Car Engine Fluid Maintenance

Video Transcript

"Now there's an important thing about the fluid levels in your vehicle, to where you have to make sure all of the fluid levels are at the proper level. I mean windshield washer fluid, that's important, but it's not as important as your oil and your antifreeze, your power steering fluid and your brake fluid. So what you want to do whenever you do check your oil, I'm going to start with the oil first. When you do check your oil, you want to make sure you have the proper level. So you know, usually on the dipstick it has a little marking on it, so you can tell whether it's too low or it's too high. Usually where it divots at is your maximum level, your fluid level. So you just check that and make sure you have it at a proper level. Then add oil accordingly to how it is, you don't want to overfill the engine. This one needs a little bit of oil itself. But okay, and then I'm going to move on now to the antifreeze. Antifreeze you have to make sure that it is at its proper level. Because if it goes too low, you may end up overheating your engine. And that can cause a great deal of problems further on down the road. So you also want to make sure like when you check your antifreeze fluid, sometimes you may find that you can tell that other problems are wrong with the engine itself. Because if your head gasket goes, then you could have oil mixing in with the coolant. So you know, you just keep up on how you keep your fluids in for your coolant in the coolant reservoir. So the next one would be the brake fluid. Brake fluid is very important because that is your stopping power to your vehicle. So if that goes too low, then you can usually feel that inside the car because your pedal will sink further than it should be to the floor. So you want to make sure you have that topped off at its own max level. And then the power steering fluid, you want to make sure that it is at its proper level. Because without the power steering fluid, then you end up burning up your power steering pump if it goes too low over a time period. Then that will cause you some unneeded repairs. So the washer fluid may not be all that important, but it is important in case like maybe you have some road hazards like bugs on your windshield, some dust from construction. Whatever, what have you, you want to make sure you have that at its proper level to ensure that when you do need to use your washer, that it is there to do what you need to do. But you know, that sums up dealing with your proper levels, and importance of having the fluids be in their right state in the vehicle."