Engine rebuilds & repair
Head gaskets, timing belts, turbos and full strip-down rebuilds. We diagnose what actually failed, then quote it.
Rebuilds & repair
Independent engine specialists · Melton Mowbray
Engines rebuilt, repaired and serviced in Melton Mowbray
We service the cars that are healthy and rebuild the ones that are not. Diagnosed before it is quoted, and priced in writing before anything is started.
5.0 / 5
Rated on Google
3 months
Parts & labour warranty
Till 7pm
Weekday evenings
Quote first
Before any work starts
Parts brands we fit
- Bosch
- Mahle
- Elring
- Febi Bilstein
- NGK
- Gates
- Valeo
- Sachs
- BGA
- FAI Pro
- Castrol
- Brembo
What we do
Engines first. Electrics too.
Plenty of garages will change your oil and back away when the engine gets serious. We do both ends of it — the routine service and the strip-down that follows if it is left too long — and trace the electrical faults most people get sent elsewhere for.
Servicing
Oil and filter, interim and full servicing, done properly and priced on your registration. Nothing extra gets touched without a phone call first.
Book a service
Auto electrical
Batteries, alternators, starter motors, warning lights and wiring faults — traced properly first, so the part that gets replaced is the one that failed.
Auto electricalLocksmithing coming soon
Why us
No guesswork. No mystery invoices.
Engine work goes wrong when nobody measures anything and nobody writes the price down. We do both, every time.
3months
Parts and labour warranty on everything we do
£0
Spent on anything you have not agreed to in writing
Diagnosed first
We find the fault before we quote, so you are not paying for parts that were never the problem.
Priced in writing
Every job is priced in writing before a spanner goes near the car.
Proper parts
OE or OE-equivalent only, and we tell you what is going on the car and why.
3-month warranty
Everything we do carries a 3 month parts and labour warranty.
A call before extras
Nothing extra gets done on a service without a phone call first.
Straight about value
If a repair costs more than the car is worth, we say so instead of starting it.
Talk to the mechanic
You deal with the person working on your car, not a service desk.
Hours that fit work
Open into the evening on weekdays and every other weekend — no day off needed.
Opening hours
Built around your working day
Most of our customers need the car to get to work, so we keep the hours they can actually make — early, late, and at the weekend.
Weekdays till 7pm
Drop the car off on the way to work and collect it on the way home. No day off, no lift to beg for.
Every other weekend
Saturdays and Sundays, one weekend on and one off. Ring ahead and we will tell you which weekend suits the job.
Every other weekend
How it works
From first phone call to keys back
- 01
Tell us what it needs
Registration and mileage, plus the noise, the warning light, or the service that is due.
- 02
We look properly
A booked service slot, a diagnosis, or a strip-down inspection if the engine has already let go.
- 03
You choose from real options
Service, repair or rebuild — with costs, in writing, before anything is committed.
Makes we work on
- Ford
- Vauxhall
- Volkswagen
- Audi
- BMW
- Mercedes-Benz
- Toyota
- Nissan
- Renault
- Peugeot
- Citroën
- Škoda
- SEAT
- Honda
- Hyundai
- Kia
- Mini
- Land Rover
- Volvo
- Mazda
Customer portal
Watch us work on your car
Garages have a reputation for vague explanations and bills that appear from nowhere. So we photograph the work, write down what went in, and put all of it behind a sign-in that is yours.
- Photos of the work
- The failed bearing, the worn bore, the new parts going in. You see what we saw, so a bill never arrives as a surprise.
- Where your car is up to
- Booked, stripped, waiting on parts, or ready to collect — without ringing to ask and getting told someone will call you back.
- Every job and invoice
- What was fitted, what it cost, and every invoice to download. Worth having when you come to sell the car.
- Dates you would forget
- MOT, service and road tax for every car, plus the 3 month warranty on each job and the exact date it runs to.
Opening shortly. Ask us to set your account up next time the car is in, and you will sign in with your email or invoice number.
- Coming sooniPhone app
- Coming soonAndroid app
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Referrals coming soon
5.0 out of 5 on Google
3 verified reviews5-Star Service! After visiting four different garages in Leicester who couldn’t diagnose the issue with my car, I found Ben — and I’m so glad I did. Even on a bank holiday evening, he said, “No problem, let me come and take a look.” He arrived promptly, was very professional and extremely polite. He connected his tablet to my car and quickly identified that the AC pressure sensor wasn’t working. Not only did he diagnose the issue, but he also checked the sensor and fixed it on the spot. I couldn’t be happier with the service. I’ll definitely be using Ben again. Huge thanks for sorting the problem!
Good quality key replacement at cheap price
Next step
Tell us what the engine is doing
Send the registration and the symptoms and we will come back with options and a price range. No obligation, no sales pitch.
Straight through to the workshop
07466 821664Open weekday evenings and every other weekend. Ring with the registration and what the car is doing, and we will tell you what it needs.