Car Maintenance Tips

Car  Maintenance Tips. These basic car maintenance tips will help you keep your car in great running condition! In this post we will go over maintenance for your wheels and tires, engine, electrical, and your lights. The following information was found on carbibles.com.

Wheels and Tires
Be sure to clean off your brakes of brake dust.  If you leave it too long, the combination of road grime, moisture and heat from your brakes will bake it on to your wheels. You can clean it off using a damp sponge and water.

Also be sure to check your tire pressure as bad tire pressure can affect fuel economy, handling, and comfort. Be sure to also check your tire tread. Replacing tires is not as expensive as getting into an accident.

Engine
Be sure to check all of your engine’s belts. Rubber perishes in extreme conditions so it is a good idea to check on your timing belt every 25,000 miles and replace it every 50,000 miles.

Check your engine’s oil as well. You can do this by parking on level ground, and using your engine’s dipstick to check the level of oil. It is also important that you check your coolant level as well.

Electrical
If you are to do any electrical work on your car, you must make sure your battery is disconnected for safety reasons. It is important that you disconnect the negative side first because that is the electric current’s return path to the battery. Also, make sure that your battery terminal is clean because if it is dirty, it is making it harder for the current to pass around the electrical system.

Lights
If you turn on your blinker and it seems to flash much faster than usual, that means that your bulb has been blown. A replacement can be found here at Consumer Auto Parts. When you are replacing the bulb, be sure to not touch the bulb as the oil on our hands stays on the bulb which could heat it up more and cause it to crack.