About William Brady Expertise I can answer virtually any question about CLASSIC British cars UP TO THE MID SEVENTIES. Particularly, Aston Martin;Bentley;Jaguar;Jensen;Land Rover & Rolls Royce. Additionally, I can also answer questions for all models up to 2007 which are SOLD IN THE USA.
Experience Over 40 years as mechanic; service manager; Business owner- service and restoration. Recognised automotive expert witness in California Superior court.
Organizations Member of a Number of Professional Institutions; including; SAE.IMI.IE&T. Completed the ASC Master Mechanic Program.
Publications Technical Editor for EJAG a now defunct magazine. I have written numerous articles on Automotive for many magazines and newspapers. I -and my Business- (Bonnet To Boot),was the subject of a lead article in Import car magazine in the 90's
Education/Credentials Graduated as an Artificer Vehicles from The School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering in UK in 1971 with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Awards and Honors For 15 years I was a member of the SAE transactions committee. Our task was to peruse technical papers and grade them according to a set of criteria.
Expert: William Brady Date: 6/24/2008 Subject: Vauxhall Astra 1.6 automatic
Question My vauxhal astra has been cutting out on/off for the past 18 months. For the last 3 weeks, it's spent more time in at the garage than it has with me.
The emmission control light is on cnstantly. The EGR valve has been changd twice. The HT leads have been changed and so have the spark plugs.
The problem is especially worrying as it sems to happen more if I use the 'S' button, which I do when excelerating on dual carriage ways or on the motor way.
Any suggestions? The garage keeps telling me there's no problem, so how come the emmission control light is on and 'spection' comes up hen ignition is turned.
Answer Has the mechanic ran a diagnostic scan? This is essential to give a pointer to the origin of the problem. If they don't have the equipment, you need to find someone who does. As a caveat, one of the great problems in modern car repair is intermtittent loss of power, often it is so fleeting that it does not log as a fault and of course, when the mechanic gets it, the fault is not there!
