汽车保养(英文)vehicle-maintence.ppt

VehicleMaintenanceIwouldlovetospendmanyhourshere,butthereisnotenoughtimeindrivereducationaddressmorethanthehighlights.Soherearethehighlights.

Oil,yourcar’slifelineThemostimportantissueinyourvehicle’slifeisselectingthecorrectoilandchangingitregularly.

ChangingyouroilIwillmentionreferringtoyourowner’smanual,butIwillchangemyoilmoreoftenthanthemanualmaysuggest.Nevergobeyond4,000milesbetweenoilchanges.Somewouldrecommendevery3,000.someowner’smanualsgoashighas7,500milesbetweenchanges.Oilischeap,enginesareexpensive.Alwaysreplacethefiltertoo.

SelectionofanoilA.Brandname.Therearemanychoices.Checkthewebforthoseratedbest.IuseCastrolGTX.Cheap,wellrated.B.Grade,SEorbetter.Alloilsaregoodenough.Dieselsuseadifferenttype.C.Weight.ConsultyourownersmanualD.AlwaysusetheSAMEbrandandweight.

AdditivesSyntheticsaregreat,costmuchmore.Notreallyneeded.Manyproductclaimsoutthere.Becareful.Additivesaregood,consultyourwarrantyinformationBEFOREusingthese.Again,manypromisesmade,becareful.Pickagoodoil,changeitandthefilterregularly,andyouwillnotneedanyofthatotherstuff.

Coolant(anti-freeze)A.Strongenoughtoprotectyourengine.YoucanbuyahydrometeratAdvanceforacouplebucks,testit.B.Clean.Whenitbecomesdirty,havethesystemflushedandreplacedwithnew

coolant.BecarefulaboutthenewGMcoolants,theycanNOTbemixedwithethyleneglycol.

BatteriesMostmaintenancefreebatteriesarejustthat.Itisstillagoodideatohavethebatteryterminalscleanedeachyear(Fallisbest).Anoldtoothbrushandbakingsodawillcleanthejunkoff.Flushwithahosetomakesureeverythingisoff.BuyaterminalcleanerforadollaratAutoZone.Ifyouarehavingtrouble,AdvanceandAutoZonewilltestyoursystemandyourbatteryforfree.

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