Car maintenance tips everyone should know

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Every car requires regular maintenance to keep it into the top-notch condition, and naturally, everyone wants their cars to last longer. Maintaining your cars regularly has numerous benefits like the engine and mechanical parts last longer and are less prone to malfunctioning or breaking down.

Basic Inspection:

It will not cost you anything except a few minutes from your daily routine, but it is the best preventive maintenance you can do.

Spare a little time in your daily routine and look around the car for things you think might need attention in the future.

Take a look at the tyre pressure daily. Maintaining proper tyre inflation means you get the best fuel average and stopping power. Also, your car tyres will last you longer as well. Make sure you inspect your car’s wiper blades as well.

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Wiper blades mostly get neglected, but when it rains, you get to know their real importance. Check working headlights and brake lights well.

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It’s always better to keep performing regular maintenance. Otherwise, when the cars develop problems, there are generally massive problems that end up costing more money to fix than regular maintenance would have cost.

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Your vehicle’s owner’s manual has all the details of what maintenance it requires and at what intervals, but here are some basic maintenance tips you should never ignore:

Engine Oil:

The most important maintenance for any car is to change the engine oil regularly. Engine oil helps with the lubrication of all the mechanical parts inside the engine block.

Be sure to change the engine oil from 4-6 thousand kilometers and clean the engine air filter to keep the engine running seamlessly. Remember only to use the specified oil recommended by the manufacturer.

Also read: Mineral vs. Synthetic Engine Oil

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Coolants:

Many people end up filling the car’s radiator with water. A very common mistake you should try to avoid.

Water rusts the pipes of the radiator, turns into steam quicker, requiring refilling often, and does not provide efficient cooling as coolant does.

Coolant may be expensive, but you don’t need to worry about changing it for at least 70-90 thousand km.

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 Brakes:

The most important tip is to get your brake pads serviced properly and replace them if necessary. Brake pads wear out according to your driving style.

If you drive more aggressively, then your brakes may wear out quicker. If worn-out brake pads are left unserviced too long, they end up damaging the rotors too, so remember brakes are the only thing stopping your car, so maintain them regularly.

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Transmission Fluid:

Change your automatic transmission fluid. It gets dirty over time, and the gear changes will get jerkier if you don’t replace it. Be sure to replace it after 40000 km.

Transmission is a delicate part of a car, so be sure to check which transmission fluid is suitable, like ATF, CVT, etc.

You must learn how to check and what to check when you lift the bonnet of the car up. From coolant to engine oil to gear oil to brake fluid, check the quantity of these fluids regularly.

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Many modern cars come with EPS, so no power steering fluid. But if your vehicle comes with mechanical power steering, check its fluid as well. And don’t only just check them, replace the fluids on time as well.

Always go for the fluids recommended by the automaker to be on the safe side.

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Check battery:

The battery is your car’s lifeline. No battery means your car is not going anywhere anytime soon.

First of all, you need to check if your vehicle has a dry or wet battery. Dry batteries are sealed units and are maintenance-free. When they give up, you just replace them with a new unit.

Wet or acid batteries have fluid in them between the battery cells charging the plates. Such batteries need regular inspection, and you need to top up the battery acid time to time.

You can easily buy a bottle of battery acid from the market and do it yourself. There is a mark on the outside of the battery showing the maximum level. Just make sure you don’t overfill.

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 Waxing:

If you want to keep your car shiny, you need to remember to wax the car. It’s a good idea to wax the car every 2-3 months.

The paint on your car needs to remain flexible. By not waxing the car, the paint dries up gradually and ends up cracking or fading. So give a little shine every now and then to make sure your car’s paint doesn’t fade away.

Check and replace air filter:

The air taken in by the car’s engine is just as important as the fuel itself. And one thing that stands in front of dirt, and mud, and sand to get into the combustion chamber is your car’s air filter.

The air filters are usually made up of paper that is thin enough to let the air pass easily, and thick enough to block the impurities. Most paper-based disposable filters work as a barrier. The element works as a physical barrier and stops the dust from entering the air.

This can lead to restricted airflow since the pores in the material keep closing due to the dust and dirt particles. Then there are fabric-based reusable filters that actually absorb dust particles. Such filters are available as an aftermarket upgrade.

It is recommended to inspect your car’s air filter after every 5000 kilometers and change the element after every 15,000 to 20,000 kilometers depending upon the atmospheric conditions you drive your car in.

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  1. Abdur Rahman says

    Nice and informative . Keep it up

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