R Bluck Motor Repairs , Berkshire | ClickMechanic

Book Russell

(1356 ratings)

  • 20 years professional experience

  • 4141 completed bookings

  • Active since November 2014

Qualifications

  • NVQ Level 3 Qualified
  • IMI Level 2 Light Vehicle Repairs (rio)
  • IMI Level 1 Diagnosing And Testing Electric Vehicles (rio)
  • IMI Electric Vehicle Introduction (rio)
  • IMI Estimating Costs And Job Times in the workshop (rio)
  • NVQ Level 1 Qualified
  • NVQ Level 2 Qualified

R Bluck Motor Repairs , Berkshire | ClickMechanic

Russell B
I did my apprenticeship at a garage in Swindon as I studied with Northstar College. After graduating I left and went to Charlie Browns auto services for 2-3 years. Following my time at Charlie Browns I went to work for Mr. Clutch for 3 years where I progressed from mechanic, to assistant manager, to store manager. After learning all I could from Mr. Clutch I decided to go self employed and also do mobile mechanic work, and I have been doing that for about 7-8 years now.
Stephen
24th January 2026
Toyota RAV4 Engine oil & filter replacement
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Rio and his partner were on time and very informative. The carried out the repair in good time.
Very happy with there work.

Russ
22nd January 2026
Jaguar XF Diagnostic Inspection
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Guys were really courteous and thoughtful and performed the system diagnostics on my XF really efficiently. However although havin a lot of diagnostics kit, they did not have the 'magic' IT tool to pair the key with the car, which was the original problem. So yes, they told me there was nothing wrong with the car, but could not fix the original problem, which I find surprising and disappointing, as this must be happening all the time?

Reply from Russell:

Hey Russ!

This was a booking for a diagnosis not a repair, the diagnosis found was the vehicle key has dropped it's code from the imobilser when the vehicle battery was changed over. This was verified on a Launch x431pro where I used it as a middle communication between both key and imobilser.

Ion
21st January 2026
Jaguar XF MOT with collection & delivery
Brake pads replacement - front (all)
Brake pads replacement - rear (all)
Labour For fitting calipers and discs
Replace washer pump
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He did a better job than the mechanics at the dealership. I am very satisfied with the work he did, communicative and respectful.

Darren
20th January 2026
Honda HR-V Brake pads replacement - rear (all)
Brake fluid change
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Friendly, turned up on time and done work in good time. Definitely use Russell again

Gary
17th January 2026
Smart fortwo Full Service
MOT with collection & delivery
Replace battery-labour
Replace rear handbrake shoes
Replace handbrake cable
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Russell worked hard to make sure car passed its MOT and rectified other faults, have used before and would use again

Stephen
15th January 2026
Volkswagen Caravelle Major Service
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What a fantastic service. Friendly, knoweldgeable and caring. I couldnt be more happier!

Giuseppe
14th January 2026
Citroen DS3 Car Leaking Outside Inspection
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no work was carried out apart from a ridiculous charge for quick look to my car.
A lot of made up issues have been reported by the mechanic which didn't convince me so I personally inspected the car after he left only to find out that the only real problem was a pipe leaking coolant that I mentioned when I wasted my money booking for this useless service.

Reply from Russell:

When arriving at this job we was booked for a coolant leak diagnosic, on the diagnosis we identified the primary issue to be the coolant housing above the gearbox on the side of the engine leaking down. While also looking at the vehicle we found that the coolant tank return line was snapped, ziptied, glued and expanded foamed back together leaving residue all over the engine and pipes. We found that the clutch slave was leaking and a universal slave boot was put over the top. pictures of all problems identified was shown in person to customers wife and also sent directly via messenger. Customer first claimed we never turnt up 4 hours after the booking. Which was disproven from the photos I taken with the metadata on. And then 3 hours after that claimed he cannot find any of the problems we took pictures of, so I sent him them again. And has now after this left this review Read more

Dean
13th January 2026
Volvo XC60 Alternator belt replacement
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Arrived on time - work required carried out in a timely fashion. Happy driver.

Eddie
11th January 2026
BMW 4 Series Engine oil & filter replacement
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They left my locking wheel nut on my wheel lucky I didn’t drive off with it still there as I checked. They Expensive to replace.

Liz
9th January 2026
Citroen Berlingo Clutch replacement
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Lovely lads hopefully will fix the issue we have now on van also
Due back tomorrow to hopefully get it through it’s mot