Tips To Keep Your Car Healthy For The Long Term

Your Tires Are Important

Checking your tire pressure and keeping an eye on the  overall condition of your tires is important to good car maintenance.

Keeping your tires properly maintained will help them last longer and not require replacements as often in the future which saves you money.

Additionally, it is helpful to rotate your tires every few thousand miles or so to save the tread so all four tires wear evenly. It can save time if you rotate your tires at the same time as the oil change.

Don’t be cheap when it comes to replacing tires that have little to no tread left. This can be a dangerous risk to take if you don’t invest in good tires. 

You can slide out if you don’t have enough tread in slippery conditions and cause damage to your vehicles and injure yourself and your passengers. Investing more into a good set of tires will work better in the long run rather than having to deal with cheaper tires that may not perform well or puncture more easily.

Keep An Eye On Your Air Filter

Your air filter is essential to keeping your engine free of dirt and grime. Air filters clean out the dust and dirt in the air. It’s generally recommended to change air filter every 12,000 miles or so but your filter may need to be changed more or less depending on the environment you’re driving in. 

Replacing your air filter is helpful to your engine’s performance. Over time, dust and debris accumulates on the filter. If the air filter goes without changing, it can be harmful towards your engine performance and gas mileage. 

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Safe Driving

Driving your car aggressively and riding the brakes too hard is harmful towards your vehicle as well. Pushing too hard on the acceleration and brakes can break down the internal components of your vehicle quicker over time. Don’t put any unnecessary strain on your car by driving too haphazardly. 

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Keeping Tabs On Your Transmission

Your transmission is an integral part of your vehicle. It essentially takes power from the engine and transfers it to the wheels to make your car go. Therefore, it is essential that you periodically check your transmission fluid. 

Transmission fluid lubricates all the moving components of your vehicle. If your car transmission fluid seems burnt, cloudy or is leaking, definitely take it in to a professional.

Do you have to flush your transmission fluid during the life of your car? It depends if you’re driving a manual or automatic transmission. 

Manual transmissions should flush their fluid every 30,000 to 60,000 miles due to risk of fluid contamination from various gears, synchronizers and bearings.

Automatic transmissions can vary from 30,000 miles to never having to flush your system. Typically, automatic transmissions can get flushed between 60,000 to 100,00 miles. The only risk to never flushing your transmission fluid in an automatic transmission is that automatic transmissions run hotter and can degrade the transmission fluid over time.

AAMCO Colorado has years of experience working on both manual and automatic transmissions. See us today to properly evaluate and maintain your transmission.