It’s no secret that the stable operation and life of the car depends on the quality of the oil poured into the engine, gearbox and gearbox of the car. But how to choose a quality oil for the car?
A large number of various oils from well-known and little-known manufacturers are exhibited on the shelves of outlets, and it is difficult even for a specialist to understand them, not to mention an ordinary motorist. In short, we can advise you to buy oils only from well-known companies that have recommended themselves in the market on the best side and are recommended by
technical documentation for your car, but due to the fact that there are a lot of fakes, it is better to buy oil in specialized stores.
Changing the oil in the engine and other parts of the car is also carried out according to the rules of the mentioned documentation, giving exact recommendations on the amount of mileage, after which it is necessary to change the oil in certain parts of the car.
Changing the engine oil is carried out in a certain sequence:
- Warm up the engine to heat the oil.
- The car is driven into a flyover or pit to allow the discharge of used oil.
- After turning off the engine, pour in an additive that provides cleaning of the oil system.
- Starting the engine at idle, let it work for about fifteen to twenty minutes.
- Switch off the engine and drain the oil through the drain plug, then screw the drain plug in place, possibly replacing the copper sealing washer.
- Changing the engine oil also involves replacing the oil filter. Before installing it, it is necessary to fill with new oil.
- After carrying out all these actions, it is necessary to fill in fresh oil in the norm specified in the technical documentation for the car.
As you can see, changing the oil in the engine is a simple procedure.
Changing gear oil is also not as difficult as it might seem to an inexperienced motorist. For the bulk of cars it needs to be replaced every 35,000 mileage or three years of operation of the car. But it is worth clarifying in the technical documentation for your car. It is also necessary to change it if it has changed color to black, coffee, or silver dust has appeared in it. Changing the oil in the gearbox and gearbox is simple, and it is advisable to do this at the same time. Consider changing the oil in the gearbox, for this:
- Drive at least five kilometers to warm up the oil in the nodes of the car.
- Drive a car into a pit or flyover.
- Having unscrewed the drain plug and the filler plug, drain the old oil.
- If the oil was dirty, then we wash the gearbox housing with a mixture of engine oil and diesel fuel (70% / 30%), for which we pour the mixture into the gearbox, jack up the rear wheels with a jack and let the engine run for five minutes in first gear, remove the jacks and drain the mixture .
- After draining the oil (mixture), screw the oil drain plug into place.
- Using a syringe with a polyethylene tube, we pump in new oil until it starts to flow out of the filler hole.
In the gearbox, the oil changes in a similar way.