With the festive season approaching, many of us are kept busy planning our travel and getting things ready for the holiday time. Well-prepared travel is important, especially for those who travel by car, because in cool weather of this holiday season, days that are supposed to bring you fun can turn troublesome if your car don’t get stated as easily as you would expect it to.
Mr. Prakasit Phornprapha, Director of Siam GS Battery Co., Ltd. and Siam GS Sales Co., Ltd., the manufacturer and distributor of GS Battery for automobiles, shares simple tips to ensure smooth and safe start of your car for road trips in cool weather condition: “Warming up storage battery before starting the car helps get the engine ready and check the car’s systems. In cold weather, engine tends to perform less effectively as lubricant oils become relatively more viscous and may not provide needed lubrication to moving parts of the engine instantly, which make the engine prone to more wear and tear.”
Warm up the battery for safe start
§ Before starting the engine, always check the gear shifter to make sure that it is in correct position for a safe start. In a stick-shift car, it should be in neutral position. If your car has automatic transmission, the gear should be in either N or P position. After ensuring this, keep the car stationary when you start the engine by engaging the parking brake.
§ Turn off all electrical equipment to which the power is supplied from the car’s storage battery, such as air-conditioning and audio system, to ensure sufficient battery power for engine start.
§ Turn the key to ON position to check that all systems function and that the dashboard doesn’t show any warning signal, then start the engine, let it warm up and recharge the battery.
§ During engine warm-up, avoid pressing the gas pedal or moving the car. Simple leave the engine runs all by itself for a few minutes to warm-up its parts and components.
§ Avoid warming up the engine in enclosed or poorly-ventilated space because carbon monoxide can accumulate and cause harm to your health.
§ During the first couple of kilometers, drive at low speed to let the lubricants flow and start to maximize their work efficiency.
Warming up engine and battery of your car before driving increases engine temperature to its optimum working condition. This helps protect engine parts and components against untimely wear and tear, thus extend the life of the engine. In addition to the warm-up, don’t forget to examine that all other key systems function properly and are well cared of, such as head and back lights, signal lights, wheels, tires and air pressure, as well as storage battery. Make this a pre-drive routine for your confidence and safety on all road.
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