vauxhall – GEL Automotive

Vauxhall Astra non start – Diagnosed with TECH2

January 3, 2021

Over the weekend we had a vauxhall Astra (van) in with non starting issues. The customer advised that the alternator may need replacing, after a quick test this was correct the alternator was not giving enough vantage to keep the vehicle alive or charge the battery. Using tech 2 OEM Vauxhall diagnostics we were able …

Vauxhall 1.9 CDTI EDC16 ECU Cloning

June 30, 2020

Recently we had this EDC16 ECU dropped off with us to be cloned. The original ECU had been water damaged so this ECU along with another ECU was dropped off to be cloned. Using KTAG and the EDC16 BDM probe we made light work of the cloning procedure. Whilst we were pulling the data from …

Vauxhall diagnostics using GDS2

March 1, 2020

This insignia came our workshop in Saxmundham, Suffolk for a DPF issue using GDS2 OEM vauxhall diagnostics we were able to quickly pin point the fault within 10 minutes of the vehicle arriving. The customer had visited another local garage that was unable to diagnose the fault. We cannot express enough how OEM or main …

Vauxhall Insignia DPF Regeneration (With Video)

February 23, 2020

This 2010 Vauxhall insignia visited our workshop in full blown limp mode, the vehicle would struggle to reach any reasonable speed in a under 20 seconds, the DPF filter registered 125 percent full !! Using Vauxhall GDS2 we firstly diagnosed and confirmed that the DPF Filter was blocked and it defiantly was, in fact at …

Vauxhall Corsa Key Programming

January 31, 2020

This early Vauxhall Corsa (2006) was arrived at the GEL Automotive workshop in Saxmundham, Suffolk. Due to having the flashing immobiliser light flashing and the vehicle unable to start. Although we have Vauxhall GDS2 OEM diagnostics for vauxhall this year of vehicle is not covered by the newer system we use. So to programme the …

Vauxhall GDS2 Diagnostics – Specialist Vauxhall diagnostic testing, coding & programming

January 1, 2020

With the latest OEM Vauxhall diagnostics (GDS2) we are able to diagnose, code and programme Vauxhall / Opel and most vehicles on the GM platform. We have the most upto date version of GDS2 the OEM / Main dealer diagnostic equipment for vauxhall.

Recently we used GDS2 to remove a speed limiter that even a vauxhall main dealer was not willing to do !!. Below is a short video showing the diagnostic process and how we are able to remove speed limiters on Vauxhall commercial vehicles.

We are based in Suffolk, But we cover Norfolk and Essex with a mobile service, you can also visit us too. please note that some coding and programming functions are only available on site.