Let the car warm through the winter, talk about the maintenance of the car before the winter

【The owner's family car knowledge】Tomorrow is the beginning of winter. When car owners add clothes to themselves, don’t forget to do a maintenance for their car before the winter. Because, as the temperature drops, not only the road surface on which you travel becomes more difficult, but the performance of the vehicle itself will also be affected. Therefore, car owners must do a maintenance before the winter to add a point of protection to their driving safety.

1. Paint surface repair in advance

The previous article also mentioned that there are more rainy and foggy days in autumn and winter. If the damaged paint surface is exposed to rain for a long time, it will easily cause rust. Therefore, if your car has obvious scratches, it must be painted in time.

2. Replace the antifreeze

Antifreeze may seem like a trivial matter, but it has a great impact on the car, from blocking the pipelines to corroding and damaging the cylinder. Therefore, choose antifreeze with caution, one is not to mix it, and the other is not to use fake and inferior products. Maybe many southern car owners rarely check this, but if you want to drive north in winter, you must check the antifreeze in advance.

3. Wiper check

The wiper is also a seemingly inconspicuous thing, but it plays a vital role at a critical time. It can even be said that the car cannot move without it. Because there is a lot of rain and snow in winter, be sure to check whether the wiper is normal or not before entering the winter. It should be noted that if you find that the wiper is stuck to the windshield by snow in the morning when you go out in the winter, do not wash it directly with hot water, as this will easily cause the window to burst due to temperature changes and the wiper will be deformed. The correct method should be to turn on the air conditioner to hot air, the blowing mode is the front windshield, and wait for the wiper to turn on naturally.

4. Chassis inspection

In winter, the car chassis is always in direct contact with rain, and it is easy to rust, and the speeding tires will throw muddy water onto the car chassis. After the rain passed and the weather cleared, the car's chassis began to rust. Therefore, it is best to take some time before winter to give the chassis an anti-rust treatment.

5. Tire inspection

In the winter tire inspection, we mainly check the tire pattern wear and tire pressure, and clean up the stones and other debris in the gap. When winter comes, if conditions permit, you can also prepare a set of snow tires in advance to add a "sense of safety" to driving in snow.

6. Battery inspection

Because the battery capacity is much lower in a low temperature environment than at room temperature, we can often see that a battery that is normally used at room temperature cannot be used in winter. Therefore, we must do a good job in the maintenance of the battery in winter. First of all, check the battery storage status in time. If the engine is struggling to start or the engine speed drops gradually after the start, it means that the battery voltage is insufficient and needs to be charged.

7. Car light inspection

Replace darkened bulbs as soon as possible to reduce the number of bulb replacements in winter. There are particularly many rear-end collisions in winter, because it is prone to fog and frost in winter and low visibility.Therefore, whether the high-position brake lights work normally is also a guarantee for driving safety in winter

8. Heating system inspection

Whether the heating system can work normally is very important. Although the heating system has a simpler structure than the air conditioning system, it is also prone to failure after a summer of inactivity. So before the beginning of winter, try whether the heating system has hot air, whether the fan is running abnormally, and whether the air duct is unobstructed. Sometimes the antifreeze in the heating pipe does not flow for a long time, condenses and blocks the circulation pipeline, etc., so you must go to the 4S shop or repair shop for repairs in time.

Tips:In winter, not only the car itself is prone to breakdowns, but also the bad weather can easily lead to accidents. Therefore, in addition to doing a maintenance for your car before the winter, you should also prepare some necessary emergency items in the car in case of emergency.