The truth about winter car myths

The time will come when winter makes your roadway experience more challenging. That’s why it is necessary to know the truth about winter car myths. Debunking the falsehoods about things like visibility, engine issues and snow traction assist you to focus on what’s important – staying on the road and out of snow berms.

Sandbags for snow traction could mean no traction

According to Popular Mechanics, what you drive is very important before sandbags helping with snow traction. Consider this. It will definitely help to have another 100 pounds or so if you have front-heavy, rear-wheel drive with discount tires. Do you have a front-wheel or all wheel modern vehicle though? In this case, over-steering on icy roads is much more likely when there are sandbags and extra weight being used.

Get the engine warm

You don't need to start an engine during the day to make sure it doesn't freeze if it has been sitting in the cold all night and you need it to run in the morning. The real problem is probably the spark plugs if your car has to be babied like this. All the "warm up" starts succeed in doing is diluting the oil with unburned fuel, which can lead to additional engine wear, not to mention wasted gasoline.

Winter not too bad for batteries to live

The battery will need more current for the engine to turn over if the oil has gummed up. The battery drains a bit more. The cold also causes a slower chemical reaction in the battery. That makes it twice as bad. However, more batteries fail in summer months than during the winter. Intense heat can boil a battery dry, so keep up your winter and summer car maintenance.

Wiper fluid and windshield wiper trouble

Many think that the wiper fluid nozzle has frozen over when it stops working in the winter. However, it’s the grunge hidden in that icy sludge that has gummed it up, in most cases. Clean the nozzles|The nozzles need to get cleaned|You can fix this easily. The nozzles should get cleaned}. Is your wiper fluid system refusing to retain wiper fluid? You can look where the hoses attach to the wiper fluid reservoir tank for leaks around the plastic then.

Ice on windshield wipers causes streaking to occur often. The defroster can help this a lot. You can also either get new wiper blades or get window treatments like Rain-X.

Citations

Popular Mechanics

popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/repair/4301503

Winter tires and Dom DeLouise

youtube.com/watch?v=tNIJYlFgex0