Sven’s top tips on sleigh maintenance
At Christmas, it’s important to keep your wheels in motion, so you can celebrate with friends and family near and far. Santa’s mechanic, Sven, is vigilant about sleigh maintenance, especially leading up to the festive season. You too should make sure your car is in good nick! Here are Sven’s top tips.
1. Oil change
For starters, make sure you check and change your car’s oil and filter. Nothing can put a ‘sleigh’ out-of-action faster than forgetting to refresh its oil.
2. Keep it cool
You should be flushing the cooling system and changing the coolant at least once a year – so mark it in your calendar before you hit the road this Christmas. This helps keep corrosion at bay and stops any nasty gunk from building up inside the cooling system.
3. Keep it clean
Once you’ve given the outside of your car a good spruce to keep it shining as brightly as a Christmas bauble, don’t forget to hose any sand, dirt or grime off the underside as well!
4. Wax on, wax off
Channel your inner Karate Kid and keep your car looking its shiniest with a regular coating of quality wax. It may be optimal to wax your car at least twice a year to protect it.
5. Check your tyres
Sven’s sleigh may not have tyres, but it’s important to check yours before hitting the road over the holidays. Remember to inspect your tyre sidewalls and tread depth, and adjust your tyre pressure. For more in-depth tyre tips, read this.
6. Hit the brakes
To keep your calipers, hoses and sensors running top-notch on your car, replace your brake fluid and bleed system once a year. This will help prevent moisture build up that causes corrosion and leads to sleigh brake failure.
If this sounds too complicated, get a professional to handle it.
7. Check your cover
No one can be truly certain of the road ahead. So, you should check your insurance cover. You can also add optional AAMI Roadside Assistance with an AAMI Comprehensive Car Insurance policy.
Get a Comprehensive Car Insurance quote
It can give you help 24/7 Australia-wide if your car breaks down. AAMI Roadside Assist can help with:
- flat tyres and batteries,
- lost or locked-in keys,
- towing your car,
- and more!
You’ll even be able to track your mechanic’s live location (in most areas) – the joys of technology! This Christmas, make sure you’re insured before hitting the road!
Terms and conditions for coverage apply.
7. Get your car serviced
While you may be able to do simple checks yourself, they aren’t a replacement for a professional car service. Remember to schedule those in regularly to keep your car in tip top shape all year round.
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