Car Maintainance

All vehicles have two brake systems. The primary brake system, which is the one engaged when driving and the secondary brake system also known as “emergency brake” which helps to reduces pressure on the clutch, transmission, parking pawl and CV joints especially when a vehicle is in park on a …

Tailgating is when a car drives too close either to the car in front or back, so risking a collision if the car in front or back brakes suddenly. This is quite rightly one of the most annoying driving habits especially in the traffic. Sometimes drivers are completely unaware that …

Carrying extra weight is a certain way to kill your car’s fuel economy. Doing so will also put additional strain on wear-and-tear parts of your car such as the tyres, brakes and suspension bushes. Remove all unnecessary items you don’t need in the car. Start with the car door pockets …

Changing a car battery is a relatively easy practice but many people aren’t aware of this, unless you have a code to unlock the radio, you can find yourself unable to use your radio. Many modern cars have an anti-theft measure which disables the radio if the power is cut …

Many years ago, you could disconnect a battery cable while the engine was running to test the alternator in your car. If the engine continued to run, that proved the alternator was working. But it’s a test you should never try on a modern car because they are equipped with …

Dishwashing liquid is designed to aggressively attack and break down dried food, oil and grease. That’s great for dishes—not so great for car paint. Car paint, clear coat and car wax contain oils and resins that maintain the paint’s integrity and filter out harmful UV rays. When you wash your …

Some people put extra large sound systems in their cars to give a bigger subwoofer effect. The problem with this is that not only do some people find loud music annoying, these big audio systems can actually make your alternator and charging system work overtime, and as a result, will rapidly drain …

Anything less than a quarter tank of fuel can be considered too low. If you drive your car with low fuel, it can cause premature fuel pump failure. That’s because the fuel acts like a coolant for your pump, and if there’s too little fuel in your car, not enough cooling …

Many tow trucks make the mistake of towing cars with the wheels down on the road rolling along with the truck. This is a bad idea especially with the drive wheels of an automatic transmission car. Towing it with the drive wheels down signals to the car that the transmission …

These days in almost every car wash outlet you go to, you’ll see one form of pressure washer or the other. Pressure washer is a machine that pressurizes water which flows through it into a powerful force which is so strong that it acts as a sponge or brush. As …