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.
When a light gray or reddish brown, you take it easy because it means the engine is in good condition that fit the condition of the engine, ignition timing and engine settings.
When the end of the insulator, electrodes and spark plugs covered with black soot and combustion smooth and dry, you should immediately check the choke mechanism, the air filter and replace spark plugs if necessary. The possibility exists that does not fit with the spare parts. If ignored it will be wasteful fuel consumption, black smoke and difficult to start when engine cold.
Color slightly yellow edge insulation may appear light brown and green color usually indicates the possibility of gasoline or oil contaminated water or additives are less suitable. As a result, sluggish engine, slowly accelerates, breathing hard and explosive exhaust.
So be more frequent cleaning and caring for spark plugs. Since the spark plugs will support machine-groomed to work well. Clean the spark plug every 2500 km and have it replaced when it has covered 20 000 km
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.
