<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0U9d2D_1H2DxzwP00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0U9d2D_1H2DxzwP00" width="1200" height="600" >RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - It won’t be long before we see weather conditions that include snow, sleet, rain and ice impacting the roads we travel on.While you may be thinking it’s cold and wet.Have you thought about how your car will handle these conditions? Jeff Pheasant with A Master Mechanic says work from the bottom up.How are the tires?“Make sure they aren’t wearing on the side,” says Pheasant. Bend over, get a good look at the inside of the tires. Tire pressure goes down in the cold weather of course. You want to make sure that’s at the proper setting.”Pheasant says it’s time to look under the hood for the essentials. Check your antifreeze levels. In the winter weather it protects your engine and radiator from freezing. It also helps your car heater keep the cabin warm.“It doesn’t become evident until the heater is not warm,” says Pheasant. “If it is blowing air, it is not getting hot, a lot of times it is because there is not enough coolant.”If the receptacle is low, Pheasant says be sure to replace the fluid with antifreeze that is made for the model of your vehicle.“It has to be the specific coolant for you make and model,” says Pheasant. “There are a lot of universal global coolants they call it, and that’s not what you want to put in your car. You want to put in what the manufacturer recommends, because there is probably sixty of 70 different ones these days. And it can do irreversible damage to the vehicle.” How does the wind shield wiper fluid look? If low, look for fluid that can handle the cold.“You need to get the one that is good for cold weather so it doesn’t freeze up in the bottle and not work,” says Pheasant. Pheasant says never put water in with the wiper fluid as it will freeze and crack the reservoir.Check to see if your wipers are working, if they are streaking the fluid on the wind shield or separating, they need to be replaced. On some vehicles there’s a red dot on the wiper, if it’s turned white, the wiper needs to be replaced.“With the UV and the hot and the dusty dirty weather want to make sure you have a quality blade on there,” says Pheasant. “I can make all the difference in the world. And they last two to three times longer.” Chain or snow tires are often required to get over many passes in our area. Pheasant says get a good pair that fits your tires. Determine if the car is front of rear wheel drive.Then practice in a garage or driveway several times putting them on.Sometimes there won’t be chain jockeys on Interstate 80 over Donner Summit to help.You’ll be on your own.</div></body>

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