tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72746305815146498112024-03-05T13:27:00.395+08:00Cheritera Hikayati........where the journey of life begins........ZuLaiShahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894656690188369676noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274630581514649811.post-2683664214764036402011-04-21T12:59:00.004+08:002011-04-21T12:59:00.581+08:00Tips & Guides: How To Change A Flat Tyre<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
This is important to for us. :)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Immediately slow down the speed of your vehicle and steer it safely off the road. Take note that a blown tyre interferes with the vehicle's steering and proper handling.<br />
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2. Have your car parked on a flat area. Do not try to jack your car while you are on a sloping surface, as this will pose as a serious threat for your safety since your car will not have proper balance.<br />
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3. Turn off the car and immediately turn on the emergency lights and apply the parking brake. Using the emergency lights will make your disabled vehicle more visible, especially at night.<br />
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4. Be sure that your car is in gear. If you have an automatic gear, be sure that it is on ''park (P).''<br />
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5. Get the necessary tools out of the trunk of your vehicle. You will need a good spare tyre, car jack, lug tool, a jack stand and a block for the tires.<br />
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6. Use the lug tool to loosen the lug nuts on the tyre before you jack the vehicle up, loosen them in order.<br />
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7. Use the car jack to carefully raise the front or rear end of the vehicle. You will need to raise the vehicle high enough so that you can remove the flat tyre. If you are not sure how to the use the jack, follow the manufacturer's instructions.<br />
There are several types of jacks and different ways to use them.<br />
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8. Make sure you close the car door, booth and bonnet before jacking the car. Not doing so may cause minor distortions in the vehicle chases. This is especially true if the booth or fuel tank is full. Doors might not be able to be close properly if you ignore this.<br />
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9. Remove the lug nuts and put them aside carefully.<br />
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10. Remove the flat tyre from the vehicle and put it aside.<br />
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11. Place the spare tyre onto the hub, making sure to align the holes in the tyre to the studs that are sticking out.<br />
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12. Remember to place the tyre with the air valve facing you. If you don't see the air valves you may have put the tyre on backwards.<br />
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13. Replace the lug nuts and tighten them in the same fashion in which you loosened them.<br />
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14. Slowly lower the jack all the way down. Use the lug tool to tighten all of the lug nuts. Make sure that they are all tightened securely.<br />
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15. Place the flat tyre and tools in the boot.<br />
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16. The flat tyre should be repaired or replaced as soon as possible.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://star-motoring.com/TipGuides/How-to-change-a-flat-tyre.aspx">The Star</a><br />
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I read at this article on RON. So nak share kt sini ngn u olsss laa ok.<br />
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<div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>Can a car using a higher than recommended RON (Research Octane Number) experience a difference in performance?</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>It's a common question motorists often asked. Who better to answer it than an expert in the oil business. </i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>According to Shell, it really depends on the car and its engine condition. If a car has knock sensor (as most cars do today), "it will adjust to the mid-point of the sensor's operating range."</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>1) Role of knock sensor</i></span></b></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>A knock sensor basically ensures that the car is extracting as much power and fuel economy as is possible from the engine.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>Older cars tend to have carbon build-up in the combustion chambers. When they are hot, they can cause pre-ignition, so using a petrol of higher RON rating will check such uncontrolled explosions and improve the engine performance to some extent.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>And as cars have varying degree of deposits in their engines, the amount of performance improvement varies from car to car.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>Uncontrolled explosions or knocking is a no-no in combustion as it wastes energy and can cause engine damage.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>A knock sensor allows the engine to run with the ignition timing as far advanced as possible. </i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>The computer will continue to advance the timing until the knock sensor detects pinging. At that stage, the computer retards the ignition timing just enough for the pinging to stop.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>2) Match RON and engine</i></span></b></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>Petrol with a higher RON rating will deliver better performance and better fuel economy in engines that are designed for such a fuel. The combustion in these engines will release more energy from the fuel as a result of higher compression in the combustion chambers</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>However, RON as a measure of a fuel's tendency to burn in a controlled way, cannot be seen in isolation. It should be considered in tandem with the fuel addtives and the engine technology. In addition, modern additives can help to lower fuel consumption.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>Cars equipped with knock sensors are able to adapt to fuels that have slightly lower RON than the minimum specified for the cars. The sensors will allow the engine to adapt to the lower RON but the car will use up more petrol and lose some power as well.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>3) Mixing 'em up</i></span></b></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>Mixing RON95 and RON97 does not have any detrimental effect as long as the fuels meet or exceed the minimum RON required by the engine.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>In Malaysia, Shell retails FuelSave (RON95), V-Power (RON97) and Diesel with Fuel Economy as its main products.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>It also sells V-Power Racing, a top-end fuel, which it would only described as having a RON rating "above RON97". The product, available at only a few Shell stations in the Klang Valley and Johor, is touted as a premium fuel that offers more power and acceleration.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>While Shell markets fuels by the same name in different countries, their octane rating varies from country to country.<br />
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</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><b></b></i></span></div><div class="p1"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>4) A complex process</i></span></b></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>Fuel and vehicle engines are both complex systems. Understanding how fuel components work and interact with the engine and behave during the combustion process are keys to developing performance fuels.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>The performance of a fuel depends on crude oil composition, available refinery streams, refining technology and performance components or additives.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>With about 200 constituent parts in a petrol recipe, advancing motorsport fuel technology requires extensive research and development expertise.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>While some elements are adapted for the extremes of motorsports, almost all component of a Formula1 fuel can be found in V-Power as well. Moreover, what Shell scientists learn when developing racing fuels is also transferred to the road with its V Power.</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><i>An additive called friction modification technology or “FMT”, found in V-Power 97 and V-Power Racing, acts as a lubricant clinging to the metal surfaces of the cylinder walls to reduce friction and allow the engine to turn more freely. This helps to provide better engine responsiveness.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">So, paham x? kalau x paham, buat2 paham aje laa.haha...Ehhh...but it's important for u to know....<br />
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Knowledge is POWER kan?<br />
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So, take note and at least we know how to handle when it happen.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">According to British specialist insurer Warranty Direct, its study shows that around one in three repairs to vehicles aged between three and seven-years old will be due to a wear-related failure.</span></i></span><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Manufacturer new car warranties only cover material or manufacturing defects because wear-related failures increase in frequency as a vehicle ages and moves outside the traditional three-year cover period.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">The Warranty Direct data shows that even small parts which will wear out over time – like the bearings in a water pump – could set you back an average of £209 (RM1,045) to fix. Meanwhile, larger components like gearboxes cost on average £1,378.65 (around RM7,000) to put right.</span></i><br />
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Don't know what's that thingy term....hehe...just google it :D<br />
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Source: <a href="http://star-motoring.com/TipGuides/Top-10-parts-likely-to-fail-(1).aspx">The Star</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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