Thursday, May 6, 2010

Vacation Season Car Care Essentials

Car Care Essentials vacation for your family road trips and summer vacation this year.


(NAPSI)-The summer months are well known to every vehicle as a driver on the road for long weekend getaways or too hard.

To ensure that you are ready for the summer drive, with easy maintenance steps will ensure your stay is memorable for all the right reasons.


Get a tune up and check your AC:

A melody, before you could on a long trip to be led to improved fuel consumption by 4-12 percent. Auto manufacturers recommend a tune up every two years, or 30,000 miles, whichever occurs first. If your air conditioning is not new, check the technicians checked the refrigerant charge, compressor belt and have compressor clutch.

Maintain your cooling system:

Engine coolant is dirty, then the system flushed and refilled at regular intervals - usually every three years or 36,000 miles. Never check the radiator or coolant when the engine is hot. A product for the reduction of engine heat is Royal Purple's Purple Ice Coolant Additive. This high-performance radiator coolant additive promotes optimal synthetic coolant supply by helping to prevent formation of calcium deposits in the radiator and also lubricates the water pump seals. Learn more at www.coolerradiators.com.

Do not Forget The Spare:

When checking your tires for proper inflation and regular wear sure your spare tire is ready to use in case you need to be put into operation when on the go.

Change your windshield wipers:

Experts recommend changing your blades every six to 12 months. Remember to check not, and change your rear window wiper blade, too!

Road Emergency Kit:

Once these elements, it could easily return to the road:

• First aid kit, aspirin, bandages, gauze, eyewash, wet wipes, antibiotic ointment and burn cream Including

• Duct tape can be fixed temporarily, a broken windscreen wiper, hold glass together, pick up glass shards, serve as temporary cover and repair a broken gas hose

• Brightly cloth or "emergency" character that can bind you or somewhere on your car to help with color signal

• mobile phone. If you do not want to use a regular phone, there are special units and 911 pre-paid mobile phones

• Tools such as wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers and wrench

• booster cable directly to a dead or defective battery

• Extra fuses

• Blankets

• emergency light or flashlight

• mineral water.