Oil change can be said to be an indispensable link in the daily maintenance of HOWO light truck. Under different working conditions, regular oil change can bring the best lubrication, heat dissipation and cleaning functions for HOWO light truck engine. However, unlike in summer, when changing oil in winter with low temperature, we need to pay attention to a few small details to make the oil change more thorough and efficient.

 

        1. Avoid changing oil when the car is cold

 

        In the cold winter, especially in the north and plateau areas, under the condition of cold vehicle, the fluidity of engine oil will become worse due to the influence of temperature. If the oil is changed at this time, the old oil will not be discharged cleanly.

 

        Therefore, if you haven't been in the car for a long time and need to change the oil, you should get off the car properly. After the temperature of the oil at low temperature rises and the fluidity improves, you can change the oil. Otherwise, new oil will be added before the old oil is completely drained, which is easy to achieve half the result with half the effort. In addition, we should also pay more attention to avoid being scalded by hot engine oil than low temperature engine oil.

 

        2. Regularly clean the oil pan of HOWO light truck

 

        The regular cleaning of the oil pan of HOWO light truck engine is a detail that many people tend to neglect in daily maintenance. The worn metal powder inside the HOWO light truck engine will flow to the oil pan along with the engine oil, and mix with the impurities falling from the combustion chamber to form the oil sludge. In serious cases, the filter and oil hole will be blocked, which makes the lubrication of the HOWO light truck engine difficult, the oil consumption will increase or even the piston ring will be stuck and the cylinder will be pulled.

 

        Therefore, regular cleaning of sludge and other impurities in the oil pan can keep the interior of the HOWO light truck engine clean for a long time. Under the effect of new engine oil, the interior of the HOWO light truck engine can get the best cleaning and lubricating effect, reduce oil consumption and maintain stable operation.

 

        3. Regularly clean the HOWO light truck oil drain bolt

 

        The oil drain bolt of HOWO light truck oil pan is also a detail that many people neglect in daily maintenance. Usually, this magnetic bolt can absorb some metal chips inside the oil pan to avoid them flowing to the piston and cylinder wall with the oil.

 

        When changing the engine oil, many people throw the removed oil drain bolt to the ground at will, and then install it in a careless way after oil drain, which will not only cause secondary pollution of the new engine oil, but also make the external impurities directly enter the HOWO light truck engine, causing damage. Therefore, we should clean the oil drain bolts at each oil drain, so as to minimize the metal chips, sludge and other impurities harmful to the HOWO light truck engine. If the original bolt of the vehicle is not magnetic, we can match a bolt with the same model and magnetic.

 

        4. Add proper amount of engine oil

 

        After finishing several problems of oil change in winter, let's look at the other two common mistakes in oil change. First of all, it is the problem of the amount of oil added. Many people think that when changing the oil, adding more oil will make the engine lubrication better and more valuable.

 

        If too much oil is added, it is easy to increase the friction resistance of the components inside the HOWO light truck engine, which will affect the engine power. In serious cases, too much oil will run into the combustion chamber, resulting in burning oil, blue smoke from tail gas, increased internal carbon deposition, even knock, cylinder pulling, etc. Therefore, when changing or adding oil, we should operate strictly according to the oil scale, and avoid too much or too little oil.

 

        5. Select the most suitable oil

 

        When many people choose engine oil, they will think that the more expensive the engine oil is, the better. In fact, this recognition is very wrong. In general, the higher the price and the better the quality of the oil film, the stronger the low-temperature fluidity of the same level, the better the protection of the internal parts of the HOWO light truck engine, and the better the cleaning effect of the internal additives, but this oil is not suitable for all vehicles.

 

        Compared with the quality and performance of the engine oil itself, we should pay more attention to its matching with the engine. Different models and service life of HOWO light truck engines have different performance requirements for the engine oil, especially those old models. If the engine oil with higher performance is used, the engine oil burning, power performance degradation and other adverse effects will occur.

 

        The right way is to select the most appropriate viscosity level according to different working conditions, seasons, temperature and other conditions, and select the quality level according to the configuration of HOWO light truck engine load, speed and so on. Only in this way can we choose the oil that more matches the engine of our car and achieve the best use effect.

 

        Compared with other seasons with suitable temperature, there are many problems to be considered when maintaining your car in winter. In addition to some small problems that are easy to be ignored in daily maintenance, we should also take into account the various effects of low temperature environment. Only by making full preparation can the maintenance and use of HOWO light truck be more efficient.