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Having a defective headlight bulb is an offense that can spell a ticket and another hassle for you. It is best to regularly check on the headlight bulbs. This way you can ensure your safety on the road especially when traveling at night or in rainy days, even on snowy days. It sso easy to check on them. There is absurdly no possible excuse to not take a quick at your hood and check on that teeny tiny bulb in your front. If your headlight bulb is already out, you can just buy a regular bulb with the same specs as you car’s and you can pretty much do it yourself. Its as simple as singing the Alphabet. Or if you want to spend four times the actual price of your headlight bulb, you can entrust it to a mechanic in your nearest gasoline station. Go ahead punk, make his day!
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Internal combustion engines naturally create friction. Even the best motor oils, which help reduce the friction by making everything slippery thus generating a minimal amount of friction, the engine still produces a tremendous amount of resistance or friction. Friction creates heat, the ultimate enemy of engines from every corners of the world. Thus, the advent of cooling systems. It basically is the job of your cooling system to get rid of the tremendous heat generated as quickly and efficiently as possible. The basic parts of your car’s cooling system are the radiator, auxilliary fan, water pump, thermostat, a heat sensor, and overflow tank. The system works by channeling the water around the hottest parts of the engine mainly, the cylinder heads and valves, then the system redirects that fluid out to the radiator, where the heat collected from the cylinder heads gets distributed into the cooler atmosphere. Then the whole cycle begins again. Unless you own old German cars which are air-cooled. Like Porsche and Volkswagen.
It can be expensive to maintain a car. While some of us may choose to ignore or at least postpone repairing minor troubles, there are some problems that should never be disregarded. Here are the top 5:
1. Brakes - common sense tells us that the no. 1 safety item on your car is the braking system. If your pads are worn down, or your hydraulic system is leaking, fix it immediately.
2. Oil - change your motor oil and transmission oil to help prolong the life of your engine and save you from a costly transmission overhaul.
3. Timing belts - a failure on timing belts can ruin your engine.
4. steering - a worn-out steering system can cause your tires to wear out fast, and is a driving hazard.
5. water pumps - once you hear a humming sound, that is an indicator that the internal bearing is going bad, and should be replaced.
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Most of us try and evade dents in the car, hoping it will go off away with time. Car dent removal seldom crosses our minds as we would rather ignore the concept of repair until we really need it. This could be dangerous as putting it off will only make the situation worse. Dents can be formed almost anywhere and at anytime. But cheer up! You don’t have to burn your pockets in fixing your car dents by following these 8 easy steps in amending it.
1. Pierce a hole in the center of the dent.
2. Insert a dent pulling tool in the hole.
3. Pull on the tool until the dent pops out or appears flat.
4. Remove the dent pulling tool.
5. Crawl under the car with a metalworking hammer and a dolly.
6. Bang out the back of the dent carefully until smooth.
7. Fill the hole with body filler.
8. Cover the area with touch-up paint.
Changing a flat tire, step by step
- Park your car on level ground along the shoulder, or somewhere safe, and apply the hand brake. If it’s a manual transmission car, put it in gear (first gear is good). If automatic, put it in Park. Turn off the engine and activate the hazard lights. You can open your hood to help people see you’re fixing your car. If you have an early-warning device (EWD), place it at the rear and front of your car. This lessens the likelihood of people mistaking your car for a moving vehicle, and possibly hitting you.
- Place a wheel chock or a large rock behind (if facing uphill) or in front (if facing downhill) of the wheel with a flat tire to prevent the car from rolling. You can now get out the spare wheel, a lug nut wrench (tire iron) and the car jack.
- Remove the hubcap or wheel cap, if necessary. Some brand cars have a special tool for doing this. Before jacking up the car, loosen (but don’t remove) the lug nuts, by placing one end of the lug nut wrench over a lug nut. Use a hollow pipe as a lever by slipping it over the end of the lug nut wrench. Lug nuts are loosened with a counter-clockwise turning. Loosen the lug nuts in a star pattern–first loosen one a few turns, then loosen the one opposite. Do this until all the nuts are slightly loosened.
- Carefully jack up the car. Check your owner’s manual for the correct and safe place to put the jack. You can usually put the jack somewhere below the car’s underchassis (and not under the body, as you might dent it. Check your manual for correct jack usage. Pneumatic and screw-type jacks may have different instructions. Jack the car up until you have about four to six inches ground clearance, so you have room to put the new, full tire on.
- Remove the lug nuts all the way and set them aside at a safe place where they can’t roll away. The flat tire should be hanging from the studs now.
- Remove and set aside the flat tire. Set it underneath the car, just in case your jack fails.
- Lift the new tire onto the wheel studs. If you’re confused about which is the right way, check for the valve where you add air–it always faces out.
- Replace the lug nuts the same way you loosened them. Tighten them first, and then give each nut a few turns–first one, then the one opposite, working around the wheel in a star pattern. Try not to tighten adjacent nuts consecutively, as this might result in an unbalanced tightening.
- Slowly lower the jack and remove it.
- Tighten the lug nuts again as much as you can, again in a star pattern.
- Put the hubcap or wheel cap back on, if necessary.
After this, you can already stow your flat tire in the trunk. Be sure to have it checked at the nearest service station.
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The Popularity of Tuner Cars is the basis for this Blog Thanks for Visiting.
Now A tuner car, is what we call an import, which is a sporty, economical and a very practical car that is built for the purpose of daily usage, decent gas mileage and comfort, but has the potential of being a high performance car, which requires engine modifications. That’s what sets it apart from other High performance cars or sports cars, is that anyone can buy a tuner car and unleash its true potential.
Tuners differ from sports cars in many different areas such as price, engine displacement, horsepower and many other factors. They also differ from typical sedans or SUV import cars; they are lighter, faster and have better handling.
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You should always have motoring tools with you during travel. You will never know what will happen when you are on the road. Sometimes though how much maintenance you might have with your vehicle, the unexpected still happens.
Here are a few essential tools that you should now be preparing in your emergency motoring kit
1. Jack
2. Axle stands
3. Wheel chocks
4. Socket set
5. Torque wrench
6. Spanners
7. Pliers
8. DrillTorch
9. Pressure gauge
10. First aid kit
Of course, a spare tire will really matter.
Planning ahead is the most important element of a fun and stress free auto trip.
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The Honda Accord 2008 is innovatively re-designed for the year 2008. It is available as a sedan or a coupe. The new Accord is bigger — so much so that the EPA classifies it as a large car, rather than a mid-size, based on interior room — and more powerful, with two four-cylinder engines and a V6. For performance buffs, the top-of-the-line EX-L coupe will offer a 6-speed manual transmission.
Power comes from a high-tech 3.5-litre V6 engine with around 200kW of power. In an Australian
first, it will be feature an advanced cylinder deactivation system.
The V6 engine can shut down certain cylinders allowing it run on just 4-cylinders or even 3-cylinders, which reduces fuel consumption and C02 emissions.
Honda calls the cylinder deactivation system VCM, or Variable Cylinder Management.
The engine will shut down cylinders when cruising on the highway, for example, where only a small amount of engine power is needed to maintain a constant speed. The car is expected to be equipped with a 5-speed automatic transmission.
The Accord emblem embodies a large portion of Honda’s global sales. Thus it can also be regarded as one of the most important vehicle in the Honda line.
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Most of this problem can be solved or fixed by first checking blown fuses or tripped circuit breakers. Here are some guides to help us through a simple electrical problem
- Replace blown fuses with the correct ampere rating or reset breakers
- If no extra fuse is available, bypass the fuse by using a small strand of electrical wire, but this is just a temporary solution, it needs to be replaced by the correct fuse.
- Charging poorly or Alternator overloaded, check the alternator for faulty wirings or ground connection
- Continuous blowing of Horn, repair or replace the horn switch or relay and check for faulty wiring or ground connection
- Heads or Signal lights do not work, check for blown fuse or tripped circuit breaker, and have it replaced
- Frequent Replacement of Battery or excessive wear, tighten or replace broken fan belt and check for grounding connections
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Honda, in partnership with RCBC and BPI, introduces the CAREmittance program for OFW. This program allows OFW abroad to purchase a Honda vehicle for their family in the Philippines. It can be paid by cash or installment through RCBC Telemoney, BPI Remittance Centers or their tie-ups worldwide.
With this program, it helps facilitate your purchase of your chosen Honda model and gives you the following freebies
1. Free 3 years LTO registration
2. Free Honda Paint Protector Hydrophilic Coat, for maintaining a brand new look
3. Free seat cover, tint, floor mat and other free items
If you are already set to purchase through CAREmittance, just go to their website www.hondaphil.com , read their requirements, fill out an application form, submit it and wait for confirmation for your order, and then pay at the remittance center.
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