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Good morning all.

I hope we are copping with the lockdown. Please stay safe.

As the lockdown continues, remember to do the following on your car;

1. Warm your engine until it attain the optimum temperature. At least 10-15 minutes.

2. Disengage your parking or emergency brake, if you are going to be away leaving your car for a long time to avoid the brake binding.

3. Do not leave the car perpetually on one sport for a long time, to avoid flat spot on your tyres.

4. While warming your engine, do not rev your engine, instead, allow it to idle (slow run, as some people call it) as it warm up.

5. You may not necessarily remove your battery terminals, except you are going to be away for a very long time without the car, or there is a drain on your battery. (The drain can be fixed as soon as the lockdown is over).

6. If you have rodents around your compound, sprinkle some diesel around your engine to avoid them feasting on your wires/electrical components.

7. Keep your car away from direct sun light as much as you can, to maintain your car colour and the integrity of your interiors.

Note that your engine oil deplete or depreciate inside your engine whether you use the car or not. Therefore, remember to do your oil change as at when due.

For any further inquiry, do not hesitate to post your question on this platform, or call 08068683511, or 07018484909.

Stay safe.

#preciseauto

Sometimes overheating to occur in the automatic transmission (Gear box) of cars which make it malfunction.

Major causes include;
1. Overfilling of the gear box with fluid (ATF)
2. Transmission cooler sometimes located in the radiator as it is with some cars clogged up (dirty)
3. Gear not shifting, especially when it is stocked in high gear.
4. Transmission fluid temperature sensor malfunction, which generates the malfunction code P0710.
5. Blocked transmission filter.
6. Using a wrong or substandard ATF.

A proper diagnosis will reveal any of the problems mentioned above, though not necessarily restricted to these alone.

#PRECISEAUTO

In addition to the above points,most tyres are directional tyres I.e direction of rotation. If you position your tyres wrongly, they Wear out faster than you could ever imaging. Many people don't know this.

This is the type of result you get in you car cooling system when you use ordinary water instead of engine coolant. Treat your car well and you'll spend less on repairs.

Repairing an automatic gear box is 50/50. You may or may not get the result. Sometimes it even get worse.
The best advice is to replace it.