Taking care of the engine after a long Journey - Re Thing

After a long journey it would not hurt to bring your car to a garage for checking and maintenance. This is necessary because the car has been a long journey normally pass through diverse road conditions and also carry loads that exceed the specified limits. As a result car experience fatigue, for it needs to be checked so that cars become healthy again. Previously you had to set aside for preparations if there is a fast moving parts that must be replaced.

If the car had already entered regular service schedule, you can take advantage of this opportunity to propose a thorough checking the condition of the spare parts. Usually mechanical workshop requested recondition the car will perform the following steps.

Tune Up
Mechanics usually first be advised to do tune-ups, of course, not only do the oil change, but also there are some treatments that need to be done, such as checking or cleaning spark plugs-it also includes an examination of the voltage and checking the condition of the spark plug wires-checking and cleaning the air filter. If the air filter is already too dirty, it is recommended to be replaced with new ones.

If the machine still uses a carburetor system, spraying carburetor cleaner to the air intake system on the carburetor. When the car injection system, can be cleaned with cleaning fluid through the fuel injector, or can also use a special tool to clean the injectors.

Adjustment of the valve is also a common practice during the process of a tune up. Valve adjustment is intended to allow a gap can be adjusted back to the standard slit car manufacturer concerned.

Cars that use a mechanical ECU systems typically use engine scanner tool or a diagnostic scanner. With the help of these tools, we can know the condition of the engine performance whether in good condition or not, according to the performance that has been specified by the manufacturer.

Modern machines are equipped with integrated ECU with sensors that will be read by the scanner engine through the air sensor, reads weak incoming air. This will be diagnosed due to constraints on the system air filter. In other words, the air filter is considered dirty by the sensor.

Engine scanner is able to detect it so that mechanics can make improvements for engine performance returned to normal.

Transmission oil
Oil clutch transmission and manual transmission must be checked for the condition or the life of the oil. After a long journey, checking the oil is required to be done, usually transmission oil life is considered exhausted after 20-40 thousand Km distance.

For automatic transmission oil, life is generally about 10-15 thousand Km. Another case with the life of the clutch plate manually can reach 70,000 Km. if the plate has reached the lifetime, it should immediately do the replacement.