Category: GDL Auto Blog

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Dannie Lyman

Honda Accord Euro Check Engine Light After Alternator Replaced

This article only relates to the seventh generation of the Accord, those sold in Australia between 2002- 2007. The Accord Euro is common for having the alternators fail in them. It’s not a huge job to replace but it’s also not the easiest of tasks. The easiest way is to remove the drive belt then

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Honda CRV Wobble When Accelerating

The Honda CRV is an exceptional vehicle and we highly recommend them to our clients. They do have a couple of common faults which we have covered in various articles. If you wish to have a look at those you can view them on our Honda page of our blog. Located here One of the

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Isuzu MU-X Vehicle Review

If you are in the market for a seven seater that is near perfect, you can’t go past the MU-X. Most other seven seater options have the mechanical integrity of a wholemeal pancake. Isuzu has produced something in the “affordable family vehicle” category that is actually affordable and not made of lego. Mechanically the MUX

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Buying A Car For $5K Or Less

Inevitably at some point in your life you have owned a car that was out-valued by a used razor blade. Often whilst we were studying, living on campus and making questionable liquid consumption decisions we drove a car that would only comply with safety standards of Mumbai. Dreams of completing your degree and climbing the

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Brake Shudder And How To Fix It

Life throws you enough rubbish on a daily basis, children fighting in the back seat, the sentence “he is looking out my window” triggers rage in all parents. Your are left thinking “I’m pretty sure they are all MY windows as I paid for the blasted thing”. The fuel warning light is on your dash,

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Honda CRV Starter Motor 2002-2006

On the ninth day the Lord said “let there be a Honda”. Honda is Gods gift to the automotive world are car that is amazing for everyone. Yet Adam ate from the forbidden tree so unfortunately we have a few common faults in these great cars. These are purely due to the decisions one man

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

My Mechanic Sabotaged my Car!

For those of us that work within the industry the sentence “but it wasn’t like that before I bought the car to you” is heard all to often and has been known to result in feuds between block head mechanics who struggle to articulate what they mean and usually a person of high ignorance. This

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Why Do I need to Change my Coolant?

If the bloke servicing your plumbing said “we strongly recommend changing your septic filter” you would unconditionally agree, shake the mans hand (after he has serviced you properties poo system) and pay the man what he asked for. You would have zero clue as to what he is talking about, except it has the word

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