Preventive and corrective maintenance on a used car that is just purchased is important since buyer might not have all details of maintenance history and sometimes, people sell their cars due to faults without full disclosure.
The dipsticks of engine oil and transmission oil look similar, they also have upper and lower marks but the meaning of those marks and how they are read differ.
Purchase of a hybrid car requires due diligence during inspection. Aside the usual systems to inspect in cars, hybrids have some other places to be checked in order to acquire a non-problematic car.
Coolant can gain access to transmission through the transmission oil cooler. The oil cooler can leak internally causing the coolant and oil chambers to be linked.
Coolant getting into the engine lubrication system can cause damage to the engine. It is mostly caused by a faulty head gasket, bad radiator that has oil cooler integrated in it or a bad engine oil cooler.
The serpentine belt drives accessories like water pump, alternator, AC compressor and power steering pump. When the belt cuts, these accessories stop functioning and the vehicle has a very limited time to run.
The main battery fuse of a car is a relatively high amperage fuse that protects the overall battery circuit. When it gets blown, it causes problems like no crank and other accessories not working.
One thing many car users want to do is adjust ride height by changing to tire with different diameter. You can calculate the diameter yourself without using tire size calculators.
Just as engines overheat, it is very possible for them to also be overcooled by their cooling systems or overcooled by the inrush of environmental air passing through the radiator.
When the hybrid battery is dying, there are symptoms that accompany it, like increased fuel consumption, erratic charge state, frequent internal combustion engine operation and so on...
