maintaining drivability and the all important exhaust gas temperatures as well as correct air fuel ratio we settled on an estimated 115-120hp. Which makes a fair difference to this quite underpowered van!

Dunfermline MOT & Service Centre, for your motors needs!

This Mini Cooper was left with us following the engine management light appearing on the dashboard! We began our diagnos...
22/01/2025

This Mini Cooper was left with us following the engine management light appearing on the dashboard!

We began our diagnosis by reading the fault codes stored in the engine ECU memory, here we found a fault code relating to the adjustment of the exhaust camshaft timing. We moved over to look at some live data for the camshaft adjusters and noticed that the exhaust camshaft wasn’t adjusting at all!

In simple terms these camshaft adjusters are moved by oil pressure, this oil pressure is controlled by a solenoid which has two parts, an electrical part and a mechanical part. Usually the two parts of the solenoid are combined into one and are inseparable, however on this engine they are actually separate. This allowed us to swap the electrical part from the exhaust camshaft to the intake camshaft for testing purposes. Following this swap we found the fault to still be present on the exhaust camshaft, thus confirming the electrical part of the solenoid was okay!

During our swap of the electrical part of the solenoid we had a look & feel of the mechanical part and noticed that on the exhaust camshaft, the mechanical part was actually slightly sticky, this prompted us to remove the mechanical parts of the camshaft solenoid.

Now on these engines the mechanical part of the solenoid is actually part of the camshaft sprocket securing bolt, so we dismantled the camshaft cover and fitted some locking tools to keep the camshafts & crankshaft locked in place. The solenoids were then removed for inspection and damage was found to the exhaust camshaft solenoid!

After fitting two new solenoids (no point leaving an old intake one in there) we re-assembled the camshaft cover and associated parts before carrying out some more live data testing. Here we found both camshafts to be responding as they should thus confirming our repair!

Dunfermline MOT & Service Centre, for your motors needs!

06/01/2025

We hope all our customers had an enjoyable festive period!

We’re back open today feeling refreshed after our Christmas break. As usual after a holiday period we’re experiencing a higher volume of breakdowns and emergencies and as a result of this repair availability is filling up quickly, please don’t hesitate to get in touch on 01383 724550 if you require any repairs, MOT or servicing!

Dunfermline MOT & Service Centre, for your motors needs!

Aha! You’ve got a knocking noise when driving over bumps? Yeah, that’ll probably do it!
05/11/2024

Aha! You’ve got a knocking noise when driving over bumps?

Yeah, that’ll probably do it!

Some more Ford Transit 2.0 “wet belt” action in the workshop over the last few weeks! It’s a sensible decision to get th...
31/10/2024

Some more Ford Transit 2.0 “wet belt” action in the workshop over the last few weeks!

It’s a sensible decision to get these belts changed before they inevitably strip the teeth off and cause some significant internal engine damage and that was the case here with the owner opting to change it at 63’000 miles on this particular van!

We often get asked what the replacement interval is on these belts and to be honest it should be ASAP as they’re getting a strong reputation for failing at around half the manufacturers recommended replacement interval!

Thankfully no such terrible woes with this van, some slight belt shards caught in the oil pump strainer but nothing too serious!

Dunfermline MOT & Service Centre, for your motors needs!

Calling all Ford Ranger owners! Our mechanic Kiegan absolutely hates working on these, they are big, heavy, awkward lump...
23/07/2024

Calling all Ford Ranger owners!

Our mechanic Kiegan absolutely hates working on these, they are big, heavy, awkward lumps of usually quite corroded steel, it promotes some quite colourful phrases from him!

Now I like to think we’re quite old school here at Dunfermline MOT, so we label this frustration from the youngest member of our team as character building!

In summary, if you could bring us as many Ford Rangers as you can, the more broken the better! It’ll allow us to keep at this character building and maybe forge out one of the best Ranger mechanics around!

P.S before you all lose your mind this is just a joke🙄

Dunfermline MOT & Service Centre, for your motors needs!

This Fiat Punto was with us last week for a timing belt replacement! We’re always banging on about how important it is t...
18/07/2024

This Fiat Punto was with us last week for a timing belt replacement!

We’re always banging on about how important it is to keep on top of preventative maintenance and the timing belt is arguably the most famous example!

Make sure it gets changed within the recommended replacement interval set out by the vehicle manufacturer, otherwise the belt is at increased risk of breaking and causing avoidable internal engine damage!

Each manufacturer sets out slightly different replacement intervals for their timing systems depending on which timing system the vehicle uses. If you’d like any advice on replacement intervals for your vehicle please get in touch, we’d be happy to offer guidance on replacement intervals!

Dunfermline MOT & Service Centre, for your motors needs!

16/07/2024

Here’s a little time lapse of us wrestling the engine & gearbox into a Renault Trafic we were working on recently!

If only we could actually work this quickly!

Dunfermline MOT & Service Centre, for your motors needs!

05/07/2024

Here’s another riveting episode of guess the problem!

Hints.
1. The tyre pressure warning light was illuminated on the dashboard.
2. It had very recently had a new tyre fitted on this wheel.

Yeah, you guessed it, that noise is the broken tyre pressure monitoring sensor bouncing around inside the tyre!

We carried out some tuning last week on this Ford Transit custom. The lowly 100hp version is painfully underpowered espe...
02/07/2024

We carried out some tuning last week on this Ford Transit custom. The lowly 100hp version is painfully underpowered especially when loaded up or towing so we sought to increase the power output slightly to aid with drivability!

These euro 5 spec vans using the SID208 engine control unit tune very well, they come in 100,125 &155hp versions which all actually use the same hardware, meaning even the 100hp van has the potential to make around 180hp on software changes alone!

The beauty of custom tuning is our customers aren’t stuck with a generic “stage 1” producing potentially more/less power than they’d like or even questionable power delivery. We have the ability to specifically tune the power output and delivery to the owners requirements (within hardware limitations of course).

We decided to play it a little more sensible here and aim for an estimated 160hp with a progressive ramp of torque to avoid losing traction under heavy acceleration! This resulted in a marked increase in power without the sharp almost violent spike of torque common in tuned diesels!

We thoroughly enjoyed this job, there’s just a nice sense of satisfaction when making something go a little faster!

Dunfermline MOT & Service Centre, for your motors needs!

We had this Ford Fiesta in last week, customer noted that the car was almost constantly telling him the bonnet was open ...
14/06/2024

We had this Ford Fiesta in last week, customer noted that the car was almost constantly telling him the bonnet was open even though he’d checked it was properly closed, and the alarm would go off occasionally!

The bonnet latch on these cars has a built in switch to tell the driver if the bonnet is open, as do most cars these days it’s not anything special. What is special is that Ford have obviously made them from some kind of chocolate because they are a reasonably common failure point!

The customer had a good idea what he thought the problem was, we agreed with his thoughts, however we can’t just go changing things because the internet said so or even because it’s a common fault! We verified the bonnet switch was faulty by checking the wiring and bridging across the connector to mimic a closed switch, this confirmed the rest of the circuit was OK!

We went a step further and checked the 5 most recent reasons for alarm activation to verify the cause of our periodic alarm sounding and this tied in with our faulty bonnet switch, so now onto the repair!

This problem can be “fixed” by permanently bridging across the connector at the bonnet switch, however that’ll make the vehicle think the bonnet is always closed and never warn the driver if the bonnet is open, you’ll find hundreds of people giving themselves a pat on the back for carrying out such a repair, dumplings!

We opted to go with the less popular route of replacing the bonnet latch & switch (yes, they come as a pair, thanks Ford) and retain full factory functionality, because that’s just the right way to do it!

Dunfermline MOT & Service Centre, for your motors needs!

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Unit 1, Dickson Court, Elgin Ind Estate
Dunfermline
KY127SG

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+441383724550

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