10 tips for motorists to help survive the heat
Tips / / December 19, 2019
Extreme heat - the same ordeal for carAs winter frosts. From the high temperatures melt the asphalt, and the hood is heated so that it is possible to prepare eggs. To avoid problems with the machine and make your life easier hot summer help our advice.
1. Check the cooling system
If you have not had time to do the system, it is not necessary to delay it. Be sure to check the coolant level in the expansion tank. And add a liquid according to the labels, if necessary. To avoid burns, do it better, when the engine is cold.
Carefully inspect all connections and the radiator for the presence of smudges and make sure there are no leaks. Remember that the coolant has a limited service life, which, depending on the brand varies from two to five years or 20 to 40 thousand kilometers. Over time, it becomes dirty and loses its properties. If you do not remember the last time I changed the antifreeze, it is better to get rid of the old and the new pour.
Also check whether the radiator fan is turned on for warm engine. If not, you should refer to the auto-electrician and rectify the fault. Otherwise there is a risk of boiling antifreeze when driving at low speed and standing in traffic jams, when natural blowing air to cool enough.
2. Wash your car
Despite the smaller amount of dirt in the summer you need to wash the car more often, than at any other time of the year. At least one, and preferably two times a week. The fact that the plaque from dust and bird droppings, which inevitably occurs after parking in the shade of trees, cause uneven paint burnout and the emergence of visible spots on the body. Clean car (even dark color) better reflects the sun's rays and thus reduce their negative impact on the paintwork.
3. Clean the radiator from dirt
Do not forget about the cleanliness of the engine radiator and air conditioner. When driving in them falls fluff, dust, midges and other debris that clogs the honeycomb thin and degrades cooling. It is important to periodically clean the radiator and keep it clean. To clean the best use of the high-pressure jet cleaning and gently rinse the radiator across the motor, by pushing the dirt out. When slightly dirty, you can simply blow the cells with compressed air.
4. Do not panic if the engine is "boiled"
When the temperature reached the arrow red zone, and from under the hood pulled steam jets should not be scared. Instead, turn on the oven to maximum, to increase the selection of the heat and reduce the temperature of the coolant. Then immediately stop or while driving at low speeds, podyschu place to stop.
Stop the engine, but do not turn off the ignition, the radiator fan to continue to operate. Cautious open the hood, using gloves or a cloth so as not to burn yourself with steam coming out of the engine compartment. After waiting a few minutes and carefully remove the expansion tank cap to relieve excess pressure.
After cooling of the engine go to the nearest service station to resolve the problem previously replenishing the coolant level. Ideally, topped the best brand of antifreeze that has been before. If the hand is not a cooling liquid, can be used distilled water. In the extreme case suitable and ordinary water but antifreeze is then necessary to replace as soon as possible.
5. Protect the interior from the sun
Most of the time the car spends in the parking lot under the scorching sun. Already for some half hour interior temperature rises to 50 ° C, transforming it into the oven. Plastic dashboard overheats and can begin to crack, the skin dries out and loses its shape. Suffers even an ordinary fabric upholstery, which simply fade in direct sunlight.
Do not forget in the cabin lighters, phones and other electronic gadgets with rechargeable batteries, which due to overheating can cause a fire.
Reduce the heat and avoid burnout upholstery to help special reflective screens for a windshield. They are easy to install using the suction cups and do not allow sunlight to penetrate into the interior, reducing the temperature by about 10 ° C.
6. Take care of the steering wheel
If the machine stands long in the sun without the retro-reflective screen under the windshield, the steering wheel is heated to such an extent that it is impossible for him to take his hands. To avoid this unpleasant situation is quite simple. It is enough to turn the steering wheel 180 degrees before you leave the car in the parking lot. As a result, it heats up the lower part of the steering wheel and the upper, for which usually hold hands, will remain cold. Follow the example of the man above - also an option.
7. Do not rush to go
Sit in the stuffy cabin - something else fun. So before you hit the road, the car a little bit better ventilate. This is most easily done by opening all windows and doors, and wait a few minutes until the temperature inside of the temperature outside.
Owners of cars with air conditioning and climate control is also better to do so. Or at least not to include cooling at maximum power. Otherwise, due to the large temperature difference between the cold air flows directed to the windshield, could cause cracks.
8. Get rid of bitumen spray
One of the unpleasant effects of heat are spots and splashes of bitumen, which are formed on the disk, wings and doors after trips to the molten asphalt. Fortunately, they can be removed without any special tricks. The easiest way to address this problem at a car wash, but you can do on its own.
Clear body spray will help to remove the bitumen stains. The composition is applied to soiled place is left for a few minutes and then wiped off with a clean sponge. If the hand is no special tools, you can use the usual white spirit, kerosene or alcohol. They dissolve the bitumen and cope with the pollution is not worse. The main thing - to rub the stain with a soft sponge for no longer than 20-25 seconds to the solvent did not cause clouding of the lacquer.
9. Keep the car supply chilled water
The fact that the car must always be a bottle of water, they know everything. But the fact that it can be kept chilled, many people forget. Almost all the cars equipped with air conditioning or climate control, there is a valve that allows you to send cool air in the glove compartment, and thereby turn it into a makeshift refrigerator for water, energy bars and other snacking. The damper is located on one of the inner walls of the glove compartment and has a view of the handle, which only need to rotate or move.
10. Open drinks improvised means
When there is no openers and fingertips corkscrewOpening a bottle of lemonade or wine you can with what we have in the car. For glass bottles of soda or beer is convenient to use a seat belt tip. A wine without a corkscrew can be opened using the car compressor. To do this, take a needle to inflate the balls, which almost always have complete attachments, pierce her cap and direct the air bottle until the cover without giving pressure inside.
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