Basic car maintenance tips | What you should know about your car

You should do your car maintenance at least once a week. This will increase the life of your car and you will get better engine performance. Just open your car bonnet and let's start maintenance of our car. After opening your bonnet you will see 5 containers with lids and 1 engine dip. 

1.Engine dipstick - This is used to measuring engine oil. Just remove it and wipe it with a clean cloth. Now to measure the engine oil level dip it inside completely then removes it out. Now it the level of oil is showing F that means it full and if it's showing L then it's low. 

In the engine dipstick, you can easily see these 2 points F and L. If it's L now you need to put some engine oil. To put the engine you will see and container in your bonnet. 

You can also check oil viscosity by engine dipstick. Just touch the oil see If it's proper thick. If it's the same as water then you need to change your engine oil. 

After using the engine dipstick put it back and fit it properly. 

2.Coolent - To make the engine cool we use coolants. If there will be no sufficient coolant in your car, its engine can be melt. And that will cost a lot of money. Coolant is also known as antifreeze. 

A coolant mixture of Glycol and water. A collect container will show you the level of coolant. 

Fill up coolant only when the engine is cool and stopped. If you will pour it when the engine is hot, it will blowout and can cause skin burn.

We put collect in 2 places. 1st will the coolant reservoir and the others will be the Colent radiator. For some coolant, you don’t need to mix water but in some, you need to add some water. Don’t put so much water with coolant, it will be useless. 

3.Air filter - 

You can find a big black box inside your bonnet. The air filter inside the big black box. It's very easy to remove. Just open the clips from both sides. 

After removing the blacktop you will see the inside the air filter. 

If it's dirty then clean it with a vacuum cleaner or by hitting softly on a hard surface. 

4.Windshield washing fluid -

To refill windshield washing liquid just put some colin or shampoo with some water. You can easily see a windshield washing liquid container inside your car bonnet. 

5.Break oil - 

You should check brake oil every time because deficiency of break oil will lead to less brake efficiency. 

6.Fix AC filter -

If your AC is not giving you a good amount of air that can mean the AC filter can be needed some repair. AC filter is located just in the front drawer of the front seat next to the driver seat. Just remove the drawer then you can find the Filter there. 

Same you can vacuum clean it or get a new one.

7.Check power steering fluid - 

8.Check tire pressure - Just buy a digital pressure gauge to check the tire pressure. You should check your tire pressure at least once a week.