Vehicle Tires

Here are just some useful guidance related to tires:

• Immediately change the tire if it is worn out. This will cause the tires to slip, affected by braking and less sensitive in terms of grip. In wet road conditions, the vehicle may be difficult for the driver's control and crashed.
• Tire choice is important for safety, comfort, control and economy. The sudden braking may cause skidding tires. Check your tire pressure at least twice a month when the tires are cold. Manufacturers also emphasizes maintaining tire pressure.
• Do not drive in damaged tires. Change or fix it as soon as possible.
• Immediately repair any abnormal tire. Make a habit of checking the pressure, alignment and tire rotation. Avoid bad habits while driving such as speeding, sudden braking and take a dangerous turn.
• Make sure that replacement tires are in good condition and can be used as well as having sufficient air pressure.
• Do not combine the good tread tires with less tread tire. At high speed, the situation is causing interference resulting in loss of vehicle stability control and a serious accident.
• Always be sure to screw the tires are properly installed and not too tight. Impossible to open the tire screw with a regular tire opener tool if it is too tightened with opener tool tire air pressure.
• Do not leave tire overloading. Chart weight and wind pressure is usually displayed in the wind fill any stations. Tires can only accommodate a maximum capacity if it has a maximum air pressure.

Fuel Saving

1. Fill the fuel at a time when the early morning or at a time when the cold temperatures. This is because it has more capacity of liquid fuel in the cold weather than during hot weather because a lot of gas vapours.
2. Fill the fuel slowly so that liquid fuel can be fully retracted into the tank and reduce the phenomenon of free volatile gasoline vapours and waste your gas.
3. During a half-full tank, fill the fuel. This is because the more the remaining gasoline in the tank will reduce the capacity of the air space, thus you get more fuel in the tank.
4. Reduce the load weight. Do not carry unnecessary items. Each additional 50 kg weight will increase fuel consumption by 2%.
5. Check your tire pressure. Not enough air pressure will add 5% excess fuel consumption due to friction.
6. Good maintenance. Poor engine tuning increase oil consumption by over 50%. Periodically check the condition of the spark plugs, fan belt and air filter.
7. Speed - Even slower you drive, the more fuel-efficient used, but be able to avoid traffic summons. Driving more than 55 mph will increase fuel consumption significantly.
8. If the car is not moving, turn off the engine if just waiting for someone. Avoid pressing the accelerator pedal if the car is not moving.
9. Use of Gear - Choose the right gear with speed. Use low gear for high speed causing waste gas as engine rpm increases. Use economic mode if your car is equipped with.
10. Brakes - If you already know where to stop, slow down your car gradually. Avoid sudden braking.
11. Planning - Plan your trip to avoid traffic congestion. This saves time, money and avoids stress. You can also arrange your trip in order to maximize the purpose in a way. Examples from work can stop buying things, refuelling and so on. So there's no need to go out again and again.
12. No need to turn on the air conditioner when the weather cools off, or turn off the air conditioner when was about to reach the destination. Fuel consumption increased by 10% when using the air conditioner.
13. Make sure the car is not fully open windows while driving. Otherwise your car will increase friction and slow because you have to press more accelerator pedal to move.
14. Warming up your engine for at least 30 seconds after the engine is turned on. No need to press the accelerator pedal while warming up because it is just a waste of fuel only.
15. While the vehicle to start moving, press the accelerator pedal gently. Rapid acceleration causes the engine rotating speed in low gear thereby increasing fuel consumption.

Oil Filter

Maintaining a vehicle is not just a mere sending vehicle to the workshop only. The owner must also know some tips to avoid other problems arise on the vehicle. This guide gives some exposure to vehicle owners in choosing the type and quality of suitable oil filter when changing engine oil.

Filter function to keep the quality of oil is always clean and filtered through the inside. The tool which is not replaced within a period of time could result in engine damage and cause work system problems for engine components.

Before dealing with much worse problems on vehicles, vehicle owners are advised to replace the oil filter every 10,000 miles. However before replacing it, you must observe the following:

1. Use the original oil filter. Do not use non-genuine oil filter because it is feared that the interior contains a substance that can damage the filter components. In addition, non-genuine filters or cheap brands use low-quality paper that is not durable to filter out dirt.
2. Before installing the oil filter, make sure all interior clean from dirt, especially the surface of the filter. Note at the top of the oil filter there is a protector. Make sure it is open when the filter is to be installed. Then after the engine is turned on, note whether the engine oil leaks around the oil filter or not.
3. When replacing the oil filter it is usually offset by higher than normal oil. Observe your car. If every 1,000 miles, the car you need to add engine oil, it may indicate that something is not normal in the engine.
4. For example, piston rings were worn. Use a pressure test to detect the damage. Based on that information, the vehicle owner should take the necessary steps and observe the standard filter types are installed to prevent vehicles fitted with inferior filter.

Car Air Conditioning System

Car air conditioning system works using a compressed gas by a compressor. This gas will flow through the cooling coil inside the car cabin and the blower will blow wind through the cooling coil and produce a cold wind. After that, the gas must be cooled back and going through the radiator condenser which cools the gas. That's basically how car air conditioning works.

There are various problems that typically arise as a result of damage to the air-conditioner equipment;

1. Hot air or air-conditioner does not cool. This happens because some of the damage. Check the gas content of the air-conditioner to see on the window air-conditioner gas filter (silver tube with the glass on top). If you see any bubbles, meaning there is still gas. So the damage is not due to leakage. Install air-conditioning. Note the fan in front of the radiator condenser. If the fan does not move. Meaning the fan is faulty and should be changed.
2. If the fan spins, but his turn is less speed, the fan should also be changed. If the fan is moving fast and the air-conditioner is not cool, let the air-conditioner is on and noticed one of the air-conditioner gas pipe. If the water spots start to appear, then the gas flow from the compressor to the cooling coil functions. But if the air-conditioner is not cold, most likely, the valve that controls the entry of gas into the cooling coil is blocked or damaged. To change this valve, cooling coil should be open and should be removed and the proposed gas for air-conditioner service once.
3. Air-conditioner not cold enough. These things usually happen on these cars are fully imported from states with colder climates or after the air-conditioning in service. No real damage to the air-conditioner because the temperature is controlled by a switch that activates the air-conditioner automatically. Ask the mechanic to adjust the switch so that the air-conditioner longer activated.
4. In the long journey, after a while, the air-conditioner does not cool. This happens because the switch that controls the air-conditioner did not work properly, or even the valve that controls the gas into the cooling coil damaged, causing the entry of gas into the cooling coil excessively. This will make the cooling coil frozen, or iced happen that prevents the flow of gas out and, consequently, only a portion of the cooling coil cold, while other parts are hot. If this happens, stop your car for a while (until there is no ice on the gas pipe) and adjust the thermostat to a temperature less cold. If it happens again, valves or switches the air-conditioner should be changed.
5. Drip water. This also happens because as the above.
6. White smoke out. White smoke is actually dirt and water vapour occurs. because the gas is too cold. The reason is as '4' above as well.
7. Air from the air-conditioner stink. This happens because there are external wind into the wind channel system air-conditioner car. Perhaps, also, the air-conditioner was not in service too long to cause all the dust and wet mouldy and smelly.
8. Funnel the wind out air-conditioner oily. If this happens, the cooling coil means you have a leak and will eventually run out of gas and air-conditioner water will be hot.

It is proposed that the air-conditioner serviced every year. To travel far through the highway, do not adjust the thermostat on the coldest temperatures as this may damage the cooling coil valve. And for car users, do not 'play' with your air-conditioner thermostat because it is very sensitive. The cost to repair it is also quite expensive.