Gear oil and other fluids
Gearbox oil, coolant, antifreeze and windscreen antifreeze.
- In brief: on changing transmission oil unless the carmaker actually calls for it. Many manual gearboxes are sealed for life, meaning the manufacturer only specifies periodic checks of the gear oil…
- Choosing coolant Only the one specified by the car's manufacturer! Switching, say, from antifreeze to Tosol is strongly discouraged — it will gradually wreck every part of the…
- Coolant Haven't you forgotten that antifreeze, just like engine oil, has a fixed change interval? Usually it's two years, but you should check your car's service book…
- In brief: gear oils This holds especially true for foreign cars with an automatic transmission. The quality of the oil in an automatic gearbox is a crucial condition for its long…
- Tosol and antifreeze, our car's technical fluids If the manufacturer recommends using antifreeze for a given car, that's exactly what you should use, not tosol or, worse still, windscreen washer fluid.
- Ethylene glycol and other achievements protecting your car A car's cooling system needs a constant, precisely dosed fluid: antifreeze. How the engine performs overall depends heavily on how regularly and correctly it's replaced.
- Using anti-gel additives in winter Using anti-gel additives in winter saves you from unplanned breakdowns in the frost and makes starting the engine much…