Regardless of the time of the year, you should prepare your car for the road. Sometimes we tend to prepare only for the cold winter and forgetting that the temperature differences are a lot bigger in Autumn and Spring. What coolant should you use during the winter months, when is the best time to change your tyres? Here are some tips to get your car ready this autumn.

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When the summer months end we are often misled by the remaining green leaves on the trees that the cold weather is far away. Autumn is a good time to check your engine coolant before going into the winter months. Changing it on a regular basis might actually allow you to avoid a few engine repairs along the way.

Change The Air Filters

Replace your car’s air filters every six months before they can reach the point where inadequate oxygen reaches your car’s engine reducing performance and fuel efficiency.

Prepare The Headlights And Tail Lights

Check your car lights for any cracks in the lenses and blown out bulbs. Autumn/fall means that the nights will be drawing in earlier than you’re accustomed to, which means relying upon your beams more than ever.

In case you detect any damages, it’s easy to replace car lights without tools by following your vehicle’s owner instruction manual. Using one of several off-the-shelf cleaning kits, you can clean cloudy lenses yourself like a pro.

Check The Battery

Check the battery. If you find a white fungus-like growth on the battery posts or cable terminals, then take two tablespoons of baking soda and mix it in a cup of lukewarm water. Apply the mixture to the terminals using a scrub and wire brush gently. After cleaning, try to move the terminals and if you detect any movement, loosen the terminal bolts with a spanner and repeat the cleaning process. Replace the terminals and fasten till secure.

Topped Up On All Fluids

When Autumn comes, it is a good idea to check on all the fluids in your car from engine oil to water and brake fluid.

Replace Old Windshield Wipers

Replace worn, cracked and streaking wipers immediately. Streaky windows can be a pain. The wipers doing half their job and leaving half the windshield scattered with raindrops is not ideal.

To make matters worse, if your wipers are not installed correctly, they can even damage your windows with permanent scratches. Also, who could forget, the annoying sound of rubber vs glass?

Alternatively, the use of ceramic paint protection can also be applied to your windows for extra protection and smoothness.

Heating And Cooling System

Check that your heating and cooling system is in working condition, particularly your defroster. Your vision can be heavily hindered during Autumn and cooler climates when the windshield tends to fog up. Wiping the windows is not only dangerous but it just a temporary short-fix and to be frank, it tends to smear the fog around.

Replace Your Car Tyres

If you live in the colder parts of Australia, like Melbourne, there might be some frosty mornings even though you are far from winter. Make sure to check on whether your tyres have sufficient tread to deal with the extra rain or even frost during cold weather in some mornings.

Replace your car tyres when the tread has exhausted to 1.6mm, and you can detect it easily by inspecting the wear bars. These signs are thin strips of smooth rubber moving across the tyre width. Until the tyre has accomplished the end of its life, the wear bars don’t reveal.

People generally prepare their cars for Winter and neglect the other seasons, forgetting that the temperature differences are a lot bigger in Autumn and Spring. Significant temperature swings can cause your fuel to condensate in your vehicle’s fuel tank and can affect your car’s overall performance. This is the ideal time to let a professional check on your car.

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sources: fuelcard.report, cityfordrockdale.com.au, autocarloans.com.au, schmicko.com.au