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Maintaining your Car in its Finest Conditions

Here are some automobile tips for maintaining your car in the finest conditions:

Tyres - one of the most important automobile tips is to rotate the position of the tyres on a regular basis. Another of the automobile tips is to balance the tyres at around 10,000 km. Also the under-inflated tyres have to be checked regularly. Also the tyres have to be checked for any gravel or stone residual.

Brakes - one of the most important automobile tips for the maintenance of breaks is to top up the brake fluid reservoir occasionally. This is to be especially done if you notice the brakes becoming wobbly and getting slow.

Battery - The automobile tips for battery maintenance is to clean the battery terminals regularly as well as apply some grease. The second tip is to check the battery's distilled water level.

Interior - the interiors should be vacuumed regularly. This helps to prevent any deposits of sand, grime, dust, salt, etc. while cleaning the dash should be wiped, instruments and seats should also be cleaned. It is advisable to use some special car cleaners.

If the interiors have leather, you should not use any high alkaline content as they can actually bleach the colour off the leather.

Exterior
- the best of the automobile tips for cleaning the exteriors is to wash the windscreens with water and soap. To dry the exterior, the chamois leather should be used. As soon as the car dries off it is advisable to use a rag dipped in a solution of water and methylated spirit to polish the glass.

Lights - all the lights like, brake lights, emergency flashers and turn signals should be cleaned regularly. Some fuses and bulbs should be kept in the vehicle as spares. Make sure that all your lights are clean and working, including the brake lights, turn signals and emergency flashers. Keep spare bulbs and fuses in your vehicle.

Hoses - the automobile tips for hoses state that they should be inspected every month. Same is true for the belts. In case you feel that a hose appears bad or has become really hard, then it should be replaced.

Exhaust
- the exhausts should be given proper attention. They should not be loose; also their clamps should not be broken. The automobile tips suggest that you should look for any possible holes in the pipes or the muffler. You should also change the parts that are either damaged or have caught some rust. Also the emission of your automobile should be checked every year.

Spare parts
- most of the automobile tips that you will ever read will suggest you to use only genuine spare parts for your automobile. They last long and do not have any side effects on the automobile' performance.

Article by Amit Verma

Published 2nd Dec 2009

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