It’s inevitable – Winter weather changes the connection between you, your car and the road. You really have to know how to separate fact from fiction in the snowy pile of winter car myths. Debunking the falsehoods about such things as visibility, engine issues and snow traction assist you to focus on what’s significant – staying on the road and out of snow berms.
Sandbags for snow traction could mean no traction
Popular Mechanics suggests that you consider what you drive before you assume that sandbags will help with snow traction. If you have a front-heavy, rear-wheel drive with discount tires, another 100 pounds can indeed help. But with modern front- and all-wheel drive vehicles with all-season radials, carrying around sandbags can actually hinder snow traction because they may cause you to over-steer on icy roads.
The engine needs warming
You don't need to start an engine during the day to make sure it doesn't freeze if it has been sitting in the cold all night and you need it to run in the morning. The real problem is probably the spark plugs if your car has to be babied like this. All the "warm up" starts succeed in doing is diluting the oil with unburned fuel, which can lead to additional engine wear, not to mention wasted gasoline.
Batteries don't have a hard time in the winter
If the oil has gummed up, it takes more current from the battery to get the engine to turn over. Thus, there’s more of a battery drain. The cold also causes a slower chemical reaction in the battery. That makes it twice as bad. However, more batteries fail in summer months than during the winter. A battery can get dry with the heat boiling it. Make sure you take care of your car in the winter as well as the summer.
Windshield wipers and the wiper fluid too
Many people assume that if the wiper fluid nozzle stops working during the winter, it’s because it has frozen over. However, it’s the grunge hidden in that icy sludge that has gummed it up, in most cases. Clean the nozzles|The nozzles need to get cleaned|You can fix this easily. The nozzles should get cleaned}. And if your wiper fluid system isn’t retaining fluid, check for leaks around the plastic gasket where the hose attaches to the wiper fluid reservoir tank.
Run the defroster to stop the windshield wipers from causing streaking with ice on them. Rain-X is an example of a window treatment you could get. Also, new wiper blades help out.
Citations
Popular Mechanics
popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/repair/4301503
Winter tires and Dom DeLouise
youtube.com/watch?v=tNIJYlFgex0
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