The Automotive Blog

Travis Perkins, one of the UK’s leading Builders’ Merchants, with more than 600 outlets across the country, was looking for an effective solution to the growing problem of fuel theft.

As the company runs one of the largest vehicle fleets in the country, preventing fuel theft and keeping costs to a minimum was a top priority and it investigated an anti fuel theft device.

Requiring no drilling or gluing, it is simple to fit in several minutes and it can also cope with fast-filling of fuel tanks at speeds of up to120 ltrs/min without spilling or splash backs.

Travis Perkins Group Transport Manager Graham Bellman said: “Fuel theft is a problem, and it impacts directly upon our bottom line.

“You cannot stop the most determined of fuel thieves, but this anti fuel theft device provides a valuable defense, and a positive deterrent against fuel skimming.

“Coupled with our other security measures, and very careful fuel use monitoring, a good anti-siphon device offers very definite protection against a problem that is getting more, rather than less, pronounced.

”It is a very simple, but extremely worthwhile product that, for a very modest outlay, can save a lot of money.”

aide automotive offer anti fuel theft devices for all commercial vehicles.

aide automotive are always trying to offer the best equipment on the market. Battery Boosters are offered from many suppliers, but will they do the job?

The SOS Battery Booster is a high performance booster that will start engines when cold and dead flat.

In the winter conditions batteries are push to their limits, extra draw from lights and heaters means that batteries could easily drop below the necessary voltage to start the vehicle, resulting breakdowns, late deliveries and expensive call outs.

aide automotive offer 12 & 24 volt battery boosters with a range of amps specifications.

Click on battery boosters for more info.

No matter what the size of your organisation, cash flow is something every business needs to manage. Leasing allows you to keep your cash in the bank to use for more urgent, less tax efficient requirements.

A lease agreement is a contract between the customer (Lessee) and a bank (Lessor). The customer agrees to rent the equipment over a set period until all payments are made.

Here at aide automotive we offer a leasing option on all purchases over £1,000, this can be one single product or a combination of products. All lease payments are classed as rentals and are therefore an allowable business expense. This means that every lease payment can be offset 100% against taxable profits to reduce the tax you pay and therefore saving you money. For example if a company has made a profit of £100,000 in a financial year, but in the same year made payments on a lease totalling £5,000 – they would only be taxed on £95,000 of their profits, therefore saving money! You will typically claim back 22-40% of the payments made on a lease – which is why so many people do it!

The payments you make on a lease would be monthly so for example if you purchased a BrakeCheck, ISOCheck, ABS Tester and  TrailerCheck the total cost would be £1,573.00

However if you leased these products from aide automotive you could spread the cost with monthly amounts you’d pay back would be

3 years – 12.89 per week

5 years – 8.53 per week

For more information on using leasing as a payment option please call our sales team now on

0115 845 6471 or visit aideautomotive 

One of aide automotive’s clients is more than impressed with the ABS/EBS Sensor Master, an effective diagnostic tool.

After wasting far too much time attempting to locate a fault in one of it’s trucks, they purchased the SensorMaster. After attempting to use other diagnostic tools they just couldn’t find the fault but once they tried the ABS/EBS Sensor Master the fault was located immediately, meaning the problem could be rectified leading to no more vehicle downtime!

Felix Doherty from the Donegal company describes the ABS/EBS Sensor Master as “A very impressive piece of kit and very impressive service after aide automotive pulled out all the stops to make sure it was delivered the next day.”

The ABS Sensor Master is a simple and effective device that checks each EBS/ABS sensor is working effectively. The ideal tool for a varierty of people, from an apprentice to a time served fitter, or a busy workshop. Rapidly locating and clearing the fault can save time and money, rather than calling in a dealer or diagnostic expert.

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ABS/EBS Sensor Master for more details

Many UK motorist put petrol in diesel engines every day.

aide automotive ltd offer a product to help stop the putting of petrol in diesel cars.

Diesel Key is an innovative product that only allows diesel nozzles to enter the fuel tank, any petrol nozzle attempted to enter the fuel filler neck will be stopped by the Diesel Key.

Click on petrol in diesel to read more about Diesel Key.

November offer for all those organisations looking for a good test guage which will identify any faults in an EBS/ABS braking system, 10% off Orders for Trailer Check II.

TrailerCheck II determines the electrical integrity of lighting circuits, the ABS Warning light and ISO CAN Lines.

Using a tractor unit to carry out a trailer test is not as effective as the TrailerCheck as the tractor unit is not guaranteed to be a 100% working unit. TrailerCheck eliminates the indecision and confirms the trailer’s fault.

TrailerCheck II versatilty means it can easily be used by a commercial repairer or on a multi service lane workshop.  It’s portable so can be used whilst out and about and it’s batteries can be re charged by mains power or via a vehicle’s cigarette lighter

Priced at only £ 1,295.00 + VAT aide automotive is offering a 10% discount off all units sold in November.

 Follow this link for full information on the TrailerCheck II offer or for a full product range visit aide automotive

The ABS Sensor Master from aide automotive is the ideal commercial workshop tool to cure a high percentage of ABS or EBS truck or trailer faults.

Matthew Burke aide automotive Sales Manager stated ” this product is ideal test tool to cure an abs fault on a truck or trailer, we see repairers and workshops  purchase this prodyuct every week, they see a simple to use direct answering tool makes repairing ABS faults easy and fast.”

Ryder Truck Rental recently purchased a EBS/ABS Sensor Master for the Warrington Depot.

Click EBS/ABS Sensor Master for More Info.

aide automotive take please in posting the user guide for the ISOCheck.

When using the ISOCheck on a tractor and trailer, please make sure all health & Safety procedures are in place.

The ISOCheck is not a diagnostic tool, the test lead will quickly identify where the fault is .i.e. on a tractor unit, a trailer or the existing Susie lead.

Testing a Tractor Unit

Firstly make sure the ignition is off in the tractor unit, remove the existing Susie lead that is fitted into the ISO socket.

Apply the ISOCheck test lead to the ISO socket on the tractor unit, fit the end with the clear perspex and writing that says GREEN OK & RED Fault to the ISO Socket,, for future reference this is called “the Indicator”.

Turn on the ignition, with all voltages and earths correct and also the ABS warning light circuit the Perspex end will light up GREEN. If any of the voltages, earths or warning light circuit is incorrect then the Perspex end will light up RED, this indicates a fault with the tractor unit.

Testing the Susie Lead

We are not going to test the existing Susie lead as such, just eliminate the lead.

Turn the ignition off; remove the Perspex end from the ISO socket.

Now plug the opposite end of the ISOCheck lead into the truck ISO socket.

Turn the ignition on in the truck, the ISOCheck Perspex / free end should light up, if GREEN all is OK, if RED then there is a fault.

If the lead showed GREEN in the ISO Socket and now RED then the ISOCheck lead has a fault.

Testing the Trailer

Turn the truck ignition off.

Plug the ISOCheck Perspex end into the trailer, turn on the ignition.

The trailer warning light should come on on the truck dash board and the ISOCheck will light up RED.

The warning light should go out after 2 seconds and the ISOCheck will go GREEN, this means the trailers braking system is working at standstill.

If the warning light stays on, then drive the tractor and trailer above 10KPH, the warning light should go out and the ISOCheck will go GREEN. This proves the braking system is working correctly.

If all is working correctly and there is still an ABS fault light, this would mean the existing Susie lead is probably faulty.

If the tester stays RED after a drive, stop the unit and trailer and remove he ISOCheck from the trailer. If the tester stays RED there is a power supply fault from the tractor unit or warning light fault, if the ISOCheck goes GREEN then there is a fault in the trailer system.

To read & clear ABS Codes from a trailer, use the TrailerCheck II & Code Reader

To quickly identify ABS Sensor faults use the EBS/ABS Sensor Tester

Read More at our WebSite

www.aideautomotive.com

North Staffs Pipe Service Ltd recently purchased an anti siphon device for a transit van.

Transport Manager stated “this van had been hit a few times with fuel theft, we had heard about trucks being hit but now it seems vans are a target as well. The device fitted and works a treat.”

Van Fuel Theft products can be seen at aide automotive ltd’s website