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Following are the various checks that most cars have in common. Your car may vary. I recommend that you make these checks in an easy-to-remember order to cut time and to make sure everything gets checked. You can look at the engine compartment from the front as a clock and start your checks at 12 or 6, or you can always start on the driver’s side of the car and work toward the passenger’s side. Whatever works for you. What’s important is time-saving consistency. These checks are to make sure that the car’s vital fluids (oil, coolant, power steering (if used), brake, and transmission) are within recommended operating ranges—not too much and not too little—and that some critical parts are in good condition. You really don’t have to get dirty.
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You learned how to open the hood in Gas Pump Maintenance. As a refresher, most modern cars have a hood release located near the driver. Once pulled, you can move to the front of the car and reach below the slightly-opened hood and push or pull the hood release. Then lift the hood and, if it doesn’t stay up by itself, find and place the support rod to hold the hood.
