Author: Dannie Lyman

Honest mechanic Northern beaches
GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

How to stop giving your mechanic $3000 a year

The average house hold in Sydney is stretched thin. Money is tight with school costs, pets, mortgages and general cost of living. The last thing you need is for your car to stop running in peak our traffic. You have a busy day ahead of you, you have to get your kids to school, stop

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mazda CX7 noisy engine
Mazda
Dannie Lyman

Mazda CX7 Noisy Engine

Common faults with the Mazda CX7 have been covered with previous articles which can be found here. One that we have not yet covered off is the noisy engine fault that develops in the 2.3 litre engine. Lack of lubrication harms many engines however skipping services or ignoring oil leaks from the oil coolers (a

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

July Special: Free engine conditioning.

As you may be a wear each month GDL Automotive Servcies introduces a freebe. A promotion that allows us to pass on exception savings and value add to our clients. Throughout the Month of July this promotion covers the Wynns product we use in all our oil changes. Its a friction proofing product. The benefits

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Blue slip Northern Beaches
GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

June Special: Free Rego Inspections

June Special For the whole month of June at all GDL Automotive Services workshops is FREE REGO INSPECTIONS: It may also interest you to know that recent changes to New South Wales registration laws mean your pink slip/e-safety inspection is now valid for six months. We have covered this in depth in the article below.

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Holden cruze expert
Holden
Dannie Lyman

Holden Cruze Head Gasket Fault

The Holden Cruze is the automotive equivalent of your neighbours dog taking a dump on your front porch. If you can’t guess from the opening sentence they are not an exceptional vehicle by any stretch of the imagination. The list of common faults with them is miles and miles and miles long. We have documented

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

How Long Does a Rego Inspection Last?

Rego inspection E safety Inspection Pink slip The anual pilgrimage to your local repairer for your vehicles safety check and roadworthiness inspection is called an number of different things. We have covered in previous articles some common mistakes people make surrounding this which you can find by clicking the link below. Common mistakes people make

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Dannie Lyman

Volvo XC90 Power Steering Noise

The Volvo XC90 has some common faults with them that can make them a rather costly vehicle to maintain, especially once they get a little on in age. We have covered an overall look at the XC90 in a review we gave of the vehicle which you can find by clicking the link below. Volvo

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Truck Mechanic Northern Beaches | Truck Mechanic Hornsby

Looking for a truck mechanic on the Northern Beaches or North Shore? GDL Automotive Services is proud to announce the store manager of our newest branch based in Hornsby is a qualified Heavy Commercial Vehicle mechanic also known as a truck mechanic. Under his licence and GDL Automotive Services vehicle repairers licence, our Hornsby team

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Holden Captiva Expert
Holden
Dannie Lyman

Holden Captiva: Metallic Noise while driving

It’s no great secret that we are not fans of the Captiva. We have humorously and otherwise eluded to the fact that owning a Captiva is a poor life decision for more than just financial reasons. However if you are one of the unlucky ones that own one there is a new “common fault” that

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