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Maintaining Your Vehicle

Learn about maintaining your vehicle, jump-starting a car, checking brake systems, fluids, and preventive maintenance for optimal performance. Understand how to spot leaks, check fluid colors, save gas, and calculate miles per gallon.

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Maintaining Your Vehicle

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  1. Maintaining Your Vehicle

  2. Jump Starting a Car

  3. Jump starting a car

  4. Jump Starting a Vehicle

  5. Check Engine Oil Pressure Engine Temp Alternator Brake Airbag Lamp Out (Bulb) Seat Belt Fluid Low Door Open ABS Not Working Service Warning Lights

  6. Brake System • The Brake system’s Master Cylinder contains two parts. Each part controls two wheels. • When you brake, brake fluid is forced from the master cylinder thru the brake lines to each wheel’s brake cylinder.

  7. Disk & Drum Brakes

  8. Parking Brake • The Parking Brake is a separate brake system that works on the rear wheels.

  9. Tires • Radial Belted

  10. Changing A Tire

  11. Put it in Park, use the Parking Brake and put something under the tires.

  12. Rotate your Tires

  13. Preventive Maintenance • What is Preventive Maintenance? • Care given to a car to Prevent Trouble later on. • What are some examples?

  14. Check the Air Filter Hoses & Belts Change or check Oil Check Wipers & Fluid Check Lights & turn signals Check Tires Check Shocks Brake Fluid Power steering Fluid Coolant

  15. Check Your Fluids

  16. Checking your Oil

  17. Leaks Under your Car • Bright Green:radiator coolant, this is also very slippery to the touch. • Light or Dark Brown: if you change the oil often it will be a light brown, if not the fluid will be a darker brown. Make sure to change your engine oil every 3-5000 miles. • Bright Blue: windshield washer fluid. (Winter washer fluids can be orange, pink or yellow). • Light Brown: if there is also a strong odor of rotten eggs, this is 90 weight or gear lube. It may be leaking from the rear axle center section or the manual transmission. • Red Fluid: Automatic transmission fluid or power steering fluid. Note where the fluid is coming from – it could be long life coolant • Clear:Power steering fluid or water from the condenser on the A/C unit. • Light Yellow: Brake fluid is light yellow when new as it absorbs water the fluid becomes a dark muddy brown. Brake fluid absorbs 2% water over a one year period under normal braking conditions. This is a very important fluid and should be changed every other year. • Amber: Gasoline, but there will be a distinct odor

  18. Records • Keep records of all repairs. • Keep sales receipts of tires, battery, and windshield wipers

  19. Saving Gas • Lower speeds – keep windows open / Air conditioner off • More than 45 MPH close the windows • Fast Starts & very slow starts wastes fuel • Look ahead & coast into red & yellow lights • Turn off the engine when stuck at a railroad crossing of real long red light.

  20. Calculating Miles Per Gallon • Fill tank - Record odometer • Drive until you have about ½ tank. • Refill the tank • Record the number of gallons it took to refill the tank • Record the odometer and subtract the 1st reading from the 2nd. • Divide the gallons into the miles driven.

  21. 7 Gallons into 210 miles driven 10 gallons into 200miles 30 MPG 20 MPG Miles Per Gallon

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