Top 7 Maintenance Tips for Automatic Car Wash Equipment

When car wash machine breaks down or malfunctions, businesses may be required to halt operations, leading to greater loss of revenue than just the cost of the equipment repairs or spare part replacement.

This is where an effective maintenance plan can ensure your car wash remains operational and profitable. After all this is the ultimate goal of every car wash operator or business owner.

A sound maintenance plan, achieved through regular employee awareness training and effective maintenance systems, is critical for smooth car wash operations, and in turn happy customers. And, although this concept might seem overwhelming and even costly to sufficiently sustain, the positives of developing an effective plan outweigh the negatives.

Many times, maintenance is simply looked at as a cost to reduce. And while businesses don't want to waste money, developing a sound maintenance plan should be seen as a way to protect your equipment investment.

Preventative maintenance costs should be an integral part of business, and the price of performing the maintenance prior to failure will represent a smaller increase in cost per car compared to the damage done to your equipment (and reputation) when you have to shut down for hours or even days to repair a failure. It isn't Murphy's law that will cause equipment failure on your busiest wash day - it's the extra stress on the equipment that naturally occurs that will force you to down tools.

There are many CMMS software (computerized maintenance management systems) out there that when implemented can be an effective preventive maintenance tool. According to Wikipedia, "CMMS is software that is used to schedule and record operation and preventive/planned maintenance activities associated with facility equipment. CMMS can generate and prioritize work orders and schedules for staff to support 'trouble" calls and to perform periodic/planned equipment maintenance".

Combining the use of a suitable CMMS and a long-term employee training program are required ingredients to effectively implement the 7 maintenance tips below.

The 7 Maintenance Tips
1. Read Manual
2. Create a Schedule
3. Develop Maintenance trends
4. Examine Equipment closely
5. Consider the Upgrades
6. Train Employees
7. Establish Accountability

For more information, visit Sparrows Car Wash Systems at http:// www.sparrowscws.com

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