If the willingness to get your hand dirty every now and then, well you can save money just by doing basic car maintenance all by yourself. It’s not really a necessity to pay for a mechanic or for a service technician in doing those simple jobs, when you alone can do it on your own at a short span of time. But before you do any move, first thing’s first, you must understand your owner’s manual for the car you own. Below are some tips for you to follow in maintaining your car on a weekly basis.

1. If ever you can get someone to help you just for a short time, then better get them to turn your signals and watch your lights to make sure that all are working properly.
2. Make sure that your tires look good, without cracks and cuts. Also check the tire with gauge’s air pressure. This tire pressure is very important to the control of your car.
3. Check your hoses and belts for tears and cracks and change it if needed. Check also if your hoses have leaks.
4. Check oil in your engine with the car not running. Pull out stick and wipe it off and then change the stick in the engine and then pull it again and check its level. Put in proper oil if needed and be sure to change your car’s filter and oil every 3000 miles.
5. Look under your car and look for any fluid leaks. For car needs all of its fluids and when it leaks the leaking part can fail at great expense.
6. Check your battery. Battery has two flat covers on the top. Pull each of the cover off and check to be sure that there is enough water in each cell. Put distilled water in batteries.
7. Check brakes. Brake master cylinder is normally accumulated on the fire wall just in front of the driver. It has its flat cap and just pops off. Be very sure that brake fluid is kept full and if you are to add fluid you need to check for a leak in the brake system.
8. Check car’s power steering. Power steering is located on the front of the engine car rentals and normally has screw on the cap that has short stick gauge attached to it. This is a closed system and be very careful not to over fill this steering power unit.

You should be cautious to maintain any objects and your hands away from fan and belts while car’s engine is running. It’s much better t have a skilled technician or mechanic to help you if you’re doing it the first time.

If you’re going to follow the said advice and tips, you can effortlessly and quickly inspect car each week and be able to save a lot of your money by having your car longer-lasting and durable one.