Rules for vehicle maintenance

Performing any work, should seek to ensure that it was done most efficiently and effectively. This will at least cost of time and effort to get the best possible result. If you first encountered the problem of maintenance and repair of the car, then you should not rush. No need to immediately try to do everything quickly. After all, the main criterion for evaluating the results of work done is quality. It is also very important to remember about safety. After all, simple observance of its main rules allow you to avoid injury. How do we now describe in the article "Rules for the maintenance vehicle." Raise the car. When operating a car, especially when it is repaired, it is often necessary to lift the car. And the main tool for this is jack. And do not you just seemed to Jack, while working with him to be careful. After all, the need for its application arises not only when changing a wheel, but also for more complex repair work when it comes to work under the car. And if in the first case of malfunction or incorrect jack to install it, which led to a drop in the car or what you are facing, in the second case, it determines your life. So, what should be done to avoid problems while working with the jack? Rule one, designed to use the jack should be selected on the basis of what work you intend to do. Staff jackscrew is better to use only the road, in case of emergency. This greatly prolong the life, to the same high loads it is not safe to use. It is better to use hydraulic jacks capable of for a long time to withstand heavy loads. Check the condition of your ram, because he, like any tool, has its own life, and can also break down. For example, the main fault jackscrew is a tight rotation of the screw nuts. The reason for this is that the nut threads are worn out, and working with such a jack breakage may occur. The use of faulty ram can lead to serious injury. Rule two, to protect themselves while working under the car to use the stand. What stands a better? Of course, the best are special supports made of metal, with a height adjustment function. But if they do not, fit and self-made, made of timber cross-section 150x150 mm. Remember that how reliable stand, depends on your health, so you should not trust him an untrustworthy things like bricks tucked under the arm. Think about it before you put them on your car. Struggle with dirt. During the maintenance vehicle is often necessary to clean the dirt of any component, unit or aggregate from oil pollution. Pre-cleaning of parsed node or unit will significantly reduce the time, and also the build quality is largely dependent on the cleanliness of parts, so they must be perfectly clean. Agree, no one hunting twice do the same job, only because of the fact that for the first time was not given due attention to cleanliness. Now available a set of special cleaners for both domestic and foreign production, but still, most often used so that there is always at hand. Namely: gasoline, diesel oil, "etc. Using these tools, we should remember that their efficiency, they are very toxic and harmful to the skin. Therefore, working with them, you should use protective equipment such as rubber gloves to prevent contact with the skin of the hands. In addition, a very noxious fumes of gasoline, so should work in well ventilated areas or outdoors. After work, be sure to wash your hands and you can use various tools that are now available, but is fine and the usual soap. What to breathe during a maintenance vehicle? Exhaust gases not only have enough unpleasant odor, but also contain large amounts of harmful substances. The most harmful of them are heavy metals. They are dangerous not only because it can cause poisoning, but the fact that they accumulate in the body and are the cause of various diseases. Most rich exhaust gases containing lead. Especially if used as a fuel leaded petrol. This is because it is often to increase the octane number of gasoline is added ethyl fluid - tetraethyl lead, which is very poisonous. At the level of harmful substances in exhaust gases also affect the engine failure, poorly adjusted ignition system, fuel system. In this case, the atmosphere can get a pair of unburned gasoline. Keep in mind that the exhaust contains large amounts of carbon monoxide. It is very toxic and rapidly accumulates in the room, so you can not for a long time to leave the car in the garage with the engine running. Carbon monoxide poisoning are very heavy. And the help you can simply not enough. "Acid Fountain. Battery - this is a very important thing in the car. Without it, you just can not make your car. But when working with a battery you have to face with acid. It is necessary for the preparation of the electrolyte. Everybody knows what's going on with things, which falls acid, especially concentrated, and if the damaged shirt or pants can be thrown, then burned his hands all the more difficult. Therefore, preparing the electrolyte, remember the rule from school chemistry lessons, which states that when diluted acid, the water in it in any case can not be shed. This will lead to the fact that you get the acid geyser. Since water is in contact with the acid does not mix with it, and boil, with the acid fountain splashed around. This can lead to severe burns of hands, face and body parts, which were drops of acid. All this would not happen if in the preparation of the electrolyte to pour acid into water. Then the mixing takes place normally, but in any case, this process is accompanied by a large amount of heat. And it's important to choose the right cookware electrolyte. Glass and plastic packaging is not very reliable, because the glass from overheating may burst, and plastic should have high thermal stability, otherwise it may melt. Therefore, the most preferred will be pottery. Ready electrolyte can be stored in conventional plastic bottles, but they should make notes to make it clear that they contain an electrolyte, rather than water. Well, if someone still tried for negligence in his taste, you should immediately rinse mouth with water, and even better in soda solution. In this case, we can do without unpleasant consequences. Tools: wrenches and a hammer. When vehicle maintenance is often necessary to use various hand tools such as wrenches, screwdrivers, hammers, etc. Hammer, of course, is not the best tool to repair the car, but it happens and it has to be applied. And in this case, we must remember the rules of caution when working with him. The hammer is dangerous not only because it can inadvertently discourage their fingers, but the fact that the hammer - a percussion instrument, and when it interacts with another tool at their point of contact gives rise to large stresses. And as the hammer is made of hardened steel, then the impact it can chip, and fragments with a high speed fly around. They can cause quite serious injury, for example, hitting in the eye. To avoid this, you need to follow a rule - to work in special glasses made of impact-durable material. Also keep in mind that the above applies to any metal tools. And use the tools must be in accordance with their intended use, for example, do not use file as a chisel, as steel, from which it is made, is not designed for this purpose. Keys. In contrast to the first tool, which we were told the keys play a very widely used in vehicle maintenance. There are many types of keys, but the most common - it's Ring and carob keys. When you select a key should be preferred products made from high quality tool steel. Let their price will be higher than the counterparts of lower quality, but it and the service life is longer, and the trauma they have lower risk. Of course, if there is a possibility, it is best to use the hook spanners, because it minimizes the likelihood that in the process of key slips. But, unfortunately, do not always have such an opportunity, and often have to use carob keys. Getting to loosen the nut or bolt, it should be remembered that in order to do this, you need to make a great effort, and if the key falls through, cutting edge nut or bolt, it can seriously damage your hand. As a means of protection is recommended to use gloves or mittens. Them there are many species - from cloth to leather. Use of gloves significantly reduces the risk of injury when working keys. Just when working keys to remember the rule that unscrewing the nut or bolt should pull the wrench toward you rather than from themselves. Because it is more effective against the application of force to the tool, and, besides, it is safer. "An explosive mixture." This phrase referred to an explosive mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. It would seem, whether it relates to the car. At first glance, neither whatsoever. But the process of charging, in essence, is electrolysis. In this case, the current passing through the electrolyte, splits the water contained therein, and releases contained therein, hydrogen and oxygen. This occurs most actively at the end of charging. If the surface of the battery is clean, then formed gases can exit through the vent and dissipate before reaching an explosive concentration. A mixture of hydrogen and oxygen is very explosive, and the force of the explosion depends on the concentration of gas. There are several factors that can lead to an explosion: the increased value of the charging voltage of the generator is increased hydrogen evolution. Insufficient level of electrolyte in the banks can collect emitted gas cans inside the battery. In this state, the battery increases the probability of an explosion. This can happen when you install it after charging, while joining the terminals to the battery pole terminals. In the explosion of the battery can result in serious injury, both you and the nearby people, moreover, will damage the car. To avoid this, we recommend the following rules for vehicle maintenance: monitor the status of your battery electrolyte level in it, and if possible, to charge without removing from the vehicle by attaching terminals of the charger to the terminals attached to the battery. But not only the battery can be a source of "explosive mixture" in your garage. Gasoline vapors and solvents as explosive, if they reach a certain concentration. Their formation may contribute to storage of flammable liquids in unsealed containers. Over time, especially if the premises are poorly ventilated or on a hot day, the concentration of fumes may reach an explosive level and one spark would be enough to the explosion occurred.