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With heat waves sweeping across the country, vigilantly monitoring your car is absolutely essential to prevent potential disasters. Preparing your car for extreme heat entails everything from the inside out. Let’s check out the menu of car care tips that will keep your car running smoothly and looking great during the summer months:
1) Check your car’s battery: Extremely high temperatures accelerate the wear and tear on your battery more than it would normally sustain. During real blazers, the fluids in a car battery tend to seep and evaporate. This can lead to corrosion. The next time you pop your hood, take a look at the battery terminals to check for corrosion. Here is a great resource that can guide you through things ranging from cleaning terminals to battery removal and installation. (Fun fact: Did you know you can clean battery cables with coke a cola?)
2) Make sure that all types of fluids in your car are filled to the appropriate levels. This is essential to keep your engine from overheating. If your engine overheats, pull over immediately! Driving on an overheated engine will eventually destroy it. Click here to learn how to thoroughly and appropriately check your car’s fluids. If it feels like your AC is packing less of a punch, consider recharging the AC with the correct freon.
3) Keep your car in the shade: Keeping your car out of direct sunlight helps your car in several ways. This is an efficient way to keep under the hood components and your battery in good health. As I mentioned before, extreme heat eats batteries like candy. Keeping the inside of your car as cool as possible when not in use also saves some extra work that your AC would otherwise have to do to cool the inside of your car to habitable conditions. Using a car sunshade is an easy and relatively inexpensive way to keep your car cooler. One of the best ones around is made by Covercraft and you can order a sun shade that is custom fit for your car without breaking the bank.
4) Give your car some extra love: Wax on wax off! Using a car wax with carnauba in it will protect your car’s paint from UV rays. A simple wax coat can prevent paint from fading. Click here to learn about recommended waxes. Be sure to pay some extra attention to the interior of your car as well. Direct sun exposure can cause cracking on dashboards and premature wear on leather and other fabrics. Buying a simple interior conditioner should keep your car in great shape. Armor All works great for this.
5) Keep an eye on your tires: Make sure that the air pressure in your tires is filled to the pressure recommended by the manufacturer. You can find this number on the side of the tire and is commonly 32 psi. Make note to check your tire pressure about every thirty days.
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