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.
Rain and intense heat usually become the main enemy of rubbers in the car.
Components that include rubber wiper, doors, hood, glass edging, and much more. When it comes to neglected,the potential becomes painfully annoying when driving.
In order elasticity and suppleness awake, spray containing silicone fluid, at least once a month.
Follow these steps to maintain.
• Prepare tools and equipment such as wet and dry cloth, brush, moisturizing liquids containing silicone rubber.
• Clean the surface first and the surrounding rubber.
• Besides the cloth, use a brush to clean the dust that was still attached.
• Spray containing silicone rubber all over evenly.
• Another way is to spray into the sponge. Next apply a liquid rubber component was washed over the target.
• Allow for a moment and make sure the liquid is absorbed into the rubber.
• The rubber components are ready to appear fresher.
Remember, this step is a component of prevention in order to function until the rubber was not damaged. The steps above do not apply for a broken rubber.
Leaky tire problem is very difficult, especially cars. As we was enjoying the journey, suddenly a flat tire due to hit a nail or similar sharp object. We need to replace a leaking tire with a spare tire, and brought to the workshop to patch it. What is ’suffering’ we end up? The answer is: Yes, because now ’suffering’ that continued into our tires!
What are carried out by a tire? Tires that had been intact now pierced with a skewer tool for your little finger. Tires that had been leaked just the tip of the needle, made hollow like the mouth of the pipe. Wow, we dead been the fate of our car tires. It’s known, since that was patched tubeless tire type alias without tires.
Once punched, the rope corking into the hole fiber strain tire with enough potential to further damage the tire. Starting from the rubber material, woven yarn to woven wire made tear and break apart, so that we become increasingly weak tires. This is the form after the end of our tire patched pay 80-10 thousand silver.
For the first time that the patch might still be able to survive for several weeks or months. But if it is leaking again at the same spot, which certainly could not be corked with a rope’s fibers. Well, is forced to use the inner tube.
With little effort and rubber glue, you can avoid further damage and to extend the age of your tires. Pump up your tires full of air, and turn slowly while watering the surface with water. After the air bubbles visible sign of the hole, circle the leaking area with paint or the like as a marker.
Collapse tires and rinse the area around the hole, and then leaked it with a dry cloth wipe. After drying completely, drop hole with any brand of rubber glue, so that the glue seeps into the hole. Help infiltration into the tire with glue jabbing a pointed object such as a pin or small nail into the hole clean, dry and wait for several minutes.
The final step, pump up the tires filled with air and slowly pour water into the hole that has been patched, to ensure that the hole has patched well. Make filling process, from beginning to end with great care and caution, so you do not need to repeat it if there is a failure.
Some advantages of this model such fillings are:
- Strong and anti-failure. Power glue adhesive or rubber adhesive power is higher than the cohesive power of the rubber itself. So this point becomes more powerful than the others. No part may fall off or bounce, as they only use glue. Moreover, the patched section is a very small hole.
- Does not weaken the tires a bit for the network.
- Not add any mass balancing aka affect balance.
- There will never tire in need throughout the life of the tire. Using tires in increasing costs, complicating the wheel settings, the reliability is lower and the risk of failure is much higher.
- Does not depend on others and tire workers as well as the tools that can be more complicated physical damage tires.
- The condition of the tires remained intact, as if it never had a leaky tire. No damage gum tissue, yarn and tire cord.
So, wants to prove? No harm in trying, right?
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.