[12 Jul 2010]

Let’s Check the Car

0 300x225 Lets Check the CarMaybe you just travel a lot with the car carrying the children of the holidays. If you have time, there was nothing wrong with the vehicle so check back in a fit condition.

Concentrate checks, in addition to doing well on the machine components under the body such as the tie-rod, suspension, and brakes

Moreover, during the trip, the wheels (especially front) could hit the holes, bad roads, or beat a hard object. If it this way, the legs of risky taxable impact. To ensure normal conditions, try to feel the steering wheel vibrate at high speed racing.

Or the wheel when removed from the hands of our run to the left or right. That means the legs need spooring car, in the form of re-adjustment on the steering angles, such as camber, caster, and toe.

But before spooring and balancing (wheel), first check the condition of the feet such as tie rods, tie rods long, and other parts. Because, if there is any damage, even when in-spooring results are not perfect.

After the legs, moved into the engine. Find the potential leakage of oil or water from the radiator. Make sure all the engine dry of oil and radiator water seepage.

After the long walk, usually evaporate quickly and dilute the oil when the engine in very hot conditions. Notice the bottom of the cylinder heads and engine blocks. When you find seepage, quickly replace the gasket.

Then check the radiator, ranging from hoses, lattice, and the reservoir tube. If no leaks, check your battery water and make sure the water volume is at maximum level.

Furthermore, the V-belt, make sure the conditions. If the slack will be squeaky sound when the accelerator is pressed. Do not forget to also clean the air filters with a compressor wear sprayed from the inside out. Lastly, clean the injector with the injector cleaner.

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[6 May 2010]

Check your Car!

2008 honda freed 2w 300x170 Check your Car!To get a convenient vehicle and comfortable drive, car should always be treated continuously. Like humans, machines also require maintenance and regular checks to be addressed if any part is damaged or needs repairs. General check up on the car should be done every two or three months, both for the car that had not been used or after a long journey. Some general vehicle inspection steps:

  1. Exterior and Interior
    Clean the exterior and interior vehicle from dirt, because if it sticked too long, the dirt would harden and lead paint on the car look dull and flawed. While on the interior, which is not immediately cleaned dirt would cause odor.
  2. Tire
    Do not forget to check tire condition and pressure of the wind flower.
  3. Water
    Always check the condition of battery water, water radiator, wiper and washer water. Add if the amount is below the minimum threshold.
  4. Oil
    Also check the volume and quality of oil on the engine, gearbox, axle, power steering, brake and clutch.
  5. Engine
    If the engine power was reduced or even have voices that arise on the part of the engine, it just means you have to start checking the condition of the vehicle engine to the workshop.
  6. Drive components
    Check also various drive components, such as couplings, gears, coupling, axle, axles, wheel bearings, including the wheels. Make sure the driving component is moving normally.
  7. Lights
    Make sure all vehicle lights from the headlights, taillights and brake lights, lights up perfectly.
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