Have you ever bothered with the appearance of strange noises from under your car? Of course very annoying and not make a bad mood? Usually, the noise is experienced by an old car over five years. The solution, take it to the mechanic and the mechanic will resolve the dispute. It’s easy, isn’t it?
But for car owners who want to know the source of the sound before taking it to the shop, not to impress ‘fooled’ by the workshop, here are some parts that need to be checked to make sure:
- Arm Bushing
Characteristic sounds produced in this section is repeated loud squealing noise, especially when the wheels through a bumpy road. It’s a sign that the rubber is brittle aka no longer flexible and should be replaced with new ones.
- Ball Joint
The sound is heard in this section is when the tire up to a maximum deflected to the left or right, you will hear the sound of clashing metal. Handling can be given a fat / grease on the part, or replaced with new ones.
- Bushing / Strut-Bar
The voice is heard in this section is accompanied by the sound of clashing metal voice squeaking at the bottom of the front seat, which is more subtle than the sound of screeching at no. 1. The reason is the rubber strut-bar is brittle or broken. Replace with new ones immediately.
- Bearing or ball bearing
Characteristic buzzing sound is generated, a sign that the bearing is cracked or broken. If not promptly replaced, ball bearing wheels can come loose and it will be difficult to spin. The reason is the fat or oil has run out or damaged roads often pass in a high speed.
- Stabilizer Link
Voice ‘duk-duk’ smooth, both in front and behind, which arises because the rubber that has been broken. The cause is often passing in high-speed roads. Immediately replace with new rubber.
- Tie-Rod Long
The voice that arises also in the form ‘duk-duk’ fine underneath the front car, while car running. This is due to grease on the connection has been depleted and needs recharging.
- Per Leaf Rear
Screeching sound comes from this part dry and rusted. Overcome this problem by smearing each leaf with a lubricant or oil, or also slipped pieces of rubber inner tube between the plates per.
- Shockbreaker
Beep ‘jedhug’ will sound if the vehicle passing through a hole in a high speed. We felt it would also slashes hard, especially on the shockbreaker the dead.
How much of our attention on the vehicle that we use every day? Often we ignore regular maintenance on our cars so that its condition remains excellent. Maybe this is trivial, but if not carried out could cause a bigger problem and requires expensive repair costs.
Car components have an age or lifetime and it can be extended with an easy and inexpensive maintenance. Here are the steps that can be done to prevent damage before their time.
- Before you turn off the engine, reduce the volume and turn off the vehicle’s audio system. With the machine shut off the audio before, at least the audio system does not store electricity. If the remains are still stored electrical current, voltage spikes occur is feared that resulted in an audio system become damaged.
- Straighten your car tires when parking before the machine off. In quiet conditions and wheel deflected, then the engine rpm will go up if the car back is turned. Because, power steering designed to work in a state is not straight. When the steering wheel straight, the engine will reach the round of stationary and power steering are not working fully. Thus, power steering components including the oil will remain durable.
- Turn off air conditioner before the engine is turned off first. This allows bearings or wheel bearings and some components of the AC compressor will live long. Therefore, these components do not stop abruptly when its round was high.
- For turbo-engined car, leave the engine to shut down for a moment before. When stationary engines, bearings or bearing lubrication flow turbo in a stable condition. So that conditions would be more durable bearings considering the performance is strongly influenced bearing turbo.
- Check tire pressure frequently. Lack of wind pressure can make the surface uneven tire wear. To be more perfect, you should do periodically tire rotation every 10,000 km or six months.
- Prevent windshield when the car parked in the blistering. You can use cardboard, newspaper, or cloth to cover the windshield so that ultraviolet rays from the sun does not enter into the cabin. UV rays can fade fabrics made of foam seat cushions and become brittle.
- Avoid high-speed hit the hole. If it is too often forced, the age of suspension and tires will be broken.
- Do not let the engine speed is too high. When you transmit your car manual, gear position to immediately move the lower positions. In addition to keeping the engine does not overheat and remain durable, as well as fuel consumption becomes more economical.
- Perform routine inspections according to the official repair shop service manual. Make sure the condition of air filters, radiators, spark plugs, battery until the water in perfect condition.
- Always use engine oil derived from synthetic raw materials that are specifically formulated with high quality additives, so it can provide better benefits than mineral lubricating oil. The oil was shown to increase resistance to heat engines, reducing the friction between the engine and stabilize the rate of oxidation.
For diesel-engined car, use oils that contain high-tech additives capable of controlling the oxidation and control of soot well, thus providing effective protection against piston deposit formation as a result of high temperature, wear and tear, corrosion and foaming. Thus, your machine will be maintained in a durable.
