Whenever into the car 4S shop maintenance, usually encountered such a situation, the maintenance consultant with a straight face said, Master, we give your car to do a comprehensive inspection, it is recommended that you clean the oil, not cleaning may affect the power and fuel consumption even engine life. Most owners listening to these words, basically unable to resist, apart from anything else pays for cleaning. In another case, there will always be someone at the gas station fuel additive you recommend a class of so-called cleaning asphalt products.
However, your car is not required to clean the oil? This issue deserves attention all car owners. A large number of facts show that in the oil clean this problem, most of us have been fooled sinister business.
First, let's understand what is simple car circuit. Automotive Fuel typically include two types: oil and petrol road road. Oil Road refers to the internal engine, by way of oil pump operation. Gasoline Road, also known as the fuel system, referring to the pipeline automotive fuel from the tank to the engine combustion chamber between.
Cleaning the oil is an essential maintenance item, but not always have to do maintenance. Take the shampoo, the daily wash a head are clean, wash once a week, the head is sick, but an hour to wash a head is not necessary, but also damage the hair.
Cleaning the oil is the same, never cleaned, long time will definitely cause a series of consequences. Some owners simply listen to some profit-black heart repair shop, cleaned frequently. Appears to be "love clean", in fact, completely unnecessary, since the cleaning agent contains large quantities of chemical ingredients, too frequent cleaning will cause great damage to the catalytic converter, causing unnecessary damage to the vehicle.
Normal cleaning frequency should be 30,000-40,000 km / h times, and based on their driving and road condition appropriate changes, such as: urban traffic congestion will speed up oil plug.
The oil cleaning methods are:
1, added directly to the fuel tank cleaner, which is the most convenient way, but the effect is not completely clean, very poor;
2, the use of "playing bottle" approach to cleaning, this method can simultaneously clean the oil and valve carbon deposits and sediments, but also car repair shops generally recommend ways;
3, free washable washing machine, which is free through a special washing machine washable, but a single on the cleaning of the oil, the effect is obvious, is a good way to clean oil passage;
4, directly to the oil throughout the entire removed, thorough cleaning, this method is suitable for more than 100,000 km, oil plug very serious car.