How To Maintain Your Car Between Services

Between services, car owners want to ensure the ongoing health of their vehicles. This ensures not only safe travel but also avoids the risk of having to pay for repairs should the car break down.

It's in your best interest to invest time and energy into maintaining your car in between services. But what should you be doing, exactly?

Read on to find out.

Regular inspection of your tyres is essential for keeping your car in top condition between services.

This helps you track the pressure of the tyres and ensure that they're roadworthy. In turn, this reduces the amount of wear and tear suffered by your tyres, prolonging the mileage. It also helps to protect against tyre blowouts and accidents.

Changing the oil in your car should be done every 3,000 miles.

When oil is left to solidify, it won't be able to reach all parts of the engine, leading to problems with your crankshaft and bearings.

If you're unsure how to change your car oil yourself, you can consult the car manual or book an oil change with a local service provider. It's also worth learning which type of car oil is best for your particular model.

The lights on your car need regular testing for several reasons.

For one, the lights are a key safety feature of the car; without sufficient visibility during the night and difficult weather conditions, you increase your risk of an accident.

For another, having damaged or broken lights are deemed a safety hazard that could land you a fine.

Your car relies on several fluids to run at its best.

These fluids include the brake fluid, engine oil, transmission fluid, power steering fluid and coolant.

Checking your vehicle fluids means not only checking that they're at the correct levels, but also ensuring that there are no leaks of any of the fluids.  A fluid leak can be detrimental to your car's health.

This is only a step that you should take if you notice that your windshield wipers aren't working as they need to.

Replace your car wipers as soon as you notice that they've stopped functioning as they should (look out for the 4 S's: streaking, splitting, skipping and squeaking) as the problem won't simply fix itself.

This ensures you always get maximum visibility on the road.

There are some more basic maintenance jobs you can carry out on your car to ensure it's running and looking its best, and this includes cleaning the exterior.

This will remove the build-up of dirt and other lingering particles, such as grit from the road. This helps to reduce the amount of wear that the body and undercarriage of your car takes.

If your car is due for its next service and you're based in the Ballina area, contact the K & T Ballina Mechanical team today.

We provide quality and reputable car services and have done so for more than 20 years.

Get in touch with us today to learn more or to book your vehicle for a repair or routine maintenance inspection.