Some Basic Maintenance for Summer

Every person out there knows that there is some basic maintenance repairs that need to be done to winterize your car. Even if it is just changing your battery or filling up the anti-freeze there are always a few small things to do.  It is not like you need to go out and change your steering power boxes or power racks, no nothing like that. To summer-ize your car is a simple procedure that can make the summer much more enjoyable.

The main thing to remember when doing basic maintenance is to check all the systems in the car that will be affected by the extreme heat of the summer. The AC may not be the only system to inspect, though it is the first place you want to start. There is a good chance you have not used the ac much during winter month…though if you live in Florida this may not apply. The AC system should be put through its paces to be sure you are not stuck in traffic in 100 degree weather without AC. Next the area to check it the cooling system for the engine, if this system is malfunctioning it could leave you stranded in a cloud of steam…or worse. Many car fires are caused by super heated coolant leaking onto other systems and causing combustion. Finally…check your tires during the extreme temperature fluctuations that occur during the winter season air could have escaped from your tires and coming into the heat of summer it can cause a blow out not having correct tire pressure.

Car maintenance is one of those things that many of use just don’t do. We put our car through torture every day and then get mad when it breaks down. “What a piece of crap…Ahhh” but we forget the car has taken us 80K miles since the last time it saw any TLC. Don’t forget people a car is only as good as the person who maintains it, so do your part.