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.
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
The Polo was on a drive in Stotfold and the owner had a wheel speed sensor on the kitchen worktop in a box, still sealed. He had bought it three days earlier after reading that his fault code pointed at that corner. He had not fitted it because, ever
The 3 Series was on a drive in Flitwick, carrying an ABS fault two different garages had told the owner was dealer-only work. One of them had specified BMW dealer access, BMW diagnostic software, and BMW rates. He had accepted that for eight months b
Mercedes ABS module repair is the process of diagnosing, rebuilding, or replacing the ESP/ABS control unit (N30/4) that governs the antilock braking system, electronic stability program, and power steering assist. A failed
The Astra was on a drive in Leighton Buzzard with a dealer quote sitting on the passenger seat. The owner had taken a photo of it on her phone and then printed it out. That tells you something about how much she wanted to talk about it. Seven hundred
The Golf was on a residential drive in Dunstable and the owner had been told, by two separate garages, that she needed a new ABS pump. The second quote was higher than the first. That is not unusual when a garage confirms what another garage conclude