Streetside Auto Repair

Streetside Auto Repair mobile mechanic based in kidderminster. over 20 years working in the motor repair trade.

Skoda Rapid 1.4 Clutch replacementCustomer had issues with over revving and no power. Especially going up hills.Thats a ...
03/06/2026

Skoda Rapid 1.4
Clutch replacement

Customer had issues with over revving and no power. Especially going up hills.

Thats a symptom of slipping clutch. The clutch plate has worn down so much its not clamping the spinning flywheel to transfer that power to the gearbox

Job would have gone swimmingly except for TWO rounded bolts. A mechanics worse nightmare. Adds hours to a job.

All done though.

Car drives as it should. Clutch is all good.
Does need new drop links but thats for another day.

If you need any car maintenance or services drop us a message or give us a call.

We cover a large area from the wyre forest. The black country and even up to worcester.

Streetside Auto Repair

WET BELT WEEK!!3 wet belts done last week.Ford ecosportPeugeot 2008Citroen C4Hardest part... the heat!!Thank you to the ...
01/06/2026

WET BELT WEEK!!

3 wet belts done last week.

Ford ecosport
Peugeot 2008
Citroen C4

Hardest part... the heat!!
Thank you to the customers for allowing a little more extra time as we had to break up the days to not get heat stroke!!

Didn't take a lot of pictures so excuse the photo dump.

Drop us a message if you have issues with your wet belts. Or normal timing belts or chains. Or anything to do with your car!

Starting this week of with 2 clutches... never gets easier!!

But always will appreciate the fact that customers trust us with their car repairs.

So thank you for using Streetside Auto Repair

Transit CustomLeaf spring and u bolts.Customer had gone over a pot hole and snapped the rear leaf spring.Replaced all th...
03/05/2026

Transit Custom
Leaf spring and u bolts.

Customer had gone over a pot hole and snapped the rear leaf spring.

Replaced all that but then had a nightmare. Accidently cut into the hand brake cable.

Being a Sunday. Couldn't get the part. Doesn't help that its bank holiday tomorrow. So will be back to replace that on Tuesday.

If we do anything thats our fault. We will always hold our hands up and rectify it.

2015 peugeot 208WET BELT PACKAGE AND CLUTCH.customer had issues with her clutch and wanted the timing belt replaced aswe...
25/04/2026

2015 peugeot 208

WET BELT PACKAGE AND CLUTCH.

customer had issues with her clutch and wanted the timing belt replaced aswell.same time.

The release bearings had broken up inside the clutch causing the issue.

Also we did notice a clump of belt fibre falling off the strainer into the sump so that was lucky to change the belt then. The belt itself was cracked and worn.

Did all that but still an issue with changing gears after.

Found that the clutch slave cylinder was faulty. So we will be replacing that on monday.

Thank you to the customer for her patience.
Much appreciated.

If you need any work done for your vehicle. Give us a call or message.

23/04/2026

✨️Special Announcement ✨️

We understand that customers are looking for best value especially in this current financial climate.

So they may think getting second hand parts and getting us to put it in will be the cheapest way.

We sometimes allow it as we know a customer is desperate to be back on the road. However as they are just paying for labour and there is no diagnostic or warranty. We CANNOT and WILL NOT give our assurances that the vehicle will be repaired. There will be no after care from us.

We have had an issue recently with a second hand turbo.
Fitted it in. Already looked like it was not the best. However that job isnt just replacing turbo.
You need to swap gaskets. Oil feed pipe. Oil filter. Oil. Find the cause of the turbo failure.

We advised all this to the customer. But still thats all he wanted.

Now the exhaust is blowing. Because the gaskets should have been replaced as advised.

Engine still running rough. Well we dont know if the turbo is fine or if there were other issues aswell.

Unfortunately we will be blamed for not repairing the vehicle 'properly'

We are expected to rectify this. But we have decided thats it. We did the job asked for.
Unfortunately it didnt work.

However if we had been asked to diagnose and then we repaired the vehicle. It may have cost more but the vehicle would be running now.

Unfortunately this customer is no better off than he was before.
Actually worse off. Paid for labour. Bought a second hand turbo. And still not resolved.

So PLEASE. before you think you are saving money. Better to pay once and get it done properly.

We are not here to rip you off. But if say a vehicle needs certain things. Then it means thats.our aim is to save you money
So there is never going to be any upsells.

So we have decided. NO MORE SECOND HAND PARTS.

thank you.

2002 Toyota Yaris👉service👉exhaust middle and back box👉front brake pads👉rear drums and shoesCustomer had issues with a VE...
22/04/2026

2002 Toyota Yaris

👉service
👉exhaust middle and back box
👉front brake pads
👉rear drums and shoes

Customer had issues with a VERY loud exhaust. And the handbrake pointing up to the sky.

Checked the exhaust.
Fully corroded away at the joint so needed both parts.

Front pads on drivers side worn down.

The rear shoes and drums... totally scratched and scored.

One of the least favourite jobs is doing the shoes. Just not a fan of the fiddly springs in the fitting kit.

Had some issues getting the correct parts but everyone at KIDDERMINSTER MOTOR FACTORS as always go above and beyond sourcing the correct ones. So thanks to them. Especially as we can pass the trade discounts on to the customers.

Car all repaired. Exhaust sorted. Brakes sorted. Few minor issues still... but thats for another time.

Drop us a message or give us a call if you need any vehicle repairs, maintenance or servicing

Streetside Auto Repair

DPF CLEANING SERVICEwe have done a few recently and been shocked with what other companies are charging.Around £400!!To ...
22/04/2026

DPF CLEANING SERVICE

we have done a few recently and been shocked with what other companies are charging.
Around £400!!

To do the same thing. We are offering it for £150.

We cover

👉kidderminster
👉bewdley
👉stourport
👉stourbridge
👉hagley
👉wyre forest
👉west midlands
👉black country
👉droitwich
👉worcester

For full transparency. Due to the huge increase in fuel prices.
We charge £5 for fuel. From where we are.
But after the first 3 miles its £2/mile.
So let us know where you are and we can proce accordingly.

Or if you drop it off to us there is no extra charge.

Streetside Auto Repair

2010 VW PASSATrear brake padsCustomer complaint very noisy brakes.No wonder... pads all the way down to metal.Also done ...
20/04/2026

2010 VW PASSAT
rear brake pads

Customer complaint very noisy brakes.

No wonder... pads all the way down to metal.

Also done an emergency job this morning.

Had a missed call around 7.30am.
Called back at 8. Customer had snapped her auxiliary belt and battery was dead. Had stopped at an inconvenient place by a junction.

Got there for just after 9am. And had it all replaced before 9.30.

If you have an emergency we will always try to fit you in.

Dpf cleaningBmw 320dDs3 Bmw customer messaged about a blocked dpf.It was heavily blocked when we got there.It had over 4...
19/04/2026

Dpf cleaning

Bmw 320d
Ds3

Bmw customer messaged about a blocked dpf.
It was heavily blocked when we got there.
It had over 400mbar pressure on 3k revs when it should be around 80 mbar.
On idle it was at 95 mbar when it should be at around 9 mbar.

We ran two cleaning phases through the car. But only got it down to 17 mbar on idle.
Needed to do a regen but unfortunately car was not letting it do it due to a mass air flow meter fault. That needs to be replaced first.

Once thats done then the car will do a regen and will get the pressure down to the correct level.

Very rarely its to do with the driving style or short trips that cause dpf to block.
In this case it was most likely the mass air flow meter being faulty and the car stopped doing regens and got blocked up.

Our second car was a ds3.
This was due to short driving trips.

This was at 261 mbar at 3k revs.
Forgot to record what it was on idle but obviously still high.

After the clean we got it down to 7mbar (perfect) on idle and 68mbar on 3k revs. Again perfect. And the car only has 0.5g of soot in the dpf.

If you have any dpf issues give us a call or message.

2014 Ford Transit Turbo Customer enquired about getting his turbo replaced.said he had the part so it was a np warranty ...
17/04/2026

2014 Ford Transit Turbo

Customer enquired about getting his turbo replaced.said he had the part so it was a np warranty no diagnostic job.
However we did recommend that the oil feed pipe get changed and also oil and filter.

Well.. when we got there.. the second hand turbo he had bought had play in it and was damaged. So had to wait until the scrap yard was able to source him a working one.

Once that was done we got to taking the old one off and put the 'new' one on.

While we dont mind doing just labour jobs where customers supply their own parts, there will still be some issues.

This customer had a breather pipe that was damaged so it was still running a bit rough after.

There was an oil leak so he didnt want the oil changed even though it could have been lack of oil or poor oil that damaged the turbo.

So this job we did to the customers advice.

Hopefully it will be fine.

Thats why diagnostics are important.

We would have done a smoke test first.
Found the damaged breather pipe.

Noticed the oil leak. Made sure that was done aswell.

And also diagnosed the faulty turbo.

They are all linked.

It may seem like a lot of money to spend but doing half a job could mean coming back and doing the same job again in the near future so ends up being more expensive.

If you want any maintenance or repair work doing. Drop us a message or give us a call.

Streetside Auto Repair

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Kidderminster

Telephone

+447383874557

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