Car Maintenance Hacks: Easy Tips and Tricks Anyone Can Master that will Save You Money by Alyssa DiMare

Author:Alyssa DiMare
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Published: 2016-02-09T22:00:00+00:00

Tips:

**Letting your battery die and then jumping it over and over again reduces the life of your battery.

**To check your battery life, carefully unhook the negative cable while the car is running. If the car stays running your battery is in good shape. If the car dies, this could be an indication that your alternator is going bad.

Chapter 4: Keep Me Rolling: Tire & Brake Tips

Tires can be very expensive, and I know you don’t want to replace them prematurely, so here are some tips to keep your tires rolling smoothly.

Rotate them every 5000 miles. Your front tires wear differently than your back tires, so rotating them will allow them to last longer and wear more evenly all around.

If you have an all wheel drive vehicle, replacing just one tire at a time will throw the car out of whack because on an All-Wheel drive vehicle all the wheels work in unison. If your front tires are more worn than your rear tires, this causes your tires to fight each other as they turn, which then forces your transmission to work harder. This could cause transmission problems over time.

A misalignment can be detected if your car veers either right or left when you let go of the steering wheel while driving. Please be careful while testing misalignment. Make sure you are on a straight, deserted and wide road so that you do not endanger yourself or others. Misalignment can be caused by your tires wearing unevenly, and this is where checking your air pressure and wear patterns regularly is important. You can check inside the driver’s door to find out how much pressure your tires require and what the max pressure is. It’s advisable to fill your tires to a few pounds below the max for everyday around town driving. Fill your tires to just about max on the highway for better gas mileage.

If your car has vibrations when making turns this could mean your wheel bearings are going out or the tire balance is off. Both need to be checked by a mechanic to avoid further damages.

You should change your tires every 30,000 miles to keep your car healthy, unless of course you see a problem with your tires before that. Make sure to check the pressure and general wear often. A problem caught early is money saved later.

What if you blow a tire? Most new cars carry a spare and all of the tools you need to change it are either in the trunk, the back or underneath the car.

How to change a tire

Step one: Place the jack under the car near the blown tire. You will want to position your jack so that it doesn’t sit underneath anything important and can support the weight. The best place is in the middle of the frame. Make sure to set the jack under the steel frame of the car – and not under any plastic siding along the edge of the car. Once jacked up, rock the car to ensure stability.

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