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Maintaining Your Vehicle
Jump starting a car
Jump Starting a Vehicle
Warning Lights
• Check Engine
• Oil Pressure• • Engine Temp• • Alternator• • Brake
• Airbag•
– Lamp Out (Bulb)
– Seat Belt
– Fluid Low
– Door Open
– ABS Not Working
– Service
Brake System
• The Brake system’s Master Cylinder contains two parts. Each part controls two wheels.
• When you brake, brake fluid is forced from the master cylinder thru the brake lines to each wheel’s brake cylinder.
Disk & Drum Brakes
Parking Brake
• The Parking Brake is a separate brake system that works on the rear wheels.
Tires
• Radial Belted
Changing A Tire
Put it in Park, use the Parking Brake and put
something under the tires.
Rotate your Tires
Preventive Maintenance
• What is Preventive Maintenance?
• Care given to a car to Prevent Trouble later on.
• What are some examples?
• Check the Air Filter• Hoses & Belts• Change or check Oil• Check Wipers & Fluid• Check Lights & turn
signals• Check Tires• Check Shocks• Brake Fluid• Power steering Fluid• Coolant
Check Your Fluids
Checking your Oil
Leaks Under your Car• Bright Green: radiator coolant, this is also very slippery to the touch.• Light or Dark Brown: if you change the oil often it will be a light brown, if
not the fluid will be a darker brown. Make sure to change your engine oil every 3-5000 miles.
• Bright Blue: windshield washer fluid. (Winter washer fluids can be orange, pink or yellow).
• Light Brown: if there is also a strong odor of rotten eggs, this is 90 weight or gear lube. It may be leaking from the rear axle center section or the manual transmission.
• Red Fluid: Automatic transmission fluid or power steering fluid. Note where the fluid is coming from – it could be long life coolant
• Clear: Power steering fluid or water from the condenser on the A/C unit. • Light Yellow: Brake fluid is light yellow when new as it absorbs water the
fluid becomes a dark muddy brown. Brake fluid absorbs 2% water over a one year period under normal braking conditions. This is a very important fluid and should be changed every other year.
• Amber: Gasoline, but there will be a distinct odor
Records
• Keep records of all repairs.
• Keep sales receipts of tires, battery, and windshield wipers
Saving Gas
• Lower speeds – keep windows open / Air conditioner off
• More than 45 MPH close the windows
• Fast Starts & very slow starts wastes fuel
• Look ahead & coast into red & yellow lights
• Turn off the engine when stuck at a railroad crossing of real long red light.
Calculating Miles Per Gallon
• Fill tank - Record odometer
• Drive until you have about ½ tank.
• Refill the tank
• Record the number of gallons it took to refill the tank
• Record the odometer and subtract the 1st reading from the 2nd.
• Divide the gallons into the miles driven.
Miles Per Gallon
• 7 Gallons into 210 miles driven
• 10 gallons into 200miles
• 30 MPG
• 20 MPG