You don’t need professional knowledge or advanced equipment to understand when a car’s engine is worn out. It’s enough to master a few techniques. reports “Behind the Wheel” magazine.
“You can easily remove the oil filler plug. There should be no coked deposits or oil clots on the surface of the cylinder head parts. The lighter the cylinder head surfaces are visible, the better. In worn engines, the surface of the parts may have a brownish color without oil deposits,” the message states.
You should also remove the dipstick. The oil level should be close to the upper mark indicating the engine is in good condition. The color of the oil on the dipstick should not be black.
You also need to pay attention to the exhaust pipe. If the engine “eats” oil, then during cold start-up bluish (gray) smoke will come from the muffler.
After starting a cold engine, hydraulic compensators should not knock. Replacing these parts would be expensive.
You can also do a visual check of the engine. When there is a leak, a lot of dust accumulates in these places and these traces are clearly visible.
It happened before that knownA car’s engine may consume more oil when driving in hot weather, so you should check its level regularly.
In addition, you need to monitor the volume of coolant. It prevents the engine from overheating, so maintaining the optimum level is very important, especially in hot weather.
Particular attention should be paid to the cleanliness of radiators. If the car has been through several winters with frequent transitions to sub-zero temperatures, when a lot of reagents were sprayed on the roads, the space between the radiators is most likely filled with a mixture of road dirt and poplar fluff.
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