Your Car Accessories Reflect Your Personality

Your Car Accessories Reflect Your Personality
By Alexus Devon

A man is known by the company he keeps- thus goes the proverb. Truly, the character of a person can be understood from the type of people with whom he spends most of his time. In similar fashion, the personality of a person is reflected by the things attached to him. For example, the car of a person can be considered. If it is well-decorated with car accessories, it will indicate that he has sense of beauty and love of comfort. If it is not that it will suggest the opposite.

It is not necessary that a man should be in possession of an all-new swanky car to show that he has a towering personality. In fact, it is not the brand of the car that matters, rather the way it is maintained is of great importance. So, owning a flashy car is not enough. Dressing up it with high quality car accessories is necessary to create a good impression on the onlookers.

The automobile market is flooded with car accessories of all type. There is plethora of option in colour, quality and size. What one needs is to make his decision on the product he wants. He will get it at the right place and in the right time even without taking the hassles of visiting the shop. This is made possible by the availability of online marketing. One can explore various online shops over the internet and put an order too.

Shopping for car accessories online is safe as it is easy. The products are nicely displayed on the WebPages. So, you can have a look at them before purchasing. You will also have the price mentioned there. So, you can make comparisons and go for the ones that suit your need and fit budget. However, it is advisable to be careful about the duplicate versions of the famous car accessory brands.

Alexus Devon is a automobile writer specializing in automobile and car accessories products and has written authoritative articles on the car accessories industry. He has done his Master in Business Administration and is currently assisting directcaraccessories as a car accessories specialist.

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Should I Flush The Radiator In My Car?

Should I Flush The Radiator In My Car?
By Austin Davis

Reader Question: I want to flush the radiator in my car, how do I do it and why should I?
Thanks in advance,
Mark W.

Mark, the first question that comes to mind is WHY do you want to do this? Red flags go up in my head when customers ask me a how do I... question. Some people not only like to diagnose their car problems themselves, but they want to perform the operation as well. This can be a great thing, but only if the diagnosis was correct. If it was not you just wasted your time and money. So my question back to the customer would be what is the problem you are experiencing, and why do you think this operation will solve the problem? Boy do I get a blank stare then!

Flushing a radiator sounds like a wonderful thing to have done periodically to your vehicle, but what does it actually do? You probably have a mental picture of this high powered jet blast of water mixed with some kind of detergent that removes all the gunk that has accumulated in the radiator, and after doing this procedure your car will not only run cooler but... etter, right? I mean this gunk has probably been the source of your engine robbing performance in your mini van for months, right? I hate to put a damper on your parade, but we need to talk.

Most radiators today are small, made of light weight aluminum, and crammed so tightly in the front of the car you can barely see it let alone flush it. The neck of the radiator (where you pour in the antifreeze) is usually angled in such a way that it is impossible to pour in the antifreeze, or even SEE the antifreeze for that matter.

The inside of the radiator is made up of a honey comb maze of rows, or sipes that sends the hot antifreeze on a long meandering journey from left to right of the radiator. Air is being forced through fins on the outside of the radiator to cool down the antifreeze inside the radiator.

Ok, I hope you are still with me because here is the answer to the question. Where does dirt and sediment accumulate in the radiator, at the top or the bottom? The bottom of the radiator will trap the majority of the rust, dirt and sediment.

You can try as hard as you want to, but you will not be able to remove enough of this compacted material to do any real significance in engine performance. The way the radiator is designed internally prevents the access of any high pressure action that you might be able to insert into the small opening of the radiator neck located at the top of the radiator.

At my shop the term flushing the cooling system has been replaced with draining and refilling the cooling system. Removing the lower radiator hose, or if equipped use the radiator drain cock to drain out the old antifreeze and replace with the new fluid is essentially draining and refilling the cooling system.

This of course will only remove any minor surface debris along with the old contaminated fluid, and will probably NOT cure any over-heating complaints you might have been experiencing. Calcium and rust build up within the sipes are the main causes of radiator stoppages, and will cause a over-heating complaint. If this is the case, removal of the radiator from the car for disassembling and rebuilding, or replacing the radiator are really the only two viable options.

Yes, there are many adiator flush additives on the market, but most are not to be used in aluminum radiators (which all newer vehicles are equipped with), or just flat out don't work. There are very few (ok, probably only one or two) problems with a motor vehicle that can be solved by the contents of a can.

So, in a nut shell...draining and refilling your radiator with new antifreeze every two to three years WILL help maintain and extend the life of your vehicle, but will probably NOT have an impact on the way it drives, overall fuel economy, cure a major over-heating problem, or improve handling in wet weather.

Also for added maintenance, ask your mechanic to inspect the radiator and heater hoses, and test or replace the radiator cap when replacing the antifreeze.

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