Hot and humid countries such as Malaysia, and other South East Asia countries, cars are tend to wear and tear faster than those cars drive in less humid countries.
In such case, our car maintenance schedule maybe more frequent than the maintenance schedule compared to the rest of the less humid countries. Here are what the maintenance schedule for your cars that driving in the South East Asia Countries:
Engine Oil & Oil Filter Replacement
Replace your car engine oil every 10,000KM or lesser if you are using full or semi-synthetic engine oil. Change your engine oil in every 5,000KM if you are using mineral engine oil. Replace the oil filter every time you replace your engine oil
Wheels Rotation and Balancing
Perform wheel rotation and balancing every 10,000KM. This maintenance will keep your wheels wear and tear evenly in all the 4 wheels, thus keeping the wheels last longer by 50% at least. The balancing help to reduce vibration during driving too.
Car Wash and Detailing
Wash your car every at least every 2 weeks, to ensure the car body is clean away from the acidic contamination like bird shit. The acidic will damage the car paint and cause rusty to the car body, when eventually make your car looks ugly.
Car Air Con Inspection
Everyone who live in South East Asia country has the air con turn ON during driving on the road. Inspect the car air con for gas leakage and replace cabin air filter every 30,000KM.
Car Wiper Inspection and Replacement
SEA countries are wet half of the time. We are utilise our car wipers every year. Inspect the car wiper if need replacement. Sometimes, the wiper blades just need some clean up and can be re-use again for several years.
Here is the end of the maintenance tips for Car that driving in the South East Asia Countries. If you learnt something today, please “LIKE” and “SHARE” the post!
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