Tilehurst, Reading

Mobile Mechanic in Tilehurst

Repairs, batteries and fault finding on your drive or outside your home in Tilehurst. When a job needs a ramp, we collect the car, take it to our Reading workshop and bring it back.

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Grey Peugeot with its bonnet open in a parking bay outside a customer’s home in Tilehurst, during a rocker cover gasket repair
  • We come to you Your drive or roadside in Tilehurst
  • Collect and return Servicing and MOTs at our workshop
  • Open 7 days 8am to 8pm, including weekends

Mechanics in Tilehurst

Your Local Mobile Mechanic

We’ve worked in Tilehurst and across Reading and Berkshire for a number of years. Most of the time, the car never has to move: we come to your home or workplace, find the fault and fix it there, so you don’t have to arrange a lift or sit in a garage waiting room.

We work on all makes and models, from small hatchbacks to work vans. Because a mobile service doesn’t carry the overheads of a big garage, it’s often better value too, and it fits around your day rather than the other way round.

Some jobs need a ramp or workshop equipment. When that’s the case, we collect your car from Tilehurst, carry out the work at our Reading workshop and drop it back, so it’s just as easy for you.

A recent job

Rocker Cover Gasket Repair in Tilehurst

This Peugeot was repaired in the parking bay outside the customer’s home in Tilehurst. The rocker cover gasket seals the top of the engine, and when it hardens with age it lets oil seep out. The usual signs are:

  • A smell of burning oil after a drive, as oil drips onto the hot exhaust
  • Oil around the top and sides of the engine
  • The oil level dropping between services

It’s a job we can usually do on your drive in a few hours: the cover comes off, the old gasket is cleaned away, a new one goes on and the engine is run to check for leaks. Left alone, a leak like this only gets worse, so it’s worth getting the cause checked early.

Peugeot with the bonnet open beside the kerb in Tilehurst, with the old rocker cover and tools laid out on the ground
The rocker cover off and tools laid out, with the repair done on the spot.

What we do in Tilehurst

Services for Tilehurst Drivers

The jobs we’re most often asked to do in and around Tilehurst.

  • Mechanic in blue overalls leaning over the open bonnet of a silver car

    Repairs at your home

    Leaks, noises and breakdowns, fixed where the car is wherever possible.

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  • Mechanic checking the engine bay of a silver car in a workshop

    Servicing with collection

    Full and interim services to your manufacturer’s schedule, collected and returned.

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  • Mechanic holding a diagnostic tool in front of an open car bonnet

    Collect-and-return MOTs

    Your car taken to our Reading workshop for its MOT and brought back to you.

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  • Mechanic reaching into the engine bay of a silver car

    Clutch problems

    Slipping, juddering or a heavy pedal, diagnosed and put right.

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  • Mechanic on a creeper underneath a white car on a lift

    Brake repairs at home

    Squealing, grinding or a soft pedal, checked and repaired.

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  • Mechanic testing a car’s electrical system with a multimeter

    Warning lights and electrics

    Electrical faults and dashboard warnings traced with diagnostic equipment.

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Won’t start?

Flat Battery in Tilehurst

Battery replacement is one of the jobs we’re called out for most. If a car isn’t driven regularly, the battery slowly loses charge until it barely turns the engine over, and cold mornings usually finish it off.

  • Tell us the make, model and age of your car, ideally with the registration
  • We bring the right battery for your car and fit it on your drive
  • We check the charging system, so the new battery isn’t flattened by another fault

If the car has started slowly for a while, it’s worth a battery test before it lets you down.

Car battery under the bonnet of a red car, before and after replacement
A battery replaced under the bonnet of a customer’s car.

Watch

What Happens in a Vehicle Health Check

A short film of one of our health checks. It’s a good way to find out what needs doing now and what can wait, and we can do it on your drive in Tilehurst. Read more about our vehicle health check service.

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Need a Mechanic in Tilehurst?

Tell us what the car is doing and where it is, and we’ll give you a free quote. Call us or send an enquiry. We’re open 7 days a week, 8am to 8pm.

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FAQs

Tilehurst Questions

Do you come out to Tilehurst?

Yes, regularly. We work on drives, in parking bays and at the roadside across Tilehurst, and we collect cars from Tilehurst for servicing and MOTs at our Reading workshop.

Can you fix my car on my drive?

Many jobs, yes: batteries, brakes, leaks like the rocker cover gasket above, and most fault finding. Jobs that need a ramp or workshop equipment are done at our Reading workshop, and we can collect the car and bring it back.

My car won’t start. What should I do?

Call us and tell us what happens when you turn the key. A flat battery is the most common cause, and we can usually test it and fit a replacement on the spot. If it’s something else, we’ll find the fault first so you only pay for what’s needed.

Do you carry out bodywork repairs?

No. We specialise in mechanical and electrical repairs, servicing and MOTs. After an accident, a specialist body repair workshop is the place to go, and we can sort the mechanical side so the car is fit to drive there.

Do you offer mobile tyre fitting?

No, we don’t offer a mobile tyre fitting service.

Related services

Also Near Tilehurst

Other services Tilehurst customers often book.

As well as Tilehurst, we cover Calcot, Purley on Thames, Pangbourne, Theale and the rest of Reading. Not sure if we reach you? Call 0118 338 5138.