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vehicle maintenance tips in rainy day

Recent series of cold, rainy, many owners began to ignore the maintenance, but on rainy days, cars will be some unexpected problems, drivers should pay attention to maintenance of good friends, their car. Here are some of the rainy season to note vehicle maintenance knowledge.

■ maintenance of engine and exhaust pipe

Engine air filter is an important part throughout the car in the rain, the air filter is easy to water, especially when the road surface after water, once water, it may lead to serious mechanical troubles. Experts remind that, when found in the engine air cleaner water, and do not its engine, once launched, the water into the engine combustion chamber, and in severe scrapped the engine. Received after the vehicle engine to wipe the rain in time to check whether there are cracks generator belt, so as not to shorten the service life of vehicles. Water too deep there, they should try to detour, if you can not bypass, can be a rubber tube receiving the exhaust pipe on the top front of the nozzle, so water can not enter the exhaust pipe.

■ threats to the physical safety of high voltage ignition system

High-voltage ignition system in rainy days easy to damp, moisture will cause the ignition energy shortage, so the engine off cars, and high-voltage ignition system will produce electricity leakage after contact with water. In rainy days, if the car fails not lit, make sure not to touch the splash of water high-pressure ignition system, because at this time on high-voltage ignition system will produce instant kV high voltage, thereby threatening their personal safety.

■ Auto wandering mind

On rainy days, the brake system is also easy to water, so hysteresis brakes, causing brake car wandering the accident. Therefore rain should keep the car longer than usual distance is very important. If the brake system, water, and can be left after the rain stopped tapping on the brakes, right foot stepped on the accelerator, brake lining and brake disc by friction, water will evaporate, to ensure driving safety. While still in a timely manner after the rain tires on gravel removal, gravel, we all know, there is a tire tread water role, these things attached to the tires, the tire will have sufficient drainage capacity.

■ obscurity is not the United States

Automobile front windshield of our car when the “window”, so rain can be coated glass front windshield fog waterproof agent. Receded quickly after use can fog, rain fell rapidly, and extend the life of wiper. Sometimes the owner out of the bus after the discovery wiper bad, rainy days, rain everywhere, front windshield fog, anti-fog agent at this time will be temporarily replaced the wiper functions, can guarantee a clear front window to keep safe driving. Another mirror should pay attention to these issues.

■ eliminate injuries caused by rain

Contained in acid rain, is easy to vehicle metal corrosion. After the weather to dry the car in time of rain, or sunlight to the water drops, the drops will form condensation effect, the paint burns to cars scarred. Experts suggest that the best rain after the car open to regular vehicle maintenance shops beauty about washing and waxing, if the body had been due to rain causes a “scar”, the proposed closure can do a finishing glaze, to make your car shiny as new.