DIY Car Maintenance

Anyone with a vehicle must have a car and regular maintenance. Keep vehicles in good condition and perform certain tasks, often, can help extend the life of your vehicle, reducing wear and help you avoid breakdowns. Many changes that the oil is relatively simple, but requires equipment and a little time. If you are not technical spirit of hatred, or simply take the once a year, you should take your car in a gas per year for a service - they can change the oil filter and oil and candles and son to readjust the time and a few other bits and bobs. However, this does not mean that you can just ignore your car for the rest of the year.

I like to work on the week, quarterly, biannual and annual. I have a little calendar and put on the fridge and I only need to check that I share. It helps because I have not thought too much about when I checked the spark plugs (for example) if I wrote it. After a maintenance schedule does not take much time - I usually do it first on a Sunday morning and it will not have more than 10 minutes.

Weekly
My car checked often include images of a quick check of the tires to ensure that all look ok - no bumps or sudden loss of air you have a problem with the tire interior. I would also ensure that the organization is to work in bulk and not have the chip in the windshield. Then I will check all the lights work - front, rear, fog lights, indicators, work and reverse lighting. Sometimes it helps to have a different drive through change and to reduce them for you so you can walk around the car and check, but if you do not, car parking, close to the wall, on the the other car can give you a reflective surface practice you can use to control your lights.

Quarterly
Check and fill my oil and make sure there is enough liquid in the radiator and battery acid battery in full. Also, check the brake fluid and power steering fluid. Do not forget to check if the engine is cold, so you do not ... Top of the page and never open your radiator cap with a hot engine - it is a construct of the pressure when the radiator fluid is running in the system and it can be very dangerous. Also check the wiper fluid is known and that the wipers and wiper fluid pump seals are working. Then I will check your tire pressure with a pressure gauge - you do not need a service station, you must buy a small gauge tire pressure - they are not expensive - and to retain it in the hands of time.

Semiannual
It is a time to physically check tires with a depth of depth of the gauge. Check wear - even if it is not, then May you have a problem with the wheel alignment. A quick review of the breach to ensure there are sufficient violation of the plate surface, and browsing the candles to ensure they are still in reasonable condition. Change your wiper blades windshield. Press each corner of your vehicle and check that bounces again unique - that is the basis upon verification of your status suspended.

Annually
As above, but also to check the time line and provide clean the battery terminals if necessary. Remember that if you disconnect the battery, you may to re-enter the code to unlock the radio, so it is a good idea to know before hand. One year of mechanical services in a local need, all the above for you and you need to change oil and oil filter and replace your spark plugs, recharge your battery and wiper fluid and fluid check your brake cable and hold hanbrake. Check with them before and what is not included and to receive an initial quote.

If you find any problems, you can change them if you feel quite complete - clearly complement the levels of oil and liquid fairly straight, but in May you consider making changes and replacement of broken oil line you until you have the right types of tools - a jack and stilts to keep your car while working, it is very important. Change the spark plugs also very simple with the correct key. advice is to put a few bricks in front of and behind the wheel are still on the ground to help stop a wheelchair Moreover, if all the safety equipment failed.

Remember that oil changes should be made on 5000 miles or every six months.

If you find any problems check your car and you can not repair and then put them in the air and your recognized sort quickly before they become more serious. Solve the problems that small plants can stop the progression, they become more expensive than the major economic issues a lot of money. Also, keep your car in tip top running order will increase fuel efficiency, you will save even more. Keep vehicles in good condition and it will reward for years of driving without a problem!