It is a matter of nature, practically everything has a finite life and although there are several people who give us long teeth with the incredible health of their car, the common thing is that you have had to face the decline of your car, the progressive introduction into a coma no return.
Although the way in which cars are manufactured has undergone a brutal change in recent years, accompanied by an interesting debate about their reliability and obsolescence, there are a series of Very general symptoms that warn you that your car has its hours numbered:
1. The witnesses keep jumping you
If a warning light suddenly comes on, don’t worry. The first thing is to make sure you know what the car is telling you. Low oil level? Do I need to add more windshield washer fluid? So far, everything is normal. The problem appears when the car is continually flashing warning lights desperately asking for help. If, for example, the indicator light comes on for a power problem. gas anomalyDon’t procrastinate, your car could be having a heart attack and urgently needs a professional inspection.
2. He has an insatiable thirst for oil
Depending on the car, each engine has different oil needs in order to provide correct lubrication that guarantees its durability. However, if consumption levels reach considerably high figures, we would be facing a tired engine. For this situation there are specific products that guarantee better engine care.
If the excessive oil consumption is due to the car suffering from oil leaks, once again do not hesitate and go to a workshop.
Ignoring the problem would result in stressing the engine to an unbearable level of suffering that would end up completely destroying it.
3. It emits abundant and strange fumes
If your car begins to give off large amounts of smoke, interpreting the color of the smoke is crucial when it comes to knowing exactly what is happening to your car.
If, for example, the color is a bluish tone, in relation to the above, the engine would be burning oil excessively. We should therefore pay attention to any anomaly in the valves and piston ringsand of course request a technical review in a workshop.
If the smoke is white and its density is thick, it comes from burning coolant in the engine. For this to occur, an abnormal fault must have occurred, such as a possible crack in the engine block, or in the head gasket. From here many ask the question if it is worth it spend a large amount of money on repairs or say goodbye to your car permanently.
4. You have a timing belt at its limit
The debate between whether the belt or the timing chain is better always sparks a debate among users. We will now limit ourselves to addressing all owners of cars with a timing belt. It is well known that the useful life of belts ranges between 80,000 and 120,000 kilometers, from this point on it is crucial to replace them.
Thinking that it is not necessary after so much wear on the belt is similar to starting the engine and rolling the dice each time with the aim of luck being on our side.
If the timing belt finally gives way and breaks, the timing of the pistons and valves stops, so they would end up touching and the valves would bend. Therefore resulting in one of the most expensive breakdowns your car could have. A reparation similar to the resurrection of a dead person.
5. Critical parts of your car are rusted
Once rust has infected your car, it begins to spread throughout the vehicle, even reaching vital parts such as the brakes. Acting quickly is crucial, however if we let it go or do not realize it we could literally rot our car to the point that it falls apart.
6. Engine block has cracked
Even the medium-sized engine block is made up of a series of materials aimed at correct resistance and protection of the cylinders (in an internal combustion engine) as well as the crankshaft support supports. Therefore, if you find a crack or even a hole, depending on its severity, it may be time to consider whether it is worth investing in its repair.
7. You have a fault in the injectors
According to the Operational Network of Spanish Scrapyards (RO-DES), one of the most expensive breakdowns that can happen to your car 6% of them are related to a failure in the injectors.
In the best scenario, the failure is focused only on one injector. However, it would not be strange if this problem extended to the entire engine injection system. In this case, a recommendation or even the only solution would be to replace each of the injectors to avoid major damage to the engine.
A breakdown with astronomical costs, especially for diesel ones.
As we have emphasized in the previous points, preventing your car from ending up in the scrapyard is always a viable option if money is not a problem.
8. You have a faulty head gasket
If we have been talking about quite expensive breakdowns, we must at this point create a new metric system to quantify what a head gasket failure means to our wallet.
A “simple” looking piece, whose repair takes around 24 hours of work (which results in huge labor costs) as well as the cost of the piece itself (around 800 euros).
Depending on your car and the kilometers it has on it, letting it pass away can save you a lot of complications.
9. The engine has seized
Engine infarction, the most serious breakdown for a gasoline or diesel engine. A car in a coma where the only repair involves performing an open engine operation, the price of which can be a tremendous expense considering if the value of the car on the market does not compensate for the price of the repair.
10. Repair costs are greater than the value of the vehicle
In relation to the last mentioned, if the value of the repair is close to or even exceeds the value of the car on the market, do not hesitate, it is time to leave the keys and not look back. Unless you are an incurable romantic, it is not worth investing in it. Save that money and make the most of it.
Via: CheatSheet
