Easter may still be a little while off, but it's never too early to start preparing your car for the busy holiday season...

Discover why regular car service is crucial for safe Easter travel...

Whether you're planning a long getaway or just cruising around Mornington, regular vehicle service is key to ensuring a safe and enjoyable journey. As Easter approaches, mechanical workshops often experience a rush, so it makes good sense to schedule your service early to avoid finding yourself in need of a car service but with no place available to take it to.﻿

Regular vehicle servicing isn't just about preventing breakdowns; it's about maintaining the overall health and safety of your vehicle, something that should be foremost in your mind if you are planning a trip away for the long weekend. During a typical service, skilled technicians will perform a range of checks and tasks designed to keep your car running smoothly.

These tasks often include checking and changing the engine oil, inspecting the brakes, testing the battery, and ensuring all lights and signals are working properly. Additionally, tyre tread and pressure are examined to make sure your car maintains optimal contact with the road, which is crucial for safe driving

At Wells Automotive, we believe that regular maintenance is essential for reliable performance. Our experienced team is part of the Repco Auto Tech training program, meaning we're always up to date with the latest in vehicle repair and maintenance techniques. This ensures that we can handle any issues that arise and keep your car in peak condition for your Easter travels or daily drives around Mornington.﻿

As you prepare for the Easter holidays, consider the various benefits of timely car service. A well-maintained vehicle is not only safer but also more efficient, saving you money on fuel and repairs in the long run. Regular service checks can identify potential problems before they become major issues, providing peace of mind and helping you avoid unexpected surprises on the road.﻿

Over the Easter long weekend many families take to the roads for day trips and vacations. Ensuring your car is in good shape is crucial for a smooth and enjoyable journey. At Wells Automotive, our comprehensive servicing covers all the essentials to keep your car safe, including the inspection of essential systems like brakes, suspension, and steering. We also ensure that your car's heating and cooling systems are working efficiently, which can be especially important as the weather begins to change

By booking your service early with Wells Automotive, you can beat the Easter rush and avoid last-minute stress...

Our team is ready to provide the highest quality service, tailored to the needs of your vehicle. We take pride in our work and strive to ensure every customer leaves satisfied, with a vehicle that's ready for whatever journey lies ahead.﻿

In Mornington, there is no better place to prepare your car for Easter than Wells Automotive. Our dedication to excellence and customer satisfaction sets us apart. Don't wait until the last minute to get your vehicle ready for the holiday season. Contact us today to schedule your service and ensure your car is ready for a safe and enjoyable Easter.﻿

Remember, a well-maintained car is the foundation of safe driving. By investing in regular servicing, you not only extend the life of your vehicle but also ensure the safety of you and your passengers.

Whether you're hitting the road for a long trip or staying local, make sure your car is in top condition with the expert care of Wells Automotive. Book your service now and enjoy peace of mind this Easter...

Discover why regular car service is crucial for safe Easter travel in Mornington. Book early with Wells Automotive to avoid holiday rush and ensure your vehicle is in top shape...

Prep Your Car for Easter Travels in Mornington﻿

As the Christmas season approaches, excitement fills the air, and many people in Mornington start planning festive road trips to visit family and friends or enjoy a holiday getaway. However, before hitting the road, it's crucial to ensure your car is in top-notch condition. Regular vehicle servicing plays a significant role in guaranteeing a safe and smooth driving experience during the bustling holiday period.

Christmas Car Servicing: Get Your Vehicle Ready in Mornington

Routine car servicing is vital for maintaining the health of your vehicle. It helps identify potential issues before they turn into costly problems, ensuring your car is always running efficiently. For those in Mornington, opting for regular maintenance at Wells Automotive means having peace of mind knowing your vehicle is road-ready for any journey.

In Mornington, and indeed across Australia, many car workshops, including Wells Automotive, experience a surge in bookings leading up to Christmas. It's important to book your service early to avoid disappointment and ensure your vehicle is in pristine condition before the festive rush. Remember, many workshops close over the Christmas period, so timely action is essential.

Preparing your car for Christmas travel involves more than just a quick check. Here’s what regular servicing typically includes to ensure your car is ready for the holidays:

1. Oil and Filter Change: 
Fresh oil lubricates engine parts, reduces wear, and enhances performance. It's one of the simplest yet most effective ways to keep your engine running smoothly.

2. Brake Inspection: 
Ensuring your brakes are in excellent condition is crucial, especially when roads may be busier than usual. A thorough inspection helps prevent any unexpected issues.

3. Tyre Check: 
Properly inflated and well-maintained tyres improve fuel efficiency and ensure safety. Regular servicing checks for tread wear and correct pressure, which is essential for long trips.

4. Battery Health: 
A battery check will prevent those frustrating holiday breakdowns. The cold weather can affect battery performance, making this an important step in pre-holiday servicing.

5. Cooling System: 
Your car’s cooling system needs to be in good working order to prevent overheating, particularly if you're traveling long distances.

6. Lights and Electrical Systems: 
Properly functioning lights and electrical systems are critical for safety, especially during nighttime driving or inclement weather.

7. Air Conditioning and Heating: 
While it might not be essential during the Australian summer, a functioning air conditioning system can enhance comfort and aid in demisting windows.

8. General Inspection: 
Regular checks also include inspecting belts, hoses, and fluid levels, which are all pivotal in ensuring your vehicle's reliability.

By ensuring your car is serviced and in good shape, you not only enhance your safety but also enjoy a stress-free holiday journey. Whether you are planning a short trip or a long-distance drive, regular maintenance ensures that your vehicle performs at its best.

So, as you plan your holiday festivities, don’t overlook the importance of getting your car serviced. Make an appointment with Wells Automotive in Mornington today and get your vehicle holiday-ready.

With regular servicing from Wells Automotive in Mornington you can relax and enjoy the Christmas season with the peace of mind that your car is safe, efficient, and well prepared for the road ahead…

Get your car holiday-ready with regular servicing in Mornington. Ensure safety and smooth travels this Christmas by booking early at Wells Automotive…

Prepare Your Car for the Christmas Holidays

Wells Automotive mechanics service all brands and makes of cars, and pride themselves in specialising in Subaru vehicles. If you need a repair, service, spares for your Impreza, Outback, Liberty or Forrester, go to your local Subaru specialist in Mornington - Wells Automotive. 

As your local motor mechanic in Mornington, Wells Automotive take great pride in offering our clients the very best in car servicing and automotive repairs.

Wells Automotive specialise in car servicing for all makes and models, including four wheel drive, diesel and commercial fleet vehicles, specialising in motor engineering, fuel injection cleaning, brakes, clutches, battery replacement, engine diagnostics, auto electrics, suspension, road worthy inspections and certificates (RWC EX11821LV), tyres and wheel alignments.

We have recently invested in a new brake lathe to enable us to provide an even better level of service for your vehicle. Wells Automotive can machine your brake rotors to help ensure the best possible stopping power for your vehicle. If you haven't had your brakes checked for a while there has never been a better time to get it done with Mornington's brake experts...

Wells Automotive is a locally trusted name in Mornington. The well respected car service workshop has been serving customers in Mornington Peninsula since 1997. Our modern auto repair workshop features 5 service bays with 4 qualified mechanics ready to fix your vehicle. Wells Automotive provides waiting lounge with tea & coffee facilities for repairs-while-you-wait car service. If the service is more extensive, we offer our loan cars and can even arrange a car drop off service.

Wells Automotive care about the environment and have Arctick Authorisation to reliably and responsibly conduct automotive air conditioning service (AU38883). ARC Approved Car Air Conditioning Servicing reduces Fuel Costs and protects your health. The ARC Tick of approval helps ensure technicians have the skills and knowledge to correctly undertake service and repairs of refrigerated air conditioning to minimise environmental impact. 

Our fully qualified log book servicing ensures your car is in safe hands, and we provide quality car service. As a Repco Authorised Service centre, we have a commitment to high quality workmanship, ensuring the very best in automotive care. 

Wells Automotive have access to the best parts and training in the country and offer a Nationwide Warranty honoured at over 500 workshops across Australia. All of the expert technicians at our well placed Mornington workshop are members of the Repco Auto Tech training program, ensuring each mechanic is kept fully up to date with modern vehicle repair methods.

Your Car - Your Choice : Wells Automotive

Wells Automotive are proud to be a part of the local Mornington community, providing quality car service and repairs to locals and also sponsor the Pennant Team at the Mornington golf course and the Mount Martha golf course.

You won't find a better level of customer service than from the friendly team at Wells Automotive

As your local Mechanic in Mornington, Well Automotive take great pride in offering our clients the very best in car servicing and automotive repairs...

Automotive Servicing and Repairs in Mornington

Belts and hoses range from the all important timing belt to the small air flow hoses. These parts do a myriad of jobs in the engine and transmission to keep the vehicle functioning properly. Over time these parts can crack, teeth can break and they can wear out.

At Wells Automotive our service technicians will give your vehicle a thorough inspection to ensure that your car does not come to a halt or overheat. We are located in Mornington and serve many customers in the surrounding areas as well.

Top Quality: As a part of the Repco Authorised Service Centre network all of the work we perform is backed by the Repco Nationwide Warranty.

The Right Parts: Our mechanics are kept up on all the latest parts thanks to Repco service bulletins. Additionally, we have access to the Repco spare parts network which means we can find you the right part at the right price.

The Best Team: Our mechanics are well versed in many different makes and models. From a fleet of vehicles to the family car, we are here for you.

Power Steering Low Pressure Hose Replacement

Power Steering High Pressure Hose Replacement

When you are experiencing issues with the belts and hoses on your vehicle it can be tough to pinpoint just where the issue is. To make it a simpler process and to help foster communication between our clients and our technicians we have come up with a list of common symptoms and causes to help you identify the issue.

Incorrect alignment of the serpentine belts on the pulley

For a high quality Belt & Hose Service at a competitive price, speak with the team at Wells Automotive or book online. We are located at 5 Progress Street and service many customers in Mornington and the surrounding areas.

Get more useful information in Repco's Auto Facts Videos;

Belts and hoses range from the all important timing belt to the small air flow hoses. These parts do a myriad of jobs in the engine and transmission to keep the vehicle functioning properly...

Timing belt service in Mornington

Timing belt, hoses & other belt repair & replacements

Your electronic fuel injection (EFI) system is designed to rapidly deliver fuel to the engine in a highly efficient manner, helping your vehicle to run smoothly, at peak performance and using the minimum amount of fuel.

Symptoms of an EFI problem include the smell of fuel in the car, idling roughly, problems with starting and frequent stalling.

If you suspect you have a problem, bring your vehicle in for a no obligation inspection before it gets any worse. We are located in Mornington and also serve customers from the surrounding areas.

Exceptional Care: As a part of the Repco Authorised Network of mechanics we have all the latest diagnostic training and technical equipment to keep your cars EFI system running at optimal performance

Peace of Mind: We offer the peace of mind which comes from the Repco Nationwide Warranty, along with the friendly service which comes from dealing with a trusted independent workshop

Education: Not only do our mechanics have access to a vast library of diagnostic information and service bulletins, but they are always available if required to help our clients learn more about what is going on with their car

Our various EFI services include items such as;

Cleaning your Throttle valve, fuel filter and fuel injector

Here's a bit more info about EFI problems and about how we diagnose and fix problems with your EFI;

We use special computer Diagnostic equipment to test your car's ECU (electronic control unit). The ECU is basically a central computer which controls (amongst other things) the fuel injection process by taking information from the many sensors spread throughout the vehicle and making “decisions” based on pre-programmed inputs. The ECU can ‘self-diagnose' faults and send out a special fault code which our diagnostic scan equipment is able to extract and interpret.

Quite often, the ECU is being given ‘wrong' information by faulty sensors or other environmental factors and this is when we have to call upon our expert knowledge and advanced diagnostic training to correctly identify the problem.

Electronic probe testing and visual inspections can be made of your car's sensors, throttle valve, fuel filter, fuel pump and fuel injectors to make sure they are working correctly

Any leaks must be located and fixed without delay - Air leaks will seriously affect performance and fuel economy and can cause severe damage to engine components and quite obviously we don't want fuel leaking out anywhere!

Over time, Fuel lines, filters and valves can become clogged with contaminants or tank sediments so they'll need to be cleaned or replaced. Where necessary components can be unclogged using special flushing compounds.

If any sensors or the lines connecting them to the ECU are damaged they'll need to be fixed or replaced. While your car technically might be able to function without some of these sensors, they all keep track of information that is vital to the efficiency, performance and safety of your vehicle so your ECU will usually not let you run the vehicle until they are fixed and it will often send the vehicle into a state of basic operation known as ‘limp mode'

For a high quality Fuel Injection Service at a competitive price, speak with the team at Wells Automotive or book online. We are located at 5 Progress Street and service customers in Mornington and the surrounding areas.

Your electronic fuel injection (EFI) system is designed to rapidly deliver fuel to the engine in a highly efficient manner, helping your vehicle to run smoothly, at peak performance and using the minimum amount of fuel...

EFI - Fuel Injection service in Mornington

Maximise your fuel efficiency with an EFI Service at Wells Automotive

An EFI service consists of testing and repairing the various components of the system as well as cleaning the throttle valve, fuel filter, fuel pump, and fuel injectors. An important component is the engine control unit (ECU), which regulates the fuel injection process based on the information provided to it by sensors. An EFI service may be required if there are problems with the sensors or their connections to the ECU. 

 For Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) service in the Mornington area, bring your car into Wells Automotive. We provide high quality EFI servicing and can help you sort out many fuel and electronic fuel injector related problems. Use our handy booking form below or call us today. 

Fuel filters and fuel injection cleaners are essential to the health of a fuel injector. Wells Automotive

Electronic Fuel Injection EFI Service and Repairs in Mornington

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We advise that our workshop will be closed for the Easter/Anzac period from the close of business on Thursday the 17th of April 2025 and re-opening on Monday 28th April.

Wells Automotive is your local car service mechanic in Mornington. As a family owned and operated business, we take great pride in offering our customers the very best in automotive care and we are committed to providing personalised and friendly service at all times. As a Repco Authorised Service centre, we participate in the Repco Auto Tech training program, ensuring our technicians are kept fully up to date with modern vehicle repair methods. We have a wealth of experience in servicing all makes and models, including commercial fleet vehicles. For reliable car maintenance, service & repairs in Mornington and the surrounding areas, please use our online booking form or give us a call.
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