Perhaps you are one of a very busy person, a task force to frequently travel outside the city or the country in the long term. If you have a private car, it should be noted that when returned later, the vehicle is not in the condition of abandoned or tragic. The first step you should do is to wash the car before abandonment. Then, follow these tips:
1. The position of the handbrake released
If left in a state of emergency brake in, especially for a prolonged period, will occur adhesiveness between oil disc brakes, especially for vehicles that have Tromol the rear wheels. One additional thing, it is better you leave the car keys depending on your vehicle’s steering wheel. If your house has a maid, this will be very useful for heating a vehicle every day. But do not leave your car keys if it does not have a garage or out in the open.
2. Wiper with foam padding or logs
When kept in contact with the windshield, wiper rubber will slowly harden and no longer pliable. As a result, these rubber (commonly called dead rubber) will be rough in the future be used to wash your windshield.
3. Try all four tires in the state were raised, does not stick to the floor
Way, simply by using a jack and a stand-jack. The intent was awake and not a car suspension is burdened by heavy vehicles. A car that is never used in a long time suspension will usually go up and down, so that when used later, the car will feel uncomfortable.
4. Remove the battery if the car is more than two weeks left
Why? The reason is because car batteries are very sensitive. When the vehicle was not turned on at all in two weeks or more (especially when you leave home there are no helpers), it will affect the battery, which can be damaged faster than the vehicle is used daily.
5. When the parking lot side, chock your tires with four beams
This applies to those that have a garage with a sloping surface. In the first tips that are not mentioned either enter a position if the vehicle handbrake was left long enough, but how if the surface is tilted? It is easy, simply chock all four tires with blocks or other hard object so that the car has not changed position.
6. Put fragrances, cars, and cars with a cover cap
Fragrances, serves to neutralize the musty odor that may arise because the space in a closed car in a long time. In addition, cars that are left in the open state also allows dust particles to enter the car through the cracks, which it certainly is not desired by any car owner. To avoid it, just buy an ordinary car covers are sold in car accessory shops.
Water coolant is not replaced for a long time, the color of water in the reservoir will change from translucent green to brown and slightly turbid. What’s up? Her answers.
Engine coolant is not good used condition and began to cause rust in the coolant system. The solution must be drained and replaced with new ones. If allowed, the rust will spread to the cooling system and engine, the cost of the repairs made perforated bags.
Workshops are usually recommended engine coolant should be replaced every 2-3 years, although some are able to five years. Engine coolant is a mixture of water danethylene glycol. These chemicals are functioning so that coolant does not freeze, preventing the boiling water (boiling point reached 130 C) so as not to overheat quickly, and with other additives to prevent rust.
Engine coolant must also match the raw materials were highly diverse cooling systems, plus be able to transfer heat efficiently, prevent corrosion and provide lubrication to water pump baffle-insulator. When conditions are good, the color green.
Engine cooling system is built from a series of complex components and materials. Aluminum, cast iron, steel, stainless steel, copper, brass, rubber and plastics, is a constituent.
When two different types of metals contact with each other through the intermediary fluid will behave like battery acid, an electron-proton exchange. This is what triggers metal corrosion. Replacing the engine coolant on a regular basis to prevent excessive formation of acid in the engine cooling system while helping to reduce corrosion.
Ethylene glycol is a toxic chemical compounds. Just a little swallowed, can kill pets. Therefore suggested to replace the engine coolant in the workshop. Workshops will remove the old engine coolant, clean the engine cooling system and fill the new coolant.
In developed countries, many workshops have engine coolant recycling system. In this system, water is separated and channeled out, while its chemical compounds reprocessed.
Routine maintenance becomes an easy way to treat the cooling system. The simplest way, check the height of the liquid with a view of the tank. If less than the minimum limit, add a little water to exceed the minimum limit. Few months, attention radioator rubber cap. If damaged, replace it just take cheap investment for an expensive machine.
This means that drivers no longer have tired of stepping on the clutch to shift gears. On cars with manual transmission, to shift gears, the clutch must be pressed.
Another fact, of all the control systems should be operated driver’s car, the clutch is the most energy-consuming. In addition, the level of operation is also very high, especially when traffic jams or solid creep!
Easy out
Nevertheless, it turns out there are still many among us who still assume negative effect on the automatic transmission. It is also recognized by auto manufacturers. For example, if the strike, cars with automatic transmission can not be encouraged. If is often used in mountainous areas, brake quickly exhausted.
All the assumptions of the past. Now, more and more automatic transmission, the manufacturer provides the mechanics who have the ability to fix it faster if there is a problem. In fact, now there is also a general workshops that could deplete the entire automatic transmission fluid (ATF) in the transmission and then filled with a lubricant that really new and clean.
In the car now, especially the use of injection systems, when the battery is weak, then the machine will not start. Because the engine computer to get energy from the battery. Therefore, the position of manual and automatic transmissions the same!
Then, on the assumption that the automatic braking when the car drove lavishly in areas with many derivatives, ascertained, that the condition occurred because the driver was too relaxed, allowing the transmission to position “D” course. In fact, D is the highest gear.
Keep working
To reduce the workload of the brakes, the driver must use engine brake effect by using a lower gear. In this case, it could be “two” or if more steep and slippery, should be “L”. Same with low teeth, 3 or 2 on the manual transmission. As for acceleration, the driver should kick or step on the gas pedal down fast!
So, driving with automatic transmission that does not mean the hand does not work at all. At a certain field conditions, 3, 2, and L should be used. Hand still be active. Only the left foot is completely relaxed. No need to stampede the clutch at all. For example when the streets are declining or accelerated during the ascent!
In fact, the bad conditions, by releasing the brake pedal and transmission at the position “D”, the car can crawl without having to hit the brakes.
If you already taste the delicious automatic transmission, especially for those who drive themselves, often through a traffic jam, and have high mobility, they certainly will not want to go back to manual if you do not have to. In fact, they are willing to spend additional costs, both for the transmission of more expensive fuel consumption plus a little more than manual
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.
