This is now the case for many families: they are very happy to buy cars and want to go to work and play. It was only after the purchase that it became apparent that there was a subway bus to work and a bus to work on weekends, most of which was parked on the block. From the very beginning of the year, the total mileage is less than 10,000 kilometres, or even 23,000 kilometres a year。
A lot of drivers are in trouble. What are you gonna do with maintenance? The sale of 4s often reminds that maintenance takes place at the mileage; friends also say that the vehicle is easily broken and maintenance must be performed. As a result, a number of people went on to change oil and complete maintenance for six months, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars。
In fact, there's an easy area of error: car maintenance, not just miles, but time. Even if the car remained in place, the oil, rubber pipelines, electric bottles in the engine, and the spare parts, would be ageing over time. In turn, however, there is no need for excessive anxiety, frequent maintenance and waste of money。
Few vehicles are driven, and maintenance logic is completely different from the one that travels through the sky. The main cost of running is from miles; the majority of the damage is from static aging, with a large number of parked and low-speed vehicles. If the maintenance programme was also used for high-mile vehicles, it would cost a lot more than necessary. Today we are really talking about private cars less than 10,000 kilometres a year, which projects are to be done and which ones can be postponed to avoid maintaining the pits that are common inside。
I. Gl: don't stare at miles. Time is the point
The oil is the core of the maintenance project and the most asked questions. A lot of car owners remember the phrase: "5,000 kilometers for oil." this sentence, which is in fact the standard for old mineral oil, is not fully applicable at this time and is not particularly suitable for vehicles with minimal driving capacity。
The oil is installed inside the engine and is slowly oxidized if exposed to air. The oil will not remain completely new when the car goes out of fire. Over time, oil is slowly emulsing and decreasing, and even if only a thousand kilometres are spent for more than a year, the ability to protect the engine will be severely compromised。
A simple description of the replacement cycles for different oils, suitable for owners less than 10,000 kilometres a year:
1. Total synthetic oils: priority recommendations. One change per year at the most, even if only two or three thousand kilometres per year, is required。
2. Semi-synthetic oils: 6-8 months ' replacement recommended。
Mineral oils: not recommended for long-term use up to six months。
Focus: drive less and prioritize time rather than mileage. Many of the owners run 3,000 kilometres a year, thinking that they are a long way from 10,000 kilometres and that they do not change oil for the second year in a row, a practice that most hurts the engine. After oil deterioration, lubrication, rust resistance decreased and the engine was prone to oil sludge。
Nor is there any need for excessive tension to replace the entire synthetic oil in six months. A number of shops are eager to say that parked cars are badly oiled and require shorter cycles. A normal home environment, indoor or open spaces, is fully sufficient to replace full-synthetic oil in one year without any additional reduction in the cycle。
When oil is replaced, it is recommended that the oil filters be replaced together, as a side item, at low cost and once done。
Ii. Equipment: maximum hidden consumption of vehicles parked
Cars are driven less, and bottles are much more likely to cause problems than frequent vehicles. This is where many of the car owners step on the pits: they usually look good, put them for a month or two, and one day they're ready to go out without a direct fire。
After the car went out of fire, the vehicle's security system, the carlog stand-by, and the on-board module continued to consume electricity slowly, which is commonly referred to as “static power consumption”. The generator will not recharge the bottle until the car is activated. If each drive is short-distance and stops a few kilometres away, the cylinders are not fully charged and are in a chronic state of power loss, their lifetime will be significantly reduced。
Common domestic lead-acid cylinders with a normal life of 3-5 years, but often suspended and long-term power deficit bottles may end up in about two years, replacing a single bottle with hundreds less。
Daily practice:
1. To the extent possible, stopovers of more than two weeks shall be avoided. The vehicle is activated every 10 to 14 days at 10 to 15 minutes in situ, or at a low speed to travel for more than 20 minutes, allowing the generator to recharge the bottle. In-situ inefficiency is less efficient in charging, and it is better to go low。
2. If the vehicle is to be parked for more than one month on a permanent journey, consideration may be given to cutting the negative poles of the bottle and reducing static power consumption. Less capable friends are not advised to operate on their own to avoid affecting vehicle-mounted computers。
3. At normal intervals, each ignition starts with a feeling that the fire is weak, the start is slow, the electric cylinders are probably decaying and ready to be replaced in advance to avoid anchoring at a critical time。
Tyres: static stopping, deformation older than wear
In vehicles that are often not driven, tyre wears are very minor, but long-term static pressure results in flats, i. E., long-term pressure and local deformation of the locations where the tyres and ground contact take place. The next time i drive, it's clear that the car is shaking。
At the same time, tyres are rubber products that are naturally ageing and, depending on the date of production of the tyre side wall, the ageing of rubber is a matter of time and has little to do with how many kilometres to run. It is recommended that tyres be replaced for a maximum of six years from the time they are normally used and from the start of the plant, even if the tires are so deep that they are not too worn out that they are checked at the end of the year. Many vehicles have been parked for many years, and the pattern looks thick, the rubber has been fractured and the risk of high-speed flat tires increases。
Elements of daily maintenance:
1. Prior to long-term parking, the tire pressure is appropriately high, approximately 0. 2 bar above the standard pressure, reducing the pressure deformation of the tyre and returning to the standard tyre pressure before using the vehicle。
2. Conditions to move vehicles every two to three months to change the position of tyres to the ground to prevent the occurrence of flat spots。
3. A simple look at the side wall of the tyre before each drive, with any small cracks and drums. Aging cracks were found to be high and replacements were made in a timely manner, rather than looking only at the depths。
Iv. Oil and water supplements: anti-frozen fluids, brake oil, not blindly and frequently replaced
Many maintenance packages are packed with a large number of items and each time oil is changed, it is recommended to replace anti-freeze fluids, brake oil, and turn to booster oil. Fewer vehicles are driven, and the fluids are not frequently replaced with oil, and replacement is sufficient on a time-cycle basis。
Refrigerated fluids: the primary function is freezing, cooling, rustproofing. Long-activated anti-frozen fluid for domestic vehicles, which can normally be replaced by four years or 60,000 kilometres, first to whichever. Only a few thousand kilometres per year, with a four-year check, continues in normal condition and is replaced without two years. A simple check of liquid levels is possible each fall and winter, and there is no need to replace the whole barrel with a single refill of the same type。
Brake oil: brake oil absorbs water in the air, and excessive moisture reduces brake boiling points and affects brake safety. The standard cycle is normally two years, no matter how far it goes, the time is preferred. Even a thousand kilometres a year, two years of recommended water levels. Water content exceeded standard and replaced without early replacement。
Let me remind you here that brakes are about the safety of motor vehicles and that the project cannot be delayed indefinitely, but it does not have to be changed every year. Many stores sell brake oil every year, but there is no need to measure the most objective water content with a test pen。
Glass water: this is simple, looking at the liquid level, simply adding it directly, without a fixed replacement period and as a consumer。
Other accessories: air core, air-conditioning core, clean replacement as required
The air core function is to filter the air into the engine, and the air-conditioning core is responsible for the air inside the vehicle. The wear and tear of these two accessories is more relevant to the vehicle environment and the impact of the mileage is second only。
The owner who runs less than 10,000 kilometres a year:
- air filtration cores: once a year, the maintenance is shown and if the environment is large and willow, it is dirty to replace directly; the dust is small, blown and replaced once every two years。
- air-conditioning filter cores: suggested one change a year. Even if the car is running low, the air conditioner windways are damp, they tend to breed fungus, and they don't drive for a long time, the next air conditioner will smell strange. In the summer, in the moist areas of the may rainy season, it is possible to check every six months。
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Leather belts, rain scrapes: rubber, ageing over time. If the rain is not clean, the belt of the engine is replaced with a crack for each maintenance eye check。
Additional minor parking habits to reduce vehicle wear and tear
In addition to regular maintenance, some minor routines, which are usually parked, can reduce vehicle wear and tear and save considerable maintenance money。
First, stop the car as far as possible to select a dry, ventilated location. Long-term stopovers of low-lying humid areas are prone to rusty chassis and brake parts. Open-air parking, with the conditions to use car coats, reduces sun and rain and slows rubber pieces and car paints. Suits must be of good quality, and paints of poor-quality vehicles are damaged。
Second, the little brake trick. If the ground is stopped for a long period of time, if the ground is flat, the block can be lifted and the brakes released. The brake line has been tightened for a long time and is easily rusty and sticky, and the next drive cannot release the brake. P block first, front block. If the ramp stops, the brakes must be tightened。
Thirdly, the tank should not be filled for long periods of time, nor should it be too small. Long-term storage, with oxidation of the fluid in the tank. If it is expected to stop for more than three months, half a tank of oil would be the most appropriate。
At the end
In conclusion, the car is driven in small quantities, maintenance is given priority time, followed by mileage. There was no need to replace the hf mileage maintenance package with the full year of the meal, but the vehicle could not be considered completely unmaintained without having travelled many kilometres. Oil, electric bottles and rubber pieces are ageing over time, and the projects to be done cannot be saved, and the unnecessary projects do not cost blindly。
At the heart of car maintenance is what you do according to what you really do, not what the door shop sells. Distinguishing which items are just needed and which can be deferred would protect vehicles and save unnecessary expenses。
This document is intended to be a general reference for the domestic vehicle maintenance section, and there are differences in the maintenance specifications for the original plant of different types, and the final maintenance programme is based on the vehicle maintenance manual, which does not constitute a repair and maintenance proposal。
Isn't everyone's car less than 10,000 miles a year? Were there many maintenance items recommended by the door shop when they were normally maintained? You're welcome to leave a message in the comment area about your car experience。
