Archive for Archive for November, 2007
Glossary: Windshield wiper
A windshield wiper is a mechanism which moves a rubber blade back and forth to wipe the windshield, operated electrically, by vacuum or by compressed air. However, all present-day automobiles are equipped with electrically operated wipers. Wipers are used to remove rain water, moisture and dirt from the windshield. Usually there are two synchronized radial […]
Tips for highway motoring
Tips for highway motoring:
Check your car’s engine oil level – make sure you have extra oil in your boot in case of problems.
In case your car has an automatic transmission, check the automatic transmission fluid.
Check your engine coolant levels. If coolant levels are too low, it may cause your car to overheat.
Check your “CV-joint boots”, […]
Glossary: Exhaust manifold
Combustion of fuel produces nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, water vapor, particulate matter and other hydrocarbons. These by-products have to be collected and let off some place else.
An exhaust manifold does exactly that by collecting the exhaust gases from the cylinders and passing it on to the one common pipe called the exhaust pipe.
The manifold […]
Cleaning the car
Washing your car on a monthly basis will remove highly corrosive materials like salt. Waxing your car helps to protect the paint and minimizes the harm of chemicals. It also protects and prevents the colour from fading away. Hence the car will appear shiny and new.
Dust and dirt get into the car. To get rid […]
Glossary: Spoiler
A spoiler is a device attached to an automobile whose purpose is to ’spoil’ unfavorable air movement across a body of a vehicle, when it is in motion. This can result in improved vehicle stability by decreasing lift (force pushing the car upwards when in motion) or decreasing drag (force pushing the car in a […]
Glossary: Nitrous oxide
Whenever a car purrs rather loud, or even gives an energetic note from the silencer for that, most earthlings (or Muggles as the HP fans know it) think that the car has nitrous oxide in it… only a handful of us really know about its working.
The basics: The air/fuel mixture that enters the engine (regardless […]