Drive home for the New Year - eager to think at home but pay more attention to safety

To say what is now a hot topic, going home for the New Year is definitely the hottest topic. Everyone asked, “Is the ticket for the New Year bought?” It always brings you to Tucao. Yes, in this special period of grabbing tickets like the probability of winning, although everyone used 18 kinds of martial arts, but it is still very difficult to get the ticket to the Xinyi. Therefore, many car friends have chosen to drive home for the New Year.

Self-driving evaded the trouble of grabbing tickets, but long-distance travel still needs to do enough work. As the saying goes, everything goes out of the way. For cars with tens of thousands of parts, be prepared in advance before long-distance travel: On the one hand, maintenance can be done in advance; on the other hand, chassis, power system, brake The brake system must also undergo a comprehensive inspection of these key links.

So, what are the preparations? Today Xiao Bian will sort it out for everyone.

1. Focus check of the power system:

Checking the power system means checking the amount of oil in the engine and the level of the water tank within the specified standards. If it is an automatic transmission model, it is also necessary to check whether the transmission oil is missing. If the vehicle is too old, the vehicle should also check whether the actual service life of the timing belt needs to be replaced.

Some vehicles have a relatively long vehicle age and are not particularly stringent and are maintained in accordance with the maintenance cycle. During long-distance driving, it is likely that there will be engine fever and abnormal air conditioning effects. Need to go to a professional repair shop, special cleaning agent for the engine and radiator special cleaning. Remember to flush with water, because the circuit of the engine compartment is complicated and circuit problems are easy to occur.

2. Braking system inspection

To drive long distances and high speeds, braking is essential. To brake continuously and frequently for a long time is a big test for the brake system. If your braking system is fast enough to be replaced, just be willing to replace it before long-distance departures, and don't be fortunate enough to postpone replacement. If you often walk on some bad roads or gravel roads, the wear of the brake system will accelerate. As long as the wear exceeds the lower limit of the normal requirement, it must be checked and replaced. If you have a "click" sound when you step on the brakes, then your brake pads must be replaced immediately. Do not be lazy, because at the critical moment, if there is a problem with the brake pads, the loss will be huge.

When checking, pay attention to whether the brake is weak, running, the pedaling force of the brake pedal with high speed, and the position of the wheel lock point when braking.

3 tire inspection necessary inspection

The tires are the four feet of the vehicle and it is a guarantee of safe travel. If blizzards are encountered during the Spring Festival, the good running of the tires is even more important.

First of all, the tire should be tested for air pressure, keeping the same four tire pressures.

Secondly, check the tire wear condition. Through the small triangular mark of the tire sidewall, it can be judged whether the tire should be replaced. If the coaxial tire wear degree is large, the two tires should also be replaced at the same time to ensure that the driving friction in the process of driving the car is the same.

Third, do a balancing test for each tire. In winter, when the temperature is low, the tire's rubber will become hard and relatively brittle, the friction coefficient will be greatly reduced, and the tire pressure may not be too high, but it cannot be too low. Running at low atmospheric pressure for a long period of low pressure will accelerate tire aging.

Fourth, remove the foreign matter contained in the tread. Try to avoid using tires that have been repaired more than once, and replace tires that are worn with different patterns and different brands. The wear inside and outside the tire is very different. To ensure safety and reduce wear, the tire should be changed regularly.

4. Lights inspection

When you go home for the Chinese New Year, if you need to walk the night road for a long time, don't forget to check in advance to check whether the lights of our car are working properly before departure.

Because extreme weather, such as snowfall and fog, is prone to occur during the Spring Festival, it is easy to bloom with low temperatures, visibility on roads is low, and rear-end accidents often occur at high speeds. Therefore, whether fog lamps and high-level brake lights work properly is also a problem. A check item that is easily overlooked but indispensable.

If there have been lights in the lights turned black should be replaced as soon as possible, but also check the fog lamp brake lights.

5. The circuit system of the vehicle should be normal

       The battery is most afraid of low temperature. Under low temperature environment, the battery capacity is much lower than that at normal temperature. During the Spring Festival, the temperature is low. If the vehicle is to be parked in the open air or in a garage, care should be taken to prevent the storage battery from being damaged by ice. If the battery is not fully charged, it can easily crack in the cold.

Those who do not plan to go home by car mainly pay attention to vehicles with longer stopping time as far as possible.