Get set for
road travel
in summer

THERE ARE many things
to consider when preparing
your car for a long summer
road trip.

By Kevin Gillies
Contributing Writer

To avoid unwelcome problems
in far-off places, a car’s owner
should first take his or her vehicle
through a preparation plan.

One very important aspect of
summer preparation is having the
cooling system flushed and exam-
ined,

Continuous driving can cause
the most damage to an engine
because its temperature rises much
higher when there isn't ample
cooling time between drives.

Once the system has been flush-
ed, a good coolant should be
replaced with some extra stored in
the trunk just in case,

Another important precau-
tionary measure is replacing the
oi! and oil filter.

A car’s oil is also responsible
for dealing with an engine's
temperature.

A heavier oil is recommended
for long road trips because excess
temperatures can break dawn an
weaker oil’s viscosity or elasticity.

Once that happens, the oil can
no longer controt the temperature
or act as an adequate lubricant.

The engine can tierally melt
when this happens,

Another © good
your pre-journey
tuneup.

Woothe engine ins’) running
smoothly and efficiently before
you feave. the road trip will only
make matters worse,

I's best to get the tuneup out
of the way, cather than risk being
stranded on the side of a fughway
somewhere between here and your
final destination.

Having all the important filters
replaced will ensure: auesimum ef.
figiency from your car's engine,

Aba importast for that pre.
journey cheeklist is having your
tires examined.

Because higher temperatures in-
crease othe air pressure in your
tires, they wear ata faster pace in
different areds.

flase your tires rotated and
balanced before you go. Ee will
cost you less inthe tong roa,

Also check your tite pressure
often along the way,

Poor tire pressure wilh hit you
in the pocketbook because it ate
ereases: fuel consumption without
increasing the car's aw put,

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