Examine Your Fluid Levels Regularly
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by: NatalieHaasy
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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 Time: 4:45 AM
There happened to be a time not too long ago, whenever you would take your car into a gas station, and an attendant would come out and fill your car up with gas, wash your windows and check all the fluid levels under the hood. Nowadays the vast majority of drivers don't have any idea how to check the fluid levels or what they are even for. Many people nowadays do the standard fluid check when we bring the car in for an oil change.
If you wish to keep your car running well, you should find out what fluid levels need to be checked, and then periodically do it. It is vital to the health of your car to do this, and reading the car manual that has probably never been looked at, is a very good idea. The owners manual ought to contain a diagram of the car engine with the location of all the fluids. If need be, it is possible to look on the Internet. To look at the engine's oil, there is a cap towards the front of the engine labeled oil. To evaluate how much oil you have left, make sure the engine is off, then take out the dipstick and wipe the oil off the stick with a rag or towel. Put the dipstick completely back in then remove it again to look at your oil level reading. Preferably, you are looking for the oil on the dipstick to be sitting between the maximum and minimum hashmarks. If it is below the lowest amount line, then you'll need to add more oil.
For those who have an older car, oil might tend to leak in a few areas so you may need to check every few weeks. You don't have to do this for older cars. The fluid for automatic transmission is found toward the back of the engine. If you don't have a clue how to examine it, your car manual will be able to give the information you need. You will definitely need to have the car operating while staying in the neutral or park position. You will need to have the engine warmed up by driving around to obtain an accurate reading. You may only need to execute this once a year unless you observe the fluid is leaking.
When you need to check the car's coolant level, do not do it after you just finished using your car. It is possible to end up with bad burns when you are splashed by the hot coolant. Coolant amounts can be seen in an overflow bottle located in many cars. In the event your car has got power steering, the fluid for that should also be inspected on a regular basis. To locate the power steering fluid, check your car manual. An additional fluid to check out is the brake fluid, and get its location in the manual also. Be careful to never spill any on your paint, because it will lift it off.
The simplest fluid to measure is the windshield wiper fluid. You should have no trouble finding it and refilling is pretty safe to do and will not harm other parts of your engine if you spill.
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