It’s inevitable – Winter season weather changes the connection between you, your car and also the road. You really have to know how to separate fact from fiction within the snowy pile of winter car myths. Debunking the falsehoods about things like visibility, engine issues and snow traction help you focus on what’s important – staying on the road and out of snow berms.
Traction in snow may not get better with sandbags
Before assuming snow traction can be helped with sandbags, think about what you drive, says Popular Mechanics. It will definitely help to have another 100 pounds or so if you have front-heavy, rear-wheel drive with discount tires. It may actually be worse to have sandbags in the snow as they cause over-steering on icy roads something if you have a more modern vehicle that has all wheel drive or front-wheel drive.
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. If your car needs such babying, change the spark plugs to fix the real problem. 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. You will get double that when you add the fact that there is a slower chemical reaction inside the battery with the cold. Winter isn't that bad on batteries though. Usually they need replacing in the summer. A battery can get dry with the heat boiling it. Make sure you take care of your car in the winter as well as the summer.
Wiper fluid and windshield wiper trouble
Many think that the wiper fluid nozzle has frozen over when it stops working in the winter. It can get grunge in the icy sludge in it. That will clog it most of the time. Clean the nozzles|The nozzles need to get cleaned|You can fix this easily. The nozzles should get cleaned}. You will need to look for leaks around the plastic gasket when the wiper fluid reservoir tank connects to the hoses if the system won't retain fluid.
Ice on windshield wipers causes streaking to occur often. The defroster can help this a lot. Window treatments like Rain-X can help, as can new wiper blades.
Information from
Popular Mechanics
popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/repair/4301503
Winter tires and Dom DeLouise
youtube.com/watch?v=tNIJYlFgex0
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