Cool the Engine when it is overheated

A friend of mine went to Genting Highlands last week. On the way up to Genting, her husband car's engine was overheated and force them to stop at the side of road so wait for the enigne to cool down. I never thought of this problem before "How if a car engine overheated at the half way to Genting Highlands " ? How to cool the engine when it is overheated?

I asked my friend whose husband is a mechanic, and he shared some valuable opinion to me as below...

1. Turn off the engine and open the hood. Pour water on the outside of the radiator itself.

2. Take about 20minutes to wait for the engine to cool significantly before opening the tank to add coolant ,look at the coolant reservoir to check the coolant level.

3.if the level is below the low line, use a funnel to add coolant to the reservoir. You have to call a tow truck if a low coolant level is not the problem.

To Clean Car Battery Terminals

I was watching TV programmes last night while my husband was busy finding a baking soda. I asked him what he was going to do with the baking soda as the day is late already. He replied he need the baking soda to clean his car battery terminals. I was curious about what my husband said so i asked him to show me the way of cleaning.

1. First of all, he filled a cup with water until is 3/4 full and put in 5 table spoons of baking soda ( sodium bicarbonate) to the cup dissolved it.

2. Pour the mixed water over the battery terminals and let it work for about 15 seconds.

3.When it is done, pour some natural water on the battery to get all residues off.

It is pretty simple and it keeps our car battery from working at its best, and many times from working at all. You may try this at your own too.

Cleaning Car Windows Tint

I never know that there are some differences in cleaning car window with and without tinted until my friend informed me about this today. Maybe it is because i never tint my car windows so i do not have such knowledge.

If your car windows were tinted, how to clean it? Let me share with you..

1. According to my friend, we should be careful not to touch the window tint for the first 5 days and do not clean it for 30 days.

2. If the windows covered with dirt and dust, clean it using a soft cloth with soap or water, do not use a hard cloth or newspaper as it will scratch it.

3. Be careful when we load some items into car as it might caused the tinted windows nicked.

Adding Water to Car Battery

I went back to my Sungai Bakap house yesterday. I drove my parents to had Dim-Sum breakfast at Tasek. I went to petrol station to "feed" my car with petrol as it is almost empty. When i finished entering the petrol to my car, i started my car few times, but i failed. I tried and tried again until i gave up. So i enter the petrol customer service centre, and the officer came out to inspect my car battery. Oh no, i was informed that my car battery was out of order ( The main reason i cannoty started up my car is because my battery water was empty).I have to buy the new battery from the petrol which cost me RM175.

The officer informed to me examine the battery water one per month to prolong the life of battery. How to add water to the battery ? The office provide some guidelines to me as below...

1. First of all, do not smoke while adding the battery water. Clean the battery surface top before opening the inspection caps to avoid getting dirt and debris into the car battery.

2. Filling a car battery with only distilled water. But before that, remember to check the water level in each cell of the battery.

3. Do not over fill the water level as it can cause the leakage of acid water mixture.

Life for Car Tyre

i went to change my 2 pairs of my car tyres last Saturday ( actually the workshop assistant adviced me to change the tyre since two months ago, but i only change it last Saturday). It totally costed me RM550 ( after giving me 10% discount). Wow..So heartache as RM550 is quite big amount to me :(

So i asked the workshop assistant on how to extend the life of tyre to have smoother and safer driving. According to him, we need to check our tyre pressure at least monthly so that it is not over inflat.

Secondly, it is better to do tyre-balancing if there is a vibration in the steering wheel that occurs only at low speed and goes away if you drive faster. This vibration of course will caused the exhaustion of tyre depth.

Besides, it is good to have alignment checked on all our tyres @ 10,000 miles when tires are rotated to prevent it drifts in one direction when driving on a straight road.

When Car battery Light Goes On ~ How?

I went to take my car behind my office and planning to drove to Maxis Centre to pay my bill during lunch time hour today. When i started my car, i found that my car battery light goes on. I still can remember that once upon a time, my car battery light on and at last i cannot start my car.

So just now when i saw the light was on, i quickly off my radio and air-conditioning (Don't assume that the light is broken. It's possible, but unlikely. ). At the moment, we are not encouraged to turn the engine off and on. It is because starting car uses more of the battery's charge. After that, i drove to a mechanic to do an alternator output test.

How if the auto repair shop is not near to your location when your car battery goes on? First of all, look for the battery cable ends, clean it if it is full of powdery corrosion. Also, ensure the cable ends are tight and secure at both ends and the connections at the back of the alternator are secure.

Adding Windshield-Washer Fluid

Penang was having raining and sunny day for last few days. The changing of weather has caused my car covered with dusts. I wipe my windshield everyday before i am driving. I plan to check the windshield fluid level so that it will be in full supply all the days. But how to add windshield washer fluid?

Find the windshield-washer fluid reservoir which labeled with a symbol on the cap showing two spurts of water. the following that, check the fluid level and it is encouraged to add windshield-washer fluid using a funnel to avoid leakage. Finally, put the cap back on the reservoir.

Making offer on a Car

LastSunday i went to a shopping mall to visit a car exhibition. I saw a sales man promoted a Myvi car to a young lady, and what made me surprised was the young lady dint bargain to the salesman and pay the deposit straightforward to him. Wow..Maybe she is rich enough, but in the point of view, i felt that she has less experience in bargaining.

How to make an offer to a car? I wish to share with you who knows you might need it one day when dealing with car-seller..

1. We have to do some surveys about the price of car we wish to buy before negotiations. Stay firm with the final price you are willing to pay and if the car-seller disagree, we just walked away.

2. Make a lower offer that you are willing to pay but of course, allow the seller to counteroffer for it.

3.We can also take into account for extras services such as free maintainance for 1 year, tinted windows and etc.

4. Inform the seller that you might consider and will call him after you make decision. This will definitely makes the seller offers a price close to what you have in mind.