How to Check Fluids

Today we are going to talk about how to check the fluid in your car, we will only be covering the three important ones for now. There are a couple of steps to do this. First, were going to find all the places to check all your fluids and those fluids are windshield washer, oil, and radiator fluid. The best place to find this is in your owner's manual. Once you find all the places that you can check your fluids then we are going to start the next step.

 Windshield Washer Fluid

The next step would be to find an old rag or towel, you're going to need this to wipe the fluid off the dip stick for oil and transmission fluid. Let's start out with an easy thing to check and that would be your windshield wiper fluid. Normally the reservoir for the washer fluid will have a baby blue cap but again if you’re not sure you should always check your owner manuals. If you need washer fluid, then there should be a max fill line on the washer fluid reservoir fill it up to there and if there isn't a line then fill it to about 6 inches away from the top.

How to Check Oil Level

Those of you who did not read my last blog we will go over to check the oil level and those of you that read my last blog then you know how to do this so you can skip this one if you want too. Okay for those of you who have not ever checked your oil level you're going to want to locate your oil dip stick it should be yellow with a little teapot looking thing on it. If you can not find it have no fear your owner manual will tell you where to locate it, okay so you have found it now your goanna pull the dip stick out and wipe it off with your towel or rag and then put it back in and then take it out and check where it is on the dip stick if its in the marked area your good if its below it then add however much you need.

How to Check Radiator Fluid

This one is easy you’re going to find the radiator fluid reservoir and if you can not find it go to your owner’s manual. Okay once you have found it just find the line on the reservoir and fill it to full line with either radiator fluid or water.