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Bus & Coach Remapping – Mercedes Tourismo

 2015 Mercedes Tourismo in for a remap last week.269km of data logging, and extensive road testing to ensure comfort, drivability & suitability to the application.428 Bhp standard and now approx 475 Bhp mapped. 2100nm standard, 2350nm approx mapped.Fuel savings of up to 3 mpg to be expected on long distance tours.We will be closely monitoring…

DAF LF45 – Non Start

💉 Vehicle had just been serviced and had been left running for approximately 20 minutes when it cut out without warning. Fault was purely coincodental to its recent service. 📞 After several attempts to diagnose and restarting even with easy-start, the customer gave up and called us. 🧠 Knowing the engine is actually a rebadged…

Remap – Iveco Stralis HI-WAY

🚛 Returning customer back in for a second vehicle after being impressed with the fuel economy and power delivery of the first Iveco Stralis we mapped. Customer reported gains of circa 2MPG. Stage 1 Coach & Truck Remapping from £499. 📨Message us to see your potential gains. Reg checkers don’t always work on commercial vehicles,…

Mercedes non start, Crash Event – Active

While undertaking small remedial work at a body shop, a question was asked to us about a resident Mercedes-Benz that they were tasked with repairing. The vehicle was written off at 3 months old after an accident pushed both engine bay chassis legs to one side. A expected, the list of faults was endless. A…

Volvo B12 brittle engine wiring

📞 Called out to a Volvo B12 Berkoff coach with a few issues. 💉 Customer complaint was “Check Engine” warning and cooling fan running full tilt. 🔌 After plugging in, fault codes showed a few problems. A quick look in the engine bay and these became obvious. 👨‍🏫 We were able to crawl in the…

Merridale Fuel Pump

⛽ Called out to a fuel pump that we installed back in 2015. 👨‍💼 Customer complaint was that pump was refusing to dispense fuel, claiming memory full. 🔌 Knowing the system meant that were happy that the pump was unlikely at fault. A computer that we installed runs a software program that contains a database…

Cummins ISME 420 Software Update

🚚 Here we had a Foden running a Cummins ISME 420 engine with customer complaint of heavy fuel consumption. 🔌 A scan using our Cummins Insite tool showed no fault codes but did show us that The ECM software was 12 and a half years out of date. ECM upgraded from version 15 to version…

Another Day, Another Solo

📞 Called out to another Optare Solo that just died at the roadside. 💉 Customer complaint was door open warning and buzzer on dashboard when the door was closed and no throttle pedal response. (Door interlock) 👨‍🏫 We were quickly able to disconnect the throttle interlock and get the vehicle moving again. Our trusty Actia…

Operate Solo strange behaviour

📞 Called out to an Optare Solo today with intermittent strange behavior. Intermittent unexpected wipers, doors occasionally functioning etc. 💉 After customer described symptoms, we immediately knew there was a fault with the CAMU/IOU systems. Customer had tried swapping IOU units to different locations which seemed to fix the issue temporarily. This was just coincidence.…

Operate Solo AdBlue leak

📞 Called out to an Optare Solo today with emissions warning light on dashboard. 💉 Customer stated that vehicle was in limp mode and has a strange odour when hot. 👨‍🏫 Our diagnostic tool may not be Mercedes own brand but it does work well with Mercedes engines therefore a quick plug in gave us…

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