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.
“Paradigm has changed. The smaller the engine capacity, “said Fred Becker, Director of Sales Engineering Concepts NREC, a company turbocharger producers from the United States, at SAE World Congress in Detroit last week.
However, the performance is not sacrificed. “In fact, the more intense, more efficient, and exhaust gas emissions are also so low. The car was driven by steady on a variety of conditions, “he added.
Actually, the trend has been underway since last few years. For example Volkswagen, which developed TSI engine. Although the 1.4-liter engine capacity, ability to match the 2.0-liter engine. VW engines have been used on products sold in Indonesia, the Touran MPV.
Gasoline engine-now-especially great because the more applications are combined with direct injection technology petrol or gasoline direct injection (GDI or DI) and the turbocharger. Especially for the turbo, this system does not only work on medium and high speed, but starting from the start. Turbochargers also no longer owned a large capacity machine, but also a small engine, below 1.5 liters.
Noise
In addition to boosting performance machines that are more efficient, development by turbocharger manufacturers is to reduce the noise caused by this device. For that, the engineer who specializes in automotive turbochargers special-application re-analyzing and designing turbo subcomponents, such as shape, angle, and the size of the fan leaf (blade-blade). Result, the ability of the turbocharger is now more intense.
In addition, because many companies are interested in automotive component suppliers producing turbochargers, new ideas emerged. For example, designing a turbocharger with a miniature model of water cleanup pumps in nuclear reactors.
There also are making impellers (blade-blade) as a hydroelectric turbine (power plant) is safe through the fish. Some are made to replace the axial fan tail rotor helicopter model. In fact, the NREC has managed to create a highly efficient turbocharger, capable of reducing NOx, and worked in the radial.
Recovering energy
“No less attractive because of design and engineering knowledge continue to grow. Turbochargers are designed specifically for current generation gasoline and diesel engines, “said Becker. Therefore, the upcoming turbocharger designed for smaller engine capacity and number of cylinders a little, for example, four, three, or even two cylinders. “In fact, had anyone have an idea to unite the turbo unit with EGR (exhaust gas recirculation),” Becker beber.
During this time, the development of automotive turbochargers on slow assessed. The reason is, the added value obtained from the turbocharger a bit.
“In order to obtain greater value added, research is now focused on the turbo impeller aerodynamics,” he said. He added, later not only to boost turbocharger (boost) power of the engine, but also to restore or recover energy.
Trends in the use of automatic transmission cars in Indonesia rose. Operation even easier than the manual, without the clutch. Nevertheless, it does not mean man can not make mistakes. And, the behavior of one can make the lifetime becomes shorter.
Transmission damage due to improper operation of only 10 percent, 85 percent of the largest oil change just due to negligence, while 5 percent due to the age of consumption.
There are minor omissions, negligence, although not fatal, to be the beginning of transmission damage. Like what is negligence?
- Do not move the lever to N. We stopped a long time in a traffic jam or a red light, sometimes the driver continues transmission rod in position D. This condition makes the transmission of extra work due to work as a limited supply of fresh air. If the stop of more than 60 seconds, immediately move the transmission to N so that lubricants do not increase dramatically.
- Step on the gas into the D. We sign up at the lights, so the sign is green, drivers often move the stick directly to D and direct the gas pedal. In fact, the transmission takes time to engage with the process fluid pressure to move toward the torque converter. If this habit is often done selenoid valve inside the transmission can be easily damaged.
- Frequently perform engine brake. To obtain the effect of engine brake, may be used in low gear. However, the displacement was made during the 3000 rpm engine speed. Because, if on top of that, there could be hard to reduce friction and wear life of the clutch friction within trasmisi.
- Move position from D to R. Move the gear lever from D to R (to parking) needs to speed his hand. However, if done roughly, the conventional transmission could result in damage to the planetary gear and one way clutch. While outside of the transmission components that are affected like the dc coupling cross joint, engine mounting and the axle (front wheel drive).
- Prevent the transmission in first gear. Needs engine brake on the street or down a steep incline on the road acceleration performance, one would need a tooth. But, this condition should only be done as necessary and unavoidable when dealing with normal road conditions (flat). Therefore, the burden increasingly heavy clutch. Moreover, if continued into high gear on a conventional automatic transmissions still use valves. Can make performance pedal parts behind the piston can be problematic due to excessive pressure.
