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    Keep Your Ego Away From Your Engine!

    By Zero2TurboDecember 10, 2016Updated:March 28, 2017No Comments
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    You might think that you know quite a lot about cars. After all you’re a big petrol head and that means you don’t need an outsider telling you what to do. You can diagnose and fix any issue you have with your car by yourself, right? Don’t be so sure because if you do this, you can lead yourself into a lot of trouble. Even if you do know all there is to know about cars, it’s still best to get your favorite toy checked out by a pro. Here’s why.


    A Car Is Like A Human 

    What we mean is that you can diagnose what’s wrong with a car by physical signs and how it’s acting. For instance, if a human is clutching their head one can safely assume they have a headache, probably a migraine. However, it could be something else such as an aneurysm. Now, taking a paracetamol will get rid of a headache but it’s not going to fix the aneurysm. The same is true for the car. Your vehicle might be making a funny noise, and you’ve decided it’s the engine. Actually, it turns out that there’s trouble with the exhaust. You see? You won’t have solved the problem, and worse, the symptoms might have disappeared while the issue is still there.

    You Could Miss Something Important 

    Believe it or not mechanics are trained to notice serious issues with cars. If you take a car into a mechanic legally, they have a responsibility. They must ensure that the car is safe to drive before putting you back behind the wheel. You have no such legal responsibility to yourself because you haven’t been trained. If you look at a car you could miss the problem and crash before you realise what the issue was. You don’t want to end up in this type of scenario, particularly if it’s not just you that travels around in the vehicle.

    You Can Get Free Help 

    You might avoid going to see a mechanic about your car because you don’t want to deal with the cost. While understandable this is completely misguided. If you look at some transmission shops you’ll find that they’ll check your car for free if the check engine light is on. Why do they do this? If that light is on it points to a serious issue with the vehicle that might even mean it’s unsafe to drive. A simple check could actually save your life.

    You Could Make It Worse

    Look at it this way. If you have no experience with plumbing would you start taking apart the pipes in your home? Hopefully not because the likelihood is that whatever problem you were facing would be made worse. You’d probably soon have water pouring from the ceiling through multiple leaks. The same is true for a car. If you don’t know what you’re doing fiddling under the hood you can damage the vehicle leading to a more expensive repair. That’s right, visiting a mechanic could actually end up saving you a lot of money. That’s easily the best reason for making sure you use a pro.

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