GMR Automotive (AU53313) specialises in taking care of your vehicle's air conditioning (AC) regas, repairs, service, and inspection requirements in and around Caboolture. 

We acknowledge that modern vehicles are complex, comprising numerous elements that require regular upkeep to ensure they run optimally. Among these components, the car air conditioner is an often-overlooked yet crucial system that impacts the overall fuel efficiency of your vehicle. This article will discuss the importance of routine AC maintenance in optimising your fuel usage, how car ACs work, and how we at GMR Automotive can assist you.

Like your car's engine, the AC system comprises multiple parts that require routine service or replacement for continuous and effective performance. When refrigerant pressure drops due to evaporation over time or leaks, your AC system's functionality starts deteriorating, and it must exert extra effort to perform. This extra work translates into increased fuel consumption.

Regular Air Con Maintenance and Fuel Efficiency

Typically, evaporative or leakage loss of refrigerant means your AC system will begin to wear and work harder, leading to higher fuel usage. It is, therefore, crucial to routinely inspect the condition of rubber seals for leak or fracture signs indicating refrigerant loss. Conducting an annual car AC service can prevent expensive system breakdowns now and later.

A properly serviced AC system ensures passengers' safety by protecting them from toxic substances, prevents overheating, and reduces fuel consumption. Here at GMR Automotive, we value environmental conservation, so we offer licensed car AC regas, repairs, service, and inspection by professional technicians.

A car air conditioner system is comprised of four critical components, each playing a unique role in cooling the interior of your car.

The basic functionality of a car's air conditioner is to extract heat from the air inside your vehicle and displace it outdoors. This process leaves behind 'conditioned' or cooled air for recirculation. The hot interior air is channeled through a gas-filled evaporator, where the refrigerant (in gas form) absorbs the heat, effectively removing it from the car's air.

The now heated gas goes through the compressor, where it gets additionally heated via compression. It is then propelled through the condenser, rapidly extracting the refrigerant's heat. Now transformed into a liquid, the refrigerant traverses the expansion device, either a TXV or Orifice tube, regulating its flow towards the evaporator. The high-pressure liquid turns into a low-pressure gas, and a fan blowing over the cold fins of the evaporator completes the process.

GMR Automotive: Your Partner in Maintaining Car Air Conditioning Systems

At GMR Automotive, we provide reliable and eco-friendly air conditioner maintenance and repair services for your car, ensuring an enjoyable driving experience and optimal fuel efficiency. Trust us to take care of your vehicle while keeping you and the environment safe.

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Keep your cool with less fuel this summer with GMR Automotive (AU53313). We specialise in taking care of your vehicle's air conditioning (AC) regas, repairs, service, and inspection requirements in and around Caboolture.

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GMR Automotive provide expert auto electrical services in Caboolture

Auto Electrical servicing is one of the most important ways of keeping modern cars running efficiently and safely.

Cars have more electrical components in them than ever before and the list just seems to keep increasing.

In addition to the traditional systems such as starter motors and simple systems like radios, the electrical systems of modern cars now need to cope with many more components. Such things as modern safety systems & controls and a range of electronic devices such as navigation systems and various entertainment devices all rely on your auto electrical system to function.

GMR Automotive will inspect and test your electrical system to identify anything that is, or could be causing you problems.

Our auto electrical services include testing, servicing, refitting and repairing a whole range of electrical components fitted to different types of vehicles including:

You can rely on GMR Automotive to identify & fix most auto electrical related problems.

GMR Automotive} in Caboolture provide Auto Electrical Services with a nationwide warranty. Auto Electrical servicing is one of the most important ways of keeping modern cars running efficiently and safely.

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As your local Mechanic in Caboolture, GMR Automotive take great pride in offering our clients the very best in car servicing and automotive repairs.

Conveniently located in Caboolture, GMR Automotive specialise in car servicing for all makes and models, including Commercial fleet vehicles and Bus and Motorhome Service and Repairs, Caravan Brake Repairs, Batteries, Full Fuel Injector Service, 4WD Specialists. 

Not only can we service and repair All 4WD's, we are also approved Toyota Technicians for Servicing, Warranty and Repairs. Specialising in Landcruiser's and Hilux's, we know these vehicles inside and out.

If you are a business owner and rely on your vehicles every day  to provide your services, whether they be passenger vehicles or light commercial vehicles, then GMR Automotive are the trusted choice for servicing and repairs. Regardless whether you have 2 - 50+ vehicles in your fleet, they will all receive the same expert care. We have a large, fully equipped workshop and our Maintenance Service system records all details of every service to reliably monitor and maintain your vehicles. Talk to us about your needs and what is important for your business and we will work with you to achieve the right outcome. 

Our fully qualified log book servicing ensures your car is in safe hands, and we provide quality car service and repairs on all models... including four wheel drive and Diesel vehicles.

GMR Automotive care about the environment and have Arctick Authorisation (AU53313) to reliably and responsibly conduct automotive air conditioning service. ARC Approved Car Air Conditioning Servicing reduces Fuel Costs and protects your health. 

In 2015, we became a Repco Authorised Service centre, because we have a commitment to high quality workmanship, ensuring the very best in automotive care. Our Business is a member of the Repco Auto Tech training program, ensuring each mechanic is kept fully up to date with modern vehicle repair methods.

So rest assured - your car is in safe hands.

For friendly car service from a trusted independent mechanic, you can rely on the team at GMR Automotive

Automotive Servicing and Repairs in Caboolture

Did you know there is a cabin air filter in your car? Where is your cabin air filter? They are designed to remove a large amount of outside air pollutants and debris to keep you breathing easily when you drive.  And it is usually located in your glovebox. Talk to GMR Automotive in Caboolture today about your cabin air filter !

Just like your air-conditioning at home, the filters need to be checked at regular intervals and changed when it has done it's job. Replacing your cabin air filter is important to your health and your cars health too!

The air outside your car can be polluted enough with smoggy city traffic or even dusty country roads, but research published in the Environmental Health Perspectives Journal shows that without an effective cabin air filter installed, the air inside your car can contain over 10 times more pollutants than the air outside.
This poor quality air can cause:

"Cabin air filters are designed to filter out contaminants while  absorbing noxious odours and harmful gases like exhaust and ozone,"  explained Ryco Filters General Manager of Sales & Marketing, Ross Lamb. Cabin air filters become clogged over time and their effectiveness at protecting your health declines. 

If you drive ‘Mum's Taxi', you might feel like you are always on the move - and a recent study into driving habits confirmed that parents with children aged 6-15 drive approximately 10% more than drivers without kids. And, the longer you spend in a vehicle with a Cabin Air Filter that needs replacing, the more you are at risk of health complications. 

As well as healthier air - an effective cabin air filter means you get better fuel performance from your vehicle. A clogged cabin air filter will cause your air conditioner to work harder than it needs to and this means it uses more fuel and your air conditioning system is more likely to have a costly breakdown.

At GMR Automotive in Caboolture we check your cabin air filter as part of our free 65 Point Vehicle Inspection report which you can request with every full car service.
For a more comprehensive check of your air condition system we recommend an air conditioning service.

Cabin air filter replacement is not only important to your car's health - it affects yours too.

Getting your car's air conditioning serviced every 12 months means you may avoid costly breakdowns now and in the future, and a well serviced automotive air conditioning system saves you money because it reduces the amount of fuel you use.

GMR Automotive care about the environment and have Arctick Authorisation (AU53313) to conduct automotive air conditioning service reliably and responsibly. ARC Approved Car Air Conditioning Servicing reduces Fuel Costs and protects your health. 

GMR Automotive are the best choice to manage all your Automotive Air Conditioner Regas, Repairs, Servicing or Inspection needs in Caboolture and the surrounding areas.

GMR Automotive care about the environment and have Arctick Authorisation (AU53313)  to conduct automotive air conditioning services

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We advise that our workshop will be closed for the Christmas period from the close of business on Friday the 20th of December and reopening on Monday the 6th of January

GMR Automotive is your local car service mechanic in Caboolture. 

As a family owned and operated business, we take great pride in offering our customers the very best in automotive care and we are committed to providing personalised and friendly service at all times. 

As a Repco Authorised Service centre, we participate in the Repco Auto Tech training program, ensuring our technicians are kept fully up to date with modern vehicle repair methods. We have a wealth of experience in servicing all makes and models, including commercial fleet vehicles, Bus and Motorhome Service and Repairs. 

For reliable car maintenance, service & repairs in Caboolture and the surrounding areas, please use our online booking form or give us a call.

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