Author: Jimmy O'Riley
Jimmy O'Riley
Jimmy O'Riley is a UK-based mobile mechanic and automotive diagnostic specialist operating out of Bedfordshire, England. He founded O'Rileys Autos in 2011 with a focus on bringing professional vehicle repairs directly to customers at their homes and workplaces. With over a decade of hands-on experience, Jimmy specializes in ABS diagnostics, brake system repairs, diesel emissions faults, and DPF cleaning. He is recognized across the UK and Ireland as one of the leading specialists in vehicle braking and emissions systems, earning the title "The DPF King" from his growing online audience. Jimmy documents real-world automotive repairs through his YouTube channel, which has accumulated over 97,000 subscribers and nearly 2,000 published repair videos. His content covers ABS fault diagnosis, wheel speed sensor testing, brake module replacement, and roadside repair procedures across a wide range of vehicle makes and models. He is active on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook under O'Rileys Autos.
There is a Mack Granite on the hard shoulder of the A6 near Barton-le-Clay, and the driver has been sitting on the barrier for forty minutes. The ABS light came on somewhere outside Milton Keynes. He kept going because he had a delivery and because t
The VW Golf on the driveway in Dunstable had a new wheel speed sensor fitted on the offside rear two weeks before I arrived. The owner had watched a YouTube video, ordered the part, fitted it himself, and the ABS light had come back on within a day.
The 2025 Kawasaki Ninja 500 SE ABS is a special edition sport motorcycle powered by a 451cc liquidcooled paralleltwin engine producing 51 hp. It builds on the base Ninja 500 with 10
The Ford Focus on the driveway in Sandy had no warning lights showing and an owner who could not explain what felt wrong. She said the braking felt different, not dramatically different, but enough that she had noticed it across three or four journey
An ABS bleeding scan tool is a bidirectional diagnostic device that activates the ABS pump and solenoid valves to force trapped air out of the hydraulic control unit (HCU). Standard manual brake
The Kia e-Niro had been sitting on a driveway in Kempston for eleven days with an ABS warning light on before the owner called me. Two garages had told her they were not equipped for electric vehicles. The third had offered her a slot in three and a
The Nissan Leaf on the driveway in Leighton Buzzard had done thirty-one thousand miles and barely worn its brake pads. I could see that before I opened my kit. The discs told a different story. The owner bought it partly for the brake savings. He had
The Ford F150 ABS module controls the antilock braking system by monitoring wheel speed and regulating brake pressure across all 4 wheels to prevent lockup. Repairing it involves diagnosing fault codes, testing
There’s a set of brake discs on the passenger seat of my van right now. I pulled them from a BMW 3 Series on a driveway in Dunstable this morning. The owner had been ignoring the grinding for four months, and the disc had worn to a lip you could catc
A Harley ABS brake bleeding scan tool is a diagnostic device that opens the ABS solenoid valves in a predetermined sequence to expel trapped air and old fluid from inside the ABS