Maintenance Tips to Beat the Heat

With each day constantly pushing 35 degrees this summer, not only are we all feeling the heat but also the equipment that we use.

For those operations that are constantly on the road, ensuring that you’re vehicles are fault free and safe to operate is essential to your employees carrying out their work.

Hot weather tends to affect a vehicle by

• Cause the car’s engine to over heat
• Drying up the fluids in the car
• Cause the battery’s life to shorten and its fluids to dry up as well
• Affect the tire pressure

What can you do?

Work out a good schedule and set up a few extra preventative maintenance templates in your MEX maintenance software to carry out the following checks and tasks during the extreme heat period.

• Check the radiator fluids and coolant levels
• Check oil level and change periodically
• Check the condition of your tires and also their air pressure
• Check the fuel pump
• Test the Battery level
• Visually inspect all your belts and hoses.
• Talk to your drivers and ask them about their driving experience, especially with the brakes and clutch.

Keep doing these checks until the heat wave passes and then evaluate whether or not you need the extra checks going forward.

Remember it’s better to be safe than sorry.