by webbiesmechanical | Nov 12, 2025 | From the Workshop Floor
What Started as a Leak Nearly Became a Catastrophe A small oil leak doesn’t always stay small. An Iveco rolled into Webbie’s Mechanical with what looked like a routine problem. The driver pointed out a steady leak under the cab — nothing dramatic, but enough to raise...
by webbiesmechanical | Nov 5, 2025 | From the Workshop Floor
A Snapped Hose and a Whole Lot of Coolant One radiator fault nearly turned into a full-blown disaster. A customer called us in a panic — their dash had lit up with a red fault code and a loud warning to stop immediately.Those alerts are never good… and this one was...
by webbiesmechanical | Oct 29, 2025 | From the Workshop Floor
It always starts the same way — a knock you can’t quite place. You turn down the radio. You check the dash. And you wonder: “Is that my engine?” That was the case for one of our recent customers, who’d been hearing a strange knocking sound while driving their white...
by webbiesmechanical | Oct 22, 2025 | From the Workshop Floor
A customer recently brought in their newly purchased green Mack for its first service. Everything seemed normal — until we drained the oil. That’s when our mechanic spotted it: a shimmer of metal on the sump plug. Not what you ever want to see. Fine metallic swarf in...
by webbiesmechanical | Oct 15, 2025 | From the Workshop Floor
You’re 100km out of Perth, truck temp is climbing, and you’ve got a load to get on the road.That’s exactly the spot this Freightliner driver found himself in. Instead of risking a full breakdown, he did what smart operators do — he nursed it in, dropped his trailer...
