Spring is a romantic season and a season of rain. During the Spring Festival in Guangzhou, cold and warm air intersect, and the phenomenon of returning to the south and rainfall occurs from time to time, which also adds additional troubles to the riders. Due to the acidity of the rain, the paint, chassis and other parts are prone to corrosion, and at the same time, the weather is humid, and the dead corners of the car are easy to breed bacteria, and the air conditioner will appear peculiar. It is worth noting that wet weather can also bring additional safety hazards to driving. Therefore, how to properly maintain a car is very important.
Key components should be inspected in a timely manner
The first step in maintaining a car is to check the key components in a timely manner. As early as the Spring Festival holiday, many people will drive to the countryside to visit relatives, the engine compartment will also have dust or sand particles, if not cleaned, serious cases will affect the engine heat dissipation, so during the use of the car need to check the engine compartment, regular cleaning.
In addition, wipers and tires of this kind of rubber parts, with the weather warming up, it is easy to crack, aging and other situations, considering that the spring rain is relatively abundant, wipers and tires if not working properly, will directly affect the safety of people in the car. Our way of checking the wiper is also relatively simple, the wiper does not scrape the rain when working, or the scraper has cracks, hardening and other conditions need to be replaced.
And it is worth checking the brake oil. The replacement cycle of brake oil is relatively long, generally driving 40,000 kilometers or replacing once every 2 years, but due to the high humidity in spring, once the brake oil is mixed with moisture, it will cause the braking force of the vehicle to decline or even completely lose the braking force. However, judging whether the brake oil continues to be used based on color, taste and feel is far from meeting the actual needs, and it should be accurate to conduct a qualitative or quantitative analysis of the brake fluid. Generally speaking, when the moisture sucked in by the brake oil reaches 2.5%, it is necessary to replace the new brake oil.
Hygiene problems caused by moisture
Rising temperatures and humidity provide a breeding ground for rapid germ multiplication. It is believed that many car owners will have a peculiar smell when using car air conditioning, which often occurs in older vehicles. Generally speaking, the most important source of odor in automobile air conditioning is the bacteria group that grows on the blades of the evaporation box.
There are many products on the market to remove the odor of the carriage, such as activated carbon bags, car air purifiers, etc., but in order to cure it, the most effective way is to remove the evaporation box and clean it. However, the evaporation box is often installed on the inside of the instrument panel, which is huge and inefficient for the owner.
If you want to solve this kind of problem simply, you may wish to try the method suggested by The Wheeler: turn off the air conditioning and refrigeration three minutes before the vehicle arrives at its destination, and convert it to a natural wind mode, which can make the evaporation box rise to the same temperature as the outside of the car, and let the moisture on the surface of the evaporation box evaporate as soon as possible. Alternatively, when the vehicle is parked, adjust the air conditioning temperature to the maximum, so that the hot air can dry the moisture from the air conditioning evaporation box and air conditioning pipes.
Of course, in addition, the vehicle must be clear inside and out. The first is the car paint, rainwater contains acidic substances, in the spring when the rain is heavy, you can wash and wax the car paint, the funds allow you to attach the car clothes. Brother Reel suggests that friends who like to wash their own cars should use high-pressure water guns and some acidic or alkaline cleaners carefully, after all, in the daily use of car conditions, the paint does not have too many acids, alkalis or sticky substances attached.
Secondly, inside the car, we can clean the exposed positions such as the car seat cushion, foot pad, steering wheel cover, air conditioner outlet and so on when cleaning the car, and if possible, we can do a negative ion ozone disinfection, which can disinfect every corner of the car, and can make the air in the cabin fresh enough. Especially for old cars or used cars that have just started, negative ion ozone disinfection is very necessary.
Don't forget to replace the liquid
For riders living in the northern region, if a lower grade oil is used in the winter, the number can be raised in the spring. Each oil is marked, such as 0W40, 5W30, etc., the larger the number before W, indicating that the better the fluidity of the lubricating oil at high temperatures, suitable for use in spring and summer. The number after W indicates the viscosity of the oil at 100 ° C, and the larger the number, the higher the viscosity.
However, if you usually use multi-viscosity oil, you do not need to replace it. Because this oil contains a variety of special additives, the oil is easy to flow in the low temperature environment, and the high temperature environment can maintain the appropriate viscosity, always have good lubrication performance.
In addition, we should also pay attention to the addition of antifreeze. If your car environment is mainly urban, there is no impurity in the antifreeze and there is no replacement cycle, and it usually does not need to be replaced. But it is also the same as the oil, it needs to maintain a sufficient amount to ensure that the engine is working properly, and if the amount of oil in the kettle is as low as the Min line, it needs to be added. However, it should be noted that the added stock solution is preferably consistent with the coolant used in the original car, because the composition of different coolants is different, avoiding chemical reactions between the two coolants and blocking the engine waterway.
There are still many ways to keep and use a car in the spring, and this article highlights some of the more important or easily overlooked methods. I believe that you can check the above points in time, you can make the vehicle in a better working state, the environment inside the car will be healthier, of course, but also related to their own mentality and driving habits. It should be reminded that whether it is spring or other seasons, car maintenance is a thing that cannot be neglected.