Times Advocate, 1999-10-20, Page 1514
Exeter Times -Advocate
Wednesday,October 20, 1999
Car Care
Maintenance history is a valuable accessory
(CCC) -When you visit
your family doctor the first
thing they do is search
through your records for
previous symptoms and/or
treatments that may be
relevant.
Taking your ailing car
to its regular repair shop
or car dealer may produce
the same procedure: a
look at the records. This
information can save time
and money.
But what if you have
car trouble on the road? If
a mechanic far from home
asks you when you last
had the cooling system
Getting the •
"jump7on an
emergency
(CCC) -Whether or not
you have heard it before,
this advice from the Car
Care Council is worth
reviewing: Don't wait ler
an emergency to learn
how to change a tire or
hook up jumper cables.
The latter becomes espe-
cially important in cold
weather. Jumper cables
should be connected prop-
erly to avoid sparks, which
can cause an explosion of
the hydrogen gas emitting
from a battery. Beyond
this, an incorrect hook up
can damage critical, and
expensive, electronic com-
ponents.
The procedure is sim-
ple: Connect the positive
(+) clamp to the positive
terminal of the healthy
battery and the otherposi-
tive clamp to the corre-
sponding terminal of the
dead battery. Next, locate
the negative (-), or ground
terminal on the good bat-
tery and, finally, the nega-
tive clamp to the engine
block, frame or other
grounded metal as far as
possible from the battery.
You want to avoid sparks
in the vicinity of the explo-
sive hydrogen gas that
emits from the battery. Do
not connect it to the
ground terminal.
The Council offers an
additional suggestion: if
you are buying booster
cables, buy the best quali-
ty you can afford. Look for
well insulated clamps and
eight gauge wire. (Note:
the lower the wire gauge
number, the heavier the
gauge.) Under the heavy
electrical load of boost
starting, lightweight cables
may not be able to deliver
enough current to start
engines. In fact, they have
been known to melt in the
user's hand.
If your battery is three -
years -old or older and you
haven't had it checked, it's
a good preventive mea-
sure to do so, suggests the
Council. A battery's power
is reduced as the tempora-
ture drops. And that's
when the ongine's starting
demands are greatest.
Car Care Council
spark plugs changed,
would you have that infor-
mation? The Car Care
Council suggests keeping a
condensed version of your
vehicle's service records in
a little glove compartment
notebook.
Having a complete
maintenance history .on
hand can give you real
peace of mind when deal-
ing with someone who
doesn't know you or your
car. It could dissuade him
from selling services or
repairs you don't need.
Your notebook has
another benefit: it
enhances the value of your
car when selling or trad-
KeepingThe Road Safe InWmter
(CSC) -To the average dri-
ver during the winter sea-
son, the number one safe-
ty issue is the condition of
the roadway. Authorities
responsible for road main-
tenance are sensitive to
this fact. Municipalities
across Canada are taking
pro -active approaches to
road -clearing, trying new
methods and technologies
to keep roads safe for dri-
ving and costs under con-
trol.
•In Edmonton, road -
clearing operations are
computer -tracked, snow -
clearing operations are
based on average freeze -
thaw cycles, and a formula.
combining of said and salt
is used. When necessary,
the city takes snow and
ice -crag money from
other ets.
•Pavement sensors take
regular surface tempera-
ture readings in the
Regional Municipality of
Ottawa -Carleton. The
technology, which costs
$250,000 to install, has
more than recouped its
cost, does not compromise
safety and is being consid-
ered for province -Wide
use.
•Some municipalities are
experimenting with pre -
wetting roads with a brine
(sodium chloride) wash.
The city of Toronto found
this technique works well
in certain situations and
contributes to usingless
salt overall.
Salt, the principal de -
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Fall is Here
Winter is near
Now is the time to see
that your door locks and
handles are properly
lubricated when its -30°,
you'll be glad you did.
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icing chemical, is effective
from zero degrees Celsius
to -12 degrees (.:Isius. A
snow storm can cost
$250,000 in salt in a four-
hour period; alternatives
are up to five times more
expensive and half as
effective. Salt prevents the
bonding •of ice and snow to
pavement surfaces, per-
mitting more efficient and
faster removal of snow
and ice. It is used as a de-
icer because it lowers the
freezing point of water.
However, at -20 degrees
Celsius, it becomes ineffec-
tive, and abrasives such as
sand must be used.
No matter how clear the
roads are, however, there
is no substitute for a
defensive driver.
According to Canada
!Welty Cowl -di president
Emile Therien, many dri-
vers lack the skills to deal
with poor road conditions
and unsafe actions by oth-
ers.
ing. The Car Care Council
says a well maintained
vehicle can be worth two -
three times as much as the
identical -one that's been
neglected, and nothing
says conscientious care
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better than good records.
Just as your family doc-
tor will recommend a peri-
odic physical as a preven-
tive health measure,
motorists should do the
same with their vehicles.
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