After the winter the car deserves a thorough care. Now is a great car wash in the wash announced, advise the experts at the Society for Technical Supervision (GTÜ). Successful cooperation between the underbody and wheel arches are not forgotten, for there is the aggressive salt of winter holds the longest.
Automatic washing machines offer correspondingly extensive washing and care programs. An additional hand washing to fold, edges and cracks is useful because be cleared of car washes are often inadequate. To clean a sponge, wash gloves and use appropriate cleaning brushes and rinse them thoroughly at frequent intervals so that debris left no scratches in the paint.
But be careful, because high pressure cleaners can cause more harm than good. So you should follow the operating instructions for pressure and spray distance accurately, warns GTÜ. Danger also exists for the tires, which can be damaged by improper handling of the pressure washer. The engine washing, it is better left to the expert, so no electronic components suffer damage due to improper handling.
After an inspection of the external cleaning of rubber gaskets, paint, windshield and wipers is announced. Rubber gaskets should be treated with care products such as silicone spray. Smaller impact sites in the coating can be polished or treated with a paint pen. A final hard wax seal at the latest car owners should make when on the clean paint the water no longer beads significantly.
At the inspection is to pay attention to the rear wiper. If the wiper blades Lubricate lightly, they can first of all deal with window cleaner. It will not help, they should be replaced. Repairs of small stone chips to the windscreen are carried out by skilled staff and are insured for partial coverage mostly for free.
Also inside the vehicle should be cleaned thoroughly by spring, there are wet and dirty upholstery and carpets ideal breeding grounds for fungi and bacteria. Therefore, even floor mats are cleaned, but not with cockpit spray, because otherwise there is danger of slipping. The seats should be suitable upholstery or leather cleaner.
Be careful when cleaning the headliner offered. Excessive rubbing can destroy the structure or lead to light places. Even seemingly clean windows are common. Microfiber cloths and glass cleaner providing again for the right view. If after a thorough internal cleaning the car still smells unpleasant, even the air conditioning system can be tuned to blame.
In these cases, one should look to the motor vehicle workshop Council. After a hard winter, a security check in the workshop is advisable. There, experts eyes the most important functions of the car are checked. These include visual inspection of the body and windshield and check the wipers and washer, the inspection of brake fluid, coolant and engine oil and a battery load test.
In addition, tire pressure and tread depth are checked, the brake pads and rotors a take a close look and check exhaust system, brake lines and the vehicle underbody. Even in the summer wheels should now be considered slowly. This raises the question first, whether the tires should be installed by the previous summer.
The legal minimum tread depth is 1.6 mm. The GTÜ experts recommend a tread of at least 3 mm and 4 mm for winter tires. Car owners who change their wheels themselves recommend that to shown for security reasons must be aware that some points. Irregularly abraded tire indicate defective shock absorbers or a false (usually adjustable) suspension geometry out.
When directional tires sure during the installation that the arrow on the sidewall at each side of the car always in the direction facing the front. The wheels only when changing from front to back and change should only be fitted with the appropriate wheel. When the wheel assembly to the manufacturer specified torque (as in the manual check).
This is required in addition to the normal wheel cross a torque tool. Too little is just as harmful as too much. Too much wheel bolts tightened the captive material properties of the compound Rim / Wheel will be affected. After installation, then the tire pressure be checked. This also applies to the often forgotten spare. 
Automatic washing machines offer correspondingly extensive washing and care programs. An additional hand washing to fold, edges and cracks is useful because be cleared of car washes are often inadequate. To clean a sponge, wash gloves and use appropriate cleaning brushes and rinse them thoroughly at frequent intervals so that debris left no scratches in the paint.
But be careful, because high pressure cleaners can cause more harm than good. So you should follow the operating instructions for pressure and spray distance accurately, warns GTÜ. Danger also exists for the tires, which can be damaged by improper handling of the pressure washer. The engine washing, it is better left to the expert, so no electronic components suffer damage due to improper handling.
After an inspection of the external cleaning of rubber gaskets, paint, windshield and wipers is announced. Rubber gaskets should be treated with care products such as silicone spray. Smaller impact sites in the coating can be polished or treated with a paint pen. A final hard wax seal at the latest car owners should make when on the clean paint the water no longer beads significantly.
At the inspection is to pay attention to the rear wiper. If the wiper blades Lubricate lightly, they can first of all deal with window cleaner. It will not help, they should be replaced. Repairs of small stone chips to the windscreen are carried out by skilled staff and are insured for partial coverage mostly for free.
Also inside the vehicle should be cleaned thoroughly by spring, there are wet and dirty upholstery and carpets ideal breeding grounds for fungi and bacteria. Therefore, even floor mats are cleaned, but not with cockpit spray, because otherwise there is danger of slipping. The seats should be suitable upholstery or leather cleaner.
Be careful when cleaning the headliner offered. Excessive rubbing can destroy the structure or lead to light places. Even seemingly clean windows are common. Microfiber cloths and glass cleaner providing again for the right view. If after a thorough internal cleaning the car still smells unpleasant, even the air conditioning system can be tuned to blame.
In these cases, one should look to the motor vehicle workshop Council. After a hard winter, a security check in the workshop is advisable. There, experts eyes the most important functions of the car are checked. These include visual inspection of the body and windshield and check the wipers and washer, the inspection of brake fluid, coolant and engine oil and a battery load test.
In addition, tire pressure and tread depth are checked, the brake pads and rotors a take a close look and check exhaust system, brake lines and the vehicle underbody. Even in the summer wheels should now be considered slowly. This raises the question first, whether the tires should be installed by the previous summer.
The legal minimum tread depth is 1.6 mm. The GTÜ experts recommend a tread of at least 3 mm and 4 mm for winter tires. Car owners who change their wheels themselves recommend that to shown for security reasons must be aware that some points. Irregularly abraded tire indicate defective shock absorbers or a false (usually adjustable) suspension geometry out.
When directional tires sure during the installation that the arrow on the sidewall at each side of the car always in the direction facing the front. The wheels only when changing from front to back and change should only be fitted with the appropriate wheel. When the wheel assembly to the manufacturer specified torque (as in the manual check).
This is required in addition to the normal wheel cross a torque tool. Too little is just as harmful as too much. Too much wheel bolts tightened the captive material properties of the compound Rim / Wheel will be affected. After installation, then the tire pressure be checked. This also applies to the often forgotten spare.
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