The importance of checking oil in your car

Maintaining your car is essential for keeping it on the road. Maintenance of a car can be intimidating if you don’t spend a lot of your time under the hood of the car. It improves the safety of the driver and other passengers and enhances performance of the vehicle. Your vehicle runs on the engine power and oil is the lifeblood of your engine. Engine oil minimizes friction in the moving car engine parts and ensures smoother operation. This is the reason the engine oil and filter need to be replaced regularly.

Before beginning with the vehicle one must read the owner’s handbook about recommendations for changing the lubricants and oil. The categories of vehicles have different recommendations for time span and intervals of changing oil for the vehicle.

The importance of changing engine oil of your car at regular intervals are:

• It prolongs the life of your engine and ensures a smoother experience in your car. It keeps the car as good as new.
• It cleans and cools the moving parts of an engine.
• It reduces the risk of vital engine parts being exposed and open to heat damage and corrosion.
• Checking your oil can tell you where the level is at and if you should refill.