{"id":990,"date":"2016-11-26T21:56:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T21:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/?p=990"},"modified":"2017-10-18T20:03:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T20:03:12","slug":"cars-preventative-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/cars-preventative-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventative Maintenance and Your Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We often get the question how can I make my car last longer?<\/p>\n<p>Does not matter what type of car you drive, it can be a domestic or an import, either way the answer is maintenance above all. Proper timely maintenance, <a href=\"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/import_auto_tune_up.htm\">tune up and engine service<\/a>, is absolutely essential for any car, regardless of make or model. It&#8217;s in the name of the procedure called preventative maintenance as simple is that.<\/p>\n<p>A little common sense goes a long way,\u00a0 we have some really long distance driven cars \u00a0to prove it.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/importance_of_oil_changes.htm\">oil changes<\/a> at ten thousand kilometres, use high quality long-life synthetic motor oil.\u00a0 Than\u00a0 coolant flush and fill at least every five years, brake fluid service at every second year, transmission and differential, transfer case fluids at every hundred thousand kilometres, the rest should be a breeze.<\/p>\n<p>Most manufacturers like <strong>BMW<\/strong>, <strong>Mercedes Benz<\/strong> and <strong>Porsche<\/strong> has their own spark plug and filter replacement schedule. They are the minimum standards to follow at least.<\/p>\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/MANN_oil_filters.htm\">Superior Oil Filtration For Increased Engine Protection<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/oilfilters.htm\">Oil Filters for European Import Cars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/diagnostic.htm\">Computer Aided Engine Analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions please call as at your convenience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We often get the question how can I make my car last longer? Does not matter what type of car you drive, it can be a domestic or an import, either way the answer is maintenance above all. Proper timely maintenance, tune up and engine service, is absolutely essential for any car, regardless of make &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/cars-preventative-maintenance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Preventative Maintenance and Your Car&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[409,128,284,285,407,408],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-engine-service","tag-european-import-car-motor-oil-specifications","tag-oil-change","tag-oil-changes-faq","tag-preventative-maintenance","tag-tune-up"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":994,"href":"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techmax.ca\/BMW-repair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}