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The basic troubleshooting and maintenance is something we should learn when owning a car, especially when the car is an old unit, which makes it even more prone to damages, you won't know when a problem will occur until it happens, and when it did happen, these basic techniques for troubleshooting will certainly be helpful especially when driving on long trips. Plus maintenance also plays an important role because it is one of the things you do to reduce wear outs and even prolong the life of the car, remember to thoroughly observe your car for any signs of abnormalities, any weird sounds and change of performance, because it is best to find the problem in an earlier stage than later stage.
The most common information you need to learn are the following:
Car Monitors These is where the gauges of your car are displayed, you must know the purpose of each gauge, for it serves as one of our maintenance monitors, and it warns us if it detects any sort of problems happening.
Tire changing tire problem is one of the most common cases happening when driving a car, it seems so simple to do when you imagine the process, but in reality it has its complications, but don't worry there are certain steps and techniques that can make this process easier and safer to do.
Jump starting This is a manual process of starting the engine, this process is usually done when the battery runs out, there are plenty of causes for a battery to run out, it is
best if you learn this technique, there are also techniques to correctly jump-start a car in a safe successful way.
Stalling A car stalling is one of our nightmares, specially when you don't know the cause it makes us worry on what the problem might be, but if you had a little knowledge about this you'll be less worried and you might probably be able to fix it yourself if it happens to be a minor case.
Standard Tire Pressure Applying a correct pressure in your tire can boost a cars performance on the other hand applying an incorrect pressure will jeopardize it and even shorten the lifespan of the tire, the correct tire pressure is usually written in the gas cap, somewhere near the driver side door or in the owner's manual, but if you happen to have a car without the written standard pressure on those places then you'll need to learn the calculation of the standard tire pressure.
Wheel Rotation This wheel maintenance is made to lengthen the lifespan of the tire. If done correctly you would be able to wear out all the 4 tires at the same time.
Flood tips - is just a precaution because, frankly, we do not know when things like this will happen to us, but it is best if you have a background on what to do when this happens. There are steps that need to be done in order to save your car, or at least lessen the damage.
If you happen to learn all this techniques, then it would be great to tell others that the car you own is in good hands.
