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Tech articles, tips, and insights from the diesel experts.

Berrima Diesel Phone App | Pocket Tuner

Berrima Diesel offered one lucky TLCC member an opportunity to trial free of charge their new Simple Phone App. David Watkins put in an entry and was the lucky winner. The tuner app costs $1,698...

Diesel Tuning at Berrima Diesel

The crew at Berrima Diesel, located 130km south of Sydney in the Southern Highlands, has a reputation in the 4x4 industry for knowing their stuff, so I thought it was time to take my old 80 Series down...

Power Trip with Berrima Diesel Service

Operation 200 continues this month as we travel to the NSW Southern Highlands for vital reliability upgrades and a significant power boost. Over the last few months, we have subjected our previously...

The Oiley Mix-Up

Seeing so many Diesels through our shop with problems caused by the wrong choice of oil viscosity is at "Plague Proportion". The good old SAE guide should be used as a guide only...

What's in a VNT/VGT Turbo

Variable Nozzle Turbo / Variable Geometry Turbo — whatever the name, same thing. This technology varies its performance by directing the exhaust gases more...

DPF - Diesel Particle Filter

Listen to this video and learn some simple ownership pointers about DPFs. We currently own 3x DPF equipped Diesels in our Diesel Family inventory so here's some pointers...

Diesels DPF

DPF 101 — We get so many people calling up asking about how they should look after their Diesels DPF everyday. Here's the 101 guide to DPF care...

Product Test: Engine Data Scan and DPChip

Life used to be simple. In years gone by, the old carby could be blown out at the roadside for a quick fix. With a bit of ingenuity, luck and mechanical know-how...

Fault Code

Forget Googling your personal ailment? With an EDS you can read and reset engine error codes... all from the side of the track!

Old vs New Diesels

That saying really rings true when modifying the inlet or outlet tract of a new age diesel. Increasing performance in your touring rig would have once upon a time started with a high-flowing air filter...

Engine Oil Flush Safety

With the number of new Diesel vehicles using long oil change drain intervals ever increasing, there is a higher chance than ever of sludge building up in the engine...

Modern Oil in Your Common Rail

If you hadn't realised by now, diesel fuel comes from refining crude oil. In fact it's so close to crude oil that some light crudes will run a diesel engine...

You Need a Removable Remap

One of the biggest legacies that will be stamped into the history books by ECU Remapping will be that no one will really know what tune is in their 2nd hand Diesel...

So You Think Your Intercooler is Working?

You've seen our previous videos exposing how useless top mount intercoolers without fans are. Well here's some facts and a really basic guide...