VehicleTools Attempt to Diagnose Your Problems – A New Range of Fault Code Readers Have Been Added to the Website
(PRWEB UK) 20 February 2012
This new product launch including fault code readers and various other types of diagnostic tools will come as a real treat to those with a passion for self-servicing their vehicles.
The VehicleTools website has been up and online for almost a year and is constantly gaining more and more traction in the search engines. This is purely down to a continuous growth in sales along with a steady increase in traffic to the website throughout the months the business has been in operation. The website sells virtually everything a mechanic could need to sort a car out, aside from the car parts itself; so that means amateurs have a huge range of potential car tools and equipment to choose from to get them started.
One of the best tools in the arsenal of a home mechanic is the fault code reader for several reasons. If a car develops a problem, it can sometimes be very hard to diagnose or find out the cause (unless it’s clearly obvious, such as a wheel hanging off). Therefore, most people will book it into a garage to have it hooked up to a diagnostic machine to identify the problem, regardless of the outcome, it will cost money; even if they find no problem at all, it will still mean shelling out for labour. This can become extremely expensive if a car is unreliable, or if the owner is a ‘car hypochondriac’ and worries about every little squeak and bump they hear. So investing in one of these little goodies is definitely a good start.
Scott Morris, E-Commerce Manager at VehicleTools and a general car enthusiast gave us an explanation of just how useful this small tool can be: “OBD stands for on-board diagnostics; this essentially refers to the system a car uses for self-diagnostics and reporting capabilities. A fault code reader is essential for narrowing down problems within the engine of a car as the reader takes information from the cars ECU and it will highlight and bring to attention any abnormalities experienced when operating. A specific fault code will be given (P07XX), which will refer to a specific component within the engine, and the problem involved; after it has been narrowed down, you can look for the causes. Without a diagnostic tool you can spend a crazy amount of time and money and still have the same problem, if not more, from replacing/altering things which worked perfectly.”
Recent studies and surveys have shown that far more people, almost 30%, are now carrying out minor servicing work on their vehicles. Obviously in the current climate, people are trying to save pennies wherever possible; fuel prices continue to rise and the last thing motorists need are garages ripping them off. So where possible, people are learning more about their own car and doing bits and pieces them self, resulting in far less labour for garages, which amounts to more money staying in pockets. It’s quite common for friends to share tools amongst cars which will also dramatically cut the costs and outlays of self-servicing.
VehicleTools is a sub-site of Toolbox, which is part of the Plumbworld Network. Plumbworld was an early pioneer of online trading, started by James and Anita Hickman in 1999 and was sold to the Grafton Group PLC in December 2006, Plumbworld now employs more than 50 people in its purpose built warehouse and offices and boasts an astonishing 50 websites selling everything from hedge trimmers and wheelbarrows to multi-fuel stoves and Stanley tools. The business has a turnover in excess of £18 million and is growing at more than 20% year on year.
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