Basic Car Maintenance

Basic car maintenance involves simply doing scheduled maintenance on time and with quality materials. Your car should have come with a manual that states the intervals of each maintenance item. The best thing (especially if you aren’t sure of the past service history) is to perform a full service when you first buy a used car, and then adhere to regular basic car maintenance after that. This will ensure you prolong the life of the used vehicle.

Basic car maintenance covers tasks such as oil services, coolant flushing, spark plug changes, timing belt changes, transmission fluid changes and flushes, tire rotation and replacement and a number of other tasks including interior and exterior care.

If you treat your car well then it is much more likely to have a long life, which of course will cost you less money in the end. You can prolong car repairs by simply adhering to manufacturers guidelines for services and basic car maintenance. This is your number one priority as a car owner.

Sludgy or dirty oil will be an indicator of a  sick car with repairs on the horizon. If you are looking at used cars and pull the dipstick out only to reveal thick or dirty oil then chances are that this owner has not taken care of his car.

Because you can’t see into the engine, you can’t assume that the engine is ok even if the car is running fine. I would never purchase a used car which has bad oil because I know that if the owner has not bothered changing the oil regularly, then he probably hasn’t performed other more complex basic car maintenance on the vehicle.

Basic car maintenance need not be complicated. Regular scheduled upkeep of your car will surely save you money down the road. We at Ellis and Ellis car repair shop specialize in car repair and regular car maintenance.