MAINTENANCE & OIL CHANGES

Regular vehicle maintenance and oil changes are important factors in extending the life of your vehicle. For the best performance, we recommend that you change your oil and filter every three months or 5 000 kilometers in vehicles with gasoline engines.

Engine oil performs the following five vital functions in a vehicle's engine:

• It lubricates moving parts inside the engine by providing a protective film that allows them to move freely.

• It helps cool the engine by transferring excess heat from the combustion area down into the oil pan.

• It helps keep engine parts clean and free from harmful deposits, such as soot, carbon, varnish, and sludge, by suspending contaminants and neutralizing corrosive acids.

• It prevents wear by providing a chemical cushion that prevents metal-to-metal contact.

• If provides a seal between the engine's piston rings and cylinder walls to prevent blow-by and loss of power.

 

OIL CHANGE

Your engine is the heart of your vehicle. And as your engine runs, hundreds of moving parts are working together to make your vehicle move.

 

Changing your oil according to your vehicle manufacturer's recommendation is perhaps the single most important maintenance that you can perform to keep your vehicle running. As the parts in your engine work together, they create tremendous heat through friction. Without oil, the heat would actually melt these parts together. By having oil in your vehicle, it keeps the moving parts of your engine lubricated and reduces the heat. Motor oil also contains special additives to help the engine work more efficiently.

 

Through normal driving, the constant heat in the engine begins to break down the oil. Over time, small bits of debris and dirt can get into the oil making it less slippery so that it doesn't protect the engine as well.

 

To make sure your engine is protected at all times, your vehicle manufacturer recommends changing the oil and oil filter regularly. This will keep your engine working its best and may avoid costly repairs down the road.