Month: May 2019

Automotive Shop

Tips for Buying New Car Tires

- by Johnny Lewis
Tips for Buying New Car Tires

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It is important to think about the kind of driving that you’ll be doing when you go to purchase new tires. Knowing the terrain, the weather and the amount of driving you will be doing in your commute, whether it be on freeways, winding roads or side streets will help you know what kind of tires to buy. You will need sturdy, durable tires if you plan on driving on a road or off-road where there will be lots of rocks and gravel.

Tip #1 – Always consider where and how you will be driving. Tires are designed to be used for specific circumstances and to deliver a specific effect, such as extra traction for bad weather, sporty handling or a smooth and comfortable ride. Unfortunately, selecting a tire for one specific need will generally mean that you will have to forgo other specialty features.

Tip #2 – An all-weather, all-season tire is best. Most drivers will never need anything more than the general all-season, all-weather tire, which is why they are usually standard stock on most new cars.

Tip #3 – Learn all you can about your tires. When it comes time to replace your worn out tires, it is best to replace them with tires that are the same size, style and brand as your originals. You will find the sizing information on your tires, the letter P stands for “passenger vehicle,” and then the next number is the width of the tire measured in millimeters, …

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Motorcars

AC Condenser: Its Role in the Car’s Cooling System

- by Johnny Lewis
AC Condenser: Its Role in the Car's Cooling System

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An AC condenser plays a vital part in your car’s air conditioning. It is not the air conditioner but a part of the system. Most people usually have this mistake when it comes to buying car parts or even maintaining it. They sometimes purchase the whole system instead of just the condenser! So what is a condenser?

Condenser works with other car parts to support the air conditioning system. We can therefore say that this part is actually a team player. Other air conditioning parts are compressor, evaporator, expansion valve, and accumulator. An AC condenser looks like a radiator’s smaller version. This can be found at the front of the car next to the radiator. At times it has its own cooling system.

The air conditioning system and how a condenser works

To understand further how a condenser works, you need to know first how the whole cooling system does its job.

It all starts with refrigerants. These refrigerants are vacuumed in by the compressor which later on pressurizes it to become hot. After this step, the heated gas then passes the condenser which turns cooler. As it cools, it turns into liquid. Once this process is done, the expansion valve regulates the flow of the cold refrigerants so the coldness of the conditioning system is manageable. When cold air is comes out, the liquid refrigerants turn into gas again thanks to the evaporator. As this process ends, the whole cycle starts again with the air being filtered …

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