Car Repair and Maintenance: 8 Maintenance of Winter Parts

　　The cold winter has come leisurely, how to maintain the car in winter has become a topic of concern for car owners. Vehicles after the warranty period, some faults will inevitably appear. The car needs “three parts repair, seven parts maintenance”, that is, through active inspection and maintenance, to find and eliminate some of the initial, potential, hidden faults. To make the car can be safe year after year through the winter, to do things is not just to send the car to the 4S store routine replacement of three filters, oil, antifreeze, check the battery ...... should be said, to do things no less than hundreds of things, and at least eight of them are you must not forget.

　　1. Paint protection

　　Winter morning dew is more, the surface of the car is often very wet, if the surface of your car has obvious scratches, should be done in a timely manner to spray paint treatment, so as to avoid scratches parts of the moisture and rust, in addition, due to the love of the car in the summer time by the corrosion of rain acid in the rain and the summer glare of the direct light, the car paint will inevitably be oxidized, in the advent of the winter season, you'd better do for the surface of your car from the cleaning, polishing to waxing, Glazing or coating of a series of beauty care.

　　2. Tire Maintenance

　　Tires are the “feet” of the car, it plays a pivotal role in the safe operation of the vehicle. In the summer, due to high temperatures, we must often check the tire pressure, do not make the tire pressure is too high, otherwise, there will be the risk of flat tire. And in winter, due to relatively low temperatures, tires should be supplemental air pressure, in order to keep it in the prescribed air pressure range, at the same time, should also check whether the tires have scratches, because the rubber tires in the autumn and winter seasons are easy to become hard and brittle, tires are prone to leakage, and even puncture, in addition, we must often clean up the inclusions in the tire tread.

　　3. Engine compartment

　　Into the winter, you should always check the engine compartment oil, brake fluid and antifreeze, to see whether the fluid is sufficient, whether the deterioration, whether to the replacement cycle, these fluids are like the car's blood, to the replacement cycle, be sure to change, to ensure that the smooth circulation of the fluid.

　　4. Brake system

　　To frequently check the brake is not weak, deflection, brake pedal pedal strength whether there are changes, if necessary, clean up the entire braking system piping part.

　　5. Defrost vents

　　When the temperature is low in winter, there will be white frost, in this season, you have to pay special attention to the defrosting air outlet under the windshield to see if the wind is normal and the heat reaches the standard of defrosting, if there is any problem, you have to solve it in time, otherwise, it will bring insecurity to your driving.

　　6. Air inlet or air inlet grille

　　You should always check these parts for debris, if there is debris, you can use compressed air to blow away the dust, in addition, in the engine cooling state, you can use a water gun to rinse the above parts from the inside out.

　　7. condenser

　　In the summer when the weather is hot, high temperatures, car air conditioning is often overloaded, and more rain in the summer, the car will often go some wading roads, resulting in air conditioning condenser lower stained with a lot of sediment, over time, will make the condenser corrosion, thus shortening the service life of the air conditioning, therefore, into the cold winter, the air conditioning of your car to do a maintenance is particularly important.

　　8. Battery

　　Winter car battery electrode wiring is the most problematic place, check the electrode wiring if found at the green oxide, be sure to use boiling water to flush out, these green oxides will cause generator power shortage, so that the battery is in a state of loss of power, serious cases will cause the battery scrapped, or can not hit the car.

　　Winter with the car, careful is the key, just like people to keep warm in winter, the car in the winter more need to take good care of.