Car Engine Fluids that Need Maintenance

Series Summary

Every car needs routine maintenance, whether you do it yourself or have a mechanic shop do it for you. Checking the condition of your tires, wiper blades, motor oil, power steering fluid, brake fluid, and the levels of other engine fluids is essential not only to the life of your vehicle, but to the safety of your car as well.

In this free online video series, expert auto mechanic Jake Burt shows you how to check the engine fluids of your car or truck. You'll learn why regular maintenance and inspection of auto fluids is essential to the performance and life of your car. You'll learn how to find the various dipsticks for motor oil, power steering fluid and brake fluid, as well as where to add antifreeze, and how to check and diagnose the leaks under your car. Jake also shows you how to check your tires for wear, and offers tips and advice on how to buy new tires for your vehicle, including all-season and snow tires. So watch this free video and you'll learn how to perform basic maintenance on your car.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Jake from Burt Brother Tires and on behalf of expertvillage.com we're going to tell you a little bit about your vehicle and the fluids under the hood and the importance of checking them. Okay, first of all we have some, just as you open your hood, you inspect your fluid you'll see little different reservoirs all over the vehicle here and they're all very important that you check regularly. Have topped off is that you do your oil changes and routine maintenance. Your ATF fluid right here, this is power steering, excuse me ATF this is transmission fluid right here. You want to pull the cap off right here, it does have a little dipstick just like your oil level. You always wipe that off. Dip it back in here and it measures your liquid right here. You can see there's two different steps here. You always want to have it right here on the full level which is right where this vehicle is measuring right here. So the transmission ATF right there is good which it would be power steering in this vehicle. The antifreeze is right here. Now this is something you want to open with caution."