Auto Factory Service Repair Manuals

If you want to minimize your repair and maintenance cost of your car, you should be car considerate.  After your break-in period, driving with care can reward your car with longer intervals without excessive maintenance and repair.  Here are some car driving care tips for you.

• Do not rev your engine at start-up.  This can adds wear to your engine, especially during the cold weather.
• Do not let your engine idle during warm up in the driveway or in your garage.  I have seen many people do that when warming up their engine.  This is not a correct way to warm up your engine.  The engine doesn't operate at its peak temperature, resulting in incomplete fuel combustion, soot deposits on cylinder walls, oil contamination, and ultimately damaged components.
• You should accelerate slowly when you begin to drive to warm up your engine for the first ten minutes.  The first ten to fifteen minutes is when the most wear to the engine and drive train occurs.  So do not accelerate hard during your first ten minutes.
• You can put less stress on your transmission and engine by shifting your gear to neutral at the stop light.  Otherwise, your engine and transmission are still working when it's stopped.
• Avoid or limit accelerate hard or drive at high speed when it's very hot or very cold outside.  This can result more maintenance and repair to your car.
• Avoid holding your steering wheel to an extreme right or left position for more than a few seconds as this can damage your power-steering pump.
• Avoid and limit quick turns, starts, stops, potholes.  This can extend the life of your tires.

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Tags: Cold Weather, Cylinder Walls, Fuel Combustion, Maintenance Cost, Oil Contamination, Peak Temperature, Power Steering, Steering Wheel