BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) – Taking care of your vehicle during the hot summer months is essential.
Keeping the air pressure in your tires checked and getting an oil change is a good start. Automotive technicians, like Shane Hathcock, said the heat negatively affects vehicles in more ways than one, including electrical issues.
“Oil breaks down under heat. Keep your batteries checked. People don’t don’t know this. They think that winter months. Cool. Batteries? No, the summer will kill battery quicker than the winter. It causes a chemical reactions to speed up inside the battery, and it kills them,” he said.
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Hathcock said coolant leaks often occur in the summer as a result of excessively running your AC. After hopping inside and starting your car, you can allow your vehicle a few moments to cool down by rolling your windows down as you run the AC…