How to take care of the car after being flooded

Whether it is a car or a train, but passing through the flooded areas often suffers death. Motorbikes that die due to flooding are at high risk of failure. Here are some tips to show you how to take care of your car after being flooded with rain, please watch it.

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The car you need to do after going to the rain is to wash the car because of the acidic rain, plus the dirty mud will cling to the car, causing the parts on the car to be rusted, corroded.

You should not assume that washing your car only keeps your car clean and you are afraid to wash it only because you think it will rain tomorrow. You do not need to bring the car out, but you can flush the water to clean the car and then take the cloth to dry the parts of iron, steel, leather .

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If your car enters flooded areas, car care will need to be done sooner and more carefully.

This will help the car to operate in the best condition, reduce corrosion on the vehicle and minimize the rust phenomenon.

After rinsing, you need to lubricate the chains and locks. When it rains, rainwater quickly clings to the chain, causing the oil to dry and cause a chirp in the chain even after only one night after rain. Applying oil to the chain to maintain the smooth state of the joints.

If your vehicle is in a flooded area, especially through a flooded area or on a machine, car care will need to be done early and more carefully. You should wipe spark plugs, flush water in the pipe and check engine oil. If oil is detected (then the oil will be brown as a mud color), you must allow the vehicle to heat up and replace the oil.

Besides , it is necessary to check and replace the air filter (most of the new cars use wind filter paper so instead, with the filter of porous wind, it is usually only necessary to clean with clean water). In addition, the inspection of exhaust and carburetor systems . is also necessary for your vehicle to be strong and durable.

In some cases water flooded the whole car, you may have to replace the battery because the battery was short-circuited at that time.

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If you go through deep flooded areas, you need to check the engine oil early.

For a strong and durable vehicle, you need to maintain the overall car before the rainy season and during the rainy season depending on the level of rainfall inundation and the frequency of rain and wading that have a reasonable way of car care. However, the things you need to do basically post-flood are still cleaning the car, checking oil and maintaining air filter.

If you go through deep flooded areas, you need to check the engine oil early . If the engine oil changes the color of the rice, which means the water has entered the engine, you absolutely should not try to restart but should unplug the electric key, push the car up high and call for rescue.

With some popular cars, in addition to checking oil and air filter maintenance, you need to maintain additional bearings and brakes after a period of rain.

In addition, the car is durable and strong, after going to the rain, you should smoke, dry, deodorize the interior of the car, especially when the car is flooded or there is water overflowing. After disinfecting, you should take care of specialized skin details.