Spring Car Care Guide

Spring Car Maintenance Guide

As the saying goes: "A year's plan begins with spring." Every time the season changes, cars, like people, also need to be maintained from the inside out to keep them in their best condition. Best condition.

1. Moisture-proof and sterilization

In order to keep warm in winter, people often rarely open the windows of their cars for ventilation, which results in a large amount of bacteria secretly accumulating in the car. When the weather gets warmer in spring, they will wake up and multiply wildly in humid cars, so comprehensive disinfection of the car during this season is a must.

Check the air conditioning system

First check the cleanliness of the condenser and evaporator surfaces. If there is a lot of dust, wipe it with a clean rag. Next, you need to check the air conditioning filter element, which is the filter for the air inlet of the air conditioning in the car and is the easiest to hide dirt. You can choose to go to the 4S store to replace the product with a new one or use air conditioning cleaner for a thorough cleaning.

Anti-mildew tips: Turn on the fan of the car air conditioner and keep it on for about 3-5 minutes, which can effectively discharge the moisture in the air conditioning duct.

Cleaning car interiors

When you change the season and change the "new clothes", you can use special interior cleaning agents to clean and disinfect the console, doors and other parts. However, it should be noted that never use strong acid and alkali substances for cleaning, as they may damage the leather of the interior. Also, be careful to prevent water from entering electrical equipment such as speakers, radios, and CDs.

Warm reminder: Don’t forget seat belts, floor mats, top handles, seat covers and other places that are easily overlooked!

2. Anti-corrosion and anti-aging

"Anti-corrosion and anti-aging" is a knowledge point that car owners need to learn all year round after owning a car. Affected by the special climate in spring, this issue is especially Need to pay attention.

Maintaining car paint

There is a lot of rain and windy weather in spring. The acidic components in the rain have a strong corrosive effect on the car's paint. If things go on like this, it will damage the car's paint. Cause damage, if the car body has scratches, it can also easily cause rust. In addition, when driving at high speed, wind and sand also cause great damage to the car's paint surface. Therefore, you should wax and seal your car more during this season, and take more care of your car's paint.

Car wax selection: Ordinary solid wax has poor acid resistance and is easy to leave watermarks after rain. It is recommended that you choose glaze or coating, which is more effective in preventing acid and dust. The protective effect is about 2-3 months.

Check the wiper blades

The wiper blades are rubber parts. After experiencing the severe cold in winter, the rubber strips may have hardened or aged, causing safety hazards. When checking the wiper, you need to pay attention to whether there is vibration and abnormal noise when the wiper is working, and check whether the wiper maintains a certain speed and wiping state at different speeds, and whether the wiper rod swings unevenly or misses the wiper. In addition, you can use your fingers to touch the rubber wiper blade to check whether the rubber is damaged and to confirm the elasticity of the blade.

Warm reminder: When washing your car daily, wipe the wiper strips with glass cleaning fluid, which can extend the life of the wiper blades!

Check the car chassis

In spring, everyone goes out for an outing and embraces nature. Driving a car in the wild may cause the chassis to be covered with mud. Most of the mud is alkaline, corrosive to the chassis, and may block the ventilation holes on the chassis.

Warm reminder: qualified car owners can do a chassis anti-rust treatment to resist corrosion caused by acid and alkali and ensure that the chassis will not rust.

3. Tire maintenance

For every 10°C increase in temperature, the tire pressure will increase by about 7-14kpa. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust tire pressure in time when the season changes to prevent the increase in tire pressure from affecting the tire grip and thus affecting the car's control, especially braking.

Check tire pressure

The air pressure of all tires, including spare tires, should be checked at least once a month when they are cool. If the tire pressure is abnormal, it is necessary to check whether the tire is punctured, cut, or the valve rubber is aged or cracked. If any problems are found, they should be dealt with in time.

4. Oil replacement

Checking engine oil and other oils during seasonal changes is a very important maintenance measure.

After a winter, the quality of these oils will deteriorate due to their own oxidation and temperature differences, especially during the change of seasons.

Check the engine oil

In order to ensure good flow performance, the engine oil used in winter has a relatively low viscosity; in spring when the temperature is getting higher and higher, you should consider using a slightly viscous oil. A higher level of engine oil to ensure better lubrication.

Check the refrigeration oil

The temperature gradually rises in spring. When some friends find that the coolant in the water tank is insufficient, they will use clean water to replenish it. Although car antifreeze is no longer the subject of maintenance at this time, clean water can easily generate water alkali and rust. Due to its low boiling point, it is also very easy to "boil the pot". Therefore, it is recommended that you do not replace the coolant with clean water at will.

Check the brake fluid

Whether the brake system is abnormal and whether the response is sensitive has a lot to do with the quality of the brake fluid. Brake fluid is extremely water-absorbent. If water is mixed into the brake fluid, the high temperature generated by friction will vaporize the water during the braking process. Gas is compressible, and when compressed in the brake fluid, it will cause brake failure or even failure.